Sino Green Land Corp. - Quarter Report: 2010 March (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 10Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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Commission File Number: 000-53208
SINO GREEN LAND CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Nevada | 54-0484915 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
or organization) |
6/F No. 947, Qiao Xing Road, Shi Qiao Town
Pan Yu District, Guang Zhou
People's Republic of China 511490
(Address of principal executive offices, Zip Code)
86-20-84890337
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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 o
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 o No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer o | Accelerated filer o |
Non-accelerated filer o (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 o No x
The number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of May 17, 2010 is as follows:
Class of Securities | Shares Outstanding |
Common Stock, $0.001 par value | 111,943,670 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION | ||
ITEM 1. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. | 4 |
ITEM 2. | MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS. |
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ITEM 3. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK. | 30 |
ITEM 4. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. | 30 |
PART II
OTHER INFORMATION | ||
ITEM 1. | LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. | 31 |
ITEM 2. | UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS. | 31 |
ITEM 3. | DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES. | 31 |
ITEM 4. | REMOVED AND RESERVED. |
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ITEM 5. | OTHER INFORMATION. | 31 |
ITEM 6. | EXHIBITS. | 31 |
PART I
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
SINO GREEN LAND CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 (Unaudited) | 5 |
Consolidated Statements of Income and Other
Comprehensive Income for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 (Unaudited) |
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the
Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 (Unaudited) |
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) | 8 |
SINO GREEN LAND CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
(FORMALLY,
ORGANIC REGION GROUP LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES)
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE
SHEETS
AS OF MARCH 31, 2010 AND DECEMBER 31, 2009
(UNAUDITED)
MARCH 31 | DECEMBER 31 | |||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||
ASSETS | ||||||
Current Assets | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,815,756 | $ | 1,987,616 | ||
Accounts receivable, net | 257,031 | 171,143 | ||||
Due from related parties | - | 1,006 | ||||
Inventories | - | 9,934 | ||||
Advances-current portion | 302,503 | 256,225 | ||||
Other current assets | 83,995 | 343,169 | ||||
Total Current Assets | 2,459,286 | 2,769,093 | ||||
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Property and Equipment, net | 528,696 | 547,727 | ||||
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Deposit | 365,706 | 365,647 | ||||
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Advances | 5,136,372 | 4,355,829 | ||||
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Long-term Prepayments | 22,033,960 | 18,961,869 | ||||
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Total Assets | $ | 30,524,020 | $ | 27,000,165 | ||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||
Current Liabilities | ||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 1,306,145 | $ | 1,186,923 | ||
Advances from customers | 48,697 | 48,690 | ||||
Due to related parties | 89,771 | 3,364 | ||||
Total Liabilities | 1,444,613 | 1,238,977 | ||||
Commitment | ||||||
Shareholders' Equity |
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Preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized; 1,650,000 shares designated as series A convertible preferred stock, 1,606,000 and 1,650,000 shares of series A preferred stock outstanding at March 31, 2010 and December 31,2009 |
1,606 | 1,650 | ||||
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 780,000,000 shares authorized, 111,943,670 and 104,943,337 issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2010 and December 31,2009 |
111,944 | 104,944 | ||||
Additional Paid-in capital |
11,540,555 | 10,119,540 | ||||
Preferred stock to be issued | 350,000 | - | ||||
Other comprehensive income | 758,775 | 762,504 | ||||
Retained earnings | 16,316,528 | 14,772,550 | ||||
Total shareholders' equity | 29,079,407 | 25,761,188 | ||||
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Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | $ | 30,524,020 | $ | 27,000,165 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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SINO GREEN LAND CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
(FORMALLY, ORGANIC
REGION GROUP LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010
AND 2009
(UNAUDITED)
MARCH 31 | ||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||
Net sales | $ | 33,555,804 | $ | 18,530,563 | ||
Cost of goods sold | 29,919,804 | 16,582,429 | ||||
Gross profit | 3,635,999 | 1,948,134 | ||||
Operating expenses | ||||||
Selling expenses | 792,180 | 224,205 | ||||
General and administrative expenses | 654,758 | 936,952 | ||||
Total operating expenses | 1,446,938 | 1,161,157 | ||||
Operating income | 2,189,061 | 786,977 | ||||
Other income(expense) | ||||||
Interest expenses (income) | 1,606 | (22,500 | ) | |||
Beneficial conversion feature expense | - | (125,000 | ) | |||
Other expense | (2,370 | ) | (284,248 | ) | ||
Total other expense | (765 | ) | (431,748 | ) | ||
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Net Income | 2,188,297 | 355,229 | ||||
Deemed preferred stock dividend | (644,318 | ) | - | |||
Net income available to common shareholders | 1,543,978 |
355,229 |
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Other comprehensive income (loss) | ||||||
Foreign currency translation loss | (3,729 | ) | (26,941 | ) | ||
Comprehensive income | $ | 1,540,249 | $ | 328,228 | ||
Net income per share | ||||||
Basic | $ | 0.01 | $ | 0.00 | ||
Diluted | $ | 0.01 | $ | 0.00 | ||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding | ||||||
Basic | 109,193,511 | 83,314,851 | ||||
Diluted | 144,961,005 | 83,866,207 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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SINO GREEN LAND CORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
(FORMALLY, ORGANIC REGION GROUP LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES) CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED) | ||||||
MARCH 31, | ||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||
Cash flows from operating activities | ||||||
Net income | $ | 2,188,297 | $ | 355,229 | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | ||||||
Depreciation | 20,638 | 21,010 | ||||
Amortization | 222,312 | 174,850 | ||||
Stock award to director | 3,613 | - | ||||
Decrease / (Increase) in current assets | ||||||
Accounts receivable | (85,861 | ) | 12,679 | |||
Inventories | 9,935 | 10,168 | ||||
Other current assets | 706,326 | (288,803 | ) | |||
Advances to suppliers | (1,273,256 | ) | 11,652 | |||
Increase (Decrease) in current liabilities | ||||||
Accounts payable & accrued expense | (43,310 | ) | (477,268 | ) | ||
Tax payables | 690 | 509 | ||||
Other payables | 155,729 | (55,344 | ) | |||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | 1,905,113 | (235,318 | ) | |||
Cash flows from investing activities | ||||||
Acquisition of plant, property, and equipment | (1,520 | ) | (1,736 | ) | ||
Long-term prepayments | (3,291,384 | ) | (950,916 | ) | ||
Net cash used in investing activities | (3,292,904 | ) | (952,652 | ) | ||
Cash flows from financing activities | ||||||
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock | 350,000 | - | ||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock | 780,040 | - | ||||
Due to related parties | (14,180 | ) | 975,603 | |||
Convertible debenture | - | 147,500 | ||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 1,115,860 | 1,123,103 | ||||
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Effect of exchange rate change on cash and cash equivalents | 100,071 | (854 | ) | |||
Net decrease cash and cash equivalents |
(171,860 |
) | (65,721 | ) | ||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning balance | 1,987,616 | 544,860 | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents, ending balance | $ | 1,815,756 | $ | 479,139 | ||
Supplement disclosure of cash flow information | ||||||
Interest expense paid | $ | - | $ | - | ||
Income taxes paid | $ | - | $ | - |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.
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SINO GREEN LAND CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Organization
Sino Green Land Corporation (the Company) was incorporated in Nevada in March 2008 under the name of Henry County Plywood Corporation, as the successor by merger to a Virginia corporation organized in May 1948 under the same name. On March 23, 2009, the Companys corporate name was changed to Sino Green Land Corporation.
The Company, through its Chinese operating subsidiaries, Zhuhai Organic Region Modern Agriculture Ltd. (Zhuhai Organic) and Guangzhou Organic Region Agriculture Ltd. (Guangzhou Organic), is engaged in the wholesale distribution, marketing and sales of premium fruits through wholesale centers and to supermarkets in China.
On January 15, 2009, the Company entered into a share exchange agreement with Organic Region Group Limited (Organic Region), its stockholders and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Zhuhai Organic, Guangzhou Organic, Fuji Sunrise International Enterprises Limited (Fuji Sunrise), Southern International Develop Limited (Southern International) and HK Organic Region Limited (HK Organic). Pursuant to the share exchange agreement and a related agreement with the Companys two former principal stockholders:
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The Company issued to the former stockholders of Organic Region a total of 81,648,554 shares of common stock, constituting approximately 98% of our outstanding stock, in exchange for all of the capital stock of Organic Region; and
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Our former majority stockholders sold to the Company 1,666,298 shares of common stock, representing 50% of the outstanding shares, for $500,000 non-interest bearing convertible promissory notes. The Company cancelled these shares. As of April 27, 2009, the Company had paid the principal and accrued interest on the notes in full and had no further obligations to the former majority stockholders.
Prior to the closing of these transactions, the Company, then known as Henry County Plywood Corporation, was not engaged in any business activity.
The Company is the sole stockholder of Organic Region, a British Virgin Islands corporation which was incorporated on January 30, 2003. Organic Region is the sole stockholders of five limited liability companies organized under the laws of the Peoples Republic of China, each of which is a wholly foreign-owned entity, known as a WFOE: Zhuhai Organic, Guangzhou Organic, Fuji Sunrise, Southern International and HK Organic.
Under generally accepted accounting principles, the acquisition by the Company of Organic Region is equivalent to the acquisition by Organic Region of the Company, then known as Henry County Plywood Corporation, with the issuance of stock by Organic Region for the net monetary assets of the Company. This transaction is reflected as a recapitalization, and is accounted for as a change in capital structure. Accordingly, the accounting for the acquisition is identical to that resulting from a reverse acquisition. Under reverse acquisition accounting, the comparative historical financial statements of the Company, as the legal acquirer, are those of the accounting acquirer, Organic Region. The accompanying financial statements reflect the recapitalization of the stockholders equity as if the transactions occurred as of the beginning of the first period presented. Thus, only the 81,648,554 shares of common stock issued to the former Organic Region stockholders are deemed to be outstanding for all periods reported prior to the date of the reverse acquisition. As a result of the reverse acquisition effected by the share exchange agreement, the Companys business has become the business of the Organic Region. The 1,666,297 shares of common stock that were outstanding on January 15, 2009, net of the 1,666,298 shares that were purchased by the Company and cancelled, are treated as if they were issued on January 15, 2009, as part of a recapitalization.
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Zhuhai Organic was formed by a British Virgin Islands corporation known as Nature Institution Group Ltd. (NI Group) on January 3, 2004, and Guangzhou Organic was formed by NI Group on September 24, 2004. On December 31, 2007, NI Group transferred to Organic Region all of the stock of Zhuhai Organic for $5,000,000 and all of the stock of Guangzhou Organic for no consideration since Guangzhou Organic had negative equity. At the time of the transfer, NI Group had made the required capital contributions to both Zhuhai Organic and Guangzhou Organic, the transfers were treated as transfers between related parties because, at the time of the transfer, one of NI Groups stockholders, who held a 13.5% interest in NI Group, was also a 50% stockholder in Organic Region. Since the transfers were between related parties, the assets of the acquired companies were carried at their historical cost and the amount by which the total purchase price exceeded the value of the assets of Zhuhai Organic and Guangzhou Organic, which was $365,755, was recorded as deemed dividend to the stockholder in December 31, 2007.
The Company has an exclusive agreement with the Companys chief operating officer, who is the owner and holder of the business license for Guangzhou Greenland Co. Ltd. (Guangzhou Greenland). Pursuant to this agreement, Organic Region provides consulting services, including business operations, human resources and research and development services, to Mr. Luo with respect to Guangzhou Greenland to enable Guangzhou Greenland to operate the fruit trading business in China. In exchange for such services, Mr. Luo agreed to pay a consulting services fee to Organic Region equal to all of the revenues obtained by Guangzhou Greenland. The agreement gave the Company the ability to substantially influence Guangzhou Greenlands daily operations and financial affairs, appoint its senior executives and approve all matters requiring stockholder approval. Mr. Luo also irrevocably granted the Company an exclusive option to purchase, to the extent permitted under PRC law, all or part of the equity interests in Guangzhou Greenland and agreed to entrust all the rights to exercise voting power to the person appointed by the Company. Guangzhou Greenland is considered a variable interest entity under ASC 810 (Originally issued as FIN 46R), and its financial statements are included in our consolidated financial statements. Substantially all of the Companys revenue is derived from the business of Guangzhou Greenland.
2.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Unaudited Interim Financial Information - The accompanying unaudited financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for any future period. These statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. The results of the three month period ended March 31, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.
a. Principle of consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Zhuhai Organic and Guangzhou Organic, Fuji Sunrise, HK Organic and Southern International, together with its 100% Variable Interest Entity (VIE), Guangzhou Greenland. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
In accordance with ASC 810 (Originally issued as Financial Interpretation No. 46R, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities FIN 46R), VIEs are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision making ability. All VIEs with which the Company is involved must be evaluated to determine the primary beneficiary of the risks and rewards of the VIE. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate the VIE for financial reporting purposes.
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On January 1, 2005, Organic Region entered into exclusive arrangements with Mr. Xiong Luo, who is presently the Companys chief operating officer and who holds the business license for Guangzhou Greenland, that give the Company the ability to substantially influence Guangzhou Greenlands daily operations and financial affairs, appoint its senior executives and approve all matters requiring shareholder approval. As a result, the Company consolidates the financial results of Guangzhou Greenland as variable interest entity pursuant to ASC 810 (Originally issued as Financial Interpretation No. 46R, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities FIN 46R).
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Guangzhou Greenland holds the licenses necessary to operate its fruit trading business in China.
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The Company has the exclusive privilege to purchase the fruit and vegetables from and it provides other general business operation services to Guangzhou Greenland in return for a consulting services fee which is equal to Guangzhou Greenlands revenue.
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Mr. Xiong Luo irrevocably granted the Company an exclusive option to purchase, to the extent permitted under PRC law, all or part of the equity interests in Guangzhou Greenland and agreed to entrust all the rights to exercise his voting power to the person appointed by the Company.
b. Use of estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Management makes these estimates using the best information available at the time the estimates are made. However, actual results could differ materially from those results.
c. Cash and cash equivalents
The Company considers all cash on hand and in banks, including accounts in book overdraft positions, certificates of deposit and other highly-liquid investments with maturities of three months or less, when purchased, to be cash and cash equivalents.
d. Accounts receivable
The Companys policy is to maintain reserves for potential credit losses on accounts receivable. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer creditworthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment patterns to evaluate the adequacy of these reserves. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had accounts receivable, of $257,031 and $171,143, net of allowance for bad debts in the amount of $9,245 and $9,244, respectively.
e. Other current assets
Other current assets as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 were valued at $83,995 and $343,169 respectively. The unsecured loan amount of $292,517, which was included in other current assets in 2009, has been collected in first quarter of 2010.
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f. Advances
As of March 31, 2010, advances of the Company amounted to $5,136,372, which represents advances made by the Company to an unrelated party in return for an 18 year lease commencing in 2010. The advances are required to be used to construct a multi level distribution center the Company intends to lease. As of December 31, 2009, the advances amounted to $4,355,829.
g. Deposit
As of March 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company had deposits in the amounts of $365,706 and $365,647, respectively with an unrelated third party in connection with the lease described in note 1.f, (Advances). The deposit is refundable after the expiration of the term of the lease.
h. Inventories
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost (determined on a weighted average basis) or market value. Management compares the cost of inventories with market value and an allowance is provided to reduce the value of inventories to their net market value. Inventories consisted of produce in the amount of $0 and $9,934 as of March 31, 2010 and December 31,2009, respectively.
i. Property and equipment
Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Gains or losses on disposals are reflected as gain or loss in the year of disposal. The cost of improvements that extend the life of plant, property, and equipment are capitalized. These capitalized costs may include structural improvements, equipment, and fixtures. All ordinary repair and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.
Depreciation for financial reporting purposes is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets: 5 to 10 years for manufacturing machinery, 5 years for office equipment, and 5 years for motor vehicles.
j. Impairment
The Company applies the provisions ASC 360-10 (Originally issued as FAS No. 144). ASC 360-10 requires that long-lived assets be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable through the estimated undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the assets. Whenever any such impairment exists, an impairment loss will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value.
The Company tests long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment and intangible assets subject to periodic amortization, for recoverability at least annually or more frequently upon the occurrence of an event or when circumstances indicate that the net carrying amount is greater than its fair value. Assets are grouped and evaluated at the lowest level for their identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets. The Company considers historical performance and future estimated results in its evaluation of potential impairment and then compares the carrying amount of the asset to the future estimated cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset. If the carrying amount of the asset exceeds estimated expected undiscounted future cash flows, the Company measures the amount of impairment by comparing the carrying amount of the asset to its fair value. The estimation of fair value is generally measured by discounting expected future cash flows as the rate the Company utilizes to evaluate potential investments. The Company estimates fair value based on the information available in making whatever estimates, judgments and projections are considered necessary. There was no impairment of long-lived assets for the year ended December 31, 2009, or the period ended March 31, 2010.
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k. Revenue recognition
The Companys revenue recognition policies are in compliance with ASC 605 (Originally issued as Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 104). Sales revenue is recognized at the date of shipment to customers when a formal arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, the delivery is completed, no other significant obligations of the Company exist and collectability is reasonably assured. Payments received before all of the relevant criteria for revenue recognition are satisfied are recorded as unearned revenue. Discounts provided to customers by the Company at the time of sale are recognized as a reduction in sales as the products are sold. Sales taxes are not recorded as a component of sales.
Cost of Goods Sold
The Cost of Goods Sold line item of the Consolidated Statements of Income includes product costs and the amortization of the long-term leases on which the produce is grown and for which the full payment was made at the commencement of the lease. Discounts provided to the Company by vendors at the time of purchase are recognized as a reduction in inventory cost as the products are delivered.
All other costs, including warehousing costs, transportation costs, salaries, rent expense and depreciation expense, are shown separately in Selling Expense or General and Administrative Expense in the Consolidated Statements of Income.
l. Income taxes
The Company utilizes ASC 740 (Originally issued as SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes), which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each period end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
The Company accounts for income taxes using an asset and liability approach which allows for the recognition and measurement of deferred tax assets based upon the likelihood of realization of tax benefits in future years. Under the asset and liability approach, deferred taxes are provided for the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. A valuation allowance is provided for deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not these items will either expire before the Company is able to realize their benefits, or that future deductibility is uncertain.
The Company records a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets, if any, based on its estimates of its future taxable income as well as its tax planning strategies when it is more likely than not that a portion or all of its deferred tax assets will not be realized. If the Company is able to utilize more of its deferred tax assets than the net amount previously recorded when unanticipated events occur, an adjustment to deferred tax assets would increase the Company net income when those events occur. The Company does not have any significant deferred tax asset or liabilities in the PRC tax jurisdiction.
m. Earnings per share
Earnings per share is calculated in accordance with the ASC 260 (Originally issued as Statement of Financial Accounting standards No. 128, Earnings per share), which superseded Accounting Principles Board Opinion No.15 (APB 15). Basic earnings per share is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is based on the assumption that all dilutive convertible shares and stock options and warrants were converted or exercised. Dilution is computed by applying the treasury stock method. Under this method, options and warrants are assumed to be exercised at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and as if funds obtained thereby were used to purchase common stock at the average market price during the period.
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Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock, common stock equivalents and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during each period. Potentially dilutive common shares consist of common stock issuable upon the conversion of the outstanding shares of Series A preferred stock (using the if-converted method) and common stock warrants (using the treasury stock method). The following table presents a reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Three month period Ended March 31, |
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2010 | 2009 | |||||
Net income available to common shareholders | $ | 2,188 | $ | 355 | ||
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding | 109,194 | 83,315 | ||||
Diluted effect of warrants, options, and preferred stock | 35,767 | 551 | ||||
Weighted average shares of common stock diluted | 144,961 | 83,866 | ||||
Earnings per share basic | $ | 0.01 | $ | 0.00 | ||
Earnings per share -- diluted | $ | 0.01 | $ | 0.00 |
The warrants that were issued by Organic Region in April 2008 and assumed by the Company in connection with the reverse acquisition are reflected in the number of diluted shares 3,117,055 for the three month period ended March 31, 2010.
Effective August 3, 2009, the Company issued warrants to purchase 13,612,120 shares of the Companys common stock, of which warrants to purchase 10,145,454 shares of common stock have an exercise price of $0.11 per share and warrants to purchase 3,466,666 shares of common stock have an exercise price of $0.15 per share, each exercisable at any time and from time to time through August 3, 2011. The average stock price for the three month period ended March 31, 2010 was $0.25 per share. The warrants with $0.11 exercise price and $0.15 exercise price had dilutive effect of 5,685,841 and 1,388,710 shares for the three month period ended March 31, 2010, respectively.
Pursuant to a Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated August 7, 2009, with three investors, on August 7, 2009, for a total consideration of $1,000,000, the Company (i) issued of an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, (ii) issued five-year warrants to purchase 10,000,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.14 per share and 10,000,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share, for which the Company received a total of $1,000,000, and (iii) granted the investors an option to purchase up to 1,000,000 additional shares of Series A Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $1.00 per share of Series A Preferred Stock.
The preferred stock had a dilutive effect of 22,220,160 shares for the three month period ended March 31, 2010. The warrants with $0.14 exercise price and $0.25 exercise price had a dilutive effect of 4,405,503 shares and 9,826 shares respectively for the three month period ended March 31, 2010. The preferred stock option had no dilutive effect, for the outstanding options to purchase 350,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $1.00 per share of Series A Preferred Stock were exercised on January 5, 2010, for the three month period ended March 31, 2010.
On January 15, 2010, an option to acquire 2,333,333 of Common Stock was exercised at a price per share of $0.12, which was granted on August 7, 2009 to acquire up to total 6,500,000 shares of Common Stock. In connection with such exercise, the Company issued to such investor warrants to purchase up to 1,866,667 shares of Common Stock at a price per share of $0.15 at any time for two years from the date of issuance, this has a dilutive effect of 747,767 shares for the three month period ended March 31, 2010.
During August 2009, the Company granted the investors an option to purchase up to 6,500,000 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $0.12 per share. Out of these shares, on January 15, 2010, an option to acquire 2,333,333 of Common Stock was exercised by an investor. The dilutive effect for the option to purchase remaining 4,166,667 shares is 2,168,632 shares for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
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n. Foreign currency translation
The Company uses the United States dollar for financial reporting purposes. The Companys subsidiaries maintain their books and records in their functional currency - Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY), being the primary currency of the economic environment in which their operations are conducted. Such financial statements were translated into United States dollars in accordance with ASC 830 (Originally issued as Statement of Financial Accounts Standards (SFAS) No. 52, Foreign Currency Translation). According to the Statement, all assets and liabilities are translated at the current exchange rate, stockholders equity are translated at the historical rates and income statement and statement of cash flows items are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the statement of cash flows may not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheet. The resulting translation adjustments are reported under other comprehensive income in accordance with ASC 220 (Originally issued as SFAS No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive Income) as a component of shareholders equity.
o. Fair values of financial instruments
ASC 825 (Originally issued as Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 107, Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments) requires that the Company disclose estimated fair values of financial instruments. The carrying amounts reported in the statements of financial position for assets and liabilities qualifying as financial instruments are a reasonable estimate of fair value.
The Companys financial instruments primarily consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other receivables, advances to suppliers, accounts payable and other payables.
As of the balance sheet dates, the estimated fair values of the financial instruments were not materially different from their carrying values as presented on the balance sheet. This is attributed to the short maturities of the instruments and that interest rates on the borrowings approximate those that would have been available for loans of similar remaining maturity and risk profile at respective balance sheet dates.
q. Segment reporting
ASC 280 (Originally issued as Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, SFAS 131), Disclosure about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information requires use of the management approach model for segment reporting. The management approach model is based on the way a companys management organizes segments within the company for making operating decisions and assessing performance. Reportable segments are based on products and services, geography, legal structure, management structure, or any other manner in which management disaggregates a company.
ASC 280 (Originally issued as SFAS No. 131) has no effect on the Companys consolidated financial statements as the Company operates in one reportable business segment.
r. Statement of cash flows
In accordance with ASC 230 (Originally issued as SFAS No. 95), "Statement of Cash Flows," cash flows from the Company's operations is calculated based upon the local currencies. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the statement of cash flows may not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheet.
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s. Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2009, the FASB issued ASC 105 (previously SFAS No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") - a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162 ), which has become the source of authoritative accounting principles generally accepted in the United States recognized by the FASB to be applied to nongovernmental entities.
In June 2009, the FASB issued ASC 860 (previously SFAS No. 166, Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets) , which requires additional information regarding transfers of financial assets, including securitization transactions, and where companies have continuing exposure to the risks related to transferred financial assets. SFAS 166 eliminates the concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity, changes the requirements for derecognizing financial assets, and requires additional disclosures. SFAS 166 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. The Company does not believe this pronouncement will impact its financial statements.
In June 2009, the FASB issued ASC 810 (previously SFAS No. 167) for determining whether to consolidate a variable interest entity. These amended standards eliminate a mandatory quantitative approach to determine whether a variable interest gives the entity a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity in favor of a qualitatively focused analysis, and require an ongoing reassessment of whether an entity is the primary beneficiary. These amended standards were effective for us beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, and have had no impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In August 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2009-05, which amends ASC Topic 820, Measuring Liabilities at Fair Value , which provides additional guidance on the measurement of liabilities at fair value. These amended standards clarify that in circumstances in which a quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not available, we are required to use the quoted price of the identical liability when traded as an asset, quoted prices for similar liabilities, or quoted prices for similar liabilities when traded as assets. If these quoted prices are not available, we are required to use another valuation technique, such as an income approach or a market approach. These amended standards were effective for us beginning in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009 and are not expected to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2009-13, "Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force)" which amends ASC 605-25, "Revenue Recognition: Multiple-Element Arrangements." ASU No. 2009-13 addresses how to determine whether an arrangement involving multiple deliverables contains more than one unit of accounting and how to allocate consideration to each unit of accounting in the arrangement. This ASU replaces all references to fair value as the measurement criteria with the term selling price and establishes a hierarchy for determining the selling price of a deliverable. ASU No. 2009-13 also eliminates the use of the residual value method for determining the allocation of arrangement consideration. Additionally, ASU No. 2009-13 requires expanded disclosures. This ASU will become effective for us for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified on or after April 1, 2011. Earlier application is permitted with required transition disclosures based on the period of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the application date and the impact of this standard on its financial statements.
In February 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-9 "Subsequent events (Topic 855)" Amendments to Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements. This update addresses certain implementation issues related to an entitys requirement to perform and disclose subsequent-events procedures, removes the requirement that public companies disclose the date of their financial statements in both issued and revised financial statements. According to the FASB, the revised statements include those that have been changed to correct an error or conform to a retrospective application of U.S. GAAP. The amendments were effective upon issuance of the update, except for the use of the issued date for conduit debt obligors. That amendment is effective for interim or annual periods ending after June 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on the Companys consolidated financial statements.
t. Reclassifications
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current year's presentation, none of which had an impact on total assets, stockholders' equity, net income, or net earnings per share.
3.
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
Property and equipment consist of the following as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:
2010 | 2009 | |||||
Manufacturing machinery | $ | 403,887 | $ | 403,822 | ||
Office equipment | 42,117 | 40,591 | ||||
Motor vehicle | 24,147 | 24,143 | ||||
Leasehold Improvement | 484,925 | 484,848 | ||||
Total | 955,076 | 953,044 | ||||
Less: Accumulated Depreciation | (426,380 | ) | (405,677 | ) | ||
Property & Equipment, net | $ | 528,696 | $ | 547,727 |
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Depreciation expenses for the three month period ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 were 20,638 and $21,010 respectively.
4.
DUE FROM/(TO) RELATED PARTIES
Amounts due from related parties amounted to $0 and $1,006 as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The amount due is interest free, unsecured and due on demand. The company has collected such amounts as of March 31, 2010.
Amounts due to related parties amounted to $89,771 and $3,364 as of March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Company has a balance due to one shareholder and director of the Company amounting to $89,771 as of March 31, 2010. The amount due is interest free, unsecured and due on demand.
On January 15, 2009, in connection with the reverse acquisition described in Note 1, the Company entered into a redemption agreement with Michael Friess and Sanford Schwartz, who were the Companys majority stockholders, whereby these stockholders surrendered an aggregate of 1,666,298 shares of common stock for redemption in exchange for the issuance of non-interest bearing convertible promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000. The principal and accrued interest of the Notes were payable on March 31, 2009. On March 31, 2009, the Company entered into an oral agreement with these stockholders, pursuant to which the Company paid them $250,000 and agreed to pay them the remaining $250,000 on or before April 30, 2009, without penalty. The Company paid the remaining $250,000 on April 27, 2009.
5.
LONG-TERM PREPAYMENTS
There is no private ownership of land in the PRC. All land is owned by the government, which grants land use rights for a specified period of time. Guangzhou Greenland has entered into fourteen land lease and developing agreements with a number of farming cooperatives since 2005. The farming cooperatives are authorized to manage and plant the lands by Guangzhou Greenland who, during the term of the lease, has the priority right to purchase the agricultural products at fair market price. The agreements have terms of 25 years with various due dates. The payments for the entire 25-year term are payable, and were paid, in full at the inception of the agreements.
The Company acquired one new land lease, for which our long term prepayments totaled $3,291,350 during the three months ended March 31, 2010 by paying $2,954,901.
Guangzhou Greenland uses the straight-line method to amortize the long-term prepayments over the life of the contracts. As of March 31, 2010 and December 31,2009, the Company has long-term prepayments (net) in the amount of $22,033,960 and $18,961,869, respectively.
The details of long-term prepayments are listed below as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:
2010 | 2009 | |||||
Long-term prepayment cost | $ | 24,291,109 | $ | 20,996,380 | ||
Accumulated amortization | (2,257,149 | ) | (2,034,511 | ) | ||
Net | $ | 22,033,960 | $ | 18,961,869 |
Amortization expenses for the three month period ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 were $222,312 and $174,850.
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Amortization expenses for the next five years after March 31, 2010 are approximately as follows:
Remainder of 2010 | $ | 728,733 |
2011 | 971,644 | |
2012 | 971,644 | |
2013 | 971,644 | |
2014 | 971,644 | |
Thereafter | $ | 17,418,651 |
Total | 22,033,960 |
6.
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES
Accounts payable and accrued expenses comprised the following as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:
2010 | 2009 | ||||
Accounts payable | $ | 398,701 | $ | 385,726 | |
Accrued payroll | 117,402 | 130,542 | |||
Accrued expenses | 428,121 | 465,895 | |||
Advance subscription | - | 180,526 | |||
Other payable | 361,921 | 24,234 | |||
$ | 1,306,145 | $ | 1,186, 923 |
7.
EQUITY TRANSACTIONS
On January 15, 2009, the Company completed the reverse acquisition as described in Note 1. Pursuant to the share exchange agreement, the Company issued 81,648,554 shares of common stock in exchange for all of the outstanding common stock of Organic Region.
Pursuant to an agreement with an independent director, the Company agreed to pay the director 12,500 shares of common stock every fiscal quarter. As of March 31, 2010, the Company accrued the value of 58,333 shares, reflecting the shares that were due to such director for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2010. The shares have not been issued through March 31, 2010.
In April, 2009, the Company issued an aggregate of 4,165,742 shares in connection with the termination of two agreements which Organic Region had entered into on January 28, 2008. Following the issuance of the shares, the Company had no further obligations under either of these agreements.
Sales of Securities
a. Effective August 3, 2009, the Company entered into common stock and warrant purchase agreements with non-affiliated investors. Pursuant to these agreements, for an aggregate consideration of $1,636,000, the Company issued (i) an aggregate of 13,129,410 shares at a stated purchase price of $0.085 per share and 4,333,334 shares at $0.12 per share; (ii) two-year warrants to purchase 10,145,454 shares of common stock at $0.11 per share and 3,466,666 shares of common stock at $0.15 per share; and (iii) an option to purchase up to 6,500,000 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $0.12 per share. The warrants may be exercised through August 3, 2011. The warrant holders have cashless exercise rights. Under the Black Scholes model, the fair market value of the warrant detached was $523,586 at the grant date. Of the $1,636,000 purchase price for these securities, $1,436,000 had been advanced as short-term loans in June and July 2009 and $200,000 was paid in August 2009.
b. Pursuant to a Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated August 7, 2009, for a total consideration of $1,000,000, the Company (i) issued of an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of series A convertible preferred stock (ii) five-year warrants to purchase 10,000,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.14 per share and 10,000,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.25 per share, for which the Company received a total of $1,000,000, and (iii) granted the investors an option to purchase up to 1,000,000 additional shares of series A preferred stock at a purchase price of $1.00 per share of series A preferred stock. This option was set to expire on February 10, 2010. As of March 31, 2010, the 1,000,000 shares of series A preferred stock were exercised at an exercise price of $1.00 per share. Using Black-Scholes pricing model, at the grant date, (i) the fair value of the option to purchase preferred stock was $21,689, (ii) the fair value of the warrants was $109,952, and (iii) the balance of $868,359 was allocated to the series A preferred stock. The issuance of the 1,000,000 shares of series A preferred stock upon exercise of the option is subject to an amendment to the certificate of designation which increases the authorized series A preferred stock from 1,000,000 shares to 2,000,000 shares.
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Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into 11.36 shares of common stock. The conversion price is subject to certain adjustments.
The certificate of designation for the Series A Preferred Stock prohibits the Company from paying dividends on its common stock or redeeming common stock while any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding.
In the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are to receive a payment of $1.00 per share of Series A Preferred Stock before any distribution is made to the common stock or any securities junior to the Series A Preferred Stock upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
The certificate of designation for the Series A Preferred Stock and the warrants provide that those securities may not be converted or exercised or converted if such conversion or exercise would result in the holder and its affiliates having beneficial ownership of more than 9.99% of the Companys outstanding common stock. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 13d-3 thereunder.
Bifurcation of the conversion right from the Series A Preferred Stock is not required under ACS 815-15-25-1. For an embedded derivative to be separated, it must meet all of specified criteria. One required criteria for treatment as a derivative instrument is that economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract. The embedded derivative (conversion option) is clearly and closely related to the host contract (preferred stock) because both the preferred stock and the common equity into which it is convertible are residual interests in the entity. In other words, the preferred stock does not have characteristics of debt in terms of interest or principal payments. Certain disclosed provisions of the preferred shares are protective in nature to their residual interest in the Company and not akin to a debt instrument. Because of these clearly and closely related characteristics, this condition is not met and bifurcation is not required.
Pursuant to the Series A Preferred Stock and warrant purchase agreement, in addition to the foregoing and other conditions, we agreed that:
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The Company would maintain its listing on the OTC Bulletin Board or a national stock exchange; provided that if the Company is not so listed, as long as the investors owned Series A Preferred Stock, the Company would pay the investors, as liquidated damages, an amount equal to 1% of the purchase price per month, which is $10,000 per month if all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock are then outstanding, until the stock is again listed on the OTC Bulletin Board or a national stock exchange.
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The Company would cancel any outstanding preferred stock and, prior to August 7, 2012, not issue additional shares of preferred stock, other than pursuant to the purchase agreement or sales at a price of $0.135 per share on an as-converted basis.
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The Company would have outstanding convertible debt converted into either a straight loan with a reasonable payment schedule or converted into common stock at a price of not less than $0.085 per share.
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With certain exceptions, if, prior to August 7, 2011, the Company issues stock at a price less than the conversion price of the Series A Preferred Stock, which is presently $0.088 per share, then the conversion price of the Series A Preferred Stock would be reduced to the lower price at which such shares were sold.
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If the Companys net income, as defined, is less than $0.045 per share on a fully-diluted basis, then the conversion price will be reduced by the percentage shortfall, subject to a maximum reduction of 40%.The Companys net income for 2009, as defined, exceeded the target amount, and no adjustment was made in the conversion rate of the Series A Preferred Stock or in the exercise price of the warrants pursuant to similar provisions in the warrants.
The warrants may be exercised at any time prior to August 7, 2014. In the event that, prior to August 7, 2011, the Company issues common stock at a price less than the exercise price, the exercise price of the $0.14 warrants is reduced to the consideration received by us for the issuance of the shares. The holders of the warrants waived the provision relating to an adjustment for sales at a lower price in connection with a February 2010 private placement. In the event that, during the period from August 7, 2010 until August 7, 2011, we issue common stock at a price which is less than the exercise price, the exercise price of the $0.25 warrants is reduced to a fraction of the then current exercise price, the numerator of which is the sum of (i) the number of outstanding shares, assuming the exercise or conversion of all options, warrants and other convertible securities, plus (ii) the number of shares which the consideration for the new shares would have purchased at the exercise price then in effect, and the denominator of which is the number of outstanding shares, assuming the exercise or conversion of all options, warrants and other convertible securities, immediately after the issuance of the new securities.
On January 5, 2010, the company sold 350,000 shares of preferred stock for $350,000. The beneficial conversion feature for the issuance of preferred stock of $644,318 has been recorded as of March 31, 2010. These shares of preferred stock were not issued as of March 31, 2010 and hence, are shown as Preferred Stock to be issued $350,000.
On January 15, 2010, an option to acquire 2,333,333 of Common Stock was exercised at a price per share of $0.12 with total proceeds of $279,786 (this option was granted on August 7, 2009 to acquire up to a total of 6,500,000 shares of Common Stock). In connection with such exercise, the Company issued to such investor warrants to purchase up to 1,866,667 shares of Common Stock at a price per share of $0.15 at any time for two years from the date of issuance; under the Black Scholes model, the fair market value for the warrant attached is $281,792. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model are as follows:
Risk-Free Interest
1.75%
Expected Life
2 year
Expected Volatility
86.67%
Expected dividend yield 0%
On February 24, 2010, one investor converted 44,000 shares of convertible preferred stock into 500,000 shares of Common Stock at a conversion price per share of $ 0.088.
On February 8, 2010, the Company sold to two of the investors and their affiliates a total of 4,167,000 shares of common stock for a purchase price of $0.12 per share, for a total of $500,000 after brokerage commission. In connection with this financing, the holders of the $0.14 warrants issued in the August 7, 2009 financing waived any anti-dilution adjustment resulting for this issuance.
On April 23, 2008, Organic Region issued four 18% convertible notes to various investors in the total amount of $500,000. The notes were due on April 23, 2009. As part of the transaction in which the notes were issued, Organic Region also issued to the investors warrants that were to be assumed by the Company upon the completion of the reverse acquisition. The warrants were assumed by the Company in connection with the reverse acquisition. The warrant holder are entitled to purchase up to $500,000 of securities at a per share price equal to 115% of the lowest cash price paid in a financing.
These warrants also provide that if the Company grants holders of convertible securities issued in the $3,000,000 financing anti-dilution rights that are superior to the rights granted in the warrant instrument, the holder shall receive, without additional consideration, the more favorable anti-dilution rights. The series A preferred stock and the $0.14 warrants that were issued in the August 2009 financing provide that if, prior to August 7, 2011, the Company issues common stock at a price less than the conversion or exercise price, the conversion or exercise price is reduced to the consideration received by us for the issuance of the shares. Based on the provision in the warrants, the holders of the warrants relating to the April 2008 note issuance would have the same anti-dilution rights.
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These warrants also provide that they may not be exercised if such exercise would result in the holder and its affiliates having beneficial ownership of more than 9.99% of the Companys outstanding common stock. The warrants holders were entitled to purchase up to $500,000 of the Companys equity securities for 115% of the lowest cash purchase price paid for the securities by the investors in the financing.
Warrants
All outstanding warrants meet the conditions for equity classification pursuant to ASC 815 (Originally issued as SFAS No. 133 Accounting for Derivatives) and ASC 815 (Originally issued as EITF 00-19), Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company's Own Stock. At March 31, 2010, the Company concluded that the preferred stock and warrants have been issued as of March 31,2010 did not meet the definition of a derivative financial instrument. Derivative financial instruments, as defined in the Accounting Standards Codification, consist of financial instruments or other contracts that contain all three of the following characteristics: i) the financial instrument has a notional amount and one or more underlying, e.g. interest rate, security price or other variable, ii) require no initial net investment and iii) permits net settlement. Derivative financial instruments may be free-standing or embedded in other financial instruments. The accounting standards define net settlement. In order for the net settlement requirement to be met, the contract must meet one of the three tests listed in the accounting standards.
Since there is no net settlement provision in the contract and no market mechanism that facilitates net settlement that would cause the contract to meet the certain criteria in the accounting standards, the Company analyzed the accounting standard which provides that a contract that requires delivery of the assets associated with the underlying has the characteristic of net settlement if those assets are readily convertible to cash.
An asset (whether financial or nonfinancial) can be considered to be readily convertible to cash only if the net amount of cash that would be received from a sale of the asset in an active market is either equal to or not significantly less than the amount an entity would typically have received under a net settlement provision.
At the time of the Organic Region financing, Organic Region was a privately owned company, and there was no market for the underlying common stock, so the warrants were not readily convertible into cash. These warrants, when assumed by the Company following the reverse acquisition, and the warrants issued in the August 2009 financings were also not readily convertible into cash. There was not, either at the time of issuance or at any time during 2009 and 2010 first quarter, any active market for the Companys common stock. Trading was very sporadic and there were many periods of several weeks and months when there was no trading in the common stock. Further, the Company has a very small public float, and the number of shares of common stock which are issuable upon exercise of the warrants is a significant multiple of the public float and it would be impossible to sell the underlying shares without a material effect on the price of the common stock. Accordingly, the warrants cannot be treated as derivatives
Therefore, these warrants were classified as equity and accounted for as common stock issuance cost. Under the Black Scholes pricing model to calculate the fair value of the warrants as of the issuance date and charge it as warrants expense for $0, preferred stock dividend $644,318 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and $0 for the three months ended March 31, 2009.
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Warrants Outstanding |
Warrants Exercisable |
Weighted
Average Exercise Price |
Average
Remaining Contractual Life |
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Outstanding, December 31, 2007 | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Granted | 5,115,090 | 5,115,090 | 0.098 | 4 | ||||||||
Forfeited | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Exercised | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Outstanding, December 31, 2008 | 5,115,090 | 5,115,090 | 0.098 | 4 | ||||||||
Granted | 33,612,120 | 33,612,120 | 0.16 | 3.79 | ||||||||
Forfeited | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Exercised | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Outstanding, December 31, 2009 | 38,727,210 | 38,727,210 | 0.15 | 2.94 | ||||||||
Granted | 1,866,667 | 1,866,667 | 0.15 | 1.83 | ||||||||
Forfeited | ||||||||||||
Exercised | ||||||||||||
Outstanding, March 31, 2010 | 40,593,877 | 40,593,877 | 0.15 | 2.65 |
Stock options
The preferred stock option activity was as follows:
Weighted | ||||||||||||
Average | Aggregate | |||||||||||
Options | Exercise | Intrinsic | ||||||||||
outstanding | Price | Value | ||||||||||
Outstanding, December 31, 2008 | - | - | - | |||||||||
Granted | 1,000,000 | $ | 1.00 | $ | 909,091 | |||||||
Forfeited | - | - | - | |||||||||
Exercised | 650,000 | 1.00 | 590,909 | |||||||||
Outstanding, December 31, 2009 | 350,000 | $ | 1.00 | $ | 318,182 | |||||||
Granted | - | - | - | |||||||||
Forfeited | - | - | - | |||||||||
Exercised | 350,000 | 1.00 | 318,182 | |||||||||
Outstanding, March 31, 2010 | - | - | - |
8.
INCOME TAXES
The Companys operations are conducted solely in the PRC. It does not conduct any operations in the United States or The British Virgin Islands and is not subject to income tax in either jurisdiction. For certain entities in PRC, the Company has incurred net accumulated operating losses. The Company has net operating losses amounted of $17,215 and $3,826, respectively, as of March 31, 2010 and 2009 for these entities. The Company believes that it is more likely than not that these net accumulated operating losses generated in these entities will not be utilized in the future. Therefore, the Company has provided full valuation allowance for the deferred tax assets arising from the losses at these locations as of March 31, 2010 and 2009. Accordingly, the Company has no net deferred tax assets.
Under the current PRC enterprise income tax law, which became effective January 1, 2008, there is a standard enterprise income tax rate of 25%. The tax holidays that were granted under the former tax law, will continue in effect until they expire. Guangzhou Organic has a two year income tax exemption in 2008 and 2009 and will have a 50% tax reduction from 2010 to 2012. For the three months ended March 31, 2010, Guangzhou Organic had a net loss. Guangzhou Greenland in PRC which had net income from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2010 is exempted from income tax according to tax law of PRC. The other two subsidiaries got net losses from business operation. Therefore, the Company does not have a provision for income tax. The following is a reconciliation of the provision for income taxes at the tax rates of BVI and PRC to the income taxes reflected in the Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009.
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2010 | 2009 | |||||
U.S. statutory rate | 35 % | 35 % | ||||
Foreign income not recognized in U.S. | (35)% | (35)% | ||||
PRC income tax | 25 % | 25 % | ||||
Exempt from income tax | (12.5)% | (25)% | ||||
Less : Valuation Allowance | (12.5)% | 0 % | ||||
Tax expense at actual rate | 0 % | 0 % |
Sino Green Land, Inc. was incorporated in the United States and has incurred estimated accumulated net operating losses of $3,625 as of March 31, 2010 for the tax purposes. The estimated net operating loss carry forwards for United States income taxes amounted to $3,625 which may be available to reduce future years taxable income. These carry forwards will expire, if not utilized, from 2030. Management believes that the realization of the benefits from these losses appears uncertain due to the Companys limited operating history and continuing losses for United States income tax purposes. Accordingly, the Company has provided a 100% valuation allowance on the deferred tax benefit to reduce the asset to zero. The net change in the valuation allowance for the period ended March 31, 2010 was $3,625 and the valuation allowance as of March 31, 2010 amounted to $3,625.
The Company has cumulative undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries of approximately $17,086,722 as of March 31, 2010, is included in consolidated retained earnings and will continue to be indefinitely reinvested in international operations. Accordingly, no provision has been made for U.S. deferred taxes related to future repatriation of these earnings, nor is it practicable to estimate the amount of income taxes that would have to be provided if the Company concluded that such earnings will be remitted in the future.
9.
CURRENT VULNERABILITY DUE TO CERTAIN CONCENTRATIONS
The Companys operations are conducted exclusively in the PRC. Accordingly, the Companys business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environments in the PRC, and by the general state of the PRCs economy.
Operations of the Company in the PRC are subject to specific considerations and significant risks. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic and legal environments and foreign currency exchange. Results of operations of the company may be adversely affected by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things.
Since a significant amount of the company future revenues will be denominated in Renminbi, the existing and any future restrictions on currency exchange may limit the companys ability to utilize revenues generated in Renminbi to fund any business activities outside China or fund expenditures denominated in foreign currencies.
Almost all of the Companys products are sold at the Guangdong Yun Cheng Wholesale Market and the Beijing Xin Fadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market, two major markets for the sale of agricultural products in their respective areas where the Company leases space to sell its produce.
No customers accounted for more than 10% of the total net revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009.
The Company has long-term arrangements to purchase its produce from a limited number of farming cooperatives. If the Company is not able to purchase the produce from these farmers, in the event of a product shortage, and it is necessary for the Company to purchase from other suppliers, the costs may be greater due to this kind of short-term nature of arrangements.
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Three vendors provided 81.4%,9.7% and 8.7% of the goods to the Company during the three months ended March 31, 2010. Accounts payable to these vendors amounted $0 as of March 31, 2010. Three vendors provided 79% and 8% of the goods to the Company during the three month periods ended March 31, 2009. Accounts payable to these vendors amounted $783,356 on March 31, 2009
The Company extends credit to its customers based upon its assessment of their credit worthiness and generally does not require collateral. Credit losses have not been significant.
10.
COMMITMENT
Operating Leases
The Company leases various office facilities under operating leases that terminate on various dates.
The Company incurred rent expenses of $37,044 and $26,365 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009.
The rent expenses for the five years after March 31, 2010 are as follows:
Rest of 2010 | $ | 94,935 | |
2011 | 124,130 | ||
2012 | 126,926 | ||
2013 | 129,948 | ||
2014 | 131,941 | ||
Thereafter | 292,487 | ||
$ | 900,367 |
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SUBSEQUENTS EVENTS
On May 1, 2010, Sino Green Land Corporation (the Company) entered into an Executive Employment Agreement (the Agreement) with Yan Pan. Under the agreement, Yan Pan will be employed by the Company as its Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Pan will receive an annual salary of $54,000 as well as 1,000,000 shares of the Companys common stock.
ITEM 2.
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Overview
We are engaged in the wholesale distribution and sale of various fruits and vegetables in China. To date, almost all of our revenues have been generated by sales of Fuji apples, Emperor bananas and tangerine oranges. We purchase our Fuji apples, Emperor bananas and tangerine oranges directly from farming cooperative groups. Almost all of our products are sold by us at the Guangdong Yun Cheng Wholesale Market and the Beijing Xin Fadi Agricultural Products Wholesale Market, two major markets for the sale of agricultural products in their respective areas, where we lease space to sell our produce. We sell to wholesalers who sell our products to customers in and around Beijing and Guangdong.
While sales our sales of Fuji apples, Emperor bananas, and vegetables are not seasonal, our tangerine oranges are harvested and distributed from October to March each year. Consequently, sales of our oranges are generally slower during the second and third quarter. Sales of our vegetables generally are not seasonal.
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Important Factors Affecting our Results of Operations
We believe that the significant factors that affect our financial condition and results of operations are as follows:
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Adequate supply of raw materials. We believe that a steady supply of fruits is crucial to our success. Currently, we have built strong relationships with cooperatives located at three plantation bases in the PRC: one in Shaanxi Province which supplies us with Fuji apples, one in Guangdong Province which supplies us with Emperor bananas, and one in Guangxi Province which supplies us with tangerine oranges. In the event of a product shortage at any of these plantation bases due to weather conditions, natural disasters, new government regulations or otherwise, we may be unable to secure our products from other suppliers at a price that is favorable to us, if at all. Our inability to obtain our produce at a reasonable cost would affect our revenue and gross margins.
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Construction of Our New Green Foods Hub. Our long-term goal is to develop green food agriculture products, including fruits, vegetables, rice, meat, eggs and oil that have been certified as green foods by Green Food Development Center under the PRC Ministry of Agriculture. Green foods are healthy and environmentally friendly and their profit margins are expected to be significantly higher than our current products. We are in the process of constructing a new hub in the Guangdong wholesale market. We believe that our hub will be the first hub in the PRC to provide wholesale customers with the ability to purchase such a wide variety of green foods from one distributor in one location. Wholesale distributors who purchase from our hub will sell our products to customers in various regions in the PRC and to the Pearl River Delta, including Hong Kong and Macao, thereby providing us potentially with a significant market and significant revenues.
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Growth of the Chinese Economy. We operate in China and have derived all of our revenues from sales to customers in China. Therefore, economic conditions in China affect virtually all aspects of our operations, including the demand for our products, the availability and prices of our raw materials and our other expenses. Over the past twenty years, China has experienced, and is expected to continue to experience, continued growth in various areas of investment and consumption. However, the growth of Chinas economy experienced a slowdown following the second quarter of 2007, when the growth rate of Chinas gross domestic product as measured against the same quarter of the previous year reached 11.9%. A number of factors have contributed to this slowdown, including the appreciation of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar and the Euro, which has adversely affected Chinas exports, and the tightening macroeconomic measures and monetary policies adopted by the PRC government aimed at preventing the overheating of Chinas economy and controlling inflation. The slowdown has been further exacerbated by the current global crisis in the financial services and credit markets, which has resulted in extreme volatility and dislocation of the global capital markets since 2007. For the year end of 2009, the growth rate of Chinas gross domestic product as measured against the same period of the previous year decreased to 8.7%. It is uncertain how long the global crisis in the financial services and credit markets will continue and the impact this will have on the global economy in general and the PRC economy in particular.
Cash Requirements
While we currently generate sufficient operating cash flows to support our current operations, our capital requirements and the cash flow provided by future operating activities, if any, may vary greatly from quarter to quarter, depending on the volume of business during the period and payment terms with our customers. A significant portion of our revenue growth has resulted from long-term leases in connection with the acquisition of first priority purchase rights of our supplies. Under these arrangements, we are required to pay approximately $1,200 per acre at the inception of the lease. In 2009, we leased an additional 2,500 acres of land in Shaanxi Province, and we acquired first priority purchase rights for all Fuji apples developed on these lands. Our plan is to continue to lease additional lands and acquire first priority purchase rights from these farming cooperatives in order to increase our supplies. We invested approximately $3.4 million in 2009 for these new leases from cash generated by our operations and from funds which we raised from several small equity offerings. In 2010, we will continue to lease additional farm land on which our produce can be grown. We will require significant additional capital.
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We are in the process of constructing a new hub for the sale of green foods in the Guangdong wholesale market. We have invested approximately $4 million in the construction of this hub to date from cash generated by our operations and from funds which we raised from several small equity offerings in 2009 and early 2010. We anticipate completing the construction of the hub by the end of 2010 and to begin the operations of our new green foods product line in 2011. We anticipate the construction to cost an additional $10 million.
We will need to raise a substantial amount of capital from equity or debt markets in order to complete the construction of our hub, launch our new green food product line and lease additional farm land for our existing products. We currently have no commitments from any financing source. There is no assurance that we will be able to raise any funds on terms favorable to us, or at all. In the event that we issue shares of equity or convertible securities, holdings of our existing stockholders would be diluted. Furthermore, the current uncertainty arising out of domestic and global economic conditions, including the disruption in credit markets, may affect our ability to obtain either debt or equity financing which we may require in order to expand our business.
Taxation
Prior to 2008, foreign invested enterprises, or FIEs, established in the PRC were generally subject to an enterprise income tax rate of 33.0%, which includes a 30.0% national income tax and a 3.0% local income tax. On March 16, 2007, the National Peoples Congress of China passed a new Enterprise Income Tax Law, and on December 6, 2007, the State Council of China passed the implementing rules for the new law, which took effect on January 1, 2008. The new Enterprise Income Tax Law and Implementing Rules impose a unified EIT rate of 25.0% on all domestic-invested enterprises and FIEs, unless they qualify under certain limited exceptions. Therefore, nearly all FIEs are subject to the new tax rate alongside other domestic businesses rather than benefiting from the old FIE tax laws, and its associated preferential tax treatments, since January 1, 2008.
The new law gives the FIEs established before March 16, 2007, such as our subsidiaries Zhuhai Organic and Guangzhou Organic, a five-year grandfather period during which they can continue to enjoy their existing preferential tax treatment. During this five-year grandfather period, the Old FIEs which enjoyed tax rates lower than 25% under the original EIT law shall gradually increase their EIT rate by 2% per year until the tax rate reaches 25%. In addition, the FIEs that are eligible for a full exemption and 50% reduction under the original law are allowed to retain their preferential treatment until these holidays expire.
Under the current income tax laws and the related implementing rules, FIEs engaging in agriculture businesses, such as Guangzhou Organic, are entitled to a two-year tax exemption from PRC EIT, subject to approval from local taxation authorities. Guangzhou Organic is tax exempt for 2008 to 2009 and is entitled to a 50% tax reduction for the three years thereafter. Due to the absence of significant business in 2008, Zhuhai Organic was entitled to tax exemption in 2007, and will be entitled to a one-year tax exemption after the business resumes. However, Zhuhai Organic did not constitute a significant source of revenue or income in the three month period ended March 31, 2010 or in the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. Currently, pursuant to income tax law, the income tax rate for foreign-capitalized enterprises is 25% and the value-added tax rate is 13%.
Results of Operations
Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009
The following table sets forth the key components of our results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, in dollars and as a percentage of net sales and the changes in these components from the three months ended March 31, 2009 to the three months ended March 31, 2010 in dollars and as a percentage:
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Net Sales | 33,556 | 18,531 | ||||||||||
Cost of Sales | 29,920 | 89.16% | 16,582 | 89.48% | ||||||||
Gross Profit | 3,636 | 10.84% | 1,948 | 10.51% | ||||||||
Operating Expenses | ||||||||||||
Selling Expenses | 792 | 2.36% | 224 | 1.21% | ||||||||
Administrative Expenses | 655 | 1.95% | 937 | 5.06% | ||||||||
Operating Income | 2,189 | 6.52% | 787 | 4.25% | ||||||||
Interest Expenses | 2 | 0.01% | (23 | ) | (0.12% | ) | ||||||
Other (loss), net | (2 | ) | (0.01% | ) | (284 | ) | (1.53% | ) | ||||
Income Before Income Taxes | 2,188 | 6.52% | 355 | 1.92% | ||||||||
Net income | 2,188 | 6.52% | 355 | 1.92% | ||||||||
Deemed preferred stock dividend | (644 | ) | (1.92% | ) | ||||||||
Foreign Currency translation gain (loss) | (4 | ) | (0.01% | ) | (27 | ) | (0.15% | ) | ||||
Comprehensive income | 1,540 | 4.59% | 328 | 1.77% |
Net Sales. Net sales increased approximately $15.1 million, or 81.6%, to approximately $33.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 from approximately $18.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009.
Sales of our Fuji apples increased by 88.2% in the three months ended March 31, 2010 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009. 65.5% of this increase is attributable to increased sales volume and 22.7% is attributable to increases in the average sales price. Sales of our Emperor bananas increased by 121.8% in the three months ended March 31, 2010 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009. 120.7% of this increase is attributable to increased sales volume and 1.1% is attributable to increases in the average sales price of these products. Sales of our tangerine oranges increased by 23% in the three months ended March 31, 2010 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009. 23% of this increase is attributable to increased sales volume and 0% is attributable to increases in the average sales price of these products.
In addition, our sales volume increased by an aggregate of 14,755 tons in the three months ended March 31, 2010 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2009 because we leased an additional 3220 acres of land from the farming cooperative that supplies us with Fuji apples, and 833 acres of land from the farming cooperative that supplies us with Emperor bananas. We began generating revenues from sales of products harvested on these newly leased lands in the third quarter of 2009.
Cost of Sales. Our cost of sales is primarily comprised of the cost of purchasing produce from the farming cooperatives. Our cost of goods sold increased approximately $13.3 million, or 80.1%, to approximately $29.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 from approximately $16.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009, reflecting increased purchases of produce in the first quarter of 2010.
Our gross margin increased from 10.51% in the three months ended March 31, 2009 to 10.84% in the three months ended March 31, 2010 due to increased prices of our products in 2010.
Selling Expenses. Our selling expenses are comprised of marketing expense, the salaries of our marketing staff, bonus, rent, trading expense, and depreciation. These expenses increased by approximately $0.6 million, or 300%, to approximately $0.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 from approximately $0.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009. As a percentage of net sales, selling expenses increased to 2.36% in 2010 from 1.21% in the three months ended March 31, 2010. This increase in selling expenses as a percentage of net sales from the first quarter of 2009 to the first quarter of 2010 reflects the payment of a bonus in the first quarter of 2010 which was not paid in the first quarter of 2009.
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General and Administrative Expenses. Our general and administrative expenses are comprised of salary of executives, trip expense, office expense, research and development expense, market research expense, exhibition expense, audit expense, advisory expense. These expenses decreased by approximately $0.2 million, or 22.2%, to approximately $0.7 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010 from approximately $0.9 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009. As a percentage of net sales, administrative expenses decreased to 1.95% in the three months ended March 31, 2010 as compared to 5.06% in the three months ended March 31, 2009 due to our payment during the first quarter of 2009 of $250,000 of expenses associated with the reverse acquisition transaction with Organic Region.
Interest Expense, Beneficial Conversion Feature Expense and Deemed Preferred Stock Dividend. Interest expense decreased from $22,500 in the three months ended March 31, 2009 to $(1,606) in the three months ended March 31, 2010.
Tax. Since our operating subsidiaries benefitted from a tax holiday for 2008 and 2009, we did not incur any income tax in 2008 or 2009.
Net Income. As a result of the factors described above, our net income increased approximately $1.8 million, or 450% to approximately $2.2 million from $0.4 million after giving effect to the deemed preferred stock dividend.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
General
Historically, our primary capital needs have been to fund our working capital requirements and our primary sources of funds have been cash generated from operations. We recently raised approximately $3 million pursuant to several private placements, which funds are being used to finance the construction of our green food hub and acquire additional lands to increase our stock of Fuji apples and Emperor bananas. We expect that anticipated cash flows from operations and loans from related parties will be sufficient to fund our current operations through at least the next twelve months, provided that:
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We generate sufficient business so that we are able to generate substantial profits, which cannot be assured; and
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We are able to generate savings by improving the efficiency of our operations.
However, we anticipate that the total investment to launch our green foods business will be $15 million. We will need to raise a substantial amount of capital from equity or debt markets, or to borrow funds from local banks, in order to complete the construction of our hub and launch our new green foods business. Furthermore, if available liquidity is not sufficient to meet our operating requirements, our plans include considering pursuing financing arrangements or further reducing expenditures as necessary to meet our cash requirements. However, there is no assurance that, if required, we will be able to raise additional capital or reduce discretionary spending to provide the required liquidity. Currently, the capital markets for small capitalization companies are difficult and banking institutions have become stringent in their lending requirements. Accordingly, we cannot be sure of the availability or terms of any third party financing.
At March 31, 2010, cash and cash equivalents were $1,815,756 , as compared to $1,987,616 at December 31, 2009. Our working capital decreased by $0.52 million to $1.01 million at March 31, 2010 from a working capital of $1.53 million at March 31, 2009.
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Cash Flow for three months ended March 31, 2010 as compared to the months ended March 31, 2009
The following table provides detailed information about our net cash flow for all financial statements periods presented in this report.
Cash Flow
(All amounts in thousands of U.S.
dollars)
Three Months Ended | ||||||
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2010 | 2009 | |||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | $ | (1,905 | ) $ | (235 | ) | |
Net cash (used in) investing activities | (2,293 | ) | (953 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | 1,116 | 1,123 |
Net cash provided by operating activities was approximately $1.91 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to $0.24 million in net cash used in operating activities in the three months ended March 31, 2009. The reason for this increase is that the Companys net income increased $1.83 million.
Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $3.29 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to $0.95 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009. The Company acquired one new land lease, for which our long-term prepayments totaled $3,291,350, during the three months ended March 31, 2010 by paying $2,954,901.
Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $1.12 million in the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $1.12 million in the three months ended March 31, 2009, reflecting the money we raised in private placements and related option exercises from August 2009 through March 2010.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires our management to make assumptions, estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported, including the notes thereto, and related disclosures of commitments and contingencies, if any. We have identified certain accounting policies that are significant to the preparation of our financial statements. These accounting policies are important for an understanding of our financial condition and results of operation. Critical accounting policies are those that are most important to the portrayal of our financial conditions and results of operations and require managements difficult, subjective, or complex judgment, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and may change in subsequent periods. Certain accounting estimates are particularly sensitive because of their significance to financial statements and because of the possibility that future events affecting the estimate may differ significantly from managements current judgments.
We believe the following critical accounting policies involve the most significant estimates and judgments used in the preparation of our financial statements.
Accounts Receivable Our policy is to maintain reserves for potential credit losses on accounts receivable. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer creditworthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment patterns to evaluate the adequacy of these reserves.
Inventories Inventories are valued at the lower of cost (determined on a weighted average basis) or market value. Management compares the cost of inventories with market value and an allowance is provided to reduce the value of inventories to their net market value.
Impairment We apply the provisions of ASC 360-10 (Originally issued as FAS No. 144).. ASC 360-10 requires that long-lived assets be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable through the estimated undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the assets. Whenever any such impairment exists, an impairment loss will be recognized for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value. We test long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment and intangible assets subject to periodic amortization, for recoverability at least annually or more frequently upon the occurrence of an event or when circumstances indicate that the net carrying amount is greater than its fair value. Assets are grouped and evaluated at the lowest level for their identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets. We consider historical performance and future estimated results in our evaluation of potential impairment, and then we compare the carrying amount of the asset to the future estimated cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset. If the carrying amount of the asset exceeds estimated expected undiscounted future cash flows, we measure the amount of impairment by comparing the carrying amount of the asset to its fair value. The estimation of fair value is generally measured by discounting expected future cash flows as the rate we utilize to evaluate potential investments. We estimate fair value based on the information available in making whatever estimates, judgments and projections are considered necessary.
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Revenue Recognition Our revenue recognition policies are in compliance with ASC 605 (Originally issued as Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 104). Sales revenue is recognized at the date of shipment to customers when a formal arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, the delivery is completed, no other significant obligations exist and collectability is reasonably assured. Payments received before all of the relevant criteria for revenue recognition are satisfied are recorded as unearned revenue. Discounts provided to customers by us at the time of sale are recognized as a reduction in sales as the products are sold. Discounts provided by vendors are not recognized as a reduction in sales provided the coupons are redeemable at any retailer that accepts coupons. Sales taxes are not recorded as a component of sales. The Cost of Goods Sold line item of the Consolidated Statements of Income includes product costs, net of discounts and allowances. Discounts provided to us by vendors at the time of purchase are recognized as a reduction in inventory cost as the products are delivered. All other costs, including warehousing costs, transportation costs; salaries, rent expense and depreciation expense, are shown separately in selling expenses or general and administrative expense in our consolidated statements of income.
Foreign Currency Translation We use United States dollars for financial reporting purposes. Our subsidiaries maintain their books and records in their functional currency - RMB, which is currency of China, where all of our operations are conducted. Such financial statements were translated into United States dollars in accordance with ASC 830 (Originally issued as Statement of Financial Accounts Standards (SFAS) No. 52, Foreign Currency Translation). According to the Statement, all assets and liabilities are translated at the current exchange rate on the balance sheet date, shareholders equity are translated at the historical rates and income statement items are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. The resulting translation adjustments are reported under other comprehensive income in accordance with ASC 220 (Originally issued as SFAS No. 130, Reporting Comprehensive Income) as a component of shareholders equity.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2009, the FASB issued ASC 105 (previously SFAS No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") - a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162), which has become the source of authoritative accounting principles generally accepted in the United States recognized by the FASB to be applied to nongovernmental entities.
In June 2009, the FASB issued ASC 860 (previously SFAS No. 166, Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets) , which requires additional information regarding transfers of financial assets, including securitization transactions, and where companies have continuing exposure to the risks related to transferred financial assets. SFAS 166 eliminates the concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity, changes the requirements for derecognizing financial assets, and requires additional disclosures. SFAS 166 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. The Company does not believe this pronouncement will impact its financial statements.
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In June 2009, the FASB issued ASC 810 (previously SFAS No. 167) for determining whether to consolidate a variable interest entity. These amended standards eliminate a mandatory quantitative approach to determine whether a variable interest gives the entity a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity in favor of a qualitatively focused analysis, and require an ongoing reassessment of whether an entity is the primary beneficiary. These amended standards were effective for us beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010, and have had no impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In August 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2009-05, which amends ASC Topic 820, Measuring Liabilities at Fair Value , which provides additional guidance on the measurement of liabilities at fair value. These amended standards clarify that in circumstances in which a quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not available, we are required to use the quoted price of the identical liability when traded as an asset, quoted prices for similar liabilities, or quoted prices for similar liabilities when traded as assets. If these quoted prices are not available, we are required to use another valuation technique, such as an income approach or a market approach. These amended standards were effective for us beginning in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009 and are not expected to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2009-13, "Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force)" which amends ASC 605-25, "Revenue Recognition: Multiple-Element Arrangements." ASU No. 2009-13 addresses how to determine whether an arrangement involving multiple deliverables contains more than one unit of accounting and how to allocate consideration to each unit of accounting in the arrangement. This ASU replaces all references to fair value as the measurement criteria with the term selling price and establishes a hierarchy for determining the selling price of a deliverable. ASU No. 2009-13 also eliminates the use of the residual value method for determining the allocation of arrangement consideration. Additionally, ASU No. 2009-13 requires expanded disclosures. This ASU will become effective for us for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified on or after April 1, 2011. Earlier application is permitted with required transition disclosures based on the period of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the application date and the impact of this standard on its financial statements.
In February 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-9 "Subsequent events (Topic 855)" Amendments to Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements. This update addresses certain implementation issues related to an entitys requirement to perform and disclose subsequent-events procedures, removes the requirement that public companies disclose the date of their financial statements in both issued and revised financial statements. According to the FASB, the revised statements include those that have been changed to correct an error or conform to a retrospective application of U.S. GAAP. The amendments were effective upon issuance of the update, except for the use of the issued date for conduit debt obligors. That amendment is effective for interim or annual periods ending after June 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on the Companys consolidated financial statements.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to an investor in our securities.
ITEM 3.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 4.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SECs rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including to our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
As required by Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, our management, including Mr. Fong, our Chairman, who is acting as our principal executive officer and Ms. Yong Qing Ma, our principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2010. Based on that evaluation, Mr. Fong and Ms. Ma concluded that as of March 31, 2010, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
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Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
During the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2010, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings, which arise, in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these, or other matters, may arise from time to time that may harm our business. We are currently not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims that we believe will have a material adverse affect on our business, financial condition or operating results.
ITEM 1A.
RISK FACTORS.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 2.
UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.
Other than as disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 12, 2010, there were no unregistered sales of equity securities by the Company during the first quarter of 2010.
ITEM 3.
DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.
None.
ITEM 4.
REMOVED AND RESERVED
Not Applicable.
ITEM 5.
OTHER INFORMATION.
No events occurred during the period covered by this Form 10-Q that were required to be disclosed in a report on Form 8-K during the period but not reported.
ITEM 6.
EXHIBITS.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this report or incorporated by reference:
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
SINO GREEN LAND CORPORATION | |
Date: May 17, 2010 | By: /s/ Anson Yiu Ming Fong |
Anson Yiu Ming Fong, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman | |
(Principal Executive Officer) | |
Date: May 17, 2010 | By: /s/ Yong Qing Ma |
Yong Qing Ma, Chief Financial Officer | |
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |