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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


 
FORM 10-Q
 

 
x
Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009.
 
or

o
Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
For the transition period from              to             .
 
Commission File Number 000-52650


 
LIHUA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
 

 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
14-1961536
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
Houxiang Five Star Industry District
Danyang City, Jiangsu Province, PR China 212312
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including zip code)
 
+86 51 86317399
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes   x     No   o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every, Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).     Yes   o   No   o
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company
Large Accelerated Filer   o
Accelerated Filer   o
Non-Accelerated Filer   o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company  x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act).
    Yes   o     No   x
 
There were 24,118,183 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued and outstanding on November 9, 2009.
 

 
Lihua International, Inc.
 
Index to Form 10-Q
   
Page
Part I.
Financial Information
 
     
 
Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements
1
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2008 (Audited)
1
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
2
     
 
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited) for the nine months ended September 30, 2009
3
   
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
4
     
 
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
5
     
 
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
27
     
 
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
38
     
 
Item 4T. Controls and Procedures
38
     
Part II.
Other Information
 
     
 
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
38
     
 
Item 1A. Risk Factors
39
     
 
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
39
     
 
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
39
     
 
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
39
     
 
Item 5. Other Information
39
     
 
Item 6. Exhibits
39
     
SIGNATURES
 
40

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.  UNAUDITED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
LIHUA INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(AMOUNTS EXPRESSED IN US DOLLAR)

 
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
 
2009
 
2008
 
 
(Unaudited)
   
(Audited)
 
ASSETS
 
CURRENT ASSETS
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 38,517,098     $ 26,041,849  
Restricted cash
    700,000       1,750,000  
Notes receivable, net
    -       321,892  
Accounts receivable, net
    7,183,128       5,042,739  
Other receivables and current assets
    745,762       -  
Prepaid land use right – current portion
    172,495       172,353  
Inventories
    12,681,327       586,938  
Due from related company
    2,929       -  
Total current assets
    60,002,739       33,915,771  
OTHER ASSETS
               
Buildings, machinery and equipment, net
    15,350,862       7,440,943  
Construction in progress
    1,499,926       6,017,941  
Deposits for buildings, machinery and equipment
    605,255       1,077,892  
Prepaid land use right-long term portion
    8,210,195       8,332,732  
Intangible assets
    3,163       4,214  
Deferred income tax assets
    -       23,395  
Total non-current assets
    25,669,401       22,897,117  
Total assets
  $ 85,672,140     $ 56,812,888  
 
 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
CURRENT LIABILITIES
               
Short term bank loans
  $ 4,393,030     $ 6,145,202  
Accounts payable
    5,245,041       1,643,544  
Other payables and accruals
    777,921       830,744  
Income taxes payable
    1,425,922       401,436  
Total current liabilities
    11,841,914       9,020,926  
OTHER LIABILITIES
               
Common stock purchase warrants
    10,682,505       -  
Total liabilities
    22,524,419       9,020,926  
 
               
COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 22)
               
                 
Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock: $0.0001 par value:
               
10,000,000 shares authorized (liquidation preference of $2.2 per share), none and 6,818,182 shares issued and outstanding
    -       13,116,628  
                 
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
Series A convertible preferred stock: $0.0001 par value (liquidation preference of $2.2 per share), 10,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding
    -       -  
Common stock, $0.0001 par value: 75,000,000 shares authorized, 24,118,183 and 15,000,000 shares issued and outstanding
    2,412       1,500  
Additional paid-in capital
    28,578,685       7,976,976  
Statutory reserves
    2,603,444       2,603,444  
Retained earnings
    29,354,586       21,521,937  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    2,608,594       2,571,477  
Total shareholders' equity
    63,147,721       34,675,334  
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
  $ 85,672,140     $ 56,812,888  
 
See accompanying notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements
 
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LIHUA INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(AMOUNTS EXPRESSED IN US DOLLAR)
 
   
For the Three Months
   
For the Nine Months
 
   
Ended September 30,
   
Ended September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
                         
Revenue
  $ 40,913,348     $ 14,310,692     $ 110,279,536     $ 39,037,047  
                                 
Cost of goods sold
    (31,155,238 )     (9,130,373 )     (84,926,800 )     (26,148,814 )
                                 
Gross profit
    9,758,110       5,180,319       25,352,736       12,888,233  
                                 
Selling expenses
    (451,689 )     (312,523 )     (1,242,142 )     (566,130 )
General and administrative expenses
    (1,184,877 )     (327,730 )     (2,820,335 )     (817,974 )
                                 
Income from operations
    8,121,544       4,540,066       21,290,259       11,504,129  
                                 
Other income (expenses):
                               
Interest income
    66,395       18,087       137,809       28,038  
Interest expenses
    (62,796 )     (171,880 )     (281,605 )     (352,747 )
Exchange expenses
    (436 )     -       (545 )     -  
Change in fair value of warrants
    (8,035,650 )     -       (8,375,817 )     -  
Other
          -       500,753       (5,683 )
                                 
Total other expenses
    (8,032,487 )     (153,793 )     (8,019,405 )     (330,392 )
                                 
Income before income tax
    89,057       4,386,273       13,270,854       11,173,737  
                                 
Provision for income tax
    (1,425,505 )     (546,985 )     (3,761,427 )     (1,411,131 )
                                 
Net income (loss)
    (1,336,448 )     3,839,288       9,509,427       9,762,606  
                                 
Other comprehensive income:
                               
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    17,296       313,136       37,117       1,805,581  
                                 
Total comprehensive income (loss)
  $ (1,319,152 )   $ 4,152,424     $ 9,546,544     $ 11,568,187  
                                 
Earnings (loss) per share
                               
Basic
  $ (0.08 )   $ 0.27     $ 0.61     $ 0.70  
Diluted
  $ (0.08 )   $ 0.27     $ 0.57     $ 0.70  
                                 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
                               
Basic
    17,081,324       14,025,000       15,701,399       14,025,000  
Diluted
    17,081,324       14,025,000       16,811,976       14,025,000  
 
See accompanying notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
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LIHUA INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 (AMOUNTS EXPRESSED IN US DOLLAR)
 
                           
Accumulated
       
   
Common Stock
   
Additional
               
other
       
   
Number
         
paid-in
   
Statutory
   
Retained
   
comprehensive
       
   
of shares
   
Amount
   
capital
   
reserves
   
earnings
   
income
   
Total
 
                                           
At December 31, 2008, as previously reported (Audited)
    15,000,000     $ 1,500     $ 7,976,976     $ 2,603,444     $ 21,521,937     $ 2,571,477     $ 34,675,334  
Cumulative effect of reclassification of common stock purchase warrants
    -       -       (629,910 )     -       (1,676,778 )     -       (2,306,688 )
                                                         
At January 1, 2009, as adjusted (Unaudited)
    15,000,000       1,500       7,347,066       2,603,444       19,845,159       2,571,477       32,368,646  
                                                         
Net income
    -       -       -       -       9,509,427       -       9,509,427  
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    -       -       -       -       -       37,117       37,117  
                                                         
Comprehensive income
                                                    9,546,544  
                                                         
Issue of common Stock in public offering
    2,300,000       230       7,863,770       -       -       -       7,864,000  
                                                         
Conversion of redeemable convertible preferred stock to common stock
    6,818,183       682       13,115,946                               13,116,628  
                                                         
Share-based payments to employees and directors
    -       -       251,903       -       -       -       251,903  
                                                         
At September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)
    24,118,183     $ 2,412     $ 28,578,685     $ 2,603,444     $ 29,354,586     $ 2,608,594     $ 63,147,721  
 
See accompanying notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
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LIHUA INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(AMOUNTS EXPRESSED IN US DOLLAR)
 
   
Nine months ended September 30,
   
2009
   
2008
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
         
Net income
  $ 9,509,427     $ 9,762,606  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    972,370       569,058  
Share-based compensation expense
    251,903       -  
Change in fair value of warrants
    8,375,817       -  
(Increase) decrease in assets:
               
Accounts receivable
    (2,135,285 )     1,403,026  
Notes receivables
    322,009       269,206  
Other receivables and current assets
    (745,424 )     (4,112 )
Inventories
    (12,088,420 )     (631,681 )
Deferred income tax assets
    23,403       -  
Increase (decrease) in liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
    3,598,516       1,237,108  
Other payables and accruals
    (53,452 )     184,523  
Income taxes payable
    1,023,692       117,483  
Net cash provided by operating activities
    9,054,556       12,907,217  
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
Purchase of buildings, machinery and equipment
    (3,748,024 )     (2,755,327 )
Prepayment for land use right
    -       (3,575,464 )
Net cash used in investing activities
    (3,748,024 )     (6,330,791 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
New short-term bank loans
    1,464,343       6,435,835  
Proceeds from related parties
    -       4,140,737  
Repayment to related parties
    (2,407 )     (2,550,661 )
Release of restricted cash related to Private Placement
    1,050,000       -  
Proceeds from public offering of common stock, net of expenses of $1,336,000
    7,864,000       -  
Repayments of short-term bank loans
    (3,221,555 )     (3,575,464 )
Net cash provided by financing activities
    7,154,381       4,450,447  
                 
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    14,336       1,439,317  
                 
INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
    12,475,249       12,466,190  
                 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, at the beginning of the period
    26,041,849       3,213,649  
                 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, at the end of the period
  $ 38,517,098     $ 15,679,839  
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE INFORMATION
               
Interest paid
  $ 281,605     $ 352,747  
Income taxes paid
  $ 2,714,332     $ 1,293,648  
                 
MAJOR NON-CASH TRANSACTION:
               
Share-based payment to employee and directors
  $ 251,903     $ -  
 
See accompanying notes to these condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
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NOTE 1 − DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION
 
Lihua International, Inc. (“the Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on January 24, 2006 under the name Plastron Acquisition Corp. On September 22, 2008, the Company changed its name from Plastron Acquisition Corp. to Lihua International, Inc. The Company conducts its business through two operating subsidiaries located in the People’s Republic of China, Danyang Lihua Electron Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Lihua Copper Industry Co., Ltd.
 
On September 4, 2009, the Company’s common stock began trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol LIWA.
 
As of September 30, 2009, details of the subsidiaries of the Company are as follows:
 
Subsidiaries’ names
 
Domicile and date of incorporation
 
Paid-up capital
 
Effective ownership
 
Principal activities
                 
Ally Profit Investments Limited (“Ally Profit”)
 
British Virgin Islands March 12, 2008
 
$100
 
100%
 
Holding company of other subsidiaries
                 
Lihua Holdings Limited (“Lihua Holdings”)
 
Hong Kong
April 17, 2008
 
HK$100
 
100%
 
Holding company of other subsidiaries
                 
Danyang Lihua Electron Co., Ltd. (“Lihua Electron”)
 
People’s Republic of China (“PRC”)
December 30, 1999
 
$8,200,000
 
100%
 
Manufacturing and sales of bimetallic composite conductor wire such as copper clad aluminum (CCA) wire and enameled CCA wire.
                 
Jiangsu Lihua Copper Industry Co., Ltd. (“Lihua Copper”)
 
PRC
August 31, 2007
 
$15,000,000
 
100%
 
Manufacturing and sales of refined copper.
 
NOTE 2 − SUMMARIES OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
Principle of consolidation
 
These condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Lihua International, Inc. and its subsidiaries.  All significant inter-company balances or transactions are eliminated on consolidation.
 
Basis of preparation
 
These interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments and disclosures necessary for a fair presentation of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been included.  The results reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements for any interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be reported for the entire year.  The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and do not include all information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
 
Reclassification
 
Certain prior period balances have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s financial statement presentation. These reclassifications had no impact on previously reported financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
 
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Foreign currency translation
 
The Company uses United States dollars (“US Dollar” or “US$” or “$”, which is also the functional currency of the parent entity) for financial reporting purposes. However, the Company’s PRC subsidiaries maintain their books and records in their functional currency, Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”), being the primary currency of the economic environment in which these foreign operations are conducted. In general, the Company translates those foreign subsidiaries’ assets and liabilities into U.S. dollars using the applicable exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date, and the statement of income is translated at average exchange rates during the reporting period. Equity accounts are translated at historical rates. Adjustments resulting from the translation of the Company’s financial statements are recorded as accumulated other comprehensive income.
 
The exchange rates used to translate amounts in RMB into U.S. Dollars for the purposes of preparing the consolidated financial statements were as follows:
 
 
As of September 30, 2009
 
 
As of December 31, 2008
Balance sheet items, except for equity accounts
US$1=RMB6.8290
 
US$1=RMB6.8346
   
 
 
Three months ended September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
Items in the statements of income and cash flows
US$1=RMB6.8310
 
US$1=RMB 6.8390
       
 
 
Nine months ended September 30,
 
2009
 
2008
Items in the statements of income and cash flows
US$1=RMB6.8321
 
US$1=RMB 6.9921
 
Research and development costs
 
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, research and development costs were $90,534 and $25,447, respectively.
 
Advertising costs
 
The Company expenses all advertising costs as incurred.  The total amounts of advertising costs charged to selling, general and administrative expense were $14,021 and $7,710 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
 
Shipping and handling costs
 
Substantially all costs of shipping and handling of products to customers are included in selling, general and administrative expense.  Shipping and handling costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 were $942,929 and $272,882, respectively.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements Adopted
 
In June 2009, the FASB established the FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM (ASC) as the single source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) recognized by the FASB to be applied to nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The ASC superseded all previously existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards, and any prior sources of U.S. GAAP not included in the ASC or grandfathered are not authoritative. New accounting standards issued subsequent to June 30, 2009 are communicated by the FASB through Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs). The ASC did not change current U.S. GAAP but changes the approach by referencing authoritative literature by topic (each a “Topic”) rather than by type of standard. The ASC has been effective for the Company effective July 1, 2009. Adoption of the ASC did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, but references in the Companys Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements to former FASB positions, statements, interpretations, opinions, bulletins or other pronouncements are now presented as references to the corresponding Topic in the ASC.
 
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Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the guidance provided in FASB ASC 815-40-15-5 through 815-40-15-8 (formerly EITF 07-5, "Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) is Indexed to an Entity’s Own Stock”). ASC 815-40-15-5 through 815-40-15-8  applies to any freestanding financial instruments or embedded features that have the characteristics of a derivative, as defined in ASC paragraph 815-10-15-83 (formerly SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,”) and to any freestanding financial instruments that are potentially settled in an entity’s own common stock. As a result of adopting ASC 815-40-15, the Company’s issued and outstanding Series A Warrants to purchase 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock and Series B Warrants to purchase 500,000 shares of Common Stock previously treated as equity pursuant to the scope exception in ASC 815-10-15-74 (formerly paragraph 11(a) of SFAS No. 133) were no longer afforded equity treatment. These warrants expire in 5 years from October 31, 2008 and have an exercise price of $3.50, which is subject to a downward adjustment if the Company issues additional shares of Common Stock or securities exercisable, convertible or exchangeable for Common Stock at a price less than the exercise price for a period of two years from October 31, 2008.
 
As such, effective January 1, 2009, the Company reclassified the fair value of the Series A and Series B Warrants from equity to liability as if these warrants were treated as a derivative liability since their date of issue on October 31, 2008. On January 1, 2009, the Company recognized a cumulative-effect adjustment of $2,306,688, and $1,676,778 was reclassified from beginning retained earnings and $629,910 from additional paid-in capital to a long-term warrant liability to recognize the fair value of such warrants on such date. The fair value of these warrants increased to $10,682,505 as of September 30, 2009. As such, the Company recognized a $8,375,817 loss from the change in fair value of these warrants for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. A discussion of the valuation techniques used to measure fair values for these warrants is provided in Note 3.
 
Following the allowed one-year deferral, effective January 1, 2009, the Company implemented ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. The implementation covers assets and liabilities measured at fair value in a business combination; impaired properties, plants and equipment, intangible assets and goodwill; initial recognition of asset retirement obligations; and restructuring costs for which we use fair value. In the first nine months of 2009, the Company did not have a business combination, impairment of goodwill or intangible asset, or restructuring accrual requiring the use of fair value. Because there usually is a lack of quoted market prices for long-lived assets, the fair value of properties, plants and equipment is determined based on the present values of expected future cash flows using inputs reflecting the Company’s estimate of a number of variables used by industry participants when valuing similar assets, or based on a multiple of operating cash flow validated with historical market transactions of similar assets where possible. Fair value used in the initial recognition of asset retirement obligations is determined based on the present value of expected future dismantlement costs incorporating our estimate of inputs used by industry participants when valuing similar liabilities. There was no impact to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements from the implementation of this ASC Topic for nonfinancial assets and liabilities, and it is expected there would not be any significant impact to the Company’s future consolidated financial statements, other than additional disclosures.
 
Effective January 1, 2009, the first day of fiscal 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 350-30 and ASC 275-10-50 (formerly FSP FAS 142-3, “Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets”), which amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under SFAS No. 142 ("SFAS 142"), “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” The Company will apply ASC 350-30 and ASC 275-10-50 prospectively to intangible assets acquired subsequent to the adoption date, January 1, 2009.  The adoption of ASC 350-30 and ASC 275-10-50 had no impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. 
 
Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 815-10-65 (formerly SFAS 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”), which amends and expands Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." ASC 815-10-65 requires tabular disclosure of the fair value of derivative instruments and their gains and losses.  This Statement also requires disclosure regarding the credit-risk related contingent features in derivative agreements, counterparty credit risk, and strategies and objectives for using derivative instruments. The adoption of ASC 815-10-65 did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. 
 
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Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 810-10-65 (formerly SFAS 160, "Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment of ARB No. 51"), which amends previously issued guidance to establish accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. It clarifies that a noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary, which is sometimes referred to as minority interest, is an ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. Among other requirements, this Statement requires that the consolidated net income attributable to the parent and the noncontrolling interest be clearly identified and presented on the face of the consolidated income statement. The adoption of ASC 810-10-65 did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 805-10 (formerly SFAS 141R, "Business Combinations"), which establishes principles and requirements for how an acquirer recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, any noncontrolling interest in an acquiree and the goodwill acquired. The Company will apply ASC 805-10 to any business combinations subsequent to adoption.
 
Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 805-20 (formerly FSP FAS 141R-1, "Accounting for Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination That Arise from Contingencies"), which amends ASC 805-10 to require that an acquirer recognize at fair value, at the acquisition date, an asset acquired or a liability assumed in a business combination that arises from a contingency if the acquisition-date fair value of that asset or liability can be determined during the measurement period. If the acquisition-date fair value of such an asset acquired or liability assumed cannot be determined, the acquirer should apply the provisions of ASC Topic 450, Contingences , to determine whether the contingency should be recognized at the acquisition date or after such date. ASC 805-20 is effective for business combinations whose acquisition date is on or after the first reporting period beginning after December 15, 2008. Accordingly, the Company adopted ASC 805-20 during the first quarter of 2009. The adoption of ASC 805-20 did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Effective July 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 825-10-65 (formerly FASB Staff Position (“FSP”) No. FAS 107-1 and Accounting Principles Board 28-1, "Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments"), which amends previous guidance to require disclosures about fair value of financial instruments for interim reporting periods of publicly traded companies as well as in annual financial statements. The adoption of FASB ASC 825-10-65 did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Effective July 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 320-10-65 (formerly FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, "Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments"), which amends the requirements for the recognition and measurement of other-than-temporary impairments for debt securities by modifying the current “intent and ability” indicator. Under ASC 320-10-65, an other-than-temporary impairment must be recognized if the Company has the intent to sell the debt security or the Company is more likely than not will be required to sell the debt security before its anticipated recovery. In addition, ASC 320-10-65 requires impairments related to credit loss, which is the difference between the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected and the amortized cost basis for each security, to be recognized in earnings while impairments related to all other factors to be recognized in other comprehensive income. The adoption of ASC 320-10-65 did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Effective July 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 820-10-65 (formerly FSP FAS 157-4, "Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly"), which provides guidance on how to determine the fair value of assets and liabilities when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability has significantly decreased when compared with normal market activity for the asset or liability as well as guidance on identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not orderly. The adoption of ASC 820-10-65  did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
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Effective July 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 855-10 (formerly SFAS 165, “Subsequent Events”), which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date, but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. Adoption of ASC 855-10 did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
New accounting pronouncements to be adopted
 
In December 2008, the FASB issued ASC 715, Compensation – Retirement Benefits (formerly FASB FSP FAS 132(R)-1, “Employers’ Disclosures about Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets”), which expands the disclosure requirements about plan assets for defined benefit pension plans and postretirement plans. The Company is required to adopt these disclosure requirement under ASC 715 in the fourth quarter of 2009. It is expected the adoption of these disclosure requirements will have no material effect on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 166, “Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets – an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140,” (not yet reflected in FASB ASC). SFAS No. 166 limits the circumstances in which a financial asset should be derecognized when the transferor has not transferred the entire financial asset by taking into consideration the transferor’s continuing involvement. The standard requires that a transferor recognize and initially measure at fair value all assets obtained (including a transferor’s beneficial interest) and liabilities incurred as a result of a transfer of financial assets accounted for as a sale. The concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity is removed from SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities,” along with the exception from applying FIN 46(R), “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities.” The standard is effective for the first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009 (i.e. the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2010), for interim periods within the first annual reporting period, and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. Earlier application is prohibited. It is expected the adoption of this Statement will have no material effect on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 167, “Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R),” (not yet reflected in FASB ASC). The standard amends FIN No. 46(R) to require a company to analyze whether its interest in a variable interest entity (“VIE”) gives it a controlling financial interest. A company must assess whether it has an implicit financial responsibility to ensure that the VIE operates as designed when determining whether it has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that significantly impact its economic performance. Ongoing reassessments of whether a company is the primary beneficiary are also required by the standard. SFAS No. 167 amends the criteria to qualify as a primary beneficiary as well as how to determine the existence of a VIE. The standard also eliminates certain exceptions that were available under FIN No. 46(R). This Statement will be effective as of the beginning of each reporting entity’s first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009  (i.e. the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2010), for interim periods within that first annual reporting period, and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. Earlier application is prohibited. Comparative disclosures will be required for periods after the effective date. As such, the Company will adopt this Statement for interim and annual periods ending after January 1, 2010.  It is expected the adoption of this Statement will have no material effect on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
In August, 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2009-05 (“ASU 2009-05”) to provide guidance on measuring the fair value of liabilities under FASB ASC 820 (formerly SFAS 157, "Fair Value  Measurements").  The Company is required to adopt ASU 2009-05 in the fourth quarter of 2009.  It is expected the adoption of this Update will have no material effect on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
In October 2009, the FASB concurrently issued the following ASC Updates:
 
·
ASU No. 2009-14 - Software (Topic 985): Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements (formerly EITF Issue No. 09-3) . This standard removes tangible products from the scope of software revenue recognition guidance and also provides guidance on determining whether software deliverables in an arrangement that includes a tangible product, such as embedded software, are within the scope of the software revenue guidance.
 
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·
ASU No. 2009-13 - Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements (formerly EITF Issue No. 08-1). This standard modifies the revenue recognition guidance for arrangements that involve the delivery of multiple elements, such as product, software, services or support, to a customer at different times as part of a single revenue generating transaction. This standard provides principles and application guidance to determine whether multiple deliverables exist, how the individual deliverables should be separated and how to allocate the revenue in the arrangement among those separate deliverables. The standard also expands the disclosure requirements for multiple deliverable revenue arrangements.
 
These Accounting Standards Updates should be applied on a prospective basis for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with earlier application permitted.  Alternatively, an entity can elect to adopt these standards on a retrospective basis, but both these standards must be adopted in the same period using the same transition method.  The Company expects to apply this standard on a prospective basis for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified beginning January 1, 2011.  The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact these standards may have on its financial position and results of operations.
 
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.
 
NOTE 3 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 
ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures, defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. This topic also establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires classification based on observable and unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The fair value hierarchy distinguishes between assumptions based on market data (observable inputs) and an entity’s own assumptions (unobservable inputs). The hierarchy consists of three levels:
 
·
Level one — Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
 
·
Level two — Inputs other than level one inputs that are either directly or indirectly observable; and
 
·
Level three — Unobservable inputs developed using estimates and assumptions, which are developed by the reporting entity and reflect those assumptions that a market participant would use.
 
Determining which category an asset or liability falls within the hierarchy requires significant judgment. The Company evaluates its hierarchy disclosures each quarter.
 
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized as follows (unaudited):
 
 
Fair value measurement using inputs
 
Carrying amount at
 
Financial instruments
Level 1
 
Level 2
   
Level 3
 
September 30, 2009
 
December 31, 2008
 
               
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
Liabilities:
                             
Derivative instruments − Warrants
  $     $     $ 10,682,505     $ 10,682,505     $ -  
Total
  $     $     $ 10,682,505     $ 10,682,505     $ -  
 
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The following table summarizes the changes in fair value of our Level 3 financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
 
   
Three months ended September 30, 2009
   
Nine months ended September 30, 2009
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Unaudited)
 
Fair Value Measurement Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
           
Beginning balance
  $ 2,646,855     $  
Reclassification due to adoption of ASC 815-40-15-5 through 815-40-15-8 (formerly EITF 07-5) as of January 1, 2009
          2,306,688  
Total losses, realized and unrealized, included in earnings
    8,035,650       8,375,817  
Purchases, issuances and settlements
           
Ending balance
  $ 10,682,505     $ 10,682,505  
The amount of total losses for the period included in earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains or losses relating to assets and liabilities still held at September 30, 2009
  $ 8,035,650     $ 8,375,817  
 
Losses, realized and unrealized, included in earnings for the above periods are reported in other expenses.
 
There were no assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
 
The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables and payables, and short-term bank loans and debts approximate their fair values due to the short maturities of these instruments.
 
Derivative Instruments – Warrants
 
The Company issued 1,500,000 Series A and 250,000 Series B Warrants in connection with the October 2008 Private Placement of 6,818,182 shares of Series A preferred stock, which are further disclosed in Note 15. 250,000 Series B Warrants were issued for business and investor relations consulting services. These warrants were not issued with the intent of effectively hedging any future cash flow, fair value of any asset, liability or any net investment in a foreign operation. Terms of these warrants are disclosed in Note 15 in more details. These warrants do not qualify for hedge accounting, and as such, all future changes in the fair value of these warrants will be recognized in statement of income until such time as the warrants are exercised or expire.
 
The Company estimates the fair value of these warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following assumptions:
 
 
September 30, 2009
 
January 1, 2009
Market price and estimated fair value of common stock:
$8.810
 
$3.850
Exercise price:
$3.50
 
$3.50
Remaining contractual life (years):
4.08
 
4.83
Dividend yield:
 
Expected volatility:
40.45%
 
30.58%
Risk-free interest rate:
1.89%
 
1.49%
 
Before September 4, 2009, the Company’s common stock had not been publicly traded. The Company has determined the fair value of its common stock as of January 1, 2009 based on retrospective valuations prepared consistent with the methods outlined in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Practice Aids, “Valuation of Privately-Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation” and based on a discounted future cash flow approach that used the Company’s estimates of revenue, driven by assumed market growth rates, and estimated costs as well as appropriate discount rates. Whilst the Company’s common stock began public trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market on September 4, 2009, the fair value of the Company’s common stock as of September 30, 2009 has been determined based on market price.
 
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As the Company’s stock only begun public trading on September 4, 2009, historical volatility information is limited and considered not representative of the expected volatility. In accordance with ASC 718-10-30-2 (formerly SFAS No. 123R, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, the Company identified five similar public entities for which share and option price information was available, and considered the historical volatilities of those public entities’ share prices in calculating the expected volatility appropriate to the Company (i.e. the calculated value). The risk-free rate of return reflects the interest rate for United States Treasury Note with similar time-to-maturity to that of the Warrants.
 
NOTE 4 RESTRICTED CASH
 
As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, $700,000 and $1,750,000 in total was held in escrow arising from agreements in conjunction with the Private Placement, which are further disclosed in Notes 15 and 22.
 
Restricted cash consisted of the following:
 
   
September 30, 
2009
   
December 31, 
2008
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Audited)
 
             
Guarantee fund for financing agreement
  $ -     $ 800,000  
Special fund for listing
    500,000       750,000  
Special fund for employee pensions
    200,000       200,000  
                 
    $ 700,000     $ 1,750,000  
 
NOTE 5 − NOTES RECEIVABLE, NET
 
Notes receivable arose from sale of goods and represented commercial drafts issued by customers to the Company that were guaranteed by bankers of the customers. Notes receivable were interest-free with maturity dates of 3 or 6 months from date of issuance.
 
Notes receivable consisted of the following:
 
   
September 30,  2009
   
December 31,  2008
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Audited)
 
             
Notes receivable
  $ -     $ 321,892  
Less: Allowance for doubtful debts
    -       -  
                 
Notes receivable, net
  $ -     $ 321,892  
 
NOTE 6 − ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
 
Accounts receivable consisted of the following:
 
   
September 30, 
2009
   
December 31, 
2008
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Audited)
 
             
Accounts receivable
  $ 7,183,128     $ 5,042,739  
Less: Allowance for doubtful debts
    -       -  
                 
Accounts receivable, net
  $ 7,183,128     $ 5,042,739  
 
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NOTE 7 − OTHER RECEIVABLES AND CURRENT ASSETS
 
Other receivables and current assets consisted of the following:
 
   
September 30, 
2009
   
December 31, 
2008
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Audited)
 
             
Other receivables
  $ 2,123     $ -  
Trade deposits
    11,041          
Recoverable value added tax
    732,598       -  
Less: Allowance for valuation and doubtful debts
    -       -  
                 
    $ 745,762     $ -  
 
NOTE 8 − INVENTORIES
 
Inventories by major categories are summarized as follows:
 
   
September 30, 
2009
   
December 31, 
2008
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Audited)
 
             
Raw materials
  $ 6,691,603     $ 160,234  
Work in progress
    750,520       29,013  
CCA and copper wire
    2,416,132       397,691  
Refined copper rod
    2,823,072       -  
                 
    $ 12,681,327     $ 586,938  
 
NOTE 9 − INTANGIBLE ASSETS
 
   
September 30, 
2009
   
December 31, 
2008
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Audited)
 
             
Computer software, cost
  $ 7,029     $ 7,023  
Less: Accumulated amortization
    (3,866 )     (2,809 )
                 
    $ 3,163     $ 4,214  
 
Amortization expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 were $1,054 and $1,030.
 
NOTE 10 − PREPAID LAND USE RIGHTS
 
The Company has recorded as prepaid land use rights the lump sum payments paid to acquire long-term interest to utilize the land underlying the Company’s buildings and production facility.  This type of arrangement is common for the use of land in the PRC.  The prepaid land use rights are expensed on the straight-line basis over the term of the land use rights of 50 years.  As of September 30, 2009, the Company has obtained the relevant PRC property ownership and land use rights certificates.
 
The amount expensed on prepaid land use rights for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 were $129,312 and $58,554, respectively.  The estimated expense of the prepaid land use rights over each of the next five years and thereafter will be $172,495.
 
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NOTE 11 − BUILDINGS, MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
 
Buildings, machinery and equipment, net consisted of the following:
 
   
September 30,
2009
   
December 31, 
2008
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Audited)
 
Cost:
           
Buildings
  $ 7,970,039     $ 1,367,189  
Office equipment
    293,302       61,767  
Motor vehicles
    286,027       137,423  
Machinery
    9,605,574       7,834,657  
                 
Total cost
    18,154,942       9,401,036  
Less: Accumulated depreciation
    (2,804,080 )     (1,960,093 )
                 
Net book value
  $ 15,350,862     $ 7,440,943  
 
Depreciation expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 were $842,004 and $509,474, respectively.
 
NOTE 12  − CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS
 
Construction in progress consisted of the following:
 
   
September 30, 
2009
   
December 31, 
2008
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Audited)
 
             
Construction of equipment
  $ 1,105,672     $ 1,295,315  
Construction of buildings
    394,254       4,722,626  
                 
    $ 1,499,926     $ 6,017,941  
 
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NOTE 13 − SHORT TERM BANK LOANS
 
Short-term bank loans consisted of the following:
 
   
September 30,
2009
   
December 31,
2008
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Audited)
 
             
Bank loan granted by Bank of Jiangsu, with an interest rate of 6.66% p.a., guaranteed by a related company, Danyang Tianyi Telecommunication Co., Ltd. (“Tianyi Telecom”), and maturing on November 18, 2009
  $ 2,196,515     $ 2,194,715  
                 
Bank loan granted by Agriculture Bank of China, with interest rate of 5.31% p.a., guaranteed by Tianyi Telecom and maturing on August 20, 2010
    732,172       731,572  
                 
Bank loan granted by Agriculture Bank of China, Danyang Branch with an interest rate of 5.31% p.a., guaranteed by Tianyi Telecom. The bank loan will mature on April 15, 2010, with interest due on the 20th day of each month
    761,458       -  
                 
Bank loan granted by Agriculture Bank of China, Danyang Branch with an interest rate of 5.31% p.a., guaranteed by Tianyi Telecom.  The bank loan will mature on May 21, 2010, with interest due on the 20th day of each month
    702,885       -  
                 
Bank loan granted by China Construction Bank with interest rates ranging from 6.372% p.a. to 8.964% p.a., guaranteed by Tianyi Telecom, matured and fully repaid on March 6, 2009.
    -       1,170,514  
                 
Bank loan granted by Agriculture Bank of China, with interest rates ranging from 6.903% p.a. to 9.711% p.a., guaranteed by Tianyi Telecom, matured and fully repaid on April 15, 2009
    -       760,835  
                 
Bank loan granted by Agriculture Bank of China, with interest rates ranging from 6.903% p.a. to 9.711% p.a., guaranteed by Tianyi Telecom and matured and fully repaid on May 20, 2009
    -       702,309  
                 
Bank loan granted by China Construction Bank, with interest rates ranging from 5.841% p.a. to 8.217% p.a., guaranteed by Tianyi Telecom, and matured and fully repaid on April 29, 2009
    -       585,257  
                 
    $ 4,393,030     $ 6,145,202  
 
NOTE 14 − OTHER PAYABLES AND ACCRUALS
 
Other payables and accruals consisted of the following:
 
   
September 30,
2009
   
December 31,
2008
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Audited)
 
             
Accrued staff costs
  $ 464,279     $ 380,472  
Other taxes payable
    274,000       335,152  
Other payables
    39,642       115,120  
                 
    $ 777,921     $ 830,744  
 
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NOTE 15 − SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
The Company’s Article of Incorporation grants the Board of Directors the authority, without any further vote or action by stockholders, to issue preferred stock in one or more series, fix the number of shares constituting the series and establish the preferences, limitations and relative rights, including dividend rights, dividend rate, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption price or prices, redemption rights and liquidation preferences of the shares of the series.
 
Series A Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock
 
On October 31, 2008, the Company entered into and completed a securities purchase agreement (“Private Placement”) with certain accredited investors (the “Investors”) for the issuance and sale by the Company in a private placement of 6,818,182 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Preferred Shares”) and Series A warrants to purchase 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock. The Company received $13,656,538 in proceeds from this Private Placement after paying fees and expenses.
 
The principal terms of the Preferred Shares are as follows:
 
Conversion: At any time on or after our issuance of Preferred Shares, each share of Preferred Shares will be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof (subject to certain ownership percentage limitations set forth in the Certificate of Designations), into one share of Common Stock, subject to adjustment from time to time, upon the occurrence of certain events described below. The rate of conversion (the “Conversion Rate”) is determined by dividing $2.20 per share (the “Liquidation Preference Amount”) by the conversion price of $2.20 (the “Conversion Price”), subject to adjustment as discussed below.
 
In the event the Company does not timely convert and deliver Preferred Shares into shares of Common Stock after request of a holder to so convert, and the holder must purchase shares of Common Stock, in excess of the price for which the holder sold such shares, the Company must make a payment in cash to the holder in the amount of the excess paid and the Company will not honor the conversion request and will reinstate the number of Preferred Shares for which such conversion was not honored.
 
If at any time, the Company consummate a bona fide offering of shares of Common Stock of at least $5,000,000, all outstanding Preferred Shares shall automatically convert to shares of Common Stock (subject to certain ownership percentage limitations set forth in the Certificate of Designations of the Series A Preferred Shares).
 
Liquidation Rights: The Preferred Shares will, in the event of any distributions or payments in the event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company rank senior to Common Stock and to any other class or series of stock which may be issued not designated as ranking senior to or pari passu with the Preferred Shares in respect of the right to participate in distributions or payments upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of shares of Preferred Shares will be entitled to receive, out of assets available for distribution to stockholders, an amount equal to the Liquidation Preference Amount before any payment shall be made or any assets distributed to the holders of Common Stock or any stock which ranks junior to the Preferred Shares. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the rights of holders of Preferred Shares to convert such shares into shares of Common Stock shall terminate prior to the date fixed for the payment to the holders of Preferred Shares of any amounts distributable to them in the event of any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
 
Redemption Rights: None of Preferred Shares may be redeemed without the express written consent of each holder of such shares. If the Company cannot issue shares of Common Stock upon a conversion because the Company does not have a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock authorized and available, then with respect to the unconverted Preferred Shares, the holder of such Preferred Shares, solely at such holder's option, may require the Company to redeem from such holder those Preferred Shares with respect to which the Company is unable to issue Common Stock in accordance with such holder's conversion notice at a price per share payable in cash equal to one hundred thirty percent of the Liquidation Preference Amount.
 
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Simultaneously with the occurrence of any merger, consolidation or similar capital reorganization of Common Stock, each holder of Preferred Shares shall have the right, at such holder's option, to require the Company to redeem all or a portion of such holder's Preferred Shares at a price per share equal to one hundred ten percent of the Liquidation Preference Amount.
 
Dividend Rights: Preferred Shares will not be entitled to receive dividends unless the Company pays dividends to holders of our Common Stock. If the Company pays dividends to holders of Common Stock, holders of Preferred Shares will be entitled to receive, on each share of Preferred Shares held by them, dividends of equal amount or value as dividends that would have been payable on the number of underlying shares of Common Stock into which such Preferred Shares would be convertible, if such shares of Preferred Shares had been converted on the date for determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividends.
 
Adjustments to Conversion Price, Conversion Rate and Other Similar Adjustments: The number of shares of Common Stock into which the Series A Preferred shall be converted, or the Conversion Price, as the case may be, shall be subject to upward or downward adjustment from time to time, as applicable, in the event of a (i) combination, stock split, recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Stock, (ii) merger, consolidation or similar capital reorganization of the Common Stock, (iii) distribution of stock dividends or (iv) issuance of additional shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into Common Stock at a price less than $2.20.
 
Voting Rights: Holders of Preferred Shares shall vote together as a separate class on all matters which impact the rights, value, or ranking of the Preferred Shares. Holders of Preferred Shares shall vote on an "as converted" basis, together with holders of Common Stock, as a single class, in connection with any proposal submitted to stockholders to: (i) increase the number of authorized shares of capital stock, (ii) to approve the sale of any of capital stock, (iii) adopt an employee stock option plan, or (iv) effect any merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of assets, or related consolidation or combination transaction.
 
Conversion Restriction: Holders of Preferred Shares are restricted from converting to Common Stock if the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to such Conversion would cause the number of shares of Common Stock owned by such holder and its affiliates at such time to equal or exceed 9.9% of the then issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock; provided, however, that upon a holder of the Series A Preferred providing the Company with sixty-one (61) days notice that such holder wishes to waive this restriction such holder may be entitled to waive this restriction.
 
Accounting for Preferred Shares
 
Pursuant to the Securities Escrow Agreement entered into by the Company as discussed below, if the Company fails to achieve certain net income thresholds for fiscal years 2008 and/or 2009, additional shares of the Company’s common stock would be released to the holders of the Preferred Shares. As a result, the holders of the Preferred Shares could acquire a majority of the voting power of the Company’s outstanding common stock.  In such a situation, the Company would not be able to control the approval of “any merger, consolidation or similar capital reorganization of its common stock”, i.e. events which could trigger the right of Preferred Shares holder to request for redemption. FASB ASC 480-10-S99 (formerly EITF D-98, “ Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities ”), provides that preferred securities that are redeemable for cash are to be classified outside of permanent equity if they are redeemable upon the occurrence of an event that is not solely within the control of the issuer. Therefore, as of December 31, 2008, the Preferred Shares were classified out of permanent equity in accordance with FASB ASC 480-10-S99 (formerly EITF D-98).
 
Conversion during the Period
 
On September 9, 2009, pursuant to the completion of the Public Offering, as discussed below, and in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares, all outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock were automatically converted into 6,818,183 shares of Common Stock.
 
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Series A Warrants
 
In conjunction with the issuance of the Preferred Shares, the Company issued Series A Warrants to purchase up to 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.50 per share issued and outstanding. The Series A Warrants have a term of exercise expiring 5 years from October 31, 2008. The Series A Warrants at the option of the holder, may be exercised by cash payment of the exercise price or, commencing 18 months following the closing of the Private Placement, if the per share market value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the exercise price and a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, covering the shares of Common Stock underlying the Series A Warrants is not then declared ineffective by the SEC, in lieu of exercising the Series A Warrants by payment of cash, a holder may exercise the Series A Warrant by a cashless exercise by surrender of the Series A Warrant, in which event the Company will issue to the holder a number of shares of our Common Stock computed using the following formula:

 
X =  Y - (A)(Y)
             B
 
     
Where
X =
the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the holder.
     
 
Y =
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Series A Warrant in accordance with the terms of the Series A Warrant by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.
     
 
A =
the Exercise Price.
     
 
B =
the per share market value of one share of Common Stock on the trading day immediately preceding the date of such election.
 
The Company will not receive any additional proceeds to the extent that the Series A Warrants are exercised by cashless exercise.
 
The exercise price and number of shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Series A Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstance, including in the event of a stock dividend, or our recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation and the issuance of rights to purchase additional shares of our Common Stock or to receive other securities convertible into additional shares of Common Stock.
 
For a period of two years following the original issue date of the Series A Warrants (the “Full Ratchet Period”), in the event the Company issues any additional shares of Common Stock or securities exercisable, convertible or exchangeable for Common Stock at a price per share less than the exercise price then in effect or without consideration, then the exercise price upon each such issuance will be adjusted to a price equal to the consideration per share paid for such additional shares of Common Stock.
 
No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Series A Warrants. If, upon exercise of a Series A Warrant, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company will pay to the holder cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then fair market value of one full share.
 
Pursuant to the terms of the Series A Warrants, the Company will not effect the exercise of any Series A Warrant, and no person who is a holder of any Series A Warrant has the right to exercise the Series A Warrant, to the extent that after giving effect to such exercise, such person would beneficially own in excess of 9.9% of the then outstanding shares of our Common Stock. However, the holder is entitled to waive this cap upon 61 days notice to the Company.
 
The Company has the right to redeem up to 9.9% of the Series A Warrants at a price equal to $0.01 per share of Common Stock underlying such warrants if (i) our Common Stock is traded on a national securities exchange, (ii) the daily volume weighted average price of our Common Stock is above $8.87 for 30 consecutive trading days ending on the date of the notice of redemption, and (iii) the average daily trading volume for the trading period is greater than 300,000 shares per day ; provided, that all shares underlying such Series A Warrants are registered pursuant to an effective registration statement and the Company simultaneously calls all of the Series A Warrants on the same terms. The Company will have the right, but not the obligation, to redeem the Series A Warrants at any time, and from time to time, provided that at such time, the foregoing conditions have been met, but in no event can the Company redeem the Series A Warrants more than once in any thirty (30) trading day period.
 
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Series B Warrants
 
In connection with the Private Placement, Broadband Capital Management, LLC (“Broadband”) acted as the Company’s financial advisor and placement agent. Broadband received Series B warrants to purchase 250,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price per share of $3.50.
 
On October 31, 2008, the Company issued Series B Warrants to purchase 250,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $3.50 to Penumbra Worldwide Ltd. (“Penumbra”). Penumbra is not a broker dealer and the Series B Warrants were not issued as compensation for underwriting activities, but as compensation for business and investor relations consulting services performed by Penumbra.
 
The Series B Warrants have a term of exercise expiring 5 years from October 31, 2008. The Series B Warrants, at the option of the holder, may be exercised by cash payment of the exercise price or by “cashless exercise”. The Company will not receive any additional proceeds to the extent that warrants are exercised by cashless exercise.
 
If the per share market value of one share of Common Stock is greater than the exercise price and at the time of election, the average trading volume of Common Stock exceeds 100,000 shares for the immediately preceding 30 trading days, in lieu of exercising the Series B Warrant by payment of cash, the holder may exercise the Series B Warrant by cashless exercise by surrendering the Series B Warrant, in which event the Company will issue to the holder a number of shares of our Common Stock computed using the following formula:

 
X =  Y - (A)(Y)
             B
 
     
Where:
X =
the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Holder.
     
 
Y =
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Series B Warrant in accordance with the terms of the Series B Warrant by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.
     
 
A =
the exercise price.
     
 
B =
the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for the 30 trading day period immediately preceding the date of such election.
 
The exercise price and number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances, including in the event of a stock dividend, or our recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation and the issuance of rights to purchase additional shares of Common Stock or to receive other securities convertible into additional shares of Common Stock.
 
For a period of two years following the original issue date of the Series B Warrant (the “Weighted Average Period”), in the event the Company issues any additional shares of Common Stock or securities exercisable, convertible or exchangeable for Common Stock at a price per share less than the exercise price then in effect or without consideration, then the exercise price then in effect shall be multiplied by a fraction (i) the numerator of which shall be equal to the sum of (x) the number of shares of outstanding Common Stock immediately prior to the issuance of such additional shares of Common Stock plus (y) the number of shares of Common Stock (rounded to the nearest whole share) which the aggregate consideration price per share paid for the total number of such additional shares of Common Stock so issued would purchase at a price per share equal to the exercise price then in effect and (ii) the denominator of which shall be equal to the number of shares of outstanding Common Stock immediately after the issuance of such additional shares of Common Stock.
 
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No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the warrants. If, upon exercise of a warrant, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share, the Company will pay to the holder cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the then fair market value of one full share.
 
Allocation of Proceeds from Private Placement
 
In accordance with ASC Topic 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options, (formerly EITF 00-27, “Application of Issue No. 98-5 to Certain Convertible Instruments”), the proceeds from the Private Placement were first allocated between the Preferred Shares and the warrants issued in connection with the Private Placement based upon their estimated fair values as of the closing date, resulting in an aggregate amount of $539,910 being allocated to the Series A Warrants and the 250,000 Series B Warrants issued to Broadband.
 
Then, the fair value of the embedded conversion feature of the Preferred Shares of $1,002,115 was calculated using the intrinsic value model in accordance with the guidance provided in ASC Topic 470-20-30-6 (formerly EITF 00-27, “Application of Issue No. 98-5 to Certain Convertible Instruments”), limited to the amount of the proceeds allocated to the convertible instrument. The intrinsic value of the beneficial conversion feature was calculated by comparing the effective conversion price, which was determined based on the proceeds from the Private Placement allocated to the convertible Preferred Shares, and the fair value of the Company’s common stock of $2.26 at the commitment date, which was determined based on retrospective valuations prepared consistent with the methods outlined in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Practice Aids, “Valuation of Privately-Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation” and based on a discounted future cash flow approach that used the Company’s estimates of revenue, driven by assumed market growth rates, and estimated costs as well as appropriate discount rates. The fair value of $1,002,115 of the beneficial conversion feature has been recognized as a reduction to the carrying amount of the convertible Preferred Shares and an addition to paid-in capital.
 
The following table sets out the accounting for the Preferred Shares and the movements during the period:

Proceeds of the Private Placement (net of fees and expenses)
 
$
13,656,538
 
Allocation of proceeds to Series A Warrants and 250,000 Series B Warrants
   
(539,910
)
Allocation of proceeds to beneficial conversion feature
   
(1,002,115
)
Amortization of discount resulting from the accounting for a beneficial conversion feature, deemed analogous to a dividend to the Preferred Shares holders
   
1,002,115
 
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock at December 31, 2008
   
13,116,628
 
Automatic conversion to Common Stock pursuant to Public Offering, as discussed below
   
(13,116,628
)
Balance, September 30, 2009
 
$
-
 
 
Public Offering of Common Stock and Issuance of Warrants
 
On September 9, 2009, the Company completed a public offering (“Public Offering”) of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock and an additional 300,000 shares exercised by the underwriters as part of the over-allotment option, at an offering price of $4.00 per share and raised a proceeds of $7,864,000, net of legal fees, commission and other expenses directly related to this public offering.
 
In conjunction with the Public Offering, the Company issued warrants to the underwriters to purchase up to 138,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a strike price of $4.80 per share. These warrants are exercisable at any time during a 5-year term commencing on the date that is six months from September 4, 2009. The shares underlying these warrants will have registration rights incidental upon the Company proposing to register any of its securities (other than in connection with a registration on Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor forms). These warrants contain standard anti-dilution provisions for stock dividends, stock splits, stock combination, recapitalization and a change of control transaction.  Because these warrants do not contain any contingent exercise provisions and their settlement amount will equal the difference between the fair value of a fixed number of the Companys equity shares and a fixed strike price, these warrants, which are freestanding instruments, qualify for the scope exception under the guidance provided in ASC 815-40-15-5 through 815-40-15-8, and are considered indexed to the Companys own stock. Accordingly, these warrants have been classified as equity.
 
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Warrants issued and outstanding at September 30, 2009 are as follows:
 
   
Warrants Outstanding
   
Warrants Exercisable
 
   
Number of underlying shares
   
Weighted Average Exercise Price
   
Average Remaining Contractual Life (years)
   
Number of underlying shares
   
Weighted Average Exercise Price
   
Average Remaining Contractual Life (years)
 
Balance, January 1, 2008
    -                   -              
Granted / Vested
    2,000,000     $ 3.50       5.00       2,000,000     $ 3.50       5.00  
Forfeited
    -                       -                  
Exercised
    -                       -                  
Balance, December 31, 2008
    2,000,000     $ 3.50       4.17       2,000,000     $ 3.50       4.17  
Granted / Vested
    138,000     $ 4.80       5.00       -                  
Forfeited
    -                       -                  
Exercised
    -                       -                  
Balance, September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)
    2,138,000     $ 3.58       4.22       2,000,000     $ 3.50       4.17  
 
NOTE 16 − SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
 
Make Good Escrow Agreement
 
In conjunction with the Private Placement, the Company also entered into a make good escrow agreement with the Investors (the “ Securities Escrow Agreement ”), pursuant to which Magnify Wealth initially placed 6,818,182 of Common Stock (equal to 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Investor Shares) (the “ Escrow Shares ”) into an escrow account. The Escrow Shares are being held as security for the achievement of $12 million in audited net income and $0.50 earnings per share for the fiscal year 2008 (the “2008 Performance Threshold”) and $18 million in audited net income and $0.76 earnings per share for the fiscal year 2009 (the “2009 Performance Threshold”). The calculation of earnings per share of $0.76 for the fiscal year 2009 shall exclude up to $5,000,000 in shares of Common Stock issued in a bona fide initial public offering, however, any shares issued in excess of $5,000,000 shall be included in the calculation of earnings per share for the fiscal year 2009. If the Company achieves the 2008 Performance Threshold and the 2009 Performance Threshold, the Escrow Shares will be released back to Magnify Wealth. If either the 2008 Performance Threshold or 2009 Performance Threshold is not achieved, an aggregate number of Escrow Shares (such number to be determined by the formula set forth in the Securities Escrow Agreement) will be distributed to the Investors, based upon the number of Investor Shares (on an as converted basis) purchased in the Private Placement and still beneficially owned by such Investor, or such successor, assign or transferee, at such time. If less than 50% of the 2008 or 2009 Performance threshold is achieved, based on the formula set forth in the Securities Escrow Agreement, a certain amount of Escrow Shares may be released. If the Company achieves at least 50% but less than 95% of the 2008 or 2009 performance thresholds, based on the formula set forth in the Securities Escrow Agreement, a certain number of Escrow shares may be released. If the Company achieves at least 95% of either the 2008 or 2009 performance thresholds, the Escrow shares will continue to be held in escrow. If any Investor transfers Investor Shares purchased pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the rights to the Escrow Shares shall similarly transfer to such transferee, with no further action required by the Investor, the transferee or the Company. Pursuant to the Securities Escrow Agreement, if any Escrow Shares are delivered to Investors as a result of the Company’s failure to fully achieve the 2008 Performance Thresholds, Magnify Wealth shall deliver that number of additional shares of Common Stock as is necessary to maintain 100% of the number of original Escrow Shares in the escrow account at all times. With respect to the 2008 and 2009 performance thresholds, net income shall be defined in accordance with US GAAP and reported in the Company’s audited financial statements for each of 2008 and 2009, plus any amounts that may have been recorded as charges or liabilities on the 2008 and 2009 audited financial statements, respectively, as a result of (i) the Private Placement, including without limitation, as a result of the issuance and/or conversion of the Investor Shares, (ii) the release of the Escrow Shares to the Magnify Wealth pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, (iii) the issuance of ordinary shares held by the sole shareholder of Magnify Wealth to Mr. Zhu upon the exercise of options granted to Mr. Zhu by shareholder of Magnify Wealth, as of the date thereof.
 
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According to the Accounting Interpretation and Guidance of the staff of the SEC, the placement of shares in escrow is viewed as a recapitalization similar to a reverse stock split. The agreement to release the shares upon achievement of certain criteria is presumed to be a separate compensatory arrangement with the Company. Accordingly, when the Escrow Shares are released back to Magnify Wealth, an expense equal to the amount of the grant-date fair value of $2.26 per share of the Company’s common stock as of October 31, 2008, or the date of the Securities Escrow Agreement will be recognized in the Company’s financial statements in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, “Compensation – Stock Compensation”. Otherwise, if the net income threshold is not met and the Escrow Shares are released to the investors instead, it will be accounted for as a capital transaction with the investors resulting in no income or expense being recognized in the Company’s financial statements.
 
For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company’s net income was $11,701,879 which achieved 95% of the 2008 performance threshold. All of the Escrow Shares will continue to be held in escrow and none has yet been released to either Magnify Wealth or the Investors. As the release of the Escrow Shares requires the attainment of the performance thresholds for both 2008 and 2009, the Company will only commence to recognize compensation expense when the Company will be able to evaluate whether it is probable that the Company will achieve the 2009 performance threshold to provide for the ultimate release of the Escrow Shares back to Magnify Wealth.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, no compensation expense has been recognized on the make good arrangement. If the 2009 performance threshold is also met and all of the Escrow Shares are released back to Magnify Wealth, a compensation expense of $15,409,091 will be recognized in fiscal year 2009.
 
Common Stock awarded to Employees by a Majority Shareholder
 
Pursuant to a contractual arrangement between Magnify Wealth and Mr. Yang “Roy” Yu, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Mr. Yu is entitled to receive up to 450,000 shares of the Company’s common stock issued to Magnify Wealth in the Share Exchange. 112,500 of such shares were transferred to Mr. Yu immediately upon consummation of the Share Exchange. As of September 30, 2009, the remaining 337,500 shares have remained in an escrow account and shall be released to Mr. Yu in three equal installments of 112,500 shares issuable on the first, second and third anniversary of the consummation of the Share Exchange.  In connection with these share-based payments to Mr. Yu, the Company recognized a compensation expense of $190,688, based on the grant-date fair value of the Company’s common stock of $2.26 per share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
 
Options granted to Independent Directors
 
On April 14, 2009, the Company granted options to each of its three independent directors, Mr. Liu Su, Mr. Jonathan P. Serbin and Mr. Robert Bruce, to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at a strike price of $2.20 per share, in consideration of their services to the Company. These options vest quarterly at the end of each 3-month period, in equal installments over the 12-month period from the date of grant and will expire 10 years from the date of grant.  However, upon a change of control of the Company, the options shall automatically become fully vested and exercisable as of the date of such change of control.
 
In accordance with the guidance provided in ASC Topic 718, Stock Compensation, (formerly SFAS 123R), the compensation costs associated with these options are recognized, based on the grant-date fair value of these options of $2.0405 per share, over the requisite service period, or vesting period. Accordingly the Company recognized a compensation expense of $61,215 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
 
The Company estimates the fair value of these options using the Black-Scholes option pricing model based on the following assumptions:

Date of grant:
April 14, 2009
Estimated fair value of common stock on date of grant:
$3.813
Exercise price of the options:
$2.20
Expected life of the options (years):
5.92
Dividend yield:
-
Expected volatility:
30.16%
Risk-free interest rate:
1.97%
 
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Before September 4, 2009, the Company’s common stock had not been publicly traded. The Company has determined the fair value of its common stock as of April 14, 2009 based on retrospective valuations prepared consistent with the methods outlined in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Practice Aids, “Valuation of Privately-Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation” and based on a discounted future cash flow approach that used the Company’s estimates of revenue, driven by assumed market growth rates, and estimated costs as well as appropriate discount rates. In accordance with ASC 718-10-30-2 (formerly SFAS No. 123R, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”), the Company identified five similar public entities for which share and option price information was available, and considered the historical volatilities of those public entities’ share prices in calculating the expected volatility appropriate to the Company (i.e. the calculated value). The expected life of the options is estimated based on the assumption that the options will be exercised during the first half of the option contractual life. It is not necessarily indicative of the actual exercise patterns that may occur. The risk-free rate of return reflects the interest rate for United States Treasury Note with similar time-to-maturity to that of the options.
 
Options issued and outstanding at September 30, 2009 and their movements during the period are as follows:
   
Options Outstanding
   
Options Exercisable
 
   
Number of underlying shares
   
Weighted Average Exercise Price
   
Average Remaining Contractual Life (years)
   
Number of underlying shares
   
Weighted Average Exercise Price
   
Average Remaining Contractual Life (years)
 
Balance, December 31, 2008
    -                   -              
Granted / Vested
    60,000     $ 2.20       10.00       20,000     $ 2.20       10.00  
Forfeited
    -                       -                  
Exercised
    -                       -                  
Balance, September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)
    60,000     $ 2.20       9.42       20,000     $ 2.20       9.42  
 
NOTE 17                      OTHER INCOME
   
For the Three Months
   
For the Nine Months
 
   
Ended September 30,
   
Ended September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
   
Unaudited
   
Unaudited
   
Unaudited
   
Unaudited
 
                         
Gain on sales of scraps
  $ -     $ -     $ 500,753     $ -  
Sundry
    -       -       -       (5,683 )
                                 
    $ -     $ -     $ 500,753     $ (5,683 )

NOTE 18 − INCOME TAXES
 
The PRC subsidiaries within the Group are subject to PRC income taxes on an entity basis on income arising in or derived from the tax jurisdiction in which they operate, i.e. the PRC.  In accordance with the relevant tax laws in the PRC, the Company’s subsidiary, Danyang Lihua, was subject to an enterprise income tax (“EIT”) rate of 24% on its taxable income for periods before January 1, 2008 because it is located in an economic development zone.  Furthermore, Danyang Lihua is a production-based foreign investment enterprise and was granted an EIT holiday for the two years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 and a 50% reduction on the EIT rate for the three years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
 
On March 16, 2007, the PRC government promulgated a new tax law, China’s Unified Enterprise Income Tax Law (“New EIT Law”), which took effect from January 1, 2008. Under the New EIT Law, foreign-owned enterprises as well as domestic companies are subject to a uniform tax rate of 25%. The New EIT Law provides for a five-year transition period from its effective date for those enterprises which were established before the promulgation date of the New EIT Law and which were entitled to a preferential EIT treatment. Accordingly, Danyang Lihua has continued to be entitled to the 50% reduction on its EIT rate for the two years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009.
 
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The Company’s provision for income taxes consisted of:
 
   
For the three months
   
For the nine months
 
   
Ended September 30,
   
Ended September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
   
Unaudited
   
Unaudited
   
Unaudited
   
Unaudited
 
                         
Current PRC
  $ 1,425,505     $ 546,985     $ 3,738,024     $ 1,411,131  
Deferred
    -       -       23,403       -  
                                 
    $ 1,425,505     $ 546,985     $ 3,761,427     $ 1,411,131  

NOTE 19 − EARNINGS PER SHARE
 
All per share data including earnings per share (EPS) has been retroactively restated to reflect the reverse acquisition on October 31, 2008 whereby the 14,025,000 shares of common stock issued by the Company (nominal acquirer) to the shareholder of Ally Profit (nominal acquiree) are deemed to be the number of shares outstanding for the period prior to the reverse acquisition. For the period after the reverse acquisition, the number of shares considered to be outstanding is the actual number of shares outstanding during that period.
 
The following table is a reconciliation of the net income and the weighted average shares used in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the periods presented:
   
For the three months
   
For the nine months
 
   
Ended September 30,
   
Ended September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
   
Unaudited
   
Unaudited
   
Unaudited
   
Unaudited
 
                         
Income (loss) available to common shareholders:
                       
- Basic
  $ (1,336,448 )     3,839,288       9,509,427       9,762,606  
                                 
- Diluted
  $ (1,336,448 )     3,839,288       9,509,427       9,762,606  
                                 
Weighted average number of shares:
                               
- Basic
    17,081,324       14,025,000       15,701,399       14,025,000  
- Dilutive impact of outstanding warrants
    -       -       1,110,577       -  
- Diluted
    17,081,324       14,025,000       16,811,976       14,025,000  
                                 
Net income (loss) per share
                               
- Basic
  $ (0.08 )   $ 0.27     $ 0.61     $ 0.70  
                                 
- Diluted
  $ (0.08 )   $ 0.27     $ 0.57     $ 0.70  
 
Due to the net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2009, the weighted average number of shares for basic EPS was not increased by any effect of warrants in the calculations of diluted EPS as the impact would have been anti-dilutive.
 
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NOTE 20 −RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
Sales
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the Company’s sales included $169,865 and $361,169, respectively that were made to Tianyi Telecom and Jiangsu Dongya Electronic Co., Ltd.  Tianyi Telecom is owned by the brother of Ms. Yaying Wang, our Chief Operational Officer and director and wife of the Company’s CEO.
 
Guarantees
 
At September 30, 2009, Tianyi Telecom provided guarantees for the Company’s short-term bank loans of $4,393,030 (see Note 13 above).
 
NOTE 21 −CONCENTRATION OF RISKS
 
Credit risk
 
As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, 100% of the Company’s cash included cash on hand and deposits in accounts maintained within the PRC where there is currently no rule or regulation in place for obligatory insurance to cover bank deposits in the event of bank failure. However, the Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not exposed to any significant risks on its cash in bank accounts.
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, all of the Company’s sales arose in the PRC.  In addition, all accounts receivable as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were due from customers located in the PRC.
 
There was no single customer who accounted for more than 10% of the accounts receivable of the Company as of September 30, 2009.  As of December 31, 2008, there was one customer who accounted for 14.4% of the accounts receivable of the Company.  Except for the afore-mentioned, there was no other single customer who accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s accounts receivable as of December 31, 2008. There was no single customer who constituted more than 10% of the Company’s revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 or 2008.
 
Risk arising from operations in foreign countries
 
Substantially all of the Company’s operations are conducted in China. The Company’s operations are subject to various political, economic, and other risks and uncertainties inherent in China. Among other risks, the Company’s operations are subject to the risks of restrictions on transfer of funds; export duties, quotas, and embargoes; domestic and international customs and tariffs; changing taxation policies; foreign exchange restrictions; and political conditions and governmental regulations.
 
NOTE 22 −COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
 
Capital commitment
 
   
September 30, 2009
 
   
(Unaudited)
 
Contracted but not provided for:
     
Purchase of machinery - within one year
  $ 163,800  
Acquisition or construction of buildings – within one year
    897,647  
         
    $ 1,061,447  
 
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Agreements in Conjunction with the Private Placement
 
Escrow Agreements:   In conjunction with the Private Placement as discussed in Note 15, the Company entered into an escrow agreement with the Investors (the “Closing Escrow Agreement”), pursuant to which the Investors deposited the funds in the aggregate amount of $15,000,000 for the purchase and sale of the Investor Shares (the “Escrowed Funds”) into an escrow account which was disbursed at the closing of the Private Placement. Pursuant to the Closing Escrow Agreement, $1,000,000 of the Escrowed Funds were not released from the escrow account (the “Held Back Escrow Funds”) until the escrow agent received written notice that the Company had caused Lihua Copper to fulfill one hundred percent of its registered capital obligation of $15,000,000 no later than 90 days from the closing date, as well as comply with other covenants. Before December 31, 2008, the registered capital of $15,000,000 of Lihua Copper was fully paid up, as certified and approved by the relevant PRC business authority.
 
Additionally, the Company entered into a public relations escrow agreement with the Investors (the “Public Relations Escrow Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to deposit $750,000 in an escrow account (the “Public Relations Escrowed Funds). $125,000 from the Public Relations Escrowed Funds shall be released when the Company appoint a Vice President of Investor Relations, an additional $250,000 shall be released once the Company has complied with all Nasdaq Corporate Governance standards, and the remaining $375,000 shall be released as invoices become due for the purpose of any investor and public relations activities. As negotiated with Vision Opportunity China L.P. (“Vision”), the lead investor in the Private Placement who wishes to ensure that quality firms handle certain affairs of the Company, if the Company fails to timely comply with the foregoing obligations, or fail to fulfill a request to change the Company’s auditor upon such request by any holder of five percent of our Common Stock in the aggregate on a fully diluted basis, or fail to hire an internal control consultant acceptable to Vision within three months of the Closing Date,  the Company will pay liquidated damages of 0.5% of the aggregate purchase price paid by for the Investor Shares on the expiration date to comply with such covenant and for each 30 day period thereafter, up to 10% of the aggregate purchase price, which the Investors may require that the Company pay from the Public Relations Escrowed Funds. In the event such liquidated payments are made, the Company shall return an amount equal to the amount of liquidated damages paid, back into the Public Relations Escrow Funds.
 
On February 11, 2009, the parties to the Escrow Agreement entered into a First Supplement to the Escrow Agreement pursuant to which it was agreed (i) to release $800,000 of the Held Back Escrow Funds to the Company for having complied with all of the Held Back Release Conditions within 90 days of the Closing Date, and (ii) to hold $200,000 of the Held Back Escrow Funds to cover any contingent liabilities relating to unpaid employee social insurance and housing payments from periods prior to 2009. The $200,000 is to be held in escrow until June 30, 2010 to cover any claims from employees relating to the unpaid costs. $800,000 was released from escrow to the Company on March 4, 2009.
 
Pursuant to the Private Placement, the Company also has an obligation to have its shares of Common Stock listed on a national securities exchange no later than October 31, 2009 (the “Listing Date”). In the event that the Company does not list on a national securities exchange in the proscribed time period and manner provided for in the Purchase Agreement, then the Ally Profit Shareholder shall transfer 750,000 shares (the “Listing Penalty Shares”) of Common Stock to the Investors, with no additional consideration due from the Investors. However, if the Company is requested by certain Investors to have its shares of Common stock quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (“OTCBB Demand”) prior to the Listing Date, the Company shall do so and then the Company will have an additional 18 months to list on a national securities exchange. If the Company fails to comply with the OTCBB Demand in a timely manner or, to then list on a national securities exchange within the 18-month period, the Listing Penalty Shares shall be transferred to the Investors.
 
The Company’s contingent obligations to pay liquidated damages under the Closing Escrow Agreement, Public Relations Escrow Agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreement, and to deliver Listing Penalty Shares will be recognized and measured separately in accordance with guidance provided in ASC Topic 450, Contingencies, (formerly SFAS 5, “Accounting for Contingencies”), and ASC 450-20 (formerly FASB Interpretation No. 14, “Reasonable Estimation of the Amount of a Loss”).  Any loss recognized on a probable delivery of Listing Penalty Shares will be measured based on the grant-date fair value of the shares as of October 31, 2008, or the date of the Securities Purchase Agreement between the Company and certain investors.  On September 4, 2009, the Company’s common stock began trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol LIWA.  Hence, the Company believes that it has fulfilled its obligations under the agreements in conjunction with the Private Placement up to September 30, 2009 and no liquidated damages have been accrued.
 
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NOTE 23 – SEGMENT DATA AND RELATED INFORMATION
 
The Company operates in one business segment, manufacturing and sale of copper clad aluminum (CCA) superfine wire produced from refined copper materials. The Company also operates only in one geographical segment – China, as all of the Company’s products are sold to customers located in China and the Company’s manufacturing operations are located in China.
 
The Company’s major product categories are (1) CCA, which is an electrical conductor consisting of an outer sleeve of copper that is metallurgically bonded to a solid aluminum core, and (2) refined copper produced from scrap copper and used to manufacture copper rod, raw wire, cable and magnet wire. The manufacturing of refined copper was launched in the first quarter of 2009.
 
Management evaluates performance based on several factors, of which net revenue and gross profit by product are the primary financial measures:
 
   
For the three months
   
For the nine months
 
   
Ended September 30,
   
Ended September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Unaudited0
 
                         
Net revenue from unaffiliated customers:
                       
CCA and Copper wire
  $ 26,328,851     $ 14,310,692     $ 68,819,526     $ 39,037,047  
Refined copper rod
    14,584,497       -       41,460,010       -  
    $ 40,913,348     $ 14,310,692     $ 110,279,536     $ 39,037,047  
                                 
Gross profit:
                               
CCA and Copper wire
  $ 8,224,862     $ 5,180,319     $ 21,320,208     $ 12,888,233  
Refined copper  rod
    1,533,248       -       4,032,528       -  
    $ 9,758,110     $ 5,180,319     $ 25,352,736     $ 12,888,233  
 
NOTE 24 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
The Company has evaluated events subsequent to the balance sheet date through November 16, 2009, which represents the issue date of these financial statements.
 
Item. 2.
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
 
This quarterly report on Form 10-Q and other reports filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively the “Filings”) contain or may contain forward-looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs of, and information currently available to, the Company’s management as well as estimates and assumptions made by Company’s management. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. When used in the filings, the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “future”, “intend”, “plan”, or the negative of these terms and similar expressions as they relate to the Company or the Company’s management identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current view of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors, including the risks contained in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, relating to the Company’s industry, the Company’s operations and results of operations, and any businesses that the Company may acquire. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, or planned.
 
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Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, the Company does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.
 
Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). These accounting principles require us to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions. We believe that the estimates, judgments and assumptions upon which we rely are reasonable based upon information available to us at the time that these estimates, judgments and assumptions are made. These estimates, judgments and assumptions can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods presented. Our financial statements would be affected to the extent there are material differences between these estimates and actual results. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP and does not require management’s judgment in its application. There are also areas in which management’s judgment in selecting any available alternative would not produce a materially different result.  The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report.
 
OVERVIEW
 
We are principally engaged in the production of copper replacement cable and wire products which include CCA wire and wire produced from refined scrap copper.
 
We are currently one of the leading CCA superfine wire producers in China. Furthermore, we believe we were among one of the first manufacturers which commercialized CCA superfine wire production in China. Currently we have three different CCA products: CCA fine wire, CCA magnet wire and CCA tin plated wire. CCA fine wire is the raw material for CCA magnet wire and CCA tin plated wire.  In the case of CCA magnet wire, we coat the CCA fine wire with a special magnetic coating, while in the case of CCA tin plated wire, we plate the CCA fine wire with a very thin layer of tin.  In this way, we add additional value when we take our CCA fine wire, which we have drawn down from much larger diameter CCA, and further process it to produce CCA magnet wire and CCA tin plated wire. Due to this additional value added processing, CCA magnet wire and CCA tin plated wire have higher market prices and higher gross margins than plain CCA fine wire.
 
We have experienced substantial growth in recent years.  Our aggregate annual CCA wire production capacity (including the three types of CCA wire noted above) increased from 2,200 tons per annum in fiscal 2006 to a production capacity of 7,200 tons per annum as of September 30, 2009. We sold 2,009, 4,065, 5,966 and 4,376 tons of CCA wire during the 2006, 2007, 2008 and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. We plan to increase our annual CCA production capacity to 7,500 tons by the end of 2009. Our output capacity is determined by the type and width of wire our customers demand. Our current capacity of 7,200 tons is an estimate of our capacity for CCA wire of average diameter.
 
We introduced a new production process and product line in the first quarter of 2009.  This new line of business involves the fire refining of bulk recycled copper into high purity, low oxygen content copper rods (also known as fire-refined high-conductivity rods).  We then either sell these large diameter (8mm) copper rods into a range of markets, or we further process these rods into much smaller diameter (e.g., 0.04 mm) copper wire (also known as “superfine” copper wire). We believe this recycled superfine copper wire is generally a more cost effective product for our customers, compared to wire manufactured from newly mined copper, particularly when copper prices surge or remain high.   We believe that our pricing advantage can be maintained regardless of fluctuations in the commodity price of copper.  As of September 30, 2009, our copper refinery capacity was approximately 25,000 tons of copper rods per annum, of which approximately 18,000 tons can be further processed into copper wire. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we sold 5,761 tons of copper wire and 8,032 tons of copper rods. During the three months ended September 30, 2009, we sold 1,417 tons of CCA wire, 2,159 tons of copper wire and 2,473 tons of copper rods.
 
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We have expanded our business from the CCA superfine wire segment into the recycled copper rod and wire business because we believe that the recycled copper rod and wire segment offers us the ability to grow more rapidly and to utilize equipment and technology that we possess related to drawing fine wire from larger diameter rod or wire.  We believe that both the CCA superfine wire and the copper rod and wire segments are growing markets and offer us substantial opportunity to increase our sales in the future.  In absolute terms, the copper rod and copper wire markets are much larger than the CCA superfine wire market.  While the copper rod and copper wire markets generally carry lower gross margins than our higher value-added CCA fine wire products, the potential absolute dollar value of the margin available to us from the copper rod and wire markets are greater than those available from the CCA fine wire market.  We anticipate that we will continue to expand production capacity in both of our segments, but that the majority of this investment and resulting planned growth in sales volume will occur in the copper rod and fine wire segment.
 
Our sales and net income have increased substantially during the last three years. We generated sales of $15.7 million, $32.5 million and $50.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively. We achieved net income of $4.5 million $7.7 million and $11.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we achieved revenue of $110.3 million and net income of $9.5 million, an increase of 182.5% and a decrease of 2.0%, respectively from the same period last year. The year-over-year decrease in net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was due to a non-cash charge of $8.4 million, which resulted from the change in the fair value of the warrants issued to investors in conjunction with the Company’s issuance of convertible Preferred Stock in October 2008. Excluding the impact of this non-cash charge, net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $17.9 million, up 83.8% from the same period last year.
 
We sell our products primarily in China, either through distributors or directly to users, including distributors in the wire and cable industries and manufacturers in the consumer electronics, white goods, automotive, utility, telecommunications and specialty cable industries.
 
Significant Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations
 
The most significant factors that affect our financial condition and results of operations are:
 
·
economic conditions in China;
 
·
the market price for copper;
 
·
demand for, and market acceptance of, copper replacement products;
 
·
production capacity;
 
·
supply and costs of principal raw materials; and
 
·
product mix and implications on gross margins.
 
Economic conditions in China
 
We operate our manufacturing facilities in China and derive the majority of our revenues from sales to customers in China. As such, economic conditions in China will affect virtually all aspects of our operations, including the demand for our products, the availability and prices of our raw materials and our other expenses. China has experienced significant economic growth, achieving a CAGR of 11% in gross domestic product from 1996 through 2007. Domestic demand for and consumption of copper and CCA products has increased substantially as a result of this growth. We believe that economic conditions in China will continue to affect our business and results of operations.
 
Copper prices
 
Generally the price of our products is set at a certain discount to local retail copper prices, and we believe our products replace or supplement copper. For these reasons, our products are affected by the market price, demand and supply of copper.
 
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We price our recycled copper and CCA wire products based on the market price for materials plus a fixed mark-up, which is essentially our gross profit. Despite the implications of copper price volatility on our gross and net profit margins in percentage terms, during the past three years the markup, or our gross and net profit in absolute dollar terms, has not been materially affected by the change of copper prices. Shanghai Changjiang Commodity Market, one of the major metal trading markets in China, publishes the copper trading prices twice daily. These prices typically set the range for the prices of our materials as well as finished products, and are generally followed by all industry participants.
 
Production capacity
 
In order to capture the market opportunity for our products, we have expanded, and plan to continue to expand, our production capacity. Increased capacity has had, and could continue to have, a significant effect on our results of operations, by allowing us to produce and sell more products to generate higher revenues and net income.
 
Supply and costs of principal raw materials
 
Our ability to manage our operating costs depends significantly on our ability to secure affordable and reliable supplies of raw materials. We have been able to secure a sufficient supply of raw materials, which primarily consist of CCA raw material wire and scrap copper.
 
The price of our primary raw materials varies with reference to copper prices, and changes in copper price affect our cost of sales.  However, we are able to price our copper and CCA products based on our material procurement costs plus a fixed mark-up, which is essentially our gross profit.  Therefore, despite the implications of copper price movement on our gross and net profit margin figures, during the past three years the mark-up, or our gross and net profit in absolute dollars, have not been materially affected by the change in copper prices.
 
Product mix and effect on gross margins
 
Our gross margin is also affected by our product mix. We produce and sell products according to customer orders.  CCA magnet wire and CCA tin plated wire are final products from which we will derive the highest production markup, or gross profit,.  We also generate a significant portion of revenue from selling semi-finished products such as CCA raw wire at a lower production cost markup, or gross profit.
 
The launch of our scrap copper refinery business has changed our product mix and gross margins.  Generally, copper rod contributes a lower gross profit margin compared to finished wire products.  We are still at an early development stage of this new business segment, and our copper rod production capacity exceeds our copper wire drawing capacity.  Therefore, we currently must sell a percentage of our copper rod production into the open market on an unimproved basis, at lower profit margins.  However, we expect a gradual ramping up of our wire production facilities and thus we will likely be able to utilize a substantial proportion of our copper rod production capacity as raw material for our copper wire production. As a result, we expect to sell more copper wire at higher profit margins than copper rod over time.
 
PRINCIPAL INCOME STATEMENT COMPONENTS
 
Sales
 
Our sales are derived from our sales of CCA wire, copper rod and wire produced from refined scrap copper, net of value-added taxes.
 
The most significant factors that affect our sales are shipment volume and average selling prices.
 
Our collection practices generally consist of cash payment on delivery. However, we also extend credit for 30 days to 60 days to certain of our established customers.
 
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Cost of sales
 
Our cost of sales primarily consists of direct material costs, and, to a lesser extent, direct labor costs and manufacturing overhead costs. Direct material costs generally accounted for the majority of our cost of sales.
 
Gross Profit
 
Our gross profit is affected primarily by the cost of raw materials, which is defined with reference to the cost of copper.  We are also able to price our products based on the market price for materials plus a fixed mark-up, which is essentially our gross profit.  Despite the implications of copper price volatility on our gross and net profit margins, in percentage terms during the 2006, 2007, 2008 and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the mark-up, or our gross and net profit in absolute dollar terms, have increased with our growing scale of production.
 
Operating expenses
 
Our operating expenses consist of selling, general and administrative expenses, and research and development expenses.
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses
 
Our selling, general and administrative expenses include salaries, shipping expenses, and traveling expenses for our sales personnel, administrative staff costs and other benefits, depreciation of office equipment, professional service fees and other miscellaneous expenses related to our administrative corporate activities.
 
Our sales activities are conducted through direct selling by our internal sales staff.  Because of the strong demand for our products, we have not had to start to aggressively market and distribute our products, and our selling expenses have been relatively small as a percentage of our revenues.
 
We anticipate that our selling, general and administrative expenses will increase with the anticipated growth of our business and continued upgrades to our information technology infrastructure. We expect that our selling, general and administrative expenses will also increase as a result of compliance, investor-relations and other expenses associated with being a publicly listed company.
 
Other income
 
Other income includes interest income, interest expense, merger costs, foreign currency translation adjustments, and other income.
 
Our interest expense consisted of expenses related to our short term bank borrowings.  We expense all interest as it is incurred.
 
Change in fair value of warrants
 
The fair value of the Company’s issued and outstanding Series A Warrants to purchase 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock, and Series B Warrants to purchase 500,000 shares of Common Stock, increased to $10,682,505 as of September 30, 2009. As such, the Company recognized a $8,375,817 loss, which is a non-cash charge from the change in fair value of these warrants for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
 
Other
 
The other income was generated as a gain on sales of scrap raw materials during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
 
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Income taxes
 
Under the current laws of the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands, we are not subject to any income or capital gains tax, and dividend payments we make are not subject to any withholding tax in the Cayman Islands or British Virgin Islands. Under the current laws of Hong Kong, we are not subject to any income or capital gains tax and dividend payments we make are not subject to any withholding tax in Hong Kong.
 
Our two operating subsidiaries are governed by the PRC income tax laws and are subject to the PRC enterprise income tax (“EIT”).  Each of the two entities files its own separate tax return.  According to the relevant laws and regulations in the PRC, foreign invested enterprises established prior to January 1, 2008 were entitled to full exemption from income tax for two years beginning from the first year when enterprises become profitable and have accumulative profits and a 50% income tax reduction for the subsequent three years.  Being converted into a sino-foreign joint equity enterprise in 2005, Lihua Electron was thus entitled to the EIT exemption in 2005 and 2006, and has been subject to the 50% income tax reduction for the period from 2007 to 2009.  Set out in the following table are the EIT rates for our two PRC Operating Companies from 2006 to 2011:
 
   
2006
   
2007
   
2008
   
2009
   
2010
   
2011
 
Lihua Electron
          12 %     12.50 %     12.50 %     25 %     25 %
Lihua Copper
          25 %     25 %     25 %     25 %     25 %
 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 COMPARED TO THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
 
Sales
 
Our business for the three months ended September 30, 2009 continued to demonstrate robust growth.  Net sales increased by 185.9% from $14.3 million to $40.9 million compared to the same period in 2008. This growth was primarily driven by strong market demand in our CCA and copper wire products and was offset by a decline of the average selling price (measured on a per-ton sold basis).  Our average selling price declined with the addition of lower-price copper rod in the mix.  In the three month period ended September 30, 2008 we did not sell any copper rod or wire – 100% of our sales volume was comprised of CCA wire.  In the three month period ended September 30, 2009, the majority of our sales volume was comprised of copper rod and copper wire.  Please see the table below for more detail regarding the product sales breakdown by specific category.
 
Cost of Sales and Gross Margin
 
The following table sets forth our cost of sales and gross profit, both in amounts and as a percentage of total sales for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008:
 
   
Three months ended September 30,
   
Growth in three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to three months ended September 30, 2008
 
   
2009
   
2008
       
In thousands, except for percentage
 
US$
   
% of Sales
   
US$
   
% of Sales
   
%
 
Total Sales
  $ 40,913       100.0 %   $ 14,311       100.0 %     185.9 %
Total cost of sales
    (31,155 )     (76.1 )%     (9,130 )     (63.8 )%     241.2 %
Gross Profit
  $ 9,758       23.9 %   $ 5,180       36.2 %     88.4 %
 
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Total cost of sales for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was $31.2 Million, reflecting an increase of 241.2% from the same period last year. As a percentage of total sales, our cost of sales increased to 76.1% of total sales for the three months ended September 30, 2009, compared to 63.8% of total sales in the same period last year. Consequently, gross margin as a percentage of total sales decreased to 23.9% in the three months ended September 30, 2009 from 36.2% for the same period last year, principally due to the production of refined copper products, which have a lower margin compared to our CCA products,.
 
Gross profit for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was $9.8 million, up 88.4% from gross profit of $5.2 million for the same period in 2008.
 
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
 
The following table sets forth operating expenses and income from operations both in amounts and as a percentage of total sales for Selling, General and Administrative Expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008:
 
   
Three months ended September 30,
   
Growth in three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to three months ended September 30, 2008
 
   
2009
   
2008
       
In thousands, except for percentage
 
US$
   
% of Sales
   
US$
   
% of Sales
   
%
 
Gross profit
  $ 9,758       23.9     $ 5,180       36.2       88.4  
Operating Expenses:
                                       
Selling expenses
    (452 )     (1.1 )     (312 )     (2.2 )     44.5  
General & administrative expenses
    (1,185 )     (2.9 )     (328 )     (2.3 )     261.5  
Total operating expense
    (1,637 )     (4.0 )     (640 )     (4.5 )     155.6  
Income from operations
  $ 8,121       19.9     $ 4,540       31.7       78.9  
 
Total selling, general and administrative expenses were $1,637,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $640,000 for the same period last year, and increase of 155.6%.
 
Selling expenses were $452,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2009, an increase of 44.5% compared to the same period last year. The increase was attributable to:
 
·
Increased costs related to product distribution and insurance as a result of expanded business volume; and
 
·
Increased staffing costs as we continued to expand the sales force during the period,
 
General & administrative expenses were $1,185,000 in the three months ended September 30, 2009, an increase of 261.5% compared to the same period last year. Factors which caused this increase were higher administrative and professional fees associated with the Company being a public reporting company and our expanded scale of operations.
 
Interest Expense
 
Interest expense was $62,796 for the three months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $171,880 for the same period last year. The decrease was mainly due to the repayment of short term bank loans which were used for working capital purposes.
 
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Income tax
 
For the three months ended September 30, 2009, income tax expense was $1,425,505, reflecting an effective tax rate of 16.5% from operation.  The effective tax rate for the same period was 12.5%.
 
In 2008 and 2009, Lihua Electron was subject to an EIT rate of 12.5%, and Lihua Copper was subject to an EIT rate of 25%.
 
Net Income
 
Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was $1.3 million loss, or -3.3% of net revenue, compared to $3.8 million, or 26.8% of net revenue, in the same period in 2008. The decrease of the net income for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was impacted by a $8.0 million non-cash charge as a result of the change of the fair value of the warrants issued to investors in conjunction with the Company’s issuance of convertible Preferred Stock in October 2008. Excluding the impact of this non-cash charge, net income for the three month ended September 30, 2009 was $6.7 million, up 74.4% from the same period last year.
 
Foreign Currency Translation Gains
 
During the three months ended September 30, 2009, the RMB rose slightly against the US dollar, and we recognized a foreign currency translation gain of $17,296.
 
NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 COMPARED TO NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
 
Sales
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, our net sales were $110.3 million, representing an increase of $71.2 million or 182.5% compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. This increase was primarily due to our new facility for superfine copper wire as well as copper rod produced from refined copper materials, which started operation at the beginning of March and increased sales volume of CCA wire as driven by strong market demand, facilitated by the increase in our wire production capacity. In the nine month period ended September 30, 2008 we did not sell any copper rod or wire – 100% of our sales volume was comprised of CCA wire.  In the nine month period ended September 30, 2009, the majority of our sales volume was comprised of copper rod and copper wire.
 
Cost of Sales and Gross Margin
 
The following table sets forth our cost of sales and gross profit, both in amounts and as a percentage of total sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008:
 
   
Nine months ended September 30,
   
Growth in nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to nine months ended September 30, 2008
 
   
2009
   
2008
       
In thousands, except for percentage
 
US$
   
% of Sales
   
US$
   
% of Sales
   
%
 
Total Sales
  $ 110,280       100.0 %   $ 39,037       100.0 %     182.5 %
Total cost of sales
    (84,927 )     (77.0 )%     (26,149 )     (67.0 )%     224.8 %
Gross Profit
  $ 25,353       23.0 %   $ 12,888       33.0 %     96.7 %
 
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Total cost of sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $84.9 million, reflecting an increase of 224.8% from the same period last year. As a percentage of total sales, our cost of sales increased to 77.0% of total sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to 67.0% of total sales in the same period last year. Consequently, gross margin as a percentage of total sales decreased to 23.0% in the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from 33.0% for the same period last year, principally due to the production of refined copper products, which have a lower margin compared to our CCA products,.
 
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
 
The following table sets forth operating expenses and income from operations both in amounts and as a percentage of total sales for Selling, General and Administrative Expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008:
 
   
Nine months ended September 30,
   
Growth in nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to nine months ended September 30, 2008
 
   
2009
   
2008
       
In thousands, except for percentage
 
US$
   
% of Sales
   
US$
   
% of Sales
   
%
 
Gross profit
  $ 25,353       23.0 %   $ 12,888       33.0 %     96.7 %
Operating Expenses:
                                       
Selling expenses
    (1,242 )     (1.1 )%     (566 )     (1.5 )%     119.4 %
General & administrative expenses
    (2,820 )     (2.6 )%     (818 )     (2.1 )%     244.8 %
Total operating expense
    (4,062 )     (3.7 )%     (1,384 )     (3.6 )%     193.5 %
Income from operations
  $ 21,291       19.3     $ 11,504       29.4 %     85.1 %
 
Total selling, general and administrative expenses were $4,062,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $1,384,000 for the same period last year, an increase of 193.5%
 
Selling expenses were $1,242,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2009, an increase of 119.4% compared to the same period last year. The increase was attributable to:
 
·
Increased costs related to product distribution and insurance as a result of expanded business volume; and
 
·
Increased staffing costs as we continued to expand the sales force during the period,
 
General & administrative expenses were $2,820,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2009, an increased of 244.8% compared to the same period last year. Factors which caused this increase were higher administrative and professional fees associated with the Company being a public reporting company and our expanded scale of operations
 
Interest Expense
 
Interest expense was $281,605 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, compared to $352,747 for the same period of last year. The decrease was mainly due to the repayment of short term bank loans which were used for working capital purposes.
 
Income tax
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, income tax expense was $3,761,427, reflecting an effective tax rate of 28.2%.  The effective tax rate for the same period was 12.6%.
 
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In 2008 and 2009, Lihua Electron was subject to an EIT rate of 12.5% and Lihua Copper was subject to an EIT rate of 25%.
 
Net Income
 
Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $9.5 million, or 8.7% of net revenue, compared to $9.8 million, or 25.0% of net revenue, in the same period in 2008. The decrease of the net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was impacted by an $8.4 million non-cash charge as a result of the change of the fair value of the warrants issued to investors in conjunction with the Company’s issuance of convertible Preferred Stock in October 2008. Excluding the impact of this non-cash charge, net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $17.9 million, up 83.8% from the same period last year.
 
Foreign Currency Translation Gains
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the RMB rose slightly against the US dollar, and we recognized a foreign currency translation gain of $37,117.
 
Products Breakdowns for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and June 30, 2009
 
The following table sets forth the products breakdowns for our revenue, sales volume and average selling price per ton, for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and June 30, 2009:
 
   
Three months ended,
       
   
September 30, 2009
   
June 30, 2009
       
   
US$
   
Volume
   
Average price $ per ton
   
US$
   
Volume
   
Average price $ per ton
   
Change in Average Price%
 
CCA wire
    9,174,017       1,417       6,475       10,414,097       1,545       6,741       -3.9 %
Copper wire
    17,154,834       2,159       7,947       15,767,055       2,377       6,632       19.8 %
Copper rod
    14,584,497       2,473       5,897       22,646,191       4,457       5,081       16.1 %
Total Sales
    40,913,348       6,049       6,764       48,827,343       8,379       5,827       16.1 %
 
The volume sold in the third quarter of 2009 decreased to 6,049 tons from 8,379 tons in the second quarter of 2009, reflecting a decrease of 27.8% due to the impact of seasonality on out business.  During the warmer summer months of the third quarter, the significant heat generated from our manufacturing process forces a slow down in output, due in large part to regulations regarding worker safety that limit the types of work that can be done when ambient temperatures exceed a certain level.  This has a substantial impact on the output from our smelters in the summer months, and this seasonal volume decline is expected to happen consistently every year during the third quarter.
 
Compared with the second quarter of 2009, the average price of our products increased to $6,764 per ton from $5,827 per ton or up 16.1% as a result of the increase of the average of copper price to $5,798 per ton from $4,928 per ton in the second quarter of this year, or up approximately 18% from the second quarter to the third quarter of this year. The average price of our CCA wire decreased to $6,475 from $6,741 of second quarter this year or a decrease of 3.9% due to an increase in number of tons of CCA fine wire in the sub-product mix, which is the lowest margin and selling price of CCA products, to 296 from 184 tons. As a percentage of total CCA wire sold, CCA fine wire increased to 27.4% from 11.9% in the second quarter of this year.
 
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
We have historically financed our operations and capital expenditures through cash flows from operations, bank loans and fund raising through issuing new shares from capital market.
 
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As of September 30, 2009, we had approximately $38.5 million in cash, up $12.5 million from $26.0 million at December 31, 2008.The following table summarizes our cash flows for each of the periods indicated:
 
   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
   
(US$)
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
  $ 9,054,556     $ 12,907,217  
Net cash used in investing activities
    (3,748,024 )     (6,330,791 )
Net cash provided by financing activities
    7,154,381       4,450,447  
Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents
    14,336       1,439,317  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    26,041,849       3,213,649  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 38,517,098     $ 15,679,839  
 
Operating activities
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, cash provided by operating activities totaled $9.1 million compared to $12.9 million in the same period of 2008. This was primarily attributable to: i) a $9.6 million increase in net earnings; ii) a $2.1 million accounts receivable increase driven by revenue growth; ii) a $12.1 million inventory increase, principally in copper rods, to support planned expansion and sales growth in copper wire; iii) a $1.0 million increase in income tax payable; iv) a shortened cash cycle between timing of inventory purchases and collection of accounts receivable, resulting in $3.6 million decrease in accounts payables; and v) net income was offset by a $8.4 million non cash charge, which was caused by the increase of fair value of the warrants issued to investors in conjunction with the Company’s issuance of convertible Preferred Stock in October 2008.
 
Investing activities
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 we had a net cash outflow of $3.7 million from investing activities for the purchase of property, plant and equipment, primarily as a result of capital investment in new equipment and machinery, and building up new workshops, all being part of our planned expansion.
 
Financing activities
 
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 we had a net cash inflow of $7.2 million from financing activities which was primly driven by (i) $7.9 million proceeds from issuance of new shares in an Initial Public Offering in September; (ii) $1,050,000 released from the escrowed cash related to our October 2008 issuance of convertible Preferred Stock, as the Company satisfied certain legal post-closing conditions; (iii) the borrowing of $1.5 million in short term bank loans for working capital related to recently added production lines; (iv) offset by a repayment of bank loans of $3.2 million.
 
Capital expenditure
 
Our capital expenditures are principally comprised of construction and purchases of property, plant and equipment for expansion of our production facilities. In 2006, 2007 and 2008, we funded our capital expenditures primarily through cash flows from operating activities and the proceeds of bank borrowings, and equity issuance.
 
In 2009, as we accelerate our expansion, we expect continued capital expenditure for maintaining existing machines and adding manufacturing equipment in our new facility, which is adjacent to our old facility. In the new production facilities we currently have two horizontal smelters, which can produce 25,000 tons of refined copper rods per year. With our current capacity of production lines, we can produce 7,200 tons of CCA wire and 18,000 tons of copper wire. Therefore, we plan to have six new high speed production lines in production by the end of the second quarter of 2010 while increasing our copper wire production capacity to 25,000 tons per year. Of that capacity, 15,000 tons per year will be copper magnet wire and 10,000 tons per year will be copper fine wire. We also plan to have another four production lines in production by the end of 2010, increasing our CCA wire production capacity to 10,000 tons per year. Of that capacity, 6,000 tons per year will be CCA magnet wire and 4,000 ton per year will be CCA fine wire. We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and cash flows from operations, proceeds from equity financing, and our revolving credit facility, will be sufficient to meet our presently anticipated future cash needs to bring all of our facilities into full production. We may, however, require additional cash resources due to changing business conditions or other future developments, including any investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue.
 
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We regularly review our cash funding requirements and attempt to meet those requirements through a combination of cash on hand, cash provided by operations and available borrowings under bank lines of credit.  We believe that we can continue to meet our cash funding requirements for our business in this manner over the next twelve months.
 
Our capital expenditures are set forth below for the period as indicated:
   
Nine months ended September 30,
 
(In thousands)
 
2009
   
2008
 
Construction of plant and production facilities
  $ 1,842,970     $ 1,666,163  
Purchase of machinery and equipment
    1,905,054       1,089,164  
Total capital expenditure
  $ 3,748,024     $ 2,755,327  
 
Item 3.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
 
As a “smaller reporting company”  we are not required to provide this information.
 
Item 4T.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
 
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including the principal executive and financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives.
 
Our management, under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2009. Based on that evaluation, our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2009.
 
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the third fiscal quarter of 2009 covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
There have been no material developments in the Company’s legal proceedings from those previously disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
 
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Item 1A.
RISK FACTORS
 
As a “smaller reporting company” we are required to provide information required by this Item.
 
Item 2.
UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
 
None.
 
Item 3.
DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
 
None.
 
Item 4.
SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
 
None.
 
Item 5.
OTHER INFORMATION
 
None.
 
Item 6.
EXHIBITS
 
(b) 
Exhibits

 
Exhibit No.
 
 
Document Description
31.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) pursuant to Rule 13A-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
31.2
 
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
32.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002).
     
32.2
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002).
 
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SIGNATURES
 
In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
LIHUA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
   
November 16, 2009
By:
/s/ Jianhua Zhu
   
Jianhua Zhu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
   
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
November 16, 2009
By:
/s/ Yang “Roy” Yu
   
Yang “Roy” Yu Chief Financial Officer
   
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
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