IT TECH PACKAGING, INC. - Quarter Report: 2012 June (Form 10-Q)

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

AS OF JUNE 30, 2012 AND DECEMBER 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED

JUNE 30, 2012 AND 2011

(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2012

(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements. 

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2012 AND 2011

(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements. 

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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(1) Organization and Business Background

Orient Paper, Inc. (“Orient Paper” or “the Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on December 9, 2005, under the name of Carlateral, Inc. Carlateral, Inc. started its business by providing financing services specializing in subprime title loans, secured primarily using automobiles (and also boats, recreational vehicles, machinery, and other equipment) as collateral.

Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Company Limited (“HBOP”) was incorporated on March 10, 1996, under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). HBOP is mainly engaged in the production and distribution of paper products such as corrugating medium paper, offset paper and writing paper. HBOP also has capability to produce other paper and packaging-related products, such as plastic paper and craft paper. HBOP uses recycled paper as its primary raw material.

Dongfang Zhiye Holding Limited (“Dongfang Holding”) was formed on November 13, 2006, under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, and is an investment holding company. As such, Dongfang Holding does not generate any financial or operating transactions. On July 16, 2007, Dongfang Holding entered into an agreement to acquire the equity ownership of HBOP and placed all the equity interest in trust with Mr. Zhenyong Liu, Mr. Xiaodong Liu, and Mr. Shuangxi Zhao (the original equity owners of HBOP, each, an “HBOP Equity Owner” and collectively, “HBOP Equity Owners”), pursuant to a trust agreement executed on the same date. Under the terms of the trust agreement, the HBOP Equity Owners would exercise control over the disposition of Dongfang Holding’s shares in HBOP on Dongfang Holding’s behalf until Dongfang Holding successfully completed the change in registration of HBOP’s capital with the relevant PRC Administration of Industry and Commerce as the 100% owner of HBOP’s equity interest. In connection with the consummation of the restructuring transactions on June 24, 2009 as described below, Dongfang Holding directed its trustee to return its equity ownership in HBOP to the HBOP Equity Owners.

On October 29, 2007, Orient Paper entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (“Merger Agreement”) with (i) Orient Paper wholly owned subsidiary, CARZ Merger Sub, Inc., (ii) Dongfang Holding, and (iii) all shareholders of Dongfang Holding (Zhenyong Liu, Xiaodong Liu, Chen Li, Ning Liu, Jie Liu, Shenzhen Huayin Guaranty & Investment Company Limited, Top Good International Limited, Total Giant Group Limited, Total Shine Group Limited, Victory High Investment Limited, Think Big Trading Limited, Huge Step Enterprises Limited, and Sure Believe Enterprise Limited).

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Dongfang Holding merged with CARZ Merger Sub, Inc. via a share exchange, with Dongfang Holding as the surviving entity. In exchange for their shares in Dongfang Holding, the Dongfang Holding shareholders received an aggregate of 7,450,497 newly-issued shares of Orient Paper’s common stock, $0.001 par value, which were distributed pro ratably among the Dongfang Holding shareholders in accordance with their respective ownership interests in Dongfang Holding.

As a result of the merger transaction, Dongfang Holding became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Orient Paper, which, in turn, has the controlling right on Dongfang Holding’s operating company, HBOP, pursuant to the terms of the trust agreement. HBOP, the entity through which the Company operates its business currently has no subsidiaries, either wholly- or partially-owned.

Prior to the completion of the reverse merger, Orient Paper only had limited operations (since its incorporation on December 9, 2005). On December 21, 2007, the name of the Company was changed from Carlateral, Inc. to Orient Paper, Inc. in order to better reflect the current business plan subsequent to the reverse merger. Accordingly, the reverse merge has been recorded as a recapitalization of Orient Paper.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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To ensure proper compliance of the Company’s control over the ownership and operations of HBOP with certain PRC regulations, on June 24, 2009, the Company entered into a series of contractual agreements (the “Contractual Agreements”) with HBOP and HBOP Equity Owners via the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary Shengde Holdings, Inc. (“Shengde Holdings”) a Nevada corporation and Baoding Shengde Paper Co., Ltd. (“Baoding Shengde”), a wholly foreign-owned enterprise in the PRC with an original registered capital of $10,000,000 (subsequently increased to $60,000,000 in June 2010). Baoding Shengde is mainly engaged in production and distribution of digital photo paper and is 100% owned by Shengde Holdings. Prior to February 10, 2010, the Contractual Agreements included (i) Exclusive Technical Service and Business Consulting Agreement, which generally provides that Baoding Shengde shall provide exclusive technical, business and management consulting services to HBOP, in exchange for service fees including a fee equivalent to 80% of HBOP’s total annual net profits; (ii) Loan Agreement, which provides that Baoding Shengde will make a loan in the aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 to HBOP Equity Owners in exchange for each such shareholder agreeing to contribute all of its proceeds from the loan to the registered capital of HBOP; (iii) Call Option Agreement, which generally provides, among other things, that HBOP Equity Owners irrevocably grant to Baoding Shengde an option to purchase all or part of each owner’s equity interest in HBOP. The exercise price for the options shall be RMB1 which Baoding Shengde should pay to each of HBOP Equity Owner for all their equity interests in HBOP; (iv) Share Pledge Agreement, which provides that HBOP Equity Owners will pledge all of their equity interests in HBOP to Baoding Shengde as security for their obligations under the other agreements described in this section. Specifically, Baoding Shengde is entitled to dispose of the pledged equity interests in the event that HBOP Equity Owners breach their obligations under the Loan Agreement or HBOP fails to pay the service fees to Baoding Shengde pursuant to the Exclusive Technical Service and Business Consulting Agreement; and (v) Proxy Agreement, which provides that HBOP Equity Owners shall irrevocably entrust a designee of Baoding Shengde with such shareholder’s voting rights and the right to represent such shareholder to exercise such owner’s rights at any equity owners’ meeting of HBOP or with respect to any equity owner action to be taken in accordance with the laws and HBOP’s Articles of Association. The terms of the agreement are binding on the parties for as long as HBOP Equity Owners continue to hold any equity interest in HBOP. An HBOP Equity Owner will cease to be a party to the agreement once it transfers its equity interests with the prior approval of Baoding Shengde. As the Company had controlled HBOP since July 16, 2007 through Dongfang Holding and the trust until June 24, 2009, and continues to control HBOP through Baoding Shengde and the Contractual Agreements, the execution of the Contractual Agreements is considered as a business combination under common control.

On February 10, 2010, Baoding Shengde and the HBOP Equity Owners entered into a Termination of Loan Agreement to terminate the above $10,000,000 Loan Agreement. Because of the Company’s decision to fund future business expansions through Baoding Shengde instead of HBOP, the $10,000,000 loan contemplated was never made prior to the point of termination. The parties believe the termination of the Loan Agreement does not in itself compromise the effective control of the Company over HBOP and its businesses in the PRC.

An agreement was also entered into among Baoding Shengde, HBOP and the HBOP Equity Owners on December 31, 2010, reiterating that Baoding Shengde is entitled to 100% of the distributable profit of HBOP, pursuant to the above mentioned Contractual Agreements. In addition, HBOP and the HBOP Equity Owners shall not declare any of HBOP’s unappropriated earnings as dividend, including the unappropriated earnings of HBOP from its establishment to 2010 and thereafter.

Orient Paper has no direct equity interest in HBOP. However, through the Contractual Agreements described above Orient Paper is found to be the primary beneficiary of HBOP and is deemed to have the effective control over HBOP’s activities that most significantly affect its economic performance, resulting in HBOP being treated as a controlled variable interest entity of Orient Paper in accordance with Topic 810- Consolidation of the Accounting Standards Codification (the “ASC”) issued by the Financial Accounting Standard Board (the “FASB”). The revenue of the Company generated from HBOP for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were 95.07% and 94.11% respectively. The revenue of the Company generated from HBOP for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were 94.73% and 94.59% respectively. HBOP also accounted for 70.44% and 68.2% of the total assets of the Company as at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, details of the Company’s subsidiaries and variable interest entities are as follows:

* HBOP is treated as a 100% controlled variable interest entity of the Company

(2) Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for reporting on Form 10-Q. Accordingly, certain information and notes required by the United States of America generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for annual financial statements are not included herein. These interim statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 of Orient Paper, Inc. a Nevada corporation, and its subsidiaries and variable interest entity (which we sometimes refer to collectively as “Orient Paper”, “we”, “us” or “our”).

Principles of Consolidation

Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position and results of operations. Such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature, unless otherwise noted. The balance sheet as of June 30, 2012 and the results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future period.

Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. These accounting principles require us to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We believe that the estimates, judgments and assumptions are reasonable, based on information available at the time they are made. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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(3) Inventories

Raw materials inventory includes mainly recycled paper and coal. Finished goods include mainly products of offset printing paper and corrugating medium paper. Inventories consisted of the following as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

(4) Prepayment and other current assets

Prepayment and other current assets consisted of the following as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

(5) Prepayment on property, plant and equipment

As of June 30, 2012 and December 31 2011, prepayment on property, plant and equipment consisted of nil and $7,241,472, respectively in respect of prepaid land use right. The land use right has been obtained in April 2012.

(6) Property, plant and equipment

As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

Land use rights represent two parcels of state-owned land located in Xushui County of Hebei Province in China, with lease terms of 50 years expiring in 2053 and 2061, respectively.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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Construction in progress mainly represents payments for the new boiler and staff dormitory under construction.

Property, plant and equipment with net values of $10,009,274 and $10,646,244 have been pledged for short-term bank loans of HBOP as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment was $2,091,447 and $1,104,155 for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment was $4,050,749 and $2,189,099 during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

(7) Loans Payable

Short-term bank loans

As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, short-term borrowings were $2,771,487 and $2,833,619, respectively, and no unsecured bank loans. The factoring facility was secured by essentially all of the Company’s accounts receivable in the amount of $3,053,734 and $3,820,696 as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company had no unutilized credit facility with the banks. The average short-term borrowing rates for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were approximately 8.15% and 5.85%, respectively. The average short-term borrowing rate for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were approximately 8.76% and 6.07%, respectively.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

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Long-term loans from credit union

As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, loan payable to Rural Credit Union of Xushui County, amounted to $5,725,100 and $5,690,852.

On March 31, 2011, the Company entered into a three-year term loan agreement with Rural Credit Union of Xushui County for an amount that is $1,559,951 as of June 30, 2012 and $1,550,619 as of December 31, 2011. The loan is guaranteed by an independent third party. Interest payment is due quarterly and bears the rate of 0.72% per month.

On June 10, 2011, the Company entered into a term loan agreement with the Rural Credit Union of Xushui County for an amount that is $4,165,149 as of June 30, 2012 and $4,140,233 as of December 31, 2011. The loan is secured by its manufacturing equipment of $10,009,274 and $10,646,244 as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, and will mature on June 9, 2013. Interest payment is due quarterly and bears the rate of 0.72% per month. As of June 30, 2012, the entire balance of the loan in the amount of $4,165,149 has been presented as current portion of loan-term loan from credit union in the consolidated balance sheet.

Total interest expenses for the short-term and long-term loans for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were $186,959 and $73,504, respectively.

Total interest expenses for the short-term and long-term loans for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were $357,973 and $141,190, respectively.

(8) Related Party Transactions

Mr. Zhenyong Liu is the director, principal stockholder and chief executive officer of the Company.  He loaned money to HBOP for working capital purposes over a period of time.  On August 31, 2009, Orient Paper, HBOP, and Mr. Liu entered into a tri-party Debt Assignment and Assumption Agreement, under which Orient Paper agreed to assume the loan of $4,000,000 due from HBOP to Mr. Liu.  Concurrently, Orient Paper issued 1,204,341 shares of restricted common stock to Mr. Liu at the market price of $3.32132 per share.  As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, net amount due to Mr. Liu were $2,313,149 and $2,299,312, respectively.  

The loan of Mr. Liu is interest bearing and the interest rate is equal to the rate established by the People’s Bank of China, which was 5.85% and 5.85% per annum, respectively, as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.  The term is for 3 years and starts from January 1, 2010 and is due December 31, 2012.

On August 1 and August 5, 2008, two members of the Board of Directors of HBOP loaned money to the Company for working capital purposes. The amounts owed bore interest equals the rate established by the People’s Bank of China and are due on July 31 and August 4, 2011, respectively. The Company paid off the loan balance to both directors of HBOP by August 4, 2011. The interest rate was 5.85% and 5.85% per annum before the payoff in year 2011.

The interest expenses incurred for above related party loans are $33,802 and $63,485 for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, while the interest expenses were $67,662 and $125,865 for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011.

On November 30, 2011, the Company borrowed $200,000 from a shareholder to pay for various expenses incurred in the U.S. During the period, the Company further borrowed $500,000 from a shareholder to pay for various expenses incurred in the U.S. The amount is repayable on demand with interest free. The Company repaid the entire balance by the end of June 30, 2012.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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(9) Other payables and accrued liabilities

Other payables and accrued liabilities consist of the following:

(10) Common Stock

Issuance of common stock pursuant to the 2011 Incentive Stock Plan

On January 12, 2012, the Company issued shares of 109,584 out of the 2011 Incentive Stock Plan of Orient Paper Inc. (the “2011 ISP”) to certain of its directors and officers when the stock was at $3.45 per share, as compensation for their services in the past years. Total fair value of the stock was calculated at $378,065 as of the date of issuance. The 2011 ISP was approved by the shareholders of the Company in August 2011 and sets aside 375,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for the purpose of compensating services provided by the employees, directors and other service providers. See Note (13), Stock Incentive Plan, for more details of the 2011 ISP.

Dividend declared

On June 1, 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0125 per share. The dividend is payable by July 2, 2012 to shareholders of record as of the close of business of June 15, 2012. All the dividends were paid on June 27, 2012. The Board of Directors also approved that quarterly dividend of $0.0125 per share will also be paid in the next three quarters on such dates as the Board of Directors shall determine. Future declaration of dividends will depend on, among other things, the Company's results of operations, capital requirements, financial condition and on such other factors as the Company's Board of Directors may in its discretion consider relevant and in the best long term interest of the shareholders.

(11) Earnings per Share

For the three months and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, there were no securities with dilutive effect issued and outstanding. The basic and diluted net income per share were calculated as follows:

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

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(12) Income Taxes

United States

Orient Paper and Shengde Holdings are incorporated in the State of Nevada and are subject to the U.S. federal tax and state statutory tax rates up to 34% and 0%, respectively.

PRC

HBOP and Baoding Shengde are PRC operating companies and are subject to PRC Enterprise Income Tax.  Pursuant to the PRC New Enterprise Income Tax Law, Enterprise Income Tax is generally imposed at a statutory rate of 25%.

The provision for income taxes for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 was as follows:

The provision for income taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 was as follows:

During the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, the effective income tax rate was estimated by the Company to be 26.08% and 26.42%, respectively, while during the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, the effective income tax rate was estimated by the Company to be 27.21% and 27.06%, respectively. The effective tax rate is lower than the U.S. statutory rate of 35% primarily because the undistributed earnings of our PRC subsidiary Baoding Shengde and the VIE, HBOP are considered or are expected to be indefinitely reinvested offshore to support our future capacity expansion.

On June 1, 2012, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.0125/share for four quarters starting the first record date of June 15, 2012. Total cash dividends for the four quarters are expected to be approximately $922,989 based on the total shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2012. The source of fund for the first cash dividend paid by the Company as of June 30, 2012 was provided by HBOP, the Company’s VIE. For purposes of the consolidated financial statements, the dividend paid has been recorded as a distribution from the Company’s retained earnings. For U.S federal income tax purposes, the Company made the assumption that, despite the repatriation of fund was made by a variable interest entity and not the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, the receipt of a profit distribution from its Chinese VIE constitute a tax item of income that will be fully offset by the Company’s current year ordinary tax deductions and accumulated Net Operating Losses (NOLs), which amounted to $5,149,592 as of December 31, 2011. The Company’s Board of Directors does not believe that its current and future dividend policy and the available U.S. tax deductions and NOLs will cause the Company to recognize any substantial current U.S. federal or state corporate income tax liability. Nor does the Board of Directors believe that the amount of the repatriation of the VIE’s earnings and profits for purposes of paying dividends will change the Company’s position that its PRC subsidiary Baoding Shengde and the VIE, HBOP are considered or are expected to be indefinitely reinvested offshore to support our future capacity expansion. If these earnings are repatriated to the U.S. resulting in U.S. taxable income in the future, or if it is determined that such earnings are to be remitted in the foreseeable future, additional tax provisions would be required.

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The Company has adopted ASC Topic 740-10-05, Income Taxes, related to uncertain income tax positions. To date, the adoption of this interpretation has not impacted the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. The Company performed self-assessment and the Company’s liability for income taxes includes the liability for unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties which relate to tax years still subject to review by taxing authorities. Audit periods remain open for review until the statute of limitations has passed, which in the PRC is usually 5 years. The completion of review or the expiration of the statute of limitations for a given audit period could result in an adjustment to the Company’s liability for income taxes. Any such adjustment could be material to the Company’s results of operations for any given quarterly or annual period based, in part, upon the results of operations for the given period. As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, management considered that the Company had no uncertain tax positions affecting its consolidated financial position and results of operations or cash flows, and will continue to evaluate for any uncertain position in future. There are no estimated interest costs and penalties provided in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements for both the three months and the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The Company’s tax positions related to open tax years are subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities and the major one is the China Tax Authority.

(13) Stock Incentive Plan

On August 28, 2011, the Company’s Annual General Meeting approved the 2011 Incentive Stock Plan (the “2011 ISP”) as previously adopted by the Board of Directors on July 5, 2011. Under the 2011 ISP, the Company may grant an aggregate of 375,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to the Company’s directors, officers, employees or consultants. Specifically, the Board and/or the Compensation Committee have authority to (a) grant, in its discretion, Incentive Stock Options or Non-statutory Options, Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Purchase Offers; (b) determine in good faith the fair market value of the stock covered by any grant; (c) determine which eligible persons shall receive grants and the number of shares, restrictions, terms and conditions to be included in such grants; and (d) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the 2011 ISP's administration. No stock or option was issued under the 2011 ISP until January 11, 2012, when the Compensation Committee granted 109,584 shares of restricted common stock to certain officers and directors of the Company.

(14) Commitments and Contingencies

Operating Lease

Orient Paper leases 32.95 acres of land from a local government through a real estate lease with a 30-year term, which expires on December 31, 2031.  The lease requires an annual rental payment of approximately $19,005(RMB 120,000).  This operating lease is renewable at the end of the 30-year term. The rental expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were $ 4,748 and $4,633, while the rental expenses were $9,503 and $9,186 for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Future minimum lease payments are as follows:

Capital commitment

The Company has signed several contracts for constructing staff hostel and purchase of equipment. The outstanding commitments are $1,428,820 and $4,860,965 as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.  The Company expected to pay off all the balances by the end of 2012.

ORIENT PAPER, INC.

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Pending Litigation

On August 6, 2010, a stockholder class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the Company, certain current and former officers and directors of the Company, and Roth Capital Partners, LLP. The complaint in the lawsuit, Mark Henning, et al. v. Orient Paper et al., CV-10-5887 RSWL (AJWx), alleges, among other claims, that the Company issued materially false and misleading statements and omitted to state material facts that rendered its affirmative statements misleading as they related to the Company’s financial performance, business prospects, and financial condition, and that the defendants failed to prevent such statements from being issued or corrected. The complaint seeks, among other relief, compensatory damages, attorneys' fees and experts’ fees. Plaintiffs purport to sue on behalf of themselves and a class consisting of the Company’s stockholders (other than the defendants and their affiliates). The plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on January 28, 2011, and the Company filed a motion to dismiss with the court on March 14, 2011. On July 20, 2011 the court denied the Company’s motion to dismiss, thus allowing the litigation to proceed to discovery. On June 21, 2012, the Company reached a proposed settlement of the securities class action lawsuit with the plaintiffs. The terms of the proposed settlement call for dismissal of all the defendants from the action in exchange for a $2 million payment from the Company’s insurer. The Company expects the settlement to be finalized and approved by the court by the end of year 2012. The management believes that the proposed settlement, if approved, should have no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

On April 1, 2011 the Company was served a summon for a complaint filed by Tribank Capital Investments, Inc. (“Tribank”) on March 30, 2011 in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles against the Company and its Chairman and CEO Mr. Zhenyong Liu (the “Tribank Matter”). By filing the complaint, Tribank alleges, among other claims, that the Company breached the Non-Circumvention Agreement dated October 29, 2008 between the Company and Tribank (the “Agreement”), and that the Company was unjustly enriched as a result of breaching the Agreement. The complaint seeks, among other relief, compensatory damages and plaintiff’s counsel’s fees. On April 29, 2011 the Company filed a Notice of Removal to remove the jurisdiction of the case from the state court of California to the Federal District Court for the District of Central California and filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on May 6, 2011. On July 18, 2011, United States District Court Judge Manual Real granted Orient Paper motion to dismiss the complaint in its entirety, finding that venue is improper because the contract that forms the basis of the parties' relationship contains a valid and enforceable forum selection clause providing that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China is the exclusive forum for resolution of disputes. Tribank subsequently filed a notice of appeal with the court on August 5, 2011 and did file an opening brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Company continues to believe that the complaint has no merit and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit. While certain legal defense costs may be later reimbursed by the Company’s insurance carrier, no reasonable estimate of any impact of the outcome of the litigation or related legal fees on the financial statements can be made as of date of this statement.

(15) Segment Reporting

Since March 10, 2010, Baoding Shengde started its operations and thereafter the Company manages its operations through two business operating segments: HBOP, which produces printing paper and corrugating medium paper, and Baoding Shengde, which produces digital photo paper. They are managed separately because each business requires different technology and marketing strategies.

The Company evaluates performance of its operating segments based on net income.  Administrative functions such as finance, treasury, and information systems are centralized.  However, where applicable, portions of the administrative function expenses are allocated between the operating segments based on gross revenue generated.  The operating segments do share facilities in Xushui County, Baoding City, Hebei, China.  All sales were sold to customers located in the PRC.

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 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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Summarized financial information for the two reportable segments for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 is as follows:

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(16) Concentration of Major Suppliers

For the three months ended June 30, 2012, the Company had two major suppliers which primarily accounted for 79% and 6% of the total purchases. For the three months ended June 30, 2011, the Company had two major suppliers which primarily accounted for 74% and 16% of the total purchases.

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, the Company had two major suppliers which primarily accounted for 76%, and 10% of the total purchases. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, the Company had two major suppliers which primarily accounted for 77% and 12% of the total purchases.

(17) Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments for which the Company is potentially subject to concentration of credit risk consist principally of cash. The Company places its temporary cash investments in reputable financial institutions in the PRC and the United States. Although it is generally understood that the PRC central government stands behind all of the banks in China in the event of bank failure, there is no deposit insurance system in China that is similar to the protection provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) of the United States.  The Company’s U.S. bank accounts are all fully covered by the FDIC insurance as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

(18) Risks and Uncertainties

Orient Paper is subject to substantial risks from, among other things, intense competition associated with the industry in general, other risks associated with financing, liquidity requirements, rapidly changing customer requirements, foreign currency exchange rates, and operating in the PRC under its various laws and restrictions.

(19) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-11 - Balance Sheet (Topic 210): Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, which requires entities to disclose both gross and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the statement of financial position and instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting agreement. The objective of the disclosure is to facilitate comparison between those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of U.S. GAAP and those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). This ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after January 1, 2013. Retrospective presentation for all comparative periods presented is required. Its adoption of ASU 2011-11 is not expected to have material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company for the periods ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 should be read in conjunction with the selected financial data, the financial statements, and the notes to those statements that are included elsewhere in this quarterly report. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Report, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business and related financing, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.  

In this quarterly report, references to “Orient Paper,” “ONP,” “the Company,” “we,” “our,” “us,” and the Company’s variable interest entity, “HBOP,” refer to Orient Paper, Inc.

We make certain forward-looking statements in this report. Statements concerning our future operations, prospects, strategies, financial condition, future economic performance (including growth and earnings), demand for our services, and other statements of our plans, beliefs, or expectations, including the statements contained under the captions “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Business,” as well as captions elsewhere in this document, are forward-looking statements.  In some cases these statements are identifiable through the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “project,” “target,” “can”, “could,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).  The forward-looking statements we make are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to various assumptions, risks, and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by these forward-looking statements.  Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Indeed, it is likely that some of our assumptions will prove to be incorrect.  Our actual results and financial position will vary from those projected or implied in the forward-looking statements and the variances may be material.  You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties, together with the other risks described from time to time in reports and documents that we file with the SEC should be considered in evaluating forward-looking statements.

In evaluating these forward-looking statements, you should consider various factors, including the following: (a) those risks and uncertainties related to general economic conditions, (b) whether we are able to manage our planned growth efficiently and operate profitable operations, (c) whether we are able to generate sufficient revenues or obtain financing to sustain and grow our operations, (d) whether we are able to successfully fulfill our primary requirements for cash.  We assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements, except as otherwise required under the applicable federal securities laws.

Results of Operations

Comparison of the Three Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011

Revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2012 was $35,521,672, a decrease of $6,012,714 or 14.48% from $41,534,386 for the same period in the previous year.

Revenue of Offset Printing Paper and Corrugating Medium Paper

Revenue from sales of offset printing paper and corrugating medium paper for the three months ended June 30, 2012 was $33,648,597, a decrease of $5,638,380 or 14.35% from $39,286,977 for the comparable period in 2011. The decrease was because of (1) a voluntary shutdown of our major production lines for 17 days (from April 22, 2012 to May 8, 2012) because of a malfunction of the biological treatment process at our water treatment plants; (2) approximately 10% decrease in Average Selling Prices (“ASPs”) for both offset printing paper and corrugating medium paper; and (3) the suspension of offset printing paper trading activities that we carried until January 2012.

Total offset printing and corrugating medium paper sold during the three months ended June 30, 2012 amounted to 74,999 tonnes, an increase of 13,132 tonnes or 21.23%, compared to 61,867 tonnes sold in the comparable period in the previous year. We did not sell any finished goods that we purchased from other manufacturers during the three months ended June 30, 2012 because of the downward pricing pressure which squeezed the profit margin of the trading activities since January 2012. As a comparison, during the three months ended June 30, 2011, we sold 11,432 tonnes of offset printing paper (or 32.79% of total printing paper sold for the quarter) purchased from other manufacturers. The suspension of the trading activities, alone with the 17-day temporary shutdown of production appear to have caused a year-over-year decrease of 18,251 tonnes (or 52.35%) in total quantity sold for offset printing paper, from 34,866 tonnes for the three months ended June 30, 2011 to 16,615 tonnes for the three months ended June 30, 2012.

During April, May and June 2012, we produced and sold 11,007 tonnes, 9,038 tonnes, and 18,071 tonnes, respectively, of corrugating medium paper from the new 360,000 tonnes/year new production line that we launched in December 2011. Nevertheless, with the 38,116 tonnes produced by the new production line, total quantity of corrugating medium paper sold during the quarter ended June 30, 2012 was 58,384 tonnes, an increase of only 31,383 tonnes or 116.23% from 27,001 tonnes in the comparable period in the previous year, due to the 17-day temporary production shutdown caused by the water treatment malfunction beginning on April 22, 2012. The changes in revenue dollar amount and in tonnage from the quarter ended June 30, 2011 to the same period in year 2012 are summarized as follows:

Monthly sales revenue, including revenue from the sales of purchased paper finished goods and excluding revenue of digital photo paper, for the 18 month period ended June 30, 2012, are summarized below. Monthly sales in February 2011, January 2012 and February 2012 were substantially lower than average mainly because of the extended Chinese New Year break in both 2012 and 2011.

The ASPs for our main products in the three-month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2012 are summarized as follows:

The following is a chart showing the month-by-month ASPs (excluding the ASPs of the digital photo paper) for the 18 month period ended June 30, 2012:

Corrugating Medium Paper

Revenue from corrugating medium paper amounted to $21,557,749 (or 64.07% of total offset printing paper and corrugating medium paper revenue) for the three months ended June 30, 2012, representing a $10,529,376 (or 95.48%) increase over the corrugating medium paper revenue of $11,028,373 for the comparable period in 2011.  We sold 58,384 tonnes of corrugating medium paper in the three months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to 27,001 tonnes for the same period in 2011, representing a 116.23% increase in quantities sold, because of the launch of the new production line, offset by the negative impact of the temporary production shutdown. Despite the increase in sales quantity, ASP for corrugating medium paper dropped from $408/tonne in the three months ended June 30, 2011 to $369/tonne in the three months ended June 30, 2012, representing a 9.56% decrease over the comparable period.  The decline in the ASP appears to be a result of the economic slowdown throughout China, as manufacturing activities contracted due to the crisis in Europe and as a result of the Chinese government’s effort to cool off the domestic construction activities. According to a report from China Industry Research Report Network, paper ASPs in China may continue to stay low for the coming periods. We believe the ASP for the corrugating medium paper will not improve at least until the end of September 2012.

We launched the new 360,000 tonnes/year corrugating medium paper production in December 2011. Quantities produced and sold from the commencement to June 2012 are as follows.

We are in the process of ramping up the new production line. Currently, the production speed is limited by the steam pressure at the drying section of the production line. We anticipate that when a new boiler is installed in August 2012, the machine speed will be significantly improved. We project that annual production quantity from the new 360,000 tonnes/year production line will be approximately 200,000 tonnes for the year of 2012.

Offset Printing Paper

Revenue from offset printing paper amounted to $12,090,848 (or 35.93% of total offset printing paper and corrugating medium paper revenue) for the three months ended June 30, 2012, which represents a $16,167,756 (or 57.21%) decrease from the offset printing paper revenue of $28,258,604 for the comparable period in 2011. We sold 16,615 tonnes of offset printing paper in the quarter ended June 30, 2012 compared to 34,866 tonnes of offset printing paper in the comparable period in year 2011, a decrease of 18,251 tonnes or 52.35%.  We believe that the factors contributing to the decrease in both total quantity and dollar amount sold in the three months ended June 30, 2012 include (1) the decrease in ASP for offset printing paper products from $810/tonne in the quarter ended June 30, 2011 to $728/tonne in the quarter ended June 30, 2012, representing a decrease of 10.12%; (2) a temporary shutdown of production for 17 days when we became aware on April 22, 2012 of certain malfunction of the biological treatment process at our water treatment plants; and (3) the suspension of offset printing paper trading activities. Because of shrinking gross profit margin of the trading activities caused by the decrease in offset printing paper ASP, we decided to temporarily suspend offset printing paper trading after January 2012. Gross revenue from trading of offset printing paper finished goods is nil for the three months ended June 30, 2012, while gross revenue from trading of offset printing paper finished goods was $9,258,035 for the comparable period in 2011 and accounts for 57.26% of the $16,167,657 second quarter year-over-year decrease in gross revenue.

Revenue of Digital Photo Paper

Revenue generated from selling digital photo paper was $1,873,075 (or 5.27% of total revenue) for the three months ended June 30, 2012, a decrease of $374,334 or 16.66% from $2,247,409 (or 5.41% of total revenue) for the three months ended June 30, 2011. When comparing to the quarter ended June 30, 2011, the ASP of our digital photo paper decreased from $4,040/tonne to $3,832/tonne. We sold 488.78 tonnes of digital photo paper in the three months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to 556.35 tonnes in the same period a year ago. The 12.15% year-over-year decline in quantity sold and the 5.15% year-over-year decline in ASP appear to be a result of softening customer demand in a weak economy. We believe the market demand and the ASP may not fully recover before the end of 2012.

 We currently produce glossy and semi-matte photo paper in various weights (from 120g/m² to 260g/m²).  Although there are minor seasonal fluctuations, ASP of our digital photo paper has been relatively stable since the third quarter of year 2011. Digital photo paper products’ monthly ASPs, monthly sales quantity (in tonnes) and monthly sales revenue for the 18 months from January 2011 to June 30, 2012 are summarized as follows:

Cost of Sales

Total cost of sales for corrugating medium paper and offset printing paper for the three months ended June 30, 2012 was $28,343,945, a decrease of $2,920,096 or 9.34% from $31,264,041 for the comparable period in 2011.  The decrease in total cost of sales in the second quarter of year 2012 is primarily due to the decrease in net sales revenue (especially the reduction in the offset printing paper quantity sold in the quarter ended June 30, 2012 as opposed to the comparable period in 2011). As explained above, total sales revenue (excluding revenue from sales of digital photo paper) decreased from $39,286,977 in the quarter ended June 30, 2011 to $33,648,597 in the comparable period in year 2012, representing a 14.35% year-over-year decrease. Cost of sales of corrugating medium paper and offset printing paper per unit decreased in the three months ended June 30, 2012 compared with the same period in year 2011 primarily because of the decrease in offset printing paper produced and, as explained below, a decrease in the unit costs of major raw materials, and partially offset by the increase in the cost of sales incurred due to the new production line launched in December 2011.

Total cost of sales of digital photo paper amounted to $1,392,063 for the three months ended June 30, 2012, representing a decrease of $69,025, or 4.72%, over the cost of sales of $1,461,088 in the comparable period in year 2011. The decrease is primarily due to the decrease in sales volume as explained above.

Monthly average purchase costs of our major raw materials for the period beginning January 2011 and ending June 2012 are as follows:

Costs for all types of raw materials in the first half of the 18-month period ended June 30, 2012 were generally on an upward trend and reached the highest point over the period toward the end of October 2011. For example, our average unit purchase costs (net of applicable value added tax) of recycled paper board, recycled white scrap paper, and recycled printed paper in the month of October 2011 were $204/tonne, $424/tonne, and $318/tonne, respectively. Starting from November 2011, the raw material prices have been decreasing, reflecting a softening demand from other paper producers in an economic slowdown. By the month of June 2012, the average unit purchase costs of recycled paper board, recycled white scrap paper, and recycled printed paper were $169/tonne, $372/tonne, and $294/tonne, respectively, which represent decreases of 17%, 12% and 7.5% from the prices of October 2011, respectively.  Our production uses entirely domestic recycled paper (produced mainly from the Beijing-Tianjin metropolitan area, where 40% of the publishing companies are located) and do not have to rely on imported recycled paper, which tends to have a more volatile pricing behavior than the domestic recycled paper. Depending on the regional economic outlook for the rest of year 2012, we believe that the future waste paper raw material costs may continue to reflect weaker market demand. 

Electricity and coal are the two main energy sources of our paper manufacturing activities.  Coal prices have been subject to seasonal fluctuations in China, with peaks often occurring in the winter months.  Historically, electricity and coal account for approximately 8% and 12% of our total cost of sales, or approximately 6% and 9% of total sales, respectively.  The monthly energy costs (electricity and coal) as a percentage of total monthly cost of sales and sales of our main paper products for the 18 months ended June 30, 2012 are summarized as follow:

Gross Profit

Corrugating Medium Paper and Offset Printing Paper

Gross profit for corrugating medium paper and offset printing paper for the three months ended June 30, 2012 was $5,304,652, a net decrease of $2,718,285 or 33.88% from $8,022,937 for the comparable period in 2011.  The net decrease in gross profit was primarily attributable to (1) the temporary shutdown of operations due to certain malfunction at our water treatment plants, (2) the discontinuance of trading of offset printing paper purchased from other manufacturers pursuant to certain supply agreements (“Supply Agreements”) since January 2012, and (3) approximately 10% declines in the ASPs of our offset printing paper and corrugating medium paper. Although the prices that we paid for major raw materials have decreased during the quarter ended June 30, 2012, the 17-day temporary shutdown of operations caused more fixed costs (e.g., depreciation of the new corrugating medium paper production line, which amounted to more than $2.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2012, and other factory overheads) to be absorbed by less sales revenue during the quarter ended June 30, 2012.

We generated $593,061 of gross profit from sales of offset printing paper purchased under the Supply Agreements during the three months ended June 30, 2011. There were no sales from such trading activities in the comparable period of 2012.

Because of declining ASPs, monthly gross profit margin of corrugating medium paper and offset printing paper generally has been decreasing since the beginning of 2012. Monthly gross profit margins in April and May 2012 were specifically impacted by the temporary shutdown of corrugating medium paper and offset printing paper operations for 17 days due to the water treatment facility malfunction as explained above. For the three months ended June 30, 2012, our gross profit margins on corrugating medium paper and offset printing paper were 16.17% and 15.04%, respectively. The gross profit margins on corrugating medium paper and offset printing paper for the comparable period in 2011 were 29.28% and 16.94%, respectively. We estimate that the gross profit margin on corrugating medium paper will continue to be substantially lower than the comparable period in 2011 until the run rate of the new 360,000 tonnes/year production line reaches at least 60%, or 18,000 tonnes per month. The new production line produced 18,071 tonnes in the month of June 2012.

Monthly Gross Profit Margins on the sales of our corrugating medium paper and offset printing paper for the 18-month period ending June 30, 2012 are as follows:

Digital Photo Paper

Gross profit from the sales of digital photo paper for the three months ended June 30, 2012 amounted to $481,012 or 25.68% as a percentage of total digital photo paper sales, compared with $786,320, or 34.99% as a percentage to total digital photo paper sales in the same period last year. The decline of gross profit margin is a direct result of both lower production quantity (and in terms of quantity sold, 12.15% less than the same period in 2011) and a lower ASP (5.13% lower than the ASP in the same period of previous year). The low ASP of digital photo paper reflects the contraction of the domestic consumption and business activities (including commercial advertising) since the beginning of year 2012. We do not believe the Chinese economy will fully recover to the pre-2012 level at least before the end of 2012.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2012 were $686,130, a decrease of $33,549 or 4.66% from $719,679 for the comparable period in 2011. The decrease was mainly attributable to lower legal expenses incurred in the second quarter of 2012 as opposed to the same period in the previous year.  

Comparison of the Six Months Ended June 30, 2012 and 2011

Revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $69,930,671, a decrease of $4,828,934 or 6.46% from $74,759,605 for the same period in the previous year.

Revenue of Offset Printing Paper and Corrugating Medium Paper

Revenue of offset printing paper and corrugating medium paper for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $66,481,457, a decrease of $3,873,440 or 5.51% from $70,354,897 for the comparable period in 2011.  The decrease was mainly caused by (1) the suspension since January 2012 of trading activities of offset printing paper that we purchased from other manufacturers under the Supply Agreements, (2) a declining trend of product ASPs, and (3) a temporary shutdown of the offset printing paper and corrugating medium production lines for 17 days beginning on April 22, 2012 because of a certain malfunction of the biological processing at our water treatment plants. These negative impacts are offset in part by the sales revenue of the corrugating medium paper produced by our new 360,000 tonnes/year production line launched in December 2011. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, revenue attributable to the new production line amounted to $25,630,622.

Revenue from corrugating medium paper amounted to $40,621,051 (or 58.09% of total revenue) for the six months ended June 30, 2012, representing a $21,069,907 (or 107.77%) increase from the corrugating medium paper revenue of $19,551,144 for the comparable period in 2011.  We sold 103,775 tonnes of corrugating medium paper in the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to 49,152 tonnes sold in the same period in 2011, an increase of 54,623 tonnes or 111.13%. During the six months ended June 30, 2012, 71,308 tonnes (or 68.71%) of corrugating medium paper sold were produced by the new 360,000 tonnes/year corrugating medium production line that we launched in December 2011. ASP for corrugating medium paper in the six months ended June 30, 2012 dropped slightly to $391/tonnes from $398/tonne (a $7 or 1.76% decrease) for the same period in 2011.

Revenue from offset printing paper amounted to $25,860,406 (or 36.98% of total revenue) for the six months ended June 30, 2012, which represents a $24,943,347 (or 49.10%) decrease from the offset printing paper revenue of $50,803,753 for the comparable period in 2011.  Our ASP for offset printing paper dropped to $751/tonne for the six months ended June 30, 2012 from $799/tonne (a 6.01% decrease) for the six months ended June 30, 2011. In addition to the sliding ASP, we sold 34,446 tonnes of offset printing paper in the six months of 2012 compared to 63,557 tonnes for the same period in 2011, a decrease of 29,111 tonnes or 45.80%.  The main reason for the decrease in quantity sold/produced is the decision to discontinue the trading activities of offset printing paper since January 2012, whereas revenue from such trading activities accounted for $15,838,156 (from 19,822 tonnes of paper sold) of total revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2011. The operations of our offset printing paper production lines were also interrupted during the 17-day period starting April 22, 2012 because of the malfunction of the water treatment plants. The declining ASP since the end of year 2011 also reflected a soft demand in the Chinese paper markets and fewer purchase orders for our paper products.

A summary of the above changes and further analyses of the changes in our sales revenue are as follows:

Average ASPs for our main products in the six-month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2012 are summarized as follows:

Revenue of Digital Photo Paper

Revenue generated from selling digital photo paper was $3,449,214 (or 4.93% of total revenue) for the six months ended June 30, 2012 compared to $4,404,708 (or 5.9% of total revenue) for the six months ended June 30, 2011:

In addition to the decrease in the digital photo paper quantity sold for the six months ended June 30, 2012 as a result of a slower economy in China, we have also adjusted the sales prices of our products. Digital photo paper ASP decreased from $4,065/tonne in the six months ended June 30, 2011 to $3,890/tonne during the comparable period in 2012, representing a 4.31% year-over-year drop.

Cost of Sales

Total cost of sales of corrugating medium paper and offset printing paper for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $53,827,910, a decrease of $1,524,437 or 2.75% from $55,352,347 for the comparable period in 2011.  Although we had a 111.13% tonnage growth in the corrugating medium paper sold, the increase in the additional cost of these corrugating medium paper was totally offset by the reduction in the cost of offset printing paper sold in the first half of 2012 as compared to the offset printing paper cost for the same period in 2011, as well as a decrease in unit costs that we paid in the six months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011.

For the six months ended June 30, 2012, cost of sales for digital photo paper was $2,563,925, as compared to $2,826,292 for the same period in year 2011. The decrease of the cost of sales of digital photo paper in the amount of $262,367 represents a 9.28% decrease from the comparable period in 2011. Despite a lower year 2012 average unit cost of the base paper, the 9.28% decrease in digital photo paper cost of sales, which is less than the percentage decrease in digital photo paper sales in the corresponding period, is a result of a higher unit production cost during the six months ended June 30, 2012 with increased fixed costs absorption in the product unit cost.

Gross Profit

Gross profit for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $13,538,836 or 19.36% of total revenue, representing a decrease of $3,042,129 or 18.35% from $16,580,965 or 22.18% of total revenue for the same period in year 2011.

Gross profit for corrugating medium paper and offset printing paper for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $12,653,547, a decrease of $2,349,002 or 15.66% from $15,002,549 for the comparable period in 2011.  The decrease was primarily attributable to factors including: (1) a 5.51% year-over-year decrease in total sales revenue of corrugating medium paper and offset printing paper, and (2) 2.75% decrease in related cost of sales. The overall gross profit margin for corrugating medium paper and offset printing paper for the six months ended June 30, 2012 decreased by 2.29%, from 21.32% for the comparable period in 2011 to 19.03%.

Gross profit margin for the corrugating medium paper for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was 20.51%, compared to 30.15% for the comparable period in 2011. The gross profit margin was substantially lower in the six months ended June 30, 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011 mainly because (1) the new 360,000 tonnes/year new production line was still in its early stage of ramping up, where the actual production of 71,308 tonnes in the six months ended June 30, 2012 accounted for an annualized 39.62% of maximum capacity of the new production line; (2) productivity loss during the 17-day period when our corrugating medium paper lines were shut down with a water treatment plant malfunction; and (3) the weakened market demand in 2012, which led to lower sales volume and ASP. We believe the gross profit margin realized in the run-in period of the new line will continue to be lower than that of the other production line, at least before the run rate is raised to approximately 60% of the designed capacity. In the month of June 2012, actual production from the 360,000 tonnes/year production line reached 18,071 tonnes. We are cautiously optimistic about the prospect of successful ramp up on this production line in the second half of the year, especially after the new 75-tonne new boiler is up and running, providing sufficient steam pressure to the new production line to raise the machine speed and maximize output.

With a year-over-year decrease in revenue for 49.10% and a year-over-year decrease in cost of sales for 48.38%, gross profit margin for the offset printing paper sold was 16.76% for the six months ended June 30, 2012, decreased by 1.19% as compared to 17.95% for the same period in 2011.

Gross profit from the sales of digital photo paper for the six months ended June 30, 2012 amounted to $885,289 or 25.67% compared with $1,578,415, or 35.83% as a percentage of total digital photo paper sales during the comparable period in 2011. Gross profit margin of digital photo paper in the six months ended June 30, 2012 was lower than the gross profit margin in the same period in 2011 because of soft customer demand for photo paper for commercial advertising purposes, which led to a declining market price for our digital photo paper.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2012 were $1,730,802, an increase of $150,837 or 9.55% from $1,579,965 for the comparable period in 2011. The increase was primarily attributable to the fair value of approximately 109,584 shares of common stock issued to certain of our directors and officers in January 2012 to compensate for their services in the past years. The $378,065 share compensation was recorded as a one-time compensation expense during the first quarter of 2012. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, the expenses incurred or accrued for legal and accounting/auditing fees amounted to $69,784 and $305,292, respectively as compared to $429,359 and $353,771, respectively, during the six months ended June 30, 2011. The increased expense from the share compensation offset the decrease in legal expense, accounting/auditing fees and other various expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2012 when compared with the same period a year ago, resulted in the increase of $150,837.

Income from Operations

Operating income for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $11,808,034, a decrease of $3,123,798 or 20.92% from $14,931,832 for the comparable period in 2011.  In addition to the changes in gross profit and selling, general and administrative expenses as explained above, the difference also reflects a $69,168 loss from disposal of one vehicle and other plant equipments in the six months ended June 30, 2011. There was no gain or loss from disposal of any business property in the six months ended June 30, 2012.

Net Income

Net income was $8,292,481 for the six months ended June 30, 2012, a decrease of $2,421,393 or 22.6% from $10,713,874 for the comparable period in 2011.  The decrease was primarily attributable to the decreased sales revenue and gross profit during the six months ended June 30, 2012. In addition to the changes in revenue and operating expenses, the decrease is also attributable to an increase in interest expense in the amount of $158,580 for the interest charges paid for the long-term debt borrowed from a local credit union on June 10, 2011.

Accounts Receivable

Net accounts receivable and trade notes receivable decreased by $766,962 (or 20.07%) to $3,053,734 as of June 30, 2012, compared with $3,820,696 as of December 31, 2011 due to decreased sales revenue and a more aggressive collection effort to our customers. We usually collect accounts receivable within 30 days of delivery and completion of sales.

Inventories

Inventories consist of raw materials (accounting for 87.36% of total value of ending inventory as of June 30, 2012) and finished goods. As of June 30, 2012, the recorded value of inventory decreased by 14.17% to $8,590,193 from $10,007,928 as of December 31, 2011. The largest change came from the inventory item of recycled paperboard, which is the main raw material for the production of corrugating medium paper and was stated at $4,002,636 as of June 30, 2012. The balance of recycled paperboard on June 30, 2012 was lower than the balance at December 31, 2011 by $1,642,813 but higher than the balance of $3,072,984 on June 30, 2011 by $929,652. Because of limited space of our raw material stocking ground, we have to make more frequent purchase orders of raw materials from our suppliers as the production of the new corrugating medium paper line ramps up. In 2012 we made a purchase of recycled paper board approximately every six days, as opposed to approximately every ten days before year 2011, to keep up with the production of the new 360,000 tonnes/year corrugating medium paper production line. The changes in frequency of purchasing recycled paper board lowered the inventory levels we kept.

A summary of changes in major inventory items is as follows:

 
Accounts Payable

Accounts payable (excluding non-inventory purchase payables and accrued expenses) was $737,644 as of June 30, 2012, a decrease of $2,028,910 or 73.34% from $2,766,554 as of December 31, 2011.  The Company made accounts payable payments to three vendors in the last two days of June 2012 totaling $1,347,440 and brought down the balance of the accounts payable as of June 30, 2012.

Other payables and accrued liabilities

Other payables and accrued liabilities was $2,381,894 as of June 30, 2012, an increase of $792,353 over the balance of the account as of December 31, 2011. The increase is mainly attributable to a value added tax (“VAT”) receivable of $432,923 recorded in the account of prepayment and other current assets as of December 31, 2011. The 2011 year-end debit balance of VAT receivable was created by the prepaid VAT associated with the purchase costs of the machinery and equipment for the construction of the new corrugating medium paper production line, which was completed in November 2011 and launched by the end of year 2011. Most of such VAT receivable had been utilized in the six months ended June 30, 2012 and no material purchase of machinery and equipment occurred in the quarter ended June 30, 2012. As a result, the VAT receivable turned to the VAT payable of $971,462 as of June 30, 2012.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

As of June 30, 2012 we had net working capital of $8,778,518, a decrease of $2,545,198 over net working capital of $11,323,716 on December 31, 2011.

We finance our daily operations mainly by cash flows generated from our business operations and loans from banking institutions and major shareholders. Major capital expenditures in the first two quarters of 2012 and year 2011 were primarily financed by cash flows generated from business operations. As of June 30, 2012, we had approximately $1,428,820 in capital expenditure commitments that were mainly related to the remaining unbilled construction cost of a new corrugating medium paper production line, a new power substation, a new 75-tonne boiler and related facilities, and new employee dormitories and will be satisfied by payment of cash within the next 12 months. In addition to the binding contracts that we have entered into, we are considering capital expenditure plans with estimated costs of up to $5 million in the remainder of 2012 and the year of 2013. These plans include building additional offices, cafeteria, and production line worker living quarters over the land across the street that we have recently acquired (see below). We currently have no specific capital expenditure plan regarding our next expansion project in 2013 and afterwards.  

Since the spring of 2010 we have been trying to acquire approximately 667,000 square meters of land that is right across the street from our current facilities and have already been approved by the government for our capacity expansion plan. However, since the acquisition process started, we have met significant opposition by some local residents over the price that we offered for their land. We finally completed on April 13, 2012 a partial closing of approximately 58,566 square meters of land with street frontage with local residents and secured all land use right permits. For the 58,566 square meters, we were refunded approximately $3.1 million of the purchase price on April 2, 2012 from the $7.3 million security deposit that we had paid as of March 31, 2012. Subsequently, we paid another $3.3 million in various compensation, taxes and recording fees to the sellers and the government to close out the acquisition on April 13, 2012. The area we acquired as of April 13, 2012 is not large enough to build major tissue paper production facilities as we originally planned. However, because we have run out of space to house new employees and management since the construction of the 360,000 tonnes per year corrugating medium paper line, we plan to first build new offices and employee living quarters on the 58,566 square meter new land across the street. We estimate that the construction of these buildings may take up one third of the space of the new land. We are carefully evaluating the use of the rest of the new land to determine the best use of the space with respect to our next phase of expansion.

The Company currently does not have any plans for equity financing in the next 12 months.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Our cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2012 was $6,158,692, an increase of $1,993,246 from $4,165,446 as of December 31, 2011.  The increase of cash and cash equivalents over the six-month period ended 30 June 2012 was primarily attributable to a number of factors, including the following:

i. Net cash provided by operating activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $13,882,724 for the six months ended June 30, 2012, representing a slight increase of $175,692 or 1.28% from $13,707,032 for the comparable period in 2011.  The net income of the six months ended June 30, 2012 in the amount of $8,292,481 represented a decrease of $2,421,393 or 22.60% from $10,713,874 for the comparable period in 2011.  In addition to the decrease in net income, net decreases in accounts payable of $2,045,625 and in income taxes payable of $829,437 during the six months ended June 30, 2012 also decreased cash balance as of June 30, 2012. These major net cash outflows are offset by non cash item of depreciation and amortization in the amount of $4,050,749 (an increase over the depreciation and amortization during the comparable period in 2011 by $1,861,650), net decrease in inventory of $1,478,010 and net increase in other payables and accrued liabilities of $1,247,500.

ii. Net cash used in investing activities

We incurred $11,397,681 in cash expenditures for investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2012, compared to $22,480,239 for the same period in 2011 when the construction of the new 360,000 tonnes/year corrugating medium production line was in progress. All expenditures were for the progress payments for the construction of employee dormitories (for a total cost of approximately $4.6 million) and ancillary facilities of the new corrugating medium paper production line, including the facilities to house a new 75-tonne boiler, and additional power substation equipments. We expect to finance any future capital expenditure commitment with (1) our current cash and cash equivalent balance of approximately $6.2 million, (2) cash flows from operating activities in the next twelve months, and (3) additional bank loans or capital leases, if necessary.

iii. Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

Net cash used in financing activities was $509,935 for the six months ended June 30, 2012, as compared to net cash provided by financing activities in the amount of $3,501,440 for the comparable period in 2011. During the six months ended June 30, 2012, we paid off the principal balance and accrued interest of the RMB 13,000,000 (approximately $2,058,884 based on the currency exchange rate as of June 30, 2012) short-term loan from the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (“ICBC”) on February 24, 2012. We entered into a new loan agreement of RMB 12,500,000 (approximately $1,979,696 at June 30, 2012) with ICBC on March 13, 2012. The new loan is due on January 4, 2013, bearing an interest rate of 8.856% per annum. Our Board of Directors also declared quarterly dividends at the rate of $0.0125/share for the next four quarters, with the first record date being June 15, 2012. The funds for the first quarterly dividend was already wired to the account of the transfer agent by June 30, 2012 in the amount of $230,747.

Short-term bank loans

As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, short-term borrowings were $2,771,487 and $2,833,619, respectively, with no unsecured bank loans. The factoring facilities were secured by essentially all of our accounts receivable in the amount of $3,053,734 and $3,820,696 as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had no unutilized credit facility with the banks. The average short-term borrowing rates for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were approximately 8.15% and 5.85%, respectively.

Long-term loan from credit union

As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, loan payable to Rural Credit Cooperative of Xushui County, amounted to $5,725,100 and $5,690,852.

On March 31, 2011, we entered into a three-year term loan agreement with Rural Credit Cooperation of Xushui County for $1,559,951 as of June 30, 2012. The loan is guaranteed by an independent third party. Interest payment is due quarterly and bears a rate of 0.72% per month.

On June 10, 2011, we entered into a new term loan agreement with the Rural Credit Cooperative of Xushui County for $4,165,149 as of June 30, 2012. The new loan is secured by our manufacturing equipment of $10,009,274 as of June 30, 2012 and will mature on June 9, 2013. Interest payment is due quarterly and bears a rate of 0.72% per month. As of June 30, 2012, the entire balance of the loan in the amount of $4,165,149 has been presented as current portion of long-term debt in the consolidated balance sheet.

Total interest expenses for the short-term and long-term loans for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were $168,959 and $73,504, respectively.

Total interest expenses for the short-term and long-term loans for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 were $357,973 and $141,190, respectively.

Shareholder loans

Mr. Zhenyong Liu is the director, principal stockholder and chief executive officer of Orient Paper.  He loaned money to Hebei Baoding Orient Paper Milling Company Limited (“HBOP”) for working capital purposes over a period of time.  On August 31, 2009, Orient Paper, HBOP, and Mr. Liu entered into a tri-party Debt Assignment and Assumption Agreement, under which Orient Paper agreed to assume the loan of $4,000,000 due from HBOP to Mr. Liu.  Concurrently, Orient Paper issued 1,204,341 shares of restricted common stock to Mr. Liu at the market price of $3.32132 per share.  As of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, net amount due to Mr. Liu were $2,313,149 and $2,499,312, respectively.  

The loan of Mr. Liu is interest bearing and the interest rate is equal to the rate established by the People’s Bank of China, which was 5.85%, as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.  The term is for 3 years and started from January 1, 2010 and is due December 31, 2012.

On August 1 and August 5, 2008, two members of the Board of Directors of HBOP loaned money to Orient Paper for working capital purposes. The loans bore interest at the rate established by the People’s Bank of China and were due on July 31 and August 4, 2011, respectively. Orient Paper paid off the loan balance to both directors of HBOP by August 4, 2011. The interest rate was 5.85% and 5.85% per annum.

The interest expenses incurred for above related party loans are $33,802 and $63,485 for the three months ended June 30, 2012, and 2011 respectively, while the interest expenses were $67,662 and $125,865 for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 respectively.

Short-Term Cash Advance

We accumulatively borrowed $500,000 in U.S. Dollars from a shareholder to pay for various expenses incurred in the U.S between April and June 2012. The amount was repayable on demand and interest free. We repaid the entire balance by the end of June 30, 2012.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The Company’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Management makes these estimates using the best information available at the time the estimates are made. However, actual results could differ materially from those estimates. The most critical accounting policies are listed below:

Revenue Recognition Policy

The Company recognizes revenue when goods are delivered and a formal arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, the delivery is completed, no other significant obligations of the Company exist, and collectability is reasonably assured.  Goods are considered delivered when the customer’s truck picks up goods at our finished goods inventory warehouse.

Long-Lived Assets

The Company evaluates the recoverability of long-lived assets and the related estimated remaining useful lives when events or circumstances lead management to believe that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amount. In such circumstances, those assets are written down to estimated fair value. Our judgments regarding the existence of impairment indicators are based on market conditions, assumptions for operational performance of our businesses, and possible government policy toward operating efficiency of the Chinese paper manufacturing industry. For the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, no events or circumstances occurred for which an evaluation of the recoverability of long-lived assets was required. We are currently not aware of any events or circumstances that may indicate any need to record such impairment in the future.

Foreign Currency Translation

The functional currency of HBOP and Baoding Shengde is the Chinese Yuan Renminbi (“RMB”).  Under ASC Topic 830-30, all assets and liabilities are translated into United States dollars using the current exchange rate at the end of each fiscal period. The current exchange rates used by the Company as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 to translate the Chinese RMB to the U.S. Dollars are 6.3143:1 and 6.3523:1, respectively. Revenues and expenses are translated using the prevailing average exchange rates at 6.3141:1, and 6.5316:1 for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Translation adjustments are included in other comprehensive income (loss).

Contractual Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Contractual Obligations

We have certain fixed contractual obligations and commitments that include future estimated payments as of June 30, 2012. Changes in our business needs, cancellation provisions, changing interest rates, and other factors may result in actual payments differing from the estimates. We cannot provide certainty regarding the timing and amounts of payments. We have presented below a summary of the most significant assumptions used in our determination of amounts presented in the tables, in order to assist in the review of this information within the context of our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.  

 Incentive Stock Plan

On August 28, 2011, the Company’s Annual General Meeting approved the 2011 Incentive Stock Plan (the “2011 ISP”) as previously adopted by the Board of Directors on July 5, 2011. Under the 2011 ISP, the Company may grant an aggregate of 375,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to the Company’s directors, officers, employees or consultants. Specifically, the Board and/or the Compensation Committee have authority to (a) grant, in its discretion, Incentive Stock Options or Non-statutory Options, Stock Awards or Restricted Stock Purchase Offers; (b) determine in good faith the fair market value of the stock covered by any grant; (c) determine which eligible persons shall receive grants and the number of shares, restrictions, terms and conditions to be included in such grants; and (d) make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the 2011 ISP's administration. No stock or option was issued under the 2011 ISP until January 11, 2012, when the Compensation Committee granted 109,584 shares of restricted common stock to certain officers and directors of the Company.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

None.
 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-11 - Balance Sheet (Topic 210): Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, which requires entities to disclose both gross and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the statement of financial position and instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting agreement. The objective of the disclosure is to facilitate comparison between those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of U.S. GAAP and those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). This ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after January 1, 2013. Retrospective presentation for all comparative periods presented is required. Its adoption of ASU 2011-11 is not expected to have material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Foreign Exchange Risk

While our reporting currency is the US dollar, almost all of our consolidated revenues and consolidated costs and expenses are denominated in RMB. All of our assets are denominated in RMB except for some cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivables. As a result, we are exposed to foreign exchange risk as our revenues and results of operations may be affected by fluctuations in the exchange rate between US dollar and RMB. If the RMB depreciates against the US dollar, the value of our RMB revenues, earnings and assets as expressed in our US dollar financial statements will decline. We have not entered into any hedging transactions in an effort to reduce our exposure to foreign exchange risk.

Inflation

Although we are generally able to pass along minor incremental cost inflation to our customers, inflationary factors such as increases in the costs of our products and overhead costs may adversely affect our operating results. We do not believe that inflation in China has had a material impact on our financial position or results of operations to date, a high rate of inflation in the future may have an adverse effect on our ability to maintain current levels of gross margin and selling and distribution, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net revenues if the selling prices of our products do not increase to cope with these increased costs.

As required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act, we have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, which were designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives. This evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that, as of June 30, 2012, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level to ensure (1) that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and (2) information required to be disclosed by us in our reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes with respect to our internal control over financial reporting that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting in the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012.

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

On August 20, 2010, the Company was served notice of a stockholder class action lawsuit filed on August 6, 2010 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the Company, certain current and former officers and directors of the Company, and Roth Capital Partners, LLP.  The complaint in the lawsuit, Mark Henning v. Orient Paper et al., CV-10-5887 RSWL (AJWx), alleges, among other claims, that the Company issued materially false and misleading statements and omitted to state material facts that rendered its affirmative statements misleading as they related to the Company’s financial performance, business prospects, and financial condition, and that the defendants failed to prevent such statements from being issued or corrected.  The complaint seeks, among other relief, compensatory damages and plaintiff’s counsel’s fees and experts’ fees.  Mr. Henning purports to sue on his own behalf and on behalf of a class consisting of the Company’s stockholders (other than the defendants and their affiliates).  One group of three shareholders with a total alleged loss of approximately $150,000 has filed a motion to be appointed as lead plaintiff and has been so appointed by the court.  The Company and the defendant officers and directors have retained the law firm DLA Piper US LLP to represent them in connection with the lawsuit.  The Company believes that the lawsuit has no merit and intends to mount a vigorous defense. The plaintiffs filed an amended complaint on January 28, 2011, and the Company filed a motion to dismiss with the court on March 14, 2011. The plaintiffs subsequently filed their opposition to the Company’s motion to dismiss on April 28, 2011. On July 25, 2011 the court denied the Company’s motion to dismiss, thus allowing the litigation to proceed. On June 21, 2012, the Company reached a proposed settlement of the securities class action lawsuit with the plaintiffs. The terms of the proposed settlement call for dismissal of all the defendants from the action in exchange for a $2 million payment from the Company’s insurer. The Company expects the settlement to be finalized and approved by the court by the end of year 2012.

On April 1, 2011 the Company was served a summon for a complaint filed by Tribank Capital Investments, Inc. (“Tribank”) on March 30, 2011 in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles against the Company and its Chairman and CEO Mr. Zhenyong Liu (the “Tribank Matter”). By filing the complaint, Tribank alleges, among other claims, that the Company breached the Non-Circumvention Agreement dated October 29, 2008 between the Company and Tribank (the “Agreement”), and that the Company was unjustly enriched as a result of breaching the Agreement. The complaint seeks, among other relief, compensatory damages and plaintiff’s counsel’s fees. On April 29, 2011 the Company filed a Notice of Removal to remove the jurisdiction of the case from the state court of California to the Federal District Court for the District of Central California and filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on May 6, 2011. On July 18, 2011, United States District Court Judge Manual Real granted Orient Paper motion to dismiss the complaint in its entirety, finding that venue is improper because the contract that forms the basis of the parties' relationship contains a valid and enforceable forum selection clause providing that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China is the exclusive forum for resolution of disputes. Tribank subsequently filed a notice of appeal with the court on August 5, 2011 and did file an opening brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The Company continues to believe that the complaint has no merit and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit. While certain legal defense costs may be later reimbursed by the Company’s insurance carrier, no reasonable estimate of any impact of the outcome of the litigation or related legal fees on the financial statements can be made as of date of this statement. 

            Information about risk factors for the three months ended June 30, 2012, does not differ materially from that set forth in Part I, Item 1A of the Company’s 2011 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

            None.

           To our knowledge, there are no material defaults upon senior securities.

Not applicable

None.

* Attached as Exhibit 101 to this report are the following financial statements from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2012 formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language):  (i) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss), (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (iv) related notes to these financial statements tagged as blocks of text.  The XBRL-related information in Exhibit 101 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q shall not be deemed “filed” or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of those sections

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.