BIMI International Medical Inc. - Annual Report: 2009 (Form 10-K)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
xAnnual Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For
the fiscal year ended: December 31, 2009
¨Transition Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
For
the transition period from ______________to ______________
Commission
File Number 000-50155
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State
of Incorporation)
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02-0563302
(I.R.S.
Employer ID Number)
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21-Jia
Bei Si Dong Road, Tie Xi Qu
Shenyang, P. R. China
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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110021
(Zip
Code)
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(8624)
2560-9750
(Issuer’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
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Stock, par value $.001 per share
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As of
June 30, 2009, the aggregate market value of the common equity held by
non-affiliates of the registrant was$17,698,544, based on the price of
$2.55 per share which the registrant’s common stock was last
sold..
As of
March 12, 2010 there were 13,315,486 shares of the registrant’s common stock
outstanding.
NF ENERGY
SAVING CORPORATION
FORM
10-K
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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PART
I
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Item
1
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Business
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3
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Item
1A
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Risk
Factors
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13
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Item
1B
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Unresolved
Staff Comments
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22
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Item
2
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Properties
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Item
3
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Legal
Proceedings
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Item
4
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[Reserved]
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PART
II
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Item
5
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Market
for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
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Item
6
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Selected
Financial Data
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Item
7
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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Item
7A
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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30
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Item
8
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Financial
Statements
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30
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Item
9
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Changes
In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
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55
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Item
9A(T)
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Controls
and Procedures
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Item
9B
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Other
Information
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PART
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Item
10
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Directors,
Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
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Item
11
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Executive
Compensation
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60
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Item
12
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters
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Item
13
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Certain
Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director
Independence
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Item
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Principal
Accountant Fees and Services
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PART
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Item
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Exhibits
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CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION
Certain
statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Form 10-K”) pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), including
statements of our expectations, intentions, plans and beliefs, including those
contained in or implied by "Management's Discussion and Analysis" and the Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements, are "forward-looking statements", within
the meaning of Section 21E of the Exchange Act that are subject to certain
events, risks and uncertainties that may be outside our control. The words
“believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “optimistic”, “intend”, “will”, and similar
expressions identify forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of
the date on which they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update
or revise any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements
include statements of management's plans and objectives for our future
operations and statements of future economic performance, information regarding
our expansion and possible results from expansion, our expected growth, our
capital budget and future capital requirements, the availability of funds and
our ability to meet future capital needs, the realization of our deferred tax
assets, and the assumptions described in this report underlying such
forward-looking statements. Actual results and developments could differ
materially from those expressed in or implied by such statements due to a number
of factors, including, without limitation, those described in the context of
such forward-looking statements, our expansion and acquisition strategy, our
ability to achieve operating efficiencies, our dependence on network
infrastructure, capacity, telecommunications carriers and other suppliers,
industry pricing and technology trends, evolving industry standards, domestic
and international regulatory matters, general economic and business conditions,
the strength and financial resources of our competitors, our ability to find and
retain skilled personnel, the political and economic climate in which we conduct
operations and the risk factors described from time to time in our other
documents and reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"). Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
1) our ability to successfully develop, manufacture and deliver our products on
a timely basis and in the prescribed condition; 2) our ability to compete
effectively with other companies in the same industry; 3) our ability to raise
sufficient capital in order to effectuate our business plan; and 4) our ability
to retain our key executives.
Except as
may be required by applicable law, we do not undertake or intend to update or
revise our forward-looking statements, and we assume no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements contained in this report as a result of new
information or future events or developments. Thus, you should not assume that
our silence over time means that actual events are bearing out as expressed or
implied in such forward-looking statements. You should carefully review and
consider the various disclosures we make in this report and our other reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that attempt to advise
interested parties of the risks, uncertainties and other factors that may affect
our business.
For
further information about these and other risks, uncertainties and factors,
please review the disclosure included in this report under “Part I, Item 1A -
Risk Factors.”
PART
I
ITEM
1. BUSINESS
The
Company
As used
herein the terms “we”, “us”, “our,” “NFEC” and the “Company” means, NF Energy
Saving Corporation, a Delaware corporation, formerly known as NF Energy Saving
Corporation of America, Diagnostic Corporation of America, Global Broadcast
Group, Inc., and Galli Process, Inc. These terms also include our subsidiaries,
Liaoning Nengfa Weiye Energy Technology Company Ltd., a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the Peoples’ Republic of China (“PRC”), and
Liaoning Nengfa Weiye Tie Fa Sales Co., Ltd., a limited liability corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the PRC.
NF Energy
Saving Corporation was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware
under the name of Galli Process, Inc. on October 31, 2000 for the purpose
of seeking and consummating a merger or acquisition with a business entity
organized as a private corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship. On
December 31, 2001, Galli Process, Inc. became a majority owned subsidiary
of City View TV, Inc., a Florida corporation (“City View”). On February 7, 2002,
Galli Process, Inc. changed its name to Global Broadcast Group, Inc. On
March 1, 2002, City View merged into Global Broadcast Group, Inc., which
was the surviving entity. On November 12, 2004, the Company changed its
name to Diagnostic Corporation of America. On March 15, 2007, we changed our
name to NF Energy Saving Corporation of America, and on August 24, 2009, the
Company further changed its name to NF Energy Saving Corporation, in both
instances to more accurately reflect our business after the Plan of Exchange
(see below). Our principal place of business is 21-Jia Bei Si Dong Road, Tie Xi
Qu, Shenyang, P. R. China 110021. Our telephone number is (8624)
2560-9750.
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On
November 15, 2006, we executed a Plan of Exchange (“Plan of Exchange”), among
the Company, Liaoning Nengfa Weiye Pipe Network Construction and Operation Co.
Ltd. (“Nengfa”), the shareholders of Nengfa (the "Nengfa Shareholders") and Gang
Li, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (“Mr. Li”). At the closing of the
Plan of Exchange, which occurred on November 30, 2006, we issued to the Nengfa
Shareholders 12,000,000 shares of our common stock, or 89.4% of our then
outstanding common stock, in exchange for all of the shares of capital stock of
Nengfa owned by the Nengfa Shareholders. Immediately upon the closing, Nengfa
became our 100% owned subsidiary, and the Company adopted and implemented the
business plan of Nengfa.
On
September 5, 2007, we established a new sales company, Liaoning Nengfa Weiye Tie
Fa Sales Co., Ltd. (“Sales Company”). Sales Company is a subsidiary, which is
99% owned by Liaoning Nengfa Weiye Energy Technology Company Ltd. Sales Company
engages in the sales and marketing of flow control equipments and products in
PRC.
On
January 31, 2008, to better reflect our energy technology business we changed
the name of Nengfa to Liaoning Nengfa Weiye Energy Technology Company Ltd.
(“Nengfa Energy”). Nengfa Energy’s area of business includes research and
development, processing, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of
energy saving flow control equipment; manufacturing, marketing and distribution
of energy equipment, wind power equipment and fittings; energy saving
technical reconstruction; and energy saving technology consulting
services.
On August
26, 2009, the Company completed a 3 to 1 reverse share split of its common
stock. As a result, the total number of shares of outstanding common stock
changed from 39,872,704 pre-split to 13,291,387 post-split. On December 11 and
December 15, 2009, there were certain warrant exercises on a cashless basis that
resulted in the issuance of an additional 24,099 shares of our common stock, and
thus the total number of shares of outstanding common stock increased from
13,291,387 to 13,315,486
The
structure of our corporate organization is as follows:
Business
Description
Nengfa
Energy specializes in the energy technology business. We provide
energy saving technology consulting, optimization design services, energy saving
reconstruction of pipeline networks and contractual energy management services
for China’s electric power, petrochemical, coal, metallurgy, construction, and
municipal infrastructure development industries. We are also engaged in the
manufacturing and sales of the energy-saving flow control equipment. At present,
our valve business holds a leading position in China. Our company has the Det
Norske Veritas Management System Certificate, which certifies that our products
conform to the Management System Standard ISO9001:2000. We have been a member of
Chicago Climate Exchange since 2006. In 2007 Nengfa Energy received contracts
for our products and services to be used in three sections of the prominent
project “Redirect the water from the Rivers in the South to the North water
supply engineering project, Middle Section- Jingshi Section”. This phase of
the project was completed and passed inspection in
2008. In 2008, the Company also received flow control equipment
contracts from seven cities in Liaoning Province for their water supply systems.
In 2009, the Company was awarded several flow control equipment supply
contracts, including one for the Xijiang diversion project of Guandong Province,
and one for Phase 1 of Guangdong Yuedian Huilai Power Plant.
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Our
principal development focus is to complete the construction of our new energy
manufacturing facility which will enhance the Company’s product lines and expand
the manufacturing capacity. In conjunction with the planned facility
expansion, we also will undertake efforts to optimize the business structure of
the Company, develop other low-carbon technologies, and promote energy-saving
technologies efficiency as part of our sales efforts. We are aiming to become
the navigator of the small to medium sized energy saving service industry by
integrating sources in new energy and energy conservation and environmental
protection.
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Products and
Services
Our
products and services include the manufacturing and sales of energy-saving flow
control equipment, energy saving technology consulting, optimization design
services, energy saving reconstruction of pipeline networks and contractual
energy management services for China’s electric power, water power,
petrochemical, coal, metallurgy, construction, and municipal infrastructure
development industries.
Production and Sales of
Energy Saving Flow Control Equipment
The
Company’s current principal business is the production and sale of energy-saving
valves, intelligent valves, and flow control equipment. This business
currently accounts for the majority of the Company’s revenues.
Pipeline
transport is one of the basic modes of transportation together with rail
transport, road transport, air transport and water transport. Water, gas, oil,
and heat rely on various kinds of pipelines and pipe networks to be transported
to end users. In the case of water pipelines, such systems are also
used for public health and safety, waste and flood control.
The key
to the efficiency and energy conservation of the pipeline transportation process
is the valve and the flow control equipment. Having unique technology in this
field, Nengfa Energy has obtained a number of patents and applied for other
patents in China for flow control devices, especially in the area of the
bidirectional seal zero revelation installation system with its special
characteristics. Using valves of this type can result in reduced energy
consumption by 20% for customers and has received favorable evaluations
throughout the world. The reduced energy consumption thereby increases the
efficiency of the pipeline system. It is widely used in the fields of electric
power, hydro power, petroleum, and natural gas. The Nengfa Energy valves were
awarded “Number One Energy Saving Value of China” by the Chinese Energy
Conservation Association. These products currently are exported to the United
States, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, India, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Because
these technologies are an important revenue source and represent an important
part of the energy efficiency focus of the Company, Nengfa Energy will continue
to develop comprehensive energy conservation and reduction equipment and
services, and to pursue research and development and manufacturing of flow
control and new energy related equipment.
Energy Saving Reconstruction
Projects
We also
have a business focus on the reconstruction of various industrial boiler/furnace
systems with the objective of modernization and overall efficiency improvement
of existing systems. Efficiency can be expressed in several ways,
such as lower operating costs, reduced energy consumption, recapture of
by-products which can be used for other purposes, and pollution
reduction.
China’s
industrial boilers and furnaces are used mainly in the iron and steel,
metallurgy, building materials, machinery manufacturing, chemical industry and
other high energy consumption industries. Their energy consumption accounts for
about 10% of China’s total energy consumption. Half of the enterprises have
outdated technology and equipment, and experience serious waste of energy. Using
our existing technology, we can reconstruct the boiler’s or furnace’s structure,
its heat source system, combustion system, and control system, and thereby both
improve the overall efficacy of the system and yield important conservation and
pollution control benefits.
One of
the most important opportunities for the Company is to undertake projects that
refurbish or reconstruct industrial boilers and create cogeneration
opportunities for coal fired boilers. In the PRC, 95% of the
industrial boilers are coal fired. The effect of these types of boilers in the
industrial setting is that they are very inefficient because they have the
following problems: (i) they typically have smaller capacities than
required for the purpose for which they are employed, (ii) their output is not
matched to the auxiliary equipment used by the boilers, (iii) they use fuel that
is not optimized for the size and design of the boiler, and (iv) the boilers are
typically at or beyond their estimated useful life. Overall, it is
estimated that these types of boilers are operating at about 60-70% of their
efficiency, which is 20% below that of international standards. The
inefficiency, in part, results from their use of mixed sizes of coal particles
in layer combustion. Among these types of boilers, about 60% of them are
clockwise rotation boilers. The use of the differing sizes of the coal particles
results in a highly inefficient combustion, due to the poor ventilation for the
combustion to be effective and the accumulation of dust which chokes the
combustion. Therefore, the coal is not totally burned and there is a
loss of potential energy. The current methods of coal feed to the boilers and
the current combustion cannot solve this problem. Given the large quantities of
these types of industrial boilers in use, the Company sees a tremendous
opportunity to focus on boiler transformation technology and
projects.
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The
Nengfa Energy solution is to redesign and reconstruct elements of an existing
boiler or boiler system to improve its overall performance and increase its
optimization rates. This is done in a number of different ways, such
as the following:
a) Boilers
using a pulverized coal fired or a clockwise rotation chain grate system can be
refitted with a circulating fluidized bed combustion technology. This
change has the benefit of permitting the boiler to use a lower grade of coal but
improve the thermal efficiency. The ash from the fluidized bed
combustion system can be used in building materials, which is a valuable
by-product and reduces pollution output.
b) The
control system of a boiler can be either reconstructed or modified to improve
the operations of the unit and system.
c) The
coal feed system of a boiler system can be altered to provide more efficient
coal layer arrangement according to different volume and nature of the coal ,
with the effect that the boiler will fully combust the coal. This
improves the operating cost and fuel optimization.
d) Another
change that can be made to boilers is to improve the ventilation system, with
the result that the combustion of the fuel is improved, efficiency is increased
and operating costs are reduced.
e) One
of the most important improvements that the Company seeks to introduce into
existing and into new boiler systems are methods to reclaim discharged
water. The Company designs recovery equipment which permits recovery
of significant amounts of the waste water used in a traditional
boiler. This recovery can also improve the capture of pollutants by
the boiler system.
f) Another
important improvement is heat recovery of a boiler, whether it is coal, natural
gas or petroleum fueled. By-product heat can be used in a number of
different ways, such as to create steam for other uses or localized heating of
the factory. The further use of the residual heat reduces its emission into the
atmosphere, thereby reducing heat pollution. This can be an additional source of
income or help reduce operating costs.
Nengfa
Energy is capable of designing and introducing steam thermal systems into
existing systems with the effect of recovering the condensed water, eliminating
the leakage losses due to faulty or worn steam trap valves and improving the
heat preservation systems.
Another
area of energy savings is the reconstruction of motor drive systems. In China,
motor drive systems use about two thirds of the total electricity consumption of
the country. About 90% of these motors are AC asynchronous
motors. Nengfa Energy redesigns such systems to convert them so that
they can be used for variable load fans and pumps through frequency conversion
and speed regulation technology. NF Energy focuses on the reconstruction and
energy conservation on the fans of power station boilers, industrial
furnaces and kilns, and the energy-saving pumps in the cold/hot water pipe
system. As we analyze whole industrial project reconstruction projects, we can
also provide power conservation reconstruction in solid material conveyor
systems used in the mining, metallurgy, iron and steel industries.
Approximately
12% of China’s power consumption is for lighting. As one of the most
important energy-saving projects, the Chinese government plans to popularize 150
million energy-saving lamps to the whole country during the "Eleventh Five Year
Plan" period through a fiscal subsidy in an effort to replace the inefficient
incandescent lamps and other lighting products. The government also plans to
reduce the consumption of power by changing the use of lighting through a
rational distribution of public lighting, improving the quality of power
consumption and introducing on-demand controls. Between 2008 and 2009, Nengfa
Energy, as one of the assigned companies by the National Development and Reform
Commission, distributed 2.5 million green lighting products in Liaoning Province
China.
A new
business for the Company is biomass power generation projects. The
Company cooperates actively with different levels of municipal governments,
corporations and strategic partners, to jointly develop potential projects in
this area. At present, the Company is discussing with a municipality a biomass
central gas supply project to a county. This project will use the slurry from
local chicken farms and straw to generate gas and establish a city gas pipeline
supply system.
The
Company believes that the above energy-saving technological transformation
measures have considerable economic benefits after their implementation to the
end-user. As noted, the benefits are not only in the improved
operations, but are also reflected in cleaner operations, pollution reduction,
and lower energy consumption and costs. Some of these elements also
can also make a company eligible to receive pollution credits, which can add
directly to the bottom line of operations of a plant. Additionally,
the by-products may also provide a source of additional income.
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Comprehensive Energy
Conservation And Emission Reduction Services For
Municipalities
China
State Council, in its 11th Five-Year Plan for 2005 through 2010, set energy
conservation and emission reduction targets to be achieved by local governments
and industries. These initiatives effect the policy decisions of the
national and local governments. It is expected that the next five
year plan of the China State Council will expand the initial objectives for
environmental improvement in China, with increased funding, more stringent
objectives and greater breadth in green initiatives.
2010 is
the last year of the "Eleventh Five-Year" emission reduction targets. It is also
the first year for China to put forward its 40-45% emission reduction target,
which is a point of emphasis for the Chinese government. Mr. Zhang Shaochun, the
Vice Minister of Finance for the central government, has stated that the special
funding for the energy-saving emission reduction industry will be 70% more than
the prior year, which will be up to 500 billion RMB. The state intends to
promote large-scaled energy-saving and efficiency products and will support key
energy-saving emission reduction projects.
In a 2010
government report from the office of the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, it was
stated that: "We shall put greater efforts on development of low-carbon
technologies, promotion of efficient energy-saving technologies, and actively
develop new energy and renewable energy…." The report further stated
that the country "…should attempt to engage in construction characterized by
industrial carbon emissions system and consumption patterns.” This indicates
that in 2010 and thereafter low carbon initiatives "…will become a new impetus
and engine for economic development, and it will become a new weathervane for
construction of leading industrial systems and consumption
patterns.”
The Ministry of Finance is
increasing investment in the development of a low-carbon economy. The government
sees promotion
of energy-efficiency resulting in economic
benefits and promoting growth in higher value technologies and industries. Therefore the expectation is
that government support for energy saving projects will be widespread and touch
on many aspects of the economy, including geo-water sources, energy management
contracts, efficient motors and other
energy-saving elements in the industry. This will
promote the development of energy efficiency,
industrial energy efficiency and energy-efficient power transmission and
distribution.
Nengfa
Energy already has experience in energy project management in
China. Going forward, the Company will further develop its business
model and regularly will seek projects to
develop comprehensive energy conservation and emission reduction solutions for
building energy
conservation.
Wind Power
Systems
An
important part of the Chinese government’s 11th Five
Year Plan is to encourage the development of wind power as a significant source
of energy for the country. This is due in part to the growing
recognition that fossil fuels are becoming more difficult to locate and develop.
Such fuel is becoming more expensive as it becomes subject to greater world-wide
demand, and China will become one of the largest energy consuming countries as
its industrial output increases and the standard of living of its population
improves.
To
address this potential market opportunity, the Company conducted research during
2007 and 2008 into wind production equipment and concluded that it could
effectively compete in this segment of the energy industry. To that
end the Company designed and is building a production facility to produce new
energy equipment. This facility is expected to be operational in the
second quarter 2010. The current product includes a 1.5MW wind power equipment
system (the hub, forward engine room foundation, bearing seat, and the principal
axle). The planned facility is anticipated to have the capacity to provide 300
sets of wind power equipment of this configuration per year. We
believe that the market for the equipment will be both to users in China and to
users in different countries.
Cooperation and Technology
Agreements
General Electric
Alliance
Nengfa
Energy signed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with GE Enterprise Development
(Shanghai) Co. LTD ("GE") in July 2009.
The GE
technology which Nengfa Energy will employ in the blast furnace waste recovery
project at the Iron & Steel Co. is a proven technology which differs from
other types of waste heat recovery technologies because it is capable of using
the low heating value blast furnace waste flue gas to produce steam for electric
power generation. If not for the GE technology, blast furnace flue gas with low
heating value would either be let go into the open air, causing pollution and
leaving the heat unused, or have to be mixed for power generation with the flue
gas from coking furnaces, which contains higher heating value and other usable
chemicals. The GE waste heat to power technology is applicable in most steel
plants in China and Nengfa Energy's project of using the GE technology in the
Iron & Steel Co. creates a cooperative relationship between Nengfa Energy
and GE with great opportunities for duplicating the success into many other
Chinese steel mills.
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Recently,
the Company and GE jointly approached a company with the intention of
implementing a bio-mass power generation project by using cow dung, chicken
manure, pig manure and other biomass.
Global Environmental
Facility (GEF) / World Bank (WB) / National Development and Reform Commission
(NDRC)
The
GEF/WB/NDRC China Energy Conservation Promotion Project began in 1997. It was
sponsored by the GEF--the Global Environmental Facility and implemented by the
World Bank in cooperation with the Chinese government. The project's goal is to
help China promote energy conservation and energy efficiency with a free market
mechanism—the “Energy Performance Contract,” which has been successful in
Western developed countries.
The
senior managers of Nengfa Energy, especially Mr. Gang Li and Mrs. Lihua Wang,
have more than ten years of experience in leading one of the pilot and
demonstration companies of the GEF/WB/NDRC China Energy Conservation Promotion
Project, and have succeeded in achieving investment, energy saving and
environmental protection objectives in more than 200 major industrial energy
efficiency enhancement projects. Nengfa Energy has developed a full range risk
assessment and mitigation system for energy efficiency projects, from energy
saving potential assessment, customer credit evaluation, technical solution
design, technology and product procurement, engineering construction quality
control, project operation management, to project financing and payment
collection. Nengfa Energy's experience in energy efficiency project profit
maximization and risk mitigation have been used as training materials by China
Energy Management Companies Association (EMCA) in its training programs for new
energy service companies.
Municipal Government of Zibo
City, Shandong Province
Nengfa
Energy signed an Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Cooperation
Framework Agreement with the municipal government of Zibo City, Shandong
Province in November 2009. The two parties plan to set up a joint venture in
Zibo City with total investment of RMB100 million. The joint venture’s main
business is carrying on energy saving projects through an Energy Management
Contract (“EMC”) basis, i.e. including energy saving planning, consulting,
energy auditing, providing energy saving solutions, engineering design, project
financing, project management, energy saving technology development and
production of energy saving products.
Osaka Gas,
Japan
In July
2007, Nengfa Energy signed an agreement with Osaka Gas, Japan on an experimental
project of concentration technology of low concentration coal bed methane in a
Mining Administration Bureau, China. The project has continued for two years and
is expected to obtain provincial and national identification on its energy
conservation performance in 2010. After which, the technology will be
promoted in domestic coal companies.
The
explored reserve of coal bed methane in China is 0.1 trillion cubic meters, but
only 2.3 billion cubic meters are pumped from coal mines, within which, only
about 40% is utilized and the rest, about 60% of low concentration coal bed
methane, is wasted due to technology constraints. Therefore, the Company
believes that using low concentration coal bed methane in power generation has a
large market potential. It is expected that Nengfa Energy will be engaged in
these projects in the future. However, there is no assurance that Nengfa Energy
will be the project partner at this time.
Schneider Electric
SA
Nengfa
Energy signed a cooperation agreement with Schneider Electric (China) Investment
Co., Ltd. in 2008 to establish a strategic partnership to develop integrated
energy saving and reconstruction projects. Schneider Electric is responsible for
project development, and Nengfa Energy provides energy saving and reconstruction
solutions regarding the heat, water and cooling systems, and is the project
contractor of these reconstruction projects in China.
Patents and
Technology
Nengfa
Energy currently has been issued two invention patents and has applied for
eleven new patents in the PRC. We rely on our patents and pending
patents for market differentiation and to compliment our ability to bid on and
win contracts for the large industrial projects in which we typically
participate. We expend a certain amount of time and economic
resources in developing and maintaining our leading position in the flow valve
industry.
The
invention patents include the following:
a) Processing
technology of butterfly valve seal (ZL2006 1 0152644.8), which expires on
September 26, 2026; and
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b) Butterfly
valve body dynamic seal ring pointing device (ZL2007 1 0159250.X), which expires
on December 28, 2027.
The
patents that we have applied for include the following:
a) An
energy-saving heat-sink used in heating (ZL2008 2 0218146.3), with an
application date of September 23, 2008
b) A
device used in energy-saving boiler combustion ( ZL2008 2 0218145.9), with an
application date of September 23, 2008;
c) Butterfly
valve sealing ring instruction device (ZL2007 2 0185293.0), with an application
date of December 12, 2007;
d) Butterfly
valve with block for opening butterfly plate (ZL2007 2 0185289.4), with an
application date of December 12, 2007;
e) Piston
flow-adjusting valve with removable piston sealing ring (ZL2007 2 0185288.X),
with an application date of December 12, 2007;
f) J-shaped
large dimension butterfly valve hard sealing ring (ZL2007 2 0185292.6), with an
application date of December 12, 2007;
g) Composite
valve sealing ring (ZL2007 2 0185290.7), with an application date of December
12, 2007;
h) Multi-level
buffering full oriented valve fuel tank (ZL2007 2 0185287.5), with an
application date of December 12, 2007;
i) Fluid
control valve on-off speed control device (ZL2007 2 0185286.0), with an
application date of December 12, 2007;
j) T-shaped
large dimension butterfly valve rubber sealing ring (ZL2007 2 0185291.1), with
an application date of December 12, 2007; and
k) Butterfly
valve with butterfly plate adjusting device (ZL2008 2 0231340.5), with an
application date of September 23, 2008;
In
addition to the patent protection that we seek, we also rely on the
confidentiality of our operations, proprietary know-how and business
secrets. Although we do not have formal agreements with our
employees, we do consider our employees work to be proprietary and owned by the
Company. Where necessary, we will take steps to protect our
intellectual property interests under the laws of the PRC. There can be no
assurance that we will be able to enforce our rights if they are improperly
taken by our employees or adopted by our competitors outside of sanctioned use
and royalty agreements with the Company.
Certain
of our service offerings will not be patentable or otherwise registrable as
intellectual property. Therefore, the Company will rely solely on
such services being proprietary. As such the Company will have to
rely on the services being more advanced or better than its competitors’
offerings or rely on trade secret laws and protections. Such
protections in the PRC are considered rather weak and are difficult if not
impossible to enforce. Consequently, it may be possible for our
competitors to obtain our information and to copy, adopt or adapt our methods,
services and technical aspects to their own business with no assurance that we
will be able to prevent them from using the intellectual property in competition
with us.
The
Company does not have any significant trademarks in use at this
time. As our business develops, we will consider the advantage of
developing specific trademarks for our products and services and seeking
registration of those marks with the PRC government authorities for their
protection.
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Markets and
Customers
The
South-North Water Diversion Project is a multi-decade project undertaken by the
Chinese government to better utilize water resources available to China. Part of
this massive project was brought forward to provide additional water supply for
the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. While the main task is to divert water from the
Yangtze River to the Yellow River and Hai River, other spin-off plans are also
loosely included. Among these, a plan calling for the capture and diversion of
water from Brahmaputra River, located in Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon north of
India, has been under study for years. This is because the heavily
industrialized Northern China has a much lower rainfall and its rivers are
running at reduced rates as demand increases for industrial water and general
population usage. For example, the Yellow River and Hai River have experienced
significant flow reduction and at times during certain years have been
dried.
Currently,
the Grand Canal is being upgraded, as the Eastern route for diverting water to
the North. Water from the Yangtze River will be drawn into the canal in Jiangdu
City, where a giant 400 m³/s. pumping station was built in the 1980s, and will
then be fed uphill by pumping stations along the Grand Canal and through a
tunnel under the Yellow River, from where it can flow downhill to reservoirs
near Tianjin. Construction on the eastern route officially began in December
2002, and water is supposed to reach Tianjin by 2012.
The
central route for the water diversion project is from Danjiangkou Reservoir on
Han River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, to Beijing. This route is built on
the North China Plain and, once the Yellow River has been crossed, water can
flow all the way to Beijing by gravity. The main engineering challenge is to
build a tunnel under the Yellow River. Construction on the central route began
in 2004. In 2008 the 307 km-long Northern stretch of the central route was
completed at a cost of $2 billion. Water in that stretch of the canal does not
yet come from the Han River, but from various reservoirs in Hebei Province south
of Beijing. Farmers and industries in Hebei have had to cut back their water
consumption to allow for water to be transferred to Beijing. The whole project
was expected to be completed around 2010. This has recently been set back to
2014 to allow for more environmental protection elements to be built into the
system. A major difficulty in completion of the central route has been the
resettlement of approximately 250,000 persons around Danjiangkou Reservoir and
along the route. Another consideration that has to be accommodated in the
implementation of the central route is the effect of removing approximately one
third of the water from Han River and the effect of that reduction on the
environment and other users that currently depend on the Han River. One
long-term consideration to reduce the effect on the Han River basin is to build
another canal to divert water from the Three Gorges Dam to Danjiangkou
Reservoir.
The
western route for the water diversion project is to divert water from the
headwaters of the Yangtze River into the headwaters of the Yellow River. In
order to move the water through the drainage divide between these rivers, huge
dams and long tunnels are needed to be built to cross the Tibetan-Qinghai and
Western Yunnan Plateaus. The feasibility of this route is still under study and
this part of the project will not start anytime soon.
To date,
the Company has participated in the water diversion project by being a supplier
of valves for various parts of the water flow infrastructure. And as
part of providing that equipment, the Company has also provided design and
related services. Contracts related to this project represented approximately
29.45% of the gross revenue of the Company for 2009. We anticipate
that revenues related to this project will continue to represent a significant
portion of the Company revenues for 2010. The Company intends to continue to
provide long term after-sale and consultant services in connection with such
contracts.
In
addition to the water diversion project, the Company also supplies valves and
related equipment to the power generation industry (thermal, hydroelectric, wind
and nuclear). Customers in these market segments are well-established, larger
state and private corporations. Combined, these markets represent approximately
70.55 % of the revenues of the Company for 2009.
In
connection with its work on the water diversion project and some of the power
plan projects, the Company has a preferred provider agreement with Nengfa Weiye
Tieling Valve Joint Stock Co., Ltd. (“Tieling Valve”) under which Nengfa Energy
is the preferred provider of the valves and other related flow control equipment
that Tieling Valve required in its own work on the water diversion
project. The agreement is in the manner of a right of first refusal
whereby Tieling Valve is obliged to offer supply opportunities to Nengfa Energy
within its scope of product offerings and expertise, but Tieling Valve is not
prohibited from developing other supply arrangements. Tieling Valve
and Nengfa Energy have agreed to cooperate to develop and market their
respective technologies, equipment, products and services for their respective
and mutual benefit, and will work together to examine and expand their
respective businesses. Under the agreement, each party retains full
right to their respective intellectual property. The agreement
terminates in 2013, but by its terms will automatically extend for additional
one year terms unless notice of termination is given by one party to the other
at least six months prior to the then termination date.
The
Company will focus its marketing to the wind power generation and the
boiler/furnace industry through participation in and addressing government
organizations and industry associations related to energy conservation and
emission reduction. Marketing will also focus on equipment suppliers
and end-users such as the larger and medium sized high energy consumption
enterprises that provide or use the kinds of products and services that the
Company currently offers or plans to offer. The focus will not only
be to sell the products and services, but also to learn of the customers needs
so that the Company can develop and adapt its products and services to the needs
of its customer base. Another important aspect of the marketing
strategy will be to participate directly in the consulting and reconstruction
services of energy conservation projects organized by government agencies.
Nevertheless, the Company plans to continue to participate in the bidding
process for government projects, in an effort to enhance its market
position.
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The
Company’s marketing and sales strategy also relies on the use of exclusive
agents throughout China who act as marketing agents and after sale service
providers. The Company currently has 23 exclusive agents national
wide. At certain times each year, the Company provides and organizes training
sessions for these agents and their personnel. These sessions provide
the Company with a valuable opportunity to gather feedback and to foster an
exchange of technical ideas. These agents have agreements with the Company to
sell NF flow control equipments and systems, and they are managed by the Sales
Company. The Company evaluates the productivity of these exclusive agents
annually, based on how well they achieve the annual sales target established by
the Company. The Company typically will terminate its agreement with those
agents that miss the sales targets.
Raw
Materials
The major
raw materials for our production are pig iron, steel, copper, and plastic. We
source our materials locally in China. Nengfa Energy is located in Liaoning
Province which is China’s largest production base for iron and steel. We have
stable long term supply arrangements for our principal raw materials based on
long standing business relationships. Since we are located close to the supplies
of many of our essential raw materials, we enjoy price and transportation cost
advantages over our competitors and competing users. Through our advanced
technology and our management of raw materials, we are able to manage and
improve our consumption rates of the raw materials we use in production, which
results in lower operating expense and extension of our
inventories.
Regulatory
Compliance
The
products that represent a majority of our sales are subject to regulatory
standards and code enforcement which typically require that these products meet
stringent performance criteria. Standards are established by industry testing
and certification organizations such as the Ministry of Mechanical and
Electronic Engineering of China, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(A.S.M.E.), the Canadian Standards Association (C.S.A.), the Japanese Standards
Association (J.S.A.), the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical
Officials (I.A.P.M.O.), Factory Mutual (F.M.), and Underwriters Laboratory
(U.L.). These standards are incorporated into state and municipal plumbing and
heating, building and fire protection codes in China.
We
maintain stringent quality control and testing procedures at each of our
manufacturing facilities in order to manufacture products in compliance with
code requirements. Our products are certified to conform to the ISO 9001
standards by the Det Norske Veritas Management System.
Competition
We
believe that the valve products of the Company place it in a leading position in
the flow control equipment production industry in China. For
super-size mid-low pressure energy-saving flow control equipment and systems,
the Company has an extensive competitive advantage compared to Chinese domestic
manufactures. Other manufactures that are focusing on the development of
different products may finally enter into this competition. Our potential
competitor is China Valve Technology.
In the
other areas of the Company’s business, there are many different competitors with
differing focuses and strengths. To some extent, boilers and furnaces
are specialized to particular industries and output
requirements. This specialization engenders specialization in the
design, manufacture and installation of new equipment and retrofit
solutions. Therefore, there are many engineering and manufacturing
companies that focus on certain types of boilers and furnaces resulting in a
relatively fragmented market for these services. The same is true for the
retrofit and reconstruction of other industrial systems for improved energy
efficiency, as well as for the localized projects for energy conservation and
biomass utililization, and similar projects. Therefore, the competition that the
Company faces tends to be localized companies with no dominant players at this
time.
In the
wind power equipment market, the Company believes that there are other companies
that provide similar equipment to what the Company intends to commence
manufacturing and selling in 2010. Many of the suppliers may be
international companies. Because this is a newer industry, the market
participants are somewhat fragmented, and there are no discernable market
leaders at this time in the China market. Also, because of the
expected demand for this type of equipment, there are not anticipated to be
identifiable competitors in the short term.
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We plan
to compete based on our ability to address a wide spectrum of solutions in our
various market areas. We believe our competitive advantages result from our
patented technologies, our strategic relationships with engineering companies,
our marketing and our business relationships. We plan to continue to
expand these aspects of our business to further grow our core businesses and
provide solutions for the energy savings and green energy
projects. We intend to participate actively in the government
sponsored projects and government contracting.
Research and
Development
The
research and development expenses are to develop new products or new production
technologies, including significant improvements to existing products. The
research and development expenses include the materials and labor costs. We
incurred research and development expenses to study the possibility of using the
Company’s existing manufacturing facilities and valve production expertise to
produce equipment and fittings for wind power plants. The R&D expense for
2008 and 2007 were $111,030 and $370,633, respectively. Due to the integral
relationship between the R&D on the design of products during the process of
satisfying customer requirements and manufacturing our flow control equipment,
the cost for R&D for 2009 was relatively low and we recorded the R&D
cost as part of the cost of production in fiscal year 2009.
Employees
As of
December 31, 2009, there were 225 employees including 31 management personnel
working in our subsidiaries located in China. We believe we have a good
relationship with our employees.
Other
Our
internet website address is http://www.nfenergy.com . Through our website, we
make available, free of charge, our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to those
reports, proxy and registration statements, and all of our insider Section 16
reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically
filed with, or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC.
These SEC reports can be accessed through the “Investors” section of our
website.
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1A. RISK FACTORS
Investors
should carefully consider the following risk factors, in addition to other
information included in this annual report, in evaluating NF Energy Saving
Corporation and our business. If any of the following risks occur, our business,
financial condition and operating results could be materially adversely
affected.
Risks
Related to Our Business
We
have a relatively short operating history and are subject to the risks of any
growing enterprise, any one of which could limit our growth and our product and
market development.
Our
operating history makes it difficult to predict how our businesses will develop
and where the Company will find success. This is especially true in
respect of our expansion into areas other than flow valve technology and their
design, sales and installation. Accordingly, we face all of the risks
and uncertainties encountered by companies in earlier stages to development and
initial expansion, such as: (i) uncertain and continued market acceptance for
our product extensions and our services; (ii) the evolving nature of the wind
energy equipment industry in the PRC, where significant consolidation may occur,
leading to the formation of companies which may be better able to compete with
us than is currently the case; (iii) the fragmented nature of the boiler and
furnace business which may limit our ability to penetrate the market and provide
comprehensive solutions on a sufficiently wide basis to make the business
profitable; (iv) changing competitive conditions, technological advances or
customer preferences could adversely effect the sales of our products or
services; (v) maintaining our competitive position in the PRC and competing with
Chinese and international companies, many of which have longer operating
histories and greater financial resources than us; (vi) continuing to offer
commercially successful products to attract and retain a larger base of direct
customers and ultimate users; (vii) maintaining effective control of our costs
and expenses; and (viii) retaining our management and skilled technical staff
and recruiting additional key employees.
If we are
not able to meet the challenge of building our businesses and managing our
growth, the likely result will be slowed growth, lower margins, additional
operational costs and lower income.
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We
may be unable to generate sufficient cash flow from operations or obtain
financing in the future to support our operations and expansion.
Having
access to sufficient operating funds and capital funds for expansion will affect
our ability to execute our business plan. We finance our business mainly through
internally generated funds and, from time to time, selling equity securities to
raise additional capital. There is no guarantee that we will always have
internal funds available for our future development or that we will be able to
raise capital from investor financing and loans granted by investors and
financial institutions in the future. In addition, there may be delays in the
process of selling our securities, which may require us to cut back on our
operations or expansion activities. Our access to debt or equity financing
depends on the investors’ and banks’ willingness to lend to and invest in us,
our financial condition and on general conditions in the capital
markets. We may not be able to secure additional sources of financing
on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. Any shortfall in our
cash flow and capital needs may result in our having to curtail our business
plans or have an adverse effect on our financial condition.
We
believe that we need to raise additional capital for the expansionary elements
of our business plan, which financing may not be available or available on terms
favorable to us.
During
the next phase of our business development, as we continue our planned expansion
into the wind energy equipment segment and other aspects of the energy savings
industry, we believe that we will need to raise additional capital from outside
sources during the next year or two. We cannot be certain that we
will be able to obtain additional financing on favorable terms, if at
all. One possible impediment to raising capital is the tightening
credit policies of the Chinese banks and the continued effects of the global
credit and financial crisis of 2008-2009. If we cannot raise additional capital
on acceptable terms, we may not be able to develop or enhance our services, take
advantage of future opportunities or respond to competitive pressures or
unanticipated requirements. We cannot be sure that we will be able to secure all
the financing we will require, or that it will be available on favorable terms.
If we are unable to obtain any necessary additional financing, we will be
required to substantially curtail our approach to implementing our business
objectives. Additional financing may be debt, equity or a combination of debt
and equity. If equity is used, it could result in significant dilution to our
shareholders.
We
have pledged our assets in connection with a debt financing completed in early
2010, which may limit our ability to raise debt based financing in the
future.
In
connection with the private placement of notes to two investors in early 2010,
the Company pledged its assets in China as security for the debt of
$960,000. The debt is due in one year, but is repayable with
equity. While the debt is outstanding and the lenders hold the
security in our assets, our ability to obtain additional debt financing from
individual investors and institutional lenders who demand similar security
through our assets may be limited. The current holders of the secured
debt are not required to subordinate their security interest to other lenders
and may not be willing to do so if requested.
Efforts
to protect our intellectual property rights and to defend against claims against
us can increase our costs and will not always succeed. Any failures could
adversely affect our sales and results of operations or restrict our ability to
conduct our business.
Intellectual
property rights are important to many aspects of our business. We
actively pursue patent protection in our flow valve business, and we expect to
pursue intellectual property rights in our other business endeavors as we
develop unique solutions to business demands. We, however, may be
unable to obtain protection for our intellectual property. Even if protection is
obtained, competitors may raise legal challenges to our rights or illegally
infringe on our rights, including through means that may be difficult to
prevent, detect or defend. In addition, because of the rapid pace of
technological change and the confidentiality of patent applications in some
jurisdictions, competitors may be issued patents from applications that were
unknown to us prior to issuance. The patents of others could reduce the value of
our commercial or pipeline of products or, to the extent they cover key
technologies on which we have unknowingly relied, require that we seek to obtain
licenses at a financial cost to us or cease using the technology, no matter how
valuable the patents may be to our business. We cannot assure you we would be
able to obtain such licenses on acceptable terms. Also, litigation may be
necessary to enforce our intellectual property rights, protect our trade secrets
or determine the validity and scope of our and the proprietary rights of others.
There is a risk that the outcome of such litigation will not be in our favor.
Such litigation may be costly and may divert management attention as well as
expend other resources which could otherwise have been devoted to our business.
An adverse determination in any such litigation will impair our intellectual
property rights and may harm our business, prospects and reputation. In
addition, we have no insurance coverage against litigation costs and would have
to bear all costs arising from such litigation to the extent we are unable to
recover such costs from other parties. The occurrence of any of the foregoing
may harm our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
Finally,
implementation of PRC intellectual property-related laws has historically been
limited, primarily because of ambiguities in the PRC laws and difficulties in
enforcement. Accordingly, intellectual property rights and confidentiality
protections in China may not be as effective as in the United States or other
countries, which increases the risk that we may not be able to adequately
protect our intellectual property.
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For
aspects of our business we rely on strategic relationships, and there is no
assurance that we will be able to renew these arrangements.
We have
several strategic relationships which provide us with access to technology and
provide us with a competitive advantage. These include the relationships with GE
Enterprise Development (Shanghai) Co. LTD., Global Environmental Facility
/ World Bank / National Development and Reform Commission,
Osaka Gas, Japan, and Schneider Electric (China) Investment Co, Limited. There
is no guarantee that any of these agreements and arrangements will provide the
benefits that we hope will result or that the relationships will be renewed.
Moreover, there is no assurance that any steps we have already taken or might
take in the future will ensure the successful renewal of any or all our rights
or the granting of further new rights or that the terms of any renewals would
not be significantly less favorable to us than the terms of our current
agreements. The loss of such arrangements or diminution of the rights
may have an adverse impact on our business development, including product
offerings, research and development and competitive position.
We
derive a substantial part of our revenues from several major customers,
therefore if we lose any of these customers or they reduce the amount of
business they do with us in the future, our revenues may be
affected
Our two
largest customers, Nengfa Weiye Tieling Valve Joint Venture Company, Ltd and
Shenyang Baotong Gate Company, accounted for 72% of our revenues for the year
ended December 31, 2009 and accounted for 70% of our revenues for the year ended
December 31, 2008. Our largest customer, Nengfa Weiye Tieling Valve Joint
Venture Company, Ltd., accounted for 62% of our revenues in the year ended
December 31, 2009. These customers may not maintain the same volume of business
with us in the future. If we lose any of these customers or they reduce the
amount of business they do with us, our revenues may be materially adversely
affected. Although we have a preferred provider agreement with our
largest current customer with a term ending in 2013, which is automatically
renewable, there can be no assurance that the customer will continue to have the
current level of demand or will not seek to modify, terminate or breach the
agreement.
Our
technology may not satisfy the changing needs of our customers.
With any
technology, including the technology of our current and proposed products, there
are risks that the technology may not successfully address our customers'
needs. Certain of our product offerings in relation to the wind
energy equipment will be new for the Company. While we have already established
successful relationships with our customers, their needs may change or vary.
This may affect the ability of our present or proposed products to address all
of our customers' ultimate technology needs in an economically feasible
manner.
We
may not be able to keep pace with rapid technological changes and competition in
our industry.
While we
believe that we have hired or engaged personnel and outside consultants who have
the experience and ability necessary to keep pace with advances in technology,
and while we continue to seek out and develop "next generation" technology
through our research and development efforts, there is no guarantee that we will
be able to keep pace with technological developments and market demands in this
evolving industry and market. In addition, our industry is competitive in
various aspects. Although we believe that we have developed strategic
relationships to best penetrate the China market, we face competition from other
manufacturers of product similar to our products and services. Some of these
companies have significant advantages over us with respect to their products,
marketing and services, and their financial resources and customer
relationships.
If
we are not as successful as our competitors in our target markets, our sales
could decline, our margins could be negatively impacted and we could lose market
share, any of which could materially harm our business.
We depend
on our productivity capacity to complete existing orders and provide delivery on
time. If we are unable to finish the production when needed we would experience
delays in realizing our sales objectives and our financial results could be
adversely affected. The first phase of our new production facility, which will
include expansion for a number of our business lines, including our wind energy
equipment business, is under construction and expected to be completed in 2010.
If there is a delay on completing the new facility, it will negatively impact
our predicted production capability, which in addition negatively affects our
financial results.
We
may experience high account receivables balances from time to time, which may
have an adverse effect on our operating profitability and cash flow and
financing needs.
Although
we generally have a 30 to 90 day accounts receivable period, if our customers
extend the period in which they pay, we will experience a reduced cash flow,
which could have an adverse effect on our ability to fund our operations and
growth. One result may be that we will have to obtain outside
financing and our operating expense will increase. Extension of the
accounts receivable period may also result in reduced collections, which will
adversely affect our operations and profitability.
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To the extent
that we depend on government projects, our business is dependent on government
policy and, to some extent, government funding and government
contracts.
Although
we do not characterize our business as a government contractor, some aspects of
our business are indirectly dependant on government policy, government funding,
and government contracts. For example, the water diversion project is largely a
government funded project, and our customers are contractors with the
government. It is possible that our wind energy equipment business
will also be highly dependent on government funding, if not government
contracts. Much of the pollution control and green industries are
dependent on government policy to implement societal
improvements. Our business has a number of aspects that are dependent
on the government and our products, services and revenues are dependent on
policies that can change if the government officials determine to redirect
attention and investment to other aspects of society and industrial
development. Therefore, if there is change or modification in
government policy concerning any of the areas of our business, we may suffer a
reduction in demand for our products and services and a reduction in our
revenues.
Additionally,
as a number of our customers are dependant on the government for their revenues
through the provision of products and services on government contracts or
government funded projects, there may be delays in our receiving payment for our
products and services.
Fluctuation
in the availability and cost of our raw materials may have an adverse effect on
our operations and results of operations.
A portion
of the inventory of raw materials and parts may be affected by fluctuations in
the availability of the items and the price. Such things may include
steel, electronic components, power systems, paints and welding
rods. We do not generally have long term supply contracts with our
suppliers, but rely on long standing relationships. To the extent
that we are not able to obtain the requirement materials and parts necessary to
enable us to fabricate our products, or we are required to pay more for such
items, then there could be an adverse effect on our operations and our results
of operations.
We
may be unable to effectively manage our growth.
As we
expand our business into several different areas of energy savings and green
industry, we will need to manage our growth effectively, which may entail
devising and effectively implementing business plans, training and managing our
growing workforce, managing our costs, and implementing adequate control in our
reporting systems in a timely manner. We may not be able to successfully manage
our growth. Our failure to do so could affect our success in executing our
business plan and adversely affect our revenues, profitability and results of
operations.
If
we fail to successfully manage our planned expansion of operations, our growth
prospects will be diminished and our operating expenses could exceed budgeted
amounts.
Our
ability to offer our services in an evolving market and in different markets
requires effective planning and management process. We have expanded
our operations rapidly since inception, and we intend to continue to expand them
in the foreseeable future. This rapid growth places significant demand on our
managerial and operational resources and our internal training capabilities. In
addition, we plan to increase our total work force. This growth will continue to
substantially burden our management team. To manage growth effectively, we must
implement and improve our operational, financial and other systems, procedures
and controls on a timely basis and expand, train and manage our workforce,
particularly our sales and marketing and support organizations. We cannot be
certain that our systems, procedures and controls will be adequate to support
our current or future operations or that our management will be able to handle
such expansion and still achieve the execution necessary to meet our growth
expectations. Failure to manage our growth effectively could diminish our growth
prospects and could result in lost opportunities as well as operating expenses
exceeding the amount budgeted.
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If
we fail to establish and maintain an effective system of internal control, we
may not be able to report our financial results accurately or to prevent fraud.
Any inability to report and file our financial results accurately and timely
could harm our business and adversely impact the trading price of our common
stock.
We are
required to establish and maintain internal controls over financial reporting,
disclosure controls, and to comply with other requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act and the rules promulgated by the SEC thereunder. Our management, including
our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, cannot guarantee that
our internal controls and disclosure controls will prevent all possible errors
or all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can
provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the
control system are met. In addition, the design of a control system must reflect
the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefit of controls must be
relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control
systems, no system of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control
issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected.
These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in
decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple
error or mistake. Further, controls can be circumvented by individual acts of
some persons, by collusion of two or more persons, or by management override of
the controls. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon
certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no
assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all
potential future conditions. Over time, a control may become inadequate because
of changes in conditions or the degree of compliance with policies or procedures
may deteriorate. Because of inherent limitations in a cost-effective control
system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and may not be
detected.
Our
operations are vulnerable to natural disasters or other events.
Our
operating income may be reduced by natural disasters in locations where we own
and/or operate significant manufacturing facilities or are working on
significant projects. Some types of losses, such as from earthquake,
severe winter storms and environmental hazards, may be either uninsurable or too
expensive to justify insuring against. Should an uninsured loss or a loss in
excess of insured limits occur, we could lose all or a portion of the capital we
have invested in any particular property, as well as any anticipated future
revenue from such property.
Our
products may contain defects, which could adversely affect our reputation and
cause us to incur significant costs.
Despite
numerous testing and quality controls, defects may be found in existing or new
products. Any such defects could cause us to incur significant return and
exchange costs, re-engineering costs, divert the attention of our engineering
personnel from product development efforts, and cause significant customer
relations and business reputation problems. Any such defects could force us to
undertake a product recall program, which could cause us to incur significant
expenses and could harm our reputation and that of our products. If we deliver
products with defects, our credibility and the market acceptance and sales of
our products could be harmed.
Our
business could be subject to environmental liabilities.
We use
certain hazardous substances in our operations. Currently we do not anticipate
any material adverse effect on our business, revenues or results of operations,
as a result of compliance with Chinese environmental laws and regulations.
However, the risk of environmental liability and charges associated with
maintaining compliance with environmental laws is inherent in the nature of our
business, and there is no assurance that material environmental liabilities and
compliance charges will not arise in the future.
We
have limited business insurance coverage in China
The
insurance industry in China is still at an early stage of development. Insurance
companies in China offer limited business insurance products. As a result, we do
not have any business liability or disruption insurance coverage for our
operations in China. Any business disruption, litigation or natural disaster
might result in substantial costs and diversion of resources.
Because
our funds are held in banks in the PRC that do not provide insurance, the
failure of any bank in which we deposit our funds could affect our ability to
continue in business.
Banks and
other financial institutions in the PRC do not provide insurance for funds held
on deposit. A portion of our assets are in the form of cash deposited with banks
in the PRC, and in the event of a bank failure, we may not have access to our
funds on deposit. Depending upon the amount of money we maintain in a bank that
fails, our inability to have access to our cash could impair our operations,
and, if we are not able to access funds to pay our suppliers, employees and
other creditors, we may be unable to continue in business.
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We
substantially depend on a few key personnel who, if not retained, could cause
declines in productivity and operational results and loss of our strategic
guidance, all of which would diminish our business prospects and value to
investors.
Our
success depends to a large extent upon the continued service of a few executive
officers and key employees, including, Mr. Gang Li, our Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer and President. The loss of the services of one or
more of our key employees would have an adverse effect on us and our PRC
operating subsidiaries, as these individuals play a significant role in
developing and executing our overall business plan and maintaining customer
relationships and proprietary technology systems. While none of our key
personnel is irreplaceable, the loss of the services of any of these individuals
would be disruptive to our business. We believe that our overall future success
depends in large part upon our ability to attract and retain highly skilled
managerial and marketing personnel. There is no assurance that we will be
successful in attracting and retaining such personnel on terms acceptable to the
Company or the employee. Inadequate personnel will limit our growth, and will be
seen as a detriment to our prospects, leading potentially to a loss in value for
investors.
We
are controlled by a small group of our existing stockholders, whose interests
may differ from other stockholders.
Our
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Mr. Gang Li, beneficially owns
approximately 37.26% of the outstanding shares of our common stock and is our
largest single stockholder. Together with, Ms Luiha Wang, who is our
Chief Financial Officer, they own 47.78% of the outstanding shares of our common
stock. Accordingly these stockholders acting together will have
significant influence in determining the outcome of any corporate transaction or
other matter submitted to the stockholders for approval, including mergers,
consolidations, the sale of all or substantially all of our assets, election of
directors and other significant corporate actions. They will also have
significant influence in preventing or causing a change in control. In addition,
without the consent of these stockholders, we may be prevented from entering
into transactions. The interests of these stockholders may differ from the
interests of the other stockholders.
We
are responsible for the indemnification of our officers and
directors.
Delaware
law and our Bylaws provide for the indemnification of our directors, officers,
employees, and agents, under certain circumstances, against costs and expenses
incurred by them in any litigation to which they become a party arising from
their association with or activities on our behalf. Consequently, we may be
required to expend substantial funds to satisfy these indemnity
obligations. Any payment in respect of these indemnification
rights could have an adverse effect on our cash flow and our results of
operations.
Risks
Related to Our Company’s Common Stock
Future
sales of our common stock could adversely affect our stock price.
We have a
substantial number of outstanding shares held by persons that are able to sell
or will be able to sell in the near future under Rule
144. Additionally, there are a significant number of shares in the
public float. The holders of these shares subject to Rule 144 include
our significant shareholders and a number of investors. If our shareholders sell
substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market, the market price
of our common stock could be adversely affected. In addition, the sale of these
shares could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional
equity or equity based securities.
We
are listed on the OTC Bulletin Board, which can be a volatile
market.
Our
common stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, a NASDAQ sponsored and
operated quotation system for equity securities. It is a more limited trading
market than the NASDAQ markets, and timely and accurate quotations of the price
of our common stock may not always be available. Investors may experience low
trading volume and price volatility. Consequently, the activity of only a few
shares may affect the market and may result in wide swings in price and in
volume. Additionally, factors that may have little to do with the
Company operations and business prospects may have dramatic impact on the price
and volume of stock traded on the OTC.
Although
we are seeking to change to have our common stock traded on an exchange, there
can be no assurance that we will obtain an exchange listing for our common
stock. To obtain an exchange listing requires an application and
lengthy review process by the exchange. Even if we do obtain an
exchange listing, our stock may still experience trading volatility and there is
no assurance that trading volumes will increase.
Trading
of our common stock has been limited, which may make it difficult for investors
to sell their shares at times and prices that investors feel are
appropriate
To date,
trading of our common stock has been limited. The lower trading volumes
adversely effects the liquidity of our common stock, not only in terms of the
number of shares that can be bought and sold at a given price, but also through
delays in the timing of transactions and reduction in security analysts’ and the
media’s coverage of us. This may result in lower prices for our common stock
than might otherwise be obtained and could also result in a larger spread
between the bid and asked prices for our common stock.
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While
our stock is traded on the OTC our common stock may at times be characterized as
a “penny stock,” with the result that at those times it will be more difficult
for shareholders to sell shares of our common stock.
From time
to time, our common stock may be considered a “penny stock” under SEC rules
which is at times when it is traded on the OTC Bulletin Board at prices lower
than $1.00. Broker-dealers who sell penny stocks must provide purchasers of
these stocks with a standardized risk-disclosure document prepared by the SEC.
This document provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level
of risks involved in investing in the penny-stock market. A broker must also
give a purchaser, orally or in writing, bid and offer quotations and information
regarding broker and salesperson compensation, make a written determination that
the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser, and obtain the
purchaser’s written agreement to the purchaser. Broker-dealers also must provide
customers that hold penny stocks in their accounts with such broker-dealers a
monthly statement containing price and market information relating to the penny
stock. If a penny stock is sold to investors in violation of the penny stock
rules, investors may be able to cancel the purchase and get the money back. The
penny stock rules may make it difficult for investors to sell their shares of
our stock, and because of these rules, there is less trading in penny stocks.
Moreover, many brokers simply choose not to participate in penny-stock
transactions. Accordingly, investors may not always be able to resell shares of
our common stock publicly at times and at prices that investors feel are
appropriate.
The price
for our common stock may fluctuate in response to a number of events and
factors, such as quarterly variations in operating results, announcements of
technological innovations or new products and media reports by us or our
competitors, changes in financial estimates and recommendations by securities
analysts, the operating and stock price performance of other companies that
investors may deem comparable to us, and news reports relating to trends in our
markets or general economic conditions. The volatile price of our stock makes it
difficult for investors to predict the value of our investment, to sell shares
at a profit at any given time, or to plan purchases and sales in
advance.
We
believe that period-to-period comparisons of our financial results will not
necessarily be indicative of our future performance.
The price
for our common stock may fluctuate in response to a number of events and
factors, such as quarterly variations in operating results, announcements of
technological innovations or new products and media reports by us or our
competitors, changes in financial estimates and recommendations by securities
analysts, the operating and stock price performance of other companies that
investors may deem comparable to us, and news reports relating to trends in our
markets or general economic conditions. The volatile price of our stock makes it
difficult for investors to predict the value of our investment, to sell shares
at a profit at any given time, or to plan purchases and sales in
advance.
In
addition, the stock market in general has experienced extreme price and volume
fluctuations that may have been unrelated and disproportionate to the operating
performance of individual companies. These broad market and industry factors may
seriously harm the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating
performance.
Because
we have not paid dividends, investors will not realize any income from an
investment in our common stock unless and until investors sell their shares at
profit.
We did
not pay dividends on our common stock in the period 2007 through 2009, and we do
not anticipate paying any dividends in the near future. Investors should not
rely on an investment in our stock if they require dividend income. Further,
investors will only realize income on an investment in our stock in the event
they sell or otherwise dispose of their shares at a price higher than the price
they paid for their shares. Such a gain would result only from an increase in
the market price of our common stock, which is uncertain and
unpredictable.
The
payment of any future dividends will be at the discretion of the Board of
Directors and will depend upon a number of factors, including future earnings,
the success of our business activities, general financial condition, future
prospects, general business conditions and such other factors as our Board of
Directors may deem relevant.
Risk
Related to Doing Business in China
Adverse changes in economic and
political policies of the PRC government could have a material adverse effect on
the overall economic growth of China, which could adversely affect our
business.
All of
our business operations are currently conducted in the PRC, under the
jurisdiction of the PRC government. Accordingly, our results of
operations, financial condition and prospects are subject to a significant
degree to economic, political and legal developments in
China. China’s economy differs from the economies of most developed
countries in many respects, including with respect to the amount of government
involvement, level of development, growth rate, and control of foreign exchange
and allocation of resources. While the PRC economy has experienced
significant growth in the past 20 years, growth has been uneven across different
regions and among various economic sectors of China. The PRC
government has implemented various measures to encourage economic development
and guide the allocation of resources. Some of these measures benefit
the overall PRC economy, but may also have a negative effect on
us. For example, our financial condition and results of operations
may be adversely affected by government control over capital investments or
changes in tax regulations that are applicable to us.
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Unprecedented
rapid economic growth in China may increase our costs of doing business, and may
negatively impact our profit margins and/or profitability.
Our
business depends in part upon the availability of relatively low-cost labor and
materials. Rising wages in China may increase our overall costs of
production. In addition, rising raw material costs, due to strong
demand and greater scarcity, may increase our overall costs of
production. If we are not able to pass these costs on to our
customers in the form of higher prices, our profit margins and/or profitability
could decline
We
may suffer currency exchange losses if the RMB depreciates relative to the US
Dollar.
Our
reporting currency is the US Dollar. However, substantially all of our revenues
are denominated in RMB. In July 2005, China changed its exchange rate regime by
establishing a managed floating exchange rate regime based on market supply and
demand with reference to a basket of currencies. The RMB is no longer officially
pegged to the US dollar, and the exchange rate will have some flexibility,
although recently it has been fairly stable. Despite the stability,
there is increasing pressure to dissociate the RMB from the US Dollar and let it
float more in line with the state of the Chinese economy and other important
trading currencies. Hence, considering the floating exchange rate
regime, if the RMB depreciates relative to the US Dollar, our revenues as
expressed in our US Dollar financial statements will decline in value and if the
RMB appreciates relative to the US Dollar, our revenues as expressed in our US
Dollar financial statements will increase in value. There are very
limited hedging transactions available in China to reduce our exposure to
exchange rate fluctuations. While we may decide to enter into hedging
transactions in the future, the availability and effectiveness of these hedges
may be limited and we may not be able to successfully hedge our exposure, if at
all. In addition, our currency exchange losses may be magnified by PRC exchange
control regulations that restrict our ability to convert RMB into US
Dollars.
New
labor laws in the PRC may adversely affect our results of
operations.
On
January 1, 2008, the PRC government promulgated the Labor Contract Law of the
PRC, or the New Labor Contract Law. The New Labor Contract Law
imposes greater liabilities on employers and significantly impacts the cost of
an employer’s decision to reduce its workforce. Further, it requires
certain terminations to be based upon seniority and not merit. In the event we
decide to significantly change or decrease our workforce, the New Labor Contract
Law could adversely affect our ability to enact such changes in a manner that is
most advantageous to our business or in a timely and cost effective manner, thus
materially and adversely affecting our financial condition and results of
operations.
Changes
in PRC Corporate Income Tax Law may affect our effective tax for 2008 and
beyond.
In March
2007, the Chinese government enacted the Corporate Income Tax Law, and
promulgated related regulations, which were effective January 1, 2008. The
Corporate Income Tax Law, among other things, imposes a unified income tax rate
of 25% for both domestic and foreign invested enterprises. The previous income
tax laws and rules, which stipulated income tax rates for domestic and foreign
invested enterprises at different rates, expired upon the effectiveness of the
Corporate Income Tax Law.
The
Corporate Income Tax Law provides a five-year transitional period for those
entities established before March 16, 2007, which enjoyed a favorable income tax
rate of less than 25% under the previous income tax laws and rules, to gradually
change their rates to 25%. In addition, the Corporate Income Tax Law provides
grandfather treatment to allow foreign invested enterprises to continue to enjoy
their unexpired tax holiday under the previous income tax laws and
rules.
The
Corporate Income Tax Law also imposes a 10% withholding income tax for dividends
distributed by a foreign invested enterprise to its immediate holding company
outside China, which were exempted under the previous income tax laws and rules.
A lower withholding tax rate will be applied if there is a tax treaty
arrangement between mainland China and the jurisdiction of the foreign holding
company. Holding companies in Hong Kong, for example, will be subject to a 5%
rate. All of these foreign invested enterprises will be subject to the
withholding tax on January 1, 2008. Since we intend to reinvest our earnings to
further expand our businesses in mainland China, we do not intend to declare
dividends in the foreseeable future. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2009, we
have not recorded any withholding tax on the retained earnings of our foreign
invested subsidiary in China.
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The
Corporate Income Tax Law emphasizes the requirement of an arm’s length basis for
transfer pricing arrangements between related parties. Also, it requires
enterprises with related party transactions to prepare transfer pricing
documentation which includes the basis for determining pricing, the computation
methodology and detailed explanations. Under a tax inspection by tax
authorities, if our transfer pricing arrangements between the China-based
subsidiaries are judged as tax avoidance, or related documentation does not meet
the requirements of the Corporate Income Tax Law, our China-based subsidiaries
may be subject to tax adjustments and late payment interest.
Our China
subsidiary Nengfa Energy, being a foreign invested enterprise, enjoyed a two
year exemption from corporate income tax for 2007-2008 and will enjoy a reduced
corporate income rate of 15% for the three years from 2009-2011. If we cannot
continue to obtain the unexpired tax holidays and reduced corporate tax rate or
if the withholding tax on dividends is applied to our business, our effective
tax rate will be increased significantly.
Governmental
control of currency conversion may affect the value of your
investment.
The PRC
government imposes controls on the convertibility of the RMB into foreign
currencies and, in certain cases, the remittance of currency out of China. We
receive all our revenues in RMB. Under existing PRC foreign exchange
regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions,
interest payments and expenditures from trade related transactions, can be made
in foreign currencies without prior approval from the SAFE by complying with
certain procedural requirements. However, approval from the SAFE or its local
branch is required where RMB is to be converted into foreign currency and
remitted out of China to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of loans
denominated in foreign currencies. The PRC government may also at its discretion
restrict access in the future to foreign currencies for current account
transactions.
The
PRC legal system embodies uncertainties which could limit the legal protections
available to us and you, or could lead to penalties on us.
The PRC
legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes. Unlike common law
systems, it is a system in which decided legal cases have little precedential
value. In 1979, the PRC Government began to promulgate a comprehensive system of
laws and regulations governing economic matters in general. The overall effect
of legislation over the past 25 years has significantly enhanced the protections
afforded to various forms of foreign investment in mainland China. Our PRC
operating subsidiary, Nengfa Energy, a wholly foreign-owned enterprises
(“WFOEs”), is subject to laws and regulations applicable to foreign investment
in the PRC in general and laws and regulations applicable to WFOEs in
particular.
It
may be difficult to enforce any civil judgments against us or our board of
directors or officers, because most of our operating and/or fixed assets are
located outside of the United States.
Although
we are incorporated in the State of Delaware, most of our operating and fixed
assets are located in the PRC. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to
enforce judgments outside the United States obtained in actions brought against
us in the United States, including actions predicated upon the civil liability
provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States or of the
securities laws of any state of the United States. In addition, certain of our
directors and officers (principally based in the PRC) and all or a substantial
portion of their assets are located outside the United States. As a result, it
may not be possible for investors to effect service of process within the United
States upon those directors and officers, or to enforce against them or us
judgments obtained in United States courts, including judgments predicated upon
the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the United
States or of the securities laws of any state of the United States. We have been
advised by our PRC counsel that, in their opinion, there is doubt as to the
enforceability in the PRC, in original actions or in actions for enforcement of
judgments of United States courts, of civil liabilities predicated solely upon
the federal securities laws of the United States or the securities laws of any
state of the United States.
Because
our assets are located overseas, shareholders may not receive distributions that
they would otherwise be entitled to if we were declared bankrupt or
insolvent.
Because
all of our assets are located in the PRC, they may be outside of the
jurisdiction of U.S. courts to administer if we are the subject of an insolvency
or bankruptcy proceeding. As a result, if we declared bankruptcy or insolvency,
our shareholders may not receive the distributions on liquidation that they
would otherwise be entitled to if our assets were to be located within the U.S.,
under U.S. Bankruptcy law.
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ITEM
1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
ITEM
2. PROPERTIES
Our main
operation is located at 118 Guang Yu St., Yinzhou District, Tieling City,
Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China, which is leased from a third
party for a payment of approximately $43,854 per year. The lease is renewed
every year automatically at the expiration date. The leased property covers a
total area of 113,355 square feet, of which approximately 91,000 square feet is
used for factory, and 22,000 square feet is used for office. This space is
adequate for our present and planned future operations. No other businesses
operate from this office.
Nengfa
Energy has established a manufacturing base for new energy equipment in Yingzhou
District Industrial Park, Tieling City, Liaoning Province. We are building a new
energy equipment manufacturing facility that we believe will meet international
and domestic standards for a high technology facility. This facility will cover
an area of 33 acres. The construction will be completed in late 2010. Total
estimated construction cost of a new manufacturing facility is approximately $16
million (including land use rights of approximately $3 million). After
completion, we anticipate that this facility will significantly increase
Nengfa’s manufacturing capacity for production of new energy
equipment.
ITEM
3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
On May
21, 2007, a civil complaint Robert Dawley vs NF Energy Saving
Corp. of America, et al. was filed in the United States District Court,
Middle District of Florida, Orlando, Civil No. 6:07-cv-872-Orl-18DAB. The
complaint accuses the defendants of breaching a contract for payment of money
that was signed by Sam Winer, former Chief Executive Officer, before the
commencement of the Company’s reverse merger with the current subsidiary. After
being initially dismissed by the Court, the action was authorized to proceed on
November 16, 2007. The trial was held in the United States District Court,
Middle District of Florida, Orlando on October 16, 2008. The District Court
issued a judgment on December 11, 2008 awarding the plaintiff the sum of
$400,000 against the Company, plus prejudgment interest in the amount of
$132,822, with continuing interest of $132 per day on the $400,000 obligation
until it is paid. The Court further adjudged that the plaintiff shall surrender
his stock upon payment of the $400,000. In the event the plaintiff fails to
surrender his stock after payment, the Company may cancel the stock. Any
payments or collection under the judgment shall be credited first to
interest.
On
January 6, 2009, the Company filed a notice of appeal 09-10140-B in the United
States of Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit from the District Court’s
judgment. The Company has engaged an attorney to prosecute its appeal of the
above judgment. The Company has also accrued an adequate amount for this
contingent liability on its balance sheet and has taken a loss on litigation on
the income statement this period. In addition, the Company’s directors, Mr. Gang
Li and Ms. Li Hua Wang, have personally agreed to guarantee all contingent
liabilities and costs to be incurred in connection with this litigation claim.
At this point, the Company does not believe that the judgment would have a
material impact on the Company.
ITEM
4. [RESERVED]
PART
II
ITEM
5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER
PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market
Information
Our
common stock, $.001 par value, began trading on the OTC Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”)
on December 4, 2004 under the symbol “DGNA.OB”. The symbol after the
Company’s name change to NF Energy Saving Corporation of America was “NFES.OB”.
On August 26, 2009, the Company further changed its name to NF Energy Saving
Corporation, and the symbol was changed to “NFEC.OB”. The following table sets
forth the high and low bid prices posted on the OTC Bulletin Board for our
Common Stock for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and for the
periods indicated. The quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail
mark-up, mark-down or commission, and may not represent actual
transactions.
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Common Stock
(Adjusted Stock Price)
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High
|
Low
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Fiscal
year ends at December 31, 2009
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First
quarter
|
$ | 0.84 | $ | 0.12 | ||||
Second
quarter
|
$ | 2.73 | $ | 0.30 | ||||
Third
quarter
|
$ | 6.80 | $ | 2.40 | ||||
Forth
quarter
|
$ | 4.51 | $ | 3.40 | ||||
Fiscal
year ends at December 31, 2008
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First
quarter
|
$ | 1.65 | $ | 0.33 | ||||
Second
quarter
|
$ | 1.05 | $ | 0.57 | ||||
Third
quarter
|
$ | 1.14 | $ | 0.90 | ||||
Forth
quarter
|
$ | 0.93 | $ | 0.18 |
Record Holders
As of
March 12, 2010, we had 1,370 common shareholders of record.
Dividends
Since
inception of NFEC, we have not paid cash dividends on our common stock. It is
our present policy not to pay cash dividends and to retain future earnings to
support our growth. Any payments of cash dividends in the future will be
dependent upon, among other things, the amount of funds available therefore, our
earnings, financial condition, capital requirements, and other factors which the
Board of Directors deems relevant.
Securities
Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
As of the
date of this Form 10-K, we have not authorized any equity compensation plan, nor
has our Board of Directors authorized the reservation or issuance of any
securities under any equity compensation plan.
Transfer
Agent
Between
October, 2006 and August 10, 2009, our transfer agent was Guardian Registrar
& Transfer, Inc. located at 7951 SW Sixth Street, Suite 216, Plantation,
Florida 33324. On August 10, 2009, we changed our transfer agent to
Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc, located at 3200 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite
430, Denver, Colorado, 80209.
ITEM
6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Not
Applicable.
ITEM
7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated
financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this Report on
Form 10-K. The discussion in this section of this Report on Form 10-K contains
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual
results could differ materially from those discussed herein. Factors that could
cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those
discussed in this section, those discussed in “Risk Factors” and those discussed
elsewhere in this Report on Form 10-K.
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FORWARD
LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain
statements in this report, including statements of our expectations, intentions,
plans and beliefs, including those contained in or implied by "Management's
Discussion and Analysis" and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, are
"forward-looking statements", within the meaning of Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), that are
subject to certain events, risks and uncertainties that may be outside our
control. The words “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “optimistic”, “intend”,
“will”, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the date on which they are made. The Company undertakes no
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements include statements of management's plans and
objectives for our future operations and statements of future economic
performance, information regarding our expansion and possible results from
expansion, our expected growth, our capital budget and future capital
requirements, the availability of funds and our ability to meet future capital
needs, the realization of our deferred tax assets, and the assumptions described
in this report underlying such forward-looking statements. Actual results and
developments could differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such
statements due to a number of factors, including, without limitation, those
described in the context of such forward-looking statements, our expansion and
acquisition strategy, our ability to achieve operating efficiencies, our
dependence on network infrastructure, capacity, telecommunications carriers and
other suppliers, industry pricing and technology trends, evolving industry
standards, domestic and international regulatory matters, general economic and
business conditions, the strength and financial resources of our competitors,
our ability to find and retain skilled personnel, the political and economic
climate in which we conduct operations and the risk factors described from time
to time in our other documents and reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Additional factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements include,
but are not limited to: 1) our ability to successfully develop, manufacture and
deliver our products on a timely basis and in the prescribed condition; 2) our
ability to compete effectively with other companies in the same industry; 3) our
ability to raise sufficient capital in order to effectuate our business plan;
and 4) our ability to retain our key executives.
Critical
Accounting Policies
Our
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are
based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The preparation of these
financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported
amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. On an on-going
basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to
revenue, receivable, inventory, and accrued expenses. We base our estimates on
historical experience, known trends and events and various other factors that we
believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the
basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities
that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from
these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Changes in estimates
are recorded in the period in which they become known.
We
believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant
judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial
statements.
Revenue
recognition
In
accordance with the ASC Topic 605, “Revenue Recognition”, the Company recognizes
revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, transfer of title has
occurred or services have been rendered, the selling price is fixed or
determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured.
The
Company’s revenue is principally derived from three primary sources: sales of
energy saving flow control equipment, provision of energy project management and
sub-contracting services, and provision of energy-saving reconstruction
projects.
(a) Sale
of products
The
Company derives a majority of its revenues from the sale of energy saving flow
control equipment. Generally, the energy saving flow control equipment is
manufactured and configured to customer requirements. The Company typically
produces the energy saving flow control equipment for customers during a period
from one to six months. When the Company completes production in accordance with
the customer’s specification, the customer is required to inspect the finished
products at the Company’s plant to approve quality and conformity and finally
acceptance. Once the product is accepted by the customer, the Company undertakes
delivery to the customer, usually within a month.
The
Company recognizes revenue from the sale of such finished products upon delivery
to the customers, when the title and risk of loss are fully transferred to the
customers. The Company records its revenues, net of value added taxes (“VAT”).
The Company is subject to VAT which is levied on the majority of the products at
the rate of 17% on the invoiced value of sales. The Company experienced no
product returns and has recorded no reserve for sales returns for the years
ended December 31, 2009 and 2008.
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(b) Service
revenue
Service
revenue is derived from energy-saving technical services, project management or
sub-contracting services that are not an element of the arrangement for the sale
of products. These services are generally billed on a time-cost plus basis, for
the period of service which is generally from two to three months.
Revenue
is recognized, net of business taxes when the service is rendered and accepted
by the customers.
(c) Project
revenue
For the
energy-saving reconstruction projects, the Company follows the
percentage-of-completion method under ASC Subtopic 605-35, “Construction-Type and
Production-Type Contracts” to recognize revenues for energy-saving
reconstruction projects that require significant modification or customization
or installation subject to the customers for a term of service period exceeding
12 months. Advance payments from customers and amounts billed to clients in
excess of revenue recognized are recorded as receipt in advance. For the year
ended December 31, 2009, the Company did not recognize any project
revenue.
(d)
Interest income
Interest
income is recognized on a time apportionment basis, taking into account the
principal amounts outstanding and the interest rates applicable.
Accounts
receivable
Accounts
receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest, and are
due within the contractual payment terms, generally 30 to 90 days from shipment.
Credit is extended based on evaluation of a customer's financial condition, the
customer credit-worthiness and their payment history. Accounts receivable
outstanding longer than the contractual payment terms are considered past due.
Past due balances over 90 days and over a specified amount are reviewed
individually for collectibility. At the end of each period, the Company
specifically evaluates individual customer’s financial condition, credit
history, and the current economic conditions to monitor the progress of the
collection of accounts receivables. The Company will consider an allowance for
doubtful accounts for any estimated losses resulting from the inability of its
customers to make required payments.
Account
balances are charged off against the allowance for doubtful accounts after all
means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is
considered remote. The Company does not have any off-balance-sheet credit
exposure related to its customers.
Inventories
Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost or market value (net realizable value), cost
being determined on a weighted average method. Costs include material, labor and
manufacturing overhead costs. The Company reviews historical sales activity
quarterly to determine excess, slow moving items and potentially obsolete items
and also evaluates the impact of any anticipated changes in future demand. The
Company provides inventory allowances based on excess and obsolete inventories
determined principally by customer demand. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the
Company did not record an allowance for obsolete inventories, nor have there
been any write-offs.
Plant and
Equipment
Plant and
equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated
impairment losses, if any. Depreciation is calculated on the straight-line basis
over the following expected useful lives from the date on which the asset
becomes fully operational and after taking into account its estimated residual
values:
Depreciable life
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Plant
and machinery
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5%
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Furniture,
fixture and equipment
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5-8
years
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5%
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Expenditure
for repairs and maintenance is expensed as incurred. When assets have been
retired or sold, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from
the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is recognized in the results of
operations.
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Income
taxes
The
Company adopts the ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes” regarding
accounting for uncertainty in income taxes which prescribes the recognition
threshold and measurement attributes for financial statement recognition and
measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. In
addition, the guidance requires the determination of whether the benefits of tax
positions will be more likely than not sustained upon an audit based upon the
technical merits of the tax position. For tax positions that are determined to
be more likely sustainable than not upon audit, the Company recognizes the
largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon
ultimate settlement in the financial statements. For tax positions that are not
determined to be more likely sustainable than not upon audit, the Company does
not recognize any portion of the benefit in the financial statements. The
guidance provides for de-recognition, classification, penalties and interest,
accounting in interim periods and disclosure.
For the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company did not have any interest
and penalties associated with tax positions. As of December 31, 2009, the
Company did not have any significant unrecognized uncertain tax
positions.
The
Company conducts the majority of its business in the PRC and, therefore, is
subject to tax in that jurisdiction. As a result of its business activities, the
Company files tax returns that are subject to examination by the PRC tax
authorities. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company filed and cleared
its 2008 PRC tax return with the requisite tax authority.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
Year
Ended December 31, 2009 compared to Year Ended December 31,
2008
The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements
included in this report and is qualified in its entirety by the
foregoing.
REVENUES
Total
revenues were $20,323,997 and $15,834,944 for the years ended December 31,
2009 and 2008, respectively. Total revenues increased $4,489,053, a 28.35%
increase, for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to total revenues for
the year ended December 31, 2008.
In 2009,
the Chinese government announced more flexible monetary policies and financial
policies. The Chinese government invested close to 4 trillion RMB to stimulate
domestic demand and has announced ten policies to promote growth. The Chinese
government plans to strongly expand policies for domestic projects on civil
engineering, basic infrastructure, constructions for environmental protection
and reconstruction to promote economic stability and growth. The Chinese
government’s policies to stimulate the Chinese economy by its spending on basic
infrastructure and constructions for environmental protection should greatly
benefit Nengfa Energy’s energy saving business which fits into government
stimulus policies on building energy saving infrastructure for municipalities
and industrial companies. We expect significant growth for all areas of our
business in 2010.
Product
Revenues
Product
revenues are derived principally from the sale of self-manufactured products and
provision of engineering services. Product revenues were $17,439,021 and
$11,632,269, or 85.81% and 73.46% of total revenues for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Product revenues for the year
ended December 31, 2009 increased $5,806,752 a 49.92% increase, compared to the
product revenues for the year ended December 31, 2008. The increase in product
revenues is due to the increase in valve and flow control equipment orders that
year.
Service
Revenues
Service
revenues are derived principally from energy-saving technical services that are
not an element of an arrangement for the sale of products. These services are
generally billed on a time-cost plus basis. Service revenues were $2,884,976 and
$3,330,113, or 14.19% and 21.03% of total revenues for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Service revenues for the year
ended December 31, 2009 decreased $445,137, a 13.37% decrease, compared to the
service revenues for the year ended December 31, 2008. This reflects the
Company’s efforts in expanding sales of its energy saving flow control
equipment, and thus restructured the revenue sources this year. Therefore, the
service revenue decreased in 2009 from the prior period.
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Project
Revenues
Project
revenues are derived principally from energy-saving re-engineering projects that
require significant modification or customization or installation subject to the
customer’s approval. The Company applies the percentage-of-completion method to
recognize project revenues. Project revenues were zero for the year ended 2009.
The project revenue was $872,562, or 5.51% of total revenues for the year ended
December 31, 2008. Since the energy saving projects generally require large
initial capital investments, and because the Company greatly expanded product
revenues, this has changed the product mix for this fiscal year. Our Company is
developing comprehensive energy saving projects for industrial companies and
municipalities and we believe that the revenues from energy saving projects will
grow in 2010.
COSTS
AND EXPENSES
Cost
of Revenues
Cost of
revenues consists primarily of material costs, direct labor, depreciation and
manufacturing overhead, which are directly attributable to the manufacture of
products and the rendering of services. Total cost of revenues was $13,700,704
and $11,436,787, or 67.41% and 72.22% of total revenues for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The total cost of revenues
increased by $2,263,917, 19.80% for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to
the total cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2008. The increase in
total cost of revenues was due to increased supporting costs for increasing
sales.
The
overall gross profit for the Company was $6,623,293 and $4,398,157 or 32.59% and
27.78% for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 respectively. The profit
margin increased by 17.31% for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to the
year ended December 31, 2008.
Cost
of Products
Total
cost of product revenues was $11,638,113 and $8,383,388, or 66.74% and 72.07% of
products revenues, for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008,
respectively. The cost of product revenues increased by $3,254,725, or 38.82%
for the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to the cost of revenues for the
year ended December 31, 2008. The increase in product costs of 38.82% compared
to the increase in product revenues of 49.92%, reflects the cost increase due to
increased sales, and at the same time reflects the Company’s implementation of
controls on its product costs. The gross profit for products was $5,800,908 and
$3,248,881, or 33.26% and 27.93% for the years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008, respectively. There was an increase in gross profit of $2,552,027 and
a significant increase in gross profit margin of 19.08% for
products.
Cost
of Service
Total
cost of service revenues was $2,062,591 and $2,421,109, or 71.49% and 72.70% of
service revenues, for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008,
respectively. The cost of service revenues decreased by $358,518 (-14.81%) for
the year ended December 31, 2009 compared to the cost of revenues for the year
ended December 31, 2008. The decrease in cost of service revenues of 14.81% is
greater than the decrease in services revenues of 13.37%. The gross margin for
services was $822,385 and $909,004, or 28.51% and 27.30%, for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The decrease in gross margin of
$86,619 is due to the significant decrease in costs to support the relative
smaller decrease in service revenues, and therefore the gross margin rate still
grew by 4.4% over last year.
Cost
of Projects
For the
year ended December 31, 2009, the Company has no project cost. The project cost
was $632,290 or 72.46% of project revenues, for the years ended
December 31, 2008. The Company has a large pipeline of energy saving
projects; however, since the energy saving projects generally require large
initial capital investments, there has been no new project investment made in
2009. Therefore, there was no project revenue or cost in 2009.
Operating
Expenses
The
total operating expenses were $1,138,312 and $921,888, or 5.60% and 5.82% of
total revenues, for the year ended on December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
The total operating expenses increased by $216,424 (23.48%) for the year ended
December 31, 2009 compared to the year ended December 31, 2008.
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Sales
and marketing expenses
On
September 5, 2007, the Company established a new subsidiary, Liaoning Nengfa
Weiye Tie Fa Sales Co., Ltd., to conduct the sales and marketing of valves
products in the PRC. The total sales and marketing expenses were $122,446 and
$169,082, or 0.60% and 1.07% of total operating revenues, for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The decrease in sales and marketing
expenses was $46,636.
Research
and development expenses
Research
and development expenses are incurred to develop new products or new production
technology including significant improvements to existing products. The research
and development expenses include the materials and labor costs. Our Company
incurred research and development expenses to study the possibility of using the
Company’s existing manufacturing facilities and valve production expertise to
produce equipment and fittings for wind power plants. Due to the integral
relationship between the R&D on the design of products during the process of
satisfying customer requirements and manufacturing our flow control equipment,
the cost for R&D for 2009 was relatively low,and we recorded
the R&D cost as part of the cost of production in fiscal year
2009.
General
and administrative expenses
General
and administrative expenses increased by $263,060 to $1,015,866, 5.00% of total
revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2009, as compared to $752,806,
4.75% of total revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2008. This
increase was primarily due to a stock compensation cost of $236,088 incurred for
issuing warrants, which provided for cash-less exercise. After terminating a
portion of these warrants on October 13, 2009, warrants to purchase up to
102,778 shares of common stock remained outstanding.
Income
from Operations
As a
result of the foregoing, our income from operations increased by $2,008,712 to
$5,484,981, 26.99% of total revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2009,
as compared to $3,476,269, 21.95% of total revenues, for the year ended
December 31, 2008.
Other
income
For the
year ended December 31, 2009, interest income was $10,807 as compared to
$29,291 for the year ended December 31, 2008. In 2009, interest expense
increased by $50,809. Other income generated from the sale of scrap material was
$10,168 and $109,917 for the year ended December 31, 2009 and 2008,
respectively. The Company received a subsidy income of $81,374 in 2009 from a
government incentive policy on employee insurance.
Income
Tax Expenses
For the
year ended December 31, 2009, income tax expenses were $760,642, of which
$760,257 was accrued by Nengfa Energy, and $385 was accrued by the Sales
Company. During 2009, the Company was entitled to a reduced corporate income tax
rate of 12.5%. For the year ended December 31, 2008, income tax expense was
$536, resulting from the Company having the benefit of a tax holiday in the PRC
due to NFEC's foreign company status for 2007 and 2008. During 2007, the Tieling
city local government tax bureau in the PRC approved Nengfa Energy as a foreign
investment enterprise. Hence, retroactively effective from January 1, 2007,
Nengfa Energy is entitled to a two-year exemption from corporate income tax and
a reduced corporate income tax rate of 12.5% for the following three
years.
As of
December 31, 2009, the Company’s operations in the United States of America
incurred $1,302,423 of cumulative net operating losses, which can be carried
forward to offset future taxable income. The net operating loss carry forwards
begin to expire in 2029, if unutilized. The Company has provided for a full
valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets of $442,824 on the expected
future tax benefits from the net operating loss carry forwards as the management
believes it is more likely than not that these assets will not be realized in
the future.
Net
Income
As a
result of the foregoing, we had net income of $4,775,879, a 23.50% profit margin
on revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2009, as compared to net
income of $3,652,810, a 23.07% profit margin on revenues for the year ended
December 31, 2008. The net income for the year ended December 31, 2009
increased by $1,123,069 (30.75%) and the profit margin increased by 1.87%
compared to the net income for the year ended December 31,
2008.
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LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Operating
activities
For the
year ended December 31, 2009, net cash used in operating activities was
$2,929,898. This was primarily attributable to our net income of $4,775,879,
adjusted by non-cash items of depreciation of $356,263 and allowance for
doubtful account of $12,656, non-cash warrants granted for services rendered of
$236,088, a $6,885 gain on disposal of plant and equipment, and a $2,457,873
decrease in working capital. Negative cash flows from operations in 2009 were
due primarily to the increase in accounts receivable by $4,130,526, an increase
in retention receivable by $335,733, this partially offset by the
decrease in inventories by $881,297 , increase in other payables and accrued
liabilities by $839,845, the decrease in prepayments and other
receivables by $47,420, the increase in accounts payable by $6,812, and $31,697
increase in customer deposit and $201,315 increase in income tax payable in this
period.
The large
increase in accounts receivable of $4,130,526, an increase of 49.34% over the
accounts receivables balance at December 31, 2008, and an increase of $335,733
(62.63%) in retention receivable, are mainly due to the sales growth during the
year. The reason for the decrease in the prepayments and other receivables of
$47,420, a 7.26% decrease over the prepayments and other receivables balance of
$652,842 at December 31, 2008, is that the Company expected the cost of the raw
materials would increase in 2009. In order to hedge the increase in raw material
costs, we had signed more purchase contracts in advance with the suppliers in
2008. As a result, we did not enter into many supply contracts having
prepayments in 2009. Therefore the prepayment and other receivables decreased
for 2009. The increase in accounts payable of $6,812 corresponds to the increase
in the cost of sales during 2009. The increase of $201,315 from income tax is
due to the Company having to pay income tax at a 12.5% income tax rate. The
increase in other payables and accruals of $839,845 are due to an increase in
rent payable and other payable and accrued expenses, and payables to equipment
vendors. The $31,697 increase in customer deposits is from the deposit received
from sales orders of wind energy products.
Investing
activities
For the
year ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, net cash used in investing
activities was $3,759,272 and $2,144,408, respectively. The $3,759,272 cash used
in 2009 is primarily for the development of a new manufacturing center and this
included $179,131 which was used for purchasing plant and
equipment. This amount was partially offset by $45,354 in proceeds
received from the disposal of plant and equipment. The $2,144,408 of cash used
in 2008 was primarily for the addition of land use rights for the development of
a new manufacturing center and the purchase of plant and equipment.
In 2008,
the Company was approved by the local government to construct a new
manufacturing facility for energy-saving products and equipment in Yingzhou
District Industrial Park, Tieling City, Liaoning Province, the PRC. Total
estimated construction cost of the new manufacturing facility is approximately
$16 million (including land use rights of approximately $3 million). The
construction project is expected to be fully completed in late 2010. As of
December 31, 2009, the Company incurred and capitalized $9,045,332 as
construction in progress.
Financing
activities
For the
year ended December 31, 2009, the Company did not receive any financing from
outsourcing. The Company entered into a financial lease agreement on auto
control milling machines, which increased the payment on the financial lease
to $1,218,445.
On
February 24, 2010 and March 4, 2010, the Company sold, through a private
placement to two accredited investors, convertible promissory notes in the
aggregate principal amount of $960,000 and warrants to purchase 160,000 shares
of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share. The Company intends to use the
net proceeds of approximately $900,000 from the private placement for working
capital and general corporate purposes.
We
anticipate we will need additional working capital in 2010 and in the future to
fund our Company’s new business plans to help the Company to establish a
manufacturing base for new energy equipment, to develop comprehensive energy
saving infrastructure projects for municipalities and energy conservation
projects that include blast furnace power generation, low concentration coal bed
methane power generation and bio-mass power generation, and furthermore, under a
matured condition, we may consider to expend the Company’s business lines by
acquisition. We will keep a steady growth on manufacture and sale for flow
control equipment, in order to maintain our lead position in flow control
equipment manufacturing. We may decide to pursue issuing additional equity or by
debt financing to obtain additional cash resources to fund our company’s new
business and other future developments.
Inflation
We
believe that the relatively moderate rate of inflation over the past few years
has not had a significant impact on our results of operations. At present we are
able to increase our prices due to the rising prices of raw
materials.
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OFF-BALANCE
SHEET ARRANGEMENTS
We do not
have any material off-balance sheet arrangements.
IMPACT
OF RECENTLY ISSUED NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
We do not
expect adoption of recently issued accounting pronouncements to have a
significant impact on our results of operations, financial position or cash
flow.
ITEM
7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Not
applicable.
ITEM
8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
INDEX
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REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board
of Directors and Stockholders
NF
Energy Saving Corporation
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of NF Energy Saving
Corporation (formerly NF Energy Saving Corporation of America) and its
subsidiaries (“the Company”) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related
consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, cash flows and
stockholders’ equity for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to
have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over
financial reporting. Our audits include consideration of internal control over
financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an
opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December
31, 2009 and 2008, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ ZYCPA Company
Limited
ZYCPA
Company Limited
Certified
Public Accountants
Hong
Kong, China
March 30,
2010
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NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
AS
OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
As of December 31,
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2009
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2008
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ASSETS
|
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Current
assets:
|
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Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 227,329 | $ | 2,252,771 | ||||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
12,510,875 | 8,371,447 | ||||||
Retention
receivable
|
874,759 | 536,050 | ||||||
Inventories
|
638,775 | 1,516,777 | ||||||
Deferred
tax assets
|
1,408 | - | ||||||
Prepayments
and other receivables
|
603,456 | 652,842 | ||||||
Total
current assets
|
14,856,602 | 13,329,887 | ||||||
Plant
and equipment, net
|
2,169,740 | 2,393,287 | ||||||
Construction
in progress
|
9,045,332 | 2,328,839 | ||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
$ | 26,071,674 | $ | 18,052,013 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable, trade
|
$ | 2,055,839 | $ | 2,043,944 | ||||
Customer
deposits
|
152,850 | 120,836 | ||||||
Income
tax payable
|
201,480 | - | ||||||
Current
portion of obligation under finance leases
|
437,917 | - | ||||||
Accrued
liabilities and other payable
|
1,928,494 | 339,724 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
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4,776,580 | 2,504,504 | ||||||
Long-term
liabilities:
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Obligation
under finance leases
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675,809 | - | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
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5,452,389 | 2,504,504 | ||||||
Commitments
and contingencies
|
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Stockholders’
equity:
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Common
stock, $0.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 13,315,486 and
13,291,387 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2009 and
2008
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13,315 | 13,291 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
7,969,232 | 7,733,168 | ||||||
Statutory
reserve
|
1,449,345 | 917,165 | ||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
1,348,382 | 1,288,573 | ||||||
Retained
earnings
|
9,839,011 | 5,595,312 | ||||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
20,619,285 | 15,547,509 | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
$ | 26,071,674 | $ | 18,052,013 |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-3
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
Years ended December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
REVENUE,
NET:
|
||||||||
Products
|
$ | 17,439,021 | $ | 11,632,269 | ||||
Services
|
2,884,976 | 3,330,113 | ||||||
Projects
|
- | 872,562 | ||||||
Total
revenues, net
|
20,323,997 | 15,834,944 | ||||||
COST
OF REVENUES:
|
||||||||
Cost
of products
|
11,638,113 | 8,383,388 | ||||||
Cost
of services
|
2,062,591 | 2,421,109 | ||||||
Cost
of projects
|
- | 632,290 | ||||||
Total
cost of revenues
|
13,700,704 | 11,436,787 | ||||||
GROSS
PROFIT
|
6,623,293 | 4,398,157 | ||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
||||||||
Sales
and marketing
|
122,446 | 169,082 | ||||||
General
and administrative
|
779,778 | 752,806 | ||||||
Stock
based compensation
|
236,088 | - | ||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
1,138,312 | 921,888 | ||||||
INCOME
FROM OPERATIONS
|
5,484,981 | 3,476,269 | ||||||
Other
income (expense):
|
||||||||
Interest
income
|
10,807 | 29,291 | ||||||
Interest
expense
|
(50,809 | ) | - | |||||
Subsidy
income
|
81,374 | 37,869 | ||||||
Other
income
|
10,168 | 109,917 | ||||||
Total
other income
|
51,540 | 177,077 | ||||||
INCOME
BEFORE INCOME TAXES
|
5,536,521 | 3,653,346 | ||||||
Income
tax expense
|
(760,642 | ) | (536 | ) | ||||
NET
INCOME
|
$ | 4,775,879 | $ | 3,652,810 | ||||
Other
comprehensive income:
|
||||||||
-
Foreign currency translation gain
|
59,809 | 731,070 | ||||||
COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME
|
$ | 4,835,688 | $ | 4,383,880 | ||||
Net
income per share:
|
||||||||
–
Basic
|
$ | 0.36 | $ | 0.27 | ||||
–
Diluted
|
$ | 0.36 | $ | 0.27 | ||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding for the year:
|
||||||||
–
Basic
|
13,292,150 | 13,291,387 | ||||||
–
Diluted
|
13,316,807 | 13,291,387 |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-4
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”))
Years ended December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||
Net
income
|
$ | 4,775,879 | $ | 3,652,810 | ||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities
|
||||||||
Depreciation
|
356,263 | 306,994 | ||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
|
12,656 | - | ||||||
Gain
on disposal of plant and equipment
|
6,885 | - | ||||||
Provision
for contingent liability
|
- | 200,000 | ||||||
Warrants
granted for services, non-cash
|
236,088 | - | ||||||
Change
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
(4,130,526 | ) | (4,231,809 | ) | ||||
Retention
receivable
|
(335,733 | ) | (527,730 | ) | ||||
Inventories
|
881,297 | 28,348 | ||||||
Prepayments
and other receivables
|
47,420 | 119,164 | ||||||
Accounts
payable
|
6,812 | 689,510 | ||||||
Customer
deposits
|
31,697 | 95,093 | ||||||
Income
tax payable
|
201,315 | 56 | ||||||
Accrued
liabilities and other payable
|
839,845 | (344,948 | ) | |||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
2,929,898 | (12,512 | ) | |||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||
Purchase
of plant and equipment
|
(179,131 | ) | (119,965 | ) | ||||
Payments
to construction in progress
|
(3,625,495 | ) | (2,024,443 | ) | ||||
Proceeds
from disposal of plant and equipment
|
45,354 | - | ||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(3,759,272 | ) | (2,144,408 | ) | ||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||
Payments
on finance leases
|
(1,218,445 | ) | - | |||||
Proceeds
from private placement
|
- | 2,000,000 | ||||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities
|
(1,218,445 | ) | 2,000,000 | |||||
Effect
on exchange rate change on cash and cash equivalents
|
22,377 | 168,790 | ||||||
NET
CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
(2,025,442 | ) | 11,870 | |||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENT, BEGINNING OF YEAR
|
2,252,771 | 2,240,901 | ||||||
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENT, END OF YEAR
|
$ | 227,329 | $ | 2,252,771 | ||||
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
|
||||||||
Cash
paid for income taxes
|
$ | 561,036 | $ | 488 | ||||
Cash
paid for interest
|
$ | 50,836 | $ | - | ||||
NON-CASH
INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
||||||||
Construction
in progress under payable to PRC government
|
$ | 1,018,134 | $ | - | ||||
Construction
in progress under finance leases obligation
|
$ | 2,059,457 | $ | - | ||||
Settlement
of accounts receivable in exchange for partial prepayment to an equipment
vendor
|
$ | - | $ | 260,942 |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-5
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
Common stock
|
Additional
|
Statutory
|
Accumulated
other
comprehensive
|
Retained
|
Total stockholders’ |
|||||||||||||||||||||||
No. of shares
|
Amount
|
paid-in capital
|
reserve
|
income
|
earnings
|
equity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of January 1, 2008, as restated
|
11,075,776 | $ | 11,076 | $ | 5,735,383 | $ | 517,774 | $ | 557,503 | $ | 2,341,893 | $ | 9,163,629 | |||||||||||||||
Common
stock issued for private placement
|
2,215,611 | 2,215 | 1,997,785 | - | - | - | 2,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
- | - | - | - | 731,070 | - | 731,070 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income for the year
|
- | - | - | - | - | 3,652,810 | 3,652,810 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Appropriation
to statutory reserve
|
- | - | - | 399,391 | - | (399,391 | ) | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2008, as restated
|
13,291,387 | 13,291 | 7,733,168 | 917,165 | 1,288,573 | 5,595,312 | 15,547,509 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
- | - | - | - | 59,809 | - | 59,809 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Warrants
granted for services
|
- | - | 236,088 | - | - | - | 236,088 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Cashless
exercise of warrants
|
24,099 | 24 | (24 | ) | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income for the year
|
- | - | - | - | - | 4,775,879 | 4,775,879 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Appropriation
to statutory reserve
|
- | - | - | 532,180 | - | (532,180 | ) | - | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2009
|
13,315,486 | $ | 13,315 | $ | 7,969,232 | $ | 1,449,345 | $ | 1,348,382 | $ | 9,839,011 | $ | 20,619,285 |
See
accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-6
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
1.
|
ORGANIZATION
AND BUSINESS BACKGROUND
|
NF Energy
Saving Corporation (formerly NF Energy Saving Corporation of America) (the
“Company” or “NFEC”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware in the name of
Galli Process, Inc. on October 31, 2000. On February 7, 2002, the Company
changed its name to “Global Broadcast Group, Inc.” On November 12, 2004, the
Company changed its name to “Diagnostic Corporation of America.” On March 15,
2007, the Company changed its name to “NF Energy Saving Corporation of America.”
On August 24, 2009, the Company further changed its current name to “NF Energy
Saving Corporation.”
On August
26, 2009, the Company approved a 1 for 3 reverse split of its common stock. All
common stock and per share data for all periods presented in these consolidated
financial statements have been restated to give effect to the reverse stock
split.
The
Company, through its subsidiaries, mainly engages in the production of heavy
industrial components and products such as valves and the provision of technical
service and re-engineering projects in the energy saving related industry in the
People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”). All the customers are located in the
PRC.
Recapitalization and
reorganization
On
November 30, 2006, NFEC completed a stock exchange transaction with the equity
owners of Liaoning Nengfa Weiye Energy Technology Co., Ltd (formerly Liaoning
Neng Fa Weiye Pipe Network Construction and Operation Co. Ltd.) (“Nengfa
Energy”), whereby 12,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock were issued to
the equity owners of Nengfa Energy in exchange for 100% of the equity ownership
in Nengfa Energy. As a result of the stock exchange, Nengfa Energy became a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The stock exchange transaction has been
accounted for as a reverse acquisition and recapitalization of the Company
whereby Nengfa Energy is deemed to be the accounting acquirer (legal acquiree)
and the Company to be the accounting acquiree (legal acquirer). The Company is
deemed to be a continuation of the business of Nengfa Energy.
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements are in substance those of Nengfa
Energy, with the assets and liabilities, and revenues and expenses, of the
Company being included effective from the date of the stock exchange
transaction.
Description of
subsidiaries
Name
|
Place of incorporation
and kind of
legal entity
|
Principal activities
and place of operation
|
Particulars of
issued/
registered share
capital
|
Effective
interest
held
|
||||
Liaoning
Nengfa Weiye Energy Technology Co. Ltd (“Nengfa Energy”)
|
The
PRC, a limited liability company
|
Production
of a variety of industrial valve components which are widely used in water
supply and sewage system, coal and gas fields, power generation stations,
petroleum and chemical industries in the PRC
|
US$2,770,895
|
100%
|
||||
Liaoning
Nengfa Weiye Tei Fa Sales Co., Ltd. (“Sales Company”)
|
The
PRC, a limited liability company
|
Sales
and marketing of valves components and products in the PRC
|
RMB5,000,000
|
100%
|
||||
NFEC and
its subsidiaries are hereinafter referred to as (the
“Company”).
F-7
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
2. SUMMARY
OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
·
|
Basis
of presentation
|
These
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
(“U.S. GAAP”).
·
|
Use
of estimates
|
In
preparing these consolidated financial statements, management makes estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in
the balance sheet and revenues and expenses during the years reported. Actual
results may differ from these estimates.
·
|
Basis
of consolidation
|
The
consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of NFEC and
its subsidiaries. All significant inter-company balances and transactions within
the Company have been eliminated upon consolidation.
·
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
Cash and
cash equivalents are carried at cost and represent cash on hand, demand deposits
placed with banks or other financial institutions and all highly liquid
investments with an original maturity of three months or less as of the purchase
date of such investments.
·
|
Accounts
receivable and allowance for doubtful
accounts
|
Accounts
receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount and do not bear interest, which
are due within contractual payment terms, generally 30 to 90 days from shipment.
Credit is extended based on evaluation of a customer's financial condition, the
customer credit-worthiness and their payment history. Past due balances over 90
days and over a specified amount are reviewed individually for collectibility.
At the end of each period, the Company specifically evaluates individual
customer’s financial condition, credit history, and the current economic
conditions to monitor the progress of the collection of accounts receivables.
The Company will consider the allowance for doubtful accounts for any estimated
losses resulting from the inability of its customers to make required payments.
Account balances are charged off against the allowance after all means of
collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered
remote. The Company does not have any off-balance-sheet credit exposure related
to its customers.
As of
December 31, 2009 and 2008, allowance for doubtful accounts was $12,663 and $0,
respectively.
·
|
Retention
receivable
|
Retention
receivable is the amount withheld by a customer based upon 5-10% of the contract
value, until a product warranty is expired.
·
|
Inventories
|
Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost or market value (net realizable value), cost
being determined on a weighted average method. Costs include material, labor and
manufacturing overhead costs. The Company reviews historical sales activity on a
quarterly basis to determine excess, slow moving items and potentially obsolete
items and also evaluates the impact of any anticipated changes in future demand.
The Company provides inventory allowances based on excess and obsolete
inventories determined principally by customer demand. As of December 31, 2009
and 2008, the Company did not record an allowance for obsolete inventories, nor
have there been any write-offs.
F-8
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
· Plant
and equipment
Plant and
equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated
impairment losses, if any. Depreciation is calculated on the straight-line basis
over the following expected useful lives from the date on which they become
fully operational and after taking into account their estimated residual
values:
Depreciable life
|
Residual value
|
|||
Plant
and machinery
|
3 –
20 years
|
5%
|
||
Furniture,
fixture and equipment
|
5 –
8 years
|
5%
|
Expenditure
for repairs and maintenance is expensed as incurred. When assets have been
retired or sold, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from
the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is recognized in the results of
operations.
·
|
Construction
in progress
|
Construction
in progress is stated at cost, which includes acquisition of land use rights,
cost of construction, purchase of plant and equipment and other direct costs
attributable to the construction of a new manufacturing facility. Construction
in progress is not depreciated until such time as the assets are completed and
put into operational use. No capitalized interest is incurred during the period
of construction.
·
|
Finance
leases
|
Leases
that transfer substantially all the rewards and risks of ownership to the
lessee, other than legal title, are accounted for as finance leases.
Substantially all of the risks or benefits of ownership are deemed to have been
transferred if any one of the four criteria is met: (i) transfer of ownership to
the lessee at the end of the lease term, (ii) the lease containing a bargain
purchase option, (iii) the lease term exceeding 75% of the estimated economic
life of the leased asset, or (iv) the present value of the minimum lease
payments exceeding 90% of the fair value. At the inception of a finance lease,
the Company as the lessee records an asset and an obligation at an amount equal
to the present value of the minimum lease payments. The leased asset is
amortized over the shorter of the lease term or its estimated useful life if
title does not transfer to the Company, while the leased asset is depreciated in
accordance with the Company’s normal depreciation policy if the title is to
eventually transfer to the Company. The periodic rent payments made during the
lease term are allocated between a reduction in the obligation and interest
element using the effective interest method in accordance with the provisions of
Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 835-30, “Imputation of
Interest”.
·
|
Impairment
of long-lived assets
|
In
accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 360-10-5, “Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived
Assets”, all long-lived assets such as plant and equipment held and used
by the Company and construction in progress are reviewed for impairment whenever
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset
may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is
evaluated by a comparison of the carrying amount of assets to estimated
discounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the assets. If such assets
are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by
the amount by which the carrying amounts of the assets exceed the fair value of
the assets. There has been no impairment as of December 31, 2009 and
2008.
·
|
Revenue
recognition
|
The
Company offers a number of products and service to its customers, which
are:
F-9
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
1.
|
Sales
of energy saving flow control
equipment
|
2.
|
Provision
of energy project management and sub-contracting
service
|
3.
|
Provision
of energy-saving reconstruction
projects
|
In
accordance with the ASC Topic 605, “Revenue Recognition”, the
Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists,
transfer of title has occurred or services have been rendered, the selling price
is fixed or determinable and collectibility is reasonably assured.
|
(a)
|
Sale
of products
|
The
Company derives a majority of revenues from the sale of energy saving flow
control equipment. Generally, these energy saving flow control equipment are
manufactured and configured to customer requirements. The Company typically
produces and builds the energy saving flow control equipment for customers in a
period from 1 to 6 months. When the Company completes the production in
accordance with the customer’s specification, the customer is required to
inspect the finished products for the specified quality and product conditions,
to its full satisfaction, at the Company’s plant. Once the product is accepted
by the customer, the Company usually makes delivery to the customer, usually
within a month.
The
Company recognizes revenue from the sale of such finished products upon delivery
to the customers, whereas the title and risk of loss are fully transferred to
the customers. The Company records its revenues, net of value added taxes
(“VAT”). The Company is subject to VAT which is levied on the majority of the
products at the rate of 17% on the invoiced value of sales. The Company
experienced no product returns and has recorded no reserve for sales returns for
the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008.
(b)
|
Service
revenue
|
Service
revenue is primarily derived from energy-saving technical services or project
management or sub-contracting services that are not an element of an arrangement
for the sale of products. These services are generally billed on a time-cost
plus basis, for a period of service time from 2 to 3 months. Revenue is
recognized, net of business taxes, when service is rendered and accepted by the
customer.
(c)
|
Project
revenue
|
For the
energy-saving reconstruction projects, the Company follows the
percentage-of-completion method under ASC Topic 605-35, “Construction-Type and
Production-Type Contracts”, to recognize
revenues for energy-saving reconstruction projects that require significant
modification or customization or installation subject to the customer’s approval
for a term of service period exceeding 12 months. Advance payments from
customers and amounts billed to clients in excess of revenue recognized are
recorded as receipt in advance. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the
Company did not recognize any project revenue.
(d)
|
Interest
income
|
Interest
income is recognized on a time apportionment basis, taking into account the
principal amounts outstanding and the interest rates applicable.
·
|
Cost
of revenue
|
Cost of
revenue consists primarily of material costs, direct labor, depreciation and
manufacturing overhead, which are directly attributable to the manufacture of
products and the rendering of services. Shipping and handling costs, associated
with the distribution of finished products to customers, are borne by the
customers.
F-10
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
·
|
Product
warranty
|
Under the
terms of the contracts, the Company offers the customers free 12-months’ of
product warranty on a case-by-case basis, depending upon the type of customers,
nature and size of the infrastructure projects. Under such arrangements, a
portion of the project contract balance (usually 5-10% of contract value) is
withheld by a customer for 12 months, until the product warranty is expired. The
Company has not experienced any material returns where it was under obligation
to honor this standard warranty provision. As such, no reserve for product
warranty has been provided in the result of operations for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008.
·
|
Advertising
expense
|
Advertising
costs are expensed as incurred under ASC Topic 720-35, “Advertising Costs”. No
advertising expense was incurred for the years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008.
·
|
Research
and development
|
Research
and development costs are expensed when incurred in the development of new
products or processes including significant improvements and refinements of
existing products. Such costs mainly relate to labor and material cost. The
Company incurred $14,224 and $111,030 of such costs for the years ended December
31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
·
|
Subsidy
income
|
Subsidy
income is received at a discretionary amount as determined by the local PRC
government. Subsidy income is recognized at its fair value where there is a
reasonable assurance that the subsidy will be received and the Company will
comply with applicable conditions. Subsidy income is recognized in the
accompanying consolidated statements of operations at the period when it was
received from the local PRC government.
·
|
Stock
based compensation
|
The
Company adopts ASC Topic 718, "Stock Compensation", ("ASC Topic
718") using the fair value method. Under ASC Topic 718, the stock-based
compensation is measured using the Black-Scholes Option-Pricing model on the
date of grant.
For
non-employee stock-based compensation, the Company adopts ASC Topic 505-50,
“Equity-Based Payments to
Non-Employees”, Stock-based compensation related to non-employees is
accounted for based on the fair value of the related stock or options or the
fair value of the services on the grant date, which ever is more readily
determinable in accordance with ASC Topic 718.
·
|
Retirement
plan costs
|
Contributions
to retirement schemes (which are defined contribution plans) are charged to
general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements
of operation as the related employee service is provided.
·
|
Comprehensive
income
|
ASC Topic
220, “Comprehensive
Income”, establishes standards for reporting and display of comprehensive
income, its components and accumulated balances. Comprehensive income as defined
includes all changes in equity during a period from non-owner sources.
Accumulated other comprehensive income, as presented in the accompanying
consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity, consists of changes in
unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency translation. This comprehensive
income is not included in the computation of income tax expense or
benefit.
F-11
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
·
|
Income
taxes
|
The
Company adopts the ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes”, regarding
accounting for uncertainty in income taxes which prescribes the recognition
threshold and measurement attributes for financial statement recognition and
measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. In
addition, the guidance requires the determination of whether the benefits of tax
positions will be more likely than not sustained upon audit based upon the
technical merits of the tax position. For tax positions that are determined to
be more likely than not sustained upon audit, a company recognizes the largest
amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon
ultimate settlement in the financial statements. For tax positions that are not
determined to be more likely than not sustained upon audit, a company does not
recognize any portion of the benefit in the financial statements. The guidance
provides for de-recognition, classification, penalties and interest, accounting
in interim periods and disclosure.
For the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company did not have any interest
and penalties associated with tax positions. As of December 31, 2009 and 2008,
the Company did not have any significant unrecognized uncertain tax
positions.
The
Company conducts the majority of its business in the PRC and is subject to tax
in this jurisdiction. As a result of its business activities, the Company files
tax returns that are subject to examination by a foreign tax authority. For the
year ended December 31, 2009, the Company filed and cleared a 2008 PRC tax
return with the foreign tax authority.
·
|
Net
income per share
|
The
Company calculates net income per share in accordance with ASC Topic 260, “Earnings per Share.” Basic
income per share is computed by dividing the net income by the weighted-average
number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted income per share
is computed similar to basic income per share except that the denominator is
increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been
outstanding if the potential common stock equivalents had been issued and if the
additional common shares were dilutive.
·
|
Foreign
currencies translation
|
Transactions
denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into
the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the
transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other
than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency using
the applicable exchange rates at the balance sheet dates. The resulting exchange
differences are recorded in the consolidated statement of
operations.
The
reporting currency of the Company is the United States Dollar ("US$"). The
Company's subsidiaries in the PRC, Nengfa Energy and Sales Company maintain
their books and records in its local currency, the Renminbi Yuan ("RMB"), which
is their functional currency as being the primary currency of the economic
environment in which these entities operate.
In
general, for consolidation purposes, assets and liabilities of its subsidiaries
whose functional currency is not the US$ are translated into US$, in accordance
with ASC Topic 830-30 “Translation of Financial
Statement”, using the exchange rate on
the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at average rates
prevailing during the year. The gains and losses resulting from translation of
financial statements of foreign subsidiaries are recorded as a separate
component of accumulated other comprehensive income within the statement of
stockholders’ equity.
Translation
of amounts from RMB into US$1 has been made at the following exchange rates for
the respective year:
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Year-end
RMB:US$1 exchange rate
|
6.8372 | 6.8542 | ||||||
Annual
average RMB:US$1 exchange rate
|
6.8409 | 6.9623 |
F-12
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
·
|
Related
parties
|
Parties,
which can be a corporation or individual, are considered to be related if the
Company has the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the other party or
exercise significant influence over the other party in making financial and
operational decisions. Companies are also considered to be related if they are
subject to common control or common significant influence.
·
|
Segment
reporting
|
ASC Topic
280, “Segment Reporting”
establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments on a
basis consistent with the Company’s internal organization structure as well as
information about geographical areas, business segments and major customers in
financial statements. The Company currently operates in two reportable business
segments in Tieling City, Liaoning Province, the PRC: Valves manufacturing
business and Energy-saving related business.
·
|
Fair
value measurement
|
ASC Topic
820 “Fair Value Measurements
and Disclosures” ("ASC 820"), establishes a new framework for measuring
fair value and expands related disclosures. Broadly, ASC 820 framework requires
fair value to be determined based on the exchange price that would be received
for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or
most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction
between market participants. ASC 820 establishes a three-level valuation
hierarchy based upon observable and non-observable inputs. These tiers include:
Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;
Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are
either directly or indirectly observable; and Level 3, defined as unobservable
inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity
to develop its own assumptions.
For
financial assets and liabilities, fair value is the price the Company would
receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly
transaction with a market participant at the measurement date. In the absence of
active markets for the identical assets or liabilities, such measurements
involve developing assumptions based on market observable data and, in the
absence of such data, internal information that is consistent with what market
participants would use in a hypothetical transaction that occurs at the
measurement date.
·
|
Fair
value of financial instruments
|
The
carrying value of the Company’s financial instruments include cash and cash
equivalents, accounts and retention receivables, prepayments and other
receivables, accounts payable, customer deposits, income tax payable, accrued
liabilities and other payable. Fair values were assumed to approximate carrying
values for these financial instruments because they are short term in nature and
their carrying amounts approximate fair values. The carrying value of the
Company’s obligation under finance leases approximate its fair value based on
the current market prices or interest rates for similar debt
instruments.
·
|
Recent
accounting pronouncements
|
The
Company has reviewed all recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting
pronouncements and does not believe the future adoption of any such
pronouncements may be expected to cause a material impact on its financial
condition or the results of its operations.
In
September 2009, Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) became the source of
authoritative U.S. GAAP recognized by the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) for nongovernmental entities, except for certain FASB Statements not
yet incorporated into ASC. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under
federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative U.S. GAAP for
registrants. The discussion below includes the applicable ASC
reference.
F-13
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
The
Company adopted ASC Topic 810-10, “Consolidation” (formerly SFAS
No. 160, “Non-controlling
Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements – an amendment of ARB No.
51”) effective January 2, 2009. ASC Topic 810-10 changes the manner of
presentation and related disclosures for the non-controlling interest in a
subsidiary (formerly referred to as a minority interest) and for the
deconsolidation of a subsidiary.
ASC Topic
815-10, “Derivatives and
Hedging” (formerly SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities”) was adopted by the Company effective
January 2, 2009. The guidance under ASC Topic 815-10 changes the manner of
presentation and related disclosures of the fair values of derivative
instruments and their gains and losses.
In April
2009, the FASB issued an update to ASC Topic 820-10, “Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures” (“ASC 820-10”) (formerly FASB Staff Position No. SFAS 157-4,
“Determining Fair Value When
the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly
Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly”). The
standard provides additional guidance on estimating fair value in accordance
with ASC 820-10 when the volume and level of transaction activity for an asset
or liability have significantly decreased in relation to normal market activity
for the asset or liability have significantly decreased and includes guidance on
identifying circumstances that indicate if a transaction is not orderly. The
Company adopted this pronouncement effective April 1, 2009 with no impact on its
financial statements.
In April
2009, the FASB issued FSP SFAS No. 107-1, “Disclosures about Fair Value of
Financial Instruments” (“ASC 825-10”). ASC 825-10 requires fair value of
financial instruments disclosure for interim reporting periods of publicly
traded companies as well as in annual financial statements. ASC 825-10 is
effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009 and was adopted by the
Company in the second quarter of 2009. There was no material impact to the
Company’s financial statements as a result of the adoption of ASC
825-10.
In June
2009, the FASB finalized SFAS No. 167, “Amending FASB interpretation No.
46(R)”, which was included in ASC Topic 810-10-05, “Variable Interest Entities”.
The provisions of ASC Topic 810-10-05 amend the definition of the primary
beneficiary of a variable interest entity and will require the Company to make
an assessment each reporting period of its variable interests. The provisions of
this pronouncement are effective January 1, 2010. The Company is evaluating the
impact of the statement on its financial statements.
In July
2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 168, “The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles”. SFAS 168 codified all previously issued
accounting pronouncements, eliminating the prior hierarchy of accounting
literature, in a single source for authoritative U.S. GAAP recognized by the
FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. SFAS 168, now ASC Topic 105-10
“Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles”, is effective for financial statements issued for interim and
annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The adoption of this
pronouncement did not have an effect on the Company’s financial
statements.
In August
2009, the FASB issued an update of ASC Topic 820, “Measuring Liabilities at Fair
Value”. The new guidance provides clarification that in circumstances in
which a quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not
available, a reporting entity is required to measure fair value using prescribed
techniques. The Company adopted the new guidance in the third quarter of 2009
and it did not materially affect the Company’s financial position and results of
operations.
In
October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2009-13,
“Revenue Recognition (Topic
605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements (a consensus of the FASB
Emerging Issues Task Force)” which amends ASC 605-25, “Revenue Recognition:
Multiple-Element Arrangements.” ASU No. 2009-13 addresses how to
determine whether an arrangement involving multiple deliverables contains more
than one unit of accounting and how to allocate consideration to each unit of
accounting in the arrangement. This ASU replaces all references to fair value as
the measurement criteria with the term selling price and establishes a hierarchy
for determining the selling price of a deliverable. ASU No. 2009-13 also
eliminates the use of the residual value method for determining the allocation
of arrangement consideration. Additionally, ASU No. 2009-13 requires expanded
disclosures. This ASU will become effective for us for revenue arrangements
entered into or materially modified on or after April 1, 2011. Earlier
application is permitted with required transition disclosures based on the
period of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the application date and
the impact of this standard on its financial statements.
F-14
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
3. ACCOUNTS
RECEIVABLE
The
majority of the Company’s sales are on open credit terms and in accordance with
terms specified in the contracts governing the relevant transactions. The
Company evaluates the need of an allowance for doubtful accounts based on
specifically identified amounts that management believes to be uncollectible. If
actual collections experience changes, revisions to the allowance may be
required. Based upon the aforementioned criteria, management has recognized
$12,656 and $0 doubtful accounts for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
As of December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Accounts
receivable, gross
|
$ | 12,523,538 | $ | 8,371,447 | ||||
Less:
allowance for doubtful accounts
|
(12,663 | ) | - | |||||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
$ | 12,510,875 | $ | 8,371,447 |
As of the
date of this filing, the Company has subsequently recovered from
approximately 55% of the accounts receivable as of December 31,
2009.
4.
|
INVENTORIES
|
Inventories
consist of the following:
As of December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Raw
materials
|
$ | 512,903 | $ | 720,460 | ||||
Work-in-process
|
122,123 | 569,450 | ||||||
Finished
goods
|
3,749 | 226,867 | ||||||
$ | 638,775 | $ | 1,516,777 |
For the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company recorded no allowance for
obsolete inventories or write-off.
5.
|
PREPAYMENTS
AND OTHER RECEIVABLES
|
Prepayments
and other receivables consist of the following:
As of December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Prepayments
to vendors for raw materials
|
$ | 545,102 | $ | 473,064 | ||||
Prepayments
to equipment vendors
|
7,115 | 126,930 | ||||||
Prepaid
operating expenses
|
34,801 | 26,354 | ||||||
Advances
to employees
|
16,438 | - | ||||||
Tendering
deposit
|
- | 26,494 | ||||||
$ | 603,456 | $ | 652,842 |
F-15
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
6.
|
PLANT
AND EQUIPMENT
|
Plant and
equipment consist of the following:
As of December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Plant
and machinery
|
$ | 3,083,588 | $ | 2,967,425 | ||||
Furniture,
fixture and equipment
|
58,981 | 58,170 | ||||||
Foreign
translation difference
|
175,879 | 181,814 | ||||||
3,318,448 | 3,207,409 | |||||||
Less:
accumulated depreciation
|
(1,111,372 | ) | (778,988 | ) | ||||
Less:
foreign translation difference
|
(37,336 | ) | (35,134 | ) | ||||
Plant
and equipment, net
|
$ | 2,169,740 | $ | 2,393,287 |
Depreciation
expenses for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were $356,263 and
$306,994 respectively, of which $315,846 and $270,539, respectively, were
included in cost of revenue.
7.
|
CONSTRUCTION
IN PROGRESS
|
In 2008,
the Company was approved by the local government to construct a new
manufacturing facility for energy-saving products and equipment in Yingzhou
District Industrial Park, Tieling City, Liaoning Province, the PRC. Total
estimated construction cost of a new manufacturing facility is approximately $16
million (including land use rights of approximately $3 million). The
construction project is expected to be fully completed in late 2010. As of
December 31, 2009, the Company incurred and capitalized $9,045,332 as
construction in progress.
8.
|
OTHER
PAYABLES AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
|
Other
payables and accrued liabilities consist of the following:
As of December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Payable
to the PRC government for land use rights
|
$ | 1,018,682 | $ | - | ||||
Accrued
operating expenses
|
372,324 | 42,719 | ||||||
Value
added tax payable
|
263,834 | 5,886 | ||||||
Provision
for contingent liability
|
200,000 | 200,000 | ||||||
Rent
payable
|
40,221 | 40,121 | ||||||
Payable
to equipment vendors
|
- | 38,196 | ||||||
Other
payable
|
33,433 | 12,802 | ||||||
$ | 1,928,494 | $ | 339,724 |
F-16
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
9.
|
OBLIGATION
UNDER FINANCE LEASES
|
The
Company purchased certain plant and equipment under finance lease agreements
with the effective interest rates ranging from 8.59% to 8.6% per annum, due
through May 25, 2012, with principal and interest payable monthly.
The
obligation under the finance leases is as follows:
December 31, 2009
|
||||
Finance
lease
|
$ | 1,113,726 | ||
Less:
current portion
|
(437,917 | ) | ||
Non-current
portion
|
$ | 675,809 |
The
maturities of the finance lease obligation for the next three years are as
follows:
Years
ending December 31:
|
||||
2010
|
$ | 524,363 | ||
2011
|
589,475 | |||
2012
|
122,335 | |||
Total
finance leases obligation
|
1,236,173 | |||
Less:
interest
|
(122,447 | ) | ||
Present
value of net minimum obligation
|
$ | 1,113,726 |
The
obligation under finance leases were guaranteed by the Company’s director, Mr.
Gang Li and Ms. Li Hua Wang.
Such
plant and machinery amounting to $2,059,457 held under finance leases are
capitalized as construction in progress.
10.
|
STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
|
On August
26, 2009, the Company implemented a 1 for 3 reverse split of its common stock.
All common stock and per share data for all periods presented in these financial
statements have been restated to give effect to the reverse stock
split.
In
December 2009, certain warrant holders exercised 44,444 shares of warrants on a
cashless basis to purchase 24,099 shares of the Company’s common
stock.
As a
result, the Company had a total of 13,315,486 shares of its common stock issued
and outstanding as of December 31, 2009.
11.
|
INCOME
TAXES
|
For the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the local (“United States of America”)
and foreign components of income (loss) before income taxes were comprised of
the following:
F-17
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
Years ended December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Tax
jurisdiction from:
|
||||||||
-
Local
|
$ | (517,335 | ) | $ | (342,216 | ) | ||
-
Foreign
|
6,053,856 | 3,995,562 | ||||||
Income
before income taxes
|
$ | 5,536,521 | $ | 3,653,346 |
Years ended December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Current:
|
||||||||
-
Local
|
$ | - | $ | - | ||||
-
Foreign
|
762,050 | 536 | ||||||
Deferred:
|
||||||||
-
Local
|
- | - | ||||||
-
Foreign
|
(1,408 | ) | - | |||||
Income
tax expense
|
$ | 760,642 | $ | 536 |
The
effective tax rate in the years presented is the result of the mix of income
earned in various tax jurisdictions that apply a broad range of income tax
rates. The Company operates in the United States of America and the PRC and is
subject to taxes in those jurisdictions as follows:
United
States of America
NFEC is
incorporated in the State of Delaware and is subject to the tax laws of United
States of America.
As of
December 31, 2009, the Company’s operations in the United States of America
incurred $1,302,423 of cumulative net operating losses which can be carried
forward to offset future taxable income. The net operating loss carry forwards
begin to expire in 2029, if unutilized. The Company has provided for a full
valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets of $442,824 on the expected
future tax benefits from the net operating loss carry forwards as management
believes it is more likely than not that these assets will not be realized in
the future.
The
PRC
The
Company generated its income from subsidiaries operating in the PRC for the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. Effective from January 1, 2008, these
subsidiaries are subject to the Corporate Income Tax Law of the People’s
Republic of China (the “New CIT Law”), at a unified income tax rate of
25%.
Under the
New CIT Law, Nengfa Energy is qualified as a foreign investment enterprise and
continues to enjoy the unexpired tax holiday of a 50%-reduction on the unified
income tax rate through 2011, subject to a transitional policy. Sales Company is
a domestic company which is entitled to the unified income tax rate of
25%.
F-18
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
The
reconciliation of income tax rate to the effective income tax rate for the years
ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 is as follows:
Years ended December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Income
before income taxes from PRC operation
|
$ | 6,053,856 | $ | 3,995,562 | ||||
Statutory
income tax rate
|
25 | % | 25 | % | ||||
Income
tax expense at statutory rate
|
1,513,464 | 998,890 | ||||||
Effect
of non-taxable items
|
(1,408 | ) | - | |||||
Effect
from tax holiday
|
(751,414 | ) | (998,354 | ) | ||||
Income
tax expense
|
$ | 760,642 | $ | 536 |
The
following table sets forth the significant components of the aggregate deferred
tax assets of the Company as of December 31, 2009 and 2008:
As of December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Deferred
tax assets:
|
||||||||
-
Net operating loss carry forwards
|
$ | 442,824 | $ | 324,403 | ||||
-
Allowance for doubtful accounts
|
1,408 | - | ||||||
444,232 | 324,403 | |||||||
Less:
valuation allowance
|
(442,824 | ) | (324,403 | ) | ||||
Deferred
tax assets
|
$ | 1,408 | $ | - |
Management
believes that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not
be fully realizable in the future. Accordingly, the Company provided for a full
valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets of $442,824 and $324,403 as
of December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. During 2009, the valuation
allowance increased by $118,421, primarily relating to net operating loss carry
forwards from the local tax regime.
12.
|
NET
INCOME PER SHARE
|
Basic net
income per share is computed using the weighted average number of the ordinary
shares outstanding during the year. Diluted net income per share is computed
using the weighted average number of ordinary shares and ordinary share
equivalents outstanding during the year. On August 26, 2009, the Company
implemented a 1 for 3 reverse split of its common stock. All common stock and
per share data for all periods presented in these financial statements have been
restated to give effect to the reverse stock split.
The
following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per
share for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008:
Years ended December 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Basis
and diluted net income per share calculation
|
||||||||
Numerator:
|
||||||||
-
Net income in computing basic and diluted net income per
share
|
$ | 4,775,879 | $ | 3,652,810 | ||||
Denominator:
|
||||||||
-
Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding
|
13,292,150 | 11,075,776 | ||||||
-
Stock issued for private placement
|
- | 2,215,611 | ||||||
-
Warrants granted for service
|
24,657 | - | ||||||
Shares
used in computing basic and diluted net income per share
|
13,316,807 | 13,291,387 | ||||||
Basic
net income per share
|
$ | 0.36 | $ | 0.27 | ||||
Diluted
net income per share
|
$ | 0.36 | $ | 0.27 |
F-19
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
13.
|
STOCK
BASED COMPENSATION
|
In June
2009, the Company entered into various agreements with five Investor Relations
(IR) firms, in which the Company agreed to issue warrants to purchase an
aggregate of 150,000 shares (post reverse split) of its common stock to the IR
firms. The warrants have an exercise price of $1.80 per share and were
exercisable upon issuance. The warrants expire 5 years after becoming
exercisable and all of the warrants have fully vested.
On
October 13, 2009, the Company entered into Termination and Modification
Agreements (the “Agreements”) with two of the five IR firms. Pursuant to the
Agreements, the Company and two IR firms mutually agreed to terminate the IR
consulting agreement dated June 1, 2009 and two IR firms agreed to surrender
warrants to purchase 83,333 shares of common stock (post reverse split).
Concurrently, the Company granted warrants to purchase 36,111 shares of common
stock at an exercise price of $1.8 per share as compensation to these two IR
firms.
In
December 2009, certain IR firms exercised warrants to purchase 44,444 shares on
a cashless basis, resulting in the purchase of 24,099 shares of common
stock.
Transactions
involving warrants issued to IR firms during the year ended December 31, 2009
are summarized as follows (warrants were not issued to employees):
Warrants outstanding
|
||||||||||||||||
Number of
warrants
|
Exercise price
range per
share
|
Weighted
average
exercise price
per share
|
Weighted
average
grant-date fair
value per
share
|
|||||||||||||
Balance
as of January 1, 2009
|
- | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | |||||||||
Warrants
granted in June 2009
|
150,000 | 1.80 | 1.80 | 2.34 | ||||||||||||
Warrants
cancelled in October 2009
|
(83,333 | ) | (1.80 | ) | (1.80 | ) | (2.34 | ) | ||||||||
Warrants
granted in October 2009
|
36,111 | 1.80 | 1.80 | 4.20 | ||||||||||||
Warrants
exercised in December 2009
|
(44,444 | ) | (1.80 | ) | (1.80 | ) | (2.85 | ) | ||||||||
Balance
as of December 31, 2009
|
58,334 | $ | 1.80 | $ | 1.80 | $ | 3.17 |
The
Company adopted ASC Topic 718 using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model to
measure the fair value of warrants on the grant date, with the following
weighted average assumptions:
Expected
life (in years)
|
5
|
|
Volatility
|
340.61%
- 456.53%
|
|
Risk
free interest rate
|
2.28%
- 2.89%
|
|
Dividend
yield
|
0%
|
F-20
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
14.
|
CHINA
CONTRIBUTION PLAN
|
Under the
PRC Law, full-time employees of its subsidiaries in the PRC, Nengfa Energy and
Sales Company are entitled to staff welfare benefits including medical care,
welfare subsidies, unemployment insurance and pension benefits through a China
government-mandated multi-employer defined contribution plan. Nengfa Energy and
Sales Company are required to accrue for these benefits based on certain
percentages of the employees’ salaries. The total contributions made for such
employee benefits were $201,695 and $176,121 for the years ended December 31,
2009 and 2008, respectively.
15.
|
STATUTORY
RESERVES
|
Under the
PRC Law the Company’s subsidiaries, Nengfa Energy and Sales Company are required
to make appropriations to the statutory reserve based on after-tax net earnings
and determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of
the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC GAAP”). Appropriation to the statutory
reserve should be at least 10% of the after-tax net income until the reserve is
equal to 50% of the registered capital. The statutory reserve is established for
the purpose of providing employee facilities and other collective benefits to
the employees and is non-distributable other than in liquidation.
For the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company’s subsidiaries made
appropriation of $532,180 and $399,391 to statutory reserve,
respectively.
16.
|
SEGMENT
INFORMATION
|
The
Company’s business units have been aggregated into two reportable segments, as
defined by ASC Topic 280:
·
|
Valves
manufacturing business – production of valves components and the provision
of valve improvement and engineering services;
and
|
·
|
Energy-saving
related business – production of wind-energy equipment, provision of
energy-saving related re-engineering and technical services and long-term
construction project.
|
The
Company operates these business segments in the PRC and all of the identifiable
assets of the Company are located in the PRC during the periods
presented.
The
accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the
summary of significant accounting policies (see Note 2). The Company had no
inter-segment sales for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. The
Company’s reportable segments are strategic business units that offer different
products and services. They are managed separately because each business
requires different technology and marketing strategies. Summarized financial
information concerning the Company’s reportable segments is shown in the
following table for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008:
F-21
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
Year ended December 31, 2009
|
||||||||||||
Valves
manufacturing
business
|
Energy-saving
related business
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Operating
revenues, net:
|
||||||||||||
-
Products
|
$ | 17,303,439 | 135,582 | 17,439,021 | ||||||||
-
Services
|
2,884,976 | - | 2,884,976 | |||||||||
Total
operating revenues
|
20,188,415 | 135,582 | 20,323,997 | |||||||||
Cost
of revenues
|
(13,594,969 | ) | (105,735 | ) | (13,700,704 | ) | ||||||
Gross
profit
|
6,593,446 | 29,847 | 6,623,293 | |||||||||
Depreciation
|
353,696 | 2,567 | 356,263 | |||||||||
Total
assets
|
25,885,765 | 185,909 | 26,071,674 | |||||||||
Expenditure
for long-lived assets
|
$ | 3,804,626 | $ | - | $ | 3,804,626 |
Year ended December 31, 2008
|
||||||||||||
Valves
manufacturing
business
|
Energy-saving
related business
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Operating
revenues, net:
|
||||||||||||
-
Products
|
$ | 11,013,921 | $ | 618,348 | $ | 11,632,269 | ||||||
-
Services
|
3,330,113 | - | 3,330,113 | |||||||||
-
Projects
|
- | 872,562 | 872,562 | |||||||||
Total
operating revenues
|
14,344,034 | 1,490,910 | 15,834,944 | |||||||||
Cost
of revenues
|
(10,204,540 | ) | (1,232,247 | ) | (11,436,787 | ) | ||||||
Gross
profit
|
4,139,494 | 258,663 | 4,398,157 | |||||||||
Depreciation
|
276,314 | 30,680 | 306,994 | |||||||||
Total
assets
|
16,256,290 | 1,795,723 | 18,052,013 | |||||||||
Expenditure
for long-lived assets
|
$ | 2,144,408 | $ | - | $ | 2,144,408 |
17.
|
CONCENTRATIONS
OF RISK
|
The
Company is exposed to the following concentrations of risk:
For the
year ended December 31, 2009, 100% of the Company’s assets were located in the
PRC and 100% of the Company’s revenues and purchases were derived from customers
and vendors located in the PRC.
(a) Major
customers
For the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the customer who accounts for 10% or
more of the Company’s revenues and its outstanding balance as at year-end dates,
are presented as follows:
Year ended December 31, 2009
|
December 31, 2009
|
|||||||||||||
Customers
|
Revenues
|
Percentage
of revenues
|
Accounts and
retention
receivables *
|
|||||||||||
Customer
A
|
$ | 12,639,292 | 62 | % | $ | 8,569,330 | ||||||||
Customer
B
|
2,025,808 | 10 | % | 199,174 | ||||||||||
Total:
|
$ | 14,665,100 | 72 | % |
Total:
|
$ | 8,768,504 |
* As of
the date of this filing, Customer A settled with approximately 53% of its
accounts receivable and Customer B has settled with approximately 31% of its
accounts receivable.
F-22
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
Year ended December 31, 2008
|
December 31, 2008
|
|||||||||||||
Customers
|
Revenues
|
Percentage
of revenues
|
Accounts and
retention
receivable
|
|||||||||||
Customer
A
|
$ | 8,717,096 | 55 | % | $ | 6,438,107 | ||||||||
Customer
B
|
2,345,891 | 15 | % | 181,456 | ||||||||||
Total:
|
$ | 11,062,987 | 70 | % |
Total:
|
$ | 6,619,563 |
(b) Major
vendors
For the
year ended December 31, 2009, one vendor represented more than 10% of the
Company’s purchases. This vendor accounts for 32% of the Company’s purchases
amounting to $3,669,044, with $0 of accounts payable.
For the
year ended December 31, 2008, one vendor represented more than 10% of the
Company’s purchases. This vendor accounts for 10% of the Company’s purchases
amounting to $3,152,828, with $310,310 of accounts payable.
(c) Credit
risk
Financial
instruments that are potentially subject to credit risk consist principally of
accounts and retention receivables. The Company believes the concentration of
credit risk in its accounts and retention receivables is substantially mitigated
by its ongoing credit evaluation process and relatively short collection terms.
The Company does not generally require collateral from customers. The Company
evaluates the need for an allowance for doubtful accounts based upon factors
surrounding the credit risk of specific customers, historical trends and other
information.
(d)
Interest
rate risk
As the
Company has no significant interest-bearing assets, the Company’s income and
operating cash flows are substantially independent of changes in market interest
rates.
The
Company’s interest-rate risk arises from finance lease obligation. The Company
manages interest rate risk by varying the issuance and maturity dates of its
variable rate debt, limiting the amount of variable rate debt, and continually
monitoring the effects of market changes in interest rates. As of December 31,
2009, finance lease obligation is at fixed rates and its interest rate is
disclosed in Note 9.
(e) Exchange
rate risk
The
reporting currency of the Company is US$. To date the majority of the revenues
and costs are denominated in RMB and a significant portion of the assets and
liabilities are denominated in RMB. As a result, the Company is exposed to
foreign exchange risk as its revenues and results of operations may be affected
by fluctuations in the exchange rate between US$ and RMB. If RMB depreciates
against US$, the value of RMB revenues and assets as expressed in US$ financial
statements will decline. The Company does not hold any derivative or other
financial instruments that expose it to substantial market risk.
(f) Economic
and political risks
The
Company's operations are conducted in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company's
business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the
political, economic and legal environment in the PRC, and by the general state
of the PRC economy.
F-23
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
The
Company's operations in the PRC are subject to special considerations and
significant risks not typically associated with companies in North America and
Western Europe. These include risks associated with, among others, the
political, economic and legal environment and foreign currency exchange. The
Company's results may be adversely affected by changes in the political and
social conditions in the PRC, and by changes in governmental policies with
respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency
conversion, remittances abroad, and rates and methods of taxation.
18.
|
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
|
(a)
|
Operating
lease commitments
|
The
Company was committed under a non-cancelable operating lease with fixed monthly
rentals, due through February 9, 2011. Total rent expenses for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008 was $47,509 and $50,271, respectively.
As of
December 31, 2009, future minimum rent payments due under a non-cancelable
operating lease in the next two years are as follows:
Years
ending December 31:
|
||||
2010
|
$ | 46,619 | ||
2011
|
3,656 | |||
Total:
|
$ | 50,275 |
(b)
|
Capital
commitments
|
In 2008,
the Company was approved by the local government to construct a new
manufacturing facility for energy-saving products and equipment in Yingzhou
District Industrial Park, Tieling City, Liaoning Province, the PRC. Total
estimated construction cost of a new manufacturing facility is approximately $16
million (including land use rights of approximately $3 million). The
construction project is expected to be fully completed in late
2010.
As of
December 31, 2009, the Company is committed to the future contingent payments of
approximately $2 million on the purchase of new plant and equipment and third
party contractors in the next 12 months.
(c)
|
Litigation
|
On May
21, 2007, a civil complaint Robert Dawley vs NF Energy Saving
Corp. of America, et al. was filed in the United States District Court,
Middle District of Florida, Orlando, Civil No. 6:07-cv-872-Orl-18DAB. The
complaint accuses the defendants of breaching a contract for payment of money
that was signed by Sam Winer, former Chief Executive Officer, before the
commencement of the Company’s reverse merger with the current subsidiary. After
being initially dismissed by the Court, the action was authorized to proceed on
November 16, 2007. The trial was held in the United States District Court,
Middle District of Florida, Orlando on October 16, 2008. The District Court
issued a Judgment on December 11, 2008 awarding the plaintiff the sum of
$400,000 against the Company, plus prejudgment interest in the amount of
$132,822, with continuing interest of $132 per day on the $400,000 obligation
until it is paid. The Court further adjudged that the plaintiff shall surrender
his stock upon payment of the $400,000. In the event the plaintiff fails to
surrender his stock after payment, the Company may cancel the stock. Any
payments or collection under the Judgment shall be credited first to
interest.
F-24
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Formerly
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America)
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(Currency
expressed in United States Dollars (“US$”), except for number of
shares)
On
January 6, 2009, the Company filed a notice of appeal 09-10140-B in the United
States of Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit from the District Court’s
judgment. The Company has engaged an attorney to prosecute its appeal of the
above judgment. The Company has also accrued $200,000 for this contingent
liability to the statement of operation in fiscal year 2008. The parties have
completed briefing the appeal and are waiting for the court’s decision on the
appeal. In addition, the Company’s directors, Mr. Gang Li and Ms. Li Hua Wang
have personally agreed to guarantee all contingent liabilities and costs to be
incurred in connection with this litigation claim. At this point, the Company
does not believe that the judgment would have a material impact on, or result in
significant contingencies to, the Company.
19.
|
COMPARATIVE
FIGURES
|
Certain
amounts presented in the prior period have been reclassified to conform to the
current period financial statement presentation.
20.
|
SUBSEQUENT
EVENTS
|
On
February 24, 2010 and March 4, 2010, the Company sold, through a private
placement to two accredited investors, convertible promissory notes (the
“Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $960,000 and warrants (the
"Warrants") to purchase 160,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per
share ("Common Stock"). The Company intends to use the net proceeds of
approximately $900,000 from the private placement for working capital and
general corporate purposes.
The Notes
bear simple interest at the rate of 6% per year and, absent an “event of
default,” are payable in shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Provided an
"event of default" has not occurred and is not then continuing, the Notes will
convert upon the earlier to occur of (i) the commencement of trading of the
Company's Common Stock on a major US stock exchange, or (ii) one year after
issuance. Upon conversion, the holders of the Notes shall receive such number of
shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the
then-outstanding principal amount and accrued but unpaid interest on the Note by
(b) the then-current conversion price, which initially shall be $3.00 per share.
The conversion price is subject to adjustment for stock dividends, splits,
combinations and similar events. The Notes are secured by a security interest in
and lien upon all of the Company’s assets.
The
Warrants, which are exercisable for shares of Common Stock at an initial
exercise price of $4.00 per share, are not exercisable until three months after
issuance and will terminate five years thereafter. The exercise price is subject
to adjustment for stock dividends, splits, combinations and similar events. The
Company has agreed to provide the investors with “piggy-back” registration
rights with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
the Notes and exercise of the Warrants.
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ITEM
9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
None.
ITEM
9A(T). CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) Evaluation of
Disclosure Controls and Procedures .
Our chief
executive officer and chief financial officer evaluated the effectiveness of our
disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2009. The term “disclosure
controls and procedures,” as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the
Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed
to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports
that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s
rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without
limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required
to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the
Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management,
including its principal executive and principal financial officers, to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on the evaluation of our
disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2009, our chief executive
officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our
disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
(b)
Management’s
Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting .
Management’s
Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is
defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act as a process designed
by, or under the supervision of, the company’s principal executive officer and
principal financial officer and effected by the Company’s Board of Directors,
management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles and includes those policies and procedures that:
• pertain to the
maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect
the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;
• provide reasonable
assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made
only in accordance with management authorization; and
• provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition,
use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on
the financial statements.
Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not
prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness
to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the
policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Our
management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2009. In making this assessment, the Company’s
management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated
Framework.
Based on
this assessment, our management concluded that, as of December 31, 2009,
our internal control over financial reporting is effective.
This
annual report does not include an attestation report of our Company’s
independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over
financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our
independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary
rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit us to provide
only management’s report in this annual report.
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c)
Changes in Internal Controls
No change
in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the fiscal
quarter ended December 31, 2009 that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
ITEM
9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
PART
III
ITEM
10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Directors
and Executive Officers
The
persons listed below are the current officers and directors of the Company as of
the filing date of this report. Our directors are elected at the annual meeting
of shareholders, or may be appointed by the Board to fill an existing vacancy,
and hold office for one year and until their successors are elected and
qualified. Our officers are appointed by the Board of Directors and serve at the
pleasure of the Board. We have not entered into any employment agreements with
our executive officers.
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
Term
|
|||
Gang,
Li
|
57
|
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer and President
|
April,
2012
|
|||
Lihua,
Wang
|
50
|
Director,
CFO
|
April,
2012
|
|||
Hong,
Li
|
32
|
Director
|
April,
2012
|
|||
Mia
Kuang, Ching
|
Independent
Director, Chair of Audit Committee
|
August,
2011
|
||||
Jason,
Wang
|
Independent
Director, Chair of Nomination Committee
|
August,
2011
|
||||
Jiuding,
Yan
|
Independent
Director, member of Nomination and Audit Committee
|
August,
2011
|
||||
John,
MacLean
|
Independent
Director, Chair of Compensation Committee
|
August,
2011
|
||||
Zhongmin,Wang
|
Independent
Director, member of Compensation Committee
|
August,
2011
|
Gang Li — President and Chief Executive
Officer
Mr. Gang
Li became the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company
in November 2006. Mr. Li was born in 1953. He graduated from
Tianjin University with a bachelor degree in science and a master degree in
law.
Mr. Li
was the director of Technology Innovation Department under the Liaoning Province
Planning and Economy Commission as well as the Director of the Economic
Operation Department under Liaoning Province Economic and Trade Commission. From
April 1984 to July 1998, he participated in and helped to prepare the Eighth and
the Ninth Five-Year Plan regarding the technological improvement in eight
industries including energy, transportation, and other various metallurgical
industries. Mr. Li has also helped to organize and implement several
projects in connection with technological improvements spanning across over 500
key products, 100 major projects, 100 enterprises and 8 industries, including
the famous “115 engineering project”. Due to Mr. Li’s leadership on the
“115 engineering project” and as a result of the above-mentioned technological
improvements, he was awarded the Enterprise Technology Advancement Award by
China’s National Technology Improvement Commission.
Mr. Li
is also an accomplished author and with several published papers and books
discussing various industry topics. His book “An Introduction to Technological
Improvement” was published by the prestigious Xinhua Publishing House. In
addition, the Liaoning Provincial Government awarded his paper titled
“Macro-indicator Review Systems in Enterprise Technology Improvement” with the
National Major Outcome prize and a second-place award in the category of
Technological Advancement.
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Between
1998 and 2006, Mr. Li was the General Manager of Liaoning project company, one
of the three pilot and demonstration companies of the GEF/WB/NDRC China Energy
Conservation Promotion Project. Mr. Li led the team working on “Energy
Management Contract” model of energy saving projects, completed 256 energy
saving projects for 216 customers. The accumulated total investment for the
projects was 0.452 billion RMB, with an accumulated saving of 1.67 million tons
of standard coal, reduced CO2 1.52 million tons. The achievements have highly
awarded by World Bank and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). In
2006, after the promotion projects were completed, Mr. Li established Liaoning
Nengfa Weiye Energy Technology Corporation Ltd. Mr. Li also serves as the
Deputy Director of the Liaoning Provincial Resource Saving and Comprehensive
Application Association. He also holds the offices of Deputy Director for the
China Energy Conservation Association and Deputy Director for the Energy
Conservation Committee under the China Energy Research Association. We believe
Mr. Li’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his
relationships with various government officials at local and provincial levels,
and his experience on consolidating resources and ability to obtaining capital
financing.
Li
Hua Wang —Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Lihua
Wang was born in 1960. Ms. Wang has been a Director and the Chief Financial
Officer of the Company since November 2006. She is also the general manager of
the 100% owned subsidiary Liaoning Nengfa Weiye Energy Technology Company Ltd.
in China. She graduated with a master degree in accounting from
the Graduate School of the Ministry of Finance in the Peoples Republic of
China.
Since May
1996, Ms. Wang has been involved in the building of Liaoning Energy
Management Contract (EMC) Project company , which is one of the three pilot and
demonstration companies of the GEF/WB/NDRC China Energy Conservation Promotion
Project. Ms. Wang is the chief financial officer of Liaoning EMC. In August
2003, the World Bank recommended her as the premier expert to the Chinese EMC
Association. We believe Ms. Wang’s qualifications to serve on our Board of
Directors include her knowledge of PRC tax policies, her ability to manage
corporate risk, and her experience in project assessments.
Hong
Li — Director
Ms. Hong
Li was born in 1978. She graduated with a bachelor of art degree in Chinese Law
from Northeastern University in the People’s Republic of China.
Since
September 2001, Ms. Li has been working as in-house counsel within the
legal department of Liaoning Nengfa Weiye Group. She is currently responsible
for regulatory compliance and corporate governance at Nengfa Energy. Ms. Li
become a Director of the Company in November 2006. We believe Ms. Li’s
qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include her familiarity of
China Economic Law and Corporate Law, and her experience in corporate governance
and contracts management matters.
Mia
Kuang Ching — Independent Director, Chairman of Audit Committee
Mr. Mia
Kuang Ching co-founded the Shanghai Sino-Biz Financial Advisory Company Ltd. in
2001, which was reorganized as SBA Stone Forest Corporate Advisory (Shanghai)
Co., Ltd. in 2003, of which he has been the Director, Investment Advisor and
currently is the Managing Partner of the firm. From 1992 to 1994 he was Regional
Accountant (South Europe) of Singapore Airlines. From 1994 to 1997, he was the
Group Financial Controller of Fullmark Pte. Ltd., and responsible for operations
in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Vietnam, in charge of strategic investment,
group financing and mergers and acquisitions. From 1997 to 2000, he was the
Chief Accountant of Dalian Container Terminal, a joint venture formed by PSA
Corporation of Singapore and the Port of Dalian Authority.
Mr. Ching
became an Independent Director of the Company in August 2009 and is Chairman of
the Audit Committee. We believe Mr. Ching’s qualifications to serve on our Board
of Directors include his years of business experience and his familiarity with
financial accounting matters.
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Jianxin
(Jason) Wang — Independent Director, Chairman of Nomination
Committee
Mr.
Jianxin (Jason) Wang has been the Managing Director of China Carbon Corporation,
an international company engaged in carbon trading, since January 2008. From
1993 to December 2007, Mr. Wang was the President of Sparkles International
Development Corp. a US-Sino company engaged in boiler energy savings. Mr. Wang
was a consultant to the Chicago Climate Exchange Inc. from May 2006 to January
2008. Mr. Wang in the past worked as the General Manager of J&J Import &
Export Inc. in the United States from 1991 to 1992, was a Research Assistant,
Division of Industry and Finance, China Department, at the World Bank from 1989
to 1990, Deputy Director, English Program Department of Advanced Language
Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China from 1983 to 1986
and General Manager, Supply and Transportation Department, Beijing Heavy
Machinery Plant, Beijing, China from 1974 to 1979. He has served as a lecturer,
advisor, director of research and conference participant, among other things, in
respect of energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy strategy and
services.
Mr. Wang
became an Independent Director of the Company in August 2009 and is Chairman of
the Nominating Committee. We believe Mr. Wang’s qualifications to serve on our
Board of Directors include his experience in the areas of climate change and
carbon trade and energy efficiency.
Jiuding
Yan- Independent Director-Member of Nomination Committee and Audit
Committee
Mr. Yan
has degrees from Shenyang Agricultural University and the California State
University, Hayward.
From 1996
to July 2004, Mr. Yan was the Deputy General Manager of Liaoning Orient
Securities Company. Mr. Jiuding Yan has been the Vice President of Zhong Tian
Securities Corporation Limited since July 2004.
Mr. Yan
became an Independent Director of the Company in September 2009 and is a member
of the Audit Committee and the Nominating Committee. We believe Mr. Yan’s
qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his experience as a
financial consultant to public and non-public companies operating in the
People’s Republic of China and in other countries.
John
C. MacLean -Independent Director-Chairman of Compensation Committee
John
MacLean graduated from Yale University in 1980 in economics and teaches
sustainable economics and political economy at The Evergreen State
College.
Mr.
MacLean is founder and President of Energy Efficiency Finance Corp., a financial
advisory firm specializing in finance for energy efficiency and renewable energy
projects founded in 1999 and based in Olympia, Washington, USA. Mr. MacLean’s
background is investment banking in municipal and project finance for energy and
environmental projects. His clients have included commercial and development
financial institutions, energy services companies, utilities, public agencies
and state and local governments on project development, procurement and finance
assignments. For the last fourteen years, he has worked internationally as a
financial advisor with the International Finance Corp., World Bank, Asian
Development Bank, United Nations Environment Program and others to develop,
structure and implement energy efficiency and renewable energy investments and
finance programs.
Mr.
McLean became an Independent Director of the Company in September 2009 and is
Chairman of the Compensation Committee. We believe Mr. MacLean’s qualifications
to serve on our Board of Directors include his 26 years of commercial finance
experience in a wide range of investment structures for senior debt, municipal
bond, leasing, factoring, subordinated debt, guarantees, project equity and
corporate equity transactions, and his work on financing energy efficient
projects and companies throughout his career.
Zhongmin
Wang-- Independent Director-Member of Compensation Committee
Mr.
Zhongmin Wang has degrees from the Management Department of Beijing Technology
University, Northeastern University and the Party School of the CPC Central
Committee. Between 1978 and 1985, Mr. Wang has acted on one of the major
directors’ role in several state owned enterprises in China. Since 1985, Mr.
Wang has held a number of positions in various municipal government in the
PRC.
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Mr.
Zhongmin Wang became the independent director of the Company in September 2009
and is a member of the Compensation Committee. We believe Mr. Wang’s
qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his many years of
experience in working for municipal governments in the PRC.
Family
Relationships
None.
Audit
Committee
The
current members of our audit committee are Mia Kuang Ching (Chairman) and
Jiuding Yan, each of whom we believe satisfies the independence requirements of
the Securities and Exchange Commission. We believe Mr. Ching is qualified as an
audit committee financial expert under the regulations of the SEC by reason of
his work experience. Our audit committee assists our Board of Directors in its
oversight of:
• the
integrity of our financial statements;
• our
independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence;
and
• the
performance of our independent auditors.
Code
of Ethics
The
Company has adopted a code of ethics (the "Code of Ethics") that applies to the
Company’s principal chief executive officer, principal financial officer,
principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar
functions. A copy of the Code of Ethics is attached as Exhibit 14.1 hereto. The
Code of Ethics is being designed with the intent to deter wrongdoing, and to
promote the following:
•
honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or
apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional
relationships;
•
full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and
documents that the Company files with, or submits to, the SEC and in other
public communications made by the Company;
•
compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules and
regulations;
•
the prompt internal reporting of violations of the code to an appropriate person
or persons identified in the code; and
•
accountability for adherence to the Code
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Under
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, all executive officers, directors, and each
person who is the beneficial owner of more than 10% of the common stock of a
company that files reports pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, are
required to report the ownership of such common stock, options, and stock
appreciation rights (other than certain cash-only rights) and any changes in
that ownership with the SEC. Specific due dates for these reports have been
established, and the Company is required to report, in this Form 10-K, any
failure to comply therewith during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. The
Company believes that other than the failure of Mia Kuang Ching, Jianxin Wang,
Zhongmin Wang, Jiuding Yan and John MacLean to file their respective Form 3s on
a timely basis, all of these filing requirements were satisfied by its executive
officers, directors and by the beneficial owners of more than 10% of the
Company’s common stock. In making this statement, the Company has relied solely
on copies of any reporting forms received by it, and upon any written
representations received from reporting persons that no Form 5 (Annual Statement
of Changes in Beneficial Ownership) was required to be filed under applicable
rules of the SEC.
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ITEM
11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Compensation
of Executive Officers
We did
not provide any compensation to our executive officers for the years ended
December 31, 2009 or 2008.
Compensation
of Directors
During
the year ended December 31, 2009, we had six non-employee directors, to whom we
provided a total amount of $36,000 in compensation, as set forth in the table
below. As employees of the Company and/or its subsidiaries, Gang Li, Li Hua Wang
and Hong Li received no additional compensation for their services as
directors.
NON-EMPLOYEE
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION TABLE FOR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
Name
|
Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash
($)
|
All Other
Compensation
($)
|
Total
($)
|
|||||||||
Mia
Kuang Ching
|
6,000 |
N/A
|
6,000 | |||||||||
Beijie
(Lesley) Jin(1)
|
6,000 |
N/A
|
6,000 | |||||||||
Jianxin
(Jason) Wang
|
6,000 |
N/A
|
6,000 | |||||||||
Jiuding
Yan
|
6,000 |
N/A
|
6,000 | |||||||||
John
MacLean
|
6,000 |
N/A
|
6,000 | |||||||||
Zhongmin
Wang
|
6,000 |
N/A
|
6,000 |
(1) Ms.
Jin resigned from the Board of Directors effective March 1, 2010.
Outstanding
equity awards at fiscal year-end
We have
not implemented a stock option plan at this time and since inception, have
issued no stock options, SARs or other equity awards. We may decide, at a later
date, and reserve the right to, initiate such a plan as deemed necessary by the
Board.
Pension
benefits
We have
not entered into any pension benefit agreements with our executive officers or
directors. We contribute to the social insurance for our employees each month,
which includes pension, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, occupational
injuries insurance and housing provision funds in accordance with PRC
regulations.
ITEM
12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED
STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The
following table sets forth certain information concerning the ownership of NF
Energy Saving Corporation’s Common Stock as of March 12, 2010, with respect to:
(i) each person known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent
of NF Energy Saving Corporation’s Common Stock, (ii) each director and executive
officer; and (iii) all directors and executive officers of the Company as a
group. The notes accompanying the information in the table below are necessary
for a complete understanding of the figures provided below. As of March 12,
2010, there were 13,315,486 shares of common stock outstanding, which takes into
account the 3-1 reverse stock split that was completed in August 2009. As of
March 12, 2010, there were no preferred shares outstanding.
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Name and Address of Beneficial
Owner(s)
|
Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Owner(s) (1) (2)
|
Percentage of Beneficial
Ownership
|
||||||
Pelaria(3)
|
6,350,296 | 47.69 | % | |||||
P.O.
Box 957
|
||||||||
Offshore
Incorporations Centre
|
||||||||
Road
Town, Tortola
|
||||||||
Gang,
Li(4)
|
5,080,237 | 38.15 | % | |||||
Chairman,
CEO and President
|
||||||||
Lihua
Wang(5)
|
1,270,059 | 9.54 | % | |||||
Director
and CFO
|
||||||||
Hong
Li
|
0 | 0 | % | |||||
Director
|
||||||||
Mia
Kuang Ching
|
0 | 0 | % | |||||
Independent
Director, Chair of Audit Committee
|
||||||||
Jianxin
(Jason) Wang
|
0 | 0 | % | |||||
Independent
Director, Chair of Nomination Committee
|
||||||||
Jiuding
Yan
|
0 | 0 | % | |||||
Independent
Director, member of Nomination and Audit Committee
|
||||||||
John
MacLean
|
0 | 0 | % | |||||
Independent
Director, Chair of Compensation Committee
|
||||||||
Zhongmin
Wang
|
0 | 0 | % | |||||
Independent
Director, member of Compensation Committee
|
||||||||
All
officers and directors as a group (eight persons)
|
6,350,296 | 47.69 | % |
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 13-d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
beneficial ownership of a security consists of sole or shared voting power
(including the power to vote or direct the voting) and/or sole or shared
investment power (including the power to dispose or direct the disposition) with
respect to a security whether through a contract, arrangement, understanding,
relationship or otherwise. Unless otherwise indicated, each person indicated
above has sole power to vote, or dispose or direct the disposition of all shares
beneficially owned. We are unaware of any shareholders whose voting rights would
be affected by community property laws. Unless as otherwise set forth in the
table, the address of each beneficial owner is 21-Jia Bei Si Dong Road, Tie Xi
Qu, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, P. R. China 110021.
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(2) This
table is based upon information obtained from our stock records. Unless
otherwise indicated in the footnotes to the above tables and subject to
community property laws where applicable, we believe that each shareholder named
in the above table has sole or shared voting and investment power with respect
to the shares indicated as beneficially owned.
(3) Pelaria
International Ltd. (“Pelaria”) is the record owner of the stated number of
shares. Pelaria is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liaoning Nengfa Weiye New Energy
Application Co., Ltd. (“Weiye Energy”). Weiye Energy is 80% owned by Gang Li and
20% owned by Li Hua Wang. Mr. Li and Ms. Wang are two of the three directors of
Weiye Energy, and therefore, effectively share the voting and dispositive
authority over the shares.
(4) Represents
the 80% beneficial ownership of the shares of Weiye Energy, described in
footnote 3 above.
(5) Represents
the 20% beneficial ownership of the shares of Weiye Energy, described in
footnote 3 above.
ITEM
13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR
INDEPENDENCE
Transactions
with related persons, promoters and certain control persons
None.
Director
Independence
We
undertook a review of the independence of our directors and, using the
definitions and independence standards for directors provided in the rules of
The NASDAQ Stock Market, although not required as the standard for the Company
as its stock is traded on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board, considered
whether any director has a material relationship with us that could interfere
with his or her ability to exercise independent judgment in carrying out their
responsibilities. As a result of this review, we determined that Mia Kuang
Ching, Jianxin (Jason) Wang, Jiuding Yan, John MacLean and Zhongmin Wang were
"independent directors" as defined under the rules of The NASDAQ Stock
Market.
ITEM
14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES
Fees
Billed For Audit and Non-Audit Services
The
following table represents the aggregate fees billed for professional audit
services rendered to the independent auditor, ZYCPA Company Limited (“ZYCPA”)
for our audit of the annual financial statements for the years ended December
31, 2009 and 2008. Audit fees and other fees of auditors are listed as
follows:
Year
Ended December 31
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||
Audit
Fees
|
$ | 79,500 | $ | 67,752 | ||||
Audit-Related
Fees
|
— | — | ||||||
Tax
Fees
|
— | — | ||||||
All
Other Fees
|
— | — | ||||||
Total
Accounting Fees and Services
|
$ | 79,500 | $ | 67,752 |
Audit Fees. These are fees
for professional services for the audit of the Company's annual financial
statements, and for the review of the financial statements included in the
Company's filings on Form 10-Q, and for services that are normally provided in
connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements. The amounts
$79,500 shown for ZYCPA in 2009 relate to (i) the audit of the Company's annual
financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, and (ii) the
review of the financial statements included in the Company's filings on Form
10-Q for the first, second and third quarters of 2009. The amounts $67,752 shown
for ZYCPA in 2008 relate to (i) the audit of the Company's annual financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and (ii) the review of
the financial statements included in the Company's filings on Form 10-Q for the
first, second and third quarters of 2008.
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Audit-Related Fees. These are
fees for the assurance and related services reasonably related to the
performance of the audit or the review of the Company's financial statements.
There were no audit-related fees billed during the years ended December 31, 2009
or 2008.
Tax Fees. These are fees for
professional services with respect to tax compliance, tax advice, and tax
planning. There were no tax fees billed during the years ended December 31, 2009
or 2008.
All Other Fees. These are
fees for permissible work that does not fall within any of the other fee
categories, i.e., Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees, or Tax Fees. There were no
other fees billed during the years ended December 31, 2009 or 2008.
Pre-Approval
Policy and Procedures for Audit and Non-Audit Services
The audit
committee has the sole and direct responsibility for appointing, evaluating and
retaining our independent registered public accounting firm and overseeing their
work. All audit services to be provided to us and all non-audit services, other
than de minimis non-audit services, to be provided to us by our independent
auditors must be approved in advance by our audit committee.
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PART
IV
ITEM
15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a)(1) Financial
Statements.
For a
list of the financial information included herein, see “Index to Financial
Statements” on page 29.
(a)(2) Financial
Statement Schedules.
All
schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required
information is shown in the Financial Statements or Notes thereto.
(a)
(3) Exhibits. The list of Exhibits filed as a part
of this Form 10-K are set forth on the Exhibit Index immediately
preceding such Exhibits and is incorporated herein by this
reference.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned.
NF
ENERGY SAVING CORPORATION
(Registrant)
|
||
Date:
March 30, 2010
|
By:
|
/s/ Gang Li
|
Gang
Li
President
and Chief Executive Officer
|
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1934, this report has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signature
|
Title
|
Date
|
||
/s/
Gang Li
|
President,
Chief Executive Officer and
|
March
30, 2010
|
||
Chairman
(principal executive officer)
|
||||
Gang
Li
|
||||
/s/
Li Hua Wang
|
Chief
Financial Officer and Director
|
March
30, 2010
|
||
(principal
financial officer and principal
|
||||
accounting
officer)
|
||||
Li
Hua Wang
|
||||
/s/
HONG LI
|
Director
|
March
30, 2010
|
||
Hong
Li
|
||||
/s/
Mia Kuang Ching
|
Independent
Director, Chair of Audit
|
March
30, 2010
|
||
Committee
|
||||
Mia
Kuang Ching
|
||||
/s/
Jason Wang
|
Independent
Director, Chair of
|
March
30, 2010
|
||
Nomination
Committee
|
||||
Jason
Wang
|
||||
/s/
Jiuding Yan
|
Independent
Director, member of
|
March
30, 2010
|
||
Nomination
and Audit Committee
|
||||
Jiuding
Yan
|
||||
/s/John
MacLean
|
Independent
Director, Chair of
|
March
30, 2010
|
||
Compensation
Committee
|
||||
John
MacLean
|
||||
/s/
Zhongmin Wang
|
Independent
Director, member of
|
March
30, 2010
|
||
Compensation
Committee
|
||||
Zhongmin
Wang
|
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
|
Description
|
|
2.0
|
Agreement
and Plan of Merger of City View, Inc., a Florida corporation and Global
Broadcast Group, Inc., formerly known as Galli Process, Inc., a Delaware
corporation1
|
|
3.1
|
Certificate
of Incorporation1
|
|
3.2
|
Certificate
of Amendment Certificate of Incorporation
1
|
|
3.3
|
Certificate
of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation3
|
|
3.4
|
Bylaws1
|
|
3.5
|
Amendment
to Bylaws6
|
|
10.1
|
Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement among NF Energy Saving Corporation of
America, South World Ltd. (investor), Oriental United Resources Ltd.
(investor), Mr. Gang Li (guarantor), Ms. Lihua Wang (guarantor), Pelaria
International Ltd. (guarantor), and Cloverbay International Ltd.
(guarantor)2
|
|
10.2
|
Form
of Director Retainer Agreement with Mr. Mia Kuang Ching, including
Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement and Indemnity
Agreement4
|
|
10.3
|
Form
of Director Retainer Agreement with Mr. Jianxin Wang, including
Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement and Indemnity
Agreement4
|
|
10.4
|
Form
of Director Retainer Agreement with Mr. Zhongmin Wang, including
Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement and Indemnity
Agreement5
|
|
10.5
|
Form
of Director Retainer Agreement with Mr. Jiuding Yan, including Proprietary
Information and Inventions Agreement and Indemnity Agreement5
|
|
10.6
|
Form
of Director Retainer Agreement with Mr. John C. MacLean, including
Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement and Indemnity
Agreement5
|
|
14.1
|
Code
of Ethics of NF Energy Saving Corporation*
|
|
21.1
|
Subsidiaries
of Registrant*
|
|
31.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
|
|
31.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to
Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
|
|
32.1
|
Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002*
|
|
32.2
|
Certification
of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002*
|
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1. Incorporated by reference from the Company’s registration statement on Form 10-SB (File No. 000-50155), filed January 17, 2003
2. Incorporated
by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed April 30,
2008
3. Incorporated
by reference from the Company Definitive Information Statement on Schedule 14C,
filed July 23, 2009
4. Incorporated
by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed August 12,
2009
5. Incorporated
by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed September 14,
2009
6. Incorporated
by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed January 11,
2010
* Filed
herewith
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