GME INNOTAINMENT, INC. - Quarter Report: 2009 March (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION
13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the
quarterly period ended: March
31, 2009
or
¨ TRANSITION REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the
transition period from ____________ to _____________
Commission
File No. 333-139008
GREAT
EAST BOTTLES & DRINKS (CHINA) HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact
name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
FLORIDA
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59-2318378
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Tax. I.D. No.)
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203 Hankow Center,
5 - 15 Hankow Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
852-2192-4805
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yes x No
¨
Indicate
by check whether the issuer (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 is a large accelerated filer, an accelerate
filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definition of
“accelerated filer and accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act
(Check one):
Large
Accelerated Filer ¨
Accelerated Filer ¨
Non-Accelerated Filer ¨ 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
As of
March 31, 2009, the issuer had 40,000,000 shares of common stock
outstanding.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PART
I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Financial
Statements
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3
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Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets as at March 31, 2009 and December 31,
2008
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3
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive
Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2009
(Unaudited)
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4
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31,
2008 and 2009 (Unaudited)
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5
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Notes
To Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
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6
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Item
2.
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Management’s
Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of
Operations
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12
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Item
3.
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Quantitative
And Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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16
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Item
4T.
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Controls
And Procedures
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18
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PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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18
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Item 1A.
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Risk
Factors
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18
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Item
2
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Unregistered
Sales Of Equity Securities And Use Of Proceeds
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23
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Item
3
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Defaults
Upon Senior Securities
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23
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Item
4
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Submission
Of Matters To A Vote Of Security Holders
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23
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Item
5
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Other
Information
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23
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Item
6
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Exhibits.
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24
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SIGNATURES
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24
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2
GREAT
EAST BOTTLES & DRINKS (CHINA) HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
March
31, 2009
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December
31, 2008
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(Unaudited)
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(Audited)
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ASSETS
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CURRENT ASSETS
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Cash
and cash equivalent
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$ | 222,650 | $ | 69,958 | ||||
Pledged
deposits
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5,603,248 | 3,704,253 | ||||||
Accounts
receivable, net
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2,740,657 | 2,016,545 | ||||||
Inventories,
net
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1,778,854 | 1,555,782 | ||||||
Amount
due from a related party
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- | 1,094,679 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other receivables
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728,153 | 830,471 | ||||||
Total current
assets
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11,073,562 | 9,271,688 | ||||||
PROPERTY,
PLANT & EQUIPMENT, NET
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22,233,878 | 21,322,104 | ||||||
LAND
USE RIGHT, NET OF AMORTIZATION
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345,304 | 346,544 | ||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
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$ | 33,652,744 | $ | 30,940,336 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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LIABILITIES
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CURRENT
LIABILITIES
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Bank
loans
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$ | 4,034,159 | $ | 4,006,774 | ||||
Accounts
payable
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2,764,438 | 1,647,176 | ||||||
Notes
payables
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1,155,761 | 2,303,646 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses and other payables
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796,993 | 101,288 | ||||||
VAT
payables
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204,098 | 429,237 | ||||||
Income
tax payables
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552,541 | 263,310 | ||||||
Amount
due to a related party
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1,543,744 | - | ||||||
Total current
liabilities
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11,051,734 | 8,751,431 | ||||||
LONG-TERM BANK
LOAN
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3,163,532 | 3,334,646 | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES
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14,215,266 | 12,086,077 | ||||||
STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
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Common
stock, Par value $0.01; 375,000,000 shares authorized; $0.01 par value;
40,000,000 shares and 8,000,000 shares issued and outstanding on March 31,
2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively
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400,000 | 400,000 | ||||||
Additional
paid in capital
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9,795,277 | 9,795,277 | ||||||
Capital
reserves
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2,408,045 | 2,410,701 | ||||||
Retained
earnings
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2,686,800 | 2,234,341 | ||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
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4,033,128 | 3,899,956 | ||||||
TOTAL
COMPANY STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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19,323,250 | 18,740,275 | ||||||
NONCONTROLLING
INTEREST
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114,228 | 113,984 | ||||||
TOTAL
EQUITY
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19,437,478 | 18,854,259 | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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$ | 33,652,744 | $ | 30,940,336 | ||||
See
accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial
statements
3
GREAT
EAST BOTTLES & DRINKS (CHINA) HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
For
the three months ended March 31,
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2009
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2008
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REVENUE
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$ | 9,292,691 | $ | 5,737,843 | ||||
COST
OF SALES
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7,773,428 | 4,386,109 | ||||||
GROSS
MARGIN
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1,519,263 | 1,351,734 | ||||||
EXPENSES
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Selling and
distribution
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10,423 | 10,057 | ||||||
General and
administrative
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635,141 | 412,737 | ||||||
OPERATING
INCOME
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873,699 | 928,940 | ||||||
OTHER
INCOME/(EXPENSES)
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Other
income
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24,868 | 62,986 | ||||||
Interest income
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12,854 | 25,984 | ||||||
Bank loan
interest
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(156,522 | ) | (171,170 | ) | ||||
Other interest
expense
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(63,287 | ) | (56,225 | ) | ||||
OTHER
EXPENSES, NET
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(182,087 | ) | (138,425 | ) | ||||
INCOME
BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
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691,612 | 790,515 | ||||||
PROVISION
FOR INCOME TAXES
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239,442 | 156,297 | ||||||
NET
INCOME
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$ | 452,170 | $ | 634,218 | ||||
NET
INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE
NONCONTROLLING
INTEREST
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(289 | ) | 7,666 | |||||
NET
INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE COMPANY
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$ | 452,459 | $ | 626,552 | ||||
OTHER
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
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Gain
on foreign exchange translation
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133,172 | 829,480 | ||||||
COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME
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$ | 585,631 | $ | 1,456,032 | ||||
WEIGHTED
AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING, BASIC AND DILUTED
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40,000,000 | 8,000,000 | ||||||
NET
INCOME PER SHARE, BASIC AND DILUTED
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$ | 0.01 | $ | 0.08 |
See
accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial
statements
4
GREAT
EAST BOTTLES & DRINKS (CHINA) HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
For
the three months ended March 31,
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2009
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2008
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Cash
flow from operating activities
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Net
income
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$ | 452,459 | $ | 626,552 | ||||
Adjustments
for:
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Depreciation
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505,740 | 408,473 | ||||||
Amortization
of land use rights
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2,339 | 2,231 | ||||||
Noncontrolling
interests
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(289 | ) | 7,666 | |||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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(Increase)/decrease
in accounts receivable
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(724,112 | ) | 366,657 | |||||
Increase
in inventory
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(223,072 | ) | (268,825 | ) | ||||
Decrease/(increase)
in amount due from a related party
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1,094,679 | (3,939,094 | ) | |||||
Decrease
in prepaid expenses and other receivables
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102,318 | 17,828 | ||||||
Increase/(decrease)
in accounts payable
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1,117,262 | (361,746 | ) | |||||
Decrease
in notes payable
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(1,147,885 | ) | (359,970 | ) | ||||
Decrease
in VAT payables
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(225,139 | ) | (189,263 | ) | ||||
Increase
in income tax payables
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289,231 | 92,231 | ||||||
Increase
in accrued expenses and other payables
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695,705 | 145,295 | ||||||
Net
cash provided from/(used in) operating activities
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1,939,236 | (3,451,965 | ) | |||||
Investing
activities
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Purchase
of plant and equipment
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(1,350,015 | ) | (86,181 | ) | ||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
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(1,350,015 | ) | (86,181 | ) | ||||
Financing
activities
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Proceeds
from bank loans
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- | 8,963,942 | ||||||
Repayment
of bank loans
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(170,519 | ) | (6,923,104 | ) | ||||
(Increase)/decrease
in pledged deposits
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(1,898,995 | ) | 1,224,787 | |||||
Decrease
in amount due to a related party
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1,543,744 | - | ||||||
Decrease
in capital reserves
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(2,656 | ) | (1,871 | ) | ||||
Net
cash (used in)/provided from financing activities
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(528,426 | ) | 3,263,754 | |||||
Net
increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
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60,795 | (274,392 | ) | |||||
Effect
of foreign exchange rate changes
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91,897 | 273,924 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
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69,958 | 121,574 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of year
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$ | 222,650 | $ | 121,106 | ||||
Analysis
of cash and cash equivalents
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Cash and cash
equivalents
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$ | 222,650 | $ | 121,106 | ||||
Supplemental
Disclosures of Cash Flow Information
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Cash
paid for interest
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$ | 219,809 | $ | 227,395 | ||||
Tax
(refunded)/paid by cash
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$ | (49,789 | ) | $ | 64,066 |
See
accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial
statements
5
GREAT
EAST BOTTLES & DRINKS (CHINA) HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
March
31, 2009
NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL
ACTIVITIES
Great
East Bottles & Drinks (China) Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries (the
“Company”) are a group of manufacturers producing beverage bottles which mainly
are made of PET, a type of plastic with desirable characteristic for packaging
including clear and wide range of color and shape, tough, good resistance to
heat, moisture and dilute acid. Beverage bottles are manufactured and sold in
the People’s Republic of China (“PRC” or “China”) for bottling of Carbonated
Soft Drinks (“CSD”) for world brands and these beverage bottles are referred to
as PET CSD bottles. . The Company also manufactures and
sells PET CSD preforms which are pre-production tubes made from PET resin that
can be placed by us or others into stretch blow-molding machines to make PET CSD
bottles.
At March
31, 2009, details of the Company’s subsidiaries are as follows:
Name
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Place
of
incorporation
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Effective
Ownership
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Principal
activities
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Citysky
Investment Holding Inc (“Citysky”)
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the
British Virgin Islands (“BVI”)
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100%
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Investment
holdings
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Great
East Packaging International Limited
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BVI
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100%
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Investment
holding
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Great
East Packaging (Nanjing) Limited
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BVI
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100%
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Investment
holding
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Great
East Packaging (Xian) Limited
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BVI
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100%
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Investment
holding
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Hangzhou
Great East Packaging Co., Limited
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PRC
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99%
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Production
of beverage bottles
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Nanjing
Great East Packaging Co., Limited
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PRC
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100%
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Production
of beverage bottles
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Xian
Great East Packaging Co., Limited
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PRC
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100%
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Production
of beverage bottles
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NOTE 2 – PRINCIPLES OF
CONSOLIDATION
The
unaudited interim financial statements of the Company and the Company’s
subsidiaries (see Note 1) for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and
2008 have been prepared pursuant to the rules & regulations of the SEC.
Certain information and disclosures normally included in financial statements
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules
and regulations, although the Company believes that the following disclosures
are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. All
significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The
functional currency for the majority of the Company’s operations is the Renminbi
(“RMB”), while the reporting currency is the US Dollar.
In the
opinion of management, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial
statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals,
necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position as of
March 31, 2009 and the results of its operations and cash flows for the three
months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008.
The
results of operations for the three months March 31, 2009 are not necessarily
indicative of the results for a full year period.
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NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(a)
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Cash
and Cash Equivalents
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The
Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with original
maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The Company maintains
bank accounts in Hong Kong and China through its wholly-owned
subsidiaries.
(b)
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Inventories
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Inventories
consisting of raw materials, work-in-progress, goods in transit and finished
goods are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Finished goods
are comprised of direct materials, direct labor and a portion of overheads.
Inventory costs are calculated using a weighted average, first in first out
(FIFO) method of accounting.
(c)
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Revenue
Recognition
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Revenue
represents the invoiced value of goods sold recognized upon the shipment of
goods to customers. Revenue is recognized when all of the following criteria are
met:
i)
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Persuasive
evidence of an arrangement exists,
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ii)
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Delivery
has occurred,
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iii)
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The
seller's price to the buyer is fixed or determinable,
and
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iv)
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Collectability
is reasonably assured.
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(d)
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Earnings
Per Share
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Basic
earnings per share is computed by dividing income available to common
shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during
the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed similar to basic earnings per
share except that the denominator is increased to include the number of
additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the potential
common shares had been issued and if the additional common shares were dilutive.
As of March 31, 2009 and 2008, there were no dilutive securities
outstanding.
(e)
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Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
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The
Company values its financial instruments as required by SFAS No. 157,
Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments. The estimated fair value
amounts have been determined by the Company, using available market information
or other appropriate valuation methodologies. However, considerable judgment is
required in interpreting market data to develop estimates of fair value.
Consequently, the estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that
could be realized or would be paid in a current market exchange.
As of
March 31, 2009, the Company’s financial instruments primarily consist of cash
and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other deposits and prepayments,
accounts payable, short-term bank loans, other payables and accruals, taxes
payable, and amount due to a related party. The estimated fair values
of the financial instruments as of the balance sheet date were not materially
different from their carrying values as presented, due to the short maturities
of these instruments and the fact that the interest rates on the borrowings
approximate those that would have been available for loans of similar remaining
maturity and risk profiles at respective period/year ends.
(f)
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Foreign
Currency Translation
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The
accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented in United States
Dollars (US$). The functional currency of the Company is the Renminbi (RMB).
Capital accounts of the condensed consolidated financial statements are
translated into United States dollars from RMB at their historical exchange
rates when the capital transactions occurred. Assets and liabilities are
translated at the exchange rates as of balance sheet date. Income and
expenditures are translated at the average exchange rate of the
year. The translation rates are as follows:
March
31, 2009
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December
31, 2008
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March
31, 2008
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Year
end RMB : US$ exchange rate
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0.1463 | 0.1458 | 0.1423 | |||||||||
Average
yearly RMB : US$ exchange rate
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0.1463 | 0.1446 | 0.1396 | |||||||||
On July
21, 2005, the PRC changed its foreign currency exchange policy from a fixed
RMB/US$ exchange rate into a flexible rate under the control of the PRC’s
government.
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The RMB
is not freely convertible into foreign currency and all foreign exchange
transactions must take place through authorized institutions. No
representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be,
converted into US$ at the rates used in translation.
(g)
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Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
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In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests
in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51 (“SFAS
160”), which addresses the accounting and reporting framework for noncontrolling
interests by a parent company. SFAS 160 also addresses disclosure requirements
to distinguish between interests of the parent and interests of the
noncontrolling owners of a subsidiary. The Company adopted SFAS 160 on
January 1, 2009. As a result the Company now reports noncontrolling
interest as a component of equity in its consolidated balance sheet and below
net (loss) income in its consolidated statement of operations. In addition, the
provisions of SFAS 160 require that minority interest be renamed noncontrolling
interest and that a company present a consolidated net income measure that
includes the amount attributable to such noncontrolling interests for all
periods presented. As required by SFAS 160, the Company has retrospectively
applied the presentation to all prior year balances presented.
Save as
the above, the Company does not expect that the adoption of the recent
accounting pronouncements will have a material impact on its financial
statements.
NOTE 4 – INVENTORIES,
NET
Inventories
consisting of raw materials and finished goods are stated at the lower of
weighted average cost or market value. Inventories are PET CSD bottles and its
raw material, PET, that is used to manufacture the PET CSD bottles.
Inventories
as of March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 are summarized as
follows:
As
of March 31, 2009
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As
of December 31, 2008
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Raw
materials
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$ | 872,034 | $ | 592,281 | ||||
Work-in-progress
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648,914 | 725,482 | ||||||
Finished
goods
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304,919 | 331,787 | ||||||
Goods-in-transit
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46,755 | - | ||||||
Less:
Provision for slow moving inventories
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(93,768 | ) | (93,768 | ) | ||||
Inventories,
net
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$ | 1,778,854 | $ | 1,555,782 | ||||
NOTE 5 – PROPERTY, PLANT AND
EQUIPMENT, NET
Property,
plant and equipment of the Company consist primarily of manufacturing facilities
and equipment owned and operated by the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries in
China. Property, plant and equipment as of March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008
are summarized as follows:
As
of March 31,
2009
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As
of December 31, 2008
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At
cost:
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Building
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$ | 2,319,262 | $ | 2,311,935 | ||||
Machinery
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34,824,172 | 33,405,303 | ||||||
Leasehold
improvement
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394,672 | 393,426 | ||||||
Office
equipment
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1,170,826 | 1,134,841 | ||||||
Transportation
vehicles
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749,067 | 746,700 | ||||||
Construction in
progress
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2,005,963 | 1,995,134 | ||||||
41,463,962 | 39,987,339 | |||||||
Less:
Accumulated depreciation
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$ | (19,230,084 | ) | $ | (18,665,235 | ) | ||
Property,
plant and equipment, net
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$ | 22,233,878 | $ | 21,322,104 | ||||
Depreciation
expense for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 was $505,740 and
$408,473, respectively.
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NOTE 6 – AMOUNT DUE TO A RELATED
PARTY
Due to a
related company consists of advances from Great East Packaging Holdings Limited
(“GEPH”) to the Company. GEPH is related to the Company because of the common
ownership with the sole shareholder of the Company.
NOTE 7 – BANK
LOANS
The
Company has entered into an arrangement with several banks to borrow funds on a
short term basis to purchase raw materials or finance the business operations of
the Company. Bank loans as of March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 included Hong
Kong Dollar (“HKD”) and RMB bank loans. The table below shows the amounts owed
by the Company to these banks along with the stated interest rate charged by
these banks.
Bank
loans of the Company as of March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were summarized
as follows:
Interest
rate
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Bank
loans balance
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Name
of banks
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As
of March
31, 2009
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As
of December
31,
2008
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As
of March
31, 2009
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As
of December
31, 2008
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Hang
Seng Bank
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7.750 | % | 7.750 | % | $ | 2,273,221 | $ | 2,338,544 | ||||||||
China
Construction Bank
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7.470 | % | 7.470 | % | 877,793 | 875,020 | ||||||||||
Industrial
and Commercial Bank of China
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7.920%
to
8.217%
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7.920%
to
8.217%
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1,287,431 | 1,283,363 | ||||||||||||
Bank
of Communications
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6.831 | % | 7.330 | % | 1,170,391 | 1,166,694 | ||||||||||
DBS
Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
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9.180 | % | 9.180 | % | 1,588,855 | 1,677,799 | ||||||||||
7,197,691 | 7,341,420 | |||||||||||||||
Less:
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Repayable
after one year but within two years
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(758,484 | ) | (740,304 | ) | ||||||||||||
Repayable
after two years but within five years
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(1,972,790 | ) | (2,056,504 | ) | ||||||||||||
Repayable
after five year
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(432,258 | ) | (537,838 | ) | ||||||||||||
Current
portion
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$ | 4,034,159 | $ | 4,006,774 | ||||||||||||
The
maturity dates for the above bank loans are summarized as follows:
Name
of banks
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Drawn
down currency
|
Due
date
|
Bank
loans balance
|
|||||||
As
of March
31, 2009
|
As
of December
31, 2008
|
|||||||||
Hang
Seng Bank
|
HKD
|
Feb
2015
|
$ | 1,130,251 | $ | 1,163,054 | ||||
Hang
Seng Bank
|
HKD
|
Mar
2015
|
1,142,970 | 1,175,490 | ||||||
China
Construction Bank
|
RMB
|
April
2009
|
877,793 | 875,020 | ||||||
Industrial
and Commercial Bank of China
|
RMB
|
Sept
2009
|
848,534 | 845,853 | ||||||
Industrial
and Commercial Bank of China
|
RMB
|
Sept
2009
|
438,897 | 437,510 | ||||||
Bank
of Communications
|
RMB
|
June
2009
|
1,170,391 | 1,166,694 | ||||||
DBS
Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
|
RMB
|
Nov
2012
|
1,588,855 | 1,677,799 | ||||||
$ | 7,197,691 | $ | 7,341,420 |
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All bank
loans were secured and guaranteed by the following:
Secured
by:
|
Building
and land use rights of the Company
|
Building
and land use rights of Nanjing Crystal Pines Beverages & Packaging Co.
Ltd., a related party
|
|
Guaranteed
by:
|
Directors
|
Mr.
Guy Chung
|
|
Mr.
Stetson Chung
|
|
Related
companies
|
|
Shanghai
Great East Packaging Co. Ltd.
|
|
Shenyang
Great East Packaging Co. Ltd.
|
|
Great
East Packaging Holdings Ltd.
|
|
Janwise
Limited
|
|
Great
East Packaging (Hong Kong) Limited
|
|
Bank loan
interest expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 were
$156,522 and $171,170, respectively.
NOTE 8 – TAX
(a) Corporation
Income Tax
The PRC
subsidiaries of the Company are registered as foreign investment enterprises.
Provision for PRC corporate income tax is calculated at 25% based on the
estimated assessable profits. BVI companies are not subjected to tax
in accordance with the relevant tax laws and regulations of the
BVI.
The
corporate income tax rates applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries for
the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008 are as follows:
Place
of incorporation
|
March
31,
2009
and 2008
|
||||
Citysky
Investment Holdings, Inc
|
BVI
|
0 | % | ||
Great
East Packaging (Nanjing) Limited
|
BVI
|
0 | % | ||
Great
East Packaging International Limited
|
BVI
|
0 | % | ||
Great
East Packaging (Xian) Limited
|
BVI
|
0 | % | ||
Hangzhou
Great East Packaging Co., Limited
|
PRC
|
25.0 | % | ||
Nanjing
Great East Packaging Co., Limited
|
PRC
|
25.0 | % | ||
Xian
Great East Packaging Co., Limited
|
PRC
|
25.0 | % | ||
The
actual and effective corporate income tax was 34.6% and 19.8% for the three
months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
For
the three months ended March 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||||
Amount
|
%
|
Amount
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
Net
income before provision for income taxes
|
$ | 691,612 | $ | 790,515 | ||||||||||||
Tax
at the applicable rate
|
237,211 | 34.3 | 213,439 | 27.0 | ||||||||||||
Tax
effect of tax exemption
|
- | - | (17,797 | ) | (2.2 | ) | ||||||||||
Tax
losses not recognized
|
23,684 | 3.4 | - | - | ||||||||||||
Tax
effect of income not subject to tax
|
(21,453 | ) | (3.1 | ) | (39,345 | ) | (5.0 | ) | ||||||||
TOTAL
|
$ | 239,442 | 34.6 | $ | 156,297 | 19.8 |
The
provisions for income taxes for each of the three months ended March 31, 2009
and 2008 are summarized as follows:
For
the three months ended March 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Current
|
$ | 239,442 | $ | 156,297 | ||||
Deferred
|
- | - | ||||||
TOTAL
|
$ | 239,442 | $ | 156,297 | ||||
There are
no timing differences between reported book or financial income and income
computed for income tax purposes. Therefore, the Company has made no
adjustment for deferred tax assets or liabilities.
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(a)
|
Value
Added Tax ("VAT")
|
In
accordance with the current tax laws in the PRC, the VAT for domestic sales is
levied at 17% on the invoiced value of sales and is payable by the purchaser.
The PRC subsidiaries of the Company are required to remit the VAT they collects
to the tax authority, but may offset these tax liabilities from the VAT for the
taxes that they have paid on eligible purchases. The VAT payable balance of
$204,098 and $429,237 at March 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively has
been accrued and reflected as taxes payable in the accompanying consolidated
balance sheets.
There is
no VAT under current tax laws in the BVI.
NOTE 9 – COMMON STOCK
The
Company has authorized 375,000,000 shares $0.01 par value of common stock and
has 40,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2009.
NOTE 10 – RELATED PARTY
TRANSACTIONS
In
addition to the transactions detailed elsewhere in these financial statements,
the Company entered into the following material transactions with GEPH for the
three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008:
For
the three months ended March 31,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Sale
of PET CSD bottles and materials
|
$ | 4,913,504 | $ | 1,611,956 | ||||
Purchase
of PET CSD bottles and materials
|
3,610,409 | 1,385,720 |
GEPH is
related to the Company because of the common ownership with the sole shareholder
of the Company.
In our
opinion, the above transactions were entered into by the Company in the normal
course of business.
NOTE 11 – CONTINGENCIES AND
COMMITMENTS
As of
March 31, 2009, Nanjing Great East Packaging Co., Limited and Xian Great East
Packaging Co., Limited, subsidiaries of the Company, had arranged three
non-cancelable operating leases with three third parties for their production
plants. The expected annual lease payments under these
operating leases are as follows:
|
||||
|
||||
2010
|
$ | 86,909 | ||
2011
|
21,069 | |||
2012
|
21,069 | |||
2013
|
15,802 | |||
TOTAL
|
$ | 144,849 | ||
NOTE 12 –
RECLASSIFICATIONS
Certain
prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to current period
presentation.
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ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATION
Note regarding
forward – looking statements
This
quarterly report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
federal securities laws. These include statements about our expectations,
beliefs, intentions or strategies for the future, which we indicate by words or
phrases such as "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "plan", "will", "we believe",
"the Company believes", "management believes" and similar language. The
forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the Company
and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those
set forth in the discussion under "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in this report. The actual
results may differ materially from results anticipated in these forward-looking
statements. We base the forward-looking statements on information currently
available to us, and we assume no obligation to update them.
Investors
are also advised to refer to the information in our filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, specifically Forms 10-K, 10-QSB and 8-K, in which we
discuss in more detail various important factors that could cause actual results
to differ from expected or historic results. It is not possible to foresee or
identify all such factors. As such, investors should not consider any list of
such factors to be an exhaustive statement of all risks and uncertainties or
potentially inaccurate assumptions.
Except as
otherwise indicated by the context, references in this Form 10-Q to “ “we”,
“us”, “our”, “the Registrant”, “our Company” or “the Company” are to Great East
Bottles and Drinks (China) Holdings, Inc., a Florida corporation and its
consolidated subsidiaries. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references
to (i) “BVI” are to British Virgin Islands; (ii) “PRC” and “China” are to the
People’s Republic of China; (iii) “U.S. dollar,” “$” and “US$” are to United
States dollars; (iv) “RMB” are to Yuan Renminbi of China; (v) “Securities Act”
are to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and (vi) “Exchange Act” are to
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Critical Accounting Policies
and Estimates
Our
financial statements and related public financial information are based on the
application of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
("US GAAP"). US GAAP requires the use of estimates; assumptions, judgments and
subjective interpretations of accounting principles that have an impact on the
assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses amounts reported. These estimates can
also affect supplemental information contained in our external disclosures
including information regarding contingencies, risk and financial condition. We
believe our use of estimates and underlying accounting assumptions adhere to
GAAP and are consistently and conservatively applied. We base our estimates on
historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be
reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may
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differ
materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We
continue to monitor significant estimates made during the preparation of our
financial statements.
We
believe the following is among the most critical accounting policies that impact
our consolidated financial statements. We suggest that our significant
accounting policies, as described in our consolidated financial statements in
the Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, be read in conjunction with this
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
We
recognize revenue in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin ("SAB") No. 104.
All of the following criteria must exist in order for us to recognize
revenue:
1.
Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists;
2.
Delivery has occurred;
3. The
seller's price to the buyer is fixed or determinable; and
4.
Collectability is reasonably assured.
The
majority of the Company's revenue results from sales contracts with direct
customers, and revenues are generated upon the shipment of goods. The Company's
pricing structure is fixed, and there are no rebate or discount programs.
Management conducts credit background checks for new customers as a means to
reduce the subjectivity of assuring collectability. Based on these factors, the
Company believes that it can apply the provisions of SAB 104 with minimal
subjectivity.
Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
The
Company does not expect that the adoption of any recent accounting
pronouncements will have any material impact on its financial
statements.
Results of Operations -
Three Months Ended March 31, 2009 as Compared to Three Months Ended March 31,
2008
The
following table summarizes the results of our operations during the three-month
period ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, and provides information regarding the
dollar and percentage increase or (decrease) from the three-month period ended
March 31, 2009 to the three-month period ended March 31, 2008.
Three
months ended March 31,
|
(Decrease)/
|
(Decrease)/
|
||||||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
Increase
|
%
Increase
|
|||||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ | 9,292,691 | $ | 5,737,843 | $ | 3,554,848 | 61.9 | % |
|
|||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
7,773,428 | 4,386,109 | 3,387,319 | 77.2 | % |
|
||||||||||||||
Gross
margin
|
1,519,263 | 1,351,734 | 167,529 | 12.4 | % |
|
||||||||||||||
General
and administrative
|
635,141 | 412,737 | 222,404 | 53.9 | % |
|
||||||||||||||
Sales
and distribution
|
10,423 | 10,057 | 366 | 3.6 | % | |||||||||||||||
Operating
income
|
873,699 | 928,940 | (55,241 | ) | (5.9 | )% | ||||||||||||||
Other
income
|
24,868 | 62,986 | (38,118 | ) | (60.5 | )% | ||||||||||||||
Bank
interest
|
143,668 | 145,186 | (1,518 | ) | (1.05 | ) % | ||||||||||||||
Other
interest expense
|
63,287 | 56,225 | 7,062 | 12.5 | % |
|
||||||||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
239,442 | 156,297 | 83,145 | 53.2 | % |
|
||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss) attributable to the noncontrolling interest
|
(289 | ) | 7,666 | (7,955 | ) | (103.7 | )% | |||||||||||||
Net
income attributable to the
Company
|
452,459 | 626,552 | (174,093 | ) | (27.8 | )% |
|
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Revenues
Revenue
represents sales of PET CSD bottles and PET CSD preforms . Revenue
recorded $9.3 million in the first quarter of 2009, compared to $5.7 million the
same period last year. There was a substantial increase in magnitude
in which sales of PET CSD preforms increased by $0.3 million to $4.4 million and
sales of preforms trading increased by $3.3 million to $4.9
million. The increase in sales of PET CSD bottles was mainly due to
the increase in demand of PET bottles in Nanjing from Coca-Cola, our major
customer.
Gross
margin
Gross
profit for first quarter 2009 was $1.5 million, a slight increase compared to
$1.4 million from the same period last year. However, the gross
profit margin dropped sharply to16% of revenues in the three months ended March
31, 2009 from 24% of revenues in the three months ended March 31,
2008. The decrease in gross profit margin was due to the change of
product mix as mentioned previously and the percentage of sales of low-profit
margin PET CSD preforms trading increased sharply (to 53% of revenue in the
first quarter of 2009 to 28% of revenue in the first quarter of
2008). Excluding PET CSD preforms , sales of PET CSD bottles recorded
a gross profit of $1.4 million and margin 32%, as compared to gross profit and
margin of $1.2 million and 29% in the first quarter of 2008.
Sales and
marketing
Sales and
marketing expenses were maintained at $10,423 in the first
quarter 2009 as compared to $10,057 in the same period 2008 . We
implemented cost control measures on our sales team’s travelling and
entertainment expenses in the year of 2008, which we will continue to monitor in
2009.
General
and administrative
General
and administrative expenses increased from $412,737 in the first quarter of 2008
to $635,141 for the same period 2009, representing an increase of $222,404 or
53.9%. The increase was mainly due to accruing certified officers’ salary and
benefits as well as relevant accountancy and auditing fees for US filings in
2009 and 2008.
Bank
interest expenses
Bank
interest decreased by $1,518 or 1.05% from $145,186 for the first
quarter of 2008 to $143,668 for the same period 2009. The slight decrease was
mainly due to the downward adjustment of interest rates during the
period.
Other
interest expenses
Other
interest increased by $7,062 or 12.5% from $56,225 for the first quarter of 2008
to $63,287 for the same period 2009. The increase was mainly due to greater
interest expenses for funds supported by a related company.
Net
income attributable to the Company
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Net
income for the first quarter ended 2009 was $452,459 as compared to $626,552 in
the same period 2008. The decrease was mainly attributable to the
accrued certified officers’ salary and benefits as well as US filing
professional fees in 2009 and 2008.
Liquidity and Capital
Resources
Cash
Our cash
balance at March 31, 2009 was $222,650, representing a increase of
$101,544 or 83.8%, compared with our cash balance of $121,106 as at March 31,
2008. The cash balances are comparable between the two balance sheet dates. The
cash is mainly used to fund our operations.
Cash
flow
Operating
Activities
Net cash
inflows from operating activities during the three months ended March 31, 2009
amounted to $1,939,236, representing an increase in inflow of $ 5,391,201
compared with net cash outflows from operating activities of $3,451,965 in the
same period of 2008. The increase in cash inflow was primarily due to
repayment from our related companies as well as increase
in normal deferred payments to suppliers during the period ended March 31,
2009.
Investing
Activities
Net cash
outflow from investing activities increased from $86,181 for the first quarter
ended 2008 to $1,350,015 for the same period of 2009, representing a increase of
1466.5%. The significant increase in net cash outflows from investing activities
was mainly attributable to payments made for purchases of
new injection machines in Nanjing production lines .
Financing
Activities
Net cash
flow used in financing activities was $528,426 for the first quarter of 2009,
representing an decrease of $3,792,180 or 116.2% over the net cash inflow of
$3,263,754 recorded in the same period of 2008. The change was due to advances
from related companies in respect of purchasing new injection machine in Nanjing
production lines and the decrease in our loan drawn down and increase in pledged
deposits required by bank detailed in NOTE 12 of our financial statements for
period ended March 31, 2009.
Working
capital
Our
working capital decreased by $3,894,931 to $21,828 at March 31, 2009 from
$3,916,759 at March 31, 2008, primarily due to the increase in normal deferred
payments to suppliers and distributors , increase in capital expenditure paid on
behalf of a related company and repayment of bank short term loans in the first
quarter of 2009.
We
currently generate our cash flow through production and sales of PET CSD bottles
and PET CSD preforms in China. We believe that our cash flow generated from
operations will be sufficient to sustain operations for at least the next 12
months. There is no identifiable expansion plan as of March 31, 2009, but from
time to time, we may identify new expansion opportunities for which there will
be a need for use of cash.
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Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements
We do not
have any off balance sheet arrangements
Inflation
Inflation
has not had a material impact on our business and we do not expect inflation to
have an impact on our business in the near future
Currency Exchange
Fluctuations
All of
the Company’s revenues and a majority of its expenses in the three months ended
March 31, 2009 were denominated in Renminbi (“RMB”), the currency of China, and
were converted into US dollars at the exchange rate of 6.835 to 1. In the third
quarter of 2005, the Renminbi began to rise against the US dollar. There can be
no assurance that RMB-to-U.S. dollar exchange rates will remain stable. A
devaluation of RMB relative to the U.S. dollar would adversely affect our
business, consolidated financial condition and results of operations. We do not
engage in currency hedging.
ITEM
3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are
exposed to various market risks arising from adverse changes in market rates and
prices, such as foreign exchange fluctuations and interest rates, which could
impact our results of operations and financial position. We do not currently
engage in any hedging or other market risk management tools, and we do not enter
into derivatives or other financial instruments for trading or speculative
purposes.
Foreign Currency Exchange
Rate Risk
Fluctuations
in the rate of exchange between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies,
primarily the Chinese Renminbi, could adversely affect our financial results.
During the quarter ended March 31, 2009, approximately all of our sales are
denominated in foreign currencies. We expect that foreign currencies will
continue to represent a similarly significant percentage of our sales in the
future. Selling, marketing and administrative costs related to these sales are
largely denominated in the same respective currency, thereby mitigating our
transaction risk exposure. We therefore believe that the risk of a significant
impact on our operating income from foreign currency fluctuations is not
substantial. However, for sales not denominated in U.S. dollars, if there is an
increase in the rate at which a foreign currency is exchanged for U.S. dollars,
it will require more of the foreign currency to equal a specified amount of U.S.
dollars than before the rate increase. In such cases and if we price our
products in the foreign currency, we will receive less in U.S. dollars than we
did before the rate increase went into effect. If we price our products in U.S.
dollars and competitors price their products in local currency, an increase in
the relative strength of the U.S. dollar could result in our price not being
competitive in a market where business is transacted in the local
currency.
All of
our sales denominated in foreign currencies are denominated in the Chinese
Renminbi. Our principal exchange rate risk therefore exists between the U.S.
dollar and this currency. Fluctuations from the beginning to the end of any
given reporting period result in the re-measurement of our foreign
currency-denominated receivables and payables, generating currency transaction
gains or losses that impact our non-operating income/expense levels in the
respective period and are reported in other (income) expense, net in our
combined consolidated financial statements. We do not currently hedge our
exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. We may, however, hedge
such exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations in the
future.
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Interest Rate
Risk
Changes
in interest rates may affect the interest paid (or earned) and therefore affect
our cash flows and results of operations. However, we do not believe that this
interest rate change risk is significant.
Inflation
Inflation
has not had a material impact on the Company's business in recent
years.
Currency Exchange
Fluctuations
All of
the Company's revenues are denominated in Chinese Renminbi, while its expenses
are denominated primarily in Chinese Renminbi ("RMB"). The value of the
RMB-to-U.S. dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among
other things, changes in political and economic conditions. Since 1994, the
conversion of RMB into foreign currencies, including U.S. dollars, has been
based on rates set by the People's Bank of China, which are set daily based on
the previous day's inter-bank foreign exchange market rates and current exchange
rates on the world financial markets. Since 1994, the official exchange rate for
the conversion of RMB to U.S. dollars had generally been stable and RMB had
appreciated slightly against the U.S. dollar. However, on July 21, 2005, the
Chinese government changed its policy of pegging the value of RMB to the U.S.
dollar. Under the new policy, RMB may fluctuate within a narrow and managed band
against a basket of certain foreign currencies. Recently there has been
increased political pressure on the Chinese government to decouple the RMB from
the United States dollar. At the recent quarterly regular meeting of People's
Bank of China, its Currency Policy Committee affirmed the effects of the reform
on RMB exchange rate. Since February 2006, the new currency rate system has been
operated; the currency rate of RMB has become more flexible while basically
maintaining stable and the expectation for a larger appreciation range is
shrinking. The Company has never engaged in currency hedging operations and has
no present intention to do so.
Concentration of Credit
Risk
Credit
risk represents the accounting loss that would be recognized at the reporting
date if counterparties failed completely to perform as contracted.
Concentrations of credit risk (whether on or off balance sheet) that arise from
financial instruments exist for groups of customers or counterparties when they
have similar economic characteristics that would cause their ability to meet
contractual obligations to be similarly affected by changes in economic or other
conditions as described below:
1.
|
The
Company's business is characterized by new product and service development
and evolving industry standards and regulations. Inherent in the Company's
business are various risks and uncertainties, including the impact from
the volatility of the stock market, limited operating history, uncertain
profitability and the ability to raise additional
capital.
|
2.
|
Approximately
100% of the Company's revenue is derived from China. Changes in laws and
regulations, or their interpretation, or the imposition of confiscatory
taxation, restrictions on currency conversion, devaluations of currency or
the nationalization or other expropriation of private enterprises could
have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and
financial condition.
|
3.
|
If
the Company is unable to derive any revenues from China, it would have a
significant, financially disruptive effect on the normal operations of the
Company.
|
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|
ITEM
4T. CONTROLS AND
PROCEDURES
|
Evaluation of disclosure
controls and procedures
Our Chief
Executive Officer and acting Chief Financial Officer ("Certifying Officers")
maintain a system of disclosure controls and procedures that is designed to
provide reasonable assurance that information, which is required to be
disclosed, is accumulated and communicated to management timely. Under the
supervision and with the participation of management, our Certifying Officers
evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act)
within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report. Based upon that
evaluation, our Certifying Officers concluded that our disclosure controls and
procedures are ineffective .
Changes in internal
controls
Our
Certifying Officers have indicated that there were significant changes in our
internal controls or other factors that could significantly affect such controls
subsequent to the date of their evaluation, and there were such control actions
with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
Sarbanes – Oxley Act
404 compliance
The
Company will establish an audit committee within the next nine months in 2009
with a view to complying with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by
the required date for smaller reporting companies and it is in the process of
reviewing its internal control systems in order to comply with Section 404 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. However, at this time the Company makes no
representation that its systems of internal control comply with Section 404 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
ITEM
1. LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
None.
ITEM
1A RISK
FACTORS
Risks Related to Our
Business
Our
expansion strategy may not be proven successful.
One of
our key strategies to grow our business is to aggressively expand our production
capacity. We will need to engage in various forms of capacity expansion
activities at corporate level, and of production activities at operational level
in order to carry out our plans. Therefore, the Company’s proposed operations
are subject to all of the risks inherent in the unforeseen costs and expenses,
challenges, complications and delays frequently encountered in connection with
the formation of any new business, as well as those risks that are specific to
the bottled water industry in general. Despite our best efforts, we may never
overcome these obstacles to financial success. There can be no assurance that
the Company’s efforts will be successful or result in revenue or profit, or that
investors will not lose their entire investment
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Supplying
PET CSD bottles and PET CSD preforms to beverage and service companies
constitutes a major portion of our revenue. Any delays in delivery may affect
our sales, damage our long-term relationship with our client, and even incur
penalty.
Sales
made to beverage and service companies account for a large portion of our total
sales. Recently, our production capacity is at more than 95%. If we fail to
deliver the goods to those companies on time, we may run into a risk of damaging
our long-term relationship with those clients.
Our
results of operations may fluctuate due to seasonality.
Our sales
are subject to seasonality. For example, we typically experience higher sales of
bottled water in summer time in coastal cities while the sales remain constant
throughout the entire year in some inland cities. In general, we believe our
sales will be higher in the second and third quarter of the year when the
weather is hot and dry, and lower in the fourth and first quarter of the year
when the weather is cold and wet. Sales peak during the months from June to
September. Sales can also fluctuate during the course of a financial year for a
number of other reasons, including weather conditions and the timing of
advertising and promotional campaigns. As a result of these reasons, our
operating results may fluctuate. In addition, the seasonality of our results may
be affected by other unforeseen circumstances, such as production interruptions.
Due to these fluctuations, comparison of sales and operating results between the
same periods within a single year, or between different periods in different
financial years, are not necessarily meaningful and should not be relied on as
indicators of our performance.
Increases
in raw material prices that we are not able to pass on to our some of our
customers would reduce our profit margins
The
principal raw materials we use in our production are subject to a high degree of
price volatility caused by external conditions like price fluctuations of PET
raw materials-the byproducts of oil, which account for a significant portion of
our product cost. We cannot guarantee that the price we pay for our raw
materials will be stable in the future. Price changes to our raw materials may
result in unexpected increases in production, packaging and distribution costs.
We may be unable to increase the prices of our final products to offset these
increased costs to some of our customers for instance, Pepsi, and therefore may
suffer a reduction to our profit margins. We do not currently hedge against
changes in our raw material prices.
We
face increasing competition from both domestic and foreign companies, which may
affect our market share and profit margin.
The PET
bottles industry in China is highly competitive, and we expect it to continue to
become even more competitive. Our ability to compete against these enterprises
is, to a significant extent, dependent on our ability to distinguish our
products from those of our competitor by providing high quality products at
reasonable prices that appeal to consumers. Some of our competitors may have
been in business longer than we have, may have substantially greater financial
and other resources than we have and may be better established in their markets.
Our competitors in any particular market may also benefit from raw material
sources or production facilities that are closer to such markets, which provide
them with competitive advantages in terms of costs and proximity to
consumers.
We cannot
assure you that our current or potential competitors will not provide products
comparable or superior to those we provide or adapt more quickly than we do to
evolving industry trends or changing market requirements. It is also possible
that there will be significant consolidation in the PET bottle industry among
our competitors, alliances may develop among competitors and these alliances may
rapidly acquire significant market share. Furthermore, competition may lead
competitors to substantially increase their advertising expenditures and
promotional activities or to engage in irrational or predatory pricing behavior.
We also cannot assure you that third parties will not actively engage in
activities, whether legal or illegal, designed to undermine our brand name and
product quality or to influence consumer confidence in
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our
product. Increased competition may result in price reductions, reduced margins
and loss of market share, any of which could materially adversely affect our
profit margin. We cannot assure you that we will be able to compete effectively
against current and future competitors.
Changes
in the existing laws and regulations or additional or stricter laws and
regulations on environmental protection in China may cause us to incur
significant capital expenditures, and we cannot assure that we will be able to
comply with any such laws and regulations.
We carry
on our business in an industry that is subject to PRC environmental protection
laws and regulations. These laws and regulations require enterprises engaged in
manufacturing and construction that may cause environmental waste to adopt
effective measures to control and properly dispose of waste gases, waste water,
industrial waste, dust and other environmental waste materials, as well as fee
payments from producers discharging waste substances. Fines may be levied
against producers causing pollution. If failure to comply with such laws or
regulations results in environmental pollution, the administrative department
for environmental protection can levy fines. If the circumstances of the breach
are serious, it is at the discretion of the central government of the PRC
including all governmental subdivisions to cease or close any operation failing
to comply with such laws or regulations. There can also be no assurance that
operation will fail to comply with such laws or regulations. There can also be
no assurance that the PRC government will not change the existing laws or
regulations or impose additional or stricter laws or regulations, compliance
with which may cause us to incur significant capital expenditure, which we may
be unable to pass on to our customers through higher prices for our products. In
addition, we cannot assure that we will be able to comply with any such laws and
regulations.
We
may not successfully manage our growth.
Our
success will depend upon the expansion of our operations and the effective
management of our growth, which will place a significant strain on our
management and administrative, operational, and financial resources. To manage
this growth, we must expand our facilities, augment our operational, financial
and management systems, and hire and train additional qualified personnel. If we
are unable to manage our growth effectively, our business would be
harmed.
We
rely on key executive officers. Their knowledge of our business and technical
expertise would be difficult to replace.
We were
founded in 1994 by Mr. Chung A San Guy. Since then, Mr. Stetson Chung, the son
of Mr. Chung A San Guy and our highly experienced senior management team has
developed us into a large scale PET bottle production company. Stetson Chung,
together with other senior management, has been the key driver of our strategy
and has been fundamental to our achievements to date. The successful management
of our business is, to a considerable extent, dependent on the services of
Stetson Chung and other senior management. The loss of the services of any key
management employee or failure to recruit a suitable or comparable replacement
could have a significant impact upon our ability to manage our business
effectively and our business and future growth may be adversely
affected.
The
concentrated ownership of our common stock may have the effect of delaying or
preventing a change in control of our Company.
Our
directors, officers, key personnel and their affiliates as a group beneficially
own a majority of our outstanding common stock. As a result, these stockholders
will be able to continue to exercise significant influence over all matters
requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and approval
of mergers, acquisitions and other significant corporate
transactions.
Because
our assets and operations are located outside the United States and a majority
of our officers and directors are non-United States citizens living outside of
the United States, investors may experience difficulties in attempting to
enforce judgments based upon United States federal securities
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laws
against us and our directors. United States laws and/or judgments might not be
enforced against us in foreign jurisdictions.
All of
our operations are conducted through subsidiary corporations organized and
located outside of the United States, and all the assets of our subsidiaries are
located outside the United States. In addition, all of our officers and
directors are foreign citizens. As a result, it may be difficult or impossible
for U.S. investors to enforce judgments made by U.S. courts for civil
liabilities against our operating entities or against any of our individual
directors or officers. In addition, U.S. investors should not assume that courts
in the countries in which our subsidiaries are incorporated or where the assets
of our subsidiaries are located (i) would enforce judgments of U.S. courts
obtained in actions against us or our subsidiary based upon the civil liability
provisions of applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws or (ii) would
enforce, in original actions, liabilities against us or our subsidiary based
upon these laws.
Because
we became public by means of a “reverse merger”, we may not be able to attract
the attention of major brokerage firms.
Additional
risks may exist since we will become public through a “reverse merger.”
Securities analysts of major brokerage firms may not provide coverage of us
since there is little incentive to brokerage firms to recommend the purchase of
our common stock. No assurance can be given that brokerage firms will want to
conduct any secondary offerings on behalf of our company in the
future.
There
is not now, and there may not ever be, an active market for our common
stock.
There
currently is no market for our common stock. Further, although our common stock
may be quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, trading of our common stock may be
extremely sporadic. For example, several days may pass before any shares may be
traded. There can be no assurance that a more active market for the common stock
will develop.
We
cannot assure you that the common stock will become liquid or that it will be
listed on a securities exchange.
We plan
to list our common stock on the American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Capital
Market as soon as practicable. However, we cannot assure you that we will be
able to meet the initial listing standards of either of those or of any other
stock exchange, or that we will be able to maintain any such listing. Until the
common stock is listed on an exchange, we expect that it would be eligible to be
quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, another over-the-counter quotation system, or
in the “pink sheets.” In those venues, however, an investor may find it
difficult to obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of the common
stock. In addition, if we failed to meet the criteria set forth in SEC
regulations, various requirements would be imposed by law on broker-dealers who
sell our securities to persons other than established customers and accredited
investors. Consequently, such regulations may deter broker-dealers from
recommending or selling the common stock, which may further affect its
liquidity. This would also make it more difficult for us to raise additional
capital.
We
have never paid dividends.
We have
never paid cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate paying any
for the foreseeable future.
Our
common stock is considered a “penny stock.”
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The SEC
has adopted regulations which generally define “penny stock” to be an equity
security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to
specific exemptions. The market price of our common stock is less than $5.00 per
share and therefore is a “penny stock.” Broker and dealers effecting
transactions in “penny stock” must disclose certain information concerning the
transaction, obtain a written agreement from the purchaser and determine that
the purchaser is reasonably suitable to purchase the securities. These rules may
restrict the ability of brokers or dealers to sell our common stock and may
affect your ability to sell shares. In addition, if our common stock is quoted
on the OTC Bulletin Board as anticipated, investors may find it difficult to
obtain accurate quotations of the stock, and may find few buyers to purchase
such stock and few market makers to support its price.
Risks relating to doing
business in China
Substantially
all of our business assets are located in China, and substantially all of our
sales is derived from China. Accordingly, our results of operations, financial
position and prospects are subject to a significant degree to the economic,
political and legal development in China.
We
derive a substantial portion of ours sales from China
Substantially
all of our sales are generated from China. We anticipated that sales of our
products in China will continue to represent a substantial proportion of our
total sales in the near future. Any significant decline in the condition of the
PRC economy could adversely affect consumer buying power and reduce consumption
of our products, among other things, which in turn would have a material adverse
effect on our business and financial condition.
Our
inability to diversify our operations may subject us to economic fluctuations
within our industry.
Our
limited financial resources reduce the likelihood that we will be able to
diversify our operations. Our probable inability to diversify our activities
into more than one business area will subject us to economic fluctuations within
the bottle industry and therefore increase the risks associated with our
operations.
Our
ability to implement our planned development is dependent on many factors,
including the ability to receive various governmental permits.
In
accordance with PRC laws and regulations, we are required to maintain various
licenses and permits in order to operate our business at each of our production
facilities including, without limitation, hygiene permits and industrial
products production permits. We are required to comply with applicable hygiene
and food safety standards in relation to our production processes. Failure to
pass these inspections, or the loss of or suspend some or all of our production
activities, could disrupt our operations and adversely affect our
business.
The
Company faces the risk that changes in the policies of the Chinese government
could have a significant impact upon our ability to sustain our growth and
expansion strategies.
Since
1978, the PRC government has promulgated various reforms of its economic system
and government structure. These reforms have resulted in significant economic
growth and social progress for China in the last two decades. Many of the
reforms are unprecedented or experimental, and such reforms are expected to be
modified from time to time. Although we cannot predict whether changes in
China’s political, economic and social conditions, laws, regulations and
policies will have any materially adverse effect on our current or future
business, results of operation or financial condition.
Our
ability to continue to expand our business is dependent on a number of factors,
including general economic and capital market conditions in China and credit
availability from banks and other lenders in
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China.
Recently, the PRC government has implemented various measures to control the
rate of economic growth and tighten its monetary policies. Slower economic
growth rate may in turn have an adverse effect on our ability to sustain the
growth rate we have historically achieved due to the aggregate market demand for
consumer goods like bottles.
Failure
to comply with the State Administration of
Foreign Exchange regulations relating to the establishment of offshore special
purpose companies by PRC residents may adversely affect our business
operations.
On
October 21, 2005, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange issued a new
public notice which became effective on November 1, 2005. The notice requires
PRC residents to register with the local State Administration of Foreign
Exchange branch before establishing or controlling any company, referred to in
the notice as a “special purpose offshore company”, outside of China for the
purpose of capital financing. PRC residents who are shareholders of a special
purpose offshore company established before November 1, 2005 were required to
register with the local State Administration of Foreign Exchange Branch. Our
beneficial owners need to comply with the relevant the State Administration of
Foreign Exchange requirements in all material respects in connection with our
investments and financing activities. If such beneficial owners fail to comply
with the relevant the State Administration of Foreign Exchange requirements,
such failure may subject the beneficial owners to fines and legal sanctions and
may also adversely affect our business operations.
Our
production operations and capacity are likely to be adversely affected by the
earthquake in Xian that occurred in the middle of 2008.
An
earthquake occurred in Xian, China in the middle of 2008. The earthquake could
adversely affect GEBD production operations and capacity. It is likely to take
time to recover GEBD’s production operations and capacity.
None
ITEM
3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR
SECURITIES
None
None
On
January 1, 2009, Mr. Michael Tam was officially named as the Chief Financial
Officer of the Company. Mr. Tam officially began his employment with
the Company on November 24, 2008. Mr. Tam obtained his Diploma in
Accountancy from the Hong Kong Shue Yan College in 1985. Mr. Tam also
holds an MBA from Murdoch University in Perth, Australia. Mr. Tam is
a Fellow from the National Institute of Accountants, only one of three
recognized accountancy bodies in Australia. Mr. Tam worked at a Hong Kong listed
petrochemical company for over fifteen (15) years.
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In
addition, the board has appointed Eddie Yue as Chief Operating Officer and Mr.
Kwong Kwok Yan as Chief Marketing Officer.
ITEM
6. EXHIBITS
31.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer filed pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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31.2
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Certification
of Acting Principal Accounting Officer filed pursuant to Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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32.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
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32.2
|
Certification
of Acting Principal Accounting Officer furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
of 2002
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SIGNATURES
In
accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
GREAT
EAST BOTTLES & DRINKS (CHINA) HOLDINGS, INC.
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Dated:
May 10, 2009.
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/s/
Stetson Chung
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Stetson
Chung
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer, President, and
Director
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been
signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
GREAT
EAST BOTTLES & DRINKS (CHINA) HOLDINGS, INC.
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|
Dated:
May 10, 2009.
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/s/
Michael Tam
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Michael
Tam
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|
Chief
Financial Officer
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