Troops, Inc. /Cayman Islands/ - Annual Report: 2009 (Form 10-K)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K
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Annual
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
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For the
fiscal year ended ___________.
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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 December 31, 2008 to June 30, 2009.
Commission
File Number: 000-53122
HAMBRECHT
ASIA ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman
Islands
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N/A
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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Incorporation
or Organization)
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Identification
No.)
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13/F
Tower 2
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New
World Tower
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18
Queens Road Central
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Hong
Kong
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
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852-2801-5383
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(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area
Code)
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common
Stock, $0.001 par value
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(Title
of Class)
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Common
Stock Purchase Warrants
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(Title
of Class)
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Units
consisting of one share of Common Stock and one
Common
Stock Purchase Warrant
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(Title
of Class)
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Indicate
by check mark whether registrant is a well-known secured issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨ No x
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes x No ¨
Indicate by
check mark whether the registrant (1)
has filed all reports required to be filed
by Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such
reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this
chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ¨
No ¨
Indicate
by check mark if
disclosure of delinquent filers in response to
Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and
will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in
definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by
reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K x.
Indicate
by check mark whether registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company.
Large
Accelerated filer ¨
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Accelerated
filer ¨
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Non-accelerated
filer ¨
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Smaller
reporting company x
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes x No ¨.
State the
aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by
nonaffiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was
last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the
last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal
quarter: $39,416,688.
There
were 5,299,125 shares of the Registrant’s common stock issued and outstanding as
of January 21, 2010
Index
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Part
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Item
1. Business
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1A. Risk Factors
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1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
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2. Properties
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3. Legal Proceedings
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4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Part
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5. Market for Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities.
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6. Selected Financial Data
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7. Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
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7A. Quantative and Qualative Disclosures About Market Risk
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8. Financial Statements and Supplemental Data
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9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure
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9A(T). Controls and Procedures
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9B. Other Information
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Part
III
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Item
10. Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate
Governance
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11. Executive Compensation
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12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and
Related Shareholder Matters
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13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Directors
Independence
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14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
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Part
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15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
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SIGNATURES
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PART
I
ITEM
1. BUSINESS
Overview
Hambrecht
Asia Acquisition Corp. (“we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company”) is a Cayman Islands
blank check company formed on July 18, 2007 to complete a business combination
with one or more operating businesses that have its or their primary operations
in the PRC. Our efforts in identifying a prospective target business will not be
limited to a particular industry. We intend to effect a business
combination using cash from the proceeds of our initial public offering and the
private placements of the sponsors’ warrants, our capital stock, debt or a
combination of cash, stock and debt. On March 7, 2008, we completed a private
placement of 1,550,000 warrants (“Founder Warrants”). On March 12, 2008, we
consummated our initial public offering of 4,000,000 units. On March 31, 2008,
the underwriters of our initial public offering exercised their over-allotment
option for a total of an additional 239,300 units (over and above the 4,000,000
units sold in the initial public offering) for an aggregate offering of
4,239,300 units (together the “IPO”). Each unit consists of one share
of common stock and one redeemable common stock purchase warrant, resulting in a
total of 4,239,300 common shares (“IPO Shares”) and 4,239,300 warrants (“IPO
Warrants”) which are publicly held. The units were sold at an offering price of
$8.00 per unit and the Founder Warrants we sold at an offering price of $1.00
per warrant, generating total gross proceeds of $35,464,400. Broadband Capital
Management LLC acted as lead underwriter.
The net
proceeds from the IPO and private placement, after deducting certain offering
expenses of approximately $2,784,873 (including underwriting discounts of
approximately $2,374,008), were approximately
$32,679,527. Approximately $33,527,396 (or approximately $7.91 per
IPO Share) of the proceeds from the IPO and the private placement was placed in
a trust account for our benefit, which includes $1,187,004 of the underwriter’s
compensation which will be paid to them only in the event of a business
combination. The remaining $339,135 was not placed in the trust
account. We will not be able to access the amounts held in the trust
account until we consummate a business combination, except for up to $700,000
(plus up to an additional $350,000 if approved by our shareholders in connection
with the extension of the period in which we must complete our initial business
combination to March 12, 2011) in interest earned on the funds in the trust
account, which may be released from the trust to us to be used for working
capital. As of June 30, 2009, there was approximately $33,799,000 held in the
trust account (or approximately $7.92 per IPO Share), and approximtely $286,000
of interest eanred on the trust account balance had been released to us for
working capital purposes.
Investment
Opportunities in China
Opportunities
for market expansion have emerged for businesses with operations in China due to
certain changes in the PRC’s political, economic and social policies as well as
certain fundamental changes affecting the PRC and his neighboring countries. We
believe that China represents both a favorable environment for making
acquisitions and an attractive operating environment for a target business for
several reasons, including:
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prolonged
economic expansion within China, including gross domestic product growth
of approximately 16.5% on average over the last 25 years, including 17.7%
in 2004, 15.0% in 2005 and 14.7% in 2006 (National Bureau of Statistics of
China) (China Statistical Yearbook – 2007,
http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2007/indexeh.htm, viewed February 24,
2009);
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increased
government focus within China on privatizing assets, improving foreign
trade and encouraging business and economic
activity;
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the
recent entry of China into the World Trade Organization, the sole global
international organization dealing with the rules of trade between
nations, which may lead to a reduction on tariffs for industrial products,
a reduction in trade restrictions and an increase in trading with the
United States.
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We
believe that these factors and others should enable us to acquire a target
business with growth potential on favorable terms.
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Effecting
a Business Combination
We intend
to utilize the cash proceeds of the IPO and the private placement, our capital
securities, debt or a combination of these as the consideration to be paid in a
business combination. While substantially all of the net proceeds of the IPO are
allocated to completing a business combination, the proceeds are not otherwise
designated for more specific purposes. If the business combination is paid for
using equity or debt securities, we may apply the cash released to us from the
trust account for general corporate purposes, including for maintenance or
expansion of operations of the acquired business or businesses, the payment of
principal or interest due on indebtedness incurred in consummating our initial
business combination, to fund the purchase of other companies, or for working
capital. We may engage in a business combination with a company that does not
require significant additional capital but is seeking a public trading market
for its shares and that wants to merge with an already public company to add the
experience of the public company’s management team to its company and to avoid
the risk that market conditions will not be favorable for an initial public
offering at the time this offering is ready to be sold, despite the fact that
merging with us would require similar disclosures and, potentially, a similar
timeframe as an initial public offering. We may seek to effect a business
combination with more than one target business, although our limited resources
may serve as a practical limitation on our ability to do so.
Prior to
consummation of a business combination, we will seek to have all vendors,
prospective target businesses or other entities that we may engage, which we
refer to as potential contracted parties or a potential contracted party,
execute agreements with us waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any
kind in or to any monies held in the trust account for the benefit of our public
shareholders. There is no assurance that we will be able to get waivers from our
vendors and there is no assurance that such waivers will be enforceable by
operation of law or that creditors would be prevented from bringing claims
against the trust. In the event that a potential contracted party were to refuse
to execute such a waiver, we will execute an agreement with that entity only if
our management first determines that we would be unable to obtain, on a
reasonable basis, substantially similar services or opportunities from another
entity willing to execute such a waiver. Examples of instances where we may
engage a third party that refused to execute a waiver would be the engagement of
a third party consultant whose particular expertise or skills are believed by
management to be superior to those of other consultants that would agree to
execute a waiver or a situation where management does not believe it would be
able to find a provider of required services willing to provide the waiver. If
we are unable to complete a business combination and are forced to dissolve and
liquidate, each of our pre-initial public offering shareholders other than
Stephen N. Cannon, will, by agreement, be personally liable (each in an amount
proportional to the number of shares owned as compared to both of them as a
group, except that John Wang and Robert Eu will indemnify us for the portion of
the indemnification obligation attributable to the portion of our shares owned
by Stephen N. Cannon) to ensure that the proceeds in the trust account are not
reduced by the claims of prospective target businesses, vendors or other
entities that are owed money by us for services rendered or products sold to us.
Under these circumstances, our board of directors would have a fiduciary
obligation to our shareholders to bring a claim against each of our pre-initial
public offering shareholders other than Stephen N. Cannon to enforce their
liability obligation.
Subject
to the requirement that a target business or businesses have a fair market value
of at least 80% of the balance in the trust account (excluding deferred
underwriting discounts and commissions of $1,187,004 and taxes payable) at the
time of our initial business combination, we have virtually unrestricted
flexibility in identifying and selecting one or more prospective target
businesses.
We focus
on potential target businesses with valuations between $70 million and $150
million. We believe that our available working capital, together with the
issuance of additional equity and/or the issuance of debt, would support the
acquisition of such a target business. The mix of additional equity and/or debt
would depend on many factors. The proposed funding for any such business
combination would be disclosed in the proxy statement relating to the required
shareholder approval.
After
completion of the IPO, we began contacting investment bankers, private equity
firms and other business contacts in order to generate ideas about a suitable
business combination. We also received unsolicited inquiries from several
investment banking firms, private equity firms and other business
intermediaries. We informed these contacts that we were seeking an operating
business for our initial business combination. We have not retained
an investment banking firm or fairness or valuation advisor to conduct a formal
search for a business combination. Criteria for suitability included our
management’s assessment of the competitive strengths and weaknesses of the
potential business targets, the strength of the management team, and the quality
of the assets to be acquired.
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We may
pay fees or compensation to third parties for their efforts in introducing us to
potential target businesses. We may seek to engage someone to assist in finding
a potential target business if our management feels that they need assistance to
find a suitable target business. If a finder approaches us on an unsolicited
basis, our management would decide whether to work with that finder (and pay a
finders’ fee) depending on the potential target business such finder proposes.
Such payments are typically, although not always, calculated as a percentage of
the dollar value of the transaction. We have not anticipated use of a particular
percentage fee, but instead will seek to negotiate the smallest reasonable
percentage fee consistent with the attractiveness of the opportunity and the
alternatives, if any, that are then available to us. We may make such payments
to entities we engage for this purpose or entities that approach us on an
unsolicited basis. Payment of finders’ fees is customarily tied to consummation
of a transaction and certainly would be tied to a completed transaction in the
case of an unsolicited proposal. Although it is possible that we may pay
finders’ fees in the case of an uncompleted transaction, we consider this
possibility to be extremely remote. In no event will we pay any of our directors
or officers or any entity with which they are affiliated any finder’s fee or
other compensation for services rendered to us prior to or in connection with
the consummation of a business combination. In addition, none of our officers or
directors will receive any finder’s fee, consulting fees or any similar fees
from any person or entity in connection with any business combination involving
us. Following such business combination, however, our officers or directors may
receive compensation or fees including compensation approved by the board of
directors for customary director’s fees for our directors that remain following
such business combination. Our directors have advised us that they will not take
an offer regarding their compensation or fees following a business combination
into consideration when determining which target businesses to
pursue.
We
anticipate structuring a business combination to acquire 100% of the equity
interests or assets of the target business. We may, however, structure a
business combination to acquire less than 100% of such interests or assets of
the target business but will not acquire less than a controlling interest (which
would be greater than 50% of the voting securities of the target business). If
we acquire only a controlling interest in a target business or businesses, the
portion of such business that we acquire must have a fair market value equal to
at least 80% of the amount in the trust account, (excluding deferred
underwriting discounts and commissions and taxes payable), as described above.
If we determine to simultaneously acquire several businesses and such businesses
are owned by different sellers, we will need for each of such sellers to agree
that our purchase of his business is contingent on the simultaneous closings of
the other acquisitions, which may make it more difficult for us, and delay our
ability, to complete the business combination. With multiple acquisitions, we
could also face additional risks, including additional burdens and costs with
respect to possible multiple negotiations and due diligence investigations (if
there are multiple sellers) and the additional risks associated with the
subsequent integration of the operations and services or products of the
acquired companies in a single operating business.
In recent
months, there has been severe volatility and overall significant declines in the
international capital markets and a freezing of the international credit markets
that together have led to severe constraints in private flows of capital and an
acutely negative impact on the operating results of companies in a wide range of
industries and geographic sectors. Declining valuations of potential
target businesses and uncertainty regarding the future may make it more
difficult for us to reach agreement on a business combination that satisfies our
requirements and the lack of available credit sources may adversely impact our
ability to structure a transaction in the most advantageous
manner. In addition, certain of our shareholders may experience
pressure to vote against any business combination that we may propose in order
to liquidate their investment and free up their capital, without regard to the
merits of any such transaction.
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Government
regulations
Government
regulations relating to foreign exchange controls
The
principal regulation governing foreign exchange in China is the Foreign Currency
Administration Rules (IPPS), as amended. Under these rules, the Renminbi,
China’s currency, is freely convertible for trade and service related foreign
exchange transactions (such as normal purchases and sales of goods and services
from providers in foreign countries), but not for direct investment, loan or
investment in securities outside of China without the prior approval of the
State Administration for Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) of China. Foreign investment
enterprises (“FIEs”) are required to apply to the SAFE for “Foreign Exchange
Registration Certificates for FIEs.” Following a business combination, involving
a change of equity ownership of a PRC operating entity or through contractual
arrangements with a PRC operating entity our subsidiary will likely be an FIE as
a result of our ownership structure. With such registration certificates, which
need to be renewed annually, FIEs are allowed to open foreign currency accounts
including a “basic account” and “capital account.” Currency translation within
the scope of the “basic account,” such as remittance of foreign currencies for
payment of dividends, can be effected without requiring the approval of the
SAFE. However, conversion of currency in the “capital account,” including
capital items such as direct investment, loans and securities, still require
approval of the SAFE. This prior approval may delay or impair our ability to
operate following a business combination. On November 21, 2005, the SAFE issued
Circular No. 75 on “Relevant Issues Concerning Foreign Exchange Control on
Domestic Residents’ Corporate Financing and Roundtrip Investment Through
Offshore Special Purpose Vehicles.” Circular No. 75 confirms that the use of
offshore special purpose vehicles as holding companies for PRC investments are
permitted as long as proper foreign exchange registrations are made with the
SAFE.
Government
regulations relating to taxation
Prior to
January 1, 2008, the standard enterprise income tax rate was 33%, which
consisted of a 30% national income tax and a 3% local surcharge, for a company’s
domestic and overseas incomes.
A new tax
law, the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law (“New EIT Law”), took effect on January
1, 2008. Under the new tax law, companies are subject to a uniform
tax rate of 25%. The New EIT Law provides a five-year transition period starting
from its effective date for those enterprises which were established before the
promulgation date of the new tax law and which were entitled to a preferential
lower tax rate under the then-effective tax laws or regulations. The New EIT Law
significantly curtails tax incentives granted to foreign-invested enterprises
under the previous tax law. The New EIT Law, however, (i) reduces the top rate
of EIT from 33% to 25%, (ii) permits companies to continue to enjoy their
existing tax incentives, subject to certain transitional phase-out rules, and
(iii) introduces new tax incentives, subject to various qualification criteria.
The New EIT Law and its implementing rules permit certain “high and new
technology enterprises” to enjoy a reduced 15% EIT rate. Under the phase-out
rules, enterprises established before the promulgation date of the New EIT Law
and which were granted preferential EIT treatment under the then effective tax
laws or regulations may continue to enjoy their preferential tax treatments
until their expiration and will gradually transition to the uniform 25% EIT rate
over a five-year transition period.
Additionally, under the New EIT Law, an income tax
rate for dividends payable to non-PRC
investors and derived from sources within the PRC may be increased to 20%. It is
currently unclear in what circumstances a source will be considered as located
within the PRC.
The new tax law provides only a framework of the enterprise tax provisions, leaving many details on
the definitions of numerous terms as well as the interpretation and specific
applications of various provisions unclear and unspecified.
Competition
In
identifying, evaluating and selecting a target business for a business
combination, we may encounter intense competition from other entities having a
business objective similar to ours including other blank check companies,
private equity groups and leveraged buyout funds, and operating businesses
seeking acquisitions. Many of these entities are well established and have
extensive experience identifying and effecting business combinations directly or
through affiliates. Moreover, many of these competitors possess greater
financial, technical, human and other resources than us. While we believe there
are numerous potential target businesses with which we could combine, our
ability to acquire larger target businesses will be limited by our available
financial resources. This inherent limitation gives others an advantage in
pursuing the acquisition of a target business. Furthermore:
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our
obligation to seek shareholder approval of our initial business
combination or obtain necessary financial information may delay the
consummation of a transaction;
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our
obligation to redeem for cash ordinary shares held by our public
shareholders who vote against the business combination and exercise their
redemption rights may reduce the resources available to us for a business
combination;
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our
outstanding warrants, and the future dilution they potentially represent,
may not be viewed favorably by certain target businesses;
and
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the
requirement to acquire an operating business that has a fair market value
equal to at least 80% of the balance of the trust account at the time of
the acquisition (excluding deferred underwriting discounts and commissions
of $1,187,004 and taxes payable) could require us to acquire the assets of
several operating businesses at the same time, all of which sales would be
contingent on the closings of the other sales, which could make it more
difficult to consummate the business
combination.
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Any of
these factors may place us at a competitive disadvantage in successfully
negotiating a business combination.
Employees
We
currently have three officers. These individuals are not obligated to devote any
specific number of hours to our business and intend to devote only as much time
as they deem necessary to our business. We intend to hire employees and/or
consultants, possibly including certain full time employees and/or consultants,
in order to assist us in the search, due diligence for and consummation of a
business combination.
Enforcement
of Civil Liabilities
We are
registered under the laws of the Cayman Islands by way of continuation as an
exempted company with limited liability. We are registered in the Cayman Islands
because of certain benefits associated with being a Cayman Islands corporation,
such as political and economic stability, an effective judicial system, a
favorable tax system, the absence of foreign exchange control or currency
restrictions and the availability of professional and support services. However,
the Cayman Islands has a less developed body of securities laws as compared to
the United States and provides protections for investors to a significantly
lesser extent. In addition, Cayman Islands companies do not have standing to sue
before the federal courts of the United States.
Substantially
all of our assets are located outside the United States. In addition, a majority
of our directors and officers are nationals or residents of jurisdictions other
than the United States and all or a substantial portion of their assets are
located outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for
investors to effect service of process within the United States upon us or these
persons, or to enforce against us or them judgments obtained in United States
courts, including judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of
the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United States. It
may also be difficult for you to enforce in U.S. courts judgments obtained in
U.S. courts based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal
securities laws against us, our officers and directors.
We have
not appointed any agent to receive service of process with respect to any action
brought against us in the United States District Court for the Southern District
of New York under the federal securities laws of the United States or of any
state in the United States or any action brought against us in the Supreme Court
of the State of New York in the County of New York under the securities laws of
the State of New York.
We
believe that there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the Cayman Islands
or the PRC would, respectively, (1) recognize or enforce judgments of United
States courts obtained against us or our directors or officers predicated upon
the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or
any state in the United States, or (2) entertain original actions brought in the
Cayman Islands or the PRC against us or our directors or officers predicated
upon the securities laws of the United States or any state in the United
States.
ITEM
1A. RISK FACTORS
As a
smaller reporting company, we are not required to include this information in
our transition report on Form 10-K.
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1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
As a
smaller reporting company, we are not required to include this information in
our transition report on Form 10-K.
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2. PROPERTIES
We
currently maintain our executive offices at 13/F Tower 2, New World Tower, 18
Queens Road Central, Hong Kong. The cost for this space is included in the
$7,500 per-month fee paid to Hambrecht Eu Capital Management LLC, an affiliate
of Robert Eu, for office space, administrative services and secretarial support.
We believe, based on rents and fees for similar services in Hong Kong, that the
fees that will be charged by Hambrecht Eu Capital Management LLC is at least as
favorable as we could have obtained from unaffiliated persons.
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3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
There is
no litigation currently pending or threatened against us or any of our directors
in their capacity as such.
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4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
No
matters were submitted to a vote of our shareholders during the quarter ended
June 30, 2009.
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PART
II
ITEM
5. MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY, RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF
EQUITY SECURITIES.
Market
Price Information
The
shares of our common stock, warrants and units are traded on the OTC Bulletin
Board, or OTCBB, under the symbols “HMAQF,” “HMAWF” and “HMAUF,” respectively.
Each unit consists of one ordinary share and one warrant. Each warrant entitles
the holder to purchase one ordinary share at a price of $5.00 commencing on the
later of our consummation of a business combination or one year from the date of
the IPO prospectus, provided in each case that there is an effective
registration statement covering the ordinary shares underlying the warrants in
effect. The warrants will expire five years from the date of the IPO, unless
earlier redeemed. Our common stock and warrants commenced to trade separately
from April 9, 2008.
The
following table sets forth, for the calendar quarters indicated, the quarterly
high and low bid information prices for our common stock, warrants and units as
reported on the OTCBB, such over the counter market quotation reflect
inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not
necessarily represent actual transactions.
Units
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Third
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$ | 7.65 | $ | 7.52 | $ | 7.98 | $ | 7.58 | $ | 0.16 | $ | 0.11 | ||||||||||||
Second
Quarter of 2009
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$ | 7.25 | $ | 7.25 | $ | 7.65 | $ | 7.35 | $ | 0.55 | $ | 0.05 | ||||||||||||
First
Quarter of 2009
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$ | 7.90 | $ | 7.00 | $ | 7.49 | $ | 7.10 | $ | 0.20 | $ | 0.05 | ||||||||||||
Fourth
Quarter of 2008
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$ | 7.15 | $ | 6.50 | $ | 7.00 | $ | 6.21 | $ | 0.42 | $ | 0.13 | ||||||||||||
Third
Quarter of 2008
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$ | 7.90 | $ | 7.60 | $ | 7.37 | $ | 6.85 | $ | 0.73 | $ | 0.50 | ||||||||||||
Second
Quarter of 2008
|
$ | 7.90 | $ | 7.60 | $ | 7.16 | $ | 6.95 | $ | 0.85 | $ | 0.60 | ||||||||||||
First
Quarter of 2008
|
$ | 8.15 | $ | 7.85 | - | - | - | - |
Number
of Holders of Common Stock.
The
number of holders of record of our Common Stock on January 21, 2010 was 10,
which does not include beneficial owners of our securities.
Dividends.
There
were no cash dividends or other cash distributions made by us during the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2009. Future dividend policy will be determined by our Board
of Directors based on our earnings, financial condition, capital requirements
and other then existing conditions. It is anticipated that cash dividends will
not be paid to the holders of our common stock in the foreseeable
future.
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Recent
Sales of Unregistered Securities.
On July
18, 2007, John Wang, Robert J. Eu and Stephen N. Cannon purchased an aggregate
of 1,150,000 of our ordinary shares (which includs 90,174 ordinary shares that
were subsequently redeemed because the underwriters did not fully exercise their
over-allotment option) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000. Mr. Cannon
subsequently transferred all of the shares he purchased to the Cannon Family
Irrevocable Trust, of which Mr. Cannon is the sole trustee. Such shares were
issued in connection with our organization pursuant to the exemption from
registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act as they were sold
in transactions not involving a public offering to a limited number of
sophisticated, wealthy individuals. No underwriting commissions or offering
discounts were paid with respect to such sales.
On
February 21, 2008, John Wang, Robert Eu and the Cannon Family Irrevocable Trust
transferred an aggregate of 463,334 shares to W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC, Shea
Ventures LLC, Marbella Capital Partners Ltd., AEX Enterprises Limited and the
Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust, each of which entities is an accredited investor
for an aggregate purchase price of $10,193.35 or $0.022 per share. All such
transfers were exempt from registration pursuant to Sections 4(1) and 4(2) of
the Securities Act, due to the limited number of individuals involved, their
status as accredited investors and transfer restrictions and legends on the
share certificates.
On March
7, 2008, AEX Enterprises Limited, W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC and the Hambrecht
1980 Revocable Trust, companies controlled by Elizabeth B. Hambrecht, wife of
Robert Eu, one of our founders and our Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary, and William R. Hambrecht, Mr. Eu’s father-in-law, Shea Ventures LLC,
a company controlled by Edmund H. Shea Jr. and Marbella Capital Partners Ltd., a
company controlled by John Wang, our Chief Executive Officer, agreed to invest
an aggregate of $1,550,000 in us in the form of private placement warrants to
purchase 1,550,000 ordinary shares at a price of $1.00 per warrant. Elizabeth B.
Hambrecht owns approximately 25% and William R. Hambrecht controls (through a
trust of which he is the trustee) approximately 38% of the voting shares of AEX
Enterprises Limited. William Hambrecht is a controlling person of the voting
shares of W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC and is the trustee of the Hambrecht 1980
Revocable Trust. The proceeds of the sale of the warrants were placed
in the trust account established for our benefit in connection with our
IPO.
On March
31, 2008, following the partial exercise of the over-allotment option by the
underwriters of the IPO, we cancelled an aggregate of 90,174 ordinary shares
held by Robert J. Eu, Cannon Family Irrevocable Trust and WR Hambrecht + Co.,
LLC.
On
December 21, 2008, AEX Enterprises Limited transferred an aggregate of 441,666
warrants to AEX Capital, LLC, for no consideration. Such transfer was exempt
from registration pursuant to Sections 4(1) and 4(2) of the Securities Act, due
to the limited number of individuals involved, their status as accredited
investors and transfer restrictions and legends on the share
certificates.
In each
of the foregoing sales of securities the purchasers were our officers and
directors or affiliates of our officers and directors and therefore had access
to all relevant information about us when choosing to invest in our securities.
As of January 21, 2010, these securities were held by the persons or entities as
set forth in the following table:
Name
|
Ordinary
Shares
|
Warrants
|
||||||
John
Wang
|
230,000 | 0 | ||||||
W.R.
Hambrecht + Co., LLC(1)
|
178,275 | 25,000 | ||||||
Cannon
Family Irrevocable Trust (2)
|
173,275 | 0 | ||||||
Robert
J. Eu
|
173,275 | 0 | ||||||
AEX
Enterprises Limited(3)
|
88,333 | 0 | ||||||
Hambrecht
1980 Revocable Trust(4)
|
88,333 | 441,667 | ||||||
Shea
Ventures LLC(5)
|
88,333 | 441,667 | ||||||
Marbella
Capital Partners Ltd.(6)
|
40,000 | 200,000 | ||||||
AEX
Capital, LLC(7)
|
0 | 441,666 | ||||||
Total:
|
1,059,824 | 1,550,000 |
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(1)
|
William
R. Hambrecht is the controlling person of W.R. Hambrecht + Co.,
LLC.
|
(2)
|
Mr.
Cannon is the sole Trustee of Cannon Family Irrevocable
Trust.
|
(3)
|
Elizabeth
B. Hambrecht, Robert Eu’s wife, and William R. Hambrecht control AEX
Enterprises Limited.
|
(4)
|
William
R. Hambrecht is the trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable
Trust.
|
(5)
|
Edmund
H. Shea Jr. is the controlling person of Shea Ventures
LLC.
|
(6)
|
John
Wang is the controlling person of Marbella Capital Partners
Ltd.
|
(7)
|
Elizabeth
B. Hambrecht, Robert Eu’s wife, and Robert J. Eu control AEX Capital,
LLC.
|
Repurchases
of Equity Securities.
None.
Use
of Proceeds
On March
7, 2008, we completed a private placement of 1,550,000 warrants. On March 12,
2008, we consummated our initial public offering of 4,000,000 units. On March
31, 2008, the underwriters of our initial public offering exercised their
over-allotment option for a total of an additional 239,300 units (over and above
the 4,000,000 units sold in the initial public offering) for an aggregate
offering of 4,239,300 units. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and
one redeemable common stock purchase warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder
to purchase from us one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $5.00.
The units were sold at an offering price of $8.00 per unit and the warrants we
sold at an offering price of $1.00 per warrant, generating total gross proceeds
of $35,464,400. Broadband Capital Management LLC acted as lead underwriter. The
securities sold in our initial public offering were registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 on a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-146147).
The Securities and Exchange Commission declared the registration statement
effective on March 7, 2008.
We
incurred a total of $2,374,008 in underwriting discounts and commissions, of
which $1,187,004 has been placed in the trust account. Such portion of the
underwriter’s compensation will only be paid to the underwriters in the event
that we consummate a business combination. The total expenses in connection with
the sale of our warrants in the private placement and the initial public
offering were $2,784,873.
After
deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and the offering expenses,
the total net proceeds to us from the private placement and the initial public
offering were approximately $32,679,527. Approximately $33,527,396 (or
approximately $7.91 per unit sold in our initial public offering) of the
proceeds from the initial public offering and the private placement was placed
in a Trust Account for our benefit and the remaining proceeds are available to
be used to provide for business, legal and accounting due diligence on
prospective business combinations and continuing general and administrative
expenses. The Trust Account contains $1,187,004 of the underwriter’s
compensation which will be paid to them only in the event of a business
combination. The amounts held in the trust account may only be used by us upon
the consummation of a business combination, except that we may use up to
$700,000 (or $1,050,000 if approved by our shareholders) of the interest earned
on the trust account to fund our working capital prior to a business
combination. As of June 30, 2009, there was $
33,838,155 held in the trust account, which includes deferred
underwriting fees of $1,187,004. Through June 30,
2009, approximately $286,000 of interest earned on the trust account balance has
been released to us for working capital purpose.
ITEM
6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
As a
smaller reporting company, we are not required to include this information in
our transition report on Form 10-K.
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ITEM
7. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
The
following discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements
and related notes contained herein and the information included in our other
filings with the SEC. This discussion includes “forward-looking statements”
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements
in this Transition Report on Form 10-K other than statements of historical fact
are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known
and unknown risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially
from those projected or assumed in such forward-looking statements. Among the
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are our being a
development stage company with no operating history, our dependence on key
personnel some of whom may join us following a business combination, our
personnel allocating their time to other businesses and potentially having
conflicts of interest with our business, our potentially being unable to obtain
additional financing to complete a business combination and the ownership of our
securities being concentrated. All forward-looking statements included in this
document are made as of the date of this report, based on information available
to us as of such date. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking
statement.
Overview
We are a
blank check company formed under the laws of the Cayman Islands on July 18,
2007. We were formed to acquire one or more operating businesses through a
merger, stock exchange, asset acquisition or similar business combination or
control through contractual arrangements having its primary operations in the
People’s Republic of China, or PRC. We will not seek to acquire a business with
its primary operations outside of the PRC.
The
company has entered into a letter of intent with a company for a business
combination. The target is a company with its principal business operations in
the People’s Republic of China. Pursuant to the Company’s Amended and
Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, the execution of the letter of
intent affords the Company a six-month extension for completion of a business
combination, until March 12, 2010 However if we anticipate that we will not be
able to consummate a business combination by March 12, 2010, we may seek
shareholder approval to extend the period of time to consummate a business
combination until March 12, 2011. In order to extend the period of March 12,
2011, (i) public shareholders must approve the extension and (ii) public
shareholders owning no more than one share less than 30% of the shares sold in
this offering may have exercised their redemption rights.
Results
of Operations for the Six Month Transition Period Ended June 30,
2009
We incurred a net loss of $87,677 for the six month
period ended June 30, 2009 due to both a decrease in the
interest earned on the Trust Account which did not exceed our expenses for the
period, and an increase in expenses related to professional services. Until we enter into a
business combination, we will not have any operating
revenues.
Overall, for the six month period ended June 30, 2009,
we incurred $25,002 of insurance expense from the amortization of our pre-paid
D&O insurance policy, $45,000 of rent expense and other operating costs of
$114,868.
For the six months ended June 30, 2009, our trust account earned interest of
$97,193 and our funds outside of the trust account did not earn interest
income.
Results
of Operations for the Six Month Period Ended June 30, 2008
We had a net gain of $11,449
for the six month period ended June 30,
2008.
Overall for six month period
ended June 30, 2008, we incurred $16,668 of insurance expense
from the
amortization of our pre-paid D&O insurance policy, $45,000 of rent expense and other
operating costs of $95,015.
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For the six months ended June 30, 2008, our
trust account earned interest of $173,106.
Results of Operations for the
Year Ended December 31, 2008
We reported net income
of $236,505 for the year ended December 31, 2008 due to interest earned on the
trust account. Until we enter into a business
combination, we will not have any operating revenues.
For the year ended
December 31, 2008, we incurred $37,503 of insurance expense from the
amortization of our pre-paid D&O insurance policy, $97,500 of rent,
administrative services and secretary support
expense and other operating costs of $132,384.
For the year ended
December 31, 2008, our trust account earned gross interest of
$510,361. $239,110 of this interest was withdrawn from the trust
account to fund working capital and $271,251 remained in the
trust account.
Results of Operations
for the Year Ended December 31, 2007
We reported a net loss
of $21,736 for the year ended December 31, 2007 due to start-up expenses. Until
we enter into a business combination, we will not have any operating
revenues.
For the year ended
December 31, 2007, we incurred $15,000 of rent as well as formation and
administrative costs of $6,736.
For the year ended
December 31, 2007, we did not earn any interest from our trust
account.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
On March
7, 2008, we completed a private placement of 1,550,000 warrants to
AEX Enterprises Limited, a company controlled by Elizabeth B. Hambrecht, wife of
Robert Eu, one of our founders and our Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary, and William R. Hambrecht, Robert Eu’s father-in-law, W.R. Hambrecht +
Co., LLC and the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust, each an entity controlled by
William Hambrecht, Shea Ventures LLC, a company controlled by Edmund H. Shea
Jr., and Marbella Capital Partners Ltd., a company owned by John Wang, our Chief
Executive Officer, and received net proceeds of $1,550,000. On March 12, 2008,
we consummated our initial public offering of 4,000,000 units. On March 31,
2008, the underwriters of our initial public offering exercised a portion of
their over-allotment option, for a total of an additional 239,300 units (over
and above the 4,000,000 units sold in the initial public offering) for an
aggregate offering of 4,239,300 units (collectively the “IPO”). Each unit in the
public offering consisted of one share of common stock and one redeemable common
stock purchase warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase from us one
share of our common stock at an exercise price of $5.00. Our common stock and
warrants started trading separately as of April 9, 2008.
The net
proceeds from the sale of our warrants and units, after deducting certain
offering expenses of approximately $2,784,873, including underwriting discounts
of approximately $2,374,008, were approximately $32,679,527. Approximately
$33,527,396 of the proceeds from the IPO and the private placement was placed in
a trust account for our benefit, which includes $1,187,004 of the underwriter’s
compensation which will be paid to them only in the event of a business
combination. The remaining $339,135 was not held in the trust account. Except
for up to $700,000 (plus up to and additional $350,000 if approved by our
shareholders in connection with the extension of the period in which we must
complete our initial business combination to March 12, 2011) in interest that is
earned on the funds contained in the trust account that may be released to us to
be used as working capital, we will not be able to access the amounts held in
the trust until we consummate a business combination. The amounts held outside
of the trust account are available to be used by us to provide for business,
legal and accounting due diligence on prospective acquisitions and continuing
general and administrative expenses. From July 18, 2007 (the date of our
inception) through June 30, 2009, we had operating expenses of $473,993. From
January 1, 2009 through June 30, 2009, we had operating expenses of $184,870.
The net proceeds deposited into the trust fund remain on deposit in the trust
account earning interest. Other than $700,000 (or $1,050,000 if approved by our
shareholders) in interest which we may use to fund working capital, the amounts
held in the trust account may only be used by us upon the consummation of a
business combination. As of December 31, 2008, we had 33,798,651 held in the
trust account and as of June 30, 2009 there was $33,838,155 held in the trust
account, which includes deferred underwriting fees of $1,187,004. Additionally,
as of June 30, 2009, we had $30,271 outside the trust account to fund our
working capital requirements. Through June 30, 2009, approximately $286,000 of
interest earned on the trust account balance has been released to us for working
capital purpose.
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We will
use substantially all of the net proceeds of our IPO to acquire one or more
target businesses, and will use a portion of the interest earned on the trust
account together with the funds not held in trust to identify and evaluate
prospective target businesses, to select one or more target businesses, and to
structure, negotiate and consummate the business combination. We do not believe
we will need to raise additional funds following our IPO in order to meet the
expenditures required for operating our business. However, we may need to raise
additional funds through a private offering of debt or equity securities if such
funds were required to consummate a business combination. Such debt securities
may include a working capital revolving debt facility or a longer term debt
facility. Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, we would only
consummate such financing simultaneously with the consummation of a business
combination.
Commencing
on November 15, 2007, we began incurring a fee of approximately $7,500 per month
for office space.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We have
never entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements and have never
established any special purpose entities. We have not guaranteed any debt or
commitments of other entities or entered into any options on non-financial
assets.
Contractual
Obligations
We do not
have any long term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations,
purchase obligations or other long term liabilities, except for our agreement
with Hambrecht Eu Capital Management LLC, an affiliate of Robert Eu, for office
space, administrative services and secretarial support pursuant to which we pay
a monthly fee of $7,500.
ITEM
7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Market
risk is the sensitivity of income to changes in interest rates, foreign
exchanges, commodity prices, equity prices, and other market-driven rates or
prices. We are not presently engaged in and, if a suitable business target is
not identified by us prior to the prescribed liquidation date of the trust fund,
we may not engage in, any substantive commercial business. Accordingly, we are
not and, until such time as we consummate a business combination, we will not
be, exposed to risks associated with foreign exchange rates, commodity prices,
equity prices or other market-driven rates or prices. The net proceeds of our
IPO held in the trust fund have been invested only in money market funds meeting
certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act
of 1940. Given our limited risk in our exposure to money market funds, we do not
view the interest rate risk to be significant.
ITEM
8. FINANCIAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
Financial
statements are attached hereto beginning with page F-1
ITEM
9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
None.
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ITEM
9A(T). CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
An
evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of
June 30, 2009 was made under the supervision and with the participation of our
management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective as
of the end of the period covered by this report.
Disclosure
Controls and Procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be
disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms. During
the most recently completed fiscal quarter, there has been no significant change
in our internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over
financial reporting.
Management’s
Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our
internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the
supervision of, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and
effected by our board of directors to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of our financial
statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. Internal control over financial reporting includes
policies and procedures that pertain to the maintenance of records that in
reasonable detail accurately reflect the transactions and dispositions of our
assets; provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary
to permit preparation of our financial statements in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being
made only in accordance with the authorization of our board of directors and
management; and provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that
could have a material effect on our financial statements.
Under the
supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an evaluation of the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the
criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this
evaluation under the criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated
Framework, our management concluded that our internal control over financial
reporting was effective as of June 30, 2009.
This
Transition Report does not include an attestation report of our registered
public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.
Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public
accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission that permit us to provide only management’s report in this Transition
Report.
ITEM
9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
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PART
III
ITEM
10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Directors
and Executive Officer
Our
current directors and executive officers are as follows:
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
||
John
Wang
|
39
|
Chief
Executive Officer, President and Director
|
||
Robert
J. Eu
|
46
|
Chairman
of the Board,
|
||
Hao
Wu
|
35
|
Chief
Financial Officer, Secretary and Director
|
||
Hong
Xiang Liu
|
44
|
Director
|
John Wang has been our Chief
Executive Officer, President and a director since our inception. Mr. Wang has
over twelve years of investment banking and consulting experience. Since
November 2004, Mr. Wang has been the Managing Director of Marbella Capital
Partners Ltd., a financial advisory firm based in Shanghai which he founded.
From January 2000 to November 2004, he helped develop and establish the U.S.
operations of SBI USA as Executive Vice President of SBI E2-Capital (HK) Limited
and was a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of SBI E2-Capital (USA)
Ltd. Prior to SBI, from 1997 to 1999, he managed Accenture Consulting’s Greater
China communications, media, and high tech strategy practice, where he acted as
consultant to China Mobile’s IPO in 1997, among other high profile projects.
From 1994 to 1997 he was also the lead telecom analyst covering Greater China
and Southeast Asia for Pyramid Research, a Cambridge Massachusetts based
emerging market telecom research firm that is part of the Economist Intelligence
Unit. Last year, he advised on four late-stage deals that closed, of which one
has already gone public in Hong Kong and another, Yingli Green Energy (NYSE:
YGE), completed its IPO and listing on the New York Stock Exchange on June 8,
2007. Mr. Wang currently sits on the Board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed
Wuyi International Pharmaceutical Company Limited (HKSE: 1889). Mr. Wang holds a
Bachelor of Arts degree in international relations from Tufts University and is
a graduate of the Washington International Studies Program at St. Catherine’s
College at Oxford University. He has an M.A.L.D. in international law and
business from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and is a graduate of the
Private Equity course at Harvard Business School.
Robert J. Eu has been our
Chairman of the Board, Secretary and director since our inception. He has been
our Chief Financial Officer since February 21, 2008. Since 1998, Mr. Eu has
served as a Managing Director for W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC (“WR Hambrecht +
Co”) a San Francisco-based investment bank. Mr. Eu founded WR Hambrecht + Co’s
investment banking practice in Asia in 2003. Prior to WR Hambrecht + Co, Mr. Eu
was a Managing Director of H&Q Asia Pacific from 1992 until 1998, an
affiliate of Hambrecht & Quist, where he co-founded its Hong Kong office and
China investment practice. In 1996, Mr. Eu led the buy-out and de-listing of Eu
Yang Sang (Hong Kong) Limited from the Hong Kong stock exchange and the company
is now listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX:EYSI). Mr. Eu has been a
director of Eu Yang Sang since 1997. In 1992, prior to working at H&Q Asia
Pacific, Mr. Eu was the Business Development Manager for Eu Yang Sang (Hong
Kong) Limited, a manufacturer and retailer of Traditional Chinese medicine. Mr.
Eu has been a director and the Chairman of AEX Enterprises Limited (“AEX
Enterprises”) since 2003. AEX Enterprises’ primary operating subsidiary is Boom
Securities (H.K.) Limited (“Boom Securities”). Boom Securities is a licensed
broker / dealer regulated by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong
Kong and headquartered in Hong Kong. Mr. Eu worked for Citibank from 1987 until
1992 in the Private Banking Group in Hong Kong. Mr. Eu is a graduate of
Northwestern University with a B.A. in History.
Hao Wu has been our Chief
Financial Officer, Secretary and Director since September 4, 2009. He has been
the Executive Vice President of Marbella Capital Partners, a boutique
California/Shanghai based investment and advisory company that focuses on
investing on Chinese deals in the growth and late stage, since January 2008.
Prior to that, he was the finance director in B&Q Holding Co. Ltd., a
leading home improvement retail company in China, from July 2006 until December
2007. Prior to B&Q, Mr. Wu worked for Fortune Tech group Co. Ltd. as the
finance director from March 2004 until June 2006. He started his career in
Unilever China as a management trainee. David holds a Bachelor of
Science degree from the management school of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Mr.
Wu is employed by Marbella Capital Partners, which is controlled by John Wang,
our Chief Executive Officer and a Director. Mr. Wu is not a party to any
transactions listed in Item 404(a) of Regulation S
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Hong Xiang Liu has been one of
our directors since September 4, 2009. He has been the director of Jiangsu
Performing Art & Culture Enterprises Inc. Ltd., a real estate developer in
China, Jiangsu province, since July 2007. Prior to this, he was the
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Tongda Energy Limited, a piped
gas provider & operator in 11 cities across China, from October 2002 until
July 2007. From 1988 to September 2002, Mr. Liu held various positions in China
Construction Bank. His last appointment was as Vice General manager
of the Enterprise Banking Department, China Construction Bank, Beijing Branch.
Mr. Liu received his Bachelor of Engineering (Infrastructure Management) from
Tianjin University and was accredited as a senior economist by China
Construction Bank in 1998. Mr. Liu is not a party to any
transactions listed in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Board
Committees
The board
of directors is currently composed of four individuals and we do not have any
committees, and, therefore, the entire board of directors performs the functions
of the Audit Committee. It is intended that the board of directors will
establish an Audit Committee upon the consummation of a business combination.
The board of directors will take all reasonable actions to ensure that one of
the members of the Audit Committee will be an “audit committee financial
expert,” as such term is defined in the rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission. We are currently listed on the OTC Bulletin Board and are therefore
not required to have a nominating committee or a compensation committee. We will
evaluate establishing such committees in the future. There have been no changes
to the procedures by which stockholders may recommend nominees to our board of
directors.
Code
of Ethics
We
currently do not have a formal code of ethics. Upon consummation of a business
combination, we intend to adopt a code of ethics that applies to our principal
executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or
controller or persons performing similar functions.
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act requires our directors, executive officers
and persons who own more than 10% of our common stock to file reports of
ownership and changes in ownership of our common stock with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Directors, executive officers and persons who own more than
10% of our common stock are required by Securities and Exchange Commission
regulations to furnish to us copies of all Section 16(a) forms they
file.
Based
solely on our review of such forms furnished to us and written representations
from certain reporting persons, we believe that all filing requirements
applicable to our executive officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial
owners were complied with during 2009.
Legal
Proceedings
John
Wang, our Chief Executive Officer and President, who had been named a defendant
in two lawsuits which were dismissed by the court in a summary judgement for the
defendants. John Wang had been named as a defendant along with two
other named individuals, SBI-USA, LLC, a U.S. investment firm, and several of
SBI-USA’s subsidiaries. The lawsuits alleged several claims, including violation
of federal civil RICO statutes, securities fraud, breach of escrow agreement and
breach of fiduciary duty. The plaintiffs generally alleged that SBI-USA, through
one of the other named defendants, breached the terms of an escrow agreement and
distributed shares of common stock held for the benefit of a third party to the
detriment of the plaintiffs. The complaints did not specify the damages sought
but one suit claimed damages in excess of $1,600,000 and the other includes
claims for damages in excess of $400,000. The first lawsuit was filed on June 8,
2007 and the second lawsuit was filed on December 7, 2007. Mr. Wang does not
know if any additional lawsuits will be filed. Mr. Wang and the other defendants
denied any wrongdoing in connection with the allegations in the
complaints. On March 14, 2008, the lawsuits were dismissed by the
court in a summary judgment for the defendants. The plaintiffs have
filed a notice of their intent to appeal, and to date have requested and
received extensions of time from the court to file a formal appeal brief, but
have yet to do so.
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ITEM
11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
We agreed
to pay Hambrecht Eu Capital Management LLC, an affiliate of Robert Eu, one of
our founders and our Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, and
Elizabeth B. Hambrecht, Mr. Eu’s wife, a total of $7,500 per month for office
space, administrative services and secretarial support for the period from
November 15, 2007 until the earlier of our consummation of a business
combination or our liquidation. This arrangement was agreed to by Hambrecht Eu
Capital Management LLC for our benefit and is not intended to provide Mr. Eu
compensation. We believe that such fees are at least as favorable as we could
have obtained from an unaffiliated third party.
Other
than the fees paid to Hambrecht Eu Capital Management LLC, we do not currently
pay any cash fees to our officers and directors, nor do we pay their expenses in
attending board meetings.
ITEM
12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The
following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our
ordinary shares as of January 21, 2010 by:
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§
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each
person known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our
outstanding ordinary shares;
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§
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each
of our officers and directors; and
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§
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all
our officers and directors as a
group.
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Unless
otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole
voting and investment power with respect to all ordinary shares beneficially
owned by them.
Number of Ordinary
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Approx.
Percentage
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|||||||
Shares
|
of Outstanding
|
|||||||
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)
|
Beneficially Owned
|
Ordinary Shares
|
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John
Wang(2)
|
270,000 | 5.1 | % | |||||
Robert
J. Eu(3)
|
261,608 | 4.9 | % | |||||
Stephen
N. Cannon(4)
|
173,275 | 3.3 | % | |||||
Hao
Wu
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— | — | ||||||
Hong
Xiang Liu
|
— | — | ||||||
William
R. Hambrecht(5)
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354,941 | 6.7 | % | |||||
W.R.
Hambrecht + Co., LLC(6)
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178,275 | 3.4 | % | |||||
Shea
Ventures LLC(7)
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88,333 | 1.7 | % | |||||
Marbella
Capital Partners Ltd.(8)
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40,000 | * | ||||||
AEX
Enterprises Limited(9)
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88,333 | 1.7 | % | |||||
Hambrecht
1980 Revocable Trust(10)
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88,333 | 1.7 | % | |||||
Loeb
Arbitrage Management, LLC(11)
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483,872 | 9.13 | % | |||||
HBK
Investments L.P. (12)
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423,900 | 8.0 | % | |||||
Integrated
Core Strategies (US) LLC (13)
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520,500 | 9.8 | % | |||||
Genesis
Capital Advisors LLC. (14)
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367,500 | 6.9 | % |
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Number of Ordinary
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Approx.
Percentage
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|||||||
Shares
|
of Outstanding
|
|||||||
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)
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Beneficially Owned
|
Ordinary Shares
|
||||||
Bulldog
Investors (15)
|
300,000 | 5.7 | % | |||||
Yarika
Partners, L.P. (16)
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284,225 | 5.4 | % | |||||
All
directors and executive officer as a group
(4
individuals)
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704,883 |
13.3
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% |
* Less
than 1%
(1).
Except as otherwise provided below, the address for each of our beneficial
owners is 13/F Tower 2, New World Tower, 18 Queens Road Central, Hong
Kong.
(2). The
number of shares beneficially owned includes the ordinary shares held by
Marbella Capital Partners.
(3).
Includes ordinary shares held by AEX Enterprises Limited.
(4). The
ordinary shares beneficially owned by Stephen N. Cannon are held by the Cannon
Family Irrevocable Trust, of which Mr. Cannon is the sole trustee.
(5).
Consists of ordinary shares held by W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC, AEX Enterprises
Limited and the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust.
(6).
William R. Hambrecht is the controlling person of W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC. Its
address is Pier 1, Bay 3, San Francisco, CA 94111.
(7).
Edmund H. Shea Jr. is the controlling person of Shea Ventures LLC. Its address
is P.O. Box 489, 655 Brea Canyon Rd. Walnut, CA 91788.
(8). John
Wang is the controlling person of Marbella Capital Partners Ltd.
(9).
Elizabeth B. Hambrecht, Robert Eu’s wife, and William R. Hambrecht control AEX
Enterprises Limited. Its address is Suite 802, 8/F AIA Tower, 183 Electric Road,
North Point, Hong Kong.
(10).
William R. Hambrecht is the trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust. Its
address is Pier 1, Bay 3, San Francisco, CA 94111.
(11). Based
on a 13G filed on November 10, 2009. The business address of Loeb
Arbirtage Management, LLC is 61 Broadway, 24th Floor, New York, NY
10006. Loeb Arbirtage Management, LLC is a registered investment
adviser. Loeb Arbirtage Management, LLC may invest on behalf of
itself and clients for which it has investment discretion. Loeb
Arbitrage Fund’s general partner is Loeb Arbitrage Management,
LLC. Loeb Offshore Fund Ltd.’s registered investment advisor is Loeb
Offshore Management, LLC.
(12). Based
on a 13G/A filed on January 28, 2009. The business address of HBK
Investments L.P. is 2101 Cedar Springs Road Suite 700, Dallas, TX
75201. HBK Investments L.P. has delegated discretion to vote and
dispose of the Securities to HBK Services LLC. HBK Services may, from
time to time, delegate discretion to vote and dispose of certain of the
securities to HBK New York LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, HBK
Virginia LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and/or HBK Europe Management
LLP, a limited liability partnership organized under the laws of the United
Kingdom (collectively, the “Subadvisors”). Each of HBK Services and
the Subadvisors is under common control with HBK Investments
L.P. Jamiel A. Akhtar, Richard L. Booth, David C. Haley, Lawrence H.
Lebowitz, and William E. Rose are each managing members of HBK Management
LLC.
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(13).
Based on a 13G/A filed on January 29, 2009. The business address of
Integrated Core Strategies (US) LLC is c/o Millennium Management, LLC 666 Fifth
Avenue 8th Floor, New York, NY 10103. Millennium Management LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“Millennium Management”), is the general
partner of the managing member of Integrated Core Strategies and may be deemed
to have shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by
Integrated Core Strategies. Israel A. Englander is the managing member of
Millennium Management. Consequently, Mr. Englander may also be deemed to have
shared voting control and investment discretion over securities owned by
Integrated Core Strategies.
(14).
Based on a 13G/A filed on February 17, 2009. The business address of
Genesis Capital Advisors LLC is 255 Huguenot Street, Suite 1103, New Rochelle,
NY 10801. Jaime Hartman, Ethan Benovitz and Daniel Saks
are the managing members of Genesis. As a result,
Messrs. Hartman, Benovitz and Saks may be deemed to have
shared voting control and
investment discretion over securities deemed
to be beneficially owned by Genesis.
(15).
Based on a 13G filed on August 1, 2008. The business address of
Bulldog Investors is Park 80 West, Plaza Two, Saddle Brook, NJ
07663. Phillip Goldstein and Andrew Dakos are principals of Bulldog
Investors.
(16).
Based on a 13G filed on October 21, 2009. The business address of
Yakira Parterns, L.P. is 991 Post Road East Westport, CT 06880. Mr.
Bruce M. Kallins is the managing member of Yakira Partners, L.P.
All
1,059,825 Founder Shares owned by our Founders have been placed in escrow with
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as escrow agent, pursuant to an
escrow agreement.
ITEM
13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTORS
INDEPENDENCE
On July
18, 2007, John Wang, Robert J. Eu and Stephen N. Cannon purchased an aggregate
of 1,150,000 of our ordinary shares (which includs 90,174 ordinary shares that
we redeemed on March 31, 2008 because the IPO underwriters did not exercise
their over-allotment option in full) for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000.
Mr. Cannon subsequently transferred all of the shares he purchased to the Cannon
Family Irrevocable Trust, of which Mr. Cannon is the sole trustee.
On
February 21, 2008, John Wang, Robert Eu and the Cannon Family Irrevocable Trust
transferred an aggregate of 463,334 shares to W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC, Shea
Ventures LLC, Marbella Capital Partners Ltd., AEX Enterprises Limited and the
Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust, each of which entities is an accredited investor
for an aggregate purchase price of 10,193.35 or $0.022 per share.
On March
7, 2008, AEX Enterprises Limited, W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC and the Hambrecht
1980 Revocable Trust, companies controlled by Elizabeth B. Hambrecht, wife of
Robert Eu, one of our founders and our Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary, and William R. Hambrecht, Mr. Eu’s father-in-law, Shea Ventures LLC,
a company controlled by Edmund H. Shea Jr. and Marbella Capital Partners Ltd., a
company controlled by John Wang, our Chief Executive Officer, agreed to invest
an aggregate of $1,550,000 in us in the form of private placement warrants to
purchase 1,550,000 ordinary shares at a price of $1.00 per warrant. Elizabeth B.
Hambrecht owns approximately 25% and William R. Hambrecht controls (through a
trust of which he is the trustee) approximately 38% of the voting shares of AEX
Enterprises Limited. William Hambrecht is a controlling person of the voting
shares of W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC and is the trustee of the Hambrecht 1980
Revocable Trust. The proceeds of the sale of the warrants were placed
in the trust account established for our benefit in connection with our
IPO.
On March
31, 2008, following the partial exercise of the over-allotment option by the
underwriters of the IPO, we cancelled an aggregate of 90,174 ordinary shares
held by Robert J. Eu, Cannon Family Irrevocable Trust and WR Hambrecht + Co.,
LLC.
On
December 21, 2008, AEX Enterprises Limited transferred an aggregate of 441,666
warrants to AEX Capital, LLC, for no consideration. Such transfer was exempt
from registration pursuant to Sections 4(1) and 4(2) of the Securities Act, due
to the limited number of individuals involved, their status as accredited
investors and transfer restrictions and legends on the share
certificates.
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In each of the foregoing sales of securities the purchasers were
our officers and directors or affiliates of our officers and directors and
therefore had access to all relevant information about us when choosing to
invest in our securities. As of January 21, 2010, these securities were held by
the persons or entities as set forth in the following table:
Name
|
Ordinary Shares
|
Warrants
|
||||||
John
Wang
|
230,000 | 0 | ||||||
W.R.
Hambrecht + Co., LLC(1)
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178,275 | 25,000 | ||||||
Cannon
Family Irrevocable Trust (2)
|
173,275 | 0 | ||||||
Robert
J. Eu
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173,275 | 0 | ||||||
AEX
Enterprises Limited(3)
|
88,333 | 0 | ||||||
Hambrecht
1980 Revocable Trust(4)
|
88,333 | 441,667 | ||||||
Shea
Ventures LLC(5)
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88,333 | 441,667 | ||||||
Marbella
Capital Partners Ltd.(6)
|
40,000 | 200,000 | ||||||
AEX
Capital, LLC(7)
|
0 | 441,666 | ||||||
Total:
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1,059,824 | 1,550,000 |
(1)
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William
R. Hambrecht is the controlling person of W.R. Hambrecht + Co.,
LLC.
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(2)
|
Mr.
Cannon is the sole Trustee of Cannon Family Irrevocable
Trust.
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(3)
|
Elizabeth
B. Hambrecht, Robert Eu’s wife, and William R. Hambrecht control AEX
Enterprises Limited.
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(4)
|
William
R. Hambrecht is the trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable
Trust.
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(5)
|
Edmund
H. Shea Jr. is the controlling person of Shea Ventures
LLC.
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(6)
|
John
Wang is the controlling person of Marbella Capital Partners
Ltd.
|
(7)
|
Elizabeth
B. Hambrecht, Robert Eu’s wife, and Robert J. Eu control AEX Capital,
LLC.
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Pursuant
to a registration rights agreement between us and our pre-initial public
offering shareholders and warrant holders such shareholders and warrant holders
will be entitled to certain registration rights. Specifically, (i) the private
placement warrants and the underlying ordinary shares will be entitled to
certain registration rights immediately after the consummation of a business
combination; and (ii) the ordinary shares will be entitled to certain
registration rights one year from the consummation of a business combination. We
are only required to use our best efforts to cause a registration statement
relating to the resale of such securities to be declared effective and, once
effective, only to use our best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the
registration statement. The holders of warrants do not have the rights or
privileges of holders of our ordinary shares or any voting rights until such
holders exercise their respective warrants and receive ordinary shares. Certain
persons and entities that receive any of the above described securities from our
founders will, under certain circumstances, be entitled to the registration
rights described herein. We will bear the expenses incurred in connection with
the filing of any such registration statements. In the event that we breach our
obligations under the registration rights agreement, we could be obligated to
purchase the securities owned by our pre-initial public offering shareholders
for the then fair market value of the securities.
We agreed
to pay Hambrecht Eu Capital Management LLC, an affiliate of Robert Eu, one of
our founders and our Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, and
Elizabeth Hambrecht, Mr. Eu’s wife, a total of $7,500 per month for office
space, administrative services and secretarial support for the period from
November 15, 2007 until the earlier of our consummation of a business
combination or our liquidation. This arrangement was agreed to by Hambrecht Eu
Capital Management LLC for our benefit and is not intended to provide Mr. Eu
compensation. We believe that such fees are at least as favorable as we could
have obtained from an unaffiliated third party.
We will
reimburse our officers and directors for any reasonable out-of-pocket business
expenses incurred by them in connection with certain activities on our behalf
such as identifying and investigating possible target businesses and business
combinations. Subject to availability of proceeds not placed in the trust
account and the interest income on the balance in the trust account to be
released to us from time to time, there is no limit on the amount of
out-of-pocket expenses that could be incurred. This formula was a result of a
negotiation between us and the underwriters and was meant to help maximize the
amount of money in the trust account that would be returned to the investors if
we do not consummate a business combination within the permitted time. Our board
of directors will review and approve all expense reimbursements made to our
directors with the interested director or directors abstaining from such review
and approval. To the extent such out-of-pocket expenses exceed the available
proceeds not deposited in the trust account, such out-of-pocket expenses would
not be reimbursed by us unless we consummate a business
combination.
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Other
than the $7,500 per month administrative fee and reimbursable out-of-pocket
expenses payable to Hambrecht Eu Capital Management LLC, an affiliate of Robert
Eu, one of our founders and our Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary,
and Elizabeth Hambrecht, Mr. Eu’s wife, no fees of any kind, including finders
and consulting fees, will be paid to any of our directors who owned our ordinary
shares prior to our IPO, or to any of their respective affiliates for services
rendered to us prior to or with respect to the business
combination.
After a
business combination, any of our directors who remain with us may be paid
consulting, management or other fees from the combined company with any and all
amounts being fully disclosed to shareholders, to the extent then known, in the
proxy solicitation materials furnished to our shareholders. It is unlikely that
the amount of such compensation will be known at the time of a shareholder
meeting held to consider a business combination, as it will be up to the
directors of the post-combination business to determine executive and director
compensation. In this event, such compensation will be publicly disclosed at the
time of its determination in a Current Report on Form 8-K, as required by the
SEC.
All
ongoing and future transactions between us and any of our directors or their
respective affiliates, including loans by our directors, will be on terms
believed by us at that time, based upon other similar arrangements known to us,
to be no less favorable than are available from unaffiliated third parties. Such
transactions or loans, including any forgiveness of loans, will require prior
approval in each instance by a majority of our uninterested “independent”
directors, to the extent we have independent directors, or the members of our
board who do not have an interest in the transaction, in either case who had
access, at our expense, to our attorneys or independent legal counsel. It is our
intention to obtain estimates from unaffiliated third parties for similar goods
or services to ascertain whether such transactions with affiliates are on terms
that are no less favorable to us than are otherwise available from such
unaffiliated third parties. If a transaction with an affiliated third party were
found to be on terms less favorable to us than with an unaffiliated third party,
we would not engage in such transaction.
Director
Independence
Our Board
of Directors has not determined if any of our directors qualifies as
independent. Our Board of Directors will make a determination about independence
after the business combination is consummated. We do not have an audit
committee, nominating committee or compensation committee and therefore the
entire Board of Directors performs those functions for us.
ITEM
14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Rothstein
Kass & Company, P.C. audited our financial statements for the years ended
June 30, 2009; December 31, 2008 and 2007:
Audit
Fees
Fees for
audit services provided by Rothstein Kass & Company, P.C. totaled
approximately $55,000 in 2009, including fees associated with the audit of the
annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009 and the
reviews of the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
Fees for
audit services provided by Rothstein Kass & Company, P.C. totaled
approximately $55,000 in 2008, including fees associated with the audit of the
annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and the
reviews of the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
Fees for
audit services provided by Rothstein Kass & Company, P.C. totaled
approximately $80,000 in 2007, including fees associated with the audit of the
annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, the
audit of the financial statements as of August 31, 2007, the audit of the
Company’s balance sheet at March 18, 2008 included in the Current Report on Form
8-K, and for services performed in connection with the Company’s registration
statement on Form S-1 initially filed in 2007.
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Audit-Related
Fees
Rothstein
Kass & Company, P.C. did not bill any fees for services rendered to us
during fiscal years 2009, 2008 and 2007 for Audit-related services in
connection with the audit or review of our financial statements.
Tax
Fees
Rothstein
Kass & Company, P.C. did not bill any fees for tax services, including tax
compliance, tax advice, and tax planning, during fiscal years 2009, 2008 and
2007.
All
Other Fees
There
were no fees billed by Rothstein Kass & Company, P.C. for other professional
services rendered during the fiscal years 2009, 2008 or 2007.
Pre-Approval
of Services
We do not
have an audit committee. As a result, our board of directors performs the duties
of an audit committee. Our board of directors evaluates and approves in advance
the scope and cost of the engagement of an auditor before the auditor renders
the audit and non-audit services. We do not rely on pre-approval policies and
procedures.
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PART
IV
ITEM
15. EXHIBITS
(a)
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(1)
|
Financial
Statements
|
Balance
Sheets
Statement
of Operations
Statement
of Shareholders’ Equity
Statement
of Cash Flows
(2)
|
Schedules
|
None.
(b)
|
Exhibits
|
The
following Exhibits are filed as part of this report
Exhibit No.
|
Description
|
|
3.1
|
Memorandum
of Association (1)
|
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3.2
|
Amended
and Restated Articles of Association (1)
|
|
4.1
|
Specimen
Unit Certificate (1)
|
|
4.2
|
Specimen
Common Share Certificate (1)
|
|
4.3
|
Specimen
Public Warrant Certificate (1)
|
|
4.4
|
Specimen
Private Warrant Certificate (1)
|
|
4.5
|
Form
of Warrant Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company and the Registrant (1)
|
|
4.6
|
Form
of Unit Purchase Option (1)
|
|
10.1
|
Form
of Letter Agreement by John Wang (1)
|
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10.2
|
Form
of Letter Agreement by Robert J. Eu (1)
|
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10.3
|
Form
of Letter Agreement by Stephen N. Cannon (1)
|
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10.4
|
Form
of Letter Agreement by Lee S. Ting (1)
|
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10.5
|
Form
of Letter Agreement by AEX Enterprises Limited (1)
|
|
10.6
|
Form
of Letter Agreement by Feng Zhang (1)
|
|
10.7
|
Investment
Management Trust Agreement between Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company and the Registrant
|
|
10.8
|
Form
of Securities Escrow Agreement between the Registrant, Continental Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, the founding shareholders and the
founders (1)
|
|
10.9
|
Form
of Services Agreement between the Registrant and Hambrecht Eu Capital
Management LLC (1)
|
|
10.10
|
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement among the Registrant, the founding
shareholders and the founders (1)
|
|
10.11
|
Revolving
Credit Agreement between the Registrant and Robert Eu (1)
|
|
10.12
|
Promissory
Note between Registrant and Robert Eu (1)
|
|
10.13
|
Form
of Warrant Purchase Agreement between the Registrant and AEX Enterprises
Limited (1)
|
|
10.14
|
Form
of Right of First Refusal Agreement between the Registrant, Marbella
Capital Partners and AEX Enterprises Limited (1)
|
|
31.1
|
Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) pursuant to
Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as
amended
|
|
31.2
|
Certification
of the Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) pursuant to
Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as
amended
|
|
32.1 |
Certification
of the Chief Executive Officers pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
|
|
32.2 |
Certification
of the Chief Financial Officers pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
|
(1) Incorporated
by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-146147).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant had duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
January
22, 2010
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HAMBRECHT
ASIA ACQUISITION CORP.
|
||
By:
|
/s/ John
Wang
|
||
John
Wang
|
|||
Chief
Executive Officer, President and Director
|
|||
(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
|||
January
22, 2010
|
By:
|
/s/ Hao
Wu
|
|
Hao
Wu
|
|||
Chief
Financial Officer, Secretary and Director
|
|||
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been
signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
January
22, 2010
|
By:
|
/s/ John
Wang
|
|
John
Wang
|
|||
Chief
Executive Officer, President and
|
|||
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
|
|||
January
22, 2010
|
By:
|
/s/ Robert
J. Eu
|
|
Robert
J. Eu
|
|||
Chairman
of Board
|
|||
January
22, 2010
|
By:
|
/s/ Hao
Wu
|
|
Hao
Wu
|
|||
Chief
Financial Officer, Secretary and Director
|
|||
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
|||
January
22, 2010
|
By:
|
/s/ Hong
Xiang Liu
|
|
Hong
Xiang Liu
|
|||
Director
|
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Hambrecht
Asia Acquisition Corp.
(a
corporation in the development stage)
INDEX
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Page
|
|
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
F-2
|
Financial
Statements:
|
|
Balance
Sheets
|
F-3
|
Statements
of Operations
|
F-4
|
Statements
of Shareholders’ Equity
|
F-5
|
Statements
of Cash Flows
|
F-6
|
Notes
to Financial Statements
|
F-7
|
F-1
Report of
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the
Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Hambrecht
Asia Acquisition Corporation
We have
audited the accompanying balance sheets of Hambrecht Asia Acquisition
Corporation (a corporation in the development stage) (the “Company”) as of June
30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related statements of
operations and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2009, the year ended
December 31, 2008, the period from July 18, 2007 (date of inception) to December
31, 2007 and the periods from July 18, 2007 (date of inception) to June 30,
2009, and shareholders’ equity for the period from July 18, 2007 (date of
inception) to June 30, 2009. These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that
we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not
required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal
control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal
control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that
are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an
opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2009 and
December 31, 2008, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the
six months ended June 30, 2009, the year ended December 31, 2008, the period
from July 18, 2007 (date of inception) to December 31, 2007 and the periods from
July 18, 2007 (date of inception) to June 30, 2009, and shareholders’ equity for
the period from July 18, 2007 (date of inception) to June 30, 2009, in
conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that Hambrecht
Asia Acquisition Corporation will continue as a going concern. As discussed in
Note 7 to the financial statements, Hambrecht Asia Acquisition Corporation will
face a mandatory liquidation if a business combination is not consummated by
March 12, 2010, which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as
a going concern. The financial statements do not include any
adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Roseland,
New Jersey
January
22, 2010
/s/ Rothstein Kass & Company,
P.C.
F-2
Hambrecht
Asia Acquisition Corp.
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Balance
Sheets
June 30,2009
|
December 31, 2008
|
December 31, 2007
|
||||||||||
ASSETS
|
||||||||||||
Current
assets
|
||||||||||||
Cash
|
$ | 30,271 | $ | 100,312 | $ | 101,671 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
95,686 | 108,330 | 183,254 | |||||||||
Total
current assets
|
125,957 | 208,642 | 284,925 | |||||||||
Other
asset
|
— | |||||||||||
Investments
held in the trust account
|
33,838,155 | 33,798,651 | ||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$ | 33,964,112 | $ | 34,007,293 | $ | 284,925 | ||||||
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
||||||||||||
Current
liabilities
|
||||||||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
$ | 76,275 | $ | 31,780 | $ | — | ||||||
Note
payable, shareholder
|
281,661 | |||||||||||
— | ||||||||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
76,275 | 31,780 | 281,661 | |||||||||
Long-term
liabilities
|
||||||||||||
Deferred
underwriting fees, net of $356,101 subject to forfeiture
in the event of possible redemption
|
830,903 | 830,903 | — | |||||||||
Ordinary shares, subject
to possible redemption, (1,271,788 shares at redemption
value of $7.92 per share)
|
10,072,561 | 10,072,561 | — | |||||||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
||||||||||||
Ordinary
shares, $.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized; 5,299,125,
5,299,125 and 1,150,000 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2009,
December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (which includes 1,271,788,
1,271,788 shares and 0 shares respectively subject to possible
redemption)
|
5,299 | 5,299 | 1,150 | |||||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
22,851,981 | 22,851,981 | 23,850 | |||||||||
Earnings
(deficit) accumulated during the development stage
|
127,093 | 214,769 | (21,736 | ) | ||||||||
Total
shareholders’ equity
|
22,984,373 | 23,072,049 | 3,264 | |||||||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
|
$ | 33,964,112 | $ | 34,007,293 | $ | 284,925 |
See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-3
Hambrecht
Asia Acquisition Corp.
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Statements
of Operations
For the Period
Ended June 30,
2009 (six
months)
|
For the Period
Ended June 30,
2008 (six
months)
(unaudited)
|
Period from July
18,2007
(inception) to
June 30,2009
|
For the Year
ended December
31,2008
|
Period from July
18, 2007 to
December
31,2007
|
||||||||||||||||
Revenues
|
$ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||
Formation
and administrative costs
|
184,870 | 156,683 | 473,993 | 267,387 | 21,736 | |||||||||||||||
Loss
from operations
|
(184,870 | ) | (156,683 | ) | (473,993 | ) | (267,387 | ) | (21,736 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest
income, net
|
97,193 | 168,133 | 601,085 | 503,892 | — | |||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
(87,677 | ) | 11,449 | 127,093 | 236,505 | (21,736 | ) | |||||||||||||
Weighted
average number of ordinary shares subject to possible
redemption, basic and diluted
|
1,271,788 | 808,223 | 793,378 | 1,037,742 | — | |||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) per ordinary share subject to possible redemption, basic and
diluted
|
$ | (0.07 | ) | $ | 0.01 | $ | 0.16 | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||
Weighted
average number of ordinary shares outstanding (not subject to possible
redemption) , basic
|
4,027,337 | 3,789,581 | 3,085,775 | 3,503,402 | 1,150,000 | |||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) per ordinary share not subject to possible redemption,
basic
|
$ | (0.02 | ) | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.07 | $ | (0.02 | ) | ||||||||
Weighted
average number of ordinary shares outstanding (not subject to possible
redemption), diluted
|
4,027,337 | 5,164,193 | 4,267,656 | 5,213,337 | 1,150,000 | |||||||||||||||
Income
(loss) per ordinary share not subject to possible redemption,
diluted
|
$ | (0.02 | ) | $ | 0.00 | $ | 0.03 | $ | 0.05 | $ | (0.02 | ) |
See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-4
Hambrecht
Asia Acquisition Corp.
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Statements
of Shareholders’ Equity
For
the Period July 18, 2007 (date of inception) to June 30, 2009
Ordinary
Shares
|
Earnings
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
|
(Deficit)
Accumulated
During
the
Development
Stage
|
Total
Shareholders’ Equity
|
||||||||||||||||
Balances
at July 18, 2007
|
— | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||
Sale
of units issued to founders on July 18, 2007 at approximately $0.02 per
share
|
1,150,000 | 1,150 | 23,850 | 25,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(21,736 | ) | (21,736 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balances
at December 31, 2007
|
1,150,000 | $ | 1,150 | $ | 23,850 | $ | (21,736 | ) | $ | 3,264 | ||||||||||
Proceeds
from sale of warrants in a private placement to initial
shareholders
|
1,550,000 | 1,550,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sale
of 4,000,000 units at $8.00 per unit in the public offering,
net of underwriters’ discount and offering expenses (1,199,999 shares
subject to possible redemption)
|
4,000,000 | 4,000 | 29,550,348 | 29,554,348 | ||||||||||||||||
Sale
of 239,300 units at $8.00 per unit in the public offering from
partial exercise of underwriters’ overallotment option, net of
underwriters’ discount and offering expenses (71,789 shares subject to
possible redemption)
|
239,300 | 239 | 1,800,344 | 1,800,583 | ||||||||||||||||
Forfeiture
of founders shares from partial exercise of underwriters’ overallotment
option
|
(90,175 | ) | (90 | ) | (90 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Proceeds
subject to possible redemption of 1,271,788 shares at a redemption value
of $7.92 per share
|
(10,072,561 | ) | (10,072,561 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
236,505 | 236,505 | ||||||||||||||||||
Balances
at December 31, 2008
|
5,299,125 | $ | 5,299 | $ | 22,851,981 | $ | 214,769 | $ | 23,072,049 | |||||||||||
Net
loss
|
(87,677 | ) | (87,677 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balances
at June 30, 2009
|
5,299,125 | $ | 5,299 | $ | 22,851,981 | $ | 127,093 | $ | 22,984,373 |
See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-5
Hambrecht
Asia Acquisition Corp.
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Statements
of Cash Flows
For the Period
Ended June 30, 2009 (six months) |
For the Period
Ended June 30, 2008 (six months) (unaudited)
|
Period from July
18,2007 (inception) to June 30,2009 |
For the Year
ended December 31,2008 |
Period from July
18, 2007 to December 31,2007 |
||||||||||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
$ | (87,677 | ) | $ | 11,449 | $ | 127,093 | $ | 236,505 | $ | (21,736 | ) | ||||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Change
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
44,494 | 94,063 | 76,275 | 31,780 | ||||||||||||||||
Prepaid
expenses and other current asset
|
12,644 | 49,922 | (95,686 | ) | (108,330 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
(30,538 | ) | 155,434 | 107,682 | 159,955 | (21,736 | ) | |||||||||||||
Cash
used in investing activities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from the public offering deposited in trust account
|
— | (33,527,400 | ) | (33,527,400 | ) | (33,527,400 | ) | — | ||||||||||||
Interest
income re-invested in trust account
|
(85,836 | ) | (173,102 | ) | (510,361 | ) | (510,361 | ) | — | |||||||||||
Redemption
from the trust account
|
46,332 | 65,709 | 285,442 | 239,110 | — | |||||||||||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(39,504 | ) | (33,634,793 | ) | (33,838,155 | ) | (33,798,651 | ) | — | |||||||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from sale of ordinary shares to founders
|
— | — | 25,000 | — | 25,000 | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds
from shareholder’s note payable
|
$ | — | $ | — | $ | 281,661 | $ | — | $ | 281,661 | ||||||||||
Proceeds
from warrants purchased in private placement
|
— | 1,550,000 | 1,550,000 | 1,550,000 | — | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds from
initial public offering
|
$ | — | $ | 32,000,000 | $ | 32,000,000 | $ | 32,000,000 | $ | — | ||||||||||
Proceeds
from exercise of underwriters overallotment option
|
— | 1,914,400 | 1,914,400 | 1,914,400 | — | |||||||||||||||
Repayment
of shareholder’s note payable
|
— | — | (281,661 | ) | (281,661 | ) | — | |||||||||||||
Payment
of underwriters’ fee and offering cost of initial public
offering
|
— | (1,728,656 | ) | (1,728,656 | ) | (1,545,402 | ) | (183,254 | ) | |||||||||||
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
— | 33,454,083 | 33,760,744 | 33,637,337 | 123,407 | |||||||||||||||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash
|
(70,042 | ) | (25,276 | ) | 30,271 | (1,359 | ) | 101,671 | ||||||||||||
Cash
at beginning of the period
|
100,312 | 101,671 | — | 101,671 | — | |||||||||||||||
Cash
at end of the period
|
$ | 30,271 | $ | 76,395 | $ | 30,271 | $ | 100,312 | $ | 101,671 | ||||||||||
Supplemental
schedule of non-cash financing activities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred
underwriting fees, net
|
$ | — | $ | 830,903 | $ | 830,903 | $ | 830,903 | $ | — | ||||||||||
Ordinary
shares subject to possible redemption
|
$ | — | $ | 10,072,561 | $ | 10,072,561 | $ | 10,072,561 | $ | — |
See
accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-6
Hambrecht
Asia Acquisition Corp.
(a
corporation in the development stage)
Notes
to Financial Statements
NOTE
1—ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS
Hambrecht
Asia Acquisition Corp. (a corporation in the development stage) (the “Company”)
was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on July 18, 2007 with an authorized share
capital of 50,000,000 ordinary shares (par value $0.001 per share). The
Company’s founders contributed $25,000 to the formation of the Company and were
issued 1,150,000 ordinary shares. The Company was formed to acquire, through a
stock exchange, asset acquisition or other similar business combination, one or
more operating businesses having its primary operations located in the People’s
Republic of China (“Business Combination”). The Company is considered to be in
the development stage as defined in “Accounting and Reporting By Development
Stage Enterprises”, and is subject to the risks associated with activities of
development stage companies. The Company’s operations, if a Business Combination
is consummated outside the United States, will be subject to local government
regulations and to the uncertainties of the economic and political conditions of
those areas.
On
December 9, 2009 the Board of Directors of Hambrecht Asia Acquisition Corp. (the
"Company") authorized a change in the Company's fiscal year end to June 30 from
December 31. The Company reports its financial results for the six month
transition period of December 31, 2008 through June 30, 2009 on a Transition
Report on Form 10-K. After filing the Transition Report, the
Company’s next fiscal year end will be June 30, 2010.
As of
June 30, 2009, the Company had not commenced any operations or generated any
revenues. All activity from the period July 18, 2007 (date of
inception) through March 31, 2008 relates to the Company’s formation and its
initial public offering as described below. Subsequent to that date to the
present the Company has sought a target business to acquire. The Company will
not generate any operating revenue until after the completion of the Business
combination, at the earliest. The Company currently generates non-operating
income from interest income earned on the investments held in a trust account
(the “Trust Account”), from the proceeds derived from the public
offering.
The
registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering (the
“Offering”) described in Note 3 was declared effective on March 7,
2008. The Company consummated the Offering on March 12, 2008 and
immediately prior to such Offering, sold an aggregate of 1,550,000 warrants at
$1.00 per warrant to certain officers and affiliates of the Company in a private
placement (the “Private Placement”) described in Note 4. On March 31
2008, the underwriters of the Offering exercised their over-allotment option for
a total of an additional 239,300 units. The net proceeds of the
Offering and the Private Placement are intended to be generally applied toward
consummating a business combination with one or more operating businesses having
their primary operations in the People’s Republic of China (“Business
Combination”). Net proceeds of $33,537,396 from the Offering,
including the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option, and the
Private Placement are held in a Trust Account and will only be released to the
Company upon the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a business combination; or
(ii) the Company’s liquidation, except to satisfy shareholder conversion rights.
The Trust Account includes the deferred underwriting discount from the Offering
of up to $1,187,004 which will be paid to the underwriters upon consummation of
a business combination, as described in Note 6. Additionally, up to an aggregate
of $700,000, plus up to an additional $350,000 during the Extended Period (as
described below) if approved by shareholders, of interest earned on the Trust
Account balance (net of any taxes paid or payable) may be released to the
Company to fund operating activities. Through June 30, 2009, approximately
$286,000 of interest earned on the Trust Account balance has been released to
the Company.
On
September 4, 2009, the Company issued a press release announcing that it has
entered into a letter of intent with a company for a business combination. The
target is a company with its principal business operations in the People’s
Republic of China. The Company, after signing a definitive agreement for the
acquisition of a target business, is required to submit such transaction for
shareholder approval. In the event that shareholders owning 30% or more of the
shares sold in the Offering vote against the business combination and exercise
their conversion rights described below, the business combination will not be
consummated. All of the Company’s shareholders prior to the Offering, have
agreed to vote their pre-initial public offering ordinary shares in accordance
with the vote of the majority of the shares voted by all shareholders of the
Company who purchased their shares in the Offering or the aftermarket (“Public
Shareholders”) with respect to any business combination. After consummation of a
business combination, these voting safeguards will no longer be
applicable.
F-7
In the
event that the Company does not complete a business combination by March 12,
2010, or March 12, 2011 if extension is approved by the shareholders, the
Company will be dissolved and the proceeds held in the Trust Account, plus
certain interest, less certain costs, will be distributed to the Company’s
public shareholders. If the Company receives Public Shareholder approval for the
Extended Period and holders of 30% or more of the shares held by Public
Shareholders do not vote against the Extended Period and elect to convert their
ordinary shares in connection with the vote for the Extended Period, the Company
will then have an additional 12 months in which to complete the initial business
combination. If the Extended Period is approved, the Company will still be
required to seek Public Shareholder approval before completing a business
combination. In the event there is no business combination within the 24-month
deadline (assuming the Extended Period is not approved) described above, the
Company will dissolve and distribute to its Public Shareholders, in proportion
to their respective equity interests, the amount held in the Trust Account, and
any remaining net assets, after the distribution of the Trust Account. The
Company’s corporate existence will automatically cease at the end of the
36-month period if the Company has not received shareholder approval for an
initial business combination. In the event of liquidation, the per share value
of the residual assets remaining available for distribution (including Trust
Account assets) may be less than the initial public offering price per share in
the Offering.
With
respect to a business combination which is approved and consummated or a vote on
the Extended Period which is approved, any Public Shareholders who voted against
the business combination or Extended Period may contemporaneously with or prior
to such vote exercise their conversion right and their ordinary shares would be
cancelled and returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares. The per
share conversion price will equal the amount in the Trust Account (including
interest therein), calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation
of the proposed business combination or vote on Extended Period, divided by the
number of common shares sold in the Offering and partial exercise of the
over-allotment option.
A Public
Shareholder’s election to convert ordinary shares in connection with the vote on
the Extended Period will only be honored if the Extended Period is approved.
Public Shareholders who vote their shares against the Extended Period and
exercise their conversion rights, will not be able to vote these shares with
respect to the initial business combination. All other Public Shareholders will
be able to vote on the initial business combination.
NOTE
2 — SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation:
The
accompanying financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars and have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the accounting and
disclosure rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
‘SEC”). In the opinion of management, the accompanying financial
statements reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments)
considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial
statements.
Investments
held in the Trust Account:
The
amounts held in the Trust Account as of June 30, 2009 represent substantially
all of the proceeds of the Offering plus partial exercise of the underwriters’
over-allotment option, the private placement and interest earned on the trust to
date, and are classified as restricted assets since such amounts can only be
used by the Company in connection with the consummation of a Business
Combination. The funds held in the Trust Account are invested in a money market
fund that invests in US and state government and government agency debt
securities.
F-8
Fair
value of financial instruments:
The
Company does not enter into financial instruments for trading or speculative
purposes. The carrying amounts of financial instruments classified as
current assets and current liabilities as disclosed in the accompanying balance
sheets, approximate their fair value due to their short maturities.
Use
of estimates:
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of
revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ
from those estimates.
Income
taxes:
Under
current Cayman Islands laws, the Company is not subject to income taxes or
capital gains, and there is no Cayman Islands withholding tax imposed upon
payments of dividends by the Company to its shareholders. In the future, the
Company’s tax rate will be impacted by acquisitions of non-Cayman subsidiaries
governed by the respective local income tax laws. Accordingly, no provision for
income taxes has been made in the accompanying statements of
operations.
Effective
January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions
of “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes”. There were no
unrecognized tax benefits as of June 30, 2009. The provision prescribes a
recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement
recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a
tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be
more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing
authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related
to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. No amounts were
accrued for the payment of interest and penalties at June 30, 2009.
Management is currently unaware of any issues under review that could result in
significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its
position.
Ordinary
shares subject to possible redemption:
As
discussed in Note 1, the Company will only proceed with a Business Combination
if: (1) it is approved by a majority of the votes cast by the
Company’s public shareholders; and (2) public shareholders holding less than 30%
(1,271,788) of the ordinary shares sold in the Offering and partial exercise of
the over-allotment option, choose to exercise their redemption rights thereby
receiving their per share interest in the Trust Account. In
accordance with FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Topic No. D-98,
“Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities”, the Company has
classified 1,271,788 shares of its ordinary shares outside of permanent equity
as “Ordinary shares subject to redemption,” at a redemption price of $7.92 per
share as of June 30, 2009 . The Company will recognize changes in the
conversion value as they occur and will adjust the carrying value of the
ordinary shares subject to conversion to be equal to its conversion value at the
end of each reporting period.
Income
(loss) per ordinary share:
Basic
income per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted
average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted income per common
share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if warrants were to be
exercised or converted or otherwise resulted in the issuance of ordinary shares
that then shared in the earnings of the entity.
For the
period ended (six months) June 30, 2009, and for the period from July
18, 2007 (inception) to June 30, 2009, the Company had potentially dilutive
securities in the form of 7,129,125 warrants, and 5,299,125 warrants issued as
part of the Units (as defined below) in the Offering. Of the total
warrants outstanding for the periods then ended, approximately 2,328,422 and
1,181,881, respectively, represent incremental shares of ordinary share, based
on their assumed redemption, to be included in the weighted average number of
shares of ordinary share outstanding (not subject to possible redemption) for
the calculation of diluted income per ordinary share. The Company
uses the “treasury stock method” to calculate potential dilutive shares, as if
they were redeemed for ordinary share at the beginning of the
period.
F-9
The
Company’s statements of operations includes a presentation of income per
ordinary share subject to possible redemption in a manner similar to the
two-class method of income per share. Basic and diluted income amount
for the maximum number of shares subject to possible redemption is calculated by
dividing the net interest attributable to common shares subject to redemption by
the weighted average number of shares subject to possible
redemption. Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share amount for
the shares outstanding not subject to possible redemption is calculated by
dividing the net income (loss) exclusive of the net interest income attributable
to ordinary share subject to redemption by the weighted average number of shares
not subject to possible redemption.
Newly
Adopted Accounting Pronouncements:
In
December 2007, the FASB issued “Business Combinations”, which requires the
acquiring entity in a business combination to recognize all (and only) the
assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction; establishes the
acquisition-date fair value as the measurement objective for all assets acquired
and liabilities assumed; and requires the acquirer to disclose to investors, and
other users, all of the information they need to evaluate and understand the
nature and financial effect of the business combination. “Business Combinations”
will be effective for acquisitions with a date on or after the beginning of the
first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. We will
apply “Business Combinations” for any of our applicable acquisitions beginning
January 1, 2009.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated
Financial Statements”, which requires the recognition of a noncontrolling
interest (minority interest) as equity in the consolidated financial statements
and separate from the parent’s equity; the inclusion of the amount of net income
attributable to the noncontrolling interest in consolidated income on the face
of the income statement; and a parent recognize a gain or loss in net income
when a subsidiary is deconsolidated. This guidance will be effective for the
fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2008. We will apply to any
applicable transactions beginning January 1, 2009.
In March
2008, the FASB issued “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities”, which is intended to improve financial standards for derivative
instruments and hedging activities by requiring enhanced disclosures to enable
investors to better understand their effects on an entity’s financial position,
financial performance, and cash flows. Entities are required to
provide enhanced disclosures about: (a) how and why an entity uses derivative
instruments; (b) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are
accounted for and its related interpretations; and (c) how derivative
instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position,
financial performance, and cash flows. It is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008, with early
adoption encouraged. The adoption of this statement is not expected to have a
material effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial position;
however, it could impact future transactions entered into by the
Company.
On April
9, 2009, the FASB issued the guidance of “Interim Disclosures about
Fair Value of Financial Instruments” to require disclosures about fair value of
financial instruments for interim reporting periods of publicly traded companies
as well as in annual financial statements. The guidance also amends Accounting
Principles Board Opinion-Interim Financial Reporting, to require those
disclosures in summarized financial information at interim reporting periods.
The guidance shall be effective for interim reporting periods ending after June
15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009.
An entity may early adopt this if certain requirements are met. This guidance
does not require disclosures for earlier periods presented for comparative
purposes at initial adoption. In periods after initial adoption, this guidance
requires comparative disclosures only for periods ending after initial adoption.
The adoption of this guidance did not have a significant impact on the Company’s
financial statements or related footnotes.
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On April
9, 2009, the FASB issued the guidance of “Determining Fair Value When
the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly
Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly”, to affirms that
the objective of fair value when the market for an asset is not active is the
price that would be received to sell the asset in an orderly transaction;
clarifies and includes additional factors for determining whether there has been
a significant decrease in market activity for an asset when the market for that
asset is not active; eliminates the proposed presumption that all transactions
are distressed (not orderly) unless proven otherwise. The guidance instead
requires an entity to base its conclusion about whether a transaction was not
orderly on the weight of the evidence. In addition, this guidance requires an
entity to disclose a change in valuation technique (and the related inputs)
resulting from the application of it and to quantify its effects, if
practicable. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods ending
after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after
March 15, 2009 if certain requirements are met. It must be applied prospectively
and retrospective application is not permitted. The adoption of this guidance
did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements or
related footnotes.
On April
9, 2009, the FASB issued “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary
Impairments”, to be intended to bring consistency to the timing of impairment
recognition, and provide improved disclosures about the credit and noncredit
components of impaired debt securities that are not expected to be sold. The
measure of impairment in comprehensive income remains fair value. The guidance
also requires increased and more timely disclosures regarding expected cash
flows, credit losses, and an aging of securities with unrealized losses. This
guidance shall be effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending
after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after
March 15, 2009. Earlier adoption for periods ending before March 15, 2009, is
not permitted. If an entity elects to adopt early either “Determining Fair Value When the
Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly
Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly”, or “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value
of Financial Instruments”, the entity also is required to adopt early
this guidance. Additionally, if an entity elects to adopt early , it is required
to adopt “Determining Fair
Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have
Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not
Orderly”. This guidance does not require disclosures for earlier periods
presented for comparative purposes at initial adoption. In periods after initial
adoption, this guidance requires comparative disclosures only for periods ending
after initial adoption. The adoption did not have a significant impact on the
Company’s financial statement or footnotes.
On
May 28, 2009, the FASB issued the guidance regarding subsequent events,
which we adopted on a prospective basis beginning April 1, 2009. The
guidance is intended to establish general standards of accounting and disclosure
of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial
statements are issued or are available to be issued. It requires the disclosure
of the date through which an entity has evaluated subsequent events and the
basis for selecting that date. The application of the pronouncement did not have
an impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. These
financial statements were approved by management and were issued on January 22,
2010. Subsequent events have been evaluated through this date.
Recently
Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In June
2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the statement of “Accounting Standards Codification
TM and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles This statement confirmed that the FASB Accounting Standards
Codification (the “Codification”) will become the single
official source of authoritative U.S. GAAP (other than guidance issued by
the SEC), superseding existing FASB, American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”), and related literature. After
that date, only one level of authoritative U.S. GAAP will exist. All other
literature will be considered non-authoritative. The Codification does not
change U.S. GAAP; instead, it introduces a new structure that is organized
in an easily accessible, user-friendly online research system. The Codification,
which changes the referencing of financial standards, becomes effective for
interim and annual periods ending on or after September 15, 2009..
The Company has adopted this standard and did not have any
substantive impact on our financial statements or related
footnotes.
Management
does not believe that any other recently issued, but no yet effective accounting
standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the
accompanying financial statements.
NOTE
3—PUBLIC OFFERING
On March
7, 2008, the Company sold 4,000,000 units in the Offering at a price of $8.00
per unit. On March 31, 2008, the Company consummated the closing of an
additional 239,300 units which were subject to the over-allotment
option. Each unit consists of one share of the Company’s ordinary
shares, $0.001 par value, and one warrant. Each warrant will entitle
the holder to purchase from the Company one of the Company’s ordinary shares at
an exercise price of $5.00 per share commencing on the later of: (i) The
consummation of the Business Combination, or (ii) March 7, 2009. The
warrants will be exercisable only if the Company continues to provide for an
effective registration statement covering the ordinary shares issueable upon
exercise of the warrants. In no event will the holder of a warrant be
entitled to receive a net cash settlement or other consideration in lieu of
physical settlement in shares of the Company’s ordinary shares.
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The
warrants expire on March 7, 2013, unless earlier redeemed. The
warrants included in the units sold in the Offering are redeemable, at the
Company’s option, in whole and not in part at a price of $0.01 per warrant upon
a minimum of 30 days’ notice after the warrants become exercisable, only in the
event that the last sale price of the ordinary shares exceeds $11.50 per share
for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period.
The
purchased warrants are recognized in additional paid-in-capital within
shareholders’ equity since, under the terms of the warrants, the Company cannot
be required to settle or redeem them for cash.
NOTE
4—RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The
Company has agreed to pay Hambrecht-Eu Capital, a company owned and managed by
the Company’s Chairman of the Board, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary,
$7,500 per month for office space and general and administrative services
including secretarial support commencing on November 15, 2007 and continuing (i)
until the consummation by the Company of a business combination (as described in
Note 1), (ii) 18 months from commencement of the Offering if the Company does
not effect a Business Combination, (iii) 24 months from the consummation of the
Offering if a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement,
has been executed within 18 months of commencement of the Offering and the
Company has not effected a business combination, or (iv) 36 months from the
consummation of the Offering if an extension has been approved by the Company’s
shareholders under certain circumstances.
AEX
Enterprises Limited, W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC and the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable
Trust, companies controlled by Elizabeth B. Hambrecht, wife of Robert Eu, one of
the Company’s founders and the Company’s Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary and William R. Hambrecht, Robert Eu’s father-in-law, Shea Ventures
LLC, a company controlled by Edmund H. Shea Jr. and Marbella Capital Partners
Ltd., a company controlled by John Wang, our Chief Executive Officer, purchased
an aggregate of 1,550,000 warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant ($1,550,000
in the aggregate) in a private placement immediately prior to the initial public
offering (“private placement warrants”). Elizabeth B. Hambrecht owns
approximately 25% and William R. Hambrecht controls (through a trust of which he
is trustee) approximately 38% of the voting shares of AEX Enterprises Limited.
William Hambrecht is a controlling person of W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC and is
the trustee of the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable Trust. The proceeds from the sale of
the private placement warrants were added to the proceeds from the Offering and
are held in the Trust Account pending the Company’s consummation of a Business
Combination. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination that meets
the criteria described in the Offering, then the $1,550,000 purchase price of
the private placement warrants will become part of any liquidating distribution
to the Company’s public shareholders following the Company’s liquidation and
dissolution and the private placement warrants will expire
worthless.
The
private placement warrants will be non-redeemable so long as they are held by
the original holders of the warrants, the pre-initial public offering
shareholders and directors or their permitted transferees. In addition, pursuant
to the registration rights agreement, the holders of the private placement
warrants and the underlying ordinary shares will be entitled to certain
registration rights immediately after the consummation of the initial business
combination and the warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis if held by the
original holder, the pre-initial public offering shareholder and director or
their permitted transferees. With those exceptions, the private placement
warrants have terms and provisions that are otherwise identical to those of the
warrants sold as part of the units in the Offering.
The sale
of private placement warrants did not result in the recognition of stock-based
compensation expense because the private placement warrants were sold at or
above fair market value.
AEX
Enterprises Limited, W.R. Hambrecht + Co., LLC, the Hambrecht 1980 Revocable
Trust, Shea Ventures LLC and Marbella Capital Partners Ltd. have agreed, subject
to certain exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of its private
placement warrants until after the Company consummates a Business Combination.
However, prior to the consummation of a business combination, the original
holders of the warrants will be permitted to transfer their private placement
warrants in certain limited circumstances, such as to the Company’s officers and
directors, and other persons or entities associated with such persons, but the
transferees receiving such private placement warrants will be subject to the
same sale restrictions imposed on such entity.
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Robert
Eu, one of the Company’s founders, had provided to the Company advances totaling
approximately $282,000 to pay a portion of the expenses of the Offering for the
SEC registration fee, FINRA registration fee, and accounting and legal fees and
expenses. The note was payable on demand with interest at 4% per annum. The
note, plus interest of approximately $5,000, was repaid out of the proceeds of
the Offering on March 12, 2008.
NOTE
5—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The
Company complies with Fair
Value Measurements, for its financial assets and liabilities that are
re-measured and reported at fair value at each reporting period, and
non-financial assets and liabilities that are re-measured and reported at fair
value at least annually.
The
following tables present information about the Company’s assets that are
measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2009 and December 31,
2008, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the
Company utilized to determine such fair value. In general, fair values
determined by Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active
markets for identical assets or liabilities. Fair values determined by Level 2
inputs utilize data points that are observable such as quoted prices, interest
rates and yield curves. Fair values determined by Level 3 inputs are
unobservable data points for the asset or liability, and includes situations
where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or
liability:
Fair
Value of Financial Assets as of June 30, 2009
Description
|
June 30, 2009
|
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
(Level 1)
|
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
|
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
|
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Assets:
|
|
|
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Cash
equivalents
|
$ | 30,271 | $ | 30,271 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Cash
equivalents held in Trust Account
|
33,838,155 | 33,838,155 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 33,868,426 | $ | 33,868,426 | $ | — | $ | — |
Fair Value
of Financial Assets as of December 31, 2008
Description
|
December 31, 2008
|
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
(Level 1)
|
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
|
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
|
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Assets:
|
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Cash
equivalents
|
$ | 100,312 | $ | 100,312 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Cash
equivalents held in Trust Account
|
33,798,651 | 33,798,651 | — | — | ||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 33,898,963 | $ | 33,898,963 | $ | — | $ | — |
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The fair
values of the Company’s cash equivalents and cash and cash equivalents held on
the Trust Account are determined through market, observable and corroborated
sources.
NOTE
6— COMMITMENTS AND UNDERWRITERS’ COMPENSATION
The
Company consummated the Offering on March 12, 2008 and paid to the underwriters
a $1,120,000 underwriting fee, representing 3.5% of the gross
proceeds, and is committed to pay up to an additional $1,120,000, currently held
in the Trust Account, representing an additional deferred
underwriting fee of 3.5%, payable upon the Company’s consummation of
a Business Combination.
On March
31, 2008, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option and purchased
from the Company an additional 239,300 units. The Company paid to the
underwriters a $67,004 underwriting discount, representing 3.5% of the
over-allotment gross proceeds, and is committed to pay up to an additional
$67,004, currently held in the Trust Account, representing an additional
deferred underwriting discount of 3.5%, payable upon the Company’s consummation
of a Business Combination.
The
Company also issued and sold to the underwriters on the closing date an option,
as an additional compensation to purchase up to an aggregate of 280,000 units
for an aggregate purchase price of $100. The Option shall be exercisable, in
whole or in part, commencing on the later of the consummation of a Business
Combination or six months from March 7, 2008 and expiring on March 7, 2013 at an
initial exercise price of $10.00 per Unit.
The
Company has determined based upon a Black-Scholes- Merton option pricing model,
that the estimated fair value of the option on the date of sale would be
approximately $3.36 per unit or an aggregate of approximately $941,000, assuming
an expected term of five years, estimated volatility of 51.51% and a risk-free
interest rate of 3.38%. Given the parameters used in the computation of the
value of the option change over time, the actual fair value of the option on the
date of sale is expected to be different from the estimated fair value computed
above.
The
volatility calculation of 51.51% is based on the latest five year average prior
to the Offering, volatility of 62 companies drawn from the Shanghai Stock
Exchange Composite Index that had market capitalizations between $70 million and
$150 million. Because the Company does not have a trading history, the Company
estimated the potential volatility of its ordinary share price, which will
depend on a number of factors which cannot be ascertained at this time. The
Company used the annualized volatility of the historical volatilities for a
period of time equal in length to the term of the option because the Company
believes that the volatility of these companies is a reasonable benchmark to use
in estimating the expected volatility for the Company’s ordinary share
post-Business Combination. Although an expected life of five years was taken
into account for purposes of assigning value to this option, if the Company does
not consummate a Business Combination within the prescribed time period and
liquidates, this option would become worthless.
Pursuant
to Rule 2710(g)(1) of FINRA Conduct Rule, the option to purchase 280,000 units
is deemed to be underwriting compensation and therefore upon exercise, the
underlying ordinary shares and warrants are subject to a 180-day lock-up.
Additionally, the option may not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or
hypothecated for a one-year period (including the foregoing 180-day period)
following the date of the Offering.
NOTE
7 — GOING CONCERN
On
September 4, 2009, the Company has issued a press release announcing that it has
entered into a letter of intent with a company for a business combination. The
target is a company with its principal business operations in the People’s
Republic of China. Pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated
Memorandum and Articles of Association, the execution of the letter of intent
affords the Company a six-month extension for completion of a business
combination, until March 12, 2010.
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The
consummation of the business combination is subject to, among other things,
execution of a definitive agreement and required stockholder
approval. There can be no assurance that a business combination will
be consummated. However, if we anticipate that we will not be able to
consummate a business combination by March 12, 2010, we may seek shareholder
approval to extend the period of time to consummate a business combination until
March 12, 2011. If we are unable to complete the business combination
by March 12, 2010, or March 12, 2011 if extension period approved, our purposes
and powers will be limited to dissolving, liquidating and winding up. Also
contained in our articles of association is the requirement that our board of
directors, to the fullest extent permitted by law, consider a resolution to
dissolve our company at that time. Consistent with such obligations, our board
of directors will seek shareholder approval for any such plan of distribution,
and our pre-initial public offering shareholders and directors have agreed to
vote in favor of such dissolution and liquidation. This provision will be
amended only in connection with, and upon consummation of, its initial business
combination by such date. The accompanying financial statements do not include
any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as
a going concern and is required to liquidate.
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