KIWA BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORP - Quarter Report: 2010 March (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
þ QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the
Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2010
¨ TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the
Transition Period from ______ to ______
Commission
File Number: 000-33167
KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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77-0632186
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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310
N. Indian Hill Blvd.,
#702
Claremont, California
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91711
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(Address
of principal executive
offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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(626)
715-5855
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
415
West Foothill Blvd, Suite 206
Claremont,
California 91711-2766
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(Former
address)
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer ¨
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Accelerated
filer ¨
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Non-accelerated
filer ¨
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Smaller
reporting company x
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No ¨
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common
stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Class
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Outstanding at May 10,
2010
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Common
Stock, $0.001 par
value
per share
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400,000,000
shares
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PART
I.
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FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
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2 |
ITEM
1.
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
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2 |
ITEM
2.
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS.
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20 |
ITEM
3.
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QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
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25 |
ITEM
4T.
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CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
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25 |
PART
II.
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OTHER
INFORMATION
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27 |
ITEM
1.
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LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
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27 |
ITEM
1A.
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RISK
FACTORS
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27 |
ITEM
2.
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UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
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27 |
ITEM
3.
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DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
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27 |
ITEM
4.
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OTHER
INFORMATION
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27 |
ITEM
5.
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EXHIBITS
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28 |
SIGNATURES
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29 |
1
PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM
1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
March 31, 2010
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December 31, 2009
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(Unaudited)
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(Audited)
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ASSETS
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Current
assets
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ | 46,902 | $ | 28,765 | ||||
Accounts
receivable
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2,441 | 2,441 | ||||||
Inventories
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1,849 | 6,717 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses
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2,747 | - | ||||||
Other
current assets
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133,074 | 131,674 | ||||||
Current
assets of discontinued operation
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385 | 385 | ||||||
Total
current assets
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187,398 | 169,982 | ||||||
Property,
Plant and Equipment
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Buildings
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1,243,482 | 1,243,137 | ||||||
Machinery
and equipment
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565,904 | 565,745 | ||||||
Automobiles
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81,490 | 81,467 | ||||||
Office
equipment
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99,188 | 99,159 | ||||||
Computer
software
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21,192 | 21,186 | ||||||
Property,
plant and equipment - total
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2,011,256 | 2,010,694 | ||||||
Less:
accumulated depreciation
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(717,563 | ) | (688,617 | ) | ||||
Less:
impairment on long-lived assets
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(1,066,891 | ) | (1,066,594 | ) | ||||
Property,
plant and equipment - net
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226,802 | 255,483 | ||||||
Total
assets
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$ | 414,200 | $ | 425,465 | ||||
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIENCY
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Current
liabilities
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Accounts
payable
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$ | 309,969 | $ | 279,248 | ||||
Advances
from customers
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13,111 | 13,107 | ||||||
Construction
costs payable
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260,065 | 290,429 | ||||||
Due
to related parties - trade
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344,257 | 351,484 | ||||||
Due
to related parties - non-trade
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2,181,873 | 1,819,507 | ||||||
Convertible
notes payable
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1,631,088 | 1,518,171 | ||||||
Salary
payable
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539,790 | 493,153 | ||||||
Taxes
payable
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104,782 | 85,937 | ||||||
Penalty
payable
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712,860 | 595,277 | ||||||
Current
portion of long-term liabilities
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4,358 | 4,253 | ||||||
Other
payable
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921,292 | 997,021 | ||||||
Current
liabilities of discontinued operation
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105,545 | 105,515 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
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7,128,990 | 6,553,102 | ||||||
Long-term
liabilities, less current portion
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Unsecured
loans payable
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1,684,661 | 1,684,192 | ||||||
Bank
notes payable
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6,552 | 7,671 | ||||||
Long-term
convertible notes payable
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- | 112,917 | ||||||
Total
long-term liabilities
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1,691,213 | 1,804,780 | ||||||
Shareholders’
deficiency
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Common
stock - $0.001 par value
Authorized 400,000,000 shares. Issued and outstanding 400,000,000 at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 |
400,000 | 400,000 | ||||||
Preferred
stock - $0.001 par value
Authorized 20,000,000 shares, none issued |
- | - | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
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8,093,337 | 8,093,337 | ||||||
Deficit
accumulated
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(16,866,463 | ) | (16,394,930 | ) | ||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive deficiency
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(32,877 | ) | (30,824 | ) | ||||
Total
Kiwa shareholders’ deficiency
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(8,406,003 | ) | (7,932,417 | ) | ||||
Non-controlling
interest
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- | - | ||||||
Total
deficiency
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(8,406,003 | ) | (7,932,417 | ) | ||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders' deficiency
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$ | 414,200 | $ | 425,465 |
SEE
ACCOMPANYING NOTES
2
KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March
31,
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2010
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2009
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Net
sales
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$ | 78,787 | $ | 8,890 | ||||
Cost
of sales
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47,152 | 8,364 | ||||||
Gross
profit
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31,635 | 526 | ||||||
Operating
expenses
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Consulting
and professional fees
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40,762 | 52,766 | ||||||
Officers’
compensation
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38,254 | 72,386 | ||||||
General
and administrative
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296,106 | 251,544 | ||||||
Selling
expenses
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2,142 | 3,710 | ||||||
Research
and development
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46,222 | 48,116 | ||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
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19,858 | 35,993 | ||||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts
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- | 47,370 | ||||||
Total
operating expenses
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443,344 | 511,885 | ||||||
Operating
loss
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(411,709 | ) | (511,359 | ) | ||||
Interest
expense
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(59,824 | ) | (205,614 | ) | ||||
Loss
from continuing operations
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(471,533 | ) | (716,973 | ) | ||||
Loss
from discontinued operation
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- | (126,440 | ) | |||||
Net
loss
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(471,533 | ) | (843,413 | ) | ||||
Net
loss attributable to non-controlling interest
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- | 25,288 | ||||||
Net
loss attributable to Kiwa shareholders
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(471,533 | ) | (818,125 | ) | ||||
Other
comprehensive loss
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Translation
adjustment
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(2,053 | ) | 296 | |||||
Total
comprehensive loss
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$ | (473,586 | ) | $ | (817,829 | ) | ||
Net
(loss) per common share - basic and diluted
-contiuing operations
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$ | (0.001 | ) | $ | (0.003 | ) | ||
Net
(loss) per common share - basic and diluted -discontiued
operations
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- | (0.001 | ) | |||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding-basic and
diluted
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400,000,000 | 217,467,217 |
SEE
ACCOMPANYING NOTES
3
KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Three
Months Ended March 31,
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2010
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2009
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net
loss attributable to Kiwa shareholders
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$ | (471,533 | ) | $ | (818,125 | ) | ||
Net
loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes
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- | 101,151 | ||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
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Depreciation
and amortization
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28,752 | 50,694 | ||||||
Amortization
of detachable warrants, options and stocks as compensation
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- | 251,822 | ||||||
Provision
for doubtful debt and inventory impairment
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- | 120,944 | ||||||
Provision
for penalty payable
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117,583 | 109,731 | ||||||
Non-controlling
interest
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- | (25,288 | ) | |||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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Accounts
receivable
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- | 36,435 | ||||||
Inventories
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4,873 | 14,104 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses
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(2,747 | ) | 2,930 | |||||
Other
current assets
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(1,400 | ) | (79,446 | ) | ||||
Accounts
payable
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30,742 | 30,941 | ||||||
Salary
payable
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46,597 | 51,355 | ||||||
Taxes
payable
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18,821 | 15,362 | ||||||
Advances
from customers
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0 | 5,803 | ||||||
Due
to related parties-trade
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(7,324 | ) | 0 | |||||
Other
payable
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(75,765 | ) | 105,408 | |||||
Net
cash used in operating activities
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(311,401 | ) | (26,179 | ) | ||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
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Purchase
of property and equipment
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(30,443 | ) | - | |||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
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(30,443 | ) | - | |||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
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Received
from related parties
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362,882 | 161,917 | ||||||
Repayment
to related parties
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(456 | ) | (72,328 | ) | ||||
Repayment
of long-term borrowings
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(1,121 | ) | (922 | ) | ||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
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361,305 | 88,667 | ||||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
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(1,324 | ) | 36,569 | |||||
Cash
flows from discontinued operations
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Net
cash used in discontinued operating activities
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- | (101,146 | ) | |||||
Net
cash provided by discontinued investing activites
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- | - | ||||||
Net
cash used in discontinued financing activites
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- | - | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents:
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Net
increase (decrease)
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18,137 | (2,089 | ) | |||||
Balance
at beginning of period
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28,765 | 18,986 | ||||||
Balance
at end of period
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$ | 46,902 | $ | 16,897 | ||||
Supplemental
Disclosures of Cash flow Information:
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Cash
paid for interest
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$ | - | $ | 280 | ||||
Cash
paid for income taxes
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$ | - | $ | - | ||||
Non-cash
operating, investing and financing activities:
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Issuance
of common stock for conversion of convertible notes payable and
interest
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- | 79,455 | ||||||
Issuance
of stock as compensation to consultants
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- | 6,000 |
SEE
ACCOMPANYING NOTES
4
KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIENCY
(Unaudited)
Kiwa
Shareholders
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Additional
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Stock-based
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Other
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Common
Stock
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Paid-in
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Compensation
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Accumulated
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Comprehensive
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Non-controlling
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Shares
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Amount
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Capital
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Reserve
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Deficits
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Deficiency
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interest
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Total
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Balance,
December 31, 2009
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400,000,000 | $ | 400,000 | $ | 8,093,337 | - | $ | (16,394,930 | ) | $ | (30,824 | ) | - | $ | (7,932,417 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Net
loss attributable toKiwa shareholders for the three months ended
March 31, 2010
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- | - | - | - | $ | (471,533 | ) | - | - | $ | (471,533 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation difference
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- | - | - | - | - | $ | (2,053 | ) | - | $ | (2,053 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
March 31, 2010
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400,000,000 | 400,000 | 8,093,337 | - | (16,866,463 | ) | (32,877 | ) | - | (8,406,003 | ) |
SEE
ACCOMPANYING NOTES
5
KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
1.
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Description of
Business and
Organization
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References
herein to “Kiwa” or the “Company” refer to Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group
Corporation and its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries unless the
context specifically states or implies otherwise.
Organization – The Company is
the result of a share exchange transaction accomplished on March 12, 2004
between the shareholders of Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Ltd. (“Kiwa BVI”), a
company originally organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands on
June 5, 2002 and Tintic Gold Mining Company (“Tintic”), a corporation originally
incorporated in the state of Utah on June 14, 1933 to perform mining operations
in Utah. The share exchange resulted in a change of control of
Tintic, with former Kiwa BVI stockholders owning approximately 89% of Tintic on
a fully diluted basis and Kiwa BVI surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Tintic. Subsequent to the share exchange transaction, Tintic changed
its name to Kiwa Bio-Tech Products Group Corporation. On July 21, 2004, the
Company completed its reincorporation in the State of Delaware.
The
Company has established two subsidiaries in China: (1) Kiwa Bio-Tech Products
(Shandong) Co., Ltd. (“Kiwa Shandong”) in 2002 and (2) Tianjin Kiwa Feed Co.,
Ltd. (“Kiwa Tianjin”). The following chart summarizes the Company’s
organizational and ownership structure.
Business – The Company’s
business plan is to develop, manufacture, distribute and market innovative,
cost-effective and environmentally safe bio-technological products for
agriculture markets located primarily in China. The Company has
acquired technologies to produce and market bio-fertilizer and bio-enhanced feed
products, and also are developing a veterinary drug based on AF-01 anti-viral
aerosol technology.
2.
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Summaries of
Significant
Accounting Policies
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Principle of consolidation -
These condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial
statements of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Kiwa BVI and Kiwa
Bio-Tech Products (Shandong) Co., Ltd. (“Kiwa Shandong”), and also its
majority-owned subsidiary, Tianjin Kiwa Feed Co., Ltd. (“Kiwa
Tianjin”). All significant inter-company balances or transactions are
eliminated on consolidation.
Basis of preparation - These
interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited. In the
opinion of management, all adjustments and disclosures necessary for a fair
presentation of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements have
been included. The results reported in the condensed consolidated
financial statements for any interim periods are not necessarily indicative of
the results that may be reported for the entire year. The accompanying
condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and do
not include all information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation
of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial
statements and accompanying footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
Use of Estimates - The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the
date of the condensed consolidated financial statements, and the reported
amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual
results could differ from those estimates. Significant accounting estimates
include bad debt provision, impairment of inventory and long-lived assets,
depreciation and amortization and fair value of warrants and
options.
6
KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Country Risk - As the
Company’s principal operations are conducted in China, the Company is subject to
special considerations and significant risks not typically associated with
companies operating in North America and Western Europe. These risks include,
among others, risks associated with the political, economic and legal
environments and foreign currency exchange limitations encountered in China. The
Company’s results of operations may be adversely affected by changes in the
political and social conditions in China, and by changes in governmental
policies with respect to laws and regulations, among other things.
In
addition, all of the Company’s transactions undertaken in China are denominated
in China Renminbi (“RMB”), which must be converted into other currencies before
remittance out of China may be made. Both the conversion of RMB into
foreign currencies and the remittance of foreign currencies out of China require
the approval from the Chinese government. In recent years, the
Chinese government has gradually loosened its control over foreign exchange,
especially with respect to current foreign exchange accounts, for instance, by
removing the requirement for advance examination and approval to open a current
foreign exchange account and by increasing the quota for foreign exchange
accounts.
Credit Risk - The Company
performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and intends to establish an
allowance for doubtful accounts when amounts are not considered fully
collectable. According to the Company’s credit policy, the Company
generally provides 100% bad debt provision for the amounts outstanding over 365
days after the deduction of the amount subsequently settled after the balance
sheet date, which management believes is consistent with industry practice in
China region.
Going Concern - The condensed
consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company
will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets
and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The
carrying amounts of assets and liabilities presented in the condensed
consolidated financial statements do not purport to represent the realizable or
settlement values.
As of
March 31, 2010, the Company had cash of $46,902, current ratio of 0.03 and quick
ratio of 0.007. The Company had an accumulated deficit of
$16,866,463, and incurred net losses of $471,533 during the three months ended
March 31, 2010. This trend is expected to continue. These
factors create substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a
going concern.
Management
is in the course of sourcing additional capital and considering ways to
restructure or adjust the Company’s operations and product mix so as to increase
profit margins in the future. However, there is no guarantee that
these actions will be successful.
The
condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that
might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Foreign Currency Translation -
The Company uses United States dollars (“US Dollar” or “US$” or “$”) for
financial reporting purposes. However, the Company maintains the books and
records in its functional currency, Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”), being the primary
currency of the economic environment in which its operations are conducted. In
general, the Company translates its assets and liabilities into U.S. dollars
using the applicable exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date, and
the statement of income is translated at average exchange rates during the
reporting period. Equity accounts are translated at historical rates.
Adjustments resulting from the translation of the Company’s financial statements
are recorded as accumulated other comprehensive income.
The
exchange rates used to translate amounts in RMB into U.S. Dollars for the
purposes of preparing the condensed consolidated financial statements were as
follows:-
As
of March 31, 2010
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As
of December 31, 2009
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Balance
sheet items, except for equity accounts
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US$1=RMB6.8263
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US$1=RMB6.8282
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Three
months ended March 31,
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2010
|
2009
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Items
in the statements of income and cash flows
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US$1=RMB6.8269
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US$1=RMB6.8373
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Advertising costs - The
Company charges all advertising costs to expense as incurred. The
total amounts of advertising costs charged to selling, general and
administrative expense were $307 and $190 for the three months ended March 31,
2010 and 2009, respectively.
7
KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Research and development costs
- Research and development costs are charged to expense as
incurred. During the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009,
research and development costs were $46,222 and $48,116,
respectively.
Shipping and handling
costs -
Substantially all costs of shipping and handling of products to customers
are included in selling, general and administrative expense. Shipping
and handling costs for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 were $370
and $205, respectively.
Net Loss Per Common Share -
Basic loss per common share is calculated by dividing net loss by the
weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the
period. Diluted loss per common share includes dilutive effect of
dilutive securities (stock options, warrants, convertible debt, stock
subscription and other stock commitments issuable). These potentially
dilutive securities were not included in the calculation of loss per share for
the periods presented because the Company incurred a loss during such periods
and thus the effect would have been anti-dilutive. Accordingly, basic
and diluted loss per common share is the same for all periods
presented. As of March 31, 2010, potentially dilutive securities
aggregated 2,700,290,573 shares of common stock.
Reclassification from Prior Period
Financial Statements - Certain prior period comparative figures have been
reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
Recent Accounting Pronouncement
Adopted - In June 2009, the FASB established the FASB Accounting
Standards CodificationTM (ASC) as the single source of authoritative U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) recognized by the FASB to be
applied to nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal securities
laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The ASC
superseded all previously existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards,
and any prior sources of U.S. GAAP not included in the ASC or grandfathered are
not authoritative. New accounting standards issued subsequent to June 30, 2009
are communicated by the FASB through Accounting Standards Updates (ASUs). The
ASC did not change current U.S. GAAP but changes the approach by referencing
authoritative literature by topic (each a “Topic”) rather than by type of
standard. The ASC has been effective for the Company effective July 1, 2009.
Adoption of the ASC did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements, but references in the Company’s Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements to former FASB positions, statements,
interpretations, opinions, bulletins or other pronouncements are now presented
as references to the corresponding Topic in the ASC.
In
January 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-05—Compensation—Stock Compensation
(Topic 718): Escrowed Share Arrangements and the Presumption of Compensation.
This Update simply codifies EITF Topic No. D-110, “Escrowed Share Arrangements
and the Presumption of Compensation” dated June 18, 2009. EITF Topic No. D-110
includes the SEC staff announcement that clarified SEC staff views on overcoming
the presumption that for certain shareholders escrowed share arrangements
represent compensation. Historically, the SEC staff has expressed the view that
an escrowed share arrangement involving the release of shares to certain
shareholders based on performance-related criteria is presumed to be
compensatory. The SEC staff now clarifies that entities should consider the
substance of the transaction in evaluating whether the presumption of
compensation may be overcome, including whether the transaction was entered into
for a reason unrelated to employment, such as to facilitate a financing
transaction. In that situation, the staff generally believes that the escrowed
shares should be reflected as a discount in the allocation of proceeds.
According to the EITF Operating Procedures dated October 2005, SEC staff
announcements are not subject to the approval of the FASB Board and will be
effective for SEC registrants prospectively beginning from the date of the
announcement unless otherwise noted. Neither ASU No. 2010-05 nor EITF D-110
provides for any transition guidance, accordingly, the Company has adopted the
SEC staff announcement in EITF Topic No. D-110 prospectively effective from June
18, 2009.
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KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Effective
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the guidance provided in FASB ASC
815-40-15-5 through 815-40-15-8 (formerly EITF 07-5, "Determining Whether an
Instrument (or Embedded Feature) is Indexed to an Entity’s Own Stock”). ASC
815-40-15-5 through 815-40-15-8 applies to any freestanding financial
instruments or embedded features that have the characteristics of a derivative,
as defined in ASC paragraph 815-10-15-83 (formerly SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,”) and to any freestanding
financial instruments that are potentially settled in an entity’s own common
stock. As a result of adopting ASC 815-40-15, the Company’s issued and
outstanding Series A Warrants to purchase 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock and
Series B Warrants to purchase 500,000 shares of Common Stock previously treated
as equity pursuant to the scope exception in ASC 815-10-15-74 (formerly
paragraph 11(a) of SFAS No. 133) were no longer afforded equity treatment. These
warrants expire in 5 years from October 31, 2008 and have an exercise price of
$3.50, which was subject to a downward adjustment if the Company was to issue
additional shares of Common Stock or securities exercisable, convertible or
exchangeable for Common Stock at a price less than the exercise price for a
period of two years from October 31, 2008. As such, effective January 1, 2009,
the Company reclassified the fair value of the Series A and Series B Warrants
from equity to liability as if these warrants were treated as a derivative
liability since their date of issue on October 31, 2008. On January 1, 2009, the
Company recognized a cumulative-effect adjustment of $2,306,688, and $1,676,778
was reclassified from beginning retained earnings and $629,910 from additional
paid-in capital to a warrant liability to recognize the fair value of such
warrants on such date.
Following
the allowed one-year deferral, effective January 1, 2009, the Company
implemented ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” for
nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities measured at fair value on a
nonrecurring basis. The implementation covers assets and liabilities measured at
fair value in a business combination; impaired properties, plants and equipment,
intangible assets and goodwill; initial recognition of asset retirement
obligations; and restructuring costs for which we use fair value. In 2009, the
Company did not have a business combination, impairment of goodwill or
intangible asset, or restructuring accrual requiring the use of fair value.
Because there usually is a lack of quoted market prices for long-lived assets,
the fair value of properties, plants and equipment is determined based on the
present values of expected future cash flows using inputs reflecting the
Company’s estimate of a number of variables used by industry participants when
valuing similar assets, or based on a multiple of operating cash flow validated
with historical market transactions of similar assets where possible. Fair value
used in the initial recognition of asset retirement obligations is determined
based on the present value of expected future dismantlement costs incorporating
our estimate of inputs used by industry participants when valuing similar
liabilities. There was no impact to the Company’s Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements from the implementation of this ASC Topic for nonfinancial
assets and liabilities, and it is expected there would not be any significant
impact to the Company’s future consolidated financial statements, other than
additional disclosures.
Effective
January 1, 2009, the first day of fiscal 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC
350-30 and ASC 275-10-50 (formerly FSP FAS 142-3, “Determination of the Useful
Life of Intangible Assets”), which amends the factors that should be considered
in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life
of a recognized intangible asset under SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets.” The Company will apply ASC 350-30 and ASC 275-10-50
prospectively to intangible assets acquired subsequent to the adoption
date. The adoption of ASC 350-30 and ASC 275-10-50 had no impact on
the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Effective
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 815-10-65 (formerly SFAS 161,
“Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”), which amends
and expands Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, "Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." ASC 815-10-65 requires tabular
disclosure of the fair value of derivative instruments and their gains and
losses. This Statement also requires disclosure regarding the
credit-risk related contingent features in derivative agreements, counterparty
credit risk, and strategies and objectives for using derivative instruments. The
adoption of ASC 815-10-65 did not have a material impact on the Company’s
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
During
2008, the Company adopted FASB ASC 820-10 (formerly FSP FAS 157-2, “Effective
Date of FASB Statement 157”), which deferred the provisions of previously issued
fair value guidance for nonfinancial assets and liabilities to the first fiscal
period beginning after November 15, 2008. Deferred nonfinancial assets and
liabilities include items such as goodwill and other nonamortizable intangibles.
Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the fair value guidance for
nonfinancial assets and liabilities. The adoption of FASB ASC 820-10 did not
have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements.
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KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Effective
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 810-10-65 (formerly SFAS 160,
"Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment of
ARB No. 51"), which amends previously issued guidance to establish accounting
and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for
the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. It clarifies that a noncontrolling interest
in a subsidiary, which is sometimes referred to as minority interest, is an
ownership interest in the consolidated entity that should be reported as equity
in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. Among other requirements,
this Statement requires that the consolidated net income attributable to the
parent and the noncontrolling interest be clearly identified and presented on
the face of the consolidated income statement. The adoption of ASC 810-10-65 did
not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Effective
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 805-10, (formerly SFAS 141R,
Business Combinations), which establishes principles and requirements for how an
acquirer recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable
assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, any noncontrolling interest in an
acquiree and the goodwill acquired. In addition, the provisions in
this ASC require that any additional reversal of deferred tax asset valuation
allowance established in connection with fresh start reporting on January 7,
1998 be recorded as a component of income tax expense rather than as a reduction
to the goodwill established in connection with the fresh start reporting. The
Company will apply ASC 805-10 to any business combinations subsequent to
adoption.
Effective
January 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 805-20 (formerly FSP FAS 141R-1,
Accounting for Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination
That Arise from Contingencies), which amends ASC 805-10 to require that an
acquirer recognize at fair value, at the acquisition date, an asset acquired or
a liability assumed in a business combination that arises from a contingency if
the acquisition-date fair value of that asset or liability can be determined
during the measurement period. If the acquisition-date fair value of such an
asset acquired or liability assumed cannot be determined, the acquirer should
apply the provisions of ASC Topic 450, Contingences, to determine whether the
contingency should be recognized at the acquisition date or after such date. The
adoption of ASC 805-20 did not have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements.
Effective
July 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 825-10-65 (formerly FASB Staff
Position (“FSP”) No. FAS 107-1 and Accounting Principles Board 28-1, Interim
Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments), which amends previous
guidance to require disclosures about fair value of financial instruments for
interim reporting periods of publicly traded companies as well as in annual
financial statements. The adoption of FASB ASC 825-10-65 did not have a material
impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Effective
July 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 320-10-65 (formerly FSP FAS 115-2 and
FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments”).
Under ASC 320-10-65, an other-than-temporary impairment must be recognized if
the Company has the intent to sell the debt security or the Company is more
likely than not will be required to sell the debt security before its
anticipated recovery. In addition, ASC 320-10-65 requires impairments related to
credit loss, which is the difference between the present value of the cash flows
expected to be collected and the amortized cost basis for each security, to be
recognized in earnings while impairments related to all other factors to be
recognized in other comprehensive income. The adoption of ASC 320-10-65 did not
have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements.
Effective
July 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC 820-10-65 (formerly FSP FAS 157-4,
“Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or
Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not
Orderly”), which provides guidance on how to determine the fair value of assets
and liabilities when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability
has significantly decreased when compared with normal market activity for the
asset or liability as well as guidance on identifying circumstances that
indicate a transaction is not orderly. The adoption of ASC 820-10-65 did not
have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements.
In the
fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, the Company adopted ASC 715, Compensation –
Retirement Benefits (formerly FASB FSP FAS 132(R)-1, Employers’ Disclosures
about Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets), which expands the disclosure
requirements about plan assets for defined benefit pension plans and
postretirement plans. The adoption of these disclosure requirements has had no
material effect on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements.
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KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
In the
quarter ended December 31, 2009, the Company adopted ASC Update No. 2009-05,
which provides guidance on measuring the fair value of liabilities under FASB
ASC 820 (formerly SFAS 157, Fair Value Measurements). . The adoption
of this Update has had no material effect on the Company’s Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements.
New accounting pronouncement to be
adopted - In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 166, “Accounting
for Transfers of Financial Assets – an amendment of FASB Statement
No. 140”, (codified by ASU No. 2009-16 issued in December 2009). SFAS
No. 166 limits the circumstances in which a financial asset should be
derecognized when the transferor has not transferred the entire financial asset
by taking into consideration the transferor’s continuing involvement. The
standard requires that a transferor recognize and initially measure at fair
value all assets obtained (including a transferor’s beneficial interest) and
liabilities incurred as a result of a transfer of financial assets accounted for
as a sale. The concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity is removed from
SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets
and Extinguishments of Liabilities,” along with the exception from applying FIN
46(R), Consolidation of
Variable Interest Entities. The standard is effective for the first
annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009 (i.e. the
Company’s fiscal 2010). Earlier application is prohibited. It is expected the
adoption of this Statement will have no material effect on the Company’s
Consolidated Financial Statements.
In June
2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 167, “Amendments to FASB Interpretation
No. 46(R)”, (codified by ASU No. 2009-17 issued in December 2009). The
standard amends FIN No. 46(R) to require a company to analyze whether its
interest in a variable interest entity (“VIE”) gives it a controlling financial
interest. A company must assess whether it has an implicit financial
responsibility to ensure that the VIE operates as designed when determining
whether it has the power to direct the activities of the VIE that significantly
impact its economic performance. Ongoing reassessments of whether a company is
the primary beneficiary are also required by the standard. SFAS No. 167
amends the criteria to qualify as a primary beneficiary as well as how to
determine the existence of a VIE. The standard also eliminates certain
exceptions that were available under FIN No. 46(R). This Statement will be
effective as of the beginning of each reporting entity’s first annual reporting
period that begins after November 15, 2009 (i.e. the Company’s fiscal
2010). Earlier application is prohibited. Comparative disclosures will be
required for periods after the effective date. It is expected the adoption
of this Statement will have no material effect on the Company’s Consolidated
Financial Statements.
In
August, 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2009-05 (“ASU
2009-05”) to provide guidance on measuring the fair value of liabilities under
FASB ASC 820 (formerly SFAS 157, "Fair
Value Measurements"). The Company is required to adopt ASU
2009-05 in the fourth quarter of 2009. The adoption of this Update
has had no material effect on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements.
In
October 2009, the FASB concurrently issued the following ASC Updates
(ASU):
· ASU
No. 2009-13—Revenue
Recognition (ASC Topic 605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements
(formerly EITF Issue No. 08-1). ASU No. 2009-13 modifies the
revenue recognition guidance for arrangements that involve the delivery of
multiple elements, such as product, software, services or support, to a customer
at different times as part of a single revenue generating
transaction. This standard provides principles and application
guidance to determine whether multiple deliverables exist, how the individual
deliverables should be separated and how to allocate the revenue in the
arrangement among those separate deliverables. The standard also expands the
disclosure requirements for multiple deliverable revenue
arrangements.
· ASU
No. 2009-14—Software (ASC
Topic 985): Certain Revenue Arrangements That Include Software Elements
(formerly EITF Issue No. 09-3). ASU No. 2009-14 removes
tangible products from the scope of software revenue recognition guidance and
also provides guidance on determining whether software deliverables in an
arrangement that includes a tangible product, such as embedded software, are
within the scope of the software revenue guidance.
ASU No.
2009-13 and ASU No. 2009-14 should be applied on a prospective basis for revenue
arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or
after June 15, 2010, with earlier application permitted. Alternatively, an
entity can elect to adopt these standards on a retrospective basis, but both
these standards must be adopted in the same period using the same transition
method. The Company expects to apply these ASU Updates on a prospective basis
for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified beginning April 1,
2011. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact these
ASC Updates may have on its financial position and results of
operations.
In
October 2009, the FASB also issued ASU No. 2009-15—Accounting for Own-Share Lending
Arrangements in Contemplation of Convertible Debt Issuance or Other
Financing. ASU 2009-15 amends ASC 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other
Options, to provide accounting and reporting guidance for own-share
lending arrangements issued in contemplation of convertible debt issuance. ASU
2009-15 is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2009
(i.e. the Company’s fiscal 2010) with retrospective application
required.
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KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
In
January 2010, the FASB issued the following ASC Updates:
· ASU
No. 2010-01—Equity (Topic
505): Accounting for Distributions to Shareholders with Components of Stock and
Cash. This Update clarifies that the stock portion of a distribution to
shareholders that allows them to elect to receive cash or stock with a potential
limitation on the total amount of cash that all shareholders can elect to
receive in the aggregate is considered a share issuance that is reflected in EPS
prospectively and is not a stock dividend for purposes of applying Topics 505
and 260 (Equity and Earnings Per Share). The amendments in this Update are
effective for interim and annual periods ending on or after December 15, 2009
with retrospective application.
· ASU
No. 2010-02—Consolidation
(Topic 810): Accounting and Reporting for Decreases in Ownership of a
Subsidiary. This Update amends Subtopic 810-10 and related guidance to
clarify that the scope of the decrease in ownership provisions of the Subtopic
and related guidance applies to (i) a subsidiary or group of assets that is a
business or nonprofit activity; (ii) a subsidiary that is a business or
nonprofit activity that is transferred to an equity method investee or joint
venture; and (iii) an exchange of a group of assets that constitutes a business
or nonprofit activity for a noncontrolling interest in an entity, but does not
apply to: (i) sales of in substance real estate; and (ii) conveyances of oil and
gas mineral rights. The amendments in this Update are effective beginning in the
period that an entity adopts FAS 160 (now included in Subtopic
810-10).
· ASU
No. 2010-06—Fair Value
Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value
Measurements. This Update amends Subtopic 820-10 that require
new disclosures about transfers in and out of Levels 1 and 2 and activity in
Level 3 fair value measurements. This Update also amends Subtopic 820-10 to
clarify certain existing disclosures. The new disclosures and clarifications
of existing disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting
periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about
purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in
Level 3 fair value measurements, which are effective for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2010.
The
adoption of the above Updates issued in January 2010 have no any significant
impact on its financial position and results of operations.
Other
accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other
standards-setting bodies that do not require adoption until a future date are
not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial
Statements upon adoption.
3.
|
Accounts
Receivable
|
The net
amount of accounts receivable as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 were
both $2,441. The Company has not made any provision for bad
debts.
4.
|
Inventories
|
The
amount of inventories as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 were $1,849 and
$6,717, respectively.
5.
|
Property, Plant and
Equipment
|
The total
gross amount of property, plant and equipment was $2,011,256 and $2,010,694 as
of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
The
building is on a piece of land the use right of which was granted to Kiwa
Bio-Tech Products (Shandong) Co., Ltd. (“Kiwa Shandong”) by local government
free for 10 years from May 26, 2002. Then for another 20 years on a
fee calculated according to Kiwa Shandong’s net profit. Since Kiwa
Shandong did not generate any net profit, no fee is payable.
No
impairment on long-lived assets was charged to expense during three months ended
March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
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KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Depreciation
expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 were $19,858 and
$32,706, respectively. All of our property, plant and equipment have been held
as collaterals to secure the 6% Notes (See Note 10 below).
6.
|
Advances from
Customers
|
The
balances of advances from customers as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009
were $13,111 and $13,107, respectively, representing payments by customers prior
to delivery of goods.
7.
|
Construction Costs
Payable
|
Construction
costs payable represents remaining amounts to be paid for the first phase of
construction of the Company’s bio-fertilizer facility in Shandong. As
of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, construction costs payable was $260,065
and $290,429, respectively.
8.
|
Related Party
Transactions
|
Amounts
due to related parties consisted of the following as of March 31, 2010 and
December 31, 2009:
Nature
|
Notes
|
March 31, 2010
|
December 31, 2009
|
|||||||||
Item
|
||||||||||||
Mr.
Wei Li ("Mr. Li")
|
Non-trade
|
(1)
|
$ | 2,046,419 | $ | 1,693,036 | ||||||
Kangtai
International Logistics (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
|
||||||||||||
("Kangtai")
|
Non-trade
|
(2)
|
(45,046 | ) | (45,029 | ) | ||||||
Ms.
Yvonne Wang ("Ms. Wang")
|
Non-trade
|
(3)
|
180,500 | 171,500 | ||||||||
Subtotal
|
$ | 2,181,873 | $ | 1,819,507 | ||||||||
Kiwa-CAU
R&D Center
|
Trade
|
(4)
|
344,257 | 351,484 | ||||||||
Subtotal
|
$ | 344,257 | $ | 351,484 | ||||||||
Total
|
$ | 2,526,130 | $ | 2,170,991 |
(1)
Mr. Li
Mr. Li is
the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company.
Advances
and Loans
As of
December 31, 2009, the remaining balance due to Mr. Li was
$1,693,036. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, Mr. Li
advanced $353,822 to the Company and was repaid $439. As of March 31,
2010, the balance due to Mr. Li was $2,046,419. Mr. Li has agreed
that the Company may repay the balance when its cash flow circumstance
allows.
Motor
Vehicle Lease
In
December 2004, the Company entered into an agreement with Mr. Li, pursuant to
which Mr. Li leases to the Company a motor vehicle. The monthly rental payment
is RMB15,000 (approximately $2,200). The Company has extended this
lease agreement with Mr. Li to the end of fiscal 2010.
Guarantees
for the Company
Mr. Li
has pledged without any compensation from the Company, all of his common stock
of the Company as collateral security for the Company’s obligations under the 6%
Notes. (See Note 10 below).
(2)
Kangtai
Kangtai,
formerly named China Star Investment Management Co., Ltd., is a private company,
28% owned by Mr. Li. Mr. Li is the Chairman of Kangtai.
On
December 31, 2009, the amount due from Kangtai was $45,029. The
balance due from Kangtai on March 31, 2010 was $45,046.
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BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
(3)
Ms. Wang
Ms. Wang
is the Secretary of the Company.
On
December 31, 2009, the amount due to Ms. Wang was $171,500. During
the three months ended March 31, 2010, Ms. Wang advanced $9,000 to the
Company. As of March 31, 2010, the amount due to Ms. Wang was
$180,500. Ms. Wang has agreed that the Company may repay the balance
when its cash flow circumstance allows.
(4)
Kiwa-CAU R&D Center
Pursuant
to the agreement with China Agricultual Universtiy (“CAU”), the Company agree to
invest RMB 1 million (approximately $146,300) each year to fund research at
Kiwa-CAU R&D Center. Prof. Qi Wang, one of the Company’s
directors, is also the director of Kiwa-CAU R&D Center.
On
December 31, 2009, the amount due to Kiwa-CAU R&D Center was
$351,484. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, the Company
paid $43,948 to Kiwa-CAU R&D Center. As of March 31, 2010, the
outstanding balance due to Kiwa-CAU R&D Center was $344,257.
9.
|
Unsecured Loans
Payable
|
The
balance of unsecured loans payable was $1,684,661 and $1,684,192 as of March 31,
2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The difference of $469 was
due to the different exchange rates prevailing at the two
dates. Unsecured loans payable consisted of the following at March
31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:
Item
|
March 31, 2010
|
December 31, 2009
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Audited)
|
|||||||
Unsecured
loan payable to Zoucheng Municipal Government, non-interest bearing,
becoming due within three years from Kiwa Shandong’s first profitable year
on a formula basis, interest has not been imputed due to the
undeterminable repayment date
|
$ | 1,318,430 | $ | 1,318,063 | ||||
Unsecured
loan payable to Zoucheng Science & Technology Bureau, non-interest
bearing, it is due in Kiwa Shandong’s first profitable year, interest has
not been imputed due to the undeterminable repayment date
|
366,231 | 366,129 | ||||||
Total
|
$ | 1,684,661 | $ | 1,684,192 |
The
Company qualifies for non-interest bearing loans under a Chinese government
sponsored program to encourage economic development in certain industries and
locations in China. To qualify for the favorable loan terms, a
company must meet the following criteria: (1) be a technology company with
innovative technology or product (as determined by the Science Bureau of the
central Chinese government); (2) operate in specific industries that the Chinese
government has determined are important to encourage development, such as
agriculture, environmental, education, and others; and (3) be located in an
undeveloped area such as Zoucheng, Shandong Province, where the manufacturing
facility of the Company is located.
According
to a project agreement, Zoucheng Municipal Government granted the Company use of
at least 15.7 acres in Shandong Province, China at no cost for 10 years to
construct a manufacturing facility. Under the agreement, the Company
has the option to pay a fee of RMB480,000 ($70,316) per acre for the land use
right after the 10-year period. The Company may not transfer or pledge the
temporary land use right. The Company also committed to invest
approximately $18 million to $24 million for developing the manufacturing and
research facilities in Zoucheng, Shandong Province. As of March 31,
2010, the Company invested approximately $1.91 million for the property, plant
and equipment of the project.
10.
|
Long-Term Convertible
Notes Payable
|
On June
29, 2006, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the
“Purchase Agreement”) with six institutional investors (collectively, the
“Purchasers”) for the issuance and sale of (1) 6% secured convertible notes, due
three years from the date of issuance, in the aggregate principal amount of
$2,450,000 (the “6% Notes”), convertible into shares of the Company’s common
stock, and (2) warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 12,250,000 shares of the
Company’s common stock.
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BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
In
conjunction with the sale and issuance of the 6% Notes, the Company entered into
a Registration Rights Agreement, amended in October 2006, the requirements of
which the Company met by filing its registration statement on Form SB-2 on
August 11, 2006 and subsequently amended on October 20, 2006 and June 29,
2007.
Closings
for the sale of the 6% Notes occurred on June 29, August 15 and October 31, 2006
for $857,500, $735,000 and $857,500 principal amount,
respectively. The Company received $2,450,000 in aggregate from the
three sales of the 6% Notes.
The
conversion price of the 6% Notes is based on a 40% discount to the average of
the trading price of the Company’s common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board over a
20-day trading period. The conversion price is also adjusted for
certain subsequent issuances of equity securities of the Company at prices below
the conversion price then in effect. The 6% Notes contain a volume
limitation that prohibits the holder from converting further 6% Notes if doing
so would cause the holder and its affiliates to hold more than 4.99% of the
Company’s outstanding common stock. In addition, each holder of 6%
Notes agrees that they may not convert more than their pro-rata share (based on
original principal amount) of the greater of $120,000 principal amount of 6%
Notes per calendar month or the average daily dollar volume calculated during
the 10 business days prior to a conversion, per conversion. This
conversion limit has since been eliminated pursuant to an agreement by the
Company and the Purchasers (see discussion below).
The
exercise price of the Warrants is $0.45 per share, subject to anti-dilution
adjustments pursuant to a broad-based weighted average formula for subsequent
issues of equity securities by the Company below the trading price of the
shares. The Purchase Agreement requires the Company to maintain a
reserve of authorized common stock equal to 110% of the number of shares
issuable upon full conversion of the 6% Notes and exercise of the
Warrants. The Purchase Agreement imposes financial penalties in cash
(equal to 2% of the number of shares that the Purchaser is entitled to
multiplied by the market price for each day) if the authorized number of shares
of common stock is insufficient to satisfy the reserve
requirements. The 6% Notes and the Warrants also impose financial
penalties on the Company if it fails to timely deliver common stock upon
conversion of the 6% Notes and exercise of the Warrants,
respectively.
To enable
reservation of a sufficient amount of authorized shares that may be issued
pursuant to conversion of the 6% Notes and exercise of the Warrants, the
Purchase Agreement required the Company to amend its Certificate of
Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common
stock. At the annual meeting for 2006, which was held on September
12, 2006, a proposal to amend our Certificate of Incorporation to increase the
number of authorized shares of common stock, from 100,000,000 shares to
200,000,000 shares was approved by the required vote of our
stockholders. At the annual meeting held for 2008 on December 30,
2008 the Company further amended the Certificate of Incorporation by increasing
the number of authorized shares of common stock from 200,000,000 to
400,000,000. At the annual meeting for 2009, which was held on
December 28, 2009, the proposal of further amend the Certificate of
Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares from 400,000,000 to
800,000,000 was not approved by stockholders.
The
Company incurs a financial penalty in cash or shares at the option of the
Company (equal to 2% of the outstanding amount of the Notes per months plus
accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, prorated for partial months) if it
breaches this or other affirmative covenants in the Purchase Agreement,
including a covenant to maintain a sufficient number of authorized shares under
its Certificate of Incorporation to cover at least 110% of the stock issuable
upon full conversion of the Notes and the Warrants. Pursuant to the
relevant provisions for liquidated damages in the Purchase Agreement, as of
March 31, 2010, the Company has accrued a total amount of $712,860 penalty,
which was included in general and administrative expenses.
The 6%
Notes require the Company to procure the Purchaser’s consent to take certain
actions including to pay dividends, repurchase stock, incur debt, guaranty
obligations, merge or restructure the Company, or sell significant
assets.
The
Company’s obligations under the 6% Notes and the Warrants are secured by a first
priority security interest in the Company’s intellectual property pursuant to an
Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the Purchasers, and by a first
priority security interest in all of the Company’s other assets pursuant to a
Security Agreement with the Purchasers. In addition, the Company’s
Chief Executive Officer has pledged all of his common stock of the Company as
collateral security for the Company’s obligations under the 6% Notes and the
Warrants. The Purchasers are accredited investors as defined under
the Securities Act and the 6% Notes and the Warrants and the underlying common
stock upon conversion and exercise will be issued without registration under the
Securities Act in reliance on the exemption provided by Rule 506 under
Regulation D under the Securities Act.
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KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
The fair
value of the Warrants underlying the three sales of the 6% Notes (amounting to
4,287,500 shares, 3,675,000 shares and 4,287,500 shares respectively) at the
time of their issuance was determined to be $545,477, $416,976 and $505,503
calculated pursuant to the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The
fair value was recorded as a reduction to 6% Notes payable and was charged to
operations as interest expense in accordance with effective interest method
within the period of the 6% Notes.
The
Purchasers of the 6% Notes and Warrants were introduced to the Company by an
investment bank pursuant to an engagement letter agreement with the
Company. Pursuant to the engagement letter, the investment bank
received a cash fee equal to 8% of the aggregate proceeds raised in the
financing and to warrants in the quantity equal to 8% of the securities issued
in the financing. The Company recorded the cash fee and other direct
costs incurred for the issuance of the convertible loan in aggregate of $30,000
as deferred debt issuance costs. Debt issuance costs were amortized
on the straight-line method over the term of the 6% Notes, with the amounts
amortized being recognized as interest expense. As of June 30, 2009
the debt issuance costs were fully amortized.
The
warrants issued to the investment bank in connection with each tranche of 6%
Notes (amounting to 343,000 shares, 294,000 shares and 343,000 shares) are
exercisable for three years and have an exercise price equal to
$0.2598. The fair value of these warrants at the time of their
issuance was determined to be $94,005, $60,324 and $77,214 calculated pursuant
to the Black-Scholes option pricing mode. As of June 29, 2009,
warrants issued to the investment bank had expired.
On
January 31, 2008, the Company entered into three Callable Secured Convertible
Notes Agreements (“2% Notes”) with four of the Company’s 6% Notes purchasers
converting their unpaid interest of $112,917 in total, into principal with an
interest rate of 2% per annum, which will be due on January 31,
2011. Other terms of the 2% Notes are similar to the 6% Notes. No
principal of the 2% Notes has been converted so far. As of March 31,
2010, the outstanding principal balance on the 2% Notes was
$112,917.
On
September 25 and October 7, 2008, the Company entered into an agreement with the
Purchasers to redeem all of the 6% Notes and 2% Notes. Under the
redemption agreement, the Purchasers agreed to waive their participation right
with respect to any new financing that closes before October 31, 2008, and
suspend conversions of principal and interest under the 6% Notes and 2% Notes
from September 25 to October 31, 2008. The Company agreed to redeem
the notes for a specified price if a new financing was completed before October
31, 2008. Under the redemption agreement, if the Company failed to
redeem the notes by October 31, 2008, the 6% Notes and 2% Notes would be
automatically amended to remove limitations on the Purchasers’ right to convert
under the 6% Notes and 2% Notes no more than (1) $120,000 per calendar month;
and (2) the average daily dollar volume calculated during the ten (10) business
days prior to a conversion, per conversion.
On
October 27, 2008, the Company had informed the Purchasers that the Company would
not be able to redeem the 6% Notes and the 2% Notes due to failure to close an
anticipated new financing. Therefore, the amendment to 6% Notes and
2% Notes took effective and the Purchasers resumed conversion.
During
three months ended March 31, 2010, the Purchasers converted nil principal and
nil interest into shares of common stocks. As of March 31, 2010, face
amount of convertible notes outstanding was $1,518,171.
On June
3, 2009, the Company has received Notice of Default from four of 6% Notes
purchasers for reason of the Company’s failure to timely file registration or
effect registration. However, the Company believes that such Notes
Purchasers’ claim is not valid and has not made any provision for liquidated
damages in this regard.
On June
29, 2009, the 6% Notes were due. The Company has informed the
Purchasers of its inability to repay the outstanding balance on the due
date. Therefore, the 6% Notes are in default.
11.
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Equity-Based
Transactions
|
As of
March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had 400,000,000 shares of
common stock outstanding, respectively. From January 1, 2010 to March
31, 2010, the Company has not engaged in equity-based transactions.
12.
|
Segment
Reporting
|
The
Company’s business includes two segments, bio-fertilizer and livestock feed. As
all of the Company’s customers are located in China, no geographical segment
information is presented.
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KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
On
November 25, 2008, Kiwa Shandong and Oriental Chemical entered into "Chemical
Fertilizer Purchase Agreement", pursuant to which Oriental Chemical will sell to
Kiwa Shandong 6,700 tons of chemical fertilizer products at the tentative price
of RMB3,000 per ton. Under this agreement, Kiwa Shandong prepaid $2,954,988 to
Oriental Chemical. On December 20, 2009, Kiwa Shandong and Oriental Chemical
entered into "Chemical Fertilizer Sales Termination Agreement" pursuant to which
Oriental Chemical and Kiwa Shandong confirmed that Chemical Fertilizer Purchase
Agreement has been terminated.
Livestock
Feed
|
Chemical
Fertilizer
|
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Item
|
Bio-fertilizer
|
(Discontined)
|
Trade (1)
|
Corporate (2)
|
Total
|
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Three
Months Ended March 31, 2010
|
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Net
sales
|
$ | 78,787 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 78,787 | ||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
31,635 | - | - | - | 31,635 | |||||||||||||||
Operating
expenses
|
57,465 | - | - | 385,879 | 443,344 | |||||||||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(25,830 | ) | - | - | (385,879 | ) | (411,709 | ) | ||||||||||||
Interest
income (expense)
|
(8 | ) | - | - | (59,816 | ) | (59,824 | ) | ||||||||||||
Other
income
|
- | - | - | - | 0 | |||||||||||||||
Non-controlling
interest
|
- | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
Net
loss attributable to Kiwa shareholders
|
$ | (25,838 | ) | $ | - | $ | - | $ | (445,695 | ) | $ | (471,533 | ) | |||||||
Total
assets as of March 31, 2010
|
$ | 216,461 | $ | 385 | $ | - | $ | 197,354 | $ | 414,200 | ||||||||||
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2009
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net
sales
|
$ | 8,890 | $ | 649,634 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 658,524 | ||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
526 | 9,147 | - | - | 9,673 | |||||||||||||||
Operating
expenses
|
124,501 | 135,587 | - | 387,384 | 647,472 | |||||||||||||||
Operating
loss
|
(123,975 | ) | (126,440 | ) | - | (387,384 | ) | (637,799 | ) | |||||||||||
Interest
income (expense)
|
(129 | ) | - | - | (205,485 | ) | (205,614 | ) | ||||||||||||
Non-controlling
interest
|
- | 25,288 | - | - | 25,288.00 | |||||||||||||||
Net
loss attributable to Kiwa shareholders
|
$ | (124,104 | ) | $ | (101,152 | ) | $ | - | $ | (592,869 | ) | $ | (818,125 | ) | ||||||
Total
assets as of March 31, 2009
|
$ | 1,133,466 | $ | 730,510 | $ | 2,954,988 | $ | 337,180 | $ | 5,156,144 |
(1) On
June 23rd, 2008, Kiwa Bio-Tech Products (Shangdong) Co., Ltd. (Kiwa Shandong)
received approval from the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of
China, ratifying authority for Kiwa Shandong to sell fertilizer products,
including chemical fertilizers, complex fertilizers and compound fertilizers to
other companies.
(2) Beijing
Representative Office of Kiwa Shandong fulfills part of corporate managerial
function. Most of its expenses relating to this function were categorized into
corporate segment.
13.
|
Commitments and
Contingencies
|
The
Company has the following material contractual obligations:
Operating
lease commitments
The
Company leased an office in Beijing on July 15, 2007. The operating lease
agreement will expire at January 14, 2012. The monthly rental payment for the
office is RMB 96,074 (approximately $14,068). Rent expense under the operating
leases for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was $57,449 and
$36,002, respectively.
Technology
acquisition
On May 8,
2006 the Company entered into a Technology Transfer Agreement with Jinan
Kelongboao Bio-Tech Co. Ltd. (“JKB”). Pursuant to the agreement, JKB agreed to
transfer its AF-01 Anti-viral Aerosol technology for veterinary medicines to the
Company. Pursuant to the agreement the Company will pay JKB a transfer fee of
RMB10 million (approximately $1.46 million), of which RMB6 million is to be paid
in cash and RMB4 million is to be paid in stock. The cash portion is to be paid
in installments, the first installment RMB3 million was set for May 23, 2006
initially, of which RMB1 million has been paid and both parties have agreed to
extend the remaining RMB2 million to the date when the application for new
veterinary drug certificate is accepted. Three other installments of RMB1
million are due upon the achievement of certain milestones, the last milestone
being the issuance by the PRC Ministry of Agriculture of a new medicine
certificate in respect of the technology. The RMB4 million stock payment will be
due 90 days after the AF-01 technology is approved by the appropriate PRC
department for use as a livestock disinfector for preventing bird flu. The
agreement will become effective when the first installment has been fully
paid.
Operation
of Kiwa-CAU R&D Center
Pursuant
to the agreement on joint incorporation of the research and development center
between CAU and Kiwa Shandong dated November 14, 2006, Kiwa Shandong agrees to
invest RMB1 million (approximately $146,451) each year to fund research at the
R&D Center. The term of this Agreement is ten years starting from July 1,
2006. Qi Wang, one of our director commencing in July 2007 acts as Director of
Kiwa-CAU R&D Center since July 2006.
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KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Investment
in manufacturing and research facilities in Zoucheng, Shandong Province in
China
According
to the Project Agreement with Zoucheng Municipal Government in 2002, the Company
has committed to investing approximately $18 million to $24 million for
developing the manufacturing and research facilities in Zoucheng, Shandong
Province. As of March 31, 2010, the Company had invested approximately $1.91
million for the project.
PRC
employee costs
According
to the prevailing laws and regulations of the PRC, the Company’s subsidiaries in
the PRC are required to cover its employees with medical, retirement and
unemployment insurance programs. Management believes that due to the transient
nature of its employees, they do not need to provide all employees with such
social insurances, and have not paid the social insurances for all
employees.
In the
event that any current or former employee files a complaint with the PRC
government, the Company's subsidiaries may be subject to making up the social
insurances as well as administrative fines. As the Company believes that these
fines would not be material, no provision has been made in this
regard.
Convertible
notes liquidated damages
On June
3, 2009, the Company has received Notice of Default from four of 6% Notes
purchasers for reason of the Company’s failure to timely file registration or
effect registration. However, the Company believes that such Notes Purchasers’
claim is not valid and has not made any provision for liquidated damages in this
regard.
14.
|
Discontinued
Operation
|
In
accordance with the provisions of ASC topic 360 (formerly SFAS No. 144),
“Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” the disposal
of the Company’s bio-enhanced feed business segment is presented as assets and
liabilities of a discontinued operation.
The
condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2010 and consolidated balance
sheet at December 31, 2009 were updated to reflect the assets and liabilities of
the bio-enhanced feed business segment as a discontinued operation. The
following table summarizes the assets and liabilities of the discontinued
operation, excluding intercompany balances eliminated in consolidation, at March
31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively:
March 31, 2010
|
December 31, 2009
|
|||||||
Assets
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$ | 385 | $ | 385 | ||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 385 | $ | 385 | ||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||
Due
to related parties-trade
|
$ | 32,038 | $ | 32,029 | ||||
Salary
payable
|
73,507 | 73,486 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
|
$ | 105,545 | $ | 105,515 |
The
income statement for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was adjusted
to reflect the bio-enhanced feed business segment as a discontinued operation.
The following results of operations of bio-enhanced feed business are presented
as a loss from a discontinued operation in the consolidated statements of
operations:
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KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
NOTES TO
CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Three months ended March 31,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
Net
sales
|
$ | - | $ | 649,634 | ||||
Gross
profit
|
- | 9,147 | ||||||
Operating
expenses
|
- | 135,587 | ||||||
Operating
loss
|
- | (126,440 | ) | |||||
Interest
expense
|
- | - | ||||||
Impairment
on long-lived assets
|
- | - | ||||||
Loss
from discontinued operation
|
- | - | ||||||
Non-controlling
interest
|
- | 25,288 | ||||||
Net
loss from discontinued operations
|
$ | - | $ | (101,152 | ) |
During
the year ended December 31, 2009, Challenge Feed, the 20% minority shareholder
of Kiwa Tianjin, without our prior permission, transferred titles to machinery
and equipment as well as inventories of Kiwa Tianjin to its own creditors to
settle its own debts. On December 22, 2009, Kiwa Tianjin filed a lawsuit against
Challenge Feed in the local court of Wuqing District, Tianjin, where Kiwa
Tianjin is domiciled. In the lawsuit, Kiwa Tianjin asserted that Challenge Feed
unlawfully disposed of the assets held by Kiwa Tianjin. The local court is
currently reviewing the complaint and related documents filed with it. Assets
disposed by Challenge Feed includes inventory amounting to $221,848 and fixed
assets at the amount of $104,190. As a result, Kiwa Tianjin could no longer use
its assets including machinery and inventory in its normal course of operation.
As of March 31, 2010, the Company has classified its bio-enhanced feed business
through Kiwa Tianjin as discontinued operations.
15.
|
Subsequent
Event
|
None.
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ITEM
2. MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS.
This
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2010 contains
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including statements that include the
words “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” or similar expressions. These
forward-looking statements include, among others, statements concerning our
expectations regarding our working capital requirements, financing requirements,
business, growth prospects, competition and results of operations, and other
statements of expectations, beliefs, future plans and strategies, anticipated
events or trends, and similar expressions concerning matters that are not
historical facts. The forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2010 involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in or
implied by the forward-looking statements contained herein.
Overview
The
Company took its present corporate form in March 2004 when shareholders of Kiwa
Bio-Tech Products Group Ltd. (“Kiwa BVI”), a company originally organized under
the laws of the British Virgin Islands on June 5, 2002 and Tintic Gold Mining
Company (“Tintic”), a corporation originally incorporated in the state of Utah
on June 14, 1933 to perform mining operations in Utah, entered into a share
exchange transaction. The share exchange transaction left the shareholders of
Kiwa BVI owning a majority of Tintic and Kiwa BVI a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Tintic. For accounting purposes this transaction was treated as an acquisition
of Tintic by Kiwa BVI in the form of a reverse triangular merger and a
recapitalization of Kiwa BVI and its wholly owned subsidiary, Kiwa Bio-Tech
Products (Shandong) Co., Ltd. (“Kiwa Shandong”). On July 21, 2004, we completed
our reincorporation in the State of Delaware.
We have
established two subsidiaries in China: (1) Kiwa Shandong in 2002, a wholly-owned
subsidiary, engaging in bio-fertilizer business, and (2) Tianjin Kiwa Feed Co.,
Ltd. (“Kiwa Tianjin”) in July 2006, engaging in bio-enhanced feed business, of
which we hold 80% equity. At the end of 2009, Kiwa Tianjin could no longer use
its assets including machinery and inventory in normal course of operation. The
Company has classified the bio-enhanced feed business as discontinued
operations. Our company chart is presented and our businesses, including
bio-fertilizer, fertilizer trade and AF-01 anti-viral aerosol.
We
generated $78,787 and $8,890 in revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2010
and 2009, respectively, reflecting an increase of $69,897. We incurred a net
loss of $471,533 and $818,125 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and
2009, respectively.
As of
March 31, 2010, the Company had cash of $46,902. Due to our limited revenues
from sales and continuing losses, we have relied on the proceeds from the sale
of our equity securities and loans from both unrelated and related parties to
provide the resources necessary to fund the development of our business plan and
operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, related parties
advanced $362,882 in total to the Company, which was partly offset by repayment
to related party of $456. These funds are insufficient to execute our business
plan as currently contemplated. Management is currently looking for alternative
sources of capital to fund our operations.
Going
Concern
Our
condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that we
will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets
and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The
carrying amounts of assets and liabilities presented in the consolidated
financial statements do not purport to represent the realizable or settlement
values.
As of
March 31, 2010, we had an accumulated deficit of $16,866,463, of which $471,553
was incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2010. We currently do not
have sufficient revenues to support our business activities and we expect
operating losses to continue. We will require additional capital to fund our
operations.
As of
March 31, 2010, our current liabilities were $7,128,990, which exceeded current
assets by $6,941,592, representing a current ratio of 0.03 and a quick ratio
0.007; comparably, on December 31, 2009, our current liabilities exceeded
current assets by $6,383,120, resulting in a current ratio of 0.03 and a quick
ratio of 0.005. The 6% Notes became due on June 29, 2009. If we can achieve the
necessary financing to increase our working capital, we believe the Company will
be well-positioned to further increase sales of our products and to generate
more revenues in the future. There can be no assurances that we will be
successful in obtaining this financing or in increasing our sales revenue if we
do obtain the financing.
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Our
independent auditors have added an explanatory paragraph to their audit opinion
issued in connection with our financial statements for the latest seven years,
which states that the financial statements raise substantial doubt as to our
ability to continue as a going concern. Our ability to make operations
profitable or obtain additional funding will determine our ability to continue
as a going concern.
Trends and Uncertainties in
Regulation and Government Policy in China
Agricultural
Policy Changes in China
Economic
growth in China has averaged 9.5% over the past two decades and seems likely to
continue at that pace for some time. Per the China Statistics Bureau, gross
domestic product in 2007 increased 11.4% over levels in 2006. However, China now
faces an imbalance between urban and rural environments as well as the
manufacturing and agricultural industries. Since 2004, the Chinese central
government has consecutively announced a so-called No. 1 Document each year
concerning the countryside. The latest No.1 document unveiled on January 30,
2008 contains a wide range of policies aimed at promoting sustainable
development of agriculture, for example, by promoting the income level of
eight-hundred million Chinese farmers, strengthening supervision of farm inputs
and actively developing green-food and organic food. In October 2008, the
Communist Party of China Central Committee approved the Decision on Major Issues
Concerning the Advancement of Rural Reform and Development, which promises to
strengthen the position of agriculture and double farmers’ income in 12 years.
We should benefit from these favorable policies as farmers will retain more of
their income and will most likely spend some of that income on our products,
resulting in greater sales. In addition, we anticipate receiving additional
governmental support in marketing our products to farmers due to additional
procedural changes included with the new policy.
Foreign
Investment Policy Change in China
On March
16, 2007, China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress, adopted the
Enterprise Income Tax Law, which took effective on January 1, 2008. The new
income tax law sets unified income tax rate for domestic and foreign companies
at 25% and abolishes the favorable policy for foreign invested enterprises. As a
result subsidiaries established in China in the future will not enjoy the
original favorable policy unless they are certified as qualified high and new
technology enterprises.
According
to the enterprise income tax law previously in effect, our PRC subsidiaries,
Kiwa Shandong and Kiwa Tianjin, were exempt from corporate income taxes for
their first two profitable years and were entitled to a 50% tax reduction for
the succeeding three years. Now that the new income tax law is in effect, fiscal
year 2008 is regarded as the first profitable year even if Kiwa Shandong or Kiwa
Tianjin are not profitable that year; thereby narrowing the time period when the
favorable tax treatment may be available to us.
Critical Accounting Policies
and Estimates
We
prepared our condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The
preparation of these financial statements requires the use of estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting
period. Management periodically evaluates the estimates and judgments made.
Management bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and on
various factors that are believed to be reasonable under current circumstances.
Actual results may differ from these estimates as a result of different
assumptions or conditions.
The
following critical accounting policies affect the more significant judgments and
estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. In
addition, you should refer to our accompanying financial statements and the
related notes thereto, for further discussion of our accounting
policies.
Accounts
Receivables
The
Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and establishes an
allowance for doubtful accounts when amounts are not considered fully
collectable. Generally speaking, the Company’s credit policy is to provide 100%
bad debt provision for the amounts outstanding over 365 days after the deduction
of the amount subsequently settled after the balance sheet date, which
management believes is consistent with industry practice in the China region. We
also provide 100% bad debt provision to those accounts receivable being
outstanding for less than 365 days but specifically identified as
uncollectable.
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Terms of
our sales vary from cash on delivery to a credit term up to three to twelve
months. Depending on the results of our credit investigations, we require our
customers to pay between 20% and 60% of the purchase price of an order placed
prior to shipment, depending on the results of our credit investigations, prior
to shipment. The remaining balance is due within twelve months, unless other
terms are approved by management. The agriculture-biotechnology market in China
is in the early stages of development and we are still in the process of
exploring the new market. We may also distribute our bio-products to special
wholesalers with favorable payment terms with a focus on the future. We maintain
a policy that all sales are final and we do not allow returns. However, in the
event of defective products, we may allow customers to exchange the defective
products for new products within the quality guarantee period. In the event of
any exchange, the customers pay all transportation expenses.
Inventories
Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost, determined on the weighted average method, and
net realizable value. Work in progress and finished goods are composed of direct
material, direct labor and a portion of manufacturing overhead. Net realizable
value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less
estimated costs to complete and dispose.
Impairment
of Long-Lived Assets
Our
long-lived assets consist of property, equipment and intangible assets. As of
March 31, 2010, the net value of property and equipment was $226,802, which
represented approximately 54.8% of our total assets.
We
periodically evaluate our investment in long-lived assets, including property
and equipment, for recoverability whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate the net carrying amount may not be recoverable. Our judgments regarding
potential impairment are based on legal factors, market conditions and
operational performance indicators, among others. In assessing the impairment of
property and equipment, we make assumptions regarding the estimated future cash
flows and other factors to determine the fair value of the respective assets. If
these estimates or the related assumptions change in the future, we may be
required to record impairment charges for these assets.
Based on
our analysis, we charged $804,780 as loss from impairment of long-lived assets
in fiscal 2009. No such costs were charged during three months ended March 31,
2010.
Revenue
Recognition
We
recognize revenue for our products in accordance with Securities and Exchange
Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 101, “Revenue Recognition in
Financial Statements,” as amended by SAB No. 104, “Revenue Recognition.” Sales
represent the invoiced value of goods, net of value added tax, supplied to
customers, and are recognized upon delivery of goods and passage of
title.
Income
Taxes
The
Company accounts for income taxes under the provisions of SFAS No. 109,
“Accounting for Income Taxes” (codified to FASB ASC Topic 740, “Income Tax”),
which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the
expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the
consolidated financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and
liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequence attributable to the
difference between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported
amounts in the financial statements. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are
measured using the enacted tax rate expected to apply to taxable income in the
years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or
settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax
rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
The Company establishes a valuation when it is more likely than not that the
assets will not be recovered.
Major Customers and
Suppliers
Bio-fertilizer
Products
We had a
total of 10 customers as of March 31, 2010, of which our largest customer
accounted for 89.2% of our net sales for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
We had a total of 13 customers as of March 31, 2009, of which our top three
customers accounted for 31.7%, 15.3% and 13.9% of our net sales for the three
months ended March 31, 2009, respectively.
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Our top
two suppliers accounted for 83.5% and 16.5% of our net purchases during the
three months ended March 31, 2010. Comparably, our top three suppliers accounted
for 42.6%, 12.9% and 11.5% of our net purchases during the three months ended
March 31, 2009.
Results of
Operations
Results
of Operations for Three Months Ended March 31, 2010
Net
Sales
Net sales
were $78,787 and $8,890 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009,
respectively, representing a increase of $69,897. The increase is mainly due to
quick expansion in net sales of our bio-fertilizer business in the first quarter
of 2010.
Cost
of Sales
During
the three months ended March 31, 2010, cost of sales was $47,152, representing
an increase of $38,788, compared with $8,364 for the same period of 2009. The
sharp increase of cost of sales was mainly attributable to increase of
revenue.
Gross
Profit
Gross
profit for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was $31,635. In comparison,
gross profit for the same period in 2009 was $526, representing a increase of
$31,109.
The gross
profit margin for our bio-fertilizer business increased from 5.9% for three
months ended March 31, 2009 to 40.2% during the comparison period of 2010. The
increase in gross profit margin was due to adjustment of product mix of reducing
amount of production and sales of low-profit-margin products.
Consulting
and Professional Fees
Consulting
and professional fees was $40,762 and $52,766 for the three months ended March
31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, representing $12,004 or 22.7%
decrease.
Officers’
Compensation
Officers’
compensation for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was $38,254 and
$72,386, respectively, representing a $34,132 or 47.2% decrease.
On
December 12, 2006, our Board of Directors granted 2,000,000 options under the
2004 Stock Incentive Plan, of which 823,700 shares were granted to the executive
officers and directors. The fair value of options had been fully amortized
during three years since December 12, 2006. Therefore, officers’ compensation
during three months ended March 31, 2010 has decreased as compared to that of
the first quarter of 2009.
General
and Administration
General
and administration expenses for three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 were
$296,106 and $251,544, respectively, representing $44,562 or 17.7% increase.
General and administrative expenses include salaries, travel and entertainment,
rent, office expense, telephone expense and insurance costs. The increase in
general and administration expenses was mainly due to rise in travel and
entertainment and office expense. During three months ended March 31, 2010 and
2009, the Company charged $117,583 and $109,731 into general and administrative
expenses for penalty of 6% and 2% Notes since the number of authorized shares
did not meet relevant requirements. See Note 10 of Notes to Financial
Statements.
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Selling
Expenses
Selling
expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 decreased $1,568 or 42.3%
from $3,710 in 2009 to $2,142 in 2010. The decrease in selling expenses was
mainly due to improved methods in sales. Selling expenses include salary and
travel expenses of salesmen, delivery expenses and advertising,
etc.
Research
and Development
Research
and development expense for the three months ended March 31, 2010 remained
stable with a slight decrease of $1,894 or 3.9% from $48,116 to $46,222 in the
same period of 2009.
Depreciation
and Amortization
Depreciation
and amortization, excluding depreciation charged to cost of production and
deprecation of research equipment, decreased $16,135 or 44.8% to $19,858 for the
three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to $35,993 for the same period of
2009.
Interest
Expenses
Net
interest expense was $59,824 in the three months ended March 31, 2010 and
$205,614 in the same period of 2009, representing a $145,790 or 70.9% decrease.
The significant decrease in interest expense was due to amortization of warrants
in connection with 6% Notes during first quarter of 2009. Fair value of the
warrants was fully amortized in 2009.
Net
Loss Attributable to Kiwa Shareholders
During
the three months ended March 31, 2010, net loss attributable to Kiwa
shareholders was $471,533, representing an decrease of $346,592 or 42.4%,
comparing with $818,125 for the same period of 2009. This decrease resulted from
the following factors: (1) increase in gross profit of $31,109; (2) decrease in
operating expenses of $68,541 or 13.4%; (3) decrease in interest expenses of
$145,790 or 70.9%; (4) net loss attributable to non-controlling interest in the
three months ended March 31, 2010 was nil and $25,288 for the same period of
2009.
Comprehensive
Loss
Comprehensive
loss decreased by $344,243 or 42.1% to $473,586 for the three months ended March
31, 2010, as compared to $817,829 for the comparable period of 2009 for reasons
stated above.
Liquidity and Capital
Resources
Since
inception of our ag-biotech business in 2002, we have relied on the proceeds
from the sale of our equity securities and loans from both unrelated and related
parties to provide the resources necessary to fund our operations and the
execution of our business plan. During the three months ended March 31, 2010,
related parties advanced $362,882 in total to the Company, which was partially
offset by repayment to related parties of $456. As of March 31, 2010, our
current liabilities exceeded current assets by $6,941,592, reflecting a current
ratio of 0.03:1 and a quick ratio of 0.007:1. Comparably, as of December 31,
2009, our current liabilities exceeded current assets by $6,383,120, denoting
current ratio of 0.03:1 and quick ratio of 0.005:1.
As of
March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, we had cash of $46,902 and $28,765,
respectively. Changes in cash balances are outlined as follows:
During
the three months ended March 31, 2010, our operations utilized cash of $311,401
as compared with $26,179 in the same period of 2009. Cash was mainly used for
working capital for our bio-fertilizer and public company
operation.
During
the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, we invested $30,443 and nil for
investing activities.
During
the first quarter of 2010, our financing activities incurred net cash inflow of
$361,305, consisting of $362,882 advances or loans from related parties, which
was offset by the repayments to related parties of $456 and long-term borrowings
of $1,121. During the three months ended March 31, 2009, we generated $88,667
from financing activities, consisting of loans from related parties of $161,917,
which was offset by repayment of $72,328 to related parties and long-term
borrowings of $922.
During
three months ended March 31, 2009, operating activities of discontinued
operations utilized cash of $101,146.
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Currently,
we have insufficient cash resources to accomplish our objectives and also do not
anticipate generating sufficient positive operating cash inflow in the rest of
2010 to fund our planned operations. We are actively looking for new sources of
capital. To the extent that we are unable to successfully raise the capital
necessary to fund our future cash requirements on a timely basis and under
acceptable terms and conditions, we will not have sufficient cash resources to
maintain operations, and may have to curtail operations and consider a formal or
informal restructuring or reorganization.
Commitments and
Contingencies
See Note
13 to the Consolidated Financial Statements under Item 1 in Part I.
Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements
At March
31, 2010, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or
financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance
or special purpose entities, established for the purpose of facilitating
off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited
purposes. As such, we are not exposed to any financing, liquidity, market or
credit risk that could arise if we had engaged in such
relationships.
ITEM
3. QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate
Risk
All of
our revenues and the majority of our expenses and liabilities incurred are in
RMB. Thus, our revenues and operating results may be impacted by exchange rate
fluctuations of RMB. Up to now, we have not reduced our exposure to exchange
rate fluctuations by using hedging transactions or any other measures to avoid
our exchange rate risks. Accordingly, we may experience economic losses and
negative impacts on earnings and equity as a result of foreign exchange rate
fluctuations.
ITEM
4T. CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls.
Our
management, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief
Executive Officer ("CEO") and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), has evaluated the
effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in SEC Rules
13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly
Report. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") is recorded, processed,
summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s forms,
and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management
including our CEO and CFO, to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosures. Based on their evaluation, our CEO and CFO have concluded that, as
of March 31, 2010, our disclosure controls and procedures were
ineffective.
Our
management has conducted, with the participation of our CEO and CFO, an
assessment, including testing of the effectiveness, of our disclosure controls
and procedures as of March 31, 2010. Based on such evaluation, management
identified deficiencies that were determined to be a material
weakness.
A
material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in
disclosure controls and procedures, such that there is a reasonable possibility
that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial
statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Because of the
material weaknesses described below, management concluded that our disclosure
controls and procedures were ineffective as of March 31, 2010.
The
specific material weakness identified by the Company’s management as of March
31, 2010 are described as follows:
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The
Company is lacking qualified resources to perform the internal audit
functions properly. In addition, the scope and effectiveness of the
Company’s internal audit function are yet to be
developed.
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We
currently do not have an audit
committee.
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The
Company was unable to gather all information needed for composing the
required filings and complete the Management's Discussion and Analysis of
financial statements within the time periods specified in the SEC’s
forms.
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Remediation
Initiative
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We
are committed to establishing the disclosure controls and procedures but
due to limited qualified resources in the region, we were not able to hire
sufficient internal audit resources by March 31, 2010. However, internally
we established a central management center to recruit more senior
qualified people in order to improve our internal control procedures.
Externally, we are looking forward to engaging an accounting firm to
assist the Company in improving the Company’s internal control system
based on COSO Framework. We also will increase our efforts to hire the
qualified resources.
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We
intend to establish an audit committee of the board of directors as soon
as practicable. We envision that the audit committee will be primarily
responsible for reviewing the services performed by our independent
auditors, evaluating our accounting policies and our system of internal
controls.
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The
Company had put in place a series of measurements to ensure our periodic
reports are filed on a timely basis going forward. These measurements
include:
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Better
planning of filing work with the help of corporate counsel and
auditors;
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Monitoring
the execution of this plan by Chief Financial Officer. For example,
executive and accounting officers of each of the subsidiaries are required
to report to the Chief Financial Officer their progress of operational and
financial information gathering on daily basis. Chief Financial Officer
checks the completeness and reviews the consistency of each subsidiary’s
operational and financial information;
and
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Respond
to any unexpected delays in a quicker
fashion.
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Conclusion
The
Company did not have sufficient and skilled accounting personnel with an
appropriate level of technical accounting knowledge and experience in the
application of generally accepted accounting principles accepted in the United
States of America commensurate with the Company’s disclosure controls and
procedures requirements, which resulted in a number of deficiencies in
disclosure controls and procedures that were identified as being significant.
The Company’s management believes that the number and nature of these
significant deficiencies, when aggregated, was determined to be a material
weakness.
Despite
of the material weaknesses and deficiencies reported above, the Company’s
management believes that its condensed consolidated financial statements
included in this report fairly present in all material respects the Company’s
financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the periods
presented and that this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.
Changes in internal control over
financial reporting.
There
were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
during the quarter ended March 31, 2010 that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
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PART
II. OTHER
INFORMATION
ITEM
1. LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
On
December 22, 2009, Tianjin Kiwa filed a lawsuit against Challenge Feed in the
local court of Wuqing District, Tianjin, where Kiwa Tianjin is
domiciled.
In the
lawsuit, Kiwa Tianjin asserted that Challenge Feed unlawfully disposed of the
assets held by Kiwa Tianjin, such assets include:
(1)
Machinery and equipment. Challenge Feed entered into a settlement agreement with
one of its creditors, in accordance with which Challenge Feed agreed to transfer
title of the machinery and equipment, which had been assigned to Kiwa Tianjin in
2006 in connection with the establishment of Kiwa Tianjin as a joint venture
between the Company and Challenge Feed, to repay Challenge Feed’s debt.
Challenge Feed did not obtain Kiwa Tianjin’s consent nor inform Kiwa Tianjin of
such transfer.
(2)
Inventories. Kiwa Tianjin had a long standing agreement to lease Challenge
Feed’s factory facilities and warehouse for storage of its inventory. Challenge
Feed has disposed Kiwa Tianjin’s inventories including raw materials, packages
and finished goods stored in the factory to repay Challenge Feed’s debt without
any permission from Kiwa Tianjin.
Kiwa
Tianjin is seeking damages against Challenge Feed in the amount of approximately
RMB 2.2 million in total. The local court is currently reviewing the complaint
and related documents filed with it.
ITEM
1A. RISK
FACTORS
During
the three months ended March 31, 2010, there were no material changes to the
risk factors previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2009.
ITEM
2. UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
None.
ITEM
3. DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
On June
29, 2006, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with six
institutional investors for the issuance and sale of (1) 6% secured convertible
notes, due three years from the date of issuance, in the aggregate principal
amount of $2,450,000, convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock (the
“6% Notes”), and (2) warrants to purchase 12,250,000 shares of the Company’s
common stock. The maturity date for 6% Notes was June 29, 2009.
On June
29, 2009, the 6% Notes were due. The Company has informed the Purchasers of its
inability to repay the outstanding balance on the due date. Therefore, the 6%
Notes are in default.
ITEM
4. OTHER
INFORMATION
None.
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ITEM
5. EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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Incorporated by
Reference in
Document
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Exhibit No. in
Incorporated
Document
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3.1
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Certificate
of Incorporation, effective as of July 21, 2004.
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Form
8-K filed on July 23, 2004
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3.1
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3.2
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Bylaws,
effective as of July 22, 2004.
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Form
8-K Filed on July 23, 2004
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3.2
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3.3
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Certificate
of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation, effective as of September
27, 2006.
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Form
10-QSB filed on November 15, 2006
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3.3
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10.5
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Letter
from Mao & Company, CPAs, Inc. dated June 7, 2009 to the Securities
and Exchange Commission
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Form
8-K filed on June 8, 2009
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16.1
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List
of Subsidiaries
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Form
10-K filed on March 29, 2010
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31.1
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Certification
of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and
Rule15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended
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Filed
herewith.
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31.2
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Certification
of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule
15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended
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Filed
herewith.
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32.1
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Certification
of Principal Executive Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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Filed
herewith.
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32.2
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Certification
of Principal Financial Officer, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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Filed
herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
KIWA
BIO-TECH PRODUCTS GROUP CORPORATION
(Registrant)
/s/
Wei Li
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May
13, 2010 Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of
Directors
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Wei
Li
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(Principal
Executive Officer)
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/s/
Steven Ning Ma
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May
13, 2010 Chief Financial Officer
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Steven
Ning Ma
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(Principal
Financial Officer and Principal Accounting
Officer)
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