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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q/A

Amendment No. 1

 

(Mark One)

☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended: March 31, 2018

 

☐ 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: 001-34515

 

CHINA ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS GROUP, INC. 
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Nevada   20-8468508
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

9 North West Fourth Ring Road Yingu Mansion Suite 1708 
Haidian District Beijing, People’s Republic of China 100190 
(Address of principal executive offices, Zip Code)

 

+86 10 82525361 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

 

Yes ☒     No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

 

Yes ☒     No ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large Accelerated Filer ☐ Accelerated Filer ☐ 
Non-Accelerated Filer   Smaller reporting company ☒
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

 
Yes ☐     No ☒

 

The number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity, as of May 11, 2018 is as follows:

 

Class of Securities   Shares Outstanding
Common Stock, $0.001 par value   4,470,313

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

As disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on October 9, 2018, on October 6, 2018, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of China Advanced Construction Materials Group, Inc. (the “Company”), after consultation with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Friedman LLP (“Friedman”) concluded, that the Company’s then audited financial statements as of and for the period ended June 30, 2017 contained in the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K originally filed with the SEC on September 28, 2017 as well the unaudited financial statements as of and for the periods ended March 31, 2018, December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017 contained in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q originally filed on May 15, 2018, February 13, 2018 and November 15, 2017, respectively, should no longer be relied upon as a result of omission of certain contingencies omitted.

 

We are therefore filing this this amended 10-Q (“Amended 10-Q”) to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 (the “Original 10-Q”), to restate our audited financial statements and revise related disclosures (including, without limitation, those contained under Item 1, Financial Statements, Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Item 4, Controls and Procedures, contained in the Original 10-Q to reflect certain accrued contingent liabilities and contingencies previously omitted. The amendment to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 and Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Qs for the quarters ended September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2017 were filed on November 21, 2018, December 7, 2018 and January 15, 2019 respectively. The Amended 10-Q and the amendments to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the three and nine month periods ended March 31, 2018 are herein referred to as “Restated Reports” or “Restatement” or “As Restated.”

 

Specifically, this Amended 10-Q is being filed in order to restate:

 

·Our consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2018 by recording other receivable – related party from $0 to $1,471,501 and accrued contingent liabilities from $0 to $4,604,028. Our total shareholder’s equity as of March 31, 2018 decreased by $3,131,525.   Our consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2017 by recording the accrued contingent liabilities from $0 to $609,160 and other payable – shareholders amounts from $2,261,766 to $2,925,543. Our total shareholders’ equity as of March 31, 2108 decreased by $3,132,529 and our total shareholder’s equity as of June 30, 2017 decreased by $1,272,938.

 

·Our consolidated statements of operations and other comprehensive income (loss) for the three months and nine months ended March 31, 2018. As a result of the Restatement, our consolidated net income for the three months decreased by $97,472 and our consolidated net loss for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 increased by $2,712,884, and

 

As several parts of the Original 10-Q are amended and/or restated by this Amended 10-Q, for convenience, we have repeated the entire text of the Original 10-Q, as amended and/or restated by this Amended 10-Q. Readers should therefore read and rely on this Amended 10-Q in lieu of the Original 10-Q.

 

Except as amended and/or restated by this Amended 10-Q, no other information included in the Original 10-Q is being amended or updated by this Amended 10-Q. This Amended 10-Q continues to describe the conditions as of the date of the Original 10-Q and, except as contained therein, we have not updated or modified the disclosures contained in the Original 10-Q. Accordingly, this Amended 10-Q should be read in conjunction with our filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original 10-Q, including any amendment to those filings.

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  PAGE
   
PART I  
FINANCIAL INFORMATION  
   
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) 1
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 28
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK 39
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES 39
     
PART II  
OTHER INFORMATION  
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS 45

 

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PART I

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

 

CHINA ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

   March 31,   June 30, 
   2018   2017 
   (Unaudited and as restated)   (As restated) 
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:        
Cash and cash equivalents  $1,086,882   $224,679 
Restricted cash   -    4,208,765 
Accounts receivable, net   46,029,256    47,543,077 
Inventories   503,115    626,738 
Other receivables, net   1,277,051    240,123 
Other receivables – related party   1,471,501    - 
Prepayments and advances, net   984,453    16,894,781 
Prepayments - related party   4,334,988    6,996,400 
Total current assets   55,687,246    76,734,563 
           
PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net   3,024,196    3,644,203 
           
Total assets  $58,711,442   $80,378,766 
           
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY          
           
CURRENT LIABILITIES:          
Short term loans, banks and bank guarantees  $27,992,493   $17,700,720 
Notes payable   -    14,013,070 
Accounts payable   9,423,015    29,081,790 
Customer deposits   1,568,911    614,558 
Other payables   295,071    4,098,772 
Other payables - shareholders   3,871,350    2,925,543 
Accrued liabilities   1,069,166    1,352,750 
Taxes payable   79,037    103,419 
Accrued contingent liabilities   4,604,028    609,160 
Total current liabilities   48,903,071    70,499,782 
           
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES          
           
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:          
Preferred stock $0.001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued or outstanding   -    - 
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 74,000,000 shares authorized, 2,387,658 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017   2,388    2,388 
Additional paid-in-capital   40,074,090    38,662,377 
Accumulated deficit   (44,684,259)   (42,242,951)
Statutory reserves   6,248,092    6,248,092 
Accumulated other comprehensive income   8,168,060    7,209,078 
Total shareholders’ equity   9,808,371    9,878,984 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity  $58,711,442   $80,378,766 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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CHINA ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES 
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(UNAUDITED)

 

   For the three months ended   For the nine months ended 
   March 31,   March 31, 
   2018   2017   2018   2017 
   (As restated)       (As restated)     
                 
REVENUE  $12,267,286   $13,592,863   $36,290,818   $35,782,079 
                     
COST OF REVENUE   10,155,946    12,125,038    30,832,052    36,182,821 
                     
GROSS PROFIT (LOSS)   2,111,340    1,467,825    5,458,766    (400,742)
                     
RECOVERY OF (PROVISION FOR) DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS   538,216    761,482    1,235,049    (3,600,836)
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES   (1,730,774)   (1,548,566)   (4,505,390)   (4,626,043)
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES   (290,994)   (99,049)   (1,077,928)   (788,492)
                     
INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS   627,788    581,692    1,110,497    (9,416,113)
                     
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE), NET                    
Other income, net   114,026    173,057    114,004    409,178 
Interest income   848    15,174    5,174    27,008 
Interest expense   (389,963)   (246,442)   (953,555)   (633,771)
Finance expense   (2,140)   (154,996)   (4,544)   (490,727)
Estimated claims charges   (97,472)   -    (2,712,884)   - 
TOTAL OTHER EXPENSE, NET   (374,701)   (213,207)   (3,551,805)   (688,312)
                     
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES   253,087    368,485    (2,441,308)   (10,104,425)
                     
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES   -    -    -    - 
                     
NET INCOME (LOSS)  $253,087   $368,485   $(2,441,308)  $(10,104,425)
                     
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)                    
Net Income (loss)  $253,087   $368,485   $(2,441,308)  $(10,104,425)
Other comprehensive income (loss) - foreign currency translation income (loss)   336,277    21,872    958,982    (690,312)
                     
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)  $589,364   $390,357   $(1,482,326)  $(10,794,737)
                     
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE                    
Weighted average number of shares:                    
Basic   2,385,131    2,387,658    2,386,828    2,349,155 
Diluted   2,385,131    2,387,658    2,386,828    2,349,155 
                     
Earnings (loss) per share:                    
Basic  $0.11   $0.15   $(1.02)  $(4.30)
Diluted  $0.11   $0.15   $(1.02)  $(4.30)

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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CHINA ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)

 

   For the nine months ended 
   March 31, 
   2018   2017 
   (As restated)     
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:        
Net Income (loss)  $(2,441,308)  $(10,104,425)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:          
Depreciation and amortization   921,927    890,031 
Gain on disposal of equipment   (2,291)   - 
Stock-based compensation expense   388,994    289,000 
(Recovery of) provision for doubtful accounts   (1,235,049)   3,600,836 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities          
Accounts receivable   (690,652)   (18,446,428)
Inventories   165,817    316,542 
Other receivables   223,060    7,403,538 
Prepayments and advances   13,318,745    8,794,720 
Prepayments - related party   3,081,584    (5,889,662)
Accounts payable   (15,304,253)   17,543,151 
Customer deposits   1,558,292    (3,863,130)
Other payables   (670,583)   5,208,008 
Other payables - shareholders   540,000    467,986 
Accrued contingent liabilities   2,545,163    (773,052)
Taxes payable   (31,186)   11,408 
Net cash provided by operating activities   2,368,260    5,448,523 
           
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:          
Purchases of property, plant and equipment   (50,378)   (52,532)
Net cash used in investing activities   (50,378)   (52,532)
           
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:          
Proceeds from short term loans, banks and bank guarantees   32,579,229    18,547,704 
Repayments of short term loans, banks and bank guarantees   (24,025,845)   (19,283,724)
Proceeds from notes payable   -    24,583,068 
Repayments of notes payable   (14,510,205)   (28,999,188)
Borrowings from shareholders   91,431    146,611 
Change in restricted cash   4,358,077    28,765 
Net cash used in financing activities   (1,507,313)   (4,976,764)
           
EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS   51,634    (42,997)
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS   862,203    376,230 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period   224,679    1,006,970 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period  $1,086,882   $1,383,200 
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:          
Cash paid for interest expense  $953,555   $628,553 
Cash paid for income tax  $-   $- 
           
NON-CASH TRANSACTIONS OF INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:          
Customer deposits reclassified to other payable - shareholders upon execution of tri-party agreements  $687,978   $- 
Accrued liabilities reclassified to other payable - shareholders upon execution of tri-party agreements  $259,105   $- 
Forgiveness of payable to shareholder as a capital contribution  $813,415   $- 
Litigation liability paid by related party  $209,304   $- 
Accrued rent liability and other receivable – related party  $1,413,128   $- 
           
OTHER NON-CASH TRANSACTIONS:          
Accounts receivable offset with accounts payable upon execution of tri-party agreements  $5,760,038   $1,507,132 
Prepayments and advances offset with other payables upon execution of a tri-party agreement  $3,221,266   $- 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. 

 

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CHINA ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 1 – Organization and description of business

 

China Advanced Construction Materials Group, Inc. (“CADC Delaware”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on February 15, 2007. CADC Delaware, through its 100% owned subsidiaries and its variable interest entities (“VIEs”), is engaged in producing general ready-mix concrete, customized mechanical refining concrete, and other concrete-related products that are only sold in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”). CADC Delaware has a wholly-owned subsidiary in the British Virgin Islands, Xin Ao Construction Materials, Inc. (“BVI-ACM”), which is a holding company with no operations. BVI-ACM has a wholly-owned foreign subsidiary, Beijing Ao Hang Construction Material Technology Co., Ltd. (“China-ACMH”),and China-ACMH has contractual agreements with Beijing XinAo Concrete Group (“Xin Ao”) and therefore Xin Ao is considered to be a VIE of China- ACMH.

 

Xin Ao is engaged in the business of concrete mixing services. Xin Ao had five wholly owned subsidiaries in the PRC: (1) Beijing Heng Yuan Zheng Ke Technical Consulting Co., Ltd, (2) Beijing Hong Sheng An Construction Materials Co., Ltd, (3) Beijing Heng Tai Hong Sheng Construction Materials Co., Ltd, (4) Da Tong Ao Hang Wei Ye Machinery, Equipment Rental Co., Ltd, and (5) Luan Xian Heng Xin Technology Co., Ltd. Since their establishment, none of these five entities had any operations and the Company did not plan to pursue operations for these entities. In February 2017 and prior, all five subsidiaries were dissolved.

 

On August 1, 2013, CADC Delaware consummated a reincorporation merger with its newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary, China Advanced Construction Materials Group, Inc. (“China ACM”), a Nevada corporation, with CADC Delaware merging into China ACM and China ACM being the surviving company, for the purpose of changing CADC Delaware’s state of incorporation from Delaware to Nevada.

 

China ACM, BVI-ACM, China-ACMH and Xin Ao are collectively referred to as the “Company”.

 

Note 2 – Restatement

 

This financial statements as of and for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018 have been restated to reflect various legal actions arising and coming to management’s attention after the financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2017 and the nine months ended March 31, 2018 were initially filed. See Note 13 - Commitments and contingencies for the detail disclosures and impact due to those legal actions.

 

The impact of those restatements on the March 31, 2018 unaudited financial statements is reflected in the following table:

 

   March 31, 2018 
Consolidated Balance Sheets  Original   Restatement   As restated 
Other receivable – related party  $-   $1,471,501   $1,471,501 
Total assets   57,239,941    1,471,501    58,711,442 
Accrued contingent liabilities   -    4,604,028    4,604,028 
Total liabilities   44,299,045    4,604,026    48,903,071 
Additional paid-in-capital   39,051,371    1,022,719    40,074,090 
Accumulated deficit   (40,704,084)   (3,980,179)   (44,684,263)
Accumulated other comprehensive income   8,343,129    (175,069)   8,168,060 
Total Shareholders’ Equity   12,940,896    (3,132,525)   9,808,371 

 

   For the three months ended
March 31, 2018
 
Consolidated statement of Operations  Original   Restatement   As restated 
Estimated claim charges  $-   $(97,472)  $(97,472)
Total other expenses, net   (277,229)   (97,472)   (374,701)
Net income   350,559    (97,472)   253,087 
Earnings (loss) per share               
Basic   0.15    (0.04)   0.11 
Diluted   0.15    (0.04)   0.11 

 

   For the nine months ended
March 31, 2018
 
Consolidated statement of Operations  Original   Restatement   As restated 
Estimated claim charges  $-   $(2,712,884)  $(2,712,884)
Total other expenses, net   (838,921)   (2,712,884)   (3,551,805)
Net income (loss)   271,576    (2,712,884)   (2,441,308)
Earnings (loss) per share               
Basic   0.12    (1.14)   (1.02)
Diluted   0.11    (1.13)   (1.02)

 

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CHINA ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 3 – Summary of significant accounting policies

 

Liquidity

 

In assessing the Company’s liquidity, the Company monitors and analyzes its cash on-hand and its operating and capital expenditure commitments. The Company’s liquidity needs are to meet its working capital requirements, operating expenses and capital expenditure obligations.

 

The Company engages in the production of advanced construction materials for large-scale infrastructure, commercial and residential developments. The Company’s business is capital intensive and the Company is highly leveraged. Debt financing in the form of short term bank loans, loans from related parties and bank acceptance notes have been utilized to finance the working capital requirements and the capital expenditures of the Company. Due to recurring losses, the Company’s working capital was approximately $6.8 million as of March 31, 2018, as compared to $6.2 million as of June 30, 2017. As of March 31, 2018, the Company had cash on-hand of approximately $1.1 million, with remaining current assets mainly composed of accounts receivable and prepayments and advances.

 

Although the Company believes that it can realize its current assets in the normal course of business, the Company’s ability to repay its current obligations will depend on the future realization of its current assets. Management has considered its historical experience, the economic environment, trends in the construction industry, the expected collectability of its accounts receivable and other receivables and the realization of the prepayments on inventory, and provided for an allowance for doubtful accounts as of March 31, 2018. The Company expects to realize the balance of its current assets net of the allowance for doubtful accounts within the normal operating cycle of a twelve month period. If the Company is unable to realize its current assets within the normal operating cycle of a twelve month period, the Company may have to consider supplementing its available sources of funds through the following:

 

Financial support and credit guarantee commitments from the Company’s officers/shareholders (See Note 8 - Related party transactions).

 

Other available sources of financing from PRC banks and other financial institutions, given the Company’s credit history.

 

Based on the above considerations, the Company’s management is of the opinion that it has sufficient funds to meet the Company’s working capital requirements and debt obligations as they become due. However, there is no assurance that management will be successful in their plans. There are a number of factors that could potentially arise that could undermine the Company’s plans, such as changes in the demand for the Company’s products, economic conditions, competitive pricing in the concrete-mix industry, the Company’s operating results continuing to deteriorate, additional legal liabilities as discussed below, or the inability of the Company’s bank and shareholders to provide continued financial support.

 

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CHINA ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

In addition, the Company is involved in various lawsuits, claims and disputes related to its operations and the personal guarantees of its officers to affiliated entities owned by them. The Company is actively defending these actions and attempting to mitigate the Company’s exposure to any liability in excess of the current provision of approximately $4.6 million, (see Note 13 in the accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements). The ultimate outcome of these pending actions cannot presently be determined, but currently management is of the opinion that any potential additional liability would not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position. Nevertheless, due to the uncertainties with litigation, the PRC legal system, claims and disputes, it is at least reasonably possible that management’s view of the outcome could change in the near term.

 

Furthermore, as of March 31, 2018, the Company’s VIE, Xin Ao, was subject to several civil lawsuits with potential judgments in the amount of approximately $14.8 million (see Note 14 in the accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements) and the likelihood of the outcome of these lawsuits cannot presently be determined. These lawsuits involve the Company principally due to the personal guarantees by Mr. Xianfu Han, and Mr. Weili He, the Company’s shareholders and officers, because they are also the shareholders of Xin Ao. Because Mr. Han and Mr. He are the shareholders of Xin Ao, the plaintiffs included Xin Ao in their joint complaints. Xin Ao was not involved in most of the lawsuits but named as a joint defendant in the lawsuits. As a result, Xin Ao might have exposure to any judgements in the future under PRC laws. Mr. Han and Mr. He have agreed to indemnify the Company for any amounts Xin Ao may have to pay. Should the outcome of these lawsuits require Xin Ao to pay because the other co-defendants of the lawsuits and Mr. Han. and Mr. He were unable to liquidate their personal assets or their ownership interest in their privately held companies timely to pay for the judgements, the Company’s working capital as of March 31, 2018 would be reduced from approximately $6.8 million to a net working capital deficiency of approximately $8.0 million.

 

The management of the Company has considered whether there is a going concern issue due to the Company’s recurring losses from operations, the estimated claims charges and the possible additional exposure for pending actions against Company which is presently unknown. Based upon the personal indemnifications of Mr. Han and Mr. He and their agreement to provide the necessary funds to the Company to continue its operations should the need arise, the management of the Company believes that it has alleviated the going concern issue.

 

Basis of presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). These financial statements include the accounts of all the directly and indirectly owned subsidiaries and its VIE listed below. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary to give a fair presentation have been included. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results of a full year. The information in this Form 10-Q/A should be read in conjunction with information included in the restated annual report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017 on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on November 21, 2018.

 

Principles of consolidation

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect the activities of the following subsidiaries and its VIE. All material intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

 

Subsidiaries and VIE   Place incorporated   percentage
BVI-ACM   British Virgin Island   100%
China-ACMH   Beijing, China   100%
Xin Ao   Beijing, China   VIE

 

VIEs are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision-making ability. All VIEs with which the Company is involved must be evaluated to determine the primary beneficiary of the risks and rewards of the VIEs. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate the VIEs for financial reporting purposes.

 

Management makes ongoing assessments of whether China ACM is the primary beneficiary of Xin Ao. Based upon a series of contractual arrangements, the Company determined that Xin Ao is a VIE subject to consolidation and that China ACM is the primary beneficiary. Accordingly, the accounts of Xin Ao are consolidated with those of China ACM.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The carrying amounts of Xin Ao’s assets and liabilities are as follows:

 

   March 31,   June 30, 
   2018   2017 
   (Unaudited and as restated)   As restated 
Current assets  $55,662,487   $76,607,089 
Property, plants and equipment   2,989,921    3,644,203 
Total assets   58,652,408    80,251,292 
           
Liabilities   (45,657,160)   (67,885,085)
Intercompany payables*   (7,415,569)   (7,088,094)
Total liabilities   (53,072,729)   (74,973,179)
Net assets  $5,579,679   $5,278,113 

 

*Payables to China-ACMH and BVI-ACM have been eliminated upon consolidation.

 

Use of estimates and assumptions

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. The significant estimates and assumptions made in the preparation of the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the allowance for doubtful accounts, deferred income taxes, prepayments and advances, stock-based compensation, fair value and useful lives of property, plant and equipment. Actual results could be materially different from those estimates.

 

Foreign currency translation

 

The reporting currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of China ACM and BVI-ACM is the U.S. dollar. China-ACMH and Xin Ao use their local currency Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”) as their functional currency. In accordance with U.S. GAAP guidance on Foreign Currency Translation, the Company’s results of operations and cash flows are translated at the average exchange rates during the period, assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rates at the balance sheet dates, and equity is translated at historical exchange rates. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the audited and unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

Asset and liability accounts at March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017 were translated at RMB 6.29 and RMB 6.78 to USD$1.00, respectively. The average translation rates applied to the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 were RMB 6.36 and RMB 6.89 to USD$1.00, respectively. The average translation rates applied to the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss and cash flows for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 were RMB 6.55 and RMB 6.79 to USD$1.00, respectively.

 

Translation gains (losses) that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations. There were no foreign currency transaction gains or losses for each of the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017. The effects of foreign currency translation adjustments are included in shareholders’ equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Revenue recognition

 

Revenue is realized or realizable and earned when the following four criteria are met:

 

Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists (the Company considers its sales contracts to be pervasive evidence of an arrangement);

 

Delivery has occurred;

 

The seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable; and

 

Collectability of payment is reasonably assured.

 

The Company sells its concrete products primarily to major local construction companies. Sales agreements are signed with each customer. The agreements list all terms and conditions with the exception of the delivery date and quantity, which are evidenced separately in purchase orders. The purchase price of products is fixed in the agreement and customers are not permitted to renegotiate after the contracts have been signed. The agreements include a cancellation clause if the Company or customers breach the contract terms specified in the agreement.

 

The Company includes the shipping and handling fees in both revenue and cost of revenue.

 

Financial instruments

 

US GAAP, regarding fair value of financial instruments and related fair value measurements define fair value, establish a three-level valuation hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

 

The three levels of inputs are defined as follows:

 

Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets;

 

Level 2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument;

 

Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable.

 

Financial instruments included in current assets and current liabilities are reported in the audited and unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets at face value or cost, which approximate fair value because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rates of interest.

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with the original maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

 

Restricted cash

 

As of June 30, 2017, restricted cash consisted of collateral representing cash deposits for bank guarantees and notes payable.

 

Accounts receivable

 

The Company extends unsecured credit to its customers in the normal course of business. Accounts are considered past due after 30 days. In establishing the required allowance for doubtful accounts, management considers historical experience, the economic environment, trends in the construction industry and the expected collectability of the overdue receivables. Management reviews its accounts receivable each reporting period to determine if the allowance for doubtful accounts is adequate. An estimate for doubtful accounts is recorded when collection of the full amount is no longer probable. Account balances are charged off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovering is considered remote. The Company provides an allowance for doubtful accounts provision of 15% for accounts receivable balances that are past due more than 180 days but less than one year, an allowance for doubtful accounts provision of 40% for accounts receivable past due from one to two years, an allowance for doubtful accounts provision of 75% for accounts receivable past due beyond two years, an allowance for doubtful accounts provision of 100% for accounts receivable past due beyond three years, plus additional amounts as necessary when the Company’s collection department determines the collection of the full amount is remote and the Company’s management approves a 100% allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company’s management has continued to evaluate the reasonableness of its valuation allowance policy and will update it if necessary.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Inventories

 

Inventories consist of raw materials and are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value, as determined using the weighted average cost method. Management compares the cost of inventories with the net realizable value and an allowance is made for writing down the inventory to its net realizable value, if lower than cost. As of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017, the Company determined that no allowance was necessary.

 

Other receivables

 

Other receivables primarily include prepayments to be refunded by our suppliers if the supplies do not meet the Company’s specification needs, advances to employees, amounts due from unrelated entities, VAT tax refunds receivable and other deposits. Management regularly reviews the aging of receivables and changes in payment trends and records an allowance when management believes collection of amounts are at risk. Accounts considered uncollectible are written off against the allowance after exhaustive efforts at collection are made. The Company provides an allowance for doubtful accounts of 5% for other receivables balances that are aged within one year, an allowance for doubtful accounts of 50% for other receivables aged from one to two years, and an allowance for doubtful accounts of 100% for other receivables aged beyond two years.

 

Prepayments and advances

 

Prepayments are funds deposited or advanced to outside vendors for future inventory purchases. As is standard practice in the PRC, many of the Company’s vendors require a certain amount to be deposited with them as a guarantee that the Company will complete its purchases on a timely basis. This amount is refundable and bears no interest. The Company has legally binding contracts with its vendors, which require any outstanding prepayments to be returned to the Company when such contracts end.

 

The Company recovered approximately $0.5 million and approximately $18,000 on unrealizable prepayments for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Company provided allowances of approximately $9,000 and $0.2 million on unrealizable prepayments for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. As of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017, the Company has approximately $9,000 and $0.8 million, respectively, as a bad debt allowance for prepayments and advances.

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to operations as incurred while additions, renewals and improvements are capitalized. Depreciation is provided over the estimated useful life of each class of depreciable assets and is computed using the straight-line method with a 5% residual value. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of estimated useful lives or remaining lease terms, as appropriate.

 

The estimated useful lives of assets are as follows:

 

  Useful life
Transportation equipment 7-10 years
Plants and machinery 10 years
Office equipment 5 years
Buildings and improvements 3-20 years

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Accounting for long-lived assets

 

The Company classifies its long-lived assets into: (i) machinery and equipment; (ii) transportation equipment; (iii) office equipment; and (iv) buildings and improvements.

 

Long-lived assets held and used by the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may not be fully recoverable. It is possible that these assets could become impaired as a result of technological or other industry changes. If circumstances require a long-lived asset or asset group to be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compares undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset or asset group to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the long-lived asset or asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow models, quoted market values and third-party independent appraisals, as considered necessary.

 

If the value of an asset is determined to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured in the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or the fair value, less disposition costs.

 

There were no impairment charges for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017.

 

Competitive pricing pressures and changes in interest rates could materially and adversely affect the Company’s estimates of future net cash flows to be generated by the long-lived assets, and thus could result in future impairment losses.

 

Stock-based compensation

 

The Company records stock-based compensation expense at fair value on the grant date and recognizes the expense over the employee’s requisite service period. The Company’s expected volatility assumption is based on the historical volatility of Company’s stock. The expected life assumption is primarily based on historical exercise patterns and employee post-vesting termination behavior. The risk-free interest rate for the expected term of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. The expected dividend yield is based on the Company’s current and expected dividend policy.

 

Income taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires the Company to use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years to differences between financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Under this accounting standard, the effect on deferred income taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recognized if it is more likely than not that some portion, or all of, a deferred tax asset will not be realized.

 

ASC 740-10, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” defines uncertainty in income taxes and the evaluation of a tax position as a two-step process. The first step is to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of any related appeals or litigation based on the technical merits of that position. The second step is to measure a tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not threshold to determine the amount of benefit to be recognized in the financial statements. A tax position is measured at the largest amount of benefit that has greater than a 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Tax positions that previously failed to meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold should be recognized in the first subsequent period in which the threshold is met. Previously recognized tax positions that no longer meet the more-likely-than-not criteria should be de-recognized in the first subsequent financial reporting period in which the threshold is no longer met. Penalties and interest incurred related to underpayment of income tax are classified as income tax expense in the period incurred. United States federal, state and local income tax returns prior to 2015 are not subject to examination by any applicable tax authorities. PRC tax returns filed for calendar years ended December 31, 2015 to 2017 are subject to examination by any applicable tax authorities.

 

Value Added Tax

 

Enterprises or individuals who sell commodities, engage in repair and maintenance, or import and export goods in the PRC are subject to a value added tax. The standard VAT rate for the Company’s industry is 3% of gross sales, and revenues are presented net of VAT.

 

Research and development

 

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. The cost of materials and equipment that are acquired or constructed for research and development activities, and have alternative future uses, either in research and development, marketing, or sales, are classified as property and equipment, and depreciated over their estimated useful lives.

 

Earnings (loss) per share

 

The Company reports earnings (loss) per share in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which requires presentation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share in conjunction with the disclosure of the methodology used in computing such earnings (loss) per share. Basic earnings (loss) per share excludes potential dilution and is computed by dividing the income (loss) available to common shareholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share takes into account the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts, such as warrants, options, restricted stock based grants and convertible preferred stock, to issue common stock were exercised and converted into common stock. Common stock equivalents having an anti-dilutive effect on earnings per share are excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share.

 

Stock dividends or stock splits are to be accounted for retroactively if the stock dividends or stock splits occur during the period, or retroactively if the stock dividends or stock splits occur after the end of the period but before the release of the financial statements, by reflecting their effect as of the beginning of each period presented.

 

Dilution is computed by applying the treasury stock method. Under this method, options and warrants are assumed to be exercised at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and as if funds obtained thereby were used to purchase common stock at the average market price during the period.

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

Comprehensive income (loss) consists of net income (loss) and foreign currency translation adjustments.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which outlines a single, comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance. The new guidance will require revenue to be recognized when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in amounts that reflect the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This accounting standard was originally effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. ASU No. 2015-14 simply defers the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09 to reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 for public entities and beginning after December 15, 2018 for all other entities, with early adoption permitted for reporting periods after December 15, 2016. The adoption of ASU 2014-09 on July 1, 2018 has not had a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). This update will require the recognition of a right-of-use asset and a corresponding lease liability, initially measured at the present value of the lease payments, for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. For operating leases, the asset and liability will be expensed over the lease term on a straight-line basis, with all cash flows included in the operating section of the statement of cash flows. For finance leases, interest on the lease liability will be recognized separately from the amortization of the right-of-use asset in the statement of comprehensive income and the repayment of the principal portion of the lease liability will be classified as a financing activity while the interest component will be included in the operating section of the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-02 is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. Upon adoption, leases will be recognized and measured at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2016-02 on its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

 

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In March 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No., 2016-09, Compensation-Stock Options (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. The areas for simplification in this amendment include the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. For public business entities, the amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. For all other entities, the amendments are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted for any entity in any interim or annual period. If an entity early adopts the amendments in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. An entity that elects early adoption must adopt all of the amendments in the same period. The adoption of this ASU has not had a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326), which requires entities to measure all expected credit losses for financial assets held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. This replaces the existing incurred loss model and is applicable to the measurement of credit losses on financial assets measured at amortized cost. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early application will be permitted for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the standard will have on its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures

 

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments, to address diversity in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The amendments provide guidance on the following eight specific cash flow issues: (1) Debt Prepayment or Debt Extinguishment Costs; (2) Settlement of Zero-Coupon Debt Instruments or Other Debt Instruments with Coupon Interest Rates That Are Insignificant in Relation to the Effective Interest Rate of the Borrowing; (3) Contingent Consideration Payments Made after a Business Combination; (4) Proceeds from the Settlement of Insurance Claims; (5) Proceeds from the Settlement of Corporate-Owned Life Insurance Policies, including Bank-Owned; (6) Life Insurance Policies; (7) Distributions Received from Equity Method Investees; (8) Beneficial Interests in Securitization Transactions; and Separately Identifiable Cash Flows and Application of the Predominance Principle. The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The amendments should be applied using a retrospective transition method to each period presented. If it is impracticable to apply the amendments retrospectively for some of the issues, the amendments for those issues would be applied prospectively as of the earliest date practicable. Management does not believe the adoption of this ASU would have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-17, Consolidation (Topic 810): Interests held through related parties that are under common control. The amendments in this ASU require that the reporting entity, in determining whether it satisfies the second characteristic of a primary beneficiary, to include all of its direct variable interests in a VIE and, on a proportionate basis, its indirect variable interests in a VIE held through related parties, including related parties that are under common control with the reporting entity. The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other entities, the amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. Management does not believe the adoption of this ASU would have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, “Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted Cash”. The amendments address diversity in practice that exists in the classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash on the statement of cash flows. The amendment is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Management believes that the adoption of this ASU on the Company’s statement of cash flows will increase cash and cash equivalents by the amount of the restricted cash on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the definition of a business. The amendments in this ASU is to clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. The definition of a business affects many areas of accounting including acquisitions, disposals, goodwill, and consolidation. The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other entities, the amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Management plans to adopt this ASU early after the quarter ending December 2017. The Company does not believe that the adoption of this ASU would have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In March 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No., 2017-09, Compensation-Stock Options (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. The areas for simplification in this amendment include the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. For public business entities, the amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those annual periods. For all other entities, the amendments are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted for any entity in any interim or annual period. If an entity early adopts the amendments in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. An entity that elects early adoption must adopt all of the amendments in the same period. Management adopted this ASU during the quarter ending September 2017.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The adoption of this ASU has not had a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, Scope of Modification Accounting, which amends the scope of modification accounting for share-based payment arrangements and provides guidance on the types of changes to the terms or conditions of share-based payment awards to which an entity would be required to apply modification accounting under ASC 718. For all entities, this ASU is effective for annual reporting periods, including interim periods within those annual reporting periods, beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in any interim period. The adoption of this ASU would not have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In July 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-11, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480) and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815). The amendments in Part I of the Update change the reclassification analysis of certain equity-lined financial instruments (or embedded features) with down round features. The amendments in Part II of this Update re-characterize the indefinite deferral of certain provisions of Topic 480 that now are presented as pending content in the Codification, to a scope exception. For public business entities, the amendments in Part I of this Update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. For all other entities, the amendments in Part I of this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted for all entities, including adoption in an interim period. If an entity early adopts the amendments in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. The amendments in Part II of this Update do not require any transition guidance because those amendments do not have an accounting effect. The Company does not believe the adoption of this ASU would have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments, to address diversity in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. The amendments provide guidance on the following eight specific cash flow issues: (1) Debt Prepayment or Debt Extinguishment Costs; (2) Settlement of Zero-Coupon Debt Instruments or Other Debt Instruments with Coupon Interest Rates That Are Insignificant in Relation to the Effective Interest Rate of the Borrowing; (3) Contingent Consideration Payments Made after a Business Combination; (4) Proceeds from the Settlement of Insurance Claims; (5) Proceeds from the Settlement of Corporate-Owned Life Insurance Policies, including Bank-Owned; (6) Life Insurance Policies; (7) Distributions Received from Equity Method Investees; (8) Beneficial Interests in Securitization Transactions; and Separately Identifiable Cash Flows and Application of the Predominance Principle. The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The amendments should be applied using a retrospective transition method to each period presented. If it is impracticable to apply the amendments retrospectively for some of the issues, the amendments for those issues would be applied prospectively as of the earliest date practicable. Management plans to adopt this ASU during the quarter ending September 2018. Management does not believe the adoption of this ASU would have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In September 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), Leases (Topic 840), and Leases (Topic 842). This Accounting Standards Update adds SEC paragraphs pursuant to an SEC Staff Announcement made at the July 20, 2017 Emerging Issues Task Force meeting. The Company does not believe the adoption of this ASU would have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-14, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220), Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), and Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). This Accounting Standards Update supersedes various SEC paragraphs and amends an SEC paragraphs pursuant to the issuance of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 116 and SEC Release No.33-10403. The Company does not believe the adoption of this ASU would have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements. The amendments is to assisting stakeholders with implementation questions and issues as organizations prepare to adopt the new leases standard affect the amendments in ASU 2016-02. Many stakeholders inquired about the following two requirements in the new leases standard: 1) Comparative reporting requirements for initial adoption and 2) For lessors only, separating lease and nonlease components in a contract and allocating the consideration in the contract to the separate components. ASU 2018-11 is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2018-11 on its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

 

The Company does not believe other recently issued but not yet effective accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 4 – Accounts and notes receivable, net

 

Accounts and notes receivable, net consisted of the following:

 

   March 31,
2018
   June 30,
2017
 
   (unaudited)     
Accounts receivable  $62,954,905   $63,370,426 
Notes receivable   95,429    - 
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts   (17,021,078)   (15,827,349)
Total accounts and notes receivable, net  $46,029,256   $47,543,077 

 

Movement of allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows:

 

   Nine months ended   Year ended 
   March 31,
2018
   June 30,
2017
 
   (unaudited)     
Beginning balance  $15,827,349   $11,524,131 
Provision for doubtful accounts   -    3,987,890 
Recovery/(write-offs)   (42,977)   524,789 
Exchange rate effect   1,236,706    (209,461)
Ending balance  $17,021,078   $15,827,349 

 

During the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company offset approximately $5.8 million and $1.5 million of accounts receivable and accounts payable pursuant to certain three-party settlement agreements, respectively.

 

Note 5 – Other receivables, net

 

Other receivables

 

Other receivables consisted of the following:

 

   March 31,
2018
   June 30,
2017
 
   (unaudited)     
Other receivables  $1,570,794   $1,653,351 
Other receivable from sale of Asset Group   -    18,867 
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts   (293,743)   (1,432,095)
Total other receivables, net  $1,277,051   $240,123 

 

Movement of allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows:

 

   Nine months ended   Year ended 
   March 31,
2018
   June 30,
2017
 
   (unaudited)     
Beginning balance  $1,432,095   $2,334,672 
Recovery of doubtful accounts   (1,200,809)   (852,275)
Exchange rate effect   62,457    (50,302)
Ending balance  $293,743   $1,432,095 

 

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Note 6 – Property, plant and equipment, net

 

Property, plants and equipment consist of the following:

 

   March 31,
2018
   June 30,
2017
 
   (unaudited)     
Machinery and equipment  $961,692   $896,326 
Transportation equipment   4,582,138    4,249,609 
Office equipment   1,265,768    1,168,846 
Buildings and improvements   332,787    308,636 
Construction in progress   34,275    - 
Total   7,176,660    6,623,417 
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization   (4,152,464)   (2,979,214)
Plants and equipment, net  $3,024,196    3,644,203 

 

Depreciation and amortization expense amounted to approximately $0.3 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense amounted to approximately $0.9 million and $0.9 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Note 7 – Credit Facilities

 

Short term loans - banks:

 

Outstanding balances on short-term bank loans consisted of the following:

 

   March 31,
2018
   June 30,
2017
 
   (unaudited)     
Loans from China Construction Bank, with an interest rate of 4.35% per annum, due March 2018, guaranteed by Beijing Jinshengding Mineral Products Co., LTD, Mr. Xianfu Han, Ms. Chunying Wang, Mr. Weili He and Ms. Junkun Chen.   -    17,700,720 
           
Loans from China Construction Bank, each with an interest rate of 5.66% per annum, due between June 2018 and October 2018, guaranteed by Beijing Jinshengding Mineral Products Co., LTD, Mr. Xianfu Han, Ms. Chunying Wang, Mr. Weili He, and Ms. Junkun Chen.   27,992,493(1)   - 
           
   $27,992,493   $17,700,720 

 

(1) As of the filing of this report, these loan balances are past due and in default due to nonpayment. The bank filed demands to freeze and/or put a lien on the Company’s assets, the personal assets of the individual guarantors, and the guarantors of the loans. The court has granted such demand but the bank has not taken any action to enforce such demand. The Company is in the process of negotiating a renewal of the loans with the bank and the Company has not received any demand notice from the bank to pay off the loan immediately.

  

Beijing Jinshengding Mineral Products Co., LTD is a supplier to the Company. Mr. Xianfu Han is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. Chunying Wang is the spouse of Mr. Xianfu Han. Mr. Weili He is the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Junkun Chen is the spouse of Mr. Weili He. Also see Note 8 – Related party transactions.

 

Interest expense was approximately $0.4 and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Interest expense was approximately $1.0 million and $0.6 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Notes payable:

 

Bank notes are issued under the CCB Credit Facility for inventory purchases. The notes payable are guaranteed by Beijing Jinshengding Mineral Products Co., LTD., Xianfu Han and his spouse, Chunying Wang, and Weili He and his spouse, Junkun Chen, and amounted to approximately $0 and $14.0 million as of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017, respectively. The notes are generally charged with a transaction fee of 0.1% of the notes amount. The restricted cash for the notes was approximately $0 and $4.2 million as of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017, respectively.

 

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Note 8 – Related party transactions

 

Rent expense - related party

 

The Company has a lease agreement for office space from Mr. Weili He, the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, through October 31, 2023, with annual payments of approximately $24,000.

 

Prepayments - related party

 

Mr. Xianfu Han, and Mr. Weili He, the Company’s shareholders and officers, are holding positions as president and director of Ningbo Lianlv Investment Ltd., respectively. This company owns 99% of the shares of Beijing Lianlv Technical Group Ltd. (“Beijing Lianlv”), the Company’s supplier. As of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017, the Company prepaid $4,334,988 and $6,996,400 to Beijing Lianlv for inventory purchases, respectively.

 

Other receivable - related party

 

This balance represents litigation against Xin Ao who entered into a capital lease agreement on behalf of Beijing Lianlv, an entity whose shareholders are Mr. Han and Mr. He. The balance was subsequently indemnified by Mr. Han and Mr. He in September 2018. As of March 31, 2018, other receivable-related party is from Beijing Lianlv for $1,471,501.

 

Other payables – shareholders

 

Mr. Xiaofu Han and Mr. Weili He have advanced funds to BVI-ACM for working capital purposes. The advances are non-interest bearing, unsecured, and are payable in cash on demand. They and their spouses have also guaranteed certain short-term loans payable and notes payable of the Company (see Note 7). The other payables-shareholders balance also includes the Company’s salary payable to the two individuals and payments made on XinAo’s behalf for a legal claim.

 

Other payables - shareholders consisted of the following:

 

   March 31,
2018
   June 30,
2017
 
   (unaudited and as restated)     
Xianfu Han  $2,022,409   $1,402,423 
Weili He   1,848,941    1,523,120 
   $3,871,350   $2,925,543 

 

As of March 31, 2018, the combined balance of other payables-shareholders includes $2,340,000 of salary payable and $1,531,350 loans payable to Mr. Han and Mr. He. As of June 30, 2017, the combined balance of other payables-shareholders includes $1,800,000 of salary payable, $461,766 loans payable to Mr. Han and Mr. He, and $663,777 of a payment made by Beijing Lianlv on behalf of the shareholders to settle a legal claim of the Company.

 

Note 9 – Income taxes

 

(a) Corporate income tax

 

China ACM is organized in the United States. China ACM had no taxable income for United States income tax purposes for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. China ACM’s taxable operating income for the nine months ended March 31, 2018, amounted to $0.2 million. As of March 31, 2018, China ACM’s net operating loss carry forward for United States income taxes was approximately $0.1 million. The net operating loss carry forwards are available to reduce future years’ taxable income through year 2037. Management believes that the realization of the benefits from these losses appears uncertain due to the Company’s operating history and continued losses in the United States. Accordingly, the Company has provided a 100% valuation allowance on the deferred tax asset to reduce the asset to zero. Management reviews this valuation allowance periodically and makes changes accordingly.

 

On December 22, 2017, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (“The Act”) was enacted. Under the provisions of the Act, the U.S. corporate tax rate decreased from 35% to 21%. As the Company has a June 30 fiscal year-end, the lower corporate income tax rate will be phased in, resulting in a U.S. statutory federal rate of approximately 28% for our fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and 21% for subsequent fiscal years. Accordingly, we have remeasured our deferred tax assets on net operating loss carryforwards in the U.S at the lower enacted tax rate of 21%. However, this remeasurement had no effect on the Company’s income tax expense as the Company has provided a 100% valuation allowance on its net deferred tax assets previously.

 

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Additionally, the Tax Act imposes a one-time transition tax on deemed repatriation of historical earnings of foreign subsidiaries, and future foreign earnings are subject to U.S. taxation\ However, this one-time transition tax had no effect on the Company’s income tax expense as the Company has no undistributed foreign earnings prior to December 31, 2017 because the Company has cumulative foreign losses as of December 31, 2017.

 

BVI-ACM is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”), where its income tax rate is 0% under current BVI law.

 

China-ACMH and VIE-Chinese operations

 

China-ACMH and Xin Ao are governed by the income tax laws of the PRC. Income tax provisions with respect to operations in the PRC are calculated at the applicable tax rates on the taxable income for the periods based on existing legislation, interpretations and practices in respect thereof. Under the Chinese Enterprise Income Tax (“EIT”) law, the statutory corporate income tax rate applicable to most companies is 25%. In 2009, Xin Ao applied and received an Enterprise High-Tech Certificate. The High-Tech Certificate is required to be renewed every 3 years. The certificate was awarded based on Xin Ao’s involvement in producing high-tech products, its research and development, as well as its technical services. As granted by the State Administration of Taxation of the PRC, Xin Ao is entitled to a reduction in its income tax rate from 25% to 15% until July 21, 2018. The Company has reapplied for the updated certificate as of the report date.

 

The EIT Law imposes a 10% withholding income tax, subject to reduction based on tax treaties where applicable, for dividends distributed by a foreign invested enterprise to its immediate holding company outside China. Such dividends were exempted from PRC tax under the previous income tax law and regulations. The Company intends to permanently reinvest undistributed earnings, if any, of its Chinese operations located in the PRC. As a result, there is no deferred tax expense related to withholding tax on the future repatriation of these earnings.

 

Income (loss) before provision for income taxes consisted of:

 

   Three months ended
March 31,
 
   2018   2017 
   (unaudited and as restated)   (unaudited) 
USA and BVI  $(630,901)  $(226,962)
PRC   883,988    595,447 
   $253,087   $368,485 

 

   Nine months ended
March 31,
 
   2018   2017 
   (unaudited and as restated)   (unaudited) 
USA and BVI  $(1,317,931)  $(1,065,263)
PRC   (1,123,377)   (9,039,162)
   $(2,441,308)  $(10,104,425)

 

Significant components of deferred tax assets were as follows:

 

   March 31,
2018
   June 30,
2017
 
   (unaudited and as restated)   As restated 
Deferred tax assets        
Allowance for doubtful accounts  $2,598,588   $2,588,917 
Accrued claims charges   597,027    190,094 
Impairment loss of long-lived assets   393,673    393,673 
Net operating loss carryforward in China   151,294    411,436 
Net operating loss carryforward in the U.S.   16,900    238,649 
Valuation allowance   (3,757,482)   (3,822,769)
Total deferred tax assets  $-   $- 

 

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As of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017, the Company believes it is more likely than not that its PRC operations will be unable to fully utilize its deferred tax assets related to its allowance for doubtful accounts, impairment loss of long-lived assets and the net operating loss carryforwards in the PRC. If the Company is unable to generate income in its PRC operations, it is more likely than not that it will not have sufficient income to utilize its deferred tax assets. As of March 31, 2018, the Company has a net operating loss carry forwards in the PRC that expires in 2021. As a result, the Company provided a 100% allowance on all deferred tax assets of approximately $3.7 million and $3.5 million related to its operations in the PRC as of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017, respectively.

 

The Company has incurred losses from its United States operations during all periods presented. Accordingly, management provided approximately $17,000 and $0.2 million valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets related to the Company’s United States operations as of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017, respectively, because the deferred tax benefits of the net operating loss carry forward in the United States might not be utilized.

 

As of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017, the Company had $79,037 and $103,419 of other business taxes (principally VAT) payable, respectively.

 

(b) Uncertain tax positions

 

There were no uncertain tax positions as of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017. Management does not anticipate any potential future adjustments which would result in a material change to its tax positions. For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company did not incur any tax related interest or penalties.

 

Note 10 – Shareholders’ equity

 

Restricted Stock Grants

 

Restricted stock grants are measured based on the market price on the grant date. The Company has granted restricted shares of common stock to the members of the board of directors (the “Board”), senior management and consultants.

 

Effective August 20, 2016, the Board granted an aggregate of 106,859 shares of restricted common stock, which was issued with a fair value of $308,823 to a consultant under the 2009 Plan. These shares were to vest in two tranches upon achieving certain performance-based milestones. On January 15, 2018, 50,000 shares vested on the first tranche and 56,859 shares were forfeited and cancelled on the second tranche.

 

Effective August 20, 2016, the Board granted an aggregate of 100,000 shares of restricted common stock, which were issued with a fair value of $289,000 to two employees under the 2009 Plan. These shares vested immediately upon grant.

 

Effective January 19, 2018, the Board granted an aggregate of 56,859 shares of restricted common stock, which was issued with a fair value of $244,494 to one employee under the 2009 Plan. These shares vested immediately upon grant. As of March 31, 2018, there were no shares available under the 2009 Plan.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company recognized approximately $0.4 million and $0 compensation expense related to restricted stock grants, respectively. For the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company recognized approximately $0.4 million and $0.3 million of compensation expense related to restricted stock grants, respectively.

 

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Following is a summary of the restricted stock grants:

 

Restricted stock grants  Shares   Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share   Aggregate Intrinsic Value 
Unvested as of June 30, 2016   -   $              -   $           - 
Granted   206,859   $2.89   $597,823 
Vested   (100,000)  $2.89   $(289,000)
Unvested as of June 30, 2017   106,859   $2.89   $308,823 
Forfeited   (56,859)  $2.89   $(164,323)
Granted   56,859   $4.30   $244,494 
Vested   (106,859)  $3.64   $(388,994)
Unvested as of March 31, 2018   -        $- 

 

Note 11 – Reserves and dividends

 

The laws and regulations of the PRC require that before a foreign invested enterprise can legally distribute profits, it must first satisfy all its tax liabilities, provide for losses in previous years, and make allocations, in proportions determined at the discretion of the board of directors, after setting aside statutory reserves. Statutory reserves include the surplus reserve fund and the common welfare fund.

 

The Company is required to transfer 10% of its net income, as determined in accordance with the PRC accounting rules and regulations, to a statutory surplus reserve fund until such reserve balance reaches 50% of the Company’s registered capital. As of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017, the remaining reserve to fulfill the 50% registered capital requirement amounted to approximately $0.9 million and $0.8 million, respectively.

 

Transfers to statutory reserves must be made before the distribution of any dividends to the Company’s shareholders. The surplus reserve fund is non-distributable other than during liquidation. The surplus reserve fund can however be used to fund previous years’ losses, if any, and may be utilized for business expansion or converted into share capital by issuing new shares to existing shareholders in proportion to their shareholding or by increasing the par value of the shares currently held by them, provided that the remaining reserve balance after such issue is not less than 25% of the registered capital.

 

The PRC government restricts distributions of registered capital and the additional investment amounts required by foreign invested enterprises. Approval by the PRC government must be obtained before distributions of these amounts can be returned to the shareholders.

 

Note 12 – Employee post-retirement benefits

 

The Company offers a defined contribution plan to eligible employees which consists of two parts: (i) the first part, paid by the Company, is 20% of the employee’s compensation from the prior year and (ii) the second part, paid by the employee, is 8% of the employee’s compensation. The Company’s contributions of employment benefits were approximately $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Company’s contributions of employment benefits were approximately $0.4 million and $0.5 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Note 13 – Commitments and contingencies

 

Lease Commitments

 

The Company has a lease agreement for a concrete service plant with an unrelated party which expired on September 30, 2017, with annual payments of approximately $214,000. The lease was renewed through September 30, 2022, with annual payments of approximately $447,000. The Company has a lease agreement for roadway access to the west side entry of the concrete service plant with an unrelated party, which will expire on June 30, 2019, with annual payments of approximately $16,000. The Company has a lease agreement for office space from Mr. Weili He, the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, through October 31, 2023 with annual payments of approximately $26,000.

 

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Operating lease expenses are allocated between the cost of revenue and selling, general, and administrative expenses. Total operating lease expenses were approximately $0.1 million and $59,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017. Total operating lease expenses were approximately $0.3 million and $0.2 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Future annual lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases with a term of one year or more consist of the following:

 

Twelve months ending March 31,  Amount 
2019  $488,000 
2020   477,000 
2021   473,000 
2022   473,000 
2023   245,000 
Total  $2,156,000 

 

Contingencies

 

From time to time, the Company is a party to various legal actions. The majority of these claims and proceedings relate to or arise from, commercial disputes, labor contract complaints and sales contract complaints. The Company accrues costs related to these matters when they become probable and as a result the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated (See Dispute Matters Arising in the Ordinary Course of Business for more information). In determining whether a loss from a claim is probable, and if it is possible to estimate the loss, the Company reviews and evaluates its litigation and regulatory matters on at least a quarterly basis in light of potentially relevant factual and legal developments. If the Company determines a favorable outcome is probable, or that the amount of loss cannot be reasonably estimated, the Company does not accrue an amount for potential litigation losses. In those situations, the Company discloses an estimate of the probable losses or a range of possible losses, if such estimates can be made as indicated below (See Legal Matters). Currently, except as otherwise noted below, the Company does not believe that it is possible to estimate the potential losses incurred or a range of reasonably possible losses related to the outstanding claims. Legal costs incurred in connection with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred.

 

As of March 31, 2018, the Company’s VIE, Xin Ao, was subject to several civil lawsuits for which the Company estimated that it is more than likely to pay judgments in the amount of approximately $4.6 million (including interest and penalty of $0.2 million). These amounts are presented in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets (See Accrued Contingent Liabilities). During the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018, additional estimated claims charges of approximately $0.1million and $2.7 million, respectively, on some of the remaining claims is presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations under the caption “Estimated claims charges”.

 

As of the date of this Amended 10-Q, the Company’s management does not expect any other material liability from the disposition of claims as of the date of this amended 10-Q report from litigation individually, or in the aggregate that would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

 

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Due to the Company’s operations in the PRC and the legal environment in the PRC, it is possible that the Company’s VIE, Xin Ao could be named as a co-defendant in litigation based upon the guarantees of Mr. Han and Mr. He and/or their related parties.

 

(i)Disputes Arising in the Ordinary Course of Business

 

As of March 31, 2018, the Company had approximately $4.6 million in accrued contingent liabilities, net of litigation paid by a related party of approximately $1.3 million, and an additional $0.1 million of estimated claims charges for the three months ended March 31, 2018. As of March 31, 2018, further details regarding the type of litigation disputes and accrued costs associated with the claims are summarized as follows: 

 

  Dispute matter  Claim amount as of
March 31,
2018
   Interest and penalties   Total claim amount as of
March 31,
2018
 
               
  1) Guarantees  $2,353,443   $-   $2,353,443 
  2) Sales   22,037    9,742    31,779 
  3) Purchase   1,200,152    129,528    1,329,680 
  4) Leases   2,116,592    101,016    2,217,608 
  5) Labor   28,441    -    28,441 
  6) Other   13,417    -    13,417 
  Total  $5,734,082   $240,286    5,974,368 
  Payments             (1,370,340)
  Accrued contingent liabilities            $4,604,028 

 

The major legal cases are summarized as follows:

 

1)Guarantee

 

In December 2016, the Company guaranteed approximately $2.4 million (RMB 14,797,000) that a third-party borrowed from bank:

 

  Name of party being guaranteed  Guaranteed amount   Guarantee expiration date
  Tangshan Long Tang Trading Co., Ltd  $2,353,443   December 29, 2017

 

This loan has not been repaid as of the date of this report. As of the date of this report, the Company has evaluated the guarantee and has concluded that the likelihood of having to make any payments under the guarantee agreement is still probable. The Company previously accrued approximately $2.4 million for this contingent liability in connection with such guarantee during the three months ended September 30, 2017.

 

2)Sales dispute

 

(a) On August 10, 2017, Guowang International Finance Leasing Co. Ltd. (“Gouwang”) filed a lawsuit against Xin Ao in the People’s Court of Nankai District, Tianjin Province (“Nankai Court”) to seek compensatory damages in connection with Xin Ao’s failure to make payments under a financing lease agreement. On October 23, 2017, Nankai Court ruled against Xin Ao and rendered a judgement to award damages of RMB 9,168,463 (approximately US$1.4 million) to Guowang (the “Decision”). On September 26, 2018, Xin Ao made an appeal to the Decision in Tianjin First Intermediate People’s Court. The appeal was rejected in its entirety with prejudice. As of date of this report, Xin Ao has not made any payment. This agreement was initially entered into by Xin Ao for the benefit of a related party that is owned by the Company’s shareholders/officers. Accordingly, the Company accrued approximately $1.4 million as a liability and a corresponding “Other Receivable – Related Party” in the same amount. Should the entity not repay the Company, the major shareholders have agreed to indemnify the Company for any unpaid amounts.

 

(b) On April 30, 2016, China Black Metal Materials Beijing Co., Ltd (“China Black Metal”) filed a lawsuit against Xin Ao and Beijing Jinshengding Mineral Products Co., Ltd. (“Jinshengding”) in connection with their failure to make payments under a lease agreement. The court ruled that effective December 28, 2016, the lease agreement was void and Xin Ao and/or Jinshengding shall make payment to China Black Metal which shall include rent due from December 4, 2015 to December 28, 2016 of RMB 1,572,669 (approximately US$0.2 million), plus interest, expenses for utilities of RMB 271,579 (approximately US$41,000), a penalty of RMB 250,000 (approximately US$38,000), legal fees of RMB 73,238 (approximately US$11,000) and rent due from December 28, 2016 to December 31, 2017 of RMB 1,136,297 (approximately US$0.2 million). The total amount of compensation is RMB 3,303,783 (approximately US$0.5 million). As of date of this report, Jinshengding has paid RMB 1,800,000 (approximately US$0.3 million) out of the total compensation. 

 

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(ii)Legal matters

 

As of March 31, 2018, the Company’s VIE, Xin Ao, was subject to several civil lawsuits with potential judgments of approximately $14.8 million and the likelihood of the outcome of these lawsuits cannot be determined as of the date of this report. These lawsuits involved with the Company were mainly due to the personal guarantees by Mr. Xianfu Han, and Mr. Weili He, the Company’s shareholders/officers, of which they are also the shareholders of Xin Ao. Because Mr. Han and Mr. He are the shareholders of Xin Ao, the plaintiffs included Xin Ao in their joint complaints. Xin Ao was not involved in some of the lawsuits but named as a joint defendant in the lawsuits. As a result, Xin Ao might have exposure to the pending judgements in the future under PRC laws.

 

On September 28, 2018, Mr. Han and Mr. He signed an agreement with the Company to waive the liabilities of the Company and personally become responsible for all of the pending potential judgement amounts from these related civil lawsuits. Both Mr. Han and Mr. He agreed to liquidate their personal assets or their ownership interests in their privately held companies to pay for any of the pending potential judgements amounts of approximately $14.8 million.

 

On December 10, 2018, Mr. Han and Mr. He entered into an amendment No. 1 to the indemnification agreement to clarify the indemnification terms which Mr. Han and Mr. He s’ certain actions including but not limited to personal guarantees, loans or investments in their own name to other entities which has caused Xin Ao to be involved as a co-defendant in certain legal proceedings. Mr. Han and Mr. He have agreed to unconditionally indemnify Xin Ao for all losses, damages, legal fees, expenses or other costs related to the legal proceedings where Xin Ao was named as a co-defendant or defendant due to Mr. Han and Mr. He being a shareholder of Xin Ao. The indemnification for the amended terms are irrevocable. In addition, Mr. Han and Mr. He agreed to unconditionally indemnify Xin Ao for all the losses, damages, legal fees, expenses and other costs, including additional interest, related to these legal proceedings accrued and contingencies determined in the future.

 

The type of litigation disputes with contingencies associated are summarized as follows as of March 31, 2018:

 

  Dispute matter 

Claims
as of

March 31,
2018

   Interest
and Penalties
   Total claims as of
March 31,
2018
 
  1) Guarantees  $61,224,015   $10,913,705   $72,137,720 
  2) Purchase   1,730,968    32,596    1,763,564 
  3) Leases   977,867    -    977,867 
  4) Labor   249,149    -    249,149 
  Total  $64,181,999   $10,946,301    75,128,300 
  Settled claims             (60,308,951)
  Remaining claims amount            $14,819,349 

 

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The major legal cases are summarized as follows: 

 

1)Claims Resulting from Executives’ Personal Guarantee to Affiliated Entities

 

(a)Mr. Xianfu Han, the CEO and director of the Company and a shareholder of Xin Ao, Mr. Weili He, the interim CFO and director of the Company and a shareholder of Xin Ao, and Xin Ao (the “Defendants”) were parties to a lawsuit filed on June 23, 2017, by China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd. Beijing Branch (“Cinda Beijing Branch”) in the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court (the “Beijing Intermediate Court”) to seek compensatory damages, liquidated damages, costs, and attorney’s fees for default in a loan repayment. The loan agreement was entered into by and between Xin Ao Ecological Construction Materials Co., Ltd. (“Borrower”) and Cinda Beijing Branch dated as of June 23, 2014 with Mr. Han and Mr. He acting as the guarantors for such loans (the “Guarantors”). Mr. Han and Mr. He together are the controlling shareholders of the Borrower, holding an aggregate of 60% equity interests of the Borrower. The aggregate amount of the loan was RMB288,506,497 (approximately US$43.4 million) with interest at 12.8% per annum (the “Loan”). Cinda Beijing Branch alleged that since the Borrower breached its obligation to make the repayment of the Loan on the maturity date, the Guarantors, along with Xin Ao and those entities owned or controlled by the Guarantors, should be brought into the lawsuit as co-defendants (the “Defendants”). On July 5, 2017, Beijing Intermediate Court ruled in favor of Cinda Beijing Branch and issued a judgment for execution to freeze the Defendants’ assets, an aggregate amount of RMB 304,972,608 (approximately US$45.8 million) which shall be used for the repayment of the Loan, the liquidated damages, the interest on the Loan, and other costs and expenses undertaken by Cinda Beijing Branch. Following the mediation, China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“Cinda”), two shareholders of Da Tong Lianlv Technologies Co., Ltd. (“Datong Lianlv”), Beijing Ao Huan Fund Management Co., Ltd. (“Ao Huan”), and Shou Tai Jin Xin (Chang Xing) Investment Management Co., Ltd (“Jin Xin”) entered into a certain limited partnership agreement (the “Partnership Agreement”) on December 22, 2017 to settle the lawsuit. Datong Lianlv is an affiliate of the Company and Xin Ao. Cinda is the parent company of Cinda Beijing Branch. As provided in the Partnership Agreement, the distributions of the limited partnership shall be allocated to Cinda first, who made a capital contribution in the form of its rights, title and interests in and to the repayment of the Loan in an aggregate amount of RMB 322,435,300 (approximately US$48.5 million) (the “Capital Contribution”). Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, payment shall be made until Cinda has received an amount equal to the aggregate of its unreturned Capital Contributions and cumulative distributions equal to 7.5% of all distributions made. Datong Lianlv made its capital contribution in cash in an aggregate amount of RMB 150,000,000 (approximately US$22.5 million) along with its shareholders consent to transfer 99% of Datong Lianlv’s equity interests to the limited partnership. The PRC legal counsel of Xin Ao indicated that Cinda and Cinda Beijing Branch orally confirmed that this claim was fully settled in the form of the Partnership Agreement. In February 2018, the Cinda Beijing Branch filed an enforcement order with the court as the partnership had not been formed at that time. The partnership was subsequently formed in March 2018. No attempt to collect payment from Xin Ao has been made since the enforcement order was filed in February 2018. Based upon the legal opinion issued by the Company’s PRC legal counsel, Xin Ao believes a favorable outcome has been obtained and that it has no exposure for the pending judgement as the enforcement order has been resolved with the establishment of the Partnership.

 

(b)On July 11, 2018, Chengde County Rural Cooperatives Credit Union (the “Credit Union”) filed an arbitration demand (“Arbitration Demand”) with the People’s Court of Shuangqiao District, Chengde, Hebei Province (“Shuangqiao Court”) against certain entities and individuals (collectively the “Respondent”) including Xin Ao and Chengde Tianhang Concrete Co Ltd. (“Chengde Tianhang”) and Chengde Kaixuan Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. (“Chengde Kaixuan”) in connection with Chengde Tianhang’s potential default of its loan repayment. In accordance with the loan agreement, Mr. Weili He and Mr. Xianfu Han together acted as the guarantors for such loan. In addition, Mr. Han and Mr. He were the controlling shareholders and officers of Xin Ao, They are also the shareholders of Chengde Tianhang. Mr. Han and Mr. He were therefore named as co-respondents in the Arbitration Demand, where the Bank sought property preservation. Shuangqiao Court, accepting the Arbitration Demand of the Bank, rendered a decision to seize the bank deposits or equivalents of the Respondent in an aggregate amount of RMB 26,000,000 (approximately US$3.9 million).  Currently, none of the Company’s funds on deposit have been seized.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

(c)On October 9, 2017, Yong Fan filed a lawsuit against Beijing Lianlv Technology Group Co. Ltd (“Beijing Lianlv”), Xin Ao, and Mr. Weili He, in connection with Beijing Lianlv’s failure to pay the principal and interest of RMB2,927,400 (approximately US$0.4 million) under a loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”). Given that Mr. Weili He acted as the guarantor for such loan, Mr. He was brought into the lawsuit as one of the co-defendants. Since Mr. He is one of the controlling shareholders of Xin Ao, Xin Ao was also brought into the lawsuit as one of the co-defendants The Court rendered a judgement in May 2018, ruling that:

 

1)Beijing Lianlv shall pay Yong Fan RMB 2.895 million (approximately US$0.4 million) as principal of the loan and RMB32,400 (approximately US$5,000) as interest on the loan. As of the date of this report, Beijing Lianlv has not made any payment and the Company is currently in the process of appealing the judgement;

 

2)Xin Ao and Mr. Weili He are entitled to the right of recourse to Beijing Lianlv.

 

(d)On January 8, 2018, Agricultural Bank of China Tangshan Branch (the “Bank”) filed an arbitration demand (“Arbitration Demand”) with the People’s Court of Fengrun District, Tangshan, Hebei Province (“Fengrun Court”) against certain entities and individuals including Xin Ao and Tangshan Xinglong Technology Development Co. Ltd. (“Xinlong”) (collectively the “Respondents”) in connection with Xinlong’s breach of a loan agreement. In accordance with the loan agreement, Xin Ao, as the guarantor on such loan from the Bank, was named as co-respondent to the Arbitration Demand, where the Bank sought property preservation. Fengrun Court, accepting the Arbitration Demand of the Bank, rendered a decision to seize the bank deposits or equivalents of Respondents in an aggregate amount of RMB 51,000,000 (approximately USD $7.7 million). Currently, none of the Company’s funds on deposit have been seized.

 

2)Purchase disputes

 

(a)Beijing Jinlong Datong Trading Co. Ltd. (“Jinlong”) filed a lawsuit on April 6, 2017 against Beijing Yucheng Jianda Concrete Co. Ltd. (“Chengyu”) in the People’s Court in Changping District, Beijing (“Changping Court”) to seek compensatory damages, interest and attorney’s fees (“Chengyu Action”). A Concrete Purchase Agreement was entered into by and between Chengyu and Lida Jiye Co. Ltd. (“Lida”) on April 30, 2016 for a construction project (the “Project”). The purchase price of the concrete supplied by Lida was RMB 5,595,093.2 (approximately US$0.8 million), the payment of which was overdue. On April 5, 2017, Lida entered into a debt assignment agreement with Jinlong to assign its right, title and interests in and to the repayment of such overdue purchase price against Chengyu. Chengyu was notified of such transaction on April 6, 2017. Xin Ao, as the contractor of the Project and one of the interested parties whose material interests are directly related to the proceeding, was bought into the lawsuit as a co-defendant. Xin Ao filed a counterclaim for a jurisdiction challenge, which was denied by the Changping Court. The Concrete Purchase Agreement provided that “any dispute arising out of the agreement shall be governed by the court located in the place the agreement was executed”, which was Changping, Beijing. On January 10, 2018, Changping Court rendered a decision in favor of Xin Ao.

  

(b)Nanling Yirui Materials Supplier Co., Ltd. (Nanling Yirui”) filed a lawsuit against Sihong Jinghong Sheng Concrete Co., Ltd. (“Sihong”) on October 23, 2017 in the People’s Court in Nanling County, Anhui Province, to seek compensatory damages, interest and attorney’s fees. A Raw Material Purchase Agreement was entered into by and between Nanling Yirui and Sihong on April 30, 2017. The purchase price of raw materials supplied by Nanling Yirui was RMB 3,452,799 (approximately US$0.5 million), the payment of which was overdue. Mr. Xianfu Han and Mr. Weili He are the shareholders of Sihong. Since Mr. Han and Mr. He are the controlling shareholders of Xin Ao, Xin Ao was also brought into the lawsuit as a co-defendant. The Court rendered a final judgement in June 2018 in favor of Nanling Yirui. As of the date of the report, Sihong has not made any payment.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

3)Leasing disputes

 

On March 6, 2018, Beijing Chengda Yu Concrete Co., Ltd (“Beijing Chengda”) filed a lawsuit against Xin Ao in connection with Xin Ao’s breach of a rental lease. Beijing Chengda stated that on January 24, 2014 both parties entered into a lease agreement (the “Agreement”). A lease addendum was later entered into on February 25, 2014. The Agreement provided that, effective from July 18, 2013 to April 30, 2018, Xin Ao shall rent Beijing Chengda’s property, the Concrete Station, and assume all credits and debts incurred during the term of the lease agreement. Mr. Xianfu Han and Mr. Weili He signed a personal guaranty agreement with Xin Ao to undertake the liabilities of Xin Ao in the event of its breach on the lease agreement. On March 31, 2017, Beijing Chengda was sued by Beijing Zhongtong Jiang Xin’hang Construction Materials Co., Ltd for an unpaid balance in an amount of RMB 6,246,059 (approximately US$0.9 million in total) in connection with utilizing the Concrete Station. Beijing Chengda then brought a lawsuit against Xin Ao for the payment of such unpaid balance together plus the legal fees in connection with the lawsuit. The case is still under review by the court, and no potential judgment amount has been decided.

 

4)Labor disputes

 

During 2017, Sihong Jinghong Sheng Concrete Co., Ltd. (“Sihong”) was subject to certain labor disputes. The potential total amounts of judgment is approximately RMB 1,702,000 (approximately US$262,000). Since Mr. Xianfu Han and Mr. Weili He are the controlling shareholders of Xin Ao, Xin Ao was also brought into the lawsuit as a co-defendant. As of the date of the report, Sihong has not made any payment

 

Note 14 – Concentrations of risk

 

Credit Risk

 

The Company is exposed to credit risk from its cash in bank and fixed deposits, accounts receivable, other receivables and advances on equipment purchases.

 

As of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017, approximately $0.6 million and $4.2 million were on deposit with a bank located in the PRC subject to credit risk, respectively. In China, the insurance coverage of each bank is RMB 500,000 (approximately USD$77,000). Management believes that the credit risk on cash in bank and fixed deposits is limited because the counterparties are recognized financial institutions.

 

Accounts receivable, other receivables and advances on inventory purchases are subjected to credit evaluations. An allowance has been made for estimated unrecoverable amounts which have been determined by reference to past default experience and the current economic environment.

 

Customer Concentration Risk

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company had three customers accounting for approximately 29.2%, 22.8% and 10.9% of total revenue, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, four customers accounted for 18.4%, 14.0%, 12.9% and 10.4% of total revenue, respectively. For the nine months ended March 31, 2018, the Company had one customer accounting for approximately 13.1% of total revenue. For the nine months ended March 31, 2017, one customer accounted for 15.1% of total revenue. As of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017, no customer accounted for more than 10% of the total balance of accounts receivable.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company had three vendors accounting for approximately 15.1%, 11.3% and 11.1% of total purchases. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company had three vendors representing approximately 22.1%, 11.6% and 10.3% of total purchases. For the nine months ended March 31, 2018, one vendor accounted for 10.1% of total purchases. For the nine months ended March 31, 2017, the Company had one vendor representing approximately 17.0% of total purchases. As of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017, no vendor accounted for more than 10% of the total balance of accounts payable.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Note 15 – Subsequent events

 

In April 2018, the Company guaranteed approximately US$10.6 million (RMB 69,000,000) that a related-party borrowed from a bank as follows:

 

Name of party being guaranteed  Guaranteed amount   Guarantee expiration date
Beijing Lianlv (borrower)  $10,604,454   April 11, 2019

 

The borrower has been current in its repayment obligations as of the date of this report.

 

On April 3, 2018, the Board granted an aggregate of 200,000 shares of registered common stock, with a fair value of $410,000, determined using the closing price of $2.05 on April 3, 2018, to two employees under the 2009 Plan. These shares vested immediately upon grant.

 

On April 3, 2018, the Board granted an aggregate of 985,889 shares of restricted common stock, with a fair value of US$2,021,073, determined using the closing price of $2.05 on April 3, 2018, to Mr. Xianfu Han, the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company, to repay the debt the Company owed to the CEO.

 

On April 3, 2018, the Board granted an aggregate of 896,766 shares of restricted common stock, with a fair value of US$1,838,370, determined using the closing price of $2.05 on April 3, 2018, to Mr. Weili He, the Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company’s, to repay the debt the Company owed to the CFO.

 

On May 21, 2018, the Board granted an aggregate of 218,336 shares of common stock, with a fair value of US$589,507, determined using the closing price of $2.70 on May 21, 2018, to five employees under the 2009 Plan.

 

In May 2018, the Company sold 300,000 shares of common stock at $2.00 per share to certain unrelated third-party individuals. The issuances were completed pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

On June 28, 2018, the Board granted an aggregate of 500,000 shares of common stock with a fair value of US$2,825,000, determined using the closing price of $5.65 on June 28, 2018, to two service providers. These shares are to be amortized over the service period of one year starting from July 1, 2018.

 

In July 2018, the Company adopted the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between the Company and China Advanced Construction Materials Group, Inc., an exempted company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“CADC Cayman”). The proposal was approved by the Company’s shareholders at its annual meeting on December 27, 2018.

 

On July 25, 2018, the Company sold 45,977 shares of common stock at $6.525 per share for total proceeds of USD$300,000 to certain third-party individuals. The issuances were completed pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

On August 20, 2018, CACM Group NY, Inc. (“CACM”) was incorporated in the State of New York and is 100% owned by China ACM. The establishment of CACM is to expand the Company’s construction material business in New York. As of the date of the report, CACM has not commenced any operations.

 

On August 23, 2018, the Company sold 50,000 shares of common stock at $3.00 per share for total proceeds of USD$150,000 to certain third-party individuals. The issuances were completed pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

 

On July 5, 2018, the Company received a notification letter from the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Staff of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that, since the Company has not yet held an annual meeting of stockholders within twelve months of the end of the Company’s fiscal year ended June 30, 2017, the Company no longer complies with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5620(a) and 5810(c)(2)(G) (the “Annual Meeting Requirement”).

 

The notification received had no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s common stock on Nasdaq. Under the Nasdaq Listing Rules, the Company had until August 20, 2018 to submit a plan to regain compliance. If the Company’s plan is accepted, Nasdaq may grant an extension of up to 180 calendar days from June 30, 2018, or December 27, 2018, to regain compliance.

 

On October 15, 2018, the Company received notification from Nasdaq indicating that, since the Company has not yet filed its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, the Company no longer complied with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) (the “Periodic Filing Requirement”).

 

The notification received had no immediate effect on the listing of the Company’s common stock on Nasdaq. Under the Nasdaq Listing Rules, the Company had until November 14, 2018 to submit a plan to regain compliance. If the Company’s plan is accepted, Nasdaq may grant an extension of up to 180 days from the filing’s due date, or until April 15, 2019, to regain compliance.

 

The Company submitted its compliance plan for the Annual Meeting Requirement on July 31, 2018 to Nasdaq. On August 8, 2018, Nasdaq, considering that the Company was proposing to seek shareholder approval to re-domicile the Company in the Cayman Islands, decided to grant the Company an extension until December 27, 2018 to regain compliance with the Annual Meeting Requirement by holding an annual meeting of shareholders. The Company met this condition on December 27, 2018 by holding such meeting. The Company received the notice from Nasdaq on January 11, 2019 that it was in compliance with the Annual Meeting Requirement.

 

The Company also submitted a compliance plan for the Periodic Filing Requirement on November 16, 2018 to Nasdaq. On December 20, 2018, Nasdaq decided to grant the Company an extension until January 7, 2019 to regain compliance with the Periodic Filing Requirement. The Company met this condition on January 7, 2019 by filing the required information. The Company received notice from Nasdaq on January 11, 2019 and was in compliance with the Periodic Filing Requirement.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULT OF OPERATIONS.

 

Overview

 

We are a holding company whose primary business operations are conducted through our wholly-owned subsidiaries Xin Ao Construction Materials, Inc. (“BVI-ACM”), Beijing Ao Hang Construction Material Technology Co., Ltd. (“China-ACMH”), and our variable interest entity, Beijing XinAo Concrete Group (“Xin Ao”) and its subsidiaries. We engage in the production and supply of advanced construction materials for large-scale commercial, residential, and infrastructure developments, and are primarily focused on producing and supplying a wide range of advanced ready-mix concrete materials for highly technical, large-scale, and environmentally-friendly construction projects that are only sold in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”).

 

During the nine months ended March 31, 2018, we supplied materials and provided services to our projects through one ready-mixed concrete plant in Beijing.

 

Our management believes that we have the ability to capture a greater share of the Beijing market via expanding relationships and networking, signing new contracts, and continually developing market-leading innovative and eco-friendly ready-mix concrete products.

 

Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Performance

 

We believe that the following factors will continue to affect our financial performance:

 

  - Large-Scale Contractor Relationships. We have contracts with major construction contractors that are constructing key infrastructure, commercial and residential projects. Our sales efforts focus on large-scale projects and large customers which place large recurring orders and present less credit risk to us. For the nine months ended March 31, 2018, one customer accounted for approximately 13.1% our sales. Should we lose any large-scale customers in the future and are unable to obtain additional customers, our revenues will suffer.
     
  - Experienced Management. Management’s technical knowledge and business relationships give us the ability to secure major infrastructure projects, which provides us with leverage to acquire less sophisticated operators, increase production volumes, and implement quality standards and environmentally sensitive policies. If there were to be any significant turnover in our senior management, it could deplete the institutional knowledge held by our existing senior management team.
     
  - Innovation Efforts. We strive to produce the most technically and scientifically advanced products for our customers and maintain close relationships with Tsinghua University, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology and Beijing Dongfang Jianyu Institute of Concrete Science & Technology. We entered into technical service contracts with these research institutes to further improve our production and products. If our research and development efforts are not sufficient to adapt to the change in technology in the industry, our products may not compete effectively.
     
  - Competition. Our competition includes a number of state-owned and large private PRC-based manufacturers and distributors that produce and sell products similar to ours. We compete primarily on the basis of quality, technological innovation and price. Essentially, all of the contracts on which we bid are awarded through a competitive bidding process, with award contracts often being made awarded to the lowest bidder, though other factors such as shorter schedules or prior experience with the customer are often just as important. Within our markets, we compete with many national, regional and local state- owned and private construction entities some of which have achieved greater market penetration or have greater financial and other resources than us. In addition, there are a number of larger national companies in our industry that could potentially establish a presence in our markets and compete with us for contracts. If we are unable to compete successfully in our markets, our relative market share and profits could be reduced.

 

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Consolidated Results of Operations

 

Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017

 

The following table sets forth key components of our results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, in U.S. dollars:

 

   Three months ended 
   March 31, 
               Percentage 
   2018   2017   Change   Change 
   (As Restated)             
Revenue  $12,267,286   $13,592,863   $(1,325,577)   (10)%
Cost of revenue   10,155,946    12,125,038    (1,969,092)   (16)%
Gross profit   2,111,340    1,467,825    643,515    44%
Recovery of doubtful accounts   538,216    761,482    (223,266)   (29)%
Selling, general and administrative expenses   (1,730,774)   (1,548,566)   (182,208)   12%
Research and development expenses   (290,994)   (99,049)   (191,945)   194%
Income from operations   627,788    581,692    46,096    8%
Other expense, net   (374,701)   (213,207)   (161,494)   76%
Income before provision for income taxes   253,087    368,485    (115,398)   (31)%
Provision for income taxes   -    -    -    -%
Net income  $253,087   $368,485   $(115,398)   (31)%

 

Revenue. Our revenue is primarily generated from sales of our advanced ready-mix concrete products. For the three months ended March 31, 2018, we generated revenue of approximately $12.3 million as compared to approximately $13.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2017, a decrease of approximately $1.3 million, or 10%. The decrease in revenue was principally due to the suspension or production limitation policies enforced by certain districts of the local government on some of our customers starting from November 15, 2017. The policy prohibits construction jobsites in certain areas from producing industrial waste or dust to aggravate winter haze weather during the winter time. Our production increased back to normal levels during March, 2018 after the suspension and production limitations expired. The decrease in revenue was partially offset by an increase of our unit selling price of approximately 22.4% resulting from the turnaround of the concrete industry. In late 2017, the local government had shut down a number of small and non-qualified concrete manufactures, which led to less competition in the industry and drove up the selling price of concrete as the available supply of concrete was reduced. The decrease was also offset by the appreciation of the Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”) against the U.S. dollar of 7.7% .

 

Cost of Revenue. Cost of revenue, which consists of direct labor, rentals, depreciation, other overhead and raw materials, including inbound freight charges, was approximately $10.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to approximately $12.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, a decrease of approximately $1.9 million, or 16%. The decrease in cost of revenue was primarily associated with the decrease of production volume by 31.7%, mainly due to the suspension and production limitation policies as discussed above, and was offset by an increase of unit production costs of 13.1%, which was mainly caused by the unit price inflation of our raw materials, such as cement, stone and mine powder during the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the same period in 2017.

 

Gross Profit. Gross profit was approximately $2.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 as compared to approximately $1.5 million in gross profit for the three months ended March 31, 2017, a positive change of approximately $0.6 million, which was primarily a result of increases in unit selling prices only partially offset by the increase of unit production costs during the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the same period in 2017 as the reasons discussed above.

 

Recovery of Doubtful Accounts. We were able to reduce our allowance for doubtful account by approximately $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to approximately $0.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2017, a change of approximately $0.2 million, or 29%. The change was attributable to the fact that we collected more aged other receivables and we utilized more of our aged prepayments that are over 180 days past due during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, and we have correspondingly adjusted our allowance for doubtful accounts in accordance with our allowance policy which resulted in the reduction of the doubtful accounts in both periods.

 

At the end of each quarter, we conduct an aging analysis of each customer’s arrears to determine whether the allowance for doubtful accounts is adequate. In establishing the allowance for doubtful accounts, we consider historical experience, the economic environment, trends in the construction industry, expected collectability of amounts receivable that are past due, and the expected collectability of overdue receivables. An allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded when collection of the full amount is no longer probable. Known bad debts are written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts when identified. After reviewing individual balances, we provide a provision of 15% for accounts receivable past due more than 180 days but less than one year, 40% for accounts receivable past due from one to two years, 75% for accounts receivable past due beyond two years, 100% for accounts receivable past due beyond three years, plus additional amounts as necessary.

 

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As of March 31, 2018, our accounts and notes receivable aging are as follows:

 

      1-90   91-180   181-360   361-720   over 720   Over 1,080 
   Balance   days   days   days   days   days   Days 
Accounts and notes receivable  $63,050,334   $12,550,997   $9,016,820   $9,943,906   $25,880,881   $1,926,922   $3,730,808 
Allowance for doubtful accounts   (17,021,078)   -    -    (1,491,586)   (10,352,353)   (1,446,331)   (3,730,808)
Accounts and notes receivable, net  $46,029,256   $12,550,997   $9,016,820   $8,452,320   $15,528,528   $480,591   $- 

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses consist of sales commissions, advertising and marketing costs, office rent and expenses, costs associated with staff and support personnel who manage our business activities, and professional fees paid. We incurred selling, general and administrative expenses of approximately $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to approximately $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017, an increase of approximately $0.2 million. The increase was primarily due to a $0.1 million increase in office expense and $0.4 million increase in compensation expense, which was partially offset by a $0.2 million decrease in consulting expenses and $0.1 million decrease in renting expense as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2017.

 

Research and Development (“R&D”) Expenses. Research and development expenses were approximately $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to $0.1 million for the same period in 2017. We increased our research and development expenditures during this period as we determined to improve our competitive advantage with respect to our products.

 

Income from Operations. We generated income from operations of approximately $628,000 and $582,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. This increase of approximately $46,000 was primarily due to a $0.6 million increase in gross profit, partially offset by a $0.2 million decrease in recovery of doubtful accounts expenses and a $0.4 million increase in selling, general and administrative expenses and research and development expenses.

 

Other Expense, Net. Our other expense primarily consists of interest expense, finance expense and other non-operating income (expense). We had other expense of approximately $0.4 million and $0.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. We incurred interest expense of approximately $0.4 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. We incurred finance expenses of approximately $2,000 and $155,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. We recorded estimated contingencies expense of approximately $97,000 and $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Provision for Income Taxes. We did not incur any provision for income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2018, because we had previous net operating losses on which the net deferred tax assets we previously had provided a 100% allowance to be utilized during the period. We did not incur provision for income for the three months ended March 31, 2017 for the same reasons as previously mentioned.

 

On December 22, 2017, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (“The Act”) was enacted. Under the provisions of the Act, the U.S. corporate tax rate decreased from 35% to 21%. As we have a June 30 fiscal year-end, the lower corporate income tax rate will be phased in, resulting in a U.S. statutory federal rate of approximately 28% for our fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, and 21% for subsequent fiscal years. Accordingly, we have remeasured our deferred tax assets on our net operating loss carryforwards in the U.S at the lower enacted tax rate of 21%. However, this remeasurement had no effect on our income tax expense as we have provided a 100% valuation allowance on our deferred tax assets previously.

 

Additionally, the Tax Act imposes a one-time transition tax on deemed repatriation of historical earnings of foreign subsidiaries, and future foreign earnings are subject to U.S. taxation. The transition tax, if applicable, is a one-time income tax which, if elected, can be paid over 8 years. However, this one-time transition tax had no effect on our income tax expense as we have no undistributed foreign earnings prior to December 22, 2017 since we have cumulative foreign losses..

 

Net Income. We had net profit of approximately $253,087 for the three months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to approximately $368,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017, a change of approximately $115,398. Such change was the result of the combination of the changes as discussed above.

 

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Comparison of the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017

 

The following table sets forth key components of our results of operations for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, in US dollars:

 

   Nine months ended 
   March 31, 
               Percentage 
   2018   2017   Change   Change 
   (As Restated)             
Revenue  $36,290,818   $35,782,079   $508,739    1%
Cost of revenue   30,832,052    36,182,821    (5,350,769)   (15)%
Gross profit (loss)   5,458,766    (400,742)   5,859,508    (1,462)%
Recovery of (provision for) doubtful accounts   1,235,049    (3,600,836)   4,835,885    (134)%
Selling, general and administrative expenses   (4,505,390)   (4,626,043)   120,653    (3)%
Research and development expenses   (1,077,928)   (788,492)   (289,436)   37%
Income (loss) from operations   1,110,497    (9,416,113)   10,526,610    (112)%
Other expense, net   (3,551,805)   (688,312)   (2,863,493)   416%
Loss before provision for income taxes   (2,441,308)   (10,104,425)   (7,663,117)   (76)%
Provision for income taxes   -    -    -    -%
Net (loss)  $(2,441,308)  $(10,104,425)  $(7,663,117)   (76)%

 

Revenue. Our revenue is primarily generated from sales of our advanced ready-mix concrete products. For the nine months ended March 31, 2018, we generated revenue of approximately $36.3 million, as compared to approximately $35.8 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2017, an increase of approximately $0.5 million, or 1%. The increase in revenue was principally due to increased unit selling prices of 26.3% resulting from the turnaround of the concrete industry. In late 2017, the local government had shut down a number of small and non-qualified concrete manufactures, which led to less competition in the industry and drove up the selling price of the concrete as the supply of available concrete was reduced. The increase was also due to the appreciation of the Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”) against the U.S. dollar of 3.6% . The increase in revenue was offset by 21.9% decrease of sales volume due to the suspension and production limitation policies enforced by certain districts of the local government on some of our customers starting on November 15, 2017. The policy prohibits construction jobsites in certain areas from producing industrial waste or dust to aggravate winter haze weather during the winter time. Our production increased to normal level during March, 2018 after the suspension and production limitations expired.

 

Cost of Revenue. Cost of revenue, which consists of direct labor, rentals, depreciation, other overhead and raw materials, including inbound freight charges, was approximately $30.8 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to approximately $36.2 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2017, a decrease of approximately $5.4 million, or 15%. The decrease in cost of revenues was primarily associated with the decrease in our sales volume mainly due to the suspension and production limitation policies as discussed above and partially offset by the slight increase of unit production costs of 5.1%, which was caused by the unit price inflation of our raw materials, such as cement, stone and mine powder for the nine months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to the same period in 2017.

 

Gross Profit (Loss). Gross profit was approximately $5.5 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to approximately $0.4 million gross loss for the nine months ended March 31, 2017, a positive change of approximately $5.9 million, which was primarily due to the increase of our selling price of concrete at a higher rate only partially offset by the increase of unit production costs during the nine months ended March 31, 2018 as compared to the same period in 2017 for the reasons as discussed above.

 

Recovery of (provision for) Doubtful Accounts. We were able to reduce our allowance for doubtful accounts by approximately $1.2 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 as compared to the provision for doubtful accounts charge of approximately $3.6 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2017, a change of approximately $4.8 million, or 134%. The change was attributable to the fact that we collected more of our aged accounts receivable and other receivables that were over 720 days past due with better collections efforts during the nine months ended March 31, 2018 as compared to the same period in 2017 which correspondingly resulted in the recovery of the allowance for doubtful accounts in accordance with our allowance policy. At the end of each quarter, we conduct an aging analysis of each customer’s arrears to determine whether the allowance for doubtful accounts is adequate. In establishing the allowance for doubtful accounts, we consider the historical experience, the economy, trends in the construction industry, expected collectability of amounts receivable that are past due and the expected collectability of overdue receivables. An allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded when collection of the full amount is no longer probable. Known bad debts are written off against allowance for doubtful accounts when identified. After reviewing individual balances, we provide a provision of 15% for accounts receivable past due more than 180 days but less than one year, 40% for accounts receivable past due from one to two years, 75% for accounts receivable past due beyond two years, 100% for accounts receivable past due beyond three years, plus additional amounts as necessary.

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses consist of sales commissions, advertising and marketing costs, office rent and expenses, costs associated with staff and support personnel who manage our business activities, and professional fees paid to third parties. We incurred selling, general and administrative expenses of approximately $4.5 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 as compared to approximately $4.6 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2017, a decrease of approximately $0.1 million. The decrease was primarily due to a $0.2 million decrease in consulting expenses and $0.1 million decrease in meals and entertainment expenses, which was partially offset by a $0.1 million increase in compensation expense and a $0.1 million increase in repair expenses as compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2017.

 

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Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses were approximately $1.1 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 as compared to $0.8 million for the same period in 2017. We increased our research and development expenditures during this period with the prospect of improving our competitive advantage with respect to our products.

 

Income (Loss) from Operations. We generated income from operations of approximately $1.1 million for nine months ended March 31, 2018 as compared to a loss from operations of approximately $9.4 million for the nine months ended March 31,2017. The change of approximately $10.5 million was primarily due to a $5.9 million increase in gross profit, a $0.1 million decrease in selling, general and administration expenses and a $4.8 million decrease in the allowance for doubtful accounts, partially offset by a $0.3 million increase in research and development expenses.

 

Other Income (Expense), Net. Our other expenses primarily consists of interest expense, finance expenses and other non-operating income (expense). We had other expense of approximately $0.9 million and $0.7 million during the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Approximately $0.9 million and $0.6 million of interest expense was recorded for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and approximately $5,000 and $0.5 million of finance expenses were recorded for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. We recorded estimated contingencies expense of approximately $2.7 million and $0 for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Provision for Income Taxes. We did not incur a provision for income tax for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 as we did not have income and provided 100% allowance for our net operating losses.

 

Net (Loss). We had net loss of approximately $2.5 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2018, as compared to a net loss of approximately $10.1 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2017, a reduction of $7.7 million. Such change was the result of the combination of the changes as previously discussed above.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

As of March 31, 2018, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $1.1 million, which was held by subsidiaries located outside the U.S. We would be required to accrue and pay U.S. taxes if we were to repatriate these funds. Any company which is registered in mainland PRC must apply to the State Foreign Exchange Administration for approval in order to remit foreign currency to any foreign country. We currently do not intend to repatriate to the U.S. the cash and short-term investments held by our foreign subsidiaries. However, if we were to repatriate funds to the U.S., we would assess the feasibility and plan any transfer in accordance with foreign exchange regulations, taking into account tax consequences. As we conduct all of our operations in the PRC, the restriction on the conversion of cash and short-term investments held in RMB to other currencies should not affect our liquidity.

 

In assessing our liquidity, we monitor and analyze our cash on-hand and our operating and capital expenditure commitments. Our liquidity needs are to meet our working capital requirements, operating expenses and capital expenditure obligations.

 

We engage in the production of advanced construction materials for large-scale infrastructure, commercial and residential developments. Our business is capital intensive and we are highly leveraged. Debt financing in the form of short-term bank loans, loans from related parties and bank acceptance notes, have been utilized to finance our working capital requirements and capital expenditures. Working capital was approximately $6.8 million as of March 31, 2018, as compared to $6.2 million as of June 30, 2017. As of March 31, 2018, in addition to cash on-hand, we also have other current assets mainly composed of accounts receivable and prepayments.

 

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Although we believe that we can realize our current assets, our ability to repay our current obligations will depend on the future realization of our current assets. Management has considered historical experience, the economic environment, trends in the construction industry, the expected collectability of accounts receivable and the realization of the prepayments on inventory, and provided an allowance for doubtful accounts as of March 31, 2018. We expect to realize our current asset balances net of allowance within the normal operating cycle of a twelve-month period. If we are unable to realize our current assets within the normal twelve-month operating cycle, we may have to consider supplementing our available sources of funds through the following:

 

  Equity Financing
     
 

Other available sources of financing from PRC banks and other financial institutions, given our credit history.

     
  Financial support and credit guarantee commitments from Mr. Xianfu Han, and Mr. Weili He, the Company’s shareholders/officers.

 

Based on the above considerations, management believes that we have sufficient funds to meet our working capital requirements and debt obligations as they become due. However, there is no assurance that management will be successful in their plans. There are a number of factors that could potentially arise that could undermine the Company’s plans, such as changes in the demand for our products, economic conditions, competitive pricing in the concrete-mix industry, additional potential litigation exposure, additional government limitations on construction, our operating results not continuing to improve and our bank and shareholders being able to provide continued financial support.

 

The Company is involved in various lawsuits, claims and disputes related to its operations and the personal guarantees of its executives to affiliated entities. The Company is actively defending these actions and attempting to mitigate the Company’s exposure to any liability in excess of the current provision of approximately $4.6 million, (see Note 13 in the accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements). The ultimate outcome of these pending actions cannot presently be determined, but currently management is of the opinion that any potential additional liability would not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position. Nevertheless, due to the uncertainties with litigation, the PRC legal system, claims and disputes, it is at least reasonably possible that management’s view of the outcome could change in the near term.

 

Furthermore, as of March 31, 2018, the Company’s VIE, Xin Ao, was subject to several civil lawsuits with potential judgments in the amount of approximately $14.8 million (see Note 13 in the accompanying notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements) and the likelihood of the outcome of these lawsuits cannot presently be determined. These lawsuits involve the Company principally due to the personal guarantees by Mr. Xianfu Han, and Mr. Weili He, the Company’s shareholders/officers, because they are also the shareholders of Xin Ao. Because Mr. Han and Mr. He are the shareholders of Xin Ao, the plaintiffs included Xin Ao in the joint complaints. Xin Ao was not involved in most of the lawsuits but named as a joint co-defendant in the lawsuits. As a result, Xin Ao might have exposure to any judgements in the future under PRC laws. Mr. Han and Mr. He have agreed to indemnify the Company for any amounts Xin Ao may have to pay. Should the outcome of these lawsuits require Xin Ao to pay because the other co-defendants of the lawsuits and Mr. Han. and Mr. He were unable to liquidate their personal assets or their ownership interest in their privately held companies timely to pay for the judgements, the Company’s working capital as of March 31, 2018 would be reduced from approximately $6.8 million to a net working capital deficiency of approximately $8.0 million.

 

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The management of the Company has considered whether there is a going concern issue due to the Company’s recurring losses from operations, the estimated claims liability and the possible additional exposure for pending actions against Company which is presently unknown. Based upon the personal indemnifications of Mr. Han and Mr. He and their agreement to provide the necessary funds to the Company to continue its operations should the need arise, the management of the Company believes that it has alleviated the going concern issue.

 

The following table provides summary information about our net cash flow for financial statement periods presented in this report:

 

   For the nine months ended 
   March 31, 
   2018   2017 
Net cash provided by operating activities  $2,368,260   $5,448,523 
Net cash used in investing activities   (50,378)   (52,532)
Net cash used in financing activities   (1,507,313)   (4,976,764)
Effect of foreign currency translation on cash and cash equivalents   51,634    (42,997)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents  $862,203   $376,230 

 

Principal demands for liquidity are for working capital and general corporate purposes.

 

Operating Activities. Net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $2.4 million. This was principally due to the utilization of approximately $16.4 million of prepayments and advances and prepayments to related parties, the collection of approximately $1.6 million customer deposits and approximately $2.5 million of accrued liabilities partially offset by the payment of accounts payable of approximately $15.3 million and the loss of $2.4 million.

 

Investing Activities. Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $50,000 and $52,000 for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, which was primarily attributable to the purchase of equipment.

 

Financing Activities. Net cash used in financing activities totaled approximately $1.5 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2018, which was primarily attributable to $24.0 million for the repayments of bank loans and bank guarantees, $14.5 million for the repayments of notes payable, and partially offset by $32.6 million of new bank loans and bank guarantees and the release of $4.4 million of restricted cash.

 

Cash and cash equivalentsAs of March 31, 2018, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $1.1 million as compared to approximately $0.2 million as of June 30, 2017. We believe that our cash and revenues from ongoing operations, in addition to the close management of our accounts payable and accounts receivable and our ability to obtain loan financing, will be sufficient to meet our liquidity and capital requirements for all of our ongoing operations. However, we may need to raise additional capital if we undertake any plans for expansion.

 

Loan Facilities. We had a total of approximately $28.0 million and $17.7 million outstanding on loans and credit facilities as of March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2017, respectively. See Note 7 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

 

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

While our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 3 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report, we believe that the following accounting policies are the most critical to aid you in fully understanding and evaluating this management discussion and analysis:

 

Principles of consolidation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of China ACM and its wholly owned subsidiaries, BVI-ACM, China-ACMH, and its variable interest entity Xin Ao (collectively, the “Company”). All significant inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. In accordance with FASB ASC 810, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, variable interest entities, or VIEs, are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision making ability. All VIEs with which the Company is involved must be evaluated to determine the primary beneficiary of the risks and rewards of the VIE. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate the VIE for financial reporting purposes. In connection with ASC810, the Company concluded that Xin Ao is a VIE and China ACM is the primary beneficiary. The financial statements of Xin Ao are consolidated with China ACM’s financial statements.

 

Use of estimates and assumptions

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. The significant estimates and assumptions made in the preparation of the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include allowance for doubtful accounts, deferred taxes, and prepayments and advances, stock-based compensation, and fair value and useful lives of property, plant and equipment. Actual results could be materially different from those estimates.

 

Revenue recognition

 

Revenue is realized or realizable and earned when four criteria are met:

 

  Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists (the Company considers its sales contracts to be pervasive evidence of an arrangement);
     
  Delivery has occurred;
     
  The seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable; and
     
  Collectability of payment is reasonably assured.

 

The Company sells its concrete products primarily to major local construction companies. Sales agreements are signed with each customer. The agreements list all terms and conditions with the exception of delivery date and quantity, which are evidenced separately in purchase orders. The purchase price of products is fixed in the agreement and customers are not permitted to renegotiate after the contracts have been signed. Each agreement includes a cancellation clause if the Company or the customers breach the contract terms specified in the agreement.

 

The Company recognizes revenue when title and ownership of the goods are transferred upon shipment to the customer by the Company and collectability of payment is reasonably assured.

 

The Company includes the shipping and handling fee in both revenue and cost of revenue.

 

Financial instruments

 

US GAAP regarding fair value of financial instruments and related fair value measurements define fair value, establish a three-level valuation hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

 

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The three levels of inputs are defined as follows:

 

Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets;

 

Level 2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument;

 

Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable.

 

Financial instruments included in current assets and current liabilities are reported in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets at face value or cost, which approximate fair value because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rates of interest.

 

Accounts receivable

 

We extend unsecured credit to our customers in the normal course of business, Accounts are considered past due after 30 days. In establishing the required allowance for doubtful accounts, management considers historical experience, the economic environment, trends in the construction industry, and the expected collectability of the overdue receivable. Management reviews its accounts receivable each reporting period to determine if the allowance for doubtful accounts is adequate. An estimate for doubtful accounts is recorded when collection of the full amount is no longer probable. Account balances are charged off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovering is considered remote. We provide a provision of 15% of the allowance for doubtful accounts for accounts receivable balance that are past due more than 180 days but less than one year, 40% of the allowance for doubtful accounts for accounts receivable past due from one to two years, 75% of the allowance for doubtful accounts for accounts receivable past due beyond two years, 100% of the allowance for doubtful accounts for accounts receivable past due beyond three years, plus additional amount as necessary, which our collection department had determined the collection of the full amount is remote with the approval from our management to provide a 100% provision allowance for doubtful accounts. Our management have continued to evaluate the reasonableness of the valuation allowance policy and update it if necessary.

 

Accounting for long-lived assets

 

We classify our long-lived assets into: (i) machinery and equipment; (ii) transportation equipment; (iii) office and equipment; and (iv) buildings and improvements.

 

Long-lived assets held and used by us are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may not be fully recoverable. It is possible that these assets could become impaired as a result of technological or other industry changes. If circumstances require a long-lived asset or asset group to be tested for possible impairment, we first compare undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset or asset group to its carrying value. If the carrying value of the long-lived asset or asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow models, quoted market values and third-party independent appraisals, as considered necessary.

 

If the value of an asset is determined to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or the fair value, less disposition costs.

 

There was no impairment charge for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018, and 2017.

 

Competitive pricing pressures and changes in interest rates could materially and adversely affect the Company’s estimates of future net cash flows to be generated by long-lived assets, and thus could result in future impairment losses

 

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Income taxes

 

We account for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes, which requires us to use the assets and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years to differences between financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Under this accounting standard, the effect on deferred income taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recognized if it is more likely than not that some portion, or all of, the net deferred tax asset will not be realized.

 

ASC 740-10, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, defines uncertainty in income taxes and the evaluation of a tax position as a two-step process. The first step is to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of any related appeals or litigation based on the technical merits of that position. The second step is to measure a tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not threshold to determine the amount of benefit to be recognized in the financial statements. A tax position is measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50 percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Tax positions that previously failed to meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold should be recognized in the first subsequent period in which the threshold is met. Previously recognized tax positions that no longer meet the more-likely-than-not criteria should be de-recognized in the first subsequent financial reporting period in which the threshold is no longer met. Penalties and interest incurred related to underpayment of income tax are classified as income tax expense in the period incurred.

 

United States federal, state and local income tax returns prior to 2015 are not subject to examination the tax authorities. PRC tax returns filed for calendar years ended December 31, 2015 to 2017 are subject to examination by any applicable tax authorities.

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

Lease Commitments

 

The Company has a lease agreement for a concrete service plant with an unrelated party which will expire on September 30, 2022, with annual payments of approximately $447,000. The Company has a lease agreement for roadway access to the west side entry of the concrete service plant with an unrelated party, which will expire on June 30, 2019, with annual payment of approximately $16,000. The Company has a lease agreement for office space from Mr. Weili He, the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, through October 31, 2018, with annual payments of approximately $26,000.

 

Operating lease expenses are allocated between the cost of revenue and selling, general, and administrative expenses. Total operating lease expenses were approximately $0.1 million for each of the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017. Total operating lease expenses were approximately $0.3 million and $0.2 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

Contingencies

 

From time to time, the Company is a party to various legal actions. The majority of these claims and proceedings relate to or arise from, commercial disputes, labor contract complaints and sales contract complaints. The Company accrues costs related to these matters when they become probable and as a result the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated (See Dispute Matters Arising in the Ordinary Course of Business for more information). In determining whether a loss from a claim is probable, and if it is possible to estimate the loss, the Company reviews and evaluates its litigation and regulatory matters on at least a quarterly basis in light of potentially relevant factual and legal developments. If the Company determines a favorable outcome is probable, or that the amount of loss cannot be reasonably estimated, the Company does not accrue an amount for potential litigation losses. In those situations, the Company discloses an estimate of the probable losses or a range of possible losses, if such estimates can be made as indicated below (See Legal Matters). Currently, except as otherwise noted below, the Company does not believe that it is possible to estimate the potential losses incurred or a range of reasonably possible losses related to the outstanding claims. Legal costs incurred in connection with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred.

 

As of March 31, 2018, the Company’s VIE, Xin Ao, was subject to several civil lawsuits for which the Company estimated that it is more than likely to pay judgments in the amount of approximately $4.6 million (including interest and penalty of $0.2 million). These amounts are presented in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets (See Accrued Contingent Liabilities). During the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018, additional estimated claims charges of approximately $0.1million and $2.7 million, respectively, on some of the remaining claims is presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations under the caption “Estimated claims charges”.

 

As of the date of this Amended 10-Q, the Company’s management does not expect any other material liability from the disposition of claims as of the date of this amended 10-Q report from litigation individually, or in the aggregate that would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

Due to the Company’s operations in the PRC and the legal environment in the PRC, it is possible that the Company’s VIE, Xin Ao could be named as a co-defendant in litigation based upon the guarantees of Mr. Han and Mr. He and/or their related parties.

 

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Legal matters

 

As of March 31, 2018, the Company’s VIE, Xin Ao, was subject to several civil lawsuits with potential judgments of approximately $14.8 million and the likelihood of the outcome of these lawsuits cannot be determined as of the date of this report. These lawsuits involved with the Company were mainly due to the personal guarantees by Mr. Xianfu Han, and Mr. Weili He, the Company’s shareholders/officers, of which they are also the shareholders of Xin Ao. Because Mr. Han and Mr. He are the shareholders of Xin Ao, the plaintiffs included Xin Ao in their joint complaints. Xin Ao was not involved in some of the lawsuits but named as a joint defendant in the lawsuits. As a result, Xin Ao might have exposure to the pending judgements in the future under PRC laws.

 

On September 28, 2018, Mr. Han and Mr. He signed an agreement with the Company to waive the liabilities of the Company and personally become responsible for all of the pending potential judgement amounts from these related civil lawsuits. Both Mr. Han and Mr. He agreed to liquidate their personal assets or their ownership interests in their privately held companies to pay for any of the pending potential judgements amounts of approximately $14.8 million.

 

On December 10, 2018, Mr. Han and Mr. He entered into an amendment No. 1 to the indemnification agreement to clarify the indemnification terms which Mr. Han and Mr. He s’ certain actions including but not limited to personal guarantees, loans or investments in their own name to other entities which has caused Xin Ao to be involved as a co-defendant in certain legal proceedings. Mr. Han and Mr. He have agreed to unconditionally indemnify Xin Ao for all losses, damages, legal fees, expenses or other costs related to the legal proceedings where Xin Ao was named as a co-defendant or defendant due to Mr. Han and Mr. He being a shareholder of Xin Ao. The indemnification for the amended terms are irrevocable. In addition, Mr. Han and Mr. He agreed to unconditionally indemnify Xin Ao for all the losses, damages, legal fees, expenses and other costs, including additional interest, related to these legal proceedings accrued and contingencies determined in the future.

 

The type of litigation disputes with contingencies associated are summarized as follows as of March 31, 2018:

 

Dispute matter 

Claims
as of

March 31, 2018

   Interest
and Penalties
   Total claims as of March 31, 2018 
Guarantees  $61,224,015   $10,913,705   $72,137,720 
Purchase   1,730,968    32,596    1,763,564 
Leases   977,867    -    977,867 
Labor   249,149    -    249,149 
Total  $64,181,999   $10,946,301    75,128,300 
Settled claims             (60,308,951)
Remaining claims amount            $14,819,349 

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to our stockholders.

 

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

 

Refer to Note 3 of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a discussion of recent accounting standards and pronouncements.

 

Interest Rate Risk

 

We are exposed to interest rate risk while we have short-term bank loans outstanding. Although interest rates for our short-term loans are typically fixed for the terms of the loans, the terms are typically twelve months and interest rates are subject to change upon renewal. Interest rates are approximately 5.66% for our RMB bank loans with a term of twelve months or less.

 

Credit Risk

 

The Company is exposed to credit risk from its cash in bank and fixed deposits, accounts receivable, other receivables, and prepayments and advances on inventory purchases. The credit risk on cash in bank and fixed deposits is limited because the counterparties are recognized financial institutions. However, the Company’s cash in bank deposited in the financial institutions in the PRC is not insured. Accounts receivable, other receivables, and prepayments and advances on inventory purchases are subjected to credit evaluations. An allowance has been made for estimated unrecoverable amounts which have been determined by reference to past default experience and the current economic environment.

 

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Foreign Exchange Risk

 

The value of the RMB against the U.S. dollar and other currencies is affected by, among other things, changes in the PRC’s political and economic conditions. The RMB does not fluctuate with the U.S. dollar. Although the People’s Bank of China regularly intervenes in the foreign exchange market to prevent significant short-term fluctuations in the exchange rate, the RMB may appreciate or depreciate significantly in value against the U.S. dollar in the medium to long term. In August 2017, the PRC’s currency dropped by a cumulative 4.4% against the U.S. dollar on hopes of boosting the domestic economy, making PRC exports cheaper and imports into the PRC more expensive by that amount. The effect on trade can be substantial. The RMB started to appreciate in the year 2017 and the trend of appreciation fluctuated during the nine months ended March 31, 2018. Compared with the lowest point from RMB versus U.S. dollars in 2017, the RMB has appreciated by 5.3% compared to the exchange rate as of March 31, 2018. Moreover, it is possible that in the future, PRC authorities may lift restrictions on fluctuations in the RMB exchange rate and lessen intervention in the foreign exchange market.

 

Because substantially all of our earnings and cash assets are denominated in RMB, but our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar, fluctuations in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the RMB will affect our balance sheet and our earnings per share in U.S. dollars. In addition, appreciation or depreciation in the value of the RMB relative to the U.S. dollar would affect our financial results reported in U.S. dollar terms without giving effect to any underlying change in our business or results of operations. Fluctuations in the exchange rate will also affect the relative value of any dividend we might issue in the future that will be exchanged into U.S. dollars and earnings from, and the value of, any dollar-denominated investments we make in the future.

 

Very limited hedging transactions are available in the PRC to reduce our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations. To date, we have not entered into any hedging transactions in an effort to reduce our exposure to foreign currency exchange risk. While we may enter into hedging transactions in the future, the availability and effectiveness of these transactions may be limited, and we may not be able to successfully hedge our exposure at all. In addition, our foreign currency exchange losses may be magnified by PRC exchange control regulations that restrict our ability to convert RMB into foreign currencies.

 

Most of the transactions of the Company are settled in RMB and U.S. dollars. In the opinion of management, the Company is not exposed to significant foreign currency risk.

 

Inflation

 

Inflationary factors, such as increases in the cost of raw materials and overhead costs, could impair our operating results. Inflation has had a material impact on our financial position or results of operations for the nine months ended March 31, 2018, a high rate of inflation in the future may have a continued adverse effect on our ability to maintain current levels of gross margin and selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of sales revenue if the selling prices of our products do not increase with these increased costs.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

 

Not Applicable.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information that would be required to be disclosed in Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, in connection with the restatement, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer, re-evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2018. Based on that evaluation, we concluded that as of March 31, 2018, due to the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting discussed below, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.

 

(b) Management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting

 

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2018. In making this assessment, management used the criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on our assessment of internal control over financial reporting, management has concluded that, as of March 31, 2018, our internal control over financial reporting, because of the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting described below, were not effective.

 

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A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the registrant’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

As a result of its review, management concluded that we had material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting process consisting of the following:

 

  the Head of the Legal Department’s significant lack of understanding of the importance of timely disclosure of legal proceedings and the Legal Department’s problematic decision-making process with regards to reporting of legal proceedings;

 

  The ongoing lack of communication and coordination between executive management and the various departments within the Company;

 

  The personnel primarily responsible for the preparation of our financial statements do not have requisite levels of knowledge, experience and training in the application of U.S. GAAP commensurate with our financial reporting requirements;

 

  Ineffective supervision of the Company’s internal and disclosure controls over financial reporting.

 

  The Company’s issuance of certain restricted shares prior to the obligation being specified or performed; and

 

  The Company’s failure to timely identify a related party.

 

Remediation Plan

 

Management is in the process of re-assessing the design of certain control activities and developing its remediation plan for the above identified weaknesses. The Company’s actions are subject to ongoing senior management review, as well as Audit Committee oversight. The Company has implemented or will implement following remedial measures within its resources as soon as practicable:

 

The prior Head of Legal Department has been terminated and management has hired a qualified person as the current Head of Legal Department.

 

  The Board has commenced a search for a full-time bilingual CFO experienced in U.S. GAAP and in the reporting requirements for a U.S. publicly-listed company;

 

  The Nominating Committee has commenced a search for additional bilingual independent director fluent in U.S. GAAP requirements and knowledgeable of U.S. Securities law;

 

  Establishing an internal audit function or engage an external consulting firm, to assist with assessment of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance requirements and improvement of overall internal controls;

 

  Development of written internal controls and procedures relating to litigation management, including the review, assessment, and reporting of all of the Company’s legal proceedings to the CEO, CFO, Accounting Department, and independent auditors;

 

  Implementation of a comprehensive training and development plan, for our finance, accounting, legal and internal control personnel, in the principles and rules of U.S. GAAP, SEC reporting requirements and the application thereof.

 

As of the date of this amended 10-Q, the Company is in the process of conducting comprehensive review of the issues identified by the investigation team and intends to take all remedial measures recommended by the Audit Committee within its resources to cure the material weaknesses in its internal and disclosure control procedure.

 

(c) Changes in internal control over financial reporting

 

Except as otherwise disclosed in this amended 10-Q, during the quarter ended March 31, 2018, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation performed during the fiscal year covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

 

(d) Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls

 

Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. The design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Further, because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of controls effectiveness to future periods are subject to risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.

 

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PART II

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

 

From time to time, the Company is a party to various legal actions. The majority of these claims and proceedings relate to or arise from, commercial disputes, labor contract complaints and sales contract complaints. The Company accrues costs related to these matters when they become probable and as a result the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated (See Dispute Matters Arising in the Ordinary Course of Business for more information). In determining whether a loss from a claim is probable, and if it is possible to estimate the loss, the Company reviews and evaluates its litigation and regulatory matters on at least a quarterly basis in light of potentially relevant factual and legal developments. If the Company determines a favorable outcome is probable, or that the amount of loss cannot be reasonably estimated, the Company does not accrue an amount for potential litigation losses. In those situations, the Company discloses an estimate of the probable losses or a range of possible losses, if such estimates can be made as indicated below (See Legal Matters). Currently, except as otherwise noted below, the Company does not believe that it is possible to estimate the potential losses incurred or a range of reasonably possible losses related to the outstanding claims. Legal costs incurred in connection with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred.

 

As of March 31, 2018, the Company’s VIE, Xin Ao, was subject to several civil lawsuits for which the Company estimated that it is more than likely to pay judgments in the amount of approximately $4.6 million (including interest and penalty of $0.2 million). These amounts are presented in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets (See Accrued Contingent Liabilities). During the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018, additional estimated claims charges of approximately $0.1 million and $2.7 million, respectively, on some of the remaining claims is presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations under the caption “Estimated claims charges”.

 

As of the date of this Amended 10-Q, the Company’s management does not expect any other material liability from the disposition of claims as of the date of this amended 10-Q report from litigation individually, or in the aggregate that would have a material adverse impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

 

Due to the Company’s operations in the PRC and the legal environment in the PRC, it is possible that the Company’s VIE, Xin Ao could be named as a co-defendant in litigation based upon the guarantees of Mr. Han and Mr. He and/or their related parties.

 

(i) Disputes Arising in the Ordinary Course of Business

 

As of March 31, 2018, the Company had approximately $4.6 million in accrued contingent liabilities, net of litigation paid by a related party of approximately $1.3 million, and an additional $0.1 million of estimated claims charges for the three months ended March 31, 2018. As of March 31, 2018, further details regarding the type of litigation disputes and accrued costs associated with the claims are summarized as follows: 

 

  Dispute matter  Claim
amount as of
March 31,
2018
   Interest
and penalties
   Total claim amount as of
March 31,
2018
 
               
  1) Guarantees  $2,353,443   $-   $2,353,443 
  2) Sales   22,037    9,742    31,779 
  3) Purchase   1,200,152    129,528    1,329,680 
  4) Leases   2,116,592    101,016    2,217,608 
  5) Labor   28,441    -    28,441 
  6) Other   13,417    -    13,417 
  Total  $5,734,082   $240,286    5,974,368 
  Payments             (1,370,340)
  Accrued contingent liabilities            $4,604,028 

 

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The major legal cases are summarized as follows:

 

1)Guarantee

 

In December 2016, the Company guaranteed approximately $2.4 million (RMB 14,797,000) that a third-party borrowed from bank:

 

  Name of party being guaranteed  Guaranteed amount   Guarantee expiration date
  Tangshan Long Tang Trading Co., Ltd  $2,353,443   December 29, 2017

 

This loan has not been repaid as of the date of this report. As of the date of this report, the Company has evaluated the guarantee and has concluded that the likelihood of having to make any payments under the guarantee agreement is still probable. The Company previously accrued approximately $2.4 million for this contingent liability in connection with such guarantee during the three months ended September 30, 2017.

 

2)Sales dispute

 

(a) On August 10, 2017, Guowang International Finance Leasing Co. Ltd. (“Gouwang”) filed a lawsuit against Xin Ao in the People’s Court of Nankai District, Tianjin Province (“Nankai Court”) to seek compensatory damages in connection with Xin Ao’s failure to make payments under a financing lease agreement. On October 23, 2017, Nankai Court ruled against Xin Ao and rendered a judgement to award damages of RMB 9,168,463 (approximately US$1.4 million) to Guowang (the “Decision”). On September 26, 2018, Xin Ao made an appeal to the Decision in Tianjin First Intermediate People’s Court. The appeal was rejected in its entirety with prejudice. As of date of this report, Xin Ao has not made any payment. This agreement was initially entered into by Xin Ao for the benefit of a related party that is owned by the Company’s shareholders/officers. Accordingly, the Company accrued approximately $1.4 million as a liability and a corresponding “Other Receivable – Related Party” in the same amount. Should the entity not repay the Company, the major shareholders have agreed to indemnify the Company for any unpaid amounts.

 

(b) On April 30, 2016, China Black Metal Materials Beijing Co., Ltd (“China Black Metal”) filed a lawsuit against Xin Ao and Beijing Jinshengding Mineral Products Co., Ltd. (“Jinshengding”) in connection with their failure to make payments under a lease agreement. The court ruled that effective December 28, 2016, the lease agreement was void and Xin Ao and/or Jinshengding shall make payment to China Black Metal which shall include rent due from December 4, 2015 to December 28, 2016 of RMB 1,572,669 (approximately US$0.2 million), plus interest, expenses for utilities of RMB 271,579 (approximately US$41,000), a penalty of RMB 250,000 (approximately US$38,000), legal fees of RMB 73,238 (approximately US$11,000) and rent due from December 28, 2016 to December 31, 2017 of RMB 1,136,297 (approximately US$0.2 million). The total amount of compensation is RMB 3,303,783 (approximately US$0.5 million). As of date of this report, Jinshengding has paid RMB 1,800,000 (approximately US$0.3 million) out of the total compensation.

 

(ii)Legal matters

 

As of March 31, 2018, the Company’s VIE, Xin Ao, was subject to several civil lawsuits with potential judgments of approximately $14.8 million and the likelihood of the outcome of these lawsuits cannot be determined as of the date of this report. These lawsuits involved with the Company were mainly due to the personal guarantees by Mr. Xianfu Han, and Mr. Weili He, the Company’s shareholders/officers, of which they are also the shareholders of Xin Ao. Because Mr. Han and Mr. He are the shareholders of Xin Ao, the plaintiffs included Xin Ao in their joint complaints. Xin Ao was not involved in some of the lawsuits but named as a joint defendant in the lawsuits. As a result, Xin Ao might have exposure to the pending judgements in the future under PRC laws.

 

On September 28, 2018, Mr. Han and Mr. He signed an agreement with the Company to waive the liabilities of the Company and personally become responsible for all of the pending potential judgement amounts from these related civil lawsuits. Both Mr. Han and Mr. He agreed to liquidate their personal assets or their ownership interests in their privately held companies to pay for any of the pending potential judgements amounts of approximately $14.8 million.

 

On December 10, 2018, Mr. Han and Mr. He entered into an amendment No. 1 to the indemnification agreement to clarify the indemnification terms which Mr. Han and Mr. He’s certain actions including but not limited to personal guarantees, loans or investments in their own name to other entities which has caused Xin Ao to be involved as a co-defendant in certain legal proceedings. Mr. Han and Mr. He have agreed to unconditionally indemnify Xin Ao for all losses, damages, legal fees, expenses or other costs related to the legal proceedings where Xin Ao was named as a co-defendant or defendant due to Mr. Han and Mr. He being a shareholder of Xin Ao. The indemnification for the amended terms are irrevocable. In addition, Mr. Han and Mr. He agreed to unconditionally indemnify Xin Ao for all the losses, damages, legal fees, expenses and other costs, including additional interest, related to these legal proceedings accrued and contingencies determined in the future.

 

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The type of litigation disputes with contingencies associated are summarized as follows as of March 31, 2018:

 

  Dispute matter 

Claims
as of

March 31,
2018

   Interest
 and Penalties
   Total claims as of
March 31,
2018
 
  1) Guarantees  $61,224,175   $10,913,705   $72,137,720 
  2) Purchase   1,730,968    32,596    1,763,564 
  3) Leases   977,867    -    977,867 
  4) Labor   249,149    -    249,149 
  Total  $64,181,999   $10,946,301    75,128,300 
  Settled claims             (60,308,951)
  Remaining claims amount            $14,819,349 

 

The major legal cases are summarized as follows: 

 

  1) Claims Resulting from Executives’ Personal Guarantee to Affiliated Entities

 

  (a) Mr. Xianfu Han, the CEO and director of the Company and a shareholder of Xin Ao, Mr. Weili He, the interim CFO and director of the Company and a shareholder of Xin Ao, and Xin Ao (the “Defendants”) were parties to a lawsuit filed on June 23, 2017, by China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd. Beijing Branch (“Cinda Beijing Branch”) in the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court (the “Beijing Intermediate Court”) to seek compensatory damages, liquidated damages, costs, and attorney’s fees for default in a loan repayment. The loan agreement was entered into by and between Xin Ao Ecological Construction Materials Co., Ltd. (“Borrower”) and Cinda Beijing Branch dated as of June 23, 2014 with Mr. Han and Mr. He acting as the guarantors for such loans (the “Guarantors”). Mr. Han and Mr. He together are the controlling shareholders of the Borrower, holding an aggregate of 60% equity interests of the Borrower. The aggregate amount of the loan was RMB288,506,497 (approximately US$43.4 million) with interest at 12.8% per annum (the “Loan”). Cinda Beijing Branch alleged that since the Borrower breached its obligation to make the repayment of the Loan on the maturity date, the Guarantors, along with Xin Ao and those entities owned or controlled by the Guarantors, should be brought into the lawsuit as co-defendants (the “Defendants”). On July 5, 2017, Beijing Intermediate Court ruled in favor of Cinda Beijing Branch and issued a judgment for execution to freeze the Defendants’ assets, an aggregate amount of RMB 304,972,608 (approximately US$45.8 million) which shall be used for the repayment of the Loan, the liquidated damages, the interest on the Loan, and other costs and expenses undertaken by Cinda Beijing Branch. Following the mediation, China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“Cinda”), two shareholders of Da Tong Lianlv Technologies Co., Ltd. (“Datong Lianlv”), Beijing Ao Huan Fund Management Co., Ltd. (“Ao Huan”), and Shou Tai Jin Xin (Chang Xing) Investment Management Co., Ltd (“Jin Xin”) entered into a certain limited partnership agreement (the “Partnership Agreement”) on December 22, 2017 to settle the lawsuit. Datong Lianlv is an affiliate of the Company and Xin Ao. Cinda is the parent company of Cinda Beijing Branch. As provided in the Partnership Agreement, the distributions of the limited partnership shall be allocated to Cinda first, who made a capital contribution in the form of its rights, title and interests in and to the repayment of the Loan in an aggregate amount of RMB 322,435,300 (approximately US$48.5 million) (the “Capital Contribution”). Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, payment shall be made until Cinda has received an amount equal to the aggregate of its unreturned Capital Contributions and a cumulative distribution equal to 7.5% of all distributions made. Datong Lianlv made its capital contribution in cash in an aggregate amount of RMB 150,000,000 (approximately US$22.5 million) along with its shareholders consent to transfer 99% of Datong Lianlv’s equity interests to the limited partnership. The PRC legal counsel of Xin Ao indicated that Cinda and Cinda Beijing Branch orally confirmed that this claim was fully settled in the form of the Partnership Agreement. In February 2018, the Cinda Beijing Branch filed an enforcement order with the court as the partnership had not been formed at that time. The partnership was subsequently formed in March 2018. No attempt to collect payment from Xin Ao has been made since the enforcement order was filed in February 2018. Based upon the legal opinion issued by the Company’s PRC legal counsel, Xin Ao believes a favorable outcome has been obtained and that it has no exposure for the pending judgement as the enforcement order has been resolved with the establishment of the Partnership.

 

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  (b) On July 11, 2018, Chengde County Rural Cooperatives Credit Union (the “Credit Union”) filed an arbitration demand (“Arbitration Demand”) with the People’s Court of Shuangqiao District, Chengde, Hebei Province (“Shuangqiao Court”) against certain entities and individuals (collectively the “Respondent”) including Xin Ao and Chengde Tianhang Concrete Co Ltd. (“Chengde Tianhang”) and Chengde Kaixuan Real Estate Development Co. Ltd. (“Chengde Kaixuan”) in connection with Chengde Tianhang’s potential default of its loan repayment. In accordance with the loan agreement, Mr. Weili He and Mr. Xianfu Han together acted as the guarantors for such loan. In addition, Mr. Han and Mr. He were the controlling shareholders and officers of Xin Ao, They are also the shareholders of Chengde Tianhang. Mr. Han and Mr. He were therefore named as co-respondents in the Arbitration Demand, where the Bank sought property preservation. Shuangqiao Court, accepting the Arbitration Demand of the Bank, rendered a decision to seize the bank deposits or equivalents of the Respondent in an aggregate amount of RMB 26,000,000 (approximately US$3.9 million).  Currently, none of the Company’s funds on deposit have been seized.

   

  (c) On October 9, 2017, Yong Fan filed a lawsuit against Beijing Lianlv Technology Group Co. Ltd (“Beijing Lianlv”), Xin Ao, and Mr. Weili He, in connection with Beijing Lianlv’s failure to pay the principal and interest of RMB2,927,400 (approximately US$0.4 million) under a loan agreement (the “Loan Agreement”). Given that Mr. Weili He acted as the guarantor for such loan, Mr. He was brought into the lawsuit as one of the co-defendants. Since Mr. He is one of the controlling shareholders of Xin Ao, Xin Ao was also brought into the lawsuit as one of the co-defendants The Court rendered a judgement in May 2018, ruling that:

 

  1) Beijing Lianlv shall pay Yong Fan RMB 2.895 million (approximately US$0.4 million) as principal of the loan and RMB32,400 (approximately US$5,000) as interest on the loan.. As of the date of this report, Beijing Lianlv has not made any payment and the Company is currently in the process of appealing the judgement;

 

  2) Xin Ao and Mr. Weili He are entitled to the right of recourse to Beijing Lianlv.

 

  (d) On January 8, 2018, Agricultural Bank of China Tangshan Branch (the “Bank”) filed an arbitration demand (“Arbitration Demand”) with the People’s Court of Fengrun District, Tangshan, Hebei Province (“Fengrun Court”) against certain entities and individuals including Xin Ao and Tangshan Xinglong Technology Development Co. Ltd. (“Xinlong”) (collectively the “Respondents”) in connection with Xinlong’s breach of a loan agreement. In accordance with the loan agreement, Xin Ao, as the guarantor on such loan from the Bank, was named as co-respondent to the Arbitration Demand, where the Bank sought property preservation. Fengrun Court, accepting the Arbitration Demand of the Bank, rendered a decision to seize the bank deposits or equivalents of Respondents in an aggregate amount of RMB 51,000,000 (approximately USD $7.7 million). Currently, none of the Company’s funds on deposit have been seized.

 

  2) Purchase disputes

 

  (a) Beijing Jinlong Datong Trading Co. Ltd. (“Jinlong”) filed a lawsuit on April 6, 2017 against Beijing Yucheng Jianda Concrete Co. Ltd. (“Chengyu”) in the People’s Court in Changping District, Beijing (“Changping Court”) to seek compensatory damages, interest and attorney’s fees (“Chengyu Action”). A Concrete Purchase Agreement was entered into by and between Chengyu and Lida Jiye Co. Ltd. (“Lida”) on April 30, 2016 for a construction project (the “Project”). The purchase price of the concrete supplied by Lida was RMB 5,595,093.2 (approximately US$0.8 million), the payment of which was overdue. On April 5, 2017, Lida entered into a debt assignment agreement with Jinlong to assign its right, title and interests in and to the repayment of such overdue purchase price against Chengyu. Chengyu was notified of such transaction on April 6, 2017. Xin Ao, as the contractor of the Project and one of the interested parties whose material interests are directly related to the proceeding, was bought into the lawsuit as a co-defendant. Xin Ao filed a counterclaim for a jurisdiction challenge, which was denied by the Changping Court. The Concrete Purchase Agreement provided that “any dispute arising out of the agreement shall be governed by the court located in the place the agreement was executed”, which was Changping, Beijing. On January 10, 2018, Changping Court rendered a decision in favor of Xin Ao.

 

  (b)

Nanling Yirui Materials Supplier Co., Ltd. (Nanling Yirui”) filed a lawsuit against Sihong Jinghong Sheng Concrete Co., Ltd. (“Sihong”) on October 23, 2017 in the People’s Court in Nanling County, Anhui Province, to seek compensatory damages, interest and attorney’s fees. A Raw Material Purchase Agreement was entered into by and between Nanling Yirui and Sihong on April 30, 2017. The purchase price of raw materials supplied by Nanling Yirui was RMB 3,452,799 (approximately US$0.5 million), the payment of which was overdue. Mr. Xianfu Han and Mr. Weili He are the shareholders of Sihong. Since Mr. Han and Mr. He are the controlling shareholders of Xin Ao, Xin Ao was also brought into the lawsuit as a co-defendant. The Court rendered a final judgement in June 2018 in favor of Nanling Yirui. As of the date of the report, Sihong has not made any payment.

 

 

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  3) Leasing disputes

 

On March 6, 2018, Beijing Chengda Yu Concrete Co., Ltd (“Beijing Chengda”) filed a lawsuit against Xin Ao in connection with Xin Ao’s breach of a rental lease. Beijing Chengda stated that on January 24, 2014 both parties entered into a lease agreement (the “Agreement”). A lease addendum was later entered into on February 25, 2014. The Agreement provided that, effective from July 18, 2013 to April 30, 2018, XinAo shall rent Beijing Chengda’s property, the Concrete Station, and assume all credits and debts incurred during the term of the lease agreement. Mr. Xianfu Han and Mr. Weili He signed a personal guaranty agreement with Xin Ao to undertake the liabilities of Xin Ao in the event of its breach on the lease agreement. On March 31, 2017, Beijing Chengda was sued by Beijing Zhongtong Jiang Xin’hang Construction Materials Co., Ltd for an unpaid balance in an amount of RMB 6,246,059 (approximately US$0.9 million in total) in connection with utilizing the Concrete Station. Beijing Chengda then brought a lawsuit against Xin Ao for the payment of such unpaid balance together plus with the legal fees in connection with the lawsuit. The case is still under review by the court, and no potential judgment amount has been decided.

 

  4) Labor disputes

 

During 2017, Sihong Jinghong Sheng Concrete Co., Ltd. (“Sihong”) was subject to certain labor disputes. The potential total amounts of judgment is approximately RMB 1,702,000 (approximately US$262,000). Since Mr. Xianfu Han and Mr. Weili He are the controlling shareholders of Xin Ao, Xin Ao was also brought into the lawsuit as a co-defendant. As of the date of the report, Sihong has not made any payment

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

 

As of the date of this Report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in our annual report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 filed with the SEC on December 10, 2018.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

 

On May 4, 2018, the Company issued 985,889 and 896,766 restricted shares of common stock of the Company to Mr. Xianfu Han, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and Mr. Weili He, Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) and a director of the Company, respectively. The shares were issued in consideration of the CEO and COO’s forgiveness of $2,021,073.24 and $1,838,369.60, respectively, of debt accrued as of March 31, 2018. The issuances were approved by the Board. These shares were issued without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the “Securities Act”) in reliance upon the exemptions provided in Section 4(a)(2) and Regulation S thereunder.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information.

 

None.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

The exhibits required by this item are set forth in the Exhibit Index attached hereto.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: January 23, 2019 CHINA ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS GROUP, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Xianfu Han
    Xianfu Han, Chief Executive Officer
    (Principal Executive Officer)
     
  By: /s/ Weili He
    Weili He, Interim Chief Financial Officer
   

(Principal Financial Officer and

Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.  Description
    
31.1  Certifications of Principal Executive Officer filed pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2  Certifications of Principal Financial Officer filed pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1  Certifications of Principal Executive Officer furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2  Certifications of Principal Chief Financial Officer furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS  XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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