IDEANOMICS, INC. - Quarter Report: 2009 September (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
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For the
quarterly period ended September 30, 2009
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
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For the
transition period from __________ to __________
Commission
File Number: 000-19644
China
Broadband, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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20-1778374
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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incorporation
or organization)
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1900
Ninth Street, 3rd Floor
Boulder,
Colorado 80302
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(303)
449-7733
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
(Former
name, former address and former fiscal year if changed since last
report)
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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
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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
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chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
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by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
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Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date: 64,433,033 shares as of November 20,
2009.
QUARTERLY
REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
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CHINA BROADBAND, INC.
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THE PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
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Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This
Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking” statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. You can identify these statements by the use of forward-looking
words such as "may", "will", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "believe",
"continue", or other similar words. You should read statements that contain
these words carefully because they discuss our future expectations, contain
projections of our future results of operations or financial condition or state
other "forward-looking" information. We believe that it is important to
communicate our future expectations to our investors. However, these
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual
results may differ materially from the expectations that are expressed, implied
or forecasted in any such forward-looking statements. There may be events in the
future that we are unable to accurately predict or control, including weather
conditions and other natural disasters which may affect demand for our products,
and the product–development and marketing efforts of our competitors. Examples
of these events are more fully described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2008 under Part I. Item 1A. Risk
Factors.
Unless
required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise. However, readers should carefully review the reports
and documents the Company files from time to time with the SEC, particularly its
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Annual Report on Form 10-K , Current Reports on
Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports.
References
References to the “PRC” or “China”
are to the People’s Republic of China. Unless otherwise noted, all currency
figures are in U.S. dollars. All references to U.S. dollar amounts herein which
relate to operations or revenues from the PRC have been converted into U.S.
dollars based on the applicable exchange rates.
References
to "yuan" or "RMB" are to the Chinese yuan, which is also known as the renminbi.
Unless otherwise specified, the words “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our,” refer
collectively to China Broadband, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary in the Cayman
Islands, China Broadband, Ltd., and Beijing China Broadband Network Technology,
a wholly foreign owned entity formed under the laws of the PRC, which is
commonly referred to herein as our Wholly Foreign Owned Entity “WFOE” and, each
of their respective subsidiary businesses in the PRC.
China
Broadband, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
September 30,
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December 31,
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2009
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2008
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(Unaudited)
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ASSETS
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Current
assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ | 1,941,266 | $ | 4,425,529 | ||||
Marketable
equity securities
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67,608 | 254,496 | ||||||
Accounts
receivable
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168,710 | 136,709 | ||||||
Inventory
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778,674 | 877,309 | ||||||
Prepaid
expense
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118,144 | 46,380 | ||||||
Loan
receivable
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280,033 | - | ||||||
Amounts
due from shareholders
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634,687 | - | ||||||
Other
current assets
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68,509 | 153,277 | ||||||
Total
current assets
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4,057,631 | 5,893,700 | ||||||
Property
and equipment, net
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7,782,344 | 9,299,473 | ||||||
Intangible
assets, net
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5,949,610 | 4,218,758 | ||||||
Other
assets
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355,093 | 692,911 | ||||||
Total
assets
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$ | 18,144,678 | $ | 20,104,842 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$ | 1,250,452 | $ | 1,237,251 | ||||
Accrued
expenses
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1,562,637 | 936,134 | ||||||
Deferred
revenue
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1,646,868 | 1,382,103 | ||||||
Convertible
notes payable
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304,853 | - | ||||||
Loan
payable
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398,937 | - | ||||||
Payable
to Shandong Media
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145,679 | 145,679 | ||||||
Payable
to Jinan Parent
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152,259 | 2,795,472 | ||||||
Other
current liabilities
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130,192 | 72,013 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
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5,591,877 | 6,568,652 | ||||||
Convertible
notes payable
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4,639,879 | 4,564,427 | ||||||
Deferred
tax liability
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746,577 | 790,617 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
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10,978,333 | 11,923,696 | ||||||
Committments
and Contingencies
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Shareholders'
equity
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Preferred
stock, $.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and
outstanding
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Common
stock, $.001 par value; 95,000,000 shares authorized, 64,433,033 and
50,585,455 issued and outstanding
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64,434 | 50,586 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
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15,574,274 | 13,372,358 | ||||||
Accumulated
deficit
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(14,742,111 | ) | (12,200,287 | ) | ||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
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351,428 | 320,858 | ||||||
Total
shareholders' equity
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1,248,025 | 1,543,515 | ||||||
Noncontrolling
interests
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5,918,319 | 6,637,631 | ||||||
Total
equity
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7,166,344 | 8,181,146 | ||||||
Total
liabilities and equity
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$ | 18,144,678 | $ | 20,104,842 |
See notes
to consolidated financial statements.
China
Broadband, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
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Nine Months Ended
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September 30,
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September 30,
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September 30,
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2009
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2008
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Revenue
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$ | 2,106,454 | $ | 1,880,806 | $ | 6,045,381 | $ | 3,937,439 | ||||||||
Cost
of revenue
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1,541,084 | 949,299 | 3,817,881 | 1,845,354 | ||||||||||||
Gross
profit
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565,370 | 931,507 | 2,227,500 | 2,092,085 | ||||||||||||
Selling,
general and adminstrative expenses
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800,198 | 582,085 | 2,259,003 | 1,393,999 | ||||||||||||
Professional
fees
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154,350 | 141,785 | 454,390 | 447,201 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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854,218 | 768,951 | 2,527,268 | 2,210,481 | ||||||||||||
Loss
from operations
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(1,243,396 | ) | (561,314 | ) | (3,013,161 | ) | (1,959,596 | ) | ||||||||
Interest
& other income / (expense)
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Settlement
gain
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- | - | - | 1,300,692 | ||||||||||||
Interest
income
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721 | 16,300 | 6,105 | 35,426 | ||||||||||||
Interest
expense
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(93,085 | ) | (89,333 | ) | (270,133 | ) | (256,776 | ) | ||||||||
Gain
(loss) on sale of securities
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15,807 | - | (14,828 | ) | 17,498 | |||||||||||
Other
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(12,883 | ) | 349 | (13,159 | ) | (12,779 | ) | |||||||||
Loss
before income tax
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(1,332,836 | ) | (633,998 | ) | (3,305,176 | ) | (875,535 | ) | ||||||||
Income
tax benefit
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14,680 | 6,433 | 44,040 | 19,299 | ||||||||||||
Net
loss
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(1,318,156 | ) | (627,565 | ) | (3,261,136 | ) | (856,236 | ) | ||||||||
Net
loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
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(335,066 | ) | (80,734 | ) | (719,312 | ) | (368,272 | ) | ||||||||
Net
loss attributable to shareholders
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$ | (983,090 | ) | $ | (546,831 | ) | $ | (2,541,824 | ) | $ | (487,964 | ) | ||||
Net
loss per share
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Basic
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$ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | ||||
Diluted
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$ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | ||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding
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Basic
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64,104,665 | 50,416,266 | 58,951,679 | 50,262,731 | ||||||||||||
Diluted
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64,104,665 | 50,416,266 | 58,951,679 | 50,262,731 |
See notes
to consolidated financial statements.
China
Broadband, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
for
the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
(Unaudited)
Accumulated
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Additional
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Other
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Common
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Paid-in
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Accumulated
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Comprehensive
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Comprehensive
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Value
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Capital
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Deficit
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Income(loss)
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Total
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Loss
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Balance
December 31, 2008
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50,585,455 | $ | 50,586 | $ | 13,372,358 | $ | (12,200,287 | ) | $ | 320,858 | $ | 1,543,515 | ||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued in lieu of convertible
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note
interest
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592,680 | 593 | 193,281 | - | - | 193,874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock
option expense
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- | - | 33,655 | - | - | 33,655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued for AdNet acquisition
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11,254,898 | 11,255 | 1,676,980 | - | - | 1,688,235 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
issued for cash
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2,000,000 | 2,000 | 298,000 | - | - | 300,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
loss:
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Net
loss
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- | - | - | (2,541,824 | ) | - | (2,541,824 | ) | $ | (2,541,824 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustments
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- | - | - | - | 28,128 | 28,128 | 28,128 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
loss on marketable equity securities
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- | - | - | - | 2,442 | 2,442 | 2,442 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Balance
September 30, 2009
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64,433,033 | $ | 64,434 | $ | 15,574,274 | $ | (14,742,111 | ) | $ | 351,428 | $ | 1,248,025 | $ | (2,511,254 | ) |
See notes
to consolidated financial statements.
China
Broadband, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Nine
Months Ended
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September
30,
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September
30,
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2008
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Cash
flows from operating
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Net
loss
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$ | (3,261,136 | ) | $ | (856,236 | ) | ||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating
activities
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Stock
compensation expense
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227,528 | 218,137 | ||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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2,325,238 | 2,210,481 | ||||||
Noncash
interest expense
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75,452 | 72,688 | ||||||
Deferred
income tax
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(44,040 | ) | (19,299 | ) | ||||
Loss
(gain) on sale of marketable equity securities
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14,828 | (17,498 | ) | |||||
Settlement
gain
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- | (1,300,692 | ) | |||||
Change
in assets and liabilities, net of amounts assumed in AdNet
acquisition:
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Accounts
receivable
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(32,000 | ) | 105,992 | |||||
Inventory
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98,635 | (239,660 | ) | |||||
Prepaid
expenses and other assets
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(62,192 | ) | 33,763 | |||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
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834,550 | 431,247 | ||||||
Deferred
revenue
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264,765 | 98,824 | ||||||
Other
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(9 | ) | (73,580 | ) | ||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
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441,619 | 664,167 | ||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
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Cash
acquired in AdNet acquisition
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17,568 | - | ||||||
Proceeds
from sale of marketable equity securities
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174,513 | 339,998 | ||||||
Acquisition
of property and equipment
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(554,727 | ) | (1,566,948 | ) | ||||
Loan
to Shandong Media shareholder
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(553,004 | ) | (242,155 | ) | ||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
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(915,650 | ) | (1,469,105 | ) | ||||
Cash
flows from financing activities
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Proceeds
from sale of equity securities
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300,000 | - | ||||||
Proceeds
from issuance of convertible notes payable
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304,853 | 4,850,000 | ||||||
Issuance
costs associated with private placement and convertible
notes
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- | (104,500 | ) | |||||
Receipts
from (payments to) Jinan Parent
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(2,643,213 | ) | 240,489 | |||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities
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(2,038,360 | ) | 4,985,989 | |||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash
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28,128 | 478,094 | ||||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
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(2,484,263 | ) | 4,659,145 | |||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
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4,425,529 | 472,670 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
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$ | 1,941,266 | $ | 5,131,815 | ||||
Supplemental Cash Flow
Information:
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Value
assigned to shares issued as penalty for non-registration of 7%
convertible notes
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$ | - | $ | 12,125 | ||||
Value
assigned to shares issued in lieu of cash for interest
expense
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$ | 193,873 | $ | 183,598 | ||||
Acquisition of AdNet Media
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Fair
value of assets acquired
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$ | 43,489 | $ | - | ||||
Liabilities
assumed
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$ | 262,273 | $ | - | ||||
Consideration
paid: issuance of 11,254,898 shares of common
stock
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$ | 1,688,235 | $ | - | ||||
Convertible Note Issuance
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Convertible
notes issued in lieu of debt issuance costs
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$ | - | $ | 121,250 |
See notes
to consolidated financial statements.
CHINA
BROADBAND, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Basis of
Presentation
China
Broadband, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“China Broadband”, “we,” “us,” or “the
Company”) owns and operates in the media segment through its subsidiaries in the
People’s Republic of China (“PRC” or “China”) (i) a cable broadband business
(Jinan Broadband), (ii) a print based media and television programming guide
publication (Shandong Newspaper) and (iii) a provider of multimedia advertising
content to internet cafés (AdNet Media).
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The
principal activities of the Company are to provide cable and wireless
broadband services, principally internet services, Internet Protocol Point
wholesale services, related network equipment rental and sales, and fiber
network construction and maintenance through its Jinan Broadband
subsidiary based in the Jinan region of
China.
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(ii)
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We
operate a print based media and television programming guide publication
business through our Shandong Newspaper joint venture based in the
Shandong Province of China, effective as of July 1, 2008. The
results of which are included in our financial statements as of July
2008.
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We
operate a business whose primary focus is the delivery of multimedia
advertising content to internet cafés in the PRC, effective as of April 7,
2009, the results of which are included in our financial statements
as of April 2009.
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The
accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been
prepared by the Company in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America for interim financial reporting on a
basis consistent with those reflected in our fiscal 2008 Annual Report on Form
10-K/A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but does not include
all the disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles.
These interim financial statements are unaudited and, in the opinion of
management, include all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments
and accruals, which are necessary for a fair presentation of results for the
respective interim periods presented. The results of operations for the
interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be
expected for the full year or for any future period.
The
financial statements of the Company were filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on November 23, 2009. We have evaluated subsequent events up to the
time of the filing.
2. Accounting
Policy Changes
The
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Accounting Standards
Codification (ASC) effective for financial statements issued for interim and
annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The ASC is an
aggregation of previously issued authoritative U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles (GAAP) in one comprehensive set of guidance organized by
subject area. In accordance with the ASC, references to previously
issued accounting standards have been replaced by ASC
references. Subsequent revisions to GAAP will be incorporated into
the ASC through Accounting Standards Updates (ASU).
On
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted ASC 805, Business Combinations, and
ASC 810, Consolidation. ASC
805 requires an acquirer to measure the identifiable assets acquired, the
liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at their
fair values on the acquisition date, with goodwill being the excess value over
the net identifiable assets acquired. Further, it requires
transaction costs to be expensed. These costs were previously treated
as costs of the acquisition.
ASC 810
requires us to classify noncontrolling interests in a subsidiary as part of
consolidated net income and to include the accumulated amount of noncontrolling
interests as part of total equity. The net loss amounts we have
previously reported are now presented as “Net loss attributable to
shareholders”. The calculation of earnings per share continues to be
based on income amounts attributable only to shareholders. Similarly,
in our presentation of total equity, we distinguish between equity amounts
attributable to shareholders and amounts attributable to the noncontrolling
interests (previously classified as minority interest outside of shareholders’
equity).
3. Going Concern and Management’s
Plans
The
unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the
Company will continue as a going concern and, accordingly, do not include any
adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. The
Company's independent registered public accounting firm's report on the
financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2008, contained
an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company's ability to continue as a going
concern.
By July
of 2009, the Company completed (i) a private financing of 5%
Convertible Promissory Notes for gross proceeds of approximately $305,000 and
(ii) a private financing of 2,000,000 shares of restricted Common Stock, par
value $.001 of the Company (the “Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $.15 per
share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $300,000. See financial
statement note 5 below for a description of these transactions. As
part of the Convertible Note financing we were required to reduce the conversion
price of existing notes held by the investors.
Management
plans to continue its efforts to raise additional funds through debt or equity
offerings. The Company continues to evaluate what type of offering
the Company will use, how much capital the Company will raise and which company
it will merge with or acquire. There is no guarantee that the Company
will be able to raise any capital through any type of offerings or merge with or
acquire any other companies.
4. Acquisition
of AdNet
Effective
as of April 7, 2009, China Broadband, through its wholly owned subsidiary China
Broadband, Ltd., a Cayman Islands company (“China Broadband Cayman”) completed
the acquisition (the “AdNet Acquisition”) of Wanshi Wangjing Media Technologies
(Beijing) Co., Ltd., a/k/a Adnet Media Technologies (Beijing) Co., Ltd., a
recently organized PRC based company (“AdNet”) pursuant to a Share Issuance
Agreement (the “AdNet Agreement”) between the Company, China
Broadband Cayman, AdNet and its 10 shareholders (inclusive of its two
executives, Ms. Priscilla Lu and Mr. Wang Yingqinee Michael Wang).
Pursuant
to the terms of the AdNet Agreement, among other provisions, China Broadband
issued 11,254,898 shares of its common stock, par value, $.001 per share (the
“Broadband Shares”) to the AdNet shareholders, in exchange for 100% of the
equity ownership of AdNet (the “AdNet Shares”) and cash consideration of
$100,000. The acquisition of AdNet resulted in the ownership by AdNet
shareholders of 15% of China Broadband’s common stock on a fully diluted basis
(exclusive of certain notes and warrants). The Company has recorded a
$1,900,000 intangible asset related to the acquisition. The Company
expects to complete its valuation of the assets acquired (principally the
license arrangements and proprietary technology) in the acquisition in the near
term. Upon completion of the valuation, fair values are expected
to be assigned to the definite live intangibles acquired.
The AdNet
Agreement provides for, among other provisions, that in the event that China
Broadband becomes delinquent with its reporting obligations pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), such that the
former AdNet shareholders are not able to sell their Broadband Shares under the
exemptions provided under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) for
greater than 30 days, then China Broadband will be required to issue 67,777
additional shares to the AdNet shareholders for each 30 day period that the
delinquency is not cured, up to an aggregate maximum of 677,777 additional
shares.
As part
of the terms of the AdNet Acquisition, and to facilitate our subsidiary’s
ownership and control over AdNet under PRC law, we loaned AdNet $100,000
pursuant to a Loan Agreement and Equity Option Agreement. All of the
shares of AdNet are held by a trustee/nominee appointed by the Company to act as
directed by the Company pending an exercise or conversion under the Equity
Option Agreement.
AdNet
holds an Internet Content Provider (“ICP”) license and is in the business of
providing delivery of multimedia advertising content to internet cafés in
China. AdNet currently services over 39,000 cafés and is licensed to
operate in 28 provinces in the PRC. AdNet maintains servers in five data centers
located in the Chinese cities of Wuhan, Wenzhou, Yantai, Yunan, with a master
distribution server in Tongshan. Partnering with a local
advertisement agency, AdNet provides a network for tens of thousands of daily
video advertisement insertions to entertainment content traffic (movies, music,
video, and games).
5. Private
Financings, June 2009
Issuance of Convertible Notes, June
2009
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company completed a private
financing of 5% Convertible Promissory Notes (the “Notes”) for gross proceeds of
approximately $305,000 (the “Note Offering”). The Note Offering was
pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) with nine
persons who were existing holders (the “Note Investors”) of Convertible
Promissory Notes issued in January of 2008 (the “January 2008 Notes”), pursuant
to which the Company issued approximately $305,000 principal amount of Notes to
the Note Investors at face value. The Notes accrue interest at 5% per
year payable quarterly in cash or stock, are initially convertible at $.20 per
share, and become due and payable in full on May 27, 2010. The
Company did not pay any placement agent or similar fees in connection with the
Note Offering.
Equity
Financing; Issuance of Common Stock
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and pursuant to a Securities Purchase
Agreement with three investors, the Company completed a private financing of
2,000,000 shares of restricted Common Stock, par value $.001 of the Company (the
“Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $.15 per share, for aggregate gross
proceeds of $300,000 (the “Equity Financing”). The company did not
pay any placement agent or similar fees in connection with such
financing.
Waiver
Letters
In
connection with the Note Offering and the Equity Financing, the Company entered
into a waiver letter (the “Waiver Letter”) with all the holders of January 2008
Notes (“Existing Note Holders”), pursuant to which, among other things, the
conversion price of the January 2008 Notes were reduced from $.75 per share to
(i) $.20 per share (i.e. the same conversion price as the Notes in the Note
Offering) for the Existing Note Holders that invested in the Notes (i.e. the
Note Investors), and (ii) $.25 per share for those Existing Note Holders that
did not reinvest in the new notes. All of the Existing Note Holders
waived certain anti dilution adjustments in respect of the contemplated Equity
Financing or in respect of their Warrants which were issued to them in
connection with the January 2008 Notes, which warrants remain exercisable at
$.60 per share.
The
Company also agreed, pursuant to the Waiver Letter, that if it raises capital in
excess of $10,000,000 and up to $20,000,000 it will repay the January 2008
Notes, on a pari pasu
basis based on principal amount outstanding, a minimum of 12.5% of the net
proceeds raised and, that if it is successful in raising over $20,000,000, it
will repay the January 2008 Notes, on a pari pasu basis based on
principal, a minimum aggregate of 15.0% of the net proceeds raised, until repaid
in full.
6. Convertible Notes, January
2008
On
January 11, 2008 the Company entered into and consummated the Subscription
Agreement with ten accredited investors with respect to the issuance of an
aggregate of $4,971,250 principal amount of January 2008 Notes due
January 11, 2013, and Class A Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 6,628,333
shares of common stock of the Company at $.60 per share expiring on June 11,
2013. The conversion price of these January 2008 Notes was originally $.75 per
share and, in June of 2009 in connection with a subsequent financing with these
investors, reduced to $.20 per share (see “Private Financings; June 2009 –
Waiver Letters” above).
7. Settlement
Agreement
On
January 11, 2008, simultaneously with the closing of the convertible January
2008 Notes described above in Note 6, the Company entered into a
Settlement Agreement (“Settlement Agreement”) which was negotiated by the
Company, its advisors and management and certain shareholders, for purposes of
facilitating the Company’s business plan and expediting and facilitating the
Company’s financing activities and avoiding disputes between management and
certain investors and consultants concerning possible claims that such investors
suggested might be brought against these principals for their activities in
forming and operating China Cablecom and its entry into a merger agreement as
being violative of their employment agreements with the Company. The
Settlement Agreement provided, subject to the terms thereof, for general mutual
releases of all executives and management and their affiliated entities and also
provided for the modification of employment agreements of both, Mr. Clive Ng,
our Chairman and Mr. Yue Pu, our Vice Chairman and former Chief Financial
Officer. The Settlement Agreement also required the transfer of
390,000 Cablecom Holding shares held by Mr. Ng to the Company and to certain of
the Company’s shareholders and consultants in exchange for releases in favor of
the Company and management and their affiliates.
The
following represents the details of the net gain the Company recognized as a
result of the Settlement Agreement during the nine month period ending September
30, 2008 which is classified within “Interest and other income
(expense)” in the accompaning Statement of Operations:
Fair
value of Cablecom Holding Shares received
|
$ | 2,515,500 | ||
Waiver
of accrued compensation
|
212,054 | |||
Warrant
extensions
|
(1,426,862 | ) | ||
Net
gain
|
$ | 1,300,692 |
8. Interest
Expense and Share Issuance
In
connection with the Convertible Notes issued in January 2008 and June 2009 as
described above in Notes 5 and 6, during the three months ended September 30,
2009 and 2008 the Company incurred $93,000 and $89,000 in interest expense
related to these Notes and Warrants, respectively. During the nine
months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 the Company incurred $269,000 and
$256,000 in interest expense related to these Notes and Warrants,
respectively.
As set
forth in the related documents and with the consent of the Note holders, the
Company issued 592,677 and 244,799 shares to the Note holders in lieu of cash of
approximately $194,000 and $184,000 for interest in the nine month periods ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
9. Fair
Value Measurements
Accounting
standards require the categorization of financial assets and liabilities, based
on the inputs to the valuation technique, into a three-level fair value
hierarchy. The various levels of the fair value hierarchy are described as
follows:
|
·
|
Level 1 —
Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted
quoted market prices for identical assets and liabilities in an active
market that we have the ability to
access.
|
|
·
|
Level 2 —
Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on quoted prices
in markets that are not active or model inputs that are observable for
substantially the full term of the asset or
liability
|
|
·
|
Level 3 —
Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on prices or
valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and
significant to the overall fair value
measurement.
|
Accounting
standards require the use of observable market data, when available, in making
fair value measurements. When inputs used to measure fair value fall within
different levels of the hierarchy, the level within which the fair value
measurement is categorized is based on the lowest level input that is
significant to the fair value measurement.
The
following table presents the fair value hierarchy for those assets measured at
fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2009:
|
Fair Value Measurements
|
|||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
|||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||
Available-for-sale
securities
|
$
|
67,608
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
The
carrying value of the available-for-sale securities at September 30, 2009 was
$67,608.
10. Related
Party Transactions
Loan
Receivable
During
2009, the Company advanced an aggregate of approximately $280,000 in the
form of a loan to Music Magazine to fund its operations. The loan is unsecured,
interest free and has no fixed repayment terms. Music Magazine is
related through Modern Movie Times Magazine.
Amounts
due from Shareholders
Amounts
due from shareholders include $91,000 advanced to Shandong Broadcast & TV
Weekly Press and $543,000 advanced to Modern Movie & TV Biweekly
Press. Both companies are our partners in our Shandong Media joint venture
company. The amount due from Shandong Broadcast & TV Weekly Press
is unsecured, interest free and has no fixed repayment terms. The
amount due from Modern Movie & TV Biweekly Press is unsecured, interest free
and is due on December 31, 2009 (previously June 30, 2009). During
the period ended September 30, 2009, the Company advanced approximately $553,000
to the shareholders.
Payable
to Jinan Parent
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2009, Jinan Broadband paid $2,643,000 to
Jinan Parent. At September 30, 2009, $152,000 remains due
to Jinan Parent. The advance is unsecured, interest free and has no
fixed repayment terms.
11. Variable
Interest Entities
Financial
accounting standards require the “primary beneficiary” of a VIE to include the
VIE’s assets, liabilities and operating results in its consolidated financial
statements. In general, a VIE is a corporation, partnership,
limited-liability company, trust or any other legal structure used to conduct
activities or hold assets that either (a) has an insufficient amount of equity
to carry out its principal activities without additional subordinated financial
support, (b) has a group of equity owners that are unable to make significant
decisions about its activities, or (c) has a group of equity owners that do not
have the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive returns generated
by its operations.
Our
consolidated VIEs were recorded at fair value on the date we became the primary
beneficiary. Our VIEs at September 30, 2009 include Jinan Broadband
and Shandong Newspaper.
12. Stock
Based Compensation
In March
2008, the board of directors of the company approved the China Broadband, Inc.
2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), pursuant to which options or other
similar securities may be granted. Qualified or Non-qualified Options to
purchase up to 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock may be issued
under the Plan. The Plan may also be administered by an independent committee of
the board of directors. Through September 30, 2009, 317,500 options
have been issued under the plan.
The
following table provides the details of the total stock based compensation for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008:
Three Months Ended
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
September 30,
|
September 30,
|
September 30,
|
September 30,
|
|||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Stock
option amortization
|
$ | - | $ | - | $ | 33,656 | $ | 22,414 | ||||||||
Stock
issued as non registration penalty
|
- | - | - | 12,000 | ||||||||||||
$ | - | $ | - | $ | 33,656 | $ | 34,414 |
The
Company accounts for its stock option awards pursuant to the provisions of ASC
718, Stock
Compensation.
The fair
value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the
Black-Scholes option valuation model. The Company recognizes the fair value of
each option as compensation expense ratably using the straight-line attribution
method over the service period, which is generally the vesting period. The
Black-Scholes model incorporates the following assumptions:
|
·
|
Expected
volatility - the Company estimates the volatility of common stock at the
date of grant using historical
volatility.
|
|
·
|
Expected
term - the Company estimates the expected term of options granted based on
a combination of vesting schedules, term of the option and historical
experience.
|
|
·
|
Risk-free
interest rate - the Company estimates the risk-free interest rate using
the U.S. Treasury yield curve for periods equal to the expected term of
the options in effect at the time of
grant.
|
|
·
|
Dividends
- the Company uses an expected dividend yield of zero. The
Company intends to retain any earnings to fund future operations and,
therefore, does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the
foreseeable future.
|
There
were no stock options issued during the nine month period ending September 30,
2009. As of September 30, 2009, there were 317,500 options
outstanding with 162,500 options exercisable at a weighted average exercise
price of $0.62 with a weighted average remaining life of 6.1 years.
As of
September 30, 2009 the Company had total unrecognized compensation expense
related to options granted of $35,000 which will be recognized over a remaining
service period of 2 years.
13. Warrants
In
connection with the Company’s Share Exchange, capital raising efforts in 2007
and the Company’s January 2008 Financing of Convertible Notes and Class A
Warrants, the Company issued warrants to investors and service providers to
purchase common stock of the Company at a fixed exercise price and for a
specified period of time. The following table outlines the warrants
outstanding as of September 30, 2009:
Number of
|
|||||||||
Warrants
|
Exercise
|
Expiration
|
|||||||
Name
|
Issued
|
Price
|
Date
|
||||||
Share
Exchange Consulting Warrants
|
4,474,800 | $ | 0.60 |
1/11/2013
|
|||||
2007
Private Placement Broker Warrants
|
640,000 | $ | 0.60 |
1/11/2013
|
|||||
2007
Private Placement Investor Warrants
|
4,000,000 | $ | 2.00 |
1/11/2013
|
|||||
January
2008 Financing Class A Warrants
|
6,628,333 | $ | 0.60 |
6/11/2013
|
|||||
January
2008 Financing Broker Warrants
|
1,131,667 | $ | 0.50 |
6/11/2013
|
|||||
16,874,800 |
14. Income Taxes
In June
2006, the FASB issued ASC 740,
Income Taxes. ASC 740 is intended to clarify the accounting
for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in a company’s financial statements
and prescribes the recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or
expected to be taken in a tax return. ASC 740 also provides guidance
on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim
periods, disclosure and transition.
Under ASC
740, evaluation of a tax position is a two-step process. The first step is to
determine whether it is more-likely-than-not that a tax position will be
sustained upon examination, including the resolution of any related appeals or
litigation based on the technical merits of that position. The second step is to
measure a tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not threshold to
determine the amount of benefit to be recognized in the financial statements. A
tax position is measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than
50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement.
Tax
positions that previously failed to meet the more-likely-than-not recognition
threshold should be recognized in the first subsequent period in which the
threshold is met. Previously recognized tax positions that no longer meet the
more-likely-than-not criteria should be de-recognized in the first subsequent
financial reporting period in which the threshold is no longer met.
At
September 30, 2009, Company’s management considered that the Company had no
uncertain tax positions that affected its consolidated financial position and
results of operations or cash flow, and will continue to evaluate for the
uncertain position in future. There are no estimated interest costs and
penalties provided in the Company’s financial statements for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009.
The
Company is subject to a 5% business tax on the business income of our operating
companies located in China.
Deferred
taxes are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to temporary
differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial
statement purposes and income tax purposes using enacted rates expected to be in
effect when such amounts are realized or settled. The effect on
deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period
that includes the enactment date. The
income tax benefit for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009
and 2008 results from changes in calculated deferred taxes, in particular
liabilities associated with intangible assets. Deferred tax assets associated
with net operating losses have a full valuation allowance recorded against
them.
15. Reclassifications
Certain
prior year information has been reclassified to be comparable with the current
year presentation, principally due to the adoption of ASC 810, Consolidation.
16. Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In July
2009, the FASB issued the Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification”),
which became the single source of authoritative generally accepted accounting
principles (GAAP) in the United States, other than rules and interpretive
releases issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The
Codification is a reorganization of current GAAP into a topical format that
eliminates the current GAAP hierarchy and instead establishes two levels of
guidance – authoritative and non-authoritative. All
non-grandfathered, non-SEC accounting literature that is not included in the
Codification will become non-authoritative. All references to
authoritative accounting literature in our financial statements are referenced
in accordance with the Codification. There were no changes to the
content of our financial statements or disclosures as a result of implementing
the Codification.
In
October 2009, the FASB issued amendments to the criteria for separating
consideration in multiple-deliverable arrangements. These amendments
will establish a selling price hierarchy for determining the selling price of a
deliverable. The amendments will require that a vendor determine its
best estimate of selling price in a manner that is consistent with that used to
determine the price to sell the deliverable on a standalone
basis. These amendments will eliminate the residual method of
allocation and require that arrangement consideration be allocated at the
inception of the arrangement to all deliverables using the relative selling
price method. These amendments will expand disclosures related to
vendor’s multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements. These amendments
will be effective for arrangements entered into after January 1,
2011. We are currently evaluating the impact these amendments will
have on our consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
17.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill
and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are not amortized, but are
tested for impairment at least annually. Goodwill represents the excess of the
purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and identifiable
intangible assets acquired in each business combination.
Determining
the fair value of a reporting unit requires the use of significant estimates and
assumptions, including revenue growth rates, discount rates and future market
conditions, among others. Goodwill and other long-lived assets are reviewed for
impairment whenever events, such as significant changes in the business climate,
changes in product and service offerings, or other circumstances indicate that
the carrying amount may not be recoverable.
The
Company continues to amortize its service agreement, publication rights,
operating permits and customer relationships that have finite lives. Intangibles
acquired in the AdNet acquisition will be amortized over the estimated useful
lives of the assets acquired upon finalization of the valuation of such
assets.
Estimated
amortization expense of intangibles for the years ending December 31, 2009
through 2013 is as follows:
Year
|
Annual
Amortization
|
|||
2009
(three months)
|
$ | 59,000 | ||
2010
|
235,000 | |||
2011
|
235,000 | |||
2012
|
235,000 | |||
2013
|
235,000 | |||
Note
18 – Net Loss Per Common Share
Basic net
loss per common share is calculated by dividing the net loss by the weighted
average number of outstanding common shares during the period. Diluted net loss
per common share includes the weighted average dilutive effect of stock options
and warrants.
Potential
common shares outstanding as of September 30, 2009 and 2008:
Warrants
|
16,874,800
|
|||
Options
|
327,500
|
For each
of the three months and none month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
the number of securities not included in the diluted EPS because the effect
would have been anti-dilutive was 17,202,300.
Note
19 – Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
Comprehensive
income/(loss) consists of the following:
Three
Months Ended
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|||||||||||||||
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss attributable to shareholders
|
$ | (983,090 | ) | $ | (546,831 | ) | $ | (2,541,824 | ) | $ | (487,964 | ) | ||||
Other
comprehensive income:
|
||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation adjustments
|
6,407 | 29,831 | 28,128 | 478,096 | ||||||||||||
Unrealized
gain (loss) on available-for-sale
securities
|
38,735 | (1,564,000 | ) | 2,442 | (1,394,000 | ) | ||||||||||
Comprehensive
loss
|
$ | (937,948 | ) | $ | (2,081,000 | ) | $ | (2,511,254 | ) | $ | (1,403,868 | ) |
The
following is a discussion and analysis of our results of operations and should
be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related
notes for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 contained in this Form
10-Q. The following is also necessarily subject to, and we
incorporate herein, the forward looking statements disclosure provided in the
forepart to this Form 10-Q as well as Risk Factors discussed
therein as can be found in our Form 10-K/A for the year ended
December 31, 2008, all of which should be considered. These forward looking
statements are afforded the safe harbor protections of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
Overview
We operate in the media segment,
through our VIE subsidiaries in the PRC, a cable broadband business based
in the Jinan region of China (“Jinan Broadband”) and a television programming
guide publication business joint venture (“Shandong Media”) in the Shandong
Province of China. Accordingly, our principal activities are
providing cable and wireless broadband and print based media and television
programming guide services in the PRC. In April 2009 we acquired an
internet café content provider and advertising business in the PRC (AdNet Media)
(See “Recent Developments” below).
Recent
Developments
As
described below, during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 we completed
(i) a private financing of 5% Convertible Promissory Notes (the “Notes”) for
gross proceeds of $304,902 (the “Note Offering”) and (ii) a private financing of
2,000,000 shares of restricted Common Stock, par value $.001 of the Company (the
“Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $.15 per share, for aggregate proceeds
of $300,000 (the “Equity Financing”) and simultaneously entered into a waiver
letter agreement with certain note-holders as more fully described
below. See “Private Financings” in this section
below. In April of 2007, we also completed our acquisition,
through our wholly owned subsidiary, of AdNet Medeia Technologies(Beijing) Co.,
Ltd., a PRC based company providing advertising marketing to internet café users
in the PRC.
Laketune
China Broadband, Inc.,
through its wholly owned subsidiary, China Broadband, Ltd., entered into a non
binding memorandum of understanding to acquire 51% of Laketune Technologies, a
joint venture partnership company with the State Administration of Radio Film
& Television (SARFT) entity WASU (Hangzhou Digital) in the People’s Republic
of China (the “PRC”). The completion of this joint venture is subject
to a number of conditions. In connection therewith, the Company
distributed an information research sheet relating to the Company’s businesses
and the broadband business in the PRC which generally contains certain research
and information relating to the broadband business in the PRC (the “Information
Sheet”). A copy of this Information Sheet can be found in the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 26, 2009.
Completion
of Acquisition of AdNet
Effective
as of April 7, 2009, China Broadband, through its wholly owned subsidiary China
Broadband, Ltd., a Cayman Islands company (“China Broadband Cayman”) completed
the acquisition (the “AdNet Acquisition”) of Wanshi Wangjing Media Technologies
(Beijing) Co., Ltd., a/k/a AdNet Media Technologies (Beijing) Co., Ltd., a
recently organized PRC based company (“AdNet”) pursuant to a Share Issuance
Agreement (the “AdNet Agreement”) between the Company, China Broadband Cayman,
AdNet and its 10 shareholders (inclusive of its two executives, Ms. Priscilla Lu
and Mr. Wang Yingqi nee Michael Wang). As part of the acquisition,
and, among other provisions, Ms. Priscilla Lu was appointed to the China
Broadband board of directors.
AdNet
holds an Internet Content Provider (“ICP”) license and is in the business of
providing delivery of multimedia advertising content to internet cafés in
China. AdNet currently services over 39,000 cafés and is licensed to
operate in 28 provinces in the PRC. AdNet maintains servers in five data centers
located in the Chinese cities of Wuhan, Wenzhou, Yantai, Yunan, with a master
distribution server in Tongshan. Partnering with a local
advertisement agency, AdNet provides a network for tens of thousands of daily
video advertisement insertions to entertainment content traffic (movies, music,
video, and games).
Results
of Operations
China
Broadband’s operating results reflect the operating results of our VIE
subsidiary, Jinan Broadband, our Shandong Media joint venture and our recently
acquired business of AdNet Media. Through WFOE, we acquired a 51% interest in
Jinan Broadband effective April 1, 2007, a 50% interest in the Shandong
Media joint venture effective July 1, 2008 and 100% interest in AdNet Media
effective April 7, 2009.
The following table presents for the
periods indicated the results of the Company’s operations.
3 Months Ended
|
Amount
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
September 30,
|
September 30,
|
Increase /
|
Increase /
|
|||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
(Decrease)
|
(Decrease)
|
|||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ | 2,106,000 | $ | 1,881,000 | $ | 225,000 | 12 | % | ||||||||
Cost
of revenue
|
1,541,000 | 949,000 | 592,000 | 62 | % | |||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
565,000 | 932,000 | (367,000 | ) | -39 | % | ||||||||||
Selling,
general and adminstrative expenses
|
800,000 | 582,000 | 218,000 | 37 | % | |||||||||||
Professional
fees
|
155,000 | 142,000 | 13,000 | 9 | % | |||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
854,000 | 769,000 | 85,000 | 11 | % | |||||||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(1,244,000 | ) | (561,000 | ) | (683,000 | ) | 122 | % | ||||||||
Interest
& other income / (expense)
|
||||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
1,000 | 16,000 | (15,000 | ) | -94 | % | ||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(93,000 | ) | (89,000 | ) | (4,000 | ) | 4 | % | ||||||||
Gain
on sale of securities
|
16,000 | - | 16,000 | - | ||||||||||||
Other
|
(13,000 | ) | - | (13,000 | ) | - | ||||||||||
Net
loss before income tax
|
(1,333,000 | ) | (634,000 | ) | (699,000 | ) | 110 | % | ||||||||
Income
tax benefit
|
15,000 | 6,000 | 9,000 | 150 | % | |||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(1,318,000 | ) | (628,000 | ) | (690,000 | ) | 110 | % | ||||||||
Net
loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
(335,000 | ) | (81,000 | ) | (254,000 | ) | 314 | % | ||||||||
Net
loss attributable to shareholders
|
$ | (983,000 | ) | $ | (547,000 | ) | $ | (436,000 | ) | 80 | % |
9 Months Ended
|
Amount
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
September
30,
|
September
30,
|
Increase
/
|
Increase
/
|
|||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
(Decrease)
|
(Decrease)
|
|||||||||||||
Revenue
|
$ | 6,045,000 | $ | 3,937,000 | $ | 2,108,000 | 54 | % | ||||||||
Cost
of revenue
|
3,818,000 | 1,845,000 | 1,973,000 | 107 | % | |||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
2,227,000 | 2,092,000 | 135,000 | 6 | % | |||||||||||
Selling,
general and adminstrative expenses
|
2,259,000 | 1,394,000 | 865,000 | 62 | % | |||||||||||
Professional
fees
|
454,000 | 447,000 | 7,000 | 2 | % | |||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
2,527,000 | 2,210,000 | 317,000 | 14 | % | |||||||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(3,013,000 | ) | (1,959,000 | ) | (1,054,000 | ) | 54 | % | ||||||||
Interest
& other income / (expense)
|
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Settlement
gain
|
- | 1,301,000 | (1,301,000 | ) | -100 | % | ||||||||||
Interest
income
|
6,000 | 35,000 | (29,000 | ) | -83 | % | ||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(270,000 | ) | (257,000 | ) | (13,000 | ) | 5 | % | ||||||||
(Loss)
gain on sale of securities
|
(15,000 | ) | 17,000 | (32,000 | ) | -188 | % | |||||||||
Other
|
(13,000 | ) | (13,000 | ) | - | 0 | % | |||||||||
Net
loss before income tax
|
(3,305,000 | ) | (876,000 | ) | (2,429,000 | ) | 277 | % | ||||||||
Income
tax benefit
|
44,000 | 19,000 | 25,000 | 132 | % | |||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(3,261,000 | ) | (857,000 | ) | (2,404,000 | ) | 281 | % | ||||||||
Net
loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
(719,000 | ) | (368,000 | ) | (351,000 | ) | 95 | % | ||||||||
Net
loss attributable to shareholders
|
$ | (2,542,000 | ) | $ | (489,000 | ) | $ | (2,053,000 | ) | 420 | % |
Comparison of Three Months
Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
Revenues
Our
revenues are generated by our operating companies in the PRC.
Revenues for the three months ended
September 30, 2009 totaled $2,106,000, as compared to $1,881,000 for the three
months ended September 30, 2008, an increase in revenue of approximately
$225,000, or 12%.
Jinan
Broadband’s revenue consists primarily of sales to our PRC based Internet
consumers, cable modem consumers, business customers and other internet and
cable services of $1,170,000, an increase of $9,000, or 1% as compared to
revenues of $1,161,000 for the three months ended 2008.
Shandong
Media’s revenue consists primarily of sales of publications and advertising
revenues of $934,000, an increase of $214,000 or 30% as compared to revenues of
$720,000 for the three months ended 2008. The increase is primarily
attributable to increases in advertising revenues. (For a description
of the Shandong Media joint venture, see “Shandong Media Joint Venture and
Shandong Newspaper Cooperation Agreement”, below).
AdNet
Media is an early stage company that started operations during the first quarter
of 2009. AdNet Media’s revenue is expected to consist primarily of
advertising revenue and video service fees. Advertising revenues will
be generated from advertisers who participate in an ad platform developed by
AdNet which is accessed through internet cafés. Video service fees
are expected to be generated from the internet café or agent who uses our online
video services which includes movies, music, videos and games. For
the three months ended September 30, 2009, revenues totaled
$2,000. AdNet Media’s revenues were not included in our operating
results during the third quarter of 2008 (For a description of the AdNet Media
acquisition, see “Completion
of Acquisition of AdNet”, above).
Gross
Profit
Our gross profit for the three months
ended September 30, 2009 was $565,000, as compared to $932,000 for the three
months ended September 30, 2008. The decrease in
gross profit of approximately $367,000 or 39% is primarily comprised of $415,000
decrease from our Jinan Broadband operations offset by $52,000 increase from our
Shandong Media operations. The decrease in gross profit attributable
to Jinan Broadband was primarily due to increases in cable network connection
costs, telecom bandwith costs and charges associated with the write down of
switches and other consumer related parts held in inventory.
Gross profit as a percentage of revenue
was 27% for the three months ended September 30, 2009, as compared to 50% for
the three months ended September 30, 2008.
Selling,
General and Administrative Expenses
Our
selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended
September 30, 2009 increased approximately $218,000 to $800,000, as compared to
$582,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2008. The increase
is primarily attributable to the inclusion of our AdNet Media acquisition in
April 2009 along with increased personnel and marketing expenses at our Shandong
Media company.
Salaries and personnel costs are the
major component of selling, general and administrative expenses. For
the three months ended September 30, 2009, salaries and personnel costs
accounted for 60% of our selling, general and administrative
expenses. During the 2009 period, salaries and personnel costs
totaled $459,000, an increase of $148,000 or 57% as compared to $311,000 for the
2008 period. The increase in salaries and personnel costs is
primarily attributable to the inclusion of our AdNet Media acquisition in April
2009 along with increased personnel costs at our Shandong Media
company.
We expect our selling, general and
administrative expenses will increase as we continue to grow our
business.
Professional
Fees
Professional fees are generally related
to public company reporting and governance expenses as well as costs related to
our acquisitions. We expect our costs for professional services for
public company reporting and corporate governance expenses to remain
significant, but to decrease as a percentage of our overall revenues if we
continue to acquire new entities and enter into strategic
partnerships.
Depreciation
and Amortization
2009
|
2008
|
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Depreciation
|
$ | 772,000 | $ | 720,000 | ||||
Amortization
|
82,000 | 49,000 | ||||||
Total
|
$ | 854,000 | $ | 769,000 |
Depreciation expense during 2009
relates to the depreciation on the approximately $14.7 million of property,
plant and equipment, at our Jinan Broadband subsidiary. The increase
in amortization of $33,000 is primarily attributable to the amortization related
to our Shandong Media intangible assets acquired in 2008.
Interest
Expense
Interest
expense of $93,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 relates to the
5% Convertible Notes and Warrants issued in January 2008 and June
2009. For the 2008 period, interest expense was
$89,000. Interest expense includes amortization of the original
issued discount on the notes allocated to the warrants issued in the
financing.
We expect our interest expense to
increase due to additional convertible notes issued in June 2009 for
approximately $305,000. Interest on the Notes compounds monthly at
the annual rate of five percent (5%). The June 2009 Notes mature on
May 27, 2010. The outstanding principal amount on the June 2009 Notes
as of September 30, 2009 approximates $305,000. The January 2008
Notes mature on January 11, 2013. The outstanding principal amount of
the January 2008 Notes as of September 30, 2009 was $4,971,250.
Net
Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest
49% of the operating loss of our Jinan
Broadband subsidiary is allocated to Jinan Parent, the 49% co-owner of this
business. During the three months ended September 30, 2009, $304,000
of our operating loss from Jinan Broadband was allocated to Jinan Parent, as
compared to $69,000 during the third quarter of 2008.
50% of the operating profit and loss of
our Shandong Media joint venture is allocated to our 50% Shandong Newspaper
joint venture partner. During the three months ended September 30,
2009, $31,000 of our operating profit from Shandong Media was allocated to
Shandong Newspaper, as compared to $12,000 of our operating loss during the
third quarter of 2008.
Net
Loss Attributable to Shareholders
Net loss
attributable to shareholders for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was
$983,000 as compared to $547,000 for the 2008 period, an increase of $436,000,
or 80%.
The following table breaks down the
results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
between our operating companies and our non-operating
companies.
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The
operating companies include Jinan Broadband, Shandong Media and AdNet
Media.
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2009
includes operations of our AdNet Media company as compared to no inclusion
in 2008.
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Months Ended
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Months Ended
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30, 2009
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30, 2008
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Non-
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Non-
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Operating
|
Revenue
|
Operating
|
Total
|
Operating
|
Revenue
|
Operating
|
Total
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Revenue
|
$ | 2,106,000 | $ | - | $ | 2,106,000 | $ | 1,881,000 | $ | - | $ | 1,881,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
of revenue
|
1,541,000 | - | 1,541,000 | 949,000 | - | 949,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
565,000 | 27 | % | - | 565,000 | 932,000 | 50 | % | - | 932,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Selling,
general and adminstrative expenses
|
579,000 | 27 | % | 221,000 | 800,000 | 381,000 | 20 | % | 201,000 | 582,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional
fees
|
23,000 | 1 | % | 132,000 | 155,000 | 9,000 | 0 | % | 133,000 | 142,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
772,000 | 37 | % | 82,000 | 854,000 | 720,000 | 38 | % | 49,000 | 769,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(809,000 | ) | (435,000 | ) | (1,244,000 | ) | (178,000 | ) | -9 | % | (383,000 | ) | (561,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest
& other income / (expense)
|
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Interest
income
|
1,000 | - | 1,000 | 15,000 | 1,000 | 16,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
- | (93,000 | ) | (93,000 | ) | - | (89,000 | ) | (89,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Gain
on sale of securities
|
- | 16,000 | 16,000 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
(13,000 | ) | - | (13,000 | ) | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss
before income tax
|
(821,000 | ) | (512,000 | ) | (1,333,000 | ) | (163,000 | ) | (471,000 | ) | (634,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Income
tax benefit
|
- | 15,000 | 15,000 | - | 6,000 | 6,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(821,000 | ) | (497,000 | ) | (1,318,000 | ) | (163,000 | ) | (465,000 | ) | (628,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
(335,000 | ) | - | (335,000 | ) | (81,000 | ) | - | (81,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss attributable to shareholders
|
$ | (486,000 | ) | $ | (497,000 | ) | $ | (983,000 | ) | $ | (82,000 | ) | $ | (465,000 | ) | $ | (547,000 | ) |
Comparison of Nine Months
Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
Revenues
Our
revenues are generated by our operating companies in the PRC. Our
revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 include revenues primarily
from our Jinan Broadband and Shandong Media companies while the revenues for the
nine months ended September 30, 2008 includes revenues from Jinan Broadband and
from Shandong Media from July 1, 2008.
Revenues for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 totaled $6,045,000, as compared to $3,937,000 for the nine
months ended September 30, 2008. The increase in revenue of
approximately $2,108,000, or 54% is primarily attributable to including a full
nine months of revenues from our Shandong Media joint venture while the 2008
period includes only three months of operating results.
Jinan
Broadband’s revenue consists primarily of sales to our PRC based Internet
consumers, cable modem consumers, business customers and other internet and
cable services of $3,393,000, an increase of $175,000, or 6% as compared to
revenues of $3,218,000 for the nine months ended 2008. The increase is
attributable to increases in our network leasing sales and value-added
services.
Shandong
Media’s revenue consists primarily of sales of publications and advertising
revenues. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, revenues from
the Shandong Media joint venture totaled $2,648,000. By comparison,
Shandong Media’s revenues of $719,000 for the nine months ended 2008 only
include three months operating results. (For a description of the
Shandong Media joint venture, see “Shandong
Media Joint Venture and Shandong
Newspaper Cooperation Agreement”,
below).
AdNet
Media is an early stage company that started operations during the first quarter
of 2009. AdNet Media’s revenue is expected to consist primarily of
advertising revenue and video service fees. Advertising revenues will
be generated from advertisers who participate in an ad platform developed by
AdNet which is accessed through internet cafés. Video service fees
are expected to be generated from the internet café or agent who uses our online
video services which includes movies, music, videos and games. For
the nine months ended September 30, 2009, revenues totaled
$5,000. AdNet Media’s revenues were not included in our operating
results for the 2008 period. (For a description of the AdNet
Media acquisition, see “Completion of Acquisition of
AdNet”, above).
Gross
Profit
Our gross profit for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009 was $2,227,000, as compared to $2,092,000 for the nine
months ended September 30, 2008. The increase in
gross profit of approximately $135,000, or 6%, is primarily comprised of
$513,000 decrease from our Jinan Broadband operations offset by $664,000
increase from a 9 month inclusion for 2009 compared to a 3 month inclusion for
2008 of our Shandong Media joint venture. The decrease in gross
profit attributable to Jinan Broadband was primarily due to increased costs of
revenue, particularly costs of cable network connections costs, telecom
bandwidth costs and charges associated with the write down of switches and other
consumer related parts held in inventory.
Gross profit as a percentage of revenue
was 37% for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, as compared to 53% for the
nine months ended September 30, 2008.
.
Selling,
General and Administrative Expenses
Our
selling, general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September
30, 2009 increased approximately $867,000 to $2,259,000, as compared to
$1,392,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The increase
is primarily attributable to the inclusion of nine months for 2009 compared to
three months for 2008 of our Shandong Media joint venture entered into in mid
2008 and the inclusion of our AdNet Media acquisition in April
2009.
Salaries and personnel costs are the
major component of selling, general and administrative expenses. For
the nine months ended September 30, 2009, salaries and personnel costs accounted
for 58% of our selling, general and administrative expenses. During
the 2009 period, salaries and personnel costs totaled $1,311,000, an increase of
$507,000 or 63% as compared to $803,000 for 2008 period. The increase in
salaries and personnel costs is primarily attributable to the inclusion of our
Shandong Media joint venture entered into in mid 2008 and the inclusion of our
AdNet Media acquisition in April 2009.
We expect our selling, general and
administrative expenses will increase as we continue to grow our
business.
Professional
Fees
Professional fees are generally related
to public company reporting and governance expenses as well as costs related to
our acquisitions. We expect our costs for professional services for
public company reporting and corporate governance expenses to remain
significant, but to decrease as a percentage of our overall revenues if we
continue to acquire new entities and enter into strategic
partnerships.
Depreciation
and Amortization
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Depreciation
|
$ | 2,281,000 | $ | 2,067,000 | ||||
Amortization
|
246,000 | 143,000 | ||||||
Total
|
$ | 2,527,000 | $ | 2,210,000 |
Depreciation expense during 2009
relates to the depreciation on the approximately $14.7 million of property,
plant and equipment, at our Jinan Broadband subsidiary. The increase
in amortization of $103,000 is primarily attributable to the amortization
related to our Shandong Media intangible assets acquired in 2008.
Interest
Expense
Interest
expense of $270,000 for the nine months ending September 30, 2009 relates to the
5% Convertible Notes and Warrants issued in January 2008 and June
2009. For the 2008 period, interest expense was $257,000. Interest
expense includes amortization of the original issued discount on the notes
allocated to the warrants issued in the financing.
We expect our interest expense to
increase due to additional convertible notes issued in June 2009 in the amount
of approximately $305,000. Interest on the Notes compounds monthly at
the annual rate of five percent (5%). The January 2008 Notes mature
on January 11, 2013. The outstanding principal amount of the January
2008 Notes as of September 30, 2009 was $4,971,250. The June 2009
Notes mature on May 27, 2010. The outstanding principal amount on the
June 2009 Notes as of September 30, 2009 is approximately
$305,000.
Net
Loss Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest
49% of the operating loss of our Jinan
Broadband subsidiary is allocated to Jinan Parent, the 49% co-owner of this
business. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, $670,000
of our operating loss from Jinan Broadband was allocated to Jinan Parent, as
compared to $356,000 during the 2008 period.
50% of the operating loss of our
Shandong Media joint venture is allocated to our 50% Shandong Newspaper joint
venture partner. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009,
$49,000 of our operating loss from Shandong Media was allocated to Shandong
Newspaper as compared to $12,000 during the 2008 period which only included
three months. We consolidated the results of Shandong Media effective
July 1, 2008.
Net
Income (Loss) Attributable to Shareholders
Net loss
attributable to shareholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was
$2,542,000, an increase of $2,053,000 as compared to the net loss attributable
to shareholders of $489,000 for the 2008 period. Operating results
for 2008 included a one-time net gain recognition of $1,301,000 from a
settlement agreement.
The following table breaks down the
results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008
between our operating companies and our non-operating
companies.
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Ø
|
The
operating companies include Jinan Broadband, Shandong Media and AdNet
Media.
|
|
Ø
|
2009
includes nine months of operations from our Shandong Media company and six
months of operations from our AdNet Media company as compared to 3 months
of operations and no operations, respectively in
2008.
|
9
Months Ended
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9
Months Ended
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30, 2009
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30, 2008
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Total
|
Non-
|
Total
|
Non-
|
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Operating
|
Revenue
|
Operating
|
Total
|
Operating
|
Revenue
|
Operating
|
Total
|
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Revenue
|
$ | 6,045,000 | $ | - | $ | 6,045,000 | $ | 3,937,000 | $ | - | $ | 3,937,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
of revenue
|
3,817,000 | - | 3,817,000 | 1,845,000 | - | 1,845,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
2,228,000 | 37 | % | - | 2,228,000 | 2,092,000 | 53 | % | - | 2,092,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Selling,
general and adminstrative expenses
|
1,635,000 | 27 | % | 624,000 | 2,259,000 | 779,000 | 20 | % | 615,000 | 1,394,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional
fees
|
38,000 | 1 | % | 416,000 | 454,000 | 12,000 | 0 | % | 435,000 | 447,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
2,283,000 | 38 | % | 245,000 | 2,528,000 | 2,068,000 | 53 | % | 143,000 | 2,211,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(1,728,000 | ) |
-29
|
% | (1,285,000 | ) | (3,013,000 | ) | (767,000 | ) | -19 | % | (1,193,000 | ) | (1,960,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Interest
& other income / (expense)
|
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Settlement
gain
|
- | - | - | - | 1,301,000 | 1,301,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
6,000 | - | 6,000 | 19,000 | 17,000 | 36,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(1,000 | ) | (269,000 | ) | (270,000 | ) | - | (256,000 | ) | (256,000 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
(Loss)
gain on sale of securities
|
- | (15,000 | ) | (15,000 | ) | - | 17,000 | 17,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
|
(13,000 | ) | - | (13,000 | ) | (3,000 | ) | (10,000 | ) | (13,000 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Loss
before income tax
|
(1,736,000 | ) | (1,569,000 | ) | (3,305,000 | ) | (751,000 | ) | (124,000 | ) | (875,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Income
tax benefit
|
- | 44,000 | 44,000 | - | 19,000 | 19,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(1,736,000 | ) | (1,525,000 | ) | (3,261,000 | ) | (751,000 | ) | (105,000 | ) | (856,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
(719,000 | ) | - | (719,000 | ) | (368,000 | ) | - | (368,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss attributable to shareholders
|
$ | (1,017,000 | ) | $ | (1,525,000 | ) | $ | (2,542,000 | ) | $ | (383,000 | ) | $ | (105,000 | ) | $ | (488,000 | ) |
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As of September 30, 2009 we had
$1,941,000 of cash on hand and a working capital deficit of
$1,534,000. As of September 30, 2009, we had total current
liabilities of $5,592,000. Given our current commitments and working
capital, we cannot support our operations for the next 12 months without
additional capital (See “Need for Additional Capital”, below).
Private
Financings, June 2009
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2009 we completed (i) a private financing of
5% Convertible Promissory Notes (the “Notes”) for gross proceeds of
approximately $305,000 (the “Note Offering”) and (ii) a private financing of
2,000,000 shares of restricted Common Stock, par value $.001 of the Company (the
“Common Stock”), at a purchase price of $.15 per share, for aggregate proceeds
of $300,000 (the “Equity Financing”).
The Notes
accrue interest at 5% per year payable quarterly in cash or stock, are initially
convertible at $.20 per share, and become due and payable in full on May 27,
2010. The Company did not pay any placement agent or similar fees in
connection with the Note Offering or the Equity Financing.
Waiver
Letters
In
connection with the Note Offering and the Equity Financing, the Company entered
into a waiver letter (the “Waiver Letter”) with all the holders of January 2008
Notes (“Existing Note Holders”), pursuant to which, among other things, the
conversion price of the January 2008 Notes were reduced from $.75 per share to
(i) $.20 per share (i.e. the same conversion price as the Notes in the Note
Offering) for the Existing Note Holders that invested in the Notes (i.e. the
Note Investors), and (ii) $.25 per share for those Existing Note Holders that
did not reinvest in the new notes. All of the Existing Note Holders
waived certain anti dilution adjustments in respect of the contemplated Equity
Financing or in respect of their Warrants which were issued to them in
connection with the January 2008 Notes, which warrants remain exercisable at
$.60 per share.
The
foregoing are summaries only of the Note Offering, Waiver Letters and Equity
Financing which are filed as exhibits to our Current Report on Form 8-K,dated
June 30, 2009, the provisions of which are incorporated herein.
Loan
Receivable
The
Company has a loan receivable for $280,000 as of September 30, 2009 from a
related party, Music Magazine. The loan is unsecured, interest free
and has no fixed repayment terms.
Amounts
due from Shareholders
Amounts due from shareholders include
$91,000 from Shandong Broadcast & TV Weekly Press and $543,000 from Modern
Movie & TV Biweekly Press as of September 30, 2009. Both
companies are our partners in our Shandong Media joint venture
company. The amount due from Shandong Broadcast & TV Weekly Press
is unsecured, interest free and has no fixed repayment terms. The
amount due from Modern Movie & TV Biweekly Press is unsecured, interest free
and the due date for repayment has been extended from June 30, 2009 to December
31, 2009. During the period ended September 30, 2009 the company
advanced approximately $553,000 to the shareholders.
Payable
to Jinan Parent
During the nine months ended September
30, 2009, Jinan Broadband paid $2,643,000 to Jinan Parent. The
current balance due is $152,000. The advance is unsecured, interest
free and has no fixed repayment terms.
2008
Convertible Note Financing
On January 11, 2008 we entered into a
subscription agreement with ten accredited investors with respect to the
issuance of an aggregate of $4,971,250 principal amount of Notes due January 11,
2013, and Class A Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 6,628,333 shares of
common stock of the Company at $.60 per share expiring on June 11,
2013.
Convertible
Notes Interest
During the nine months ended September
30, 2009 the Company incurred $269,000 in interest expense related to
the January 2008 and June 2009 financings. Based on conversion
values the Company issued 592,577 shares to the Note holders in lieu of cash of
approximately $194,000 for interest accrued.
Cablecom
Holding Shares
In April
2008 and in connection with a settlement agreement, we received 390,000 shares
of Cablecom Holdings, Ltd. (the “Cablecom Holdings Shares”) from Mr. Clive Ng,
the Chairman of our board of directors, pursuant to a settlement agreement by
and among the Company and its subsidiaries, Stephen P. Cherner, Maxim Financial
Corporation, Mark L. Baum, BCGU, LLC, Mark I. Lev, Wellfleet Partners, Inc., Pu
Yue, Clive Ng, Chardan Capital Markets, LLC, Jaguar Acquisition Corporation, and
China Cablecom Holdings, Ltd (“Cablecom Holdings”). The value of the
Cablecom Holdings shares has since declined substantially, and may continue to
fluctuate and decline further. During the nine months ended September
30, 2009, we sold 236,665 of the Cablecom Holdings shares for total net proceeds
of $175,000 and recorded a net loss on the sales of approximately
$15,000. As of September 30, 2009, we hold 81,455 shares of Cablecom
Holdings. The fair value of the remaining 81,455 Cablecom shares at
September 30, 2009 approximates $68,000.
Cash
Flows
The
following sets forth a summary of the Company’s cash flows for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009 and 2008:
Nine Months Ended
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September
30,
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September
30,
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2009
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2008
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Net
cash provided by operating activities
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$ | 442,000 | $ | 664,000 | ||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
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$ | (916,000 | ) | $ | (1,469,000 | ) | ||
$ | (2,038,000 | ) | $ | 4,986,000 | ||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash
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$ | 28,000 | $ | 478,000 |
Cash provided by operating activities
for nine months ended 2009 and 2008 approximate $442,000 and $664,000,
respectively.
Investing activities for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 used cash of $916,000 and $1,469,000,
respectively. For 2009, this amount consisted of (i) cash acquired in
our AdNet acquisition of $18,000 and (ii) proceeds of $174,000 from the sale of
our Cablecom Holding Shares, offset by (i) $555,000 for additions to property
and equipment and (ii) $553,000 loan to our Shandong Media
shareholder. For 2008 this amount consisted of additions to property
and equipment in the amount of $1,567,000 and $242,000 loan to our Shandong
Media shareholder partially offset by the proceeds from the sale of Cablecom
Holding Shares in the amount of $340,000.
Financing activities for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 (used) provided cash of $(2,038,000)
and $4,986,000, respectively. For 2009, the amount consisted of
proceeds from the sale of equity securities of $300,000 and proceeds from the
issuance of convertible notes of $305,000 offset by payment to Jinan Parent of
$2,643,000. For 2008, this amount consisted of proceeds from the
issuance of convertible notes of $4,850,000, offset by $105,000 of payments
related to issuance costs associated with the convertible notes and an increase
in the payable to Jinan Parent in the amount of $241,000.
Foreign
Currency Translation
Our WOFE,
Jinan Broadband subsidiary, Shandong Media joint venture and our AdNet Media
acquisition are located in China. All of their operations are
conducted in the local currency of the Chinese Yuan, also known as Renminbi or
RMB. The favorable effect of exchange rates on cash between the
Chinese Yuan and the United States dollar, provided cash of $28,000 and $478,000
during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
Shandong
Media Joint Venture and Shandong Newspaper Cooperation Agreement
On March 7, 2008, through our WFOE in
the PRC, we entered into a Cooperation Agreement (the “Shandong Newspaper
Cooperation Agreement”) by and among our WFOE subsidiary, Shandong Broadcast
& TV Weekly Press and Modern Movie & TV Biweekly Press, each PRC
companies (collectively “Shandong Newspaper”). The Shandong Newspaper
Cooperation Agreement provided for, among other terms, the creation of a joint
venture entity in the PRC, Shandong Lushi Media Co., Ltd. ("Shandong Media")
that would own and operate Shandong Newspaper's television program guide,
newspaper and magazine publishing business in the Shandong region of the PRC
(the "Shandong Newspaper Business") which businesses were previously owned and
operated by the Shandong Newspaper entities pursuant to exclusive
licenses.
Under the terms of the Shandong
Newspaper Cooperation Agreement and related pledge and trust documents, the
Shandong Newspaper entities mentioned above contributed their entire Shandong
Newspaper Business and transferred certain employees, to Shandong Media in
exchange for a 50% stake in Shandong Media, with the other 50% of Shandong Media
to be owned by our WFOE in the PRC in the second quarter of 2008 with the joint
venture becoming operational in July of 2008. In exchange therefore,
the Cooperation Agreement provided for total initial consideration from us of
approximately $1.5 million (approximately 10 million RMB) which was contributed
to Shandong Media as working and acquisition capital. As part of the
transaction, and to facilitate our subsidiary’s ownership and control over
Shandong Newspaper under PRC law, through our WFOE in the PRC, we loaned
Shandong Media said funds pursuant to a loan agreement and equity option
agreement, and a majority of the shares of Shandong Newspaper are held by Pu
Yue, our CFO, as trustee on behalf of the Company pursuant to a pledge agreement
and trustee agreement. The results of the Shandong Newspaper Business
have been consolidated with the Company’s consolidated financial statements as
of July 1, 2008.
We are required to make an additional
payment pursuant to the Shandong Newspaper Cooperation Agreement. In
addition to the initial purchase price of $1.5 million (10 million RMB), the
Shandong Newspaper Cooperation Agreement provides for additional consideration
of approximately US $730,000 and US $2,900,000 (between 5 million RMB and 20
million RMB, respectively) to be paid as a capital contribution to Shandong
Media in the event that certain performance thresholds are met during the first
12 months of operations after closing the transaction.
Specifically, in the event that audited
annual net profits during the first year after closing of the transaction
relating to the Shandong Newspaper Cooperation Agreement:
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equals
or exceeds 16 million RMB, then we will be required to contribute an
additional 20 million RMB (or, approximately $3,000,000 presuming current
exchange rates are in effect at such time) to the Shandong Media joint
venture;
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equals
or exceeds 4 million RMB but less than 16 million RMB, then we will be
required to contribute 125% of such net profits to the Shandong Media
joint venture, and
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is
less then 4 million RMB, then we will be required to contribute only an
additional 5 million RMB (approximately US $730,000 presuming current
exchange rates are in effect at such
time).
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Based on
financial performance we will be required to make the additional minimum payment
of 5 million RMB (approximately US $730,000). The due date of the
additional payment has been extended to December 31, 2009.
The
Shandong Newspaper Cooperation Agreement resulted in the creation of a Variable
Interest Entity (“VIE”) as defined under Financial Accounting Standards Board
(“FASB”) ASC 810, Consolidation. The
intended result of the contractual arrangements is that, as of July 1, 2008 the
economic risks and benefits of the Shandong Newspaper Business operations are
being primarily borne by the Company. The Company has contributed
more capital to date and is required to make further capital contributions
based upon performance targets. The contractual arrangements in addition
to the service agreements the Company has with the Shandong Newspaper parent
companies, provide under the relevant principles of United States Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles (“US GAAP”) for the consolidation of the results
of operations of Shandong Newspaper, with 50% of the Shandong Newspaper net
income included in the accompanying financial statements of the
Company.
Need
for Additional Capital
As
indicated above, management does not believe that the Company has sufficient
capital to sustain its operations beyond 12 months nor fund the required
contribution to Shandong Newspaper without raising additional
capital. We presently do not have any available credit, bank
financing or other external sources of liquidity. Accordingly, we
expect that we will require additional funding through additional equity and/or
debt financings. However, there can be no assurance that any
additional financing will become available to us, and if available, on terms
acceptable to us.
The
conversion of our outstanding notes and exercise of our outstanding warrants
into shares of common stock would have a dilutive effect on our common stock,
which would in turn reduce our ability to raise additional funds on favorable
terms. In addition, the subsequent sale on the open market of any
shares of common stock issued upon conversion of our outstanding notes and
exercise of our outstanding warrants could impact our stock price which would in
turn reduce our ability to raise additional funds on favorable
terms.
Any
financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants that may impact our
ability to conduct our business or raise additional funds on acceptable
terms. If we are unable to raise additional capital when required or
on acceptable terms, we may have to delay, scale back or discontinue our
expansion plans.
In the
event we are unable to raise additional capital we will not be able to sustain
any growth or continue to operate.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Assumptions
There
have been no material changes to the Company’s Critical Accounting Policies
filed in the Company’s 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
Refer to
Note 16 to the financial statements for updates on recent accounting
pronouncements since the filing of our 2008 annual report on Form
10-K/A
Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements
We do not
have any off balance sheet arrangements that are reasonably likely to have a
current or future effect on our financial condition, revenues, results of
operations, liquidity or capital expenditures.
We are a
smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and are not required to provide the information under this
item.
a.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Based on
an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's
management, the Company's principal executive officer and principal financial
officer have concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as
defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act") were effective as of September 30, 2009 to
ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that
it files or submits under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and
Exchange Commission rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated
to the Company's management, including its principal executive officer and
principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure.
b.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There
were no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting
identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rule
13a-15 or Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act that occurred during the period
ended September 30, 2009 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely
to materially affect the Company’s internal controls over financial
reporting.
There are
no material pending legal proceedings to which we are a party or to which any of
our property is subject. To the best of our knowledge, no such actions against
us are contemplated or threatened.
The
discussion of our business and operations should be read together with the risk
factors contained in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the
year ended December 31, 2008, which describes the various risks and
uncertainties to which we are or may become subject to.
Other
than increased risk of dilution as a result of the recent Note offering and
Waiver Letters, and general market illiquidity resulting from the economic
slowdown (as discussed above) there have been no material changes to the risk
factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended
December 31, 2008.
None.
None.
None.
None.
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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31.1
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Certification
by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Sarbanes Oxley Section
302.
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31.2
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Certification
by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Sarbanes Oxley Section
302.
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32.1
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Certification
by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350.
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32.2
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Certification
by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350.
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In
accordance with 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 on November 23, 2009.
CHINA
BROADBAND, INC
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By:
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/s/ Marc Urbach
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Name:
Marc Urbach
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Title: President (Principal
Executive Officer)
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By:
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/s/ Yue Pu
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Name:
Yue Pu
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Title:
Vice Chairman (Principal Accounting Officer, Principal
Financial
Officer)
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