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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
(Mark
One)
|X| ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2009
or
|_| 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 000-52430
China
Organic Agriculture, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida
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20-3505071
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State
or other jurisdiction
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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of
incorporation or organization
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Dalian
City, Zhongshan District, 105
Youhao
Road Manhattan Building #1, Suite 1511,
Dalian
City, Liaoning Province, P.R. China.
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
707-709-2321
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telephone number, including area code
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registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
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As of
June 30 2009, the aggregate market value of the common stock of the registrant
held by non-affiliates (excluding shares held by directors, officers and others
holding more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the class) was $20,294,074
based upon a per share closing price of $0.37 as reported by Yahoo
Finance.
As of May
13 2010, the registrant had outstanding 73,157,232 shares of common
stock.
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
PART
I
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Page
No.
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Item
1. Business
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4
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Item
1A.Risk Factors
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7
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2. Properties
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14
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Item
3. Legal Proceedings
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15
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Item
4. (Removed and Reserved)
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15
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PART
II
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Item
5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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15
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Item
6. Selected Financial Data
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16
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Item
7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
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16
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8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
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24
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Item
9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure
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24
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Item
9A. Controls and Procedures
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25
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PART
III
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Item
10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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27
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Item
11. Executive Compensation
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28
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Item
12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
Related Stockholder Matters
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29
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Item
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence
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Item
14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
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PART
IV
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Item
15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
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31
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Special
Note Regarding Forward Looking Information
This
report contains forward-looking statements that reflect management's current
views and expectations with respect to our business, strategies, future results
and events, and financial performance. All statements made in this report other
than statements of historical fact, including statements that address operating
performance, events or developments that management expects or anticipates will
or may occur in the future, including statements related to cash flows,
revenues, profitability, adequacy of funds from operations, statements
expressing general optimism about future operating results and non-historical
information, are forward-looking statements. In particular, the words "believe,"
"expect," "intend," "anticipate," "estimate," "plan," "may," "will," variations
of such words and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but
are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements and their absence
does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking. Readers should not
place undue reliance on forward-looking statements which are based on
management's current expectations and projections about future events, are not
guarantees of future performance, and are subject to risks, uncertainties and
assumptions. Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ
materially from the results expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking
statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include
those discussed in this report, particularly under the caption "Risk Factors."
Except as required under the federal securities laws, we do not undertake any
obligation to update the forward-looking statements in this report.
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PART
I
Introduction
In March
2007 we, then a publicly traded company with no operations, acquired through a
reverse merger all of the shares of China Organic Agriculture Limited ("COA").
COA is a holding company formed under the laws of the British Virgin Islands
that then owned all of the issued and outstanding stock of Jilin Songyuan City
ErMaPao Green Rice Limited ("ErMaPao"). ErMaPao is an operating company
organized under the laws of China in May 2002 engaged in growing, processing and
distributing rice. In addition to such activities, in early 2008 we
began to engage in the trading and wholesale distribution of rice and other
agricultural commodities.
In May
2007 we changed our name to China Organic Agriculture, Inc. As used in this
report, the terms "we," "our," "Company" and "China Organic" refer to China
Organic Agriculture, Inc. and its subsidiaries, and the terms "ton" and "tons"
refers to metric tons, in each case, unless otherwise stated or the context
requires otherwise. Since most of our business activities take place in China,
our functional currency is the Renminbi, which had an average exchange rate to
the US dollar of $0.1463 and $0.1415 during fiscal years 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
The
acquisition of COA was accounted for as a reverse acquisition. Consequently, our
financial statements included herein for dates and periods prior to the
consummation of the acquisition reflect the historical financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of COA and its subsidiary, ErMaPao.
Effective September 30, 2008, we sold ErMaPao to Bothven Investments
Ltd. Consequently, in all financial statements contained herein,
ErMaPao is treated as a “Discontinued Operation.”
Operations
We
commenced active operations in China upon completion of the reverse merger in
March 2007 in which we acquired COA and its operating subsidiary,
ErMaPao. Through ErMaPao we engaged in growing, processing and
distributing rice. In addition to such activities, since early 2008
we have been engaged in the trading and wholesale distribution of rice and other
agricultural commodities purchased from third parties. The agricultural products
we trade are mainly focused on “green and healthy” rice and the Company is
actively looking to establish itself as a health foods processor and
distributor.
In
February 2008 we purchased the Bellisimo Vineyard, a 153 acre operating vineyard
in Sonoma County, California. Before we acquired the Bellisimo Vineyard, it was
providing Merlot, Chardonnay, and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes to local wineries
for both red and white wines. We may continue to sell grapes grown on the
Bellisimo Vineyard to local wineries or to wineries which make wines for resale
in China and elsewhere in Asia. Bellisimo Vineyard and its housing properties
are also being rented out as venues for events and extended stays.
In June
2008 we formed a subsidiary under the laws of the British Virgin Islands to act
as the importer of record in connection with our efforts to distribute wines to
wholesalers in China and Asia. Management believes that demand in China is
growing for premium wines and we intend to seek to import wines from the United
States and other growing regions initially into China and then to other
destinations in Asia. We are in the early stages of seeking to become a wine
importer and this will be a new business for us. We have no
experience in the distribution of wines and there can be no assurance that we
will be able to successfully import wines into China.
In
October 2008, we acquired all of the outstanding shares of Princeton
International Investment Ltd. (“Princeton”), which owned, and was formed to
facilitate our acquisition of, 60% of the outstanding shares of Dalian Baoshui
District Huiming Industry Limited ("Dalian Huiming”). Dalian Huiming, founded in
2001, is headquartered in the Dalian Free Trade Zone, in Dalian City Liaoning
Province, China. Dalian Huiming is engaged in grain purchasing, international
and domestic trading, wholesale sales and food delivery logistic services.
Dalian Huiming’s activities are primarily focused on soybeans, corns and cereal
crops, which are major products of the provinces located in Northeastern China.
Most of Dalian Huiming's sales are to other distributors or industrial users of
agricultural products and it distributes its products in many regions of China,
including Liaoning Province, Jiling Province, Heilongjiang Province, Sichuan
Province, Fujian Province and the cities of Beijing and Shanghai.
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On March
23, 2010, we completed the acquisition of 60% of the capital stock
of Changbai Eco-Beverage Co., Ltd. (“Changbai”) for $10,250,403 (70 Million
RMB). Changbai produces a variety of products from blueberries grown
in the Mountain Changbai region of Northeast China, including blueberry wines,
blueberry beverages, blueberry food products such as jam, jelly, preserves and
cakes, and blueberry healthcare products. Changbai also produces
honey and other products from locally grown herbs and fruits.
ErMaPao
– Growing, Processing and Distribution of Rice
The
following is a short description of the business of ErMaPao. We
acquired ErMaPao in March 2007 and sold it effective September 30,
2008. Consequently, although it represented substantially all of our
operations during the time it was owned by us, its results are reported in our
financial statements as “Discontinued Operations” and, effective September 30,
2008, it was no longer part of our operations.
ErMaPao
operates in Songyuan City of Jilin Province. Since its formation,
ErMaPao has been dedicated to the production of "green" and "organic"
rice. While it was owned by us, ErMaPao’s rice was grown on 1,600
acres it controlled as a result of the grant of government land use rights and
in collaboration with family units who supplied ErMaPao with rice grown on
approximately 4,660 acres to which they, in the aggregate, had been granted land
use rights. ErMaPao established standards regarding the quality of the product
grown by the family units to ensure that high standards of quality were
maintained. ErMaPao supplied the family units with seed, tools and training.
Throughout the growth cycle, the family units were provided access to
agronomists who advised them on the avoidance of common cultivation problems and
on the maximization of yield. In 2007, approximately 15% of our revenue came
from sales of organic rice, and 85% of our revenues were the result of sales of
green rice. In 2008 approximately 20.8 % of our revenues were derived from sales
of rice by ErMaPao prior to September 30, 2008.
To be
certified as "green" rice, rice and the methods by which it is produced must
adhere to certain standards. Specifically to be certified grade green rice, the
production quality of the environment must comport with certain basic green food
production environmental quality standards established by the Administration of
Agricultural Quality, Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's
Republic of China and there may be limited use of synthetic fertilizers and
biotech production methods.
To be
certified "AA" grade green rice, the production quality and conditions must
comport with more stringent green food production environmental quality
standards. During the production process, no chemical pesticides, fertilizers,
food additives, feed additives, veterinary drugs or anything known to be harmful
to the environment or human health can be used. The AA grade is obtained through
the use of organic fertilizer such as green manure, biological or physical
methods of crop plantation, soil fertilization, and pest control.
Organic
rice is rice produced to the highest of the "green food production environment
quality standards."
The
Bellisimo Vineyard –Wine Operations
In
addition to its grape growing activities, there are seven buildings located on
the Bellisimo Vineyard, which we occasionally rent to third
parties. The rates for the main building run from approximately $900
to $1,300 per night depending upon the season. Although these rental activities
supplement the revenues derived from the Vineyard, they are not material to our
operations. We sold grapes to other wineries but did not sell Bellisimo wines in
2009
In
December 2008, the Company entered a joint venture with China-based Xinbin
Manchu Autonomy County East Star Wine Company Ltd. ("Xinbin"). The joint
venture, Bellisimo Ice Wine, is intended to enable the Company to market premium
table wines and specialty ice wines in China. The Company owns 60% of
Bellisimo Ice Wine.
Grain
Purchasing, Distribution and Logistic Services
Dalian
Huiming purchases agriculture products from independent suppliers and sells the
products to distributors and retailers. Although Dalian Huiming has
what it believes are valuable working relationships with its suppliers and
buyers, its business constantly is subject to competition from other grain
traders and distributors.
Principal
Customers
During
2009, the Company’s principal customers, the proceeds from sales to each of
these customers and the percentages of the Company’s revenues represented by
each of these customers were as follows:
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Customers
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Revenues
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Percentage
of Company’s Revenues
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Shenzhen
Shen Jing Da Agriculture Ltd.
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$ | 38,796,677 | 27% | |||||
Beijing
Golden Valley Trading Co. Ltd.
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$ | 29,198,587 | 20% | |||||
Dashiqiao
Huan Cheng Oil Co. Ltd.
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$ | 4,617,904 | 3% | |||||
Chian
Xinliang Logistics Co. Ltd.
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$ | 4,220,807 | 3% | |||||
Shanghai
Good Friend Trading Group, Co. Ltd
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$ | 3,322,486 | 2% |
During
2008, the Company’s principal customers, the proceeds from sales to each of
these customers and the percentages of the Company’s revenues represented by
each of these customers were as follows:
Customers
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Revenues
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Percentage
of Company’s Revenues
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Shenzhen
Shen Jing Da Agriculture Ltd.
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$ | 51,214,939 | 46% | |||||
Beijing
Golden Valley Trading Co. Ltd.
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$ | 38,159,510 | 34% | |||||
Shanghai
Good Friend Trading Group, Co. Ltd.
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$ | 3,389,421 | 3% | |||||
Jing
Yun Da Investment Co. Ltd.
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$ | 2,988,577 | 3% | |||||
Beijing
Li Da Long Trading Co. Ltd.
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$ | 2,793,493 | 2% |
The
concentration of our sales to a limited number of customers leaves us vulnerable
to an adverse short-term impact on our revenues should one of these customers
cease doing business or reduce the amount of business it does with
us.
We obtain
supplies of grain from a limited number of companies. The purchases made from
each of these suppliers during 2009, and the percentages of our business
represented by each of these suppliers, were as follows:
Suppliers
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Purchases
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Percentage
of Company’s Purchases
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Jiling
Shen Kang Long Rice Co. Ltd
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$ | 26,534,323 | 30% | |||||
Wuchang
Yangxing Rice Co. Ltd
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$ | 21,067,813 | 24% | |||||
Heihe
Aihui Grain Storage Co. Ltd
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$ | 6,824,845 | 8% | |||||
Heilongjiang
Linkou Diaoling Grain Storage Co. Ltd
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$ | 5,161,139 | 6% | |||||
Heilongjiang
BaoQuanLin Grain Transportation Co. Ltd
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$ | 3,899,832 | 4% |
The
purchases made from our largest suppliers during 2008, and the percentages of
our business represented by each of these suppliers, were as
follows:
Suppliers
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Purchases
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Percentage
of Company’s Purchases
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Jiling
Shen Kang Long Rice Co. Ltd
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$ | 72,048,373 | 84% | |||||
Heilongjiang
Wuchang Littlehill Grain Storage Co. Ltd
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$ | 2,588,401 | 3% | |||||
Heilongjiang
Bao Quan Lin Grain Transportation Co. Ltd
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$ | 2,225,176 | 3% | |||||
Heilongjiang
Ah City Second Grain Storage Co. Ltd
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$ | 1,732,673 | 2% | |||||
Heihe
Aihui Grain Storage Co. Ltd
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$ | 1,678,642 | 2% |
The
limited number of companies from which we obtain inventories leaves us
vulnerable to an adverse short-term impact on our revenues should one of these
suppliers cease doing business or reduce the amount of business it does with
us.
Competition
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The
competition for the purchases of grain in the open market is fierce and the
barriers to entry are low. The Company competes with many larger, nationalized
companies such as China Grain Co. Ltd. Many of these companies have larger
organizations and are substantially better capitalized than the
Company.
To date,
our sales primarily have been limited to customers within the PRC and we expect
that our sales will remain primarily domestic for the immediate future. The
markets for our products have been experiencing increased levels of demand as
China continues its recent rate of growth. Yet, as they expand, the markets for
our products remain highly competitive. Our marketing strategy involves
developing long term ongoing working relationships with suppliers and customers
which foster mutually advantageous relationships.
Employees
As of
December 31, 2009 we employed 206 full-time employees. Approximately 47 % of our
employees are management and sales personnel and the balance are operational
employees. None of our employees is represented by a union.
You
should consider carefully each of the following business and investment risk
factors and all of the other information in this report. If any of the following
risks and uncertainties develops into actual events, the business, financial
condition or results of our operations could be materially adversely affected.
If that happens, the trading price of our shares of common stock could decline
significantly. The risk factors below contain forward-looking statements
regarding our business. Actual results could differ materially from those set
forth in the forward-looking statements. See "Special Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Information."
Risks
Relating to Our Business
Our
revenues depend in large part on our customer and supplier relationships, and
any loss, cancellation, reduction, or interruption in these relationships could
harm our business.
In
general, we depend on our suppliers and customers to trade the products we
carry. If these relationships were to be disrupted, sales to such customers
would become difficult or significantly reduced and thus our revenues and net
income could significantly decline. The Company is also subject to risks of
increased costs from obtaining supplies from suppliers due to production
circumstances beyond the Company’s control. We also face risks of decreasing
sale prices of the products we trade due to increased competition and or
termination of orders from customers. Our success will depend on our continued
ability to develop and manage relationships with significant customers and
suppliers. Any adverse change in our relationships with our customers and
suppliers may have a material adverse effect on our business. Although we have
expanded our distribution capacity, we expect that our customer concentration
will not change significantly in the near future. We cannot be sure that we will
be able to retain our largest customers and suppliers or that we will be able to
attract additional customers and suppliers, or that our customers and suppliers
will continue to buy and provide our products in amounts comparable to prior
years. The loss of one or more of our largest customers or suppliers, any
reduction or interruption in sales to these customers or supplies from our
suppliers, our inability to successfully develop relationships with additional
customers or suppliers or future adverse price moves that may occur, could
significantly harm our business.
Attracting
and retaining key personnel is an essential element of our future
success.
Our
future success depends to a significant extent upon the continued service of our
executive officers and other key management and technical personnel and on our
ability to continue to attract, retain and motivate executive and other key
employees, including those in managerial, technical, marketing and information
technology support positions. Experienced management, technical, marketing and
support personnel are in demand and competition for their talents is intense.
The loss of the services of one or more of our key employees or our failure to
attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel could have a material adverse
effect on our business, financial condition and results of
operations.
If
we lose the services of our chairman and our chief executive officer or chief
financial officer, our business may suffer.
We are
dependent on Mr. Jinsong Li, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, as well
as Mr. Bo Shan, our Chief Financial Officer. The loss of the services of either
could materially harm our business because of the cost and time necessary to
recruit and train a replacement. Such a loss would also divert management
attention away from operational issues. We do not have key-man term life
insurance policy on Mr. Li or Mr. Shan.
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Our
inability to successfully manage the growth of our business, including
acquisitions and their subsequent integration, may have a material adverse
effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
We expect
to experience growth in the number of employees and the scope of our operations
as a result of internal growth and acquisitions. Such activities could result in
increased responsibilities for management. Our future success will be highly
dependent upon our ability to manage successfully the expansion of our
operations. Our ability to manage and support our growth effectively will be
substantially dependent on our ability to implement adequate improvements to
financial, inventory, management controls, reporting, order entry systems and
other procedures, and hire sufficient numbers of qualified financial,
accounting, administrative, and management personnel.
Our
future success depends on our ability to address potential market opportunities
and to manage expenses to match our ability to finance operations. The need to
control our expenses will place a significant strain on our management and
operational resources. If we are unable to control our expenses effectively, our
business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely
affected.
Our
management is comprised almost entirely of individuals residing in the PRC with
very limited English skills.
Our
management is comprised almost entirely of individuals born and raised in the
PRC. As a result of differences in culture, educational background and business
experiences, our management may analyze, evaluate and present business
opportunities and results of operations differently from the way they are
analyzed, evaluated and presented by management teams of public companies in
Europe and the United States. In addition, our management has very limited
skills in English. Consequently, it is possible that our management team will
emphasize or fail to emphasize aspects of our business that might customarily be
emphasized in a different manner by comparable public companies from different
geographical and political areas.
We
will face many of the difficulties that companies in the early stage may
face.
We have a
relatively limited operating history as an agricultural trading company and none
as a distributor of blueberries, which may make it difficult for you to assess
our ability to identify merger or acquisition candidates and our growth and
earnings potential. Therefore, we may face many of the difficulties that
companies in the early stages of their development in new and evolving markets
often face. We may continue to face these difficulties in the future, some of
which may be beyond our control. If we are unable to successfully address these
problems our future growth and earnings will be negatively
affected.
We
cannot accurately forecast our future revenues and operating results, which may
fluctuate.
Our short
operating history and the rapidly changing nature of the markets in which we
compete and the changes in the nature of our business as a result of the sale of
ErMaPao, the acquisitions of Dalian Huiming and Changbai, and the nature of our
trading business make it difficult to accurately forecast our revenues and
operating results. Furthermore, our revenues and operating results may fluctuate
in the future due to a number of factors, including the following:
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the
introduction of competitive products by different or
new competitors;
fluctuations
in the prices of the products which we
trade;
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any
factor that might interrupt or otherwise reduce the conduct
of business by our
distributors;
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reduced
demand for any given product;
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difficulty
in keeping current with changing trading technologies or
procedures;
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increased
or uneven expenses, whether related to sales and marketing or
administration;
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interruptions
or reductions in the availability of grain to facilitate our trading
operations; and
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costs
related to possible acquisitions of technology or
businesses.
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Due to
these factors, forecasts may not be achieved, either because expected revenues
do not occur or because they occur at lower prices or the costs are less
favorable to us. In addition, these factors increase the chances that our
results could be lower than the expectations of investors and analysts. If so,
the market price of our stock would likely decline.
Risks
Related to Doing Business in the People's Republic of China
Our
business operations take place primarily in the PRC. Because Chinese
laws, regulations and policies are changing, our Chinese operations may face
numerous risks unique to businesses in the PRC, several of which are summarized
below.
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Limitations on Chinese economic market reforms may discourage foreign investment
in Chinese businesses.
The value
of investments in Chinese businesses could be adversely affected by political,
economic and social uncertainties in China. The economic reforms in China in
recent years are regarded by China's central government as a means of
introducing economic market forces and their related benefits into China. Given
the overriding desire of the central government leadership to maintain stability
in China amid rapid social and economic changes in the country, the economic
market reforms of recent years could be slowed, or even reversed.
-Any
change in policy by the Chinese government could adversely affect investments in
Chinese businesses.
Changes
in policy could result in imposition of restrictions on currency conversion,
imports or the source of supplies, as well as new laws affecting joint ventures
and foreign-owned enterprises doing business in China. Although China has been
pursuing economic reforms, events such as a change in leadership or social
disruptions that may occur upon the proposed privatization of certain
state-owned industries could significantly affect the government's ability to
continue with its reform.
- We face
economic risks in doing business in China.
As a
developing nation, China's economy is more volatile than that of developed
Western industrial economies. It differs significantly from that of the U.S. or
a Western European country in such respects as structure, level of development,
capital reinvestment, legal recourse, resource allocation and self-sufficiency.
Only in recent years has the Chinese economy moved from what had been a command
economy through the 1970s to one that during the 1990s encouraged substantial
private economic activity. In 1993, the Constitution of China was amended to
reinforce such economic reforms. The trends of the 1990s indicate that future
policies of the Chinese government will emphasize greater utilization of market
forces. For example, in 1999 the Government announced plans to amend the Chinese
Constitution to recognize private property, although private business will
officially remain subordinate to state-owned companies, which are the mainstay
of the Chinese economy. However, we cannot assure you that, under some
circumstances, the government's pursuit of economic reforms will not be
restrained or curtailed. Actions by the central government of China could have a
significant adverse effect on economic conditions in the country as a whole and
on the economic prospects for our Chinese operations.
- The
Chinese legal and judicial system may negatively impact foreign
investors.
In 1982,
the National People's Congress amended the Constitution of China to authorize
foreign investment and guarantee the "lawful rights and interests" of foreign
investors in China. However, China's system of laws is not yet comprehensive.
The legal and judicial systems in China are still under development, and
enforcement of existing laws is inconsistent. Many judges in China lack the
depth of legal training and experience that would be expected of a judge in a
more developed country. Because the Chinese judiciary is relatively
inexperienced in enforcing the laws that exist, anticipation of judicial
decision-making is more uncertain than would be expected in a more developed
country. It may be impossible to obtain swift and equitable enforcement of laws
that do exist, or to obtain enforcement of the judgment of one court by a court
of another jurisdiction. China's legal system is based on written statutes; a
decision by one judge does not set a legal precedent that is required to be
followed by judges in other cases. In addition, the interpretation of Chinese
laws may shift to reflect domestic political changes.
The
promulgation of new laws, changes to existing laws and the pre-emption of local
regulations by national laws may adversely affect foreign investors. However,
the trend of legislation over the last 20 years has significantly enhanced the
protection of foreign investment and allowed for more control by foreign parties
of their investments in Chinese enterprises. We cannot assure you that a change
in leadership, social or political disruption, or unforeseen circumstances
affecting China's political, economic or social life will not affect the Chinese
government's ability to continue to support and pursue these reforms. Such a
shift could have a material adverse effect on our business and
prospects.
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The
practical effect of the PRC's legal system on our business operations in China
can be viewed from two separate but intertwined considerations. First, as a
matter of substantive law, the Foreign Invested Enterprise laws provide
significant protection from government interference. In addition, these laws
guarantee the full enjoyment of the benefits of corporate articles and contracts
to Foreign Invested Enterprise participants. These laws, however, do impose
standards concerning corporate formation and governance, which are not
qualitatively different from the general corporation laws of the several states.
Similarly, the accounting laws and regulations of the PRC mandate accounting
practices which are not consistent with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles.
China's
accounting laws require that an annual "statutory audit" be performed in
accordance with PRC's accounting standards and that the books of account of
Foreign Invested Enterprises are maintained in accordance with Chinese
accounting laws. Article 14 of the PRC Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise Law
requires a Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise to submit certain periodic fiscal
reports and statements to designated financial and tax authorities, at the risk
of business license revocation. Second, while the enforcement of substantive
rights may appear less clear than United States procedures, Foreign Invested
Enterprises and Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprises are Chinese registered
companies, which enjoy the same status as other Chinese registered companies in
business-to-business dispute resolution. Generally, the Articles of Association
provide that all business disputes pertaining to Foreign Invested Enterprises
are to be resolved by the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of
Commerce in Stockholm, Sweden, applying Chinese substantive law. Any award
rendered by this arbitration tribunal is, by the express terms of the respective
Articles of Association, enforceable in accordance with the "United Nations'
Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
(1958)." Therefore, as a practical matter, although no assurances can be given,
the Chinese legal infrastructure, while different in operation from its United
States counterpart, should not present any significant impediment to the
operation of Foreign Invested Enterprises.
Because
our principal assets are located outside of the United States and all of our
directors and executive officers reside outside of the United States, it may be
difficult for you to enforce your rights based on the United States Federal
securities laws against us and our officers and directors in the United States
or to enforce judgments of United States courts against us or them in the
PRC.
In
addition, our operating subsidiaries and the majority all of our assets are
located outside of the United States. You will find it difficult to enforce your
legal rights based on the civil liability provisions of the United States
Federal securities laws against us in the courts of either the United States or
the PRC and, even if civil judgments are obtained in courts of the United
States, to enforce such judgments in the courts of the PRC. In addition, it is
unclear if extradition treaties in effect between the United States and the PRC
would permit effective enforcement against us or our officers and directors of
criminal penalties, under the United States Federal securities laws or
otherwise.
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Economic Reform Issues
Although
the Chinese government owns the majority of productive assets in China, during
the past several years the government has implemented economic reform measures
that emphasize decentralization and encourage private economic activity. Because
these economic reform measures may be inconsistent or ineffectual, we are unable
to assure you that:
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We
will be able to capitalize on economic
reforms;
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The
Chinese government will continue its pursuit of economic reform
policies;
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The
economic policies, even if pursued, will be
successful;
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Economic
policies will not be significantly altered from time to time;
and
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Business
operations in China will not become subject to the risk of
nationalization.
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Since
1979, the Chinese government has reformed its economic systems. Because many
reforms are unprecedented or experimental, they are expected to be refined and
improved. Other political, economic and social factors, such as political
changes, changes in the rates of economic growth, unemployment or inflation, or
in the disparities in per capita wealth between regions within China, could lead
to further readjustment of the reform measures. This refining and readjustment
process may negatively affect our operations.
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Over the
last few years, China's economy has registered a high growth rate. Recently,
there have been indications that rates of inflation have increased. In response,
the Chinese government recently has taken measures to curb this excessively
expansive economy. These measures have included revaluations of the Chinese
currency, the Renminbi (RMB), restrictions on the availability of domestic
credit, and limited re-centralization of the approval process for purchases of
some foreign products. These measures alone may not succeed in slowing down the
economy's excessive expansion or control inflation, and may result in severe
dislocations in the Chinese economy. The Chinese government may adopt additional
measures to further combat inflation, including the establishment of freezes or
restraints on certain projects or markets.
To date,
reforms to China's economic system have not adversely impacted our operations
and are not expected to adversely impact operations in the foreseeable future.
However, there can be no assurance that the reforms to China's economic system
will continue or that we will not be adversely affected by changes in China's
political, economic, and social conditions and by changes in policies of the
Chinese government, such as changes in laws and regulations, measures which may
be introduced to control inflation, changes in the rate or method of taxation,
imposition of additional restrictions on currency conversion and remittance
abroad, and reduction in tariff protection and other import
restrictions.
Risks
Associated with Agricultural Trading
We are
subject to risks associated with our operations which may affect our results.
The agricultural industry in the PRC has issues that the agricultural industry
does not have within the United States. For example, in China insurance coverage
is a relatively new concept compared to that of the United States and for
certain aspects of a business operation, insurance coverage is restricted or
expensive. Workers compensation for employees in the PRC may be unavailable, or
if available, insufficient to adequately cover such employees.
We cannot
assure you that we will be able to adequately address any of these or other
limitations.
Our
earnings may be affected by price volatility.
We
anticipate that the majority of our future revenues will be derived from the
trading of rice and other agricultural commodities and, as a result, our
earnings may be affected by the prices of these products. There are many factors
influencing the price of rice and other agricultural commodities including
expectations for inflation; global and regional demand and production; political
and economic conditions; and production costs. These factors are beyond our
control and are impossible for us to predict. As a result, price changes may
adversely affect our operating results.
Other
Industry-Specific Risks
Extreme
event risks. Weather and climate are variable and extreme weather events could
adversely impact our ability to trade grain and, consequently adverse impact our
results of operation.
Yield
risks. When temperature and precipitation are too high or low, crop yields
suffer. Anticipated crops may not materialize, which could limit our trading
opportunities.
The
availability and price of the agricultural commodities the Company trades can be
affected by weather, disease, government programs, and various other factors
beyond the Company's control which could adversely affect the Company's
operating results.
The
availability and price of agricultural commodities are subject to wide
fluctuations due to unpredictable factors such as weather, plantings, government
(domestic and foreign) farm programs and policies, changes in global demand
resulting from population growth and changes in standards of living, and global
production of similar and competitive crops. These factors have historically
caused volatility in the agricultural commodities industry and, consequently,
could impact the Company's operating results. Reduced supplies of agricultural
commodities could also limit the Company's ability to trade agricultural
commodities in an efficient manner which could adversely affect the Company's
profitability. In addition, the availability and price of agricultural
commodities can be affected by other factors, such as plant disease, which can
result in crop failures and reduced harvests.
Government
policies and regulations, in general, and specifically affecting the
agricultural sector and related industries, could adversely affect the Company's
operating results.
Agricultural
production is subject to government policies and regulations. We are
subject to the law of PRC on Quality and Safety of Agriculture Products, the law
of PRC on Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization and the law of PRC on Land
Contract in Rural Areas, and other PRC laws applicable to business in China
generally. (Further information on these laws is available at: http://english.agri.gov.cn/ga/plar/)
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Governmental
policies affecting the agricultural industry, such as taxes, tariffs, duties,
subsidies, and import and export restrictions on agricultural commodities and
commodity products, can influence the planting of certain crops, the location
and size of crop production, whether unprocessed or processed commodity products
are traded, the volume and types of imports and exports, the availability and
competitiveness of feedstock as raw materials, and industry profitability. In
addition, international trade disputes can adversely affect agricultural
commodity trade flows by limiting or disrupting trade between countries or
regions. Future government policies may adversely affect the supply of, demand
for, and prices of the products that the Company trades, restrict the Company's
ability to do business in its existing and target markets, and could negatively
impact revenues and operating results.
The
Company is subject to food industry risks which could adversely affect the
Company's operating results.
The
Company is subject to food industry risks which include, but are not limited to,
food spoilage or food contamination, shifting consumer preferences, federal,
state, and local food processing regulations, and customer product liability
claims. The liability which could result from these risks may not always be
covered or could exceed liability insurance related to product liability and
food safety matters maintained by the Company. The occurrence of any of the
matters described above could adversely affect the Company's revenues and
operating results.
The
Company is subject to risks associated with the outbreak of disease related to
food products related to rice. The outbreak of disease could adversely affect
demand for the Company's products. A decrease in demand for these products could
adversely affect the Company's revenues and operating results.
The
Company is subject to numerous wine import and export regulations and licensing
in the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China which could
adversely affect the Company’s plans to expand its wine production and
trading.
The
Company is required to comply with the numerous and broad reaching laws and
regulations administered by governmental agencies relating to, but not limited
to, the sourcing, transporting, storing, and processing of agricultural raw
materials as well as the transporting, storing and distributing of related
agricultural products including commercial activities conducted by Company
employees and third parties globally. Any failure to comply with applicable laws
and regulations could subject the Company to administrative penalties and
injunctive relief, civil remedies, including fines, injunctions, and recalls of
its products.
The
Company is exposed to potential business disruption, including but not limited
to transportation services, and other serious adverse impacts resulting from
natural disasters and severe weather conditions, and accidents which could
adversely affect the Company's operating results.
The
assets and operations of the Company are subject to damage and disruption from
various events which include, but are not limited to, natural disasters and
severe weather conditions, accidents, explosions, and fires.
The
potential effects of the conditions cited above include, but are not limited to,
extensive property damage, extended business interruption, personal injuries,
and damage to the environment. The Company's trading operations also rely on
dependable and efficient transportation services. A disruption in transportation
services could result in supply problems at the Company's processing plants and
impair the Company's ability to deliver processed products to its customers in a
timely manner.
Risks
Relating to our Common Stock and our Status as a Public Company
The
price of our common stock may be affected by a limited trading volume and may
fluctuate significantly.
At times
there has been a limited public market for our common stock and we cannot assure
you that an active trading market for our stock will always be available. The
absence of an active trading market may adversely affect our stockholders'
ability to sell our common stock in short time periods, or possibly at all. In
addition, we cannot assure you that you will be able to sell shares of common
stock that you have purchased without incurring a loss. The market price of our
common stock may not necessarily bear any relationship to our book value,
assets, past operating results, financial condition or any other established
criteria of value, and may not be indicative of the market price for our common
stock in the future. In addition, the market price for our common stock may be
volatile depending on a number of factors, including business performance,
industry dynamics, and news announcements or changes in general economic
conditions.
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We
have not and do not anticipate paying any dividends on our common stock; because
of this the valuation of our securities could be adversely affected in the
market.
We have
paid no dividends on our common stock to date and it is not anticipated that any
dividends will be paid to holders of our common stock in the foreseeable future.
While our dividend policy will be based on the operating results and capital
needs of the business, it is anticipated that any earnings will be retained to
finance our future expansion and for the implementation of our business plan. As
an investor, you should take note of the fact that a lack of a dividend can
further affect the market value of our stock, and could significantly affect the
value of any investment in our Company.
Our management is not familiar with
the United States securities laws.
Our
management and the former owners of the businesses we acquire are generally
unfamiliar with the requirements of the United States securities laws and may
not appreciate the need to devote the resources necessary to comply with such
laws. A failure to adequately respond to applicable securities laws could lead
to investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory
authorities that could be costly divert management's attention and disrupt our
business.
We
will continue to incur significant costs as a result of operating as a public
company, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to new
compliance requirements.
As a
public company we incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses under
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, together with rules implemented by the
Securities and Exchange Commission and applicable market regulators. These rules
impose various requirements on public companies, including requiring certain
corporate governance practices. Our management and other personnel will need to
devote a substantial amount of time to these new compliance requirements.
Moreover, these rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial
compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and
costly.
In
addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain
effective internal controls for financial reporting and disclosure controls and
procedures. In particular it requires that the Company perform system and
process evaluations and testing of our internal controls over financial
reporting to allow management and our independent registered public accounting
firm to report on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial
reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Our testing, or
the subsequent testing by our independent registered public accounting firm, may
reveal deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting that are
deemed to be material weaknesses. Compliance with Section 404 would likely
require that we incur substantial accounting expenses and expend significant
management efforts. If we are not able to comply with the requirements of
Section 404 in a timely manner, or if our accountants later identify
deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting that are deemed
to be material weaknesses, the market price of our stock could decline and we
could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the SEC or other applicable
regulatory authorities.
Our
Board of Directors has the authority, without stockholder approval, to issue
preferred stock with terms that may not be beneficial to common stock holders
and with the ability to adversely affect stockholder voting power and perpetuate
the board's control over the Company.
Our
certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 1,000,000,000
shares of common stock, no par value. Our Board of Directors by resolution may
authorize the issuance of up to 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or
more series with such limitations and restrictions as it may determine, in its
sole discretion, with no further authorization by security holders required for
the issuance thereof. The Board may determine the specific terms of the
preferred stock, including: designations; preferences; conversions rights;
cumulative, relative; participating; and optional or other rights, including:
voting rights; qualifications; limitations; or restrictions of the preferred
stock.
The
issuance of preferred stock may adversely affect the voting power and other
rights of the holders of common stock. Preferred stock may be issued quickly
with terms calculated to discourage, make more difficult, delay or prevent a
change in control of our company or make removal of management more difficult.
As a result, the Board of Directors' ability to issue preferred stock may
discourage the potential hostile acquirer, possibly resulting in beneficial
negotiations. Negotiating with an unfriendly acquirer may result in terms more
favorable to us and our stockholders. Conversely, the issuance of preferred
stock may adversely affect any market price of, and the voting and other rights
of the holders of the common stock. We presently have no plans to issue any
preferred stock.
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We
may issue shares of our capital stock or debt securities to complete an
acquisition, which would reduce the equity interest of our stockholders or
subject our company to risks upon default.
We may
issue our securities, such as additional shares of our common stock or share of
preferred stock, to acquire companies or assets. If we issue additional shares
of our common stock or shares of our preferred stock, the equity interest of our
existing stockholders may be reduced significantly, and the market price of our
common stock may decrease. The shares of preferred stock we issue are likely to
provide holders with dividend, liquidation and voting rights, and may include
participation rights, senior to, and more favorable than, the rights and powers
of holders of our common stock.
If we
issue debt securities as part of an acquisition, and we are unable to generate
sufficient operating revenues to pay the principal amount and accrued interest
on that debt, we may be forced to sell all or a significant portion of our
assets to satisfy our debt service obligations, unless we are able to refinance
or negotiate an extension of our payment obligation. Even if we are able to meet
our debt service obligations as they become due, the holders of that debt may
accelerate payment if we fail to comply with, and/or are unable to obtain
waivers of, covenants that require us to maintain certain financial ratios or
reserves or satisfy certain other financial restrictions. In addition, financial
and other covenants in the agreements we may enter into to secure debt financing
may restrict our ability to obtain additional financing and our flexibility in
operating our business.
Future
sales of our common stock, or the perception that such sales could occur, could
have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock.
We have
73,157,232 shares of our common stock outstanding. Except for 18,308,456
shares owned by beneficial owners of more than 5% of our outstanding shares and
our directors and officers, these shares are freely tradeable without limitation
under the Securities Act. Future sales of our common stock, pursuant
to a registration statement or Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or the
perception that such sales could occur, could have an adverse effect on the
market price of our common stock. The number of our shares available for sale
pursuant to registration statements or Rule 144 is very large relative to the
trading volume of our shares. Any attempt to sell a substantial number of our
shares could severely depress the market price of our common stock. In addition,
we may use our capital stock in the future to finance acquisitions and to
compensate employees and management, which will further dilute the interests of
our existing shareholders and could also depress the trading price of our common
stock.
We do not
own any land in the PRC although, as a result of government land use grants,
prior to the sale of ErMaPao we controlled approximately 1,600 acres, and
indirectly we controlled the 4,660 acres used by the family farmers who grew the
grain we purchased and marketed. Prior to the sale of ErMaPao our
executive offices were located in China at Songyuan City in Jilin Province.
These offices and processing facilities are located on the approximately 1,600
acres of land owned by the PRC that had been leased to the Company. The lease
for the land expires in 2032, and the annual rent for the land was RMB 994,795
or approximately US$140,000. The buildings on this land have approximately
20,000 square meters of usable space and are owned by ErMaPao. They consist
mainly of warehouses, shelters for farm equipment and supplies, and processing
buildings. As a result of the sale of ErMaPao, we no longer directly or
indirectly control any of the properties mentioned in this
paragraph.
Dalian
Huiming rents office space at 25 Tongxing Street Zhong Shan District, Dalian,
Liaoning. This space is approximately 337 sq. meters and the annual rent is
approximately $40.000. Through another subsidiary we rent space at
Manhattan Building #1, Suite 1511, Dalian City, Liaoning Province. This space is
approximately 300 sq. meters and the annual rent is approximately
$17,300.
The
Bellisimo Vineyard is a 153 acre operating vineyard in Sonoma County,
California. There are seven buildings located on the Bellisimo Vineyard which we
occasionally rent to third parties.
We
acquired the Bellisimo Vineyard in February, 2008 for $14,750,000. A portion of
the purchase price, $8,515,000, was paid with funds provided by a commercial US
lender which was granted a first lien on the property. The balance of the
purchase price was financed with $6,216,000 loaned from a related party pursuant
to an agreement providing for 4% interest per annum over a five year term and
internally generated funds. During 2008 the 4% loan was swapped for equity as
discussed in the notes to our financial statements included herein. The
$8,515,000 mortgage is payable over twenty years with an interest rate,
initially set at 7.70% per year, that adjusts every four years.
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Changbai Eco-Beverage is a company
producing products based on blueberries, and it has two buildings of
approximately 32,000 square feet used to process and store blueberries. Changbai
also has an office space of 4,800 square feet adjacent of the buildings in
Changbai, Liaoning, the total rent for these buildings is approximately $ 26,000
per year.
Item 3.
Legal Proceedings.
On December 12, 2008, Lance C. Provo,
"on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated", filed a class action
lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York against China Organic Agriculture, Inc. (the "Company"), past officers and
directors of the Company, and one current director of the Company (the
"Defendants"). The suit alleges, among other things, that the Defendants
disseminated false and misleading statements or concealed materially adverse
facts causing members of the class to purchase the Company's stock at inflated
prices, and engaged in other improper actions, including divesting the Company
of its sole productive asset and acquiring a luxury retreat for the use of the
Defendants. The suit alleges that the Defendants' actions violated Sections
10(b) and 20A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), and Rule 10(b) 5 under the Exchange Act. The suit seeks as relief civil
penalties, attorney's fees, and disgorgement.
The
Company has reached a preliminary settlement regarding the class action lawsuit
for $300,000 in cash and $300,000 worth of stock and is pending a court approval
for the settlement.
Item 4.
(Removed and Reserved)
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common
Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities.
Market
for Our Common Stock
Our
common stock is traded in the over-the-counter market (the OTC Bulletin Board)
and quoted under the symbol "CNOA.OB."
The
prices set forth below reflect the quarterly high and low bid price information
for shares of our common stock for the periods indicated. These quotations
reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail markup, markdown or commission, and
may not represent actual transactions.
High | Low | |
2009 | ||
First Quarter | $0.32 | $0.15 |
Second Quarter | $0.50 | $0.19 |
Third Quarter | $0.54 | $0.31 |
Fourth Quarter | $1.40 | $0.45 |
2008 | ||
First Quarter | $2.20 | $0.83 |
Second Quarter | $2.06 | $0.63 |
Third Quarter | $0.68 | $0.17 |
Fourth Quarter | $.69 | $0.17 |
As of May
13 2010, our common stock was held of record by approximately 3,500
stockholders, some of
whom may hold shares for beneficial owners and have not been polled to determine
the extent of beneficial ownership.
We have
never paid cash dividends on our common stock. Holders of our common stock are
entitled to receive dividends, if any, declared and paid from time to time by
the Board of Directors out of funds legally available. We intend to retain any
earnings for the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate
paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination as to
the payment of cash dividends will depend upon future earnings, results of
operations, capital requirements, our financial condition and other factors that
our Board of Directors may consider.
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Our
Equity Compensation Plans
The
Company has not used shares of its common stock or options to purchase such
shares as a means of compensating its management, employees or directors.
Nevertheless, there is set forth below a table confirming that no securities or
options were issued during 2009 or were outstanding as of the end of such
year.
Equity
Compensation Plan Information - December 31, 2009
Number of securities to be issued | Weighted-average exercise price | Number of securities available for future | |
upon exercise of outstanding | of outstanding options, warrants | issuance under equity compensation | |
Plan Category | options, warrants and rights | and rights | plans (excluding reflected in column (a)) |
(a) | (b) | (c) | |
Equity Compensation | |||
Plan Approved by | |||
Shareholders | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Equity Compensation | |||
Plan Not Approved by | |||
Shareholders | 1,000,000* | $1.39 | 0 |
Total | 1,000,000 | $1.39 | 0 |
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*Represents shares that may be
issued upon exercise of warrants issued to a public relations firm. The Company
and the investor relations firm have agreed to terminate the warrants as of
April 30, 2010.
See Note
19 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Purchases
of Equity Securities by the Company and Affiliated Purchasers
During
the fourth quarter of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, neither we nor
any "affiliated purchaser" (as defined in Rule 10b-18(a) (3) under the Exchange
Act) purchased any shares of our common stock.
Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities
We have
reported all sales of our unregistered equity securities that occurred during
2009 in our Reports on Form 10-Q or Form 8-K, as applicable.
Item 7.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operation.
Forward
Looking Statements
The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated
Financial Statements and Notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report
on Form 10-K. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements. Our
actual results may differ significantly from those projected in the
forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause future results to differ
materially from those projected include, but are not limited to, those discussed
in Item 1A. “Risk Factors” contained elsewhere in this
Report.
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Overview
On March
15, 2007, China Organic Agriculture Inc. ("CNOA" or the "Company"), through a
reverse merger, issued 27,448,776 shares of stock in exchange for all the
outstanding shares of China Organic Agriculture Limited ("COA") which then
owned ErMaPao, an operating company engaged in growing, processing and
distributing rice in China. Under accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States, the share exchange was considered to be a capital transaction
in substance, rather than a business combination. Thus the share exchange was
equivalent to the issuance of stock by COA for the net monetary assets of CNOA,
accompanied by a recapitalization, and is accounted for as a change in capital
structure. Accordingly, the accounting for the share exchange was identical to
that resulting from a reverse acquisition, except no goodwill was recorded.
Under reverse takeover accounting, the comparative historical financial
statements issued after the acquisition of the legal acquirer, CNOA, are those
of the legal acquiree, COA, which is considered to be the accounting acquirer,
and thus represent a continuation of the financial statements of
COA. Share and per share amounts stated have been retroactively
adjusted to reflect the merger.
In
February 2008 we purchased the Bellisimo Vineyard, a 153 acre operating vineyard
in Sonoma County, California. Before we acquired the Bellisimo Vineyard, it was
providing Merlot, Chardonnay, and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes to wineries for both
red and white wines. We anticipate that we may sell some of the vineyard’s
production to distributors for resale in China. In addition to the growing
of grapes, we have also periodically rented to third parties seven residential
buildings located on the Bellisimo Vineyard. In June 2008, anticipating that we
might begin to import wines into China, we formed Far East Wine Holding Group
Ltd. (“FEW”) to act as our distributor of wines into China should we
choose to do so.
In early
2008, the Company also began to engage in the trading of rice and other
agricultural commodities. The agricultural products we trade are mainly focused
on “green and healthy” rice and the Company is actively looking to establish
itself as a health foods processor and distributor.
Until the
September, 2008 sale of ErMaPao and the acquisition of 60% of the shares of
Dalian Huiming, the Company had been engaged in the business of the production,
processing, sale, trading and distribution of agricultural products grown by or
under the direction of ErMaPao. These products were sold principally within the
People's Republic of China. As a result of the sale of ErMaPao, the Company is
now primarily engaged in the acquisition, trading and distribution of
agricultural products, such as corn, soybean and rice, acquired from third
parties, which are then sold mainly to five regions in China. They are Beijing,
Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guangdong and Liaoning. ErMaPao is now treated as a
Discontinued Operation and is no longer reported as a separate
segment.
On March
23, 2010, we acquired 60% of the capital stock, of Changbai Eco-Beverage
Co., Ltd. (“Changbai”) for $10,250,403 (70 Million RMB). Changbai produces a
variety of products from blueberries grown in the Mountain Changbai region of
Northeast China, including blueberry wines, blueberry beverages, blueberry food
products such as jam, jelly, preserves and cakes, and blueberry healthcare
products. Although Changbai’s results of operations are not included
in our consolidated financial statements for 2009, the operations of the
blueberry business previously conducted by Changbai will be included in our
consolidated financial statements commencing in 2010 and be reported as a
separate segment.
Result
of Operations – Annual Periods 2009 and 2008
The
following tables present certain information from the consolidated statements of
operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2009 and December 31,
2008.
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YEAR
ENDED DECEMBER 31,
|
Increase
|
%
|
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2009
|
2008
|
(Decrease)
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||
Sales
|
$ | 143,856,835 | $ | 112,695,908 | 31,160,927 | 28 | % | |||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
(106,797,867 | ) | (87,329,141 | ) | (19,468,726 | ) | 22 | % | ||||||||
Gross
profit
|
37,058,968 | 25,366,767 | 11,692,204 | 46 | % | |||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
(3,713,734 | ) | (1,743,201 | ) | (1,970,533 | ) | 113 | % | ||||||||
Bad
debt allowance
|
(1,930,568 | ) | (12,143 | ) | (1,918,425 | ) | N/M | |||||||||
Loss
on Impairment
|
(1,539,403 | ) | - | (1,539,403 | ) | N/M | ||||||||||
Income
from operations
|
29,875,263 | 23,611,423 | 6,263,840 | 27 | % | |||||||||||
Gain
on debt conversion
|
- | 432,169 | (432,169 | ) | (100 | %) | ||||||||||
Other
income, net
|
1,071,989 | 395,408 | 676,581 | 171 | % | |||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(1,294,020 | ) | (541,959 | ) | (752,061 | ) | 139 | % | ||||||||
Income
from continuing operations before income taxes
|
29,653,232 | 23,897,041 | 5,756,191 | 24 | % | |||||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
(8,446,233 | ) | (6,975,212 | ) | (1,471,021 | ) | 21 | % | ||||||||
Net
income from continuing operations
|
21,206,999 | 16,921,829 | 4,285,170 | 25 | % | |||||||||||
Discontinued
operations:
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
from ErMaPao, net of tax
|
- | 934,037 | (934,037 | ) | (100 | %) | ||||||||||
Income
due to disposal of ErMaPao, net of tax
|
- | 934,194 | (934,194 | ) | (100 | %) | ||||||||||
Net
income from discontinued operations
|
- | 1,868,231 | (1,868,231 | ) | (100 | %) | ||||||||||
Net
Income
|
21,206,999 | 18,790,060 | 2,416,939 | 13 | % | |||||||||||
Less
income attributed to noncontrolling interest
|
(10,331,078 | ) | (1,328,623 | ) | (9,002,455 | ) | 677 | % | ||||||||
Net
Income attributable to CNOA
|
$ | 10,875,921 | $ | 17,461,437 | (6,585,516 | ) | (38 | %) | ||||||||
Basic
and Diluted weighted average shares
|
73,157,232 | 58,515,437 | 1,461,795 | 25 | % | |||||||||||
Earnings
per share of common stock:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
and Diluted Earnings Per Share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
from Continuing operations attributable to CNOA
shareholders
|
$ | 0.15 | 0.27 | (0.12 | ) | (44 | %) | |||||||||
Income
from Discontinued operations attributable to CNOA
shareholders
|
- | 0.03 | (0.03 | ) | (100 | %) | ||||||||||
Total
Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Shares
|
$ | 0.15 | $ | 0.30 | (0.15 | ) | (50 | %) | ||||||||
Net
Comprehensive Income:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
Income
|
$ | 10,875,921 | $ | 17,461,437 | (6,585,516 | ) | (38 | %) | ||||||||
Foreign
Currency Translation Adjustment
|
38,910 | 2,212,245 | (2,173,335 | ) | (98 | %) | ||||||||||
Net
Comprehensive Income
|
$ | 10,914,831 | $ | 19,673,682 | (8,758,851 | ) | (45 | %) | ||||||||
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Business
Segment Information
Reportable
segments are based on products and services, geography, legal structure,
management structure, or any other manner in which management disaggregates a
company.
We
operate in two business segments, agricultural products, which acquires, trades
and supplies agriculture commodities to users; and the wine production, which
grows grapes and intends to act as an importer into Asia where we may also
distribute wines and ice wines. ErMaPao has been sold and thus is treated as a
Discontinued Operation and is no longer reported as a separate segment. Results
of the operations of the blueberry business previously conducted by Changbai are
not included in our consolidated financial statements for 2009, but will be
included in our consolidated financial statements and reported as a separate
segment commencing in 2010.
For
the Year ended December 31, 2009 (2)
|
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Agricultural
products
|
Wine
production
|
Others
(1)
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Sales,
net
|
$ | 143,855,973 | 862 | 143,856,835 | ||||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
(106,791,738 | ) | (6,129 | ) | (106,797,867 | ) | ||||||||||
Gross
Profit
|
37,064,235 | (5,267 | ) | 37,058,968 | ||||||||||||
Other
operating income
|
- | 1,072,025 | 1,072,025 | |||||||||||||
Bad
debt provision
|
(1,930,568 | ) | - | - | (1,930,568 | ) | ||||||||||
Impairment
of fixed assets
|
- | (1,539,403 | ) | - | (1,539,403 | ) | ||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
33,732,305 | (2,569,927 | ) | (1,509,146 | ) | 29,653,232 | ||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
178,934 | 563,374 | 742,308 | |||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
93,853,462 | 12,973,479 | 106,826,941 | |||||||||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
676 | 55,026 | 55,702 | |||||||||||||
Goodwill
|
$ | 1,602,134 | - | 1,602,134 |
For
the Year ended December 31, 2008 (2)
|
||||||||||||||||
Agricultural
products
|
Wine
production
|
Others
(1)
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Sales,
net
|
$ | 112,695,908 | - | - | 112,695,908 | |||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
(87,329,141 | ) | - | - | (87,329,141 | ) | ||||||||||
Gross
Profit
|
25,366,767 | - | - | 25,366,767 | ||||||||||||
Other
operating income
|
- | 585,666 | - | 395,408 | ||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
24,900,541 | (416,390 | ) | (587,110 | ) | 23,897,041 | ||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
47,163 | 167,710 | - | 323,529 | ||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
56,385,100 | 15,341,073 | - | 71,726,173 | ||||||||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Goodwill
|
$ | 1,602,134 | - | - | 1,602,134 |
(1)
|
Others
include corporate expenses such legal and audit fees, warrants, and
litigation settlement for 2009.
|
(2)
|
The
ErMaPao segment is classified as a Discontinued Operation and as such is
not reflected in these tables.
|
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Sales
Sales for
the twelve months ending December 31, 2009 totaled $143,856,835, an increase of
27.7% compared to $112,695,908 in 2008. This increase is due to the
increasing demand for “green and healthy” foods in China. The “green” rice
products the Company trades usually are priced two to three times higher than
regular rice. During 2009, most of the Company's sales were generated by the
Company's Agricultural Products segment. The Company’s purchase of 60% of Dalian
Huiming in October of 2008 also had a significant impact on the level of 2009
sales.
Gross
Profit
The
Company's gross profit for the twelve months ending December 31, 2009 was
$37,058,968, an increase of 46.1% compared to $25,366,767 in 2008 reflecting the
increase in sales and higher prices. Gross profit margin was 25.8% in 2009
compared to 22.5% in 2008. The increase in gross profit in 2009 is due to the
increase in prices in beans in China.
Selling,
General and Administrative Expense
Selling,
general and administrative expense for the twelve months ending December 31,
2009 totaled $3,713,734 or approximately 2.6% of total sales, an increase of
113.1% compared to $1,743,201 or approximately 1.5% of sales in 2008. This
increase is largely due to a litigation expense of $600,000 recorded in 2009 in
anticipation of the settlement and $610,759 for warrant expenses. These
costs also reflect the expansion of sales and hiring of salesmen as well as
increases in marketing.
Bad
Debt Allowance
Our bad
debt allowance was $12,143 in 2008 to $1,930,568 in 2009 due to the Company’s
conclusion that it may not recover a portion of our outstanding receivables for
products sold in 2008 and 2009. The Company is still actively seeking payments
from the customers and, if appropriate, will take legal actions to seek recovery
of these payments.
Impairment
The
Company recorded an impairment of $1,539,403 for Bellisimo Vineyard in 2009 due
to the deteriorating real estate conditions in Sonoma County,
California.
Other
Income
Other
income includes licensing fees and net grape and rental income.
Other
income for the twelve months ending December 31, 2009 totaled $1,071,989, which
is an increase of 171.1% compared to $ 395,408 in 2008. The grape production at
Bellisimo increased significantly in 2009 compared to 2008 due to better weather
conditions. Grape income was $316,113 in 2009, an increase of 167% compared to
$118,566 in 2008. Rental income increased from $78,050 in 2008 to $255,827 in
2009 due to increased occupancy and events held at the vineyard.
Licensing
fees of $500,000 were recorded for the twelve months ending 2009 based on an
agreement between the Company and Red Wine Saga Company, Ltd. (“Red Wine”)
effective on October 1, 2008. In this agreement, the Company gave Red
Wine the authority to sell red wine in Asia under the Bellisimo brand
name. The agreement extends from October 1, 2008 through September 30,
2011. On June 3, 2009 the agreement was amended to eliminate the quarterly
installments until such time as the Company begins to deliver wine for sale
under the Bellisimo brand.
Interest
Expense
Interest
expenses were $1,294,020 in 2009, an increase of 139.2% compared to $541,959 in
2008. These expenses result from the debt incurred to finance the February 2008
acquisition of the Bellisimo Vineyard, which totaled about $14.7 million as well
as the bank loans of $14,637,217 as of December 31, 2009 as compared to
$1,170,515 as of December 31, 2008. This increase in bank loans is to support
the working capital of the Company and its continuing operations.
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Provision
for Income Taxes
During
the twelve months ending December 31, 2009 the Company's income-tax-provision
was $8,446,233, an increase of 28.0% compared to $6,975,212 in 2008. While most
of this increase was attributable to the 25% increase in income before taxes,
the increase in income taxes also reflects a higher effective tax rate. The
Company’s effective 2009 tax rate is higher than the statutory rate as expenses
incurred in the US, including those pertaining to the Bellisimo Vineyard such as
the impairment loss, are not deductible for PRC tax purposes.
Noncontrolling
Interest
As the
Company owns 60% of Dalian Huiming, 40% of total net income from Dalian Huiming
was recorded as income attributed to noncontrolling interest. Noncontrolling
interest increased from $1,328,623 for 2008 to $9,664,324 in 2009. In part this
increase reflects that the Dalian Huiming acquisition occurred as of October 1,
2008, while the non-controlling interest was a factor for all of
2009.
Discontinued
Operations
The
Company discontinued reporting the operating results of ErMaPao as of September
30, 2008, the effective date of the sale of ErMaPao. The following table
summarizes the operating results of the Discontinued operations for the periods
ended September 30, 2008.
2008
|
||||
Sales
|
$ | 4,536,142 | ||
Cost
of sales
|
(2,977,670 | ) | ||
Gross
profit
|
1,558,472 | |||
Operating
expenses
|
(314,713 | ) | ||
Income
from discontinued operations before income tax
|
1,243,759 | |||
Income
tax
|
(309,722 | ) | ||
Net
Income
|
$ | 934,037 |
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Net
Income
Net
income was $10,875,921 for the twelve months ending 2009, a decrease of 38.4%
compared to $ 17,461,437 in 2008. This mainly results from the higher amount of
income attributable to noncontrolling interests, a bad debt provision of
$1,930,568, the impairment loss of $1,539,403 for the Bellisimo vineyard and the
absence of any income from ErMaPao which in 2008 reported from discontinued
operations income of $1,868,231.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
At
December 31, 2009, cash and cash equivalents were $18,512,835 as compared to
$7,338,817 at December 31, 2008, excluding restricted cash. Working
capital as of December 31, 2009 was $64,469,295 (current assets of $91,246,934
less current liabilities of $26,778,639) as compared to working capital of
$41,018,783 as of December 31, 2008.
The
components of the $11,174,018 increase of cash and cash equivalents during the
year ended December 31, 2009 are reflected below:
Year Ended
December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Net
cash provided (used) by operating activities
|
$ | (7,256,991 | ) | $ | 4,827,267 | |||
Net
cash provided (used) by investing activities
|
8,644,298 | (26,392,233 | ) | |||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
9,774,192 | 17,937,377 | ||||||
Effects
of exchange rates on cash
|
12,519 | 1,268,613 | ||||||
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
$ | 11,174,018 | $ | (2,358,976 | ) |
Net
Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities
The cash
used by operating activities for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2009
was $ (7,256,991). This is largely due to the Net income of $10,875,921 and
noncontrolling interest of $10,331,078 being more than offset by the increases
in accounts receivables of $14,198,378 and inventory of $10,209,228, which
resulted from the increase in sales due to the expanded trading activities. The
level of cash used by operating activities was $12,084,258 more than that of the
prior year largely due to the increase in inventory.
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Net
Cash Provided (Used) by Investing Activities
Net cash
provided by investing activities in the twelve months ended December 31, 2009
was $8,644,298 reflecting the $8,700,000 received during 2009 from the 2008 sale
of ErMaPao.
Net Cash Provided by Financing
Activities
Net cash
provided by financing activities of $9,774,192 for 2009 consists of two short
term bank loans partially offset by repayments of amounts due. The first loan is
$10,246,052 with an annual interest rate of approximately 6.4%, due in April
2010.The second loan is for $4,391,165 with annual interest rate of 5.3%, due in
May 2010. The funds from these loans were used to support the higher levels of
receivables and inventory resulting from the Company’s increased
operations
We
anticipate that our available funds and cash flows generated from operations
will be sufficient to meet our anticipated on-going operating needs for the next
twelve months. However, we may need to raise additional capital in order to fund
acquisitions and any substantive expansion of our business operations. We would
expect to raise those funds through credit facilities obtained from lending
institutions, the issuance of equity, or a combination of both. However, there
can be no guarantee that we will be able to obtain such funding, whether through
the issuance of debt or equity, on terms satisfactory to management and our
Board of Directors.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
There
were no off-balance sheet arrangements during the year ended December 31, 2009
that have, or are reasonably likely to have, a current or future affect on our
financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity,
capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to our
interests.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
February 2007, the FASB issued ASC Topic 825, “Financial Instruments” which
permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain
other items at fair value. The objective of this standard is to improve
financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate
volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and
liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting
provisions. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2008, and the
implementation of this standard did not have a significant impact on the
Company’s financial position or results of operations.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued ASC Topic 805, “Business Combinations”, to
establish 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 the acquiree and the
goodwill acquired. The standard also establishes disclosure requirements to
enable the evaluation of the nature and financial effects of the business
combination. This statement was effective for the Company beginning
January 1, 2009.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued ASC Topic 810, “Consolidation”, to establish
accounting and reporting standards for ownership interests in subsidiaries held
by parties other than the parent, the amount of consolidated net income
attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interest, changes in a
parent’s ownership interest, and the valuation of retained noncontrolling equity
investments when a subsidiary is deconsolidated. It also establishes disclosure
requirements that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the
parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners. This standard is
effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2009. The Company adopted
the new standard on January 1, 2009, and the implementation of the new standard
did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position or results
of operations.
In April
2008, the FASB issued ASC Topic 350, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other”,
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. This Staff Position is effective for financial statements
issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods
within those fiscal years. Early adoption is prohibited. Application of this
standard did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial
statements.
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In May
2008, the FASB issued ASC Topic 470, “Debt”, which is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. This
standard includes guidance that convertible debt instruments that may be settled
in cash upon conversion should be separated between the liability and equity
components, with each component being accounted for in a manner that will
reflect the entity’s nonconvertible debt borrowing rate when interest costs are
recognized in subsequent periods. This standard is not currently applicable to
the Company since the Company does not have convertible debt.
In June
2008, the FASB issued ASC Topic 260, “Earnings per Share”, regarding determining
whether instruments granted in share-based payment transactions are
participating securities. This provides that unvested share-based payment awards
that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether
paid or unpaid) are participating securities and shall be included in the
computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. The Company
does not currently have any share-based awards that would qualify as
participating securities. Therefore, application of this is not expected to have
an effect on the Company’s financial reporting.
In
April 2009, the FASB issued ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures”, which provides additional guidance for estimating fair value when
the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly
decreased and re-emphasizes that regardless of market conditions the fair value
measurement is an exit price concept as defined in the standard. The scope of
this standard does not include assets and liabilities measured under Level 1
inputs (quoted prices in active markets for identical assets). The standard is
applied prospectively to all fair value measurements where appropriate and is
effective for the Company’s interim and annual periods beginning in the second
quarter of fiscal year 2009. The Company’s adoption of this above standard did
not have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
In May
2009, the FASB issued ASC Topic 855, “Subsequent Events”, that established
general standards for 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 and shall be applied to subsequent events not addressed
in other applicable generally accepted accounting principles. This
standard, among other things, sets forth the period after the balance sheet date
during which management should evaluate events or transactions that may occur
for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements, the
circumstances under which an entity should recognize events or transactions
occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements and the
disclosures an entity should make about events or transactions that occurred
after the balance sheet date. The Company adopted this standard effective with
the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2009.
In July
2009, the FASB issued standards that established the ASC Accounting Standards
Codification as the single source of authoritative US GAAP for nongovernmental
entities. The ASC supersedes all non-SEC accounting and reporting standards that
existed at the ASC’s effective date, including FASB, American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, Emerging Issues Task Force and related literature.
The FASB uses Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) to amend the ASC. The
Codification was effective for interim and annual periods ending after September
15, 2009 (i.e., the year ended December 31, 2009 for the Company).
I
tem 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
The
financial information required by this item is set forth beginning on page
F-1.
On June
30, 2009, China Organic Agriculture, Inc. (the "Company") appointed the firm of
Acqavella, Chiarelli, Shuster, Berkower & Co., LLP ("New Auditor") as the
Company's independent registered public accounting firm upon the resignation of
the firm Morgenstern, Svoboda & Baer CPAs, P.C ("Former Auditor"), which had
served as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm through
that date. The public audit section of the Former Auditor, which was responsible
for overseeing its audit of the Company's financial statements, has merged with
the New Auditor.
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The
reports of the Former Auditor on the Company's financial statements for the
fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 did not contain an
adverse opinion, a disclaimer of opinion or any qualifications or modifications
related to uncertainty, limitation of audit scope or application of accounting
principles. During the fiscal years ending December 31, 2008 and December 31,
2007 and the period from December 31, 2008 to June 30, 2009, the Company did not
have any disagreements (within the meaning of Instruction 4 of Item 304 of
Regulation S-K) with the Former Auditor as to any matter of accounting
principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or
procedure and there have been no reportable events (as defined in Item 304 of
Regulation S-K).
Item 9A.
(T) Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We
maintain "disclosure controls and procedures," as such term is defined in Rule
13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), that
are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange
Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and
that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management,
including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as
appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. We
conducted an evaluation (the "Evaluation"), under the supervision and with the
participation of our Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and Chief Financial Officer
("CFO"), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure
controls and procedures ("Disclosure Controls") as of December 31, 2009 pursuant
to Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act. Based on this Evaluation, our CEO and CFO
concluded that our Disclosure Controls were not effective as of December 31,
2009. The primary deficiency in our disclosure controls and procedures is our
failure to adopt written policies and procedures to direct our personnel to
advise our management of events and information to enable them to make timely
decisions regarding required disclosure. This deficiency is due, in part, to the
lack of experience of our management personnel in China with the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and, more generally,
western business procedures, and the failure of our personnel in China to timely
communicate with the Company's representatives in the United States. This
absence of procedures has resulted in a number of late filings and in the
receipt by the Company of a number of requests for amendments and additional
information from the Staff of the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
During
2008, the Company engaged within the US an individual familiar with the
requirements of US securities laws and accounting regulations. This individual
was engaged as a consultant, and coordinated between the Company's Chinese
representatives and its counsel and accountants in the United States. He also
provided us with procedures intended to heighten management's awareness of the
need to comply with US securities laws and thereby improve our disclosure
controls and procedures. In December 2009 we engaged an individual to help
establish a systematic approach we can follow to establish appropriate controls
and procedures throughout our company. Since the appointment our new CFO Bo
Shan, he has assumed these duties. The Company is in the early stages of
preparing an internal control matrix to document its controls and
procedures which it plans to utilize to test the effectiveness of its controls
and procedures. We have not completed all steps necessary to insure that
are disclosure controls and procedures are effective. Our efforts to adopt and
implement appropriate disclosure controls and procedures are ongoing and are
intended to ensure that we have appropriate disclosure controls and procedures
by the end of 2010.
Management's
Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management
is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over
financial reporting as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a -15(f). The
Company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles.
Because
of the inherent limitations due to, for example, the potential for human error
or circumvention of controls, internal control over financial reporting may not
prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of
effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance
with policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management
conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over
financial reporting at December 31, 2009 based on the framework in Internal
Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation,
management concluded that the Company's internal controls over financial
reporting were not effective as of December 31, 2009.
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In
addition to the remedial measures we have adopted and plan to adopt relating to
disclosure controls and procedures discussed above in the section “Evaluation of
Disclosure Controls and Procedures,” we have started to create a structure in
which critical accounting policies and estimates are identified, and together
with other complex areas, are subject to multiple reviews by accounting
personnel. In addition, we plan to enhance and test our month-end and year-end
financial closing process. We also intend to develop and implement policies and
procedures for the financial closing and reporting processes, such as
identifying the roles, responsibilities, methodologies, and review/approval
process. We believe these actions will remediate the material weaknesses by
focusing additional attention and resources on our internal accounting
functions. However, the material weaknesses will not be considered remediated
until the applicable remedial controls operate for a sufficient period of time
and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating
effectively.
*The
foregoing report shall not be deemed to be filed for purposes of Section 18 of
the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section.
This
annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company's registered
public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.
Management's report was not subject to attestation by the Company's registered
public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and
Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management's report
in this annual report.
Changes
in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting
During
the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2009, there were no changes in
our internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f)
and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial
reporting.
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PART
III
Our
directors and executive officers at, 2010 were:
Name
|
Age
|
Title
|
|||
Jinsong
Li
|
38 |
Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman
|
|||
Bo
Shan
|
30 |
Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary
|
|||
Guangwu
Zhang
|
76 |
Director
|
|||
Shujie
Wu
|
39 |
Director
|
The
business experience of each director and executive officer of the Company is set
forth below.
Mr.
Jinsong Li was elected to the position of Chief Executive Officer in late
September 2008. He was formerly vice president of Beijing Jingwei Capital
Investment Co., Ltd, an investment firm focusing on agricultural companies,
where he managed investment projects valued at more than $100 million. Mr. Li
previously worked for more than 15 years in various executive roles at a
commercial trade company in Shantou and an agricultural products company in
Beijing. On October 15, 2008, Mr. Li was elected Chairman of the Company's Board
of Directors replacing Huizhi Xiao, who resigned as of that date.
Mr. Bo
Shan was elected Chief Financial Officer of the Company on January
15, 2010. Mr. Shan is a Chinese Certified Public Accountant and
a graduate of the Hebei University of Economics and Business with a degree in
Accounting. Prior joining the Company, Mr. Shan served as the senior accountant
and deputy director in Zhonglei Certified Public Accountants Co.,
Ltd.
Guangwu
Zhang currently holds the position of Professor of Agriculture at Shandong
Agricultural University. As author of over 100 academic papers, he currently
holds several national appointments including Vice Committee Chairman of
Cultivation Research Committee of The Crop Science Society of China as well as
evaluator of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He
joined the Company as an independent director in December 2008
Shujie Wu
served from 2002 to 2004 as Chairman of Dongguan Shijin Market Investment
Company Limited. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Wu served as Chairman of Guangzhou City
Weirong Investment Consulting Company Limited, and from 2005 to 2007 he served
as Managing Director of Jiayuanfen International Investments Company Limited. He
joined the Company as a independent director in April 2008.
Corporate
Governance: Board Committees and Independent Directors
Our Board
of Directors does not have an audit, compensation or nominating
committee. The OTC Bulletin Board, through which our shares of common
stock are quoted, does not require us to have an audit, compensation or
nominating committee. Guangwu Zhang is an independent director under the
standards for independent directors established set forth in Rule 10A-3 under
the Exchange Act.
Compensation
of Directors
During
2009, we paid directors who do not serve as officers $1,171 per
month.
The
following table sets forth a summary of compensation paid to the Company's
directors who were not officers as of December 31, 2009:
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Option |
All
other
|
|||||||||||||||
Name
|
Fees
paid in cash
|
awards
|
compensation
|
Total
|
||||||||||||
Shujie
Wu
|
$ | 14,053 | $ | 0 | N/A | $ | 14,053 | |||||||||
Zhouzhe
Jin (1)
|
$ | 5,855 | $ | 0 | N/A | $ | 5,855 | |||||||||
Jingyong
Ma (2)
|
$ | 5,855 | $ | 0 | N/A | $ | 5,855 | |||||||||
Guangwu
Zhang
|
$ | 14,053 | $ | 0 | N/A | $ | 14,053 |
|
(1)
|
Mr.
Jin resigned on April 29 2009
|
|
(2)
|
Mr.
Ma resigned on April 29 2009
|
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires our directors, executive
officers and beneficial owners of more than 10% of our common stock to file with
the SEC reports of their holdings of, and transactions in, our common stock.
Based solely upon our review of copies of such reports and written
representations from reporting persons that were provided to us, we believe that
our officers and directors complied with these reporting requirements with
respect to 2009.
Code of
Ethics
We have
not adopted a code of ethics to apply to our principal executive officer,
principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and controller, or
persons performing similar functions because, until recently, we have not been
an operating company. We expect to prepare a Code of Ethics in the near
future.
The
following table sets forth information with respect to the amounts awarded to,
earned by, or paid to, each individual who served as our chief executive officer
for services provided in all capacities to us and our subsidiaries for all, or a
portion of, the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. No other individual who
served as an executive officer of our company was awarded, earned, or paid total
compensation in excess of $100,000 for services provided in all capacities to us
and our subsidiaries in that year.
Summary Compensation Table
Change in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
pension value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
and nonqualified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-equity | deferred | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name and | Stock | Option | incentive plan | compensation | All other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
principal | Year | Salary | Bonus | awards | awards | compensation | earnings | compensation | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
position | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | (j) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jinsong
Li
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CEO
|
2008
|
$ | 9,198 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $ | 9,198 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Jinsong
Li
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CEO
|
2009
|
$ | 9,198 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | $ | 9,198 |
We have
not granted any equity-based compensation, awards or stock options to our chief
executive officer or any other executive officer, nor were any outstanding as of
December 31, 2009.
We have
not entered into an employment or consulting agreement with any of our executive
officers or directors. Except as disclosed below under the caption "Compensation
of Directors," we have not paid or accrued any fees to any of our directors for
serving as a member of our Board of Directors. We do not have any retirement,
pension, profit sharing or stock option plans or insurance or medical
reimbursement plans covering our officers and directors.
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Item 12.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters.
The
following table sets forth information known to us regarding beneficial
ownership of our common stock as of March 31, 2010 by (i) each person known by
us to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding common stock, (ii) each
of our directors and executive officers, (iii) any other "Named Executive
Officer" identified in the Executive Compensation section, below, and (iv) all
of our officers and directors as a group. As of May 13, 2010, we had outstanding
73,157,232 shares of common stock. Except as otherwise
indicated, we believe, based on information provided by each of the individuals
named in the table below, that such individuals have sole investment and voting
power with respect to such shares, subject to community property laws, where
applicable. Each executive officer and director may be contacted c/o the
Company: Dalian City Zhongshan District, Youhao Road, Manhattan Building #1
Suite 1511, Dalian Liaoning, PRC.
Name
and Address of
|
Amount
and Nature of
|
Percent
|
||||||
Beneficial
Owner
|
Beneficial
Ownership
|
of
Class
|
||||||
Owners
of More than 5%:
|
||||||||
Xirong
Xu
|
17,808,456 | 23.3 | % | |||||
|
||||||||
First
Capital Limited
|
||||||||
P.O.
Box 2804,
|
||||||||
Georgetown
Grand Cayman,
|
||||||||
Ky1-1112
|
||||||||
Cayman
Islands
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
Directors
and Officers:
|
||||||||
Jinsong
Li
|
500,000 | * | ||||||
Bo
Shan
|
0 | 0 | ||||||
Shujie
Wu
|
0 | 0 | ||||||
Guangwu
Zhang
|
0 | 0 | ||||||
Officers
and Directors
|
||||||||
as
a group (4 persons)
|
500,000 | * | ||||||
____
|
||||||||
*
Less than one percent.
|
Item 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
In
February 2008, the Company received a loan in connection with the acquisition of
the Bellisimo Vineyard from an individual shareholder, Mr. Xirong Xu, for the
total amount of $6,216,000. The interest rate was 4.00% and both principal and
interest were due in February 2013. On September 4, 2008, the Company issued
18,282,353 shares, representing approximately 25%, of its outstanding common
stock, to Mr. Xirong Xu in exchange for the surrender and cancellation of his
promissory note. Mr. Xirong Xu is not a relative of the Company's former CEO,
Mr. Changqing Xu.
On
September 4, 2008, the Company issued 3,326,103 shares, representing
approximately 4.5%, of its outstanding common stock, to First Capital Limited in
exchange for the surrender and cancellation of the Company’s promissory note to
First Capital Limited in the principal amount of $ 1,130,875. The indebtedness
that had been represented by this note results from amounts advanced by First
Capital on behalf of the Company to pay accounts payable.
Mr.
Xirong Xu and First Capital Limited are accredited investors within the meaning
of Rule 501 (a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act. The shares were issued
pursuant to exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 of Regulation D
promulgated hereunder, and in the case of Mr. Xirong Xu, Regulation S under the
Securities Act.
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Item 14.
Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
On June
30, 2009, China Organic Agriculture, Inc. appointed the firm of Acqavella,
Chiarelli, Shuster, Berkower & Co., LLP ("New Auditor") as the Company's
independent registered public accounting firm upon the resignation of the firm
Morgenstern, Svoboda & Baer CPAs, P.C ("Former Auditor"), which had served
as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm through that
date. The public audit section of the Former Auditor which was responsible for
overseeing its audit of the Company's financial statements has merged with the
New Auditor.
During
fiscal year 2009 and fiscal year 2008, the aggregate fees which we paid to or
were billed by Morgenstern, Svoboda & Baer CPAs, PC and Acqavella,
Chiarelli, Shuster, Berkower & Co., LLP for professional services were as
follows:
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Audit Fees (1) | $ | 93,200 | $ | 121,000 | ||||
Audit-Related Fees (2) | $ | 5,682 | $ | 22,500 | ||||
All Other Fees (3) | * | * |
__
(1) Fees
for services to perform an audit or review in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards and services that generally only our independent registered
public accounting firm can reasonably provide, such as the audit of our
consolidated financial statements, the review of the financial statements
included in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and for services that are
normally provided by independent registered public accounting firms in
connection with statutory and regulatory engagements.
(2) Fees,
if any, for assurance and related services that are traditionally performed by
our independent registered public accounting firm, such as audit attest services
not required by statute or regulation, and consultation concerning financial
accounting and reporting standards.
(3) Fees for
tax compliance. Tax compliance generally involves preparation of original and
amended tax returns, claims for refunds and tax payment planning
services.
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PART
IV
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
3(I).1
|
Articles
of Incorporation (1)
|
|
3(I).2
|
Certificate
of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation (1)
|
|
3(II)
|
Bylaws
(1)
|
|
4.1
|
Warrant
Agreement between China Organic Agriculture, Inc. and Trilogy Capital
Partners, Inc.(1)
|
|
10.1
|
Agreement
between ErMaPao and Jilin University (translation) (1)
|
|
10.2
|
Agreement
between ErMaPao and Xinmiao Grain Depot (translation)
(1)
|
|
10.3
|
Agreement
between ErMaPao and Wukeshu Grain Depot (translation)
(1)
|
|
10.4
|
Agreement
between ErMaPao and Huaxing Foods Limited (translation)
(1)
|
|
10.5
|
Agreement
between ErMaPao and Songyuan City Grain and Oil Company (translation)
(1)
|
|
10.6
|
Agreement
between ErMaPao and Changchun City Qinghai Grain and Oil Company
(translation)(1)
|
|
10.7
|
Agreement
between ErMaPao and Shunda Grain and Oil Company (translation)
(1)
|
|
10.8
|
Agreement
between ErMaPao and Tongda Grain and Oil Company (translation)
(1)
|
|
10.9
|
Agreement
between ErMaPao and Nanjing Suguo Supermarket (translation)
(1)
|
|
10.10
|
Agreement
between ErMaPao and Hualian Hypermarket (translation)
(1)
|
|
10.11
|
Loan
Agreement between ErMaPao and Shenzhen Dingyi Investment Consultants
Ltd. (translation) (1)
|
|
10.20
|
Promissory
Note dated February 25, 2008 between China Organic Agriculture, Inc. and
Mr. Xi Rong Xu (Incorporated by reference herein from Exhibit 10.20
to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007 ("2007 Form 10-K"))
|
|
10.21
|
Promissory
Note Secured By Deed of Trust in the initial principal amount of
$8,515,000(Incorporated by reference herein from Exhibit 10.21 to the
Registrant's 2007 Form 10-K)
|
|
10.22
|
Agreements
regarding the February 29, 2008 purchase of Bellisimo Vineyard
(Incorporated by reference herein from Exhibit 10.22 to the Registrant's
2007 Form 10-K)
|
|
10.23
|
Stock
Purchase Agreement dated December 21. 2009 between Ankang Agriculture
(Dalian) Co., Ltd. and Mr. Hongjun Ma for the acquisition of 60% of the
shares of Changbai Eco-Beverage Co., Ltd. (“Changbai”) (incorporated by
reference herein from the Registrant’s Form 8-K filed on December 21,
2009).
|
|
21.1
|
Subsidiaries
|
|
31.1
|
Certification
of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302(a) of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
|
31.2
|
Certification
of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302(a) of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
|
|
32.1
|
Certification
of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
|
|
32.2
|
Certification
of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
|
(1)
|
Incorporated
by reference herein as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Registration
Statement on Form 10 filed on February 13,
2008.
|
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
CHINA ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC. | |||
Dated: May 13, 2010 |
By:
|
/s/ Jinsong Li | |
Jinsong Li | |||
Chief Executive Officer | |||
(principal executive officer) |
|
By:
|
/s/ Bo Shan | |
Bo Shan | |||
Chief Financial Officer | |||
(principal financial and accounting officer) |
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been
signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant on May 13,
2010 in the capacities indicated.
Signature | Title | |
/s/ Jonsong Li | Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer) | |
Jinsong Li | ||
/s/ Bo Shan | Chief Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer) | |
Bo Shan | ||
/s/ Guangwu Zhang | Director | |
Guangwu Zhang | ||
/s/ Shujie Wu | Director | |
Shujie Wu |
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CHINA
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
1.
Reports of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firms
|
F -
2 to F - 3
|
2. Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
F -
4
|
3.
Consolidated Statements of
Operations
|
F -
5
|
4.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
|
F -
6 to F - 7
|
5.
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’
Equity
|
F -
8
|
6.
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements
|
F
- 9 to F - 24
|
F -
1
Reports of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firms
Board of
Directors and Stockholders of
China
Organic Agriculture, Inc.
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of China Organic
Agriculture, Inc. ("Company") as of December 31, 2009, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for
the year then ended. China Organic Agriculture, Inc.'s management is responsible
for these financial statements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements based on our audit.
We
conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to
have, nor were we engaged to perform, and audit of its internal control over
financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over
financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but no for the purpose of expressing an
opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provide a reasonable
basis for our opinions.
In our
opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of China Organic Agriculture, Inc. as
of December 31, 2009 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for
the year ended December 31, 2008 in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ Acquavella, Chiarelli, Shuster, Berkower & Co., LLP
Acquavella,
Chiarelli, Shuster, Berkower & Co., LLP
Certified
Public Accountants
May 13,
2010
F -
2
Reports of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firms
F -
3
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
CHINA
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
Assets
|
12/31/2009
|
12/31/2008
|
||||||
Current
Assets
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 18,512,835 | $ | 7,338,817 | ||||
Restricted
cash
|
7,322,574 | - | ||||||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
40,677,865 | 26,448,294 | ||||||
Inventory
|
14,711,117 | 4,492,892 | ||||||
Acquisition
deposit
|
2,617,952 | 2,617,952 | ||||||
Consideration
receivable
|
- | 8,700,000 | ||||||
Trade
deposit
|
1,370,647 | 2,832,507 | ||||||
Advances
|
29,290 | 1,846,041 | ||||||
Other
receivables and prepayments
|
5,345,208 | 126,296 | ||||||
Other
current assets
|
659,446 | - | ||||||
Total
Current Assets
|
91,246,934 | 54,402,799 | ||||||
Property,
plant & equipment, net
|
12,478,943 | 14,521,452 | ||||||
Mortgage
costs – net
|
136,288 | 143,788 | ||||||
Intangible
asset, net
|
880,000 | 1,056,000 | ||||||
Deferred
taxes
|
482,642 | - | ||||||
Goodwill
|
1,602,134 | 1,602,134 | ||||||
Total
Assets
|
$ | 106,826,941 | $ | 71,726,173 | ||||
Liabilities
and Stockholders’ Equity
|
||||||||
Current
Liabilities
|
||||||||
Mortgages
payable – current
|
$ | 213,348 | $ | 198,854 | ||||
Short
term loans
|
14,637,217 | 1,170,515 | ||||||
Notes
payable
|
7,322,574 | - | ||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
1,961,923 | 5,048,054 | ||||||
Due
to related party
|
120,026 | 3,630,842 | ||||||
Taxes
payable
|
2,451,302 | 3,335,751 | ||||||
Other
current liabilities
|
90,778 | - | ||||||
Total
Current Liabilities
|
26,778,639 | 13,384,016 | ||||||
Mortgages
payable – long term
|
7,965,517 | 8,161,705 | ||||||
Total
Liabilities
|
34,762,685 | 21,545,721 | ||||||
Stockholders'
Equity
|
||||||||
Preferred
stock, par value, $0.001 per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized, none
outstanding
|
- | - | ||||||
Common
stock, no par value, 1,000,000,000 shares
authorized, 73,157,232 issued and outstanding as of December 31,
2009 and December 31, 2008
|
7,648,410 | 7,648,410 | ||||||
Additional
paid in capital
|
1,222,021 | 597,209 | ||||||
Statutory
reserves
|
1,423,933 | 1,423,933 | ||||||
Other
comprehensive income
|
2,853,653 | 2,814,743 | ||||||
Retained
earnings
|
43,887,643 | 33,011,722 | ||||||
CNOA
Stockholders’ Equity
|
57,035,660 | 45,496,017 | ||||||
Noncontrolling
Interest
|
15,028,596 | 4,684,435 | ||||||
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
72,064,256 | 50,180,452 | ||||||
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
|
$ | 106,826,941 | $ | 71,726,173 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
F -
4
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
CHINA
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Sales
|
$ | 143,856,835 | $ | 112,695,908 | ||||
Cost
of sales
|
(106,797,867 | ) | (87,329,141 | ) | ||||
Gross
profit
|
37,058,968 | 25,366,767 | ||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
(3,713,734 | ) | (1,743,201 | ) | ||||
Bad
debt expense
|
(1,930,568 | ) | (12,143 | ) | ||||
Loss
on Impairment
|
(1,539,403 | ) | - | |||||
Income
from operations
|
29,875,263 | 23,611,423 | ||||||
Gain
on debt conversion
|
- | 432,169 | ||||||
Other
income, net
|
1,071,989 | 395,408 | ||||||
Interest
expense
|
(1,294,020 | ) | (541,959 | ) | ||||
Income
from continuing operations before income taxes
|
29,653,232 | 23,897,041 | ||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
(8,446,233 | ) | (6,975,212 | ) | ||||
Net
income from continuing operations
|
21,206,999 | 16,921,829 | ||||||
Discontinued
operations:
|
||||||||
Income
from ErMaPao, net of tax
|
- | 934,037 | ||||||
Income
due to disposal of ErMaPao, net of tax
|
- | 934,194 | ||||||
Income
from discontinued operations
|
- | 1,868,231 | ||||||
Net
Income
|
21,206,999 | 18,790,060 | ||||||
Less
income attributed to noncontrolling interest
|
(10,331,078 | ) | (1,328,623 | ) | ||||
Net
Income attributable to CNOA
|
$ | 10,875,921 | $ | 17,461,437 | ||||
Basic
and Diluted weighted average shares
|
73,157,232 | 58,515,437 | ||||||
Earnings
per share of common stock:
|
||||||||
Basic
and Diluted Earnings Per Share
|
||||||||
Income
from Continuing operations attributable to CNOA
shareholders
|
$ | 0.15 | 0.27 | |||||
Income
from Discontinued operations
attributable
to CNOA shareholders
|
- | 0.03 | ||||||
Total
Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Shares
|
$ | 0.15 | $ | 0.30 | ||||
Net
Comprehensive Income
|
||||||||
Net
Income
|
$ | 10,875,921 | $ | 17,461,437 | ||||
Foreign
Currency
|
||||||||
Translation
Adjustment
|
38,910 | 2,212,245 | ||||||
Net
Comprehensive Income
|
$ | 10,914,831 | $ | 19,673,682 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial
statements.
F -
5
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
CHINA
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
YEAR
ENDED DECEMBER 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
CASH
FLOWS PROVIDED (USED) BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||
Net
income attributable to CNOA from Continuing operations
|
$ | 10,875,921 | $ | 15,593,206 | ||||
provided
by operating activities:
|
||||||||
Income
attributed to non-controlling interests
|
10,331,078 | 1,328,623 | ||||||
Loss
on impairment of fixed-assets
|
1,539,403 | - | ||||||
Net
income from Discontinued operations
|
- | 1,868,231 | ||||||
Gain
on sale of ErMaPao
|
- | (934,194 | ) | |||||
Gain
of debt conversion
|
- | (432,169 | ) | |||||
Stock
based compensation
|
624,812 | 280,100 | ||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
742,308 | 323,529 | ||||||
Effect
of changes in assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||
Accounts
receivables
|
(14,198,378 | ) | (14,868,192 | ) | ||||
Inventory
|
(10,209,228 | ) | 3,015,085 | |||||
Trade
deposit
|
1,463,829 | (2,641,527 | ) | |||||
Advances
|
1,817,616 | - | ||||||
Restricted
cash
|
(7,322,574 | ) | - | |||||
Other
receivables and prepayments
|
(5,213,964 | ) | (1,817,931 | ) | ||||
Other
current assets
|
(659,137 | ) | - | |||||
Deferred
tax
|
(482,416 | ) | - | |||||
Increase
/ (decrease) in current liabilities:
|
||||||||
Proceeds
of notes payables (related to restricted cash)
|
7,322,574 | - | ||||||
Other
current liabilities
|
92,074 | - | ||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
(3,093,073 | ) | (24,828 | ) | ||||
Taxes
payable
|
(887,838 | ) | 3,137,334 | |||||
Net
cash provided (used) by operating activities
|
(7,256,991 | ) | 4,827,267 | |||||
CASH
FLOWS PROVIDED (USED) BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||
Cash
paid for the acquisition of Dalian Huiming
|
- | (10,111,621 | ) | |||||
Proceeds
of sale of ErMaPao, net of cash sold
|
8,700,000 | (1,057,877 | ) | |||||
Purchase
of property & equipment
|
(55,702 | ) | (15,222,735 | ) | ||||
Net
cash provided (used) by investing activities
|
8,644,298 | (26,392,233 | ) | |||||
CASH
FLOWS PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
||||||||
Proceeds
from mortgage payable, net of costs
|
- | 8,515,000 | ||||||
Proceeds
of short term loan
|
14,637,217 | - | ||||||
Repayment
of short term loan
|
(1,170,515 | ) | - | |||||
Repayment
of mortgage payable
|
(181,694 | ) | (300,104 | ) | ||||
Due
from related parties
|
- | 438,884 | ||||||
Due
to related parties
|
(3,510,816 | ) | 9,283,597 | |||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
9,774,192 | 17,937,377 | ||||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
12,519 | 1,268,613 | ||||||
Net
change in cash and cash equivalents
|
11,174,018 | (2,358,976 | ) | |||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning balance
|
7,338,817 | 9,697,793 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, ending balance
|
$ | 18,512,835 | $ | 7,338,817 |
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YEAR
ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURES:
|
||||||||
Cash
paid during the period for:
|
||||||||
Income
tax payments
|
$ | 9,330,682 | $ | 3,977,228 | ||||
Interest
payments
|
$ | 1,294,020 | 551,377 | |||||
Non
Cash Transaction:
|
||||||||
Debt
converted to equity
|
$ | - | $ | 6,216,000 | ||||
Sell
of ErMaPao:
|
||||||||
Selling
Price
|
- | 8,700,000 | ||||||
Book
Value of ErMaPao’s Assets:
|
- | - | ||||||
Cash
|
- | 1,057,877 | ||||||
Other Assets | 6,707,929 | |||||||
Total | $ | $ | 7,765,806 | |||||
Fair
value of net tangible assets acquired
|
- | 7,940,475 | ||||||
Valuation
of intangible assets
|
- | 1,100,000 | ||||||
Goodwill
|
- | 1,602,134 | ||||||
Cash
paid for acquisition
|
$ | - | $ | 10,642,609 |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
CHINA ORGANIC AGRICULTURE,
INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common
Stock Number of Shares
|
Amount
|
Additional
Paid In Capital
|
Statutory
Reserves
|
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive Income
|
Retained
Earnings
|
Noncontrolling
Interest
|
Total
Equity
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
December 31, 2007
|
51,548,776 | $ | 733,704 | $ | 420,525 | $ | 824,168 | $ | 602,498 | $ | 16,471,521 | $ | 19,052,416 | |||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
Income:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
Income
|
- | - | - | (824,168 | ) | - | 17,461,437 | 1,328,623 | 17,965,892 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation
|
- | - | - | - | 2,212,245 | - | - | 2,212,245 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Debt
conversion
|
21,608,456 | 6,914,706 | - | - | - | - | - | 6,914,706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition
of Dalian Huiming
|
- | - | (1,304 | ) | 502,697 | - | - | - | 501,393 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Reserves
accrued in Dalian
Huiming
|
- | - | - | 921,236 | - | (921,236 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional
PIC from Xinbin
|
- | - | 20,861 | - | - | - | - | 20,861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase
of subsidiary shares from non-controlling
interest
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | 3,355,812 | 3,355,812 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
based compensation
|
- | - | 157,127 | - | - | - | - | 157,127 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
December 31, 2008
|
73,157,232 | 7,648,410 | 597,209 | 1,423,933 | 2,814,743 | 33,011,722 | 4,684,435 | 50,180,452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
Income:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Noncontrolling
interest
|
10,331,078 | 10,331,078 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
Income
|
- | - | - | - | - | 10,875,921 | 10,875,921 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation
|
- | - | - | - | 38,910 | - | 13,083 | 51,993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contributed
Capital
|
- | - | 14,053 | - | - | - | - | 14,053 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
based compensation
|
- | - | 610,759 | - | - | - | - | 610,759 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
December 31 , 2009
|
73,157,232 | $ | 7,648,410 | $ | 1,222,021 | $ | 1,423,933 | $ | 2,853,653 | $ | 43,887,643 | $ | 15,028,596 | $ | 72,064,256 | |||||||||||||||||
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
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CHINA
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note
1 - ORGANIZATION
China
Organic Agriculture, Inc. (“CNOA” or “Company”) (formerly Industrial Electric
Services, Inc. or “IESI”) was incorporated on August 5, 2005, in the state of
Florida. The Company has seven subsidiaries as at December 31, 2009. China
Organic Agriculture, Ltd. (“COA”) was incorporated on August 10, 2006 under the
laws of the British Virgin Islands. Far East Wine Holding Group Ltd.
(“FEW”) was incorporated on June 10, 2008 under the laws of the British Virgin
Islands. CNOA owns 100% of COA and FEW. Ankang Agriculture (Dalian) Co., Ltd.
(“Ankang Dalian”) was founded in January 2008 under the laws of the People’s
Republic of China (“PRC”). It is owned 100% by Hong Kong Ankang
Investments Co., Ltd. (“HK Ankang”). COA owns 100% of HK Ankang.
In
November 2008, Xinbin Manchu Autonomous County Bellisimo Ice Wine Co., Ltd (“Ice
Wine”) was incorporated under the laws of the PRC. Ankang Dalian holds 60% of
the outstanding shares of Ice Wine.
On
October 31, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of
Princeton International Investment Ltd. (“Princeton”), which owned 60% of the
outstanding shares of Dalian Huiming Industry Ltd. (“Dalian Huiming”). Huiming
was incorporated on July 31, 2001 under the laws of the PRC. Princeton was
incorporated on April 14, 2008 under the laws of Hong Kong.
On
September 25, 2008, the Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement with
Bothven Investments Ltd. related to the sale of its subsidiary, Jilin Songyuan
City Ermapao Green Rice Ltd. (“ErMaPao”) for US$8.7 million. The sale was
completed on October 7, 2008 with effective date of September 30,
2008.
Note 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation and
Principles of Consolidation
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CNOA and
its subsidiaries, collectively referred to herein as the “Company”. These
financial statements have been prepared in conformity with Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) and all material intercompany accounts and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In the opinion of
management, the accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the
adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s
financial position as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and its results for the
periods then ended.
On March
15, 2007, CNOA, through a reverse merger, issued 27,448,776 shares of stock in
exchange for all the outstanding shares of COA. Under accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States, the share exchange is considered to be
a capital transaction in substance, rather than a business
combination. Thus the share exchange is equivalent to the issuance of
stock by COA for the net monetary assets of CNOA, accompanied by a
recapitalization, and is accounted for as a change in capital
structure. Accordingly, the accounting for the share exchange was
identical to that resulting from a reverse acquisition, except no goodwill was
recorded. Under reverse takeover accounting, the post reverse
acquisition comparative historical financial statements of the legal acquirer,
CNOA, are those of the legal acquiree, COA, which is considered to be the
accounting acquirer, and thus represent a continuation of the financial
statements of COA. Share and per share amounts stated have been
retroactively adjusted to reflect the merger.
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CHINA
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note
2 - SUMMARY OF
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Translation
Adjustment
As of
December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the accounts of CNOA were maintained,
and its financial statements were expressed, in Chinese Yuan Renminbi (“RMB”).
Such financial statements were translated into U.S. Dollars in accordance with
GAAP with the RMB as the functional currency. All assets and
liabilities were translated at the current exchange rate, stockholders’ equity
is translated at the historical rates and income statement items are translated
at the average exchange rate for the period. The resulting translation
adjustments are reported under other comprehensive income in accordance with
GAAP as a component of stockholders’ equity. Transaction gains and losses are
reflected in the statement of operations.
Use of
Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management
to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Risks and
Uncertainties
The
Company’s operations are carried out in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company’s
business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the
political, economic and legal environments in the PRC, and by the general state
of the PRC's economy. The Company’s business may be influenced by changes in
governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary
measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods of
taxation, among other things.
The
Company is subject to substantial risks from, among other things, intense
competition associated with the industry in general, other risks associated with
financing, liquidity requirements, rapidly changing customer requirements,
disease and other natural events that could impact rice cultivation, limited
operating history, foreign currency exchange rates and the volatility of public
markets.
Reclassification
Certain
amounts in the 2008 financial statements were reclassified to conform to the
2009 presentation.
Contingencies
Certain
conditions may exist as of the date the financial statements are issued which
may result in a loss to the Company but which will only be resolved when one or
more future events occur or fail to occur. The Company’s management and legal
counsel assess such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently
involves an exercise of judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to
legal proceedings that are pending against the Company or unasserted claims that
may result in such proceedings, the Company’s legal counsel evaluates the
perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the
perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be
sought.
If the
assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss
has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the
estimated liability would be accrued in the Company’s financial statements. If
the
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CHINA
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note
2 - SUMMARY OF
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
assessment
indicates that a potential material loss contingency is not probable but is
reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of
the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible
loss if determinable and material would be disclosed.
Loss
contingencies considered to be remote by management are generally not disclosed
unless they involve guarantees, in which case the guarantee would be
disclosed.
Cash and Cash
Equivalents
Cash and
cash equivalents include cash in hand and cash in time deposits, certificates of
deposit and all highly liquid debt instruments with original maturities of three
months or less.
Restricted Cash and Notes
Payable
Restricted
cash is used as security for purchasing goods from suppliers. Restricted cash
represents the amount of money held under the Company's account by a bank, which
will be released to the suppliers when purchase and delivery transactions have
been completed. By December 31, 2009, the Company issued bank notes of $7,322,574 to suppliers
for goods purchased. The Notes payable are non-interest bearing, and secured by
the $7,322,574 balance of the
Company’s restricted cash.
Accounts
Receivable
The
Company maintains reserves it judges are required for potential credit losses on
accounts receivable. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable
and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit
worthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment patterns to
evaluate the adequacy of these reserves. Terms of sales vary. Reserves are
recorded according to Company policies. There were allowances for
doubtful accounts in the amount of $1,930,568 and $12,143 as of December 31,
2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.
Inventories
Inventories
are valued at the lower of cost (determined on a weighted average basis) or
market. Management compares the cost of inventories with the market value and
allowances are made for writing down inventories to market value, if lower. As
of December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 inventory consisted of finished goods
valued at $14,709,255 and $4,492,892 respectively. Raw material inventories as
of December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 are valued at $1,862 and $0,
respectively. Expenses that are included in inventory and in cost of sales
include the cost of purchased product, fees paid to the contractors, and any
processing fees and packaging costs that may have been incurred in the
preparation of raw rice into finished product.
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CHINA
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note
2 - SUMMARY OF
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Property, Plant &
Equipment
Property,
plant and equipment is stated at cost. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs
are charged to earnings as incurred while additions, renewals and betterments
are capitalized. When property, plant and equipment are retired or otherwise
disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the
respective accounts, and any gain or loss is included in operations.
Depreciation of Property, plant and equipment is provided using the
straight-line method for substantially all assets with estimated lives
of:
Real
property
|
15-30
years
|
Planted
vineyard
Machinery
& equipment
|
20
years
5-10
years
|
Transportation
equipment
|
5
years
|
Goodwill
Goodwill
represents the cost of a business acquisition over the fair value of the net
identified assets acquired. In accordance with GAAP, indefinite-life
identifiable intangible assets and goodwill are not amortized. GAAP requires
that an annual impairment test of our goodwill be performed. Goodwill impairment
is determined using a two-step process. The first step of the
goodwill impairment test is used to identify potential impairment by comparing
the fair value of a reporting unit, which we define as our business segments,
with its net book value or carrying amount including goodwill. If the
fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the
reporting unit is considered not impaired and the second step of the impairment
test is unnecessary. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit
exceeds its fair value, the second step of the goodwill impairment test compares
the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount
of that goodwill. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s
goodwill exceeds the implied fair value of that goodwill, an impairment loss is
recognized in an amount equal to that excess. The implied fair value
of goodwill is determined in the same manner as the amount of goodwill
recognized in a business combination. The fair value of the reporting
unit is allocated to all of the assets and liabilities of that unit including
any unrecognized intangible assets as if the reporting unit had been acquired in
a business combination and the fair value of the reporting unit was the purchase
price paid to acquire the reporting unit. This test was conducted as of December
31, 2009 and it indicated that there was no impairment of Goodwill. See Note 15,
Acquisition, for additional information regarding goodwill.
Long-Lived
Assets
The
Company annually evaluates the carrying value of long-lived assets to be held
and used in accordance with GAAP, which requires impairment losses to be
recorded on long-lived assets used in operations when indicators of impairment
are present and the current valuation of these long-lived assets is less than
the assets’ carrying amounts. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the
amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair market value of the
long-lived assets. Loss on long-lived assets to be disposed of is determined in
a similar manner, except that fair market values are reduced for the cost of
disposal.
The
Company has evaluated its long-lived assets and based on its review, there
was impairment identified on fixed-assets in the amount of $1,539,403
as of December 31, 2009, No impairment was identified as of December 31,
2008.
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CHINA
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note
2 - SUMMARY OF
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Fair Value of Financial
Instruments
The
Company believes that the carrying amounts reported in the statements of
financial position for current assets and current liabilities that qualify as
financial instruments are a reasonable estimate of fair value.
Revenue
Recognition
The
Company’s revenue recognition policies are in compliance with SEC Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition.” Revenue comprises the fair
value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and
services in the ordinary course of the Company’s activities. Revenue is shown
net of value-added tax, returns, rebates and discounts. Revenue from the sale of
goods is recognized on the transfer of risks and rewards of ownership, which
generally coincides with the time when the goods are delivered to customers and
title has passed. There are no post-shipment obligations, price protection, or
“bill and hold” arrangements. Payments received before all of the
relevant criteria for revenue recognition are satisfied would be recorded as
unearned revenue. As of December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, there was no
unearned revenue recorded.
Other
Income
Other
income for the years ended December 31, 2009 and December
31, 2008 both include income of $500,000 based on an agreement between the
Company and Red Wine Saga Company, Ltd. (“Red Wine”) effective October 1,
2008. In this agreement, the Company gave Red Wine the authority to
sell the Bellisimo brand red wine in Asia under the Bellisimo brand name.
The agreement extends from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2011 with
$6,000,000 originally to be paid in quarterly installments of $500,000. The
agreement has been amended effective April 1, 2009 to eliminate the quarterly
installments until such time as the Company begins to deliver red wine for sale
under the Bellisimo brand. The remaining components of other income were the
rent revenue and grape sales of Vineyard in the amounts of $572,025 and $327,577
for the fiscal years of 2009 and 2008, respectively.
Income
Taxes
The
Company is subject to US federal, various state and international income taxes.
The Statute of limitations for assessment by the Internal Revenue Services
(“IRS”) and state tax authorities is open for tax years ended December 2007 and
2008, including net operating loss carryfowards and tax credits, may still be
adjusted upon examination by the IRS or state tax authorities if they either
have been or will be used in a future period.
GAAP
requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected
future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial
statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred income taxes are
recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the
tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at
each period end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to
the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income.
Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax
assets to the amount expected to be realized.
The
Company follows accounting requirements that a recognition threshold and
measurement be established and utilized for the financial statement recognition
and measurement of a tax position that has been taken or is expected that the
Company will take in a tax return. The Company also follows the
requirements regarding the derecognition, classification, interest, and
penalties, accounting in interim periods and disclosures. The Company assesses
its deferred assets whether it believes that it is more likely than not that any
deferred income tax assets, net of any valuation allowance, will be realized
based on the current income tax laws and the expectations of future taxable
income including the reversal of any existing deferred tax liabilities.
This evaluation includes whether a tax position that the Company has taken will
be sustained upon examination based on the technical merits of that
position. The Company would recognize interest and any penalties relating
to unrecognized tax benefits as an element of tax expense. Uncertainties
surrounding income tax law changes, modifications in operations between tax
jurisdictions and future operating income levels may affect the actual
realization of some or all of these deferred tax assets.
Based on
a review of our tax positions, the Company was not required to record a
liability for unrecognized tax benefits. Further, there has been no change
during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. Accordingly, we have not
accrued any interest and penalties through December 31, 2009.
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CHINA
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note
2 - SUMMARY OF
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Basic and Diluted Earnings
per Share
Earnings
per share are calculated in accordance with GAAP. The basic earnings per share
are based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding.
Dilutive earnings per share are based on the weighted average shares of the
common shares outstanding adjusted for the impact of potentially dilutive
securities outstanding. The dilutive impact of any warrants
outstanding is calculated using the treasury stock method, which treats the
warrants as if they were exercised at the date of grant, adjusted for common
stock assumed to be repurchased with the proceeds realized upon the exercise of
the warrants. The warrants outstanding were anti-dilutive for the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and thus were not included in the
computation of earnings per share for those periods.
Statement of Cash
Flows
In
accordance with GAAP, cash flows from the Company’s operations are based upon
the local currency. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities
reported on the statement of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes
in the corresponding balances on the balance sheet.
Concentration of Credit
Risk
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit
risk are cash, accounts receivable and other receivables arising from its normal
business activities. The Company places its cash in what it believes to be
credit-worthy financial institutions. The Company attempts to control credit
risk related to accounts receivable through credit approvals, credit limits and
monitoring procedures. The Company routinely assesses the financial strength of
its customers and, based upon factors surrounding the credit risk, establishes
an allowance, if required, for uncollectible accounts. As a consequence, the
Company believes that its accounts receivable credit risk exposure beyond such
allowance is limited.
Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
In
December 2007, the FASB issued ASC Topic 805, “Business Combinations”, to
establish 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 the acquiree and the
goodwill acquired. The standard also establishes disclosure requirements to
enable the evaluation of the nature and financial effects of the business
combination. This statement was effective for the Company beginning
January 1, 2009.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued ASC Topic 810, “Consolidation”, to establish
accounting and reporting standards for ownership interests in subsidiaries held
by parties other than the parent, the amount of consolidated net income
attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interest, changes in a
parent’s ownership interest, and the valuation of retained noncontrolling equity
investments when a subsidiary is deconsolidated. It also establishes disclosure
requirements that clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the
parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners. This standard is
effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2009. The Company adopted
the new standard
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CHINA
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note
2 - SUMMARY OF
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
on
January 1, 2009, and the implementation of the new standard did not have a
significant impact on the Company’s financial position or results of
operations.
In April
2008, the FASB issued ASC Topic 350, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other”,
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. This Staff Position is effective for financial statements
issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods
within those fiscal years. Early adoption is prohibited. Application of this
standard did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial
statements.
In May
2008, the FASB issued ASC Topic 470, “Debt”, which is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. This
standard includes guidance that convertible debt instruments that may be settled
in cash upon conversion should be separated between the liability and equity
components, with each component being accounted for in a manner that will
reflect the entity’s nonconvertible debt borrowing rate when interest costs are
recognized in subsequent periods. This standard is not currently applicable to
the Company since the Company does not have convertible debt.
In June
2008, the FASB issued ASC Topic 260, “Earnings per Share”, regarding determining
whether instruments granted in share-based payment transactions are
participating securities. This provides that unvested share-based payment awards
that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether
paid or unpaid) are participating securities and shall be included in the
computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. The Company
does not currently have any share-based awards that would qualify as
participating securities. Therefore, application of this is not expected to have
an effect on the Company’s financial reporting.
In
April 2009, the FASB issued ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures”, which provides additional guidance for estimating fair value when
the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly
decreased and re-emphasizes that regardless of market conditions the fair value
measurement is an exit price concept as defined in the standard. The scope of
this standard does not include assets and liabilities measured under Level 1
inputs (quoted prices in active markets for identical assets). The standard is
applied prospectively to all fair value measurements where appropriate and is
effective for the Company’s interim and annual periods beginning in the second
quarter of fiscal year 2009. The Company’s adoption of this above standard did
not have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial
Statements.
In May
2009, the FASB issued ASC Topic 855, “Subsequent Events”, that established
general standards for 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 and shall be applied to subsequent events not addressed
in other applicable generally accepted accounting principles. This
standard, among other things, sets forth the period after the balance sheet date
during which management should evaluate events or transactions that may occur
for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements, the
circumstances under which an entity should recognize events or transactions
occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements and the
disclosures an entity should make about events or transactions that occurred
after the balance sheet date. The Company adopted this standard effective with
the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2009.
In July
2009, the FASB issued standards that established the ASC Accounting Standards
Codification as the single source of authoritative US GAAP for nongovernmental
entities. The ASC supersedes all non-SEC accounting and reporting standards that
existed at the ASC’s effective date, including FASB, American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, Emerging Issues Task Force and related literature.
The FASB uses Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) to amend the ASC. The
Codification was effective for interim and annual periods ending after September
15, 2009 (i.e., the year ended December 31, 2009 for the Company).
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ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note 3 – SEGMENT
REPORTING
GAAP
requires use of the management approach model for segment reporting. The
management approach model is based on how a company's management organizes
segments within the company for making operating decisions and assessing
performance. Reportable segments are based on products and services, geography,
legal structure, management structure, or any other manner in which management
disaggregates a company.
We
operate in two business segments, agricultural products, which acquires, trades
and supplies agricultural commodities to users; and wine production, which grows
grapes and intends to act as an importer into Asia where we may also distribute
wines and ice wines. ErMaPao has been sold and thus is treated as a Discontinued
Operation and is no longer reported as a separate segment.
For
the Year ended December 31, 2009 (2)
|
||||||||||||||||
Agricultural
products
|
Wine
production
|
Others
(1)
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Sales,
net
|
$ | 143,855,973 | 862 | 143,856,835 | ||||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
(106,791,738 | ) | (6,129 | ) | (106,797,867 | ) | ||||||||||
Gross
Profit
|
37,064,235 | (5,267 | ) | 37,058,968 | ||||||||||||
Other
operating income
|
- | 1,072,025 | 1,072,025 | |||||||||||||
Bad
debt provision
|
(1,930,568 | ) | - | - | (1,930,568 | ) | ||||||||||
Impairment
of fixed assets
|
- | (1,539,403 | ) | - | (1,539,403 | ) | ||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
33,732,305 | (2,569,927 | ) | (1,509,146 | ) | 29,653,232 | ||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
178,934 | 563,374 | 742,308 | |||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
93,853,462 | 12,973,479 | 106,826,941 | |||||||||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
676 | 55,026 | 55,702 | |||||||||||||
Goodwill
|
$ | 1,602,134 | - | 1,602,134 |
For
the Year ended December 31, 2008 (2)
Agricultural
products
|
Wine
production
|
Others
(1)
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Sales,
net
|
$ | 112,695,908 | - | - | 112,695,908 | |||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
(87,329,141 | ) | - | - | (87,329,141 | ) | ||||||||||
Gross
Profit
|
25,366,767 | - | - | 25,366,767 | ||||||||||||
Other
operating income
|
- | 585,666 | - | 395,408 | ||||||||||||
Income
(loss) from continuing operations
|
24,900,541 | (416,390 | ) | (587,110 | ) | 23,897,041 | ||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
47,163 | 167,710 | - | 323,529 | ||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
56,385,100 | 15,341,073 | - | 71,726,173 | ||||||||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Goodwill
|
$ | 1,602,134 | - | - | 1,602,134 |
(1) Others
include corporate expenses such legal and audit fees, warrants, and litigation
settlement for 2009.
(2) The ErMaPao segment is classified as a Discontinued
Operation and thus is not reflected in these tables. The Discontinued Operation
of the ErMaPao segment is discussed in Note 21.
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ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note
4 – ACQUISITION
DEPOSITS
The
Company has deposited approximately $2,617,952 with the Huanyatong Investment
Co., Ltd, (“Huanyatong”) in anticipation of further investment and acquisition
activity. It had been expected that Huanyatong would pay back the deposit with
no interest to the Company before December 31, 2009 if there had been no
substantive investing activities as of November 30, 2009. Due to the exchange
control, the return of the deposit was delayed and collected in March,
2010.
Note
5 – CONSIDERATION
RECEIVABLE
Effective
September 30, 2008, the Company sold all of its shares of its subsidiary, Jilin
Songyuan City ErMaPao Green Rice Limited ("ErMaPao"), to Bothven Investments
Limited ("Bothven"), for a non-interest bearing note receivable of $8,700,000.
The Company received payment of this amount in 2009.
Note
6 – TRADE DEPOSIT AND
ADVANCES
Trade
deposits represent amounts paid by the Company and held by suppliers as
deposits. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company had $1,370,647 and
$2,832,507 outstanding as trade deposits, respectively.
The
Company entered into a co-operation agreement with two unrelated companies
to assist those companies in their business development by participating in
those business operations and providing working capital funding. As
of December 31, 2008 the Company had advanced these
companies $1,846,041, which was returned to the Company in
2009.
Note
7 – OTHER RECEIVABLES
AND PREPAYMENTS
An amount
of $5,125,201 was deposited for the acquisition of Changbai Eco-Beverage Co.
Ltd. at the end of December 2009. This acquisition was completed on March 23
2010.
Note
8 – PROPERTY, PLANT
& EQUIPMENT
As of
December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, Property, plant & equipment
consisted of the following:
12/31/2009
|
12/31/2008
|
|||||||
Land
|
$ | 3,350,000 | 3,075,148 | |||||
Planted
Vineyard
|
2,561,589 | 4,375,844 | ||||||
Real
property
|
7,079,233 | 7,079,233 | ||||||
Machinery
& equipment
|
211,552 | 155,850 | ||||||
Total
|
13, 202,374 | 14,686,075 | ||||||
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(723,431 | ) | (164,623 | ) | ||||
Net
book value
|
$ | 12,478,943 | 14,521,452 |
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ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note
8 – PROPERTY, PLANT
& EQUIPMENT (CONTINUED)
During
the years ending December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, depreciation expenses
were $558,808 and $164,623, respectively. The 2008 expense included $55,864 of
costs which pertain to the Discontinued Operations.
On
February 29, 2008, the Company purchased the assets of the Bellisimo Vineyard, a
153-acre operating vineyard located in Sonoma County, California, for
$14,750,000. This purchase price was allocated to the following asset
categories:
Real
property
|
$ | 7,489,233 | ||
Land
|
7,040,992 | |||
Machinery,
equipment & others
|
32,595 | |||
Sub-total
|
$ | 14,562,820 | ||
Agency
expenses
|
187,180 | |||
Total
|
$ | 14,750,000 |
The Company evaluated the carrying value of its long-lived asset as of December 31, 2009. Based on this review, management determined that the carrying value exceeded the market value and, as a result, a provision for impairment on fixed-assets in the amount of $1,539,403 was recorded as of December 31, 2009, No reserve was deemed necessary as of December 31, 2008.
Note
9 – INTANGIBLE
ASSETS
As of
December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, intangible assets pertaining to the
customer relationships acquired as part of the acquisition of Dalian Huiming are
as following:
12/31/2009
|
12/31/2008
|
|||||||
Customer
relationships
|
$ | 1,100,000 | $ | 1,100,000 | ||||
Accumulated
amortization
|
(220,000 | ) | (44,000 | ) | ||||
Intangible
assets
|
$ | 880,000 | $ | 1,056,000 |
During
the years ending December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, amortization expenses
were $176,000 and $44,000, respectively.
The
projected future amortization is as following:
2010
|
$176,000
|
|
2011
|
$176,000
|
|
2012
|
$176,000
|
|
2013
|
$176,000
|
|
2014
|
$176,000
|
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ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note
10 - COMPENSATED
ABSENCES
Regulation
45 of local labor law entitles employees to annual vacation leave after one year
of service. In general, all leave must be utilized annually, with proper
notification. Any unutilized leave is cancelled.
Note
11 – DUE TO RELATED
PARTY
The
Company has become indebted to a shareholder as a result of payments that the
shareholder made to third parties on behalf of the Company. As of December 31,
2009 and December 31, 2008, the Company owed $120,026 and $830,842,
respectively, to such shareholder. The amount is evidenced by a non-interest
bearing promissory note payable upon demand.
As
discussed in Note 16, the Company has an outstanding bank loan of RMB 70,000,000
($10,246,052) which has been guaranteed by Dalian Ruilong Group, Dalian
Furongweiye Group and Ms. Zhao Jinxia, who was the legal representative of the
Dalian Huiming. All of the above are related parties of Dalian Huiming’s
minority shareholder.
As
discussed in Note 16, the Company has an outstanding bank loan of RMB 30,000,000
($4,391,165) which has also been guaranteed by Ms. Zhao Jinxia.
All of
the inventories of Dalian Huiming are kept in the warehouse of Heilongjiang Rice
& Oil Material Co., Ltd., which is a related party of Dalian Huiming’s
minority shareholder. During the year of 2009, the Company paid Heilongjiang
Rice & Oil Material Co., Ltd. warehouse fees of $156,704.
The
annual salary of $9,198 in 2009 for Mr. Jinsong Li was paid by the Dalian
Huiming’s affiliate Ms. Zhao Jingxia.
The
annual salary of $14,053 in 2009 for Mr. Weihong Xia was paid by the Company’s
major shareholder Mr. Xirong Xu and has been recorded as a component of
contributed capital.
Note
12 – MORTGAGES
PAYABLE
As
discussed in Note 8, in February 2008 the Company purchased the assets of the
Bellisimo Vineyard. This was in part financed by a mortgage funded by
Trans America Life insurance Company in the amount of $8,515,000. This mortgage
is amortized monthly over a 20 year term, with an interest rate initially set at
7.70%, with rate adjustments every four years. The long-term and short-term
amounts pertaining to this mortgage as of December 31, 2009 were $7,965,517 and
$213,348 respectively.
Projected
future principal payable are as follows:
2010
|
$213,348
|
|
2011
|
$230,369
|
|
2012
|
$248,747
|
|
2013
|
$268,591
|
|
2014
|
$290,018
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
$6,927,792
|
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CHINA
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note
13 – LITIGATION
The
Company has reached a preliminary settlement for the class action lawsuit filed
on December 18, 2008 for an amount of $300,000 in cash and $300,000 worth of the
Company’s stock. This expense was recorded in Selling, general, and
administrative expenses in 2009 and the accrual for this settlement is contained
in accounts payable and accrued expenses
Note
14 - INCOME
TAXES
The
Company is subject to the Income Tax Laws of the US and PRC. The provisions of
$8,446,233 and $6,975,212 for the years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31,
2008, respectively, pertain to PRC taxes. Pursuant to the PRC Income Tax Laws,
the Enterprise Income Tax (“EIT”) is now at a statutory rate of 25%. Until
December 31, 2007, the Company enjoyed an exemption from this tax because of its
involvement in agricultural production and in the PRC Urban Labor and Employment
Services Program. As of January 1, 2008, a new tax policy became generally
applicable to Chinese enterprises, and hence the Company.
Deferred
Tax Assets consist of the following
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Deferred
Tax Asset - NOL's
|
$ | 1,227,177 | $ | 467,241 | ||||
Deferred Asset (impairment and litigation settlement costs) | $ | 748,791 | $ | - | ||||
Bad
Debt Allowance
|
$ | 482,642 | - | |||||
Subtotal
|
$ | 2,458,610 | $ | 467,241 | ||||
Valuation
Allowance
|
$ | (1,975,968 | ) | $ | (467,241 | ) | ||
Total
Deferred Taxes
|
$ | 482,642 | $ | - |
The
cumulative Net Operating Losses pertaining to the US available to the Company
are $3,506,219. These will expire between 2028 and 2029.
The
reconciliation of the PRC statutory tax rate of 2009 and 2008
follows
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
PRC
Statutory Tax Rate
|
25 | % | 25 | % | ||||
Inability
to record tax benefit on US losses
|
3.6 | % | 1.4 | % | ||||
Effect
of Taxation on Debt Forgiveness
|
||||||||
Associated
with Acquisition
|
- | 3.2 | % | |||||
Other
|
(0.2 | )% | (0.4 | )% | ||||
Effective
Tax Rate
|
28.5 | % | 29.2 | % |
Due to
the uncertainty surrounding the realization of the favorable U.S. tax attributes
in future tax returns, the Company has recorded a full valuation allowance
against the otherwise recognizable U.S. net deferred tax assets resulting from
losses in the US as of December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
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CHINA ORGANIC AGRICULTURE,
INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note
15 – ACQUISITION
In
October 2008, the Company acquired 60% of the outstanding shares of Dalian
Huiming Industry Ltd. (“Dalian Huiming”) for a payment equivalent to
$10,642,609. With this acquisition the Company shifted its focus to
agriculture products trading in addition to agricultural and food
production.
The net
purchase price reflects the valuation of net identifiable assets and goodwill
acquired, less the noncontrolling interest that continues to be held by selling
shareholders.
The
acquisition has been accounted for as a purchase business combination and the
results of operations from the acquisition date, October 1, 2008, have been
included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements n accordance with
GAAP. The allocation of the purchase price was as follows:
Cash
acquired
|
$ | 3,148,940 | ||
Accounts
receivable
|
8,806,935 | |||
Inventory
|
5,419,932 | |||
Loans
to related parties
|
438,884 | |||
Property
plant & equipment, and Other assets
|
12,274 | |||
Goodwill
|
1,602,134 | |||
Identifiable
intangible asset- Customer relationships
|
1,100,000 | |||
Total
Assets Acquired
|
20,529,099 | |||
Less
Liabilities Assumed:
|
||||
Accounts
& Income taxes payable
|
4,100,530 | |||
Loans
from related parties
|
1,329,255 | |||
Notes
payable
|
1,173,313 | |||
Total
Liabilities Assumed
|
6,603,098 | |||
Noncontrolling
interest
|
3,283,392 | |||
Net
Purchase Price
|
$ | 10,642,609 |
The excess of purchase price over the
identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed of $1,602,134 was recorded
as Goodwill. Identifiable intangible assets consisted of the
$1,100,000 of value attributed to the Dalian Huiming’s customer
relationships.
The
goodwill resulted from this acquisition was due to the value attributed to
Dalian Huiming by the selling shareholders based on Dalian Huiming’s recent
levels and growth of net income. The computation of the acquired
goodwill was as per the following:
Purchase
Price
|
$ | 10,642,609 | ||||||
Fair
value of net tangible assets acquired
|
$ | 7,940,475 | ||||||
Fair
value of Identified intangible asset - Customer relationships (Note
9)
|
1,100,000 | |||||||
9,040,475 | ||||||||
Goodwill
|
$ | 1,602,134 |
Goodwill
is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes in the PRC, the only
jurisdiction in which the Company is paying and expects to pay income
taxes.
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CHINA
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note
16 – SHORT TERM
LOANS
As of
December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the outstanding short term bank loans
were comprised of:
12/31/2009
|
12/31/2008
|
|||||||
Huaxia
Bank Dalian Branch (1)
|
$ | 10,246,052 | $ | 1,170,515 | ||||
Industrial
Bank Dalian Branch (2)
|
4,391,165 | - | ||||||
$ | 14,637,217 | $ | 1,170,515 |
(1) Bank
loans of RMB 70,000,000 ($10,246,052) having an annual interest rate of 6.37%
guaranteed by Dalian Ruilong Group, Dalian Ruilongweiye Group and Ms.
Zhaojinxia, who was the legal representative of Dalian Huiming Industry Ltd. All
of the above are related parties of Dalian Huiming’s minority shareholder. The
loan is due on April 28, 2010.
(2) Bank
loans of RMB 30,000,000 ($4,391,165) having an annual interest rate of 5.31%
secured by Dalian Credit Guarantee Co., Ltd. and guaranteed by Ms. Zhaojinxia.
The loan is due on May 15, 2010.
Note
17 - COMMITMENTS
The
Company leases facilities and equipment under operating leases that have
expired, but continue on a month to month basis. Rental expenses were
$44,480 and
$41,460 for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The
Company has no future minimum obligations as of December 31, 2009.
Note
18 - STATUTORY
RESERVE
Upon
approval from the Board of Directors, the Company’s statutory reserve can be
used to offset accumulated losses or to increase capital. As of December 31
2009, the Company had allocated $1,423,933 to these non-distributable reserve
funds. The Company’s Statutory reserve fund has exceeded 50% of registered
capital and thus no further allocation is required.
Note
19 – CONCENTRATIONS
Sales
The
Company had two customers who together accounted for 47% of revenues during the
year ended December 31, 2009. Two customers
accounted for 80% of the Company’s accounts receivables at December 31,
2009.
During
the year ended December 31 2009, the Company’s two principal customers, the
sales to each of these customers and the percentages of the Company’s revenues
represented by each of these customers were as follows:
Customers
|
Revenues
|
Percentage
of Company’s Revenues
|
||||||
Shenzhen
Shen Jing Da Agriculture Ltd.
|
$ | 38,796,677 | 27 | % | ||||
Beijing
Golden Valley Trading Co. Ltd.
|
$ | 29,198,587 | 20 | % |
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CHINA
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note 19 – CONCENTRATIONS
(CONTINUED)
During
2008, the Company’s principal customers, the proceeds from sales to each of
these customers and the percentages of the Company’s revenues represented by
each of these customers were as follows:
Customers
|
Revenues
|
Percentage
of Company’s Revenues
|
||||||
Shenzhen
Shen Jing Da Agriculture Ltd.
|
$ | 51,214,939 | 46 | % | ||||
Beijing
Golden Valley Trading Co. Ltd.
|
$ | 38,159,510 | 34 | % |
This
concentration of our sales to a limited number of customers leaves us vulnerable
to an adverse short-term impact on our revenues should one of these customers
cease doing business or reduce the amount of business it does with
us.
Purchases
Two
vendors accounted for almost 54% of the Company's purchases for the year ended
of 2009. Two
vendors accounted for almost 24% of accounts payable at December 31, 2009.
The
Company obtains supplies of grain from a limited number of companies. The
purchases made from each of these suppliers during the year ended of 2009, and
the percentages of our business represented by each of these suppliers, were as
follows:
Suppliers
|
Purchases
|
Percentage
of Company’s Purchases
|
||||||
Jiling
Shen Kang Long Rice Co. Ltd.
|
$ | 26,534,323 | 30 | % | ||||
Wuchang
Yangxing Rice Co. Ltd.
|
$ | 21,067,813 | 24 | % |
The
purchases made from the Company’s largest supplier during 2008, and the
percentages of our business represented by this supplier, were as
follows:
Suppliers
|
Purchases
|
Percentage
of Company’s Purchases
|
||||||
Jiling
Shen Kang Long Rice Co. Ltd.
|
$ | 72,048,373 | 84 | % |
The
limited number of companies from which the Company obtains inventories leaves it
vulnerable to an adverse short-term impact on its operations should one of these
suppliers cease doing business or reduce the amount of business it does with the
Company
Note
20 – STOCK
WARRANTS
On
February 6, 2008, the Company committed to issue warrants to purchase 1,000,000
shares of the Company’s stock at a price of $1.39 to its investor relations firm
as part of a consulting agreement. The warrants were valued using the
Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The related expense for the years
ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 is $610,759 and $280,100,
respectively.
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CHINA
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER
31, 2009
Note
20 – STOCK WARRANTS
(CONTINUED)
Warrants
Outstanding as of December 31, 2009:
Total Warrants
|
Exercise Price
|
|||||||
Outstanding,
December 31, 2008
|
1,350,000 | $ | 1.39-$1.50 | |||||
Granted
|
- | - | ||||||
Exercised
|
- | - | ||||||
Expired
|
(350,000 | ) | $ | 1.50 | ||||
Outstanding
December 31, 2009
|
1,000,000 | $ | 1.39 |
As of
December 31, 2009, 1,000,000 warrants were exercisable. Both the Company and the
Investor relations firm has agreed to terminate the warrants as of April 30
2010. See Note 22 for further discussion.
Note
21 – DISCONTINUED
OPERATIONS
Effective
September 30, 2008, the Company sold all of the shares of its subsidiary, Jilin
Songyuan City ErMaPao Green Rice Limited ("ErMaPao"), to Bothven Investments
Limited ("Bothven") for which the Company received a non-interest bearing note
receivable from Bothven in the amount of $8,700,000, as discussed in Note 5. As
a result, the 2008 operations of ErMaPao are now treated as a Discontinued
Operations in the Statements of Operations and Cash Flows.
The
following table summarizes the operating result of the Discontinued Operations
for the year ended December 31, 2008:
2008
|
||||
Sales
|
$ | 4,536,142 | ||
Cost
of sales
|
(2,977,670 | ) | ||
Gross
profit
|
1,558,472 | |||
Operating
expenses
|
(314,713 | ) | ||
Income
from discontinued operations before income tax
|
1,243,759 | |||
Income
tax
|
(309,722 | ) | ||
Net
Income from discontinued operations
|
$ | 934,037 |
Note
22 – SUBSEQUENT
EVENTS
On March
19, 2010, the Company collected the deposit of approximately $2,617,952 with the
Huanyatong Investment Co., Ltd, (“Huanyatong”). This deposit was made in
anticipation of further investment and acquisition activity.
On March
23 2010, the Company acquired 1,800,000 shares, representing approximately 60%
of the capital stock, of Changbai Eco- Beverage Co., Ltd. for $10,250,403.
Changbai produces a variety of products from blueberries grown in the Mountain
Changbai region of Northeast China, including blueberry drink and food
products.
On April
30, 2010, the Company and its former Investor Relations firm agreed to terminate
1,000,000 warrants previously issued to such firm, citing lack of services
provided by the Investor Relations firm.
The
Company has evaluated subsequent events through May 13 2010, and has determined
that there were no subsequent events to recognize or disclose in these financial
statements.
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