Smart Powerr Corp. - Quarter Report: 2008 March (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
x |
QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the
quarterly period ended March 31, 2008
OR
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the
transition period from
to
Commission
File No. 333-120431
China
Recycling Energy Corporation
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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90-0093373
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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429
Guangdong Road
Shanghai,
China 200001
People’s
Republic of China
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(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip
code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (011) 86-21-6336-8686
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes
x No ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant 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 ¨ Accelerated
filer ¨ Non-accelerated
filer ¨
Smaller
reporting company x
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes ¨ No x
The
number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock, as of March 31,
2008, was 25,015,089.
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CHINA
RECYCLING ENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
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AS
OF MARCH 31, 2008
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ASSETS
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CURRENT
ASSETS
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Cash
& cash equivalents
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$
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797,601
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Investment
in sales type leases, net
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1,093,493
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Interest
receivable
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239,165
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Advances
to suppliers
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2,566,320
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Prepaid
expenses
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227,086
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Inventory
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10,257,871
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Total
current assets
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15,181,536
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INVESTMENT
IN SALES TYPE LEASES, NET
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7,995,916
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PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT, net
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82,459
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CONSTRUCTION
IN PROGRESS
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997,293
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TOTAL
ASSETS
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$
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24,257,204
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LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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CURRENT
LIABILITIES
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Accounts
payable
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$
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2,317,275
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Tax
payable
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426,938
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Accrued
liabilities and other payables
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2,669,459
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Advance
from shareholder
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250,000
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Interest
payable
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187,672
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Convertible
notes, net of discount due to beneficial
conversion feature
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938,356
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Total
current liabilities
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6,789,700
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CONTINGENCIES
AND COMMITMENTS
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MINORITY
INTEREST
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15,699
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STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
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Common
stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares
authorized, 25,015,089 shares issued and
outstanding
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25,015
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Additional
paid in capital
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19,396,062
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Statutory
reserve
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855,677
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Accumulated
other comprehensive income
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1,792,986
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Accumulated
deficit
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(4,617,935
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)
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Total
stockholders' equity
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17,451,805
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TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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$
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24,257,204
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
CHINA
RECYCLING ENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
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FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH
31,
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2008
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2007
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(RESTATED)
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Net
sales
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$
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-
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$
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4,781,163
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Cost
of sales
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-
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(3,677,818
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)
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Gross
profit
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-
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1,103,345
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Interest
income on sales-type leases
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564,952
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50,236
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Total
operating income
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564,952
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1,153,581
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Operating
expenses
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General
and administrative expenses
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(648,610
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)
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(257,042
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)
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Total
operating expenses
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(648,610
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)
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(257,042
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)
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Income
(loss) from operations
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(83,658
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)
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896,539
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Non-operating
income (expenses)
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Other
income
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1,581
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-
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Interest
(expense) income
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(743,278
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)
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45
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Financial
expense
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(422
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)
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(95
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)
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Exchange
loss
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(11,189
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)
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-
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Total
non-operating expenses
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(753,308
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)
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(50
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)
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Income
(loss) before income tax
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(836,966
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)
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896,489
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Income
tax expense
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(50,947
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)
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(160,157
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)
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Net
income (loss) from continuing operations
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(887,913
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)
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736,332
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Income
from operations of discontinued component
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-
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23,105
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Minority
interest
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(27
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)
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-
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Net
income (loss)
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(887,940
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)
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759,437
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Other
comprehensive item
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Foreign
currency translation
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74,725
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(343,992
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)
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Comprehensive
Income (loss)
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$
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(813,215
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)
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$
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415,445
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Basic
weighted average shares outstanding
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25,015,089
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17,147,268
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Diluted
weighted average shares outstanding
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30,508,410
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17,147,268
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Basic
net earnings (loss) per share (1)
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$
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(0.04
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)
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$
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0.04
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Diluted
net earnings (loss) per share (1)
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$
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(0.04
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)
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$
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0.04
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(1) |
Basic
and diluted loss per share are the same due to anti-dilutive securities.
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
CHINA
RECYCLING ENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
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FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
MARCH
31,
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2008
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2007
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(RESTATED)
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CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
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Net
(loss) income
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$
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(887,940
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$
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759,437
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Adjustments
to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash
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provided
by (used in) operating activities:
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Depreciation
and amortization
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17
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-
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Amortization
of discount related to conversion
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feature
of convertible note
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623,288
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-
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Stock
option compensation expense
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325,155
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-
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Minority
interest
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27
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-
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(Increase)
decrease in current assets:
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Advances
to suppliers
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(192,463
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)
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471,646
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Interest
receivable
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(94,903
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)
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-
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Other
receivable
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1,622
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-
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Inventory
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-
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(1,301,848
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)
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Increase
(decrease) in current liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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(69,737
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2,331,984
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Unearned
revenue
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-
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263,786
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Advance
from customers
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-
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(142,743
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)
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Tax
payable
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(125,995
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)
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184,952
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Interest
payable
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124,658
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-
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Accrued
liabilities and other payables
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17,227
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1,794,773
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Net
cash (used in) provided by operating activities
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(279,044
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)
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4,361,987
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CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
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Investment
in sales-type leases
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282,188
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(4,618,779
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)
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Acquisition
of property & equipment
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(80,823
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)
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-
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Construction
in progress
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(977,299
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)
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(1,578
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)
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Net
cash used in investing activities
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(775,934
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)
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(4,620,357
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)
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CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
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Repayment
to management
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(72,826
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)
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-
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Advance
from shareholder
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250,000
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15,302
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Net
cash provided by financing activities
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177,174
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15,302
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EFFECT
OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGE ON CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS
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41,065
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2,007
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NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS
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(877,804
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)
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(243,068
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)
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CASH
& CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD
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1,634,340
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252,125
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CASH
& CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD
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$
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$797,601
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$
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11,064
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Supplemental
Cash flow data:
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Income
tax paid
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$
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127,336
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$
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35,281
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Interest
paid
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$
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-
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$
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-
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
CHINA
RECYCLING ENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
MARCH
31,
2008 (UNAUDITED)
1.
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
China
Recycling Energy Corporation (the “Company” or “CREG”) (formerly China Digital
Wireless, Inc.) was incorporated on May 8, 1980, under the laws of the State
of
Colorado. On September 6, 2001, the Company re-domiciled its state of
incorporation from Colorado to Nevada. The Company, through its subsidiary,
Shanghai TCH Data Technology Co., Ltd. (“TCH”), sells and leases energy saving
equipment. The businesses of mobile phone distribution and provision of pager
and mobile phone value-added information services were discontinued in 2007.
On
March 8, 2007, the Company changed its name to “China Recycling Energy
Corporation”.
Since
January 2007, the Company has gradually phased out and substantially scaled
down
most of its business of mobile phone distribution and provision of pager and
mobile phone value-added information services. In the first and second quarter
of 2007, the Company did not engage in any substantial transactions or activity
in connection with these businesses. On May 10, 2007, the Company ceased and
discontinued the businesses related to mobile phones and pagers. These
businesses are reflected in continuing operations for all periods presented
based on the criteria for discontinued operations prescribed by Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment
or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“SFAS 144”).
On
February 1, 2007, the Company’s subsidiary, TCH entered into two TRT Project
Joint-Operation Agreements (“Joint-Operation Agreement”) with Xi’an Yingfeng
Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (“Yingfeng”). TRT
is an
electricity generating system that utilizes the exhaust pressure and heat
produced in the blast furnace of a steel mill to generate electricity.
Yingfeng
is a joint stock company registered in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, the People’s
Republic of China (“PRC”), and engages in the business of designing, installing,
and operating TRT systems and sales of other renewable energy products. In
October 2007, the Company terminated both of the Joint-Operation Agreements
with
Yingfeng and became fully entitled to the rights, titles, benefits and interests
in the TRT Projects.
Under
one
of the Joint-Operation Agreements, TCH and Yingfeng jointly operated a top
gas
recovery turbine project (“TRT Project”) which designed, constructed, installed
and operated a TRT system and leased it to Zhangzhi Iron and Steel Holdings
Ltd.
(“Zhangzhi”). The total investment costs contributed by TCH were approximately
$1,426,000 (equivalent to Renminbi (“RMB”) 10,690,000). TCH provides various
forms of investments and properties into the TRT Project including cash,
hardware, software, equipment, major components and devices. The construction
of
the TRT Project was completed and put into operation in August 2007. In October
2007, the Company terminated the Joint-Operation Agreement with Yingfeng. TCH
became entitled to the rights, titles, benefits and interests in the Zhangzhi
TRT Project and receive a monthly rental payment of approximately $147,000
(equivalent to RMB 1,100,000) from Zhangzhi for a lease term of thirteen years.
At the end of the lease term, TCH will transfer the rights and titles of the
TRT
Project to Zhangzhi without cost.
Under
another Joint-Operation Agreement, TCH and Yingfeng jointly operated a TRT
Project which is to design, construct, install and operate a TRT system and
lease the TRT system to Xingtai Iron and Steel Company Ltd. (“Xingtai”). TCH
provides various forms of investments and properties into this TRT Project
including cash, hardware, software, equipment, major components and devices.
The
total estimated investment cost of this TRT Project were approximately
$3,900,000 (equivalent to RMB 30,000,000). The construction of the TRT Project
at Xingtai was completed and put into operation in February 2007. In October
2007, the Company terminated the Joint-Operation Agreement with Yingfeng. TCH
became fully entitled to all the rights, titles, benefits and interests of
the
Xingtai TRT Project and receive a monthly rental payment of approximately
$117,000 (equivalent to RMB 900,000) from Xingtai for a lease term of five
years. At the end of the lease term, TCH will transfer all the rights and titles
of the TRT Project to Xingtai without cost.
On
September 21, 2007, the Company’s subsidiary, TCH changed its name to “Shanghai
TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd.”
Except
as
indicated, amounts reflected in the consolidated financial statements or the
notes thereto relate to our continuing operations.
The
unaudited financial statements have been prepared by the Company,
pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”). The information furnished herein reflects all adjustments
(consisting of normal recurring accruals and adjustments) which are, in the
opinion of management, necessary to fairly present the operating results for
the
respective periods. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally
present in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been omitted
pursuant to such rules and regulations. These financial statements should
be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and footnotes
included in the Company’s audited financial statements. The results
for the three months ended March 31, 2008 are not necessarily indicative of
the
results to be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2008.
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis
of presentation
These
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
(“US GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim
period financial statements.
Basis
of consolidation
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CREG and, its
subsidiaries, Sifang Holdings, TCH, and TCH’s newly incorporated
subsidiaries Xi'an
TCH
Energy Tech Co., Ltd. (Xi’an TCH) and Xingtai Huaxin Energy Tech Co., Ltd.
(Huaxin). Xi’an TCH and Huaxin engage in the same business with TCH.
Substantially all of the Company's revenues are derived from the operations
of
TCH and its subsidiaries, which represent substantially all of the Company’s
consolidated assets and liabilities as of March 31, 2008. All significant
inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use
of estimates
In
preparing these consolidated financial statements, management makes estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities
in
the balance sheets and revenues and expenses during the period reported. Actual
results may differ from these estimates.
Cash
and cash equivalents
Cash
and
cash equivalents are carried at cost and represent cash on hand, demand deposits
placed with banks or other financial institutions and all highly liquid
investments with an original maturity of three months or less as of the purchase
date of such investments.
Accounts
receivable and concentration of credit risk
Accounts
receivable are recorded at the invoiced amounts and do not bear interest. The
Company extends unsecured credit to its customers in the ordinary course of
business but mitigates the associated risks by performing credit checks and
actively pursuing past due accounts. An allowance for doubtful accounts is
established and determined based on managements’ assessment of known
requirements, aging of receivables, payment history, the customer’s current
credit worthiness and the economic environment. As of March 31, 2008, the
Company had $nil accounts recievable.
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to credit risk consist
primarily of accounts receivable and other receivables. The Company does not
require collateral or other security to support these receivables. The Company
conducts periodic reviews of its clients' financial condition and customer
payment practices to minimize collection risk on accounts receivable.
The
operations of the Company are located in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company's
business, financial condition, and results of operations may be influenced
by
the political, economic, and legal environments in the PRC, as well as by the
general state of the PRC economy.
Inventory
Inventory
is valued at the lower of cost or market. Cost of work in progress and finished
goods comprises direct material cost, direct production cost and an allocated
portion of production overheads.
Property
and Equipment
Property
and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Expenditures
for maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred; additions, renewals and
betterments are capitalized. When property and equipment are retired or
otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed
from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is included in operations.
Depreciation of property and equipment is provided using the straight-line
method over the estimated lives ranging from 5 to 20 years as
follows:
Building
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20
years
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Vehicle
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2
- 5 years
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Office
and Other Equipment
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2
- 5 years
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Software
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2
- 3 years
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Impairment
of long-life assets
In
accordance with SFAS 144, the
Company reviews its long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment,
for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amounts of the assets may not be fully recoverable. If the total of
the
expected undiscounted future net cash flows is less than the carrying amount
of
the asset, a loss is recognized for the difference between the fair value and
carrying amount of the asset. There has been no impairment as of March 31,
2008.
Sales-type
leasing and related revenue recognition
The
Company leases TRT systems to Xingtai and Zhangzhi. The Company will transfer
all benefits, risks and ownership of the TRT systems to Xingtai and Zhangzhi
at
the end of each lease term. The Company’s investment in these projects is
recorded as a sales-type lease in accordance with SFAS No. 13, “Accounting for
Leases” and its various amendments and interpretations. The sales and cost of
goods sold is recognized at the point of sale. The investment in a sales-type
lease consists of the sum of the total minimum lease payments receivable less
unearned interest income. Unearned interest income is amortized as income over
the lease term to produce a constant periodic rate of return on the net
investment in the lease.
Cost
of good sold
Cost
of
revenue consists primarily of the purchase price of the two TRT machines, and
expenses incurred directly for project construction.
Income
Taxes
The
Company utilizes 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 bases 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 does not have any significant deferred tax assets or liability that
related to tax jurisdictions not covered by the tax holiday provided by Tax
Bureau of the PRC.
The
Company adopted the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”),
on January 1, 2007. As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, the Company
made a comprehensive review of its portfolio of tax positions in accordance
with
recognition standards established by FIN 48. As a result of the implementation
of Interpretation FIN 48, the Company recognized no material
adjustments
to liabilities or stockholders equity. When tax returns are filed, it is highly
certain that some positions taken would be sustained upon examination by the
taxing authorities, while others are subject to uncertainty about the merits
of
the position taken or the amount of the position that would be ultimately
sustained. The benefit of a tax position is recognized in the financial
statements in the period during which, based on all available evidence,
management believes it is more likely than not that the position will be
sustained upon examination, including the resolution of appeals or litigation
processes, if any. Tax positions taken are not offset or aggregated with other
positions. Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition
threshold are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than
50
percent likely of being realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing
authority. The portion of the benefits associated with tax positions taken
that
exceeds the amount measured as described above is reflected as a liability
for
unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying balance sheets along with any
associated interest and penalties that would be payable to the taxing
authorities upon examination.
Interest
associated with unrecognized tax benefits are classified as interest expense
and
penalties are classified in selling, general and administrative expenses in
the
statements of income. The adoption of FIN 48 did not have a material impact
on
the Company’s financial statements.
Statement
of Cash Flows
In
accordance with 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.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
SFAS
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 current assets
and
current liabilities qualifying as financial instruments are a reasonable
estimate of fair value.
Basic
and diluted earning per share (EPS)
Basic
earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing income available to common
shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for
the
period. Diluted EPS is computed similar to basic net income per share except
that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common
shares that would have been outstanding if the potential common shares had
been
issued and if the additional common shares were dilutive. Diluted net earning
per share is based on the assumption that all dilutive convertible shares and
stock options 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. The following table presents a
reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings per share:
Three
Months Ended March 31,
|
|||||||
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Net
(loss) income available to common stockholders
|
$
|
(887,940
|
)
|
$
|
759,437
|
||
Weighted
average shares outstanding - basic
|
25,015,089
|
17,147,268
|
|||||
Effect
of dilutive securities:
|
|||||||
Convertible
notes (1)
|
4,217,620
|
-
|
|||||
Options
granted (1)
|
1,275,701
|
-
|
|||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding - diluted
|
30,508,410
|
17,147,268
|
|||||
(Loss)
Earnings per share - basic
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
$
|
0.04
|
||
(Loss)
Earnings per share - diluted
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
$
|
0.04
|
||
(1) |
These
securities are anti-dilutive, therefore, basic and diluted loss per
share
are the same.
|
Foreign
Currency Translation and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The
Company’s functional currency is the RMB. For financial reporting purposes, RMB
has been translated into United States dollars (“USD”) as the reporting
currency. Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate in effect
at the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average
rate of exchange prevailing during the reporting period. Translation adjustments
arising from the use of different exchange rates from period to period are
included as a component of stockholders' equity as “Accumulated other
comprehensive income”. Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency
transactions are included in income. There has been no significant fluctuation
in the exchange rate for the conversion of RMB to USD after the balance sheet
date.
The
Company uses SFAS No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income”. Comprehensive
income is comprised of net income and all changes to the statements of
stockholders’ equity, except those due to investments by stockholders, changes
in paid-in capital and distributions to stockholders.
Segment
Reporting
SFAS
No.
131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information”
(“SFAS 131”) requires use of the
“management
approach” model for segment reporting. The management approach model is based on
the way a company's 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. SFAS 131 has no effect
on the Company's financial statements as substantially all of the Company's
operations are conducted in one industry segment. In addition, all of the
Company's assets are located in the PRC.
New
Accounting Pronouncements
Business
Combinations
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (Revised 2007), “Business
Combinations” (“SFAS 141R”). SFAS 141R will significantly change the accounting
for business combinations. Under SFAS 141R, an acquiring entity will be required
to recognize all the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a transaction
at
the acquisition-date fair value with limited exceptions. SFAS 141R will change
the accounting treatment for certain specific items, including:
·
|
Acquisition
costs will be generally expensed as
incurred;
|
·
|
Noncontrolling
interests (formerly known as “minority interests” - see SFAS No. 160
discussion below) will be valued at fair value at the acquisition
date;
|
·
|
Acquired
contingent liabilities will be recorded at fair value at the acquisition
date and subsequently measured at either the higher of such amount
or the
amount determined under existing guidance for non-acquired
contingencies;
|
·
|
In-process
research and development will be recorded at fair value as an
indefinite-lived intangible asset at the acquisition
date;
|
·
|
Restructuring
costs associated with a business combination will be generally expensed
subsequent to the acquisition date;
and
|
·
|
Changes
in deferred tax asset valuation allowances and income tax uncertainties
after the acquisition date generally will affect income tax
expense.
|
SFAS
141R
also includes a substantial number of new disclosure requirements. SFAS 141R
applies prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date
is
on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on
or
after December 15, 2008. Earlier adoption is prohibited. Accordingly, since
we are a calendar year-end company we will continue to record and disclose
business combinations following existing GAAP until January 1, 2009. We
expect SFAS 141R will have an impact on accounting for business combinations
once adopted but the effect is dependent upon acquisitions at that time.
Noncontrolling
Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements - An Amendment of ARB No.
51
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements - An Amendment of ARB No. 51” (“SFAS
160”). SFAS 160 establishes new accounting and reporting standards for the
noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a
subsidiary. Specifically, this statement requires the recognition of a
noncontrolling interest (minority interest) as equity in the consolidated
financial statements and separate from the parent’s equity. The amount of net
income attributable to the noncontrolling interest will be included in
consolidated net income on the face of the income statement. SFAS 160 clarifies
that changes in a parent’s ownership interest in a subsidiary
that do not result in deconsolidation are equity transactions if the parent
retains its controlling financial interest. In addition, this statement requires
that a parent recognize a gain or loss in net income when a subsidiary is
deconsolidated. Such gain or loss will be measured using the fair value of
the
noncontrolling equity investment on the deconsolidation date. SFAS 160 also
includes expanded disclosure requirements regarding the interests of the parent
and its noncontrolling interest. SFAS 160 are effective for fiscal years, and
interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after
December 15, 2008. Like SFAS 141R discussed above, earlier adoption is
prohibited. We have not completed our evaluation of the potential impact, if
any, of the adoption of SFAS 160 on our consolidated financial position, results
of operations and cash flows.
Employers’
Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an
Amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132R
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined
Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an Amendment of FASB Statements
No. 87, 88, 106, and 132R” (“SFAS 158”), which requires employers to recognize
the underfunded or overfunded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan
as
an asset or liability in its statement of financial position and to recognize
changes in the funded status in the year in which the changes occur through
accumulated other comprehensive income. Additionally, SFAS 158 requires
employers to measure the funded status of a plan as of the date of its year-end
statement of financial position. The new reporting requirements and related
new
footnote disclosure rules of SFAS 158 are effective for fiscal years ending
after December 15, 2006. We adopted the provisions of SFAS 158 for the year
ended 2006, and the effect of recognizing the funded status in accumulated
other
comprehensive income was not significant. The new measurement date requirement
applies for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008.
3.
NET INVESTMENT IN SALES-TYPE LEASES
Under
sales-type leases, TCH leased TRT systems to Xingtai and Zhangzhi with terms
of
five years and thirteen years, respectively. The components of the net
investment in sales-type leases as of March 31, 2008 are as follows:
Total
future minimum lease payments receivables
|
$
|
27,222,472
|
||
Less:
unearned interest income
|
(18,133,063
|
)
|
||
Net
investment in sales-type leases
|
9,089,409
|
|||
Current
portion
|
$
|
1,093,493
|
||
Noncurrent
portion
|
$
|
7,995,916
|
As
of
March 31, 2008, the future minimum rentals to be received on non-cancelable
sales-type leases are as follows:
Years
ending March 31,
|
|
|||
2009
|
$ |
3,323,776
|
||
2010
|
3,179,085
|
|||
2011
|
3,179,085
|
|||
2012
|
2,941,224
|
|||
2013
|
1,751,916
|
|||
Thereafter
|
12,847,386
|
|||
$
|
27,222,472
|
4.
INVENTORY
Inventory
at March 31, 2008 consisted of two equipments that will be used for TRT projects
in the amount of $10,257,871.
5.
CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS
Construction
in progress represents amount paid to an independent contractor for constructing
a Power Generation System for the total amount of approximately $13,700,000
(RMB
96,000,000). The construction project commenced in March, 2008, and will take
about 11 months to complete. Upon completion, the Company will sell the power
that is generated from this system to certain customers. (See Note
16.)
6.
TAX PAYABLE
At
March
31, 2008, tax payable was the income tax payable in the amount of
$426,938.
7.
ACCRUED LIABILITIES AND OTHER PAYABLES
Accrued
liabilities and other payables consisted of the following at
March
31, 2008:
|
|
|||
Other
payables
|
$
|
2,359,692
|
||
Employee
welfare payable
|
236,695
|
|||
Accrued
expenses
|
73,072
|
|||
$
|
2,669,459
|
Other
payables mainly consisted of (i) employee training and social insurance
payables; (ii) auditing and legal fees paid by a third party on behalf of the
Company, which will be repaid by the Company in the amount of $259,398; and
(iii) payable to Yingfeng for the cost of obtaining the ownership of two TRT
projects which was previously owned by Yinfeng in the amount of
$1,632,748.
8.
ADVANCE FROM SHAREHOLDER
Advance
from shareholder represented the interest free balances due to a director for
$250,000. The advance occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2008,
and
is repayable within the next twelve months.
9.
MINORITY INTEREST
Minority
interest represented a twenty percent (20%) equity interest in Huaxin. Huaxin
was incorporated in November 2, 2007, and engages in a similar business with
TCH. At March 31, 2008, the minority interest was $15,699.
10.
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Since
January 2007, the Company has gradually phased out and substantially scaled
down
most of its business of mobile phone distribution and provision of pager and
mobile phone value-added information services. In the first and second quarters
of 2007, the Company did not engage in any substantial transactions or activity
in connection with these businesses. On May 10, 2007, the Company ceased and
discontinued these businesses. Accordingly, the results of the discontinued
operations have been segregated from continuing operations. The discontinued
operations had an income of $23,105 for the quarter ended March 31, 2007. The
income represented the write down of deferred revenue generated from the
provision of pager value-added information services.
11.
CONVERTIBLE NOTES PAYABLE
On
November 16, 2007, the Company entered into a Stock and Notes Purchase Agreement
(“Purchase Agreement”) with Carlyle Asia Growth Partners III, L.P. (“CAGP”) and
CAGP III Co-Investment, L.P. (together with CAGP, the “Investors”). Under the
terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company sold to the Investors a 10% Secured
Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $5,000,000 (the “First
Note”). Additionally, the Purchase Agreement provides for two subsequent
transactions to be effected by the Company and the Investors, which include
(i)
the issuance by the Company and subscription by the Investors of a total of
4,066,706 shares of common stock of Company, at the price of $1.23 per share
for
an aggregate purchase price of approximately $5,000,000, and (ii) the issuance
and sale by the Company to the Investors of a 5% Secured Convertible Promissory
Note in the principal amount of $15,000,000 (the “Second Note”). The subsequent
transactions are contingent upon the satisfaction of certain conditions
specified in the Purchase Agreement, including entry into specified energy
and
recycling project contracts and the purchase of certain energy recycling
systems.
The
First
Note bears interest at 10% per annum and matures on November 16, 2009. The
principal face amount of the First Note, together with any interest thereon,
convert, at the option of the holders at
any
time on or prior to maturity, into shares of the Company’s common stock at an
initial conversion price of $1.23 per share (subject to anti-dilution
adjustments). The First Note is subject to mandatory conversion upon the
consummation of the aforementioned issuance and subscription of shares of the
Company’s common stock under the Purchase Agreement. As more fully described in
the First Note, the obligations of the Company under the First Note shall rank
senior to all other debt of the Company.
As
collateral for the First Note, the President and a major shareholder of the
Company pledged 9,653,471 shares of the Company’s common stock held by him to
secure the First Note.
The
First
Note was considered to have an embedded beneficial conversion feature because
the conversion price was less than the quoted market price at the time of the
issuance. Accordingly, the beneficial conversion feature of $5,000,000 was
recorded separately as an unamortized beneficial conversion feature based on
the
intrinsic value method per the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No.
00-27, “Application of EITF Issue No. 98-5, “Accounting for Convertible
Securities with Beneficial Conversion Features or Contingently Adjustable
Conversion Ratios,” to Certain Convertible Instruments (“EITF 00-27”). At March
31, 2008, the First Note is recorded in the balance sheet at face value less
the
unamortized beneficial conversion feature of $4,061,644.
Subsequently,
the Purchase Agreement was amended on April 29, 2009. See Note 17 below for
more
information.
12.
INCOME TAXES
Effective
January 1, 2008, the PRC government implemented a new corporate income tax
law
with a new maximum corporate income tax rate of 25%. The Company is governed
by
the Income Tax Law of the PRC concerning privately-run enterprises, which are
generally subject to tax at a statutory rate of 25% (33% prior to 2008) on
income reported in the statutory financial statements after appropriate tax
adjustments. The tax holiday, which is for manufacturing businesses involved
in
joint ventures, cooperative operations, and wholly foreign owned
entities in the Shanghai Pudong New District, provides that operating
income and other income are subject to a 15% income tax rate. In addition,
those companies that have operations over 10 years, after application by the
business and approved by the Tax Bureau, starting from the 1st profitable year,
have no income tax for the first two 2 years and there is a 50% discount on
the
income tax rate for the 3rd, 4th and 5th year.
The
Company’s subsidiaries generated substantially all of its net income from its
PRC operation. CREG’s effective income tax rates for 2008 and 2007 were 18% (15%
from the national government plus 3% from the local government) and 15%,
respectively. Shanghai TCH and its subsidiaries Xi’an TCH and Xingtai Huaxin
filed separate income tax returns. For the three months ended March 31, 2008
and
2007, Shanghai TCH had taxable income of $283,041 and $1,067,712, respectively;
and Xi’an TCH and Xingtai Huaxin had net loss of $34,173 and $0, respectively.
Net income of Shanghai TCH for the quarters ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 would
have been lower by approximately $19,000 and $192,000, if the Company did not
benefit from the income tax discount.
There
is
no income tax for companies domiciled in the Cayman Islands. Accordingly, the
Company's consolidated financial statements do not present any income tax
provisions related to Cayman Islands tax jurisdiction. For the three months
ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, Sifang Holdings Co. Ltd., a Cayman Islands
company, has net operating loss of $12,753 and $171,223 incurred in the
nontaxable jurisdiction.
The
Company is taxed in the US and has a net operating loss of approximately
$1,073,083 and $0 for three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
A 100% valuation allowance has been established due to the uncertainty of
its
realization.
The
following table reconciles the U.S. statutory rates to the Company’s effective
tax rate for the quarters ended March 31:
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
(Loss)
income before income taxes
|
$
|
(836,968
|
)
|
$
|
896,489
|
||
(Credit)
provision at US statutory rates
|
(284,569
|
)
|
304,806
|
||||
Tax
rate difference
|
(22,398
|
)
|
(10,677
|
)
|
|||
Effect
of tax holiday
|
(19,813
|
)
|
(192,188
|
)
|
|||
Effect
of tax on loss on nontaxable jurisdiction
|
4,336
|
58,216
|
|||||
Valuation
allowance
|
373,391
|
-
|
|||||
Tax
per financial statements
|
$
|
50,947
|
$
|
160,157
|
|||
13.
STOCK-BASED
COMPENSATION PLAN
On
November 13, 2007, the Company approved the 2007 Non-statutory Stock Option
Plan
(the “2007 Plan”), and granted stock options with an aggregate amount of
3,000,000 shares of stock at $1.23 per share to acquire the Company's common
stock at par value $0.001 to twenty (20) managerial and non-managerial employees
under the 2007 Plan.
The
vesting terms of options granted under the 2007 Plan is subject to the
Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreements for managerial and non-managerial
employees. For managerial employees, no more than 15% of the total stock options
shall vest and become exercisable on the six month anniversary of the grant
date. An additional 15% and 50% of the total stock options shall vest and become
exercisable on the first and second anniversary of the grant date, respectively.
The remaining 20% of the total stock options shall vest and become exercisable
on the third anniversary of the grant date. For non-managerial employees, no
more than 30% of the total stock options shall vest and become exercisable
on
the first anniversary of the grant date. An additional 50% of the total stock
options shall vest and become exercisable on the second anniversary of the
grant
date. The remaining 20% of the total stock options shall vest and become
exercisable on the third anniversary of the grant date. Each stock option shall
become vested and exercisable over a period of no longer than five years from
the grant date.
Based
on
the fair value method under SFAS No. 123(Revised) “Share-Based Payment” (SFAS
123(R)”), the fair value of each stock option granted is estimated on the date
of the grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The Black-Scholes
option pricing model has assumptions for risk free interest rates, dividends,
stock volatility and expected life of an option grant. The risk free interest
rate is based upon market yields for United States Treasury debt securities
at a
maturity near the term remaining on the option. Dividend rates are based on
the
Company’s dividend history. The stock volatility factor is based on the
historical volatility of the Company’s stock price. The expected life of an
option grant is based on management’s estimate as no options have been exercised
in the Plan to date. The fair value of each option grant to employees is
calculated by the Black-Scholes method and is recognized as compensation expense
over the vesting period of each stock option award. For stock options issued
during the year ended December 31, 2007, the fair value was estimated at
the date of grant using the following range of assumptions:
The
options vest over a period of three years and have a life of 5 years, volatility
of 100%, risk free interest rate of 3.76%, and dividend yield of 0%. No estimate
of forfeitures was made as the Company has a short history of granting
options.
The
following table summarizes activity for employees in the Company’s Plan for the
quarter ended March 31, 2008:
Number
of Shares
|
Average
Exercise
Price
per Share
|
Weighed
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
in Years
|
||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2006
|
-
|
|||||||||
Granted
|
3,000,000
|
$
|
1.23
|
5.00
|
||||||
Exercised
|
-
|
|||||||||
Forfeited
|
-
|
|||||||||
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
3,000,000
|
$
|
1.23
|
4.87
|
Exercisable
at December 31, 2007
|
-
|
|||||||||
Granted
|
-
|
|||||||||
Exercised
|
-
|
|||||||||
Forfeited
|
-
|
|||||||||
Outstanding
at March 31, 2008
|
3,000,000
|
$
|
1.23
|
4.62
|
||||||
Exercisable
at March 31, 2008
|
-
|
The
weighted-average grant date fair value of stock options granted to employees
for
the quarter ended March 31, 2008 was $1.23 per share. The Company recorded
$325,155 of compensation expense for employee stock options during the quarter
ended March 31, 2008. At March 31, 2008, there was a total of
$3,850,644 of unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested share-based
compensation arrangements under the Plan that is expected to be recognized
over
a weighted average period of approximately three years. There were no options
exercised during the quarter ended March 31, 2008.
14.
STATUTORY RESERVES
Pursuant
to the new corporate law of the PRC effective January 1, 2006, the Company
is
now only required to maintain one statutory reserve by appropriating from its
after-tax profit before declaration or payment of dividends. The statutory
reserve represents restricted retained earnings.
Surplus
Reserve Fund
The
Company is required to transfer 10% of its net income, as determined under
PRC
accounting rules and regulations, to a statutory surplus reserve fund until
such
reserve balance reaches 50% of the Company’s registered capital.
The
surplus reserve fund is non-distributable other than during liquidation and
can
be used to fund previous years’ losses, if any, and may be utilized for business
expansion or converted into share capital by issuing new shares to existing
shareholders in proportion to their share holdings or by increasing the par
value of the shares currently held by them, provided that the remaining reserve
balance after such issuance is not less than 25% of the registered capital.
For
the quarter ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, the Company had transferred $23,209
and $93,066 to this reserve.
Common
Welfare Fund
The
common welfare fund is a voluntary fund that the Company can elect to transfer
from 5% to 10% of its net income to this fund. The Company did not make any
contribution to this fund for the quarters ended March 31, 2008 and
2007.
This
fund
can only be utilized on capital items for the collective benefit of the
Company’s employees, such as construction of dormitories, cafeteria facilities,
and other staff welfare facilities. This fund is non-distributable other than
upon liquidation.
15.
CONTINGENCIES
The
Company’s operations in the PRC are subject to specific considerations and
significant risks not typically associated with companies in North America
and
Western Europe. These include risks associated with, among others, the
political, economic and legal environments and foreign currency exchange. The
Company’ s results 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.
The
Company’s sales, purchases and expenses transactions are denominated in RMB and
all of the Company’s assets and liabilities are also denominated in RMB. The RMB
is not freely convertible into foreign currencies under the current law. In
China, foreign exchange transactions are required by law to be transacted only
by authorized financial institutions. Remittances in currencies other than
RMB
may require certain supporting documentation in order to affect the
remittance.
16.
COMMITMENTS
Zhangzhi
Steel New 1080 m3 Blast Furnace TRT Power Generator Project
In
March
2008, the Company signed an agreement with Zhangzhi Steel (“Zhangzhi”) for
Zhangzhi to purchase the electricity generated by our new TRT power generator
project at 0.385 RMB per kilo watt hour (“KWH”) for 13 years. The
Company
will
invest 25,000,000 RMB on this new 6 million watts capacity TRT power generator
project, including design, model selection, equipment purchase and installment,
construction and, management, maintenance and operation of the project after
putting it into production. The Company will use the Build-Operate-Transfer
model to build and operate the project. Under the Build-Operate-Transfer model
a
company will build and operate the facility during the contract term and charge
for fees and will transfer the facility to the leasee at the end of the term.
This system will be able to maintain 8,300 annual operating hours once it is
put
into operation. At March 31, 2008, this project has not commenced
operation.
Shenwei
Cement Pure Low Temperature Waste Heat Power Generator Project
In
November 2007, the Company signed a cooperative agreement with Shenwei Group
for
a Cement Waste Heat Power Generator Project. The Company will build two sets
of
12 million watts pure low temperature cement waste heat power generator systems
for its two 2500 tons
per
day cement
manufacturing lines in Jin Yang and its 5,000 tons per day cement manufacturing
line in Tong Chuan. The Company has finished the selection of equipment and
equipment bidding process, and has commenced construction during the first
quarter of 2008. The Company’s total investment will be approximately 96,000,000
RMB with estimated annual power generated capacity of 180,000,000 KWH once
the
two systems are put into operation. The Company will use the
Build-Operate-Transfer model to build and operate the systems. The operation
period for the systems will be 5 years. During the operation period, Shenwei
Group will pay the Company the monthly electricity fee based on the actual
power
generated by the systems at 0.4116 RMB per KWH as agreed.
17.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On
April
29, 2008, the Company entered into an Amendment to the Stock and Notes Purchase
Agreement with the Investors amending certain terms of the Stock and Notes
Purchase Agreement, dated November 16, 2007, between the Company and the
Investors (the “Agreement”).
Under
the
terms of the Amendment, (i) the Company issued and the Investor subscribed
for a
total of 4,066,706 shares of common stock of the Company, at the price of $1.23
per share for an aggregate purchase price of $5,002,048, as originally
contemplated under the Agreement; (ii) the Investors converted the principal
amount under the currently outstanding 10% Secured Convertible Promissory Note
in the principal amount of $5,000,000 (the “First Note”) (and waived any accrued
interest thereon) into 4,065,040 shares of common stock of the Company at the
conversion price per share of $1.23, pursuant to the terms and conditions of
the
First Note issued under the Agreement; unamortized discount on the first note
will be expensed in the second quarter as a result of the conversion of the
note; (iii) the Company issued and sold to the Investors a new 5% Secured
Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $5,000,000 to the
Investors (the “Second Note”); and (iv) the Company granted to the Investors an
option to purchase a 5% Secured Convertible Promissory Note in the principal
amount of $10,000,000, exercisable by the Investors at any time within nine
(9)
months following the date of the closing of the transactions contemplated by
the
Amendment (the “Option Note”).
The
Agreement had contemplated two subsequent transactions after issuance of the
First Note in November 2007, which transactions were restructured by the
Amendment. The two subsequent transactions that were to be effected by the
Company and the Investors, were (i) the issuance by the Company and subscription
by the Investors of a total of 4,066,706 shares of common stock of Company,
at
the price of $1.23 per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately
$5,000,000, and (ii) the issuance and sale by the Company to the Investors
of a
5% Secured Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $15,000,000.
The
Second Note bears interest at 5% per annum and matures on April 29, 2011. The
principal face amount of the Second Note, together with any interest thereon,
convert, at the option of the holders at any time on or after March 30, 2010
(or
such earlier date if the audited consolidated financial statements of the
Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009 are available prior to
March 30, 2010) and prior to maturity, into shares of the Company's common
stock
at an initial conversion price that is tied to the after-tax net profits of
the
Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009, as described in the Second
Note. The Second Note is subject to mandatory conversion upon the listing of
the
Company's common stock on the National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) main-board, the New York Stock Exchange or the
American Stock Exchange. As more fully described in the Second Note, the
obligations of the Company under the Second Note shall rank senior to all other
debt of the Company.
As
collateral for the First Note, Hanqiao Zheng, the President and a major
shareholder of the Company, pledged 9,653,471 of the shares of the Company's
common stock held by him to secure the First Note (the “Share Pledge
Agreement”). The Second
Note and the Option Note are both secured by a security interest granted to
the
Investors pursuant to the Share Pledge Agreement.
18.
2007 STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND CASH FLOW
The
amounts presented statements of operations and cash flows in the quarter ended
March 31, 2007 are the restated amounts for the quarter ended March 31, 2007
to
be filed on or about May 15, 2008 in the restated 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2007.
Note
Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This
quarterly report on Form 10-Q and other reports filed by the Company from time
to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively the “Filings”)
contain or may contain forward-looking statements and information that are
based
upon beliefs of, and information currently available to, the Company’s
management as well as estimates and assumptions made by the Company’s
management. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of
the
date hereof. When used in the filings, the words “anticipate”, “believe”,
“estimate”, “expect”, “future”, “intend”, “plan”, or the negative of these terms
and similar expressions as they relate to the Company or the Company’s
management identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the
current view of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to
risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors(including the risks
contained in the section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007) relating to the Company’s industry, the
Company’s operations and results of operations, and any businesses that the
Company may acquire. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties
materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual
results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated,
expected, intended, or planned.
Although
the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking
statements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future results, levels
of activity, performance, or achievements. Except as required by applicable
law,
including the securities laws of the United States, the Company does not intend
to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements
to
actual results. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various
disclosures made throughout the entirety of this quarterly report, which attempt
to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our
business, financial condition, results of operations, and
prospects.
Our
financial statements are prepared in US Dollars and in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. See “Exchange
Rates” below for information concerning the exchange rates at which Renminbi
(“RMB”) were translated into US Dollars (“USD”) at various pertinent dates and
for pertinent periods.
OVERVIEW
OF BUSINESS BACKGROUND
China
Recycling Energy Corporation (the “Company” or “CREG”) (formerly China Digital
Wireless, Inc.) was incorporated on May 8, 1980, under the laws of the State
of
Colorado. On September 6, 2001, the Company re-domiciled its state of
incorporation from Colorado to Nevada. The Company, through its subsidiary
Shanghai TCH Data Technology Co., Ltd. (“TCH”), is doing the business of selling
and leasing energy saving equipment. The businesses of mobile phone distribution
and provision of pager and mobile phone value-added information services were
discontinued in 2007. On March 8, 2007, the Company changed its name to “China
Recycling Energy Corporation”.
On
June
23, 2004, the Company entered into a stock exchange agreement with Sifang
Holdings Co. Ltd. (“Sifang Holdings”) and certain shareholders. Pursuant to the
stock exchange agreement, the Company issued 13,782,636 shares of its common
stock in exchange for a 100% equity interest in Sifang Holdings, making Sifang
Holdings a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Sifang Holdings was
established under the laws of the Cayman Islands on February 9, 2004 for the
purpose of holding a 100% equity interest in Shanghai TCH Data Technology Co.,
Ltd. (“TCH”). TCH was established as a foreign investment enterprise in Shanghai
under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) on May 25, 2004.
Since
January 2007, the Company has gradually phased out and substantially scaled
down
most of its business of mobile phone distribution and provision of pager and
mobile phone value-added information services. In the first and second quarters
of 2007, the Company did not engage in any substantial transactions or activity
in connection with these businesses. On May 10, 2007, the Company ceased and
discontinued the businesses related to mobile phones and pagers. These
businesses are reflected in continuing operations for all periods presented
based on the criteria for discontinued operations prescribed by Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment
or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”.
On
February 1, 2007, the Company’s subsidiary, TCH entered into two TRT Project
Joint-Operation Agreements (“Joint-Operation Agreement”) with Xi’an Yingfeng
Science and Technology Co., Ltd. (“Yingfeng”). Yingfeng is a joint stock company
registered in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, the PRC, and engages in the business of
designing, installing, and operating TRT systems and sales of other renewable
energy products. TRT is an electricity generating system that utilizes the
exhaust
pressure
and heat produced in the blast furnace of a steel mill to generate electricity.
In October 2007, the Company terminated the Joint-Operation Agreement with
Yingfeng and became fully entitled to the rights, titles, benefits and interests
in the TRT Projects.
On
September 21, 2007, the Company’s subsidiary, TCH changed its name to “Shanghai
TCH Energy Technology Co., Ltd.”.
Recent
Events for First Quarter of 2008
Zhangzhi
Steel New 1080 m3 Blast Furnace TRT Power Generator Project
In
March
2008, the Company signed an agreement with Zhangzhi Steel (“Zhangzhi”) for
Zhangzhi to purchase the electricity generated by our new TRT power generator
project at 0.385 RMB per kilo watt hour (“KWH”) for 13 years. The Company will
invest 25,000,000 RMB on this new 6 million watts capacity TRT power generator
project, including design, model selection, equipment purchase and installment,
construction and, management, maintenance and operation of the project after
putting it into production. The Company will use the Build-Operate-Transfer
model to build and operate the project. Under the Build-Operate-Transfer model
a
company will build and operate the facility during the contract term and charge
for fees and will transfer the facility to the leasee at the end of the term.
This system will be able to maintain 8,300 annual operating hours once it is
put
into operation
Shenwei
Cement Pure Low Temperature Waste Heat Power Generator Project
In
November 2007, the Company signed a cooperative agreement with Shenwei Group
for
a Cement Waste Heat Power Generator Project. The Company will build two sets
of
12 million watts pure low temperature cement waste heat power generator systems
for its two 2500 tons
per
day cement
manufacturing lines in Jin Yang and its 5,000 tons per day cement manufacturing
line in Tong Chuan. The Company has finished the selection of equipment and
equipment bidding process, and has commenced construction during the first
quarter of 2008. The Company’s total investment will be approximately 96,000,000
RMB with estimated annual power generated capacity of 180,000,000 KWH once
the
two systems are put into operation. The Company will use the
Build-Operate-Transfer model to build and operate the systems. The operation
period for the systems will be 5 years. During the operation period, Shenwei
Group will pay the Company the monthly electricity fee based on the actual
power
generated by the systems at 0.4116 RMB per KWH as agreed.
CRITICAL
ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
Our
management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results
of
operations are based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to
make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the
date
of the financial statements as well as the reported net sales and expenses
during the reporting periods. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates
and
assumptions. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various
other
factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results
of
which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets
and
liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results
may
differ from these estimates under different assumptions or
conditions.
While
our
significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2 to our
consolidated financial statements, we believe that the following accounting
policies are the most critical to aid you in fully understanding and evaluating
this management’s discussion and analysis.
Basis
of presentation
These
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
(“S GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim period financial statements.
Basis
of consolidation
The
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CREG and, its
subsidiaries, Sifang Holdings, TCH, and TCH’s newly incorporated subsidiaries
Xi'an TCH Energy Tech Co., Ltd. (Xi’an TCH) and Xingtai Huaxin Energy Tech Co.,
Ltd. (Huaxin). Xi’an TCH and Huaxin engage in the same business with TCH.
Substantially all of the Company's revenues are derived from the operations
of
TCH and its subsidiaries, which represent substantially all of the Company’s
consolidated assets and liabilities. All significant inter-company accounts
and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use
of estimates
In
preparing these consolidated financial statements, management makes estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities
in
the balance sheets and revenues and expenses during the year reported. Actual
results may differ from these estimates.
Accounts
receivable and concentration of credit risk
Accounts
receivable are recorded at the invoiced amounts and do not bear interest. The
Company extends unsecured credit to its customers in the ordinary course of
business but mitigates the associated risks by performing credit checks and
actively pursuing past due accounts. An allowance for doubtful accounts is
established and determined based on managements’ assessment of known
requirements, aging of receivables, payment history, the customer’s current
credit worthiness and the economic environment.
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to credit risk consist
primarily of accounts receivable and other receivables. The Company does not
require collateral or other security to support these receivables. The Company
conducts periodic reviews of its clients' financial condition and customer
payment practices to minimize collection risk on accounts
receivable.
The
operations of the Company are located in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company's
business, financial condition, and results of operations may be influenced
by
the political, economic, and legal environments in the PRC, as well as by the
general state of the PRC economy.
Inventory
Inventory
is valued at the lower of cost or market. Cost of work in progress and finished
goods comprises direct material cost, direct production cost and an allocated
portion of production overheads.
Property
and Equipment
Property
and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Expenditures
for maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred; additions, renewals and
betterments are capitalized. When property and equipment are retired or
otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed
from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is included in operations.
Depreciation of property and equipment is provided using the straight-line
method over the estimated lives ranging from 5 to 20 years as
follows:
Building
|
20
years
|
|||
Vehicle
|
2
- 5 years
|
|||
Office
and Other Equipment
|
2
- 5 years
|
|||
Software
|
2
- 3 years
|
Sales-type
leasing and related revenue recognition
The
Company leases TRT systems to Xingtai and Zhangzhi. The Company will transfer
all benefits, risks and ownership of the TRT systems to Xingtai and Zhangzhi
at
the end of each lease term. The Company’s investment in these projects is
recorded as a sales-type lease in accordance with SFAS No. 13, “Accounting for
Leases” and its various amendments and interpretations. The sales and cost of
goods sold is recognized at the point of sale. The investment in a sales-type
lease consists of the sum of the total minimum lease payments receivable less
unearned interest income. Unearned interest income is amortized as income over
the lease term to produce a constant periodic rate of return on the net
investment in the lease.
Foreign
Currency Translation and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The
Company’s functional currency is the RMB. For financial reporting purposes, RMB
has been translated into USD as the reporting currency. Assets and liabilities
are translated at the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date.
Revenues and expenses are translated at the average rate of exchange prevailing
during the reporting period. Translation adjustments arising from the use of
different exchange rates from period to period are included as a component
of
stockholders' equity as “Accumulated other comprehensive income”. Gains and
losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are included in income.
There has been no significant fluctuation in exchange rate for the conversion
of
RMB to USD after the balance sheet date.
The
Company uses SFAS No. 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income”. Comprehensive
income is comprised of net income and all changes to the statements of
stockholders’ equity, except those due to investments by stockholders, changes
in paid-in capital and distributions to stockholders.
NEW
ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Business
Combinations
In
December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS
No. 141 (Revised 2007), “Business Combinations” (“SFAS 141R”). SFAS 141R
will significantly change the accounting for business combinations. Under SFAS
141R, an acquiring entity will be required to recognize all the assets acquired
and liabilities assumed in a transaction at the acquisition-date fair value
with
limited exceptions. SFAS 141R will change the accounting treatment for certain
specific items, including:
·
|
Acquisition
costs will be generally expensed as
incurred;
|
·
|
Noncontrolling
interests (formerly known as “minority interests” - see SFAS No. 160
discussion below) will be valued at fair value at the acquisition
date;
|
·
|
Acquired
contingent liabilities will be recorded at fair value at the acquisition
date and subsequently measured at either the higher of such amount
or the
amount determined under existing guidance for non-acquired
contingencies;
|
·
|
In-process
research and development will be recorded at fair value as an
indefinite-lived intangible asset at the acquisition
date;
|
·
|
Restructuring
costs associated with a business combination will be generally expensed
subsequent to the acquisition date;
and
|
·
|
Changes
in deferred tax asset valuation allowances and income tax uncertainties
after the acquisition date generally will affect income tax
expense.
|
SFAS
141R
also includes a substantial number of new disclosure requirements. SFAS 141R
applies prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date
is
on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on
or
after December 15, 2008. Earlier adoption is prohibited. Accordingly, since
we are a calendar year-end company we will continue to record and disclose
business combinations following existing GAAP until January 1, 2009. We
expect SFAS 141R will have an impact on accounting for business combinations
once adopted but the effect is dependent upon acquisitions at that time.
Noncontrolling
Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements - An Amendment of ARB No.
51
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements - An Amendment of ARB No. 51” (“SFAS
160”). SFAS 160 establishes new accounting and reporting standards for the
noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a
subsidiary. Specifically, this statement requires the recognition of a
noncontrolling interest (minority interest) as equity in the consolidated
financial statements and separate from the parent’s equity. The amount of net
income attributable to the noncontrolling interest will be included in
consolidated net income on the face of the income statement. SFAS 160 clarifies
that changes in a parent’s ownership interest in a subsidiary
that do not result in deconsolidation are equity transactions if the parent
retains its controlling financial interest. In addition, this statement requires
that a parent recognize a gain or loss in net income when a subsidiary is
deconsolidated. Such gain or loss will be measured using the fair value of
the
noncontrolling equity investment on the deconsolidation date. SFAS 160 also
includes expanded disclosure requirements regarding the interests of the parent
and its noncontrolling interest. SFAS 160 are effective for fiscal years, and
interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after
December 15,
2008.
Like SFAS 141R discussed above, earlier adoption is prohibited. We have not
completed our evaluation of the potential impact, if any, of the adoption of
SFAS 160 on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and
cash
flows.
Employers’
Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an
Amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132R
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined
Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an Amendment of FASB Statements
No. 87, 88, 106, and 132R” (“SFAS 158”), which requires employers to recognize
the underfunded or overfunded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan
as
an asset or liability in its statement of financial position and to recognize
changes in the funded status in the year in which the changes occur through
accumulated other comprehensive income. Additionally, SFAS 158 requires
employers to measure the funded status of a plan as of the date of its year-end
statement of financial position. The new reporting requirements and related
new
footnote disclosure rules of SFAS 158 are effective for fiscal years ending
after December 15, 2006. We adopted the provisions of SFAS 158 for the year
ended 2006, and the effect of recognizing the funded status in accumulated
other
comprehensive income was not significant. The new measurement date requirement
applies for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
Comparison
of Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and March 31,
2007
The
following table sets forth the results of our operations for the periods
indicated as a percentage of net sales:
Three
Months Ended March 31
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||||||||
$
|
%
of Sales
|
$
|
%
of Sales
|
||||||||||
Sales
|
-
|
-
|
4,781,163
|
||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
-
|
-
|
(3,677,818
|
)
|
77
|
%
|
|||||||
Gross
profit
|
-
|
-
|
1,103,345
|
23
|
%
|
||||||||
Interest
income on sales-type lease
|
564,952
|
-
|
50,236
|
1
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
operating income
|
564,952
|
-
|
1,153,581
|
24
|
%
|
||||||||
Total
Operating expenses
|
(648,610
|
)
|
-
|
(257,042
|
)
|
5
|
%
|
||||||
Income
(loss) from operation
|
(83,658
|
)
|
-
|
896,539
|
19
|
%
|
|||||||
Total
non-operating expenses
|
(753,308
|
)
|
(50
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
Income
(loss) before income tax
|
(836,966
|
)
|
-
|
896,489
|
19
|
%
|
|||||||
Income
tax expense
|
(50,947
|
)
|
-
|
(160,157
|
)
|
3
|
%
|
||||||
Minority
interest
|
(27
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Income
from operations of discontinued component
|
-
|
-
|
23,105
|
-
|
|||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
(887,940
|
)
|
-
|
759,437
|
16
|
%
|
|||||||
SALES.
Net
sales for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 were $nil while our net sales for
the
quarter ended March 31, 2007, were approximately $4.78 million, a decrease
in
revenues of $4.78 million. We sell our equipment through sales-type leasing,
sales and cost of sales are recorded at the time of leasing, the interest income
of which is part of our revenue source in additional to sales revenue. We sold
one TRT system through sales-type leasing during the first quarter of 2007,
while we only had interest income from sales-type leasing during the first
quarter of 2008.
COST
OF SALES. Cost
of
sales for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 was $nil while our cost of sales
for
the quarter ended March 31, 2007, was approximately $3.68 million. The cost
of
sales in the first quarter of 2007 was the cost of a TRT system that was sold
through sales-type leasing. While in the first quarter of 2008, we did not
have
any sales or cost of sales.
GROSS
PROFIT.
Gross
profit was $nil for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 as compared to $1.10
million for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, representing gross margins of
approximately 0% and 23% for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. We sold one TRT system through sales-type leasing with gross
profit recognized during the first quarter of 2007, while we only had interest
income from sales-type leasing for the first quarter of 2008.
OPERATING
EXPENSES. Operating
expenses consisted of selling, general and administrative expenses totaling
approximately $648,819 for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 as compared to
$257,042 for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, an increase of approximately
$391,777 or 152%. This increase was mainly due to the compensation expense
amounting to $325,155 of the fair value of the options to employees that was
vested in the first quarter of 2008.
NET
INCOME (LOSS).
Our net
income (loss) for the quarter ended December 31, 2008 was $(887,940) as compared
to $759,437 net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, a decrease of
$1.65
million. This decrease in net income (loss) was mainly due to our non-operating
expenses of $753,308 for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, of which, $623,288
was the amortized beneficial conversion feature for the convertible note, and
$124,658 was accrued interest expense on the same convertible note.
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Three
months ended March 31, 2008 as compared to three months ended March 31,
2007
As
of
March 31, 2008 and 2007, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of
approximately $797,601 and $11,064, respectively. At March 31, 2008, other
current assets consisted of approximately $14 million and current liabilities
consisted of approximately $6.79 million, while other current assets were
approximately $2.33 million and current liabilities were approximately $5.58
million at March 31, 2007. Working capital amounted to $8.39 million at
March 31, 2008, compared to negative working capital of $(3.24) million at
March 31, 2007, an increase of $11.6 million. The ratio of current assets to
current liabilities was 2.24-to-1 at the quarter ended March 31, 2008, compared
to 0.42-to-1 at the quarter ended March 31, 2007. The increase in working
capital in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the first quarter of 2007
was
primarily due to obtaining a $5 million convertible note at the end of 2007.
The
increase in the current ratio in the first quarter of 2008 compared with the
first quarter of 2007, was primarily related to an increase in the current
portion of principal receivables on investment on sales-type leases, an advance
to suppliers and an increase in inventory level.
The
following is a summary of cash provided by or used in each of the indicated
types of activities during the three months ended March 31, 2008 and
2007:
2008
|
2007
|
||||||
Cash
provided by (used in):
|
|||||||
Operating
Activities
|
$
|
(279,044
|
)
|
$
|
4,361,987
|
||
Investing
Activities
|
(775,934
|
)
|
(4,620,357
|
)
|
|||
Financing
Activities
|
177,174
|
15,302
|
Net
cash
flow used in operating activities was $279,044 in the first quarter of
2008, as compared to net cash flow provided by operating activities of
$4,361,987 in the first quarter of 2007. The decrease in net cash inflows from
operating activities was mainly due to the net loss for the current quarter,
and
increased on our advance payment to suppliers and decreased on our accounts
payable, accrued liabilities, other payables and tax payable.
Net
cash
flow used in investing activities was $775,934 for the quarter ended March
31,
2008, as compared to net cash used in investing activities of $4.62 million
for
the quarter ended March 31, 2007. The decrease of net cash flow used in
investing activities was mainly due to a decrease in investment on
sales-type leases, which consisted of receivables for the total future minimum
lease payments net of unearned interests. For the quarter ended March 31, 2007,
we sold one TRT system through sales-type leasing, which increased our
investment on sales-type leases to $4,618,779.
Net
cash
flow provided by financing activities was $177,174 for the quarter ended March
31, 2008 as compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $15,302
for
the quarter ended March 31, 2007. The increase of net cash flow provided by
financing activities in the first quarter of 2008 was mainly due to the advance
from our shareholder for the amount of $250,000 during the first quarter of
2008.
We
believe we have sufficient cash to continue our current business throughout
2008
due to increased sales, interest revenue and net income from operating activity.
We
do not
believe that inflation had a significant negative impact on our results of
operations during 2008.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We
have
not entered into any other financial guarantees or other commitments to
guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. We have not entered
into
any derivative contracts that are indexed to our shares and classified as
stockholder’s equity or that are not reflected in our consolidated financial
statements. Furthermore, we do not have any retained or contingent interest
in
assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity that serves as credit, liquidity
or market risk support to such entity. We do not have any variable interest
in
any unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or
credit support to us or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development
services with us.
Contractual
Obligations
CONVERTIBLE
NOTES PAYABLE
On
November 16, 2007, we entered into a Stock and Notes Purchase Agreement
(“Purchase Agreement”) with Carlyle Asia Growth Partners III, L.P. (“CAGP”) and
CAGP III Co-Investment, L.P. (together with CAGP, the “Investors”). Under the
terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company sold to the Investors a 10% Secured
Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $5,000,000 (the “First
Note”). Additionally, the Purchase agreement provides for two subsequent
transactions to be effected by the Company and the Investors, which include
(i)
the issuance by the Company and subscription by the Investors of a total of
4,066,706 shares of common stock of Company, at the price of $1.23 per share
for
an aggregate purchase price of $5,000,000, and (ii) the issuance and sale by
the
Company to the Investors of a 5% Secured Convertible Promissory Note in the
principal amount of $15,000,000 (the “Second Note” and collectively with the
First Note, the “Notes”) (the foregoing transactions, together with sale and
purchase of the First Note, are hereinafter referred to as the “Offering”). The
subsequent transactions are contingent upon the satisfaction of certain
conditions specified in the Purchase Agreement, including entry into specified
energy and recycling project contracts and the purchase of certain energy
recycling systems.
The
First
Note bears interest at 10% per annum and matures on November 16, 2009. The
principal face amount of the First Note, together with any interest thereon,
convert, at the option of the holders at any time on or prior to maturity,
into
shares of the Company’s common stock at an initial conversion price of $1.23 per
share (subject to anti-dilution adjustments). The First Note is subject to
mandatory conversion upon the consummation of the aforementioned issuance and
subscription of shares of the Company’s common stock under the Purchase
Agreement. As more fully described in the First Note, the obligations of the
Company under the First Note shall rank senior to all other debt of the Company.
As
collateral for the First Note, the President and a major shareholder of the
Company pledged 9,653,471 of the shares of Company’s common stock held by him to
secure the First Note.
Subsequently,
on April 29, 2008, the Company entered into an Amendment to the Stock and Notes
Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment”) with the Investors amending certain terms
of the Purchase Agreement.
Under
the
terms of the Amendment, (i) the Company issued and the Investor subscribed
for a
total of 4,066,706 shares of common stock of the Company, at the price of $1.23
per share for an aggregate purchase price of $5,002,048, as originally
contemplated under the Purchase Agreement; (ii) the Investors converted the
principal amount under the currently outstanding 10% Secured Convertible
Promissory Note in the principal amount of $5,000,000 (the “First Note”) (and
waived any accrued interest thereon) into 4,065,040 shares of common stock
of
the Company at the conversion price per share of $1.23, pursuant to the terms
and conditions of the First Note issued under the Purchase Agreement;
unamortized discount on the first note will be expensed in the second quarter
as
a result of the conversion of the note; (iii) the Company issued
and
sold
to
the Investors a new 5% Secured Convertible Promissory Note in the principal
amount of $5,000,000 to the Investors (the “Second Note”); and (iv) the Company
granted to the Investors an option to purchase a 5% Secured Convertible
Promissory Note in the principal amount of $10,000,000, exercisable by the
Investors at any time within nine (9) months following the date of the closing
of the transactions contemplated by the Amendment (the “Option Note”).
As
discussed above, the Purchase Agreement had contemplated two subsequent
transactions after issuance of the First Note in November 2007, which
transactions were restructured by the Amendment. The two subsequent transactions
that were to be effected by the Company and the Investors, were (i) the issuance
by the Company and subscription by the Investors of a total of 4,066,706 shares
of common stock of Company, at the price of $1.23 per share for an aggregate
purchase price of approximately $5,000,000, and (ii) the issuance and sale
by
the Company to the Investors of a 5% Secured Convertible Promissory Note in
the
principal amount of $15,000,000.
The
Second Note bears interest at 5% per annum and matures on April 29, 2011. The
principal face amount of the Second Note, together with any interest thereon,
convert, at the option of the holders at any time on or after March 30, 2010
(or
such earlier date if the audited consolidated financial statements of the
Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009 are available prior to
March 30, 2010) and prior to maturity, into shares of the Company's common
stock
at an initial conversion price that is tied to the after-tax net profits of
the
Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009, as described in the Second
Note. The Second Note is subject to mandatory conversion upon the listing of
the
Company's common stock on the National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) main-board, the New York Stock Exchange or the
American Stock Exchange. As more fully described in the Second Note, the
obligations of the Company under the Second Note shall rank senior to all other
debt of the Company.
As
collateral for the First Note, Hanqiao Zheng, the President and a major
shareholder of the Company, pledged 9,653,471 of the shares of the Company's
common stock held by him to secure the First Note (the “Share Pledge
Agreement”). The Second Note and the Option Note are both secured by a security
interest granted to the Investors pursuant to the Share Pledge Agreement.
Not
Applicable.
Evaluation
of disclosure controls and procedures
Prior
to
the conclusion of the period covered by this report, we carried out an
evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management,
including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the
effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and
procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13(a)-14(c). Based upon that
evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded
that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting
them to information relating to us (including our consolidated subsidiaries)
required to be included in our periodic SEC filings.
Changes
in internal control over financial reporting
Management
has previously disclosed in the Company’s Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007, that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
was subject to certain material weaknesses and set forth the Company’s planned
steps to address these weaknesses. During the quarter ended March 31, 2008,
the
Company made the following changes in its internal controls over financial
reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting:
·
|
Reorganized
the accounting and finance department and hired additional accounting
and
operations personnel with adequate experience, skills and knowledge
relating to complex, non-routine transactions;
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·
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Engaged
a new accounting firm that has experience working with U.S. public
companies;
|
·
|
Hired
a Certified Public Accountant with expertise in U.S accounting principles
to prepare the Company’s annual report and quarterly
reports;
|
·
|
Established
a complete management system based upon the Company’s internal accounting
process to ensure that internal control over financial reporting
is
effective; and
|
·
|
Established
an
internal audit system with a senior accountant serving as the Company's
internal auditor.
|
The
Company is not currently involved in any material pending legal
proceedings.
Not
applicable.
None.
None.
None.
None.
Exhibit
Number
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Description
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).*
|
|||
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).*
|
|||
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).*
|
|||
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350.*
|
|||
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350.*
|
|||
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350.*
|
|||
* |
Filed
herewith.
|
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.
CHINA
RECYCLING ENERGY CORPORATION
(Registrant)
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||
|
|
|
Date:
May 15, 2008
|
|
/s/
Hanqiao Zheng
|
|
|
Hanqiao
Zheng
President
and Chairman of the Board
|
|
|
|
Date:
May 15, 2008
|
|
/s/
Guangyu Wu
|
|
|
Guangyu
Wu
Chief
Executive Officer
|
|
|
|
Date:
May 15, 2008
|
|
/s/
Mingda Rong
|
|
|
Mingda
Rong
Chief
Financial Officer
|
Exhibit
Number
|
Description
|
||
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).*
|
|||
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).*
|
|||
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).*
|
|||
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350.*
|
|||
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350.*
|
|||
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350.*
|
|||
* |
Filed
herewith.
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