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Recon Technology, Ltd - Quarter Report: 2014 September (Form 10-Q)

 

 

U. S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

 x Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014

 

¨ Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from              to             .

Commission File Number 001-34409

 

 

 

RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

  

 

 

Cayman Islands   Not Applicable

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification number)

 

1902 Building C, King Long International Mansion

No. 9 Fulin Road

Beijing 100107 China

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

+86 (10) 8494-5799

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check 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 (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨   Accelerated filer   ¨
             
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   Smaller reporting company   x

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of ordinary shares, as of the latest practicable date. The Company is authorized to issue 25,000,000 ordinary shares. As of November 10, 2014, the Company has issued and outstanding 4,726,711  shares.

 

 
 

 

RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

FORM 10-Q

INDEX

 

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements ii
   
Part I    Financial Information 2
   
Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited). 2
     
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. 2
     
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk. 17
     
Item 4. Controls and Procedures. 17
     
Part II    Other Information 17
     
Item 1. Legal Proceedings. 17
     
Item 1A. Risk Factors. 17
     
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds. 18
     
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities. 18
     
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures. 18
     
Item 5. Other Information. 18
     
Item 6. Exhibits. 18

 

 
 

 

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This document contains certain statements of a forward-looking nature. Such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to projected growth, trends and strategies, future operating and financial results, financial expectations and current business indicators are based upon current information and expectations and are subject to change based on factors beyond the control of the Company. Forward-looking statements typically are identified by the use of terms such as “look,” “may,” “should,” “might,” “believe,” “plan,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate” and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. The accuracy of such statements may be impacted by a number of business risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated, including but not limited to the following:

 

    the timing of the development of future products;

 

    projections of revenue, earnings, capital structure and other financial items;

 

    statements of our plans and objectives;

 

    statements regarding the capabilities of our business operations;

 

    statements of expected future economic performance;

 

    statements regarding competition in our market; and

 

    assumptions underlying statements regarding us or our business.

 

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to update this forward-looking information. Nonetheless, the Company reserves the right to make such updates from time to time by press release, periodic report or other method of public disclosure without the need for specific reference to this report. No such update shall be deemed to indicate that other statements not addressed by such update remain correct or create an obligation to provide any other updates.

 

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Part I  Financial Information

 

Item 1.Financial Statements.

 

See the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements following the signature page of this report, which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

The following discussion and analysis of our company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of selected events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.

 

Overview

 

We are a company with limited liability incorporated in 2007 under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Headquartered in Beijing, we provide products and services to oil and gas companies and their affiliates through Nanjing Recon and BHD, our Domestic Companies we control through certain contractual arrangement. As the company contractually controlling the Domestic Companies, we are the center of strategic management, financial control and human resources allocation.

 

Our business is mainly focused on the upstream sectors of the oil and gas industry. We derive our revenues from the sales and provision of (1) hardware products, (2) software products, and (3) services. Our products and services involve most of the key procedures of the extraction and production of oil and gas, and include automation systems, equipment, tools and on-site technical services.

 

Our Domestic Companies provide the oil and gas industry with equipment, production technologies, automation and services.

 

Nanjing Recon: Nanjing Recon is a high-tech company that specializes in automation services for oilfield companies. It mainly focuses on providing automation solutions to the oil exploration industry, including monitoring wells, automatic metering to the joint station production, process monitor, and a variety of oilfield equipment and control systems.

 

BHD: BHD is a high-tech company that specializes in transportation equipment and stimulation productions and services. Possessing proprietary patents and substantial industry experience, BHD has built up stable and strong working relationships with the major oilfields in China.

 

Recent Developments

 

During this quarter, we mainly focused on automation projects and furnaces sales for China National Petroleum Corporation (“CNPC”) oilfields including Jidong Oilfield, Huabei Oilfield, Jilin Oilfield, Qinghai Oilfield and northwest branch of China Petroleum &Chemical Corporation Limited (“SINOPEC”). In the last six months, CNPC and SINOPEC, our two largest customers, both reduced their capitalized exploration and production expenditure while CNPC’s expenditure reduction is more significant than that of SINOPEC. As a result, the number of projects we provided to CNPC during this quarter decreased compared to same period last year. Since the overall production construction process of our clients were delayed, our finished projects also decreased compared to same period last year. While we actively procure new contracts with existing CNPC oilfields, we will also develop new projects from SINOPEC’s domestic and overseas operations. Management expects the volume of finished projects will recover and thus revenue will keep increasing during fiscal year ending June 30, 2015.

 

Products and Services

 

We currently provide products and services to oil and gas field companies, which focus on the development and production of oil and natural gas. Our products and services described below correlate to the numbered stages of the oilfield production system graphical expression shown below.

 

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Our products and services include:

 

Equipment for Oil and Gas Production and Transportation

 

High-Efficiency Heating Furnaces (as shown above). Crude petroleum contains certain impurities that must be removed before it can be sold, including water and natural gas. To remove the impurities and to prevent solidification and blockage in transport pipes, companies employ heating furnaces. BHD researched, developed and implemented a new oilfield furnace that is advanced, highly automated, reliable, easily operable, safe and highly heat-efficient (90% efficiency).

 

Burner (as shown above). We serve as an agent for the Unigas Burner, which is designed and manufactured by UNIGAS, a European burning equipment production company. The burner has the following characteristics: high degree of automation, energy conservation, high turn-down ratio, high security and environmental safety.

 

Oil and Gas Production Improvement Techniques

 

Packers of Fracturing. This utility model is used in concert with the security joint, hydraulic anchor, and slide brushing of sand spray in the well. It is used for easy seat sealing and sand uptake prevention. The utility model reduces desilting volume and prevents sand-up, which makes the deblocking processes easier to realize. The back flushing is sand-stick proof.

 

Production Packer. At varying withdrawal points, the production packer separates different oil layers and protects the oil pipe from sand and permeation, promoting the recovery ratio.

 

Sand Prevention in Oil and Water Well. This technique processes additives that are resistant to elevated temperatures into “resin sand” which is transported to the bottom of the well via carrying fluid. The “resin sand” goes through the borehole, pilling up and compacting at the borehole and oil vacancy layer. An artificial borehole wall is then formed, functioning as a means of sand prevention. This sand prevention technique has been adapted to more than 100 wells, including heavy oil wells, light oil wells, water wells and gas wells, with a 100% success rate and a 98% effective rate.

 

Water Locating and Plugging Technique. High water cut affects the normal production of oilfields. Previously, there was no sophisticated method for water locating and tubular column plugging in China. The mechanical water locating and tubular column plugging technique we have developed resolves the problem of high water cut wells. This technique conducts a self-sealing test during multi-stage usage and is reliable to separate different production sets effectively. The water location switch forms a complete set by which the water locating and plugging can be finished in one trip. The tubular column is adaptable to several oil drilling methods and is available for water locating and plugging in second and third class layers.

 

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Fissure Shaper. This is our proprietary product that is used along with a perforating gun to effectively increase perforation depth by between 46% and 80%, shape stratum fissures, improve stratum diversion capability and, as a result, improve our ability to locate oilfields and increase the output of oil wells.

 

Fracture Acidizing. We inject acid to layers under pressure, which can form or expand fissures. The treatment process of the acid is defined as fracture acidizing. The technique is mainly adapted to oil and gas wells that are blocked up relatively deeply, or the ones in low permeability zones.

 

Electronic Break-Down Service. This service resolves block-up and freezing problems by generating heat from the electric resistivity of the drive pipe and utilizing a loop tank composed of an oil pipe and a drive pipe. This technique saves energy and is environmentally friendly. It can increase the production of oilfields that are in the middle and later periods.

 

Automation System and Services

 

Pumping Unit Controller. This controller functions as a monitor to the pumping unit and also collects data for load, pressure, voltage, and startup and shutdown control.

 

RTU Monitor. This monitor collects gas well pressure data.

 

Wireless Dynamometer and Wireless Pressure Gauge. These products replace wired technology with cordless displacement sensor technology. They are easy to install and significantly reduce the work load associated with cable laying.

 

Electric Multi-way Valve for Oilfield Metering Station Flow Control. This multi-way valve is used before the test separator to replace the existing three valve manifolds. It facilitates the electronic control of the connection of the oil lead pipeline with the separator.

 

Natural Gas Flow Computer System. The flow computer system is used in natural gas stations and gas distribution stations to measure flow.

 

Recon Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (“SCADA”). Recon SCADA is a system which applies to the oil well, measurement station, and the union station for supervision and data collection.

 

EPC Service of Pipeline SCADA System. This service technique is used for pipeline monitoring and data acquisition after crude oil transmission.

 

EPC Service of Oil and Gas Wells SCADA System. This service technique is used for monitoring and data acquisition of oil wells and natural gas wells.

 

EPC Service of Oilfield Video Surveillance and Control System. This video surveillance technique is used for controlling the oil and gas wellhead area and the measurement station area.

 

Technique Service for “Digital oilfield” Transformation. This service includes engineering technique services such as oil and gas SCADA system, video surveillance and control system and communication systems.

 

Factors Affecting Our Business

 

Business Outlook

 

The oilfield engineering and technical service industry is generally divided into five sections: (1) exploration, (2) drilling and completion, (3) testing and logging, (4) production, and (5) oilfield construction. Thus far our businesses have been involved in completion, production and construction processes. Our management still believes we need to expand our core business, move into new markets, and develop new businesses quickly for the coming years. Management anticipates great opportunities both in new markets and our existing markets. We also believe that many existing wells and oilfields need to improve or renew their equipment and service to maintain production and techniques and services like ours will be needed as new oil and gas fields are developed. In the next three years, we will focus on:

 

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Measuring Equipment and Service. “Digital oil field” and the management of oil companies are highly regarded. We believe our oilfield SCADA and related technical support services will address the needs of the oil well automation system market, for which we forecast strong needs in the short term. Through early cooperation with CNPC in Turkmenistan, we have developed our experience in this market. Although bidding has not yet commenced, we will continue pursuing overseas business projects in the coming second phase construction.

 

Gathering and Transferring Equipment. With more new wells developed, our management anticipates that demand for our furnaces and burners will grow more compared to last year, especially in the Jilin Oilfield and Zhongyuan oilfield.

 

Fracturing service. We believe we cooperated well with Zhongyuan Oilfield on the open-hole fracturing for horizontal wells in fiscal years 2013 and 2014. In addition, we succeeded in the design and development of our own open-hole horizontal well fracturing tool used for exploration of convential resources and unconventional gas. As such, we expect to continue growing revenue from fracturing and related stimulation services in the coming year.

 

New business. Design and development of down-hole tools has always been an important technique for oilfield companies. Recently, this market has developed very rapidly. After a year long test project for our customers, we have developed experience with this technology and our customers have accepted our products and services. We expect revenue from this business in the coming year.

 

Growth Strategy

 

As a smaller China-focused company, it is our basic strategy to focus on developing our onshore oilfield business, that is, the upstream of the industry. Due to the remote location and difficult environments of China’s oil and gas fields, foreign competitors rarely enter those areas.

 

Large domestic oil companies have historically focused on their exploration and development businesses to earn higher margins and keep their competitive advantage. With regard to private oilfield service companies, we estimate that approximately 90% specialize in the manufacture of drilling and production equipment. Thus, the market for technical support and project service is still in its early stage. Our management insists on providing high quality products and service in oilfields in which we have a geographical advantage. This will allow us to avoid conflicts of interest with bigger suppliers of drilling equipment and protect our position within the market segment. Our mission is to increase the automation and safety levels of industrial petroleum production in China and improve the underdeveloped working process and management mode by using advanced technologies. At the same time, we are always looking to improve our business and to increase our earning capability.

 

Recent Industry Developments

 

Despite uncertainty in the energy industry related to such matters as fluctuating prices and future opportunities for oil companies, our management believes there are still many factors to support our long-term development:

 

(1) The opening of the Chinese oil industry to participation by non-state owned service providers and vendors played an increasingly important role in the high-end oilfield service segment to allow competition based on efficiency and price. As oil and gas fields are depleted, it becomes more challenging to find and convert reserves into usable energy sources. As the industry has permitted competition by private companies and oil companies have formed separate service companies, high-tech service has gradually opened up to private companies.

 

(2) Speeding up the development of unconventional hydrocarbon resources such as shale gas and coal bed methane will bring more requirements of related production-increasing technology and services. China is rich in unconventional hydrocarbon resources, but new exploration and development technology breakthroughs are urgently needed; and

 

(3) Overseas assets of Chinese oilfield companies increased gradually, and they will provide more opportunity for domestic service companies to participate in foreign projects.

 

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Management is focused on these factors and will seek to extend our business on the industrial chain, like providing more integrated services and incremental measures and growing our business from a predominantly up-ground business to include some down-hole services as well.

 

Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations

 

Our operating results in any period are subject to general conditions typically affecting the Chinese oilfield service industry including:

 

the amount of spending by our customers, primarily those in the oil and gas industry;
growing demand from large corporations for improved management and software designed to achieve such corporate performance;
the procurement processes of our customers, especially those in the oil and gas industry;
competition and related pricing pressure from other oilfield service solution providers, especially those targeting the Chinese oil and gas industry;
the ongoing development of the oilfield service market in China; and
inflation and other macroeconomic factors.

 

Unfavorable changes in any of these general conditions could negatively affect the number and size of the projects we undertake, the number of products we sell, the amount of services we provide, the price of our products and services, and otherwise affect our results of operations.

 

Our operating results in any period are more directly affected by company-specific factors including:

 

our revenue growth, in terms of the proportion of our business dedicated to large companies and our ability to successfully develop, introduce and market new solutions and services;
our ability to increase our revenues from both old and new customers in the oil and gas industry in China;
our ability to effectively manage our operating costs and expenses; and
our ability to effectively implement any targeted acquisitions and/or strategic alliances so as to provide efficient access to markets and industries in the oil and gas industry in China.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

Estimates and Assumptions

 

We prepare our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP), which require us to make judgments, estimates and assumptions. We continually evaluate these estimates and assumptions based on the most recently available information, our own historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Since the use of estimates is an integral component of the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from those estimates. An accounting policy is considered critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time such estimate is made, and if different accounting estimates that reasonably could have been used, or changes in the accounting estimates that are reasonably likely to occur periodically, could materially impact the consolidated financial statements. We believe that the following policies involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity in their application and require us to make significant accounting estimates. The following descriptions of critical accounting policies, judgments and estimates should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and other disclosures included in this quarterly report. Significant accounting estimates reflected in our Company’s consolidated financial statements include revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, deferred income tax, stock based compensation, warrants liability and useful lives of property and equipment.

 

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Consolidation of VIEs

 

We recognize an entity as a VIE if it either (i) has insufficient equity to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support or (ii) has equity investors who lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. We consolidate a VIE as its primary beneficiary when we have both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE. We perform ongoing assessments to determine whether an entity should be considered a VIE and whether an entity previous identified as a VIE continues to be a VIE and whether we continue to be the primary beneficiary.

 

Assets recognized as a result of consolidating VIEs do not represent additional assets that could be used to satisfy claims against our general assets. Conversely, liabilities recognized as a result of consolidating these VIEs do not represent additional claims on our general assets; rather, they represent claims against the specific assets of the consolidated VIEs.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

We recognize revenue when the following four criteria are met: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (2) delivery has occurred or services have been provided, (3) the sales price is fixed or determinable, and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. Delivery does not occur until products have been shipped or services have been provided to the customers and the customers have signed a completion and acceptance report, risk of loss has transferred to the customers, customer- acceptance-provisions have lapsed, or the Company has objective evidence that the criteria specified in customers’ acceptance provisions have been satisfied. The sales price is not considered to be fixed or determinable until all contingencies related to the sale have been resolved.

 

Hardware

 

Revenue from hardware sales is generally recognized when the product is shipped to the customer and when there are no unfulfilled company obligations that affect the customer’s final acceptance of the arrangement.

 

Software

 

The Company sells self-developed software. For software sales, the Company recognizes revenues in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification, Topic 985-605, “Software Revenue Recognition,” and related interpretations. Revenue from software is recognized according to project contracts. Contract costs are accumulated during the periods of installation and testing or commissioning. Usually this is short term. Revenue is not recognized until completion of the contracts and receipt of acceptance statements.

 

Services

 

The Company provides services to improve software functions and system requirements on separated fixed-price contracts. Revenue is recognized when services are completed and acceptance is determined by a completion report signed by the customer.

 

Deferred income represents unearned amounts billed to customers related to sales contracts.

 

Fair Values of Financial Instruments

 

The US GAAP accounting standards regarding fair value of financial instruments and related fair value measurements define fair value, establish a three-level valuation hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

 

The three levels of inputs are defined as follows:

 

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

 

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

 

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Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable.

 

The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for trade accounts receivable, other receivables, advances to suppliers, trade accounts payable, accrued liabilities, advances from customers and notes payable approximate fair value because of the immediate or short-term maturity of these financial instruments. Long-term receivables and borrowings approximate fair value because their interest rates charged approximate the market rates for financial instruments with similar terms. The fair value of the warrants liability was determined using the Black-Scholes Model, as Level 2 inputs (See Note 13). Any changes in the assumptions that are used in the Black-Scholes Model may increase or decrease the warrants liability from quarter to quarter. Any change in adjustment would be charged to operations. Long-term investment is measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis at September 30, 2014, since the Company recorded an impairment loss during the year ended June 30, 2014. The fair value was determined to be zero using Level 2 inputs.

 

Receivables

 

Trade receivables are carried at original invoiced amount less a provision for any potential uncollectible amounts. Provisions are applied to trade receivables where events or changes in circumstances indicate that the balance may not be collectible. The identification of doubtful accounts requires the use of judgment and estimates of management. Our management must make estimates of the collectability of our accounts receivable. Management specifically analyzes accounts receivable, historical bad debts, customer creditworthiness, current economic trends and changes in our customer payment terms when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. We believe based on the current economic condition and our history of collections on accounts and notes receivable, our allowance for doubtful accounts was adequate at September 30, 2014.

 

Deferred Tax Estimates

 

As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income taxes in each of the tax jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves using an asset and liability approach whereby deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded for differences in the financial reporting bases and tax bases of our assets and liabilities. Deferred tax accounting requires that we evaluate net deferred tax assets by jurisdiction to determine if these assets will more likely than not be realized. This analysis requires considerable judgment and is subject to change to reflect future events and changes in the tax laws.

 

Valuation of Long-Lived Assets

 

We review the carrying values of our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that they may not be recoverable. When such an event occurs, we project undiscounted cash flows to be generated from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition over the remaining life of the asset. If projections indicate that the carrying value of the long-lived asset will not be recovered, we reduce the carrying value of the long-lived asset by the estimated excess of the carrying value over the projected discounted cash flows. In the past, we have not had to make significant adjustments to the carrying values of our long-lived assets, and we do not anticipate a need to do so in the future. However, circumstances could cause us to have to reduce the value of our capitalized assets more rapidly than we have in the past if our revenues were to significantly decline. Estimated cash flows from the use of the long-lived assets are highly uncertain and therefore the estimation of the need to impair these assets is reasonably likely to change in the future. Should the economy or acceptance of our assets change in the future, it is likely that our estimate of the future cash flows from the use of these assets will change by a material amount. There were no impairments at June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014.

 

Share-Based Compensation

 

The Company accounts for share-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718, Share-Based Payment. Under the fair value recognition provisions of this topic, share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense with graded vesting on a straight–line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award. The Company has elected to recognize compensation expenses mainly using the Black-Scholes valuation model estimated at the grant date based on the award’s fair value.

 

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Recently enacted accounting pronouncements

 

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-12, “Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period,” (“ASU 2014-12”). ASU 2014-12 requires that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition. As such, the performance target should not be reflected in estimating the grant-date fair value of the award. Prior the issuance of ASU 2014-12, U.S. GAAP did not contain explicit guidance on how to account for those share-based payments. Many reporting entities accounted for performance targets that could be achieved after the requisite service period as performance conditions that affect the vesting of the award and, therefore, did not reflect the performance target in the estimate of the grant-date fair value of the award. Other reporting entities treated those performance targets as non-vesting conditions that affected the grant-date fair value of the award. We currently treat performance targets that affect vesting as a performance condition and as such, it is not included in the grant-date fair value. Therefore, the impact upon adoption would not be material to our consolidated financial position or results of operations. The amendments in ASU 2014-12 are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Earlier application is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of his guidance will have a significant impact on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In August 2014, The FASB issued ASU 2014-15, “'Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (“ASU 2014-15”). ASU 2014-15 requires management to perform interim and annual assessments of an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date of issuance of the entity’s financial statements. Further, an entity must provide certain disclosures if "conditions or events raise substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern." The amendments in ASU 2014-15 are effective for annual periods beginning after 15 December 2015, and interim periods thereafter, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance will have a significant impact on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Management believes this ASU 2014-15 does not have any significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2014, The FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-16, “Determining Whether the Host Contract in a Hybrid Financial Instrument Issued in the Form of a Share Is More Akin to Debt or to Equity,” in response to the EITF’s final consensus on Issue 13-G. The ASU requires an entity to “determine the nature of the host contract by considering all stated and implied substantive terms and features of the hybrid financial instrument, weighing each term and feature on the basis of the relevant facts and circumstances” (commonly referred to as the whole-instrument approach). The ASU applies to all entities and is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods thereafter. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this new standard update.

 

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Results of Operations

 

The following consolidated results of operations include the results of operations of the Company and its variable interest entities (“VIEs”), BHD and Nanjing Recon.

 

Our historical reporting results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future period.

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2013

 

Revenues

 

   For the Three Months Ended 
   September 30, 
           Increase /   Percentage 
   2013   2014   (Decrease)   Change 
Hardware - non-related parties  ¥9,174,015   ¥3,019,868   ¥(6,154,147)   (67.1)%
Hardware - related parties   116,473    -    (116,473)   (100)%
Service   -    58,491    58,491    100%
Software - non-related parties   1,923,077    1,225,641    (697,436)   (36.3)%
Software - related parties   299,145    -    (299,145)   (100)%
Total revenues  ¥11,512,710   ¥4,304,000   ¥(7,208,710)   (62.6)%

 

Our total revenues decreased by 62.6%, or approximately ¥7.2 million ($1.2 million), from approximately ¥11.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 to ¥4.3 million ($0.7 million) for the same period of 2014. The changes in our revenues for the three-month period were due to the following factors:

 

(1)Hardware business. The decrease in hardware revenue during the three-month ended September 30, 2014 was mainly due to lower sales of automation system and furnaces, which are the majority of our hardware sales. In the last six months, CNPC and SINOPEC, our two largest customers, both reduced their capitalized exploration and production expenditure while CNPC’s expenditure reduction is more significant than that of SINOPEC. As a result, the number of projects we provided to CNPC during this quarter decreased compared to the same period last year. In addition, we were not able to finish a number of our projects with CNPC subsidiaries as our customers or its general contractors were not able to finish the overall projects which our projects are a part of. Therefore, finished projects also decreased compared to same period last year.

 

(2)Hardware – related parties. Sales of hardware to related parties decreased because we used to sell our products to oilfield customers through our related parties. After we obtained our own entrance certification, Recon now can sell to oilfield customers directly. As a result, sales to related-parties decreased.

 

(3)Service business. Service revenue for three months ended September 30, 2014 consisted mainly of minor maintenance services, which were provided upon request by customers.

 

(4)Software business non-related parties. The software sales to non-related parties decreased approximately ¥0.7 million ($0.1 million). The amount of our revenues categorized as software sales may fluctuate because certain software may be sold with hardware at times as a whole product and not separately priced.

 

(5)Software business – related parties. During the quarter ended September 30, 2013, we recorded software revenue of ¥0.3 million to a related party. We used to develop our Ji Dong oilfield business through a local agent that is a related party. Since we achieved business entrance certification by ourselves and could thus directly bid for projects, revenue through this related party decreased overall and decreased to zero during this period.

 

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Cost and Margin

 

   For the Three Months Ended 
   September 30, 
           Increase /   Percentage 
   2013   2014   (Decrease)   Change 
Total revenues  ¥11,512,710   ¥4,304,000   ¥(7,208,710)   (62.6)%
Cost of revenues   6,221,610    3,688,686    (2,532,924)   (40.7)%
Gross profit  ¥5,291,100   ¥615,314   ¥(4,675,786)   (88.4)%
Margin %   46.0%   14.3%   (31.7)%    __

 

Cost of revenues. Our cost of revenues includes raw materials and costs related to design, implementation, delivery and maintenance of products and services. All materials and components we need can be purchased or manufactured by subcontractors. Usually the prices of electronic components do not fluctuate dramatically due to market competition and will not significantly affect our cost of revenues. However, specialized equipment and incentive chemical products may be directly influenced by metal and oil price fluctuations. Additionally, the prices of some imported accessories mandated by our customers can also impact our cost.

 

Our cost of revenues decreased from approximately ¥6.2 million in the three months ended September 30, 2013 to approximately ¥3.7 million ($0.6 million) for the same period of 2014, a decrease of approximately ¥2.5 million ($0.4 million), or 40.7%. This decrease was mainly caused by lower revenue during the three months ended September 30, 2014 compared to the same period of 2013. As a percentage of revenues, our cost of revenues increased from 54.0% in 2013 to 85.7% in 2014, largely due to decreased hardware sales.

 

Gross profit. Our gross profit decreased to approximately ¥0.6 million ($0.1 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2014 from approximately ¥5.3 million for the same period in 2013. Our gross profit as a percentage of revenue decreased to 14.3% for the three months ended September 30, 2014 from 46.0% for the same period in 2013. This was mainly due to decreased hardware revenue during the three months ended September 30, 2014 as compared to the same period last year when we had higher software revenue with higher gross margins during the three months ended September 30, 2013.

 

In more detail:

 

   For the Three Months Ended 
   September 30, 
           Increase /   Percentage 
   2013   2014   (Decrease)   Change 
Total revenues-hardware and software- non related parties  ¥11,097,092   ¥4,245,509   ¥(6,851,583)   (61.7)%
Cost of revenues -hardware and software- non related parties   6,118,674    3,688,686    (2,429,988)   (39.7)%
Gross profit  ¥4,978,418   ¥556,823   ¥(4,421,595)   (88.8)%
Margin %   44.9%   13.1%   (31.8)%    __

 

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The revenue decrease from hardware and software to non-related parties of ¥6.9 million from 2013 to 2014 was mainly due to the decrease from the furnaces sales and automation business in the three months ended September 30, 2014. The gross profit from the hardware and software sales to non-related parties decreased ¥ 4.4million ($0.7 million) compared to the same period of last year.

 

   For the Three Months Ended 
   September 30, 
           Increase /   Percentage 
   2013   2014   (Decrease)   Change 
Total revenues-hardware and software - related parties  ¥415,618   ¥-   ¥(415,618)   (100.0)%
Cost of revenues -hardware and software - related parties   102,936    -    (102,936)   (100.0)%
Gross profit  ¥312,682   ¥-   ¥(312,682)   (100.0)
Margin %   75.2%   -    -    

 

Cost of revenue from hardware and software-related parties decreased as revenue decreased. While gross profit decreased was mainly because revenue decreased as we developed business directly with oilfield, rather than cooperation with related parties. There was no activity with our related parties during the quarter ended September 30, 2014.

 

   For the Three Months Ended 
   September 30, 
           Increase /   Percentage 
   2013   2014   (Decrease)   Change 
Total revenues-service  ¥-   ¥58,491   ¥58,491    100.0%
Cost of revenues -service   -    -    -    -%
Gross profit  ¥-   ¥58,491   ¥58,491    100.0%
Margin %   -    100.0%   -      

 

Service revenue for three months ended September 30, 2014 consisted mainly of minor maintenance services, which were provided upon request by customers.

 

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Operating Expenses

 

   For the Three Months Ended 
   September 30, 
           Increase /   Percentage 
   2013   2014   (Decrease)   Change 
Selling and distribution expenses   1,353,922    700,790    (653,132)   (48.2)%
 % of revenue   11.8%   16.3%   4.5%   
General and administrative expenses   2,741,923    3,703,291    961,368    35.1%
 % of revenue   23.8%   86.0%   62.2%   
Research and development expenses   692,600    656,729    (35,871)   (5.2)%
 % of revenue   6.0%   15.3%   9.2%   
Operating expenses  ¥4,788,445   ¥5,060,810   ¥272,365    5.7%

 

Selling and distribution expenses. Selling and distribution expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenditures of our sales and marketing organization, sales commissions, costs of our marketing programs including advertising and trade shows, and an allocation of our facilities and depreciation expenses. Selling expenses decreased by 48.2%, from approximately ¥1.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 to approximately ¥0.7 million ($0.1 million) for the same period of 2014. This decrease was primarily from decreased service fee, shipping fee, traveling expenses, heating fee and rent expenses. Selling expenses were 11.8% of total revenues in the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 16.3% of total revenues in the same period of 2014.

 

General and administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of costs in human resources, facilities costs, depreciation expenses, professional advisor fees, audit fees, option expenses stock based comprehensive expense and other misc. expenses incurred in connection with general operations. General and administrative expenses increased by 35.1%, or ¥1.0 million ($0.2 million), from approximately ¥2.7 million in the three months ended September 30, 2013 to approximately ¥3.7 million ($0.6 million) in the same period of 2014. General and administrative expenses were 23.8% of total revenues in 2013 and 86.0% of total revenues in 2014. The increase in general and administrative expenses was mainly due to increase in consulting fee, salaries, share-based compensation and traveling expenses.

 

Research and development (“R&D”) expenses. Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenditures of our research and development projects. Research and development expenses decreased by 5.2%, from approximately ¥0.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 to approximately ¥0.6 million ($0.1 million) for the same period of 2014. This decrease was primarily due to reduced spending on materials and equipment for R&D on our furnace, because we didn’t have new improvement project of our furnace.

 

Net Income

 

   For the Three Months Ended 
   September 30, 
           Increase /   Percentage 
   2013   2014   (Decrease)   Change 
Income (loss) from operations  ¥502,655   ¥(4,445,496)  ¥(4,948,151)   (984.4)%
Interest and other income (expense)   (88,974)   314,196    403,170    (453.1)%
Income (loss) before income tax   413,681    (4,131,300)   (4,544,981)   (1,098.7)%
Provision for income tax   207,327    30,245    (177,082)   (85.4)%
Net income (loss)   206,354    (4,161,545)   (4,367,899)   (2,116.7)%
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interest   159,910    -    (159,910)   (100)%
Net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders  ¥46,444   ¥(4,161,545)  ¥(4,207,989)   (9,060.4)%

 

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Income (loss) from operations. Loss from operations was approximately ¥4.4 million ($0.7 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2014, compared to income of ¥0.5 million for the same period of 2013. This decrease in income from operations can be attributed primarily to the decreased revenue and gross margins and increases in general and administrative expenses.

 

Interest and other income (expense). Interest and other income was approximately ¥0.3 million ($0.05 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2014, compared to interest and other expense of ¥0.1 million for the same period of 2013. The ¥0.4 million ($0.07 million) increase in interest and other income was primarily due to changes in the fair value of warrant liability and a decrease in loss from investment, offset by a decrease in subsidy income, interest income, gain from foreign currency exchange and an increase in interest expense.

 

Provision for income tax. Provision for income tax for the three months ended September 30, 2013 was approximately ¥0.2 million and ¥30,000 ($5,000) for the three months ended September 30, 2014 because we had a loss for the period ended September 30, 2014. This decrease of provision for income tax was mainly due to the pre-consolidation income from our subsidiaries in China where we must pay income tax decreased for the three months ended September 30, 2014.

 

Net income (loss). As a result of the factors described above, net loss was approximately ¥4.2 million ($0.7 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2014, a decrease of approximately ¥4.4 million ($0.7 million) from net income of ¥0.2 million for the same period of 2013.

 

Net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders. As a result of the factors described above, net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders was approximately ¥4.2 million ($0.7 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2014, a decrease of approximately ¥4.2 million ($0.7 million) from net income attributable to ordinary shareholders of approximately ¥46,000 for same period of 2013.

 

Adjusted EBITDA (Non GAAP)

 

Adjusted EBITDA. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) adjusted for income tax expense, interest expense, loss from investment, non-cash stock compensation expense, depreciation and amortization. We think it is useful to an equity investor in evaluating our operating performance because: (1) it is widely used by investors in our industry to measure a company’s operating performance without regard to items such as interest expense, depreciation and amortization, which can vary substantially from company to company depending upon accounting methods and book value of assets, capital structure and the method by which the assets were acquired; and (2) it helps investors more meaningfully evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period by removing the impact of our capital structure and asset base from our operating results.

 

   For the Three Months Ended 
   September 30, 
   2013   2014   2014   Increase /   Percentage 
   RMB   RMB   USD   (Decrease)   Change 
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to Net Income (loss)                         
Net income (loss)  ¥206,354   ¥(4,161,545)  $(676,299)  ¥(4,367,899)   (2,116.7)%
Provision for income taxes   207,327    30,245    4,915    (177,082)   (85.4)%
Interest expense and foreign currency adjustment   126,959    243,918    39,639    116,959    92.1%
Change in fair value of warrants liability   -    (274,399)   (44,593)   (274,399)   (100)%
Loss from investment   374,614    -    -    (374,614)   (100)%
Restricted shares issued for consulting services   -    1,171,331    190,355    1,171,331    100%
Stock compensation expense   414,954    600,578    97,601    185,624    44.7%
Depreciation and amortization   150,368    121,347    19,720    (29,021)   (19.3)%
Adjusted EBITDA  ¥1,480,576   ¥(2,268,525)  $(368,662)  ¥(3,749,101)   (253.2)%

 

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Adjusted EBITDA decreased by approximately ¥3.7 million ($0.6 million) to approximately loss of ¥2.3 million ($0.4 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2014 compared to approximately income of ¥1.5 million for the same period in 2013. This decrease was due to decreased revenue and increased professional service consulting expense.

 

Adjusted Net Income (Loss) and Adjusted Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

   For the Three Months Ended 
   September 30, 
   2013   2014   2014 
   RMB   RMB   USD 
Reconciliation of Net Income (loss) attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd to Adjusted Net Income (loss) attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd               
Net income (loss) attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd  ¥46,444   ¥(4,161,545)  $(676,299)
Noncash items (A):               
Change in fair value of warrants liability   -    (274,399)   (44,593)
Loss from investment   374,614    -    - 
Restricted shares issued for consulting services   -    1,171,331    190,355 
Stock compensation expense   414,954    600,578    97,601 
Adjusted net income (loss) attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd  ¥836,012   ¥(2,664,035)  $(432,936)
                
Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Earnings (Loss) Per Share to Non U.S. GAAP Adjusted Earnings (Loss) Per Share               
U.S. GAAP earnings (loss) per share  ¥0.01   ¥(0.87)  $(0.14)
Impact of special items on earnings per share   0.20    0.31    0.05 
Non U.S. GAAP adjusted earnings (loss) per share  ¥0.21   ¥(0.56)  $(0.09)
Weighted - average shares -diluted   3,951,811    4,757,112    4,757,112 

 

(A) Noncash items are certain expenses that are included in our U.S. GAAP reported results. There was no income tax benefit associated with the noncash items. The non-GAAP financial measures are provided to enhance investors' overall understanding of Recon's current financial performance.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of cash on hand, demand deposits and highly liquid short-term debt investments with stated maturities of no more than three months. As of September 30 2014, we had cash and cash equivalents in the amount of approximately ¥6.0 million ($1.0 million).

 

Indebtedness. As of September 30, 2014, except for approximately ¥5.2 million ($0.8 million) of short-term borrowings from related parties, and ¥8.0 million ($1.3 million) in commercial loans from local banks, we did not have any finance leases or purchase commitments, guarantees or other material contingent liabilities.

 

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Holding Company Structure. We are a holding company with no operations of our own. All of our operations are conducted through our Domestic Companies. As a result, our ability to pay dividends and to finance any debt that we may incur is dependent upon the receipt of dividends and other distributions from the Domestic Companies. In addition, Chinese legal restrictions permit payment of dividends to us by our Domestic Companies only out of their respective accumulated net profits, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting standards and regulations. Under Chinese law, our Domestic Companies are required to set aside a portion (at least 10%) of their after-tax net income (after discharging all cumulated loss), if any, each year for compulsory statutory reserve until the amount of the reserve reaches 50% of our Domestic Companies’ registered capital. These funds may be distributed to shareholders at the time of each Domestic Company’s wind up.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. We have not entered into any financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. In addition, we have not entered into any derivative contracts that are indexed to our own shares and classified as shareholders’ equity, or that are not reflected in our financial statements. Furthermore, we do not have any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such entity. Moreover, we do not have any variable interest in an unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit support to us or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with us.

 

Capital Resources. To date we have financed our operations primarily through cash flows from operations, bank loans, short-term borrowings and stock offerings. As of September 30, 2014, we had total assets of approximately ¥145.6 million ($23.7 million), which includes cash of approximately ¥6.0 million ($1.0 million), net accounts receivable from third parties of approximately ¥38.4 million ($6.2 million), and net accounts receivable from related parties of approximately ¥7.9 million ($1.3 million). Working capital amounted to approximately ¥81.2 million ($13.2 million), and shareholders’ equity amounted to approximately ¥100.8 million ($16.4 million).

 

Cash from Operating Activities. Net cash used in operating activities was approximately ¥10.0 million ($1.6 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2014. This was an increase of approximately ¥2.0 million ($0.3 million) compared to net cash used in operating activities of approximately ¥8.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013. In more detail:

 

Net cash used in operating activities are primarily attributable to net loss adjusted to reconcile to net cash used in operating activities of ¥1.5 million, which primarily included a ¥1.2 million of restricted shares issued to consulting firm,, a ¥0.6 million of share based compensation, an adjustment for a $0.3 million change in fair value of warrant liability, a ¥0.1 million of depreciation and a ¥0.07 million of recovery for doubtful accounts. Net cash used in changes in operating assets and liabilities resulted in a net cash use of ¥7.7 million, which mainly due to a ¥2.9 million change in inventory, a ¥2.4 million change in other receivable, a ¥2.8 million change in purchase advance, a ¥1.5 million change in prepaid expense, a ¥1.8 million change in trade payable and other payable, a ¥0.8 million change in taxes payable and ¥0.5 million change in advances from customers, offset by a ¥5.6 million change in accounts receivable. Our net cash used in operating activities were primarily for purchase of inventories for projects in the upcoming quarters and short-term funding support to some of our suppliers.  

 

Cash from Investing Activities. Net cash used in investing activities was approximately ¥96,000 ($16,000) for the three months ended September 30, 2014, an increase of ¥89,000 ($15,000) from ¥7,000 for the same period of 2013. The increase was due to a increase in the purchase of property and equipment.

 

Cash from Financing Activities. Net cash used in financing activities amounted to ¥2.0 million ($0.3 million) for the three months ended September 30, 2014, compared to cash flows provided by financing activities of approximately ¥2.3 million for the same period in 2013. During the three-month period ended September 30, 2014, we repaid ¥2.0 million ($0.3 million) in short term bank loans.

 

Working Capital. Total working capital as of September 30, 2014 amounted to approximately ¥81.2 million ($13.2 million), compared to approximately ¥83.1 million as of June 30, 2014. Total current assets as of September 30, 2014 amounted to approximately ¥126.0 million ($20.5 million), a decrease of approximately ¥7.4 million ($1.2 million) compared to approximately ¥133.4 million at June 30, 2014. The decrease in total current assets at September 30, 2014 compared to June 30, 2014 was mainly due to a decrease in cash and cash equivalents, and trade accounts receivable.

 

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Current liabilities amounted to approximately ¥44.8 million ($7.3 million) at September 30, 2014, in comparison to approximately ¥50.3 million at June 30, 2014. This decrease of liabilities was attributable mainly to a decrease in short-term bank loans, trade accounts payable, taxes payable and warrant liability.

 

Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4.Controls and Procedures.

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

As of September 30, 2014, the company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision of and with the participation of management, including our Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our Company’s disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the foregoing, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) were ineffective.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) during the three months ended September 30, 2014 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, except as disclosed above.

 

Part II  Other Information

 

Item 1.Legal Proceedings.

 

None.

 

Item 1A.Risk Factors.

 

Not applicable.

 

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Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

 

  (a) None

 

  (b) None

 

  (c) None

 

Item 3.Defaults upon Senior Securities.

 

None.

 

Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.Other Information.

 

None.

 

Item 6.Exhibits.

 

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Document

   
  3.1   Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Registrant (1)
   
  3.2   Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association of the Registrant (1)
   
  4.1   Specimen Share Certificate (1)
   
10.1   Translation of Exclusive Technical Consulting Service Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co., Ltd. and Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.2   Translation of Power of Attorney for rights of Chen Guangqiang in Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.3   Translation of Power of Attorney for rights of Yin Shenping in Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.4   Translation of Power of Attorney for rights of Li Hongqi in Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.5   Translation of Exclusive Equity Interest Purchase Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co. Ltd., Chen Guangqiang and Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.6   Translation of Exclusive Equity Interest Purchase Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co. Ltd., Yin Shenping and Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (1)

 

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10.7   Translation of Exclusive Equity Interest Purchase Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co. Ltd., Li Hongqi and Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.8   Translation of Equity Interest Pledge Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co., Ltd., Chen Guangqiang and Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.9   Translation of Equity Interest Pledge Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co., Ltd., Yin Shenping and Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.10   Translation of Equity Interest Pledge Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co., Ltd., Li Hongqi and Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.11   Translation of Exclusive Technical Consulting Service Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co., Ltd. and Jining ENI Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.12   Translation of Power of Attorney for rights of Chen Guangqiang in Jining ENI Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.13   Translation of Power of Attorney for rights of Yin Shenping in Jining ENI Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.14   Translation of Power of Attorney for rights of Li Hongqi in Jining ENI Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.15   Translation of Exclusive Equity Interest Purchase Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co. Ltd., Chen Guangqiang and Jining ENI Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.16   Translation of Exclusive Equity Interest Purchase Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co. Ltd., Yin Shenping and Jining ENI Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.17   Translation of Exclusive Equity Interest Purchase Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co. Ltd., Li Hongqi and Jining ENI Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.18   Translation of Equity Interest Pledge Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co., Ltd., Chen Guangqiang and Jining ENI Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.19   Translation of Equity Interest Pledge Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co., Ltd., Yin Shenping and Jining ENI Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.20   Translation of Equity Interest Pledge Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co., Ltd., Li Hongqi and Jining ENI Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.21   Translation of Exclusive Technical Consulting Service Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co., Ltd. and Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.22   Translation of Power of Attorney for rights of Chen Guangqiang in Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.23   Translation of Power of Attorney for rights of Yin Shenping in Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.24   Translation of Power of Attorney for rights of Li Hongqi in Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.25   Translation of Exclusive Equity Interest Purchase Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co. Ltd., Chen Guangqiang and Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.26   Translation of Exclusive Equity Interest Purchase Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co. Ltd., Yin Shenping and Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. (1)

 

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10.27   Translation of Exclusive Equity Interest Purchase Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co. Ltd., Li Hongqi and Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.28   Translation of Equity Interest Pledge Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co., Ltd., Chen Guangqiang and Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.29   Translation of Equity Interest Pledge Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co., Ltd., Yin Shenping and Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.30   Translation of Equity Interest Pledge Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co., Ltd., Li Hongqi and Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. (1)
   
10.33   Employment Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co., Ltd. and Mr. Yin Shenping (1)
   
10.34   Employment Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co., Ltd. and Mr. Chen Guangqiang (1)
   
10.35   Employment Agreement between Recon Technology (Jining) Co., Ltd. and Mr. Li Hongqi (1)
   
10.36   Operating Agreement among Recon Technology (Jining) Co. Ltd., Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. and Mr. Yin Shenping, Mr. Chen Guangqiang and Mr. Li Hongqi (1)
   
10.37   Operating Agreement among Recon Technology (Jining) Co. Ltd., Jining ENI Energy Technology Co., Ltd., and Mr. Yin Shenping, Mr. Chen Guangqiang and Mr. Li Hongqi (1)
   
10.38   Operating Agreement among Recon Technology (Jining) Co. Ltd., Beijing BHD and Mr. Yin Shenping, Mr. Chen Guangqiang and Mr. Li Hongqi (1)
   
21.1   Subsidiaries of the Registrant (2)
   
99.1   Stock Option Plan (1)
   
99.2   Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (1)
   
31.1   Certifications pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (3)
   
31.2   Certifications pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (3)
   
32.1   Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (3)
   
32.2   Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (3)

 

101.INS   XBRL Instance Document (3)
     
101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document (3)
     
101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document (3)
     
101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document (3)
     
101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document (3)

 

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101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document (3)

 


(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 333-152964.
(2) Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A, filed on January 31, 2012.
(3) Filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Company caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

  RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD
     
November 13, 2014   By:

  /s/ Yin Shen ping

      Yin Shen ping
      Chief Executive Officer
      (Principal Executive Officer)
     
November 13, 2014   By:

/s/ Liu Jia

      Liu Jia
      Chief Financial Officer
      (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 
 

 

RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

 

INDEX TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PAGE
   
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014  F-2
   
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014 F-3
   
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014  F-4
   
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements F-5

 

F-1
 

 

RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

   As of June 30,   As of September 30,   As of September 30, 
   2014   2014   2014 
   RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
ASSETS               
Current assets               
Cash and cash equivalents  ¥18,094,586   ¥6,030,111   $979,964 
Trade accounts receivable, net   43,553,737    38,445,529    6,247,851 
Trade accounts receivable- related parties, net   7,479,298    7,934,047    1,289,376 
Inventories, net   14,336,602    17,216,371    2,797,863 
Other receivables, net   18,293,043    22,759,066    3,698,616 
Other receivables- related parties   1,414,433    -    - 
Purchase advances, net   25,759,065    26,500,238    4,306,601 
Purchase advances- related parties   394,034    1,500,000    243,767 
Prepaid expenses   2,634,664    4,388,693    713,214 
Prepaid expenses - related parties   230,000    -    - 
Deferred tax asset   1,209,961    1,211,995    196,963 
Total current assets   133,399,423    125,986,050    20,474,215 
                
Property and equipment, net   1,321,538    1,296,199    210,648 
Long-term trade accounts receivable, net   14,456,317    13,588,962    2,208,366 
Long-term other receivable   5,353,104    4,706,703    764,895 
Total Assets  ¥154,530,382   ¥145,577,914   $23,658,124 
                
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY               
Current liabilities               
Short-term bank loans  ¥10,000,000   ¥8,000,000   $1,300,094 
Trade accounts payable   11,413,505    9,846,517    1,600,175 
Trade accounts payable- related parties   -    389,143    63,240 
Other payables   1,765,079    1,041,711    169,290 
Other payable- related parties   3,306,024    3,441,336    559,258 
Deferred revenue   4,419,824    4,136,518    672,233 
Advances from customers   801,385    282,035    45,834 
Accrued payroll and employees' welfare   417,624    446,297    72,529 
Accrued expenses   203,051    217,106    35,281 
Taxes payable   7,589,846    6,830,082    1,109,969 
Short-term borrowings- related parties   5,207,728    5,209,561    846,615 
Deferred tax liability   180,186    180,186    29,282 
Warrants liability   5,021,621    4,745,754    771,241 
Total current liabilities   50,325,873    44,766,246    7,275,041 
                
Commitments and Contingency               
                
Equity               
                
Common stock, ($ 0.0185 U.S. dollar par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized; 4,717,336 and 4,726,711 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014, respectively)   616,865    617,943    100,421 
Additional paid-in capital   83,061,058    83,829,527    13,623,286 
Appropriated retained earnings   4,148,929    4,148,929    674,250 
Unappropriated retained earnings   8,431,453    4,269,908    693,910 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss   (279,275)   (280,077)   (45,518)
Total shareholders’ equity   95,979,030    92,586,230    15,046,349 
Non-controlling interest   8,225,479    8,225,438    1,336,734 
Total equity   104,204,509    100,811,668    16,383,083 
Total Liabilities and Equity  ¥154,530,382   ¥145,577,914   $23,658,124 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

 

 

   For the three months ended 
   September 30, 
   2013   2014   2014 
   RMB   RMB   USD 
             
Revenues               
Hardware and software  ¥11,097,092   ¥4,245,509   $689,945 
Service   -    58,491    9,505 
Hardware and software - related parties   415,618    -    - 
Total revenues   11,512,710    4,304,000    699,450 
Cost of revenues               
Hardware and software  ¥6,118,674   ¥3,688,686   $599,455 
Hardware and software - related parties   102,936    -    - 
Total cost of revenues   6,221,610    3,688,686    599,455 
Gross profit   5,291,100    615,314    99,995 
                
Selling and distribution expenses   1,353,922    700,790    113,887 
General and administrative expenses   2,741,923    3,703,291    601,828 
Research and development expenses   692,600    656,729    106,726 
Operating expenses   4,788,445    5,060,810    822,441 
                
Income (loss) from operations   502,655    (4,445,496)   (722,446)
                
Other income (expenses)               
Subsidy income   333,712    214,703    34,892 
Interest income   103,201    83,032    13,494 
Interest expense   (221,259)   (241,844)   (39,302)
Loss from investment   (374,614)   -    - 
Change in fair value of warrants liability   -    274,399    44,593 
Gain (loss) from foreign currency exchange   94,300    (2,074)   (337)
Other expense   (24,314)   (14,020)   (2,278)
Other income (expenses)   (88,974)   314,196    51,062 
                
Income (loss) before income tax   413,681    (4,131,300)   (671,384)
Provision for income tax   207,327    30,245    4,915 
Net Income (loss)   206,354    (4,161,545)   (676,299)
                
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interest   159,910    -    - 
                
Net Income (loss) attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd  ¥46,444   ¥(4,161,545)  $(676,299)
                
Comprehensive income (loss)               
Net income (loss)   206,354    (4,161,545)   (676,299)
Foreign currency translation adjustment   (5,604)   (802)   (138)
Comprehensive income (loss)   200,750    (4,162,347)   (676,437)
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interest   159,349    (41)   (14)
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd  ¥41,401   ¥(4,162,306)  $(676,423)
                
Earnings per common share - basic and diluted  ¥0.01   ¥(0.87)  $(0.14)
Weighted - average shares -basic and diluted   3,951,811    4,757,112    4,757,112 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

unaudited condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

 

   For the three months ended September 30, 
   2013   2014   2014 
   RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
             
Cash flows from operating activities:               
Net income (loss)  ¥206,354   ¥(4,161,545)  $(676,299)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:               
Depreciation   150,368    121,347    19,720 
Provision/(recovery of) for doubtful accounts   84,728    (68,361)   (11,109)
Share based compensation   414,954    600,578    97,601 
Loss from investment   374,614    -    - 
Deferred tax provision/(benefit)   11,868    (2,034)   (331)
Change in fair value of warrants liability   -    (274,399)   (44,593)
Restricted shares issued to consulting firm   -    1,171,331    190,355 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:               
Trade accounts receivable   2,568,115    5,087,718    826,814 
Trade accounts receivable-related parties   263,726    508,979    82,715 
Inventories   (4,673,420)   (2,879,769)   (467,996)
Notes receivable   2,578,855    -    - 
Other receivable, net   (1,703,837)   (3,818,122)   (620,491)
Other receivables related parties, net   (428,699)   1,414,433    229,862 
Purchase advance, net   (2,097,795)   (1,752,557)   (284,811)
Purchase advance-related party, net   -    (1,105,966)   (179,733)
Tax recoverable   (199,225)   -    - 
Prepaid expense   (224,273)   (1,754,029)   (285,050)
Prepaid expense - related party, net   -    230,000    37,378 
Trade accounts payable   1,090,211    (1,566,988)   (254,654)
Trade accounts payable-related parties   (3,994,718)   389,143    63,240 
Other payables   (1,013,574)   (723,368)   (117,556)
Other payables-related parties   (1,568,907)   135,312    21,990 
Deferred income   78,484    (283,306)   (46,041)
Advances from customers   (35,385)   (519,350)   (84,400)
Accrued payroll and employees' welfare   136,258    28,673    4,660 
Accrued expenses   9,543    14,055    2,284 
Taxes payable   11,396    (759,764)   (123,471)
Net cash used in operating activities   (7,960,359)   (9,967,989)   (1,619,916)
                
Cash flows from investing activities:               
Purchase of property and equipment   (6,720)   (96,008)   (15,602)
Net cash used in investing activities   (6,720)   (96,008)   (15,602)
                
Cash flows from financing activities:               
Proceeds from short-term bank loans   7,560,000    -    - 
Repayments of short-term bank loans   -    (2,000,000)   (325,024)
Repayment of short-term borrowings   (40,000)   -    - 
Repayment of short-term borrowings-related parties   (5,236,377)   -    - 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   2,283,623    (2,000,000)   (325,024)
                
Effect of exchange rate fluctuation on cash and cash equivalents   14,967    (478)   (77)
                
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents   (5,668,489)   (12,064,475)   (1,960,619)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period   12,350,392    18,094,586    2,940,583 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period  ¥6,681,903   ¥6,030,111   $979,964 
                
Supplemental cash flow information               
Cash paid during the period for interest  ¥212,187   ¥230,035   $37,383 
Cash paid during the period for taxes  ¥-   ¥32,280   $5,246 
                
Non-cash investing and financing activities               
Cancelation of prior issuance of 40,625 shares of common stock for professional services   -    1,002,721    162,954 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 1.ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

Organization – Recon Technology, Ltd (the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on August 21, 2007 as a company with limited liability. The Company provides oilfield specialized equipment, automation systems, tools, chemicals and field services to petroleum companies in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”). Its wholly owned subsidiary, Recon Technology Co., Limited (“Recon-HK”) was incorporated on September 6, 2007 in Hong Kong. Other than the equity interest in Recon-HK, the Company does not own any assets or conduct any operations. On November 15, 2007, Recon-HK established one wholly owned subsidiary, Jining Recon Technology Ltd. (“Recon-JN”) under the laws of the PRC. Other than the equity interest in Recon-JN, Recon-HK does not own any assets or conduct any operations. On November 19, 2011, the Company established one wholly owned subsidiary, Recon Investment Ltd. (“Recon-IN”) under the laws of HK. Other than the equity interest in Recon-IN, The Company does not own any assets or conduct any operations.

 

The Company conducts its business through the following PRC legal entities that were consolidated as variable interest entities (“VIEs”) and operate in the Chinese oilfield equipment & service industry:

 

1.Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. (“BHD”), and

 

2.Nanjing Recon Technology Co., Ltd. (“Nanjing Recon”).

 

Nature of Operations – The Company engaged in (1) providing equipment, tools and other hardware related to oilfield production and management, including simple installations in connection with some projects; (2) service to improve production and efficiency of exploited oil wells, and (3) developing and selling its own specialized industrial automation control and information solutions. The products and services provided by the Company include:

 

High-Efficiency Heating Furnaces - High-Efficiency Heating Furnaces are designed to remove the impurities and to prevent solidification blockage in transport pipes carrying crude petroleum. Crude petroleum contains certain impurities including water and natural gas, which must be removed before the petroleum can be sold.

 

Multi-Purpose Fissure Shaper - Multipurpose fissure shapers improve the extractors’ ability to test for and extract petroleum which requires perforation into the earth before any petroleum extractor can test for the presence of oil.

 

Horizontal Multistage Fracturing related Service - The Company mainly uses Baker Hughes FracPoint™ system and provides related service to oilfield companies. The Baker Hughes FracPoint™ system provided a completion method using packers to isolate sections of the wellbore (stages) and frac sleeves to direct the frac treatment to the desired stage. The use of this type of completion eliminated the need for cementing the liner, coiled tubing operations, and wireline operations, while significantly reducing overall pumping time.

 

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (“SCADA”) - SCADA is an industrial computerized process control system for monitoring, managing and controlling petroleum extraction. SCADA integrates underground and aboveground activities of the petroleum extraction industry. This system can help to manage the oil extraction process in real-time to reduce the costs associated with extraction.

 

NOTE 2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation - The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and have been consistently applied. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2014. The results of operations for the interim periods presented may not be indicative of the operating results to be expected for the Company’s fiscal year ending June 30, 2015.

 

Variable Interest Entities - A VIE is an entity that either (i) has insufficient equity to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support or (ii) has equity investors who lack the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. A VIE is consolidated by its primary beneficiary. The primary beneficiary has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from the entity that could potentially be significant to the VIE. We perform ongoing assessments to determine whether an entity should be considered a VIE and whether an entity previous identified as a VIE continues to be a VIE and whether we continue to be the primary beneficiary.

 

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RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Assets recognized as a result of consolidating VIEs do not represent additional assets that could be used to satisfy claims against the Company’s general assets. Conversely, liabilities recognized as a result of consolidating these VIEs do not represent additional claims on the Company’s general assets; rather, they represent claims against the specific assets of the consolidated VIEs.

 

Currency Translation - The Company’s functional currency is the Chinese Yuan (“RMB”) and the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been expressed in Chinese Yuan. The statements as of and for the three months period ended September 30, 2014 have been translated into United States dollars (“U.S. dollars”) solely for the convenience of the readers. The translation has been made at the rate of ¥6.1534 = US$1.00, the approximate exchange rate prevailing on September 30, 2014. These translated U.S. dollar amounts should not be construed as representing Chinese Yuan amounts or that the Chinese Yuan amounts have been or could be converted into U.S. dollars.

 

Estimates and assumptions- The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires that management make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Estimates are adjusted to reflect actual experience when necessary. Significant estimates include revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, the useful lives of property and equipment, deferred income tax, warrants liability and the fair value of stock based payments. Since the use of estimates is an integral component of the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Fair Values of Financial Instruments - The US GAAP accounting standards regarding fair value of financial instruments and related fair value measurements define fair value, establish a three-level valuation hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

 

The three levels of inputs are defined as follows:

 

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

 

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

 

Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable.

 

The carrying amounts reported in the consolidated balance sheets for trade accounts receivable, other receivables, purchase advances, trade accounts payable, accrued liabilities, advances from customers, short-term bank loan and short-term borrowings approximate fair value because of the immediate or short-term maturity of these financial instruments. Long-term borrowings approximate fair value because the interest rate charged approximates the market rate. Long-term other receivables approximate fair value because interest rate approximates the market rate. Long-term investment is carried at less than fair value, with fair value determined using level 1 inputs. (See Note 8.)

 

The fair value of the warrants liability was determined using the Black-Scholes Model, as Level 2 inputs (See Note 13).

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents - Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of cash on hand, demand deposits and highly liquid short-term debt investments with stated original maturities of no more than three months. Since a majority of the bank accounts are located in the PRC, those bank balances are uninsured.

 

Trade Accounts and Other Receivables - Accounts receivable are carried at original invoiced amount less a provision for any potential uncollectible amounts. Accounts are considered past due when the related receivables are more than a year old. Provision is made against trade accounts and other receivables to the extent they are considered to be doubtful. Accounts are written off after extensive efforts at collection. Other receivables arise from transactions with non-trade customers.

 

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RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Purchase Advances - Purchase advances are the amounts prepaid to suppliers for purchases of inventory and are recognized as inventory when the final amount is paid to the suppliers and the inventory is delivered.

 

Inventories - Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value, on a weighted average basis for BHD. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value, on a first-in-first-out basis for Nanjing Recon and ENI. The methods of determining inventory costs are used consistently from year to year. Allowance for inventory obsolescence is provided when the market value of certain inventory items are lower than the cost.

 

Property and Equipment - Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation on motor vehicles and office equipment is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which range from two to ten years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful life of the assets.

 

Long-Lived Assets - The Company applies the ASC Topic 360 “Property, plant and equipment.” ASC Topic 360 requires that long-lived assets, such as property and equipment be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or asset group may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated undiscounted future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. Fair value is determined based on the estimated discounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. There were no impairments at June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014.

 

Revenue Recognition - The Company recognizes revenue when the following four criteria are met: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement, (2) delivery has occurred or services have been provided, (3) the sales price is fixed or determinable, and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. Delivery does not occur until products have been shipped or services have been provided to the customers and the customers have signed a completion and acceptance report, risk of loss has transferred to the customers, customers acceptance provisions have lapsed, or the Company has objective evidence that the criteria specified in customers’ acceptance provisions have been satisfied. The sales price is not considered to be fixed or determinable until all contingencies related to the sale have been resolved.

 

Hardware:

Revenue from hardware sales is generally recognized when the product is shipped to the customer and when there are no unfulfilled company obligations that affect the customer’s final acceptance of the arrangement.

 

Software:

The Company sells self-developed software. For software sales, the Company recognizes revenues in accordance with ASC Topic 985 - 605 “Software Revenue Recognition”. Revenue from software is recognized according to project contracts. Contract costs are accumulated during the periods of installation and testing or commissioning. Usually this is short term. Revenue is not recognized until completion of the contracts and receipt of acceptance statements.

 

Service:

The Company provides services to improve software function and system operation on separated fixed-price contracts. Revenue is recognized on the completed contract method when acceptance is determined by a completion report signed by the customer.

 

Deferred revenue represents unearned amounts billed to customers related to sales contracts.

 

Subsidy Income - Grants are given 1) by the government to support local software companies’ operation and research and development and 2) by some local government to support development of selected middle and small-sized enterprises. Grants related to research and development projects are recognized as subsidy income in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations when received. Grants in the form of value-added-tax refund for software products are recognized when received.

 

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RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Share-Based Compensation - The Company accounts for share-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718, Share-Based Payment. Under the fair value recognition provisions of this topic, share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense with graded vesting on a straight–line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award. The Company has elected to recognize compensation expenses mainly using the Black-Scholes valuation model estimated at the grant date based on the award’s fair value.

 

Income Taxes - Income taxes are provided based upon the liability method of accounting pursuant to ASC Topic 740, Accounting for Income Taxes. Provisions for income taxes are based on taxes payable or refundable for the current year and deferred taxes. Deferred taxes are provided on differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the financial statements, and tax carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are included in the financial statements at currently enacted income tax rates applicable to the period in which the deferred tax assets and liabilities are expected to be realized or settled. As changes in tax laws or rates are enacted, deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted through the provision for income taxes. The Company has not been subject to any income taxes in the United States or the Cayman Islands.

 

Under ASC Topic 740, the Company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position would be measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Income tax returns for the years prior to 2010 are no longer subject to examination by tax authorities.

 

Earnings (loss) per Share (“EPS”) - Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding. Diluted EPS are computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares and dilutive potential ordinary share equivalents outstanding.

 

Potentially dilutive ordinary shares consist of ordinary shares issuable upon the conversion of ordinary stock options, restricted shares and warrants (using the treasury stock method).  The effect from options and warrants would have been anti-dilutive due to the fact that the exercise prices were higher than the average stock price during the three months ended September 30, 2013. The effect from options, restricted shares and warrants would have been anti-dilutive due to the fact that we incurred a net loss during the three months ended September 30, 2014.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements -

 

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-12, “Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period,” (“ASU 2014-12”). ASU 2014-12 requires that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition. As such, the performance target should not be reflected in estimating the grant-date fair value of the award. Prior the issuance of ASU 2014-12, U.S. GAAP did not contain explicit guidance on how to account for those share-based payments. Many reporting entities accounted for performance targets that could be achieved after the requisite service period as performance conditions that affect the vesting of the award and, therefore, did not reflect the performance target in the estimate of the grant-date fair value of the award. Other reporting entities treated those performance targets as non-vesting conditions that affected the grant-date fair value of the award. We currently treat performance targets that affect vesting as a performance condition and as such, it is not included in the grant-date fair value. Therefore, the impact upon adoption would not be material to our consolidated financial position or results of operations. The amendments in ASU 2014-12 are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Earlier application is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of his guidance will have a significant impact on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements .

 

In August 2014, The FASB issued ASU 2014-15, “'Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (“ASU 2014-15”). ASU 2014-15 requires management to perform interim and annual assessments of an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date of issuance of the entity’s financial statements. Further, an entity must provide certain disclosures if "conditions or events raise substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern." The amendments in ASU 2014-15 are effective for annual periods beginning after 15 December 2015, and interim periods thereafter, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of his guidance will have a significant impact on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance will have a significant impact on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2014, The FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-16, “Determining Whether the Host Contract in a Hybrid Financial Instrument Issued in the Form of a Share Is More Akin to Debt or to Equity,” in response to the EITF’s final consensus on Issue 13-G. The ASU requires an entity to “determine the nature of the host contract by considering all stated and implied substantive terms and features of the hybrid financial instrument, weighing each term and feature on the basis of the relevant facts and circumstances” (commonly referred to as the whole-instrument approach). The ASU applies to all entities and is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods thereafter. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of this new standard update.

 

F-8
 

 

RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 3. TRADE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET

 

Accounts receivable consisted of the following:

 

   June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
Third Party  RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Trade accounts receivable  ¥48,284,531   ¥43,196,812   $7,019,990 
Allowance for doubtful accounts   (4,730,794)   (4,751,283)   (772,139)
Total - third- party, net  ¥43,553,737   ¥38,445,529   $6,247,851 

 

   June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
Related Party  RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Beijing Yabei Nuoda Science and Technology Co. Ltd.  ¥5,441,498   ¥5,805,226   $943,418 
Beijing Langchen Construction Company   726,800    817,821    132,906 
Xiamen Huangsheng Hitek Computer Network Co.Ltd.   100,000    100,000    16,250 
Xiamen Henda Hitek Computer Network Co. Ltd.   1,211,000    1,211,000    196,802 
Total - related-parties, net  ¥7,479,298   ¥7,934,047   $1,289,376 

 

Related Party  June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
Non-Current Portion  RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Beijing Yabei Nuoda Science and Technology Co. Ltd.  ¥16,062,574   ¥15,098,847   $2,453,741 
Allowance for doubtful accounts   (1,606,257)   (1,509,885)   (245,375)
Total - related-parties, net  ¥14,456,317   ¥13,588,962   $2,208,366 

 

One of the Founders, Mr. Yin Shenping, was the legal representative of Beijing Yabei Nuoda Science and Technology Co. Ltd (“Yabei Nuoda”) before December 2013, and Chairman as of end of the quarter ended September 30, 2014. On October 30, 2014, Mr. Yin resigned from the chairman position and thus Yabei Nuoda is not related party of the Company after October 30, 2014. Mr. Yin does not have any equity interest in this company currently. The receivable from Yabei Nuoda was generated primarily from the sale of automation system and services based on written contracts. Based on the repayment agreement signed on August 27, 2014, the outstanding balance will be collected in four years with each installment of ¥4,015,644.

 

NOTE 4. OTHER RECEIVABLES, NET

 

Other receivables consisted of the following:

 

Third Party  June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
Current Portion  RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Due from ENI (A)  ¥2,523,145   ¥3,247,154   $527,701 
Loans to third parties (B)   8,979,408    9,846,653    1,600,197 
Business advance to staff (C)   6,371,923    9,001,334    1,462,823 
Deposits for projects   495,961    472,372    76,766 
Others   373,622    641,069    104,181 
Allowance for doubtful accounts   (451,016)   (449,516)   (73,052)
 Total  ¥18,293,043   ¥22,759,066   $3,698,616 

 

F-9
 

 

RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Third Party  June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
Non-Current Portion  RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Due from ENI (A)  ¥5,353,104   ¥4,706,703   $764,895 
 Total  ¥5,353,104   ¥4,706,703   $764,895 

  

(A)After ENI ceased to be a VIE of the Company, ENI in January 2012 agreed to repay the loan on a payment schedule, with interest accrued during the period at an annual rate of 4%. In accordance with the payment schedule, the principal plus accrued interest is required to be repaid over approximately three years on a quarterly basis beginning March 2012. The first four payments are RMB 1.2 million each. In March, June, September and December of 2012, the Company received RMB 4.8 million. Starting March 2013, installments for each quarter would be ¥1,777,653. The Company has received the payments on time in March and June, 2013. On September 30, 2013, ENI proposed to extend the payment period and signed a new contract with the Company. According to the new arrangement, the remaining part of this loan will be repaid over four years with quarterly installments of ¥699,147. The Company received the payments timely since March 2013. For the three months period ended September 30, 2014, the quarterly payment of ¥699,147 was received on October 10, 2014.

 

(B)Loans to third parties are mainly used for short-term funding to support cooperative companies. These loans are due on demand bearing no interest.

 

(C)Business advance to staff represents advances for business travel and sundry expenses related to oilfield or on-site installation and inspection of products through customer approval and acceptance.

 

Other receivables - related parties represent loans to related parties for working capital advances to related entities. Such advances are due-on-demand and non-interest bearing.

 

Below is a summary of other receivables - related parties which consisted of the following:

 

Related Party  June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
Name of Related Party  RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Beijing Yabei Nuoda Science and Technology Co. Ltd.   500,000    -    - 
Beijing Langchen Construction Company   913,780    -    - 
Other-travel advances   653    -    - 
Total  ¥1,414,433   ¥-   $- 

 

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RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 5. PURCHASE ADVANCES

 

The Company purchased products and services from a third-party and a related party during the normal course of business. Purchase advances consisted of the following:

 

   June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
Third Party  RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Prepayment for inventory purchase  ¥27,119,326   ¥27,869,522   $4,529,126 
Allowance for doubtful accounts   (1,360,261)   (1,369,284)   (222,525)
 Total  ¥25,759,065   ¥26,500,238   $4,306,601 

 

Below is a summary of purchase advances to related party.

 

   June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
 2014
 
Related Party  RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Xiamen Huangsheng Hitek Computer Network Co. Ltd. (A)  ¥394,034   ¥-   $- 
Guangxi Dadong Agriculture Co. Ltd (B)   -    1,500,000    243,767 
 Total  ¥394,034   ¥1,500,000   $243,767 

 

(A)One of the Founders and a family member collectively own 57% of Xiamen Huasheng Haitian Computer Network Co. Ltd.

(B)One of the Founders and a family member own Guangxi Dadong Agriculture Co. Ltd. This advance was repaid to the Company on October 27, 2014 due to the cancelation of the purchase.

 

NOTE 6. INVENTORIES

 

Inventories consisted of the following:

 

   June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
   RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Small component parts  ¥55,262   ¥55,262   $8,981 
Purchased goods and raw materials   272,416    194,643    31,632 
Work in process   1,665,447    2,213,637    359,742 
Finished goods   12,343,477    14,752,829    2,397,508 
Total inventories  ¥14,336,602   ¥17,216,371   $2,797,863 

 

There was no inventory obsolescence reserve at June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014.

 

NOTE 7. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

 

Property and equipment consisted of the following:

 

   June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
   RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Motor vehicles  ¥2,314,296   ¥2,346,196   $381,284 
Office equipment and fixtures   709,165    773,273    125,667 
Total property and equipment   3,023,461    3,119,469    506,951 
Less: Accumulated depreciation   (1,701,923)   (1,823,270)   (296,303)
Property and equipment, net  ¥1,321,538   ¥1,296,199   $210,648 

 

F-11
 

 

RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Depreciation expense was ¥150,368 and ¥121,347 ($19,720) for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014, respectively.

 

NOTE 8. LONG-TERM INVESTMENT

 

On June 28, 2013, the Company purchased 2,800,000 restricted shares of Avalon Oil and Gas, Inc. ("Avalon") for $0.089 per share, or approximately ¥1.5 million ($250,000). Since the restriction for the shares is for two years, the Company was able to acquire the shares at 50% of the market value. The investment was accounted for using the equity method. As of June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014, Recon owned 24.02% of Avalon’s outstanding shares. Avalon is an independent US domestic oil and natural gas producer listed on the OTCBB under the ticker symbol AOGN. However, based on the available information and discussion with the management team of Avalon, Avalon’s operating loss would not be recovered in the foreseeable future, therefore, the Company recorded an investment loss of ¥1,535,250 ( $250,000) during the year ended June 30, 2014.

 

NOTE 9. OTHER PAYABLES

 

Other payables consisted of the following:

 

   June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
Third Party  RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Consulting services  ¥777,863   ¥434,584   $70,625 
Distributors and employees   973,707    516,626    83,958 
Others   13,509    90,501    14,707 
Total  ¥1,765,079   ¥1,041,711   $169,290 

 

   June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
Related Party  RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Due to related parties (1)  ¥2,560,648   ¥2,560,648   $416,136 
Expenses paid by the major shareholders   439,071    459,252    74,634 
Due to family member of one owner on behalf of Recon   50,000    170,000    27,627 
Due to management staff on behalf of Recon   256,305    251,436    40,861 
Total  ¥3,306,024   ¥3,441,336   $559,258 

 

F-12
 

 

RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

(1)Includes an advance from Yabei Nuoda for RMB 61,301 and an advance from Xiamen Henda Haitek for RMB 2,499,347 to supplement the Company’s working capital. The advances are payable on demand and non-interest bearing.

 

NOTE 10. TAXES PAYABLE

 

Taxes payable consisted of the following:

 

   June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
   RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
VAT payable  ¥3,412,759   ¥2,613,396   $424,708 
Enterprise income tax payable   4,134,210    4,182,592    679,720 
Other taxes payable   42,877    34,094    5,541 
Total taxes payable  ¥7,589,846   ¥6,830,082   $1,109,969 

 

NOTE 11. SHORT-TERM BANK LOANS

 

Short-term bank loans consisted of the following:

 

   June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
   RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Industrial and commercial bank, floating interest rate at 5.6%, due on December 24, 2014  ¥2,000,000   ¥-    - 
Industrial and commercial bank, floating interest rate at 6.0%, due on June 24, 2015   8,000,000    8,000,000    1,300,094 
Total short-term bank loans  ¥10,000,000   ¥8,000,000   $1,300,094 

 

Interest expense was ¥219,672 and ¥157,511 ($25,597) for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014, respectively.

 

NOTE 12. SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS DUE TO RELATED PARTIES

 

Short-term borrowings due to related parties are generally extended upon maturity and consisted of the following:

 

   June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
Short-term borrowings due to related parties:  RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Short-term borrowing from a Founder, 6.6% annual interest,due on December 25, 2014  ¥5,007,728   ¥5,009,561    814,113 
Short-term borrowings from Xiamen Huasheng Haitian Computer Network Co. Ltd., no interest, due on November 14, 2014, and extended to November 15, 2015   200,000    200,000    32,502 
Total short-term borrowings due to related parties  ¥5,207,728   ¥5,209,561   $846,615 

 

F-13
 

 

RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Interest expense for short-term borrowings due to related parties was ¥532 and ¥84,333 ($13,705) for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014, respectively.

 

Note 13 –WARRANTS LIABILITY

 

In connection with the stock offering in November 2013, the Company issued warrants to certain institutional investors and placement agent to purchase 218,600 ordinary shares (see details in Note 14).

 

According to ASC 815-40, if the strike price of the warrants is denominated in a currency other than the Company’s functional currency, the warrants are not considered indexed to the entity’s own stock. The Company’s functional currency is RMB and the strike price of the warrants is denominated in USD, as a result, the warrants are classified as liabilities with all future changes in the fair value of these warrants recognized in earnings until such time as the warrants are exercised or expired.

 

These common stock purchase warrants do not trade in an active securities market, and as such, their fair value is estimated by using the Black–Scholes Option Pricing Model using the following assumptions:

 

   September 30,   June 30, 
   2014   2014 
Annual dividend yield   -    - 
Exercised price   5.38    5.38 
Underlying stock price at valuation date   4.77    3.86 
Expected life (years)   2.17    2.42 
Risk-free interest rate   1.07%   0.88%
Expected volatility   157%   220%

 

Expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock. The Company has no reason to believe future volatility over the expected remaining life of these warrants is likely to differ materially from historical volatility. The expected life is based on the remaining term of the warrants. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury securities according to the remaining term of the warrants. The expected dividend yield was based on the Company’s current and expected dividend policy.

 

The following table sets forth by level within the fair value hierarchy the warrants liability that was accounted at fair value on a recurring basis.

 

F-14
 

 

RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

   Fair Value Measurement at   Carrying Value at   Carrying Value at 
   June 30, 2014   June 30, 2014   June 30, 2014 
   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   RMB   USD 
Warrants liability  ¥-   ¥5,021,621   ¥-   ¥5,021,621   $815,834 

 

 

   Fair Value Measurement at   Carrying Value at   Carrying Value at 
   September 30, 2014   September 30, 2014   September 30, 2014 
   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   RMB   USD 
Warrants liability  ¥-   ¥4,745,754   ¥-   ¥4,745,754   $771,241 

 

The following is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balance of the warrant liability measured at fair value on a recurring basis for three months ended September 30, 2014:

 

   Change of warrants liability 
   RMB   USD 
Beginning balance - June 30, 2014  ¥5,021,621   $815,834 
Change of warrant liability   (275,867)   (44,593)
Ending balance -September 30, 2014  ¥4,745,754   $771,241 

 

NOTE 14. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

Stock offering On November 25, 2013, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with certain institutional investors for the sale of 546,500 ordinary shares in a registered direct offering at the price of $4.81 per ordinary share (amended to $4.30 per ordinary share on November 29, 2013). The net cash proceeds received from the stock offering, after deducting underwriter commission and other associated fees, were ¥12,132,882 (approximately $2.0 million). In addition, warrants to purchase 163,950 ordinary shares in the aggregate were issued to the investors. The warrants will be exercisable immediately as of the date of issuance at an exercise price of $6.01 per ordinary share (amended to $5.38 per ordinary share on November 29, 2013) and expire three years from the date of issuance. The Company also issued warrants to purchase 54,650 ordinary shares to the placement agent (“Placement Agent Warrant”). The Placement Agent Warrants are on substantially the same terms as the warrants issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, except that these warrants are not exercisable for a period of six months and will expire three years from the initial exercise date.

 

In addition to the above warrants issued to the placement agent, the Company granted warrants for 170,000 shares in connection with its IPO offering, and none of these warrants was exercised during this period.

 

Appropriated Retained Earnings - According to the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Company is required to transfer a certain portion of its net profit, as determined under PRC accounting regulations, from current net income to the statutory reserve fund. In accordance with the PRC Company Law, companies are required to transfer 10% of their profit after tax, as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations, to the statutory reserves until such reserves reach 50% of the registered capital or paid-in capital of the companies. As of June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014, the balance of total statutory reserves was ¥4,148,929 ($674,250).

 

NOTE 15. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

Stock-Based Awards Plan

 

2009 Options Plan - The Company granted options to purchase 293,000 ordinary shares under the Stock Incentive 2009 Plan to its employees and non-employee directors on July 29, 2009. The options have an excise price of $6.00, equal to the IPO price of the Company’s ordinary shares, and will vest over a period of five years, with the first 20% vesting on July 29, 2010. The options expire ten years after the date of grant, on July 29, 2019. The fair value was estimated on July 29, 2009 using the Binomial Lattice valuation model, with the following weighted-average assumptions:

 

F-15
 

 

RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

Stock price at grant date  $6.00 
Exercise price (per share)  $6.00 
Risk free rate of interest***   4.6118%
Dividend yield   0.0%
Life of option (years)**   10 
Volatility*   78%
Forfeiture rate****   0%

 

* Volatility is projected using the performance of PHLX Oil Service Sector index.

** The life of options represents the period the option is expected to be outstanding.

*** The risk-free interest rate is based on the Chinese international bond denominated in U.S. dollar, with a maturity that approximates the life of the option.

**** Forfeiture rate is the estimated percentage of options forfeited by employees by leaving or being terminated before vesting.

 

The Company recognizes compensation cost for awards with graded vesting on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award. The grant date fair value of the options was ¥30.17 ($4.42) per share.

 

2012 Options Plan – The Company granted options to purchase 415,000 ordinary shares to its employees and non-employee director on March 26, 2012. The options have an excise price of $2.96, which was equal to the share price of the Company’s ordinary shares at March 26, 2012, and will vest over a period of five years, with the first 20% vesting on March 26, 2013. The options expire ten years after the date of grant, on March 26, 2022.

 

The Company recognizes compensation cost for awards with graded vesting on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award. The grant date fair value of the options was ¥10.06 ($1.49) per share.

 

The following is a summary of the stock options activity:

 

Stock Options  Shares   Weighted Average Exercise Price Per
Share
 
Outstanding as of July 1, 2014   415,600   $4.37 
Granted   -    - 
Forfeited   -    - 
Exercised   -    - 
Outstanding as of September 30, 2014   415,600   $4.37 

 

The following is a summary of the status of options outstanding and exercisable at September 30, 2014:

 

Outstanding Options   Exercisable Options 
Average Exercise
Price
   Number   Average
Remaining
Contractual life
(Years)
   Average Exercise
Price
   Number   Average
Remaining
Contractual life
(Years)
 
$6.00    193,000    4.83   $6.00    193,000    4.83 
$2.96    222,600    7.49    -    -    - 

 

During the three months September 30, 2014, the Company has granted restricted shares of common stock to consultants as follow:

 

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RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

On July 19, 2014, the Company granted 50,000 restricted shares to a non-affiliate as compensation for certain consulting service. The fair value of the restricted shares was $190,000 based on the closing stock price $3.8 at July 18, 2014. 

 

On May 7, 2014, the Company granted 40,625 restricted shares to a consulting firm for consulting services. The total value amounted to ¥1,002,362 ($162,906), based on the stock closing price of $4.01 at May 7, 2014. On July 19, 2014, the Company decided to cancel 40,625 restricted shares, as the services were not provided pursuant to the agreement it had with the Company.

 

On December 13, 2013, the Company granted 95,181 restricted shares to Mr. Yin Shenping and 135,181 restricted shares to Mr. Chen Guangqiang at an aggregate value of ¥4,207,496 ($688,782), based on the stock closing price of $2.99 at December 13, 2013. These restricted shares will be vested over three years with one third of the shares vesting every year from the grant date.

 

The Share-based compensation expense recorded for restricted shares granted were ¥353,437 ($57,399) for the three months ended September 30, 2014. Total unrecognized share-based compensation expense for these shares as of September 30, 2014 was approximately ¥3.1 million ($0.5 million), which are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.21 years.

 

The Share-based compensation expense recorded for stock options granted were ¥414,954 and ¥247,141 ($40,136) for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014, respectively. The total unrecognized share-based compensation expense for stock options as of September 30, 2014 was approximately ¥2.0 million ($0.3 million), which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 2.49 years.

 

Following is a summary of the restricted stock grants:

 

Restricted stock grants  Shares 
Nonvested as of July 1, 2014   230,362 
Granted   50,000 

Nonvested adjustment 

   40,625 
Cancelled   (40,625)
Vested   - 
Nonvested as of September 30, 2014   280,362 

 

NOTE 16. INCOME TAX

 

The Company is not subject to any income taxes in the United States or the Cayman Islands and had minimal operations in jurisdictions other than the PRC domestic companies. The Company follows Implementing Rules for the Enterprise Income Tax Law (“Implementing Rules”), which took effect on January 1, 2008 and unified the income tax rate for domestic-invested and foreign-invested enterprises at 25%.

 

The Company reapplied for high-technology enterprise approval and has passed all relevant reviews. Thus, for the calendar years 2013 and 2014, Nanjing Recon is subject to an income tax rate of 15%.

 

As approved by the domestic tax authority in the PRC, BHD was recognized as a government-certified high technology company on November 25, 2009 and is subject to an income tax rate of 15% through November 2015.

 

Deferred tax assets are comprised of the following:

 

   June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
   RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Allowance for doubtful receivables  ¥1,209,961   ¥1,211,995   $196,963 
Total deferred income tax assets  ¥1,209,961   ¥1,211,995   $196,963 

 

F-17
 

 

RECON TECHNOLOGY, LTD

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Deferred tax liability is comprised of the following:

 

   June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
   RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 

Temporary difference - accounts payable

  ¥180,186   ¥180,186   $29,282 
Total deferred income tax liability  ¥180,186   ¥180,186   $29,282 

 

The Company’s tax provision is comprised of the following:

 

   For the three months ended September 30, 
   2013   2014   2014 
   RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Current income taxes  ¥195,459   ¥32,279   $5,246 
Deferred income taxes provision (benefit)   11,868    (2,034)   (331)
Provision for income tax  ¥207,327   ¥30,245   $4,915 

 

NOTE 17. NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST

 

Non-controlling interest consisted of the following:

 

   As of June 30, 2014 
       Nanjing         
   BHD   Recon   Total   Total 
   RMB   RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Paid-in capital  ¥1,651,000   ¥200,000   ¥1,851,000   $299,118 
Unappropriated retained earnings   3,152,687    3,250,513    6,403,200    869,812 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss   (16,868)   (11,853)   (28,721)   (5,265)
Total non-controlling interest  ¥4,786,819   ¥3,438,660   ¥8,225,479   $1,163,665 

 

   As of September 30, 2014 
       Nanjing         
   BHD   Recon   Total   Total 
   RMB   RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Paid-in capital  ¥1,651,000   ¥200,000   ¥1,851,000   $300,809 
Unappropriated retained earnings   3,152,687    3,250,513    6,403,200    1,040,595 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss   (16,909)   (11,853)   (28,762)   (4,670)
Total non-controlling interest  ¥4,786,778   ¥3,438,660   ¥8,225,438   $1,336,734 

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 18. CONCENTRATIONS

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2014, our two largest customers, China National Petroleum Corporation (“CNPC”) and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation Limited (“SINOPEC”), represented 37.53%, 34.16% and 46.65%, 1.64% of the Company’s revenue, respectively.

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2013, four major suppliers accounted for 71.9% of the company’s total purchase. For the three months ended September 30, 2014, two major suppliers accounted for 25%  of the company’s total purchases.

 

NOTE 19. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCY

 

(a)Office Leases

 

The Company leased three offices in Beijing (two for BHD; one for Recon-JN), and one office in Nanjing for Nanjing Recon. Future payments under such leases are as follows as September 30, 2014:

 

   Twelve months ending September 30, 
   Office lease payment 
   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
2015  ¥662,500   $107,664 
2016   135,000    21,939 
Total  ¥797,500   $129,603 

 

(b) Contingency

 

The Labor Contract Law of the PRC requires employers to assure the liability of severance payments if employees are terminated and have been working for the employers for at least two years prior to January 1, 2008. The employers will be liable for one month of severance pay for each year of the service provided by the employees. As of September 30, 2014, the Company estimated its severance payments of approximately ¥1.4 million ($0.2 million) which has not been reflected in its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements because the Company has determined that the likelihood to make these payments is remote.

 

NOTE 20. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES

 

Sales to related partiessales to related parties consisted of the following:

 

   For the three months ended September 30, 
   2013   2014   2014 
   RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Beijing Yabei Nuoda Science and Technology Co. Ltd.  ¥116,473   ¥-   $- 
Xiamen Henda Haitian computer network Inc   299,145    -    - 
 Revenues from related parties  ¥415,618   ¥-   $- 

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Purchases from related parties – purchases from related parties consisted of the following:

 

   For the three months ended September 30, 
   2013   2014   2014 
   RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
Xiamen Hengda Hitek Computer Network Co. Ltd.  ¥-   ¥797,585   $129,67 
   Purchase  from related parties  ¥-   ¥797,585   $129,617 

 

Trade accounts payable to related parties - The Company owed ¥0 and ¥389,143 ($63,240) to one related party as of June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014.

 

Purchase advance to related parties - The Company paid ¥394,034 and ¥1,500,000 ($243,767) to related parties for materials as of June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014.

 

Leases from related parties - The Company has various agreements for the lease of office space owned by the Founders and their family members.  The terms of the agreement state that the Company will continue to lease the property for two years at a monthly rent of ¥95,000 with the annual rental expense at approximately ¥1.1 million ($0.2 million). The two-year lease agreements between Nanjing Recon and Mr. Yin and his family member started from July 10, 2014, the one-year lease agreements between BHD and Mr. Chen Guangqiang and his family member started from January 1, 2014 and the annual lease between the Company and Mr. Chen Guangqiang’s family member started from July 1, 2013.

 

Short-term borrowings from related parties - The Company borrowed ¥5,207,728 and ¥5,209,561 ($846,615) from the Founders, their family members and senior officers as of June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014, respectively. For the specific terms and interest rates of the borrowings, please see Note 12.

 

Expenses paid by the owner on behalf of Recon - One owner of Nanjing Recon, Mr. Yin and the major owner of BHD, Mr. Chen paid certain operating expense for the Company. As of June 30, 2014 and September, 2014, ¥284,370 and ¥459,252 ($74,634) was due to them, respectively.

 

NOTE 21. Variable Interest Entities

 

The Company reports its VIEs’ portion of consolidated net income and stockholders’ equity as non-controlling interests in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Summary information regarding consolidated VIEs is as follows:

 

   June 30, 2014   September 30,
2014
   September 30,
2014
 
   RMB   RMB   U.S. Dollars 
ASSETS               
Current Assets               
Cash and cash equivalents  ¥14,021,653   ¥1,821,972   $296,092 
Trade accounts receivable, net   51,033,035    46,379,575    7,537,227 
Purchase advances   24,600,379    28,000,238    4,550,369 
Other assets   34,097,774    40,863,390    6,640,782 
Total current assets  ¥123,752,841   ¥117,065,175   $19,024,470 
                
Non-current assets   15,758,115    14,866,712    2,416,016 
Total Assets  ¥139,510,956   ¥131,931,887   $21,440,486 
                
LIABILITIES               
Trade accounts payable  ¥11,413,505   ¥10,235,660   $1,663,415 
Taxes payable   7,589,846    6,830,082    1,109,969 
Other liabilities   21,878,699    21,481,516    3,490,999 
Total current liabilities   40,882,050    38,547,258    6,264,383 
Total Liabilities  ¥40,882,050   ¥38,547,258   $6,264,383 

 

The financial performance of VIEs reported in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income for the three months ended September 30, 2014 includes revenues of ¥4,303,999 ($699,451), gross profit of ¥615,313 ($99,996), operating expenses of ¥2,511,735 ($408,187), other expense of ¥31,725($5,156) and a net loss of ¥1,958,392($318,262).

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 22. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

 

On October 18, 2014, the Company received ¥6,000,000 ($975,071) loan from a founder of the Company. This loan is due on October 20, 2015 with a floating annual interest rate of 120% of the benchmark interest rate per year.

 

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