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CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2013 December (Form 10-Q)

China BAK Battery, Inc.: Form 10-Q - Filed by newsfilecorp.com

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

FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended: December 31, 2013

[   ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________to _____________

Commission File Number: 001-32898

CHINA BAK BATTERY, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Nevada 88-0442833
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)  

BAK Industrial Park
No. 1 BAK Street
Kuichong Town, Longgang District
Shenzhen 518119
People’s Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices, Zip Code)

(86-755) 6188-6818, ext. 6856
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

_____________________________________________________
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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 [X]               No [  ]

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

Yes [X]               No [  ]

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.

  Large accelerated filer [  ] Accelerated filer [  ]
  Non-accelerated filer [  ] (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)        Smaller reporting company [X]

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

Yes [  ]               No [X]

The number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of February 14, 2014 is as follows:

                   Class of Securities                                       Shares Outstanding                   
Common Stock, $0.001 par value 12,619,597




CHINA BAK BATTERY, INC.
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements. 1
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. 1
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. 13
Item 4. Controls and Procedures. 13

PART II
OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings. 15
Item 1A. Risk Factors. 15
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds. 15
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities. 15
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures. 15
Item 5. Other Information. 15
Item 6. Exhibits. 15

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PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

CHINA BAK BATTERY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013 AND 2012

Contents    Page(s)
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013 (unaudited)   F-2
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the three months ended Decmeber 31, 2013 and 2012 (unaudited) F-3
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 (unaudited) F-4
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012 (unaudited) F-5
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)   F-6-F-36

F-1


China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Condensed consolidated balance sheets
As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013
(In US$)

 

        September 30,     December 31,  

 

  Note     2013     2013  

 

              (Unaudited)  

Assets

                 

Current assets

                 

Cash and cash equivalents

      $  13,998,626   $  9,977,394  

Pledged deposits

  2     8,137,687     25,501,653  

Trade accounts receivable, net

  3     49,875,701     43,849,298  

Inventories

  4     57,275,187     49,197,739  

Prepayments and other receivables

  5     17,765,844     16,637,935  

Prepaid land use right, current portion

  7     736,334     744,495  

 

                 

                 Total current assets

        147,789,379     145,908,514  

 

                 

Property, plant and equipment, net

  6,17     170,152,158     174,733,702  

Prepaid land use rights, net

  7     21,932,759     22,040,312  

Intangible assets, net

  8     730,884     689,908  

 

                 

                 Total assets

      $  340,605,180   $  343,372,436  

Liabilities

                 

Current liabilities

                 

Short-term bank loans

  9   $  151,404,677   $  153,054,397  

Accounts and bills payable

        124,507,846     102,481,803  

Accrued expenses and other payables

  10     75,962,761     102,914,987  

 

                 

                 Total current liabilities

        351,875,284     358,451,187  

 

                 

Deferred revenue

  11     7,560,386     7,556,594  

Other long-term payables

  12     22,946,463     24,103,456  

Rental deposits

  6(ii)     715,398     1,109,950  

Deferred tax liabilities

  13(b)     779,814     788,458  

 

                 

                 Total liabilities

        383,877,345     392,009,645  

 

                 

Commitments and contingencies

  17              

 

                 

Shareholders’ equity

                 

Common stock $0.001 par value; 20,000,000 authorized; 12,763,803 issued and 12,619,597 outstanding

        12,763     12,763  

Donated shares

        14,101,689     14,101,689  

Additional paid-in capital

        127,349,617     127,393,638  

Statutory reserves

        7,786,157     7,786,157  

Accumulated deficit

        (226,366,718 )   (231,648,760 )

Accumulated other comprehensive income

        37,910,937     37,783,914  

 

        (39,205,555 )   (44,570,599 )

         Less: Treasury shares

        (4,066,610 )   (4,066,610 )

 

                 

                     Total shareholders’ equity

        (43,272,165 )   (48,637,209 )

 

                 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

    $    340,605,180   $  343,372,436  

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-2


China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013
(Unaudited)
(In US$ except for number of shares)

 

        Three months ended December 31,  

 

 

Note

    2012     2013  

Net revenues

     

   Manufacture of batteries

      $  63,732,361   $  41,205,646  

   Property lease and management

        -     1,164,831  

 

  19     63,732,361     42,370,477  

Cost of revenues

                 

   Manufacture of batteries

        (67,971,371 )   (38,559,570 )

   Property lease and management

        -     (309,021 )

 

        (67,971,371 )   (38,868,591 )
Gross (loss)/ profit   19     (4,239,010 )   3,501,886  

Operating expenses:

                 

   Research and development expenses

        (1,545,036 )   (1,284,446 )

   Sales and marketing expenses

        (2,188,015 )   (1,452,964 )

   General and administrative expenses

        (3,767,086 )   (4,206,179 )

   (Provision for) recovery of doubtful accounts

        (6,200,065 )   1,556,922  

   Total operating expenses

        (13,700,202 )   (5,386,667 )

Operating loss

        (17,939,212 )   (1,884,781 )

Finance costs, net

        (2,734,119 )   (3,893,077 )

Government grant income

        18,242     32,672  

Loss arising from loan guarantees

        (7,360,706 )   -  

Other (expenses) income

        (117,948 )   479,618  

Loss before income taxes

        (28,133,743 )   (5,265,568 )

Provision for income tax

 

13

    (32,006 )   (16,474 )

Net loss

      $  (28,165,749 ) $  (5,282,042 )

Other comprehensive income

                 

   - Foreign currency translation adjustment

        931,440     (127,023 )

Comprehensive loss

      $  (27,234,309 ) $  (5,409,065 )

 

                 

Weighted average number of ordinary shares:

  15              

   - Basic

        12,619,597     12,619,597  

   - Diluted

        12,619,597     12,619,597  

Net loss per share:

  15              

   - Basic

      $  (2.23 ) $  (0.42 )

   - Diluted

      $  (2.23 ) $  (0.42 )

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-3


China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Condensed consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013
(Unaudited)
(In US$ except for number of shares)

                                        Accumulated                    
    Common stock           Additional                 other     Treasury shares     Total  
    Number of           Donated     paid-in     Statutory     Accumulated     comprehensive     Number           shareholders’  

 

  shares     Amount     shares     capital     reserves     deficit     Income     of shares     Amount     equity  

Balance as of October 1, 2012

  12,763,269   $  12,763   $  14,101,689   $  126,990,611   $  7,786,157   $  (110,358,489 ) $  37,329,450     (144,206 ) $  (4,066,610 ) $  71,795,571  

 

                                                           

Net loss

  -     -     -     -     -     (28,165,749 )   -     -     -     (28,165,749 )

 

                                                           

Share-based compensation for employee stock awards

  -     -     -     121,046     -     -     -     -     -     121,046  

 

                                                           

Rounding difference on reverse stock split

  534     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -     -  

 

                                                           

Foreign currency translation adjustment

  -     -     -     -     -     -     931,440     -     -     931,440  

 

                                                           

Balance as of December 31, 2012

  12,763,803   $  12,763   $  14,101,689   $  127,111,657   $  7,786,157   $  (138,524,238 ) $  38,260,890     (144,206 ) $  (4,066,610 ) $  44,682,308  

 

                                                           

Balance as of October 1, 2013

  12,763,803   $  12,763   $  14,101,689   $  127,349,617   $  7,786,157   $  (226,366,718 ) $  37,910,937     (144,206 ) $  (4,066,610 ) $  (43,272,165 )

 

                                                           

Net loss

  -     -     -     -     -     (5,282,042 )   -     -     -     (5,282,042 )

 

                                                           

Share-based compensation for employee stock awards

  -     -     -     44,021     -     -     -     -     -     44,021  

 

                                                           

Foreign currency translation adjustment

  -     -     -     -     -     -     (127,023 )   -     -     (127,023 )

 

                                                           

Balance as of December 31, 2013

  12,763,803   $  12,763   $  14,101,689   $  127,393,638   $  7,786,157   $  (231,648,760 ) $  37,783,914     (144,206 ) $  (4,066,610 ) $  (48,637,209 )

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

F-4


China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Condensed consolidated statements of cash flows
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013
(Unaudited)
(In US$)

    Three months ended December 31,  
    2012     2013  

Cash flows from operating activities

           

Net loss

$  (28,165,749 ) $  (5,282,042 )

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

       

Depreciation and amortization

  5,136,373     2,752,209  

Provision for (reversal of) doubtful debts

  6,200,065     (1,556,922 )

Write-down of inventories

  19,275,145     4,638,420  

Loss arising from loan guarantee

  7,360,706     -  

Share-based compensation

  121,046     44,021  

Deferred revenue

  (84,849 )   (87,059 )

Exchange loss (gain)

  198,290     (68,386 )

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

           

   Trade accounts receivable

  11,969,900     8,123,504  

   Inventories

  (13,923,003 )   4,025,943  

   Prepayments and other receivables

  (577,170 )   914,532  

   Accounts and bills payable

  (7,737,665 )   (22,955,274 )

   Accrued expenses and other payables

  6,139,621     3,412,425  

   Other long term payables

  -     886,966  

Receipt of rental deposits

  -     384,293  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  5,912,710     (4,767,370 )

 

           

Cash flows from investing activities

           

Decrease (increase) in pledged deposits

  617,736     (17,169,687 )

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

  (10,407,244 )   (3,403,048 )

Purchases of intangible assets

  (155,112 )   -  

Repayment from advance to unrelated third parties

  -     683,082  

Net cash used in investing activities

  (9,944,620 )   (19,889,653 )

 

           

Cash flows from financing activities

           

Proceeds from borrowings

  36,812,185     30,473,439  

Repayment of borrowings

  (33,702,852 )   (30,501,653 )

Loans from related parties

  862,854     -  

Borrowings from unrelated parties

  -     33,001,133  

Repayment of borrowings from unrelated parties

  -     (12,478,041 )

Net cash provided by financing activities

  3,972,187     20,494,878  

 

           

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

  77,183     140,913  

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

  17,460     (4,021,232 )

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of period

  9,271,633     13,998,626  

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of period

$  9,289,093   $  9,977,394  

Cash paid during the period for:

           

Income taxes

$  -   $  16,474  

Interest, net of amounts capitalized

$  2,471,858   $  1,943,438  

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

1. Principal Activities, Basis of Presentation and Organization

Principal Activities

China BAK Battery, Inc. (“China BAK”) 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 (hereinafter, collectively referred to as the “Company”) 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 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 December 31, 2013, the Company’s subsidiaries consisted of: i) BAK International Limited (“BAK International”), a wholly owned limited liability company incorporated in Hong Kong on December 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) China BAK Asia Holdings Limited, a wholly owned limited liability company incorporated in Hong Kong on July 9, 2013; iv) BAK Battery (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (“BAK Battery (SZ)”), a wholly owned limited liability company established on August 15, 2005 in the PRC as BAK Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., which changed its name to BAK Battery (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. on March 5, 2013; v) BAK International (Tianjin) Ltd. (“BAK Tianjin”), a wholly owned limited liability company established on December 12, 2006 in the PRC; vi) Dalian BAK Trading Co., Ltd. (“BAK Dalian”), a wholly owned limited company established on August 14, 2013 in the PRC; vii) Dalian BAK Power Battery Co., Ltd. (“Dalian BAK Power”), a wholly owned limited company established on December 27, 2013; (viii) 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. The Company decided to dissolve BAK Canada due to the financial difficulties and filed for bankruptcy on March 28, 2013. As of December 31, 2013, BAK Canada still has not yet been dissolved; ix) BAK Europe GmbH (“BAK Europe”), a wholly owned limited liability company established in Germany on November 28, 2007; and x) BAK Telecom India Private Limited (“BAK India”), a wholly owned limited liability company established in India on August 14, 2008. As of December 31, 2013, BAK International beneficially owns 100% of BAK India partly through a nominee agreement with one of its employees.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

1. Principal Activities, Basis of Presentation and Organization (continued)

Basis of Presentation and Organization (continued)

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 $99,990,000. The total contribution from BAK International was $50,000,000. On September 17, 2012, BAK Tianjin issued an application with respect to the decrease of capital from $99,990,000 to $50,000,000. On November 27, 2012 the Business Administration Bureau of Beichen District, Tianjin, approved the request of BAK Tianjin’s capital reduction. According to the approval, the BAK Tianjin’s aggregate investment still remains at $99,990,000 while the registered capital was reduced to $50,000,000. BAK Tianjin is principally engaged in the manufacture of larger lithium ion batteries for use in cordless power tools and various types of vehicles. The Company intends to move all the BAK Tianjin assets except for land use rights and buildings to BAK Dalian in fiscal year 2014.

Dalian BAK Power was established on December 27, 2013 as a wholly owned subsidiary of BAK Asia with a registered capital of $30,000,000 (Note 17(i)). Pursuant to Dalian BAK Power’s articles of association and relevant PRC regulations, BAK Asia was required to contribute $6,000,000 to Dalian BAK Power as capital (representing 20% of Dalian BAK Power’s registered capital) on or before March 26, 2014 (Note 17(i)).

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 $11.5 million in cash, while the shareholders of Shenzhen BAK acquired substantially all of the outstanding shares of BAK International for $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.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

1. Principal Activities, Basis of Presentation and Organization (continued)

Basis of Presentation and Organization (continued)

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 7,965,215 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to the shareholders of BAK International (including 6,245,128 shares to the original shareholders and 1,720,087 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 $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 1,720,087 shares of common stock for gross proceeds of $17,000,000. In conjunction with this financing, Mr. Xiangqian Li, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, agreed to place 435,910 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 $12,000,000, and the remaining 50% was 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 $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 435,910 shares would be released to Mr. Xiangqian Li in the amount of 50% upon reaching the 2005 target and the remaining 50% upon reaching the 2006 target.

Under accounting principles generally accepted 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.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

1. Principal Activities, Basis of Presentation and Organization (continued)

Basis of Presentation and Organization (continued)

While the 217,955 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 217,955 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 of which 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 $7,955,358 respectively, as set out in the consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity.

In November 2007, Mr. Xiangqian Li delivered the 217,955 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. 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 Li 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. Since the other investors have never submitted any claims regarding this matter, the Company did not reach any settlement with them.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

1. Principal Activities, Basis of Presentation and Organization (continued)

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 Agreement, 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 December 31, 2013 amounted to 73,749 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.

Pursuant to the Li Settlement Agreement, the 2008 Settlement Agreements and upon the release of the 217,955 escrow shares relating to the fiscal year 2006 performance threshold to the relevant investors, neither Mr. Li or the Company have any obligations to the investors who participated in the Company’s January 2005 private placement relating to the escrow shares.

As of December 31, 2013, the Company has not received any claim from the other investors who have not been covered by the “2008 Settlement Agreements” in the January 2005 private placement.

As the Company has transferred the 217,955 shares related to the 2006 performance threshold to the relevant investors in fiscal year 2007 and the Company also has transferred 73,749 shares relating to the 2005 performance threshold to the investors who had entered the “2008 Settlement Agreements” with us in fiscal year 2008, pursuant to “Li Settlement Agreement” and “2008 Settlement Agreements”, neither Mr. Li nor the Company has not had any remaining obligations to those related investors who participated in the Company’s January 2005 private placement relating to the escrow shares.

On October 26, 2012, the Company effected a 1-for-5 reverse stock split of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock and a proportional reduction of its authorized shares of common stock. All common share and per share amounts, and exercise prices of common stock options disclosed herein and in the accompanying consolidated unaudited financial statements have been retroactively restated to reflect the reverse stock split.

The Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared under US GAAP.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

1. Principal Activities, Basis of Presentation and Organization (continued)

Basis of Presentation and Organization (continued)

These interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited. In the opinion of management, all adjustments and disclosures necessary for a fair presentation of these condensed consolidated financial statements, which are of a normal and recurring nature, have been included. The results reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements for any interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be reported for the entire year. The following (a) condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2013, which was derived from the Company’s audited financial statements, and (b) the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations, though the Company believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information not misleading. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying footnotes of the Company for the year ended September 30, 2013.

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, India, Canada or Germany, the accounting standards used in the places of their domicile. The accompanying condensed 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.

The Company has net liabilities, a working capital deficiency, accumulated deficit from recurring net losses incurred for the current and prior periods and significant short-term debt obligations maturing in less than one year as of December 31, 2013. The Company has been suffering severe cash flow deficiencies. The Company defaulted on repayment of loans from Bank of China due in August 2013. Upon request of Bank of China, Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate Court has ordered to freeze all of the Company's properties in Shenzhen BAK Industrial Park and Tianjin Industrial Park Zone near the end of fiscal year 2013 whereby the Company could not transfer these assets or pledge these assets for any other borrowings. In order to extend the bank loans to various due dates until May 2014, the Company was required to pledge 100% equity of Shenzhen BAK and almost all of its assets in Shenzhen and Tianjin, including land use rights and property rights, equipment, accounts receivable and inventories. The Company repaid the loans to Bank of China and the order was released on January 13, 2014. As of December 31, 2013, the Company had access to $154.2 million in short-term credit facilities and $38.2 million in other lines of credit, of which $153.1 million of bank loans and $36.7 million of bills payable were utilized. These factors raise substantial doubts about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

1. Principal Activities, Basis of Presentation and Organization (continued)

Basis of Presentation and Organization (continued)

The Company intends to sell part of its low efficiency assets and appreciating land and properties to repay its short term debts and to provide cash for the development of more promising products such as high power batteries and electric vehicle batteries. The Company transferred its 100% equity interest in Tianjin Meicai to an unrelated party on August 27, 2013. The Company also has intentions to sell its 100% equity interest in BAK International and its subsidiaries (including all their assets and liabilities), and the properties in Tianjin. The Company is in negotiation with the potential buyers about contract terms and clauses. The disposals of these assets require statutory review and approval and the approval by its shareholders. Prior to the completion of these disposals, the potential buyers preliminarily agreed in November and December 2013 that they would lend sufficient money to the Company to help the Company repay past due and maturing bank loans, on the condition that the Company makes certain pledges and guarantees, including its 100% equity in BAK International.

Up to December 31, 2013, the Company had received:-

-

$13.2 million (RMB80 million) from Mr Jinghui Wang, the sole shareholder of the potential buyer of BAK International(Note 10(d)). Mr Wang had agreed to lend the Company the aggregate amount of $61.1 million (RMB370 million) which is secured by the Company’s 100% equity interest in BAK International and guaranteed by BAK International and the Company, bearing interest at 20% per annum and repayable by March 31, 2014. The Company received further amounts of $47.9 million (RMB290 million) pursuant to this loan agreement and $24.8 million (RMB150 million) from Mr Jinghui Wang in January 2014.

   

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$8.3 million (RMB50 million) from Tianjin Zhantuo, the potential buyer of the Company’s Tianjin campus land use right properties. Prior to the completion of the transaction, Tianjin Zhantuo agreed to provide loan financing to the Company to the extent of $21.5 million (RMB130 million) to help the Company repay the bank loans upon maturities. On November 20, 2013, the Company and Tianjin Zhantuo signed a loan agreement relating to the first installment of such loan in the amount of $8.3 million (RMB50 million), which is interest-free, secured by the other receivable due from Tianjin Zhantuo amounting $6.6 million (RMB39.7 million) and repayable on demand. On the same date, the Company received this loan from Tianjin Zhantuo and repaid the relevant matured bank loans of $8.3 million (RMB50 million) (Note 10(e)). The Company received further amounts of $11.4 million (RMB69.5 million) from Tianjin Zhantuo in January 2014 (Note 20).

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

1. Principal Activities, Basis of Presentation and Organization (continued)

Basis of Presentation and Organization (continued)

Up to the date of these financial statements, the Company repaid bank loans of $98.4 million (RMB595.6 million). The Company is in negotiation with the potential buyers about contract terms and clauses.

After the disposal of these assets, the Company will retain BAK Asia and its subsidiaries, BAK Dalian and Dalian BAK Power. It is the Company's understanding that the Dalian government will grant certain government subsidies to it, including but not limited to land use rights at a favorable price. As of December 31, 2013, the Company received an advance of $24.8 million (RMB150 million) from the Management Committee of Dalian Economic Zone to finance the Company's removal of operating assets from Tianjin to Dalian (Note 12). The Company is in the process of building a new manufacturing site in Dalian with all the operating assets, primarily machinery and equipment, moved from BAK Tianjin, while retaining its customers, employees, patents and technologies. BAK Dalian will focus on the new energy high power battery business, for use in electric vehicle, light electric vehicles and other high power applications. The Company believes with the significant reduction of liabilities and disposal of its traditional low margin battery business, it can continue as a going concern and return to profitability.

It is expected that after the restructuring mentioned above, China BAK will continue to be a US listing company with a low level of liabilities.

The condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended December 31, 2013 have been prepared assuming the Company will continue to operate as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome of this uncertainty related to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.

Reclassification

Given the magnitude of provision for doubtful accounts of $6,200,065, it was separately presented on the face of income statement for the quarter ended December 31, 2012, instead of presented as part of general and administrative expenses of $9,967,151.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

1. Principal Activities, Basis of Presentation and Organization (continued)

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In March 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-05, Foreign Currency Matters, (Topic 830): Parent's Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity (ASU 2013-05), to resolve a diversity in accounting for the cumulative translation adjustment of foreign currency upon derecognition of a foreign subsidiary or group of assets. ASU 2013-05 requires the parent to apply the guidance in Subtopic 830-30 to release any related cumulative translation adjustment into net income when a reporting entity (parent) ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets within a foreign entity. Accordingly, the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income only if the sale or transfer results in the complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or group of assets had resided. Further, ASU 2013-05 clarified that the parent should apply the guidance in subtopic 810-10 if there is a sale of an investment in a foreign entity, including both (1) events that result in the loss of a controlling financial interest in a foreign entity and (2) events that result in an acquirer obtaining control of an acquiree in which it held an equity interest immediately before the acquisition date. Accordingly, the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into net income upon the occurrence of those events. ASU 2013-05 is effective prospectively for fiscal years (and interim reporting periods within those years) beginning after December 15, 2013. The, guidance should be applied prospectively to derecognition events occurring after the effective date. Prior periods should not be adjusted. Early adoption is permitted. If an entity elects to early adopt the guidance, it should apply the guidance as of the beginning of the entity’s fiscal year of adoption. The Company does not expect ASU 2013-05 to have a significant impact on its consolidated results of operations and financial condition.

In July 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-11, Income Taxes (Topic 740)(ASU 2013-11). The amendments in this update provide guidance on the financial statement presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, similar tax loss, or tax credit carryforward exists. These amendments provide that an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion thereof, should be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward, except to the extent that a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward is not available at the reporting date to settle any additional income taxes that would result from disallowance of a tax position, or the tax law does not require the entity to use, and the entity does not intend to use, the deferred tax asset for such purpose, then the unrecognized tax benefit should be presented as a liability. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect ASU 2013-11 to have a significant impact on its consolidated results of operations and financial condition.

Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

2. Pledged Deposits

Pledged deposits as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013 consisted of the following:

  September 30,     December 31,  

                                                                      

  2013     2013  

Pledged deposits with banks for:

           

 Advances from an unrelated third party (Note 10(b))

$  2,450,540   $  2,477,701  

 Short-term bank loans (Note 9)

  -     10,571,522  

 Bills payable

  5,687,147     12,452,430  

 

$  8,137,687   $  25,501,653  

3. Trade Accounts Receivable, net

Trade accounts receivable as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013 consisted of the following:

  September 30,     December 31,  

 

  2013     2013  

Trade accounts receivable

$  61,706,474   $  59,416,661  

Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts

  (17,734,802 )   (16,357,311 )

  43,971,672     43,059,350  

Bills receivable

  5,904,029     789,948  

                                                                                                                                                   

$  49,875,701   $  43,849,298  

An analysis of the allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows:

    Three months ended  

                                                                                                                    

  December 31, 2013  

Balance at beginning of the period

$  17,734,802  

Current period provision

  979,493  

Reversal for the period:-

     

         Recoveries by cash

  (1,647,965)

         Recoveries by return of products from customers

  (896,114)

Credited to consolidated statements of operations

  (1,564,586 )

Foreign exchange adjustment

  187,095  

Balance at end of the period

$  16,357,311  

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

4. Inventories

Inventories as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013 consisted of the following:

  September 30,     December 31,  
    2013     2013  
Raw materials $  9,732,211   $  8,480,767  
Work-in-progress   9,220,019     8,500,395  
Finished goods   38,322,957     32,216,577  
  $  57,275,187   $  49,197,739  

During the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, write-down of obsolete inventories to lower of cost or market of $19,275,145 and $4,638,420, respectively, were charged to cost of revenues.

5. Prepayments and Other Receivables

      September 30,     December 31,  

 

  Note     2013     2013  

Prepayments for raw materials and others

      $  3,466,177   $  1,763,403  

Staff advances for the operating purpose

        701,923     1,008,053  

Prepaid operating expenses

        292,049     191,770  

Advances to unrelated third parties

  (a)     1,169,798     495,540  

Advance to a related party

  (b)     885,052     894,861  

Consideration receivable

  (c)     6,483,507     6,555,367  

Net assets of BAK Canada held by trustee

  (d)     1,043,833     1,348,600  

Value added tax recoverable

        4,295,390     4,397,258  

Rental receivable from the Research and Development Test Centre

        37,239     751,781  

Others

        1,371,790     1,241,882  

 

        19,746,758     18,648,515  

Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts

        (1,980,914 )   (2,010,580 )

 

      $  17,765,844   $  16,637,935  

(a)

Advances to unrelated third parties were interest-free, unsecured and repayable on demand.

(b)

As of September 30 and December 31, 2013, the Company advanced to Tianjin BAK New Energy Research Institute Co., Ltd (“Tianjin New Energy”), a related party under the common control of Mr. Xiangqian Li (“Mr. Li”), the Company's CEO, an amount of $885,052 and $894,861 respectively which were interest-free, unsecured and repayable on demand.

(c)

On August 27, 2013, the Company completed the equity transfer of Tianjin Meicai to Tianjin Zhantuo International Trading Co., Ltd. (“Tianjin Zhantuo”), an unrelated third party. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013, the consideration receivable remained at RMB39.7 million, equivalent to $6,483,507 and $6,555,367, respectively. The amount was interest-free, repayable on September 26, 2013 (30 days upon completion) and pledged against advances from Tianjin Zhantuo (Note 10(e)).

(d)

BAK Canada filed for bankruptcy on March 28, 2013. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013, its net assets were held under the custody of its trustee.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

5. Prepayments and Other Receivables (continued)

An analysis of the allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows:

    Three months ended  
    December 31, 2013  
Balance at beginning of the period $  1,980,914  
Provision for the period   7,664  
Foreign exchange adjustment   22,002  
Balance at end of the period $  2,010,580  

6. Property, Plant and Equipment, net

Property, plant and equipment as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013 consisted of the following:

    September 30,     December 31,  
    2013     2013  
Buildings $  152,128,751   $  157,266,353  
Machinery and equipment   125,617,004     126,226,956  
Office equipment   2,520,480     2,936,618  
Motor vehicles   1,722,492     1,782,062  
    281,988,727     288,211,989  
Accumulated depreciation   (123,715,978 )   (127,671,824 )
Construction in progress   11,321,396     11,850,816  
Prepayment for acquisition of property, plant and equipment   558,013     2,342,721  
Carrying amount $  170,152,158   $  174,733,702  

(i)

Depreciation expense for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 is included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations as follows:


      Three months ended December 31,  
      2012     2013  
  Cost of revenues $  3,941,806   $  1,574,651  
  Research and development expenses   136,717     115,511  
  Sales and marketing expenses   32,582     28,776  
  General and administrative expenses   806,665     849,766  
    $  4,917,770   $  2,568,704  

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

6. Property, Plant and Equipment, net (continued)

(ii)

The Company's Research and Development Test Centre in Shenzhen was completed in July 2013. The Company leased out a substantial part of the Research and Development Test Centre to third party tenants, for a period from three to ten years, and recognized rental income of $1.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013, the Company had also received $715,398 and $1,109,950, respectively in rental deposits from its tenants.

   

The following schedule provides an analysis of the Company's investment in property on operating leases by major classes as of December 31, 2013:


  Buildings $  45,816,029  
  Less: Accumulated depreciation   (310,894 )
    $  45,505,135  

The following is a schedule by years of minimum future rentals on noncancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2013. Year ending September 30,

  2014 $  4,314,481  
  2015   5,752,641  
  2016   5,740,618  
  2017   5,509,647  
  2018   5,113,120  
  Later years   7,067,278  
    $  33,497,785  

(iii)

Construction in Progress

   

Construction in progress as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013 was mainly comprised of capital expenditures for the automation production line of BAK Tianjin.

   

For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, the Company capitalized interest of $709,860 and $233,080 respectively to the cost of construction in progress.

   
(iv)

Impairment charge

   

During the course of the Company’s strategic review of its operations, the Company assessed the recoverability of the carrying value of the Company’s property, plant and equipment. The impairment charge, if any, represented the excess of carrying amounts of the Company’s property, plant and equipment over the estimated discounted cash flows expected to be generated by the Company’s production facilities. The Company believes that there was no further impairment of its property, plant and equipment for the quarters ended December 31, 2012 and 2013.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

7. Prepaid Land Use Rights, net

Prepaid land use rights as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013 consisted of the followings:

  September 30,     December 31,  
    2013     2013  
Prepaid land use rights $  26,531,009   $  26,825,067  
Accumulated amortization   (3,861,916 )   (4,040,260 )
  $  22,669,093   $  22,784,807  
Less: Classified as current assets   (736,334 )   (744,495 )
  $  21,932,759   $  22,040,312  

Amortization expenses of the prepaid land use rights were $185,935 and $134,723 for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, respectively.

8. Intangible Assets, net

Intangible assets as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013 consist of the following:

  September 30,     December 31,  

 

  2013     2013  

Trademarks, computer software and technology

$  1,430,756   $  1,446,614  

Less: Accumulated amortization

  (699,872 )   (756,706 )

 

$  730,884   $  689,908  

Intangible assets represent the trademarks, computer software and technology used for battery production and research.

Amortization expenses were $32,668 and $48,782 for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, respectively.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

9. Short-term Bank Loans

As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013, the Company had several short-term bank loans with aggregate outstanding balances of $151,404,677 and $153,054,397, respectively. The loans were primarily obtained for general working capital, carried at interest rates ranging from 5.88% to 15.00% per annum, and had maturity dates ranging from 1 to 6 months. The loans are guaranteed by Mr. Li, the Company's CEO, Ms. Xiaoqiu Yu, the wife of the CEO and the loans from Bank of China are pledged by 100% shares of Shenzhen BAK. These facilities were also secured by the Company's assets with the following carrying values:

  September 30,     December 31,  

 

  2013     2013  

Pledged deposits

$  -   $  10,571,522  

Inventories

  24,505,399     16,518,005  

Accounts receivables, net

  31,392,774     29,890,460  

Machinery and equipment, net

  12,211,038     10,615,877  

Land use rights, buildings and construction in progress of BAK Industrial Park

  87,763,440     87,816,457  

Land use rights and buildings of Research and Development Test Centre

  43,143,525     46,740,430  

Land use rights #1 and buildings of Tianjin Industrial Park Zone

  17,857,940     17,867,961  

$  216,874,116   $  220,020,712  

During the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, interest expenses of $3,196,933 and $2,746,369, respectively, was incurred on the Company's short-term bank borrowings.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

10. Accrued Expenses and Other Payables

Accrued expenses and other payables as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013 consisted of the following:

          September 30,     December 31,  

 

  Note     2013     2013  

Advances from unrelated third parties

                 

-   Shenzhen Huo Huang Import & Export Co., Ltd.

  (a)   $  24,160,595   $  24,428,380  

-   Gold State Securities Limited

  (b)     2,450,540     2,477,701  

-   Shenzhen Wellgain Industrial Co., Ltd.

  (c)     816,847     -  

-   Mr. Jinghui Wang

  (d)     -     13,214,404  

-   Tianjin Zhantuo International Trading Co., Ltd

  (e)     -     8,259,002  

-   Shenzhen De Dao Trading Co., Ltd. (former supplier of the Company)

      816,847     825,900  

-   Others

        37,493     37,909  

 

        28,282,322     49,243,296  

Construction costs payable

        5,894,919     8,571,823  

Equipment purchase payable

        5,359,816     4,837,324  

Customer deposits

        2,038,387     2,131,035  

Other payables and accruals

  (g)     5,400,459     6,192,331  

Accrued loan interest

  (h)     246,027     2,609,880  

Accrued staff costs

        3,869,318     4,182,120  

Other long-term payables, current portion (Note 12)

        24,525,004     24,796,828  

Deferred revenue, current portion

        346,509     350,350  

 

      $  75,962,761   $  102,914,987  

As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013, the Company had advances from unrelated parties of $28,282,322 and $49,243,296, respectively, all of which are unsecured, non- interest bearing and repayable on demand except for:

(a)

A loan from Shenzhen Huo Huang Import & Export Co., Ltd. (Huo Huang) bears interest at 18% per annum;

(b)

A loan from Gold State Securities Limited which bears interest at 2.31% per annum, secured by fixed deposits of the same amount plus interest placed with a bank (Note 2) and guaranteed by Mr. Xiangqian Li;

(c)

A loan of $3,267,387 (RMB20 million) from Shenzhen Wellgain Industrial Co., Ltd. which was interest bearing at 0.5% per month and repayable by July 9, 2013 , guaranteed by Mr. Xiangqian Li and Mr. Chunzhi Zhang. The Company repaid principal of $2,450,540 and default interest of $201,958 prior to September 30, 2013, and repaid the remaining balance of $816,847 on October 21, 2013;

(d)

On December 17, 2013, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Mr. Jinghui Wang, the sole shareholder of potential buyer of BAK International whereby Mr. Wang agreed to lend the Company in the aggregate amount of $61.1 million (RMB370 million) which is secured by the Company’s 100% equity interest in BAK International and guaranteed by BAK International and the Company, bearing interest at 20% per annum and repayable by March 31, 2014. The Company received $13,214,404 (RMB80 million) pursuant to this loan agreement as of December 31, 2013 (Note 1);

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

10. Accrued Expenses and Other Payables (Continued)

(e)

On November 18, 2013, the Company entered a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with Tianjin Zhantuo. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company is planning to sell its Tianjin campus land use right and properties at RMB150 million (approximately $24.5 million) to Tianjin Zhantuo. Prior to the completion of the transaction, Tianjin Zhantuo agreed to provide loan financing to the Company to the extent of $21.2 million (RMB130 million) to help the Company repay the bank loans upon maturities. On November 20, 2013, the Company and Tianjin Zhantuo signed a loan agreement relating to the first installment of such loan in the amount of $8.26 million (RMB50 million), which is interest-free, secured by the other receivable due from Tianjin Zhantuo amounting $6.6 million (RMB39.7 million) (Note 5 (c)) and repayable on demand.;

(f)

On November 30, 2013, the Company entered into a loan agreement of $12 million (RMB71 million) with Shenzhen Aisibo Trading Company Co., Ltd, an unrelated party, whereby the loan was secured and bearing interest. The loan of $12 million (RMB71 million) together with accrued interest of $0.2 million (RMB1.2 million) was fully repaid by December 31, 2013;

(g)

Other payables and accruals as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013 included a payable for liquidated damages of approximately $1,210,000.

On August 15, 2006, the SEC declared effective a post-effective amendment that the Company 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. The Company subsequently filed Form S-1 for these shareholders. On December 8, 2006, the Company filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2006 (the “2006 Form 10-K”). After the filing of the 2006 Form 10-K, the Company's 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 from the Company relating to the above two events totaling approximately $1,051,000. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2003, no liquidated damages relating to both events have been paid.

On November 9, 2007, the Company completed a private placement for the gross proceeds to the Company of $13,650,000 by selling 3,500,000 shares of common stock at the price of $3.90 per share. Roth Capital Partners, LLC acted as the Company's exclusive financial advisor and placement agent in connection with the private placement and received a cash fee of $819,000. The Company may have become liable for liquidated damages to certain shareholders whose shares were included in a resale registration statement on Form S-3 that the Company filed pursuant to a registration rights agreement that the Company entered into with such shareholders in November 2007. Under the registration rights agreement, among other things, if a registration statement filed pursuant thereto was not declared effective by the SEC by the 100th calendar day after the closing of the Company's private placement on November 9, 2007, or the “Effectiveness Deadline”, then the Company 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 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 the Company is 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 the Company no longer is 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. Such liquidated damages would bear interest at the rate of 1% per month (prorated for partial months) until paid in full.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

10. Accrued Expenses and Other Payables (Continued)

(g)

(Continued)

On December 21, 2007, pursuant to the registration rights agreement, the Company filed a registration statement on Form S-3, which was declared effective by the SEC on May 7, 2008. As a result, the Company estimated liquidated damages amounting to $561,174 for the November 2007 registration rights agreement. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013, the Company had settled the liquidated damages with all the investors and the remaining provision of approximately $159,000 was included in other payables and accruals; and

(h)

The balance represented accrued bank loan interest of $1.3 million and the remaining balance represented accrued interest on borrowings from unrelated third parties, mainly advance from Huo Huang.

During the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, interest expenses of $nil and $1,543,968, respectively, was incurred on the Company's advances from unrelated third parties.

11. Deferred Revenue

Deferred revenue mainly represents a government grant subsidy of $9.2 million (RMB56 million) for costs of land use rights relating to BAK Industrial Park, which is amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the depreciable facilities constructed thereon of 35 years.

12. Other Long-term Payables

Other long-term payables as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013 consist of the following:

  September 30,     December 31,  

 

  2013     2013  

Advances from the Management Committee of Dalian Economic Zone (the “Management Committee”) (note)

$  24,505,399   $  24,777,007  

Government subsidies received for:-

           

–   Automated high-power lithium battery project from the National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

  8,145,594     8,235,878  

–   New energy innovation project from the Ministry of Finance

  340,217     343,987  

–   Various lithium battery related projects from various government authorities

  14,448,005     15,535,626  

Others

  32,252     7,786  

 

$  47,471,467   $  48,900,284  

Less: Current portion (Note 10)

  (24,525,004 )   (24,796,828 )

 

$  22,946,463   $  24,103,456  

Note:

The Management Committee provided a subsidy of RMB150 million to finance the removal of the Company's production facilities from Tianjin to Dalian. The Company expects that the removal will commence in March 2014 and be completed by September 2014.

The Company will recognize these grants as income or offset against related expenditures when there are no present or future obligations for the subsidized projects.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

13. Income Taxes, Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities

(a)

Income taxes in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss

The Company’s provision for income taxes consisted of:

    Three months ended December 31,  
    2012     2013  
Income tax:        
Current $  32,006   $  16,474  
Deferred   -     -  
             
  $  32,006   $  16,474  

United States Tax
China BAK is subject to a statutory tax rate of 35% under United States of America tax law. No provision for income taxes in the United States or elsewhere has been made as China BAK had no taxable income for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013.

Canada States Tax
BAK Canada is subject to statutory tax rate of 38% under Canada tax law. No provision for income taxes in Canada has been made as BAK Canada had no taxable income for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013.

German States Tax
BAK Europe is subject to 25% statutory tax rate under Germany tax law.

India Tax
BAK India is subject to 30% statutory tax rate under India tax law. No provision for income taxes in India has been made as BAK India had no taxable income for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013.

Hong Kong Tax
BAK International is subject to Hong Kong profits tax rate of 16.5% . There is no taxable income for BAK International for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, thus BAK International did not incur any Hong Kong profits tax during the periods presented.

PRC Tax
Shenzhen BAK is entitled to a preferential enterprise income tax rate of 15% for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013.

BAK Electronics, BAK Tianjin, BAK Dalian and Dalian BAK Power are subject to an income tax rate of 25%. BAK Electronics and BAK Tianjin did not incur any enterprise income tax for the current year due to cumulative tax losses.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

13. Income Taxes, Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities (continued)

A reconciliation of the provision for income taxes determined at the statutory income tax to the Company's income tax expenses as follows:

    Three months ended December 31,  

 

  2012     2013  

Loss before income taxes

$  (28,133,743 ) $  (5,265,568 )

United States federal corporate income tax rate

  35%     35%  

Income tax credit computed at United States statutory corporate income tax rate

  (9,846,810 )   (1,842,949 )

Reconciling items:

           

   Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets

  608     944,724  

   Loss not recognized as deferred tax assets

  3,650,361     -  

   Rate differential for PRC earnings

  5,335,367     496,558  

   Non-deductible expenses

  636,970     402,733  

   Share based payments

  42,366     15,408  

   Under-provision in prior years

  213,144     -  

Provision for income taxes

$  32,006   $  16,474  

As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013, the Company’s U.S. entity, had net operating loss carry forwards of $2,511,374 and $2,625,475 respectively, available to reduce future taxable income which will expire in various years through 2030 and the Company’s PRC subsidiaries had net operating loss carry forwards of $105,668,004 and $110,282,840 which will expire in various years through 2018. Management believes it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize these potential tax benefits as these operations will not generate any operating profits in the foreseeable future. As a result, the full amount of the valuation allowance was provided against the potential tax benefits.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

13. Income Taxes, Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities (continued)

(b)

Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013 are presented below:

    September 30,     December 31,  
    2013     2013  

Deferred tax assets

           

   Short-term

           

           Trade accounts receivable

$  5,530,324   $  4,987,951  

           Inventories

  5,365,802     5,589,784  

           Accrued expenses and other payables

  865,002     947,869  

           Valuation allowance

  (11,761,128 )   (11,525,604 )

   Short-term deferred tax assets

  -     -  

   Long-term

           

               Property, plant and equipment

  17,826,415     17,689,741  

               Net operating loss carried forward

  26,833,658     28,180,049  

               Valuation allowance

  (44,660,073 )   (45,869,790 )

   Long-term deferred tax assets

  -     -  

Total net deferred tax assets

$  -   $  -  

Deferred tax liabilities:

           

   Long-term

           

               Property, plant and equipment

$  (779,814 ) $  (788,458 )

Net deferred tax liabilities

$  (779,814 ) $  (788,458 )

As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013, the Company has no material unrecognized tax benefits which would favorably affect the effective income tax rates in future periods and does not believe that there will be any significant increases or decreases of unrecognized tax benefits within the next twelve months. No interest or penalties relating to income tax matters have been imposed on the Company during the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, and no provision for interest and penalties is deemed necessary as of December 31, 2012 and 2013.

According to the PRC Tax Administration and Collection Law, the statute of limitations is three years if the underpayment of taxes is due to computational errors made by the taxpayer or its withholding agent. The statute of limitations extends to five years under special circumstances, which are not clearly defined. In the case of a related party transaction, the statute of limitations is ten years. There is no statute of limitations in the case of tax evasion.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

14. Share-based Compensation

(i)

Options

The Company grants share options to officers and employees and restricted shares of common stock to its non-employee directors as rewards for their 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 originally authorized the issuance of up to 800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, pursuant to stock options granted under the Plan, or as grants of restricted stock. The exercise price of 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. Fair market value is determined at the discretion of the designated committee on the basis of reported sales prices for the Company’s common stock over a ten-business-day period ending on the grant date. The Plan will terminate on May 16, 2055. On July 28, 2008, the Company’s stockholders approved certain amendments to the Plan, including an amendment increasing the total number of shares available for issuance under the Plan to 1,600,000.

On June 22, 2009, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors recommended and approved the grant of options to purchase 385,640 shares of the Company’s common stock to certain key employees, officers and consultants with an exercise price of $14.05 per share and a contractual life of 7 years. In accordance with the vesting provisions of the grants, the options will become vested and exercisable over five years in twenty equal quarterly installments on the first day of each fiscal quarter beginning on October 1, 2009.

A summary of share option plan activity for these options during the three months ended December 31, 2013 is presented below:

          Weighted     Weighted        
          average     average     Aggregate  
    Number of     exercise price     remaining     intrinsic  

 

  shares     per share     contractual term     value (1)

 

                       

Outstanding as of October 1, 2013

  136,560   $  14.05     2.7 years        

Exercised

  -     -              

Cancelled

  -     -              

Forfeited

  (131,960 )   14.05              

Outstanding as of December 31, 2013

  4,600   $  14.05     2.45 years   $  -  

Exercisable as of December 31, 2013

  4,600   $  14.05     2.45 years   $  -  

(1) The intrinsic values of option at December 31, 2013 was zero since the per share market values of common stock of $2.22, was lower than the exercise price of the option of $14.05 per share.

The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted on June 22, 2009 was $12.30 per share. The Company recorded non-cash share-based compensation expense of $86,582 and of $32,932 for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 respectively.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

14. Share-based Compensation (continued)

The fair value of the above option awards granted on June 22, 2009 was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes Option Valuation Model that uses the following assumptions.

Expected volatility   111.03%  
Expected dividends   Nil  
Expected life   7 years  
Risk-free interest rate   3.69%  

As of December 31, 2013, there were unrecognized compensation costs of $32,216 related to the above non-vested share options. These costs are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.75 year.

On April 8, 2010, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors recommended and approved the grant of options to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to certain key management with an exercise price of $12.15 per share and a contractual life of 7.5 years. In accordance with the vesting provisions of the grants, the options will become vested and exercisable in eight equal installments beginning on each quarter after September 30, 2010.

A summary of share option plan activity for these options during the three months period ended December 31, 2013 is presented below:

          Weighted     Weighted        
          average     average     Aggregate  
    Number of     exercise     remaining     intrinsic  

 

  shares     price per share     contractual term     value (1)

Outstanding as of October 1, 2013

  20,000   $  12.15     4.00 years        

Exercised

  -     -              

Forfeited

  -     -              

Cancelled

  -     -              

Outstanding as of December 31, 2013

  20,000   $  12.15     3.75 years   $  -  

Exercisable as of December 31, 2013

  20,000   $  12.15     3.75 years   $  -  

(1) The intrinsic values of option at December 31, 2013 was zero since the per share market values of common stock of $2.22, was lower than the exercise price of the option of $12.15 per share.

The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted on April 8, 2010 was $7.05 per share. The Company recorded non-cash share-based compensation expense of $4,510 and nil for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, respectively, in respect of share options granted on April 8, 2010 which was allocated to research and development expense.

The fair value of the above option awards granted on April 8, 2010 was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes Option Valuation Model that uses the following assumptions.

Expected volatility   51.79%  
Expected dividends   Nil  
Expected life   7.5 years  
Risk-free interest rate   3.90%  

As of December 31, 2013, there were no unrecognized compensation costs related to the above non-vested share options.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

14. Share-based Compensation (continued)

(ii)

Restricted Shares

Pursuant to the Plan and in accordance with the China BAK Battery, Inc. Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors recommended and approved the grant of 100,000 restricted shares to the Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Xiangqian Li with a fair value of $14.05 per share on June 22, 2009. In accordance with the vesting schedule of the grant, the restricted shares will vest in twenty equal quarterly installments on the first day of each fiscal quarter beginning on October 1, 2009.

The Company recorded non-cash share-based compensation expense of $29,954 and $11,089 for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, respectively, in respect of the restricted shares granted on June 22, 2009, which was allocated to general and administrative expenses.

As of December 31, 2013, there was unrecognized stock-based compensation costs of $12,511 associated with these restricted shares granted to Mr. Xiangqian Li. These costs are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.75 years.

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 three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013.

15. Net Loss Per Share

The following is the calculation of net loss per share:

    Three months ended December 31,  

 

  2012     2013  

Net loss

$  (28,165,749 ) $  (5,282,042 )

Weighted average shares used in basic and diluted computation

  12,619,597     12,619,597  

Loss per share – Basic and diluted

$  (2.23 ) $  (0.42 )

For the three months ended December, 2013, the outstanding 24,600 stock options and outstanding 15,000 shares of restricted stock were anti-dilutive and excluded from diluted net loss per share. For the three months ended December 31, 2012, the outstanding 791,671 stock options and outstanding 35,000 shares of restricted stock were anti-dilutive and excluded from diluted net loss per share.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

16. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures, defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. This topic also establishes a fair value hierarchy, which requires classification based on observable and unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Certain current assets and current liabilities are financial instruments. Management believes their carrying amounts are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and, if applicable, their current interest rates are equivalent to interest rates currently available. The three levels of valuation hierarchy are defined as follows:

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

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

- Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

The carrying amounts of financial assets and liabilities, such as cash and cash equivalents, pledged deposits, trade accounts receivable, other receivables, short-term bank loans, short-term loans, other long-term payable, accounts and bills payable and other payables approximate their fair values because of the short maturity of these instruments or the rate of interest of these instruments approximate the market rate of interest.

17. Commitments and Contingencies

(i)

Capital Commitments

As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013, the Company had the following contracted capital commitments:

    September 30,     December 31,  
    2013     2013  

For construction of buildings

$  321,668   $  325,233  

For purchases of equipment

  1,174,695     1,384,179  

Capital injection to Dalian BAK Power (Note 1)

  -     30,000,000  

 

$  1,496,363   $  31,709,412  

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

17. Commitments and Contingencies (continued)

(ii)

Land Use Rights and Property Ownership Certificate

As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013, the Company had not obtained property ownership certificates relating to certain buildings of the BAK Industrial Park in Shenzhen with carrying amounts of $18,179,147 and $17,821,699, respectively. The application for these property ownership certificates is still in process.

As of December 31, 2013, the Company had not obtained property ownership certificate relating to the Research and Development Test Centre in Shenzhen which was completed in July 2013. The carrying amount of this centre (buildings portion) was $45,505,135 as of December 31, 2013. In January 9, 2014, the Company obtained the property ownership certificate and is in the process of purchasing an insurance policy for the building.

On July 26, 2013, the Company purchased a new insurance policy for its manufacturing facilities at BAK Industrial Park in Shenzhen, China. Under the new insurance policy entered into with Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Company of China, Ltd, the insured amount for the manufacturing facilities at BAK Industrial Park is RMB663,612,000 (approximately $109.6 million) for the period from July 27, 2013 to July 26, 2014.

On July 2, 2013, the Company also acquired an insurance policy from Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Company of China, Ltd. for the Company’s manufacturing facilities in Tianjin in the amount of RMB243,093,819 (approximately $40.2 million) for the period from July 2, 2013 to July 2, 2014.

(iii)

Guarantees

In order to secure the supplies of certain raw materials and equipment and upon the request of suppliers, the Company has given guarantees of bank borrowings with a maximum obligation period of from one to three years to certain parties to the maximum extent as follows:

 

  September 30,     December 31,        

Guarantee for

  2013     2013     Guarantee Period  

 

                 

Tianjin Huaxiahongyuan Ltd. – a non-related party

$  2,450,540   $  2,477,701     5/22/13-5/21/16  

Shenzhen Yasu Technology Co. Ltd. – a non-related party

  8,985,314     9,084,903     5/25/12-6/24/16  

Shenzhen Langjin – a non-related party

  9,802,159     9,910,802     8/15/11-8/14/14  

Hubei Yanguang Energy Technology Co. Ltd. – a non-related party

  4,901,080     4,955,401     4/3/13-4/2/16  

Tianjin BAK New Energy Research Institute Co., Ltd. – a related party

  4,901,080     4,955,401     7/11/13-7/10/16  

 

$  31,040,173   $  31,384,208        

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

17. Commitments and Contingencies (continued)

On April 25, 2012, the Company entered into a guarantee contract to serve as the guarantor for the bank loan borrowed from China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd, in the amount of $2.5 million by Tianjin Huaxiahongyuan Ltd. (“Tianjin Huaxiahongyuan”), one of the Company’s prospective suppliers of chemical raw materials such as lithium cobalt oxides, for the period from April 25, 2012 to April 25, 2015. On May 17, 2013, the Company executed a new guarantee contract with Bank of Dalian to replace the existing guarantee contract with the same terms and conditions from May 22, 2013 to May 21, 2016. Under this guarantee contract, the Company shall perform all obligations of Tianjin Huaxiahongyuan under the loan contract if Tianjin Huaxiahongyuan fails to perform its obligations as set forth in the loan contract.

On May 25, 2012, the Company entered into a guarantee contract to serve as the guarantor for the bank loan borrowed from Bank of China Shenzhen Branch in the amount of $3.2 million by Shenzhen Yasu Technology Co. Ltd. (“Shenzhen Yasu”), one of the Company’s prospective suppliers of chemical raw materials such as lithium cobalt oxides, for the period from May 25, 2012 to May 25, 2015. Under this guarantee contract, the Company shall perform all obligations of Shenzhen Yasu under the loan contract if Shenzhen Yasu fails to perform its obligations as set forth in the loan contract.

The Company renewed a guarantee contract to serve as the guarantor for the bank loan which expired on June 20, 2013, borrowed from Ping An Bank (Shenzhen Pinghu Branch) in the amount of $5.8 million by Shenzhen Yasu one of the Company’s prospective suppliers of chemical raw materials such as lithium cobalt oxides, originally for the period from June 25, 2012 to June 25, 2015 and extended to June 24, 2016. Under this guarantee contract, the Company shall perform all obligations of Shenzhen Yasu under the loan contract if Shenzhen Yasu fails to perform its obligations as set forth in the loan contract.

On August 15, 2011, the Company entered into a guarantee contract to serve as the guarantor for the bank loan borrowed from Agricultural Bank of China Shenzhen Branch in the amount of $9.7 million by Shenzhen Langjin Technology Development Co. Ltd. (“Shenzhen Langjin”), one of the Company’s prospective suppliers of chemical raw materials such as battery separator paper, for the period from August 15, 2011 to August 14, 2014. Under this guarantee contract, the Company shall perform all obligations of Shenzhen Langjin under the loan contract if Shenzhen Langjin fails to perform its obligations as set forth in the loan contract.

On April 3, 2013, the Company entered into a guarantee agreement with Jilin Province Trust & Investment Co., Ltd, under which the Company agrees to guarantee loans to its chemical raw material supplier, Hubei Yanguang Energy Technology Co. Ltd., a non-related party, to the extent of RMB30 million (approximately $5.0 million) that it owes to other parties. The guarantee period is from April 3, 2013 to April 2, 2016. The Company believes that Hubei Yanguang Energy Technology Co. Ltd owns assets including land use rights covering an area of approximately 1,330,000 square meters and buildings thereon in Hubei, the PRC, and should be financially capable to repay the above mentioned loans upon maturity in April 2014.

It is a common practice among companies in the region of China where the Company is located to provide guarantees for bank debts of existing or prospective business partners with no consideration given. It is considered a “favor for favor” business practice and is commonly required by the lending banks in these cases.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

17. Commitments and Contingencies (continued)

The Company has also guaranteed the loans of a related party under the common control of Mr. Xiangqian Li in the amount of approximately $4.9 million and $5.0 million as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

Tianjin BAK New Energy Research Institute Co., Ltd (“Tianjin BAK”) is a company under the common control of Mr Xianqian Li, the Company’s CEO. The Company entered into various guarantee contracts to serve as the guarantor for the bank loans borrowed from Bank of Dalian by Tianjin BAK in the amount of $5.0 million with the guarantee period from July 11, 2013 to July 10, 2016.

On January 5, 2013, the Company received a notice that the Shenzhen Langjin Technology Development Co. Ltd. had defaulted on their loan guaranteed by the Company and two other companies and demanded immediate payment of the full guaranteed amount RMB60 million (US$9.7 million) from the Company and two other co-guarantors. As the two other co-guarantors had the ability to pay RMB14 million (US$2.3 million) only, the Company was demanded to pay the remaining balance. During fiscal 2013, the Company has paid China Agricultural Bank an amount of RMB46,490,253 ($7.5 million). The Company was able to recover an indemnification amount from Shenzhen Langjin that totaled RMB46,456,681($7.5 million).

During the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, the Company recorded a net loss arising from loan guarantees of $7.4 million and nil, respectively.

As of December 31, 2013 and as of the filing date of this form 10-Q, the Company has assessed the performance risk of these guarantees and the fair value of the obligation arising there from and has considered it is immaterial to the consolidated financial statements. Therefore, except for the obligations relating to Shenzhen Langjin, no obligations in respect of the above guarantees were recognized as of December 31, 2013.

(iv)

Outstanding Discounted Bills and Transferred Bills

From time to time, the Company factors bills receivable to banks and endorses the bank acceptance bills received to its suppliers, vendors or other parties for settlement of its liabilities to these creditors. At the time of the factoring and transfer, all rights and privileges of holding the receivables are transferred to the banks and the creditors. The Company removes the assets from its books and records a corresponding expense for the amount of the discount.

The Company's outstanding discounted and transferred bills as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013 are summarized as follows:

  September 30,     December 31,  
    2013     2013  
Bank acceptance bills $  20,307,818   $  6,857,269  

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

17. Commitments and Contingencies (continued)

(v)

Litigation

From time to time, The Company may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings, which arise, in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these, or other matters, may arise from time to time that may harm our business. Other than the legal proceeding set forth below, the Company is currently not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims that the Company believe will have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results:

China BAK Battery, Inc. has been named as a second defendant in the case of Safeco Ins. Co. of Am. v. Hewlett-Packard Co. et al., filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Ventura. It is an action for negligence and strict product liability. The plaintiff alleges that a product manufactured by the Company was used in a Hewlett Packard laptop, which malfunctioned and caused fire damage in the home of a consumer (the Plaintiff’s insured). The total damages sought are $126,978, plus interest and fees. The Company believes that the plaintiff's claims are without merit and intends to vigorously defend itself in this lawsuit.

18. Significant Concentrations

(a)

Customers and Credit Concentrations

The Company had two customers that individually comprised 10% or more of net revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 respectively as follows:

    Three months ended December 31,  

  2012     2013  

 

                       

Jiangsu Huatiantong Technology Limited.

$  *     *   $  4,805,932     11.3%  

Tinno Mobile Techonlogy Company Limited.

  *     *     7,545,750     17.8%  

Dongguan Yulong Telecom Technology Co., Ltd.

  7,600,002     11.9%     *     *  

* Comprised less than 10% of net revenue for the respective periods.

The Company had two customers that individually comprised 10% or more of accounts receivable as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013 as follows:

 

 

September 30, 2013     December 31, 2013  

Shenzhen DRN Battery Co., Ltd.

$

 5,787,787     11.6%   $  **     **  

Beijing Beny Wave Technology Ltd.

 

6,811,680     13.7%     6,177,310     14. 1%  

** Comprised less than 10% of accounts receivable as of December 31, 2013.

(b)

Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to a significant concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and pledged deposits. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2013, 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.

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

19. Segment Information

The Company used to engage in one business segment, 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 manufactured five types of Li-ion rechargeable batteries: aluminum-case cell, battery pack, cylindrical cell, lithium polymer cell and high-power lithium battery cell. The Company's products are sold to packing plants operated by third parties primarily for use in mobile phones and other electronic devices. Starting from the three months ended December 31, 2013, the Company is also engaged in the business segment of property lease and management. Net revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 were as follows:

 

  Three Months Ended  

 

  December 31,  

 

  2012     2013  

Revenues

           

   Manufacture of lithium ion rechargeable batteries

$  63,732,361   $  41,205,646  

   Property lease and management

  -     1,164,831  

Total

$  63,732,361   $  42,370,477  

Depreciation

           

   Manufacture of lithium ion rechargeable batteries

$  4,917,770   $  2,259,683  

   Property lease and management

  -     309,021  

Total

$  4,917,770   $  2,568,704  

Prepaid land use right amortization

           

   Manufacture of lithium ion rechargeable batteries

$  185,935   $  134,723  

   Property lease and management

  -     -  

Total

$  185,935   $  134,723  

Intangible assets amortization

           

   Manufacture of lithium ion rechargeable batteries

$  32,668   $  48,782  

   Property lease and management

  -     -  

Total

$  32,668   $  48,782  

Interest expense, net of amounts capitalized:

           

   Manufacture of lithium ion rechargeable batteries

$  2,472,173   $  4,057,256  

   Property lease and management

  -     -  

Total

$  2,472,173   $  4,507,256  

Net income (loss):

           

   Manufacture of lithium ion rechargeable batteries

$  (28,165,749 ) $  (6,137,852 )

   Property lease and management

  -     855,810  

 

$  (28,165,749 ) $  (5,282,042 )

Expenditures for identifiable long-lived tangible assets

           

   Manufacture of lithium ion rechargeable batteries

$  10,562,356   $ 177,076  

   Property lease and management

  -     3,226,332  

Total

$  10,562,356   $  3,403,408  

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China BAK Battery, Inc. and subsidiaries
Notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements
For the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013 (continued)
(In US$ except for number of shares)
(Unaudited)

19. Segment Information (Continued)

    September 30,     December 31,  
    2013     2013  

Total assets

           

   Manufacture of lithium ion rechargeable batteries

$  307,849,307   $  297,115,520  

   Property lease and management

  32,755,873     46,256,916  

Total

$  340,605,180   $  343,372,436  

20. Subsequent Events

On November 20, 2013, the Company received the first installment loan from Tianjin Zhantuo $8.26 million (RMB50 million) pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding on November 20, 2013 (Note 10(d)). On January 7 and January 21, 2014, the Company received the second and third installment loans in the amount of $1.07 million (RMB6.5 million) and $10.41 million (RMB63 million) respectively from Tianjin Zhantuo. The aggregate loans from Tianjin Zhantuo of $19.74 million (RMB119.5 million) are interest-free, repayable on demand and secured by property and land use right #1 and buildings of Tianjin Industrial Park Zone and the Company’s 100% equity interest of BAK Tianjin. The repayment of the loans is also guaranteed by BAK International and BAK Tianjin.

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

The following management’s discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes thereto and the other financial information appearing elsewhere in this report. Our financial statements are prepared in U.S. dollars and in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We use words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,” “target,” “plan,” “optimistic,” “intend,” “aim,” “will” or similar expressions which are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements include, among others, those concerning market and industry segment growth and demand and acceptance of new and existing products; any projections of sales, earnings, revenue, margins or other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; as well as all assumptions, expectations, predictions, intentions or beliefs about future events. You are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, including those identified in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013, as well as assumptions, which, if they were to ever materialize or prove incorrect, could cause the results of the Company to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

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, except as required by law, to provide updates, revisions or amendments to any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in our expectations or future events.

Use of Terms

Except as otherwise indicated by the context and for the purposes of this report only, references in this report to:

  • “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” are to the combined business of China BAK Battery, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries;
  • “BAK International” are to our Hong Kong subsidiary, BAK International Limited;
  • “BAK Europe” are to our German subsidiary, BAK Europe GmbH;
  • “BAK Canada” are to our Canadian subsidiary, BAK Battery Canada Ltd.;
  • “BAK India” are to our Indian subsidiary, BAK Telecom India Private Limited;
  • “Shenzhen BAK” are to our PRC subsidiary, Shenzhen BAK Battery Co., Ltd.;
  • “BAK Tianjin” are to our PRC subsidiary, BAK International (Tianjin) Ltd.;
  • “BAK Battery” are to our PRC subsidiary, BAK Battery (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.;
  • “BAK Asia” are to our Hong Kong subsidiary, China BAK Asia Holdings Limited;
  • “BAK Dalian” are to our PRC subsidiary, Dalian BAK Trading Co., Ltd.;
  • “Dalian BAK Power” are to our PRC subsidiary, Dalian BAK Power Battery Co., Ltd;
  • “China” and “PRC” are to the People’s Republic of China;
  • “RMB” are to Renminbi, the legal currency of China;
  • “U.S. dollar,” “$” and “US$” are to the legal currency of the United States;
  • “SEC” are to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
  • “Securities Act” are to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and
  • “Exchange Act” are to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

On December 27, 2013, Dalian BAK Power, a wholly owned subsidiary of BAK Asia, was incorporated in Dalian. Dalian BAK Power is expected to be engaged in the manufacture of the high power batteries.

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Overview

We are a leading global manufacturer of lithium-based battery cells. We produce battery cells for OEM customers and replacement battery manufacturers that are the principal component of rechargeable batteries commonly used to power the following applications:

  • cellular phones and smartphones;
  • notebook computers, tablet computers and e-book readers;
  • portable consumer electronics, such as digital cameras, portable media players, portable gaming devices, personal digital assistants, or PDAs, camcorders, digital cameras and Bluetooth headsets; and
  • electric bicycles and other light electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles and other electric vehicles; cordless power tools; and uninterruptible power supplies, or UPS.

We conduct all of our manufacturing operations in China, in close proximity to China’s electronics manufacturing base and its rapidly growing market. 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 assemble our prismatic cells into battery packs at our Shenzhen facility or engage battery pack manufacturers to assemble our cells into batteries for a fee, and then sell battery packs to these customers both for the replacement and OEM markets.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, we continued the implementation of our business plan to expand our high-power lithium battery production capacity in response to evolving market demands. In particular, we developed and supplied cylindrical cell packs for use in high-capacity public-use electric vehicles as part of a strategic cooperation program for electric vehicle development with a major Taiwan-based automobile manufacturer at our Tianjin facility. We are also expanding our prismatic cell production capacity through improvements to our automatic production line for the smartphone market. During the transition period, we gradually reduced our supply to the replacement market. However, due to the intense competition in the lithium Li-ion battery market and that we are still in the process of transitioning to the high end market, our market shares decreased sharply. In addition, as we are facing a more challenging business environment and the Chinese government has placed tightening lending policies on state-owned banks in China, we encountered more difficulties in obtaining funds from local banks, and have a number of past due liabilities to suppliers and third party creditors.

We have experienced net losses during the past two fiscal years. We generated revenues of $42.4 million and $63.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and net losses of $5.3 million and $28.2 million during the same periods, respectively. As of December 31, 2013, we had an accumulated deficit of $231.6 million and net liabilities of $48.6 million.

We have net liabilities, a working capital deficiency, accumulated deficit from recurring net losses incurred for the current and prior years and significant short-term debt obligations maturing in less than one year as of December 31, 2013. We have been suffering severe cash flow deficiencies. Because we defaulted on repayment of loans from Bank of China in August 2013, we are experiencing and, we believe, will continue to experience significant difficulties to renew our credit facilities or refinance loans from banks. Upon request of Bank of China, Shenzhen Municipal Intermediate Court has ordered to freeze all of our properties in Shenzhen BAK Industrial Park and Tianjin Industrial Park Zone near the end of fiscal year 2013 whereby we may not transfer these assets or pledge these assets for any other borrowings. In order to extend the bank loans to various dates through May 2014, we were required to pledge 100% of our equity interest in Shenzhen BAK and almost all of our assets in Shenzhen and Tianjin, including land use rights and property rights, equipment, accounts receivable and inventories. We repaid our defaulted loans from Bank of China on January 9, 2014 and our frozen properties were released by the court on January 13, 2014. As of December 31, 2013, we had access to $154.2 million in short-term credit facilities and $38.2 million in other lines of credit, almost all of which were utilized to the extent of short-term bank loans of $153.1 million and bills payable of $36.7 million, leaving only $2.6 million of short-term funds available under our credit facilities for additional cash needs These factors raise substantial doubts about our ability to continue as a going concern.

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We intend to sell part of our low efficiency assets and appreciating land and properties to repay our short term debts and to provide cash for the development of more promising products such as high power batteries and Electric Vehicle batteries. We transferred our 100% equity interest in Tianjin Meicai to an unrelated party on August 27, 2013. We also intend to sell our 100% equity interest in BAK International and its subsidiaries (including all their assets and liabilities), and the properties in Tianjin. We are in negotiations with the potential buyers about contract terms and clauses. We intend to obtain the approval of our shareholders before we close the transactions. Prior to the completion of these disposals, the potential buyers preliminarily agreed in November and December 2013 that they would lend sufficient money to us to help us repay past due and maturing bank loans, on the condition that we make certain pledges and guarantees, including pledging our 100% equity interest in BAK International. On December 17, 2013, Shenzhen BAK entered into a loan agreement, or the Loan Agreement, with Mr. Jinghui Wang, the sole shareholder of a potential buyer, pursuant to which, Mr. Wang agreed to initially lend us the aggregate amount of RMB370 million (approximately $61.1 million) . On January 14, 2014, BAK International entered into a corporate guarantee with Mr. Wang, under which BAK International irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the lender timely performance by Shenzhen BAK of all its obligations under the Loan Agreement. On the same date, we entered into a corporate guarantee with Mr. Wang, to irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee timely performance by Shenzhen BAK of all its obligations under the Loan Agreement. In addition, on January 14, 2014, we and BAK International entered into a Share Mortgage with Mr. Wang, under which, China BAK Battery, Inc. pledges 100% of its equity interest in BAK International to the lender as security for the performance of Shenzhen BAK’s obligations under the Loan Agreement. If Shenzhen BAK defaults on its repayment obligation under or in connection with the Loan Agreement, the lender, as the pledgee, will be entitled to dispose of the pledged equity interests. Up to the date of this quarterly report, we have received RMB370 million (approximately $61.1 million) pursuant to the Loan Agreement and an additional RMB150 million (approximately $24.8 million) from Mr. Wang.

In addition, we have entered a letter of intent with a potential buyer of BAK Tianjin for a consideration of RMB150 million (approximately $24.8 million) and the potential buyer agreed to lend us the aggregate amount of RMB130 million (approximately $21.5 million). Up to the date of this quarterly report, we have received RMB119.5 million (approximately $19.7 million).

Up to the date of this quarterly report, we had repaid RMB595.6 million (approximately $98.4 million) of bank loans.

After the disposal of these assets, we will retain BAK Asia and its subsidiaries, BAK Dalian and Dalian BAK Power. It is our understanding that the Dalian government will grant certain government subsidies to us, including but not limited to land use rights at a favorable price. During fiscal 2013, we received a subsidy of RMB150 million (approximately $24.8 million) from the Management Committee of Dalian Economic Zone, to finance our removal of operating assets from Tianjin to Dalian. We are building a new manufacturing site in Dalian with all the operating assets, primarily machinery and equipment, moved from BAK Tianjin, while retaining its customers, employees, patents and technologies. BAK Dalian will focus on the new energy high power battery business, for use in electric vehicles, light electric vehicles and other high power applications. We believe with the significant reduction of liabilities and disposal of the traditional low margin battery business, we can continue as a going concern and return to profitability.

It is expected that after the restructuring mentioned above, China BAK will continue to be a US listing company with a low level of liabilities.

First Quarter Financial Performance Highlights

The following are some financial highlights for the first quarter of our fiscal year ending September 30, 2014:

  • Net revenues: Net revenues decreased by $21.3 million, or 33.4%, to $42.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013, from $63.7 million for the same period in 2012.

  • Gross profit: Gross profit was $3.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013, a change of $7.7 million from a gross loss of $4.2 million for the same period in 2012.

  • Operating loss: Operating loss was $1.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013, an improvement of $16.0 million, or 89.4%, from an operating loss of $17.9 million for the same period in 2012.

  • Net loss: Net loss was $5.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013, a decrease of $22.9 million, or 81.2%, from $28.2 million for the same period in 2012.

  • Fully diluted net loss per share: Fully diluted net loss per share was $0.42 for the three months ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $2.23 for the same period in 2012.

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Financial Statement Presentation

Net revenues. Our net revenues from sale of batteries 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 return data. Rental income for commercial property leases and management is recognized on a straight-line basis over the respective lease terms.

Cost of revenues. Cost of revenues consists primarily of material 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 and our property leases and management. Cost of revenues also includes write-downs of inventory to lower of cost or market. Cost of revenues from the sales of battery packs includes the fees we pay to pack manufacturers for assembling our prismatic cells into battery packs.

Research and development expenses. Research and development expenses primarily consist of remuneration for R&D staff, share-based compensation, depreciation and maintenance expenses relating to R&D equipment, and R&D material costs.

Sales and marketing expenses. 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, advertising cost, depreciation, share-based compensation and travel and entertainment expenses. We do not pay slotting fees to retail companies for displaying our products, engaging in cooperative advertising programs, participating 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 expenses. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of employee remuneration, share-based compensation, professional fees, insurance, benefits, general office expenses and depreciation.

Property, plant and equipment impairment charges. Impairment charges consist primarily of impairment losses for long-lived assets. These losses reflect the amounts by which the carrying values of these assets exceed their estimated fair value as determined by their estimated future discounted cash flows.

Government grant income. We present the government subsidies received as part of other income unless the subsidies received are earmarked to compensate a specific expense, which have been accounted for by offsetting the specific expense, such as research and development expense or interest expenses. Unearned government subsidies received are deferred for recognition until the criteria for such recognition could be met. Grants applicable to land are amortized over the life of the depreciable facilities constructed on it. For research and development expenses, we match and offset the government grants with the expenses of the research and development activities as specified in the grant approval document in the corresponding period when such expenses are incurred.

Finance costs, Net. Finance costs consist primarily of interest income, interest on bank loans and other borrowings and are net of capitalized interest.

Income taxes. Since Shenzhen BAK was acknowledged as a “New and High technology enterprise,” it is entitled to a preferential tax rate of 15% for each of the calendar years 2011, 2012 and 2013. BAK Battery is subject to an income tax rate of 25%. BAK Battery did not incur any enterprise income tax for the calendar year 2013 due to the current tax losses carried forward from calendar years 2011 and 2012. BAK Tianjin is currently paying no enterprise income tax due to cumulative tax losses. Our Canadian, German, Indian, and Hong Kong subsidiaries—BAK Canada, BAK Europe, BAK India and BAK International—are subject to profits tax in their respective countries at rates of 38%, 25%, 30%, and 16.5%, respectively. However, because they do not have any assessable income derived from or arising in those countries, they have not paid any such tax.

Pursuant to the Provisional Regulation of China on Value Added Tax and its implementing rules, all entities and individuals that are engaged in the sale of goods, the provision of repairs and replacement services and the importation of goods in China are generally required to pay VAT at a rate of 17% of the gross sales proceeds received, less any deductible VAT already paid or borne by the taxpayer. Further, when exporting goods, the exporter is entitled to some or all of the refund of VAT that it has already paid or borne. Our imported raw materials that are used for manufacturing exported products and deposited in bonded warehouses are exempt from import VAT.

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Results of Operations

Comparison of Three Months Ended December 31, 2013 and 2012

The following tables set forth key components of our results of operations for the periods indicated, both in dollars and as a percentage of net revenues.

(All amounts, other than percentages, in thousands of U.S. dollars)

    Three months ended December 31,     Change  
    2012     2013       %  

Net revenues

                       

   Manufacture of batteries

$  63,732   $  41,206   $  (22,526 )   (35.3 )

   Property lease and management

  -     1,164     1,164     100.0  

 

$  63,732   $  42,370   $  (21,362 )   (33.5 )

Cost of revenues

                       

   Manufacture of batteries

$  (67,971 ) $  (38,560 ) $  (29,411 )   (43.3 )

   Property lease and management

  -     (309 )   309     100.0  

Cost of revenues

  (67,971 )   (38,869 )   (29,102 )   (42.8 )

Gross (loss) profit

  (4,239 )   3,501     (7,740 )   (182.6 )

Operating expenses:

                       

Research and development expenses

  1,545     1,284     (261 )   (16.9 )

Sales and marketing expenses

  2,188     1,453     (735 )   (33.6 )

General and administrative expenses

  3,767     4,206     439     11.7  

Provision for (recovery of) doubtful accounts

  6,200     (1,557 )   (7,757 )   (125.1 )

Total operating expenses

  13,700     5,386     (8,314 )   (60.7 )

Operating loss

  (17,939 )   (1,885 )   (16,054 )   (89.5 )

Finance costs, net

  (2,734 )   (3,894 )   1,160     42.4  

Loss arising from loan guarantees

  (7,361 )   -     (7,361 )   (100.0 )

Government grant income

  18     33     (15 )   (83.3 )

Other (expense) income

  (118 )   480     (598 )   (506.8 )

Income tax expenses

  (32 )   (16 )   (16 )   (50.0 )

Net loss

$  (28,166 ) $  (5,282 ) $ (22,884 )   (81.2 )

Net revenues. Net revenues were $42.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $63.7 million for the same period in 2012, a decrease of $21.4 million, or 33.5% . This decrease was primarily attributable to the reduction in our revenue from our manufacture of batteries segment with revenue decreasing from $63.7 million for the three months ended December 31, 2012 to $41.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013, offset by an increase in our revenue from our property lease and management segment amounting $1.2 million. We leased out the Research and Development Test Centre starting from September 2013 onwards.

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The following table sets forth the breakdown of our net revenues by battery cell type.

(All amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)

    Three Months Ended December 31,  
    2012     2013  
Prismatic cells            
   Aluminum-case cells $  9,317   $  13,125  
   Battery packs   22,436     17,158  
Cylindrical cells   19,600     5,450  
Lithium polymer cells   6,935     1,600  
High-power lithium battery cells   5,444     3,873  
Total $  63,732   $  41,206  

The following table sets forth the breakdown of our net revenues from reconditioned and normal products for the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

    Three Months Ended December 31, 2013  
    Reconditioned sales     Normal sales     Total sales  
Prismatic cells                  
   Aluminum-case cells $  12,076   $  1,049   $  13,125  
   Battery packs   6,238     10,920     17,158  
Cylindrical cells   -     5,450     5,450  
Lithium polymer cells   865     735     1,600  
High-power lithium battery cells   -     3,873     3,873  
Total $  19,179   $  22,027   $  41,206  

    Three Months Ended December 31, 2012  
    Reconditioned sales     Normal sales     Total sales  
Prismatic cells                  
   Aluminum-case cells $  5,726   $  3,591   $  9,317  
   Battery packs   2,906     19,530     22,436  
Cylindrical cells   -     19,600     19,600  
Lithium polymer cells   5,595     1,340     6,935  
High-power lithium battery cells   -     5,444     5,444  
Total $  14,227   $  49,505   $  63,732  

Net revenues from sales of aluminum-case cells increased to $13.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013, from $9.3 million in the same period in 2012, an increase of $3.8 million, or 40.9%, resulting from a rise of 134% in average selling price, offset by a decrease of 39.0% in sales volume. The decrease in sales volume was because of the decrease in demand for aluminum-case cells in view of the popularity of polymer smartphone batteries and fewer reconditioned products sold in this period. The increase in average selling price was because we disposed of a large quantity of obsolete and low quality products at a lower selling price in the same period last year.

Net revenues from sales of battery packs, which is a crucial component of smartphones, decreased to $17.2 million in the three months ended December 31, 2013, from $22.4 million in the same period in 2012, a decrease of $5.2 million, or 23.2% . This resulted from a decrease of 21.2% in sales volume as well as a decrease of 3.0% in average selling price. Due to our intense cash flow conditions in this period, some of our main cell phone customers reduced their orders and purchased more from our competitors. We continued to decrease our unit price in order to retain our market share and accordingly, the unit selling price dropped in this period as compared with the corresponding period of last year.

Net revenues from sales of cylindrical cells decreased to $5.5 million in the three months ended December 31, 2013, from $19.6 million in the same period in 2012, a decrease of $14.1 million, or 71.9% . This resulted from a decrease of 70.4% in sales volume accompanied with a decrease of 5.7% in average selling price. The decrease in sales volume and price were attributable to the fierce competition in cylindrical cells, especially from South Korean competitors. Our sales volume was adversely impacted by such competition and we had to reduce price in order to maintain our market share.

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Lithium polymer cells are generally used for smart phones. We sold $1.6 million in lithium polymer cells for the three months ended December 31, 2013, compared to $6.9 million in lithium polymer cells in the same period in 2012, a decrease of $5.3 million, or 76.8%, resulting from a decrease of 76.2% in sales volume accompanied by a decrease of 3% in average selling price. Decrease in sale volume was mainly because fewer sales of reconditioned products in this period.

We also sold approximately $3.9 million in high-power lithium battery cells for the three months ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $5.4 million in high-power lithium battery cells in the same period in 2012, a decrease of $1.5 million, or 27.8%, resulting from both a decrease of 12.3% in sales volume and 18.4% in average selling price, respectively. As we are trying to improve our profitability in this market, fewer sales transactions were made to customers with lower margins. We reduced our selling price in order to retain those customers which yield higher profits to us.

Cost of revenues. Cost of revenues decreased to $38.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $68.0 million for the same period in 2012, a decrease of $29.1 million, or 42.8% . Included in cost of revenues were write-downs of inventories of $19.3 million and $4.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, respectively. We write down inventory value whenever there is an indication that they are impaired. However, as the market conditions continued to deteriorate, further write-downs were necessary.

Gross (loss) profit. Gross profit for the three months ended December 31, 2013 was $3.5 million, or 8.3% of net revenues, as compared to gross loss of $4.2 million, or 6.6% of net revenues, for the same period in 2012. Our change of gross profit was largely due to the decrease in write-downs of inventory and fewer reconditioned products being sold at a deeper loss in this period, compared with the same period of 2012.

Research and development expenses. Research and development expenses, which were offset with related government grants, decreased to $1.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $1.5 million for the same period in 2012, a decrease of $0.2 million, or 16.9% . This decrease was mainly due to a drop of salary and wages by $0.2 million as a result of the closure of the Research and Development Centre in Canada.

Sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing expenses decreased to $1.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $2.2 million for the same period in 2012, a decrease of $0.7 million, or 33.6% . The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in salary and wages of $0.4 million, packing expenses of $0.2 million and transportation costs of $0.1 million, following the reduction in sales. As a percentage of revenues, sales and marketing expenses remained stable at 3.4% in both of the three month periods ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

General and administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses increased to $4.2 million, or 9.9% of revenues, for the three months ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $3.8 million, or 5.9% of revenues, for the same period in 2012, an increase of $0.4 million, or 11.7% . The primary reason for the increase was attributable to an increase in professional expenses incurred in relation to our restructuring plans.

Operating loss. As a result of the above, our operating loss totaled $1.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $17.9 million for the same period in 2012, a decrease of $16.0 million, or 89.5% .

Finance cost, net. Finance cost, net, increased to $3.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $2.7 million, for the same period in 2012, an increase of $1.2 million or 42.4% . The increase was mainly attributable to the interest expense of $1.5 million charged on the loans from unrelated third parties while there was no such charge in the same period of 2012.

Loss arising from loan guarantees. Shenzhen Langjin Technology Development Co., Ltd (“Shenzhen Langjin”) defaulted on bank loans guaranteed by us and the bank demanded full payment from us. We recognized such loss of $7.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2012. We recovered these amounts later in fiscal 2013 and no such loss was incurred in the three months ended December 31, 2013.

Income tax expense. Income tax expense was approximately $16,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2013, as compared to $32,000 income tax expense for the same period in 2012.

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Net loss. As a result of the foregoing, we had a net loss of $5.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013, compared to a net loss of $28.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2012.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We have historically financed our liquidity requirements from a variety of sources, including short-term bank loans, other short-term loans, long-term bank loans and bills payable under bank credit agreements, factoring of bills receivable to banks and issuance of capital stock. Due to the weak economic environment in China and stricter lending policy the Chinese government placed on the China finance system, it is becoming more difficult for us to obtain new financing from banks.

As of December 31, 2013, we had cash and cash equivalents of $10.0 million. In addition, we had pledged deposits amounting to $25.5 million. Typically, banks will require borrowers to maintain deposits of approximately 18% to 100% of the outstanding bills payable. The individual bills have maturities ranging from six to twelve months which coincide with the periods the cash remains pledged to the banks.

As of December 31, 2013, we had access to $154.2 million in short-term credit facilities and $38.2 million in other lines of credit, all of which were utilized except that an amount of $2.6 million additional credit from Ping An Bank is available.

The following table sets forth a summary of our cash flows for the periods indicated:

Cash Flows
(All amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)

    Three Months Ended  
    December 31,  

 

  2012     2013  

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

$  5,913   $  (4,767 )

Net cash used in investing activities

  (9,945 )   (19,890 )

Net cash provided by financing activities

  3,972     20,495  

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

  77     140  

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

  17     (4,022 )

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of period

  9,272     13,999  

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of period

$  9,289   $  9,977  

Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities was $4.8 million in the three months ended December 31, 2013, as compared with $5.9 million in net cash provided by operating activities in the same period in 2012. The increase of $10.7 million in net cash used in operating activities was mainly attributable to the increase in settlement of accounts and bills payable by $15.2 million.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities increased to $19.9 million in the three months ended December 31, 2013 from $9.9 million in the same period in 2012. The increase in net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended December 31, 2013 was mainly attributable to the placement of more pledged deposits to secure our bank borrowings by $17.8 million, offset by a reduction in purchases of property, plant and equipment by $7.0 million following the completion of the Research and Development Test Centre prior to the end of fiscal 2013.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was $20.5 million in the three months ended December 31, 2013 from $4.0 million in the same period in 2012. The increase was mainly attributable to $20.5 million net increase in advances from unrelated third parties.

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As of December 31, 2013, the principal amounts outstanding under our credit facilities and lines of credit were as follows:

(All amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)

          Amount borrowed (includes  

 

  Maximum amount available     bank loans and bills payable)  

Short-term credit facilities:

           

Agricultural Bank of China

$  69,376   $  69,376  

Bank of China, Shenzhen Branch

  58,637     58,637  

Bank of Dalian

  12,932     12,932  

Ping An Bank

  13,215     10,572  

 

           

Subtotal—Short-term credit facilities

$  154,160   $  151,517  

Other Lines of Credit:

           

Bank of China, Shenzhen Branch

  4,691     4,691  

Agricultural Bank of China

  21,789     21,789  

Ping An Bank

  10,505     10,505  

Bank of Dalian

  496     496  

Bank of China, Tianjin Branch

  553     553  

Bank of East Asia

  165     165  

 

           

Subtotal—Other lines of credit

$  38,199   $  38,199  

 

           

Total

$  192,359   $  189,716  

The above principal outstanding amounts under credit facilities and lines of credit included short-term bank loans of $153.1 million and bills payable of $36.7 million. For the purpose of presentation, the effect of increases in the bills payable balance is included in operating activities in the statements of cash flows.

During the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, we repaid bank borrowings totaling approximately $30.5 million and borrowed amounts totaling approximately $30.5 million. The material financing terms of these borrowings are described below.

On November 27, 2012, we renewed a comprehensive credit facility agreement with Agricultural Bank of China, Shenzhen Eastern Branch to provide a one-year term credit facilities amount of RMB 420 million (approximately $69.4 million). New loans may be drawn under this credit facility from November 27, 2012 through November 25, 2013, with the term of the loan established at the time each new loan is drawn. Pursuant to the comprehensive credit facility, Shenzhen BAK must obtain prior approval from the bank to obtain financing from other banks. In addition, Shenzhen BAK undertook to ensure that the percentage of certain business conducted with the bank relative to such business it conducts with all financial institutions combined be at least equal to the percentage of its indebtedness to the bank relative to its indebtedness to all financial institutions combined. The “business” referred to in the preceding sentence refers to the volume of transactional payments that are drawn from Shenzhen BAK’s accounts with the bank or applicable financial institutions and the amount of foreign currencies deposited with the bank or applicable financial institutions. Shenzhen BAK also undertook not to issue any dividends without the written consent of the bank prior to the expiration of all loans under this credit facility. The obligations of Shenzhen BAK under this comprehensive credit facility are guaranteed by Mr. Xiangqian Li, BAK International and BAK Tianjin. Shenzhen BAK’s obligations under this credit facility agreement are also guaranteed by Shenzhen BAK’s pledge of the property ownership and land use rights certificates relating to its manufacturing and other facilities in Shenzhen, PRC, known as BAK Industrial Park, as well as certain machinery. As of December 31, 2013, we had eleven outstanding short-term loans under the comprehensive credit facility totaling approximately $66.1 million (RMB 400 million), which carried annual interest at 105% of the benchmark rate of the People’s Bank of China, or PBOC, adjusted quarterly. The loans are due for payment in May 2014 and each of the loan agreements specifically provided for acceleration of repayment of the loan under certain conditions, as well as other penalties and remedies. As of December 31, 2013, we had also borrowed $3.3 million of notes payable within the credit facility and $21.8 million of notes payable outside the credit facility. Up to February 10, 2014, we repaid RMB130 million (approximately $21.5 million) of bank loans.

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On July 3, 2012, we renewed a comprehensive credit facility agreement with Bank of China, Shenzhen Longgang Branch to provide a maximum loan amount of RMB 400 million (approximately $66.1 million), which includes available credit facilities for RMB 200 million (approximately $33.0 million) of short term loans, RMB 170 million (approximately $28.1 million) of notes payables and RMB 30 million (approximately $5.0 million) of letter of credits. Loans may be drawn at any time from July 3, 2012 to July 3, 2013 and will be due based on each loan agreement. This credit facility was guaranteed by BAK International, Mr. Xiangqian Li and his wife, Ms. Xiaoqiu Yu and BAK Tianjin. On August 3, 2012, we entered into a short-term loan agreement under the credit facility agreement to borrow RMB 200 million (approximately $33.1 million), which bears an annual interest rate at 110% of the benchmark rate of PBOC on the date of the loan agreement, which is subject to an adjustment every 12 months, and is due August 3, 2013. After we failed to repay the loan on August 3, 2013, we negotiated with Bank of China to extend the term of the loan agreement. On October 15, 2013, we reached a supplemental agreement with Bank of China to extend the repayment date of the loan to February 2, 2014. Also, the supplemental agreement provides an extension of the maturity date of RMB 155,054,139 (approximately $25.6 million) of notes payables and RMB 2,133,669 (approximately $0.3 million) of letter of credits that we had borrowed as of Oct 15, 2013, to February 2, 2014. In exchange, we agreed to provide additional guarantees and mortgages, including 100% of our equity interest in Shenzhen BAK, property and land use rights of our Research and Development Centre building in Shenzhen, certain factories and dormitories in Shenzhen Industrial Park and the accounts receivables of Shenzhen BAK and certain machinery. As of December 31, 2013, we borrowed $58.6 million of bank loans under the credit facility. We also had $4.7 million of notes payable outside the credit facility agreement. Up to February 10, 2014, we had repaid bank loans of $58.6 million.

On February 1, 2013, we entered into a comprehensive credit facility with Bank of Dalian, Tianjin Branch to provide a maximum loan amount of RMB 120.0 million (approximately $19.8 million). Loans may be drawn at any time over the period from January 28, 2013 to January 27, 2014 and will be due based on each loan agreement. This credit facility agreement was guaranteed by Mr. Xiangqian Li and his wife Ms. Xiaoqiu Yu and pledged property and a land use right of Bei Chen District in Tianjin. As of December 31, 2013, we had borrowed approximately $6.6 million (RMB40 million) on February 1, 2013 under a loan agreement, bearing annual interest at 115% of the benchmark rate of the PBOC on the date of the loan agreement and will be adjusted in line with any adjustment of the benchmark rate, repayable on January 27, 2014. As of December 31, 2013, we borrowed $6.6 million of bank loans and $6.3 million of notes payable under this credit facility agreement. Up to February 10, 2014, we had repaid $6.6 million of bank loans.

On December 2, 2013, we entered into a comprehensive credit facility agreement with Ping An Bank (previously known as Shenzhen Development Bank), Longgang Branch to provide a maximum loan amount of RMB 80 million (approximately $13.2 million). Loans may be drawn within twelve months from the date of this credit facility agreement, and will be due based on each loan agreement. This credit facility agreement was guaranteed by BAK International, BAK Tianjin and Mr. Xiangqian Li, and also was secured by $22.8 million (RMB 138.0 million) of equipment and inventory with a carrying amount of $16.5 million (RMB100 million) as of December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2013, we had borrowed a loan of approximately $11.7 million (RMB 71.0 million) under a loan agreement dated December 2, 2013 for a period of twelve months, of which $1.2 million (RMB 7 million) had been paid as of December 31, 2013. The loan carries annual interest at 125% of the benchmark rate of the PBOC on the date of the loan agreement, and is repayable on December 2, 2014. Up to February 10, 2014, we have further repaid $1.2 million (RMB7.0 million) to Ping An Bank.

On December 23, 2013, by mortgaging a certificate of a three-month deposit up to $10.6 million (RMB 64 million), we entered into a loan agreement with Ping An Bank, Shenzhen Longgang Branch, to borrow a one-year loan of RMB 63.6 million (approximately $10.5 million). The loan carries annual interest at 115% of the benchmark rate of the PBOC on the date of the loan agreement. Up to February 10, 2014, we had repaid $10.5 million of this loan.

As of December 31, 2013, we had also borrowed $0.5 million, $0.6 million and $0.2 million of notes payable outside any credit facility from ICBC, Bank of China, Tianjin Branch and Bank of East Asia, respectively.

We have established long-term relationships with our suppliers and we can pay them within 90-360 days from the respective invoice dates.

As we have been suffering severe cash flow deficiencies, we intend to sell part of our low efficiency assets and appreciating land and properties to repay our short term debts and to provide cash for the development of more promising products such as high power batteries and Electric Vehicle batteries. We transferred our 100% equity interest in Tianjin Meicai to an unrelated party on August 27, 2013. We also intend to sell our 100% equity interest in BAK International and its subsidiaries (including all their assets and liabilities), and the properties in Tianjin. We are in negotiations with the potential buyers about contract terms and clauses. We intend to obtain the approval of our shareholders before we close the transaction. After the disposal of these assets, we will retain BAK Asia and its subsidiary, BAK Dalian and Dalian BAK Power. It is our understanding that the Dalian government will grant certain government subsidies to us, including but not limited to land use rights at a favorable price. In fiscal 2013, we had received a subsidy of $24.8 million (RMB150 million) from the Management Committee of Dalian Economic Zone to finance our removal of operating assets from Tianjin to Dalian.

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We may 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, amount available under existing credit facilities and funding from potential buyers is insufficient to meet our requirements, we may seek to sell additional equity securities, debt securities or borrow from lending institutions. And we also will continue to reinforce our efforts to improve the collection of receivables and consider further strategic asset dispositions. 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 the interests of our current shareholders. 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.

Capital Expenditures

We incurred capital expenditures of $10.5 million and $3.4 million in the three months ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, respectively. Our capital expenditures were used primarily to purchase plant and equipment to expand our production capacity and pay for the leasehold improvement on our Research and Development Test Centre. The table below sets forth the breakdown of our capital expenditures by use for the periods indicated.

(All amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)

    Three Months Ended  
    December 31,  

 

  2012     2013  

Purchase of property, plant and equipment and construction in progress

$  10,407   $  3,403  

Purchase of intangible assets

  155     -  

Total capital expenditure

$  10,562   $  3,403  

We estimate that our total capital expenditures in fiscal year 2014 will reach approximately $14.5 million. Such funds will be used to purchase manufacturing equipment for the expansion of our high-power lithium battery production lines and for the construction of our production plant at our Dalian facility.

Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

The following table sets forth our contractual obligations and commercial commitments as of December 31, 2013:

(All amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)

    Payments Due by Period  

 

        Less than     1-3     3-5     More than  

Obligations

  Total     1 year     years     years     5 years  

Short-term bank loans

$  153,054   $  153,054   $  -   $  -   $  -  

Other short-term loans

  49,243     49,243     -     -     -  

Bills payable

  36,662     36,662     -     -     -  

Capital commitments

  31,709     7,709     24,000     -     -  

Future interest payment on short-term bank loans

  2,139     2,139     -     -     -  

Future interest payment on other short-term loans

  3,924     3,924     -     -     -  

Total

$  276,731   $  252,731   $  24,000   $  -   $  -  

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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 December 31, 2013.

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 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 guarantees in which Shenzhen BAK, BAK International, BAK Tianjin, Mr. Xiangqian Li, our director, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer and Ms. Xiaoqiu Xu, the wife of Mr. Li, would provide contractual assurance of the debt, or guarantee the timely re-payment of principal and interest of the guaranteed party. Neither Shenzhen BAK, BAK International, BAK Tianjin, Tianjin New Energy, Mr. Xiangqian Li nor Ms. Xiaoqiu Xu received, is entitled to receive, any consideration for the above-referenced guarantees, and we are not independently obligated to indemnify any of those guarantors for any amounts paid by them pursuant to any guarantee.

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 ASC Topic 460 “Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others.” 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 guarantee agreement.

As of December 31, 2013, we provided guarantees for the following non-related parties: Tianjin Huaxiahongyuan Ltd, Shenzhen Yasu Technology Co. Ltd, Shenzhen Langjin Development Technology Co., Ltd. and Hubei Yanguang Energy Technology Co., Ltd. We also provided guarantees for a related party, Tianjin New Energy. The maximum amount of our exposure for these guarantees was $31.4 million as of December 31, 2013.

On January 5, 2013, Agricultural Bank of China informed the Company that Shenzhen Langjin Technology Co., Ltd., or Shenzhen Langjin, had defaulted on the loan guaranteed by China BAK and two other companies, and demanded a payment of the full guaranteed amount of RMB 60,000,000 (approximately $9,665,571) from the Company and two other co-guarantors. As the two other co-guarantors only had the ability to pay RMB 14,000,000 (approximately $2,255,300), the Company was demanded to pay the remaining guaranteed amount. The Company had paid the remaining guaranteed amount as well as the accrued interest in an aggregate amount of RMB 46,490,592 (approximately $7.5 million). As of September 30, 2013, China BAK had received RMB46,456,681 (approximately $7.5 million) from Shenzhen Langjin.

On July 2, 2012, Shenzhen BAK entered into a guarantee agreement with Bank of Dalian, under which Shenzhen BAK agreed to guarantee a loan of Tianjin New Energy in a total amount of RMB20,000,000 (approximately $3.3 million) that it borrowed from Bank of Dalian. In addition, Mr. Li entered into a guarantee agreement with Bank of Dalian and assumed joint and several liabilities to guarantee the loan.

On October 15, 2012, Shenzhen BAK entered into a second guarantee agreement with Bank of Dalian, under which Shenzhen BAK agreed to guarantee a loan of Tianjin New Energy in a total amount of RMB 10,000,000 (approximately $1.7 million) that it borrowed from Bank of Dalian. In addition, Mr. Li entered into a guarantee agreement with Bank of Dalian and assumed joint and several liabilities to guarantee the loan.

On July 1, 2013, Shenzhen BAK executed a new guarantee agreement with Bank of Dalian with the same terms and conditions to guarantee the above loans of RMB 30 million (approximately $5.0 million) for a period from July 11, 2013 to July 10, 2016. This new guarantee agreement supersedes the above two guarantee agreements.

Shenzhen BAK believes that Tianjin New Energy owns sufficient assets, including buildings measuring 24,000 square meters and land use rights over a parcel of land of 233,450 square meters, to repay the above loans that totaled RMB30,000,000 (approximately $5.0 million) without incurring Shenzhen BAK’s guarantor liability.

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Critical Accounting Policies

Our condensed 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. There have been no material changes to the critical accounting policies previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.

Changes in Accounting Standards

Please refer to note 1 to our condensed consolidated financial statements, “Principal Activities, Basis of Presentation and Organization –Recently Issued Accounting Standards,” for a discussion of relevant pronouncements.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Not applicable.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

During and subsequent to the reporting period covered by this report, and under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and interim chief financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and interim chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.

Management evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2013, under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and interim chief financial officer, and identified the following material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting

We did not have appropriate policies and procedures in place to evaluate the proper accounting and disclosures of key documents and agreements.
   

We do not have sufficient and skilled accounting personnel with an appropriate level of technical accounting knowledge and experience in the application of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States commensurate with our financial reporting requirements.

In order to cure the foregoing material weakness, we have taken or are taking the following remediation measures:

We are in the process of hiring a permanent chief financial officer with significant U.S. GAAP and SEC reporting experience; and
   
We plan to make necessary changes by providing training to our financial team and our other relevant personnel on the U.S. GAAP accounting guidelines applicable to our financial reporting requirements.

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Although we intend to complete the remediation of the material weaknesses discussed above before March 31, 2014, we can give no assurance that we will be able to do so. Designing and implementing an effective disclosure controls and procedures is a continuous effort that requires us to anticipate and react to changes in our business and the economic and regulatory environments and to devote significant resources to maintain a financial reporting system that adequately satisfies our reporting obligations. The remedial measures that we have taken and intend to take may not fully address the material weakness that we have identified, and material weaknesses in our disclosure controls and procedures may be identified in the future. Should we discover such conditions, we intend to remediate them as soon as practicable. We are committed to taking appropriate steps for remediation, as needed.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Except for the matters described above, there were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the first quarter of our fiscal year 2014 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II
OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings, which arise, in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these, or other matters, may arise from time to time that may harm our business. Other than the legal proceeding set forth below, we are currently not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims that we believe will have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results:

China BAK Battery, Inc. has been named as a second defendant in the case of Safeco Ins. Co. of Am. v. Hewlett-Packard Co. et al., filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Ventura. It is an action for negligence and strict product liability. The plaintiff alleges that a product manufactured by the Company was used in a Hewlett Packard laptop, which malfunctioned and caused fire damage in the home of a consumer (the plaintiff’s insured). The total damages sought are $126,978, plus interest and fees. The Company believes that the plaintiff's claims are without merit and intends to vigorously defend itself in this lawsuit.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

There are no material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

None.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

None.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

None.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report or incorporated by reference:

Exhibit No.      Description
31.1 Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer filed pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1 Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101   Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (furnished herewith).

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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: February 19, 2014

  CHINA BAK BATTERY, INC.
     
  By:   /s/ Xiangqian Li
    Xiangqian Li
Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.      Description
31.1 Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer filed pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1 Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101   Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (furnished herewith).