CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2008 June (Form 10-Q)
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
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Quarterly
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934
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For
the quarterly period ended June 30, 2008
OR
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Transition
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934
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For
the transition period from _________ to _________
Commission
File Number: 001-32898
China
BAK Battery, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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88-0442833
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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BAK
Industrial Park
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No.
1 BAK Street
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Kuichong
Town, Longgang District
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Shenzhen,
People’s Republic of China
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518119
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(86
755) 897-70093
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes o No x
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See
the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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Accelerated Filer o
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Accelerated
Filer x
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Non-Accelerated
Filer o
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not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller
reporting company o
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date: 53,547,917 shares of common stock,
par
value $0.001 per share, outstanding on August 7, 2008.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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PART
I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Financial
Statements
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F-1
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Item
2.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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Item
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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16
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Item
4.
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Controls
and Procedures
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PART
II OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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17
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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Item
2.
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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Item
3.
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Defaults
Upon Senior Securities
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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19
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Item
5.
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Other
Information
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19
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Item
6.
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Exhibits
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20
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Introductory
Comments
Terminology
Throughout
this Report, the terms “we,” “us” and “our” refer to China BAK Battery, Inc. and
its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; “BAK International” refers to our Hong
Kong subsidiary, BAK International, Ltd.; “BAK Tianjin” refers to our PRC
subsidiary, BAK International (Tianjin) Limited; “Shenzhen BAK” refers to our
PRC subsidiary, Shenzhen BAK Battery Co., Ltd.; “BAK Electronics” refers to our
PRC subsidiary, BAK Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.; “BAK Canada” refers to our
Canadian subsidiary, BAK Battery Canada Ltd.; “BAK Europe” refers to our German
subsidiary, BAK Europe GmbH; “China” or “PRC” refers to the People’s Republic of
China, excluding for the purposes of this Report only, Taiwan, Hong Kong and
Macau; “RMB” or “Renminbi” refers to the legal currency of China; and “$” or
“U.S. dollars” refers to the legal currency of the United States of
America.
Forward-Looking
Statements
Statements
contained in this Report include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning
of such term in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual
financial or operating results, performances or achievements expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements not to occur or be realized.
Forward-looking statements made in this Report generally are based on our best
estimates of future results, performances or achievements, predicated upon
current conditions and the most recent results of the companies involved and
their respective industries. Forward-looking statements may be identified by
the
use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,”
“project,” “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “continue,”
“potential,” “opportunity” or similar terms, variations of those terms or the
negative of those terms or other variations of those terms or comparable words
or expressions. Potential risks and uncertainties include, among other things,
such factors as:
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our
anticipated growth strategies and our ability to manage the expansion
of
our business operations effectively;
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our
future business development, results of operations and financial
condition;
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our
ability to fund our operations and manage our substantial short-term
indebtedness;
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our
ability to maintain or increase our market share in the competitive
markets in which we do business;
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our
limited operating history in developing, manufacturing and selling
of
lithium-based rechargeable battery cells;
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our
ability to keep up with rapidly changing technologies and evolving
industry standards, including our ability to achieve technological
advances;
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our
dependence on the growth in demand for the portable electronic devices
that are powered by our products;
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our
ability to diversify our product offering and capture new market
opportunities;
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our
ability to obtain original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) qualifications
from brand names;
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our
ability to source our needs for skilled labor, machinery and raw
materials
economically;
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our
ability to secure raw materials in the future and to manage the costs
of
raw materials or to secure alternative or substitute raw
materials;
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uncertainties
with respect to the PRC legal and regulatory
environment;
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our
ability to remediate any material weaknesses in our internal control
over
financial reporting;
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our
ability to maintain cost leadership;
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our
ability to acquire land use rights to our facilities;
and
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other
risks identified in this Report and in our other reports filed with
the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”).
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Additional
disclosures regarding factors that could cause our results and performance
to
differ from results or performance anticipated by this Report are discussed
in
other reports that we file with the SEC, including without limitation our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007. Readers are
urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us in
this Report and our other filings with the SEC. These reports attempt to advise
interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business,
financial condition and results of operations and prospects. The forward-looking
statements made in this Report speak only as of the date hereof and we disclaim
any obligation to provide updates, revisions or amendments to any
forward-looking statements to reflect changes in our expectations or future
events.
Where
You Can Find Additional Information
We
file
annual, quarterly and other reports, proxy statements and other information
with
the SEC. You may obtain and copy any document we file with the SEC at the SEC’s
public reference room at 100 F Street, NE, Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549.
You may obtain information on the operation of the SEC’s public reference
facilities by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. You can request copies of
these
documents, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing to the SEC at its
principal office at 100 F Street, NE, Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549-1004.
The SEC maintains an Internet website at http://www.sec.gov that contains
reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding
issuers that file electronically with the SEC. Our SEC filings, including
exhibits filed therewith, are accessible through the Internet at that
website.
You
may
also request a copy of our SEC filings, at no cost to you, by writing or
telephoning us at: BAK Industrial Park, No. 1 BAK Street, Kuichong Town,
Longgang District, Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China, attention Corporate
Secretary, telephone 011 (86-755) 8977-0093. We will not send exhibits to the
documents, unless the exhibits are specifically requested and you pay our fee
for duplication and delivery.
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PART
I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Financial Statements
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Condensed
interim consolidated balance sheets
As
of September 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008
(In
U.S.
dollars)
September
30,
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June
30,
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|||||||||
Note
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2007
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2008
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(Audited)
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(Unaudited)
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Assets
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Current
assets
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$
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14,196,513
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$
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30,244,244
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Pledged
deposits
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2
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4,594,727
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6,331,248
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Trade
accounts receivable, net
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3
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63,150,872
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85,100,469
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|||||||
Inventories
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4
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59,827,232
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68,191,322
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Prepayments
and other receivables
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5
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1,656,494
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8,965,277
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Deferred
tax assets
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502,916
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1,285,056
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||||||||
Total
current assets
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143,928,754
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200,117,616
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||||||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net
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6
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145,123,022
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182,592,676
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Lease
prepayments, net
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17,884,436
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31,502,164
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Intangible
assets, net
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121,038
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161,617
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Deferred
tax assets
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171,774
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—
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Total
assets
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$
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307,229,024
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$
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414,374,073
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See
accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements.
F-1
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Condensed
interim consolidated balance sheets
As
of September 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008 (continued)
(In
U.S.
dollars)
September
30,
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June
30,
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|||||||||
Note
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2007
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2008
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(Audited)
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(Unaudited)
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|||||||||
Liabilities
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||||||||||
Current
liabilities
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Short-term
bank loans
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7
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$
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89,870,586
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$
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111,530,667
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Current
maturities of long-term bank loans
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8
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—
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8,747,503
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|||||||
Accounts
and bills payable
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45,588,583
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59,533,717
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Accrued
expenses and other payables
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15,467,192
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22,816,579
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Total
current liabilities
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150,926,361
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202,628,466
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Long-term
bank loans, less current maturities
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8
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29,291,154
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55,400,855
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Deferred
income
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—
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7,824,156 | |||||||
Deferred
tax liabilities
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279,597
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641,348
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||||||||
Total
liabilities
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180,497,112
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266,494,825
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Commitments
and contingencies
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11
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Shareholders’
equity
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||||||||||
Ordinary
shares US$ 0.001 par value;
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||||||||||
100,000,000
authorized;
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||||||||||
49,250,853
and 53,227,387 issued
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and
outstanding as of
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||||||||||
September
30, 2007 and June 30, 2008
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respectively
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49,251
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53,227
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Donated
shares
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7,955,358
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14,101,689
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Additional
paid-in capital
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66,355,151
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80,811,106
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Statutory
reserves
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6,426,977
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6,519,638
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Retained
earnings
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36,060,426
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26,555,312
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||||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive
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||||||||||
income
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9,884,749
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23,904,886
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||||||||
126,731,912
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151,945,858
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|||||||||
Less:
Treasury shares
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-
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(4,066,610
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)
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|||||||
Total
shareholders’ equity
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126,731,912
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147,879,248
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Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
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$
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307,229,024
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$
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414,374,073
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See
accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements.
F-2
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Condensed
interim consolidated statements of operations
and
comprehensive income
For
the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(Unaudited)
(In
U.S.
dollars)
Three
months ended June 30,
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|||||||
2007
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2008
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||||||
Net
revenues
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$
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29,477,296
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$
|
68,486,498
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|||
Cost
of revenues
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(24,414,599
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)
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(60,082,001
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)
|
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Gross
profit
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5,062,697
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8,404,497
|
|||||
Operating
expenses:
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|||||||
Research
and development costs
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(1,118,458
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)
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(1,855,079
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)
|
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Sales
and marketing expenses
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(1,164,936
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)
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(1,483,907
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)
|
|||
General
and administrative expenses
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(4,188,751
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)
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(5,101,504
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)
|
|||
Total
operating expenses
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(6,472,145
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)
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(8,440,490
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)
|
|||
Operating
loss
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(1,409,448
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)
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(35,993
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)
|
|||
Finance
costs, net
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(1,069,902
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)
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(2,735,183
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)
|
|||
Government
grant income
|
—
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338,682
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|||||
Other
(expense) / income
|
(90,479
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)
|
113,829
|
||||
Loss
before income taxes
|
(2,569,829
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)
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(2,318,665
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)
|
|||
Income
taxes
|
(119,894
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)
|
30,504
|
||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(2,689,723
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)
|
$
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(2,288,161
|
)
|
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Other
comprehensive income
|
|||||||
-
Foreign currency translation adjustment
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1,941,966
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3,886,303
|
|||||
Comprehensive
(loss) / income
|
$
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(747,757
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)
|
$
|
1,598,142
|
||
Net
loss per share:
|
|||||||
-Basic
|
$
|
(0.05
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)
|
$
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(0.04
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)
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-Diluted
|
$
|
(0.05
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)
|
$
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(0.04
|
)
|
|
Weighted
average number of
|
|||||||
ordinary
shares:
|
|||||||
-Basic
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48,893,396
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52,382,171
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|||||
-Diluted
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48,893,396
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52,382,171
|
See
accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements.
F-3
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Condensed
interim consolidated statements of operations
and
comprehensive income
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(Unaudited)
(In
U.S.
dollars)
Nine
months ended June 30,
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||||||||||
Note
|
2007
|
2008
|
||||||||
Net
revenues
|
13
|
$
|
102,088,295
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$
|
172,609,484
|
|||||
Cost
of revenues
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(82,682,721
|
)
|
(153,184,410
|
)
|
||||||
Gross
profit
|
19,405,574
|
19,425,074
|
||||||||
Operating
expenses:
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||||||||||
Research
and development costs
|
(2,683,815
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)
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(4,564,422
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)
|
||||||
Sales
and marketing expenses
|
(3,271,849
|
)
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(4,234,817
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)
|
||||||
General
and administrative expenses
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(9,301,400
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)
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(14,162,334
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)
|
||||||
Total
operating expenses
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(15,257,064
|
)
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(22,961,573
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)
|
||||||
Operating
income / (loss)
|
4,148,510
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(3,536,499
|
)
|
|||||||
Finance
costs, net
|
(3,134,562
|
)
|
(7,377,462
|
)
|
||||||
Government
grant income
|
762,267
|
1,377,046
|
||||||||
Other
(expense) / income
|
(160,807
|
)
|
74,238
|
|||||||
Income
/ (loss) before income taxes
|
1,615,408
|
(9,462,677
|
)
|
|||||||
Income
taxes
|
(282,652
|
)
|
50,224
|
|||||||
Net
income / (loss)
|
$
|
1,332,756
|
$
|
(9,412,453
|
)
|
|||||
Other
comprehensive income
|
||||||||||
-
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
4,636,438
|
14,020,137
|
||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
5,969,194
|
$
|
4,607,684
|
||||||
Net
income / (loss) per share:
|
10
|
|||||||||
-Basic
|
$
|
0.03
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
|||||
-Diluted
|
$
|
0.03
|
$
|
(0.18
|
)
|
|||||
Weighted
average number of
|
||||||||||
ordinary
shares:
|
||||||||||
-Basic
|
48,889,564
|
51,610,457
|
||||||||
-Diluted
|
49,282,763
|
51,610,457
|
See
accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements.
F-4
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Condensed
interim consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(Unaudited)
Accumulated
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ordinary
shares
|
other
|
Treasury
shares
|
share-
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number
of
|
Donated
|
Additional
|
Statutory
|
Retained
|
comprehensive
|
Number
of
|
holders’
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
shares
|
Amount
|
shares
|
paid-in capital
|
reserves
|
earnings
|
income
|
shares
|
Amount
|
equity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of October 1, 2006
|
48,885,896
|
$
|
48,886
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
68,126,689
|
$
|
5,791,718
|
$
|
36,212,357
|
$
|
3,448,379
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
113,628,029
|
|||||||||||||
Net
income
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,332,756
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,332,756
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
2006
escrow shares donated by
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|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mr.
Xiangqian Li and released to investors
|
—
|
—
|
7,955,358
|
(7,955,358
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based
compensation for
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
employee
stock option awards
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
485,553
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
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—
|
485,553
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of 914,994 shares of restricted
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
stocks
and reclassification of
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
liability-classified
awards
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
3,679,934
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
3,679,934
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Share-based
compensation for
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
common
stock granted to employees
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
and
non-employee directors
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,084,046
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,084,046
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock to
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
non-employee
directors
|
7,500
|
7
|
—
|
(7
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Appropriation
to statutory reserves
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
602,340
|
(602,340
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
4,636,438
|
—
|
—
|
4,636,438
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of June 30, 2007
|
48,893,396
|
$
|
48,893
|
$
|
7,955,358
|
$
|
65,420,857
|
$
|
6,394,058
|
$
|
36,942,773
|
$
|
8,084,817
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
124,846,756
|
|||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of October 1, 2007
|
49,250,853
|
$
|
49,251
|
$
|
7,955,358
|
$
|
66,355,151
|
$
|
6,426,977
|
$
|
36,060,426
|
$
|
9,884,749
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
126,731,912
|
|||||||||||||
2005
escrow shares donated by
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mr.
Xiangqian Li
|
—
|
—
|
6,146,331
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(1,089,775
|
)
|
(6,146,331
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||||||
2005
escrow shares settlement
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(2,079,721
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
368,745
|
2,079,721
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(9,412,453
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(9,412,453
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Share-based
compensation for
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
employee
stock awards
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2,533,705
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2,533,705
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options awards
|
200,000
|
200
|
—
|
1,249,800
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,250,000
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
to
employees
|
265,280
|
265
|
—
|
(265
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
to
non-employee directors
|
11,254
|
11
|
—
|
(11
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of new common stock
|
3,500,000
|
3,500
|
—
|
12,752,447
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
12,755,947
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Appropriation
to statutory reserves
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
92,661
|
(92,661
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
14,020,137
|
—
|
—
|
14,020,137
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
as of June 30, 2008
|
53,227,387
|
$
|
53,227
|
$
|
14,101,689
|
$
|
80,811,106
|
$
|
6,519,638
|
$
|
26,555,312
|
$
|
23,904,886
|
(721,030
|
)
|
$
|
(4,066,610
|
)
|
$
|
147,879,248
|
See
accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements.
F-5
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Condensed
interim consolidated statements of cash flows
For
the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(Unaudited)
(In
U.S.
dollars)
Three
months ended June 30,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||
Cash
flow from operating activities
|
|||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(2,689,723
|
)
|
$
|
(2,288,161
|
)
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net
|
|||||||
cash
provided by/(used in) operating activities:
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
2,336,980
|
3,344,381
|
|||||
Addition
of bad debt expense
|
1,731,276
|
818,729
|
|||||
Provision
for obsolete inventories
|
—
|
18,771
|
|||||
Share-based
compensation
|
756,085
|
876,317
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
24,981
|
(124,172
|
)
|
||||
Exchange
loss
|
—
|
737,268
|
|||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|||||||
Trade
accounts receivable
|
3,287,479
|
(5,069,990
|
)
|
||||
Inventories
|
(7,024,960
|
)
|
1,433,346
|
||||
Prepayments
and other receivables
|
(338,478
|
)
|
(397,544
|
)
|
|||
Accounts
and bills payable
|
4,728,869
|
(3,411,264
|
)
|
||||
Accrued
expenses and other payables
|
(491,754
|
)
|
1,117,071
|
||||
Net
cash provided by / (used in) operating activities
|
2,320,755
|
(2,945,248
|
)
|
||||
Cash
flow from investing activities
|
|||||||
Purchases
of property, plant and equipment
|
(15,714,291
|
)
|
(14,357,988
|
)
|
|||
Payment
of lease prepayment
|
(707,482
|
)
|
(11,124,131
|
)
|
|||
Purchases
of intangible assets
|
(29,026
|
)
|
(26,075
|
)
|
|||
Government
grants received
|
—
|
7,469,473
|
|||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
$
|
(16,450,799
|
)
|
$
|
(18,038,721
|
)
|
See
accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements.
F-6
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Condensed
interim consolidated statements of cash flows
For
the three months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008 (continued)
(Unaudited)
(In
U.S.
dollars)
Three
months ended June 30,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||
Cash
flow from financing activities
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from borrowings
|
$
|
36,210,422
|
$
|
64,204,003
|
|||
Repayment
of borrowings
|
(33,656,822
|
)
|
(49,146,478
|
)
|
|||
Decrease
/ (increase) in pledged deposits
|
5,596,713
|
(1,273,548
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
8,150,313
|
13,783,977
|
|||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes
|
|||||||
on
cash and cash equivalents
|
85,070
|
560,748
|
|||||
Net
decrease in cash and
|
|||||||
cash
equivalents
|
(5,894,662
|
)
|
(6,639,244
|
)
|
|||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|||||||
at
the beginning of period
|
14,839,584
|
36,883,488
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|||||||
at
the end of period
|
$
|
8,944,922
|
$
|
30,244,244
|
|||
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
|
|||||||
Cash
received during the period for:
|
|||||||
Bills
receivable discounted to bank
|
$
|
3,416,680
|
$
|
3,478,296
|
|||
Cash
paid during the period for:
|
|||||||
Income
taxes
|
$
|
290,102
|
$
|
94,820
|
|||
Interest,
net of amounts capitalized
|
$
|
936,599
|
$
|
4,952,307
|
|||
Non-cash
movements affecting financing transactions:
|
|||||||
2005
escrow shares settlement
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
770,040
|
See
accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements.
F-7
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Condensed
interim consolidated statements of cash flows
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(Unaudited)
(In
U.S.
dollars)
Nine
months ended June 30,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||
Cash
flow from operating activities
|
|||||||
Net
income / (loss)
|
$
|
1,332,756
|
$
|
(9,412,453
|
)
|
||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income/(loss) to net
|
|||||||
cash
provided by / (used in) operating activities:
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
6,594,196
|
9,362,302
|
|||||
Addition
of bad debt expense
|
1,365,795
|
2,186,696
|
|||||
Provision
for obsolete inventories
|
—
|
114,203
|
|||||
Share-based
compensation
|
1,624,368
|
2,533,704
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
14,442
|
(201,507
|
)
|
||||
Loss
of disposal of property,
|
|||||||
plant
and equipment
|
—
|
189,694
|
|||||
Exchange
loss
|
—
|
1,508,217
|
|||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|||||||
Trade
accounts receivable
|
12,894,883
|
(17,101,756
|
)
|
||||
Inventories
|
(13,015,222
|
)
|
(2,599,135
|
)
|
|||
Prepayments
and other receivables
|
(192,971
|
)
|
(6,388,025
|
)
|
|||
Accounts
and bills payable
|
(2,073,291
|
)
|
8,739,264
|
||||
Accrued
expenses and other payables
|
(874,693
|
)
|
1,911,998
|
||||
Net
cash provided by / (used in)
|
|||||||
operating
activities
|
7,670,262
|
(9,156,798
|
)
|
||||
Cash
flow from investing activities
|
|||||||
Purchases
of property, plant and equipment
|
(38,600,700
|
)
|
(30,902,878
|
)
|
|||
Payment
of lease prepayment
|
(14,371,819
|
)
|
(11,145,114
|
)
|
|||
Purchases
of intangible assets
|
(33,785
|
)
|
(101,111
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds
from disposal of property, plant and equipment
|
—
|
321,353
|
|||||
Government
grant received
|
—
|
7,469,473
|
|||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
$
|
(53,006,304
|
)
|
$
|
(34,358,277
|
)
|
See
accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements.
F-8
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Condensed
interim consolidated statements of cash flows
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008 (continued)
(Unaudited)
(In
U.S.
dollars)
Nine
months ended June 30,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||
Cash
flow from financing activities
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from borrowings
|
$
|
101,960,584
|
$
|
119,697,138
|
|||
Repayment
of borrowings
|
(79,049,307
|
)
|
(76,550,495
|
)
|
|||
Decrease/(increase)
in pledged deposits
|
9,746,262
|
(1,241,034
|
)
|
||||
Proceeds
from issuance of capital stock
|
—
|
14,005,947
|
|||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
32,657,539
|
55,911,556
|
|||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes
|
|||||||
on
cash and cash equivalents
|
523,870
|
3,651,250
|
|||||
Net
(decrease) / increase in cash and
|
|||||||
cash
equivalents
|
(12,154,633
|
)
|
16,047,731
|
||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|||||||
at
the beginning of period
|
21,099,555
|
14,196,513
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|||||||
at
the end of period
|
$
|
8,944,922
|
$
|
30,244,244
|
|||
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
|
|||||||
Cash
received during the period for:
|
|||||||
Bills
receivable discounted to bank
|
$
|
5,982,945
|
$
|
8,342,272
|
|||
Cash
paid during the period for:
|
|||||||
Income
taxes
|
$
|
290,102
|
$
|
140,196
|
|||
Interest,
net of amounts capitalized
|
$
|
3,136,549
|
$
|
7,377,463
|
|||
Non-cash
movements affecting financing transactions:
|
|||||||
2006
escrow shares donated by Mr. Xiangqian Li
|
|||||||
and
release to investors
|
$
|
7,955,358
|
$
|
—
|
|||
2005
escrow shares donated by Mr. Xiangqian Li
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
6,146,331
|
|||
$
|
—
|
$
|
2,079,721
|
See
accompanying notes to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements.
F-9
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(Unaudited)
1. |
Principal
Activities, Basis of Presentation and
Organization
|
Principal
Activities
China
BAK
Battery, Inc. (“China BAK” or the “Company") is a corporation formed in the
State of Nevada on October 4, 1999 as Medina Copy, Inc. The Company changed
its
name to Medina Coffee, Inc. on October 6, 1999 and subsequently changed its
name
to China BAK Battery, Inc. on February 14, 2005. China BAK and its subsidiaries
are principally engaged in the manufacture, commercialization and distribution
of a wide variety of standard and customized lithium ion (known as "Li-ion"
or
"Li-ion cell") rechargeable batteries for use in cellular telephones, as well
as
various other portable electronic applications, including high-power handset
telephones, laptop computers, power tools, digital cameras, video camcorders,
MP3 players, electric bicycles, hybrid/electric motors, and general industrial
applications.
The
shares of the Company were traded in the over-the-counter market through the
Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board from 2005 until May 31, 2006, when the Company
obtained approval to list its common stock on The NASDAQ Global Market, and
trading commenced that same date under the symbol "CBAK".
Basis
of Presentation and Organization
As
of
June 30, 2008, the Company’s subsidiaries consist of: i) BAK International
Limited (“BAK International”), a wholly owned limited liability company
incorporated in Hong Kong on March 29, 2003 as BATCO International Limited,
which changed its name to BAK International Limited on November 3, 2004; ii)
Shenzhen BAK Battery Co., Ltd. (“Shenzhen BAK”), a wholly owned limited
liability company established on August 3, 2001 in the People’s Republic of
China (“PRC”); iii) BAK Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (“BAK Electronics”), a
wholly owned limited liability company established on August 15, 2005 in the
PRC; iv) BAK International (Tianjin) Ltd. (“BAK Tianjin”), a wholly owned
limited liability company established on December 12, 2006 in the PRC; v) BAK
Battery Canada Ltd. (“BAK Canada”), a wholly owned limited liability company
established on December 20, 2006 in Canada as BAK Canada Battery Ltd., which
changed its name to BAK Battery Canada Ltd. on December 22, 2006; and vi) BAK
Europe GmbH (“BAK Europe”), a wholly owned limited liability company established
in Germany on November 28, 2007.
BAK
Tianjin was established in Tianjin Technology Industrial District on December
12, 2006 as a wholly owned subsidiary of BAK International with registered
capital of US$99,990,000. Pursuant to BAK Tianjin’s articles of association and
relevant PRC regulations, BAK International was required to contribute
US$20,000,000 to BAK Tianjin as capital (representing 20% of BAK Tianjin’s
registered capital) before March 11, 2007. An extension from the Business
Administration Bureau of Beichen District, Tianjin, was obtained to make this
contribution no later than December 11, 2007. On November 16, 2007, BAK
International contributed approximately US$20,000,000 capital to BAK Tianjin.
The remaining US$79,990,000 is required to be fully contributed no later than
December 11, 2008. BAK Tianjin will be principally engaged in the manufacture
of
advanced lithium ion batteries for use in light electric vehicles and
uninterruptible power supplies.
F-10
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
Basis
of Presentation and Organization (continued)
On
November 6, 2004, BAK International, a non-operating holding company that had
substantially the same shareholders as Shenzhen BAK, entered into a share swap
transaction with the shareholders of Shenzhen BAK for the purpose of the
subsequent reverse acquisition of the Company as described below. Pursuant
to
the terms of the share swap transaction, BAK International acquired all of
the
outstanding shares of Shenzhen BAK for US$11.5 million in cash, while the
shareholders of Shenzhen BAK acquired substantially all of the outstanding
shares of BAK International for US$11.5 million in cash. As a result, Shenzhen
BAK became a wholly-owned subsidiary of BAK International. After the share
swap
transaction was completed, there were 31,225,642 shares of BAK International
stock outstanding, exactly the same as the number of shares of capital stock
of
Shenzhen BAK that had been outstanding immediately prior to the share swap,
and
the shareholders of BAK International were substantially the same as the
shareholders of Shenzhen BAK prior to the share swap. Consequently, the share
swap transaction between BAK International and the shareholders of Shenzhen
BAK
was accounted for as a reverse acquisition of Shenzhen BAK with no adjustment
to
the historical basis of the assets and liabilities of Shenzhen BAK.
On
January 20, 2005, the Company completed a share swap transaction with the
shareholders of BAK International. The share swap transaction, also referred
to
as the “reverse acquisition” of the Company, was consummated under Nevada law
pursuant to the terms of a Securities Exchange Agreement entered by and among
China BAK, BAK International and the shareholders of BAK International on
January 20, 2005. Pursuant to the Securities Exchange Agreement, the Company
issued 39,826,075 shares of common stock, par value US$0.001 per share, to
the
shareholders of BAK International (including 31,225,642 shares to the original
shareholders and 8,600,433 shares to new investors who had purchased shares
in
the private placement described below), representing approximately 97.2% of
the
Company’s post-exchange issued and outstanding common stock, in exchange for
100% of the outstanding capital stock of BAK International.
The
share
swap transaction has been accounted for as a capital-raising transaction of
the
Company whereby the historical financial statements and operations of Shenzhen
BAK are consolidated using historical carrying amounts. The 1,152,458 shares
of
China BAK outstanding prior to the stock exchange transaction were accounted
for
at the net book value at the time of the transaction, which was a deficit of
US$1,672.
Also
on
January 20, 2005, immediately prior to consummating the share swap transaction,
BAK International executed a private placement of its common stock with
unrelated investors whereby it issued an aggregate of 8,600,433 shares of common
stock for gross proceeds of US$17,000,000. In conjunction with this financing,
Mr. Xiangqian Li, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
agreed to place 2,179,550 shares of the Company's common stock owned by him
into
an escrow account pursuant to an Escrow Agreement dated January 20, 2005 (the
“Escrow Agreement”). Pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, 50% of the escrowed
shares were to be released to the investors in the private placement if audited
net income of the Company for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005 was
not
at least US$12,000,000, and the remaining 50% were to be released to investors
in the private placement if audited net income of the Company for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2006 was not at least US$27,000,000. If the audited
net
income of the Company for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2005 and 2006
reached the above-mentioned targets, the 2,179,550 shares would be released
to
Mr. Xiangqian Li in the manner of 50% upon reaching the 2005 target and the
remaining 50% upon reaching the 2006 target.
F-11
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
Basis
of Presentation and Organization (continued)
Under
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“US
GAAP”), escrow agreements such as the one established by Mr. Xiangqian Li
generally constitute compensation if, following attainment of a performance
threshold, shares are returned to a company officer. The Company determined
that
without consideration of the compensation charge, the performance thresholds
for
the year ended September 30, 2005 would be achieved. However, after
consideration of a related compensation charge, the Company determined that
such
thresholds would not have been achieved. The Company also determined that,
even
without consideration of a compensation charge, the performance thresholds
for
the year ended September 30, 2006 would not be achieved. No compensation charge
was recorded by the Company for the years ended September 30, 2005 and
2006.
While
the
1,089,775 escrow shares relating to the 2005 performance threshold were
previously released to Mr. Xiangqian Li, Mr. Xiangqian Li executed a further
undertaking on August 21, 2006 to return those shares to the escrow agent for
the distribution to the relevant investors. However, such shares were not
returned to the escrow agent, but, pursuant to a Delivery of Make Good Shares,
Settlement and Release Agreement between the Company, BAK International and
Mr.
Li entered into on October 22, 2007 (the “Li Settlement Agreement”), such shares
were ultimately delivered to the Company as described below. Because the Company
failed to satisfy the performance threshold for the fiscal year ended September
30, 2006, the remaining 1,089,775 escrow shares relating to the fiscal year
2006
performance threshold were released to the relevant investors. As Mr. Li has
not
retained any of the shares placed into escrow, and as the investors party to
the
Escrow Agreement are only shareholders of the Company and do not have and are
not expected to have any other relationship to the Company, the Company has
not
recorded a compensation charge for the years ended September 30, 2005 and
2006.
At
the
time the escrow shares relating to the 2006 performance threshold were
transferred to the investors in fiscal year 2007, the Company should have
recognized a credit to donated shares and a debit to additional paid-in capital,
both are elements of shareholders’ equity. This entry is not material because
total ordinary shares issued and outstanding, total shareholders’ equity and
total assets do not change; nor is there any impact on income or earnings per
share. Therefore, previously filed consolidated financial statements for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2007 will not be restated. This share transfer
has been reflected in these financial statements by reclassifying the balances
of certain items as of October 1, 2007. The balances of donated shares and
additional paid-in capital as of October 1, 2007 were credited and debited
by
US$7,955,358 respectively, as set out in the condensed interim consolidated
statements of shareholders’ equity and consolidated balance sheets.
In
November 2007, Mr. Xiangqian Li delivered the 1,089,775 shares related to the
2005 performance threshold to BAK International pursuant to the Li Settlement
Agreement; BAK International in turn delivered the shares to the Company. Such
shares (other than those issued to investors pursuant to the 2008 Settlement
Agreements, as described below) are now held by the Company as treasury shares.
Upon receipt of these shares, the Company and BAK International released all
claims and causes of action against Mr. Xiangqian Li regarding the shares,
and
Mr. Xiangqian Li released all claims and causes of action against the Company
and BAK International regarding the shares. Under the terms of the Settlement
Agreement, the Company commenced negotiations with the investors who
participated in the Company’s January 2005 private placement in order to achieve
a complete settlement of BAK International’s obligations (and the Company’s
obligations to the extent it has any) under the applicable agreements with
such
investors.
Beginning
on March 13, 2008, the Company has entered into settlement agreements (the
“2008
Settlement Agreements”) with certain investors in the January 2005 private
placement.
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BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
Basis
of Presentation and Organization (continued)
Pursuant
to the 2008 Settlement Agreements, the Company and the settling investors have
agreed, without any admission of liability, to a settlement and mutual release
from all claims relating to the January 2005 private placement, including all
claims relating to the escrow shares related to the 2005 performance threshold
that had been placed into escrow by Mr. Xiangqian Li, as well as all claims,
including claims for liquidated damages relating to registration rights granted
in connection with the January 2005 private placement. Under the 2008 Settlement
Agreements, the Company has made settlement payments to each of the settling
investors of the number of shares of the Company’s common stock equivalent to
50% of the number of the escrow shares related to the 2005 performance threshold
these investors had claimed; aggregate settlement payments as of June 30, 2008
amounted to 368,745 shares. Share payments to date have been made in reliance
upon the exemptions from registration provided by Section 4(2) and/or other
applicable provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In accordance
with the 2008 Settlement Agreements, the Company filed a registration statement
covering the resale of such shares which was declared effective by the SEC
on
June 26, 2008.
The
Company’s condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared
in accordance with US GAAP.
The
interim results of operations are not necessarily indicative of the results
to
be expected for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008. The Company’s
consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2007 has been taken from the
Company’s audited consolidated balance sheet as of that date. All other
financial statements contained herein are unaudited and, in the opinion of
management, contain all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring
accruals) necessary for a fair presentation of financial position, results
of
operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The Company’s accounting
policies and certain other disclosure are set forth in the notes to the
consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2007. These financial statements
should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial
statements and notes thereto.
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of
assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities
at
the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those
estimates. This basis of accounting differs in certain material respects from
that used for the preparation of the books of account of the Company’s principal
subsidiaries, which are prepared in accordance with the accounting principles
and the relevant financial regulations applicable to enterprises with limited
liabilities established in the PRC, Hong Kong, Canada or Germany, the accounting
standards used in the places of their domicile. The accompanying condensed
interim consolidated financial statements reflect necessary adjustments not
recorded in the books of account of the Company's subsidiaries to present them
in conformity with US GAAP.
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BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
Recently
Issued Accounting Standards
FASB
Interpretation No. 48 “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes-an
Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109”
In
July
2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued FASB
Interpretation Number (“FIN”) 48 “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes-an
Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” which
clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. This Interpretation
requires that the Company recognize in its consolidated financial statements
the
impact of a tax position if that position is more likely than not of being
sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The
provisions of FIN 48 became effective for the Company on October 1, 2007. The
adoption of FIN 48 has no material impact on the Company’s financial
statements.
SFAS
157 “Fair Value Measurements”
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157 “Fair Value Measurements” which defines
fair value,
establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted
accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) 157 applies under other
accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements, where
fair value is the relevant measurement attribute. The standard does not require
any new fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements
issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods
within those fiscal years. The Company’s management is in the process of
evaluating the impact SFAS 157 will have on the Company’s financial statements
upon adoption.
SFAS
159 “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial
Liabilities-Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115”
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159 “The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities - Including an Amendment of FASB Statement
No.
115.” SFAS 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments
and certain other items at fair value. Entities that elect the fair value option
will report unrealized gains and losses in earnings at each subsequent reporting
date. The fair value option may be elected on an instrument-by-instrument basis,
with a few exceptions. SFAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure
requirements to facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different
measurement attributes for similar assets and liabilities. The requirements
of
SFAS 159 are effective for the fiscal year beginning on October 1, 2008. The
Company’s management is in the process of evaluating the impact SFAS 159 will
have on the Company’s financial statements upon adoption.
SFAS
160 “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements-an amendment
of ARB No. 51”
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160 “Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements - an amendment of ARB No. 51.” SFAS 160
establishes accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest
in a subsidary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. The guidance will
become effective for the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2008. The
Company’s management is in the process of evaluating the impact SFAS 160 will
have on the Company’s financial statements upon adoption.
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BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
Recently
Issued Accounting Standards (continued)
SFAS
141(Revised) “Business Combinations”
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (Revised) “Business Combinations.”
SFAS 141 (Revised) establishes principles and requirements for how the acquirer
of a business recognizes and measures in its financial statements the
identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling
interest in the acquiree. The statement also provides guidance for recognizing
and measuring the goodwill acquired in the business combination and determines
what information to disclose to enable users of the financial statements to
evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business combination. The
guidance will become effective for the fiscal year beginning after December
15,
2008. The Company’s management is in the process of evaluating the impact SFAS
141 (Revised) will have on the Company’s financial statements upon
adoption.
SFAS
161 “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities”
In
March
2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161 “Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities.” SFAS 161 is intended to improve financial
reporting about derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring
enhanced disclosures to enable investors to better understand their effects
on
an entity’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows. It is
effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods
beginning after November 15, 2008, with early adoption encouraged. The
Company’s management is in the process of evaluating the impact SFAS 161 will
have on the Company’s financial statements upon adoption.
SFAS
162 “The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles”
In
May
2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 162, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles. SFAS 162 identifies the sources of accounting principles
and the framework for selecting the principles to be used in the preparation
of
financial statements of nongovernmental entities that are presented in
conformity with GAAP. SFAS 162 directs the GAAP hierarchy to the entity, not
the
independent auditors, as the entity is responsible for selecting accounting
principles for financial statements that are presented in conformity with GAAP.
SFAS 162 is effective 60 days following the SEC's approval of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board amendments to remove the GAAP hierarchy from the
auditing standards. SFAS 162 is not expected to have a material impact on the
Company’s financial statements.
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BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
2 |
Pledged
Deposits
|
Pledged
deposits as of September 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008 consist of the
following:
September
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||
Pledged
deposits with banks for bills payable
|
$
|
4,594,727
|
$
|
6,331,248
|
3 |
Trade
Accounts Receivable, net
|
Trade
accounts receivable as of September 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008 consist of the
following:
September
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||
Trade
accounts receivable
|
$
|
57,928,281
|
$
|
86,937,198
|
|||
Less:
Allowance for doubtful accounts
|
(3,021,617
|
)
|
(5,599,823
|
)
|
|||
54,906,664
|
81,337,375
|
||||||
Bills
receivable
|
8,244,208
|
3,763,094
|
|||||
$
|
63,150,872
|
$
|
85,100,469
|
An
analysis of the allowance for doubtful accounts for the nine months ended June
30, 2007 and 2008 is as follows:
Nine
months ended June 30,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||
Balance
at beginning of period
|
$
|
1,063,285
|
$
|
3,021,617
|
|||
Addition
of bad debt expense, net
|
1,395,011
|
2,291,114
|
|||||
Foreign
exchange adjustment
|
69,073
|
287,092
|
|||||
Balance
at end of period
|
$
|
2,527,369
|
$
|
5,599,823
|
4 |
Inventories
|
Inventories
as of September 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008 consist of the
following:
September
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||
Raw
materials
|
$
|
15,245,732
|
$
|
21,206,113
|
|||
Work-in-progress
|
5,698,017
|
11,868,673
|
|||||
Finished
goods
|
40,776,958
|
37,309,543
|
|||||
61,720,707
|
70,384,329
|
||||||
Provision
for obsolete inventories
|
(1,893,475
|
)
|
(2,193,007
|
)
|
|||
$
|
59,827,232
|
$
|
68,191,322
|
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BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
4 |
Inventories
(continued)
|
Part
of
the inventories with carrying value of US$19,971,241 and US$21,868,758 as of
September 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008, respectively, was pledged as collateral
under certain loan agreements (see Note 7).
5 |
Prepayments
and Other Receivables
|
Prepayments
and other receivables as of September 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008 consist of
the
following:
September
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||
Prepayments
for raw materials and others
|
$
|
925,187
|
$
|
5,533,303
|
|||
Other
receivables
|
740,088
|
3,441,005
|
|||||
Less:
Allowance for doubtful accounts
|
(8,781
|
)
|
(9,031
|
)
|
|||
$
|
1,656,494
|
$
|
8,965,277
|
6 |
Property,
Plant and Equipment, net
|
Property,
plant and equipment as of September 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008 consist of the
following:
September
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||
Buildings
|
$
|
70,380,985
|
$
|
94,063,618
|
|||
Machinery
and equipment
|
59,405,092
|
78,664,564
|
|||||
Office
equipment
|
1,088,032
|
3,438,620
|
|||||
Motor
vehicles
|
1,135,616
|
1,048,563
|
|||||
132,009,725
|
177,215,365
|
||||||
Accumulated
depreciation
|
(19,301,165
|
)
|
(30,223,156
|
)
|
|||
Construction
in progress
|
12,578,715
|
6,482,305
|
|||||
Prepayment
for acquisition of property, plant and equipment
|
19,835,747
|
29,118,162
|
|||||
$
|
145,123,022
|
$
|
182,592,676
|
(i) |
Depreciation
expense for the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008 is included
in
the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income
as
follows:
|
Nine
months ended June 30,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||
Cost
of revenues
|
$
|
4,660,914
|
$
|
6,896,292
|
|||
Research
and development costs
|
214,808
|
422,156
|
|||||
Sales
and marketing expenses
|
442,281
|
496,554
|
|||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
1,075,218
|
1,215,960
|
|||||
$
|
6,393,221
|
$
|
9,030,962
|
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BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
6 |
Property,
Plant and Equipment, net
(continued)
|
(ii) |
Construction
in Progress
|
Construction
in progress mainly comprises capital expenditures for construction of the
Company’s new corporate campus, including offices, factories and staff
dormitories.
For
the
nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008, the Company capitalized interest
of
approximately US$242,396 and US$182,180, respectively, to the cost of
construction in progress.
(iii) |
Pledged
Property, Plant and Equipment
|
As
of
September 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008, machinery and equipment with net book
value of US$34,090,267 and US$37,914,932 of the Company were pledged as
collateral under certain loan arrangements (see Notes 7 and 8).
7 |
Short-term
Bank Loans
|
The
Company obtained several short-term loan facilities from financial institutions
in the PRC. These facilities were secured by the Company’s assets with the
following carrying values:
September
30,
|
June
30,
|
||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||
Inventories
(Note 4)
|
$
|
19,971,241
|
$
|
21,868,758
|
|||
Machinery
and equipment, net (Note 6)
|
18,299,368
|
15,047,614
|
|||||
$
|
38,270,609
|
$
|
36,916,372
|
As
of
September 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008, the Company had several short-term bank
loans with aggregate outstanding balances of US$89,870,586 and US$111,530,667
respectively. The loans were primarily obtained for general working capital,
carried interest rates ranging from 6.156% to 8.217% per annum, and had maturity
dates ranging from 2 to 9 months. Each loan is guaranteed by Mr. Xiangqian
Li,
who did not receive any compensation for acting as guarantor.
The
Company also committed to pledge the property ownership and land use rights
certificate to be obtained in relation to the land on which the Company’s
corporate campus had been constructed for short-term bank loans amounting to
US$25,514,000 borrowed from Shenzhen Eastern Branch, Agricultural Bank of China.
The aggregate net book value of the buildings and land use right in relation
to
the property ownership and land use rights certificate as of June 30, 2008
was
US$89,186,835.
The
Company is subject to certain covenants, which require the Company to comply
with certain financial ratios, for its loan facilities which are tested on
a
monthly basis. If the Company fails to meet the requirements, the outstanding
bank loans, including interest and penalties due thereunder, will accelerate
and
become immediately due and payable.
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BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
8 |
Long-term
Bank Loans
|
As
of
September 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008, the Company had long-term bank loans
of
US$29,291,154 and US$64,148,358, respectively. The loan amount of US$14,579,172
as of June 30, 2008 was borrowed under a four-year long-term loan credit
facility from China Development Bank, bearing interest at the benchmark rate
of
the People’s Bank of China (the “PBOC”) for three-year to five-year long-term
loans which is currently 6.48% per annum. The long-term bank loan is repayable
in three installments of US$4,373,752 on November 20, 2008, US$4,373,752 on
November 20, 2009 and US$5,831,668 on December 26, 2010.
The
other
three loans with aggregate amount of US$26,242,510 as of June 30, 2008 were
borrowed under a five-year long-term loan credit facility from Shenzhen Eastern
Branch, Agricultural Bank of China and carry interest at 90% of the benchmark
rate of the PBOC for three-year to five-year long-term loans. The loan of
US$5,831,669 currently carries interest at 5.832% per annum is repayable on
January 25, 2012. The second loan of US$11,663,338 with current annual interest
rate of 6.237% is repayable in three installments of US$2,915,834 on January
25,
2010, US$7,289,586 on January 25, 2011 and US$1,457,918 on January 25, 2012
respectively. The third loan of US$8,747,503 with current annual interest rate
of 7.65% is repayable in two installments of US$4,373,751 on January 25, 2009
and US$4,373,752 on January 25, 2010.
Another
loan in the amount of US$23,326,676, as of June 30, 2008, was made under a
four-year long-term loan credit facility from Tianjin Branch, Agricultural
Bank
of China and carries interest at the benchmark rate of the PBOC for three-year
to five-year long-term loans which is currently 7.74% per annum. The loan is
repayable in four installments of US$4,373,752 by the latest on December 26,
2009, US$4,373,752 by the latest on December 26, 2010, US$7,289,586 by the
latest on December 26, 2011 and US$7,289,586 on May 26, 2012.
The
long-term bank loan with China Development Bank is: (i) guaranteed by Mr.
Xiangqian Li; (ii) secured by certain shares of the Company owned by Mr.
Xiangqian Li; and (iii) secured by the property ownership and land use rights
certificate of the Company’s Research and Development Test Centre and the future
facilities to be constructed thereon.
The
long-term bank loan with Shenzhen Branch, Agricultural Bank of China is: (i)
guaranteed by Mr. Xiangqian Li; (ii) secured by the Company’s machinery and
equipment with carrying values of US$22,867,318 as of June 30, 2008 (see Note
6); and (iii) secured by the property ownership and land use rights certificate
in relation to the land on which the Company’s corporate campus had been
constructed and the future machinery and equipment to be purchased and used
in
the campus. Pursuant to a supplemental agreement entered into between the
Company and Shenzhen Branch, Agricultural Bank of China, dated August 6, 2008,
Shenzhen Branch, Agricultural Bank of China granted the Company an extension
of
the deadline to obtain the land use rights certificate for purposes of the
loan
agreement from July 30, 2008 to September 18, 2008. In accordance with the
loan
agreement, Shenzhen Branch, Agricultural Bank of China may impose an unspecified
penalty on the Company if it does not obtain the land use rights certificate
by
this date.
The
long-term bank loan with Tianjin Branch, Agricultural Bank of China is
guaranteed by Mr. Xiangqian Li and secured by the property ownership and land
use rights certificate in relation to the land on which the Company’s Tianjin
campus had been constructed and the future machinery and equipment to be
purchased and used in the campus.
Mr.
Xiangqian Li did not receive any compensation for pledging his shares in the
Company or acting as guarantor for the above long-term bank loans.
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BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
8 |
Long-term
Bank Loans (continued)
|
The
aggregate maturities of long-term bank loans as of June 30, 2008 are as
follows:
Fiscal
years ending on June 30,
|
||||
2009
|
$
|
8,747,503
|
||
2010
|
16,037,090
|
|||
2011
|
17,495,006
|
|||
2012
|
21,868,759
|
|||
$
|
64,148,358
|
9 |
Share-based
Compensation
|
The
Company grants share options to officers and employees and restricted ordinary
shares to its non-employee directors as a reward for services.
Stock
Option Plan
In
May
2005, the Board of Directors adopted the China BAK Battery, Inc. 2005 Stock
Option Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan authorizes the issuance of up to 4,000,000
shares of the Company’s common stock. The exercise price of the options granted,
pursuant to the Plan, must be at least equal to the fair market value of the
Company’s common stock at the date of the grant. The Plan will terminate on May
16, 2055. On July 25, 2008, the Company’s stockholders approved certain
amendments to the Plan, including increasing the total number of shares
available for issuance under the Plan to 8,000,000.
Pursuant
to the Plan, the Company issued 2,000,000 options with an exercise price of
US$6.25 per share on May 16, 2005. In accordance with the vesting provisions
of
the grants, the options will become vested and exercisable under the following
schedule:
Number
of Shares
|
Percentage of Options Issued
|
Initial
Vesting Date
|
|||||
800,000
|
40
|
%
|
July
1, 2007
|
||||
600,000
|
30
|
%
|
January
1, 2008
|
||||
600,000
|
30
|
%
|
July
1, 2008
|
||||
2,000,000
|
100
|
%
|
Subsequent
to the grant date, options to purchase 200,000 shares of common stock were
forfeited because the optionees terminated their employment with the Company.
In
addition, on September 28, 2006, options to purchase a total of 1,400,000 shares
of common stock were cancelled pursuant to the Termination and Release
Agreements signed on that day. Details of the cancellation of stock options
and
the relevant replacement awards are set out below under “Employee Restricted
Stock Awards.”
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BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
9 |
Share-based
Compensation (continued)
|
A
summary
of the original share option Plan activity for the nine months ended June 30,
2008 is presented below:
Number of
shares
|
Weighted
average
exercise
price
per
share
|
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
term
|
Aggregate
intrinsic
value
(1)
|
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Outstanding
as of October 1, 2007
|
400,000
|
$
|
6.25
|
|
|||||||||
Granted
|
—
|
—
|
|
||||||||||
Exercised
|
200,000
|
6.25
|
|||||||||||
Forfeited
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Cancelled
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Outstanding
as of June 30, 2008
|
200,000
|
$
|
6.25
|
3.5
years
|
$
|
—
|
|||||||
Exercisable
as of June 30, 2008
|
140,000
|
$
|
6.25
|
3.5
years
|
$
|
—
|
(1)
|
Aggregate
intrinsic value represents the value of the Company’s closing stock price
on June 30, 2008 (US$4.71) in excess of the exercise price multiplied
by
the number of options outstanding or
exercisable.
|
The
weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during 2005 was
US$3.67 per share. The Company recorded non-cash share-based compensation
expense of US$74,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 2008 in respect of
these
share options granted in 2005. The expense of 2008 was recorded in research
and
development costs.
The
fair
value of the above option awards was estimated on the date of grant using the
Black-Scholes Option Valuation Model together with the following
assumptions.
Expected
volatility
|
59.85
|
%
|
||
Expected
dividends
|
Nil
|
|||
Expected
life
|
6
years
|
|||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
4.13
|
%
|
As
of
June 30, 2008, there were no unrecognized compensation costs related to
non-vested share options.
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China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
9 |
Share-based
Compensation (continued)
|
Pursuant
to the Plan, the Company also issued 1,501,500 options with a weighted-average
exercise price of US$3.28 per share on June 25, 2007. In accordance with the
vesting provisions of the grants, the options will become vested and exercisable
during the period from June 30, 2007 to February 9, 2012 according to each
respective employee’s agreement.
A
summary
of share option plan activity for the nine months ended June 30, 2008 is
presented below:
Number of
Shares
|
Weighted
average
exercise
price
per
share
|
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
term
|
Aggregate
intrinsic
value
(1)
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
as of October 1, 2007
|
1,418,500
|
$
|
3.28
|
||||||||||
Exercised
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Forfeited
|
38,500
|
3.28
|
|||||||||||
Cancelled
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Outstanding
as of June 30, 2008
|
1,380,000
|
$
|
3.28
|
5.5
years
|
$
|
1,973,400
|
|||||||
Exercisable
as of June 30, 2008
|
60,000
|
$
|
3.35
|
4.5
years
|
$
|
81,600
|
(1)
Aggregate intrinsic value represents the value of the Company’s closing stock
price on June 30, 2008 (US$4.71) in excess of the exercise price multiplied
by
the number of options outstanding or exercisable.
The
weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during 2007 was
US$2.15 per share. The Company recorded non-cash share-based compensation
expense of US$1,391,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 2008 in respect
of
share options granted in 2007, which was allocated to cost of revenues, sales
and marketing expenses, general and administrative expenses and research and
development costs respectively.
The
fair
value of the above option awards granted on June 25, 2007 was estimated on
the
date of grant using the Black-Scholes Option Valuation Model that uses the
following assumptions.
Expected
volatility
|
69.44
|
%
|
||
Expected
dividends
|
Nil
|
|||
Expected
life
|
4
- 10 years
|
|||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
5.09
|
%
|
As
of
June 30, 2008, there were unrecognized compensation costs of US$1,124,000
related to the above non-vested share options. These costs are expected to
be
recognized over a weighted average period of 1.5 years.
F-22
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
9 |
Share-based
Compensation (continued)
|
Pursuant
to the Plan, the Company also issued 360,000 options with an exercise price
of
US$4.30 per share on January 28, 2008. In accordance with the vesting provisions
of the grants, the options will become vested and exercisable during the period
from April 28, 2008 to January 28, 2011 according to each of the employee’s
agreement respectively.
A
summary
of share option plan activity for the 360,000 options for the nine months ended
June 30, 2008 is presented below:
Number of
Shares
|
Weighted
average
exercise
price
per
share
|
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
term
|
Aggregate
intrinsic
value
(1)
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
as of October 1, 2007
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Granted
on January 28, 2008
|
360,000
|
4.30
|
|||||||||||
Exercised
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Forfeited
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Cancelled
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Outstanding
as of June 30, 2008
|
360,000
|
$
|
4.30
|
5
years
|
$
|
147,600
|
|||||||
Exercisable
as of June 30, 2008
|
30,000
|
$
|
4.30
|
5
years
|
$
|
12,300
|
(1)
Aggregate intrinsic value represents the value of the Company’s closing stock
price on June 30, 2008 (US$4.71) in excess of the exercise price multiplied
by
the number of options outstanding or exercisable.
The
weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted on January 28, 2008
was US$3.59 per share. The Company recorded non-cash share-based compensation
expense of US$491,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 2008 in respect of
share options granted in 2008, which was allocated to general and administrative
expenses and research and development costs respectively.
The
fair
value of the above option awards granted on January 28, 2008 was estimated
on
the date of grant using the Black-Scholes Option Valuation Model that uses
the
following assumptions.
Expected
volatility
|
120.23
|
%
|
||
Expected
dividends
|
Nil
|
|||
Expected
life
|
5
years
|
|||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
3.59
|
%
|
As
of
June 30, 2008, there were unrecognized compensation costs of US$803,000 related
to the above non-vested share options. These costs are expected to be recognized
over a weighted average period of 1.2 years.
F-23
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
9 |
Share-based
Compensation (continued)
|
On
May
29, 2008, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors
recommended and approved the grant of options to purchase the Company’s common
stock to Mr. Xiangqian Li of 1,080,000 shares and to five employees of 170,000
shares with an exercise price of US$4.18 per share. In accordance with the
vesting provisions of the grants, the options will become vested and exercisable
during the period from September 30, 2008 to May 28, 2013 according to each
of
the proposed option agreements respectively. Issuance of the option to the
grantees is subject to shareholder approval of the amendment of the Plan to
increase the number of shares available for issuance thereunder. As of June
30,
2008, the related option agreements were not yet signed. The shareholders
approved such amendment on July 28, 2008, and the related options agreements
were subsequently signed.
Pursuant
to the Plan, the Company also granted 5,000 restricted shares to each of the
two
newly elected independent directors with a fair value of US$3.35 per share
on
June 25, 2007 and granted 5,000 restricted shares to one of the existing
independent directors with a fair value of US$4.33 per share on July 17,
2007.
The
eligible directors shall vest in their rights under the restricted shares
according to the following schedule:
(i) |
25%
of the restricted shares granted will immediately vest on the grant
date;
and
|
(ii) |
The
remaining 75% of the restricted shares will vest in three equal quarterly
installments on the last day of each subsequent quarter or in three
equal
quarterly installments on the last day of each calendar quarter beginning
on the last day of the first full calendar quarter after the grant
date.
|
The
Company recorded non-cash share-based compensation expenses of US$17,000 in
respect of the restricted shares granted in June and July 2007 for the nine
months ended June 30, 2008, which was recorded in general and administrative
expenses.
As
of
June 30, 2008, there was no unrecognized stock-based compensation associated
with these restricted shares granted to non-employee directors. The first,
second, third and fourth 25% of the restricted shares were already issued as
fully paid ordinary shares to the three independent directors on August 23,
2007, October 25, 2007, January 14, 2008 and April 10, 2008 respectively.
As
the
Company itself is an investment holding company which is not expected to
generate operating profits to realize the tax benefits arising from its net
operating loss carried forward, no income tax benefits were recognized for
such
stock-based compensation cost under stock option plan for the nine months ended
June 30, 2008.
F-24
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
9 |
Share-based
Compensation
(continued)
|
Employee
Restricted Stock Awards
On
September 22, 2006, the Compensation Committee approved the form of Termination
and Release Agreement covering the cancellation of 1,400,000 shares of stock
options granted to the optionees who are residents of the PRC. The Compensation
Committee also consented to adopt the terms and provisions for Restricted Stock
Grant Agreement covering the issuance of restricted shares, and committed to
determine an appropriate number of shares of restricted stock that would be
granted to these optionees under the Plan (the “Replacement Awards”) during the
first quarter of fiscal year 2007. In addition, the Compensation Committee
also
approved delivery of the restricted shares to the employees. On September 28,
2006, options to purchase a total of 1,400,000 shares of common stock were
cancelled pursuant to the Termination and Release Agreements signed on that
day.
The Replacement Awards were treated as liability-classified awards as of
September 30, 2006.
The
Company has estimated the fair value of the Replacement Awards to be US$4.27
per
share as of December 26, 2006, based on the estimated fair value of the
cancelled options using the Black-Scholes Option Valuation Model together with
the following assumptions.
Expected
volatility
|
89.51
|
%
|
||
Expected
dividends
|
Nil
|
|||
Expected
life
|
4.4
years
|
|||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
4.61
|
%
|
On
December 26, 2006, pursuant to the restricted stock grant agreements signed
between the Company’s officers and the relevant optionees and based on the
closing market price of the Company’s listed common stock on that date, i.e.
US$6.25 per share, a total of 914,994 shares of restricted stock were granted
as
Replacement Awards to the employees who gave up their stock options and
continued to be employed by the Company on that date. Fair value of the
Replacement Awards granted to each optionee approximated that of the employee’s
terminated stock options. The Compensation Committee ratified the grants on
January 15, 2007.
Prior
to
vesting, the shares of restricted stock granted to each employee pursuant to
the
Replacement Awards are subject to restrictions on transferability and will
be
forfeited if the grantee’s employment with the Company is terminated. In
accordance with the vesting provisions of the grants, the shares of restricted
stock will become vested and shall no longer be subject to forfeiture under
the
following schedule:
Number of Shares
|
Percentage of Options Issued
|
Initial Vesting Date
|
||
365,998
|
40%
|
July
1, 2007
|
||
274,498
|
30%
|
January
1, 2008
|
||
274,498
|
30%
|
July
1, 2008
|
||
914,994
|
100%
|
Upon
the
grant of restricted stock, the Company has reclassified share-based payment
liabilities of US$3,679,934 to shareholders’ equity. The restricted stock grant
is treated as equity-classified awards and the unrecognized compensation costs
will be recognized over the vesting period. The Company recognized share-based
compensation expense of US$561,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 2008
in
respect of the equity-classified award. These share-based compensation costs
were allocated to cost of revenues, sales and marketing expenses, general and
administrative expenses and research and development costs respectively.
F-25
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
9 |
Share-based
Compensation (continued)
|
A
summary
of the restricted stock grant activity for the nine months ended June 30, 2008
is presented below:
Weighted average
|
|||||||
Number of
|
exercise price
|
||||||
shares
|
per share
|
||||||
Non-vested
as of October 1, 2007
|
530,560
|
$
|
6.25
|
||||
Vested
|
265,280
|
6.25
|
|||||
Forfeited
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Non-vested
as of June 30, 2008
|
265,280
|
$
|
6.25
|
As
such
share-based compensation is not deductible for income tax purpose in the PRC,
no
income tax benefits were recognized in this respect for the nine months ended
June 30, 2008.
As
of
June 30, 2008, there were no unrecognized compensation costs related to the
restricted stock granted.
10 |
Net
Income / (Loss) per Share
|
The
calculation of basic net loss per share is based on the net loss for the nine
months ended June 30, 2008 attributable to equity shareholders of US$9,412,453
(Net income for the nine months ended June 30, 2007: US$1,332,756) and the
weighted average number of ordinary shares (excluding the treasury shares)
of
51,610,457 outstanding during the nine months ended June 30, 2008 (nine months
ended June 30, 2007: 48,889,564 shares).
The
effects of stock option, restricted stock and warrants outstanding during the
nine months ended and as of June 30, 2008 were all anti-dilutive. As such,
basic
and diluted net loss per share for the nine months ended June 30, 2008 are
the
same.
The
calculation of diluted net income per share for the nine months ended June
30,
2007 is based on the net income attributable to equity shareholders for the
period of US$1,332,756 and the weighted average number of ordinary shares of
49,282,763 in issue during the nine months ended June 30, 2007 after adjusting
for the potential dilution of 393,199 ordinary shares. Restricted stock granted
to employees and to non-employee directors are included in the computation
of
diluted net income per share for the nine months ended June 30, 2007. The share
warrants granted to external financial advisors and stock options granted to
employees are excluded from the computation of diluted net income per share
as
the warrant and stock options were both anti-dilutive.
F-26
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
11 |
Commitments
and Contingencies
|
(i) |
Capital
Commitments
|
As
of
September 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008, the Company had the following capital
commitments:
September 30,
|
June 30,
|
||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||
For
construction of buildings
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
14,427,053
|
|||
For
purchases of equipment
|
12,312,763
|
3,625,085
|
|||||
$
|
12,312,763
|
$
|
18,052,138
|
As
of
June 30, 2008, BAK Tianjin had plans to purchase equipment of
US$3,223,120.
(ii) |
Land
Use Rights and Property Ownership
Certificate
|
According
to the relevant PRC laws and regulations, a land use rights certificate, along
with government approvals for land planning, project planning and construction,
needs to be obtained before construction of a building is commenced. A property
ownership certificate shall be granted by the government upon application under
the condition that the aforementioned certificate and government approvals
have
been obtained.
The
Company has not yet obtained the land use rights certificate relating to the
premises occupied by the Company, BAK Industrial Park. The Company obtained
the
approvals for project planning and construction from the government of Shenzhen
on June 20, 2007.
According
to notice from the government of Shenzhen on June 6, 2008, the Company obtained
a government grant in the amount of US$7,794,232 to pay part of the land use
rights, which was recorded as deferred income. As of June 30, 2008, the Company
had fully paid the lease payment amount of US$16,061,223 required under the
government’s lease arrangement for the acquisition of land use rights relating
to BAK Industrial Park and the application for the land use rights certificate
was in process.
Management
believes that the Company will ultimately be granted a land use rights
certificate, and that there should be no legal barriers for the Company to
obtain a property ownership certificate for the premises presently occupied
by
the Company in BAK Industrial Park. However, in the event that the Shenzhen
government determines that even with our land use rights certificate, the
buildings constructed at BAK Industrial Park were still constructed without
the
proper authority and need to be vacated as illegitimate constructions, and
the
Company might be subject to penalties and fines. However,
management believes that this possibility, while present, is
remote.
The
Company is not able to insure its manufacturing facilities until it receives
its
land use rights certificate. Upon receipt of the land use rights certificate,
the Company intends to procure such insurance.
F-27
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
11 |
Commitments
and Contingencies
(continued)
|
(iii) |
Guarantees
|
In
order
to secure the supplies of certain raw materials and upon the request of
suppliers, the Company has given guarantees to certain suppliers which are
summarized as follows:
September 30,
|
June 30,
|
||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||
Guaranteed
to Hunan Reshine New Material Ltd. - a non-related party
|
$
|
5,325,664
|
$
|
5,831,669
|
|||
Guaranteed
to Shenzhen Tongli Hi-tech Co. Ltd. - a non-related party
|
—
|
2,915,835
|
|||||
Guaranteed
to Shenzhen B&G Technology Development Co. Ltd. - a non-related
party
|
—
|
3,644,793
|
|||||
Guaranteed
to Nanjing Special Metal Equipment Co. Ltd. - a non-related
party
|
1,331,416
|
1,457,917
|
|||||
$
|
6,657,080
|
$
|
13,850,214
|
Management
has assessed the fair value of the obligation arising from the above financial
guarantees and considered it is immaterial to the consolidated financial
statements. Therefore, no obligations in respect to the above guarantees were
recognized as of June 30, 2008.
(iv) |
Outstanding
Discounted Bills
|
From
time
to time, the Company factors bills receivable to banks. At the time of the
factoring, all rights and privileges of holding the receivables are transferred
to the banks. The Company removes the asset from its books and records a
corresponding expense for the amount of the discount. The Company remains
contingently liable on the amount outstanding in the event the bill issuer
defaults.
The
Company's outstanding discounted bills as of September 30, 2007 and June 30,
2008 are summarized as follows:
September 30,
|
June 30,
|
||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||
Bank
acceptance bills
|
$
|
17,851,850
|
$
|
25,288,012
|
F-28
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
11 |
Commitments
and Contingencies
(continued)
|
(v) |
Litigation
and claims
|
On
September 12, 2006, Hydro-Quebec, a Canadian company, and the Board of Regents
of the University of Texas System brought a federal patent infringement suit
in
the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas against
the
Company. The Company had an agreement with A123 Systems, Inc. (“A123Systems”),
which, as amended on August 18, 2005, terminated in accordance with its terms
on
August 30, 2007. Under the terms of these agreements, the Company had agreed
to
manufacture products for A123Systems according to the specifications furnished
by, and using the finished electrodes and other materials consigned by
A123Systems to the Company. The plaintiffs alleged that, by manufacturing
rechargeable lithium cells for A123Systems for use in DeWalt 36-volt cordless
power tools manufactured by Black & Decker Corporation, the Company had
infringed two U.S. patents owned by and exclusively licensed to the plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs seek injunctive relief and damages in an unspecified amount.
If
the court issues an adverse decision, the Company may be required to pay the
plaintiffs substantial monetary damages, and the Company may be prohibited
from
future production of rechargeable lithium cells manufactured for A123Systems
or
be required to pay royalties to engage in any such production. The court has
not
yet issued a decision on this matter and the Company is unable to quantify
the
extent of any possible award of damages that might become payable by the
Company.
12 |
Significant
Concentrations
|
(a) |
Customers
and Credit Concentrations
|
The
Company had one customer that comprised 10% or more of net revenue for the
nine
months ended June 30, 2007 as follows:
Amount
|
%
|
||||||
A123Systems,
Inc.
|
$
|
17,427,337
|
18
|
No
customer individually comprised 10% or more of net revenue for the nine months
ended June 30, 2008.
On
August
30, 2007, the Company’s agreement with A123Systems terminated in accordance with
its terms. The Company believes the termination of this business relationship
has no material impact on the Company’s results of operations and financial
condition. As of September 30, 2007, approximately 3% of gross trade accounts
receivables were due from A123Systems. The Company did not have balance of
gross
trade accounts receivables due from this customer as of June 30, 2008.
(b) |
Credit
Risk
|
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentration
of
credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and pledged deposits.
As of September 30, 2007 and June 30, 2008, substantially all of the Company’s
cash and cash equivalents and pledged deposits were held by major financial
institutions located in the PRC, which management believes are of high credit
quality.
F-29
China
BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes
to the condensed interim consolidated financial
statements
For
the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008
(continued)
(Unaudited)
13 |
Segment
Information
|
The
Company currently engages in the manufacture, commercialization and distribution
of a wide variety of standard and customized lithium ion rechargeable batteries
for use in a wide array of applications. The Company manufactures six types
of
Li-ion rechargeable batteries: steel-case cell, aluminium-case cell, battery
pack, cylindrical cell, polymer cell and high-power lithium-phosphate cell.
The
Company's products are sold to packing plants operated by third parties
primarily for use in mobile phones and other electronic devices. Net revenues
for the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and 2008 were as follows:
Net
revenues by product:
Nine months ended June 30,
|
|||||||||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||||||||
%
|
|
%
|
|||||||||||
Steel-case
cell
|
$
|
27,882,363
|
27.31
|
$
|
25,658,603
|
14.87
|
|||||||
Aluminium-case
cell
|
43,786,621
|
42.89
|
94,115,411
|
54.53
|
|||||||||
High-power
lithium-
|
|||||||||||||
phosphate
cell
|
17,411,172
|
17.06
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Battery
pack
|
8,201,389
|
8.03
|
20,104,778
|
11.64
|
|||||||||
Cylindrical
cell
|
2,257,865
|
2.21
|
22,907,137
|
13.27
|
|||||||||
Polymer
cell
|
2,548,885
|
2.50
|
9,823,555
|
5.69
|
|||||||||
$
|
102,088,295
|
100.00
|
$
|
172,609,484
|
100.00
|
Net
revenues by geographic area:
Nine months ended June 30,
|
|||||||||||||
2007
|
2008
|
||||||||||||
%
|
|
%
|
|||||||||||
PRC
Mainland
|
$
|
71,246,211
|
69.79
|
$
|
132,486,039
|
76.75
|
|||||||
United
States of America
|
17,760,368
|
17.40
|
67,291
|
0.04
|
|||||||||
Hong
Kong, China
|
4,516,920
|
4.42
|
10,611,065
|
6.15
|
|||||||||
India
|
—
|
—
|
4,158,713
|
2.41
|
|||||||||
Others
|
8,564,796
|
8.39
|
25,286,376
|
14.65
|
|||||||||
$
|
102,088,295
|
100.00
|
$
|
172,609,484
|
100.00
|
F-30
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with the condensed interim
consolidated financial statements and notes included in Item 1 of Part I of
this Report. This Report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those indicated
by such forward-looking statements. See “Introductory Comments — Forward-Looking
Statements” above.
Overview
During
the third quarter of fiscal year 2008, we achieved record net revenues of $68.5
million, over 30% greater than our net revenues of $51.3 million in the second
quarter of fiscal year 2008 and over 130% greater than our net revenues of
$29.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2007. The substantial
increase in net revenues over the net revenue generated in the same period
of
last year was primarily due to the significant increase in revenues from
aluminum case cells, cylindrical cells, steel case cells and battery packs,
for
increases of approximately $19.1 million, $12.7 million, $4.8 million and $4.0
million, or 129.4%, 1297.9%, 90.5% and 90.2%, respectively. Our strong
cylindrical sales were largely a result of increased sales to the laptop
computer market. We also continued to make progress in expanding our
manufacturing capability into first-tier OEM capabilities, and in working
through the qualification processes of targeted first-tier OEMs. Our
achievements during the third quarter of fiscal year 2008 include the
following:
|
—
|
We
achieved our highest quarterly net revenues for fiscal year 2008
of $68.5
million during a historically slow quarter, and over 30% greater
than our
net revenues last quarter, due to continuing growth in sales of prismatic
cells and cylindrical cells;
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
We
reported a smaller loss and higher gross margin as compared to last
quarter due to a higher selling price and continued cost-cutting
efforts,
which minimized the impact of the higher cost of raw
materials;
|
|
|
|
—
|
We
increased revenue from cylindrical cells, used in laptop computers,
to
$13.6 million, more than twice last quarter’s revenues, and began shipping
cylindrical cells to a well-known Taiwan-based notebook maker, ASUS
Tek
Computer Inc., in May 2008; revenue from cylindrical cells now accounts
for 20% of our total revenues;
|
|
—
|
We
received final approval from the Shenzhen Municipal Government regarding
the land use rights of BAK Industrial Park;
|
|
—
|
BAK
International (Tianjin) Limited obtained a 4-year long-term loan
of RMB
160 million from the Agricultural Bank of China to fund the operation
of
our Tianjin facilities; our Tianjin facilities are expected to commerce
operation around October 2008;
|
|
—
|
For
our prismatic cells and polymer cells, we continue to attract major
customers such as Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest
multi-national manufacturing services provider, and Sandisk, the
world's
largest supplier of innovative flash memory data storage products;
and
|
|
|
—
|
We
held our 2008 annual meeting of shareholders on July 25, 2008, at
which
our board was elected, our independent auditor was confirmed and
additional shares were authorized to be made available under our
equity
compensation plan.
|
In
addition to maintaining strong net revenues, we raised our selling price and
continued to cut costs. This resulted in an increase of $3.3 million in our
gross profit, from $5.1 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2007 to
$8.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2008, and a net loss for
the quarter ended June 30, 2008, of $2.3 million, as compared to a net loss
of
$2.7 million for the same period in fiscal year 2007, due to a higher
selling price and cost-cutting efforts, which minimized the impact of the higher
cost of raw materials.
In
the
near-term, we anticipate that we will continue to experience pressure due to
increased costs, including the costs of raw materials and overhead, as well
as
the costs of additional anticipated capital improvements as we transition from
predominantly a replacement market to global first tier OEM capabilities. In
response to this challenge, while we believe that we remain among the low cost
manufacturers in the industry, we are seeking to reduce the purchase costs
of
raw materials and other unit costs of production while pursuing opportunities
to
raise selling prices where it would benefit our financial results. In addition,
we are seeking to identify alternative raw materials suppliers to the extent
there are viable alternatives and to expand our use of alternative raw
materials. Among other things, we have successfully developed the technology
to
use substitute materials to reduce the amount of lithium cobalt dioxide used
in
the manufacture of lithium-based cells. Lithium cobalt dioxide is the most
expensive ingredient currently required to make lithium-based cells because
cobalt is not renewable. We have also restructured our operations in an effort
to streamline corporate resources and improve internal efficiency, with a
particular focus on manufacturing and sales.
1
From
a
long-term perspective, we believe that our investment in building our first
tier
OEM capabilities and increasing our production capacity will ultimately improve
our profitability and competitiveness as increased volume absorbs the higher
fixed overhead costs of the investment in applicable equipment and
infrastructure once we have completed the qualification processes of applicable
first tier OEM companies.
To
help
us finance and expand our operations, we have access to $235.1 million in
short-term credit facilities and $67.1 million in long-term credit facilities.
As of June 30, 2008, the principal outstanding amounts under our credit
facilities included short-term bank loans of $111.5 million, long-term bank
loans of $8.7 million maturing within one year and long-term bank loans of
$55.4
million maturing in over one year, and bills payable of $11.6 million, leaving
$118.9 million of short-term funds and $2.9 million of long-term funds available
for additional cash needs. In addition, on July 10, 2008, our $60 million shelf
registration statement was declared effective by the SEC, giving us the
potential to raise up to an aggregate of $60 million in gross proceeds from
equity financings.
Our
Business
We
are
one of the largest manufacturers of lithium-ion battery cells in the world,
as
measured by production output. We produce battery cells that are the principal
component of rechargeable batteries commonly used to power the following
applications:
|
—
|
cellular
phones—customer segments include OEM customers and replacement battery
manufacturers;
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
notebook
computers;
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
portable
consumer electronics, such as digital cameras, portable media players,
portable gaming devices and personal digital assistants, or PDAs;
and
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
other
applications, such as miner's
lamps.
|
We
conduct all of our operations in China, in close proximity to China’s
electronics manufacturing base and its rapidly growing market, and have
distribution offices in Taiwan, India and Germany where our sales
representatives market and sell our products and also provide after-sale
service. Historically, we have primarily manufactured prismatic lithium-ion
cells for the cellular phone replacement battery market and the OEM market.
Our
products are packed into batteries by third-party battery pack manufacturers
in
accordance with the specifications of manufacturers of portable electronic
applications. At the request of our customers that order prismatic battery
packs, we also engage pack battery manufacturers to assemble our prismatic
cells
into batteries for a fee and then sell battery packs to these customers both
for
the replacement and OEM markets.
Financial
Statement Presentation
Net
revenues.
Our net
revenues represent the invoiced value of our products sold, net of value added
taxes, or VAT, sales returns, trade discounts and allowances. We are subject
to
VAT, which is levied on most of our products at the rate of 17% on the invoiced
value of our products. Provision for sales returns are recorded as a reduction
of revenue in the same period that revenue is recognized. The provision for
sales returns represents our best estimate of the amount of goods that will
be
returned from our customers based on historical sales returns data.
The
following table sets forth the breakdown of our net revenues by battery cell
type for the periods indicated:
|
Three Months Ended
June 30,
|
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
|
|||||||||||
|
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||||
|
(in thousands)
|
||||||||||||
Prismatic cells
|
|||||||||||||
Steel-case
cells
|
$
|
10,023
|
$
|
5,261
|
$
|
25,658
|
$
|
27,882
|
|||||
Aluminum-case
cells
|
33,775
|
14,721
|
94,115
|
43,786
|
|||||||||
Battery
packs
|
8,533
|
4,488
|
20,105
|
8,203
|
|||||||||
Cylindrical
cells
|
13,629
|
975
|
22,907
|
2,258
|
|||||||||
High-power
lithium-phosphate cells
|
—
|
3,137
|
—
|
17,411
|
|||||||||
Lithium
polymer cells
|
2,526
|
895
|
9,824
|
2,548
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
68,486
|
$
|
29,477
|
$
|
172,609
|
$
|
102,088
|
2
Our
net
revenues increased during the three months ended June 30, 2008, partly because
we increased our production capacity to meet an increase in demand for our
new
products.
Cost
of Revenues.
Cost of
revenues consists primarily of materials costs, employee remuneration for staff
engaged in production activity, share-based compensation, depreciation and
related expenses that are directly attributable to the production of products.
Cost of revenues also includes write-downs of inventory to lower of cost or
market.
The
cost
of raw materials for aluminum-case cells is generally higher than that of
steel-case cells. Cost of revenues from the sales of battery packs also includes
the fees we pay to pack manufacturers for assembling our prismatic cells into
battery packs.
The
average unit costs of our products was higher in the three months ended June
30,
2008, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2007, mainly because the
purchase cost of lithium cobalt dioxide increased. Lithium cobalt dioxide is
the
main material in our products, rechargeable lithium batteries. In addition,
during the quarter ended June 30, 2008, there was a trend of increasing costs
relating to overhead, other raw materials, transportation, labor and other
business costs. As a result, our gross profit, as a percentage of net revenues,
decreased from 17.2% for the three months ended June 30, 2007 to 12.3% for
the
three months ended June 30, 2008, and we recognized a net loss of $2.3 million
in the three months ended June 30, 2008, as compared to a net loss of $2.7
million in the same period last year. We believe that the average price of
lithium cobalt dioxide in the three months ended June 30, 2008, which was
approximately 60% higher than the average price of lithium cobalt dioxide in
the
same quarter last year, will fluctuate and may continue to increase in the
short
run. To
the
extent that we are not able to fully reflect these increased costs in our prices
or use alternative less costly materials, our gross profit, as a percentage
of
net revenues, may decrease.
Research
and Development Costs.
Research and development costs primarily comprise remuneration for R&D
staff, including share-based compensation, depreciation and maintenance expenses
relating to R&D equipment and R&D material costs.
Sales
and Marketing.
Sales
and marketing expenses consist primarily of remuneration for staff involved
in
selling and marketing efforts, including staff engaged in the packaging of
goods
for shipment, as well as advertising cost, depreciation, sales and marketing
staff share-based compensation and travel and entertainment expenses. We do
not
pay slotting fees to retail companies for displaying our products, engage in
cooperative advertising programs, participate in buy-down programs or similar
arrangements. No material estimates are required by management to determine
our
actual marketing or advertising costs for any period.
General
and Administrative.
General
and administrative expenses consist primarily of employee remuneration including
share-based compensation (other than for research and development and sales
and
marketing staff), professional fees, insurance, benefits, general office
expenses, depreciation, liquidated damage charge and bad debt
expenses.
Government
Grant Income / Other Income / (Other Expenses).
Government grant income for the three months ended June 30, 2008, mainly
consisted of grant funds from the Shenzhen Government to subsidize the payment
of land use rights of BAK Industrial Park.
Finance
Costs, Net.
Finance
costs consist primarily of interest income, interest on bank loans net of
capitalized interest and bank charges.
Income
Taxes.
Under
applicable income tax laws and regulations, an enterprise located in Shenzhen,
including the district where our operations are located, is subject to a 25%
enterprise income tax. Further, according to PRC laws and regulations, foreign
invested manufacturing enterprises, starting from their first profitable year,
are entitled to a two-year exemption from enterprise income tax followed by
a
three-year 50% reduction in its enterprise income tax rate. Two of our PRC
subsidiaries, Shenzhen BAK and BAK Electronics are each entitled to a two-year
exemption from enterprise income tax and a reduced enterprise income tax rate
for the three years following its second profitable year. As such, for the
first
two calendar years ended December 31, 2003, Shenzhen BAK was exempted from
any
enterprise income tax. Between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2006, Shenzhen
BAK was subject to an enterprise income tax rate of 7.5%. In addition, due
to
the additional capital invested in Shenzhen BAK in both 2005 and 2006, Shenzhen
BAK was granted a preferential income tax rate of 3.309% and 3.82% in calendar
years 2005 and 2006. BAK Electronics, established in August 2005, is eligible
for the same preferential tax treatment previously applicable to Shenzhen BAK
and was in the tax holiday and fully exempt from any enterprise income tax
for
the calendar years 2006 and 2007. Between January 1, 2008 and December 31,
2010,
the tax rate of BAK Electronics is subject to further notice from the Shenzhen
Tax Bureau. Beginning January 1, 2011, BAK Electronics will be subject to the
full corporate income tax rate which, in accordance with the PRC’s new corporate
income tax law discussed below, will be 25%. BAK Tianjin is currently exempt
from any enterprise income tax due to cumulative tax losses. Shenzhen BAK and
BAK Electronics received in aggregate a tax benefit of $181,000 pursuant to
the
tax holiday for the nine months ended June 30, 2008, or $0.004 per basic
share.
In
addition, Shenzhen BAK was granted an income tax rate of 7.5% in calendar year
2007. Its income tax rate for the calendar year 2008 was 18% with temporary
notice from the Shenzhen Tax Bureau as of June 30, 2008.
3
On
March
16, 2007, the National People’s Congress of the PRC determined to adopt a new
corporate income tax law in its fifth plenary session. The new corporate income
tax law unifies the application scope, tax rate, tax deduction and preferential
policy for both domestic and foreign-invested enterprises. The new corporate
income tax law became effective on January 1, 2008. According to the new
corporate income tax law, the applicable income tax rate for our operating
subsidiaries will be 25% after their preferential tax holidays have
ended.
Our
company is subject to U.S. tax at the statutory rate of 35%. We have not made
provisions for any U.S. tax because we have determined that we have no U.S.
taxable income.
Our
Canada subsidiary, BAK Canada, is subject to Canada profits tax at the rate
of
36.1%. However, because it does not have any assessable income derived from
or
arising in Canada, it has not paid any Canada profits tax.
Our
German subsidiary, BAK Europe, is subject to Germany’s profits tax at the rate
of 25%. However, because it does not have any assessable income derived from
or
arising in Germany, it has not paid any German profits tax.
Our
Hong
Kong subsidiary, BAK International, is subject to Hong Kong profits tax at
the
rate of 17.5%. However, because it does not have any assessable income derived
from or arising in Hong Kong, it has not paid any Hong Kong profits
tax.
Our
effective tax rate was 17.5% for the nine months ended June 30, 2007 and our
effective tax benefit rate was 0.5% for the nine months ended June 30,
2008.
Results
of Operations
Results
of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2008 as compared to the three
months ended June 30, 2007.
|
Three Months Ended
June 30,
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
2008
|
2007
|
$ Change
|
% Change
|
|||||||||
|
(In thousands, except percentages)
|
||||||||||||
Statement of Operations
data
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
68,486
|
$
|
29,477
|
$
|
39,009
|
132.3
|
%
|
|||||
Cost
of revenues
|
60,082
|
24,415
|
35,667
|
146.1
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
8,404
|
5,062
|
3,342
|
66.0
|
|||||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
|||||||||||||
Research
and development costs
|
1,855
|
1,118
|
737
|
65.9
|
|||||||||
Sales
and marketing expenses
|
1,484
|
1,165
|
319
|
27.4
|
|||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
5,101
|
4,189
|
912
|
21.8
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
8,440
|
6,472
|
1,968
|
30.4
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(36
|
)
|
(1,410
|
)
|
1,374
|
97.4
|
|||||||
Finance
costs, net
|
2,736
|
1,070
|
1,666
|
155.7
|
|||||||||
Government
grant income
|
(339
|
)
|
—
|
339
|
N/A
|
||||||||
Other
expenses / (income)
|
(114
|
)
|
90
|
(204
|
)
|
(226.7
|
)
|
||||||
Income
taxes / (benefit)
|
(31
|
)
|
120
|
(151
|
)
|
(125.8
|
)
|
||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(2,288
|
)
|
$
|
(2,690
|
)
|
$
|
402
|
14.9
|
%
|
Net
Revenues.
Net revenues increased to $68.5 million for the three months ended June 30,
2008
as compared to $29.5 million for the same period of the prior year, an increase
of $39.0 million or 132.3%.
|
l
|
Net
revenues from sales of steel-case cells increased to $10.0 million
in the
three months ended June 30, 2008, from $5.3 million in the same period
in
fiscal 2007, an increase of $4.8 million or 90.5%, and was primarily
attributable to a 27.5% increase in sales volume and a 49.4% increase
in
the average selling price, driven by higher
demand.
|
4
|
l
|
Net
revenues from sales of aluminum-case cells increased to $33.8 million
in
the three months ended June 30, 2008, from $14.7 million in the same
period in fiscal 2007, an increase of $19.1 million or 129.4%, due
to a
107.0% increase in sales volume, driven by increased sales to the
OEM
market in the PRC.
|
|
|
|
|
l
|
Net
revenues from sales of battery packs increased to $8.5 million in
the
three months ended June 30, 2008, from $4.5 million in the same period
in
fiscal 2007, an increase of $4.0 million or 90.1%, due to a 56.0%
increase
in sales volume and a 21.9% increase in our average selling price,
driven
by increased sales to the OEM market in the PRC.
|
|
|
|
|
l
|
Net
revenues from sales of cylindrical cells increased to $13.6 million
in the
three months ended June 30, 2008, from $1 million in the same period
in
fiscal year 2007, an increase of $12.6 million, due to a 780.3%
increase in sales volume and a 58.8.1% increase in our average selling
price, driven by increased sales to laptop
manufacturers.
|
|
l
|
We
also sold $2.5 million of lithium polymer cells in the three months
ended
June 30, 2008, compared to $0.9 million of lithium polymer cells
in the
same period in 2007, due to our ability to meet additional demand
by
increasing production.
|
|
l
|
We
had no sales of high-power lithium-ion cells in the three months
ended
June 30, 2008, compared to $3.1 million in the same period in 2007,
primarily due to the termination of our manufacturing agreement with
A123Systems in August 2007. We are actively seeking new markets for
our
high-power lithium-ion cells, such as the markets for miner’s lamps,
electric bicycles, and hybrid electric
vehicles.
|
Cost
of Revenues.
Cost of revenues increased to $60.1 million for the three months ended June
30,
2008, as compared to $24.4 million for the same period in fiscal 2007, an
increase of $35.7 million or 146.1%. The increase in cost of revenues was mainly
attributable to a significant increase in the cost of lithium cobalt dioxide,
the main raw material in our products.
As
a
result, gross profit for the three months ended June 30, 2008 was $8.4 million
or 12.3% of net revenues as compared to gross profit of $5.1 million or 17.2%
of
net revenues for the same period in fiscal 2007. The decrease in gross profit
as
a percentage of net revenues was primarily due to a significant increase in
the
cost of lithium cobalt dioxide, the main raw material in our
products.
Research
and Development Costs.
Research and development costs increased to $1.9 million for the three months
ended June 30, 2008, as compared to $1.1 million for the same period in fiscal
2007. Salaries related to research and development (“R&D”) staff increased
to $657,000 from $389,000 for the same period of the prior year, an increase
of
$268,000, primarily due to our hiring of additional R&D professionals.
Share-based compensation included in R&D costs increased by $102,000 due to
new stock options granted to the employees in our R&D department on June 25,
2007 and January 28, 2008. Depreciation charges increased by $54,000 mainly
related to certain R&D equipment held by BAK Canada.
Sales
and Marketing Expenses.
Sales and marketing expenses increased to $1.5 million for the three months
ended June 30, 2008, as compared to $1.2 million for the same period in fiscal
2007, an increase of $319,000 or 27.4%, primarily due to a $290,000 increase
in
salaries and a $64,000 increase in packing expenses due to increased sales.
Share-based compensation included in sales and marketing expenses decreased
by
$73,000. As a percentage of net revenues, sales and marketing expenses decreased
to 2.2% for the three months ended June 30, 2008, from 4.0% for the same period
in fiscal year 2007.
General
and Administrative Expenses.
General and administrative expenses increased to $5.1 million, or 7.4% of
revenues, for the three months ended June 30, 2008, as compared to $4.2 million,
or 14.2% of revenues, for the same period in fiscal 2007, an increase of
$912,000 or 21.8%. Share-based compensation included in general and marketing
expenses increased by $61,000 due to new stock options granted to the employees
in our general administration department on June 25, 2007 and January 28, 2008.
We also recognized an exchange loss of $785,000 for the three months ended
June
30, 2008, compared with $162,000 for the same period in fiscal year 2007.
Salaries increased by $210,000 in the aggregate due to an increase in average
salaries paid.
We
are
liable for liquidated damages to certain shareholders whose shares were included
in a resale registration statement on Form SB-2 that we filed pursuant to a
registration rights agreement that we entered into with such shareholders in
September 2005. On August 15, 2006, the SEC declared effective a post-effective
amendment that we had filed on August 4, 2006, terminating the effectiveness
of
a resale registration statement on Form SB-2 that had been filed pursuant to
a
registration rights agreement with certain shareholders to register the resale
of shares held by those shareholders. In addition, on December 19, 2006, we
filed our Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended September 30, 2006 (the “2006 Form
10-K”). After the filing of the 2006 Form 10-K, our previously filed
registration statement on Form S-1 was no longer available for resales by the
selling shareholders whose shares were included in such Form S-1. Under the
registration rights agreement, those selling shareholders became eligible for
liquidated damages relating to the above two events totaling approximately
$1
million from us. We recognized approximately $760,000 in liquidated damages
relating to our third fiscal quarter of 2007. Please see Part II, Item 1. “Legal
Proceedings — Liquidated Damages Pursuant to September 2005 Registration Rights
Agreement” for a further description of these liquidated damages and related
accounting treatment.
5
In
addition, we are liable for liquidated damages to certain shareholders whose
shares were included in a resale registration statement on Form S-3 that we
filed pursuant to a registration rights agreement that we entered into with
such
shareholders in relation to a private placement that we closed in November
2007.
The SEC did not declare this registration statement effective by a certain
date,
and under the November 2007 registration rights agreement, the included selling
shareholders became eligible for liquidated damages of approximately $561,000
as
of June 30, 2008. Please see Part II, Item 1. “Legal Proceedings — Liquidated
Damages Pursuant to November 2007 Registration Rights Agreement” for a further
description of these liquidated damages. In our previous quarter, we recognized
in general and administrative expenses an amount of $293,475 for the liquidated
damages for the three months ended March 31, 2008. We therefore recognized
in
general and administrative expenses an amount of $267,699 for the liquidated
damages for the three months ended June 30, 2008, as compared to approximately
$197,000 for the same period in 2007.
As
described under Part II, Item 1. “Legal Proceedings — Make Good Settlements” we
have entered into settlement agreements pursuant to which we have issued shares
to certain shareholders that purchased shares in a January 20, 2005 private
placement transaction in settlement of claims related to the private placement,
including claims for liquidated damages. Pursuant to the settlement agreements,
the claims of each shareholder are released as of the applicable “release date”
which occurred on June 26, 2008, the date the resale registration statement
we
filed relating to resales by the settling shareholders of the shares issued
pursuant to the settlement agreement was declared effective by the SEC. We
expect such settlements may result in gains in one or more future periods in
accordance with their waivers of claims to liquidated damages.
Operating
Loss.
As a result of the above, operating loss totaled $36,000 for the three months
ended June 30, 2008, as compared to operating loss of $1.4 million for the
same
period of the prior year, a decrease of $1.4 million or 97.4%.
Finance
Costs, Net.
Finance costs, net, increased to $2.7 million for the three months ended June
30, 2008, as compared to $1.1 million for the same period of the prior fiscal
year, an increase of $1.7 million or 155.7%. We have $111.5 million in
short-term bank loans maturing in less than one year, $8.7 million in long-term
bank loans maturing within one year, and $55.4 million in other long-term bank
loans maturing in more than one year, outstanding as of June 30, 2008, as
compared to $67.6 million in short-term bank loans maturing in less than one
year and $26.3 million in long-term bank loans maturing in more than one year,
outstanding as of June 30, 2007. The increase in net finance costs is also
attributable to the increase in average bank loan interest rates on both our
short-term and long-term bank loans and the increase in outstanding principal
for both our short-term and long-term bank loans.
Government
Grant Income / Other Income / (Other Expenses). We
had
government grant income of $339,000 and other income of $114,000 for the
three-month period ended June 30, 2008, as compared to no government grant
income and other expenses of $90,000 for the three-month period ended June
30,
2007. Government grant income for the three months ended June 30, 2008 mainly
represented the receipt of grant funds from the Shenzhen Government to subsidize
payment of land use rights for BAK Industrial Park.
Income
tax expenses / (benefits).
Income tax benefits were $31,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2008,
as
compared to income tax expenses of $120,000 for the same period of 2007. The
decrease is attributable to a deferred tax provision for the three months ended
June 30, 2008.
Net
Loss.
As a result of the foregoing, we had a net loss of $2.3 million for the three
months ended June 30, 2008 compared to a net loss of $2.7 million for the same
period of 2007.
6
Results
of operations for the nine months ended June 30, 2008 as compared to the nine
months ended June 30, 2007
|
Nine Months Ended
June 30,
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
2008
|
2007
|
$ Change
|
% Change
|
|||||||||
|
(In thousands, except percentages)
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Statement
of Operations data
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$
|
172,609
|
$
|
102,088
|
$
|
70,521
|
69.1
|
%
|
|||||
Cost
of revenues
|
153,184
|
82,682
|
70,502
|
85.3
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
19,425
|
19,406
|
19
|
0.1
|
|||||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
|||||||||||||
Research
and development costs
|
4,564
|
2,684
|
1,880
|
70.0
|
|||||||||
Sales
and marketing expenses
|
4,235
|
3,272
|
963
|
29.4
|
|||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
14,162
|
9,301
|
4,861
|
52.3
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
22,961
|
15,257
|
7,704
|
50.5
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Operating
income / (loss)
|
(3,536
|
)
|
4,149
|
(7,685
|
)
|
(185.2
|
)
|
||||||
Finance
costs, net
|
7,377
|
3,134
|
4,243
|
135.4
|
|||||||||
Government
grant income
|
(1,377
|
)
|
(762
|
)
|
(615
|
)
|
(80.7
|
)
|
|||||
Other
(income)/expense
|
(74
|
)
|
161
|
(235
|
)
|
(146.0
|
)
|
||||||
Income
taxes / (benefit)
|
(50
|
)
|
283
|
(333
|
)
|
(117.7
|
)
|
||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Net
income / (loss)
|
$
|
(9,412
|
)
|
$
|
1,333
|
$
|
(10,746
|
)
|
(806.2
|
)%
|
Net
Revenues.
Net revenues increased to $172.6 million for the nine months ended June 30,
2008, as compared to $102.1 million for same period of the prior fiscal year,
an
increase of $70.5 million or 69.1%.
|
l
|
Net
revenues from the sales of steel-case cells decreased to $25.7 million
in
the nine months ended June 30, 2008, from $27.9 million in the same
period
in fiscal 2007, a decrease of $2.2 million or 8.0%, due to our strategic
reduction of steel-case cell production in order to increase our
aluminum-case cell production capacity, to facilitate our transition
from
the secondary market to the OEM market, and to capitalize on the
greater
benefits and lower costs of aluminum-case cells. During the six months
ended June 30, 2008, the price and profit margin of steel-case cells
were
lower than those of aluminum-case cells, and market demand for
aluminum-case cells was stronger than that for steel-case cells.
As a
result, we expect to continue to increase our production of aluminum-case
cells and decrease our production of steel-case cells. We expect
that this
shift will positively impact our
revenue.
|
|
l
|
Net
revenues from the sales of aluminum-case cells increased to $94.1
million
in the nine months ended June 30, 2008, from $43.8 million in the
same
period in fiscal 2007, an increase of $50.3 million or 114.9%, due
to a
90.4% increase in sales volume, driven by increased sales to the
OEM
market in the PRC, and a 12.9% increase in average selling price,
attributable to the different type of the aluminum-case cells
sold.
|
|
|
|
|
l
|
Net
revenues from sales of battery packs increased to $20.1 million in
the
nine months ended June 30, 2008, from $8.20 million in the same period
in
fiscal 2007, an increase of $11.9 million or 145.1%, due to a 78.8%
increase in sales volume and a 37.1% increase in average selling
price,
driven by increased sales to the OEM market in the PRC.
|
|
|
|
|
l
|
Net
revenues from sales of cylindrical cells increased to $22.9 million
in the
nine months ended June 30, 2008, from $2.3 million in the same period
in
fiscal year 2007, an increase of $20.6 million or 914.5%, due to
a 595.9%
increase in sales volume and a 45.8% increase in average selling
price,
driven by increased exports.
|
|
l
|
We
also sold $9.8 million of lithium polymer cells in the nine months
ended
June 30, 2008, compared to $2.5 million of lithium polymer cells
in the
same period in 2007, due to our ability to meet additional demand
by
increasing production.
|
|
l
|
We
had no sales of high-power lithium-ion cells in the nine months ended
June
30, 2008, compared to $17.4 million in the same period in 2007, primarily
due to the termination of our manufacturing agreement with A123Systems
in
August 2007. We are actively seeking new markets; such as the markets
for
miner’s lamps, electric bicycles, and hybrid electric vehicles; for our
high-power lithium-ion cells.
|
Cost
of Revenues.
Cost of revenues increased to $153.2 million for the nine months ended June
30,
2008, as compared to $82.7 million for the same period in fiscal 2007, an
increase of $70.5 million or 85.3%. The increase in cost of revenues was mainly
due to a significant increase in the cost of lithium cobalt dioxide, the main
raw material in our products.
As
a
result, gross profit for the nine months ended June 30, 2008, was $19.4 million
or 11.3% of net revenues as compared to gross profit of $19.4 million or 19.0%
of net revenues for the same period in fiscal 2007. The decrease in gross profit
as a percentage of net revenues was primarily due to the significant increase
in
the cost of lithium cobalt dioxide.
7
Research
and Development Costs.
Research and development costs increased to $4.6 million for the nine months
ended June 30, 2008, as compared to $2.7 million for the same period in fiscal
2007. Salaries related to R&D staff increased to $1.6 million from $914,000
for the same period of the prior year, an increase of $640,000, primarily due
to
our hiring of additional R&D professionals. Share-based compensation
included in R&D costs increased by $319,000 due to new stock options granted
to the employees in our R&D department on June 25, 2007 and January 28,
2008. The cost of depreciation, mainly concerning R&D equipment at BAK
Canada and BAK Tianjin, increased by $207,000, and the cost of research
materials increased by $335,000.
Sales
and Marketing Expenses.
Sales and marketing expenses increased to $4.2 million for the nine months
ended
June 30, 2008, as compared to $3.3 million for the same period in fiscal year
2007, an increase of $963,000 or 29.4%, primarily due to a $493,000 increase
in
salaries and a $268,000 increase in packing expenses due to increased sales.
Share-based compensation included in sales and marketing expenses decreased
by
$16,000. As a percentage of net revenues, sales and marketing expenses decreased
to 2.4% for the nine months ended June 30, 2008, from 3.2 % for the same period
in fiscal year 2007.
General
and Administrative Expenses.
General and administrative expenses increased to $14.2 million, or 8.2% of
revenues, for the nine months ended June 30, 2008, as compared to $9.3 million,
or 9.1% of revenues, for the same period in fiscal year 2007, an increase of
$4.9 million or 52.3%. Share-based compensation included in general and
marketing expenses increased by $463,000 due to new stock options granted to
the
employees in our general administration department on June 25, 2007 and January
28, 2008. We also recognized an exchange loss of $1.5 million for the nine
months ended June 30, 2008, compared with $368,000 for the same period in fiscal
year 2007. Salaries increased by $388,000 in the aggregate due to an increase
in
average salaries paid.
We
are
liable for liquidated damages to certain shareholders whose shares were included
in a resale registration statement on Form SB-2 that we filed pursuant to a
registration rights agreement that we entered into with such shareholders in
September 2005. On August 15, 2006, the SEC declared effective a post-effective
amendment that we had filed on August 4, 2006, terminating the effectiveness
of
a resale registration statement on Form SB-2 that had been filed pursuant to
a
registration rights agreement with certain shareholders to register the resale
of shares held by those shareholders. In addition, on December 19, 2006, we
filed our 2006 Form 10-K. After the filing of the 2006 Form 10-K, our previously
filed registration statement on Form S-1 was no longer available for resale
by
the selling shareholders whose shares were included in such Form S-1. Under
the
registration rights agreement, those selling shareholders became eligible for
liquidated damages relating to the above two events totaling approximately
$1.0
million from us. We recognized approximately $760,000 in liquidated damages
relating to our third fiscal quarter of 2007. Please see Part II, Item 1. “Legal
Proceedings — Liquidated Damages Pursuant to September 2005 Registration Rights
Agreement” for a further description of these liquidated damages and related
accounting treatment.
In
addition, we are liable for liquidated damages to certain shareholders whose
shares were included in a resale registration statement on Form S-3 that we
filed pursuant to a registration rights agreement that we entered into with
such
shareholders in relation to a private placement that we closed in November
2007.
The SEC did not declare this registration statement effective by a certain
date,
and under the November 2007 registration rights agreement, the included selling
shareholders became eligible for liquidated damages of $561,000 as of June
30,
2008. Please see Part II, Item 1. “Legal Proceedings — Liquidated Damages
Pursuant to November 2007 Registration Rights Agreement” for a further
description of the liquidated damages. We therefore recognized in general and
administrative expenses an amount of $561,474 for the liquidated damages for
the
nine months ended June 30, 2008, as compared to approximately $760,000 for
the
same period in 2007.
As
described under Part II, Item 1. “Legal Proceedings — Make Good Settlements” we
have entered into settlement agreements pursuant to which we have issued shares
to certain shareholders that purchased shares in a January 20, 2005 private
placement transaction in settlement of claims related to the private placement,
including claims for liquidated damages. Pursuant to the settlement agreements,
the claims of each shareholder are released as of the applicable “release date”
which occurred on June 26, 2008, the date the resale registration statement
we
filed relating to resale by the settling shareholders of the shares issued
pursuant to the settlement agreement was declared effective by the SEC. We
expect such settlements may result in gains in one or more future periods in
accordance with their waivers of claims to liquidated damages.
Operating
Income / (Loss). As
a
result of the above, operating loss totaled $3.5 million for the nine months
ended June 30, 2008, as compared to operating income of $4.1 million for the
same period of the prior fiscal year, a decrease of $7.7 million or 185.2%.
As a
percentage of net revenues, operating loss was 2.0% for the nine months ended
June 30, 2008, as compared to 4.1% for the same period of the prior fiscal
year.
Finance
Costs, Net.
Finance costs, net, increased to $7.4 million for the nine months ended June
30,
2008, as compared to $3.1 million for the same period of the prior fiscal year,
an increase of $4.2 million or 135.4%. We have $111.5 million in short-term
bank
loans maturing in less than one year, $8.7 million in long-term bank loans
maturing within one year, and $55.4 million in other long-term bank loans
maturing in more than one year, outstanding as of June 30, 2008, as compared
to
$67.6 million in short-term bank loans maturing in less than one year and $26.3
million in long-term bank loans maturing in more than one year, outstanding
as
of June 30, 2007. The increase in net finance costs is also attributable to
the
increase in average bank loan interest rates on both our short-term and
long-term bank loans and the increase in outstanding principal for both our
short-term and long-term bank loans.
8
Government
Grant Income.
Government grant income was $1.4 million for the nine months ended June 30,
2008, as compared to government grant income of $762,000 for the same period
of
fiscal year 2007. Government grant income for the nine months ended June 30,
2008 mainly consisted of government grant funds to subsidize the interest
expenses incurred by the Company in prior years for R&D activities, to
refund the value-added tax paid by Shenzhen BAK in prior years in light of
Shenzhen BAK’s qualification as a new and high-technology enterprise and the
receipt of grant funds from the Shenzhen Government to subsidize the payment
of
land use rights for BAK Industrial Park. No present or future obligation will
arise from the receipt of such income.
Income
tax expenses / (benefits).
Income tax benefits were $50,000 for the nine months ended June 30, 2008, as
compared to income tax expenses of $283,000 for the same period of fiscal 2007.
The decrease is attributable to a deferred tax provision for the nine months
ended June 30, 2008.
Net
Income / (Loss).
As a result of the foregoing, we had a net loss of $9.4 million for the nine
months ended June 30, 2008, compared to a net income of $1.3 million for the
same period of 2007.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
We
have
historically financed our liquidity requirements from a variety of sources,
including short-term bank loans and bills payable under bank credit agreements,
long term bank loans, sale of bills receivable and issuance of capital stock.
As
of June 30, 2008, we had cash and cash equivalents of $30.2 million, as compared
to $14.2 million as of September 30, 2007. In addition, we had pledged deposits
amounting to $6.3 million and $4.6 million at June 30, 2008 and September 30,
2007, respectively. Typically, banks will require borrowers to maintain deposits
ranging from approximately 20% to 100% of the outstanding loan balances and
bills payable. The individual short term bank loans have maturities ranging
from
two to nine months which coincides with the periods the cash remains pledged
to
the banks.
We
have
access to $235.1 million in short-term credit facilities and $67.1 million
in
long-term credit facilities. As of June 30, 2008, the principal outstanding
amounts under our credit facilities included short-term bank loans of $111.5
million, long-term bank loans of $8.7 million maturing within one year and
long-term bank loans of $55.4 million maturing in over one year, and bills
payable of $11.6 million, leaving $118.9 million of short-term funds and $2.9
million of long-term funds available for additional cash needs. In addition,
on
July 10, 2008, our $60 million shelf registration statement was declared
effective by the SEC, giving us the potential to raise up to an aggregate of
$60
million in gross proceeds from equity financings.
The
following table sets forth a summary of our cash flows for the periods
indicated:
|
Nine Months Ended June 30,
|
||||||
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
|
(in thousands)
|
||||||
Net cash (used
in) / provided by operating activities
|
(9,157
|
)
|
7,670
|
||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(34,358
|
)
|
(53,006
|
)
|
|||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
55,911
|
32,657
|
|||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
3,651
|
524
|
|||||
Net
increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalent
|
16,047
|
(12,155
|
)
|
||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at the beginning of period
|
14,197
|
21,100
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at the end of period
|
30,244
|
8,945
|
Operating
Activities
Net
cash
used in operating activities was $9.2 million in the nine months ended June
30,
2008, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $7.7 million
in
the same period in fiscal 2007. The increase of $16.8 million used in operating
activities was mainly attributable to an increase in accounts receivables due
to
increased sales and an increase in prepayments to our lithium cobalt dioxide
suppliers. We purchased more lithium cobalt dioxide, the main raw material
in
our products, in anticipation of the higher future cost of lithium cobalt
dioxide.
Investing
Activities
Net
cash
used in investing activities decreased from $53.0 million in the nine months
ended June 30, 2007, to $34.4 million in the same period in fiscal 2008. The
net
cash used in investing activities during the period ended June 30, 2008, was
mainly used for purchasing equipment for a new automated cylindrical cell
production line and a new automated prismatic cell production line and paying
for the land use rights of BAK Industrial Park.
9
Financing
Activities
Net
cash
provided by financing activities was $55.9 million in the nine months ended
June
30, 2008, compared to $32.7 million in the same period in 2007. This was mainly
attributable to (i) net proceeds of $12.8 million from a private placement
of
our common stock completed in November 2007, (ii) a $1.2 million increase in
net
proceeds from our issuance of capital stock in the nine months ended June 30,
2008, (iii) a $11.0 million increase in cash deposits at banks as collateral
in
the nine months ended June 30, 2008 and (iv) additional borrowings, net of
repayments, of $20.2 million.
As
of
June 30, 2008, the principal outstanding under our credit facilities and lines
of credit were as follows:
|
Maximum
Amount
Available
|
Amount
Borrowed
|
|||||
|
|
|
|||||
(in thousands)
|
|||||||
Short-term credit facilities:
|
|
||||||
Agricultural
Bank of China
|
$
|
87,475
|
$
|
25,514
|
|||
Shenzhen
Development Bank
|
21,869
|
21,869
|
|||||
Shenzhen
Ping An Bank
|
29,158
|
14,579
|
|||||
China
CITIC Bank
|
21,869
|
14,579
|
|||||
Bank
of China
|
65,606
|
32,387
|
|||||
Industrial
Bank
|
9,112
|
7,290
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Subtotal—short-term
credit facilities
|
$
|
235,089
|
$
|
116,218
|
|||
|
|||||||
Long-term
credit facilities:
|
|||||||
Agricultural
Bank of China
|
52,485
|
49,569
|
|||||
China
Development Bank
|
14,579
|
14,579
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Subtotal—long-term
credit facilities
|
67,064
|
64,148
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Lines
of Credit:
|
|||||||
Agricultural
Bank of China
|
—
|
2,210
|
|||||
Bank
of China
|
—
|
4,655
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Subtotal—lines
of credit
|
—
|
6,865
|
|||||
|
|||||||
Total
Principal Outstanding
|
$
|
302,153
|
$
|
187,231
|
There
are
no restrictions for our above unused credit facilities.
The
above
principal outstanding amounts under credit facilities included short-term bank
loans of $111.5 million, bills payable of $11.6 million and long-term bank
loans
of $64.1 million.
For
the
purpose of presentation, the movement in bills payable balances is included
in
operating activities in the statements of cash flows due to their
nature.
We
refinanced our short-term bank loans during the three months ended June 30,
2008
at annual interest rates of 6.57% to 7.317%, payable monthly, and for terms
of
six to twelve months. These debt arrangements are generally guaranteed by Mr.
Xiangqian Li, our chairman, president, and chief executive officer. Pursuant
to
the refinancing, we pledged $21.9 million of inventory and $37.9 million of
equipment and machinery as security for our comprehensive credit facility with
Agricultural Bank of China and Shenzhen Development Bank as of June 30, 2008.
We
also committed to pledge the property ownership and land use rights certificate
in relation to the land on which our corporate campus had been constructed
for
short-term bank loans amounting to $25.5 million borrowed from Shenzhen Eastern
Branch, Agricultural Bank of China. The aggregate net book value of the
buildings and land use right in relation to the property ownership and land
use
rights certificate as of June 30, 2008 was $89.2 million.
10
During
the three months ended June 30, 2008, we entered into two new short-term bank
loan agreements totaling $40.1 million. The two new short-term bank loan
agreements provide for monthly interest payments at annual interest rates from
6.57% to 7.317%, with principal repayments at maturities during the second
half
of calendar year 2009. These loan agreements are guaranteed by Mr. Xiangqian
Li.
On
May
26, 2008, BAK International (Tianjin) Limited entered into a four-year,
long-term Loan Agreement of RMB 160 million ($23.3 million) with Tianjin Branch,
Agricultural Bank of China. This Loan Agreement is guaranteed by Mr. Xiangqian
Li and secured by the property ownership and land use rights certificate in
relation to the land on which our corporate campus had been constructed and
the
future machinery and equipment to be purchased and used in the campus in
Tianjin. As of June 30, 2008, we had borrowed $23.3 million under this Loan
Agreement, payable in four installments: (i) RMB 30 million ($4.4 million)
on
December 26, 2009; (ii) RMB 30 million ($4.4 million) on December 26, 2010;
(iii) RMB 50 million ($7.3 million) on December 26, 2011; and (iv) RMB 50
million ($7.2 million) on May 26, 2012.
On
November 23, 2006, Shenzhen BAK entered into a $28.5 million long-term loan
agreement with Shenzhen Eastern Branch, Agricultural Bank of China, which became
effective on December 18, 2006. The long-term loan may be drawn at any time
within five years of the effective date of the loan agreement, and will mature
in five years after it is drawn. The long-term loan when drawn will carry a
floating interest rate of 90% of the People’s Bank of China benchmark rate. The
long-term loan is secured by pledged machinery and equipment valued at $22.9
million as of June 30, 2008, and by the property ownership and land use rights
certificate in relation to the land on which our corporate campus had been
constructed and the future machinery and equipment to be purchased and used
in
the campus. Shenzhen BAK’s obligations under the loan agreement are guaranteed
by Mr. Xiangqian Li. As of June 30, 2008, we had borrowed a total of $26.2
million under this loan agreement:(i) a loan of US$5,831,669, which currently
carries interest at 5.832% per annum and is repayable on January 25, 2012,
(ii)
a loan of US$11,663,338, which currently carries interest at 6.237% per annum
and is repayable in three installments of US$2,915,834 on January 25, 2010,
US$7,289,586 on January 25, 2011, and US$1,457,918 on January 25, 2012
respectively, and (iii) aloan of US$8,747,503 which currently carries interest
at 7.65% per annum and is repayable in two installments of US$4,373,751 on
January 25, 2009 and US$4,373,752 on January 25, 2010.
On
December 26, 2006, Shenzhen BAK entered into a four-year, long-term loan
agreement of $14.3 million with China CITIC Bank. This long-term loan of $14.3
million is payable in three installments: (i) RMB 30 million ($4.3 million)
on
November 20, 2008; (ii) RMB 30 million ($4.3 million) on November 20, 2009;
and
(iii) RMB 40 million ($5.7 million) on December 26, 2010.
The
long-term loan carries an annual interest rate equal to the benchmark rate
of
the People’s Bank of China for three- to five-year long-term loans, which is
currently 6.48% per annum. The long-term loan is secured by Shenzhen BAK’s
pledge of its new Research and Development Test Center, which is to be
constructed in Shenzhen, China, after Shenzhen BAK obtains the required land
use
rights for the location of the facility; such land use rights will also be
pledged as security. The obligations of Shenzhen BAK under the loan agreement
are guaranteed by Mr. Li and also secured by certain shares of the Company
owned
by Mr. Li. We borrowed the full $14.2 million under this loan agreement on
December 27, 2006.
We
had
negative working capital of $2.5 million as of June 30, 2008, as compared to
negative working capital of $7.0 million as of September 30, 2007. We had
short-term bank loans maturing in less than one year of $111.5 million and
long-term bank loans maturing within one year of $8.7 million as of June 30,
2008, for a total of $120.2 million of loans maturing within one year, as
compared to a total of $89.9 million of such loans as of September 30, 2007,
an
increase of $30.3 million. We had long-term bank loans maturing in over one
year
of $55.4 million as of June 30, 2008, as compared to $29.3 million of such
loans
as of September 30, 2007, an increase of $26.1 million.
We
believe that our current cash and cash equivalents and anticipated cash flow
from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs, including
our cash needs for working capital and capital expenditures for at least the
next 12 months. We may, however, require additional cash due to changing
business conditions or other future developments, including any investments
or
acquisitions we may decide to pursue. If our existing cash and
amounts
available under existing credit facilities are
insufficient to meet our requirements, we may seek to sell debt securities
or
borrow from lending institutions, or we may seek to sell shares of our capital
stock. We can make no assurances that financing will be available in the amounts
we need or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. The sale of additional equity
securities, including convertible debt securities, would dilute our
shareholders’ interest. The incurrence of debt would divert cash for working
capital and capital expenditures to service debt obligations and could result
in
operating and financial covenants that restrict our operations and our ability
to pay dividends to our shareholders. If we are unable to obtain additional
equity or debt financing as required, our business operations and prospects
may
suffer.
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Capital
Expenditures
We
made
capital expenditures of $34.4 million and $53.0 million in the nine months
ended
June 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Our capital expenditures were used
primarily to purchase plant and equipment to expand our production capacity
and
construction of new factories in Tianjin. The following table sets forth the
breakdown of our capital expenditures by use for the periods
indicated:
|
Nine Months Ended June 30,
|
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|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
|
(in thousands)
|
||||||
Construction costs
|
$
|
10,404
|
$
|
13,945
|
|||
Lease
prepayment
|
$
|
11,145
|
$
|
14,372
|
|||
Purchase
of equipment
|
$
|
12,809
|
$
|
24,689
|
|||
|
|||||||
Total
capital expenditures
|
$
|
34,358
|
$
|
53,006
|
We
estimate that our total capital expenditures in fiscal year 2008 will reach
approximately $50.0 million, primarily to purchase manufacturing equipment
for
the expansion of our production lines and construction of new facilities in
Tianjin.
We
are
continuing the construction of 185,993 square meters of new facilities comprised
of manufacturing facilities, warehousing and packaging facilities, dormitory
space and administrative offices at the BAK Industrial Park in Shenzhen. Such
construction is estimated to be completed at the end of calendar year 2008.
Of
that space, approximately 111,000 square meters are to be new manufacturing
facilities. We have completed construction and put into use an additional
administrative area, production facility, four manufacturing facilities, a
warehouse and packaging facility, three dormitories and two dining halls. At
present, we have no significant payment obligations related to these
facilities.
According
to the relevant PRC laws and regulations, a land use right certificate, along
with government approvals for land planning, project planning, and construction
must be obtained before the construction of any building is commenced. An
ownership certificate will be granted by the government upon application under
the condition that the aforementioned certificate and government approvals
are
obtained. We recently obtained the land use right to the tract of property
on
which we have constructed and on which we plan further construction of our
manufacturing facilities and other related facilities in Shenzhen. While we
have
been constructing and have completed a substantial part of the construction
of
our facilities with the approval of the local government of Kuichong Township
of
Longgang District of Shenzhen, we understand it did not have the authority
to
grant us the land use rights certificate. However, the Company obtained approval
for project planning and construction from the government of Shenzhen on June
20, 2007. Additionally, according to a notice the Company received from the
government of Shenzhen on June 6, 2008, the Company obtained a government grant
in the amount of US$7,794,232 to help pay for the land use rights. As of June
30, 2008, the Company had fully paid the US$16,061,223 required under the
government’s lease arrangement for the acquisition of land use rights for BAK
Industrial Park.
As
of
June 30, 2008, we had fully paid the lease prepayment amount of $14.1 million
for the acquisition of land use rights in Tianjin and the application for the
land use rights certificate was in process.
The
following table sets forth our contractual obligations and commercial
commitments as of June 30, 2008:
|
Payment Due by Period
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Total
|
Less than
1 Year
|
1-3 Years
|
3-5 Years
|
More than
5 Years
|
|||||||||||
|
(in thousands)
|
|||||||||||||||
Short-term bank loans
|
111,531
|
111,531
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Bills
payable
|
11,552
|
11,552
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Long-term
bank loans
|
64,148
|
8,748
|
33,532
|
21,868
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Land
use rights payable
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Capital
commitments
|
18,052
|
18,052
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Future
interest payment on short-term bank loans
|
2,969
|
2,969
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Future
interest payment on long-term bank loans
|
11,172
|
4,229
|
5,550
|
1,393
|
—
|
|||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
|
219,424
|
157,081
|
39,082
|
23,261
|
—
|
Other
than the contractual obligations and commercial commitments set forth above,
we
did not have any other long-term debt obligations, operating lease obligations,
capital commitments, purchase obligations or other long-term liabilities as
of
June 30, 2008.
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Off-Balance
Sheet Transactions
In
the
ordinary course of business practices in China, we enter into transactions
with
banks or other lenders where we guarantee the debt of other parties. These
parties may be related to or unrelated to us. Conversely, our debt with lenders
may also be guaranteed by other parties which may be related or unrelated to
us.
Under
U.S. GAAP, these transactions may not be recorded on our balance sheet or may
be
recorded in amounts different than the full contract or notional amount of
the
transaction. Our primary off balance sheet arrangements would result from our
loan guaranties in which Shenzhen BAK would provide contractual assurance of
the
debt, or guarantee the timely re-payment of principal and interest of the
guaranteed party.
Typically,
no fees are received for this service. Thus, in those transactions, Shenzhen
BAK
would have a contingent obligation related to the guarantee of payment in the
event the underlying loan is in default.
Transactions
described above require accounting treatment under FASB Interpretation No.
45,
“Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including
Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others,” or FIN 45. Under that standard,
we would be required to recognize the fair value of guarantees issued or
modified after December 31, 2002, for non-contingent guarantee obligations,
and
also a liability for contingent guarantee obligations based on the probability
that the guaranteed party will not perform under the contractual terms of the
guaranty agreement.
We
have
assessed the contingent liabilities arising from the above-described guarantees
and have considered them immaterial to the consolidated financial statements.
Therefore, no liabilities in respect of the guarantees were recognized as of
June 30, 2008. As of June 30, 2008, we provided a guarantee for a non-related
party, Nanjing Special Metal Equipment Co., Ltd., of one-year short-term bank
loans with Evergrowing Bank with a maturity of August 6, 2010. We also provided
the guarantees for three other non-related parties, Hunan Reshine New Material
Ltd, Shenzhen Tongli Hi-tech Co. Ltd., and Shenzhen B&G Technology
Development Co. Ltd. The maximum amount of our exposure for these guarantees
was
$13.9 million and $6.7 million at June 30, 2008, and September 30, 2007,
respectively.
Interest
Rate Risk
We
are
exposed to interest rate risk primarily with respect to our short-term bank
loans and long-term bank loans. Although the interest rates, which are based
on
the banks’ prime rates with respect to our short-term loans are fixed for the
terms of the loans, the terms are typically two to nine months for short-term
bank loans and interest rates are subject to change upon renewal. There were
no
material changes in interest rates for short-term bank loans renewed during
the
three months ended June 30, 2008.
We
have a
long-term bank loan of $14.6 million maturing on December 26, 2010 with China
CITIC Bank with three installments payable under which we have outstanding
borrowings; the interest rate we pay on this long term loan is benchmark rate
of
the People’s Bank of China for three- to five- year long-term loans. In
addition, we have a RMB 200 million (approximately $29.2 million) long-term
loan
agreement with Shenzhen Eastern Branch, Agricultural Bank of China, which became
effective on December 18, 2006. The long-term loan may be drawn at any time
within five years from the effective date of the agreement and will mature
five
years after it is drawn. The term loan, when drawn, will carry a floating
interest rate of 90% of The People’s Bank of China benchmark rate for three-year
to five-year long-term loans. As of June 30, 2008, we had borrowed a total
of
$26.2 million under this loan agreement: (i) a loan of US$5,831,669, which
currently carries interest at 5.832% per annum is repayable on January 25,
2012;
(ii) a loan of US$11,663,338, which currently carries interest at 6.237% per
annum and is repayable in three installments of US$2,915,834 on January 25,
2010, US$7,289,586 on January 25, 2011 and US$1,457,918 on January 25, 2012
respectively, and (iii) a loan of US$8,747,503 which currently carries interest
at 7.65% per annum and is repayable in two installments of US$4,373,751 on
January 25, 2009 and US$4,373,752 on January 25, 2010.
We
also
entered into a four-year, long-term Loan Agreement of RMB 160 million ($23.3
million) with Tianjin Branch, Agricultural Bank of China on May 26, 2008. The
long-term loan is secured by the property ownership and land use rights
certificate in relation to the land on which our corporate campus had been
constructed and the future machinery and equipment to be purchased and used
in
the campus in Tianjin. As of June 30, 2008, we had borrowed $23.3 million under
this Loan Agreement, payable in four installments: (i) RMB 30 million ($4.4
million) on December 26, 2009; (ii) RMB 30 million ($4.4 million) on December
26, 2010; (iii) RMB 50 million ($7.3 million) on December 26, 2011; and (iv)
RMB
50 million ($7.2 million) on May 26, 2012.
A
hypothetical 1.0% increase in the annual interest rates for all of our credit
facilities under which we had outstanding borrowings at June 30, 2008, would
decrease net income before provision for income taxes by approximately $1.3
million or 13.9% for the nine months ended June 30, 2008. Management monitors
the banks’ prime rates in conjunction with our cash requirements to determine
the appropriate level of debt balances relative to other sources of funds.
We
have not entered into any hedging transactions in an effort to reduce our
exposure to interest rate risk.
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Foreign
Exchange Risk
Although
our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar, the financial records of our
operating subsidiaries are maintained in their local currency, the RMB, which
is
our functional currency. Approximately 76.8% of our revenues and 97.5% of our
costs and expenses for the nine months ended June 30, 2008 are denominated
in
RMB, with the balance denominated in U.S. dollars. Approximately 99.9% of our
assets except for cash were denominated in RMB as of June 30, 2008. As a result,
we are exposed to foreign exchange risk as our revenues and results of
operations may be affected by fluctuations in the exchange rate between U.S.
dollars and RMB. If the RMB depreciates against the U.S. dollar, the value
of
our RMB revenues, earnings and assets as expressed in our U.S. dollar financial
statements will decline. Assets and liabilities of our operating subsidiaries
are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate at the balance sheet
date,
their equity accounts are translated at historical exchange rate and their
income and expenses items are translated using the average rate for the period.
Any resulting exchange differences are recorded in accumulated other
comprehensive income or loss. An average appreciation (depreciation) of the
RMB
against the U.S. dollar of 5% would increase (decrease) our comprehensive income
by $7.7 million based on our outstanding revenues, costs and expenses, assets
and liabilities denominated in RMB as of June 30, 2008. As of June 30, 2008,
our
accumulated other comprehensive income was $23.9 million. We have not entered
into any hedging transactions in an effort to reduce our exposure to foreign
exchange risk.
Critical
Accounting Policies
Our
consolidated financial information has been prepared in accordance with U.S.
GAAP, which requires us to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect
(1) the reported amounts of our assets and liabilities, (2) the disclosure
of
our contingent assets and liabilities at the end of each fiscal period and
(3)
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during each fiscal period. We
continually evaluate these estimates based on our own historical experience,
knowledge and assessment of current business and other conditions, our
expectations regarding the future based on available information and reasonable
assumptions, which together form our basis for making judgments about matters
that are not readily apparent from other sources. Since the use of estimates
is
an integral component of the financial reporting process, our actual results
could differ from those estimates. Some of our accounting policies require
a
higher degree of judgment than others in their application.
When
reviewing our financial statements, the following should also be considered:
(1)
our selection of critical accounting policies, (2) the judgment and other
uncertainties affecting the application of those policies, and (3) the
sensitivity of reported results to changes in conditions and assumptions. We
believe the following accounting policies involve the most significant judgment
and estimates used in the preparation of our financial statements.
Recoverability
of Long-Lived Assets
Our
business is capital intensive and has required, and will continue to require,
significant investments in property, plant and equipment. As of June 30, 2008,
and September 30, 2007, the carrying amount of property, plant and equipment,
net was $182.6 million and $145.1 million, respectively. We assess the
recoverability of property, plant and equipment to be held and used by a
comparison of the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets to the future
net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset or group
of
assets. If such assets are considered impaired, the impairment recognized is
measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the
fair value of the assets.
A
prolonged general economic downturn and, specifically, a continued downturn
in
the battery cell industry as well as other market factors could intensify
competitive pricing pressure, create an imbalance of industry supply and demand,
or otherwise diminish volumes or profits. Such events, combined with changes
in
interest rates, could adversely affect our estimates of future net cash flows
to
be generated by our long-lived assets. Consequently, it is possible that our
future operating results could be materially and adversely affected by
additional impairment charges related to the recoverability of our long-lived
assets.
Inventory
Obsolescence
We
review
our inventory for potential impairment on a quarterly or more frequent basis
as
deemed necessary. Such review includes, but is not limited to, reviewing the
levels of inventory versus customer requirements and obsolescence. The review
and evaluation also considers the potential sale of impaired inventory at lower
than market prices. At each balance sheet date, we identify inventories that
are
worth less than cost and write them down to their net realizable value and
the
difference is charged to our cost of revenues of that period. Though management
considers such write-down of inventories adequate and proper, changes in sales
volumes due to unexpected economic or competitive conditions are among the
factors that could materially affect the adequacy of such write
down.
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Allowance
for Doubtful Accounts
The
allowance for doubtful accounts is our best estimate of the amount of probable
credit losses in our accounts receivable. We determine the allowance based
on
historical write-off experience, customer specific facts and economic
conditions. Bad debt expense is included in the general and administrative
expenses. We review outstanding account balances individually for
collectibility. Account balances are charged off against the allowance after
all
means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is
considered remote. As of June 30, 2008, and September 30, 2007, we had not
charged off any balances as we had yet to exhaust all means of
collection.
Stock-Based
Compensation
We
adopted the provisions of SFAS 123R, which requires the use of the fair value
method of accounting for share-based compensation. Under the fair value based
method, compensation cost related to employee stock options or similar equity
instruments is measured at the grant date based on the value of the award and
is
recognized over the service period, which is usually the vesting period. SFAS
123R also requires measurement of cost of a liability-classified award based
on
its current fair value. The fair value of the liability-classified award will
be
subsequently remeasured at each reporting date through the settlement date.
Change in fair value during the requisite service period will be recognized
as
compensation cost over that period.
We
determine fair value using the Black-Scholes model. Under this model, certain
assumptions, including the risk-free interest rate, the expected life of the
options and the estimated fair value of our ordinary shares and the expected
volatility, are required to determine the fair value of the options. If
different assumptions had been used, the fair value of the options would have
been different from the amount we computed and recorded, which would have
resulted in either an increase or decrease in the compensation
expense.
Pursuant
to SFAS 123R, we have recognized compensation costs of $2.5 million in relation
to stock-based awards to our employees and non-employee directors for the nine
months ended June 30, 2008, as an increase in both the operating costs and
shareholder’s equity.
Changes
in Accounting Standards
In
July
2006, the FASB issued FIN 48 “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes-an
Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” which clarifies the accounting for
uncertainty in tax positions. This Interpretation requires that we recognize
in
our consolidated financial statements the impact of a tax position if that
position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the
technical merits of the position. The provisions of FIN 48 became effective
for
us on October 1, 2007. The adoption of FIN 48 has no material impact on the
Company’s financial statements.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157, “Fair Value Measurements”, which
defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under
generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair
value measurements. SFAS 157 applies under other accounting pronouncements
that
require or permit fair value measurements, where fair value is the relevant
measurement attribute. The standard does not require any new fair value
measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal
years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal
years. The management is in the process of evaluating the impact SFAS 157 will
have on the Company’s financial statements upon adoption.
In
February 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities - Including an Amendment of FASB Statement
No.
115,” SFAS No. 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial
instruments and certain other items at fair value. Entities that elect the
fair
value option will report unrealized gains and losses in earnings at each
subsequent reporting date. The fair value option may be elected on an
instrument-by-instrument basis, with a few exceptions. SFAS No. 159 also
establishes presentation and disclosure requirements to facilitate comparisons
between entities that choose different measurement attributes for similar assets
and liabilities. The requirements of SFAS No. 159 are effective for our fiscal
year beginning on October 1, 2008. The management is in the process of
evaluating the impact SFAS 159 will have on the Company’s financial statements
upon adoption.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160 “Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements-an amendment of ARB No. 51”. SFAS 160
establishes accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest
in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. The guidance will
become effective for the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2008. The
management is in the process of evaluating the impact SFAS 160 will have on
the
Company’s financial statements upon adoption.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (Revised) “Business Combinations.”
SFAS 141 (Revised) establishes principles and requirements for how the acquirer
of a business recognizes and measures in its financial statements the
identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling
interest in the acquiree. The statement also provides guidance for recognizing
and measuring the goodwill acquired in the business combination and determines
what information to disclose to enable users of the financial statements to
evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business combination. The
guidance will become effective for the fiscal year beginning after December
15,
2008. The management is in the process of evaluating the impact SFAS 141
(Revised) will have on the Company’s financial statements upon
adoption.
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In
March
2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161 “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities”. SFAS 161 is intended to improve financial reporting about
derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring enhanced disclosures
to enable investors to better understand their effects on an entity’s financial
position, financial performance, and cash flows. It is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November
15, 2008, with early application encouraged. The management is in the process
of
evaluating the impact SFAS 161 will have on the Company’s financial adoption
upon adoption.
In
May
2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 162, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles. FAS 162 identifies the sources of accounting principles
and the framework for selecting the principles to be used in the preparation
of
financial statements of nongovernmental entities that are presented in
conformity with GAAP. SFAS 162 directs the GAAP hierarchy to the entity, not
the
independent auditors, as the entity is responsible for selecting accounting
principles for financial statements that are presented in conformity with GAAP.
SFAS 162 is effective 60 days following the SEC's approval of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board amendments to remove the GAAP hierarchy from the
auditing standards. SFAS 162 is not expected to have a material impact on our
financial statements.
Exchange
Rates
The
financial records of Shenzhen BAK, BAK Electronics and BAK Tianjin are
maintained in RMB. In order to prepare our financial statements, we have
translated amounts in RMB into amounts in U.S. dollars. The amounts of our
assets and liabilities on our balance sheets are translated using the closing
exchange rate as of the date of the balance sheet. Revenues, expenses, gains
and
losses are translated using the average exchange rate prevailing during the
period covered by such financial statements. Adjustments resulting from the
translation, if any, are included in our cumulative other comprehensive income
(loss) in our stockholders’ equity section of our balance sheet. All other
amounts that were originally booked in RMB and translated into U.S. dollars
were
translated using the closing exchange rate on the date of recognition.
Consequently, the exchange rates at which the amounts in those comparisons
were
computed varied from year to year.
The
exchange rates used to translate amounts in RMB into U.S. dollars in connection
with the preparation of our financial statements were as follows:
|
RMB per U.S. Dollar
|
||||||
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
Balance sheet
items as of June 30
|
6.8591
|
7.6155
|
|||||
Amounts
included in the statement of income and comprehensive income, statement
of
changes in stockholders’ equity and statement of cash flows for the nine
months ended June 30
|
7.1848
|
7.7691
|
|||||
Balance
sheet items as of September 30
|
N/A
|
7.5108
|
RMB
is
not readily convertible into U.S. dollars in the foreign exchange markets.
The
foreign exchange rate between the RMB and the U.S. dollar had been stable at
approximately RMB 8.28 to $1.00 for the last few years. On July 21, 2005, the
Central Bank of China announced that it would allow the RMB to move to a
flexible exchange rate with a maximum daily variance against the U.S. dollar
of
0.3%. No provision has been made in the accompanying financial statements for
the change in currency policy, nor has any determination been made as to the
potential impact this may have on our future operations. As a result, the stated
exchange rates may not accurately reflect the amount in U.S. dollars into which
RMB could be actually converted at the date or during the periods reflected
in
the foregoing table.
The
information required by this item is discussed in Item 2. “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —
Interest Rate Risk” and “— Foreign Exchange Risk.”
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
As
required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, our management has carried
out
an evaluation, with the participation and under the supervision of our chief
executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the
design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30,
2008. Disclosure controls and procedures refer to controls and other procedures
designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports
we
file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC
and
that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management,
including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as
appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In
designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management
recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and
operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control
objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating
and
implementing possible controls and procedures.
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Management
conducted its evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures under the
supervision of our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer.
Based upon, and as of the date of this evaluation, our chief executive officer
and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and
procedures were not effective, because of the material weaknesses described
in
Item 9A. “Controls and Procedures” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2007 (the “2007 Form 10-K”), which we are still
in the process of remediating. Investors are directed to Item 9A of the 2007
Form 10-K for the description of these weaknesses.
Remediation
Measures for Material Weaknesses
We
began
to remediate the material weaknesses described in our 2007 Form 10-K and
implemented the new measures described below in our ongoing efforts to address
these internal control deficiencies:
· |
We
further enhanced the self-assessment of our internal control over
financial reporting by increasing our periodic independent testing,
which
would evaluate the adequacy of the design and effectiveness of our
internal control procedures.
|
· |
We
developed policies and procedures governing the hiring and training
of
personnel to better assure sufficient personnel with the requisite
knowledge, experience and training in the application of generally
accepted accounting principles commensurate with our financial reporting
and U.S. GAAP requirements. We plan to utilize qualified accounting
advisors and supervisors to ensure that our staff has adequate
professional knowledge and to monitor the need for additional or
better-qualified staff. In addition, we utilized appropriate training
programs on accounting principles and procedures to better ensure
the
adequacy of our accounting and finance
personnel.
|
· |
We
developed our corporate culture toward emphasizing the importance
of
internal controls and to ensure that all personnel involved in maintaining
proper internal controls recognize the importance of strictly adhering
to
accounting principles accepted in the United States of
America.
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We
provided additional training to the Company’s internal auditor on
appropriate controls and procedures necessary to document and evaluate
our
internal control procedures. In addition, one of our employees has
assumed
the full-time position of Director of Internal Audit and will be
responsible for compliance with internal
controls.
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We
believe that we are taking the steps necessary for remediation of the remaining
material weaknesses identified above, and we will continue to monitor the
effectiveness of these steps and to make any changes that our management deems
appropriate.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Other
than the remediation measures described above, there were no changes in our
internal controls over financial reporting after June 30, 2008 that have
materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal
control over financial reporting.
PART
II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings.
Except
as
described below, we are not a party to any legal proceedings, nor are we aware
of any threatened or contemplated proceedings which are expected to result
in a
material adverse effect on our financial position, or results of
operation.
Patent
Litigation.
On
September 12, 2006, Hydro-Quebec, a Canadian company, and the Board of Regents
of the University of Texas System brought a federal patent infringement suit
in
the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas against
us.
We had an agreement with A123Systems, which, as amended on August 18, 2005,
terminated in accordance with its terms on August 30, 2007, under which we
had
agreed to manufacture products for A123Systems according to the specifications
furnished by, and using the finished electrodes and other materials consigned
by, A123Systems to us. The plaintiffs alleged that, by manufacturing
rechargeable lithium cells for A123Systems for use in DeWalt 36-volt cordless
power tools manufactured by Black & Decker Corporation, we had infringed two
U.S. patents owned by and exclusively licensed to the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs
seek injunctive relief and damages in an unspecified amount. If the court issues
an adverse decision, we may be required to pay the plaintiffs substantial
monetary damages, and we may be prohibited from future production of
rechargeable lithium cells manufactured for A123Systems or be required to pay
royalties to engage in any such production. The court has not yet issued a
decision on this matter and we are unable to quantify the extent of any possible
award of damages that might become payable by us.
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Liquidated
Damages Pursuant to September 2005 Registration Rights
Agreement.
We are
liable for liquidated damages to certain shareholders whose shares were included
in a resale registration statement on Form SB-2 that we filed pursuant to a
registration rights agreement that we entered into with such shareholders in
September 2005. Under the registration rights agreement, among other things,
(a)
if a registration statement filed pursuant thereto ceases to be effective after
its effective date to cover the resale of the shares for more than 30 trading
days or (b) if for any reason we are required to file an additional registration
statement covering such shares, and we do not file such additional registration
statement within 45 days after the time we first know, or reasonably should
have
known, that such registration statement would be required to be filed, then,
while the relevant shares could not be put back to us, we would be liable to
pay
partial liquidated damages to those selling shareholders equal to 1.0% of the
aggregate investment amount paid by those selling shareholders for the shares,
and on each monthly anniversary thereafter, unless the event is cured by such
date, an additional 1.5% on (except with respect to the first such event) a
daily pro-rata basis.
On
August
15, 2006, the SEC declared effective a post-effective amendment we filed on
August 4, 2006 to terminate the effectiveness of the resale registration
statement on Form SB-2 that included the resale of the shares held by those
selling shareholders. Accordingly, as we were no longer eligible to file on
Form
SB-2, we were required to file an additional registration statement within
45
days after the termination of the effectiveness of the Form SB-2. On October
11,
2006, we filed a registration statement on Form S-1 that covers resale of the
shares held by those shareholders, which was declared to be effective on October
19, 2006. Following the termination of the Form SB-2, our failure to file an
additional registration statement within the period provided under the
registration rights agreement triggered, for the first time, an obligation
to
pay liquidated damages to the selling shareholders of 1% of the aggregate
investment amount paid by them for the shares, or $241,232, based on the formula
specified in the registration rights agreement. Because the Form S-1 was filed
by the one-month anniversary of the applicable filing date, the event was cured
and no additional liquidated damages were incurred. We previously reported
in
our 2006 Form 10-K, and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended December 31, 2006 (the “12/31/06 Form 10-Q”), that liquidated damages
totaling $487,946 were due from us in respect of such event based on an
incorrect interpretation of the liquidated damages due under the registration
rights agreement. Among other things, the amount was calculated on a pro rata
daily basis although the event, the first under the registration rights
agreement, was cured by its one-month anniversary date.
In
addition, on December 8, 2006, we filed our 2006 Form 10-K. After the filing
of
the 2006 Form 10-K, our previously filed registration statement on Form S-1
was
no longer available for resale by the selling shareholders whose shares were
included in such Form S-1. A post-effective amendment to the Form S-1 covering
resale by the selling shareholders was declared effective by the SEC on March
23, 2007. Our failure to have the post-effective amendment declared effective
within the 30-trading-day time period provided under the registration rights
agreement (i.e., by January 25, 2007), triggered, for the second time, an
obligation to pay liquidated damages to the selling shareholders. We estimate
that we are liable to those selling shareholders for liquidated damages related
to this second event in the amount of approximately $810,000, such that the
total current estimated liquidated damages relating to both events amounts
to
approximately $1 million.
As
reported in our 2006 Form 10-K and our 12/31/06 Form 10-Q, we previously
recorded charges in our statement of income and comprehensive income of $290,575
for the year ended September 30, 2006, and $197,371 for the quarter ended
December 31, 2006, based on the original incorrect interpretation of the
calculation of liquidated damages. Accordingly, the amounts recorded in excess
of $241,232 (i.e., $246,714) have been applied to offset the charge related
to
the liquidated damages incurred related to the second event in the second fiscal
quarter of 2007, and we have recorded an additional charge in the second fiscal
quarter of 2007 relating to the additional liquidated damages incurred of
$563,000. We have assessed the impact of the foregoing on the financial
statements included in our 2006 Form 10-K and our 12/31/06 Form 10-Q, and have
determined that the impact is not material. Accordingly, we do not intend to
restate the financial information included in the 2006 Form 10-K or the 12/31/06
Form 10-Q; however, future filings will reflect the foregoing information.
No
liquidated damages have been paid pursuant to the registration rights agreement
that we entered into in September 2005 as of the filing date of this
Report.
Liquidated
Damages Pursuant to November 2007 Registration Rights Agreement.
We may
be liable for liquidated damages to certain shareholders whose shares were
included in a resale registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed pursuant
to a registration rights agreement that we entered into with such shareholders
in November 2007. Under the registration rights agreement, among other things,
if a registration statement filed pursuant thereto is not declared effective
by
the SEC by 100th calendar day after the closing of our private placement on
November 9, 2007, or the “Effectiveness Deadline”, then we would be liable to
pay partial liquidated damages to each such investor of (a) 1.5% of the
aggregate purchase price paid by such investor for the shares it purchased
in
our November 2007 private placement on the one month anniversary of the
Effectiveness Deadline; (b) an additional 1.5% of the aggregate purchase price
paid by such investor every thirtieth day thereafter (pro rated for periods
totaling less than thirty days) until the earliest of the effectiveness of
the
registration statement, the ten-month anniversary of the Effectiveness Deadline
and the time that we are no longer required to keep such resale registration
statement effective because either such shareholders have sold all of their
shares or such shareholders may sell their shares pursuant to Rule 144 without
volume limitations; and (c) 0.5% of the aggregate purchase price paid by such
investor for the shares it purchased in our November 2007 private placement
on
each of the following dates: the ten-month anniversary of the Effectiveness
Deadline and every thirtieth day thereafter (pro rated for periods totaling
less
than thirty days), until the earlier of the effectiveness of the registration
statement and the time that we are no longer required to keep such resale
registration statement effective because either such shareholders have sold
all
of their shares or such shareholders may sell their shares pursuant to Rule
144
without volume limitations.
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On
December 21, 2007, pursuant to the registration rights agreement, we filed
a
registration statement on Form S-3, which was declared effective by the SEC
on
May 7, 2008. As a result, we estimate that liquidated damages incurred under
the
November 2007 registration rights agreement for the nine months ended June
30,
2008 to have totaled $561,174. No liquidated damages have been paid pursuant
to
the November 2007 registration rights agreement as of the filing date of this
Report.
Make-Good
Settlements.
Beginning on March 13, 2008, we have entered into settlement agreements with
certain investors in the January 20, 2005, private placement completed by the
Company. Pursuant to the settlement agreements, we and such investors have
agreed, without any admission of liability, to a settlement and mutual releases
from all claims relating to the January 20, 2005 private placement, including
all claims relating to 1,089,775 “make good shares” of our common stock that had
been placed into escrow by Xiangqian Li, our chairman and chief executive
officer, in connection with the January 20, 2005, private placement as well
as
all claims, including claims for liquidated damages, relating to registration
rights granted in connection with the January 20, 2005, private placement.
Pursuant to the settlement agreements, we have made settlement payments to
each
of the settling investors of a number of shares of common stock equal to 50%
of
the number of “make good shares” such investor had claimed. Aggregate settlement
payments amounted to 368,745 shares as of June 30, 2008, of which 136,532 shares
were issued in the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2008. Share payments to date
have been made in reliance upon the exemptions from registration provided by
Section 4(2) and/or other applicable provisions of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended. In accordance with the settlement agreements, we filed a
registration statement covering the resale of such shares, which was declared
effective by the SEC on June 26, 2008.
In
accordance with the Delivery of Make Good Shares, Settlement and Release
Agreement entered into with Mr. Li on October 22, 2007 (the “Li Settlement
Agreement”), we may continue to negotiate with the investors who participated in
the January 20, 2005, private placement in order to achieve a complete
settlement of our obligations under the applicable agreements with such
investors.
Item 1A.
Risk Factors.
See
Item
1A. “Risk Factors” included in our 2007 Form 10-K.
During
the three-month period ended June 30, 2008, the Company entered into a number
of
settlement agreements pursuant to which the Company issued to certain accredited
investors an aggregate of 136,532 shares of the Company’s common stock. For a
discussion of the terms of the settlement agreements, see Part II, Item 1.
“Legal Proceedings — Make Good Settlements” above.
The
above-referenced securities have been issued pursuant to the exemption from
registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the offer and
sale of securities not involving a public offering, and/or other applicable
provisions of the Securities Act. The investors who received the securities
agreed that (a) they were acquiring the securities for their own account for
investment and not for the account of any other person and not with a view
to or
for any distribution within the meaning of the Securities Act and (b) they
would
not sell or otherwise transfer the purchased securities unless in compliance
with state and federal securities laws. Each of the Investors represented that
they are accredited investors as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities
Act.
Item 3. Defaults
Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
None.
On
May
26, 2008, BAK International (Tianjin) Limited entered into a four-year,
long-term Loan Agreement of RMB 160 million ($23.3 million) with Tianjin Branch,
Agricultural Bank of China. This loan agreement is guaranteed by Mr. Xiangqian
Li and secured by the property ownership and land use rights certificate in
relation to the land on which our corporate campus had been constructed and
the
future machinery and equipment to be purchased and used in the campus in
Tianjin. As of June 30, 2008, we had borrowed $23.3 million under this Loan
Agreement, payable in four installments: (i) RMB 30 million ($4.4 million)
on
December 26, 2009; (ii) RMB 30 million ($4.4 million) on December 26, 2010;
(iii) RMB 50 million ($7.3 million) on December 26, 2011; and (iv) RMB 50
million ($7.2 million) on May 26, 2012. A summary of the terms of this loan
agreement is included as Exhibit 10.2 to this Report and is hereby incorporated
by reference herein.
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On
November 23, 2006, Shenzhen BAK entered into a $28.5 million long-term loan
agreement with Shenzhen Eastern Branch, Agricultural Bank of China, which became
effective on December 18, 2006. The long-term loan may be drawn at any time
within five years of the effective date of the loan agreement, and will mature
in five years after it is drawn. The long-term loan when drawn will carry a
floating interest rate of 90% of the People’s Bank of China benchmark rate. The
long-term loan is secured by pledged machinery and equipment valued at $22.9
million as of June 30, 2008, and by the property ownership and land use rights
certificate in relation to the land on which our corporate campus had been
constructed and the future machinery and equipment to be purchased and used
in
the campus. Shenzhen BAK’s obligations under the loan agreement are guaranteed
by Mr. Xiangqian Li. As of June 30, 2008, we had borrowed a total of $26.2
million under this loan agreement:(i) a loan of US$5,831,669, which currently
carries interest at 5.832% per annum and is repayable on January 25, 2012,
(ii)
a loan of US$11,663,338, which currently carries interest at 6.237% per annum
and is repayable in three installments of US$2,915,834 on January 25, 2010,
US$7,289,586 on January 25, 2011, and US$1,457,918 on January 25, 2012
respectively, and (iii) aloan of US$8,747,503 which currently carries interest
at 7.65% per annum and is repayable in two installments of US$4,373,751 on
January 25, 2009 and US$4,373,752 on January 25, 2010. A summary of the terms
of
this loan agreement and a related guaranty are included as Exhibits 10.3 and
10.4 to this Report and are hereby incorporated by reference
herein.
On
December 26, 2006, Shenzhen BAK entered into a four-year, long-term loan
agreement of $14.3 million with China CITIC Bank. This long-term loan of $14.3
million is payable in three installments: (i) RMB 30 million ($4.3 million)
on
November 20, 2008; (ii) RMB 30 million ($4.3 million) on November 20, 2009;
and
(iii) RMB 40 million ($5.7 million) on December 26, 2010.
The
long-term loan carries an annual interest rate equal to the benchmark rate
of
the People’s Bank of China for three- to five-year long-term loans, which is
currently 6.48% per annum. The long-term loan is secured by Shenzhen BAK’s
pledge of its new Research and Development Test Center, which is to be
constructed in Shenzhen, China, after Shenzhen BAK obtains the required land
use
rights for the location of the facility; such land use rights will also be
pledged as security. The obligations of Shenzhen BAK under the loan agreement
are guaranteed by Mr. Li and also secured by certain shares of the Company
owned
by Mr. Li. We borrowed the full $14.2 million under this loan agreement on
December 27, 2006. A summary of the terms of this loan agreement and elated
guaranties are included as Exhibits 10.5 through 10.7 to this Report and are
hereby incorporated by reference herein.
On
July
28, 2008, our stockholders approved an amendment to our Stock Option Plan.
Among other things, the amendment increased the number of shares available
for
issuance under the Stock Option Plan from 4,000,000 shares to
8,000,000 shares. A copy of the amendment is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this
Report and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
Item 6.
Exhibits.
Number
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Description
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3.1
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Articles
of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit
3.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2006).
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3.2
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Bylaws
of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2007).
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4.1
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Amendment
No. 1 to the China BAK Battery, Inc. Stock Option Plan.
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10.1
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Form
of Settlement Agreement between the Registrant and certain investors
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current
Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 31,
2008).
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10.2
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Summary
of Loan Agreement between BAK International (Tianjin) Limited and
Tianjin
Branch, Agricultural Bank of China, dated May 26,
2008.
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10.3
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Summary
of Loan Agreement between Shenzhen BAK Battery Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen
East
Branch, Agricultural Bank of China, dated May 20, 2008.
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10.4
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Summary
of Guaranty Contract of Maximum Amount between BAK International
(Tianjin)
Ltd. and Shenzhen Eastern Branch, Agricultural Bank of China, dated
May
20, 2008.
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10.5
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Summary
of Comprehensive Credit Facility Agreement of Maximum Amount between
Shenzhen BAK Battery Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Branch, China CITIC Bank
Co.,
Ltd., dated May 9, 2008.
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10.6
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Summary
of Guaranty Contract of Maximum Amount between BAK International
Limited
and Shenzhen Branch, China CITIC Bank Co., Ltd., dated May 9,
2008.
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10.7
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Summary
of Guaranty Contract of Maximum Amount between Xiangqian Li and Shenzhen
Branch, China CITIC Bank Co., Ltd., dated May 9, 2008.
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10.8
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Supplemental
Agreement between Shenzhen BAK Battery Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Branch,
Agricultural Bank of China, dated August 6, 2008.
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31.1
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Chief
Executive Officer Certification furnished pursuant to Section 302
of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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31.2
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Chief
Financial Officer Certification furnished pursuant to Section 302
of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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32.1
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Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Certifications furnished
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
Date:
August 8, 2008
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CHINA
BAK BATTERY, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Xiangqian Li
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Xiangqian
Li, Chief Executive Officer
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(Principal
Executive Officer)
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By:
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/s/ Tony
Shen
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Tony
Shen, Chief Financial Officer
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(Principal
Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting
Officer)
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