As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 4, 2007
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
20549
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FORM SB-2
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
CHINA
BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC.
(Name of small business issuer in its charter)
Delaware | 2836 | 75-2308816 |
(State or other jurisdiction of | (Primary Standard Industrial | (I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization) | Classification Code Number) | Identification No.) |
No. 14 East Hushan Road, Taian City, Shandong
Peoples Republic of China 271000
(86-538)-620-3897
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)
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Louis A. Bevilacqua, Esq.
Thomas M. Shoesmith, Esq.
Joseph R. Tiano, Jr., Esq.
Thelen Reid Brown
Raysman & Steiner LLP
701 8th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001
(202)
508-4000
(Names, addresses and telephone numbers of agents for service)
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement, as determined by market conditions and other factors.
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. [X]
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Title of each class of securities
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Amount to be | Proposed maximum | aggregate offering | Amount of | |||||
to be registered | registered (1) (3) | offering price per share | price | registration fee | |||||
Common stock, $0.0001 par value | 4,780,000 | $2.70 (2) | $12,906,000 (2) | $396 | |||||
Common stock, $0.0001 par value | 1,284,000 (4) | $2.8425 (5) | $3,649,770 (5) | $112 | |||||
Total | 6,064,000 | - | $16,555,770 | $508 |
(1) Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the shares of Common Stock offered hereby also include such presently indeterminable number of shares of common stock as shall be issued by us to the selling stockholders upon adjustment under anti-dilution provisions covering stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c), based on the average of the bid and asked prices for the Common Stock reported in the Pink Sheets on August 29, 2007.
(3) Represents shares of the Registrants common stock being registered for resale that have been issued to the selling stockholders named in this registration statement.
(4) Represents shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of five-year warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock by the selling stockholders named in this registration statement.
(5) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(g) based upon the price at which the warrants may be exercised.
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to such Section 8(a), may determine.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
PROSPECTUS
Subject to completion, dated September 4, 2007
6,064,000 Shares of Common Stock
This prospectus relates to the resale of up to 6,064,000 shares of our common stock being offered by the selling stockholders, which includes:
4,780,000 shares of common stock;
1,070,000 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of five-year warrants owned by the selling stockholders named in this prospectus; and
214,000 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of five-year warrants owned by persons named in this prospectus who are associated with Lane Capital Markets, LLC.
We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of shares of common stock by the selling stockholders.
Our common stock is quoted on the over-the-counter market maintained by the Pink Sheets, LLC under the symbol CBPO The closing bid price for our common stock on August 29, 2007 was $2.70 per share, as reported by the Pink Sheets, LLC.
Any participating broker-dealers and any selling stockholders who are affiliates of broker-dealers are deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, and any commissions or discounts given to any such broker-dealer or affiliate of a broker-dealer may be regarded as underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. The selling stockholders have informed us that they do not have any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute their common stock.
Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See Risk Factors beginning on page 4 to read about factors you should consider before buying shares of our common stock.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this Prospectus is ___________, 2007.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY | 4 | |
SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION | 8 | |
RISK FACTORS | 10 | |
RISKS RELATING TO OUR BUSINESS | 10 | |
RISKS RELATING TO OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION | 15 | |
RISKS RELATING TO OUR INDUSTRY | 16 | |
RISKS RELATING TO DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA | 18 | |
RISKS RELATING TO OUR COMMON STOCK | 21 | |
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS | 22 | |
USE OF PROCEEDS | 22 | |
DILUTION | 23 | |
MARKET FOR OUR COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS | 23 | |
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION | 24 | |
OUR CORPORATE STRUCTURE AND HISTORY | 36 | |
OUR BUSINESS | 38 | |
MANAGEMENT | 49 | |
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION | 52 | |
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS | 54 | |
CHANGE IN ACCOUNTANTS | 55 | |
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS | 56 | |
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT | 57 | |
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES | 58 | |
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE | 59 | |
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION | 60 | |
INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL | 61 | |
DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION | 61 | |
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION | 62 |
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
This summary highlights some information from this prospectus, and it may not contain all of the information that is important to you. You should read the following summary together with the more detailed information regarding our company and the common stock being sold in this offering, including Risk Factors and our consolidated financial statements and related notes, included elsewhere in, or incorporated by reference into, this prospectus.
China Biologic Products, Inc.
We are a biopharmaceutical company and through our indirect majority-owned Chinese subsidiary, Shandong Taibang, we are principally engaged in the research, development, production and manufacturing of plasma-based pharmaceutical products in China. Shandong Taibang, operates from our manufacturing facility located in Taian City, Shandong Province, and is currently the only plasma-based biopharmaceutical product manufacturer in Shandong Province approved by the State.
Our principal products include human albumin and various types of immunoglobulin. We currently produce 14 biopharmaceutical products in seven major categories as follows:
Human Albumin: - 20%/10ml, 20%/25ml and 20%/50ml
Human Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin 100IU, 200IU, 400IU
Human Immunoglobulin 10%/3ml and 10%/1.5ml
Human Immunoglobulin for Intravenous Injection 5%/50ml
Thymopolypeptides Injection 20mg/2ml
Human Rabies Immunoglobulin 100IU, 200IU and 500IU
Human Tetanus Immunoglobulin 250IU
Human Albumin is our top selling product. Sales of our human albumin products represented approximately 75.5% and 83.9% of our total revenues, respectively, for the each of the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, and 73.3% for the period ended June 30, 2007. Our remaining revenue came from our other product categories during those periods. Human albumin is principally used to increase blood volume while immunoglobulin is used for certain disease preventions and cures. Shandong Taibangs human albumin and immunoglobulin products use human plasma as basic raw material. Albumin has been used for almost 50 years to treat critically ill patients by replacing lost fluid and maintaining adequate blood volume and pressure. All of our products are prescription medicines in the form of injections.
We sell our products to customers in the PRC. Our sales have historically been made on the basis of short-term arrangements and our largest customers have changed over the years. For the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, our top 5 customers accounted for approximately 10% and 12.3%, respectively, of our total revenue. For the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, our largest customer accounted for approximately 2.9% and 2.8%, of our revenue , respectively. As we continue to diversify our geographic presence, customer base and product mix, we expect that our largest customers will continue to change from year to year.
Our Industry
Our industry is competitive and subject to numerous government regulations. Retail prices of certain of our biopharmaceutical products in the PRC are subject to the control of the relevant State and provincial price administration authorities. The actual price for any given price-controlled product set by manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers cannot exceed the price ceiling imposed in accordance with the applicable government price control rules. Only those pharmaceutical products which are included in the Insurance Catalogue administered at the State or provincial level are subject to price control. Many competitive factors may affect our sales of products, including product efficacy, safety, price and cost effectiveness, marketing effectiveness, quality control and quality assurance of our manufacturing operations, and research and development of new products.
Competition
We believe that we are currently one of the fastest growing producers of albumin and immunoglobulin biopharmaceutical products in China. According to a 2006 Hua Yuan Medicine Net survey of the profit ranking of
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companies in the Chinese biological products industry, we are ranked the 20 th in 2006 and 25 th in 2005, and in the plasma products area, we were ranked 5 th . We believe that our past financial performance is attributable to our market position in the industry. Although entry to the industry is very restricted due to the regulatory requirements, over time, there may be new entrants into our industry. Our major competitors in the albumin and immunoglobulin market in China are Hualan Biological Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Biological Products, Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co. Ltd., Chengdu Rongsheng Pharmaceuticals, and Sichuan Yuanda Shuyang Pharmaceutical Co.
We seek to continue to meet challenges and secure our market position by enhancing our existing products, introducing new products to meet customer demand, delivering quality products to our customers in a timely manner and maintaining our established industry reputation.
Our Strategy
Our mission is to become a first-class biopharmaceutical enterprise in China. To achieve this objective, we have implemented the following strategies:
Securing the supply of plasma Due to the shortage of plasma and the reform of the ownership of plasma stations, our immediate strategy is to negotiate and acquire plasma stations so as to secure our plasma supply.
Acquisition of competitors and/or other biologic related companies In addition to organic growth, acquisition is an important part of our expansion strategy. Although there are about 34 approved plasma- based biopharmaceutical manufacturers in the market, we are of the view that only about half of them will be competitive. In addition, due to recent Ministry of Health regulations, we believe that it is difficult for new manufacturers to enter into the industry.
Further strengthening of research and development capability We believe that, unlike other more developed countries like the US, Chinas plasma-based biopharmaceutical products are at the initial stage of development. We plan to increase our focus on research and development in order to give us a competitive advantage over our competitors.
Market development and network expansion Leveraging on the high quality and safety record of our products, we intend to (i) enhance our product penetration with our existing customers by introducing new products and (ii) extend the reach of our products from our current market to include other provinces where we envision significant market potential.
Risk Factors
Our ability to successfully operate our business and achieve our goals and strategies is subject to numerous risks as discussed more fully in the section titled Risk Factors, including for example:
our ability to overcome competition from local and overseas pharmaceutical enterprises;
decrease in the availability, or increase in the cost, of plasma;
failure to obtain PRC governmental approval to increase retail prices of certain of our biopharmaceutical products;
loss of key members of our senior management; and
unexpected change in the PRC governments regulation of the biopharmaceutical industry in China, or changes in Chinas economic situation and legal environment.
Any of the above risks could materially and negatively affect our business, financial position and results of operations. An investment in our common stock involves risks. You should read and consider the information set forth in Risk Factors and all other information set forth in this prospectus before investing in our common stock.
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Corporate Information
We were originally incorporated in 1992 under the laws of the State of Texas. We conduct our operations in China through our subsidiary, Shandong Taibang. The following chart reflects our organizational structure as of the date of this prospectus.
Our principal executive offices are located at No. 14 East Hushan Road, Taian City, Shandong, Peoples Republic of China 271000. Our corporate telephone number is (86-538)-620-3897 and our fax number is (86-538)-6212407. We maintain a website at http://www.ctbb.com.cn that contains information about our operating company, but that information is not part of this prospectus.
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Use of Defined Terms and Treatment of Stock Split
Except as otherwise indicated by the context, references in this prospectus to:
China Biologic, the Company, we, us, or our, are references to the combined business of China Biologic Products, Inc., a publicly-held, non-operating holding company with headquarters in China (formerly, GRC Holdings, Inc.), and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Logic Express Limited, or Logic Express, a British Virgin Islands company, and its 82.76% owned subsidiary Shandong Taibang Biological Products Co. Ltd., or Shandong Taibang, a sino-foreign joint venture incorporated in China, and Shandong Taibangs wholly-owned subsidiaries, the Xia Jin Plasma Company, the Qi He Plasma Company, the He Ze Plasma Company, the Huan Jiang Plasma Company, the Yang Gu Plasma Company, the Zhang Qiu Plasma Company and the Shandong Medical Company, and Shandong Taibangs 80% owned subsidiary, the Fang Cheng Plasma Company;
China, State and PRC are references to the Peoples Republic of China;
RMB are to Renminbi, the legal currency of China;
U.S. dollar, and $are to the legal currency of the United States;
the Securities Act are to Securities Act of 1933, as amended;
the Exchange Act are to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
U.S. dollar, $ and $ refer to the legal currency of the United States. For all U.S. dollar amounts reported, the dollar amount has been calculated on the basis that RMB7.60 = $1.00 for its June 30, 2007 unaudited balance sheet, with the exception of the equity accounts, and RMB7.80 = $1.00 for its December 31, 2006 audited balance sheets, with the exception of the equity accounts. The equity accounts were stated at their historical rate. The average translation rates applied to income statement and statements cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 were RMB7.96 and RMB8.02, respectively.
All share numbers contained in this prospectus are adjusted to reflect the 1-for -10 reverse split of our common stock that occurred on July 20, 2006.
The Offering
6,064,000 shares, including 1,284,000 shares of common | ||
Common stock offered by selling | stock that are issuable upon the exercise of outstanding | |
stockholders | warrants held by the selling stockholders named in this | |
prospectus. This number represents 28.3% of our current | ||
outstanding common stock (1) | ||
Common stock outstanding before the | 22,718,942 shares. | |
offering (presuming the warrants are | ||
exercised) | ||
Common stock outstanding after the offering | 22,718,942 shares. | |
(presuming the warrants are exercised) | ||
Proceeds to us | We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of shares | |
of common stock by the selling stockholders. |
(1) Based on 22,718,942 shares of common stock outstanding at the filing of this Registration Statement, assuming that all the warrants are exercised. All share numbers contained in this prospectus are adjusted to reflect the 1-for -10 reverse split of our common stock that occurred on July 20, 2006.
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SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The following tables set forth key components of our results of operations for the periods indicated in dollars. We were a shell company before our reverse acquisition of Logic Express. As we had no ongoing business operations prior to the share exchange transaction, we are not required to present financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2005 other than for Shandong Taibang, which is considered to be our predecessor for these purposes. We are providing our consolidated financial information, as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 which have been derived from the audited financial statements of Shandong Taibang. As the share exchange transaction involving our Company and Logic Express is considered to be a capital transaction (issuance of stock by Logic Express for the net monetary assets of our Company) in substance, rather than a business combination, Logic Express is treated as the continuing reporting entity that acquired us. Accordingly, the financial information prior to the reverse acquisition represents the consolidated financial information of Logic Express, which includes Shandong Taibang. This information should be read in conjunction with Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and our consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.
China Biologic and Subsidiaries |
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Biologic and Subsidiaries
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Statement of Operations Data: | |||||||||
Revenues | 16,503,911 | 9,067,701 | 22,230,570 | 11,558,708 | |||||
Cost of revenues | 6,012,348 | 4,185,625 | 9,601,605 | 6,205,685 | |||||
Gross Profit | 10,491,563 | 4,882,096 | 12,628,965 | 5,353,023 | |||||
Operating Expenses | 2,632,444 | 1,110,963 | 6,443,955 | 2,824,804 | |||||
Operating income | 7,859,119 | 3,771,133 | 6,185,010 | 2,528,219 | |||||
Finance expense | 46,224 | 95,502 | 185,578 | 103,505 | |||||
Other expenses (income) | 23,042 | 30,205 | 128,259 | (72,886) | |||||
Income/(loss) before income taxes and | 5,871,173 | 2,497,600 | |||||||
minority interests | 7,789,853 | 3,645,426 | |||||||
Income tax expense | 1,298,962 | 483,631 | 750,095 | 405,101 | |||||
Net income/(loss) before minority interests | 6,490,891 | 3,161,795 | 5,121,078 | 2,092,499 | |||||
Minority Interests | 1,148,548 | 472,476 | 1,304,241 | 782,813 | |||||
Net income/(loss) after minority interests | 5,342,343 | 2,689,319 | 3,816,837 | 1,309,686 | |||||
Net income per share | |||||||||
Basic | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.07 | |||||
Diluted | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.07 | |||||
Total cash dividend declared | - | 1,625,765 | 1,625,765 | 1,283,751 |
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Balance Sheet Data: | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | 6,548,316 | 4,268,220 | 607,376 | ||||
Pledged bank deposit | 65,750 | - | 1,860,000 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net | 3,407,481 | 3,775,387 | 2,200,138 | ||||
Inventories | 7,277,754 | 6,117,361 | 3,564,482 | ||||
Other current assets | 2,724,532 | 1,379,532 | 1,468,028 | ||||
Total current assets | 20,023,833 | 15,540,500 | 9,700,024 | ||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 11,075,508 | 7,437,768 | 5,367,691 | ||||
Intangible assets, net | 759,331 | 718,011 | 438,237 | ||||
Other non-current assets | 804,150 | 778,364 | 175,577 | ||||
Total assets | 32,662,822 | 24,474,643 | 15,681,529 | ||||
Short-term bank loans | 1,315,000 | 2,564,000 | 3,720,000 | ||||
Other current liabilities | 8,820,362 | 6,235,316 | 8,388,787 | ||||
Long term liabilities | 460,250 | 641,000 | 1,302,001 | ||||
Total liabilities | 10,595,612 | 9,440,316 | 13,410,788 | ||||
Minority Interests | 3,535,935 | 2,308,487 | 1,693,597 | ||||
Total shareholders equity | 18,531,275 | 12,725,840 | 577,144 |
China Biologic and | China Biologic and Subsidiaries | |||||||
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Net Cash provided by/(used in) Operating activities | 7,309,632 | 475,524 | 3,094,871 | (12,369) | ||||
Net Cash used in Investing activities | (3,872,728) | (156,928) | (3,516,965) | (1,495,767) | ||||
Net Cash (used in)/ provided by Financing | ||||||||
activities | (1,198,462) | 203,101 | 4,051,475 | 1,476,307 | ||||
Effects of Exchange Rate Change in Cash | 41,654 | 13,617 | 31,463 | 96,083 | ||||
Net Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents | 2,280,096 | 535,314 | 3,660,844 | 64,254 | ||||
Cash and Cash Equivalent at beginning of | ||||||||
Period | 4,268,220 |
607,376
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607,376
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543,122
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Cash and Cash Equivalent at end of period | 6,548,316 | 1,142,690 | 4,268,220 | 607,376 |
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RISK FACTORS
The shares of our common stock being offered for resale by the selling stockholders are highly speculative in nature, involve a high degree of risk and should be purchased only by persons who can afford to lose the entire amount invested in the common stock. Before purchasing any of the shares of common stock, you should carefully consider the following factors relating to our business and prospects. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition or operating results will suffer, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.
RISKS RELATING TO OUR BUSINESS
If the State bans or limits plasma-based biopharmaceutical products, our operations, revenues and profitability would be adversely affected.
The principal raw materials of our existing and planned biopharmaceutical products is human source plasma, which, due to its unique nature, is subject to various quality and safety control issues which include, but are not limited to, contaminations and blood born diseases. In addition, limitations of current technology pose biological hazards inherent in plasma that have yet to be discovered which could result in a wide spread epidemic due to blood infusion. In the event that human plasma is discovered to contain pathogens or infectious agents or other bio-hazards or if the State bans or limits plasma-based biopharmaceutical products, our operations, revenues and profitability would be adversely affected.
If the plasma from Shandong Province are found to be contaminated, or the supply from these plasma stations becomes restricted, our operation, revenues and profitability would be adversely affected.
We currently source plasma mainly from our plasma stations in Shandong Province and Guangxi Province. The largest plasma station, Qihe, in Shandong Province, accounted for approximately 39.2% and 60% of our total plasma purchased for the years December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. If the plasma from these collection stations are found to be contaminated, the supply from these plasma stations becomes restricted, our operation, revenues and profitability would be adversely affected.
Our recent acquisition of five plasma stations in Shandong Province and three plasma stations in Guangxi Province expose us to potential risks and unforeseen liabilities which could have an adverse effect on our resources.
As part of the industry reform initiative by the Chinese government, in 2006 we acquired five of the six existing plasma stations in Shandong and we received the permit to operate them in January 2007. In April 2007 we acquired two additional plasma stations and signed letter of intent with another plasma station in the Guangxi Province. Two of our new plasma stations already have the necessary permit to operate and they commenced operations in July and August 2006, respectively. The acquisition of these stations exposes us to potential risks, including risks associated with the assimilation of new operations, technologies and personnel, unforeseen or hidden liabilities, the diversion of resources from our existing businesses and technologies, the inability to generate sufficient revenue to offset the costs and expenses of acquisitions, and potential loss of, or harm to, relationships with employees, customers and suppliers as a result of the integration of these new businesses. Furthermore, we may not be able to complete the acquisition of the remaining plasma station in Guangxi Province or do so on the same terms that we have initially agreed to in the letters of intent.
Our revenues and profitability will be adversely affected if the market demands for human albumin cannot be sustained.
A large proportion of our revenue has been derived from human albumin products. The revenues derived from sales of our human albumin products represented approximately 75.5% and 83.9% of total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Although we have been developing new products and promoting various emerging products with the aim of gradually lowering our dependence on our principal products, these principal products have remained, and are expected to remain our key revenue contributors. Our revenues and profitability will be adversely affected if the market demands for human albumin cannot be sustained in the future or upon a decrease in prices of our biopharmaceutical products.
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Our operations, sales, profit and cash flow will be adversely affected if our albumin products fail inspection or are delayed by regulators.
Each batch of our albumin products requires inspection by Chinese government regulators before we can ship it to our customers. Furthermore, new regulations may emerge to require our other products to be inspected by regulators before we can ship them to our customers. In the event that the regulators delay the approval of our products or change the requirements in such a way that we are unable to comply with those requirements, our operations, sales, profit and cash flow will be adversely affected.
We rely on contracts with the Shandong Province Institute of Biological Products for over 39% of our Shandong Taibang employees, which if breached, could have an adverse effect on our operations and on our financial results.
Shandong Province Institute of Biological Products, or the Shandong Institute, has provided us with approximately 130 of our employees out of a total of approximately 331 employees. We have entered into a secondment agreement with the Shandong Institute for these employees pursuant to which we are responsible for their salaries as well as for their social benefits such as State insurance. Our contract with the Shandong Institute expires in October 2032, however, the Shandong Institute is being privatized and this secondment arrangement will expire upon the completion of such privatization, which is expected to occur before the end of 2008. Upon expiration or termination of the secondment arrangement, we plan to hire the seconded employees directly, but we cannot be sure that all of the employees will accept our employment offers at that time. Some of these employees currently hold senior management positions with us. If the Shandong Institute stops seconding these employees to us and we are unable to hire replacement employees on time, our operations, as well as our financial results, will suffer.
If the distributors who we rely on do not purchase our products, our business and results of operations will be adversely affected.
We sell all of our products in China through our network of about 281 distributors located in about 22 provinces and municipal cities throughout China. While we have established working relationships with many of our distributors and strictly regulate their sales and marketing activities by annual distribution agreements, there are no restrictions in these distribution agreements preventing our distributors from also supplying products produced by our competitors. Our own marketing and sales staff work to develop and maintain relationships with our distributors, but there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain such relationships. For the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, direct sales to distributors represented approximately 59.6% and 54%, respectively, of our total revenues. If a number of our distributors cease to purchase our products and we are unable to find suitable replacement, our business and results of operations will be adversely affected.
Our inability to successfully research and develop new biological pharmaceutical products could have an adverse effect on our future growth.
We believe that the successful development of biological pharmaceutical products can be affected by many factors. Products that appear to be promising in the early phases of research and development may fail to be commercialized for various reasons, including the failure to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals. In addition, the research and development cycles for new medicine for which we must obtain a Certificate of New Medicine from the PRC Ministry of Health, is a relatively lengthy process. In our experience, the process of conducting research and various tests on new products before obtaining a Certificate of New Medicine and subsequent procedures may take approximately three to five years. There is no assurance that our future research and development projects will be successful or that they will be completed within the anticipated time frame or budget. Also, there is no guarantee that we will receive the necessary approvals from relevant authorities for the production of our newly developed products. Even if such products could be successfully commercialized, there is no assurance that they will be accepted by the market as anticipated.
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Our financial position and operations may be materially and adversely affected, if our product liability insurance does not sufficiently cover our liabilities.
Under current PRC laws, manufacturers and vendors of defective products in the PRC may incur liability for loss and injury caused by such products. Pursuant to the General Principles of the Civil Law of the PRC or the PRC Civil Law, which became effective in 1987, a defective product which causes property damage or physical injury to any person may subject the manufacturer or vendor of such product to civil liability.
In 1993, the PRC promulgated the Product Quality Law of the PRC or the Product Quality Law, which was revised in 2000. The Product Quality Law was enacted to protect the rights and interests of end-users and consumers and to strengthen the supervision and control of the quality of products. Under the Product Quality Law, manufacturers who produce defective products may be subject to fines and required to cease production, and in severe cases, be subject to criminal liability and may have their business licenses revoked.
1n 1993, the Law of the PRC on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Consumers or the Consumers Rights Law was promulgated to further protect the legal rights and interests of consumers in connection with the purchase or use of goods and services. All businesses, including our business, must observe and comply with the Consumers Rights Law.
We maintain product liability insurance for sales in the PRC for all of our products. Although no one has filed any claims in relation to the use of our pharmaceutical products, our financial position and operations may be materially and adversely affected, if our insurance coverage is insufficient to cover a successful claim.
We depend heavily on key personnel, and turnover of key employees and senior management could harm our business.
Our success, to a certain extent, is attributable to the expertise and experience of our senior management and key research and technical personnel, including Stanley Wong, our Chief Financial Officer, Tung Lam, the Chief Executive Officer of Shandong Taibang, Diang Cong Liu, the Quality control Manager of Shandong Taibang and Ya Wen Liu, the Sales Manger of Shandong Taibang, who carry out key functions in our operation. If we lose the service of any of our senior management or key research or technical personnel or fail to attract additional personnel with suitable experience and qualification, our business operations and research capability may be adversely affected.
Our inability to successfully implement our business plans may adversely affect our profitability and prospects.
The successful implementation of our business plans and strategies, which include both organic and acquisition growth, depends on a number of factors including, among others, continued growth of the biopharmaceutical market in the PRC, the availability of funds, competition and government policies. There is no assurance that our plans can be implemented successfully as scheduled or at all. Any failure or delay in the implementation of any or all of our plans may have an adverse effect on our profitability and prospects.
Our senior management and employees have worked together for a short period of time, which may make it difficult for you to evaluate their effectiveness and ability to address challenges.
Due to our limited operating history and recent additions to our management team, certain of our senior management and employees have worked together at our company for only a relatively short period of time. As a result of these circumstances, it may be difficult for you to evaluate the effectiveness of our senior management and other key employees and their ability to address future challenges to our business.
Future acquisitions may have an adverse effect on our ability to manage our business.
Selective acquisitions form part of our strategy to further expand our business. If we are presented with appropriate opportunities, we may acquire additional companies, products or technologies. Future acquisitions and the subsequent integration of new companies into ours would require significant attention from our management. Our company has little experience with integrating newly acquired businesses. Potential problems encountered by each organization during mergers and acquisitions would be unique, posing additional risks to the company. The diversion of our managements attention and
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any difficulties encountered in any integration process could have an adverse effect on our ability to manage our business. Future acquisitions would expose us to potential risks, including risks associated with the assimilation of new operations, technologies and personnel, unforeseen or hidden liabilities, the diversion of resources from our existing businesses and technologies, the inability to generate sufficient revenue to offset the costs and expenses of acquisitions, and potential loss of, or harm to, relationships with employees, customers and suppliers as a result of integration of new businesses.
We may lose our competitive advantage and our operations may suffer if we fail to prevent the loss or misappropriation of, or disputes over, our intellectual property.
We plan to apply for patents for our manufacturing processes. The patent application will be subject to approval from the relevant PRC authorities. We may not be able to successfully obtain the approval of the PRC authorities for our patent applications. Furthermore, third parties may assert claims to our proprietary procedures, technologies and systems. These proprietary procedures, technologies and systems are important to our business as they allow us to maintain our competitive edge over our competitors.
Our ability to compete successfully and to achieve future revenue growth will depend, in significant part, on our ability to protect our proprietary technology and operate without infringing upon the intellectual property rights of others. The legal regime in China for the protection of intellectual property rights is still at its early stage of development. Intellectual property protection became a national effort in China in 1979 when China adopted its first statute on the protection of trademarks. Since then, China has adopted its Patent Law, Trademark Law and Copyright Law and promulgated related regulations such as Regulation on Computer Software Protection, Regulation on the Protection of Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits and Regulation on Internet Domain Names. China has also acceded to various international treaties and conventions in this area, such as the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Patent Cooperation Treaty, Madrid Agreement and its Protocol Concerning the International Registration of Marks. In addition, when China became a party to the World Trade Organization in 2001, China amended many of its laws and regulations to comply with the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. Despite many laws and regulations promulgated and other efforts made by China over the years with a view to tightening up its regulation and protection of intellectual property rights, private parties may not enjoy intellectual property rights in China to the same extent as they would in many Western countries, including the United States, and enforcement of such laws and regulations in China have not achieved the levels reached in those countries. Both the administrative agencies and the court system in China are not well-equipped to deal with violations or handle the nuances and complexities between compliant technological innovation and non-compliant infringement.
We rely on trade secrets and registered patents and trademarks to protect our intellectual property. We have also entered into confidentiality agreements with our management and employees relating to our confidential proprietary information. However, the protection of our intellectual properties may be compromised as a result of:
departure of any of our management members or employees in possession of our confidential proprietary information;
breach by such departing management member or employee of his or her confidentiality and non-disclosure undertaking to us;
expiration of the protection period of our registered patents or trademarks;
infringement by others of our proprietary technology and intellectual property rights; or
refusal by relevant regulatory authorities to approve our patent or trademark applications.
Any of these events or occurrences may have a material adverse effect on our operations. The measures that we have put into place to protect our intellectual property rights may not be sufficient. Litigation to enforce our intellectual property rights could result in substantial costs and may not be successful. If we are not able to successfully defend our intellectual property rights, we might lose rights to technology that we need to conduct and develop our business. This may seriously harm our business, operating results and financial condition, and enable our competitors to use our intellectual property to compete against us.
Furthermore, if third parties claim that our products infringe their patents or other intellectual property rights, we may be required to devote substantial resources to defend against such claims. If we are unsuccessful in defending against
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such infringement claims, we may be required to pay damages, modify our products or suspend the production and sale of such products. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to modify our products on commercially reasonable terms.
A disruption in the supply of utilities, fire or other calamity at our manufacturing plant would disrupt production of our products and adversely affect our sales.
Our products are manufactured solely at our production facility located in Taian City, Shandong Province in the PRC. While we have not in the past experienced any calamities which disrupted production, any disruption in the supply of utilities, in particular, electricity or power supply, or any outbreak of fire, flood or other calamity resulting in significant damage at our facilities would severely affect our production and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We maintain insurance policies covering losses with respect to damages to our properties and products. We do not have insurance coverage for machinery and inventories of raw materials. There is no assurance that our insurance would be sufficient to cover all of our potential losses.
Investor confidence and market price of our shares may be adversely impacted if we or our independent registered public accountants are unable to attest to the adequacy of the internal controls over our financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, as required by Section 404 of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
We will be subject to the reporting requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, following the completion of this offering. The SEC, as directed by Section 404 of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, adopted rules requiring public companies, including us following the completion of this offering, to include a report of management of their internal control structure and procedures for financial reporting in their annual reports on Form 10-K that contains an assessment by management of the effectiveness of their internal controls over financial reporting. In addition, independent registered public accountants of these public companies must attest to and report on managements assessment of the effectiveness of their internal controls over financial reporting. These requirements will first apply to our annual report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2007, although the auditor attestation will not be required until our annual report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2008. Our management may conclude that our internal controls over financial reporting are not effective. Moreover, even if our management concludes otherwise, if our independent registered public accountants are not satisfied with our internal control structure and procedures, the level at which our internal controls are documented, designed, operated or reviewed, or if the independent registered public accountants interpret the requirements, rules or regulations differently from us, they may decline to attest to our managements assessment or may issue a report that is qualified. Any of these possible outcomes could result in an adverse reaction in the financial marketplace due to a loss of investor confidence in the reliability of our financial statements, which could negatively impact the market price of our shares.
There is a dispute between the former shareholders of Shandong Taibang that calls into question our ownership of our primary operating subsidiary, which if not resolved in our favor will adversely affect our business.
In 2006, the Shandong Missile Biological Engineering Company, or Missile Engineering, which is controlled by Mr. Zu Ying Du, applied for arbitration before the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission , or CIETAC, to challenge the effectiveness of the transfer to Up-Wing Investments Limited, or Up-Wing, of the equity interests in Shandong Taibang formerly owned by Missile Engineering. The equity transfer had been approved by the Shandong Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, or the Shandong COFTEC. Missile Engineering later voluntarily withdrew this application and instead applied to the Shandong COFTEC for administrative reconsideration of the equity transfer, but this application was rejected. Thereafter, Missile commenced an administrative proceeding against the Shandong COFTEC alleging that it wrongfully approved the equity transfer. This administrative proceeding is still pending. We believe that all necessary approvals and documentation were obtained at the time of equity transfer and we have initiated legal action in China intending to restrain Missile Engineering from seeking to resolve the equity transfer issue, by means other than by arbitration, the agreed-upon method of conflict resolution at the time of the transfer. If we are unable to enjoin Missile Engineering from its current course of action, we may be tied up in litigation which could distract our management and our expenses may significantly increase. See Legal Proceedings for more details regarding this risk factor.
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RISKS RELATING TO OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION
Our 2007 actual financial performance could vary from the performance thresholds provided by our controlling stockholders under the make good arrangement with the investors in our private placement.
Our 2007 actual financial performance could vary from the performance thresholds provided by our controlling stockholders under the make good arrangement with investors in our private placement. Under the make good arrangement with the investors, our controlling stockholders indicated that their expectation is that there will be at least $4,819,500 of after-tax net income or $5,823,465 of after-tax net income before minority interest for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006 and $8,302,000 of after-tax net income or $10,031,416 of after-tax net income before minority interest for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007 and we have not met the performance threshold for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006. The performance thresholds generally represent a current estimate of our financial performance and are forward-looking. In addition, events beyond our control, including but not limited to the risk factors set out in this section of the Prospectus, changes in the bases or rates of taxation applicable to us in the respective jurisdictions in which we operate, and force majeure events or unforeseeable factors, could adversely affect the results. Actual results may be materially different from their estimate and thus the estimate by our controlling stockholders may not be reliable. Should our 2007 actual performance not meet the revenue estimates and the performance thresholds, (i) our share price will likely decrease and (ii) there will be a meaningful decrease in the percentage ownership by our controlling stockholders which may impact our board composition, our management structure, and/or the operation of our business going forward.
There is no assurance that we will be able to maintain or increase historical levels of profitability.
Competing or potential substitute products, produced locally in the PRC or imported by overseas manufacturers, may adversely affect the demand for, and pricing of, our products. Many of our biopharmaceutical products are also subject to pricing controls by the relevant State and provincial pricing authorities, which set the maximum retail sales prices for the relevant medicines in the PRC, and therefore we do not have absolute control to maximize our profits in relation to such products. These factors may at the same time restrict our ability to maintain profitability when faced with fluctuations in supply and prices of key raw materials used for the production of our products. Investors should be aware that there is no assurance that we will be able to increase or maintain our historical revenue or profit levels.
Our cash flow could be negatively affected as a result of our extension of relatively long payment terms to customers that we believe are credit worthy.
As is customary in our industry, we extend relatively long payment terms (up to six months) to customers that we believe are credit worthy. Although we attempt to establish appropriate reserves for our receivables, those reserves may not prove to be adequate in view of actual levels of bad debts. The failure of our customers to pay us timely would negatively affect our working capital, which could in turn adversely affect our cash flow.
Our limited operating history may not serve as an adequate basis to judge our future prospects and results of operations.
We have a limited operating history. Shandong Taibang as began its operation in October 2002. With the rapid growth of the industry, it has experienced a high growth rate since 2002. Furthermore, we did not acquire a controlling interest in Shandong Taibang until September 2005. As such, our historical operating results may not provide a meaningful basis for evaluating our business, financial performance and prospects. We may not be able to achieve a similar growth rate in future periods. Accordingly, you should not rely on our results of operations for any prior periods as an indication of our future performance.
We face risks associated with debt financing (including exposure to variation in interest rates).
Our total outstanding indebtedness, entirely comprising of short-term loans, as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 was $1.32 million and $2.56 million, respectively. The interest rates on these short-term loans are fixed and from 5.85% to 6.14% per annum. Our obligations under our existing loans have been mainly met through the cash flow from our operations and our financing activities. We are subject to risks normally associated with debt financing, including the risk of
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significant increase in interest rates and the risk that our cash flow will be insufficient to meet required payment of principal and interest. In the past, cash flow from operations had been sufficient to meet payment obligations and/or we have been able to roll over our borrowings. There is however no assurance that we will be able to do so in the future. We may also underestimate our capital requirements and other expenditures or overestimate our future cash flows. In such event, additional capital, debt or other forms of financing may be required for our working capital. If any of the aforesaid events occur and we are unable for any reason to raise additional capital, debt or other financing to meet our working capital requirements, our business, operating results, liquidity and financial position will be adversely affected.
We will incur capital expenditures in the future in connection with our growth plans and therefore may require additional financing.
To grow our sales volume, we need to increase our production capacities and this will require substantial capital expenditures. Such expenditures are likely to be incurred in advance of any increase in sales. Our revenue may not increase after these capital expenditures are incurred. This will depend on, among other factors, on our ability to maintain or achieve high capacity utilization rates. Any failure to increase our revenue after incurring capital expenditure to expand production capacity will reduce our profitability.
In addition, we may need to obtain additional debt or equity financing to fund our capital expenditures. Additional equity financing may result in dilution to our shareholders. Additional debt financing may be required which, if obtained, may:
limit our ability to pay dividends or require us to seek consents for the payment of dividends;
increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;
limit our ability to pursue our growth plan;
require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations as payment for our debt, thereby reducing availability of our cash flow to fund capital expenditures, working capital and other general corporate purposes; and/or
limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry.
We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain the additional financing on terms that are acceptable to us.
RISKS RELATING TO OUR INDUSTRY
If our supply of quality plasma is interrupted, our results of operations and profitability will be adversely affected.
The production of plasma-based biopharmaceutical products relies on the supply of plasma of suitable quality. For the year ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the cost of plasma used by us for production accounted for approximately 74% and 68%, respectively, of total production cost. The supply and market prices of plasma may be adversely affected by factors such as regulatory restrictions, weather conditions or outbreak of diseases which would impact our costs of production. We may not be able to pass on any resulting increase in costs to our customers and therefore any substantial fluctuation in supply or market prices of plasma may adversely affect our results of operations and profitability.
The biopharmaceutical industry in the PRC is strictly regulated and changes in such regulations may have an adverse effect on our business.
The biopharmaceutical industry in the PRC is strictly regulated by the State. The regulatory regime, such as administrative approval of medicines and production approvals, comprises of series of regulations and administrative rules. The PRC regulatory authorities may amend such regulations and administrative rules and promulgate new regulations and administrative rules from time to time. Changes in these regulations and administrative rules could have a significant impact on our business. Such changes may have any adverse impact on our business.
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We may not be able to carry on our business if we lose any of the permits and licenses required by the PRC Government in order to carry on our business.
All pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution enterprises in the PRC are required to obtain from various PRC governmental authorities certain permits and licenses, including, in the case of manufacturing enterprises, a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Permit and, in the case of distribution enterprises, a Pharmaceutical Distribution Permit.
We have obtained permits and licenses and certificates for Good Manufacturing Practice, or GMP, required for the manufacture of our pharmaceutical products. These permits and licenses held by us are subject to periodic renewal and/or reassessment by the relevant PRC Government authorities and the standards of compliance required in relation thereto may from time to time be subject to changes. We intend to apply for the renewal of such permits and licenses when required by applicable laws and regulations. Any changes in compliance standards, or any new laws or regulations that may prohibit or render it more restrictive for us to conduct our business or increase our compliance costs may adversely affect our operations or profitability. Any failure by us to obtain such renewals may have a material adverse effect on the operation of our business. In addition, we may not be able to carry on business without such permits and business licenses being renewed.
We may encounter increased competition from both local and overseas pharmaceutical enterprises which could adversely affect our revenues.
There are both local and overseas pharmaceutical enterprises that are engaged in the manufacture and sale of potential substitute or similar biopharmaceutical products as our products in the PRC. These competitors may have more capital, better research and development resources, manufacturing and marketing capability and experience than us. Our profitability may be adversely affected if (i) competition intensifies; (ii) competitors drastically reduce prices; or (iii) competitors develop new products or product substitutes having comparable medicinal applications or therapeutic effects which are more effective and /or less costly than those produced by us.
Other approved biopharmaceutical manufacturers in the PRC are entitled to produce many of the products produced by us. There are currently about 34 approved manufacturers of plasma-based pharmaceutical products in China. Many of these manufacturers are essentially producing the same type of products, human albumin and various types of immunoglobulin. Although we believe that it is difficult for new manufacturers to enter into the industry, if other manufacturers obtain approval from the regulators, we may face competition and our business and profitability may be adversely affected. We believe that our major competitors in the albumin and immunoglobulin market in China are Hualan Biological Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Biological Products, Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co. Ltd., Chengdu Ronsheng Pharmaceuticals, and Sichuan Yuanda Shuyang Pharmaceutical Co.
Competition from imported products and Chinas admission as a member of the WTO creates increased competition for us. The PRC became a member of the WTO in December 2001. Competition in the biopharmaceutical industry in the PRC will intensify generally in two respects. With lower import tariffs, we anticipate that imported biopharmaceutical products manufactured overseas may become increasingly competitive with domestically produced products in terms of pricing. We also believe that foreign biopharmaceutical manufacturers with more experience may set up production facilities in the PRC and compete with domestic manufacturers directly. Accordingly, with the expected increased supply of competitively priced biopharmaceutical products in the PRC we may be faced with increased competition by foreign biopharmaceutical products, including the types of products manufactured by US manufacturers and other manufacturers.
If we do not receive PRC governmental approval to increase the retail prices of certain of our biopharmaceutical products our revenues may be adversely affected.
Retail prices of certain of our biopharmaceutical products in the PRC are subject to the control of the relevant State and provincial price administration authorities. The actual price for any given price-controlled product set by manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers cannot exceed the price ceiling imposed in accordance with the applicable government price control rules. Only those pharmaceutical products which are included in the Insurance Catalogue administered at the State or provincial level are subject to price control.
Our three principal product categories, human albumin, human immunoglobulin for intravenous injections and human tetanus immunoglobulin, which accounted for a total of approximately 83% and 90% of our total revenues for the year
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ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, were subject to national price control regulations in the PRC. Hence, the prices of those products could not be increased at our discretion above the relevant controlled retail price ceiling without prior governmental approval. This, in turn, may affect the ex-factory prices set by us for our products and we therefore do not have unfettered freedom to maximize our profits. It is uncertain whether we will be able to obtain necessary approvals to increase the price of any of our products.
RISKS RELATING TO DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA
Substantially all of our assets are located in, and substantially all of our revenue is sourced from the PRC. Accordingly, our results of operations, financial position and prospects are subject to a significant degree to the economic, political and legal developments of the PRC.
Changes in Chinas political or economic situation could harm us and our operating results.
Economic reforms adopted by the Chinese government have had a positive effect on the economic development of the country, but the government could change these economic reforms or any of the legal systems at any time. This could either benefit or damage our operations and profitability. Some of the things that could have this effect are:
Level of government involvement in the economy;
Control of foreign exchange;
Methods of allocating resources;
Balance of payments position;
International trade restrictions; and
International conflict.
The Chinese economy differs from the economies of most countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, in many ways. For example, state-owned enterprises still constitute a large portion of the Chinese economy and weak corporate governance and a lack of flexible currency exchange policy still prevail in China. As a result of these differences, we may not develop in the same way or at the same rate as might be expected if the Chinese economy was similar to those of the OECD member countries.
Our business is largely subject to the uncertain legal environment in China and your legal protection could be limited.
The Chinese legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes. Unlike common law systems, it is a system in which precedents set in earlier legal cases are not generally used. The overall effect of legislation enacted over the past 20 years has been to enhance the legal protections afforded to foreign invested enterprises in China. However, these laws, regulations and legal requirements are relatively recent and are evolving rapidly, and their interpretation and enforcement involve uncertainties. These uncertainties could limit the legal protections available to foreign investors, such as the right of foreign invested enterprises to hold licenses and permits such as requisite business licenses. In addition, all of our executive officers and our directors are residents of China and not of the U.S., and substantially all the assets of these persons are located outside the U.S. As a result, it could be difficult for investors to effect service of process in the U.S., or to enforce a judgment obtained in the U.S. against our Chinese operations and subsidiaries.
The Chinese government exerts substantial influence over the manner in which we must conduct our business activities.
China only recently has permitted provincial and local economic autonomy and private economic activities. The Chinese government has exercised and continues to exercise substantial control over virtually every sector of the Chinese economy through regulation and state ownership. Our ability to operate in China may be harmed by changes in its laws and regulations, including those relating to taxation, import and export tariffs, environmental regulations, land use rights, property and other matters. We believe that our operations in China are in material compliance with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements. However, the central or local governments of the jurisdictions in which we operate may impose new, stricter
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regulations or interpretations of existing regulations that would require additional expenditures and efforts on our part to ensure our compliance with such regulations or interpretations.
Accordingly, government actions in the future, including any decision not to continue to support recent economic reforms and to return to a more centrally planned economy or regional or local variations in the implementation of economic policies, could have a significant effect on economic conditions in China or particular regions thereof, and could require us to divest ourselves of any interest we then hold in Chinese properties or joint ventures.
Future inflation in China may inhibit our ability to conduct business in China.
In recent years, the Chinese economy has experienced periods of rapid expansion and highly fluctuating rates of inflation. During the past ten years, the rate of inflation in China has been as high as 20.7% and as low as -2.2%. These factors have led to the adoption by the Chinese government, from time to time, of various corrective measures designed to restrict the availability of credit or regulate growth and contain inflation. High inflation may in the future cause the Chinese government to impose controls on credit and/or prices, or to take other action, which could inhibit economic activity in China, and thereby harm the market for our products and our company.
Restrictions on currency exchange may limit our ability to receive and use our revenues effectively.
The majority of our revenues will be settled in Renminbi and U.S. dollars, and any future restrictions on currency exchanges may limit our ability to use revenue generated in Renminbi to fund any future business activities outside China or to make dividend or other payments in U.S. dollars. Although the Chinese government introduced regulations in 1996 to allow greater convertibility of the Renminbi for current account transactions, significant restrictions still remain, including primarily the restriction that foreign-invested enterprises may only buy, sell or remit foreign currencies after providing valid commercial documents, at those banks in China authorized to conduct foreign exchange business. In addition, conversion of Renminbi for capital account items, including direct investment and loans, is subject to governmental approval in China, and companies are required to open and maintain separate foreign exchange accounts for capital account items. We cannot be certain that the Chinese regulatory authorities will not impose more stringent restrictions on the convertibility of the Renminbi.
Substantially all of our executive officers reside in the PRC, and substantially all of our assets are located within the PRC. It may not be possible for investors to affect service of process upon those persons in the PRC or to enforce any judgment obtained from non-PRC courts against them in the PRC or against our assets in the PRC.
China does not have treaties providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments of courts with Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Japan or many other countries. Therefore recognition and enforcement in China of judgments of a court in any of these jurisdictions in respect of any matter not subject to a binding arbitration provision may be difficult or impossible.
Our primary source of funds of dividends and other distributions from our operating subsidiary in China is subject to various legal and contractual restrictions and uncertainties, and our ability to pay dividends or make other distributions to our shareholders are negatively affected by those restrictions and uncertainties.
We are a holding company established in Delaware and conduct our core business operations through our principal operating subsidiary, Shandong Taibang, in China. As a result, our profits available for distribution to our shareholders are dependent on the profits available for distribution from Shandong Taibang. If Shandong Taibang incurs debt on its own behalf, the debt instruments may restrict its ability to pay dividends or make other distributions, which in turn would limit our ability to pay dividends on our shares. Under the current PRC laws, because we are incorporated in the Delaware, our PRC subsidiary, Shandong Taibang, is regarded as a sino-foreign joint venture enterprise in China. Although dividends paid by foreign invested enterprises, such as wholly foreign-owned enterprises and sino-foreign joint ventures, are not subject to any PRC corporate withholding tax, the PRC laws permit payment of dividends only out of net income as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. Determination of net income under PRC accounting standards and regulations may differ from determination under U.S. GAAP in significant aspects, such as the use of different principles for recognition of revenues and expenses. In addition, if we make additional capital contributions to our PRC subsidiary, Shandong Taibang (which may occur through the capitalization of undistributed profits), then additional approval of the PRC government would be required due to an increase in our registered capital and total investment in Shandong Taibang. Under
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the PRC laws, Shandong Taibang, a sino-foreign joint venture enterprise, is required to set aside a portion of its net income each year to fund designated statutory reserve funds. These reserves are not distributable as cash dividends. As a result, our primary internal source of funds of dividend payments from Shandong Taibang is subject to these and other legal and contractual restrictions and uncertainties, which in turn may limit or impair our ability to pay dividends to our shareholders. Moreover, any transfer of funds from us to Shandong Taibang, either as a shareholder loan or as an increase in registered capital, is subject to registration with or approval by PRC governmental authorities. These limitations on the flow of funds between us and Shandong Taibang could restrict our ability to act in response to changing market conditions. We currently do not intend on paying any dividends in the future and expect to retain all available funds to support our operations and to finance growth and development of our business.
Failure to comply with PRC regulations relating to the establishment of offshore special purpose companies by PRC residents may subject our PRC resident stockholders to personal liability, limit our ability to acquire PRC companies or to inject capital into our PRC subsidiaries, limit our PRC subsidiaries ability to distribute profits to us or otherwise materially adversely affect us.
In October 2005, the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or SAFE, issued the Notice on Relevant Issues in the Foreign Exchange Control over Financing and Return Investment Through Special Purpose Companies by Residents Inside China, generally referred to as Circular 75, which required PRC residents to register with the competent local SAFE branch before establishing or acquiring control over an offshore special purpose company, or SPV, for the purpose of engaging in an equity financing outside of China on the strength of domestic PRC assets originally held by those residents. Internal implementing guidelines issued by SAFE, which became public in June 2007 (known as Notice 106), expanded the reach of Circular 75 by (i) purporting to cover the establishment or acquisition of control by PRC residents of offshore entities which merely acquire control over domestic companies or assets, even in the absence of legal ownership; (ii) adding requirements relating to the source of the PRC residents funds used to establish or acquire the offshore entity; (iii) covering the use of existing offshore entities for offshore financings; (iv) purporting to cover situations in which an offshore SPV establishes a new subsidiary in China or acquires an unrelated company or unrelated assets in China; and (v) making the domestic affiliate of the SPV responsible for the accuracy of certain documents which must be filed in connection with any such registration, notably, the business plan which describes the overseas financing and the use of proceeds. Amendments to registrations made under Circular 75 are required in connection with any increase or decrease of capital, transfer of shares, mergers and acquisitions, equity investment or creation of any security interest in any assets located in China to guarantee offshore obligations, and Notice 106 makes the offshore SPV jointly responsible for these filings. In the case of an SPV which was established, and which acquired a related domestic company or assets, before the implementation date of Circular 75, a retroactive SAFE registration was required to have been completed before March 31, 2006; this date was subsequently extended indefinitely by Notice 106, which also required that the registrant establish that all foreign exchange transactions undertaken by the SPV and its affiliates were in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Failure to comply with the requirements of Circular 75, as applied by SAFE in accordance with Notice 106, may result in fines and other penalties under PRC laws for evasion of applicable foreign exchange restrictions. Any such failure could also result in the SPVs affiliates being impeded or prevented from distributing their profits and the proceeds from any reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation to the SPV, or from engaging in other transfers of funds into or out of China.
We believe our stockholders who are PRC residents as defined in Circular 75 have registered with the relevant branch of SAFE, as currently required, in connection with their equity interests in us and our acquisitions of equity interests in our PRC subsidiaries. However, we cannot provide any assurances that their existing registrations have fully complied with, and they have made all necessary amendments to their registration to fully comply with, all applicable registrations or approvals required by Circular 75. Moreover, because of uncertainty over how Circular 75 will be interpreted and implemented, and how or whether SAFE will apply it to us, we cannot predict how it will affect our business operations or future strategies. For example, our present and prospective PRC subsidiaries ability to conduct foreign exchange activities, such as the remittance of dividends and foreign currency-denominated borrowings, may be subject to compliance with Circular 75 by our PRC resident beneficial holders. In addition, such PRC residents may not always be able to complete the necessary registration procedures required by Circular 75. We also have little control over either our present or prospective direct or indirect stockholders or the outcome of such registration procedures. A failure by our PRC resident beneficial holders or future PRC resident stockholders to comply with Circular 75, if SAFE requires it, could subject these PRC resident beneficial holders to fines or legal sanctions, restrict our overseas or cross-border investment activities, limit our subsidiaries ability to make distributions or pay dividends or affect our ownership structure, which could adversely affect our business and prospects.
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The value of our securities will be affected by the currency exchange rate between U.S. dollars and RMB. The value of our common stock will be affected by the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollars and RMB, and between those currencies and other currencies in which our sales may be denominated. For example, if we need to convert U.S. dollars into RMB for our operational needs and the RMB appreciates against the U.S. dollar at that time, our financial position, our business, and the price of our common stock may be harmed. Conversely, if we decide to convert our RMB into U.S. dollars for the purpose of declaring dividends on our common stock or for other business purposes and the U.S. dollar appreciates against the RMB, the U.S. dollar equivalent of our earnings from our subsidiaries in China would be reduced.
Our procurement strategy is to diversify our suppliers both in the PRC and overseas. And some of our raw materials and major equipments are currently imported. These transactions are often settled in U.S. dollars or other foreign currency. In the event that the U.S. dollars or other foreign currency appreciate against RMB, our costs will increase. If we cannot pass the resulted cost increase to our customers, our profitability and operating results will suffer. In addition, because our sales to international customers are growing, we are subject to the risk of foreign currency depreciation.
If the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or CSRC, or another PRC regulatory agency, determines that CSRC approval is required in connection with this offering, this offering may be delayed or cancelled, or we may become subject to penalties.
On August 8, 2006, six PRC regulatory agencies, including the CSRC, promulgated the Regulation on Mergers and Acquisitions of Domestic Companies by Foreign Investors, which became effective on September 8, 2006. This new regulation, among other things, has certain provisions that require SPVs formed for the purpose of acquiring PRC domestic companies and controlled by PRC individuals, to obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to publicly listing their securities on an overseas stock market. However, the new regulation does not expressly provide that approval from the CSRC is required for the offshore listing of a SPV which acquires, directly or indirectly, equity interest or shares of domestic PRC entities held by domestic companies or individuals by cash payment, nor does it expressly provide that approval from CSRC is not required for the offshore listing of a SPV which has fully completed its acquisition of equity interest of domestic PRC equity prior to September 8, 2006. On September 21, 2006, the CSRC published on its official website a notice specifying the documents and materials that are required to be submitted for obtaining CSRC approval. It is not clear whether the provisions in the new regulation regarding the offshore listing and trading of the securities of a SPV applies to an offshore company such as us which has acquired the equity interest of PRC domestic entities in cash and has completed the acquisition of the equity interest of PRC domestic entities prior to the effective date of the new regulation. Since the new regulation has only recently been adopted, there remains some uncertainty as to how this regulation will be interpreted or implemented. If the CSRC or another PRC regulatory agency subsequently determines that the CSRCs approval is required for this offering, we may face sanctions by the CSRC or another PRC regulatory agency. If this happens, these regulatory agencies may impose fines and penalties on our operations in the PRC, limit our operating privileges in the PRC, delay or restrict the repatriation of the proceeds from this offering into the PRC, restrict or prohibit payment or remittance of dividends to us or take other actions that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation and prospects, as well as the trading price of our shares. The CSRC or other PRC regulatory agencies may also take actions requiring us, or making it advisable for us, to delay or cancel this offering before settlement and delivery of the shares being offered by us.
New corporate income tax law could adversely affect our business and our net income.
On March 16, 2007, National Peoples Congress passed a new corporate income tax law, which will be effective on January 1, 2008. This new corporate income tax unifies the corporate income tax rate, cost deductions and tax incentive policies for both domestic and foreign-invested enterprises in China. According to the new corporate income tax law, the applicable corporate income tax rate of our Chinese subsidiaries will incrementally increase to 25% over a five-year period. We are expecting that the rules for implementation would be enacted by the Chinese government in the coming months. After the rules are enacted, we can better assess what the impact of the new unified tax law would be over this period. The discontinuation of any special or preferential tax treatment or other incentives could adversely affect our business and our net income.
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RISKS RELATING TO OUR COMMON STOCK
There is not now, and there may not ever be, an active market for our common stock.
There currently is no market for our common stock. Further, although our common stock may be quoted in the over-the-counter market maintained by the Pink Sheets, LLC, trading of our common stock may be extremely sporadic. For example, several days may pass before any shares may be traded. A more active market for the common stock may never develop.
We cannot assure you that the common stock will become liquid or that it will be listed on a securities exchange .
We plan to list our common stock as soon as practicable. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to meet the initial listing standards of any stock exchange, or that we will be able to maintain any such listing. Until the common stock is listed on an exchange, we expect that it would be eligible to be quoted in the pink sheets. In this venue, however, an investor may find it difficult to obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of the common stock. In addition, if we failed to meet the criteria set forth in SEC regulations, various requirements would be imposed by law on broker-dealers who sell our securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors. Consequently, such regulations may deter broker-dealers from recommending or selling the common stock, which may further affect its liquidity. This would also make it more difficult for us to raise additional capital.
We are subject to penny stock regulations and restrictions which may affect our ability to sell our securities on the secondary market.
The SEC has adopted regulations which generally define penny stock to be an equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to specific exemptions. The market price of our common stock is less than $5.00 per share and therefore is a penny stock. Broker and dealers effecting transactions in penny stock must disclose certain information concerning the transaction, obtain a written agreement from the purchaser and determine that the purchaser is reasonably suitable to purchase the securities. These rules may restrict the ability of brokers or dealers to sell our common stock and may affect your ability to sell shares. In addition, so long as our common stock is quoted in the pink sheets (as is currently the case), investors will find it difficult to obtain accurate quotations of the stock, and may find few buyers to purchase such stock and few market makers to support its price.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus contains forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are contained principally in the sections entitled Summary, Risk Factors, Use of Proceeds, Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Business. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the factors described in the section captioned Risk Factors above. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as anticipates, believes, could, estimates, expects, intends, may, plans, potential, predicts, projects, should, would and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements also represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and the documents that we reference in this prospectus, or that we filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect.
Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of common stock by the selling stockholders. Any proceeds received by us upon the exercise of warrants held by the selling stockholders would be used for general working capital purposes.
DILUTION
Our net tangible book value per share of common stock as of June 30, 2007 was $1.62. Net tangible book value is determined by dividing our tangible book value (total assets less intangible assets including know-how, trademarks and copyrights and less total liabilities) by the number of outstanding shares of our capital stock. Since this offering is being made solely by the selling stockholders and none of the proceeds will be paid to us, our net tangible book value will be unaffected by this offering.
MARKET FOR OUR COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Market Information
Our Common Stock trades in the pink sheets, under the symbol CBPO. There is currently no established market for the shares of our Common Stock. There can be no assurance that a liquid market for our securities will ever develop. As of August 29, 2007, we had a total of 21,434,942 shares of our Common Stock outstanding.
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low bid prices of our common stock. These prices reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission, and may not represent actual transactions. The high and low quotations have been adjusted for a 1-for-10 reverse stock split that became effective on July 20, 2006.
Closing Bid Prices
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(1) The above tables set forth the range of high and low closing bid prices per share of our common stock as reported by www.quotemedia.com for the periods indicated. The closing bid prices are only available from the quarter that began on April 3, 2007.
We plan to furnish our stockholders with an annual report for each fiscal year ending December 31 containing financial statements audited by our independent certified public accountants. Additionally, we may, in our sole discretion, issue unaudited quarterly or other interim reports to our stockholders when we deem this appropriate. We intend to maintain compliance with the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.
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Reports to Stockholders
We plan to furnish our stockholders with an annual report for each fiscal year ending December 31 containing financial statements audited by our independent registered public accounting firm. Additionally, we may, in our sole discretion, issue unaudited quarterly or other interim reports to our stockholders when we deem appropriate. We intend to maintain compliance with the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Holders
As of August 29, 2007, there were approximately 456 shareholders of record.
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OR PLAN OF OPERATION
Overview
We are engaged in the research, development, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and sales of biologic products through our indirect majority-owned PRC subsidiary, Shandong Taibang, established under the laws of China. We are currently the only plasma based biopharmaceutical products manufacturer in Shandong province approved by the State. Since our establishment, all of our revenues have been derived primarily from the sales of human albumin and various types of immunoglobulin.
Our industry is competitive and subject to numerous government regulations. Retail prices of certain of our biopharmaceutical products in the PRC are subject to the control of the relevant State and provincial price administration authorities. The actual price for any given price-controlled product set by manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers cannot exceed the price ceiling imposed in accordance with the applicable government price control rules. Only those pharmaceutical products which are included in the Insurance Catalogue administered at the State or provincial level are subject to price control. Many competitive factors may affect our sales of products, including product efficacy, safety, price and cost effectiveness, marketing effectiveness, quality control and quality assurance of our manufacturing operations, and research and development of new products.
We operate and manage our business as a single segment. We do not account for the results of our operations on a geographic or other basis.
All our business has been conducted in Renminbi, the official currency of China. Renminbi is still not a free floating currency. The value of Renminbi is subject to changes in the Chinese governments policies and depends to a large extent on Chinas domestic and international economic and political developments, as well as supply and demand in the local market. Since 1994, the official exchange rate for the conversion of Renminbi to U.S. dollars has generally been stable, and Renminbi has appreciated against the U.S. dollar since July 2005.
Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Condition
The following are key factors that affect our financial condition and results of operations and we believe them to be important to the understanding of our business:
Raw Material Prices
The primary raw material used in the production of our albumin and immunoglobulin products is human plasma. These products are still not affordable to many PRC patients. As Chinas economy grows, we expect more Chinese people will become consumers of medical treatments and procedures, including procedures requiring the use of human plasma. As a result, we expect the enhanced economic conditions in China will result in increased demand for human plasma. Collection of human plasma in China is regulated and until recently, only licensed Plasmapheresis stations owned and operated by the government could collect human plasma. Each collection station can only supply plasma to the one manufacturer that has signed the Quality Responsibility statement with them. In Shandong Province, there are six plasma collection stations and we had annual plasma supply contracts with three of them indicating the estimated cost for each ton of plasma until December 2006. The price of human plasma is negotiated on an annual basis and is determined by a number of factors
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including, but not limited to, the cost of operating the collection stations, the nutritional supplement fee awarded to the donors for each donation, and the anticipated volume of total plasma donated.
In March 2006, the Ministry of Health promulgated certain Measures on Reforming Plasma Collection Stations, or the Blood Collection Measures, whereby the ownership and management of PRC plasma stations are required to be transferred to plasma-based biopharmaceutical companies while the regulatory supervision and administrative control remain with the State. Plasma stations that did not complete their reform by December 31, 2006, risked revocation of their license to collect plasma. In December 2006, we signed agreements to acquire five of the six plasma stations in Shandong which we have since acquired. On January 1, 2007 we obtained the permit to operate these stations. These acquisitions will allow us to have direct influence on the operation of these collection stations in the future and secure a stable source of plasma supply for production.
In January 2007, we entered into letters of intent to acquire three plasma stations in Guangxi Province, two of which we acquired in February and April 2007 and obtained their permit to operate. However, there can be no assurance that the acquisition of the remaining plasma station can be completed or continue on the same terms that we have initially agreed to in the letter of intent as the permit for this station is in dispute. Please refer to Legal Proceedings for more information regarding this dispute.
Through Shandong Taibang, we formed separate subsidiaries that acquired the assets of the five plasma stations in Shandong and two of the plasma stations in Guangxi Province, and we will form a subsidiary to acquire the assets of the remaining plasma station in Guangxi Province. The wholly-owned subsidiaries of Shandong Taibang holding our new plasma stations are the Xia Jin Plasma Company, the Qi He Plasma Company, the He Ze Plasma Company, the Huan Jiang Plasma Company, the Yang Gu Plasma Company, the Zhang Qiu Plasma Company. The other plasma station is held in the Fang Cheng Plasma Company, which is 80% owned by Shandong Taibang and 20% owned by Lin Feng, an unrelated third party. Our acquisition of each plasma station was based conditioned on the States issuance to our acquiring subsidiaries all permits necessary to operate the acquired assets which we have now obtained. We have also make employment offers to all or substantially all of the employees of each plasma station that we have acquired.
We do not expect any material differences in our cost structure as a result of the acquisition of the plasma stations. However, we expect that our plasma supply will increase due to improved management. Although we have generally been able to pass substantially all cost increases in recent years on to our customers, there is no assurance that we can continue to do that in the future.
Prices of Our Products
In recent years, due to market demand, we were able to increase the selling price of most of our key products.
Demand for Our Products
Our products are mostly sold to hospitals either directly or through our distributors in China. The demand for our products is therefore, largely affected by the general economic conditions in China because they are still not affordable to many patients. As Chinas economy grows, we expect more Chinese people will become consumers of medical treatments and procedures, including procedures requiring human plasma. As a result, we expect the enhanced economic conditions in China will result in increased demand for human plasma. A significant improvement in the economic environment in China will likely improve consumer income which in turn would make our products more affordable and consequently increase the demand for our products.
We have been able to expand our product range and markets by introducing new products required by customers. We believe that our technical expertise is important in introducing products that are in demand.
Production Capacity
Our sales volume is limited by our annual production capacity.
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As we grow our business in the future, our ability to fulfill additional and larger orders will be dependent on our ability to increase our production capacity. Our plan to expand our production capacity will depend on, inter alia, the availability of capital to meet our needs of expansion or upgrading of production lines, and the availability of stable plasma supply.
Currently, our production capacity is 300 tons per annum. We estimate that the production capacity of our major competitors ranges from 300 tons to 1,000 tons per annum. We have already invested $1.5 million in the six-month period ending June 30, 2007, and we plan to invest an additional $2.5 million in 2007, in order to expand our production capacity to 500-800 tons per annum. We have committed capital expenditure of $4 million, as of June 30, 2007, of which $1.5 million has been paid. We expect the increase in our production capacity to be in place by early 2008.
Competition
We are subject to intense competition. There are both local and overseas pharmaceutical enterprises that are engaged in the manufacture and sale of potential substitute or similar biopharmaceutical products as our products in the PRC. These competitors may have more capital, better research and development resources, manufacturing and marketing capability and experience than us. In our industry, we compete based upon product quality, product cost, ability to produce a diverse range of products and logistical capabilities. Our profitability may be adversely affected if (i) competition intensifies; (ii) competitors drastically reduce prices; or (iii) competitors develop new products or product substitutes having comparable medicinal applications or therapeutic effects which are more effective and /or less costly than those produced by us.
Other approved biopharmaceutical manufacturers in the PRC are entitled to produce many of the products produced by us. There are currently about 34 approved manufacturers of plasma-based pharmaceutical products in China. Many of these manufacturers are essentially producing the same type of products, human albumin and various types of immunoglobulin. However, due to recent Ministry of Health regulations, we believe that it is difficult for new manufacturers to enter into the industry. We believe that our major competitors in the albumin and immunoglobulin market in China are Hualan Biological Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Biological Products, Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co. Ltd., Chengdu Ronsheng Pharmaceuticals, and Sichuan Yuanda Shuyang Pharmaceutical Co.
In addition, competition from imported products and Chinas admission as a member of the WTO creates increased competition for us. The PRC became a member of the WTO in December 2001. Competition in the biopharmaceutical industry in the PRC will intensify generally in two respects. With lower import tariffs, we anticipate that imported biopharmaceutical products manufactured overseas may become increasingly competitive with domestically produced products in terms of pricing. We also believe that foreign biopharmaceutical manufacturers with more experience may set up production facilities in the PRC and compete with domestic manufacturers directly. With the expected increased supply of competitively priced biopharmaceutical products in the PRC we may be faced with increased competition by foreign biopharmaceutical products, including the types of products manufactured by US manufacturers and other manufacturers.
We believe that we are currently one of the fastest growing producers of albumin and immunoglobulin biopharmaceutical products in China. According to a 2006 Hua Yuan Medicine Net survey of the profit ranking of companies in the Chinese biological products industry, we are ranked the 20 th in 2006 and 25 th in 2005, and in the plasma products area, we were ranked 5 th in 2006. Our past financial performance is attributable to our market position in the industry. Furthermore, while each of the plasma products related companies have their own product composition which include 3 main categories namely human albumin, human immunoglobulin and lyophilized human factor, we are currently developing lyophilized human factor products which we expect to launch new products in 2008. We will continue to meet challenges and secure our market position by enhancing our existing products, introducing new products to meet customer demand, delivering quality products to our customers in a timely manner and maintaining our established industry reputation.
Taxation
Prior to March 2007, PRC enterprise income tax is calculated based on taxable income determined under PRC accounting principles. In accordance with Income Tax Law of China for Enterprises with Foreign Investment and Foreign Enterprises, or the Income Tax Law, and the related implementing rules, foreign invested enterprises incorporated in the PRC are generally subject to an enterprise income tax rate of 33% (representing state income tax of 30% plus local income
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tax of 3%). The Income Tax Law and the related implementing rules provide certain favorable tax treatments to foreign invested enterprises in the PRC. PRC domestic companies are governed by the Enterprise Income Tax Laws of the PRC and are generally subject to an enterprise income tax rate of 33%. On March 16, 2007, the Fifth Plenary Session of the Tenth National Peoples Congress passed the Enterprise Income Tax Law of the PRC which will take effect on January 1, 2008. The Enterprise Income Tax rate will be lowered from 33% to 25%.
As a sino-foreign joint venture company, Shandong Taibang has been granted preferential tax holiday by the Tax Bureau of the PRC as of 2003. Accordingly, Shandong Taibang is entitled to tax concessions from 2003 whereby the profit for the first two financial years beginning with the first profit-making year is exempt from income tax in the PRC, and the profit for each of the subsequent three financial years is taxed at 50% of the prevailing state income tax rate. Local income tax of 3% is exempted for five years starting from the first profit-making year. Shandong Taibang will be allowed the benefits of tax holidays under the grandfather treatment over a five-year transition period, and the applicable income rate will be 25% after the tax holiday.
Results of Operations
The tables below sets forth certain key components of our results of operations for periods indicated, in dollars and as a percentage of revenues:
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Cost of Revenue | 6,012,348 | 4,185,605 | 9,601,605 | 6,205,685 | |||||
Gross profit | 10,491,563 | 4,882,096 | 12,628,965 | 5,353,023 | |||||
Operating expenses | 2,632,444 | 1,110,963 | 6,443,955 | 2,824,804 | |||||
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Income taxes | 1,298,962 | 483,631 | 750,095 | 405,101 | |||||
Net income before minority | 6,490,891 | 3,161,795 | 5,121,078 | 2,092,499 | |||||
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2007 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2006
Revenues
Our sales revenue increased $7.4 million, or 82%, to $16.5 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2007, from $9.1 million for the same period ended June 30, 2006. The increase in revenue was due to a decrease in the supply of plasma caused by the reorganization of all plasma collection stations at the end of 2006 and the implementation of higher collection standards. In addition, the SFDA tightened the manufacturing procedures for plasma-based products. We were able to meet the resulting demand by securing of our plasma supply from our newly acquired blood collection stations in Shandong Province. Our human albumin contributed an additional $4.8 million. These products recorded an increase in revenue of 273% and 66%, respectively, for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006.
Cost of Revenues
Our cost of sales increased $1.8 million, or 43.6%, to $6 million from $4.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007, as compared to the same period in 2006. The increase was mainly due to an increase in our sales volume during the six-month period ended June 30, 2007. Cost of Revenues as a percentage of sales revenue was 36.4% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2007, as compared to 46.2% during the same period in 2006.
Gross Profit
Our gross profit increased $5.6 million, or 115%, to $10.5 million for the years ended June 30, 2007 from approximately $4.8 million for the same period in 2006. Gross profit as a percentage of sales revenue was 63.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2007, as compared to 53.8% during the same period in 2006. Such percentage increase was mainly due to increased demand in our products which increased our gross profit margin.
Operating Expenses
Our total operating expenses increased $1.5 million, or 125%, to $2.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 from $1.2 million for the same period in 2006. As a percentage of sales revenue, our total expenses increased to 16.4% for the six months ended June 30, 2007 from 13.6% for the same period in 2006. The increase was primarily attributable to higher professional fees and staff costs incurred in 2007 in connection with our preparation of this prospectus and the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
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Income Tax Expense
Our provision for income taxes increased $0.8million to $1.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 from $0.5 million for the same period in 2006. Our effective tax rate for the years ended June 30, 2007 was 7.9%, and our 2006 effective tax rate for the same period was 5.3%.
Net Income Before Minority Interest
Our net income before minority interest increased $3.3 million, or 105%, to $6.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 from $3.2 million for the same period in 2006. This increase is primarily attributable to the increase in our sales volume during the six-month period ended June 30, 2007.
Comparison of Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005
Revenues
Our revenues are derived primarily from the sales of human albumin and various types of immunoglobulin. Our revenues increased 92.3%, or $10.7 million, to $22.2 million during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, compared to revenues of $11.6 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005. The increase in revenues during fiscal year 2006 is primarily attributable to the continuously increasing demand for our albumin products. Sales of our human albumin have increased mainly due to an increase in sales volume, although we have also gradually increased our prices. In late 2005, we also launched two new products Human Rabies Immunoglobulin and Human Tetanus Immunoglobulin.
Because of the recent rabies outbreak in China, human rabies immunoglobulin is currently our second largest products by sales. We were able to timely react to the sudden increase in market demand as a result of this outbreak. Our ability to react quickly has allowed us to acquire a larger portion of the market share than many of our competitors who were unable to produce as much human rabies immunoglobulin within the same time frame. Our successful experience confirmed the importance of broadening our product portfolio in preparation for new epidemic outbreaks.
Revenue from sales of our products is recognized when significant risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred to the buyer. No revenue is recognized if there are significant uncertainties regarding recovery of the consideration due, associated costs or the possible return of goods, or when the amount of revenue and costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transaction cannot be measured reliably. Our sales invoices are denominated in the Renminbi.
Our sales have historically been made on the basis of short-term arrangements and our largest customers have changed over the years. For the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, our top 5 customers accounted for approximately 10% and 12.3%, respectively, of our total revenue. For the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, our largest customer accounted for approximately 2.9% and 2.8%, of our revenue respectively. As we continue to diversify our geographic presence, customer base and product mix, we expect that our largest customers will continue to change from year to year.
Cost of Revenues
Our cost of sales increased $3.4 million, or 54.7 %, to $9.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, from $6.2 million during the same period in 2005. This increase was mainly due to an increase in sales volume especially human albumin and human rabies immunoglobulin. Cost of Revenues as a percentage of sales revenue was 43.2%for the years ended December 31, 2006, as compared to 53.7 % during the same period in 2005.
Gross Profit
Our gross profit increased $7.3 million, or 136%, to $12.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2006 from approximately $5.4 million for the same period in 2005. Gross profit as a percentage of sales revenue was 56.8 % for the years ended December 31, 2006, as compared to 46.3% during the same period in 2005. Such percentage increase was mainly due to an increase in our profit margin and in the volume of human albumin, human rabies immunoglobulin and Human Tetanus Immunoglobulin sold during 2006.
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Operating Expenses
Our total operating expenses increased $3.6 million, or 128.1%, to $6.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, from $2.8 million for the same period in 2005. As a percentage of sales revenue, our total expenses increased to 29% for the years ended December 31, 2006 from 24.4% for the same period in 2005. The dollar increase was primarily attributable to our full accrual of the penalty owed to investors for late filing of the registration statement and to an increase in management expenses in connection with the reverse acquisition.
Income Tax Expense
Our provision for income taxes increased $0.35 million or 85.2%, to $0.75 million for the years ended December 31, 2006 from $0.4 million for the same period in 2005. Our effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2006 was 3.4%, and our 2005 effective tax rate was 3.5%.
Net Income Before Minority Interest
Our net income before minority interest increased $3 million, or 145%, to $5.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2006 from $2.1 million for the same period in 2005. This increase is primarily attributable to the increase of the volume of sales and the profit margin of our major products especially, human albumin, human rabies immunoglobulin and Human Tetanus Immunoglobulin. This increase occurred even though we had a $3.6 million, or 128%, increase in operating expenses due to more general and administrative related to the reverse acquisition transaction that we consummated in 2006.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash flow and working capital
To date, we have financed our operations primarily through cash flows from operations, short-term bank borrowings, as well as equity contributions by our shareholders. We had aggregate short-term bank loans of RMB20 million (approximately $2.6 million) as at December 31, 2006, of which two loans amounting to RMB5 million (approximately $1.3 million) each became due in June and July 2007, respectively. These two loans had a floating interest rate of between 5.85% and 6.39% per annum. The remaining RMB10 million (approximately $1.3 million) loan, bears a fixed interest rate of 6.12% per annum, and is due in February 2008.
As of December 31, 2006, we had approximately $4.3 million in cash and cash equivalents, primarily consisting of cash on hand and demand deposits.
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2005
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Net Cash provided /(used) in Operating | |||||||||||||
activities | 7,309,632 | 475,524 | 3,094,871 | (12,369 | ) | ||||||||
Net Cash used in Investing activities | (3,872,728 | ) | (156,928 | ) | (3,516,965 | ) | (1,495,767 | ) | |||||
Net Cash (used)/provided by Financing | (1,198,462 | ) | 203,101 | 4,051,475 | 1,476,307 | ||||||||
activities |
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Effects of Exchange Rate Change in Cash |
41,654
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13,617
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31,463
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96,083 | |||||||||
Net Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents |
2,280,096
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535,314
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3,660,844
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64,254 | |||||||||
Cash and Cash Equivalent at beginning of |
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607,376
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543,122 | |||||||||
Period |
4,268,220
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607,376
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Cash and Cash Equivalent at end of period |
6,548,316
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1,142,690
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4,268,220
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607,376 |
Operating activities
Net cash provided by operating activities was $3.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to $0.01 million net cash used for operating activities for the same period in 2005. Our main source of operating cash was receipts from customers, and cash payments to acquire raw materials was our main use for operating cash.
As disclosed above, we effectively acquired an 41% equity interest in Shandong Taibang on March 17, 2005 and an additional 40.76% equity interest on September 2, 2005. The increase of net cash flow during this period was generated from changes in operating assets and liabilities (net of effect of purchase of Shandong Taibang). Cash provided by operating activities is derived from increase in payables. The increase in usage is due mainly to the working capital usage (increase in accounts receivable, inventory level and prepayments) due to the increase business volume as our business continued to grow during the period.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $7.3 million for the six-month period ended June 30, 2007, as compared to $0.5 million net cash provided by operating activities for the same period in 2006. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities was mainly due to the great demand for our products during the interim 2007 period, which enabled us to shorten our accounts receivable period and we received more cash payments in advance from our customers.
Investing activities
Net cash used for investing activities for the years ended December 31, 2006 was $3.5 million, as compared to $1.5 million in the same period of 2005. The increase of net cash used for investing activities was mainly attributable to the purchase of plant and equipment for our production facility during the 2006 period.
Net cash used for investing activities in the six-month period ended June 30, 2007was $3.9 million, as compared to $0.2 million in the same period of 2006. The increase of the cash used for investing activities was mainly attributable to further commitment and payments for the expansion of our production facility.
Financing activities
Net cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2006 totaled $4.1 million as compared to $1.5 million provided by financing activities in the same period of 2005. The increase of the cash provided by financing activities was mainly attributable to proceeds from stock insurance and release of a pledged deposit during 2006.
Net cash used for financing activities in the six-month period ended June 30, 2007 totaled $1.2 million as compared to $0.2 million provided by financing activities in the same period of 2006. The increase of the cash used for financing activities was mainly attributable to our repayment of a short term bank loan and a dividend paid to minority shareholders.
Commitments
Our outstanding capital commitments are primarily related to purchase of plant and equipment. Our total capital commitments outstanding as of June 30, 2007, not provided for in the financial statements, was approximately $2.5 million.
The following table illustrates our credit facilities, providing the name of the lender, the amount of the facility, the
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date of issuance and the maturity date.
Banks | Amounts | Beginning | Ending | Duration | Remarks | ||||||
December 30, 2006 | December 13, 2007 | 1 year | repaid | ||||||||
RMB10,000,000 | |||||||||||
Bank of Communications | (approx. $1,300,000) | ||||||||||
August 1, 2006 | June 26, 2007 | 11 months | repaid | ||||||||
RMB5,000,000 | |||||||||||
Agricultural Bank of China | (approx. $600,000) | ||||||||||
August 1, 2006 | July 26, 2007 | 1 year | repaid | ||||||||
RMB5,000,000 | |||||||||||
Agricultural Bank of China | (approx. $600,000) | ||||||||||
RMB10,000,000 | |||||||||||
Bank of Communications | (approx.$1,300,000) | February 28,2007 | February 25,2008 | 1 year | |||||||
RMB10,000,000 | |||||||||||
Total | (approx. $1,300,000) |
As shown in the above table, we have a loan of approximately $1.3 million which matures in February, 2008. The loans we obtained in 2006 were all repaid in April 2007. We plan to either repay our remaining debt as it matures or refinance this debt with other debt.
On July 18, 2006, we completed a private placement of 2,200,000 shares of our common stock and 2,080,000 shares of our common stock held by our two controlling shareholders to a group of accredited investors who are among the selling stockholders listed in this prospectus. Gross proceeds received by us from the private placement amounted to approximately $4.2 million. We did not directly receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the controlling shareholders. However, the controlling shareholders used all of the proceeds received by them to repay outstanding amounts owed by them to us in the aggregate amount of $2.2 million and then made a loan to us of the remaining $0.91 million of net proceeds that they received in the offering. A portion of the proceeds of the private placement was injected into Shandong Taibang to meet a $3.3 million capital contribution requirement that Logic Express had in Shandong Taibang. Part of the proceeds was placed in escrow as described more fully elsewhere herein, until registration of the capital contribution with the PRC authorities was complete and, upon release, was used primarily to repay indebtedness owed to Shandong Taibang. All outstanding amounts owed to Shandong Taibang were settled in August 2006.
In connection with the private placement transaction, on July 19, 2007, we also entered into a registration rights agreement with the investors, pursuant to which we agreed to file within 45 days of the closing date, a registration statement registering for resale the shares issued to the investors in the private placement. We failed to file this registration statement within the time period prescribed by the registration rights agreement, which resulted in liquidated damages in the amount of $811,060 which we recognized in general and administrative expenses during fiscal year 2006. The shares being registered under this registration statement are the shares of our common stock issued and the shares of common stock underlying warrants issued in connection with the private placement.
We expect that cash on hand, funds generated from our operations and funds generated from companies that we may acquire in the future will be sufficient to satisfy our current and future commitments for at least the next twelve months. We do not believe that we have any significant short term liquidity problems. We plan to use surplus cash from our operations to repay outstanding indebtedness owed to financial institutions. In 2007, we are planning to increase our production capacity by establishing a new production line with total investment of approximately $4 million. We believe that we currently have sufficient cash on hand and other resources to satisfy the capital requirements for establishing this production line. In addition, we have approximately USD$10 million banking facility, of which approximately $8.7 million remains available, that we can draw down upon in the event that unforeseen liquidity requirements arise.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contingent Liabilities
We have not entered into any other financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of third parties. We have not entered into any derivative contracts that are not reflected in our consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, we do not have any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such entity. We do not have any variable interest in any unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit support to us or that engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with us.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
FIN 48
In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued FASB Interpretations No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 or FIN 48, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions taken or expected to be taken in return. FIN 48 provides guidance on the measurement, recognition, classification and disclosure of tax positions, along with accounting for the related interest and penalties. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, and is to be applied to all open tax years as of the date of effectiveness. FIN 48 did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
SFAS No.157
In September 2006, FASB issued SFAS No.157, Fair Value Measurements. SFAS No.157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No.157 applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements, FASB having previously concluded in those accounting pronouncements that fair value is the relevant measurement attribute. Accordingly, SFAS No.157 does not require any new fair value measurements. Under SFAS No.157, fair value refers to the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the market in which the reporting entity transacts. SFAS No.157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. We do not expect the adoption of SFAS No.157 to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 108
In September 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued SAB 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements: SAB 108 provides interpretive guidance on how the effects of the carryover or reversal of prior year misstatements should be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement. The SEC staff believes that registrants should quantify errors using both a balance sheet and an income statement approach and evaluate whether either approach results in quantifying a misstatement that, when all relevant quantitative and qualitative factors are considered, is material. SAB 108 is effective for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, with early application encouraged. SAB 108 did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
FASB Staff Position (FSP) EITF 00-19-2
In December 2006, FASB issued FSB EITF 00-19-2, Accounting for Registration Payment Arrangements, which specifies that the contingent obligation to make future payments or otherwise transfer consideration under a registration payment arrangement should be separately recognized and measured in accordance with FASB Statement No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies. The FSB EITF 00-19-2 is effective immediately for new and modified registration payment arrangements. Arrangements that were entered into before the Staff Position was issued would become subject to its guidance for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006 by recognizing a cumulative-effect adjustment in retained earnings as of the beginning of the year of adoption.
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Inflation
Inflation in the PRC has not had any material impact on our business in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the change in the consumer price index in China was 1.2%, 3.9%, 1.8% and 1.5% in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively.
Critical Accounting Policies
We prepare our financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of our assets and liabilities, to disclose contingent assets and liabilities on the date of the financial statements, and to disclose the reported amounts of revenues and expenses incurred during the financial reporting period. We continue to evaluate these estimates and assumptions based on the most recently available information, our own historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. We rely on these evaluations as the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Since the use of estimates is an integral component of the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from those estimates. Some of our accounting policies require higher degrees of judgment than other in their application.
Our financial statements have been prepared on the basis that we will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization and satisfaction of our existing liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.
Revenue recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when products are delivered and the customer takes ownership and assumes risk of loss, collection of the relevant receivable is probable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists and the sales price is fixed or determinable, which are generally considered to be met upon delivery and acceptance of products at the customer site. Sales revenue represents the invoiced value of goods, net of a value-added tax (VAT). All of the Companys products sold in the PRC are subject to a Chinese value-added tax at a rate of 6% of the gross sales price or at a rate approved by the Chinese local government.
Fair Value of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed Upon Acquisition
There were fair value adjustments determined in connection with the acquisitions of Shandong Taibangs equity interest as of March 17, 2005 and September 2, 2005. On the date of an acquisition, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed of Shandong Taibang were adjusted to their estimated fair values. The most significant estimates pertained to determining the fair values of the plant and equipment acquired. Fair values of these assets were determined based on replacement cost. Any change in such assumptions and judgment would affect the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed.
Collectibility of Accounts Receivable
We offer different credit terms to our customers based on criteria such as working relationship, payment history, creditworthiness and their financial position. All credit terms are to be approved by our finance department, in consultation with our sales and marketing department. We generally grant credit period of no longer than 30 days to distributors with some exceptions. For hospitals and clinics, we generally grant credit period of no longer than 90 days.
We make specific allowance for doubtful accounts receivable after taking into account the aging of accounts receivable and in consultation with our sales and marketing department. We also provide allowance for doubtful accounts based on our best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in the existing accounts receivable. We review our allowance for doubtful accounts monthly. Past due balances over 90 days and over a specified amount are reviewed individually for collectibility. All other balances are reviewed on a pooled basis by aging of such balances. We have not experienced any significant bad debts and bad debt provisions. Bad debt expenses for 2006 and 2005 were $0.04 million and $0.4million, respectively.
Inventories
Due to its unique nature, our principal raw material, human blood plasma is subject to various quality and safety control issues which include, but are not limited to, contaminations and blood born diseases. In addition, limitations of current technology pose biological hazards inherent in plasma that have yet to be discovered, which could result in a widespread epidemic due to blood infusion. In the event that human plasma is discovered to contain pathogens or infectious agents or other bio-hazards, we would be required to write down our inventory to net realizable value. We determine the net realizable value of our inventories on the basis of anticipated sales proceeds less estimated selling expenses. At each balance sheet date, we evaluate inventories that may be worth less than current carrying amounts. No provision for inventory write down was required for 2006 and 2005, respectively.
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Total inventories amounted to $6.1 million and $3.6 million as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. In order to ensure that the growing demand for our products are met, we have been gradually increasing our inventory level of raw materials. We strictly follow the production processes required by government regulations resulting in the relatively high level of work-in-progress customary to our industry.
Impairment of long-lived assets
We review periodically the carrying amounts of long-lived assets including property, plant and equipment, and intangible assets with finite useful lives, to assess whether they are impaired. We evaluate these assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable such as a change of business plan, technical obsolescence, or a period of continuous losses. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. In determining estimates of future cash flows, significant judgment in terms of projection of future cash flows and assumptions is required. There were no impairment charges recognized for the two years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with US GAAP requires us to make a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. On an ongoing basis, we review our estimates and assumptions, including those related to the recoverability of the carrying amount and the estimated useful lives of long-lived assets, valuation allowances for accounts receivable and realizable values for inventories. Changes in facts and circumstances may result in revised estimates.
Contingencies
In the normal course of business, we are subject to contingencies, including, legal proceedings and claims arising out of the business that relate to a wide range of matters, including among others, product liability. We recognize a liability for such contingency if we determine that it is probable that a loss has occurred and a reasonable estimate of the loss can be made. We may consider many factors in making these assessments, including past history and the specifics of each matter. As we have not become aware of any product liability claim since operations commenced, we have not recognized a liability for any product liability claims.
Segment Reporting
We have one operating segment, as that term is defined by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 131, Disclosure about Segments on an Enterprise and Related Information. Also, all of our revenue is derived in the PRC. Accordingly, no segment information is presented.
Accounting Basis
The U.S. GAAP accounting basis utilized by us and our PRC subsidiary, Shandong Taibang, is different in certain material respects from that used in the preparation of statutory financial statements of Shandong Taibang that are filed with the PRC government. The statutory financial statements of Shandong Taibang that are filed with the PRC government are in accordance with the accounting principles and the relevant financial regulations applicable in the PRC as established by the Ministry of Finance of the PRC (i.e., they are prepared in accordance with PRC GAAP).
Reporting Currencies
Our functional currency is Renminbi or RMB and our reporting currency is United States Dollars, or $. Amounts included in the accompanying financial statements are in $ and not RMB. Result of operations and cash flows are translated at average exchange rates during the period, and assets and liabilities are translated at the unified exchange rate as quoted by
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the Peoples Bank of China at the end of the period. No representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted into $ at that rate or at any particular rate at end of each period, or any other date.
OUR CORPORATE STRUCTURE AND HISTORY
Our Corporate Structure
The following chart reflects our organizational structure as of the date of this prospectus.
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Our History
We were originally incorporated in 1992 under the laws of the State of Texas as Shepherd Food Equipment, Inc. On November 20, 2000, Shepherd Food Equipment, Inc. changed its corporate name to Shepherd Food Equipment, Inc. Acquisition Corp., or Shepherd. Shepherd is the survivor of a May 28, 2003, merger between Shepherd and GRC Holdings, Inc. or GRC. In the merger, the company adopted the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of GRC and changed its corporate name to GRC Holdings, Inc. On January 10, 2007, a Plan of Conversion became effective pursuant to which GRC was converted into a Delaware corporation.
Our Acquisition of Logic Express
On July 19, 2006, we completed a reverse acquisition transaction with Logic Express, whereby we issued to the stockholders of Logic Express, 18,484,715 shares of our common stock in exchange for 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Logic Express and its majority-owned Chinese operating subsidiary, Shandong Taibang. As a result of the reverse acquisition transaction with Logic Express, Logic Express became our 100% owned subsidiary and the former shareholders of Logic Express became our controlling shareholders with 96.1% of our common stock. Shandong Taibang became our 82.76% -owned indirect subsidiary and is the operating company for all of our commercial operations. Our operating company, Shandong Taibang, is a sino-foreign joint venture company established on October 23, 2002 with a registered capital of RMB80 million (approximately US$10.3 million).
Upon the closing of the reverse acquisition, Timothy P. Halter, our sole director prior to the reverse acquisition, submitted his resignation letter pursuant to which he resigned from all offices he held and from his position as our director, effective immediately. Siu Ling Chan and Lin Ling Li were appointed as our directors at the closing of the reverse acquisition of Logic Express. In addition, our executive officer was replaced by the Logic Express executive officers named herein at the closing of the reverse acquisition.
The reverse acquisition transaction involving Logic Express and us is considered to be a capital transaction (issuance of stock by Logic Express for our net monetary assets) in substance, rather than a business combination. Logic Express is treated as the continuing reporting entity that acquired us. The financial information prior to the reverse take-over represented the consolidated financial information of Logic Express.
Private Placement Transaction
On July 19, 2006, we completed a private placement transaction with a group of accredited investors. Pursuant to the securities purchase agreement as amended, we sold 2,200,000 shares of our common stock and five-year warrants to purchase 1,070,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.8425 per share, at a purchase price of $1.895 per unit. In addition, two of our controlling shareholders, Siu Ling Chan and Lin Ling Li, sold an aggregate of 2,080,000 shares of our common stock at a price of $1.895 per share to the same investors. Lane Capital Markets, LLC acted as exclusive placement agent and financial advisor in connection with the transaction, and received five-year warrants to purchase 214,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.8425 per share. The issuance of units and warrants was exempt from the registration requirements provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the offer and sale of securities not involving a public offering and Regulation D promulgated thereunder and on Regulation S.
In connection with the private placement transaction, on July 19, 2007, we also entered into a registration rights agreement with the investors, pursuant to which we agreed to file within 45 days of the closing date, a registration statement registering for resale the shares issued to the investors in the private placement. We failed to file this registration statement within the time period prescribed by the registration rights agreement, which resulted in liquidated damages in the amount of $811,060 which we recognized in general and administrative expenses during fiscal year 2006. The shares being registered under this registration statement are the shares of our common stock issued and the shares of common stock underlying warrants issued in connection with the private placement.
On July 19, 2007, our majority stockholders, Siu Ling Chan and Lin Ling Li also entered into a make good escrow agreement with the private placement investors, pursuant to which, Ms. Chan and Ms. Li agreed to deposit in an escrow account a total of 4,280,000 shares of our common stock owned by them, to be held for the benefit of the investors. Ms. Chan and Ms. Li agreed that if we do not attain a minimum after tax net income threshold of $4,819,500, or $5,823,465 of
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after-tax net income before minority interest for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006, and $8,302,000 of after-tax net income or $10,031,416 of after-tax net income before minority interest for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007, the escrow agent may deliver their escrowed shares to the investors, based upon a pre-defined formula agreed to between the investors and Ms. Chan and Ms. Li. However, if the after tax net income threshold is met, the shares in escrow will be returned to Ms. Chan and Ms. Li. Pursuant to the escrow agreement, (i) liquidated damages accrued according to the registration rights agreement and; (ii) gain or loss on change in fair value of warrants, are not deemed to be an income or expense item in calculating the after-tax net income for the purpose of the escrow agreement. If such performance thresholds are met, the shares are to be returned to Ms Li Lin Ling and Ms Chan Siu Ling. We have met our performance threshold for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006.
Acquisition of Plasma Stations
In December 2006, we acquired five plasma stations in Shandong Province and obtained the permit to operate them, and in February and April 2007, we acquired two plasma stations in Guangxi Province, respectively, and obtained their operating permits. We acquired these plasma stations through separate Shandong Taibang subsidiaries, specially formed for this purpose. The subsidiaries holding six of our new plasma stations are the Xia Jin Plasma Company, the Qi He Plasma Company, the He Ze Plasma Company, the Huan Jiang Plasma Company, the Yang Gu Plasma Company, the Zhang Qiu Plasma Company. The seventh plasma station is held in the Fang Cheng Plasma Company, which is 80% owned by Shandong Taibang and 20% owned by Lin Feng, an unrelated third party.
In January 2007 we also signed a letter of intent to acquire another plasma station in Guangxi Province. However, there can be no assurance that the acquisition of this plasma station can be completed or continue on the same terms that we have initially agreed to in the letter of intent as the permit for this station is in dispute. Please refer to Legal Proceedings for more information regarding this dispute.
Establishment of Shandong Medical
In September 2006, Shandong Taibang applied to establish a wholly owned subsidiary, Shandong Missile Medical Co., Ltd., or Shandong Medical, with registered capital of $384,600, which was fully paid on March 1, 2007. On February 7, 2007, Shandong Medical has obtained a distribution license for biological products, except for vaccine, from the Shandong Food and Drug Authority, or SFDA, for a license period of 5 years from the date of obtaining the license. The registration of Shandong Missile was ultimately approved by Shandong Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation on July 4, 2007 and Shandong Medical was formally registered on July 19, 2007. The scope of business is wholesale of biological products, except vaccine, with a license period of 25 years from the date of registration. As of June 30, 2007, Shandong Medical has not yet commenced operations.
OUR BUSINESS
Overview
We are a biopharmaceutical company and through our indirect majority-owned Chinese subsidiary, Shandong Taibang, we are principally engaged in the research, development, production and manufacturing of plasma-based pharmaceutical products in China. Shandong Taibang operates from our manufacturing facility located in Taian City, Shandong Province and is currently the only plasma-based biopharmaceutical product manufacturer in Shandong Province approved by the State.
Our principal products include human albumin and various types of immunoglobulin. We currently produce 14 biopharmaceutical products in seven major categories as follows:
Human Albumin: - 20%/10ml, 20%/25ml and 20%/50ml
Human Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin 100IU, 200IU, 400IU
Human Immunoglobulin 10%/3ml and 10%/1.5ml
Human Immunoglobulin for Intravenous Injection 5%/50ml
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Thymopolypeptides Injection 20mg/2ml
Human Rabies Immunoglobulin 100IU, 200IU and 500IU
Human Tetanus Immunoglobulin 250IU
Human albumin is principally used to increase blood volume while immunoglobulin is used for certain disease preventions and cures. Shandong Taibangs human albumin and immunoglobulin products use human plasma as basic raw material. Albumin also used for almost 50 years to treat critically ill patients by replacing lost fluid and maintaining adequate blood volume and pressure. All of our products are prescription medicines in the form of injections.
We have product liability insurance covering all of our products. However, since our establishment in 2002, there has not been any product liability claims nor legal action filed against us brought by patients due to the use of our products.
Our Industry
Human Albumin and Immunoglobulin Products
Our principal products are human albumin and immunoglobulin (and other derivatives), with human plasma as the main ingredient. About 55% of human blood is composed of a liquid known as plasma. The remaining 45% of human blood is made of three major types of cells: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
Plasma carries a large number of important proteins, including albumin, gamma globulin, and clotting factors. Albumin is the main protein in blood. It helps regulate the water content of tissues and blood. Gamma globulin is composed of tens of thousands of unique antibody molecules. Antibodies neutralize or help destroy infectious organisms. Each antibody is designed to target one specific invading organism.
The Plasma Product Industry in China
Plasma-based biopharmaceutical products are manufactured from healthy human plasma. The collection of plasma for the production of such products is influenced by factors such as government regulations, geographical locations of collection stations, sanitary conditions of collection stations, living standards of the donors, and cultural and religious beliefs. China currently has a severe shortage of plasma because (i) the State is no longer approving the establishment of new collection stations and (ii) the reform of the industry has led to the closure of many stations that did not meet new industry standards.
We estimate that the current annual supply of plasma amounts to approximately 4,000 tons in China. The supply of plasma has been on the decline since 2003 resulting from the States mandate to reform the countrys collection practices. Recent regulatory changes have improved the quality of blood and plasma by increasing cleanliness standards at blood collection stations and instituting measures which limit illegal selling of blood. As the operation of the plasma stations become more regulated and the donor population expands, we believe that the overall quality of raw materials, such as human albumin will continue to increase, leading to a safer, more reliable finished product.
According to data released by the State Food and Drug Administration, sales of plasma products in China amounted to $322 million and $396 million in 2002 and 2003 respectively, an increase of approximately 23.1% from year to year. In 2003, sales of albumin amounted to about $248 million, representing about 60% to 65% of the market.
In accordance with Regulations on controlling blood products promulgated in 1996, the retail price of certain plasma products including human albumin, IVIG and intramuscular IG are regulated by the State Pricing Bureau and the PRC Ministry of Health.
In addition to the low usage ratio between China and other more developed countries, there is also a significant difference in the make up and range of the plasma-based pharmaceutical products. Based on our analysis, in most developed countries like United States, clotting factor products accounts for the majority of the plasma-based biopharmaceutical products, while in China, it is human albumin that accounts for a vast majority.
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Plasma Collection in China
Substantially all plasma donations for commercialized plasma-based biopharmaceutical products are done through plasmapheresis donation stations. Plasmapheresis donation means donors give only selected blood components platelets, plasma, red cells, infection-fighting white cells called granulocytes, or a combination of these, depending on donors blood type and the needs of the community. Plasmapheresis stations in China are commonly used to collect plasma. In China, current regulations only allow an individual donor to donate blood in 14-day intervals, with a maximum quantity of 580ml (or about 600 gram) per donation.
The followings are the regulatory requirements for the establishment of a plasmapheresis station in China:
meet the overall plan in terms of the total number, distribution, and operational scale of plasmapheresis stations;
have the required professional health care technicians to operate a station;
have the facility and a hygienic environment to operate a station;
have an identification system to identify donors;
have the equipment to operate a station; and
have the equipment and quality control technicians to ensure the quality of the plasma collected.
As a result of the overhaul by the four ministries of the State Council in May 2004, we estimate that the number of collection stations (including plasma stations) that meet the standards imposed by the State has been reduced from approximately 156 to approximately 121. Currently the plasma stations are owned and managed by the PRC health authorities. In March 2006, the Ministry of Health promulgated the Blood Collection Measures whereby the ownership and management of the plasma stations must be transferred to plasma-based biopharmaceutical companies while the regulatory supervision and administrative control remain with the State. For those plasma stations which do not complete their reform by December 31, 2006, their license to collect plasma will be revoked.
Under normal circumstances, each station can only supply plasma to the one manufacturer that has signed the Quality Responsibility statement with them. In addition, the manufacturer is prohibited from sourcing plasma outside its approved list of plasma station suppliers. In the event of a supply shortage, the manufacturer can apply to the provincial health authorities to source plasma from other stations within the province. Moreover, if the manufacturer wishes to source plasma from stations outside of the province, it must first file for approval by the local provincial health authorities. The filing must be accompanied by a report on the status of the station. The station must also file with the local provincial health authorities on the transfer of excess plasma. The filing must be accompanied by a report on the status of the manufacturer. Upon approval of both provincial health authorities to the transfer, they must separately file for approval with the State Ministry of Health. The transfer is only legal after approval by the Ministry of Health. We believe that although there are such practices in the market, outside sourcing is not prevalent because (i) the manufacturer has to identify the station that has excess supply; (ii) the station must be willing to supply to such manufacturer, and (iii) the local provincial health authorities and the Ministry of Health have to approve such an arrangement.
Safety features at collection stations in China
Set out below are some of the safety features at Chinas collection stations:
Collection station can only source plasma from donors within the assigned district approved by the provincial health authorities;
Collection station must perform a health check on the donor. Once the donor passes the health check, a donor permit is issued to the donor. The standards of the health check are established by the health authorities at the State Council level.
The design and printing of the donor permit is administrated by the provincials health authorities (or autonomous region or municipality government (as the case maybe)). The donor permit cannot be altered, copied or assigned.
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Before donors can donate plasma, the station must verify their identities and the validity of their donor permits. The donors must pass the verification procedures before they are given a health check and blood test. For those donors who have passed the verification, health check and blood test and whose plasma were donated according to prescribed procedures, the station will setup a record.
All collection stations are subject to the regulations on transmittable diseases prevention. They must strictly adhere to the sanitary requirements and reporting procedures in the event of an epidemic situation.
Operation of stations are strictly regulated by the State.
Importation of blood products
According to current Chinese regulations, the following blood products are banned from importation to China:
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Our Competition
We are subject to intense competition. There are both local and overseas pharmaceutical enterprises that are engaged in the manufacture and sale of potential substitute or similar biopharmaceutical products as our products in the PRC. These competitors may have more capital, better research and development resources, manufacturing and marketing capability and experience than us. In our industry, we compete based upon product quality, product cost, ability to produce a diverse range of products and logistical capabilities. Our profitability may be adversely affected if (i) competition intensifies; (ii) competitors drastically reduce prices; or (iii) competitors develop new products or product substitutes having comparable medicinal applications or therapeutic effects which are more effective and /or less costly than those produced by us.
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Other approved biopharmaceutical manufacturers in the PRC are entitled to produce many of the products produced by us. There are currently about 34 approved manufacturers of plasma-based pharmaceutical products in China. Many of these manufacturers are essentially producing the same type of products, human albumin and various types of immunoglobulin. However, due to recent Ministry of Health regulations, we believe that it is difficult for new manufacturers to enter into the industry. We believe that our major competitors in the albumin and immunoglobulin market in China are Hualan Biological Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Biological Products, Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co. Ltd., Chengdu Ronsheng Pharmaceuticals, and Sichuan Yuanda Shuyang Pharmaceutical Co.
In addition, competition from imported products and Chinas admission as a member of the WTO creates increased competition for us. The PRC became a member of the WTO in December 2001. Competition in the biopharmaceutical industry in the PRC will intensify generally in two respects. With lower import tariffs, we anticipate that imported biopharmaceutical products manufactured overseas may become increasingly competitive with domestically produced products in terms of pricing. We also believe that foreign biopharmaceutical manufacturers with more experience may set up production facilities in the PRC and compete with domestic manufacturers directly. With the expected increased supply of competitively priced biopharmaceutical products in the PRC we may be faced with increased competition by foreign biopharmaceutical products, including the types of products manufactured by US manufacturers and other manufacturers.
We believe that we are currently one of the fastest growing producers of albumin and immunoglobulin biopharmaceutical products in China. According to a 2006 Hua Yuan Medicine Net survey of the profit ranking of companies in the Chinese biological products industry, we are ranked the 20 th in 2006 and 25 th in 2005, and in the plasma products area, we were ranked 5 th in 2006. Our past financial performance is attributable to our market position in the industry. Furthermore, while each of the plasma products related companies have their own product composition which include 3 main categories namely human albumin, human immunoglobulin and lyophilized human factor, we are currently developing lyophilized human factor products which we expect to launch new products in 2008. We will continue to meet challenges and secure our market position by enhancing our existing products, introducing new products to meet customer demand, delivering quality products to our customers in a timely manner and maintaining our established industry reputation.
Our Strategy
Our mission is to become a first-class biopharmaceutical enterprise in China. To achieve this objective, we have implemented the following strategies:
Securing the supply of plasma Due to the shortage of plasma and the reform of the ownership of plasma stations, our immediate strategy is to negotiate and acquire plasma stations so as to secure our plasma supply. In June, 2006, we entered into letters of intent with five of the plasma stations in Shandong Province and we acquired those plasma stations in December 2006. Furthermore, in January 2007, we entered into three letters of intent to acquire three additional plasma stations in Guangxi Province, two of which we have acquired. See Raw Materials below.
Acquisition of competitors and/or other biologic related companies In addition to organic growth, acquisition is an important part of our expansion strategy. Although there are about 34 approved plasma- based biopharmaceutical manufacturers in the market, we are of the view that only about half of them will be competitive. Furthermore, we believe that the regulatory authorities are in advanced discussion on reforming the industry and those smaller, less competitive manufacturers will face the possibility of having their manufacturing permits revoked by the regulators, making them potential targets for acquisition. Also, if we are presented with appropriate opportunities, we may acquire additional companies, products or technologies in the biologic related sectors (including but not limited to medical, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical).
Further strengthening of research and development capability We believe that, unlike other more developed countries like the US, Chinas plasma-based biopharmaceutical products are at the initial stage of development. There are many other plasma-based products that are being used in the US which are not currently being manufactured in China. We intend to strengthen our research and development capability so as to expand our product line to include higher-margin, technologically more advanced plasma-based biopharmaceutical products. We believe that our increased focus on research and development will give us a competitive advantage over our competitors
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Market development and network expansion Leveraging on the high quality and excellent safety record of our products, we intend (i) to enhance our product penetration with our existing customers by introducing new products and (ii) to extend the reach of our products from our current market to include other provinces where we envision significant market potential.
Our Intellectual Property
Pursuant to a Trademark License Agreement with the Shandong Institute, we hold the exclusive license to a Trademark Registration Certificate (No.3375484) issued by the State Industry and Commerce Administration Trademark Bureau. The class of goods on which the trademark has been approved to use include: drug for human beings, serum, microorganism products for medicine and veterinary medicine, plasma, medical blood, and medical biological product. The registration will expire in June 2014, the Shandong Institute has allowed us to use the trademark for free until May 2009. We expect to develop and register our own trademark before the termination of this license.
In addition, we have registered the following domain name: www.ctbb.com.cn , which is currently used by our Shandong subsidiary.
Our Research and Development Efforts
Shandong Taibangs predecessor, the Shandong Institute, was established in 1971. the Shandong Institute is the research arm established by and directly administrated by the Shandong Provincial health department. It was the only entity approved for the research, development and production of biological and plasma-based biopharmaceutical products in Shandong Province, the second largest province in China. Since 1998, it promoted GMP management in the production process of blood products and became the first blood products manufacturing enterprise to obtain GMP Certification in China. In 2002, the Shandong Institute transferred all of its business and the licenses necessary to carry on its business to our subsidiary, Shandong Taibang. In 2005 and 2006, we were awarded the advanced high-tech enterprise certification by the Department of Science and Technology of Shandong Province and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, respectively.
We employ a market driven approach to initiate research and development projects including both product and production technique development.
We believe that the key to the industry revolves around (i) safety of products and (ii) maximizing the yield per unit volume of plasma. Our research and development efforts are focused around the following areas:
Broaden the breadth and depth of our portfolio of plasma-based biopharmaceutical products;
Enhance the yield per unit volume of plasma through new collection techniques;
Maximize manufacturing efficiency and safety;
Promote product safety through implementation of new technologies; and
Refine production technology for existing products.
Our research center is located on the same premises the factory which is located in Taian City, Shandong Province. The research center is equipped with specialized equipment including advanced testing and analytical equipment, such as atomic absorptimeter, fully automated blood coagulation analyzer, high performance liquid chromatograph, gas chromatograph, radioimmunoassay analyzer, ultraviolet-visible pectrophotometer, and protein chromatograph, most of which have been imported from the US, Japan, Italy, Germany and Australia. Our research and development department is comprised of about 30 researchers. All of them hold degrees in areas such as medicine, pharmacy, biology, and biochemistry. Our research center carries out development and registration of our products.
All the products we currently manufacture have been developed in-house. Our research center has the following work in progress:
A clinical study of Human Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin (PH4) for Intravenous Injection has been approved by the
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Our Human Albumin (12.5g/vial) has been accredited by the SFDA.
Our Human Immunoglobulin (5g/vial) for Intravenous Injection has been accredited by the SFDA.
Laboratory and pre-clinical research of Human Prothrombin Complex concentrate has been completed and large- scale production technology is ready. Our documentation and samples have been submitted to the National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products and we are applying for approval to carry out clinical trials.
Laboratory study of Human Coagulation Factor VIII has been completed. At present, documentation and samples have been collected for the validation of two different methods of virus inactivation.
We have commenced laboratory studies of a manufacturing procedure for Human Fibrinogen.
We have completed a technical feasibility study on 10% Human Immunoglobulin for Intravenous Injection and our laboratory study on the manufacturing procedure is about to begin.
For the years ended December 31, 2006 and for 2005, total research and development expenses amounted to approximately $0.6 million and $0.4 million, respectively, representing approximately 2.7% and 3.1%, respectively, of our revenues. For the six month period ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, total research and development expenses amounted to approximately $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively, representing approximately 1.3% and 2%, respectively, of our revenues during such periods.
Our Marketing Efforts
Because all of our products are prescription drugs, we can only sell to hospitals and inoculation centers directly or through approved distributors. For the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, direct sales to distributors represented approximately 60% and 54%, respectively, of our revenues.
Our five largest customers in the aggregate accounted for approximately 12.3% and 10% of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Our largest customer both accounted for approximately 2.9% and 2.8% of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
As part of our effort to ensure the quality of our distributors, we conduct due diligence to verify whether potential distributors have obtained necessary permits and licenses and facilities (such as cold storage) for the distribution of our biopharmaceutical products. We also assess the distributors financial condition before appointing them as distributors. We normally enter into annual supply contracts with our hospital customers and regional distributors. Certain of our regional distributors are appointed on an exclusive basis within a specified area. The supply contracts normally set out the quantity and price of products. For distributors, they also contain guidelines for the sale and distribution of our products, including restrictions on the geographical area to which the products could be sold. We provide our distributors with training in relation to our products and on sales techniques. We have implemented a coding system for our products for easy tracking. Depending on the relationship and the creditability of the distributors, we generally grant a credit period of no longer than 30 days to distributors with some exceptions. For hospitals and clinics, we generally grant a credit period of no longer than 90 days. Our bad debt expenses for 2006 and 2005 were $0.04 million and $0.4 million, respectively.
Our current key market is in Shandong province, representing approximately 44% and 54% of our total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Our strategy is to focus on our market efforts in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan and the northeastern part of China.
Our marketing and after-sales services department currently employs approximately 48 employees.
We believe that due to the unique nature of our product, the key emphasis on the marketing efforts centers on product safety, brand recognition, timely availability and pricing. As all of our products are prescription medicines, we are not allowed to advertise our products in the mass media. For the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, total sales and marketing expenses amounted to approximately $1.8 million and $1.6 million, respectively, representing approximately 8%
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and 14%, respectively, of our revenues. For the six month period ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, total sales and marketing expenses amounted to approximately $0.7 million and $0.3 million, respectively, representing approximately 4.3% and 3.2%, respectively of our revenues.
Raw Materials
Plasma
Plasma is the principal raw material for our biopharmaceutical products. The cost of raw materials included in our cost of sales for 2006 and 2005, were $9.6 million and $6.2 million, respectively and the cost of raw materials included in our cost of sales for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 were $71.2% and $73.3%, respectively. There are currently six plasma stations in the Shandong Province, five of which we have recently acquired. In April 2007, we acquired two more plasma stations and signed letter of intent with one plasma station in the Guangxi Province, two of which already have the necessary permit to operate. When our production requirements exceed the plasma supply from the stations that we own or that we will acquire in the future, we will procure the supply deficiency from the blood centers operated by the regulators of Shandong and other Provinces.
We currently maintain sufficient plasma supply for approximately 60 days of production. In March 2007, the State Food and Drug Administration implemented new measures on biopharmaceutical industry effective as of January 2008, requiring plasma raw material to be kept for at least 3 months before being put into production. As such, in due course we will extend our plasma supply for approximately 4 months. We have not experienced any interruptions to our production due to shortage of plasma.
As discussed above under the caption Our Industry, up until the end of 2006, all the stations were owned by the State. In March 2006, the Ministry of Health promulgated the Blood Collection Measures, whereby the ownership and management of the plasma stations must be transferred to plasma-based biopharmaceutical companies while the regulatory supervision and administrative control remain with the State. In June 2006, we entered into letters of intent with five plasma stations in Shandong. We acquired these five plasma stations during December 2006 and received the permit to operate them in January 2007. The acquisition was for the assets and the associated liabilities with consideration determined based on the valuation by a qualified appraiser in China with reference to the attributable net asset value of the purchased interest. The aggregate considerations for these five plasma acquisitions amounted to RMB19.3 million (approximately $2.5 million). Consideration of RMB11.2 million was been paid before December 2006.
In January 2007, we entered into letters of intent with three plasma stations in Guangxi Province, two of which we have since acquired. However, at present, there is still a legal dispute between the owner and a third party and there can be no assurance that the acquisition of the remaining one plasma station can be completed or on terms that we have initially agreed to in the letters of intent.
We believe that the acquisitions and contemplated acquisitions of plasma stations will result in several benefits to us. We will have a controlled source of plasma and will be able to oversee the quality and quantity produced. We will also be able to have increased control over the cost of plasma. Finally, we believe that we will enjoy benefits of economies of scale with respect to the administration and management expenses of our several plasma stations.
Other Raw Materials and Packaging Materials
Other raw materials used in the production of our biopharmaceutical products include: reagents, consumables and packaging materials. The principal packaging materials we use include glass bottles for our injection products, external packaging and printed instructions for our biopharmaceutical products. We acquire our raw materials and packaging materials from our approved suppliers in China and overseas. We select our suppliers based on quality, consistency, price and delivery of the raw materials which they supply.
We have not experienced any shortage of supply on these raw materials and packaging materials and there has not been any significant problem with the quality of materials supplied by these suppliers.
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Major Suppliers
The table below lists our major suppliers as of December 31, 2006, showing the cumulative dollar amount of raw materials purchased from them during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, and the percentage of raw materials purchased from each supplier as compared to procurement of all raw materials.
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1 | Qi He Plasma Collection Station | 28.4 | 31.7% | |||||
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3 | Xiajin Plasma Collection Station | 10.8 | 12.% | |||||
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6 | Zhang Qiu Plasma Collection Station | 5.3 | 6% | |||||
7 | Yang Gu Plasma Collection Station | 2.23 | 2.5% | |||||
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9 | Taian City Coal Supply Company | 1.2 | 1.4% | |||||
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10 | Equipment Company | 1.1 | 1.3% | |||||
Total | 79.5 | 89% |
Our Major Customers
Due to the nature of our products and the current regulations, all of our customers are located in China. We have established relationships with most of our key customers since our establishment in 2002. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, our top five customers, based on sales revenue and the percentage of their contribution to our revenues, were as follows:
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Hengshui Huaan Medical Station | 5.1 | 2.9% | |||||
Linyi Luoxin Medical Company | 4.9 | 2.8% | |||||
Anhui Huayuan Medical Company | 4.6 | 2.6% | |||||
Linyi Medical Station | 4.1 | 2.3% | |||||
Nanjing Military District Fuzhou Medical | 3.3 | 1.9% | |||||
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Regulation
Due to the nature of our products, we are supervised by various levels of the PRC Ministry of Health and/or State Food and Drug Administration. Such supervision includes the safety standards regulating our source supplies (mainly plasma), our manufacturing process through the issuance of our GMP Certification and the inspection of our finished products.
In addition, there are regulations regarding the retail price, rather than regulations of wholesale prices, of our products. According to the Regulations on controlling blood products promulgated by the State Council in 1996, the price (retail) setting standard and regulatory functions reside with regional offices of the State Pricing Bureau and the Ministry of Health. Presently, there are retail pricing guidelines for hospitals which sell our human albumin and immunoglobulin products to patients as prescribed by the relevant regulators in each region. The retail pricing guidelines are established based on, amongst other things, the regional living standards and the cost of production of the manufacturers.
The hospitals cannot sell the products to patients at prices exceeding the highest retail price prescribed by the relevant regulators. There is no pricing guideline on the ex-factory price to the hospital and the distributors. The highest retail price guideline is revised occasionally.
Our Employees
As of June 30, 2007, we employed approximately 331 full-time employees, of which approximately 130 were seconded to us by the Shandong Institute. An English translation of this Group Secondment Agreement is filed as an exhibit to this report.
We believe that we maintain a satisfactory working relationship with our employees and we have not experienced any significant labor disputes or any difficulties in recruiting staff for our operations.
As required by applicable Chinese law, we have entered into employment contracts with most of our officers, managers and employees. We are working towards entering into employment contracts with those employees who do not currently have employment contracts with us.
Our employees in China participate in a state pension scheme organized by Chinese municipal and provincial governments. We are required to contribute to the scheme at the rates ranging of the average monthly salary of 20%. The compensation expenses related to this scheme was about RMB1, 265,000 (approximately, $160,000) and RMB774, 000 (approximately, $97,000) for the fiscal years 2006 and 2005, respectively. Other major contributions include medical insurance (7%), unemployment insurance (2%) and housing provision fund (8%) for employees seconded from the Shandong Institute. In addition, we are required by Chinese law to cover employees in China with various types of social insurance. We have purchased social insurances for all of our employees.
Our Facilities
All land in China is owned by the State. Individuals and companies are permitted to acquire land use rights for specific purposes. Industrial land use rights are granted for a period of 50 years. This period may be renewed at the expiration of the initial and any subsequent terms. Granted land use rights are transferable and may be used as security for borrowings and other obligations.
In July 2003, Shandong Taibang obtained certain land use rights from the PRC municipal government to 43,663 square meters consisting of manufacturing facilities, warehouses and office buildings in Taian City, Shandong Province. Shandong Taibang is required to make payments totaling RMB138, 848 per year to the local state-owned entity, for the 50 year life of the rights or until the Shandong Institute completes its privatization process. We recorded land use rights equal to other payable land use rights totaling $294,105 and $287,045 as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 determined using present value of annual payments over 50 years.
We believe that all of our properties have been adequately maintained, are generally in good condition, and are suitable and adequate for our business.
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Some of our properties are leased from third parties. We have entered into formal lease agreements with two of them. The remaining leases are on a verbal basis. In all cases, the lessors have not been able to provide copies of documentation evidencing their rights to use the leased property. In most cases, the leased properties are small operating spaces we leased for our sales offices in different parts of China. In the event of any future dispute over the ownership of the leased properties, we believe we could easily and quickly find replacement premises so that the operations would not be affected.
Legal Proceedings
We may become involved in lawsuits and legal proceedings arising from the ordinary course of our business. This may adversely affect or harm our business. We are currently not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims that we believe will have a material adverse affect on our business, financial condition or operating results.
In July 2006, one of our sales employees misappropriated our goods and resold them to other parties using a counterfeited Company seal. The amount involved was approximately RMB1.16 million (approximately $0.15 million). The incident was revealed during a routine reconciliation of our account receivables. We reported the misappropriation to the police and the employee was arrested and criminal charges were brought against him. To date, we have recovered RMB350,000 in cash and goods of valued at approximately RMB30,000 (altogether, approximately $0.05 million). The balance will be recouped on or before the end of 2007, pursuant to a financial guarantee and repayment agreement between us and the employee witnessed by officials at the Tai An City Police Station.
Missile Engineering, which is controlled by Mr. Zu Ying Du, was one of the original equity holders in our operating subsidiary, Shandong Taibang. Pursuant to a joint venture agreement, among the original equity holders, Missile Engineering was obligated to make a capital contribution of RMB20 million (or approximately $2.6 million) for a 25% interest in Shandong Taibang. Missile Engineering made this contribution using funds borrowed from the Beijing Chen Da Technology Investment Company, or Beijing Chen Da. In addition, Missile Engineering was obligated to contribute technical know-how to Shandong Taibang, for which it was obligated to obtain a certificate and license from the State within a stipulated period. However, Missile Engineering failed to obtain the certificate and license and it also failed to repay Beijing Chen Da for its loan of the capital contribution amount. In 2004, Beijing Chen Da sued Mr. Du for repayment of the loan and obtained a judgment against him. As a result, Missile Engineerings 25% equity interest in Shandong Taibang was transferred to Beijing Chen Da as consideration for the RMB20 million loan. On June 10, 2005, Beijing Chen Da sold its equity interests in Shandong Taibang to Up-Wing, pursuant to a share transfer agreement, which became effective on September 2, 2005, upon approval by the Shandong COFTEC. In March 2006, Up-Wing sold its equity interests in Shandong Taibang to Logic Express, our subsidiary. In 2006, Missile Engineering, applied for arbitration before CIETAC, in accordance with the terms of the joint venture agreement, to challenge the effectiveness of the transfer of the shares he formerly owned in Shandong Taibang. However, Missile Engineering later voluntarily withdrew this application and instead, applied to the Shandong COFTEC for administrative reconsideration of the equity transfer, but its application was rejected. Thereafter, Missile commenced an administrative proceeding against the Shandong COFTEC alleging that it wrongfully approved the equity transfer. This administrative proceeding is still pending. In April 2007, Logic Express initiated an arbitration proceeding before CIETAC, to recognize itself as the lawful shareholder of Shandong Taibang. This arbitration proceeding is still pending. We believe that all necessary approvals and documentation were obtained at the time of transfer and have initiated legal action in China intending to restrain Missile Engineering from seeking to resolve its differences with us by means other than arbitration.
In December 2006, we brought separate legal action in Tai Shan District Court in Shandong Province against Mr. Du for defamation in connection with his tortious comments regarding Shandong Taibang. We sought to enjoin Mr. Du from such conduct as well as damages of approximately $3,000. The outcome of this matter is not expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
On February 5, 2007, our subsidiary Shandong Taibang received a summons from the District Court of Hong Qi District, Xin Xiang City, Henan Province, regarding an ongoing dispute with Hua Lan Biological Engineering Co Ltd., or Hua Lan, the plaintiff, pursuant to which Hua Lan alleges that Feng Lin, the principal of the Bobai Kangan Plasma Collection Co. Ltd., or Bobai, and Keliang Huang established the Bobai Plasma Collection Station in Bobai County, Guangxi, using a permit for collecting and supplying human plasma in Bobai County, that was granted to Hua Lan by the government of the Guangxi region, without Hua Lans permission. On January 18, 2007, we had signed a letter of intent to acquire the Bobai Plasma Collection Station from Bobai. However, on January 29, 2007, on Hua Lans motion, the District Court entered an order to freeze funds in the amount of RMB3,000,000 held by the defendants in the case, including RMB 500,000 in funds held in Shandong Taibangs bank account in Taian City, and Shandong Taibang was joined as a third party defendant. The first hearing in the foregoing matter was scheduled to be held before the District Court in March 2007 but was suspended to allow the defendants to enter a plea to the Henan Provincial Court requesting clarification regarding whether the District Court has proper jurisdiction when the act of infringement and all defendants are not in Henan Province. A hearing was held on June 25, 2007 and judgment was entered against the defendants. There was no financial judgment on us and the RMB500,000
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has been released, however, we have appealed the judgment to the high court. Other than the place of jurisdiction, we cannot make any comment on the validity of the franchise agreement between Bobai and Hua Lan. If Hua Lan prevails in this case then we may not be able to acquire Bobai. However, management does not expect our inability to acquire Bobai to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations as Bobai is only a small station.
To our knowledge, no director, officer or affiliate of ours, and no owner of record or beneficial owner of more than five percent (5%) of our securities, or any associate of any such director, officer or security holder is our adverse party or has an material interest in our operation in reference to pending litigation.
MANAGEMENT
Directors and Executive Officers
The following sets forth the name and position of each of our current executive officers and directors.
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Siu Ling Chan, | 44 | Chairwoman of the Board | ||
Stanley Wong | 44 | Chief Executive Officer | ||
Lin Ling Li | 44 | Director | ||
Chao Ming Zhao | 34 | Director and Chief Financial Officer |
Siu Ling Chan has been our director since July 19, 2006. She has been our chairwoman since January 1, 2007 and served as our CEO from January 2007 to March 2007. Ms Chan is also currently a director of our subsidiary Logic Express. She was also appointed as the director of Shandong Taibang in April 2006. Ms. Chan has been involved in senior management positions with a number of companies and has made a number of investments in China. Prior to joining us, Ms. Chan worked from 1991 to 2005, as an administrator at the Fujian Academy of Social Sciences, and from 1989 to 1991 as a statistician at the Fujian Pingtan Economy Committee. She received her graduate degree in Statistics from Xiamen University in 1989.
Stanley Wong joined our Company as Chief Executive Officer in March 2007. Mr. Wong has over 20 years of working experience in the fields of auditing, hotel, investment, trust, settlement, fund administration, credit risk management, private banking, IPO, construction, manufacturing and IT industries in the Greater China Region, over 12 years of which has been spent in strategic and corporate management, internal controls and change management. Before joining our Company, Mr. Wong worked from December 2003 to November 2006 as the Chief Financial Officer of Futong Technology (HK) Co. Ltd. and Beijing Futong Dongfang Technology Co. Ltd., where he was responsible for Singapore listing work and corporate management. Prior to this Mr. Wong worked in Taipei from March 2003 to December 2003 as a General Manager for the Raido Group, a multinational investment enterprise. From May 2002 to February 2003, Mr. Wong worked as the Personal Assistant to the Managing Director of Hung Mau Realty & Construction Ltd., a general building contractor, and from January 2002 to April 2002 he worked as the Finance Manager for Noble Resources Ltd., a diversified commodities trading company listed in Singapore. Mr. Wong obtained his Bachelor degree in Accounting from the University of Kent in the UK. He is also a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Lin Ling Li has been a member of our board of directors since July 19, 2006. Since February 2006, Ms. Li has been the director of our subsidiary Logic Express, and since May 2004, she has been a director at Up-Wing Investment Limited, a predecessor to Logic Express. Ms. Li was a technician at Fuzhou Fuxing Pharmaceutical Company from 1980 to 2000. From October 1998 to April 2006, she was a senior manager at Fuzhou Chengxin Dian Dang Company Limited, where she was involved in financing, mortgage and loan industry. She holds degrees in finance and accounting from Fujian University (September 1986), and an accounting degree from Fujian Finance and Accounting Institute (October 1994).
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Chao Ming Zhao has been our Director since August 2006 and our Chief Financial Officer since November 2006, and has been the Chief Financial Officer of our operating subsidiary, Shandong Taibang since September 2003. From February 2002 to June 2003, Mr. Zhao was the financial manager at EF English First (Fuzhou) School, where he was responsible for managing the schools accounting and its internal control. He was a manager and auditor at Fujian (CFC) Group from July 1996 to January 2002, and was in charge of internal audit. Mr. Zhao is a certified accountant in the PRC and is an international registered internal auditor. Mr. Zhao graduated from Fuzhou University with a major in investment management and economics. He received his MBA in finance for Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2006. He also received his Bachelors degree in Investment Economy Management from Fuzhou University in 1996.
Significant Employees
The following sets forth the name and position of each of our current significant employees.
Tung Lam | 46 | Chief Executive Officer of Shandong Taibang | ||
Guangli Pang | 43 | Director of China Biologic and Deputy CEO of | ||
Shandong Taibang | ||||
Yun Hua Gao | 55 | Technical Chief of Shandong Taibang | ||
Dian Cong Liu | 54 | Quality Control Manager of Shandong Taibang | ||
Ya Wen Liu | 40 | Sales Manager of Shandong Taibang |
Tung, Lam has been the Chief Executive Officer of our operating subsidiary, Shandong Taibang, since October 2003, and is responsible for the entire operation. Mr. Lam served, from March 2001 to August 2003, as the vice president of the Fujian Province Fei Yue Group, where he was in charge of management investment. Mr. Lam graduated from Fuzhou University majoring in business administration in 1983. He also received a EMBA degree from Peoples University of China in 2006.
Guang Li Pang has been our Director since August 2006 and has been the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of our operating subsidiary, Shandong Taibang since November 2002 where he is in charge of production. In 1985, Mr. Pang joined the Shandong Institute and was promoted head of its plasma division. Mr. Pang graduated from Shandong Medical University majoring in pharmacy in 1989. He received a degree in business management from Shandong Party Committee School in 2003, and started his EMBA at Peoples University of China in January 2005.
Yun Hua Gao is the technical chief of our operating subsidiary, Shandong Taibang. In 1975, Mr. Gao was assigned to the Shandong Institute and has been involved in the research and development work of plasma products. From January 2000 to November 2000, he was head of the production department at Shandong Biological Products Institute, and from November 2002 to April 2004, he became the manager of the production department. He graduated from Shandong Medical University majoring in medicine in 1975. He received a degree in Biology in 1976 from the Shanghai Biological Research Institute.
Dian Cong Liu has been the quality control manager of our operating subsidiary, Shandong Taibang since September 2003. Mr. Liu has spent many years in the area of biopharmaceutical research. Mr. Liu joined the Shandong Institute in 1978, and served as manager of the institutes placenta product department from 1986 to 1992 and as department head for the institutes quality assurance department from 2000 to October 2002. Mr. Liu was one of our founding employees in 2002. He graduated from the Weifang Medical School in 1978, with a major in medicine.
Ya Wen Liu has been the sales manager of our operating subsidiary, Shandong Taibang since September 2003. Prior to joining us, Mr. Liu was employed by a number of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies. From March 2001 to September 2003, he was a marketing manager at Shenzhen Lanan Bioengineering Limited Company. He graduated from Yangchow Medical University in 1989 majoring in medicine.
The business address of our directors and executive officers is No. 14 East Hushan Road, Taian City, Shandong Province, Peoples Republic of China, 271000. There are no agreements or understandings for any of our executive officers
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or directors to resign at the request of another person and no officer or director is acting on behalf of nor will any of them act at the direction of any other person.
Board Composition and Committees
Our Board is currently composed of four members, none of whom are independent directors, as that term is defined under the Nasdaq listing standards. All actions of the board of directors require the approval of a majority of the directors in attendance at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Our directors have a duty of to act in good faith with a view to our interests. In fulfilling their duty of care to us, our directors must ensure compliance with our Certificate of Incorporation. Board action requires the approval of a majority of the directors in attendance at a meeting at which a quorum is present. During 2006, our board met two times and except for Ms. Lin Ling Li, who missed one meeting, no director missed more than 25% of the meetings of the board or any committee on which he or she sat.
We currently do not have standing audit, nominating or compensation committees. Currently, our entire board of directors is responsible for the functions that would otherwise be handled by these committees. We intend, however, to establish an audit committee, a nominating committee and a compensation committee of the board of directors as soon as practicable. We envision that the audit committee will be primarily responsible for reviewing the services performed by our independent auditors, evaluating our accounting policies and our system of internal controls. The nominating committee would be primarily responsible for nominating directors and setting policies and procedures for the nomination of directors. The nominating committee would also be responsible for overseeing the creation and implementation of our corporate governance policies and procedures. The compensation committee will be primarily responsible for reviewing and approving our salary and benefit policies (including stock options), including compensation of executive officers.
Our board of directors has not made a determination as to whether any member of our board is an audit committee financial expert. Upon the establishment of an audit committee, the board will determine whether any of the directors qualify as an audit committee financial expert.
However, to enrich our technical expertise, we have enlisted the following individuals as our advisors, Mr. Wen Fang Liu and Mr. Xi Yun Chai.
Mr. Wen Fang Liu, 67, is a lecturer of post doctorate degree students and is our senior advisor. Mr. Liu is a pioneer in the plasma-based biopharmaceutical product industry in China. From 1963 to 1998, Mr. Liu was employed at the Transfusion Research Centre of China Medical Science Institute, where he focused on plasma fraction, purification, quality control and product development. Mr. Liu was one of the early adopter of then pioneering manufacturing techniques and product developments of plasma-based biopharmaceuticals. He has received numerous awards in this field and has published over 30 books and papers. Since the early 1990s, Mr. Liu has been appointed as a member of the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conferences Sichuan Committee, a member of the Ministry of Healths committee on biopharmaceuticals standards, council to the China Society of Blood Transfusion, council to the China Medicinal Biotech Association, an executive member of the council of Sichuan Red Cross. From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Liu was a visiting scholar to the Halland Research Centre of the U.S. Red Cross.
Mr. Xi Yun Chai, 46, graduated from the Shanghai Medical University with a doctorate degree in biochemistry. Mr. Chai is currently our senior advisor. After his graduation, Mr. Chai attended State University of New York at Buffalo for his post doctorate study. Mr. Chai has published over ten technical papers in internationally recognized magazines.
Family Relationships
Ms. Siu Ling Chan is the wife of Mr. Tung Lam. Other than the above, none of our directors or officers is related to each other or any of our principal shareholders; and to the best of our knowledge and belief, there are no arrangements or understandings with any of our principal shareholders, customers, suppliers, or any other person, pursuant to which any of our directors or executive officers were appointed.
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Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
To the best of our knowledge, except as set forth in our discussion below in Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, none of our directors, director nominees or executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates which are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. None of the directors, director designees or executive officers to our knowledge has been convicted in a criminal proceeding, excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors, or has been a party to any judicial or administrative proceeding during the past five years that resulted in a judgment, decree or final order enjoining the person from future violations of, or prohibiting activities subject to, federal or state securities laws, or a finding of any violation of federal or state securities laws, except for matters that were dismissed without sanction or settlement.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following table sets forth certain information concerning the compensation paid by us for services rendered in all capacities to us by our chief executive officer. No other executive officers received total annual salary and bonus compensation in excess of $100,000.
Summary Compensation Table
Non- | Non- | ||||||||||||||||||
Option | Equity Incentive | qualified | All Other | ||||||||||||||||
Name and Principal | Salary | Bonus | Stock | Awards | Plan | Deferred | Compensation | Total | |||||||||||
Position | Year | ($) | ($) | Awards ($) | ($) | Compensation | Compensation | ($) (3) | ($) | ||||||||||
Earnings ($) | Earnings ($) | ||||||||||||||||||
Michael Li, Former | 2006 | $61,720 | $5,143 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | $66,863 | ||||||||||
CEO (1) | |||||||||||||||||||
Siu Ling Chan, | 2006 | $48,848 | $6,407 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | $55,255 | ||||||||||
Chairwoman and | |||||||||||||||||||
Former CEO (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
Stanley Wong, CEO | 2006 | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- | -0- |
(1) Michael Li served as our CEO from July 2006, until his resignation in January 31, 2007, when the board of directors appointed Siu Ling Chan as our new CEO.
(2) Siu Ling Chan also served as our CEO from January 2007, until March 2007, when the board of directors appointed Stanley Wong as our new CEO.
Employment Agreements
Mr. Michael Li served as our Chief Executive Officer from July 2006 through January 2007. As consideration for his duties as our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Li received a monthly salary of HK$80,000 (approximately $10,287), plus a guaranteed bonus equal to one months salary on December 31 of every year under the agreement.
As consideration for her duties on our board of directors, pursuant to a directors employment agreement which became effective as of July 19, 2006, our Chairwoman, Ms. Siu Ling Chan, receives a monthly salary of HK$50,000 (approximately $6,400), plus a guaranteed bonus of HK$50,000 (approximately $6,400) on December 31 of every year under the agreement. Ms. Chan also receives compensation in the form of housing allowances and other allowances and benefit in kind.
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Pursuant to an employment agreement which became effective March 8, 2007, as consideration for his services as our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Stanley Wong receives a monthly salary of $12,800, a discretionary year-end bonus and monthly round trip ticket from Jinan to Hong Kong, valued at approximately $6,150 per year.
As consideration for his services as a director, and as our CFO as of November 2006, Chao Ming Zhao receives a monthly salary of HK$50,000 (approximately $6,400), plus a guaranteed bonus of HK$50,000 (approximately $6,400) on December 31 of every year under the agreement. In addition, for his services as the Chief Financial Officer of Shandong Taibang Mr. Zhao receives a monthly salary of RMB4,400 (approximately $564). He also receives housing allowances valued at RMB 3,100 per month (approximately $397) and a discretionary bonus which was RMB 25,000 (approximately $3,203) for fiscal year 2006.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End
None of our executive officers received any equity awards, including, options, restricted stock or other equity incentives, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.
Compensation of Directors
The following table sets forth certain information concerning the compensation paid by us for services rendered in all capacities to us during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 to our directors:
Change | ||||||||||||||
in Pension | ||||||||||||||
Value and | ||||||||||||||
Nonqualified | ||||||||||||||
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Fees Earned or | Incentive Plan | Compensation | All Other | |||||||||||
Paid in Cash | Stock Awards | Option Awards | Compensation | Earnings | Compensation | Total | ||||||||
Nam | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | ($) | |||||||
Katherine Loh (1) | 72,006 | - | - | - | - | - | 72,006 | |||||||
Lin Ling Li | 56,024 | - | - | - | - | 1,153 | 57,177 | |||||||
Siu Ling Chan | 48,848 | - | - | - | - | 6,407 | 55,255 | |||||||
Chao Ming Zhao (2) | 42,729 | - | - | - | - | 3,001 | 45,730 | |||||||
Guang Li Pang | 7,168 | - | - | - | - | 1,754 | 8,921 |
(1) Katherine Loh served on our board of directors and chairwoman from July 1,2006 until her resignation in January 1, 2007.
(2) Chao Ming Zhaos compensation includes compensation for his duties as our CFO from November 2006 to the present.
All directors receive reimbursements from us for expenses which are necessarily and reasonably incurred by them for providing services to us or in the performance of their duties. Our directors who are also our employees receive compensation in the form of salaries, housing allowances, other allowances and benefit in kind in their capacity as our employees. Our executive directors do not receive any compensation in their capacity as directors in addition to their salaries and other remunerations as members of our management team. We pay their expenses related to attending board meetings and participating in board functions
Out directors receive a monthly salary of approximately HK$50,000 (approximately $6,400), plus a guaranteed bonus of HK$50,000 (approximately $6,400) on December 31 st of every year under the agreement. Both Ms. Siu Ling Chans and Ms. Lin Ling Lis directors employment agreement became effective in July 2006, Mr. Chao Mingh Zhaos, became effective as of August 2006 and Mr. Guang Li Pangs became effective as of August 2006. Our directors employment agreements continue until terminated.
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Transactions with Related Persons
The following includes a summary of transactions since the beginning of the last fiscal year, or any currently proposed transaction, in which we were or are to be a participant and the amount involved exceeded or exceeds $120,000, and in which any related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest (other than compensation described under Executive Compensation). We believe the terms obtained or consideration that we paid or received, as applicable, in connection with the transactions described below were comparable to terms available or the amounts that would be paid or received, as applicable, in arms-length transactions.
On July 19, 2006, we consummated the transactions contemplated by a share exchange agreement with the owners of all issued and outstanding capital stock of Logic Express, our directors, Ms. Siu Ling Chang and Ms. Lin Ling Li.. Pursuant to the share exchange agreement, we acquired 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Logic Express in exchange for 18,484,715 shares of our common stock. As a result of this transaction, Ms. Chang and Ms. Li became the beneficial owner of approximately 64% of our outstanding capital stock.
On July 19, 2007, our directors and majority stockholders, Siu Ling Chan and Lin Ling Li also entered into a make good escrow agreement with the private placement investors, pursuant to which, Ms. Chan and Ms. Li agreed to deposit in an escrow account a total of 4,280,000 shares of our common stock owned by them, to be held for the benefit of the investors. Ms. Chan and Ms. Li agreed that if we do not attain a minimum after tax net income threshold of $4,819,500, or $5,823,465 of after-tax net income before minority interest for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006, and $8,302,000 of after-tax net income or $10,031,416 of after-tax net income before minority interest for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007, the escrow agent may deliver their escrowed shares to the investors, based upon a pre-defined formula agreed to between the investors and Ms. Chan and Ms. Li. However, if the after tax net income threshold is met, the shares in escrow will be returned to Ms. Chan and Ms. Li. Pursuant to the escrow agreement, (i) liquidated damages accrued according to the registration rights agreement and; (ii) gain or loss on change in fair value of warrants, are not deemed to be an income or expense item in calculating the after-tax net income for the purpose of the escrow agreement. If such performance thresholds are met, the shares are to be returned to Ms Li Lin Ling and Ms Chan Siu Ling. We have met our performance threshold for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006.
Amount Due to Related Parties
Amounts due from related parties as of December 31, 2006; and December 31, 2005 are as follows:
For Fiscal Year | For Fiscal Year | |||
Ended | Ended | |||
December 31, 2006 | December 31,2005 | |||
Amount due to: | ||||
Shareholders (1) | $1,872,087 | |||
Minority shareholder (2) | $675,761 |
(1) The Companys investment in Shandong Taibang was financed by an advance from shareholders. The advance was unsecured, interest free and was paid for using dividends collected from Shandong Taibang. This amount was repaid in 2006.
(2) Represents a dividend of $675,761 borrowed for operational purposes from the minority shareholder of Shandong Taibang, at an annual interest rate of 6%. This amount is expected to be repaid in cash.
Staff Costs Related to Seconded Staff
These amounts represent staff costs for staff seconded from Shandong Institute of Biological Products to the Company.
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For Fiscal Year | For Fiscal Year | |||
Ended | Ended | |||
December 31, 2006 | December 31, 2005 | |||
Personnel expenses to Shandong | 676,000 | 727,000 | ||
Institute of Biological Products |
Except as set forth in our discussion above, none of our directors, director nominees or executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates which are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Policies and Procedures for Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons
As we increase the size of our board of directors and gain independent directors, we expect to prepare and adopt a written related-person transactions policy that sets forth our policies and procedures regarding the identification, review, consideration and approval or ratification of related-persons transactions. For purposes of our policy only, a related-person transaction will be a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which we and any related person are participants involving an amount that exceeds $50,000. Transactions involving compensation for services provided to us as an employee, director, consultant or similar capacity by a related person will not be covered by this policy. A related person will be any executive officer, director or a holder of more than five percent of our common stock, including any of their immediate family members and any entity owned or controlled by such persons.
We anticipate that, where a transaction has been identified as a related-person transaction, the policy will require management to present information regarding the proposed related-person transaction to our audit committee (or, where approval by our audit committee would be inappropriate, to another independent body of our board of directors) for consideration and approval or ratification. Managements presentation will be expected to include a description of, among other things, the material facts, the direct and indirect interests of the related persons, the benefits of the transaction to us and whether any alternative transactions are available.
To identify related-person transactions in advance, we are expected to rely on information supplied by our executive officers, directors and certain significant stockholders. In considering related-person transactions, our board of directors will take into account the relevant available facts and circumstances including, but not limited to:
the risks, costs and benefits to us;
the impact on a directors independence in the event the related person is a director, immediate family member of a director or an entity with which a director is affiliated;
the terms of the transaction;
the availability of other sources for comparable services or products; and
the terms available to or from, as the case may be, unrelated third parties or to or from our employees generally.
We also expect that the policy will require any interested director to excuse himself or herself from deliberations and approval of the transaction in which the interested director is involved.
Promoters and Certain Control Persons
We did not have any promoters at any time during the past five fiscal years.
CHANGE IN ACCOUNTANTS
Prior to the effective date of this prospectus, we were not an SEC reporting Company and did not report our financial statements. However, in connection with our reverse merger transaction, our board of directors recommended and approved the appointment of Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP, or Moore Stephens, as our independent auditor for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 and during the subsequent interim period through the date of this report.
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During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 and through the date hereof, neither us nor anyone acting on our behalf consulted Moore Stephens with respect to (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, and neither a written report was provided to us or oral advice was provided that Moore Stephens concluded was an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement or reportable events set forth in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) and (v), respectively, of Regulation S-B.
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS
The following table sets forth as of August 29, 2007, information regarding the current beneficial ownership of our common stock by the persons identified, based on information provided to us by them, which we have not independently verified. Although we have assumed for purposes of the table that the selling stockholders will sell all of the shares offered by this prospectus, because they may from time to time offer all or some of their shares under this prospectus or in another manner, no assurance can be given as to the actual number of shares that will be resold by the selling stockholders (or any of them), or that will be held after completion of the resales. In addition, a selling stockholder may have sold or otherwise disposed of shares in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or otherwise since the date he or she provided information to us. The selling stockholders are not making any representation that the shares covered by this prospectus will be offered for sale.
Except as set forth below, no selling stockholder has held any position nor had any material relationship with us or our affiliates during the past three years.
Shares | Maximum | Shares | ||||||
Beneficially | Number of | Beneficially | Percentage | |||||
Owned Prior to | Shares to be | Owned After | Ownership | |||||
Name of Selling Stockholder | Offering | Sold | Offering | After Offering | ||||
Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. | 3,225,323 | 3,138,523 (1) | 86,800 | * | ||||
Jayhawk China Fund (Cayman) Ltd. | 1,978,893 | 1,978,893(2) | 0 | * | ||||
Hudson Bay Overseas Fund Ltd. | 82,453 | 82,453 (3) | 0 | * | ||||
Hudson Bay Fund LP | 247,361 | 247,361 (4) | 0 | * | ||||
Capital Ventures International | 403,770 | 403,770 (5) | 0 | * | ||||
Ryan M. Lane | 145,000 | 145,000 | 0 | * | ||||
John D. Lane | 53,000 | 53,000 | 0 | * | ||||
Roderick L. McIlwain | 7,500 | 7,500 | 0 | * | ||||
Scott D. Edwards | 7,500 | 7,500 | 0 | * | ||||
Total | 6,064,000 | 6,064,000 | 0 | * |
* means less than 1%.
(1) Consists of (i) 2,110,818 shares owned as of July 28, 2006, (ii) 527,705 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of five-year warrants to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $2.8425 per share, and (iii) 500,000 shares of common stock with registration rights purchased from PDS-HFI Partners, pursuant to a share purchase agreement, dated August 20, 2007. The General Partner of Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. is Pinnacle China Advisers, L.P., whose General Partner is Pinnacle China Management, LLC, the Manager of which is Kitt China Management, LLC, the Manager of
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which is Barry M. Kitt. Mr. Kitt accordingly may be deemed to beneficially own but claims beneficial ownership of the shares owned by Pinnacle China Fund, L.P.
(2) Consists of (i) 1,583,114 shares owned as of July 28, 2006, and (ii) 395,779 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of five-year warrants to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $2.8425 per share. Jayhawk Capital Management, LLC is the Investment Manager for Jayhawk China Fund (Cayman), Ltd. Jayhawk Capital Management, LLC is controlled by Kent C. McCarthy.
(3) Consists of (i) 65,963 shares owned as of July 28, 2006, and (ii) 16,490 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of five-year warrants to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $2.8425 per share,. Yoav Roth and John Doscas share voting and investment power over the shares held by this selling stockholder. Both Yoav Roth and John Doscas disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares held by Hudson Bay Overseas Fund Ltd.
(4) Consists of (i) 197,889 shares of common stock owned as of July 28, 2006, and (ii) 49,472 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of five-year warrants to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $2.8425 per share. Yoav Roth and John Doscas share voting and investment power over the shares held by this selling stockholder. Both Yoav Roth and John Doscas disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares held by Hudson Bay Fund LP.
(5) Consists of (i) 323,216 shares owned as of July 28, 2006, and (iii) 80,554 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of five-year warrants to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $2.8425 per share. Heights Capital Management is the Investment Manager for Capital Ventures International. Heights Capital Management, Inc., the authorized agent of Capital Ventures International, has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the shares held by Capital Ventures International and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares. Martin Kobinger, in his capacity as Investment Manager of Heights Capital Management, Inc., may also be deemed to have investment discretion and voting power over the shares held by Capital Ventures International. Mr. Kobinger disclaims any such beneficial ownership of the shares.
(6) PDS-HFI Partners is a partnership comprised as Halter Financial Investments, L.P. and Patrick D. Souter. Halter Financial Investments, L.P. is a Texas limited partnership in which Timothy P. Halter, David Brigante, Marat Rosenberg and George Diamond (or their affiliated entities) are limited partners. All of them have voting power and investment power over the securities owned by PDS-HFI Partners and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares. Patrick D. Souter also has discretionary authority to vote and dispose of the shares held by PDS-HFI Partners and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of these shares.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock as of August 29, 2007 (i) by each person who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our common stock; (ii) by each of our officers and directors; and (iii) by all of our officers and directors as a group.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
Name & Address | Amount & Nature of | Percentage of | ||||||
Title of Class | of Beneficial Owner | Office, If Any | Beneficial Ownership (1) | Class (2) | ||||
Common Stock | Katherine Loh | Chairwoman of | 1,071,787 | 5.0% | ||||
$0.0001 par value | c/o Lane Capital Markets, LLC | China Biologic from | ||||||
120 Broadway, Suite 1019 | July 2006 to | |||||||
New York | December 2006 | |||||||
Common Stock | Lin Ling Li | Director | 6,862,624(3) | 32.0% | ||||
$0.0001 par value | c/o Lane Capital Markets, LLC | |||||||
120 Broadway, Suite 1019 | ||||||||
New York | ||||||||
Common Stock | Siu Ling Chan (4) | Chairwoman of | 6,862,624 (3) | 32.0% | ||||
$0.0001 par value | c/o Lane Capital Markets, LLC | China Biologic since | ||||||
120 Broadway, Suite 1019 | January 2007 and | |||||||
New York | former CEO from | |||||||
January 2007 to | ||||||||
March 2007 | ||||||||
Common Stock | Stanley Wong | CEO | 0 | 0 | ||||
$0.0001 par value | ||||||||
Common Stock | Chao Ming Zhao | CFO | 1,071,787 | 5.0% | ||||
$0.0001 par value | c/o Lane Capital Markets, LLC | |||||||
120 Broadway, Suite 1019 | ||||||||
New York |
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Common Stock | Barry M. Kitt (5) | 2,110,818 | 9.8% | |||
$0.0001 par value | 4965 Preston Park Blvd., | |||||
Suite 240 | ||||||
Plano, TX 75093 | ||||||
Common Stock | Kent C. McCarthy (6) | 1,583,114 | 7.4% | |||
$0.0001 par value | c/o Jayhawk China Fund (Cayman) | |||||
Ltd. | ||||||
8201 Mission Road, Suite 110 | ||||||
Prairie Village, Kansas 66208 | ||||||
Common Stock | All officers and directors as a group (4 | 15,332,928 | 71.5% | |||
$0.0001 par value | persons named above) |
(1) Beneficial Ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Each of the beneficial owners listed above has direct ownership of and sole voting power and investment power with respect to the shares of our common stock.
(2) Based on 21,434,942 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of August 29, 2007.
(3) Includes 2,140,000 shares that have been placed in escrow that may be released to the Investors in the event we do not meet the performance thresholds for 2007.
(4) Ms. Chan is the wife of Mr. Lam, the Chief Executive Officer of Shandong Taibang.
(5) These shares of our common stock are owned by Pinnacle China which is controlled by Barry M. Kitt, the Sole Member of Kitt China Management, L.L.C., the Manager of Pinnacle China Management, L.L.C., the General Partner of Pinnacle China Advisors, L.P., the General Partner of Pinnacle China Fund, L.P.
(6) Consists of shares owned as of July 28, 2006 by Jayhawk China Fund (Cayman), Ltd. , which is managed by Jayhawk Capital Management, LLC, which is controlled by Kent C. McCarthy who is deemed the beneficial owner of the shares.
Changes in Control
We do not currently have any arrangements which if consummated may result in a change of control of our Company.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Common or Preferred Stock
Our current authorized capital stock consists of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share, of which 21,434,942 shares were issued and outstanding as of August 29, 2007, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.0001 per share, of which no shares are issued or outstanding.
Each common share entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders. When a dividend is declared by the Board, all stockholders are entitled to receive a fixed dividend. All shares issued in the company are of the same class, and have equal liquidation, preference, and adjustment rights.
Warrants
On July 19, 2006, we issued to the Investors in the private placement warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,070,000 shares of our Common Stock which are exercisable by the holder at $2.8425 per share for a period of five years following the closing of the private placement. In the event the market price of our Common Stock exceeds 160% of the exercise price of the warrants at any time after 45 days following the effective date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, then we may require the holder of such warrants to exercise any unexercised warrants so long as this registration statement remains effective and certain other conditions are met. Under no circumstances may the warrants be exercised including pursuant to these forced exercise provisions -- if it would result in the holder beneficially owning more than (i) 4.9999% of our outstanding Common Stock (which provision may be waived by the holder thereof with upon notice to us 61 days prior to such exercise); or (ii) 9.9999% of our outstanding Common Stock (which provision may not be waived by any party). In the event we issue shares of our Common Stock or any type of securities convertible or exercisable into shares of our Common Stock at a price below $2.8425, the exercise price of the warrants shall be adjusted downwards on a weighted average basis.
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In connection with the private placement, we also issued to Lane Capital Markets, LLC warrants to purchase 214,000 shares of our common stock on substantially identical terms as the warrants issued to the investors in the private placement (although the warrants issued to Lane Capital Markets LLC did not contain any forced exercise provisions).
Transfer Agent and Registrar
Our independent stock transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Securities Transfer Corporation. Their mailing address is 2591 Dallas Parkway, Suite #102, Frisco, Texas, 75034, and their telephone number is (469) 633-0101.
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
As of August 29, 2007, we had outstanding 24,038,183 shares of common stock.
Shares Covered by this Prospectus
6,064,000 of the shares being registered in this offering may be sold without restriction under the Securities Act, so long as the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part is, and remains, effective.
In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, a person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who has beneficially owned shares of our common stock for at least one year, including any person who may be deemed to be an affiliate (as the term affiliate is defined under the Securities Act), would be entitled to sell, within any three-month period, a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of:
1% of the number of shares of common stock then outstanding, which as of August 29, 2007 would equal 214,349 shares; or
the average weekly trading volume of our common stock during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to such sale.
However, since our shares are quoted on the over-the-counter market maintained by Pink Sheets, LLC, which is not an automated quotation system, our stockholders cannot rely on the market-based volume limitation described in the second bullet above. If, in the future, our securities are listed on an exchange or quoted on NASDAQ, then our stockholders would be able to rely on the market-based volume limitation. Unless and until our stock is so listed or quoted, our stockholders can only rely on the percentage based volume limitation described in the first bullet above.
Sales under Rule 144 are also governed by other requirements regarding the manner of sale, notice filing and the availability of current public information about us. Under Rule 144, however, a person who is not, and for the three months prior to the sale of such shares has not been, an affiliate of the issuer is free to sell shares that are restricted securities which have been held for at least two years without regard to the limitations contained in Rule 144. The selling stockholders will not be governed by the foregoing restrictions when selling their shares pursuant to this prospectus.
A total of 250,227 of our outstanding shares may currently be sold in reliance on Rule 144.
Rule 144(k)
Under Rule 144(k), a person who is not deemed to have been one of our affiliates at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned the shares proposed to be sold for at least two years, including the holding period of any prior owner other than an affiliate, is entitled to sell such shares without complying with the manner of sale, notice filing, volume limitation or notice provisions of Rule 144.
We believe that none of our outstanding shares may currently be sold in reliance on Rule 144(k).
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Selling Stockholders and any of their pledgees, donees, transferees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of Common Stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. The Selling Stockholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits Investors;
block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
privately negotiated transactions to cover short sales made after the date that this Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission;
broker-dealers may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
a combination of any such methods of sale; and
any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
The Selling Stockholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.
Broker-dealers engaged by the Selling Stockholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the Selling Stockholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated. The Selling Stockholders do not expect these commissions and discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved.
The Selling Stockholders may from time to time pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the Shares owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell shares of Common Stock from time to time under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933 amending the list of selling stockholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling stockholders under this prospectus.
Upon our being notified in writing by a Selling Stockholder that any material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale of Common Stock through a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution or secondary distribution or a purchase by a broker or dealer, a supplement to this prospectus will be filed, if required, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, disclosing (i) the name of each such Selling Stockholder and of the participating broker-dealer(s), (ii) the number of shares involved, (iii) the price at which such the shares of Common Stock were sold, (iv) the commissions paid or discounts or concessions allowed to such broker-dealer(s), where applicable, and (v) other facts material to the transaction. In addition, upon our being notified in writing by a Selling Stockholder that a donee or pledgee intends to sell more than 500 shares of Common Stock, a supplement to this prospectus will be filed if then required in accordance with applicable securities law.
The Selling Stockholders also may transfer the shares of Common Stock in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
Any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares and any Selling Stockholders who are affiliates of broker-dealers may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Discounts, concessions, commissions and similar selling expenses, if any, that can be attributed to the sale of Securities will be paid by the Selling
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Stockholder and/or the purchasers. Each Selling Stockholder has represented and warranted to us that it acquired the securities subject to this registration statement in the ordinary course of such Selling Stockholders business and, at the time of its purchase of such securities such Selling Stockholder had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute any such securities.
The Company has advised each Selling Stockholder that it may not use shares registered on this Registration Statement to cover short sales of Common Stock made prior to the date on which this Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the Commission. If a Selling Stockholder uses this prospectus for any sale of the Common Stock, it will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The Selling Stockholders will be responsible to comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder promulgated, including, without limitation, Regulation M, as applicable to such Selling Stockholders in connection with resales of their respective shares under this Registration Statement.
The Company is required to pay all fees and expenses incident to the registration of the shares, but we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Common Stock. The Company has agreed to indemnify the Selling Stockholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The validity of the securities offered hereby has been passed upon for us by Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, Washington, D.C.
Our audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 have been included in this prospectus in reliance upon the report of Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer & Torbet, LLP, independent auditors, appearing in this registration statement, and their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
No expert or counsel named in this prospectus as having prepared or certified any part of this prospectus or having given an opinion upon the validity of the securities being registered or upon other legal matters in connection with the registration or offering of the common stock was employed on a contingency basis, or had, or is to receive, in connection with the offering, a substantial interest, direct or indirect, in China Biologic or any of its parents or subsidiaries. Nor was any such person connected with China Biologic or any of its parents or subsidiaries as a promoter, managing or principal underwriter, voting trustee, director, officer or employee.
DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION
FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES
Our Bylaws provide for the indemnification of our directors and officers, past, present and future, under certain circumstances, against attorneys fees, judgments, fines and other expenses incurred by them in any litigation to which they become a party arising from their association with or activities on behalf of us. We will also bear expenses of such litigation for any of our directors, officers, employees or agents upon such persons promise to repay us therefore if it is ultimately determined that any such person shall not have been entitled to indemnification. This indemnification policy could result in substantial expenditure by us, which we may be unable to recoup.
Insofar as indemnification by us for liabilities arising under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification by such director, officer or controlling person of us in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being offered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
At the present time, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer, employee or other agent of ours in which indemnification would be required or permitted. We are not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding which may result in a claim for such indemnification.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We are a public company and file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file at the SECs public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can request copies of these documents by writing to the SEC and paying a fee for the copying cost. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for more information about the operation of the public reference room. Our SEC filings are also available, at no charge, to the public at the SECs web site at http://www.sec.gov .
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Index to Financial Statements
Page | ||
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 (UNAUDITED) | F-2 | |
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 | F-3 | |
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 | F-4 | |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 | F-5 | |
Consolidated Statements of Stockholder Equity for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 | F-6 | |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | F-7 | |
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005 | F-28 | |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to China Biologic Products, Inc. | F-29 | |
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 | F-30 | |
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 | F-31 | |
Consolidated Statements of Stockholder Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 | F-32 | |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 | F-33 | |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | F-34 |
F-1
CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
F-2
CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF JUNE 30, 2007 AND DECEMBER 31, 2006
A S S E T S | ||||||||
JUNE 30 | DECEMBER 31 | |||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
CURRENT ASSETS: | ||||||||
Cash | $ | 6,548,316 | $ | 4,268,220 | ||||
Restricted cash | 65,750 | - | ||||||
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,160,327 | ||||||||
and $1,131,209 as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively | 3,407,481 | 3,775,387 | ||||||
Notes receivable | 24,985 | 81,407 | ||||||
Other receivables | 1,935,457 | 584,931 | ||||||
Other receivables - shareholders | 223,059 | - | ||||||
Inventories | 7,277,754 | 6,117,361 | ||||||
Advances on inventory purchases | 541,031 | 713,194 | ||||||
Total current assets | 20,023,833 | 15,540,500 | ||||||
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net | 11,075,508 | 7,437,768 | ||||||
OTHER ASSETS: | ||||||||
Advances on equipment purchases | 804,150 | 778,364 | ||||||
Intangible assets | 759,331 | 718,011 | ||||||
Total other assets | 1,563,481 | 1,496,375 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 32,662,822 | $ | 24,474,643 | ||||
L I A B I L I T I E S A N D S H A R E H O L D E R S' E Q U I T Y | ||||||||
CURRENT LIABILITIES: | ||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 2,511,779 | $ | 2,412,440 | ||||
Short term loans - bank | 1,315,000 | 2,564,000 | ||||||
Short term loan - shareholder | 693,156 | 675,761 | ||||||
Short term loan - employees | 763,138 | - | ||||||
Other payables and accrued liabilities | 2,225,571 | 1,874,973 | ||||||
Other payable - land use right | 294,105 | 287,045 | ||||||
Dividend payable | - | 476,597 | ||||||
Customer deposits | 1,636,027 | 370,297 | ||||||
Taxes payable | 696,586 | 138,203 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 10,135,362 | 8,799,316 | ||||||
Long term liabilities | 460,250 | 641,000 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 10,595,612 | 9,440,316 | ||||||
MINORITY INTEREST | 3,535,935 | 2,308,487 | ||||||
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY: | ||||||||
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 21,434,942 shares | ||||||||
issued and outstanding at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively | 2,143 | 2,143 | ||||||
Paid-in-capital | 9,388,305 | 9,388,305 | ||||||
Retained earnings | 4,035,544 | 2,199,580 | ||||||
Statutory reserves | 3,523,806 | 17,427 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 1,581,477 | 1,118,385 | ||||||
Total shareholders' equity | 18,531,275 | 12,725,840 | ||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | 32,662,822 | $ | 24,474,643 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
(Unaudited)
2007 | 2006 | ||||
REVENUES | $ | 16,503,911 | $ | 9,067,701 | |
COST OF SALES | 6,012,348 | 4,185,605 | |||
GROSS PROFIT | 10,491,563 | 4,882,096 | |||
OPERATING EXPENSES | |||||
Selling expenses | 702,468 | 292,669 | |||
General and administrative expenses | 1,708,341 | 637,660 | |||
Research and development expenses | 221,635 | 180,634 | |||
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES | 2,632,444 | 1,110,963 | |||
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS | 7,859,119 | 3,771,133 | |||
OTHER EXPENSES | |||||
Finance expense | 46,224 | 95,502 | |||
Other expense | 23,042 | 30,205 | |||
TOTAL OTHER EXPENSES | 69,266 | 125,707 | |||
INCOME BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES | |||||
AND MINORITY INTEREST | 7,789,853 | 3,645,426 | |||
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES | 1,298,962 | 483,631 | |||
NET INCOME BEFORE MINORITY INTEREST | 6,490,891 | 3,161,795 | |||
LESS MINORITY INTEREST | 1,148,548 | 472,476 | |||
NET INCOME | 5,342,343 | 2,689,319 | |||
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION GAIN | 463,092 | 206,778 | |||
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | $ | 5,805,435 | $ | 2,896,097 | |
BASIC AND DILUTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES | 21,434,942 | 19,234,942 | |||
BASIC AND DILUTED EARNING PER SHARE | $ | 0.25 | $ | 0.14 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
(Unaudited)
2007 | 2006 | ||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | |||||||
Net income | $ | 5,342,343 | 2,689,319 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash | |||||||
provided by operating activities: | |||||||
Minority Interest | 1,148,548 | 472,476 | |||||
Depreciation | 417,406 | 196,245 | |||||
Amortization | 23,686 | 21,078 | |||||
Loss on disposal of equipment | 4,064 | - | |||||
Change in assets: | |||||||
Accounts receivable | 458,758 | (993,426 | ) | ||||
Notes receivable | 57,721 | (58,077 | ) | ||||
Other receivables | (1,317,291 | ) | (1,392,712 | ) | |||
Other receivables - shareholder | (146,149 | ) | (4,026 | ) | |||
Inventories | (989,274 | ) | (1,263,393 | ) | |||
Advances on inventory purchase | 187,928 | 23,977 | |||||
Change in liabilities: | |||||||
Accounts payable | 36,733 | (380,096 | ) | ||||
Other payables and accrued liabilities | 298,787 | 705,131 | |||||
Customer deposits | 1,239,099 | 205,291 | |||||
Taxes payable | 547,273 | 253,737 | |||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | 7,309,632 | 475,524 | |||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | |||||||
Additions to plant and equipment | (3,830,236 | ) | (148,267 | ) | |||
Proceed from disposal of fixed assets | 9,393 | - | |||||
Additions to intangible assets | (46,213 | ) | (8,661 | ) | |||
Advances on equipment purchase | (5,672 | ) | - | ||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (3,872,728 | ) | (156,928 | ) | |||
CASH FLOWS FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | |||||||
Restriced cash | (65,750 | ) | 1,915,646 | ||||
Proceeds from note payable | - | (1,915,646 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from short term loan | 1,297,100 | (92,693 | ) | ||||
Payments on short term loan | (2,511,400 | ) | - | ||||
Prceeds from employee loan | 752,750 | ||||||
Payments on long term debt | (194,565 | ) | 295,794 | ||||
Dividends paid to minority shareholders | (476,597 | ) | - | ||||
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (1,198,462 | ) | 203,101 | ||||
EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGE IN CASH | 41,654 | 13,617 | |||||
INCREASE IN CASH | 2,280,096 | 535,314 | |||||
CASH, beginning of period | 4,268,220 | 607,376 | |||||
CASH, end of period | $ | 6,548,316 | $ | 1,142,690 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common stock
|
Retained earnings | Accumulated other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Paid-in |
Statutory
|
comprehensive
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Par value
|
capital |
reserves
|
Unrestricted
|
income |
Totals
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE, December 31, 2005 | 19,234,942 |
$
|
1,923 | $ | (1,923 | ) |
$
|
681,383 | $ | (655,448 | ) | $ | 551,209 |
$
|
577,144 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net income |
|
|
2,689,319 |
|
2,689,319 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distribution to Up-Wing shareholder |
|
|
(1,625,765 | ) |
|
(1,625,765 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment to statutory reserve |
|
|
644,847 | (644,847 | ) |
|
- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments |
|
|
206,778 |
|
206,778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE, June 30, 2006 (unaudited) | 19,234,942 |
$
|
1,923 | $ | (1,923 | ) |
$
|
1,326,230 | $ | (236,741 | ) | $ | 757,987 |
$
|
1,847,476 | ||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition of Shandog Missile |
|
5,638,128 |
|
|
5,638,128 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock | 2,200,000 |
|
220 | 3,752,100 |
|
|
3,752,320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income |
|
|
1,127,518 |
|
1,127,518 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment to statutory reserve |
|
|
873,350 | (873,350 | ) |
|
- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments |
|
|
360,398 |
|
360,398 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE, December 31, 2006 | 21,434,942 |
$
|
2,143 | $ | 9,388,305 |
$
|
2,199,580 | $ | 17,427 | $ | 1,118,385 |
$
|
12,725,840 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net income |
|
|
5,342,343 |
|
5,342,343 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment to statutory reserve |
|
|
1,324,226 | (1,324,226 | ) |
|
- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments |
|
|
463,092 |
|
463,092 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE, June 30, 2007 (unaudited) | 21,434,942 |
$
|
2,143 | $ | 9,388,305 |
$
|
3,523,806 | $ | 4,035,544 | $ | 1,581,477 |
$
|
18,531,275 |
The
accompanying
notes are an
integral
part of these
statements.
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
Note 1 Organization background and principal activities
Principal Activities and Reorganization
GRC Holdings, Inc. (GRC) and its subsidiaries (the Group) are principally engaged in research, development, commercialization, manufacture and sale of human blood products to customers in the Peoples Republic of China (the PRC). GRC was originally incorporated in 1992 under the laws of the State of Texas, as Shepherd Food Equipment, Inc. On November 20, 2000, Shepherd Food Equipment, Inc. changed its corporate name to Shepherd Food Equipment, Inc. Acquisition Corp., or Shepherd. Shepherd is the survivor of a May 28, 2003, merger between Shepherd and GRC Holdings, Inc. In the merger, the company adopted the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of GRC and changed its corporate name to GRC Holdings, Inc. Pursuant to a Board resolution, dated October 27, 2006, GRC, a Texas Corporation, converted to a Delaware Corporation and changed its name to China Biologic Products, Inc. (the Company). This Plan of Conversion became effective on January 10, 2007.
On July 18, 2006, the Company entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with Logic Express Ltd (Logic Express) and its stockholders. Upon the closing of the Share Exchange Agreement on July 19, 2006, Logic Express became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and the former stockholders of Logic Express owned approximately 96.1% of the Company immediately prior to the private placement described below (the Reverse Take-Over). Consequently, the share exchange between the stockholders of Logic Express and the Company has been accounted for as a reverse acquisition of Logic Express with no adjustment to the historical basis of the assets and liabilities of Logic Express. The operations were consolidated as though the transaction occurred as of the beginning of the first accounting period presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Logic Express was incorporated on January 6, 2006 in the British Virgin Islands. Logic Express was established on April 17, 2006 for the purpose of acquiring a majority equity interest in Shandong Missile Biological Products Co., Ltd. (Shandong Missile) from Up-Wing Investment Limited (Up-Wing) an entity with identical stockholders. in preparation of its reverse merger with GRC and anticipated offering of securities. Logic Express and Up-Wing had identical stockholders at the date of transfer. The transfer of equity interests in Shandong Missile from Up-Wing to Logic Express (the Transfer) was accounted for as a reorganization under common control.
Up-Wing was incorporated on November 30, 1993 in Hong Kong. Up-Wing acquired an 82.76% equity interest in Shandong Missile, the operating company of the Group in two equity transactions as described below. Shandong Missile was established in the PRC on October 23, 2002 with a registered capital of approximately $9.7 million (or RMB80 million).
In accordance with the equity transfer agreement dated September 26, 2004 Up-Wing agreed to acquire 41% of registered capital (including the unpaid capital contribution) of Shandong Missile from the minority shareholder (i) for cash consideration of RMB8,000,000 and (ii) agreed to fund the minority shareholders unpaid capital amount of RMB26,400,000 to Shandong Missile. Up-Wing paid the RMB 8,000,000 on March 17, 2005 (the March 2005 Acquisition) and the unpaid
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
capital contribution amount of RMB26,400,000 on July 19, 2006. After completing the March 2005 Acquisition, Up-Wing held 11.94% of the paid-in capital and 41% of the voting rights of Shandong Missile.
On June 10, 2005, Up-Wing entered into a share transfer agreement with another shareholder to acquire an additional 49% of the registered capital of Shandong Missile for a consideration of RMB35,500,000. The acquisition became effective on September 2, 2005 upon approval by the Shandong Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (the September 2005 Acquisition). As of December 31, 2006, Up-Wing owned an 82.76% interest in Shandong Missile.
The Company has accounted for the acquisition of the additional equity interest in Shandong Missile under the purchase method. The fair value of underlying net assets representing Up-Wings additional 82.76% of paid-in capital acquired in Shandong Missile exceeded Up-Wings purchase price, giving rise to negative goodwill. Such negative goodwill was allocated to reduce the purchase price allocated to certain long-lived assets. As a result of this acquisition, the Company held 82.76% of the registered capital of Shandong Missile and Shandong Missile became a subsidiary of the Company. The results of operations of Shandong Missile are consolidated in the financial statements of the Group from January 1, 2005.
On July 20, 2006, the Company fulfilled its commitment to fund a portion of the shortfall in registered capital of Shandong Missile by injecting additional capital of RMB26,400,000 (approximately $3,383,000) into Shandong Missile in the form of cash. On February 27, 2007, Shandong Missile changed its name to Shandong Taibang Biological products Co., Ltd.
The purchase price for the September 2005 Acquisition and July 2006 Acquisition represented the results of negotiations with the then stockholders, who were disadvantaged by the following conditions:
(1) Because the share capital was not yet fully paid-up at that moment, Shandong Missile had insufficient working capital and liquidity to support its long term obligation; and
(2) According to the Articles of Association, the RMB26,400,000 unpaid capital was to be contributed within six months from the formation of the joint venture by April 23, 2003. However, the then stockholder failed to fulfill the obligation. Pursuant to the PRC rules and regulations applicable to foreign invested enterprises, if the then stockholder failed to contribute the RMB26,400,000 by the specific date, their entire interest would be forfeited. Details of the fair value of the net assets of Shandong Missile consolidated on September 2, 2005 are as follows:
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
September 2, 2005 | |||
Currents assets | $ | 14,009,255 | |
Property, plant and equipment | 5,210,970 | ||
Intangible assets | 426,155 | ||
Total assets acquired | 19,646,380 | ||
Curret liabilities | 8,660,625 | ||
Long term liabilities | 1,426,000 | ||
Total liabilities assumed | 10,086,625 | ||
Total net assets | 9,559,755 | ||
% acquired | 82.76% | ||
Net assets acquired | $ | 7,911,653 |
Concurrent with the consummation of the Share Exchange Agreement with Logic Express, the Company completed a private placement of shares of common stock to a group of investors resulting in the issuance by the Company of 2,200,000 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase 1,070,000 shares of common stock at $1.895 per share. Further, in connection with the private placement, two of the Companys controlling stockholders sold 2,080,000 shares of common stock at $1.895 per share to the same group of investors. A portion of the proceeds of the new issuance was used to pay for the outstanding capital contribution of RMB26,400,000 of Shandong Missile.
In connection with the Share Exchange Agreement, the Company, pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into with the investors, agreed to file within 45 days of the closing date of the Share Exchange Agreement a registration statement registering for resale the shares issued to the investors in the private placement. The Company failed to file this registration statement within the time period prescribed by the registration rights agreement and recognized in general and administrative expenses an amount of $811,060 (RMB6,353,114) at December 31, 2006 for the full amount of liquidated damages.
In conjunction with this private placement, Ms. Li Lin Ling and Ms. Chan Siu Ling, the controlling stockholders and directors of the Company, placed an aggregate 4,280,000 shares of common stock in escrow, pursuant to a share escrow agreement dated July 19, 2006, which was amended on February 16, 2007, March 27, 2007 and April 2, 2007 (the Escrow Agreement), pursuant to which one half of the escrowed shares are to be released to the investors in the private placement on a pro rata basis if the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) do not reflect at least after-tax net income of at least $4,819,000 or after-tax net income before minority interest of $5,823,000 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006; and if the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with US GAAP do not reflect at least an after-tax net income of $8,302,000 or after-tax net income before minority interests of $10,031,000 for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007, the second half of the escrow shares will be distributed on a pro rata basis to the investors. Pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, (i) liquidated damages accrued according to the registration rights agreement; (ii) gain or loss on change in fair value of warrants; and (iii) stock-based compensation charge
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
arising from transferring of shares from stockholders to senior management, are not deemed to be an income or expense item in calculating the after-tax net income for the purpose of the Escrow Agreement. If such performance thresholds are met, the shares are to be returned to Ms Li Lin Ling and Ms Chan Siu Ling.
Management determined that the threshold for the year ended December 31, 2006 has been met.
Acquisition of plasma stations in Shandong Province
In the second half of 2006, Shandong Missile entered into an asset transfer agreement with the Shandong Provincial government to acquire certain assets of five plasma stations in Shandong Province. The total consideration of $2,472,846 for the acquisition was determined based on independent valuations performed by qualified valuation experts registered in the PRC was paid in 2006. These acquisitions are not considered business combinations under Regulation S-X Article 11.
The operating licenses of the plasma stations started on January 1, 2007. The net assets of the plasma stations are included in the Companys consolidated financial statements. All sales from the plasma companies are intercompany sales and are eliminated in the Companys consolidated financial statement.
Acquisition of plasma stations in Guangxi Province
In January 2007, Shandong Missile entered into letters of intent to acquire two plasma stations in Guangxi Province for 100% and 80% interest respectively. The total consideration of $741,104 for the acquisition was determined based on independent valuation performed by qualified valuation experts recognized in the PRC. The net assets of the plasma stations are included in the Companys consolidated financial statement. No operation has occurred as of June 30, 2007. These acquisitions are not considered business combinations under Regulation S-X Article 11.
Establishment of own distribution company
In September 2006, Shandong Missile applied to establish a wholly owned subsidiary Shandong Missile Medical Co., Ltd. (Shandong Medical) with registered capital of $384,600 and the capital was fully paid on March 1, 2007. A distribution license of biological products, except for vaccine, was obtained from the Shandong Food and Drug Authority on February 7, 2007 for a license period of 5 years from the date of obtaining the license. The registration of Shandong Missile was ultimately approved by Shandong Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation on July 4, 2007 and Shandong Medical was formally registered on July 19, 2007. The scope of business is wholesale of biological products, except vaccine, with a license period of 25 years from the date of registration. As of June 30, 2007, Shandong Medical has not yet commenced operations.
Note 2 Summary of significant accounting policies
The reporting entity
The consolidated financial statements of the Company reflect the activities of the parent and the following subsidiaries.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
Subsidiaries | Percentage of | |||
Ownership | ||||
Logic Express Ltd. | British Virgin Islands | 100% | ||
Shandong Missile Biologic Products., Ltd | The People's Republic of China | 82.76% | ||
Xia Jin Plasma Company | The People's Republic of China | 82.76% | ||
He Ze Plasma Company | The People's Republic of China | 82.76% | ||
Yang Gu Plasma Company | The People's Republic of China | 82.76% | ||
Zhang Qiu Plasma Company | The People's Republic of China | 82.76% | ||
Qi He Plasma Company | The People's Republic of China | 82.76% | ||
Huan Jiang Plasma Company | The People's Republic of China | 82.76% | ||
Fang Cheng Plasma Company | The People's Republic of China | 66.21% | ||
Shandong Medical Company | The People's Republic of China | 82.76% |
Basis of presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in the consolidation.
The Reverse Take-Over has been accounted for as a reverse acquisition of Logic Express with no adjustment to the historical basis of the assets and liabilities of Logic Express. The operations were consolidated as though the transaction occurred as of the beginning of the first accounting period presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Because Logic Express and Up-Wing were under common control, the Transfer has been accounted for as a business combination similar to a pooling-of-interests. Consequently, the consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of Logic Express and Up-Wing at their historical amounts and the financial statements and results of Shandong Missile as though it had been acquired at the beginning of 2005.
Foreign currency translation
The reporting currency of the Company is the US dollar. The Companys principal operating subsidiaries established in the PRC uses their local currency, Renminbi (RMB), as their functional currency. Results of operations and cash flows are translated at average exchange rates during the period, and assets and liabilities are translated at the unified exchange rate as quoted by the Peoples Bank of China at the end of the period. Translation adjustments resulting from this process are included in accumulated other comprehensive income in the statements of stockholders equity. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred.
Translation adjustments resulting from this process are included in accumulated other comprehensive income in the consolidated statement of shareholders equity and amounted to $1,581,477 and $1,118,385 as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively. The consolidated balance sheet amounts with the exception of equity at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 were translated at 7.60 RMB to $1.00 USD and 7.80 RMB, respectively. The equity accounts were stated at their historical rate. The average translation rates applied to
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 were 7.71 RMB, 8.02 RMB, respectively.
Revenue recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when products are delivered and the customer takes ownership and assumes risk of loss, collection of the relevant receivable is probable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists and the sales price is fixed or determinable, which are generally considered to be met upon delivery and acceptance of products at the customer site. Sales revenue represents the invoiced value of goods, net of a value-added tax (VAT). All of the Companys products sold in the PRC are subject to a Chinese value-added tax at a rate of 6% of the gross sales price or at a rate approved by the Chinese local government.
Shipping and handling
Shipping and handling costs related to costs of goods sold are included in selling, general and administrative costs and totaled $52,812 and $11,145 for the six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles of the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. For example, management estimates potential losses on outstanding receivables. Management believes that the estimates utilized in preparing its financial statements are reasonable and prudent. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Financial instruments
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107 (SFAS 107), Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments requires disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments held by the Company. SFAS 107 defines the fair value of financial instruments as the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties. The Company considers the carrying amount of cash, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and loans to approximate their fair values because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest.
Cash and concentration of risk
Cash includes cash on hand and demand deposits in accounts maintained with state-owned banks within PRC, Hong Kong and the United States. Certain financial instruments, which subject the Company to concentration of credit risk, consist of cash. The Company maintains cash balances at financial institutions which, from time to time, may exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insured limits for the banks located in the United States. Balances at financial institutions or state owned banks within the PRC are not covered by insurance. Total cash (excluding restricted cash balances) in state-owned banks at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 amounted to $6,614,066 and $4,268,220, respectively, of which no
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
deposits are covered by insurance. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not exposed to any risks on its cash in bank accounts.
The Company has restricted cash amounts to $65,750 and $0 as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.
Accounts receivable
The Companys business operations are conducted in PRC. During the normal course of business, the Company extends unsecured credit to its customers. Accounts receivable, outstanding at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 amounted to $3,407,481 and $3,775,387, respectively. Management reviews its accounts receivable on a regular basis to determine if the allowance for doubtful accounts is adequate. An estimate for doubtful accounts is made when collection of the full amount is no longer probable.
Trade accounts receivable at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 consist of the following:
2007 | 2006 | ||||||||
Trade accounts receivable | $ | 4,567,808 | $ | 4,906,596 | |||||
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts | (1,160,327) | (1,131,209) | |||||||
Totals | $ | 3,407,481 | $ | 3,775,387 |
The activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts for trade accounts receivable for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and year ended December 31, 2006 is as follows:
June 30, | December 31, | ||||||
2007 | 2006 | ||||||
Beginning allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 1,131,209 | $ | 1,107,552 | |||
Additions charged to bad debt expense | 29,118 | 37,514 | |||||
Write-off charged against the allowance | (13,857) | ||||||
Ending allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 1,160,327 | $ | 1,131,209 |
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market using the weighted average basis and consist of the following at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006:
2007 | 2006 | ||||||
Raw materials | $ | 1,673,883 | $ | 1,740,333 | |||
Work-in-progress | 4,803,318 | 3,261,175 | |||||
Finished goods | 800,553 | 1,115,853 | |||||
Total | $ | 7,277,754 | $ | 6,117,361 |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
The Company reviews its inventory periodically for possible obsolete goods or to determine if any reserves are necessary for potential obsolescence. As of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the Company has determined that no reserves are necessary.
Property and equipment
Plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets with 5% residual value. Depreciation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 amounted to $417,406 and $196,245 respectively.
Estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows: | ||||
Estimated | Useful Life | |||
Buildings | 30 | years | ||
Machinery and equipment | 10 | years | ||
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment | 5-10 | years |
Construction in progress represents the costs incurred in connection with the construction of buildings or new additions to the Companys plant facilities. No depreciation is provided for construction in progress until such time as the assets are completed and placed into service. Maintenance, repairs and minor renewals are charged directly to expenses as incurred. Major additions and betterment to property and equipment are capitalized.
The Company periodically evaluates the carrying value of long-lived assets in accordance with SFAS 144. When estimated cash flows generated by those assets are less than the carrying amounts of the asset, the Company recognizes an impairment loss. Based on its review, the Company believes that, as of July 30, 2007, there were no significant impairments of its long-lived assets.
Plant and equipment consist of the following at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006:
2007 | 2006 | |||||
Building and improvements | $ | 3,854,905 | $ | 3,459,449 | ||
Production equipment | 5,976,437 | 4,919,590 | ||||
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment | 947,772 | 120,228 | ||||
10,779,114 | 8,499,267 | |||||
Accumulated depreciation | (1,690,874) | (1,172,878) | ||||
9,088,240 | 7,326,389 | |||||
Construction in progress | 1,987,268 | 111,379 | ||||
Totals | $ | 11,075,508 | $ | 7,437,768 |
Interest expense of $22,936 and $52,930 was capitalized into construction in progress for the years ended June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
Intangible assets
Intangible assets are stated at cost (estimated fair value upon contribution or acquisition), less accumulated amortization and impairment. Amortization expense is recognized on the straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:
Intangible assets | Estimated useful lives | |
Land use right | 50 years | |
Permits and licenses | 5-10 years | |
Blood donor network | 10 years |
Given the environment in which the Group currently operates, it is reasonably possible that the estimated economic useful lives of these assets or the Groups estimate that it will recover their carrying amounts from future operations could change in the future.
All land in the PRC is owned by the government and cannot be sold to any individual or company. However, the government grants the user a land use right (the Right) to use the land. The Company has the right to use various parcels of land that range from 50 years in length. The Company amortizes the cost of the land use rights over their useful life using the straight-line method.
Other intangible assets represent permits, licenses and Good Manufacturing Practice Certificates contributed in return for equity upon the establishment of Shandong Missile in 2002. Contributed rights include those necessary to manufacture and distribute human blood products in the PRC market as authorized by the relevant PRC authorities. The estimated useful life of the contributed rights is 5-10 years
Intangible assets of the Company are reviewed annually or more often if circumstances dictate, to determine whether their carrying value has become impaired. The Company considers assets to be impaired if the carrying value exceeds the future projected cash flows from related operations. The Company also re-evaluates the periods of amortization to determine whether subsequent events and circumstances warrant revised estimates of useful lives. As of June 30, 2007, the Company expects these assets to be fully recoverable.
Total amortization expense for the years ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 amounted to $23,686 and $21,078 respectively.
Intangible assets consisted of the following:
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
June 30, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||
Land use rights | $ | 473,434 | $ | 461,554 | ||
Permits and licenses | 216,220 | 205,120 | ||||
Blood donor network | 145,102 | 137,793 | ||||
Others | 103,817 | 71,708 | ||||
Totals | 938,573 | 876,175 | ||||
Accumulated amortization | (179,242) | (158,164) | ||||
Intangible assets, net | $ | 759,331 | $ | 718,011 |
Revenues
The Groups revenue is primarily derived from the manufacture and sale of human blood products. The Groups revenue by significant types of product for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 is as follows:
2007 | 2006 | |||||
Human Albumin | $ | 12,097,301 | $ | 7,298,022 | ||
Human Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin | 721,703 | 446,209 | ||||
Human Immunoglobulin for Intravenous | ||||||
Injection | 763,936 | 387,633 | ||||
Human Rabies Immunoglobulin | 2,417,397 | 729,704 | ||||
Human Tetanus Immunoglobulin | 437,517 | 188,792 | ||||
Others | 66,057 | 17,341 | ||||
Totals | $ | 16,503,911 | $ | 9,067,701 |
Research and Development Costs
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development costs amounted to $221,635 and $180,634 for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Retirement and Other Post retirement Benefits
Contributions to retirement schemes (which are defined contribution plans) are charged to the statement of operations as and when the related employee service is provided.
Warranty Costs
The Group records a liability required for specific product quality assurance under warranty when sales are made. Based on the history of actual warranty claims, the Company has not recognized a liability for warranty claims for the years ended June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
Income taxes
The Company has adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (SFAS 109). SFAS 109 requires the recognition of deferred income tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between income tax basis and financial reporting basis of assets and liabilities. Provision for income taxes consist of taxes currently due plus deferred taxes. Since the Company had no operations within the United States there is no provision for US taxes and there are no deferred tax amounts at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006.
The charge for taxation is based on the results for the year as adjusted for items, which are non-assessable or disallowed. It is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.
Deferred tax is accounted for using the balance sheet liability method in respect of temporary differences arising from differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax basis used in the computation of assessable tax profit. In principle, deferred tax liabilities are recognized for all taxable temporary differences, and deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is probably that taxable profit will be available against which deductible temporary differences can be utilized.
Deferred tax is calculated using tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realized or the liability is settled. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except when it is related to items credited or charged directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when they related to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority and the Company intends to settle its current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis.
Recently issued accounting pronouncements
In July, 2006, the Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) issued FASB Interpretations No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (FIN 48), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a return. FIN 48 provides guidance on the measurement, recognition, classification and disclosure of tax positions, along with accounting for the related interest and penalties. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, and is to be applied to all open tax years as of the date of effectiveness. The adoption of FIN 48 did not have a material impact on the consolidation financial statements.
In September 2006, FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements . SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Under SFAS No. 157, fair value refers to the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the market in which the reporting entity transacts. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 157 to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
In September 2006 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued SAB 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements SAB 108 provides interpretive guidance on how the effects of the carryover or reversal of prior year misstatements should be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement. The SEC staff believes that registrants should quantify errors using both a balance sheet and an income statement approach and evaluate whether either approach results in quantifying a misstatement that, when all relevant quantitative and qualitative factors are considered, is material. SAB 108 is effective for the Companys fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, with early application encouraged. The adoption of SAB 108 did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
In December 2006, FASB issued FSB EITF 00-19-2, Accounting for Registration Payment Arrangements , which specifies that the contingent obligation to make future payments or otherwise transfer consideration under a registration payment arrangement should be separately recognised and measured in accordance with FASB Statement No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies . The FSB EITF 00-19-2 is effective immediately for new and modified registration payment arrangements entered into after December 21, 2006, and beginning in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 for any such instruments entered into before that date. As the Company failed to file the registration statement within the time period prescribed by the registration rights agreement, the full amount of liquidated damages of US$811 (RMB6,330) was recognized in general and administrative expenses in the year ended December 31, 2006.
In February 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial LiabilitiesIncluding an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 (SFAS 159). SFAS 159 permits companies to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. The objective of SFAS 159 is to provide opportunities to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply hedge accounting provisions. SFAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between companies that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. SFAS 159 will be effective in the first quarter of fiscal 2009. The Company is evaluating the impact that this statement will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In June 2007, FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. EITF 07-3, Accounting for Nonrefundable Advance Payments for Goods or Services Received for use in Future Research and Development Activities (FSP EITF 07-3), which addresses whether nonrefundable advance payments for goods or services that used or rendered for research and development activities should be expensed when the advance payment is made or when the research and development activity has been performed. Management is currently evaluating the effect of this pronouncement on financial statements.
Note 3 - Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
Income taxes paid for the periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, amounted to $743,113 and $509,209, respectively.
Interest paid (net of capitalized interest) the periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, amounted to $55,714 and $117,111 respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
Non cash financing activities including warrants granted to placement agent in 2006 which is valued at $728,456 at grant date.
Note 4 Related party transactions
Related Party Transactions
The material related party transactions undertaken by the Company with related parties during the periods presented are as follows:
Amount Due from: | Purpose | June 30, 2007 | Decmeber 31,2006 | ||||||||
Shareholders (1) | Advances | $ | 223,059 | $ | - | ||||||
Amount Due to: | Purpose | June 30, 2007 | Decmeber 31,2006 | ||||||||
Minority shareholder | Loan | $ | 693,156 | $ | 675,761 | ||||||
of subsidiary (2) |
(1) The Companys shareholders advanced totaled of $223,059 as of June 30, 2007 as short term advance. The advance was unsecured, non-interest bearing and is expected to be repaid either in form of cash or services.
(2) Dividend of $675,761 was borrowed from its minority shareholder for operation purpose, the loan is borrowed at annual interest rate of 6%. This amount is expected to be repaid by the Company in form of cash.
Note 5 Prepayments
Prepayments represent partial payments for deposits on raw material purchases and amounted to $541,031 and $713,194 as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.
Prepayments non-current represent partial payments for deposits on plant and equipment purchases and amounted to $804,150 and $778,364 as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.
Note 6 Debt
Other payables and accruals
Other payables and accruals at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 consist of the following:
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
2007 | 2006 | ||||
USD | USD | ||||
Other payables | $ | 892,991 | $ | 426,517 | |
Accruals for salaries and welfare | 105,417 | 217,526 | |||
Accruals for RTO expenses | 237,526 | 387,897 | |||
Accruals for late filling | 811,060 | 811,060 | |||
Accruals for selling expenses | 152,953 | - | |||
Others | 25,624 | 31,973 | |||
Totals | $ | 2,225,571 | $ | 1,874,973 |
Short term loans
Short term loans represent amounts due to various banks which are normally due within one year, and these loans can be renewed with the banks.
The Companys short term bank loans as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 consisted of the following:
June 30, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | |||||
Bank loans, secured by buildings and land use | ||||||
rights (note (a)) | $ | 1,315,000 | $ | 1,282,000 | ||
Bank loans, unsecured | - | 1,282,000 | ||||
Total | $ | 1,315,000 | $ | 2,564,000 |
(a) The short-term bank loans bear interest of 6.14% to 5.85% as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.
The loans are secured by buildings and land use rights with carrying values as follows:
June 30, 2007 | December 31, 2006 | ||||||
Buildings | $ | 1,311,254 | $ | 1,250,174 | |||
Land use rights | 294,105 | 287,045 | |||||
Total | $ | 1,605,359 | $ | 1,537,219 |
Employee loan
One of the Companys subsidiaries, Zhang Qiu Plasma Company has employee loan of $763,138 as of June 30, 2007. The loan was borrowed in late May of 2007 at annual interest rate of 6%.
Other payable - land use rights
In July 2003, Shandong Missile obtained certain land use rights from the PRC municipal government. Shandong Missile is required to make payments totaling RMB138,848 per year to the local state-owned entity, for the 50 year life of the rights or until Shandong Biologic Institute
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
completes its privatization process. The Company recorded land use rights equal to other payable land use rights totaling $294,105 and $287,045 as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 determined using present value of annual payments over 50 years.
Other Long term loans
Long term loans represent amounts due to the Department of Health. The loan was unsecured, interest free and had no fixed terms of repayment.
Note 7 - Earnings Per Share
Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period.
In accordance with SFAS No. 128 Earnings Per Share, basic net income per share available is computed by dividing net income by the number of shares outstanding as if the shares issued in the reverse merger as described in Note 1 had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented and such shares had been outstanding for all periods. There are no potentially dilutive shares as at June 30, 2007 and 2006.
June 30, 2007 | June 30, 2006 | |||||
Net income for earnings per share | $ | 5,342,343 | $ | 2,689,319 | ||
Weighted average shares used in basic | ||||||
computation | 21,434,942 | 19,234,942 | ||||
Diluted effect of warrants | - | - | ||||
Weighted average shares used in diluted | ||||||
computation | 21,434,942 | 19,234,942 | ||||
Basic and diluted earnings per share | $ | 0.25 | $ | 0.14 |
Note 8 Income taxes
The Company is governed by the Income Tax Law of PRC concerning Foreign Investment Enterprises and Foreign Enterprises and various local income tax laws (the Income Tax Laws). Under the Income Tax Laws, foreign investment enterprises (FIE) generally are subject to an income tax at an effective rate of 33% (30% state income taxes plus 3% local income taxes) on income as reported in their statutory financial statements after appropriate tax adjustments unless the enterprise is located in specially designated regions of cities for which more favorable effective tax rates apply. Upon approval by the PRC tax authorities, FIEs scheduled to operate for a period of 10 years or more and engaged in manufacturing and production may be exempt from income taxes for two years, commencing with their first profitable year of operations, after taking into account any losses brought forward from prior years, and thereafter with a 50% exemption for the next three years.
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
In 2002, the Company became a Sino-foreign joint venture. In 2003, the Company was granted by the state government for benefit of income tax exemption in first 2 years from January 2003 to December 2004 and 50% exemption for the third to fifth years from January 2005 to December 2007.
Beginning January 1, 2008, the new Enterprise Income Tax (EIT) law will replace the existing laws for Domestic Enterprises (DES) and Foreign Invested Enterprises (FIEs).
The key changes are:
a. |
The new standard EIT rate of 25% will replace the 33% rate currently applicable to both DES and FIEs, except for High Tech companies who pays a reduced rate of 15%; and |
b. |
Companies established before March 16, 2007 will continue to enjoy tax holiday treatment approved by local government for a grace period of the next 5 years or until the tax holiday term is completed, whichever is sooner. These companies will pay the standard tax rate as defined in point a above during the grace period. |
The Companys subsidiary, Shandong Missile, was established before March 16, 2007 and therefore is qualified to continue enjoying the reduced tax rate as described above. Since the detailed guidelines of the new tax law is not publicized yet, the Company cannot determined what the new tax rate will be applicable to the Company after the end of their respective tax holiday terms.
The Company was granted by the local government for benefit of income tax exemption for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 through 2006 for making purchases on local equipment.
The following table reconciles the U.S. statutory rates to the Companys effective tax rate for the period ended June 30, 2007 and 2006:
2006 | 2005 | |||||
U.S. Statutory rates | 35.0 | % | 35.0 | % | ||
Foreign income | (35.0 | ) | (35.0 | ) | ||
China taxe rates | 33.0 | 33.0 | ||||
China income tax exemption | (18.0 | ) | (18.0 | ) | ||
Effective income tax rates | 15.0 | % | 15.0 | % |
The estimated tax savings due to the tax exemption for the years ending June 30, 2007 and 2006 amounted to $1,271,689 and $719,360, respectively.
Value Added Tax
Enterprises or individuals who sell products, engage in repair and maintenance or import and export goods in the PRC are subject to a value added tax in accordance with Chinese laws. The value added tax rate applicable to the Company is 6% of the gross sales price. No credit is available for VAT paid on the purchases.
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
VAT on sales amounted to $1,057,596 and $540,352 for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 respectively. Sales are recorded net of VAT collected and paid as the Company acts as an agent for the government. VAT taxes are not impacted by the income tax holiday.
Taxes payable consisted of the followings: | ||||||||
June 30, 2007
|
December 31, 2006
|
|||||||
VAT tax payable | $ | 184,506 | $ | 212,688 | ||||
Income tax payable | 500,339 | (83,872 |
)
|
|||||
Others misc tax payable | 11,741 | 9,387 | ||||||
$ | 696,586 | $ | 138,203 |
Note 9 Dividends
Before April 2006, prior to Logic Express acquiring a majority equity interest in Shandong Missile from Up-Wing. Up-Wing made a distribution amounted to $ 2,909,516.
Note 10 Commitments and Contingent liabilities
Capital commitments
Capital commitments outstanding as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 not provided for in the financial statements were as follows:
2007 | 2006 | |||
Property and equipment , net yet received | $ 2,474,655 | $ 158,000 |
Contingencies
In the normal course of business, the Group is exposed to claims related to the manufacture and use of the Groups products, but currently the Group is not aware of any such claim.
Legal proceedings
In July 2006, one of our sales employees misappropriated our goods and resold them to other parties using a counterfeited Company seal. The amount involved was approximately RMB1.16 million (approximately $0.15 million). The incident was revealed during a routine reconciliation of our account receivables. We reported the misappropriation to the police and the employee was arrested and criminal charges were brought against him. To date, we have recovered RMB350,000 in cash and goods of valued at approximately RMB30,000 (altogether, approximately $0.05 million). The balance will be recouped on or before the end of 2007, pursuant to a financial guarantee and repayment agreement between us and the employee witnessed by officials at the Tai An City Police Station.
In 2006, Missile Engineering, which is controlled by Mr. Du Zu Ying, applied for arbitration in China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) to challenge the
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
effectiveness of the transfer of the shares he formerly owned in Shandong Missile. The arbitration was dismissed in April 2006. We believe that all necessary approvals and documentation were obtained at the time of transfer and have initiated legal action in China intending to restrain Mr. Du from seeking to resolve his differences with us by means other than arbitration, the agreed-upon method of conflict resolution at the time of the transfer.
In December 2006, we brought separate legal action in Tai Shan District Court in Shandong Province against Mr. Du for defamation in connection with his tortious comments regarding Shandong Taibang. We sought to enjoin Mr. Du from such conduct as well as damages of approximately $3,000. The outcome of this matter is not expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
On February 5, 2007, our subsidiary Shandong Taibang received a summons from the District Court of Hong Qi District, Xin Xiang City, Henan Province, regarding an ongoing dispute with Hua Lan Biological Engineering Co Ltd., or Hua Lan, the plaintiff, pursuant to which Hua Lan alleges that Feng Lin, the principal of the Bobai Kangan Plasma Collection Co. Ltd., or Bobai, and Keliang Huang established the Bobai Plasma Collection Station in Bobai County, Guangxi, using a permit for collecting and supplying human plasma in Bobai County, that was granted to Hua Lan by the government of the Guangxi region, without Hua Lans permission. On January 18, 2007, we had signed a letter of intent to acquire the Bobai Plasma Collection Station from Bobai. However, on January 29, 2007, on Hua Lans motion, the District Court entered an order to freeze funds in the amount of RMB3,000,000 held by the defendants in the case, including RMB 500,000 in funds held in Shandong Taibangs bank account in Taian City, and Shandong Taibang was joined as a third party defendant. The first hearing in the foregoing matter was scheduled to be held before the District Court in March 2007 but was suspended to allow the defendants to enter a plea to the Henan Provincial Court requesting clarification regarding whether the District Court has proper jurisdiction when the act of infringement and all defendants are not in Henan Province. A hearing was held on June 25, 2007 and judgment was entered against the defendants. There was no financial judgment on us and the RMB500, 000 has been released, however, we have appealed the judgment to the high court. Other than the place of jurisdiction, we cannot make any comment on the validity of the franchise agreement between Bobai and Hua Lan. If Hua Lan prevails in this case then we may not be able to acquire Bobai. However, management does not expect our inability to acquire Bobai to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations as Bobai is only a small station.
Note 11 Stockholders equity
GRC implemented a reverse stock split at 1 for 20 reverse split to reduce the number of issued and outstanding shares of common stock to 750,227 immediately before issuing 18,484,715 shares of common stock to the stockholders of Logic Express. The reverse stock split did not change the par value ($0.0001) of the common stock.
On July 19, 2006, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with accredited investors and completed the sale of 2,200,000 of the Companys common stock and common stock purchase warrants.
In connection with the offering, the Company paid a placement fee of 10% of the proceeds in cash, together with other expenses in the amount of 3% of the proceeds, in cash. In addition,
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
the placement agent was issued warrants to purchase 66,154 shares of common stock on the same terms and conditions as the investors.
Warrant
Concurrent with the private placement, GRC issued 1,070,000 units of warrant with exercise price at $2.8425 per share (Investor Warrant) to investors. The warrants issued to the new investors have a 5-year term and shall be callable by the Company if the shares trade at 160% of the exercise price for 15 consecutive trading days after the registration statement has been effective for 45 days.
On July 28, 2006, GRC also issued 214,000 warrants with exercise price at $2.8425 (Placement Agent Warrant) to Lane Capital Markets, LLC, the exclusive placement agent and financial advisor, for no purchase price. These warrants have a 5-year term and are non-callable.
The warrants are accounted for as equity under SFAS 133 and EITF 00-19
Weighted |
Average
|
|||||||||
Warrants
|
Warrants
|
Average Exercise
|
Remaining
|
|||||||
Outsanding
|
Exercisable
|
Price |
Contractual Life
|
|||||||
Outstanding, December | ||||||||||
31, 2006 | 1,284,000 | 1,284,000 | $ |
2.84
|
4.46 | |||||
Granted | ||||||||||
Forfeited | - | - |
-
|
- | ||||||
Exercised | - | - |
-
|
- | ||||||
Outstanding, June 30, | ||||||||||
2007 | 1,284,000 | 1,284,000 | $ |
2.84
|
4.03 |
Note 12 Statutory reserves
In accordance with the Law of the PRC on Joint Ventures Using Chinese and Foreign Investment and the Companys Articles of Association, appropriations from net profit should be made to the Reserve Fund, the Staff and Workers Bonus and Welfare Fund and the Enterprise Expansion Fund, after offsetting accumulated losses from prior years, and before profit distributions to the investors. The percentages to be appropriated to the Reserve Fund, the Staff and Workers Bonus and Welfare Fund and the Enterprise Expansion Fund are determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Reserve fund
For the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, the Company transferred US$662,113 and US$322,424 respectively. Amounts represent 10% of the net income determined in accordance with PRC accounting rules and regulations. The surplus reserve fund is non-distributable other than during liquidation and can 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 stockholders in proportion to their shareholding or by increasing the par value of the shares
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
currently held by them, provided that the remaining reserve balance after such issue is not less than 25% of the registered capital.
Enterprise expansion fund
The enterprise fund may be used to acquire fixed assets or to increase the working capital to expend on production and operation of the business. For the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, the Company transferred US$662,113 and US$322,424, respectively. Amounts represent 10% of the net income determined in accordance with PRC accounting rules and regulations.
Note 13 Retirement benefit plans
Regulations in PRC require the Company to contribute to a defined contribution retirement plan for the benefit of all permanent employees. All permanent employees are entitled to an annual pension equal to their basic salaries at retirement. The PRC government is responsible for the benefit liability to these retired employees. The Company is required to make contributions to the state retirement plan at 20% of the monthly basic salaries of the current employees. For the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, the Company made pension contributions in the amount of $ 56,530 and $54,677 respectively.
Note 14 Current vulnerability due to certain concentrations
The Companys operations are carried out in the PRC. Accordingly, the Companys business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environments in the PRC, and by the general state of the PRC economy.
The Companys operations in the PRC are subject to specific considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in the North America and Western Europe. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic and legal environments and foreign currency exchange. The Companys results may be adversely affected by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things.
The Companys major product, human albumin, accounted for 71% and 76% of total revenues for six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. If the market demands for human albumin cannot be sustained in the future or upon decrease in price of human albumin, it would adversely affect the Groups operating results.
All of the Groups customers are located in the PRC. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Group had no significant concentration of credit risk, except for the amounts due from related parties. There were no customers that individually comprised 10% or more of revenue in the periods presented.
There were no customers that individually comprised 10% or more of the gross trade accounts receivable at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 or 10% or more of revenue in the periods presented. The Group performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers financial condition
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2007 AND 2006
and, generally, requires no collateral from its customers.
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
of
China Biologic Products, Inc. and subsidiaries
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of China Biologic Products, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income and other comprehensive income, shareholders equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2006. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the companys internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of China Biologic Products, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP
Walnut, California
September 4, 2007
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
A S S E T S | ||||||||||
2006
|
|
2005
|
||||||||
CURRENT ASSETS: |
|
|||||||||
Cash | $ | 4,268,220 |
$
|
607,376 | ||||||
Restricted cash |
-
|
|
1,860,000 | |||||||
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,131,209 |
|
|||||||||
and $1,107,552 as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively | 3,775,387 |
|
2,200,138 | |||||||
Notes receivable | 81,407 |
|
19,840 | |||||||
Other receivables | 584,931 |
|
1,067,116 | |||||||
Inventories | 6,117,361 |
|
3,564,482 | |||||||
Advances on inventory purchases | 713,194 |
|
381,072 | |||||||
Total current assets | 15,540,500 |
|
9,700,024 | |||||||
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net | 7,437,768 |
|
5,367,691 | |||||||
OTHER ASSETS: |
|
|||||||||
Advances on equipment purchases | 778,364 |
|
175,577 | |||||||
Intangible assets | 718,011 |
|
438,237 | |||||||
Total other assets | 1,496,375 |
|
613,814 | |||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 24,474,643 |
$
|
15,681,529 | ||||||
L I
A B I L I T I E S A N D S H A R E H O L D
E R S' E Q U I T Y
|
||||||||||
CURRENT LIABILITIES: |
|
|||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 2,412,440 |
$
|
849,436 | ||||||
Short term loans - bank | 2,564,000 |
|
3,720,000 | |||||||
Short term loan - shareholder | 675,761 |
|
1,872,087 | |||||||
Note payable | - |
|
1,860,000 | |||||||
Other payables and accrued liabilities | 1,874,973 |
|
1,314,726 | |||||||
Other payable - land use right | 287,045 |
|
278,839 | |||||||
Dividend payable | 476,597 |
|
1,495,605 | |||||||
Customer deposits | 370,297 |
|
353,831 | |||||||
Taxes payable | 138,203 |
|
364,263 | |||||||
Total current liabilities | 8,799,316 |
|
12,108,787 | |||||||
Long term liabilities | 641,000 |
|
1,302,001 | |||||||
Total
liabilities
|
9,440,316 |
|
13,410,788 | |||||||
MINORITY INTEREST | 2,308,487 |
|
1,693,597 | |||||||
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY: |
|
|||||||||
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 21,434,942 and |
|
|||||||||
19,234,942 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively | 2,143 |
|
1,923 | |||||||
Paid-in-capital | 9,388,305 |
|
(1,923 | ) | ||||||
Retained earnings | 17,427 |
|
(655,448 | ) | ||||||
Statutory reserves | 2,199,580 |
|
681,383 | |||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 1,118,385 |
|
551,209 | |||||||
Total shareholders' equity | 12,725,840 |
|
577,144 | |||||||
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | 24,474,643 |
$
|
15,681,529 |
See report of independent registered
public accounting firm.
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these statements.
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
INCOME AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||
REVENUES | $ | 22,230,570 | $ | 11,558,708 | |||||
COST OF SALES | 9,601,605 | 6,205,685 | |||||||
GROSS PROFIT | 12,628,965 | 5,353,023 | |||||||
OPERATING EXPENSES | |||||||||
Selling expenses | 1,783,302 | 824,153 | |||||||
General and administrative expenses | 4,065,903 | 1,638,227 | |||||||
Research and development expenses | 594,750 | 362,424 | |||||||
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES | 6,443,955 | 2,824,804 | |||||||
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS | 6,185,010 | 2,528,219 | |||||||
OTHER EXPENSES | |||||||||
Finance expense | 185,578 | 103,505 | |||||||
Other expense (income) | 128,259 | (72,886 | ) | ||||||
TOTAL OTHER EXPENSES | 313,837 | 30,619 | |||||||
INCOME BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES | |||||||||
AND
MINORITY INTEREST
|
5,871,173 | 2,497,600 | |||||||
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES | 750,095 | 405,101 | |||||||
NET INCOME BEFORE MINORITY INTEREST | 5,121,078 | 2,092,499 | |||||||
LESS MINORITY INTEREST | 1,304,241 | 782,813 | |||||||
NET INCOME | 3,816,837 | 1,309,686 | |||||||
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION GAIN | 567,176 | 551,209 | |||||||
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | $ | 4,384,013 | $ | 1,860,895 | |||||
BASIC AND DILUTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES | 21,434,942 | 19,234,942 | |||||||
BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.07 |
See report of independent registered
public accounting firm.
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these statements.
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS
OF
SHAREHOLDERS'
EQUITY
FOR THE
YEARS
ENDED
DECEMBER
31,
2006 AND 2005
Common
stock
|
Retained earnings | Accumulated other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Paid-in |
Statutory
|
comprehensive
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Par
value
|
capital
|
reserves
|
Unrestricted
|
income
|
Totals
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE, December 31, 2004 | 19,234,942 |
$
|
|
1,923 | $ | (1,923 | ) |
$
|
169,899 |
$
|
(169,899 | ) | $ | - | $ | - | |||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments |
|
|
|
551,209 | 551,209 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income |
|
|
|
1,309,686 | 1,309,686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distribution to Up-Wing Shareholder |
|
|
|
(1,283,751 | ) | (1,283,751 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment to statutory reserve |
|
|
511,484 |
|
(511,484 | ) | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE, December 31, 2005 | 19,234,942 |
$
|
|
1,923 | (1,923 | ) |
$
|
681,383 |
$
|
(655,448 | ) | $ | 551,209 | $ | 577,144 | ||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition of Shandang Missile |
|
|
5,638,128 |
|
|
5,638,128 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock | 2,200,000 |
|
|
220 | 3,752,100 |
|
|
3,752,320 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income |
|
|
|
|
3,816,837 | 3,816,837 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distribution to Up-Wing Shareholder |
|
|
|
|
(1,625,765 | ) | (1,625,765 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjustment to statutory reserve |
|
|
|
1,518,197 |
|
(1,518,197 | ) | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments |
|
|
|
|
567,176 | 567,176 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE, December 31, 2006 | 21,434,942 |
$
|
|
2,143 | $ | 9,388,305 |
$
|
2,199,580 |
$
|
17,427 | $ | 1,118,385 | $ | 12,725,840 |
See report of
independent
registered
public
accounting
firm.
The
accompanying
notes
are an
integral
part
of these
statements.
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | |||||||||
Net income | $ | 3,816,837 | $ | 1,309,686 | |||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash | |||||||||
provided
by (used in) operating activities:
|
|||||||||
Minority Interest | 1,304,241 | 782,813 | |||||||
Depreciation | 404,003 | 351,584 | |||||||
Amortization | 42,479 | 21,978 | |||||||
Loss on disposal of equipment | - | 18,082 | |||||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 23,172 | 430,489 | |||||||
Change
in assets:
|
|||||||||
Accounts receivable | (1,483,514 | ) | (53,748 | ) | |||||
Notes receivable | (59,646 | ) | 258,643 | ||||||
Other receivables | (75,750 | ) | (336,530 | ) | |||||
Other receivables - shareholder | - | 297,473 | |||||||
Inventories | (2,382,252 | ) | (1,088,322 | ) | |||||
Advances on inventory purchase | (283,586 | ) | (316,784 | ) | |||||
Change
in liabilities:
|
|||||||||
Accounts payable | 1,502,760 | 122,336 | |||||||
Other payable - related party | - | (2,974,228 | ) | ||||||
Other payables and accrued liabilities | 515,245 | 705,131 | |||||||
Customer deposits | 4,389 | 205,291 | |||||||
Taxes payable | (233,507 | ) | 253,737 | ||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | 3,094,871 | (12,369 | ) | ||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | |||||||||
Payment to original shareholders | - | (782,208 | ) | ||||||
Additions to plant and equipment | (2,648,482 | ) | (387,929 | ) | |||||
Additions to intangible assets | (262,629 | ) | (215,620 | ) | |||||
Advances on equuipment purchase | (605,854 | ) | (110,010 | ) | |||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (3,516,965 | ) | (1,495,767 | ) | |||||
CASH FLOWS FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | |||||||||
Restriced cash | 1,860,000 | (1,833,000 | ) | ||||||
Proceeds from stock issuance | 3,752,100 | - | |||||||
Proceeds from note payable | - | 1,833,000 | |||||||
Payments on notes payable | (1,883,550 | ) | - | ||||||
Proceeds from short term loan | 2,511,400 | 3,666,600 | |||||||
Payments on short term loan | (1,541,034 | ) | (1,761,600 | ) | |||||
Payments on long term debt | (647,441 | ) | (89,499 | ) | |||||
Dividends paid to minority shareholders | - | (339,194 | ) | ||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 4,051,475 | 1,476,307 | |||||||
EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGE IN CASH | 31,463 | 96,083 | |||||||
INCREASE IN CASH | 3,660,844 | 64,254 | |||||||
CASH, beginning of year | 607,376 | 543,122 | |||||||
CASH, end of year | $ | 4,268,220 | $ | 607,376 |
See report of independent registered
public accounting firm.
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these statements.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
Note 1 Organization background and principal activities Principal Activities and Reorganization
GRC Holdings, Inc. (GRC) and its subsidiaries (the Group) are principally engaged in research, development, commercialization, manufacture and sale of human blood products to customers in the Peoples Republic of China (the PRC). GRC was originally incorporated in 1992 under the laws of the State of Texas, as Shepherd Food Equipment, Inc. On November 20, 2000, Shepherd Food Equipment, Inc. changed its corporate name to Shepherd Food Equipment, Inc. Acquisition Corp., or Shepherd. Shepherd is the survivor of a May 28, 2003, merger between Shepherd and GRC Holdings, Inc. In the merger, the company adopted the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of GRC and changed its corporate name to GRC Holdings, Inc. Pursuant to a Board resolution, dated October 27, 2006, GRC, a Texas Corporation, converted to a Delaware Corporation and changed its name to China Biologic Products, Inc. (the Company). This Plan of Conversion became effective on January 10, 2007 .
On July 18, 2006, the Company entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with Logic Express Ltd (Logic Express) and its stockholders. Upon the closing of the Share Exchange Agreement on July 19, 2006, Logic Express became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and the former stockholders of Logic Express owned approximately 96.1% of the Company immediately prior to the private placement described below (the Reverse Take-Over). Consequently, the share exchange between the stockholders of Logic Express and the Company has been accounted for as a reverse acquisition of Logic Express with no adjustment to the historical basis of the assets and liabilities of Logic Express. The operations were consolidated as though the transaction occurred as of the beginning of the first accounting period presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Logic Express was incorporated on January 6, 2006 in the British Virgin Islands. Logic Express was established on April 17, 2006 for the purpose of acquiring a majority equity interest in Shandong Missile Biological Products Co., Ltd. (Shandong Missile) from Up-Wing Investment Limited (Up-wing), an entity with identical stockholders in preparation of its reverse merger with GRC and anticipated offering of securities. Logic Express and Up-Wing had identical stockholders at the date of transfer. The transfer of equity interests in Shandong Missile from Up-Wing to Logic Express (the Transfer) was accounted for as reorganization under common control.
Up-Wing Investment Limited was incorporated on November 30, 1993 in Hong Kong. Up-Wing acquired an 82.76% equity interest in Shandong Missile, the operating company of the Group in two equity transactions as described below. Shandong Missile was established in the PRC on October 23, 2002 with a registered capital of approximately $9.7 million (or RMB80 million). In accordance with the equity transfer agreement dated September 26, 2004 Up-Wing agreed to acquire 41% of registered capital (including the unpaid capital contribution) of Shandong Missile from the minority shareholder (i) for cash consideration of RMB8,000,000 and (ii) agreed to fund the minority shareholders unpaid capital amount of RMB26,400,000 to Shandong Missile. Up-Wing paid the RMB 8,000,000 on March 17, 2005 (the March 2005 Acquisition) and the unpaid capital contribution amount of RMB26,400,000 on July 19, 2006. After completing the March 2005 Acquisition, Up-Wing held 11.94% of the paid-in capital and 41% of the voting rights of Shandong Missile.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
On June 10, 2005, Up-Wing entered into a share transfer agreement with another shareholder to acquire an additional 49% of the registered capital of Shandong Missile for a consideration of RMB35,500,000. The acquisition became effective on September 2, 2005 upon the approval by the Shandong Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (the September 2005 Acquisition). As of December 31, 2006, Up-Wing owned an 82.76% interest in Shandong Missile.
Concurrent with the consummation of the Share Exchange Agreement with Logic Express, the Company completed a private placement of shares of common stock to a group of investors resulting in the issuance by the Company of 2,200,000 shares of its common stock and warrants to purchase 1,070,000 shares of common stock at $1.895 per share. Further, in connection with the private placement, two of the Companys controlling stockholders sold 2,080,000 shares of common stock at $1.895 per share to the same group of investors. A portion of the proceeds of the new issuance was used to pay for the outstanding capital contribution of RMB26,400,000 of Shandong Missile.
The Company has accounted for the acquisition of the additional equity interest in Shandong Missile under the purchase method. The fair value of underlying net assets representing Up-Wings additional 82.76% of paid-in capital acquired in Shandong Missile exceeded Up-Wings purchase price, giving rise to negative goodwill. Such negative goodwill was allocated to reduce the purchase price allocated to certain long-lived assets. As a result of this acquisition, the Company held 82.76% of the registered capital of Shandong Missile and Shandong Missile became a subsidiary of the Company. The results of operations of Shandong Missile are consolidated in the financial statements of the Group from January 1, 2005.
On July 20, 2006, the Company fulfilled its commitment to fund a portion of the shortfall in registered capital of Shandong Missile by injecting additional capital of RMB26,400,000 (approximately $3,383,000) into Shandong Missile in the form of cash. On February 27, 2007, Shandong Missile changed its name to Shandong Taibang Biological Products Co., Ltd.
In connection with the private placement, the Company, pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into with the investors, agreed to file within 45 days of the closing date of the Share Exchange Agreement a registration statement registering for resale the shares issued to the investors in the private placement. The Company failed to file this registration statement within the time period prescribed by the registration rights agreement and recognized in general and administrative expenses an amount of $811,060 (RMB6,353,114) at December 31, 2006 for the full amount of liquidated damages.
In conjunction with this private placement, Ms. Li Lin Ling and Ms. Chan Siu Ling, the controlling stockholders and directors of the Company, placed an aggregate 4,280,000 shares of common stock in escrow, pursuant to a share escrow agreement dated July 19, 2006, (the Escrow Agreement) as amended, pursuant to which one half of the escrowed shares are to be released to the investors in the private placement on a pro rata basis if the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with US generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) do not reflect at least after-tax net income of at least $4,819,000 or after-tax net income before minority interest of $5,823,000 for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006; and if the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with US GAAP do not reflect at least an after-tax net income of $8,302,000 or after-tax net income before minority interests of $10,031,000 for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007,
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
the second half of the escrow shares will be distributed on a pro rata basis to the investors. Pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, (i) liquidated damages accrued according to the registration rights agreement; (ii) gain or loss on change in fair value of warrants; and (iii) stock-based compensation charge arising from transferring of shares from stockholders to senior management, are not deemed to be an income or expense item in calculating the after-tax net income for the purpose of the Escrow Agreement. If such performance thresholds are met, the shares are to be returned to Ms Li Lin Ling and Ms Chan Siu Ling.
Management determined that the threshold for the year ended December 31, 2006 has been met.
Acquisition of plasma stations in Shandong Province
In the second half of 2006, Shandong Missile entered into an asset transfer agreement with Shandong Provincial government to acquire certain assets of five plasma stations in Shandong Province. The purchase was accounted for under SFAS. 141. The total consideration of $2,472,846 for the acquisition was paid in 2006 and was on based on independent valuations performed by qualified valuation experts registered in the PRC. (These acquisitions are not considered business combinations under Regulation S-X Article 11.)
The operating licenses of the plasma stations started on January 1, 2007, no operations occurred in 2006. The net assets of the plasma stations are included in the Companys consolidated financial statement.
Note 2 Summary of significant accounting policies
The reporting entity
The Companys consolidated financial statements of reflect the activities of the parent and the following subsidiaries.
Subsidiaries |
Percentage of
|
|||
Ownership
|
||||
Logic Express Ltd. | British Virgin Islands | 100% | ||
Shandong Missile Biologic Products., Ltd | The People's Republic of China | 82.76% | ||
Xia Jin Plasma Company | The People's Republic of China | 82.76% | ||
He Ze Plasma Company | The People's Republic of China | 82.76% | ||
Yang Gu Plasma Company | The People's Republic of China | 82.76% | ||
Zhang Qiu Plasma Company | The People's Republic of China | 82.76% | ||
Qi He Plasma Company | The People's Republic of China | 82.76% |
Basis of presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in the consolidation.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
The Reverse Take-Over has been accounted for as a reverse acquisition of Logic Express with no adjustment to the historical basis of the assets and liabilities of Logic Express. The operations were consolidated as though the transaction occurred as of the beginning of the first accounting period presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Because Logic Express and Up-Wing were under common control, the Transfer has been accounted for as a business combination similar to a pooling-of-interests. Consequently, the consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of Logic Express and Up-Wing at their historical amounts. and the financial statements and results of Shandong Missile as though it had been acquired at the beginning of 2005.
Foreign currency translation
The reporting currency of the Company is the US dollar. The Companys principal operating subsidiaries established in the PRC uses their local currency, Renminbi (RMB), as their functional currency. Results of operations and cash flows are translated at average exchange rates during the period, and assets and liabilities are translated at the unified exchange rate as quoted by the Peoples Bank of China at the end of the period. Translation adjustments resulting from this process are included in accumulated other comprehensive income in the statement of stockholders equity. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred.
Translation adjustments resulting from this process are included in accumulated other comprehensive income in the consolidated statement of shareholders equity and amounted to $1,118,384 and $551,209 as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The balance sheet amounts with the exception of equity at December 31, 2006 and 2005 were translated at 7.80 RMB to $1.00 USD and 8.06 RMB, respectively. The equity accounts were stated at their historical rate. The average translation rates applied to the consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 were 7.96 RMB and 8.18 RMB, respectively.
Revenue recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when products are delivered and the customer takes ownership and assumes risk of loss, collection of the relevant receivable is probable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists and the sales price is fixed or determinable, which are generally considered to be met upon delivery and acceptance of products at the customer site. Sales revenue represents the invoiced value of goods, net of a value-added tax (VAT). All of the Companys products sold in the PRC are subject to a Chinese value-added tax at a rate of 6% of the gross sales price or at a rate approved by the Chinese local government.
Shipping and handling costs related to costs of goods sold are included in selling, general and administrative costs and totaled $91,831 and $9,734 for the year ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
principles of the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. For example, management estimates potential losses on outstanding receivables. Management believes that the estimates utilized in preparing its financial statements are reasonable and prudent. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Financial instruments
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107 (SFAS 107), Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments requires disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments held by the Company. SFAS 107 defines the fair value of financial instruments as the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties. The Company considers the carrying amount of cash, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and loans to approximate their fair values because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest.
Cash and concentration of risk
Cash includes cash on hand and demand deposits in accounts maintained with state-owned banks within PRC, Hong Kong and the United States of America. Certain financial instruments, which subject the Company to concentration of credit risk, consist of cash. The Company maintains cash balances at financial institutions which, from time to time, may exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insured limits for the banks located in the Unites States. Balances at financial institutions or state owned banks within the PRC are not covered by insurance. Total cash (excluding restricted cash balances) in state-owned banks at December 31, 2006 and 2005 amounted to $4,268,220 and $607,376, respectively, of which no deposits are covered by insurance. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not exposed to any risks on its cash in bank accounts.
Restricted cash
The Company through its bank agreements was required to keep certain amounts on deposit that are subject to withdrawal restrictions; these amounts are $0 and $1,860,000 as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Accounts receivable
The Companys business operations are conducted in PRC. During the normal course of business, the Company extends unsecured credit to its customers. Accounts receivable, outstanding at December 31, 2006 and 2005 amounted to $4,906,596 and $3,307,689, respectively. Management reviews its accounts receivable on a regular basis to determine if the allowance for doubtful accounts is adequate. An estimate for doubtful accounts is made when collection of the full amount is no longer probable.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
Trade accounts receivable at December 31, 2006 and 2005 consist of the following:
December 31,
|
December 31,
|
|||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Trade accounts receivable | $ | 4,906,596 | $ | 3,307,690 | ||||||
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts |
(1,131,209
|
)
|
(1,107,552
|
)
|
||||||
Totals | $ |
3,775,387
|
|
$ |
2,200,138
|
|
The activity in the allowance for doubtful accounts for trade accounts receivable for the periods ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 is as follows:
December 31,
|
December 31,
|
|||||||
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||
Beginning allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 1,107,552 | $ | 691,382 | ||||
Additions charged to bad debt expense | 37,514 | 416,170 | ||||||
Write-off charged against the allowance | (13,857 | ) | - | |||||
Ending allowance for doubtful accounts | $ | 1,131,209 | $ | 1,107,552 |
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market using the weighted average basis and consist of the following at December 31, 2006 and 2005:
December 31, |
December 31,
|
|||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Raw materials | $ |
1,740,333
|
$ | 1,181,126 | ||||||
Work in progress |
3,261,175
|
1,951,484 | ||||||||
Finished goods |
1,115,853
|
431,872 | ||||||||
Totals | $ |
6,117,361
|
$ | 3,564,482 |
The Company reviews its inventory periodically for possible obsolete goods or to determine if any reserves are necessary for potential obsolescence. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company has determined that no reserves are necessary.
Property and equipment
Plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets with 5% residual value. Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 amounted to $404,003 and $351,584 respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
Estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows: | ||||
Estimated
|
Useful Life | |||
Buildings | 30 | years | ||
Machinery and equipment | 10 | years | ||
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment | 5-10 | years |
Construction in progress represents the costs incurred in connection with the construction of buildings or new additions to the Companys plant facilities. No depreciation is provided for construction in progress until such time as the assets are completed and placed into service. Maintenance, repairs and minor renewals are charged directly to expenses as incurred. Major additions and betterment to property and equipment are capitalized.
The Company periodically evaluates the carrying value of long-lived assets in accordance with SFAS 144. When estimated cash flows generated by those assets are less than the carrying amounts of the asset, the Company recognizes an impairment loss. Based on its review, the Company believes that, as of December 31, 2006, there were no significant impairments of its long-lived assets.
Plant and equipment consist of the following at December 31, 2006 and 2005:
December 31, |
December 31,
|
|||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Building and improvements | $ | 3,459,449 | $ | 2,319,806 | ||||||
Production equipment | 4,919,590 | 2,794,262 | ||||||||
Furniture, fixtures and office equipment | 120,228 | 98,153 | ||||||||
8,499,267 | 5,212,221 | |||||||||
Accumulated depreciation |
(1,172,878
|
)
|
(760,413
|
)
|
||||||
7,326,389 | 4,451,808 | |||||||||
Construction in progress | 111,379 | 915,883 | ||||||||
Totals | $ | 7,437,768 | $ | 5,367,691 |
Interest expense of $52,930 and $42,951 was capitalized into construction in progress for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Intangible assets
Intangible assets are stated at cost (estimated fair value upon contribution or acquisition), less accumulated amortization and impairment. Amortization expense is recognized on the straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
Intangible assets | Estimated useful lives | |
Land use right | 50 years | |
Patent | 10 years | |
Permits and licenses | 5-10 years | |
Blood donor network | 10 years |
Given the environment in which the Group currently operates, it is reasonably possible that the estimated economic useful lives of these assets or the Groups estimate that it will recover their carrying amounts from future operations could change in the future.
All land in PRC is owned by the government and cannot be sold to any individual or company. However, the government grants the user a land use right to use the land. The Company has the right to use various parcels of land that range from 50 years in length. The Company amortizes the cost of the land use rights over their useful life using the straight-line method.
Other intangible assets represent permits, licenses and Good Manufacturing Practice Certificates contributed in return for equity upon the establishment of Shandong Missile in 2002. Contributed rights include those necessary to manufacture and distribute human blood products in the PRC market as authorized by the relevant PRC authorities. The estimated useful life of the contributed rights is 5-10 years
Intangible assets of the Company are reviewed annually or more often if circumstances dictate, to determine whether their carrying value has become impaired. The Company considers assets to be impaired if the carrying value exceeds the future projected cash flows from related operations. The Company also re-evaluates the periods of amortization to determine whether subsequent events and circumstances warrant revised estimates of useful lives. As of December 31, 2006, the Company expects these assets to be fully recoverable.
Total amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 amounted to $42,479 and $21,978 respectively.
Intangible assets consisted of the following at December 31:
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Land use rights |
$
|
461,554 | $ | 280,703 | ||||||
Patents |
|
-
|
12,791 | |||||||
Permits and licenses |
|
205,120 | 198,400 | |||||||
Blood donor network |
|
137,793 | - | |||||||
Others |
|
71,708 | 57,378 | |||||||
Totals |
|
876,175 | 549,272 | |||||||
Accumulated amortization |
|
(158,164
|
)
|
(111,035
|
)
|
|||||
Intangible assets, net |
$
|
718,011 | $ | 438,237 |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
Revenues
The Groups revenue is primarily derived from the manufacture and sale of human blood products. The Groups revenue by significant types of product for the periods ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 is as follows:
2006
|
2005
|
|||||
$
|
$
|
|||||
Human Albumin | 16,831,948 | 9,778,607 | ||||
Human Hepatitis B Immunoglobulin | 939,456 | 846,505 | ||||
Human Immunoglobulin for Intravenous Injection | 966,028 | 646,746 | ||||
Human Rabies Immunoglobulin | 2,720,207 | 194,219 | ||||
Human Tetanus Immunoglobulin | 734,356 | 20,841 | ||||
Others |
38,575
|
|
71,790
|
|
||
Totals |
22,230,570
|
|
11,558,708
|
|
Research and Development Costs
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development costs amounted to $594,750 and $362,424 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Sales and Marketing Costs
Sales and marketing costs consist primarily of commission fees, advertising and promotion expenses. Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and amounted to $156,561 and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Retirement and Other Post retirement Benefits
Contributions to retirement schemes (which are defined contribution plans) are charged to the statement of operations as and when the related employee service is provided.
Warranty Costs
The Group records a liability required for specific product quality assurance under warranty when sales are made. Based on the history of actual warranty claims, the Group has not recognized a liability for warranty claims for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005.
Government Grants
For the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, Shandong Missile received non-refundable grants of $62,086 and $82,685, respectively, from the PRC municipal government as the operating company is operating in the high and new technology business sector. The grant can be used for enterprise development and technology innovation purposes. This government grant is recognized in the statement of operations of the Group as other income when the grant is received.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
Income taxes
The Company has adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (SFAS 109). SFAS 109 requires the recognition of deferred income tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between income tax basis and financial reporting basis of assets and liabilities. Provision for income taxes consist of taxes currently due plus deferred taxes. Since the Company had no operations within the United States there is no provision for US taxes and there are no deferred tax amounts at December 31, 2006 and 2005.
The charge for taxation is based on the results for the year as adjusted for items, which are non-assessable or disallowed. It is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.
Deferred tax is accounted for using the balance sheet liability method in respect of temporary differences arising from differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax basis used in the computation of assessable tax profit. In principle, deferred tax liabilities are recognized for all taxable temporary differences, and deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is probably that taxable profit will be available against which deductible temporary differences can be utilized.
Deferred tax is calculated using tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realized or the liability is settled. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except when it is related to items credited or charged directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when they related to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority and the Company intends to settle its current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis.
Recently issued accounting pronouncements
In July, 2006, the Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) issued FASB Interpretations No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (FIN 48), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a return. FIN 48 provides guidance on the measurement, recognition, classification and disclosure of tax positions, along with accounting for the related interest and penalties. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, and is to be applied to all open tax years as of the date of effectiveness.The adoption of FIN 48 did not have a material impact on the consolidation financial statements.
In September 2006, FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements . SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Under SFAS No. 157, fair value refers to the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants in the market in which the reporting entity transacts. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 157 to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
In September 2006 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued SAB 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements SAB 108 provides interpretive guidance on how the effects of the carryover or reversal of prior year misstatements should be considered in quantifying a current year misstatement. The SEC staff believes that registrants should quantify errors using both a balance sheet and an income statement approach and evaluate whether either approach results in quantifying a misstatement that, when all relevant quantitative and qualitative factors are considered, is material. SAB 108 is effective for the Companys fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, with early application encouraged. The adoption of SAB 108 did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
In December 2006, FASB issued FSB EITF 00-19-2, Accounting for Registration Payment Arrangements , which specifies that the contingent obligation to make future payments or otherwise transfer consideration under a registration payment arrangement should be separately recognised and measured in accordance with FASB Statement No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies . The FSB EITF 00-19-2 is effective immediately for new and modified registration payment arrangements entered into after December 21, 2006, and beginning in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 for any such instruments entered into before that date. As the Company failed to file the registration statement within the time period prescribed by the registration rights agreement, the full amount of liquidated damages of $811,000 (RMB6,330,000) was recognized in general and administrative expenses in the year ended December 31, 2006.
In February 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial LiabilitiesIncluding an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 (SFAS 159). SFAS 159 permits companies to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value that are not currently required to be measured at fair value. The objective of SFAS 159 is to provide opportunities to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply hedge accounting provisions. SFAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between companies that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. SFAS 159 will be effective in the first quarter of fiscal 2009. The Company is evaluating the impact that this statement will have on its consolidated financial statements.
In June 2007, FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. EITF 07-3, Accounting for Nonrefundable Advance Payments for Goods or Services Received for use in Future Research and Development Activities (FSP EITF 07-3), which addresses whether nonrefundable advance payments for goods or services that used or rendered for research and development activities should be expensed when the advance payment is made or when the research and development activity has been performed. Management is currently evaluating the effect of this pronouncement on financial statements.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
Note 3 - Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
Income taxes paid for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, amounted to $1,068,466 and $175,184, respectively.
Interest paid (net of capitalized interest) for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 amounted to $223,763 and $131,194 respectively.
Non cash financing activities including warrants granted to placement agent in 2006 which is valued at $728,456 at grant date.
Note 4 Related party transactions
Related Party Transactions
The material related party transactions undertaken by the Company with related parties during the periods presented are as follows:
Amount Due to: | Purpose |
2006
|
2005
|
||||||||
Shareholders (1) | Acqusition of subsidiary | $ |
-
|
$ |
1,872,087
|
||||||
Minority shareholder | |||||||||||
of subsidiary (2) | Loan | $ |
675,761
|
$ |
-
|
(1) The Companys investment in Shandong Missile was financed by an advance from shareholders. The advance was unsecured, interest free and is paid for using dividend collected from subsidiary. This amount is repaid in 2006.
(2) Dividend of $675,761 was borrowed from its minority shareholder at an annual interest rate of 6% for operational purposes. This amount is expected to be repaid in form of cash.
Note 5 Prepayments
Prepayments represent partial payments for deposits on raw material purchases and amounted to $713,194 and $381,072 as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Prepayments non-current represent partial payments for deposits on plant and equipment purchases and amounted to $778,364 and $175,577 as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Note 6 Debt
Other payables and accruals
Other payables and accruals at December 31, 2006 and 2005 consist of the following:
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Other payables |
$
|
426,517 | $ | 1,198,942 | ||||||
Accruals for salaries and welfare |
|
217,526 | 63,732 | |||||||
Accruals for RTO expenses |
|
387,897 | - | |||||||
Accruals for late filling |
|
811,060 | - | |||||||
Others |
|
31,973 | 52,052 | |||||||
$
|
1,874,973 | $ | 1,314,726 |
Short term loans
Short term loans represent amounts due to various banks which are normally due within one year, and these loans can be renewed with the banks.
The Companys short term bank loans as of December 31 consisted of the following:
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Bank loans, secured by buildings and land use rights | ||||||||||
(note (a)) | $ | 1,282,000 | $ | 1,860,000 | ||||||
Bank loans, secured by a guarantee from an | ||||||||||
unrelated financial institution (note (b)) | - | 1,860,000 | ||||||||
Bank loans, unsecured | 1,282,000 | - | ||||||||
Totals | $ | 2,564,000 | $ | 3,720,000 |
(a) |
The short-term bank loans bear interest of 6.14% to 5.85% as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. |
(b) |
The Company paid a fee of RMB180,000 for the guarantee granted by an unrelated financial institution for the year ended December 31, 2005. |
The loans are secured by buildings and land use rights with carrying values as follows:
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||
Buildings | $ | 1,311,254 | $ | 1,250,174 | ||||
Land use rights | 287,045 | 277,641 | ||||||
$ | 1,598,299 | $ | 1,527,815 | |||||
Other payable - land use rights |
In July 2003, Shandong Missile obtained certain land use rights from the PRC municipal government. Shandong Missile is required to make payments totaling RMB138,848 per year to the local state-owned entity, for the 50 year life of the rights or until Shandong Biologic Institute completes its privatization process. The Company recorded land use rights equal to other
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
payable land use rights totaling $273,912 determined using present value of annual payments over 50 years.
Other Long term liability
Long term loan represent amounts due to the Department of Health. The loan was unsecured, interest free and had no fixed terms of repayment.
Note 7 Acquisition
Initial acquisition of Shandong Missile
On March 17, 2005, the Company completed the acquisition of 41% of the registered capital of Shandong Missile for a consideration of RMB34,400,000, of which RMB8,000,000 was paid by cash and the remaining consideration of RMB26,400,000 was paid on July 19, 2006. Up-Wing has accounted for the acquisition of 41% of the registered capital in Shandong Missile under the purchase method.
Acquisition of additional equity interest in Shandong Missile
On September 2, 2005, the Company completed the acquisition of an additional 41.76% of registered capital in Shandong Missile from the then equity owner, for net consideration of RMB35,500,000 (Note 1). The then equity owner also assigned its portion of dividend from Shandong Missile to the Company totaled $793,865, this amount is treated as reduction in total consideration.
The Company has accounted for the acquisition of the additional equity interest in Shandong Missile under the purchase method. The fair value of underlying net assets representing Up-Wings additional 82.76% of paid-in capital acquired in Shandong Missile exceeded Up-Wings purchase price, giving rise to negative goodwill. Such negative goodwill was allocated to reduce the purchase price allocated to certain long-lived assets. As a result of this acquisition, the Company held 82.76% of the registered capital of Shandong Missile and Shandong Missile became a subsidiary of the Company. The results of operations of Shandong Missile are consolidated in the financial statements of the Group from January 1, 2005.
Additional capital injection into Shandong Missile
On July 20, 2006, the Company fulfilled its commitment to fund a portion of the shortfall in registered capital of Shandong Missile by injecting additional capital of RMB26,400,000 (approximately $3,383,000) into Shandong Missile in the form of cash.
The purchase price for the September 2005 Acquisition and July 2006 Acquisition represented the results of negotiations with the then stockholders, who were disadvantaged by the following conditions:
(1) |
Because the share capital was not yet fully paid-up at that moment, Shandong Missile had insufficient working capital and liquidity to support its long term obligation; and |
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
(2) |
According to the Articles of Association, the RMB26,400,000 unpaid capital was to be contributed within six months from the formation of the joint venture by April 23, 2003. |
However, the then stockholder failed to fulfill the obligation. Pursuant to the PRC rules and regulations applicable to foreign invested enterprises, if the then stockholder failed to contribute the RMB 26,400,000 by the specific date, their entire interest would be forfeited. Details of the fair value of the net assets of Shandong Missile consolidated on September 2, 2005 are as follows: |
|
September
2, 2005
|
|||||
Currents assets | $ | 14,009,255 | |||
Plant and equipment | 5,210,970 | ||||
Intangible assets | 426,155 | ||||
Total assets acquired | 19,646,380 | ||||
Curret liabilities | 8,660,625 | ||||
Long term liabilities | 1,426,000 | ||||
Total liabilities assumed | 10,086,625 | ||||
Total net assets | 9,559,755 | ||||
% acquired | 82.76% | ||||
Net assets acquired | $ | 7,911,653 |
Note 8 - Earnings Per Share
Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period.
In accordance with SFAS No. 128 Earnings Per Share, basic net income per share available is computed by dividing net income by the number of shares outstanding as if the shares issued in the reverse merger as described in Note 1 had occurred at the beginning of the earliest period presented and such shares had been outstanding for all periods. There are no potentially dilutive shares as at December 31, 2006 and 2005.
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
December 31, 2006
|
December 31, 2005
|
|||||||||
Net income for earnings per share | $ | 3,816,837 | $ | 1,309,686 | ||||||
Weighted average shares used in basic | ||||||||||
computation | 21,434,942 | 19,234,942 | ||||||||
Diluted effect of warrants |
-
|
|||||||||
Weighted average shares used in diluted | ||||||||||
computation | 21,434,942 | 19,234,942 | ||||||||
Earnings per share | ||||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.07 | ||||||
Diluted | $ | 0.18 | $ | 0.07 |
Note 9 Income taxes
The Company is governed by the Income Tax Law of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) concerning Foreign Investment Enterprises and Foreign Enterprises and various local income tax laws (the Income Tax Laws). Under the Income Tax Laws, foreign investment enterprises (FIE) generally are subject to an income tax at an effective rate of 33% (30% state income taxes plus 3% local income taxes) on income as reported in their statutory financial statements after appropriate tax adjustments unless the enterprise is located in specially designated regions of cities for which more favorable effective tax rates apply. Upon approval by the PRC tax authorities, FIEs scheduled to operate for a period of 10 years or more and engaged in manufacturing and production may be exempt from income taxes for two years, commencing with their first profitable year of operations, after taking into account any losses brought forward from prior years, and thereafter with a 50% exemption for the next three years.
In 2002, the Company became a Sino-foreign joint venture. In 2003, the Company was granted by the state government for benefit of income tax exemption in first 2 years from January 2003 to December 2004 and 50% exemption for the third to fifth years from January 2005 to December 2007.
Beginning January 1, 2008, the new Enterprise Income Tax (EIT) law will replace the existing laws for Domestic Enterprises (DES) and Foreign Invested Enterprises (FIEs).
The key changes are:
a. |
The new standard EIT rate of 25% will replace the 33% rate currently applicable to both DES and FIEs, except for High Tech companies who pays at a reduced rate of 15%; and |
b. |
Companies established before March 16, 2007 will continue to enjoy tax holiday treatment approved by local government for a grace period of the next 5 years or until the tax holiday term is completed, whichever is sooner. These companies will pay the standard tax rate as defined in point a above during the grace period. |
The Companys subsidiary, Shandong Missile, was established before March 16, 2007 and therefore is qualified to continue enjoying the reduced tax rate as described above. Since the
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
detailed guidelines of the new tax law is not publicized yet, the Company cannot determined what the new tax rate will be applicable to the Company after the end of their respective tax holiday terms.
The Company was granted by the local government for benefit of income tax exemption for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 through 2006 for making purchases on local equipment.
The following table reconciles the U.S. statutory rates to the Companys effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005:
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
U.S. Statutory rates | 34.0 |
%
|
34.0 |
%
|
||||||
Foreign income | (34.0 | ) |
|
(34.0 | ) |
|
||||
China taxe rates | 33.0 |
|
33.0 |
|
||||||
China income tax exemption |
(18.0
|
)
|
|
(18.0
|
)
|
|
||||
Effective income tax rates |
15.0
|
|
%
|
15.0
|
|
%
|
The estimated tax savings due to the tax exemption for the years ending December 31, 2006, and 2005 amounted to $1,045,589 and $682,205 respectively.
Value Added Tax
Enterprises or individuals who sell products, engage in repair and maintenance or import and export goods in the PRC are subject to a value added tax in accordance with Chinese laws. The value added tax rate applicable to the Company is 6% of the gross sales price. No credit is available for VAT paid on the purchases.
VAT on sales amounted to $1,333,438 and $693,641 for the year ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 respectively. Sales are recorded net of VAT collected and paid as the Company acts as an agent for the government. VAT taxes are not impacted by the income tax holiday.
Taxes payable consisted of the followings: | ||||||||||
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
VAT tax payable | $ | 212,688 | $ | 125,914 | ||||||
Income tax (credit) payable | (83,872 | ) | 233,266 | |||||||
Others misc tax payable |
9,387
|
|
5,083
|
|
||||||
$ |
138,203
|
|
$ |
364,263
|
|
Note 10 Commitments and Contingent liabilities
Capital commitments
Capital commitments outstanding as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 not provided for in the financial statements were as follows:
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
2006
|
2005
|
|||||||||
Property and equipment, not yet received | $ |
432,000
|
$ | 158,000 | ||||||
Capital injection to Shandong Missile | $ |
-
|
$ | 3,273,600 |
Contingencies
In the normal course of business, the Company is exposed to claims related to the manufacture and use of the Companys products, but currently the Company is not aware of any such claim.
Legal Proceedings
In July 2006, one of our sales employees misappropriated our goods and resold them to other parties using a counterfeited Company seal. The amount involved was approximately RMB1.16 million (approximately $0.15 million). The incident was revealed during a routine reconciliation of our account receivables. We reported the misappropriation to the police and the employee was arrested and criminal charges were brought against him. To date, we have recovered RMB350,000 in cash and goods of valued at approximately RMB30,000 (altogether, approximately $0.05 million). The balance will be recouped on or before the end of 2007, pursuant to a financial guarantee and repayment agreement between us and the employee witnessed by officials at the Tai An City Police Station.
In 2006, Missile Engineering, which is controlled by Mr. Zu Ying Du, applied for arbitration in China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) to challenge the effectiveness of the transfer of the shares he formerly owned in Shandong Missile. The arbitration was dismissed in April 2006. We believe that all necessary approvals and documentation were obtained at the time of transfer and have initiated legal action in China intending to restrain Mr. Du from seeking to resolve his differences with us by means other than arbitration, the agreed-upon method of conflict resolution at the time of the transfer.
In December 2006, we brought separate legal action in Tai Shan District Court in Shandong Province against Mr. Du for defamation in connection with his tortious comments regarding Shandong Taibang. We sought to enjoin Mr. Du from such conduct as well as damages of approximately $3,000. The outcome of this matter is not expected to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
On February 5, 2007, our subsidiary Shandong Taibang received a summons from the District Court of Hong Qi District, Xin Xiang City, Henan Province, regarding an ongoing dispute with Hua Lan Biological Engineering Co Ltd., or Hua Lan, the plaintiff, pursuant to which Hua Lan alleges that Feng Lin, the principal of the Bobai Kangan Plasma Collection Co. Ltd., or Bobai, and Keliang Huang established the Bobai Plasma Collection Station in Bobai County, Guangxi, using a permit for collecting and supplying human plasma in Bobai County, that was granted to Hua Lan by the government of the Guangxi region, without Hua Lans permission. On January 18, 2007, we had signed a letter of intent to acquire the Bobai Plasma Collection Station from Bobai. However, on January 29, 2007, on Hua Lans motion, the District Court entered an order to freeze funds in the amount of RMB3,000,000 held by the defendants in the case, including RMB 500,000 in funds held in Shandong Taibangs bank account in Taian City, and Shandong
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
Taibang was joined as a third party defendant. The first hearing in the foregoing matter was scheduled to be held before the District Court in March 2007 but was suspended to allow the defendants to enter a plea to the Henan Provincial Court requesting clarification regarding whether the District Court has proper jurisdiction when the act of infringement and all defendants are not in Henan Province. A hearing was held on June 25, 2007 and judgment was entered against the defendants. There was no financial judgment on us and the RMB500, 000 has been released, however, we have appealed the judgment to the high court. Other than the place of jurisdiction, we cannot make any comment on the validity of the franchise agreement between Bobai and Hua Lan. If Hua Lan prevails in this case then we may not be able to acquire Bobai. However, management does not expect our inability to acquire Bobai to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations as Bobai is only a small station.
Note 11 Stockholders equity
The Company implemented a reverse stock split at two for one to reduce the number of issued and outstanding shares of common stock to 750,227 immediately before issuing 18,484,715 shares of common stock to the stockholders of Logic Express. The reverse stock split did not change the par value ($0.0001) of the common stock.
On July 19, 2006, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with accredited investors and completed the sale of 2,200,000 of the Companys common stock and common stock purchase warrants.
In connection with the offering, the Company paid a placement fee of 10% of the proceeds in cash, together with other expenses in the amount of 3% of the proceeds, in cash. In addition, the placement agent was issued warrants to purchase 66,154 shares of common stock on the same terms and conditions as the investors.
Dividends
During April 2006, prior to Logic Express acquiring a majority equity interest in Shandong Missile from Up-Wing. Up-Wing made a distribution amounted to $ 2,909,516.
Warrant
Concurrent with the private placement, GRC issued 1,070,000 units of warrant with exercise price at $2.8425 per share (Investor Warrant) to investors. The warrants issued to the new investors have a 5-year term and shall be callable by the Company if the shares trade at 160% of the exercise price for 15 consecutive trading days after the registration statement has been effective for 45 days.
On July 28, 2006, GRC also issued 214,000 warrants with exercise price at $2.8425 (Placement Agent Warrant) to Lane Capital Markets, LLC, the exclusive placement agent and financial advisor, for no purchase price. These warrants have a 5-year term and are non-callable.
The warrants are accounted for as equity under SFAS 133 and EITF 00-19.
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CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
Weighted
|
Average
|
|||||||||||||
Warrants
|
Warrants
|
Average Exercise
|
Remaining
|
|||||||||||
Outsanding
|
Exercisable
|
Price
|
Contractual Life
|
|||||||||||
Outstanding, December | ||||||||||||||
31, 2005 |
-
|
- |
-
|
- | ||||||||||
Granted |
1,284,000
|
1,284,000 | $ |
2.84
|
4.46
|
|||||||||
Forfeited |
-
|
- |
-
|
- | ||||||||||
Exercised |
-
|
- |
-
|
- | ||||||||||
Outstanding, December | ||||||||||||||
31, 2006 |
1,284,000
|
1,284,000 | $ |
2.84
|
4.46 |
Note 12 Statutory reserves
In accordance with the Law of the PRC on Joint Ventures Using Chinese and Foreign Investment and the Companys Articles of Association, appropriations from net profit should be made to the Reserve Fund, the Staff and Workers Bonus and Welfare Fund and the Enterprise Expansion Fund, after offsetting accumulated losses from prior years, and before profit distributions to the investors. The percentages to be appropriated to the Reserve Fund, the Staff and Workers Bonus and Welfare Fund and the Enterprise Expansion Fund are determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.
Reserve fund
For the year ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company transferred US$759,099 and US$204,594 respectively. Amounts represent 10% of the net income determined in accordance with PRC accounting rules and regulations. The surplus reserve fund is non-distributable other than during liquidation and can 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 stockholders 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.
Enterprise expansion fund
The enterprise fund may be used to acquire fixed assets or to increase the working capital to expend on production and operation of the business. For the year ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company transferred US$759,099 and US$204,594 respectively. Amounts represent 10% of the net income determined in accordance with PRC accounting rules and regulations.
Staff and workers bonus and welfare fund
Through 2005, the Company was required to transfer 5% to 10% of its net income, as determined in accordance with the PRC accounting rules and regulations, to the statutory common welfare fund. For the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company transferred $0 and $102,297 respectively, representing 5% of the years net income determined in accordance with PRC accounting rules and regulations, to this reserve. Starting on January 1,
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
2006, the PRC accounting rules and regulations no longer required the company to transfer 5% to 10% of its net income to the staff and workers bonus and welfare fund. The balance in this fund at December 31, 2005 was transferred to the reserve fund.
Note 13 Retirement benefit plans
Regulations in PRC require the Company to contribute to a defined contribution retirement plan for the benefit of all permanent employees. All permanent employees are entitled to an annual pension equal to their basic salaries at retirement. The PRC government is responsible for the benefit liability to these retired employees. The Company is required to make contributions to the state retirement plan at 20% of the monthly basic salaries of the current employees. For the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company made pension contributions in the amount of $103,380 and $94,572 respectively.
Note 14 Current vulnerability due to certain concentrations
The Companys operations are carried out in the PRC. Accordingly, the Companys business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environments in the PRC, and by the general state of the PRCs economy.
The Companys operations in the PRC are subject to specific considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in the North America and Western Europe. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic and legal environments and foreign currency exchange. The Companys results may be adversely affected by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things.
The Companys major product, human albumin, accounted for 84.6% and 75.7% of total revenues for year ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005 respectively. If the market demands for human albumin cannot be sustained in the future or upon decrease in price of human albumin, it would adversely affect the Groups operating results.
All of the Groups customers are located in the PRC. As of December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Group had no significant concentration of credit risk, except for the amounts due from related parties. There were no customers that individually comprised 10% or more of revenue in the periods presented.
There were no customers that individually comprised 10% or more of the gross trade accounts receivable at December 31, 2005 and 2006 or 10% or more of revenue in the periods presented. The Group performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers financial condition and, generally, requires no collateral from its customers.
Three vendors comprised 61% and 80% of the Companys purchases for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2006. Accounts payable to these vendors amounted $820,250 and $56,386 as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006 AND 2005
Note 15 Subsequent Event
Acquisition of plasma stations in Guangxi Province
In January 2007, Shandong Missile entered into letters of intent to acquire three plasma stations in Guangxi Province. The total consideration for the acquisition would be determined based on independent valuation performed by qualified valuation experts recognized in the PRC. The acquisition will be financed by RMB10,000,000 bank loans drawn down in January 2007.
Establishment of own distribution company
In September 2006, Shandong Missile applied to establish a wholly owned subsidiary Shandong Missile Medical Co., Ltd. (Shandong Medical) with registered capital of RMB3,000,000 and the capital was fully paid on March 1, 2007. A distribution license of biological products, except for vaccine, was obtained from the Shandong Food and Drug Authority on February 7, 2007 for a license period of 5 years from the date of obtaining the license. The registration of Shandong Missile was ultimately approved by Shandong Provincial Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation on July 4, 2007 and Shandong Medical was formally registered on July 19, 2007. The scope of business is wholesale of biological products, except vaccine, with a license period of 25 years from the date of registration. As of July 31, 2007, Shandong Medical has not yet commenced operations.
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6,064,000 shares of common stock
PROSPECTUS
_____________ , 2007
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 24. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Our bylaws provide for the indemnification of our present and prior directors and officers or any person who may have served at our request as a director or officer of another corporation in which we own shares of capital stock or of which we are a creditor, against expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them in connection with the defense of any actions, suits or proceedings in which they, or any of them, are made parties, or a party, by reason of being or having been director(s) or officer(s) of us or of such other corporation, in the absence of negligence or misconduct in the performance of their duties. This indemnification policy could result in substantial expenditure by us, which we may be unable to recoup.
Insofar as indemnification by us for liabilities arising under the Exchange Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification by such director, officer or controlling person of us in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being offered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Exchange Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
At the present time, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer, employee or other agent of ours in which indemnification would be required or permitted. We are not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding which may result in a claim for such indemnification.
ITEM 25. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
The estimated expenses payable by China Biologic in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered are as follows:
SEC Registration Fee | $ | 530 |
Printing Expenses | $ | 12,500 |
Legal Fees and Expenses | $ |
300,000
|
Accounting Fees and Expenses |
$
|
400,000
|
Total |
$
|
713,030
|
ITEM 26. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
On July 18, 2006, we entered into a share and warrant exchange agreement with Logic Express Limited, the owners of all of Logic Express shares and the other parties thereto, pursuant to which on July 19, 2006, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of Logic Express in exchange for the issuance in the aggregate of 18,484,715 shares of our common stock to the Shareholders. The issuance of Shares was exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), pursuant to Section 4(2) of, and Regulation S promulgated under, such Act.
Concurrently with entering into the share and warrant exchange agreement, we completed a private placement transaction with a group of accredited investors, pursuant to a securities purchase agreement, dated July 18, 2006. Pursuant to the securities purchase agreement as amended, we sold units consisting of an aggregate of 2,200,000 shares of its common stock and five-year warrants to purchase 1,070,000 shares of common stock at an
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exercise price of $2.8425 per share at a purchase price of $1.895 per unit and two of the controlling shareholders of China Biologic, Siu Ling Chan and Lin Ling Li, sold an aggregate of 2,080,000 shares of our common stock at a price of $1.895 per share to the same investors. Lane Capital Markets, LLC acted as exclusive placement agent and financial advisor and received five-year warrants to purchase 214,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $2.8425 per share. We are under a contractual obligation to register shares of our common stock as well as shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants issued to the investors and the placement agent in connection with this private placement within a pre-defined period. The shares being registered under this registration statement are the shares of our common stock issued and the shares of common stock underlying warrants issued in connection with the private placement. The issuance of units and warrants was exempt from the registration requirements provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the offer and sale of securities not involving a public offering and Regulation D promulgated thereunder and on Regulation S.
In instances described above where we issued securities in reliance upon Regulation D, we relied upon Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act. These stockholders who received the securities in such instances made representations that (a) the stockholder is acquiring the securities for his, her or its own account for investment and not for the account of any other person and not with a view to or for distribution, assignment or resale in connection with any distribution within the meaning of the Securities Act, (b) the stockholder agrees not to sell or otherwise transfer the purchased shares unless they are registered under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, or an exemption or exemptions from such registration are available, (c) the stockholder has knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such that he, she or it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in us, (d) the stockholder had access to all of our documents, records, and books pertaining to the investment and was provided the opportunity ask questions and receive answers regarding the terms and conditions of the offering and to obtain any additional information which we possessed or were able to acquire without unreasonable effort and expense, and (e) the stockholder has no need for the liquidity in its investment in us and could afford the complete loss of such investment. Our Management made the determination that the investors are accredited investors as defined in Regulation D, based upon Managements inquiry into their sophistication and net worth. In addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for securities issued in reliance upon Regulation D.
In instances described above where we issued securities in reliance upon Regulation S our reliance was based upon the fact that: (a) each such investor was not U.S. person and was not acquiring its shares for the account or benefit of any U.S. person, (b) each such investor agreed not to offer or sell its shares (including any prearrangement for a purchase by a U.S. person or other person in the United States) directly or indirectly, in the United States or to any natural person who is a resident of the United States or to any other U.S. person as defined in Regulation S unless registered under the Securities Act and all applicable state laws or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and similar state laws is available, (c) each such investor made its subscription from its offices at an address outside of the United States and (d) each such investor or its advisors have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of, and protecting its interests in connection with an investment in our Company.
ITEM 27. EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. | Description | |
2 |
Share Exchange Agreement between China Biologic, Logic Express and the selling stockholders signatory thereto, dated as of July 18, 2006 |
|
3.1 |
Certificate of Incorporation of China Biologic |
|
3.2 |
Bylaws of China Biologic |
|
4.1 |
Securities Purchase Agreement between China Biologic, Logic Express, Shandong Taibang, and the selling stockholders and investors signatory thereto, dated as of July 18, 2006 |
|
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4.2 |
Registration Rights Agreement, between China Biologic and certain investors signatory thereto, dated as of July 18, 2006 |
|
4.3 |
Form of Stockholder Warrant to purchase Common Stock, dated as of July 19, 2006 |
|
4.4 |
Lane Warrant, dated as of July 19, 2006 |
|
4.5 |
Share Escrow Agreement, between China Biologic, Lane, as investor representative, the Escrow Agent, and the selling stockholders signatory thereto, dated as of July 19, 2006 |
|
4.6 |
Escrow Agreement, between China Biologic, the Escrow Agent, and the selling stockholders signatory thereto, dated as of July 19, 2006 |
|
4.7 |
Amendment No. 1 to the Share Escrow Agreement, between China Biologic, Lane, as investor representative, the Escrow Agent, and the selling stockholders signatory thereto, dated as of February 16, 2007 |
|
4.8 |
Amendment No. 2 to Share Escrow Agreement, between China Biologic, Lane, as investor representative, the Escrow Agent, and the selling stockholders signatory thereto, dated as of March 27, 2007 |
|
4.9 |
Amendment No. 3 to Share Escrow Agreement, between China Biologic, Lane, as investor representative, the Escrow Agent, and the selling stockholders signatory thereto, dated as of April 2, 2007 |
|
4.10 |
Amendment No. 4 to Share Escrow Agreement, between China Biologic, Lane, as investor representative, the Escrow Agent, and the selling stockholders signatory thereto, dated as of May 9, 2007 |
|
4.11 |
Amendment No. 1 to Securities Purchase Agreement, between China Biologic, Logic Express, Shandong Taibang and the selling stockholders and investors signatory thereto, dated as of February 16, 2007 |
|
4.12 |
Amendment No. 2 to Securities Purchase Agreement, between China Biologic, Logic Express, Shandong Taibang and the selling stockholders and investors signatory thereto, dated as of March 27, 2007 |
|
4.13 |
Amendment No. 3 to Securities Purchase Agreement, between China Biologic, Logic Express, Shandong Taibang and the selling stockholders and investors signatory thereto, dated as of April 2, 2007 |
|
4.14 |
Amendment No. 4 to Securities Purchase Agreement, between China Biologic, Logic Express, Shandong Taibang and the selling stockholders and investors signatory thereto, dated as of May 9, 2007 |
|
4.15 |
Amendment No. 5 to Securities Purchase Agreement, between China Biologic and investors signatory thereto, dated as of August 20, 2007 |
|
5 |
Opinion of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP |
|
10.1 |
Group Secondment Agreement, between the Shandong Taibang and the Shandong Institute (Summary Translation) |
|
10.2 |
Amended and Restated Joint Venture Agreement, between Logic Express and the Shandong |
|
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Institute, dated as of March 12, 2006 (Summary Translation) |
||
10.3 |
Letter of Intent for Equity Transfer, between Logic Express Limited and the Shandong Institute, dated as of June 10, 2006 (Summary Translation) |
|
10.4 |
Raw Plasma Supply Agreement, between Shandong Taibang and Qihei Plasma Collection Station, dated as of December 30, 2005 (Summary Translation) |
|
10.5 |
Raw Plasma Supply Agreement, between Shandong Taibang and the Xiajin Plasma Collection Station, dated as of December 30, 2005 (Summary Translation) |
|
10.6 |
Raw Plasma Supply Agreement, between Shandong Taibang and the Zhangqiu Plasma Collection Station, dated as of December 30, 2005 (Summary Translation) |
|
10.7 |
Employment Agreement, between China Biologic and Stanley Wong, dated as of March 8, 2007 (Summary Translation) |
|
10.8 |
Form of Directors Employment Agreement of China Biologic |
|
21 |
Subsidiaries of China Biologic |
|
23.1 |
Consent of Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP, certified public accountants |
|
23.2 |
Consent of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP (included in Exhibit 5) |
|
24 |
Power of Attorney (appear on the signature pages hereof) |
ITEM 28. UNDERTAKINGS.
Undertaking Required by Item 512 of Regulation S-B.
(a) The undersigned registrant will:
(1) File, during any period in which it offers or sells securities, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to:
(i) include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) reflect in the prospectus any facts or events which, individually or together, represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement; and notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) include any additional or changed material information on the plan of distribution.
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(2) For determining liability under the Securities Act, treat each post-effective amendment as a new registration statement of the securities offered, and the offering of the securities at that time to be the initial bona fide offering.
(3) File a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any of the securities that remain unsold at the end of the offering.
(4) For determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the registrant or used or referred to by the registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the registrant to the purchaser.
(b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements of filing on Form SB-2 and has authorized this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned in Shandong, China, on the 4th day of September, 2007.
CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. |
By: /s/ Stanley Wong |
Stanley Wong |
Chief Executive Officer |
By: /s/ Chao Ming Zhao |
Chao Ming Zhao |
Chief Financial Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below does hereby constitute and appoint, jointly and severally, Siu Ling Chan and Zhao, Chao Ming, or either of them, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement filed herewith and any and all amendments to said Registration Statement (including Post-effective amendments and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 and otherwise), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement was signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates stated:
Name | Title | Date | ||
/s/
Siu Ling Chan
|
Chairwoman | September 4, 2007 | ||
Siu Ling Chan | ||||
/s/Stanley
Wong
|
Chief Executive Officer | September 4, 2007 | ||
Stanley Wong | ||||
/s/Chao
Ming Zhao
|
Chief Financial Officer and Director | September 4, 2007 | ||
Chao Ming Zhao | ||||
/s/
Tung Lam
|
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of | September 4, 2007 | ||
Tung Lam | Shandong Taibang | |||
/s/
Lin Ling Li
|
Director | September 4, 2007 | ||
Lin Ling Li | ||||
/s/
Pang Guang Li
|
Director | September 4, 2007 | ||
Pang Guang Li |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |
2 |
Share Exchange Agreement between China Biologic, Logic Express and the selling stockholders signatory thereto, dated as of July 18, 2006 |
|
3.1 |
Certificate of Incorporation of China Biologic |
|
3.2 |
Bylaws of China Biologic |
|
4.1 |
Securities Purchase Agreement between China Biologic, Logic Express, Shandong Taibang, and the selling stockholders and investors signatory thereto, dated as of July 18, 2006 |
|
4.2 |
Registration Rights Agreement, between China Biologic and certain investors signatory thereto, dated as of July 18, 2006 |
|
4.3 |
Form of Stockholder Warrant to purchase Common Stock, dated as of July 19, 2006 |
|
4.4 |
Lane Warrant, dated as of July 19, 2006 |
|
4.5 |
Share Escrow Agreement, between China Biologic, Lane, as investor representative, the Escrow Agent, and the selling stockholders signatory thereto, dated as of July 19, 2006 |
|
4.6 |
Escrow Agreement, between China Biologic, the Escrow Agent, and the selling stockholders signatory thereto, dated as of July 19, 2006 |
|
4.7 |
Amendment No. 1 to the Share Escrow Agreement, between China Biologic, Lane, as investor representative, the Escrow Agent, and the selling stockholders signatory thereto, dated as of February 16, 2007 |
|
4.8 |
Amendment No. 2 to Share Escrow Agreement, between China Biologic, Lane, as investor representative, the Escrow Agent, and the selling stockholders signatory thereto, dated as of March 27, 2007 |
|
4.9 |
Amendment No. 3 to Share Escrow Agreement, between China Biologic, Lane, as investor representative, the Escrow Agent, and the selling stockholders signatory thereto, dated as of April 2, 2007 |
|
4.10 |
Amendment No. 4 to Share Escrow Agreement, between China Biologic, Lane, as investor representative, the Escrow Agent, and the selling stockholders signatory thereto, dated as of May 9, 2007 |
|
4.11 |
Amendment No. 1 to Securities Purchase Agreement, between China Biologic, Logic Express, Shandong Taibang and the selling stockholders and investors signatory thereto, dated as of February 16, 2007 |
|
4.12 |
Amendment No. 2 to Securities Purchase Agreement, between China Biologic, Logic Express, Shandong Taibang and the selling stockholders and investors signatory thereto, dated as of March 27, 2007 |
|
4.13 |
Amendment No. 3 to Securities Purchase Agreement, between China Biologic, Logic Express, Shandong Taibang and the selling stockholders and investors signatory thereto, dated as of April 2, 2007 |
|
4.14 |
Amendment No. 4 to Securities Purchase Agreement, between China Biologic, Logic Express, Shandong Taibang and the selling stockholders and investors signatory thereto, dated as of May 9, 2007 |
|
4.15 |
Amendment No. 5 to Securities Purchase Agreement, between China Biologic and investors signatory thereto, dated as of August 20, 2007 |
|
5 |
Opinion of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP |
|
10.1 |
Group Secondment Agreement, between the Shandong Taibang and the Shandong Institute (Summary Translation) |
|
10.2 |
Amended and Restated Joint Venture Agreement, between Logic Express and the Shandong Institute, dated as of March 12, 2006 (Summary Translation) |
|
10.3 |
Letter of Intent for Equity Transfer, between Logic Express Limited and the Shandong Institute, dated as of June 10, 2006 (Summary Translation) |
|
10.4 |
Raw Plasma Supply Agreement, between Shandong Taibang and Qihei Plasma Collection Station, dated as of December 30, 2005 (Summary Translation) |
|
10.5 |
Raw Plasma Supply Agreement, between Shandong Taibang and the Xiajin Plasma Collection Station, dated as of December 30, 2005 (Summary Translation) |
|
10.6 |
Raw Plasma Supply Agreement, between Shandong Taibang and the Zhangqiu Plasma Collection Station, dated as of December 30, 2005 (Summary Translation) |
|
10.7 |
Employment Agreement, between China Biologic and Stanley Wong, dated as of March 8, 2007 (Summary Translation) |
|
10.8 |
Form of Directors Employment Agreement of China Biologic |
|
21 |
Subsidiaries of China Biologic |
|
23.1 |
Consent of Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP, certified public accountants |
|
23.2 |
Consent of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP (included in Exhibit 5) |
|
24 |
Power of Attorney (appear on the signature pages hereof) |
|
Acquiror
Company:
GRC
HOLDINGS, INC.
Signed:
/s/
Timothy P. Halter
Printed
name: Timothy P. Halter
Title:
President
|
|
Company:
LOGIC
EXPRESS LTD.
Signed:
/s/
Lin Ling Li
Printed
name: Lin Ling Li
Title: Legal Representative |
|
Shareholders:
Signed:
/s/
Lin Ling Li
Printed
name: Lin Ling Li
|
|
Signed:
/s/
Siu Ling Chan
Printed
name: Siu Ling Chan
|
|
Signed:
/s/
Katherine Loh
Printed
name: Katherine Loh
|
|
Signed:
/s/
Michael Li
Printed
name: Michael Li
|
|
Signed:
/s/
Chao Ming Zhao
Printed
name: Chao Ming Zhao
|
Name
and Address of
Company
Shareholder
|
Number
of Shares held by
Company
Shareholder
|
Number
of Acquiror Company
Shares
to be Received
|
Lin
Ling LI
|
1,293,367
|
7,902,624
|
Siu
Ling CHAN
|
1,293,367
|
7,902,624
|
Michael
LI
12B,
103 Leighton Road, Lippo Leighton Center
Causeway
Bay, Hong Kong
|
87,706
|
535,893
|
Katherine
LOH
|
175,412
|
1,071,787
|
Chao
Ming ZHAO
|
175,412
|
1,071,787
|
(1) |
A
bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or a savings
and
loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A)
of
the Securities Act, whether acting in its individual or fiduciary
capacity; a broker or dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; an insurance company as defined in
Section 2(13) of the Securities Act; an investment company registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Investment Company Act) or
a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the
Investment Company Act; a Small Business Investment Company licensed
by
the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d)
of the
Small Business Investment Act of 1958; a plan established and maintained
by a state, its political subdivisions or any agency or instrumentality
of
a state or its political subdivisions for the benefit of its employees,
if
such plan has total assets in excess of US $5,000,000; an employee
benefit
plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of
1974 (ERISA), if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as
defined in Section 3(21) of ERISA, which is either a bank, savings
and
loan association, insurance company, or registered investment advisor,
or
if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of US $5,000,000
or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely
by
persons that are accredited investors.
|
(2) |
A
private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22)
of
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
|
(3) |
An
organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code,
corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership,
not
formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered,
with
total assets in excess of US $5,000,000.
|
(4) |
A
director or executive officer of the Acquiror
Company.
|
(5) |
A
natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with
that
persons spouse, at the time of his or her purchase exceeds US
$1,000,000.
|
(6) |
A
natural person who had an individual income in excess of US $200,000
in
each of the two most recent years or joint income with that persons
spouse in excess of US $300,000 in each of those years and has a
reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current
year.
|
(7) |
A
trust, with total assets in excess of US $5,000,000, not formed for
the
specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase
is
directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii)
(i.e., a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial
and
business matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks
of
the prospective investment).
|
(8) |
An
entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors.
(If
this alternative is checked, the Trustee or the Shareholder must identify
each equity owner and provide statements signed by each demonstrating
how
each is qualified as an accredited
investor.)
|
(1) |
U.S.
person (as defined in Regulation S)
means:
|
(i) |
Any
natural person resident in the United
States;
|
(ii) |
Any
partnership or corporation organized or incorporated under the laws
of the
United States;
|
(iii) |
Any
estate of which any executor or administrator is a U.S.
person;
|
(iv) |
Any
trust of which any trustee is a U.S.
person;
|
(v) |
Any
agency or branch of a foreign entity located in the United
States;
|
(vi) |
Any
non-discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate
or
trust) held by a dealer or other fiduciary for the benefit or account
of a
U.S. person;
|
(vii) |
Any
discretionary account or similar account (other than an estate or trust)
held by a dealer or other fiduciary organized, incorporated, or (if
an
individual) resident in the United States;
and
|
(viii) |
Any
partnership or corporation if: (A) organized or incorporated under
the
laws of any foreign jurisdiction; and (B) formed by a U.S. person
principally for the purpose of investing in securities not registered
under the Securities Act, unless it is organized or incorporated, and
owned, by accredited investors (as defined in Rule 501(a)) who are
not
natural persons, estates or trusts.
|
(2) |
Notwithstanding
paragraph (1) above, any discretionary account or similar account (other
than an estate or trust) held for the benefit or account of a non-U.S.
person by a dealer or other professional fiduciary organized,
incorporated, or (if an individual) resident in the United States shall
not be deemed a U.S. person.
|
(3) |
Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), any estate of which any professional fiduciary acting
as
executor or administrator is a U.S. person shall not be deemed a U.S.
person if:
|
(i) |
An
executor or administrator of the estate who is not a U.S. person has
sole
or shared investment discretion with respect to the assets of the estate;
and
|
(ii) |
The
estate is governed by foreign law.
|
(4) |
Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), any trust of which any professional fiduciary acting
as
trustee is a U.S. person shall not be deemed a U.S. person if a trustee
who is not a U.S. person has sole or shared investment discretion with
respect to the trust assets, and no beneficiary of the trust (and no
settlor if the trust is revocable) is a U.S.
person.
|
(5) |
Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), an employee benefit plan established and administered
in
accordance with the law of a country other than the United States and
customary practices and documentation of such country shall not be
deemed
a U.S. person.
|
(6) |
Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), any agency or branch of a U.S. person located outside
the
United States shall not be deemed a U.S. person
if:
|
(i) |
The
agency or branch operates for valid business reasons;
and
|
(ii) |
The
age
ncy
or branch is engaged in the business of insurance or banking and is
subject to substantive ins
urance
or banking regulation, respectively, in the jurisdiction where
located.
|
(7) |
The
International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction
and
Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development
Bank, the African Development Bank, the United Nations, and their
agencies, affiliates and pension plans, and any other similar
international organizations, their agencies, affiliates and pension
plans
shall not be deemed U.S. persons.
|
1. |
Such
person or entity qualifies as an Accredited Investor on the basis set
forth on its signature page to this
Agreement.
|
2. |
Such
person or entity has sufficient knowledge and experience in finance,
securities, investments and other business matters to be able to protect
such Shareholders interests in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
|
3. |
Such
person or entity has consulted, to the extent that it has deemed
necessary, with its tax, legal, accounting and financial advisors
concerning its investment in the Acquiror Company
Shares.
|
4. |
Such
person or entity understands the various risks of an investment in
the
Acquiror Company Shares and can afford to bear such risks for an
indefinite period of time, including, without limitation, the risk
of
losing its entire investment in the Acquiror Company
Shares.
|
5. |
Such
person or entity has had access to the Acquiror Companys financial
statements.
|
6. |
Such
person or entity has been furnished during the course of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement with all other public information regarding
the Acquiror Company that such person or entity has requested and all
such
public information is sufficient for such person or entity to evaluate
the
risks of investing in the Acquiror Company
Shares.
|
7. |
Such
person or entity has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions
of and
receive answers concerning the Acquiror Company and the terms and
conditions of the issuance of the Acquiror Company
Shares.
|
8. |
Such
person or entity is not relying on any representations and warranties
concerning the Acquiror Company made by the Acquiror Company or any
officer, employee or agent of the Acquiror Company, other than those
contained in this Agreement.
|
9. |
Such
person or entity is acquiring the Acquiror Company Shares for such
persons or entitys, as the case may be, own account, for investment and
not for distribution or resale to others.
|
10. |
Such
person or entity will not sell or otherwise transfer the Acquiror Company
Shares, unless either (a) the transfer of such securities is
registered under the Securities Act or (b) an exemption from registration
of such securities is available.
|
11. |
Such
person or entity understands and acknowledges that the Acquiror Company
is
under no obligation to register the Acquiror Company Shares for sale
under
the Securities Act.
|
12. |
Such
person or entity consents to the placement of a legend on any certificate
or other document evidencing the Acquiror Company Shares substantially
in
the form set forth in
Section 4.2.5(a).
|
13. |
Such
person or entity represents that the address furnished on its signature
page to this Agreement is the principal residence if he is an individual
or its principal business address if it is a corporation or other
entity.
|
14. |
Such
person or entity understands and acknowledges that the Acquiror Company
Shares have not been recommended by any federal or state securities
commission or regulatory authority, that the foregoing authorities
have
not confirmed the accuracy or determined the adequacy of any information
concerning the Acquiror Company that has been supplied to such person
or
entity and that any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
|
15. |
Such
person or entity acknowledges that the representations, warranties
and
agreements made by such person or entity herein shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the purchase of the Acquiror
Company Shares.
|
1. |
At
the time of (a) the offer by the Acquiror Company and (b) the acceptance
of the offer by such person or entity, of the Acquiror Company Shares,
such person or entity was outside the United
States.
|
2. |
No
offer to acquire the Acquiror Company Shares or otherwise to participate
in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement was made to such
person
or entity or its representatives inside the United
States.
|
3. |
Such
person or entity is not purchasing the Acquiror Company Shares for
the
account or benefit of any U.S. person, or with a view towards distribution
to any U.S. person, in violation of the registration requirements of
the
Securities Act.
|
4. |
Such
person or entity will make all subsequent offers and sales of the Acquiror
Company Shares either (x) outside of the United States in compliance
with
Regulation S; (y) pursuant to a registration under the Securities Act;
or
(z) pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the
Securities Act. Specifically, such person or entity will not resell
the
Acquiror Company Shares to any U.S. person or within the United States
prior to the expiration of a period commencing on the Closing Date
and
ending on the date that is one year thereafter (the Distribution
Compliance Period), except pursuant to registration under the Securities
Act or an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act.
|
5. |
Such
person or entity is acquiring the Acquiror Company Shares for such
Shareholders own account, for investment and not for distribution or
resale to others.
|
6. |
Such
person or entity has no present plan or intention to sell the Acquiror
Company Shares in the United States or to a U.S. person at any
predetermined time, has made no predetermined arrangements to sell
the
Acquiror Company Shares and is not acting as a Distributor of such
securities.
|
7. |
Neither
such person or entity, its Affiliates nor any Person acting on behalf
of
such person or entity, has entered into, has the intention of entering
into, or will enter into any put option, short position or other similar
instrument or position in the U.S. with respect to the Acquiror Company
Shares at any time after the Closing Date through the Distribution
Compliance Period except in compliance with the Securities
Act.
|
8. |
Such
person or entity consents to the placement of a legend on any certificate
or other document evidencing the Acquiror Company Shares substantially
in
the form set forth in
Section 4.2.5(b).
|
9. |
Such
person or entity is not acquiring the Acquiror Company Shares in a
transaction (or an element of a series of transactions) that is part
of
any plan or scheme to evade the registration provisions of the Securities
Act.
|
10. |
Such
person or entity has sufficient knowledge and experience in finance,
securities, investments and other business matters to be able to protect
such persons or entitys interests in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
|
11. |
Such
person or entity has consulted, to the extent that it has deemed
necessary, with its tax, legal, accounting and financial advisors
concerning its investment in the Acquiror Company
Shares.
|
12. |
Such
person or entity understands the various risks of an investment in
the
Acquiror Company Shares and can afford to bear such risks for an
indefinite period of time, including, without limitation, the risk
of
losing its entire investment in the Acquiror Company
Shares.
|
13. |
Such
person or entity has had access to the Acquiror Companys financial
statements.
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Such
person or entity has been furnished during the course of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement with all other public information regarding
the Acquiror Company that such person or entity has requested and all
such
public information is sufficient for such person or entity to evaluate
the
risks of investing in the Acquiror Company
Shares.
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Such
person or entity has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions
of and
receive answers concerning the Acquiror Company and the terms and
conditions of the issuance of the Acquiror Company
Shares.
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Such
person or entity is not relying on any representations and warranties
concerning the Acquiror Company made by the Acquiror Company or any
officer, employee or agent of the Acquiror Company, other than those
contained in this Agreement.
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Such
person or entity will not sell or otherwise transfer the Acquiror Company
Shares, unless either (A) the transfer of such securities is
registered under the Securities Act or (B) an exemption from registration
of such securities is available.
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Such
person or entity understands and acknowledges that the Acquiror Company
is
under no obligation to register the Acquiror Company Shares for sale
under
the Securities Act.
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Such
person or entity represents that the address furnished on its signature
page to this Agreement is the principal residence if he is an individual
or its principal business address if it is a corporation or other
entity.
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Such
person or entity understands and acknowledges that the Acquiror Company
Shares have not been recommended by any federal or state securities
commission or regulatory authority, that the foregoing authorities
have
not confirmed the accuracy or determined the adequacy of any information
concerning the Acquiror Company that has been supplied to such person
or
entity and that any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
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Such
person or entity acknowledges that the representations, warranties
and
agreements made by such person or entity herein shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the purchase of the Acquiror
Company Shares.
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I, HARRIET SMITH WINDSOR, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF CONVERSION OF A TEXAS CORPORATION UNDER THE NAME OF GRC HOLDINGS, INC. TO A DELAWARE CORPORATION, CHANGING ITS NAME FROM GRC HOLDINGS, INC. TO CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE TENTH DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 2007, AT 4:56 O'CLOCK P.M.
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STATE OF DELAWARE
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PURSUANT TO SECTION 265 OF THE
DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW
1). The jurisdiction where the Non-Delaware Corporation first formed is TEXAS
2.) The jurisdiction immediately prior to filing this Certificate is TEXAS
3.) The date the Non-Delaware Corporation first formed is May 28, 2003
4.) The name of the Non-Delaware Corporation immediately prior to filing this Certificate is GRC HOLDINGS, INC.
5.) The name of the Corporation as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation is CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned being duly authorized to sign on behalf of the converting Non-Delaware Corporation have executed this Certificate on the 5th day of JANUARY , A.D. 2007 .
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I, HARRIET SMITH WINDSOR, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE TENTH DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 2007, AT 4:56 O'CLOCK P.M.
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STATE OF DELAWARE
OF
CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC.
FIRST: The name of this corporation shall be: CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC.
SECOND: Its registered office in the State of Delaware is to be located at 615 South DuPont Highway, city of Dover County of Kent, Delaware 19901 and its registered agent at such address is National corporte Research, Ltd.
THIRD: The purposes of the corporation shall be:
FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which this corporation is authorized to issue is: 110,000,000 shares, with a par value of $0.0001, of which 100,000,000 shall be Common Stock and 10,000,000 shall be Preferred Stock.
FIFTH: The mane and address of the incorporator is as follows:
SIXTH: The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the by-laws.
SEVENTH: No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such director as a director. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law, (i) for breach of the directors dity of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts of omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law of (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No amendment to or repeal of this Article Seventh shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the incorporator herein before named, has executed signed and acknowledged this certificate of incorporation this 5th day of January, A.D. 2007.
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EXHIBIT 3.2
CORPORATE BYLAWS OF
GRC HOLDINGS, INC.
(a Texas corporation)
BYLAWS
OF
GRC HOLDINGS, INC.
(a Texas Corporation)
ARTICLE I.
NAME AND OFFICES
I.1 Name . The name of the Corporation is GRC HOLDINGS, INC., hereinafter referred to as the Corporation.
I.2 Registered Office and Agent . The Corporation shall establish, designate and continuously maintain a registered office and agent in the State of Texas, subject to the following provisions:
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(b) Registered Agent . The Corporation shall designate and continuously maintain in the State of Texas a registered agent, which agent may be either an individual resident of the State of Texas whose business office is identical with such registered office, or a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the State of Texas, having a business office identical with such registered office. |
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(c) Change of Registered Office or Agent . The Corporation may change its registered office or change its registered agent, or both, upon the filing in the Office of the Secretary of State of Texas of a statement setting forth the facts required by law, and executed for the Corporation by its President or a Vice President. |
I.3 Other Offices . The Corporation may also have offices at such other places within and without the State of Texas as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, determine the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II.
SHAREHOLDERS
II.1 Place of Meetings . Each meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation is to be held at the principal offices of the Corporation or at such other place, either within or without the State of Texas, as may be specified in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
II.2 Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of Directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held within one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of the fiscal year of the Corporation on a day during such period to be selected by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the failure to hold the annual meeting within the designated period of time or on the designated date shall not work a forfeiture or dissolution of the Corporation.
II.3 Special Meetings . Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President. Special meetings of the shareholders shall be called by the President or Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors, or at the request in writing of shareholders owning at least fifty percent (50%) of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting and the business to be transacted at any such special meeting of shareholders, and shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice therefor.
II.4 Notice . Written or printed notice of the meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting, and in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board or the President, the Secretary or a majority of the members of the Board of Directors calling the meeting, to each shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting as determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.10 hereof. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States Mail, with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the shareholder entitled thereto at his address as it appears on the share transfer records of the Corporation.
II.5 Voting List . The officer or agent having charge and custody of the share transfer records of the Corporation, shall prepare, at least ten (10) days before each meeting of shareholders, a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and containing the address and number of voting shares held by each, which list shall be kept on file at the registered office or principal place of business of the Corporation for a period of not less than ten (10) days prior to such meeting and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours. Such list shall also be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to
the inspection of any shareholder during the entire time of the meeting. The original share ledger or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof, shall be prima facie evidence as to identity of the shareholders entitled to examine such list or share ledger or transfer book and to vote at any such meeting of the shareholders.
II.6 Quorum . The holders of one-third of the shares of the capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, represented in person or by proxy, shall be requisite and shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. The shareholders represented in person or by proxy at a meeting of the shareholders at which a quorum is not present may adjourn the meeting until such time and to such place as may be determined by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented in person or by proxy at that meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.
II.7 Requisite Vote . If a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of capital stock having voting power, present in person or represented by proxy, shall determine any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of the Articles of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, a different vote shall be required or permitted, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the determination of such question.
II.8 Withdrawal of Quorum . If a quorum is present at the time of commencement of any meeting, the shareholders present at such duly convened meeting may continue to transact any business which may properly come before said meeting until adjournment thereof, notwithstanding the withdrawal from such meeting of sufficient holders of the shares of capital stock entitled to vote thereat to leave less than a quorum remaining.
II.9 Voting at Meeting . Voting at meetings of shareholders shall be conducted and exercised subject to the following procedures and regulations:
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(b) Exercise of Voting Power; Proxies . At any meeting of the shareholders, every holder of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting may vote either in person, or by proxy executed in writing by such shareholder. A telegram, telex, cablegram, or similar transmission by a shareholder, or a photographic, photostatic, facsimile, or similar reproduction of a writing executed by a shareholder, shall be treated as an execution in writing. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise stated therein. A proxy shall be revocable unless expressly designated therein as irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Proxies coupled with an interest include the appointment as proxy of: (a) a pledgee; (b) a person who purchased or agreed to purchase or owns or holds an option to purchase the shares voted; (c) a creditor of the Corporation who extended its credit under terms requiring the appointment; (d) an employee of the Corporation whose employment contract requires the appointment; or (e) a party to a voting agreement created under Section B of Article 2.30 of the Texas Business Corporation Act, as amended. Each proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation prior to or at the time of the meeting. Voting for directors shall be in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (c) below of this Section 2.9. Any vote may be taken by voice vote or by show of hands unless someone entitled to vote at the meeting objects, in which case written ballots shall be used. |
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II.10 Record Date for Meetings; Closing Transfer Records . As more specifically provided in Article 7, Section 7.7 hereof, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, such record date to be not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to such meeting, or the Board of Directors may close the share transfer records for such purpose for a period of not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to such meeting. In the absence of any action by the Board of Directors, the date upon which the notice of the meeting is mailed shall be deemed the record date.
II.11 Action Without Meetings . Any action required by the Act, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holder or holders of shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take such action at a meeting at which the holders of all of the shares entitled to vote on the action were present and voted, provided that such action is done in compliance with Section 9.10 of the Act. Any such executed written consent, or an executed counterpart thereof, shall be placed in the minute book of the Corporation. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each shareholder who signs the consent. No written consent shall be effective to take the action that is the subject of the consent
unless, within sixty (60) days after the date of the earliest dated consent delivered to the Corporation in the manner required under Section 2.12 hereof, a consent or consents signed by the holders of a majority of the shares of the capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on the action that is the subject of the consent are delivered to the Corporation.
II.12 Record Date for Action Without Meetings . Unless a record date shall have previously been fixed or determined by the Board of Directors as provided in Section 2.10 hereof, whenever action by shareholders is proposed to be taken by consent in writing without a meeting of shareholders, the Board of Directors may fix a record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to consent to that action, which record date shall not precede, and shall not be more than ten (10) days after, the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and the prior action of the Board of Directors is not required by statute or the Articles of Incorporation, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to consent to action in writing without a meeting shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the books in which proceedings of meetings of shareholders are recorded. Delivery shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Delivery to the Corporations principal place of business shall be addressed to the President or principal executive officer of the Corporation. If no record date shall have been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action of the Board of Directors is required by statute, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to consent to action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the date in which the Board of Directors adopts a resolution taking such prior action.
II.13 Preemptive Rights . Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors in the manner provided under the Texas Business Corporation Act, as amended, no holder of shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall, as such holder, have any right to purchase or subscribe for any capital stock of any class Which the Corporation may issue or sell, whether or not exchangeable for any capital stock of the Corporation of any class or classes, whether issued out of unissued shares authorized by the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or out of shares of capital stock of the Corporation acquired by it after the issue thereof; nor, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors in the manner provided under the
Texas Business Corporation Act, as amended, shall any holder of shares of capital stock of the Corporation, as such holder, have any right to purchase, acquire or subscribe for any securities which the Corporation may issue or sell whether or not convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Corporation of any class or classes, and whether or not any such securities have attached or appurtenant thereto warrants, options or other instruments which entitle the holders thereof to purchase, acquire or subscribe for shares of capital stock of any class or classes.
ARTICLE III.
DIRECTORS
III.1 Management Powers . The powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of, its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders.
III.2 Number and Qualification . The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than one (1) member nor more than fifteen (15) members; provided, however, the initial Board of Directors shall consist of one member(s). Directors need not be residents of the State of Texas or shareholders of the Corporation. Each Director shall qualify as a Director following election as such by agreeing to act or acting in such capacity. The number of Directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors or shareholders without the necessity of a written amendment to the Bylaws of the Corporation; provided, however, no decrease shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent Director.
III.3 Election and Term . Members of the Board of Directors shall hold office until the annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. At the annual meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders entitled to vote in an election of Directors shall elect Directors to hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting. Each Director shall hold office for the term for which he is elected, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal, if earlier.
III.4 Voting on Directors . Directors shall be elected by the vote of the holders of a plurality of the shares entitled to vote in the election of Directors and represented in person or by proxy at a meeting of
shareholders at which a quorum is present. Cumulative voting in the election of Directors is expressly prohibited.
III.5 Vacancies . Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors then in office, though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. For purposes of these Bylaws, a vacancy shall be defined as an unfilled directorship arising by virtue of the death, resignation or removal of a Director theretofore duly elected to serve in such capacity in accordance with the relevant provisions of these Bylaws. A Director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired portion of the term of his predecessor in office.
III.6 New Directorships . Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of Directors actually serving as such shall be filled by election at an annual meeting of the shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose, or by the Board of Directors for a term of office continuing only until the next election of one or more Directors by the shareholders, provided that the Board of Directors may not fill more than two (2) such directorships during the period between any two (2) successive annual meetings of shareholders.
III.7 Removal . Any Director may be removed either for or without cause at any duly convened special or annual meeting of shareholders, by the affirmative vote of a majority in number of shares of the shareholders present in person or by proxy at any meeting and entitled to vote for the election of such Director, provided notice of intention to act upon such matter shall have been given in the notice calling such meeting.
III.8 Meetings . The meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held and conducted subject to the following regulations:
(a) Place . Meetings of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, annual, regular or special, are to be held at the principal office or place of business of the Corporation, or such other place, either within or without the State of Texas, as may be specified in the respective notices, or waivers of notice, thereof.
(b) Annual Meeting . The Board of Directors shall meet each year immediately after the annual meeting of the shareholders, at the place where such meeting of the shareholders has been held (either within or without the State of Texas), for the purpose of organization, election of officers, and consideration of any other business that may properly be brought before the meeting. No notice of any kind to either old or new members of the Board of Directors for such annual meeting shall be required.
(c) Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place or places as shall from time to time be determined and designated by the Board.
(d) Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President of the Corporation on notice of two (2) days to each Director either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two (2) Directors.
(e) Notice and Waiver of Notice . Attendance of a Director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a Director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
(f) Quorum . At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the number of Directors fixed by these Bylaws shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, unless a greater number is required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting, from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
(g) Requisite Vote . In the exercise of voting power with respect to each matter properly submitted to a vote at any meeting of the Board of Directors, each Director present at such meeting shall have one (1) vote. The act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
III.9 Action Without Meetings . Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted by law to be taken at any meetings of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting, if prior to such action a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board or of such committee, as the case may be, and such written consent is filed in the minutes or proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.
III.10 Committees . Committees designated and appointed by the Board of Directors shall function subject to and in accordance with the following regulations and procedures:
(a) Designation and Appointment . The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, designate and appoint one or more committees under such name or names and for such purpose or function as may be deemed appropriate.
(b) Members; Alternate Members; Terms . Each Committee thus designated and appointed shall consist of two or more of the Directors of the Corporation, one of whom, in the case of the Executive Committee, shall be the President. The Board of Directors may designate one or more of its members as alternate members of any committee, who may, subject to any limitations imposed by the entire Board, replace absent or disqualified members at any meeting of
that committee. The members or alternate members of any such committee shall serve at the pleasure of and subject to the discretion of the Board of Directors.
(c) Authority . Each Committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board creating same, shall have and may exercise such of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation as the Board of Directors may direct and delegate, except, however, those matters which are required by statute to be reserved unto or acted upon by the entire Board of Directors.
(d) Records . Each such Committee shall keep and maintain regular records or minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.
(e) Change in Number . The number of members or alternate members of any Committee appointed by the Board of Directors, as herein provided, may be increased or decreased (but not below two) from time to time by appropriate resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors.
(f) Vacancies . Vacancies in the membership of any committee designated and appointed hereunder shall be filled by the Board of Directors, at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors, in a manner consistent with the provisions of this Section 3.10.
(g) Removal . Any member or alternate member of any committee appointed hereunder may be removed by the Board of Directors by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board, whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby.
(h) Meetings . The time, place and notice (if any) of committee meetings shall be determined by the members of such committee.
(i) Quorum; Requisite Vote . At meetings of any committee appointed hereunder, a majority of the number of members designated by the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the members and alternate members of the committee present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee, except as otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. If a quorum is not present at a meeting of such committee, the members of such committee present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
(j) Compensation . Appropriate compensation for members and alternate members of any committee appointed pursuant to the authority hereof may be authorized by the action of a majority of the entire Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.11 hereof.
(k) Action Without Meetings . Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of any committee may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all members of such committee. Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a meeting. The signed consent, or a signed copy, shall become a part of the record of such committee.
(1) Responsibility . Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, the designation and appointment of a committee and the delegation of authority to it shall not operate to
relieve the Board of Directors, or any member or alternate member thereof, of any responsibility imposed upon it or him by law.
III.11 Compensation . By appropriate resolution of the Board of Directors, the Directors may be reimbursed their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum (as determined from time to time by the vote of a majority of the Directors then in office) for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as Director. No such payment shall preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in another capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may, by appropriate resolution of the Board of Directors, be allowed similar reimbursement of expenses and compensation for attending committee meetings.
III.12 Maintenance of Records . The Directors may keep the books and records of the Corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the State, outside the State of Texas or at such place or places as they may, from time to time, determine.
III.13 Interested Directors and Officers . An otherwise valid contract or other transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its Directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any firm of which one or more of its Directors or officers are members or employees, or in which they are interested, or between the Corporation and any corporation or association of which one or more of its Directors or officers are shareholders, members, directors, officers, or employees, or in which they are interested, shall be valid notwithstanding the presence of such Director or Directors or officer or officers at the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, which acts upon, or in reference to, such contract, or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose, if any one of the following is satisfied: (a) the material facts of such relationship or interest shall be disclosed or known to the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors shall, nevertheless in good faith, authorize, approve and ratify such contract or transaction by a vote of a majority of the Directors present, such interested Director or Directors to be counted in determining whether a quorum is present, but not to be counted in calculating the majority of such quorum necessary to carry such vote; (b) the material facts of such relationship or interest as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by the vote of the shareholders; or (c) the contract or transaction is fair to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized,
approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the shareholders. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to invalidate any contract or other transaction which would otherwise be valid under the common and statutory law applicable thereto.
ARTICLE IV.
NOTICES
IV.1 Method of Notice . Whenever under the provisions of the Texas Business Corporation Act or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any Director or shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such Director or shareholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States Mail. Notice to Directors or shareholders may also be given by telegram.
IV.2 Waiver . Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the Texas Business Corporation Act or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Attendance by such person or persons, whether in person or by proxy, at any meeting requiring notice shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except as provided in Section 3.8(5) hereof.
ARTICLE V.
OFFICERS AND AGENTS
V.1 Designation . The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall consist of the offices of:
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V.2 Election of Officers . Each officer designated in Section 5.1(a) hereof shall be elected by the Board of Directors on the expiration of the term of office of such officer, as herein provided, or
whenever a vacancy exists in such office. Each officer or agent designated in Section 5.1(b) above may be elected by the Board at any meeting.
V.3 Qualifications . No officer or agent need be a shareholder of the Corporation or a resident of Texas. No officer or agent is required to be a Director, except the Chairman of the Board. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.
V.4 Term of Office . Unless otherwise specified by the Board of Directors at the time of election or appointment, or by the express provisions of an employment contract approved by the Board, the term of office of each officer and each agent shall expire on the date of the first meeting of Directors next following the annual meeting of shareholders each year. Each such officer or agent shall serve until the expiration of the term of his office or, if earlier, his death, resignation or removal.
V.5 Authority . Officers and agents shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the Corporation as are provided in these Bylaws or as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors not inconsistent with these Bylaws.
V.6 Removal . Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation will be served thereby. Such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.
V.7 Vacancies . Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation (by death, resignation, removal or otherwise) shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
V.8 Compensation . The compensation of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
V.9 Chairman of the Board . If a Chairman of the Board is elected, he shall be chosen from among the Directors and shall be the chief executive and principal officer of the Corporation. He shall have the power to call special meetings of the shareholders and of the Directors for any purpose or purposes, and he shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors, unless he shall be absent or unless he shall, at his election, designate the President to preside in his stead. The Chairman of the Board shall be responsible for the operations and business affairs of the Corporation and shall possess all of the powers granted by the Bylaws to the President, including the power to make and sign contracts and agreements in the name and on behalf of the Corporation. He shall, in general, have
supervisory power over the President and all other officers and the business activities of the Corporation, subject to the discretion of the Board of Directors.
V.10 President . Subject to the supervision of the Chairman of the Board, or in the absence of the election of a Chairman of the Board, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation; shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors; shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The President shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise executed and except where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. The President shall perform such other duties and possess such other authority and powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
V.11 Vice Presidents . The Vice President, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents in the order determined by a majority vote of the Board of Directors, shall, in the prolonged absence or disability of the President (and Chairman of the Board, if one is elected), perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or the chief executive officer may from time to time delegate.
V.12 Secretary . The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation and record all proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be maintained for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, or President. He shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation, and he, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.
V.13 Assistant Secretaries . The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall in the absence or disability of the
Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or the chief executive officer may from time to time delegate.
V.14 Treasurer . The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President (and Chairman of the Board, if one is elected) and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money, and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control owned by the Corporation. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties and have such other authority and powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the chief executive officer may from time to time delegate.
V.I5 Assistant Treasurers . The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe or as the chief executive officer may from time to time delegate.
ARTICLE VI.
INDEMNIFICATION
VI.1 Mandatory Indemnification . Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party, or who was or is a witness without being named a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action, claim, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, any appeal in such an action, suit or proceeding, and any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such an action, suit or proceeding (a Proceeding), by reason of the fact that such individual is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation, or while a Director or officer of the Corporation is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or similar functionary of another corporation, partnership, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation from and against any judgments, penalties (including excise taxes), fines, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses (including court costs and attorneys fees) actually incurred by such person in connection with such Proceeding if it is determined that he acted in good faith and reasonably believed (i) in the case of conduct in his official capacity on behalf of the Corporation that his conduct was in the Corporations best interests, (ii) in all other cases, that his conduct was not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and (iii) with respect to any Proceeding which is a criminal action, that he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that in the event a determination is made that such person is liable to the Corporation or is found liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by such person, the indemnification is limited to reasonable expenses actually incurred by such person in connection with the Proceeding and shall not be made in respect of any Proceeding in which such person shall have been found liable for willful or intentional misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Corporation. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself be determinative of whether the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any Proceeding which is a criminal action, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A person shall be deemed to have been found liable in respect of any claim, issue or matter only after the person shall have been so adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom.
VI.2 Determination of Indemnification . Any indemnification under the foregoing Section 6.1 (unless ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction) shall be made by the Corporation only upon a determination that indemnification of such person is proper in the circumstances by virtue of the fact that it shall have been determined that such person has met the applicable standard of conduct. Such determination shall be made (1) by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Directors who at the time of the vote are not named defendants or respondents in the Proceeding; (2) if such quorum cannot be obtained, by a majority vote of a committee of the Board of Directors, designated to act in the matter by a majority of all Directors, consisting solely of two or more Directors who at the time of the vote are not named defendants or respondents in the Proceeding; (3) by special legal counsel (in a written opinion) selected by the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board by a vote as set forth in Subsection (1) or (2) of this Section, or, if such quorum cannot be obtained and such committee cannot be established, by a majority vote of all Directors (in which Directors who are named defendants or respondents in the Proceeding may participate); or (4) by the shareholders of the Corporation in a vote that excludes the shares held by Directors who are named defendants or respondents in the Proceeding.
VI.3 Advance of Expenses . Reasonable expenses, including court costs and attorneys fees, incurred by a person who was or is a witness or who was or is named as a defendant or respondent in a Proceeding, by reason of the fact that such individual is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation, or while a Director or officer of the Corporation is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, or similar functionary of another corporation, partnership, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall be paid by the Corporation at reasonable intervals in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding, and without the determination specified in the foregoing Section 6.2, upon receipt by the Corporation of a written affirmation by such person of his good faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification under this Article 6, and a written undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Corporation if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article 6. Such written undertaking shall be an unlimited obligation of such person and it may be accepted without reference to financial ability to make repayment.
VI.4 Permissive Indemnification . The Board of Directors of the Corporation may authorize the Corporation to indemnify employees or agents of the Corporation, and to advance the reasonable expenses
of such persons, to the same extent, following the same determinations and upon the same conditions as are required for the indemnification of and advancement of expenses to Directors and officers of the Corporation.
VI.5 Nature of Indemnification . The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided hereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under the Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, any agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise, both as to actions taken in an official capacity and as to actions taken in any other capacity while holding such office, shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.
VI.6 Insurance . The Corporation shall have the power and authority to purchase and maintain insurance or another arrangement on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent, or similar functionary of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability, claim, damage, loss or risk asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of the status of such person as such, irrespective of whether the Corporation would have the power to indemnify and hold such person harmless against such liability under the provisions hereof. If the insurance or other arrangement is with a person or entity that is not regularly engaged in the business of providing insurance coverage, the insurance or arrangement may provide for payment of a liability with respect to which the Corporation would not have the power to indemnify the person only if including coverage for the additional liability has been approved by the shareholders of the Corporation. Without limiting the power of the Corporation to procure or maintain any kind of insurance or other arrangement, the Corporation may, for the benefit of persons indemnified by the Corporation, (1) create a trust fund; (2) establish any form of self-insurance; (3) secure its indemnity obligation by grant of a security interest or other lien on the assets of the Corporation; or (4) establish a letter of credit, guaranty, or surety arrangement. The insurance or other arrangement may be procured, maintained, or established within the Corporation or with any insurer or other person deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors regardless of whether all or part of the stock or other securities of the insurer or
other person are owned in whole or part by the Corporation. In the absence of fraud, the judgment of the Board of Directors as to the terms and conditions of the insurance or other arrangement and the identity of the insurer or other person participating in the arrangement shall be conclusive and the insurance or arrangement shall not be voidable and shall not subject the Directors approving the insurance or arrangement to liability, on any ground, regardless of whether Directors participating in the approval are beneficiaries of the insurance or arrangement.
VI.7 Notice . Any indemnification or advance of expenses to a present or former director of the Corporation in accordance with this Article 6 shall be reported in writing to the shareholders of the Corporation with or before the notice or waiver of notice of the next shareholders meeting or with or before the next submission of a consent to action without a meeting and, in any case, within the next twelve month period immediately following the indemnification or advance.
ARTICLE VII.
STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER REGULATIONS
VII.1 Description of Certificates . The shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in the form approved by the Board of Directors and signed in the name of the Corporation by the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof. Each certificate shall state on the face thereof the name of the holder, the number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, which such certificate represents, the par value of shares covered thereby or a statement that such shares are without par value, and such other matters as are required by law. At such time as the Corporation may be authorized to issue shares of more than one class or any class in series, every certificate shall set forth upon the face or back of such certificate a statement of the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of the shares of each class or series authorized to be issued, as required by the laws of the State of Texas.
VII.2 Delivery . Every holder of the capital stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed in the name of the Corporation by the President or a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the class of capital stock and the number of shares represented thereby as owned or held by such shareholder in the Corporation.
VII.3 Signatures . The signatures of the President, Vice President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary upon a certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer or officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been placed upon any such certificate or certificates, shall cease to serve as such officer or officers of the Corporation, whether because of death, resignation, removal or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates are issued and delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the Corporation and be issued and delivered with the same effect as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to serve as such officer or officers of the Corporation.
VII.4 Issuance of Certificates . Certificates evidencing shares of its capital stock (both treasury and authorized but unissued) may be issued for such consideration (not less than par value, except for treasury shares which may be issued for such consideration) and to such persons as the Board of Directors may determine from time to time. Shares shall not be issued until the full amount of the consideration, fixed as provided by law, has been paid.
VII.5 Payment for Shares . Consideration for the issuance of shares shall be paid, valued and allocated as follows:
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(a) Consideration . The consideration for the issuance of shares shall consist of money paid, labor done (including services actually performed for the Corporation), or property (tangible or intangible) actually received. Neither promissory notes nor the promise of future services shall constitute payment of consideration for shares. |
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(b) Valuation . In the absence of fraud in the transaction, the determination of the Board of Directors as to the value of consideration received shall be conclusive. |
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(c) Effect . When consideration, fixed as provided by law, has been paid, the shares shall be deemed to have been issued and shall be considered fully paid and nonassessable. |
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(d) Allocation of Consideration . The consideration received for shares shall be allocated by the Board of Directors, in accordance with law, between the stated capital and capital surplus accounts. |
VII.6 Subscriptions . Unless otherwise provided in the subscription agreement, subscriptions of shares, whether made before or after organization of the Corporation, shall be paid in full in such installments and at such times as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. Any call made by the Board of Directors for payment on subscriptions shall be uniform as to all shares of the same class and
series. In case of default in the payment of any installment or call when payment is due, the Corporation may proceed to collect the amount due in the same manner as any debt due to the Corporation.
VII.7 Closing of Transfer Records; Record Date for Action With Meetings . For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive a distribution by the Corporation (other than a distribution involving a purchase or redemption by the Corporation of any of its own shares) or a share dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose (other than determining shareholders entitled to consent to action by shareholders proposed to be taken without a meeting of shareholders), the Board of Directors may provide that share transfer records shall be closed for a stated period of time not to exceed, in any case, sixty (60) days. If the share transfer records shall be closed for the purpose of determining shareholders, such records shall be closed for at least ten (10) days immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the share transfer records, as aforesaid, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than sixty (60) days, and in the case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on which the particular action requiring such determination of shareholders is to be taken. If the share transfer records are not closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders, or shareholders entitled to receive a distribution (other than a distribution involving a purchase or redemption by the Corporation of any of its own shares) or a share dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such distribution or share dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of shareholders. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this Section, such determination shall be applied to any adjournment thereof except where the determination has been made through the closing of the stock transfer books and the stated period of closing has expired.
VII.8 Registered Owners . Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of a certificate evidencing shares of the capital stock of the Corporation in the manner set forth in Section 7.10 hereof, the Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the person registered as the owner of such shares on its records (or the records of its duly appointed transfer agent, as the case may be) as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notices and dividends with respect to, and otherwise exercise all rights and powers relative
to such shares; and the Corporation shall not be bound or otherwise obligated to recognize any claim, direct or indirect, legal or equitable, to such shares by any other person, whether or not it shall have actual, express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Texas.
VII.9 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . The Corporation shall issue a new certificate in place of any certificate for shares previously issued if the registered owner of the certificate satisfies the following conditions:
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(a) Proof of Loss . Submits proof in affidavit form satisfactory to the Corporation that such certificate has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken; and |
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(b) Timely Request . Requests the issuance of a new certificate before the Corporation has notice that the certificate has been acquired by a purchaser for value in good faith and without notice of an adverse claim; and |
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(c) Bond . Gives a bond in such form, and with such surety or sureties, with fixed or open penalty, as the Corporation may direct, to indemnify the Corporation (and its transfer agent and registrar, if any) against any claim that may be made or otherwise asserted by virtue of the alleged loss, destruction, or theft of such certificate or certificates; and |
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In the event a certificate has been lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken, and the registered owner of record fails to notify the Corporation within a reasonable time after he has notice of such loss, destruction, or wrongful taking, and the Corporation registers a transfer (in the manner hereinbelow set forth) of the shares represented by the certificate before receiving such notification, such prior registered owner of record shall be precluded from making any claim against the Corporation for the transfer required hereunder or for a new certificate.
VII.10 Registration of Transfers . Subject to the provisions hereof, the Corporation shall register the transfer of a certificate evidencing shares of its capital stock presented to it for transfer if:
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(a) Endorsement . Upon surrender of the certificate to the Corporation (or its transfer agent, as the case may be) for transfer, the certificate (or an appended stock power) is properly endorsed by the registered owner, or by his duly authorized legal representative or attorney-in-fact, with proper written evidence of the authority and appointment of such representative, if any, accompanying the certificate; and |
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(b) Guaranty and Effectiveness of Signature . The signature of such registered owner or his legal representative or attorney-in-fact, as the case may be, has been guaranteed by a national banking association or member of the New York Stock Exchange, and reasonable |
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assurance in a form satisfactory to the Corporation is given that such endorsements are genuine and effective; and |
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(c) Adverse Claims . The Corporation has no notice of an adverse claim or has otherwise discharged any duty to inquire into such a claim; and |
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(d) Collection of Taxes . Any applicable law (local, state or federal) relating to the collection of taxes relative to the transaction has been complied with; and |
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(e) Additional Requirements Satisfied . Such additional conditions and documentation as the Corporation (or its transfer agent, as the case may be) shall reasonably require, including without limitation thereto, the delivery with the surrender of such stock certificate or certificates of proper evidence of succession, assignment or other authority to obtain transfer thereof, as the circumstances may require, and such legal opinions with reference to the requested transfer as shall be required by the Corporation (or its transfer agent) pursuant to the provisions of these Bylaws and applicable law, shall have been satisfied. |
VII.11 Restrictions on Transfer and Legends on Certificates .
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(a) Shares in Classes or Series . If the Corporation is authorized to issue shares of more than one class, the certificate shall set forth, either on the face or back of the certificate, a full or summary statement of all of the designations, preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the shares of each such class and, if the Corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, the variations in the relative rights and preferences of the shares of each such series so far as the same have been fixed and determined, and the authority of the Board of Directors to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series. In lieu of providing such a statement in full on the certificate, a statement on the face or back of the certificate may provide that the Corporation will furnish such information to any shareholder without charge upon written request to the Corporation at its principal place of business or registered office and that copies of the information are on file in the office of the Secretary of State. |
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(b) Restriction on Transfer . Any restrictions imposed or agreed to by the Corporation on the sale or other disposition of its shares and on the transfer thereof must be copied at length or in summary form on the face, or so copied on the back and referred to on the face, of each certificate representing shares to which the restriction applies. The certificate may however state on the face or back that such a restriction exists pursuant to a specified document and that the Corporation will furnish a copy of the document to the holder of the certificate without charge upon written request to the Corporation at its principal place of business. |
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(c) Preemptive Rights . Any preemptive rights of a shareholder to acquire unissued or treasury shares of the Corporation which are limited or denied by the Articles of Incorporation must be set forth at length on the face or back of the certificate representing shares subject thereto. In lieu of providing such a statement in full on the certificate, a statement on the face or back of the certificate may provide that the Corporation will furnish such information to any shareholder without charge upon written request to the Corporation at its principal place of business and that a copy of such information is on file in the office of the Secretary of State. |
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(d) Unregistered Securities . Any security of the Corporation, including, among others, any certificate evidencing shares of the Common Stock or warrants to purchase Common Stock of the Corporation, which is issued to any person without registration under the Securities |
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Act of 1933, as amended, or the Blue Sky laws of any state, shall not be transferable until the Corporation has been furnished with a legal opinion of counsel with reference thereto, satisfactory in form and content to the Corporation and its counsel, to the effect that such sale, transfer or pledge does not involve a violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Blue Sky laws of any state having jurisdiction. The certificate representing the security shall bear substantially the following legend: |
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THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW BUT HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT OF THE HOLDER HEREOF AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR TRANSFERRED UNTIL EITHER (i) A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH SECURITIES ACT OR SUCH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS SHALL HAVE BECOME EFFECTIVE WITH REGARD THERETO, OR (ii) THE CORPORATION SHALL HAVE RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE CORPORATION AND ITS COUNSEL THAT REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH SECURITIES ACT OR SUCH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS IS NOT REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH PROPOSED OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER. |
ARTICLE VIII.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
VIII.1 Distributions . Subject to the provisions of the Texas Business Corporation Act, as amended, and the Articles of Incorporation, distributions of the Corporation shall be declared and paid pursuant to the following regulations:
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(a) Declaration and Payment . Distributions on the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of capital stock. Such declaration and payment shall be at the discretion of the Board of Directors. |
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(b) Record Date . The Board of Directors may fix in advance a record date for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any distribution, such record date to be not more than sixty (60) days prior to the payment date of such distribution, or the Board of Directors may close the stock transfer books for such purpose for a period of not more than sixty (60) days prior to the payment date of such distribution. In the absence of action by the Board of Directors, the date upon which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution declaring such distribution shall be the record date. |
VIII.2 Reserves . There may be created by resolution of the Board of Directors out of the surplus of the Corporation such reserve or reserves as the Directors from time to time, in their discretion, think proper to provide for contingencies, or to equalize distributions, or to repair or maintain any property of
the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the Directors shall think beneficial to the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
VIII.3 Books and Records . The Corporation shall maintain books and records of account and shall prepare and maintain minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders, its Board of Directors and each committee of its Board of Directors. The Corporation shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, a record of the original issuance of shares issued by the Corporation and a record of each transfer of those shares that have been presented to the Corporation for registration of transfer. Such records shall contain the names and addresses of all past and present shareholders of the Corporation and the number and class of shares issued by the Corporation held by each of them.
VIII.4 Annual Statement . The Board of Directors shall present at or before each annual meeting of shareholders a full and clear statement of the business and financial condition of the Corporation, including a reasonably detailed balance sheet and income statement under current date.
VIII.5 Contracts and Negotiable Instruments . Except as otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, any contract or other instrument relative to the business of the Corporation may be executed and delivered in the name of the Corporation and on its behalf by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Chief Operating Officer, if any, or the President of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may authorize any other officer or agent of the Corporation to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any contract in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances as the Board of Directors may determine by resolution. All bills, notes, checks or other instruments for the payment of money shall be signed or countersigned by such officer, officers, agent or agents and in such manner as are permitted by these Bylaws and/or as, from time to time, may be prescribed by resolution of the Board of Directors. Unless authorized to do so by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Corporation by any contract or engagement, or to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose or to any amount.
VIII.6 Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
VIII.7 Corporate Seal . The Corporation seal shall be in such form as may be determined by the Board of Directors. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced.
VIII.8 Resignations . Any director, officer or agent may resign his office or position with the Corporation by delivering written notice thereof to the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall be effective at the time specified therein, or immediately upon delivery if no time is specified. Unless otherwise specified therein, an acceptance of such resignation shall not be a necessary prerequisite of its effectiveness.
VIII.9 Amendment of Bylaws . These Bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed and new Bylaws adopted at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present at such meeting, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment, or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting.
VIII.10 Construction . Whenever the context so requires herein, the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter, and the singular shall include the plural, and conversely. If any portion or provision of these Bylaws shall be held invalid or inoperative, then, so far as is reasonable and possible: (1) the remainder of these Bylaws shall be considered valid and operative, and (2) effect shall be given to the intent manifested by the portion or provision held invalid or inoperative.
VIII.11 Telephone Meetings . Shareholders, Directors, or members of any committee may hold any meeting of such shareholders, Directors or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment which permits all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other and actions taken at such meetings shall have the same force and effect as if taken at a meeting at which persons were present and voting in person. The Secretary of the Corporation shall prepare a memorandum of the action taken.
VIII.12 Table of Contents; Captions . The table of contents and captions used in these Bylaws have been inserted for administrative convenience only and do not constitute matter to be construed in interpretation.
IN DUE CERTIFICATION WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the Secretary of GRC HOLDINGS, INC. confirms the adoption and approval of the foregoing Bylaws, effective as of the ___ day of May 2003.
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trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares
as agent
but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to
facilitate the transaction;
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·
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purchases
by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for
its
account;
|
·
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an
exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable
exchange;
|
·
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privately
negotiated transactions;
|
·
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to
cover short sales made after the date that this Registration Statement
is
declared effective by the Commission;
|
·
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broker-dealers
may agree with the Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number
of such
shares at a stipulated price per
share;
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·
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a
combination of any such methods of sale;
and
|
·
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any
other method permitted pursuant to applicable
law.
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(1)
|
voting
power which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of,
such
security; and/or
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(2)
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investment
power which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition,
of such security.
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1. |
Print
name of shareholder
_____________________________________________
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2. |
Print
address
_____________________________________________________________
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3.
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If
you plan to sell any shares in a state other than the state included
in
your address, please identify
below:
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4.
|
List
all positions or offices that you or any of your directors, officers,
partners, shareholders or members have had since January 1, 2001
with the
Company or any of its affiliates:
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5.
|
Describe
below any material relationship you or any of your directors, officers,
partners, shareholders or members have had with the Company or any
of its
officers or directors:
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6.
|
State
below whether you or any of your Associates is or after January 1,
2001
was a member of the NASD, a controlling shareholder of a member,
a person
Associated or affiliated with a member or an Underwriter or a Related
Person with respect to the proposed offering. If you respond “yes”,
describe such relationship:
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7.
|
Describe
below information as to all purchases and acquisitions (including
contracts to purchase or to acquire) of securities of the Company
by you
since January 1, 2001, and all proposed purchases and acquisitions
which
are to be consummated in whole or in part within the next twelve
months:
|
Seller
or
Prospective
Seller
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Amount
and
Nature
of Securities
|
Price
or Other Consideration
|
Date
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8.
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Describe
below all information as to all sales and dispositions (including
contracts to sell or to dispose) of securities of the Company since
January 1, 2001 by you to any “member” of the NASD or any Person
Associated with a Member with respect to the proposed public offering,
as
well as to all proposed sales and dispositions by you which are to
be
consummated in whole or in part within the next twelve
months.
|
Seller
or
Prospective
Seller
|
Amount
and
Nature
of Securities
|
Price
or Other Consideration
|
Date
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9.
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If
you have had since January 1, 2001, or are to have within the next
twelve
months, any transaction of the character referred to in either Point
7 or
8 above, describe briefly below the relationship, affiliation or
association of both you and, if known, the other party or parties
to any
such transaction with an underwriter or other “in the stream of
distribution” with respect to the proposed offering. In any case, where
the purchaser (whether you or any such party) is known by you to
be a
member of a “private investment group”, such as a hedge fund or other
group of purchasers, list, if known, the names of all persons comprising
the “group” and their “association with” or “relationship to” any
broker-dealer.
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10.
|
Describe
any arrangement known to you made or to be made by any person, or
any
transaction already effected and if no such arrangement or transaction
is
known to you, state “none”:
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(i)
|
to
limited or restrict the sale of the common stock of the Company during
the
period of the offering of such common stock registered under the
Registration Statement;
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(ii)
|
to
stabilize the market for the common stock;
or
|
(iii)
|
to
withhold commissions or otherwise to hold each underwriter or dealer
responsible for the distribution of his participation in the
offering.
|
11.
|
Specify
below the information required as to Shares and all other securities
beneficially owned by you (including any options or warrants) as
of the
date of this Questionnaire. [Please refer to the attached definition
of
“Beneficially” or the first page of this
Questionnaire.]
|
Number
of Shares
|
Registered
in
the
Name of:
|
Beneficially
Owned
by:
|
Remarks
(specify voting or investment power you have, in what capacity you
have
such power)
|
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12. |
Specify
below the number of Shares acquired by you in the Acquisition or
other
financing transaction which you wish to include in the Registration
Statement pursuant to your registration rights (if left blank, all
such
Shares will be included):
|
Number
of Shares
|
Registered
in
the
Name of:
|
Beneficially
Owned
by:
|
Remarks
(specify voting or investment power you have, in what capacity you
have
such power)
|
|||
13.
|
State
below whether you or any of your Associates is a market-maker in,
or in
any other way involved in the trading of, any security of the Company.
If
you respond “yes”, describe such
relationship:
|
14.
|
State
below whether shareholder is selling the Shares to be sold pursuant
to the
registration statement for the purposes of raising funds or diversifying
your investment portfolio. If you respond “no”, describe the purpose of
your sale:
|
15.
|
State
whether you may sell shares in any method of distribution other than
from
time to time in transactions on the OTC Bulletin Board, in negotiated
transactions, through the writing of options or a combination of
such
methods of sale. If you respond “yes”, describe such
method:
|
16.
|
State
whether you may sell the shares to or through broker-dealers.
|
Warrant
No. _____
|
Original
Issue Date: July 19, 2006
|
Dated:
______________________
,
____
|
Name
of Holder:
|
|
(Print)________________________________________
|
||
By:__________________________________________
|
||
Name:________________________________________
|
||
Title:_________________________________________
|
||
(Signature
must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the
face of
the Warrant)
|
Date
|
Number
of Warrant Shares Available to be Exercised
|
Number
of Warrant Shares Exercised
|
Number
of Warrant Shares Remaining to be Exercised
|
|
Warrant
No. 006
|
Original
Issue Date: July 19, 2006
|
Dated:
___________________
,
____
|
Name
of Holder:
|
|
(Print)
__________________________________
|
||
By:_____________________________________
|
||
Name:___________________________________
|
||
Title:____________________________________
|
||
(Signature
must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the
face of
the Warrant)
|
Date
|
Number
of Warrant Shares Available to be Exercised
|
Number
of Warrant Shares Exercised
|
Number
of Warrant Shares Remaining to be Exercised
|
|
City/State
San Francisco, CA 94104
ABA
NO: 121000248
Credit
to : Securities Transfer Corporation Trust account
Account
Number: 3101032101
|
2.
LOGIC EXPRESS
US$
3,100,000
|
|
For
Crediting:
|
BANK
of
CHINA (Hong Kong) Limited
|
Phone
#:
|
Fax
#:
|
SWIFT
Code:
|
BKCH
HK
HH XXX
|
The
Payee:
|
Logic
Express Limited
|
US$
Account:
|
012-875-92325463
|
Exhibit 4.7
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO SHARE ESCROW AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 1 to the SHARE ESCROW AGREEMENT is entered into as of February 16, 2007 (this Amendment ) by and among China Biologic Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly, GRC Holdings, Inc.) (the Company ), Lane Capital Markets, LLC, as representative of the Investors (the Investor Representative ), Ms. Lin Ling Li and Ms. Siu Ling Chan (together, the Stockholders ), and Security Transfer Corporation, as escrow agent (the Escrow Agent ). Each of the Company, the Investor Representative, the Stockholders and the Escrow Agent are referred to herein as a Party and collectively, as the Parties . Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Agreement (as defined below).
BACKGROUND
As a condition to the closing of a Purchase Agreement, dated July 18, 2006, among the Company, the Stockholders and the Investors, the Parties entered into a Share Escrow Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2006 (the Original Agreement ) pursuant to which the Stockholders placed the Escrow Shares into escrow for the benefit of the Investors in the event that the Company fails to meet certain Performance Thresholds as set forth therein. The Parties now desire to enter into this Amendment to modify the terms of the Original Agreement as more specifically set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties hereto, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Amendment to Section 4 : Section 4 of the Original Agreement is amended to insert the following at the end of the final sentence:
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary herein, the parties hereto agree that for purposes of determining whether or not the 2006 Threshold or the 2007 Threshold have been achieved, the release of the 2006 Escrow Shares or the 2007 Escrow Shares, as applicable, to the Stockholders as a result of the operation of this Section 4 shall not be deemed to be an expense, charge, or other deduction from revenues even though GAAP may require contrary treatment.
2. Agreement . In all other respects, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
3. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.
COMPANY: | |
China Biologic Products, Inc. | |
By: |
/s/
Siu Ling Chan
|
Siu Ling Chan | |
Chief Executive Officer | |
STOCKHOLDERS: | |
/s/ Lin Ling Li | |
Ms. Lin Ling Li | |
/s/ Siu Ling Chan | |
Ms. Siu Ling Chan | |
INVESTOR REPRESENTATIVE: | |
Lane Capital Markets, LLC | |
By: | /s/ Ryan M. Lane |
Ryan M. Lane | |
Partner | |
ESCROW AGENT: | |
Securities Transfer Corporation | |
By: | /s/ Kevin Halter |
Kevin Halter, Jr. | |
President |
Amendment No. 1 to Share Escrow Agreement
Exhibit 4.8
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO SHARE ESCROW AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 2 to the SHARE ESCROW AGREEMENT is entered into as of March 27, 2007 (this Amendment ), by and among China Biologic Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly, GRC Holdings, Inc.) (the Company ), Lane Capital Markets, LLC, as representative of the Investors (the Investor Representative ), Ms. Lin Ling Li and Ms. Siu Ling Chan (together, the Stockholders ), and Security Transfer Corporation, as escrow agent (the Escrow Agent ). Each of the Company, the Investor Representative, the Stockholders and the Escrow Agent are referred to herein as a Party and collectively, as the Parties . Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Agreement (as defined below).
BACKGROUND
As a condition to the closing of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 18, 2006, among the Company, the Stockholders and the Investors, the Parties entered into a Share Escrow Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2006 (as amended, the Original Agreement ), pursuant to which the Stockholders placed the Escrow Shares into escrow for the benefit of the Investors in the event that the Company fails to meet certain Performance Thresholds as set forth therein. Since the execution and delivery of the Original Agreement, the Company has changed its name from GRC Holdings, Inc. to China Biologic Products, Inc., and has reincorporated from the State of Texas to the State of Delaware. The Parties desire to enter into this Amendment to modify the terms of the Original Agreement as more specifically set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties hereto, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
I. References to GRC Holdings, Inc. All references in the Original Agreement to GRC Holdings, Inc., a Texas corporation, are deleted in their entirety and in lieu thereof, references to China Biologic Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation is inserted.
II. Amendment to Section 4 : Section 4 of the Original Agreement is amended to remove the second sentence in its entirety and to replace it with the following:
The Company will provide the Investor Representative with (a) its audited financial statements, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, on or before April 30, 2007 so as to allow the Investor Representative the opportunity to evaluate whether the 2006 Threshold was attained and (b) its audited financial statements, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, on or before March 31, 2008 so as to allow the Investor Representative the opportunity to evaluate whether the 2007 Threshold was attained.
III. Agreement . In all other respects, the Original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
IV. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
[ Signature Page Follows ]
2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.
COMPANY: | |
China Biologic Products, Inc. | |
By: | /s/ Stanley Wong |
Stanley Wong | |
Chief Executive Officer | |
STOCKHOLDERS: | |
/s/ Lin Ling Li | |
Ms. Lin Ling Li | |
/s/ Siu Ling Chan | |
Ms. Siu Ling Chan | |
INVESTOR REPRESENTATIVE: | |
Lane Capital Markets, LLC | |
By: | /s/ Ryan M. Lane |
Ryan M. Lane | |
Partner | |
ESCROW AGENT: | |
Securities Transfer Corporation | |
By: | /s/ Kevin Halter |
Kevin Halter, Jr. | |
President |
Amendment No. 2 to Share Escrow Agreement
Exhibit 4.9
AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO SHARE ESCROW AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 3 to the SHARE ESCROW AGREEMENT is entered into as of April 2, 2007 (this Amendment ), by and among China Biologic Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), Lane Capital Markets, LLC, as representative of the Investors (the Investor Representative ), Ms. Lin Ling Li and Ms. Siu Ling Chan (together, the Stockholders ), and Security Transfer Corporation, as escrow agent (the Escrow Agent ). Each of the Company, the Investor Representative, the Stockholders and the Escrow Agent are referred to herein as a Party and collectively, as the Parties . Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Agreement (as defined below).
BACKGROUND
As a condition to the closing of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 18, 2006, among the Company, the Stockholders and the Investors, the Parties entered into a Share Escrow Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2006 (as amended, the Original Agreement ), pursuant to which the Stockholders placed the Escrow Shares into escrow for the benefit of the Investors in the event that the Company fails to meet certain Performance Thresholds as set forth therein. The Parties desire to enter into this Amendment to modify the terms of the Original Agreement as more specifically set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties hereto, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
I. Amendment to Disbursement of Escrow Shares : The last sentence of Section 4 of the Original Agreement is deleted in its entirety and the following is inserted in its place:
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining whether or not the Performance Thresholds set forth in this Section 4 have been met, the release of any of the Escrow Shares to Ms. LI Lin Ling and Ms. CHAN Siu Ling as a result of the operation of this Section 4 and the payment of or obligation to pay any liquidated damages accrued by operation of the Registration Rights Agreement, shall not be deemed to be an expense, charge, or other deduction from revenues even though GAAP may require contrary treatment.
II. Agreement . In all other respects, the Original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
III. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.
COMPANY: | |
China Biologic Products, Inc. | |
By: | /s/ Stanley Wong |
Stanley Wong | |
Chief Executive Officer | |
STOCKHOLDERS: | |
/s/ Lin Ling Li | |
Ms. Lin Ling Li | |
/s/ Siu Ling Chan | |
Ms. Siu Ling Chan | |
INVESTOR REPRESENTATIVE: | |
Lane Capital Markets, LLC | |
By: | /s/Ryan M. Lane |
Ryan M. Lane | |
Partner | |
ESCROW AGENT: | |
Securities Transfer Corporation | |
By: | /s/ Kevin Halter |
Kevin Halter, Jr. | |
President |
Amendment No. 3 to Share Escrow Agreement
Exhibit 4.10
AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO SHARE ESCROW AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 4 to the SHARE ESCROW AGREEMENT is entered into as of May 9, 2007 (this Amendment ), by and among China Biologic Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), Lane Capital Markets, LLC, as representative of the Investors (the Investor Representative ), Ms. Lin Ling Li and Ms. Siu Ling Chan (together, the Stockholders ), and Security Transfer Corporation, as escrow agent (the Escrow Agent ). Each of the Company, the Investor Representative, the Stockholders and the Escrow Agent are referred to herein as a Party and collectively, as the Parties . Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Agreement (as defined below).
BACKGROUND
As a condition to the closing of the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated July 18, 2006, among the Company, the Stockholders and the Investors, the Parties entered into a Share Escrow Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2006 (as amended, the Original Agreement ), pursuant to which the Stockholders placed the Escrow Shares into escrow for the benefit of the Investors in the event that the Company fails to meet certain Performance Thresholds as set forth therein. The Parties desire to enter into this Amendment to modify the terms of the Original Agreement as more specifically set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties hereto, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
I. Amendment to Disbursement of Escrow Shares : The last sentence of Section 4 of the Original Agreement is deleted in its entirety and the following is inserted in its place:
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining whether or not the Performance Thresholds set forth in this Section 4 have been met, neither (a) the release of any of the Escrow Shares to Ms. LI Lin Ling and Ms. CHAN Siu Ling as a result of the operation of this Section 4, (b) the payment of or obligation to pay any liquidated damages accrued by operation of the Registration Rights Agreement nor (c) the valuation of the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to be an expense, charge, or other deduction from revenues even though GAAP may require contrary treatment.
II. Agreement . In all other respects, the Original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
III. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.
COMPANY: | |
China Biologic Products, Inc. | |
By: | /s/ Stanley Wong |
Stanley Wong | |
Chief Executive Officer | |
STOCKHOLDERS: | |
/s/ Lin Ling Li | |
Ms. Lin Ling Li | |
/s/ Siu Ling Chan | |
Ms. Siu Ling Chan | |
INVESTOR REPRESENTATIVE: | |
Lane Capital Markets, LLC | |
By: | /s/ Ryan M. Lane |
Ryan M. Lane | |
Partner | |
ESCROW AGENT: | |
Securities Transfer Corporation | |
By: | /s/ Kevin Halter |
Kevin Halter, Jr. | |
President |
Amendment No. 4 to Share Escrow Agreement
Exhibit 4.11
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 1 to the SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT is entered into as of February 16, 2007 (this Amendment ) by and among China Biologic Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly, GRC Holdings, Inc.) (CBP) , its wholly-owned subsidiary Logic Express Limited ( Logic Express ) and its 82.76% owned subsidiary Shandong Missile Biologic Products Co., Ltd. ( Shandong Missile ), Ms. Lin Ling Li and Ms. Siu Ling Chan (together, the Selling Stockholders ), and the investors signatory thereto (each an Investor and collectively, the Investors ). Each of GRC, Logic Express, the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Investors are referred to herein as a Party and collectively, as the Parties . Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Agreement (as defined below).
BACKGROUND
WHEREAS , the Parties entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2006 (as amended, the Original Agreement ), pursuant to which each of the Investors purchased from the Company and the Selling Stockholders, the Shares, Selling Stockholder Shares and the Warrants representing each Investors Investment Amount; and
WHEREAS , as a condition to the closing of the Original Agreement, the Parties agreed to place the Make Good Shares into escrow for the benefit of the Investors, pursuant to a Share Escrow Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2006, to be distributed to the Investors in the event that the Company fails to meet certain Performance Thresholds as set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, the Parties now desire to enter into this Amendment to modify the terms of the Original Agreement as more specifically set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties hereto, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Amendment to Make Good Escrow Arrangement : Section 4.11 of the Original Agreement is amended to insert the following before the penultimate sentence:
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining whether or not the applicable thresholds set forth in (a) and (b) above have been met, the release of any of the Escrow Shares to Ms. LI Lin Ling and Ms. CHAN Siu Ling as a result of the operation of this Section 4.11 shall not be deemed to be an expense, charge, or other deduction from revenues even though GAAP may require contrary treatment.
2. Agreement . In all other respects, the Original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
3. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
[ Signature Page Follows ]
2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.
CBP: | |
China Biologic Products, Inc. | |
By: | /s/ Siu Ling Chan |
Siu Ling Chan | |
Chief Executive Officer | |
LOGIC EXPRESS: | |
Logic Express Limited | |
By: | /s/ Lin Ling Li |
Lin Ling Li | |
Director | |
SHANDONG MISSILE: | |
Shandong Missile Biologic Products Co., Ltd. | |
By: |
/s/
Tung Lam
|
Tung Lam | |
Chief Executive Officer |
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Amendment No. 1 to Securities Purchase Agreement
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS: |
/s/ Lin Ling Li |
MS. LIN LING LI |
/s/ Siu Ling Chan |
MS. SIU LING CHAN |
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Amendment No. 1 to Securities Purchase Agreement
INVESTORS: | ||
Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. | ||
By: | /s/ Barry M. Kitt | |
Barry M. Kitt, | ||
Manager, Kitt China Management, L.L.C., | ||
the Manager of Pinnacle China Management, L.L.C., | ||
the General Partner of Pinnacle China Advisors, L.P., | ||
the General Partner of Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. | ||
Total number of Shares owned: | 2,110,818 |
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Amendment No. 1 to Securities Purchase Agreement
Capital Ventures International | ||
By: | /s/ Martin Kobinger | |
Martin Koebinger | ||
Investment Manager | ||
Total number of Shares owned: | 322,216 |
Amendment No. 1 to Securities Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 4.12
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 2 to the SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT is entered into as of March 27, 2007 (this Amendment ) by and among China Biologic Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly, GRC Holdings, Inc.) ( CBP ), its wholly-owned subsidiary Logic Express Limited ( Logic Express ) and its 82.76% owned subsidiary Shandong Missile Biologic Products Co., Ltd. ( Shandong Missile ), Ms. Lin Ling Li and Ms. Siu Ling Chan (together, the Selling Stockholders ), and the investors signatory thereto (each an Investor and collectively, the Investors ). Each of CBP, Logic Express, the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Investors are referred to herein as a Party and collectively, as the Parties . Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Agreement (as defined below).
BACKGROUND
The Parties entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2006 (as amended, the Original Agreement ), pursuant to which each of the Investors purchased from the Company and the Selling Stockholders, the Shares, Selling Stockholder Shares and the Warrants representing each Investors Investment Amount. As a condition to the closing of the Original Agreement, the Parties agreed to place the Make Good Shares into escrow for the benefit of the Investors, pursuant to a Share Escrow Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2006, to be distributed to the Investors in the event that the Company fails to meet certain Performance Thresholds as set forth therein. Since the execution and delivery of the Original Agreement, GRC Holdings, Inc. has changed its name to China Biologic Products, Inc. and has reincorporated from the State of Texas to the State of Delaware. The Parties desire to enter into this Amendment to modify the terms of the Original Agreement as more specifically set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties hereto, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
I. References to GRC Holdings, Inc . All references to GRC Holdings, Inc., a Texas corporation (or GRC ) in the Original Agreement are deleted in their entirety and in lieu thereof references to China Biologic Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (or CBP ) is inserted.
II. Amendment to Make Good Escrow Arrangement : Section 4.11 of the Original Agreement is amended to replace the second sentence in its entirety with the following:
If required, the appropriate number of Make Good Shares will be delivered to the Investors within ten (10) Business Days of the date the audit report for the applicable period is delivered to the Investor Representative (such delivery of the financial statements referenced in (a)
and (b) above to the Investor Representative shall be no later than April 30, 2007 and March 31, 2008, respectively), otherwise if CBP has met the applicable threshold, the appropriate number of Escrow Shares shall be returned to Ms. Lin Ling Li and Ms. Siu Lin Chang within such ten (10) Business Day period.
III. Agreement . In all other respects, the Original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
IV. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.
CBP: | |
China Biologic Products, Inc. | |
By: | /s/ Stanley Wong |
Stanley Wong | |
Chief Executive Officer | |
LOGIC EXPRESS: | |
Logic Express Limited | |
By: | /s/ Lin Ling Li |
Lin Ling Li | |
Director | |
SHANDONG MISSILE: | |
Shandong Missile Biologic Products Co., Ltd. | |
By: |
/s/
Tung Lam
|
Tung Lam | |
Chief Executive Officer |
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Amendment No. 2 to Securities Purchase Agreement
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS: |
/s/ Lin Ling Li |
MS. LIN LING LI |
/s/ Siu Ling Chang |
MS. SIU LING CHAN |
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Amendment No. 2 to Securities Purchase Agreement
INVESTORS: | ||
Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. | ||
By: | /s/ Barry M. Kitt | |
Barry M. Kitt, | ||
Manager, Kitt China Management, L.L.C., | ||
the Manager of Pinnacle China Management, L.L.C., | ||
the General Partner of Pinnacle China Advisors, L.P., | ||
the General Partner of Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. | ||
Total number of Shares owned: | 2,110,818 |
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Amendment No. 2 to Securities Purchase Agreement
Capital Ventures International | ||
By: | Heights Capital Management, Inc., | |
its authorized agent | ||
/s/
Martin Kobinger
|
|
|
Name: Martin Kobinger | ||
Title: Investment Manager | ||
Total number of Shares owned: | 322,216 |
Amendment No. 2 to Securities Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 4.13
AMENDMENT NO. 3
TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 3 to the SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT is entered into as of April 2, 2007 (this Amendment ) by and among China Biologic Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation ( CBP ), its wholly-owned subsidiary Logic Express Limited ( Logic Express ) and its 82.76% owned subsidiary Shandong Missile Biologic Products Co., Ltd. ( Shandong Missile ), Ms. Lin Ling Li and Ms. Siu Ling Chan (together, the Selling Stockholders ), and the investors signatory thereto (each an Investor and collectively, the Investors ). Each of CBP, Logic Express, the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Investors are referred to herein as a Party and collectively, as the Parties . Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Agreement (as defined below).
BACKGROUND
The Parties entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2006 (as amended, the Original Agreement ), pursuant to which each of the Investors purchased from the Company and the Selling Stockholders, the Shares, Selling Stockholder Shares and the Warrants representing each Investors Investment Amount. As a condition to the closing of the Original Agreement, the Parties agreed to place the Make Good Shares into escrow for the benefit of the Investors, pursuant to a Share Escrow Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2006, to be distributed to the Investors in the event that the Company fails to meet certain Performance Thresholds as set forth therein. The Parties desire to enter into this Amendment to modify the terms of the Original Agreement as more specifically set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties hereto, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
I. Amendment to Make Good Escrow Arrangement : Delete sentence before the penultimate sentence of Section 4.11 of the Original Agreement in its entirety and insert the following sentence in its place:
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining whether or not the applicable thresholds set forth in (a) and (b) above have been met, the release of any of the Escrow Shares to Ms. LI Lin Ling and Ms. CHAN Siu Ling as a result of the operation of this Section 4.11 and the payment of or obligation to pay any liquidated damages accrued by operation of the Registration Rights Agreement, shall not be deemed to be an expense, charge, or other deduction from revenues even though GAAP may require contrary treatment.
II. Agreement . In all other respects, the Original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
III. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.
CBP: | |
China Biologic Products, Inc. | |
By: | /s/ Stanley Wong |
Stanley Wong | |
Chief Executive Officer | |
LOGIC EXPRESS: | |
Logic Express Limited | |
By: |
/s/
Lin Ling Li
|
Lin Ling Li | |
Director | |
SHANDONG MISSILE: | |
Shandong Missile Biologic Products Co., Ltd. | |
By: |
/s/
Tung Lam
|
Tung Lam | |
Chief Executive Officer |
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Amendment No. 3 to Securities Purchase Agreement
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS: |
/s/ Lin Ling Li |
MS. LIN LING LI |
/s/Siu Sing Chan |
MS. SIU LING CHAN |
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Amendment No. 3 to Securities Purchase Agreement
INVESTORS: | ||
Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. | ||
By: | /s/Barry M. Kitt | |
Barry M. Kitt, | ||
Manager, Kitt China Management, L.L.C., | ||
the Manager of Pinnacle China Management, L.L.C., | ||
the General Partner of Pinnacle China Advisors, L.P., | ||
the General Partner of Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. | ||
Total number of Shares owned: | 2,110,818 |
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Amendment No. 3 to Securities Purchase Agreement
Capital Ventures International | ||
By: | Heights Capital Management, Inc., | |
its authorized agent | ||
/s/
Martin Kobinger
|
|
|
Name: Martin Kobinger | ||
Title: Investment Manager | ||
Total number of Shares owned: | 322,216 |
Amendment No. 3 to Securities Purchase Agreement
Exhibit 4.14
AMENDMENT NO. 4
TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 4 to the SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT is entered into as of May 9, 2007 (this Amendment ) by and among China Biologic Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation ( CBP ), its wholly-owned subsidiary Logic Express Limited ( Logic Express ) and its 82.76% owned subsidiary Shandong Missile Biologic Products Co., Ltd. ( Shandong Missile ), Ms. Lin Ling Li and Ms. Siu Ling Chan (together, the Selling Stockholders ), and the investors signatory thereto (each an Investor and collectively, the Investors ). Each of CBP, Logic Express, the Company, the Selling Stockholders and the Investors are referred to herein as a Party and collectively, as the Parties . Capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Agreement (as defined below).
BACKGROUND
The Parties entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2006 (as amended, the Original Agreement ), pursuant to which each of the Investors purchased from the Company and the Selling Stockholders, the Shares, Selling Stockholder Shares and the Warrants representing each Investors Investment Amount. As a condition to the closing of the Original Agreement, the Parties agreed to place the Make Good Shares into escrow for the benefit of the Investors, pursuant to a Share Escrow Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2006, to be distributed to the Investors in the event that the Company fails to meet certain Performance Thresholds as set forth therein. The Parties desire to enter into this Amendment to modify the terms of the Original Agreement as more specifically set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises of the parties hereto, and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
I. Amendment to Make Good Escrow Arrangement : Delete sentence before the penultimate sentence of Section 4.11 of the Original Agreement in its entirety and insert the following sentence in its place:
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining whether or not the applicable thresholds set forth in (a) and (b) above have been met, neither (i) the release of any of the Escrow Shares to Ms. LI Lin Ling and Ms. CHAN Siu Ling as a result of the operation of this Section 4.11, (ii) the payment of or obligation to pay any liquidated damages accrued by operation of the Registration Rights Agreement nor (iii) the valuation of the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to be an expense, charge, or other deduction from revenues even though GAAP may require contrary treatment.
II. Agreement . In all other respects, the Original Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
III. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.
CBP: | |
China Biologic Products, Inc. | |
By: | /s/ Stanley Wong |
Stanley Wong | |
Chief Executive Officer | |
LOGIC EXPRESS: | |
Logic Express Limited | |
By: |
/s/
Lin Ling Li
|
Lin Ling Li | |
Director | |
SHANDONG MISSILE: | |
Shandong Missile Biologic Products Co., Ltd. | |
By: |
/s/
Tung Lam
|
Tung Lam | |
Chief Executive Officer |
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Amendment No. 4 to Securities Purchase Agreement
SELLING STOCKHOLDERS: |
/s/
Lin Ling Li
|
MS. LIN LING LI |
/s/ Siu Ling Chan |
MS. SIU LING CHAN |
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Amendment No. 4 to Securities Purchase Agreement
INVESTORS: | ||
Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. | ||
By: | /s/ Barry M. Kitt | |
Barry M. Kitt, | ||
Manager, Kitt China Management, L.L.C., | ||
the Manager of Pinnacle China Management, L.L.C., | ||
the General Partner of Pinnacle China Advisors, L.P., | ||
the General Partner of Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. | ||
Total number of Shares owned: | 2,110,818 |
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Amendment No. 4 to Securities Purchase Agreement
Capital Ventures International | ||
By: | Heights Capital Management, Inc., | |
its authorized agent | ||
/s/Martin
Kobinger
|
||
Name: Martin Kobinger | ||
Title: Investment Manager | ||
Total number of Shares owned: | 322,216 |
Amendment No. 4 to Securities Purchase Agreement
AMENDMENT TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this Amendment ) is made and entered into as of August 20, 2007 by and among China Biologic Products, Inc. (the Company ), and the investors identified on the signature pages hereto (each an Investor and, collectively, the Investors ).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors are parties to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2006 (the Purchase Agreement ), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company issued and delivered to the Investors certain securities of the Company. All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6.4 of the Purchase Agreement, no provision of the Purchase Agreement may be amended other than by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and Investors holding a majority of the Shares, and any amendment to the Purchase Agreement made in conformity with the provisions of Section 6.4 shall be binding on all Investors and holders of Shares, as applicable.
WHEREAS, each of the Investors holds in the aggregate the number of Shares set forth on their respective signature pages hereto, and collectively, the Investors hold an aggregate of 3,600,160 Shares, representing in excess of a majority of the Shares.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Schedule 3.1(v) to the Purchase Agreement shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety by Exhibit A to this Amendment. For purposes of clarification, the parties set forth on Exhibit A shall be provided piggyback registration rights as to the number of shares of Common Stock opposite their name on Exhibit A on the first Registration Statement filed by the Company, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.
2. This Amendment contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, discussions and representations, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into this Amendment.
3. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same Amendment and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof.
4. Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, unaffected by this Amendment, except that the Purchase Agreement shall incorporate this Amendment as if originally a part thereof. The Purchase Agreement shall refer to the Purchase Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.
CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Stanley Wong | |
Stanley Wong | ||
Chief Executive Officer |
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INVESTORS: | ||
Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. | ||
By: | /s/ Barry M. Kitt | |
Barry M. Kitt, | ||
Manager, Kitt China Management, L.L.C., | ||
the Manager of Pinnacle China Management, L.L.C., | ||
the General Partner of Pinnacle China Advisors, L.P., | ||
the General Partner of Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. | ||
Total number of Shares owned: 2,110,818 |
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Jayhawk China Fund (Cayman) Ltd. | ||
By: | /s/ Michael D. Schmitz | |
Michael D. Schmitz | ||
CFO of General Partner | ||
Total number of Shares owned: 1,489,342 |
Exhibit A
Schedule 3.1(v)
PDS-HFI Partners | 500,000 shares of the Companys Common Stock |
September 4, 2007
China Biologic Products, Inc.
No. 14 East Hushan Road,
Taian City, Shandong
Peoples Republic of China 271000
RE: | Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (the Registration Statement) of China | |
Biologic Products, Inc. (the Corporation) |
Gentlemen:
We have acted as special securities counsel to the Corporation in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), relating to the sale by the selling shareholders named therein of an aggregate of 6,064,000 shares of the Companys common stock, par value $.0001 per share (the Shares), including 1,284,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants (the Warrant Shares).
We are furnishing this opinion to you in accordance with Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-B promulgated under the Securities Act for filing an Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement.
We are familiar with the Registration Statement, and we have examined the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date, the Corporations Bylaws, as amended to date, copies of the stock purchase and subscription agreements and other documents pursuant to which the selling shareholders acquired the Shares and the Warrant Shares, certificates evidencing the Shares, warrants evidencing the Warrant Shares, and minutes and resolutions of the Corporations Board of Directors. We have also examined such other documents, certificates, instruments and corporate records, and such statutes, decisions and questions of law, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purpose of this opinion. In our examination we have assumed the conformity to original documents of documents submitted to us as copies, the genuineness of all signatures and that the documents submitted to us are within the capacity and powers of, and have been validly authorized, executed and delivered by, each party thereto, other than the Corporation.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that (i) the Shares are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and (ii) the Warrant Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms of the warrants, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
September 4, 2007
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Our opinions expressed above are limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the United States of America.
We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name, as counsel, therein. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours, | |
/s/ THELEN REID BROWN RAYSMAN & | |
STEINER LLP | |
THELEN REID BROWN RAYSMAN & | |
STEINER LLP |
I.
|
This
agreement is to supplement and perfect the Agreement. It’s a supplemental
document. It’s an agreement about group secondment which becomes effective
after signing. From the day this agreement becomes effective, Party
B
entrust Party A to carry out human resources management. Party B’s
employees work for Party A. But their status in the system remains
unchanged. They are still considered employees of Party B in the
system.
|
II.
|
Except
for those approved by Provincial Health Bureau to stay or those retired
voluntarily, all other employees will join Party A (except those
choose
not to). Party A should arrange suitable positions for these employees.
Through negotiation, the people in the attached list are seconded
from
Party B.
|
III.
|
The
agreement starts from _______, 2002 and ends on
_________
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IV.
|
Production,
duties and terms
|
1.
|
Party
B agrees Party A can assign work according to the needs in research,
production, operation and other work requirements. The workers should
finish the duties assigned in consistency with their
roles.
|
2.
|
Party
A must provide protection gears, required equipment to ensure work
safety
and hygiene working environment.
|
V.
|
Party
A’s rights and obligations
|
a.
|
Party
A’s obligations:
|
1)
|
Comply
with PRC laws, regulations and policy, respect the employees and
provide
conducive working environment, protect the legal rights of Party
B’s
employees
|
2)
|
Responsible
for training and educating the employees in the areas of law compliance,
work ethics, techincal skills, production safety and company policy,
protecting the rights of the employees and ensuring their fulfillment
of
duties
|
3)
|
Establish
a structured labour union, protect the legal rights of
employees
|
4)
|
In
accordance with the regulations promulgated by the State, province
and Tai
An city and the Agreement, Party A pays the seconded employees in
cash on
a monthly basis. Party A pays Party B in full the old age pension,
medical
insurance, unemployment insurance, housing provident fund, education
fund
etc every month. Party B will submit to the relevant government
departments every month.
|
a)
|
Total
of the salaries paid by Party A must not be lower than the total
amount on
payroll as at December, 2001.
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b)
|
Provided
that the employee does not violate company regulations during the
secondment term and works in the same or similar capacity, his personal
income should not be reduced in principle. If the position has been
changed, his salary should not be lower than 80% of the original.
Retired
people should be taken care off as
well.
|
c)
|
Party
A pays Party B various society security fees monthly according to
base
amount and standard per regulations of the state, province and
city
|
d)
|
When
the enterprise unit adjusts the salary and benefits due to a policy
change, Party A adjusts the seconded employees’ salary individually and in
total
|
5)
|
Party
A should comply with the state’s regulations on working hours. If working
hours are required to be prolonged to meet production needs, overtime
pay
should be made and state regulations should not be
violated.
|
a)
|
Overtime
working is paid at 150% of the normal
rate
|
b)
|
Working
on a rest day without compensated leave is paid at 200% of the normal
rate
|
c)
|
Working
on a statutory holiday is paid at 300% of the normal
rate
|
6)
|
Party
A bears the relevant costs resulting from work injuries or job related
disease
|
6)
|
Party
A cannot send the employees back to Party B under the following
circumstances:
|
a)
|
During
the secondment period, an employee suffers from job related disease
or
work injuries. He is diagnosed of losing all or part of working
abilities
|
b)
|
The
employee is in his permitted medical leave after suffering from job
related disease or work injuries
|
c)
|
Female
employees in her maternity leave or breasting
period
|
1)
|
Rewards
and punishes the employees according to company regulations provided
that
these regulations don’t violate regulations promulgated by state,
provincial and city governments
|
2)
|
Reassign
positions or assign temporary or special duties (allowed by laws)
in
consideration of production needs,
reasonableness
|
3)
|
Party
A can send back the employee to Party B under any of the
conditions
|
a)
|
Seriously
violate disciplines or company
regulations
|
b)
|
Fail
to perform or embezzle resulting in major damages to the benefits
of Party
A
|
c)
|
Being
sued for compensation or educated in a labor camp because of damages
inflicted on Party B
|
d)
|
Due
to illness or injuries unrelated to job, the employee loses the ability
to
perform duties assigned by Party A after medical
leave
|
e)
|
The
employee fails to perform satisfactorily even after retraining and
reassignment of duties
|
VI.
|
Party
B’s rights and obligations
|
a.
|
Party
B’s obligations
|
1)
|
Educate
the employees to observe laws and protect the interests of Party
A
|
2)
|
When
there is dispute between the employee and Party, work with Party
A’s
labour union to resolve the dispute
|
3)
|
As
the employer, participate in the legal process started by the employee
against Party A
|
b.
|
Party
B’s seconded employees’ obligations
|
1)
|
Actively
participate in various training arranged by Party A including work
ethics,
technical skills, observe work safety procedures, disciplines and
work
ethics
|
2)
|
Accept
and finish production duties assigned by Party A, reach the required
standard and improve on technical
skills
|
3)
|
Observe
Party A’s various regulations, obey to Party A’s
management
|
4)
|
Never
leak technical and commercial
secrets
|
5)
|
Observe
rules and regulations as specified in the laws or
agreed
|
6)
|
Under
any of the following conditions, the employee cannot leave his position
without approval
|
a)
|
Party
A paid for a specific training and the employee has not completed
his term
of employment as agreed
|
b)
|
The
employee has not completed a project on hand while holding an important
position in research or operation
|
c)
|
A
compensation agreement has not been reached when the employee caused
economic damages
|
c.
|
Party
B (the employees)’s rights
|
1)
|
Protect
Party B and its employees as allowed by
laws
|
2)
|
Receive
remuneration for work performed under
laws
|
3)
|
Enjoy
resting time and holiday
|
4)
|
Enjoy
salary adjustment, fringe benefits, social security, safety protection,
clean working environment, receipt of technical
training
|
5)
|
Raise
dispute on labour issues
|
6)
|
In
case the relevant departments confirm that the working environment
is
unsafe and unclean to the extent that health is jeopardized, the
employees
can refuse to report duties until the conditions are
corrected
|
7)
|
Rights
granted by laws and regulations
|
8)
|
Under
one of the following conditions, the employee has the right to ask
Party B
to arrange his return to Party B with Party
A:
|
a)
|
Party
A uses force or other threatening or freedom restricting measures
to keep
the employees working
|
b)
|
Party
A did not pay salary according to what was
agreed
|
c)
|
The
working environment provided by Party A was determined to be health
hazardous
|
d)
|
Party
A infringes on the Party B’s legal
rights
|
VII.
|
Both
parties agreed that upon the regulations pertaining to the reform
of
enterprise unit be promulgated by Shandong provincial government,
this
Agreement will terminate automatically on the day approved by the
direct
reporting department. Party A and Labor Union or individual will
then
refer to Section 5, Clause 4 and item 2 for making the arrangement.
|
VIII.
|
When
Party B undergoes reform, Party A should assist Party B in resolving
the
issues including reassignment, social security, status changing and
compensation and other matters related to the welfare of the
employees
|
IX.
|
Once
signed, this Agreement is legally binding, both parties must observe
strictly. The party that breaches the contract must bear the obligations
as defined in the contract and compensate the other party for economic
losses incurred.
|
X.
|
When
dispute arises during the execution of the Agreement, Party A and
B should
negotiate to resolve. When it fails, Shandong provincial health bureau
will facilitate the negotiation. When negotiation fails, either party
can
apply for arbitration within the allowed time limit. The party which
disagrees with the arbitration results can file the case with the
local
court within the allowed time
limit.
|
XI.
|
Any
details not specified in this Agreement should be referred to state,
provincial or municipal regulations if applicable. Otherwise, Party
A
& B should negotiate for supplementary clauses to address
them.
|
XII.
|
This
Agreement has 3 originals and 3 carbon
copies
|
XIII.
|
Any
of the above clause in violation of state laws would be overridden
by the
relevant laws.
|
XIV.
|
This
Agreement becomes effective upon signing or chopping by both
sides.
|
1.
|
The
contracting Parties of this Contract are:
|
2.
|
Each
of the Parties represents that his identity and information are true
and
up-to-date, and each of the Parties has full power and capacity to
execute
this Contract and to perform all the obligations under this Contract.
|
3.
|
Both
Parties of this Contract agrees to incorporate a biologic products
company
limited (hereinafter referred to as “
Joint
Venture
”),
which is an equity joint venture, in Taian City, Shandong Province
of
China in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations of China.
|
4.
|
The
Chinese name of the Joint Venture is:
山东米歇尔生物制品有榰公司。
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5.
|
The
Joint Venture is a Chinese legal person, and is governed and protected
by
the laws, regulations, and related rules of China (hereinafter referred
to
as “Laws of China”). The Joint Venture can operate all the legal
businesses under the Laws of China.
|
6.
|
The
Joint Venture shall be incorporated as a limited liability company
and its
liability is limited to all of its assets. The liability of each
Party
shall be limited to his capital contribution to the registered capital
of
the Joint Venture. The Parties shall share the profits the Joint
Venture
in proportion to their capital contributions to the registered capital.
|
7.
|
The
mission of the Joint Venture is: In accordance with the principles
of
equality and mutual benefit, and the intent to have a long-term
partnership, both Parties fully utilize their comparative advantages,
and
apply advance technologies and scientific management methods to establish
Joint Venture, and to make it a modern biological and pharmaceutical
enterprise, which produces competitive products in terms of scope,
quality
and price in the Chinese and overseas markets, and as a result, both
Parties can achieve their economic
efficiency.
|
8.
|
The
scope of production and business of Joint Venture is: Research, production
and marketing of biologic products, blood products, biochemical products,
small volume parenteral solution, and genetic engineering product
in
compliance with the Pharmaceutical Administration Law of the People’s
Republic of China, Regulations for Implementation of the Pharmaceutical
Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China, and Good Management
Practice for the Quality and Production of Pharmaceutical Products
(GMP)
issued by the State Food and Drug Administration.
|
9.
|
The
scale of production of Joint Venture is: In the first year of the
establishment of Joint Venture, revenue income for the production
of
existing products reaches 40 million Yuan; within three (3) years,
three
(3) new product types will be added and the revenue income will reach
80
million Yuan; after five (5) years, revenue income will reach 100
million
Yuan.
|
10.
|
Total
investment:
|
11.
|
Registered
Capital:
|
12.
|
The
following items shall be used in capital contribution by the
Parties:
|
13.
|
Party
B has already paid up all his subscribed capital contribution to
Joint
Venture.
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14.
|
The
capital contribution paid by the Parties in accordance with this
Contract
shall be in cash which shall be owned by the corresponding Party,
in kind
or in the form of land use right, industrial intellectual property,
non-patented technology or other kinds of legal rights which shall
be
owned by the respective Party and shall not be restricted by guarantee
or
any kind of encumbrance.
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15.
|
Each
and either Party of Joint Venture shall not use the loans, rental
machinery and equipment, or any other properties owned or obtained
under
the name of Joint Venture, or any other people’s property as his own
capital contribution, and also shall not use the property or rights
of the
Joint Venture or the other Party’s property or rights to guarantee his
capital contribution.
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16.
|
Either
Party fails to contribute his committed capital totally or partially
in
accordance with this Contract shall constitute a breach of contract.
In
addition to the relevant treatment stipulated by the State, non-breaching
Party should also remind the breaching Party to pay or to pay up
his
capital contribution within one (1) month. If the breaching party
fails to
do so within the said time limit, the breaching Party shall pay the
late
payment interest (refer to interest penalty on late payment of loan)
and
compensate the non-breaching Party for the loss and damages. The
breaching
Party shall also be liable for the breach of the Contract in accordance
with the applicable laws and regulations of the State.
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17.
|
A
Chinese chartered public accountant firm shall verify the capital
contributed by each Party and issue a capital verification certificate.
Joint Venture shall issue a capital contribution certificate to each
contributing Party pursuant to the capital verification certificate.
The
capital contribution certificate shall include the following items:
name
of the Joint Venture, incorporation date of the Joint Venture, Name
of the
investors and the amount, proportion, form and date of his capital
contribution, and the issue date of the capital contribution certificate.
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18.
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Equity
interest assignment and change:
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19.
|
Both
Parties shall complete the following items
respectively:
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l
|
To
pay up capital contribution in accordance with Chapter 4 and to assist
in
capital arrangement, and to be responsible for the listing of the
company;
|
l
|
To
assist Joint Venture to obtain preferential policy and
conditions;
|
l
|
To
assist foreign employees to apply for the visa, work permit and traveling
documents, etc.
|
l
|
To
pay up capital contribution in accordance with Chapter 4 and to assist
in
capital arrangement;
|
l
|
To
assist Joint Venture to the Land Administration Authorities for land
use
right;
|
l
|
To
assist Joint Venture to organize the design and building of the factory
and other engineering facilities of the Joint
Venture;
|
l
|
To
assist Joint Venture to apply for and install water, electricity,
transportation and other infrastructure
setup;
|
l
|
To
assist Joint Venture to employ management in China, technical personnel,
workers and any other necessary
personnel;
|
l
|
To
provide the necessary machinery installation and customization, personnel
to conduct test run, and personnel for production and
control;
|
l
|
To
be responsible for other business entrusted by Joint
Venture.
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20.
|
Joint
Venture has the right to obtain the right to use a premise by rental
or
purchase in accordance with the Laws of China.
|
21.
|
Before
the Joint Venture obtains the right to use a premise, Party B shall
guarantee Joint Venture has the right to use Party B’s premise (refer to
Annex 3: Blueprint). Save for the portion reserved for Party B, the
right
to use the land set forth in Annex 3 shall be owned by Joint Venture.
Joint Venture shall pay, no matter how or what nature of the aforesaid
land is changed, the related fee to Party B regularly and sufficiently
according to the principles set forth in the meeting minutes of Shandong
Province Government dated 28
th
of
June 2002 and the summary of Taian City Government Special Topic
Conference (ref.: [2002] No. 31) before the restructuring of Party
B.
During the restructuring of Party B, both Joint Venture and Party
B shall
comply with the Land Use Compensation Agreement entered between Joint
Venture and Party B on 14
th
day of July 2003, and Joint Venture shall not use the aforesaid land
in
any other way without the consent of Party B (except for the loan
guarantee).
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22.
|
The
board of directors is founded on the registration date of the Joint
Venture.
|
23.
|
The
board of directors shall consist of five (5) directors, in which
Party A
shall appoint four (4) directors and Party B shall appoint one (1)
director. The board has one chairman and one vice-chairman, who shall
be
elected by the board of directors. If a director appointed by a Party
becomes the chairman, a director appointed by other Party shall assume
the
office of vice-chairman. Both Parties has right to change the directors
appointed by him from time to time. The term of the chairman and
vice-chairman of the board, and the directors are four (4) years
provided
that the respective appointing Party has not changed his directors.
The
directors may stay for another term if appointed by the Party.
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24.
|
The
board of directors is the highest authority of the Joint Venture
and
decides all the major issues in relation to Joint Venture. The power
of
the board of directors includes the following:
|
1.
|
Amendment
of the Articles of Association of the Joint
Venture;
|
2.
|
Termination
and dissolution of Joint Venture;
|
3.
|
Merger
and spin-off of Joint Venture;
|
4.
|
Change
of registered capital of Joint
Venture;
|
5.
|
Discussion
and Decision on the remuneration system of the
employees;
|
6.
|
Decision
on the profit distribution and deficit make up
scheme;
|
7.
|
Approval
of annual budget and financial
report;
|
8.
|
Decision
on major acquisition and
investment;
|
9.
|
Decision
on taking out mortgage and guarantee on the Joint Venture’s
asset;
|
10.
|
Adoption,
amendment and termination of group labor contract and staff benefit
scheme;
|
11.
|
Appointment
or dismissal of the general manager, deputy general manager of Joint
Venture; appointment or dismissal of financial controller, marketing
and
sales director and assistant to general manager according to the
nominations of the general manager, and decision on their remuneration
and
appraisal scheme;
|
12.
|
Decision
on the establishment of the business management structure of Joint
Venture;
|
13.
|
Other
major issues which shall be decided by the board of directors.
|
25.
|
For
item 1 to item 5 set forth in Article 24, a unanimous approval of
the
directors who has right to vote and has attended the corresponding
board
of directors meeting shall be required; for item 6 to item 10, the
approval of two third (2/3) of the directors who has attended the
corresponding board of directors meeting shall be required; and for
the
rest of the items, the approval of half (1/2) of the directors who
has
attended the corresponding board of directors meeting shall be required.
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26.
|
The
chairman shall chair the board of directors meeting. If the chairman
cannot exercise his authority, he shall entrust the vice-chairman
in
writing. If the vice-chairman cannot exercise his authority, he can
entrust a director in writing.
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27.
|
The
company shall establish the board of supervisors which shall consist
of 3
members. Each of the investing Parties shall appoint one member and
one
member shall represent the employees. The chairman of the board of
supervisor shall be elected by the members from the members appointed
by
the Party who does not appoint a director who subsequently becomes
the
chairman of the board of directors. The board of supervisors exercise
the
following powers:
|
1.
|
Check
the financial conditions of the
company;
|
2.
|
Supervise
the duty-related acts of the directors and managers and to check
if they
have violated any laws and regulations, or the articles of association;
and to request the director and the manager to correct if their acts
cause
damages to the company;
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3.
|
Inform
the related shareholder and individual to handle before certain time
limit
if the directors, managers and supervisors are not in compliance
with the
Article 57 of Company Law. In the case that individual has an outstanding
debt amounting to over one (1) million RMB Yuan, the related shareholder
and individual shall be replaced or
resigned;
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4.
|
Perform
other duties agreed by the board of
directors;
|
5.
|
Attend
the board of directors meeting as a non-voting
member.
|
28.
|
The
Joint Venture shall establish a management office which shall be
responsible for its daily management. The management office shall
have one
general manager, one deputy general manager. The general manager
and the
deputy general manger shall be employed by the board of directors
and
their term of office shall be three (3)
years.
|
29.
|
The
general manager is the legal representative of Joint Venture, and
has the
responsibility to execute the decisions of the board of directors,
to
organize and to lead the daily operation of the Joint Venture. The
deputy
general manger shall assist the general manager to perform his duty.
The
detail job description of the general manager shall be specified
in the
Articles of Association of Joint Venture.
|
30.
|
The
financial controller, marketing and sales director and assistant
to
general manager shall be nominated by the general manager and appointed
by
the board of directors.
|
31.
|
Directors,
supervisors and the employees appointed by the board of directors
are
senior personnel. The remuneration and bonus of senior personnel
are
decided by the board of directors.
|
32.
|
If
any of the senior personnel has committed embezzlement or has serious
dereliction of duty, they may be dismissed at any time upon the decision
of the board of directors.
|
33.
|
The
recruitment, penalty, dismissal, term of contract, salary, reward
and
punishment, labor insurance, society security, welfare and other
matters
of the employees of the Joint Venture shall be decided by the board
of
directors in compliance with the Labor Law of the People’s Republic of
China, the Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Labor
Management in Sino-foreign Equity Joint Ventures and its implementation
rules, and relevant rules and regulations issued by the Taian City
of
Shandong Province Government. Joint Venture and the labor union of
Joint
Venture or individual can enter into group or individual labor contract.
The labor contracts shall be submitted to the local Labor Administration
Authority for verification and filing.
|
34.
|
The
board of directors shall set up separate schemes for the employment
and
management of special personnel whenever necessary.
|
35.
|
Labor
union can be established pursuant to the Laws of China. The labor
union’s
major duties are:
|
l
|
Protect
the rights and benefits of employees stipulated by the
laws;
|
l
|
Assist
Joint Venture to arrange and use the welfare fund
properly;
|
l
|
Participate
in resolving any disputes between employees and Joint
Venture;
|
l
|
Execute
the group labor contract on behalf of the employees and monitor its
implementation;
|
l
|
Protect
the rights of employees under the
laws.
|
36.
|
The
representatives of the labor union has right to negotiate the issues
in
relation to bonus, penalty, discharge, salary, welfare, job safety
and
labor insurance of employees, etc. with management.
|
37.
|
Pursuant
to the Laws of China and related rules and regulations, Joint Venture
shall monthly allot an amount of money amounting to 2% of the sum
of the
actual salaries of all the employees of Joint Venture to the labor
union
fund.
|
38.
|
Joint
Venture shall conduct financial audit in compliance with the Accounting
Law of the People’s Republic of China and shall pay all the taxes in
compliance with the Laws of China.
|
39.
|
The
employees of Joint Venture shall pay income tax in compliance with
the Tax
Law of China.
|
40.
|
Joint
Venture shall allocate to the reserve fund, company development fund
and
staff welfare fund in compliance with the Sino-foreign Equity Joint
Venture Law of the People’s Republic of China. The annual allocation
percentage to the funds shall be discussed and decided by the board
of
directors according to the business conditions of the company.
|
41.
|
The
financial year of Joint Venture is the same as the calendar year
and
starts from 1
st
day of January to 31
st
day of December in every year. Chinese language shall be used in
all
accounting vouchers, receipts, reports and accounting statements.
The bank
accounts and the company seal of the Joint Venture shall be controlled
and
managed by both Sino and foreign Parties together and the respective
detail methods shall be set up by the board of directors.
|
42.
|
The
financial statements of Joint Venture shall be audited once a year
by a
Chinese chartered public accountant firm and Joint Venture shall
be liable
for the related fee. Either Party has right to appoint a separate
accountant firm to audit the aforesaid financial statements at his
own
costs.
|
43.
|
The
balance sheet, profit and loss statement and profit distribution
scheme
for the last financial year shall be complied within the first three
(3)
months of every financial year and shall be submitted to the board
of
directors for verification. The profit distribution ratio shall be
calculated based on the actual paid up capital of each shareholder.
|
44.
|
Joint
Venture shall purchase insurance from the insurance company in the
territory of China to avoid the risk of loss and damages caused by
accidents and natural disasters to the Joint Venture. The board of
director shall decide the type, amount and the term of the insurance
purchased. Joint Venture shall be liable for the related insurance
premium.
|
45.
|
The
term for operation of Joint Venture is thirty (30) years. The date
of
incorporation of Joint Venture is the issue date of the business
license
of Joint Venture.
|
46.
|
If
Joint Venture is terminated upon expiry or before the expiry date,
it
shall be liquidated in compliance with the applicable laws and the
Articles of Association of Joint Venture.
|
47.
|
Any
amendment to this Contract or its Annex shall be agreed by the Parties
by
entering into a written agreement and approved by the original government
authority before the said amendment becomes effective.
|
48.
|
In
the case that this Contract is not able to be executed due to force
majeure, or the Joint Venture cannot sustain the operation due to
many
years of continuous deficit, this Contract can be terminated upon
the
unanimous approval from the board of directors and approval by the
original Government Authority.
|
49.
|
In
the case that Joint Venture cannot operate its business or cannot
achieve
the objectives of its business operation due to the non-performance
or
substantial violation of this Contract or the Articles of Association
by
either Party, the breaching Party shall be deemed to terminate the
Contract unilaterally and the non-breaching Party has right to claim
compensation from the breaching Party and to submit the application
to the
original Government Authority in accordance with this Contract for
the
approval to terminate this Contract.
|
50.
|
In
the case of earthquake, typhoon, flooding, fire, war and other
unforeseeable and unavoidable force majeure, which has direct influence
on
the execution of the Contract or cause the inability for the Contract
to
be executed in the agreed conditions, the Party hindered by the event
of
force majeure shall telex the other Party immediately and shall provide
documents within fifteen (15) days to explain the details of the
event of
force majeure and to proof the reasons why the Contract cannot be
performed completely or partially, or has to be performed in a later
time.
The said document of proof shall be issued by the local notary office
in
the location where the said event occurred. Both Parties shall negotiate
and decide together if the Contract shall be terminated or part of
the
obligations under the Contract shall be exempted or be performed
in a
later time, according to the influence of the said event of force
majeure.
|
51.
|
The
execution, validity, interpretation and performance of this Contract
shall
be governed by the Laws of China.
|
52.
|
Any
dispute arising from or in connection with this Agreement, both Parties
should have friendly negotiation to resolve. In the case that the
disputes
cannot be resolved, either Party can submit the disputes to China
International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission Beijing Commission
for arbitration which shall be conducted in accordance with the
Commission’s arbitration rules. The arbitral award is final and binding
upon both Parties.
|
53.
|
This
Chinese version of this Contract is the only valid and legally binding
version.
|
54.
|
This
Contract and its annex shall come into effect on the approval date
given
by the approval authority of the People’s Republic of China.
|
55.
|
Telex
and fax notifications sent by one Party to another Party shall be
followed
by letters in writing if the notice is in relation to the rights
and
obligations of either Party. The legal address of the Parties set
forth
herein shall be the correspondence address.
|
56.
|
Any
matters not stipulated in this Contract shall be handled in compliance
with the Company Law, Sino-foreign Equity Joint Venture Law of the
People’s Republic of China, Labor Law of the People’s Republic of China
and its Shandong Province Labor Law Ordinance.
|
57.
|
This
Contract is executed by both Parties on 12
th
day of March 2006 in Taian City, Shandong Province of China.
|
1.
|
Party
B agrees to sell and Party A agrees to purchase 17.24% of the equity
interest in Shandong Missile Biological Products Co.,
Ltd.
|
2.
|
According
to the regulations pertaining to management of State Resources, both
parties agree that the transfer price of this transaction should
be based
on the net asset value determined by a registered valuator and approved
by
the relevant State Resources Management
department.
|
3.
|
After
the signing of this letter of intent, Party B will apply, according
to the
policy published by Shandong provincial government regarding the
reform of
enterprise unit, to Provincial Health Bureau and State Resources
Management Bureau for the transfer of equity interest. Once approved,
both
parties will draft up the equity transfer agreement, engage a valuator
to
assess the net asset value of Missile Biological Products Co., Ltd,
and
confirm the transfer price based on the valuation
result.
|
4.
|
In
order to facilitate the reform of Party B, Party A commits to pay
the
transfer price to Party B as soon as possible once the transfer agreement
is signed.
|
5.
|
This
letter of intent is effective once signed by representatives from
both
Parties.
|
6.
|
This
letter of intent has 2 copies. Each party keeps one copy. For details
not
covered, both parties will hold further
discussion.
|
(1) |
HBsAg
negative;
|
(2) |
Anti-HCV
negative;
|
(3) |
Anti-HIV
negative;
|
(4) |
ALT
≤ 25 units (Reit’s method);
|
(5) |
Syphilis
serological test negative;
|
(6) |
Total
plasma protein ≥ 55g/L (Biuret
method);
|
(7) |
No
germ contamination;
|
(8) |
Compliance
with all other standards promulgated by the MOH over raw
plasma;
|
(9) |
Appearance:
plasma should be rice-yellow, clear, transparent liquid, without
dissolved
blood, milky feculence, fibrinogen clots, visible red blood cells
or other
impurities.
|
(1) |
HBsAg
negative;
|
(2) |
Anti-HCV
negative;
|
(3) |
Anti-HIV
negative;
|
(4) |
ALT
≤ 25 units (Reit’s method);
|
(5) |
Syphilis
serological test negative;
|
(6) |
Total
plasma protein ≥ 55g/L (Biuret
method);
|
(7) |
No
germ contamination;
|
(8) |
Compliance
with all other standards promulgated by the MOH over raw
plasma;
|
(9) |
Appearance:
plasma should be rice-yellow, clear, transparent liquid, without
dissolved
blood, milky feculence, fibrinogen clots, visible red blood cells
or other
impurities.
|
(1) |
HBsAg
negative;
|
(2) |
Anti-HCV
negative;
|
(3) |
Anti-HIV
negative;
|
(4) |
ALT
≤ 25 units (Reit’s method);
|
(5) |
Syphilis
serological test negative;
|
(6) |
Total
plasma protein ≥ 55g/L (Biuret
method);
|
(7) |
No
germ contamination;
|
(8) |
Compliance
with all other standards promulgated by the MOH over raw
plasma;
|
(9) |
Appearance:
plasma should be rice-yellow, clear, transparent liquid, without
dissolved
blood, milky feculence, fibrinogen clots, visible red blood cells
or other
impurities.
|
Exhibit 10.7
(English Translation)
Employment Agreement
n |
Contract effective date: March 8, 2007 |
n |
Signed between China Biologic Products, Inc and Stanley Wong |
n |
Title of employment: Chief Executive Officer |
n |
Place of employment: Taian City, Shandong Province, PRC |
n |
Duties: Lead the Company day-to-day operations, handle matters relating to regulators, intermediaries and institutional investors, ensure compliance of Sox requirement in 2007, responsible for capital sourcing and investment, lead and coordinate the decision on funding, operations and management in the company and its subsidiaries, co-ordinate listing work. Assist and ensure subsidiarys CEO to implement financial and internal controls matter. |
n |
Probation period: one months |
n |
Salary: HK$80,000 and RMB20,000 per month on a 13 months basis. |
n |
Working hours: 0830 to 1700 Monday to Friday |
n |
Bonus: at Board of Directors discretion. |
n |
Paid leave: 18 days |
n |
Tax: HK and PRC tax are borne by employee |
n |
Other benefit: round trip ticket to HK each month |
n |
Shares/options: Eligible as declared by BOD |
n |
Contract signed by |
/s/
Zhao Chao Min
|
/s/
Stanley Wong
|
|
Zhao Chao Min | Stanley Wong | |
director of China Biologic Products, Inc. |
Exhibit 10.8
STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
CHINA BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS, INC.
FORM OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made on the date of _______________
BETWEEN
(1) China Biologic Products, Inc. whose registered office is situated at No. 14 East Hushan Road, Taian City, Shandong, Peoples Republic of China 271000 (the Company), and
(2) ____________ (hereunder called the Employee).
WHEREAS the Company is desirous of employing the Employee as a ___________ of the Company and the Employee is desirous of being so employed subject to and on the following terms and conditions.
NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:
(1) |
APPOINTMENT |
||
The Company shall employ the Employee and the Employee shall serve the Company as a ___________ of the Company. |
|||
(2) |
DURATION |
||
(a) |
The employment of the Employee hereunder shall commence on _____________ (the Commencement Date) and shall continue thereafter until being terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. | ||
(3) |
DUTIES |
||
(a) |
The Employee shall, | ||
(i) |
serve as a ___________ of the Company and shall discharge and perform all his/her duties as such and discharge and perform such other duties as the Company may from time to time assign to him/her; |
||
(ii) |
devote himself/herself and his/her attention to the business of the Company as shall reasonably required for the due discharge and performance of his/her duties hereunder; |
||
(iii) |
in all respects observe and comply with all relevant laws, regulations, rules, code of conducts, guidelines, procedures, restrictions, directions for the time being in force applicable to and governing the regulated activities |
||
of the Company and all such regulations, rules, code of conducts, guidelines, procedures, restrictions, directions from time to time imposed by the Company relating to or in respect of the Companys business and/or the Employees duties hereunder; and |
|||
(iv) |
use all reasonable endeavors to promote the best interests of the Company and its business. |
||
(b) |
The Employee shall attend at the office of the Company or at such other places as his/her duties or as the Company may require and shall not absent himself/herself during the normal working hours except in the case of illness or incapacity. |
||
(4) |
REMUNERATION AND TAX |
||
(a) |
During the continuance in force of his/her employment hereunder, the Company will pay the Employee a monthly remuneration of ______ in arrears normally at the end of each month, subject to such necessary adjustment if the Employee has not worked for a complete month for any particular month. |
||
(b) |
The Company will pay the Employee a [guaranteed/discretionary] bonus of ______________ on 31 st December each year. |
||
(c) |
The Employee shall be responsible for his/her own salary and/or income tax liabilities wherever and whenever imposed upon or resulting from his/her employment and in respect of all his/her income hereunder. |
||
(5) |
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS |
||
(a) |
Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme |
||
The Employee will participate in the Companys Mandatory Provident Funds Scheme subject to the terms and conditions governing such scheme. |
|||
(b) |
Medical Benefits |
||
The Employee will be covered under the Companys Medical Insurance Scheme subject to the terms and conditions governing such scheme. |
|||
(c) |
Bonus and others |
||
The Employee may be granted bonus in such amount and/or such other benefits as the Company may at its absolute discretion from time to time provide. |
|||
(6) |
ANNUAL LEAVE |
||
(a) |
The Employee shall be entitled to __________ working days of paid leave per annum in addition to the normal statutory holidays. Leave is to be taken at such |
||
|
times and intervals as may be agreed by the Company having regard to the workload of the Employee and needs of the Company. | ||
(b) |
Accumulation of leave is permitted and leave not taken in any year shall be carry- forward to the next year. |
||
(7) |
BUSINESS EXPENSES |
||
The Company will reimburse the Employee all out-of-pocket expenses necessarily incurred by the Employee in the discharge and performance of his/her duties hereunder upon production of such appropriate receipts or vouchers as the Company may reasonably require from time to time. |
|||
(8) |
NON-DISCLOSURE |
||
(a) |
The Employee shall not either during the continuance of his/her employment hereunder or thereafter except in the proper course in discharge and performance of his/her duties hereunder divulge to any person whosoever or company whatsoever and shall use his/her best endeavours to prevent the unauthorised publication or disclosure of any information concerning the business or finances of the Company or any of its clients or customers or any of the organizations, dealings, transactions, operations, practice or affairs of the Company or any of its clients or customers which may come to his/her knowledge during or in the course of his/her employment hereunder. |
||
(b) |
The Employee hereby acknowledged that, the computer systems and any other assets of the Company or any other member of the Company is the exclusive property of the Company (including without limit, the software and all information stored therein). All the Employees work products as well as datas, information and documentation in such computer systems, including but without limit, intellectual property rights, shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company and disclosure, retention or destruction of such any of such products, datas, information or documentation is hereby prohibited. |
||
(9) |
RESTRICTION AFTER TERMINATION |
||
(a) |
Upon the termination of his/her employment hereunder for any cause or by any means whatsoever, the Employee shall not for a period of 45 days next thereafter, directly or indirectly, |
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(i) |
canvass or solicit by any means whatsoever for himself/herself or any other person, firm or company, any person or company who shall at any time during the continuance of his/her employment hereunder have been a client or customer of the Company or any other member of the Company or endeavour to take away such client or customer from the Company or any other member of the Group, or |
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solicit or encourage any employee of the Company or any other member of the Group to leave the employ of the Company or such other member of the Group. |
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After the termination of his/her employment hereunder for any cause or by any means whatsoever, the Employee shall not at any time or for any purpose use the name of the Company or any other member of the Company in connection with his/her own or any other name in any way calculated to suggest that he/she is or has been connected with the business of the Company or any other member of the Group nor in any way hold himself/herself out as having or having had any such connection and shall not use any information concerning the Company or any other member of the Group which he/she may have acquired in the course of or as incident to his/her employment hereunder for his/her own benefit or to the detriment or intended or probable detriment to the Company or any other member of the Group. |
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NON-COMPETITION |
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During the course of the Employees employment hereunder. the Employee shall not without the prior approval of the Company engage or be concerned or interested directly or indirectly as principal, agent, employee or otherwise (except in his/her capacity employed hereunder) in the similar business or activities being carry on by the Company or be personally employed or engaged with or without any consideration in any capacity whatsoever in or in connection with any business whatsoever other than the business of the Company. |
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TERMINATION |
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The employment of the Employee hereunder may be terminated at any time. |
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by either party hereto giving to the other not less than _________ month(s)s prior notice in writing to that effect or paying to the other a sum equal to not less than ______ month(s)s salary in lieu of such notice; or |
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by the Employee without any prior notice or payment in lieu thereof. |
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If the Employee is also appointed as a director of the Company, upon the termination of his/her employment hereunder, he/she shall at the time of such termination automatically cease to be the director of the Company without any claim, compensation or payment of any nature whatsoever by reason thereof. |
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SEVERABILITY |
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If at any time any provision of this Agreement or any part of such provision becomes invalid, illegal, unenforceable or incapable of performance in any respect, the validity, legality, enforceability or performance of the remaining provisions hereof or such |
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remaining part of such provision (as the case may be) shall not thereby in any way be affected or impaired. |
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ENTIRE AGREEMENT |
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto in connection with the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes all previous (if any) proposals, representations, warranties, undertakings or agreements relating thereto whether oral, written or otherwise and neither party hereto has relied on (if any) such proposals, representations, warranties, undertakings or agreements in entering into this Agreement. |
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GOVERNING LAW |
This Agreement shall be governed and construed according to the laws of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong) and the parties hereto hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Hong Kong courts. |
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SIGNED BY | SIGNED BY | |
For and on behalf of | ||
China Biologic Products, Inc. | ||
Authorised Signatory | [EMPLOYEE] |
Exhibit 21
LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES
Name of Subsidiary |
Jurisdiction of Organization
|
% Owned | |
Logic Express Ltd. |
British Virgin
Islands
|
100%
|
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Shandong Missile Biologic Products., Ltd |
The
Peoples
Republic of China
|
82.76%
|
|
Xia Jin Plasma Company |
The
Peoples
Republic of China
|
82.76%
|
|
He Ze Plasma Company |
The
Peoples
Republic of China
|
82.76%
|
|
Yang Gu Plasma Company |
The
Peoples
Republic of China
|
82.76%
|
|
Zhang Qiu Plasma Company |
The
Peoples
Republic of China
|
82.76%
|
|
Qi He Plasma Company |
The
Peoples
Republic of China
|
82.76%
|
|
Huan Jiang Plasma Company |
The
Peoples
Republic of China
|
82.76%
|
|
Fang Cheng Plasma Company |
The
Peoples
Republic of China
|
66.21%
|
|
Shangdong Medical Company |
The
Peoples
Republic of China
|
82.76%
|
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
China Biologic Products, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Audited Financial Statements
December 31, 2006 and 2005
To The Board of Directors
China Biologic Products, Inc.
We consent to the incorporation in the Report of China Biologic Products, Inc. on Form SB-2 of our report dated September 4, 2007 on our audits of the consolidated financial statements of China Biologic Products, Inc. and
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and for the two-year period ended December 31, 2006, which our reports are incorporated in the Form
SB-2.
/s/ Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP
Walnut, California
September 4, 2007