ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. - Quarter Report: 2009 September (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
x QUARTERLY REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the
quarterly period ended September 30,
2009
or
o TRANSITION REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For the
transition period from ____ to _____
Commission
File Number: 000-52672
ChinaNet Online
Holdings, Inc.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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20-4672080
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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No.3
Min Zhuang Road, Building 6
Yu Quan Hui Gu Tuspark,
Haidian District, Beijing, PRC 100195
(Address
of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
+86-10-51600828
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
(Former
name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
report)
Indicate
by check whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed
by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days: Yes x No o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this
chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer o
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Accelerated
filer o
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Non-accelerated
filer o
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Smaller
reporting company x
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(Do not
check if a smaller reporting company)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x
As of
November 12, 2009 the registrant had 15,774,300 shares of common stock
outstanding.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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PAGE
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Item
1. Financial Statements
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1
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets
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1
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Consolidated
Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income
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3
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
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5
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
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7
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Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
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28
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Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
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46
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Item
4T. Controls and Procedures
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46
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PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1. Legal Proceedings
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47
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Item
1A. Risk Factors
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47
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Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds
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47
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Item
3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
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47
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Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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48
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Item
5. Other Information
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48
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Item
6. Exhibits
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48
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Signatures
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49
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CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(In
thousands)
PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1. Financial Statements
September 30,
2009
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December 31,
2008
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(US $)
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(US $)
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(Unaudited)
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(Audited)
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Assets
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Current
assets:
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Cash and cash
equivalents
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$ | 13,900 | $ | 2,679 | ||||
Accounts
receivable
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2,426 | 978 | ||||||
Other
receivables
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896 | - | ||||||
Prepayment and deposit to
suppliers
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4,073 | 4,072 | ||||||
Due from related
parties
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263 | 109 | ||||||
Due from
directors
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3 | - | ||||||
Due from Control Group (see note
8)
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13 | 243 | ||||||
Inventories
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3 | 1 | ||||||
Other current
assets
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11 | 46 | ||||||
Total current
assets
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21,588 | 8,128 | ||||||
Property and equipment,
net
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838 | 678 | ||||||
Other long-term
assets
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45 | 7 | ||||||
$ | 22,471 | $ | 8,813 | |||||
Liabilities and Stockholders’
Equity
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$ | 154 | $ | 37 | ||||
Advances from
customers
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972 | 608 | ||||||
Other
payables
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41 | 1,333 | ||||||
Accrued payroll and other
accruals
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200 | 66 | ||||||
Due to related
parties
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20 | 346 | ||||||
Due to Control
Group
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954 | 1,149 | ||||||
Due to
director
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- | 10 | ||||||
Taxes
payable
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3,026 | 1,746 | ||||||
Total current
liabilities
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5,367 | 5,295 | ||||||
Long-term
liabilities:
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Long-term borrowing from
director
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128 | 128 | ||||||
Warrant liabilities (see note
15)
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6,428 | - |
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CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS (CONTINUED)
(In
thousands, except for number of shares and per share data)
September
30,
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December
31,
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2009
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2008
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(US $)
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(US $)
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(Unaudited)
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(Audited)
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Stockholders’
equity:
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Series A convertible preferred
stock, US$0.001 par value; authorized-8,000,000
shares; issued and outstanding-4,121,600 and nil shares at
September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 respectively (Liquidation
preference: $10,304)
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4 | - | ||||||
Common stock (US$0.001 par value;
authorized-50,000,000 shares;
issued and outstanding-15,774,300 shares and 13,790,800 shares at
September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008
respectively)
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16 | 14 | ||||||
Additional paid-in
capital
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10,404 | 599 | ||||||
Appropriated retained
earnings
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304 | 304 | ||||||
(Accumulated
deficit)/unappropriated retained earnings
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(296 | ) | 2,370 | |||||
Accumulated other comprehensive
income
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116 | 103 | ||||||
Total stockholders’
equity
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10,548 | 3,390 | ||||||
$ | 22,471 | $ | 8,813 |
See notes
to the consolidated financial statements
2
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In
thousands)
For
the nine months ended September 30,
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For
the three months
ended
September 30,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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(US $)
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(US $)
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(US $)
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(US $)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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Sales
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$ | 27,305 | $ | 13,314 | $ | 8,126 | $ | 6,679 | ||||||||
Cost of
sales
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15,918 | 8,663 | 4,029 | 3,700 | ||||||||||||
Gross
margin
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11,387 | 4,651 | 4,097 | 2,979 | ||||||||||||
Operating
expenses
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Selling
expenses
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3,253 | 1,103 | 624 | 525 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative
expenses
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1,530 | 588 | 614 | 233 | ||||||||||||
Research and development
expenses
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347 | 92 | 133 | 28 | ||||||||||||
5,130 | 1,783 | 1,371 | 786 | |||||||||||||
Income from
operations
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6,257 | 2,868 | 2,726 | 2,193 | ||||||||||||
Other income
(expenses):
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Changes in fair value of
warrants (see note 15)
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(1,289 | ) | - | (1,289 | ) | - | ||||||||||
Interest
income
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9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Other
income
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8 | - | 2 | - | ||||||||||||
Other
expenses
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(100 | ) | (15 | ) | (99 | ) | - | |||||||||
(1,372 | ) | (10 | ) | (1,382 | ) | 3 | ||||||||||
Income before income tax
expense
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4,885 | 2,858 | 1,344 | 2,196 | ||||||||||||
Income tax
expense
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1,653 | 804 | 696 | 581 | ||||||||||||
Net income
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3,232 | 2,054 | 648 | 1,615 | ||||||||||||
Other comprehensive
income
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Foreign currency translation
gain
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13 | 71 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
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$ | 3,245 | $ | 2,125 | $ | 656 | $ | 1,617 | ||||||||
Net income
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$ | 3,232 | $ | 2,054 | $ | 648 | $ | 1,615 | ||||||||
Beneficial conversion feature of
Series A convertible preferred stock
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(5,898 | ) | - | (5,898 | ) | - | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to
common shareholders
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$ | (2,666 | ) | $ | 2,054 | $ | (5,250 | ) | $ | 1,615 |
3
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (CONTINUED)
(In
thousands, except for number of shares and per share data)
For the nine
months
ended September
30,
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For the three
months
ended September
30,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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(US $)
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(US $)
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(US $)
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(US $)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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Earnings /(loss) per
share
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Earnings (loss) per common
share
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Basic and
diluted
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$ | (0.18 | ) | $ | 0.15 | $ | (0.33 | ) | $ | 0.12 | ||||||
Weighted average number of common
shares outstanding:
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Basic and
diluted
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14,495,560 | 13,790,800 | 15,774,300 | 13,790,800 |
See notes
to the consolidated financial statements
4
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In
thousands)
For the nine months ended
September 30,
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2009
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2008
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(US $)
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(US $)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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Cash flows from operating
activities
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Net income
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$ | 3,232 | $ | 2,054 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net
income to net cash provided by operating activities
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Depreciation and
Amortization
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134 | 36 | ||||||
Disposal of fixed
assets
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19 | - | ||||||
Share-based compensation expenses
(see note 25)
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190 | - | ||||||
Changes in fair value of warrants
(see note 15)
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1,289 | - | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities
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Accounts
receivable
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(1,445 | ) | (550 | ) | ||||
Other
receivables
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(166 | ) | (88 | ) | ||||
Prepayment and deposit to
suppliers
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9 | (1,718 | ) | |||||
Due from related
parties
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(154 | ) | (88 | ) | ||||
Due from/to Control
Group
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33 | 737 | ||||||
Other current
assets
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33 | (47 | ) | |||||
Accounts
payable
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117 | (182 | ) | |||||
Advances from
customers
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361 | 273 | ||||||
Accrued payroll and other
accruals
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134 | 8 | ||||||
Due to related
parties
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(327 | ) | 200 | |||||
Taxes
payable
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1,275 | 706 | ||||||
Net cash provided by operating
activities
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4,734 | 1,341 | ||||||
Cash flows from investing
activities
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Purchases of vehicles and office
equipment
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(310 | ) | (136 | ) | ||||
Purchases of Intangible and other
long-term assets
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(38 | ) | (6 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in investing
activities
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(348 | ) | (142 | ) |
5
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
(In
thousands)
For the nine
months
ended September
30,
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2009
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2008
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(US $)
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(US $)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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Cash flows from financing
activities
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Increase of long-term borrowing
from director
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- | 125 | ||||||
Decrease of short-term loan to
third parties
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(730 | ) | - | |||||
Increase/(decrease) in due to
director
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(13 | ) | 536 | |||||
Increase/(decrease) in other
payables
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(1,294 | ) | 836 | |||||
Cancellation and retirement of
common stock (see note 17)
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(300 | ) | - | |||||
Proceeds from issuance of Series A
convertible preferred stock and warrants (net of issuance cost of US$
1,142)
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9,162 | - | ||||||
Net cash provided by financing
activities
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6,825 | 1,497 | ||||||
Effect of exchange rate
fluctuation on cash and cash equivalents
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10 | 78 | ||||||
Net increase in cash and cash
equivalents
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11,221 | 2,774 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of year
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2,679 | 317 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end
of year
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$ | 13,900 | $ | 3,091 | ||||
Supplemental disclosure of cash
flow information
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Interest
paid
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$ | - | $ | - | ||||
Income taxes
paid
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$ | 900 | $ | 161 |
See notes
to the consolidated financial statements
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1.
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Organization
and principal activities
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ChinaNet
Online Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Emazing Interactive, Inc.) (the
“Company”), was incorporated in the State of Texas in April 2006 and
re-domiciled to become a Nevada corporation in October 2006. From the date of
the Company’s incorporation until June 26, 2009, when the Company consummated
the Share Exchange (as defined below), the Company’s activities were primarily
concentrated in web server access and company branding in hosting web based
e-games.
On June
26, 2009, the Company entered into a Share Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange
Agreement”), with (i) China Net Online Media Group Limited, a company organized
under the laws of British Virgin Islands (“China Net BVI”), (ii) China Net BVI’s
shareholders, Allglad Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“Allglad”),
Growgain Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“Growgain”), Rise King
Investments Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“Rise King BVI”), Star
(China) Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“Star”), Surplus
Elegant Investment Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“Surplus”), Clear
Jolly Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“Clear” and together
with Allglad, Growgain, Rise King BVI, Star and Surplus, the “China Net BVI
Shareholders”), who together owned shares constituting 100% of the issued and
outstanding ordinary shares of China Net BVI (the “China Net BVI Shares”) and
(iii) G. Edward Hancock, the principal stockholder of the Company at that time.
Pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, the China Net BVI Shareholders
transferred to the Company all of the China Net BVI Shares in exchange for the
issuance of 13,790,800 shares (the “Exchange Shares”) of the
Company’s common stock (the “Share Exchange”). As a result of the Share
Exchange, China Net BVI became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and the
Company is now a holding company, which through certain contractual arrangements
with operating companies in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”), is
engaged in providing advertising, marketing and communication services to small
and medium companies in China through www.28.com (the
portal website of the Company’s PRC Variable Interest Entity), TV media and bank
kiosks.
The
Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, China Net BVI was incorporated in the British
Virgin Islands on August 13, 2007. In April 11, 2008, China Net BVI became the
parent holding company of a group of companies comprised of CNET Online
Technology Limited, a Hong Kong company (“China Net HK”), which established and
is the parent company of Rise King Century Technology Development (Beijing) Co.,
Ltd., a wholly foreign-owned enterprise (“WFOE”) established in the PRC (“Rise
King WFOE”). The Company refers to the transactions that resulted in China Net
BVI becoming an indirect parent company of Rise King WFOE as the “Offshore
Restructuring.” Through a series of contractual agreements, the Company operates
its business in China primarily through Business Opportunity Online (Beijing)
Network Technology Co., Ltd. (“Business Opportunity Online”), Beijing CNET
Online Advertising Co., Ltd. (“Beijing CNET Online”). Beijing CNET Online owns
51% of Shanghai Borongdingsi Computer Technology Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai
Borongdingsi”). Business Opportunity Online, Beijing CNET Online and Shanghai
Borongdingsi, were incorporated on December 8, 2004, January 27, 2003 and August
3, 2005, respectively. From time to time, we refer to them collectively as the
“PRC Operating Entities.”
Shanghai
Borongdingsi is owned 51% by Beijing CNET Online. Beijing CNET Online and
Shanghai Borongdingsi entered into a cooperation agreement in June 2008,
followed up with a supplementary agreement in December 2008, to conduct
e-banking advertisement business. The business is based on an e-banking
cooperation agreement between Shanghai Borongdingsi and Henan provincial branch
of China Construction Bank which allows Shanghai Borongdingsi or its designated
party to conduct in-door advertisement business within the business outlets
throughout Henan Province. The e-banking cooperation agreement has a term of
eight years starting August 2008. However, Shanghai Borongdingsi was not able to
conduct the advertisement as a stand-alone business due to the lack of an
advertisement business license and supporting financial resources. Pursuant to
the aforementioned cooperation agreements, Beijing CNET Online committed to
purchase equipment, and to provide working capital, technical and other related
support to Shanghai Borongdingsi. Beijing CNET Online owns the equipment used in
the kiosk business, is entitled to sign contracts in its name on behalf of the
business, and holds the right to collect the advertisement revenue generated
from the kiosk business exclusively until the recovery of the cost of purchase
of the equipment. Thereafter, Beijing CNET Online has agreed to distribute 49%
of the succeeding net profit generated from the e-banking advertising business,
if any, to the minority shareholders of Shanghai Borongdingsi.
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2.
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Summary
of significant accounting policies
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a)
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Change
of reporting entity and basis of
presentation
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As a
result of the Share Exchange on June 26, 2009, the former China Net BVI
shareholders owned a majority of the common stock of the Company. The
transaction was regarded as a reverse merger whereby China Net BVI was
considered to be the accounting acquirer as its shareholders retained control of
the Company after the Share Exchange, although the Company is the legal parent
company. The share exchange was treated as a recapitalization of the
Company. As such, China Net BVI (and its historical financial statements)
is the continuing entity for financial reporting purposes. Pursuant to the terms
of the Share Exchange, Emazing Interactive, Inc. was delivered with zero assets
and zero liabilities at time of closing. Following the Share Exchange, the
company changed its name from Emazing Interactive, Inc. to
ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. The
financial statements have been prepared as if China Net BVI had always been the
reporting company and then on the share exchange date, had changed its name and
reorganized its capital stock.
The
accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of the Company, and its subsidiaries and Variable Interest Entities
(“VIEs”), China Net BVI, China Net HK, Rise King WFOE, Beijing CNET Online and
Business Opportunity Online. According to the agreements between
Beijing CNET Online and Shanghai Borongdingsi, although Beijing CNET Online
legally owns 51% of Shanghai Borongdingsi’s interests, Beijing CNET Online only
controls the assets and liabilities related to the bank kiosks business, which
has been all included in the financial statements of Beijing CNET Online, but
not controls other assets of Shanghai Borongdingsi, thus, Shanghai
Borongdingsi’s financial statements were not consolidated by the
Company.
The
accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (“US GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions
to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X, as promulgated by the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the
information and notes required by US GAAP for annual financial statements.
However, management believes that the disclosures are adequate to ensure the
information presented is not misleading.
In the
opinion of the management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial
statements reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring
adjustments, which are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the
interim periods presented. These
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial
statements and notes thereto included in China Net BVI’s audited financial
statements on Form 8-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not
indicative of the operating results to be expected for the Company’s fiscal year
ending December 31, 2009.
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b)
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FASB
Establishes Accounting Standards Codification
™
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In June
2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2009-01, “Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles” (ASC Topic 105) which establishes the FASB
Accounting Standards Codification (“the Codification” or “ASC”) as the official
single source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”). All existing accounting standards are superseded. All other accounting
guidance not included in the Codification will be considered non-authoritative.
The Codification also includes all relevant SEC guidance organized using the
same topical structure in separate sections within the
Codification.
8
Following
the Codification, the Financial Accounting Standards Board will not issue new
standards in the form of Statements, FASB Staff Positions or Emerging Issues
Task Force Abstracts. Instead, it will issue Accounting Standards Updates
(“ASU”) which will serve to update the Codification, provide background
information about the guidance and provide the basis for conclusions on the
changes to the Codification.
The
Codification is not intended to change GAAP, but it will change the way GAAP is
organized and presented. The Codification is effective for the Company’s
third-quarter 2009 financial statements and the principal impact on the
Company’s financial statements is limited to disclosures as all future
references to authoritative accounting literature will be referenced in
accordance with the Codification. In order to ease the transition to
the Codification, the Company are providing the Codification cross-reference
alongside the references to the standards issued and adopted prior to the
adoption of the Codification.
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c)
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Principles
of Consolidation
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The
consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of all the
subsidiaries and VIEs of the Company. All transactions and balances between the
Company and its subsidiaries and VIEs have been eliminated upon
consolidation.
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d)
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Use
of estimates
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The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses
during the reporting period. Management makes these estimates using the best
information available at the time the estimates are made; however actual results
could differ from those estimates.
US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect
the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, contingencies and results of
operations. While management has based their assumptions and estimates on the
facts and circumstances existing as of September 30, 2009, final amounts may
differ from these estimates.
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e)
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Foreign
currency translation
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The
functional currency of the Company is United States dollars (“US$”), and the
functional currency of China Net HK is Hong Kong dollars (“HK$”). The
functional currency of the Company’s PRC operating entities is Renminbi (“RMB”),
and PRC is the primary economic environment in which the Company
operates.
For
financial reporting purposes, the financial statements of the Company’s PRC
operating entities, which are prepared using the RMB, are translated into the
Company’s reporting currency, the United States Dollar (“US$”). Assets and
liabilities are translated using the exchange rate at each balance sheet
date. Revenue and expenses are translated using average rates
prevailing during each reporting period, and shareholders’ equity is translated
at historical exchange rates. Adjustments resulting from the translation are
recorded as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income in
shareholders’ equity.
Transactions
denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into
the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the
transactions. The resulting exchange differences are included in the
determination of net income of the consolidated financial statements for the
respective periods.
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f)
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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The
Company received net proceeds of approximately US$9,162,000 in its August 2009
financing for continuing business expansion and development in PRC. The
Company’s operations in PRC use RMB as its functional currency. The company is
subject to the effects of exchange rate fluctuation with respect to any of these
currencies. Among approximately US$22,471,000 total assets of the
Company, cash and cash equivalents increased to approximately US$ 13,900,000 as
of September 30, 2009.
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g)
|
Revenue
recognition
|
The
Company’s revenue recognition policies are in compliance with Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition” (Accounting Standards
Codification ™ (“ASC”) Topic 605).
In accordance with ASC Topic 605, revenues are recognized when the four of the
following criteria are met: (i) persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists, (ii) the service has been rendered, (iii) the fees
are fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectability is reasonably
assured.
Sales
Sales
include revenues from reselling of advertising time purchased from TV stations
and internet advertising, reselling of internet advertising spaces and other
advertisement related resources. No revenue from advertising-for-advertising
barter transactions was recognized because the transactions did not meet the
criteria for recognition in EITF abstract issue No. 99-17 (“ASC Topic 605,
subtopic 20”). Advertising contracts establish the fixed price and
advertising services to be provided. Pursuant to advertising
contracts, the Company provides advertisement placements in different formats,
including but not limited to banners, links, logos, buttons, rich media and
content integration. Revenue is recognized ratably over the period the
advertising is provided and, as such, the Company considers the services to have
been delivered. The Company treats all elements of advertising contracts as a
single unit of accounting for revenue recognition purposes. Based
upon the Company’s credit assessments of its customers prior to entering into
contracts, the Company determines if collectability is reasonably
assured. In situations where collectability is not deemed to be
reasonably assured, the Company recognizes revenue upon receipt of cash from
customers, only after services have been provided and all other criteria for
revenue recognition have been met.
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h)
|
Cost
of sales
|
Cost of
sales primarily includes the cost of media advertising time, internet
advertisement related resources and other technical services purchased from
third parties, labor cost and benefits and PRC business tax.
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i)
|
Advertising
costs
|
Advertising
costs are expensed when incurred and are included in “selling expenses” in the
statement of income and comprehensive income. For the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008, advertising expenses were approximately
US$2,330,000 and US$697,000, respectively.
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j)
|
Income
taxes
|
The
Company follows the liability method of accounting for income
taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are
determined based on the difference between of the financial reporting and tax
bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates that will be in effect
in the period in which the differences are expected to reverse. The Company
records a valuation allowance to offset deferred tax assets if based on the
weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion, or
all, of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The effect on deferred
taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income statement in the period
that includes the enactment date. The Company had no deferred tax assets and
liabilities recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008,
and for the year ended December 31, 2008.
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k)
|
Uncertain
tax positions
|
The
Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48,
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“ASC Topic 740”). ASC Topic 740
prescribes a more likely than not threshold for financial statement recognition
and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return.
This Interpretation also provides guidance on recognition of income tax assets
and liabilities, classification of current and deferred income tax assets and
liabilities, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax
positions, accounting for income taxes in interim periods, and income tax
disclosures. For the nine month ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, and for the
year ended December 31, 2008, the Company did not have any interest and
penalties associated with tax positions and did not have any significant
unrecognized uncertain tax positions.
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|
l)
|
Share-based
Compensation
|
The
Company accounts for stock-based compensation arrangements using the fair value
method in accordance with the provisions of the FASB issued Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No, 123 (revised 2004) (Share-Based Payment)
(“ASC Topic 718”). ASC Topic 718 is a revision of SFAS 123 (Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation), and supersedes Accounting Principles Beard (“APB”)
Opinion No. 25 (Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees). ASC Topic 718
requires that the fair value of share awards issued, modified, repurchased or
cancelled after implementation, under share-based payment arrangements, be
measured as of the date the award is issued, modified, repurchased or cancelled.
The resulting cost is then recognized in the statement of income and
comprehensive income over the service period.
The
Company periodically issue common stock for acquisitions and services
rendered. Common stock issued in these circumstances is valued at the
estimated fair market value.
m)
|
Earnings
/ (loss) per share
|
Earnings
/ (loss) per share are calculated in accordance with SFAS No. 128,
“Earnings Per Share” (“ASC Topic 260”). Basic earnings per share is computed by
dividing income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average
number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings
per share reflect the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other
contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock.
Common shares issuable upon the conversion of the convertible preferred shares
are included in the computation of diluted earnings per share on an
“if-converted” basis when the impact is dilutive. The dilutive effect of
outstanding common stock warrants is reflected in the diluted earnings per share
by application of the treasury stock method when the impact is
dilutive.
3.
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
|||||||
Cash
|
703 | 131 | ||||||
Deposits with short-term
maturities
|
13,197 | 2,548 | ||||||
13,900 | 2,679 |
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4.
|
Accounts
receivable
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
|||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
2,426 | 978 |
All of
the accounts receivable are non-interest bearing. Based on the
Company’s assessment of collectability, there has been no allowance for doubtful
accounts required in the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and the year ended
December 31, 2008.
5.
|
Other
receivables
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
|||||||
Short-term loan to third
parties
|
730 | - | ||||||
Staff
advances
|
166 | - | ||||||
896 | - |
The
short-term loan to third parties is non-interest bearing and will be collected
by the end 2009.
6.
|
Prepayment
and deposit to suppliers
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
|||||||
Contract execution guarantee to TV
advertisement and internet resources
providers
|
3,320 | 2,268 | ||||||
Prepayments to TV advertisement
and internet resources providers
|
676 | 1,784 | ||||||
Other deposits and
prepayments
|
77 | 20 | ||||||
4,073 | 4,072 |
Contract
execution guarantee to TV advertisement and internet resources providers are
paid as a contractual deposit to the Company’s service
providers. These amounts will be used to offset the service fee needs
to be paid to the service providers in the last month of each contract
period.
According
to the contracts signed between the Company and its suppliers, the Company is
normally required to pay the contract amount in advance. These
prepayments will be transferred to cost of sales when the related services are
provided.
Therefore,
management believes that there will not be any collectability issue about these
deposits and prepayments, and no allowance for doubtful accounts is
required.
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7.
|
Due
from related parties
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
|||||||
Beijing Saimeiwei Food Equipment
Technology Co., Ltd.
|
114 | 49 | ||||||
Beijing Zujianwu Technology Co.,
Ltd.
|
14 | 15 | ||||||
Beijing Xiyue Technology Co.,
Ltd.
|
- | 7 | ||||||
Beijing Fengshangyinli Technology
Co., Ltd
|
- | 15 | ||||||
Beijing Telijie Century
Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
|
25 | - | ||||||
Soyilianmei Advertising Co.,
Ltd.
|
110 | 23 | ||||||
263 | 109 |
These
related parties are directly or indirectly owned by the Control Group (see note
8). The Company provided advertising services to these parties. Due from these
parties were outstanding payments for advertising services
provided.
8.
|
Due
from Control Group
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
|||||||
Due from Control
Group
|
13 | 243 |
Mr.
Handong Cheng, Mr. Xuanfu, Liu and Ms. Li Sun, the owners of the Company’s PRC
VIEs, Business Opportunities Online, and Beijing CNET Online before the Offshore
Restructuring, are collectively referred to as the “Control Group”.
Due from
Control Group were short-term, non-interest bearing loan borrowed by the Control
Group individuals.
9.
|
Property
and equipment
|
Property
and equipment consist of the following:
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
|||||||
Vehicles
|
262 | 90 | ||||||
Office
equipment
|
397 | 286 | ||||||
Electronic
devices
|
438 | 437 | ||||||
Total property and
equipment
|
1,097 | 813 | ||||||
Less: accumulated
depreciation
|
259 | 135 | ||||||
Total property and equipment,
net
|
838 | 678 |
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10.
|
Other
payables
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
|||||||
Due
to third parties
|
- | 1,255 | ||||||
Others
|
41 | 78 | ||||||
41 | 1,333 |
Due to
third parties as of December 31, 2008 represents non-interest bearing, working
capital loans borrowed by the Company from third parties, which were repaid as
of September 30, 2009.
11.
|
Due
to related parties
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
|||||||
Beijing Rongde Information
Technology Co., Ltd.
|
- | 292 | ||||||
Beijing Saimeiwei Food Equipments
Technology Co., Ltd
|
16 | 54 | ||||||
Beijing Telijie Century
Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
|
4 | - | ||||||
20 | 346 |
The
related parties listed above are directly or indirectly owned by the Control
Group and the Company provided advertising services to them. The advance
payments listed above were received from these parties for advertising services
that will be provided in the future.
12.
|
Due
to Control Group
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
|||||||
Due to Control
Group
|
954 | 1,149 |
Due to
Control Group were amounts paid by Control Group individuals on behalf of the
Company which mainly included staff salary, performance bonus and cost of
resources purchased.
13.
|
Taxation
|
1)
|
Income
tax
|
i). The
Company is incorporated in the state of Nevada. Under the current law
of Nevada, the company is not subject to state corporate income
tax. The Company become a holding company after the Share Exchange
and does not conduct any substantial operations of its own. No provision for
federal corporate income tax have been made in the financial statements as the
Company has no assessable profits for the nine months ended September 30, 2009
or prior periods.
ii).
China Net BVI was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands
(“BVI”). Under the current law of the BVI, the Company is not subject
to tax on income or capital gains. Additionally, upon payments of
dividends by China Net to its shareholders, no BVI withholding tax will be
imposed.
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iii).
China Net HK was incorporated in Hong Kong and does not conduct any substantial
operations of its own. No provision for Hong Kong profits tax have been made in
the financial statements as China Net HK has no assessable profits for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009. Additionally, upon payments of dividends by
China Net HK to its shareholders, no Hong Kong withholding tax will be
imposed.
iv). The
Company’s PRC operating entities, being incorporated in the PRC, are governed by
the income tax law of the PRC and is subject to PRC enterprise income tax
(“EIT”). Effective from January 1, 2008, the EIT rate of PRC was
changed from 33% of to 25%, and applies to both domestic and foreign invested
enterprises.
|
·
|
Rise
King WFOE is a software company qualified by the related PRC governmental
authorities and was entitled to a two-year EIT exemption from its first
profitable year and a 50% reduction of its applicable EIT rate, which is
25% of its taxable income for the exceeding three years, which subjects to
an application filling by the Company. Rise King WFOE had a
cumulative operating loss for the year ended December 31, 2008. Rise King
will file the application for an income tax exemption if it achieves an
operating profit for the year ended December 31,
2009.
|
|
·
|
Business
Opportunity Online was qualified as a High and New Technology Enterprise
in Beijing High-Tech Zone in 2005. In March 2007, a new
enterprise income tax law (the “New EIT”) in the PRC was enacted which was
effective on January 1, 2008. The New EIT applies a uniform 25% EIT
rate to both foreign invested enterprises and domestic enterprises. On
April 14, 2008, relevant governmental regulatory authorities released
qualification criteria, application procedures and assessment processes
for “High and New Technology Enterprise” status under the New EIT which
would entitle qualified and approved entities to a favorable statutory tax
rate of 15%. Business Opportunity Online has not obtained the
approval of its reassessment of the qualification as a “High and New
Technology Enterprise” under the New EIT law as of September 30,
2009. Accordingly, Business Opportunity Online accounted for
its current income tax using a tax rate of 25% for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008, and year ended December 31,
2008. If Business Opportunity Online is able to be re-qualified
as a “High and New Technology Enterprise”, it will be entitled to the
preferential tax rate of 15%. Business Opportunity Online will
file the application for tax refund to the tax authorities for the fiscal
year 2009 after it obtains the approval for its High and New Technology
Enterprise qualification.
|
|
·
|
The
applicable income tax rate for Beijing CNET Online was 25% for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, and the year ended December 31,
2008.
|
|
·
|
The
New EIT also imposed a 10% withholding income tax for dividends
distributed by a foreign invested enterprise to its immediate holding
company outside China, which were exempted under the previous enterprise
income tax law and rules. A lower withholding tax rate will be
applied if there is a tax treaty arrangement between mainland China and
the jurisdiction of the foreign holding company. Holding companies in Hong
Kong, for example, will be subject to a 5% rate. Rise King WFOE
is invested by immediate holding company in Hong Kong and will be entitled
to the 5% preferential withholding tax rate upon distribution of the
dividends to its immediate holding
company.
|
2)
|
Business
tax and relevant surcharges
|
Revenue
of advertisement services are subject to 5.5% business tax and 3% cultural
industry development surcharge of the gross service income, revenue from
reselling of TV advertisement time is subject to 5.5% business tax and 3%
cultural industry development surcharge of the net service income after
deducting amount paid to ending media promulgators. Revenue of internet
technical support services is subjected to 5.5% business
tax. Business tax charged was included in cost of sales.
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3)
|
Value
added tax
|
As a
small-scale value added tax payer, revenue from sales of self-developmented
software of Rise King WFOE is subjected to 3% value added tax.
As of
September 30, 3009 and December 31, 2008, taxes payable consist of:
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
|||||||
Business tax
payable
|
790 | 556 | ||||||
Culture industry development
surcharge payable
|
292 | 4 | ||||||
Value added tax
payable
|
3 | - | ||||||
Enterprise income tax
payable
|
1,889 | 1,132 | ||||||
Individual income tax
payable
|
52 | 54 | ||||||
|
3,026 | 1,746 |
14.
|
Long-term
borrowing from director
|
September
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
|||||||
Long-term borrowing from
director
|
128 | 128 |
Long-term
borrowing from director was a non-interest bearing loan from a director of the
Company relating to the long-term investment in the Company’s wholly-owned
subsidiary Rise King WFOE.
15.
|
Warrant
liabilities
|
On August
21, 2009 (the “Closing Date”), the Company entered into a securities purchase
agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), with several investors, including
institutional, accredited and non-US persons and entities (the “Investors”),
pursuant to which the Company sold units, comprised of 10% Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, par value US$0.001 per share (the “Series A preferred stock”),
and two series of warrants, for a purchase price of US$2.50 per unit (the
“August 2009 Financing”). The Company sold 4,121,600 units in the
aggregate, which included (i) 4,121,600 shares of Series A preferred stock,
(ii) Series A-1 Warrants to purchase 2,060,800 shares of common stock at an
exercise price of US$3.00 per share with a three-year term, and
(iii) Series A-2 Warrants to purchase 2,060,800 shares of common stock at
an exercise price of US$3.75 with a five-year term. Net proceeds were
approximately US$9,162,000, net of issuance costs of approximately
US$1,142,000. TriPoint Global Equities, LLC acted as placement agent
and received (i) a placement fee in the amount equal to 8% of the gross proceeds
and (ii) warrants to purchase up to 329,728 shares of common stock at an
exercise price of US$2.50, 164,864 shares at an exercise price of US$3.00 and
164,864 shares at an exercise price of US$3.75, respectively, with a five-year
term (“Placement Agent Warrants”
and together with the Series A-1 Warrant and Series A-2 Warrant, the
“Warrants”).
The
Warrants have an initial exercise price which is subject to adjustments in
certain circumstances for stock splits, combinations, dividends and
distributions, reclassification, exchange or substitution, reorganization,
merger, consolidation or sales of assets, issuance of additional shares of
common stock or equivalents. The Warrants may not be exercised if it
would result in the holder beneficially owning more than 9.99% of the Company’s
outstanding common shares. That limitation may be waived by the holders of the
Warrants by sending a written notice to the Company not less than 61 days prior
to the date that they would like to waive the limitation.
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Accounting for
warrants
The
Company analyzed the Warrants in accordance to SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“ASC Topic 815”) to determine
whether the Warrants meet the definition of a derivative under ASC Topic 815
and, if so, whether the Warrants meet the scope exception of ASC Topic 815,
which is that contracts issued or held by the reporting entity that are both (1)
indexed to its own stock and (2) classified in stockholders’ equity shall not be
considered to be derivative instruments for purposes of ASC Topic
815. The Company adopted the provisions of Emerging Issues Task Force
(“EITF”) Issue No. 07-5, “Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded
Feature) Is Indexed to an Entity’s Own Stock” (“ASC Topic 815 subtopic 40”),
which applies to any freestanding financial instruments or embedded features
that have the characteristics of a derivative, as defined by ASC Topic 815 and
to any freestanding financial instruments that are potentially settled in an
entity’s own common stock. As a result of adopting ASC Topic 815
subtopic 40, the Company concluded that the Warrants issued in the August 2009
financing should be treated as a derivative liability because the Warrants are
entitled to a price adjustment provision to allow the exercise price to be
reduced in the event the Company issues or sells any additional shares of common
stock at a price per share less than the then-applicable exercise price or
without consideration, which is typically referred to as a “Down-round
protection” or “anti-dilution” provision. According to ASC Topic 815
subtopic 40, the “Down-round protection” provision is not considered to be an
input to the fair value of a fixed-for-fixed option on equity shares which leads
the Warrants to fail to be qualified as indexed to the Company’s own stock and
then to fail to meet the scope exceptions of ASC Topic 815. Therefore, the
Company accounted for the Warrants as derivative liabilities under ASC Topic
815. Pursuant to ASC Topic 815, derivatives should be measured at
fair value and re-measured at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in
earnings at each reporting period.
Fair value of the
warrants
Fair
value is generally based on independent sources such as quoted market prices or
dealer price quotations. To the extent certain financial instruments trade
infrequently or are non-marketable securities, they may not have readily
determinable fair values. The Company estimated the fair value of the Warrants
and Series A preferred stock using various pricing models and available
information that management deems most relevant. Among the factors considered in
determining the fair value of financial instruments are discounted anticipated
cash flows, the cost, terms and liquidity of the instrument, the financial
condition, operating results and credit ratings of the issuer or underlying
company, the quoted market price of similar traded securities, and other factors
generally pertinent to the valuation of financial instruments.
Allocation of the proceeds
at commitment date and re-measurement as of September 30,
2009
As
described in Note 16 below, the total proceeds allocated to the Series A-1
Warrants and Series A-2 Warrants were approximately US$4,406,000 as of August
21, 2009, and the re-measured fair value of the warrants as of September 30,
2009 was approximately US$5,503,000. The changes in fair value of the
Series A-1 Warrants and Series A-2 Warrants which are approximately US$1,097,000
were recorded in earnings for the nine and three month period ended September
30, 2009.
Placement Agent
Warrants
In
accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5.A: “Miscellaneous
Accounting-Expenses of Offering” (“ASC Topic 340 subtopic 10 section S99-1”),
“specific incremental costs directly attributable to a proposed or actual
offering of securities may properly be deferred and charged against the gross
proceeds of the offering.” In accordance with the SEC accounting and
reporting manual “cost of issuing equity securities are charged directly to
equity as deduction of the fair value assigned to share
issued.” Accordingly, the Company concluded that the warrants issued
to the placement agents are directly attributable to the August 2009
financing. If the Company had not issued the warrants to the
placement agent, the Company would have had to pay the same amount of cash as
the fair value. Therefore, the Company deducted the total fair value
of the Placement Agent Warrants as of the Commitment Date which was
approximately US$733,000 as a deduction of the fair value assigned to the Series
A preferred stock.
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Since
they contain the same terms as the Series A-1 and Series A-2 Warrants, the
Placement Agent Warrants are also entitled to the benefits of the “Down-round
protection” provisions, which means that the Placement Agent Warrants will also
need to be accounted for as a derivative under SFAS 133 (“ASC Topic 815”) with
changes in fair value recorded in earnings at each reporting period. As of
September 30, 2009, the total fair value of the Placement Agent Warrants were
approximately US$925,000, therefore, the changes of the total fair value of the
Placement Agent Warrants which were approximately US$192,000 were recorded in
earnings for the nine and three month periods ended September 30,
2009.
The
following table summarized the above transactions:
As of
September 30,
2009
|
As of
August 21,
2009
|
Changes in
Fair Value
|
||||||||||
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
||||||||||
Fair value of the
Warrants:
|
||||||||||||
Series A-1
warrant
|
2,962 | 2,236 | 726 | |||||||||
Series A-2
warrant
|
2,541 | 2,170 | 371 | |||||||||
Placement Agent
Warrants
|
925 | 733 | 192 | |||||||||
6,428 | 5,139 | 1,289 |
16.
|
Series
A Convertible Preferred Shares
|
Key terms
of the Series A preferred stock sold by the Company in the August 2009 financing
are summarized as follows:
Dividends
Dividends
on the Series A preferred stock shall accrue and be cumulative from and after
the issuance date. For each outstanding share of Series A preferred
stock, dividends are payable at the per annum rate of 10% of the Liquidation
Preference Amount of the Series A preferred stock. Dividends are
payable quarterly within thirty (30) days following the last Business Day of
each August, November, February and May of each year (each, a “Dividend Payment
Date”), and continuing until such stock is fully converted. The Company shall
have the right, at its sole and exclusive option, to pay all or any portion of
each and every quarterly dividend that is payable on each Dividend Payment Date,
either (i) in cash, or (ii) by issuing to the holder of Series A preferred stock
such number of additional Conversion Shares which, when multiplied by US$2.50
would equal the amount of such quarterly dividend not paid in cash.
Voting
Rights
The
Series A preferred stock holders are entitled to vote separately as a class on
matters affecting the Series A preferred stock and with regard to certain
corporate matters set forth in the Series A Certificate of Designation, so long
as any shares of the Series A preferred stock remain outstanding. Holders of the
Series A preferred stock are not, however, entitled to vote on general matters
along with holders of common stock.
Liquidation
Preference
In the
event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the
Company, whether voluntary or involuntary (each, a “Liquidation”), the holders
of the Series A preferred stock then outstanding shall be entitled to receive,
out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders,
an amount equal to US$2.50 per share of the Series A preferred stock, plus any
accrued but unpaid dividends thereon, whether or not declared, together with any
other dividends declared but unpaid thereon, as of the date of Liquidation
(collectively, the “Series A Liquidation Preference Amount”) before any payment
shall be made or any assets distributed to the holders of the common stock or
any other junior stock. If upon the occurrence of Liquidation, the assets thus
distributed among the holders of the Series A shares shall be insufficient to
permit the payment to such holders of the full Series A Preference Amount, then
the entire assets of the Company legally available for distribution shall be
distributed ratably among the holders of the Series A preferred
stock.
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Conversion
Rights
Voluntary
Conversion:
At any
time on or after the date of the initial issuance of the Series A preferred
stock, the holder of any such shares of Series A preferred stock may, at such
holder’s option, subject to the limitations described below in “Conversion Restriction”,
elect to convert all or portion of the shares of Series A preferred stock held
by such person into a number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of common
stock equal to the quotient of Liquidation preference amount of the Series A
preferred stock divided by the initial conversion price of US$2.5. The initial
conversion price may be adjusted for stock splits and combinations, dividend and
distributions, reclassification, exchange or substitution, reorganization,
merger, consolidation or sales of assets, issuance of additional shares of
common stock or equivalents with lower price or without considerations etc, as
stimulated in the Certification of Designations.
Mandatory
Conversion:
All
outstanding shares of the Series A preferred stock shall automatically convert
into shares of common stock, subject to the limitations described below in “Conversion Restriction”, at
the earlier to occur of (i) twenty-four month anniversary of the Closing Date,
and (ii) at such time that the Volume Weighted Average Price of the Company’s
common stock is no less than US$5.00 for a period of ten (10) consecutive
trading days with the daily volume of the common stock of at least 50,000 shares
per day.
Conversion
Restriction
Holders
of the Series A preferred stock may not convert the preferred stock to common
shares if the conversion would result in the holder beneficially owning more
than 9.99% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock. That limitation
may be waived by a holder of the Series A preferred stock by sending a written
notice to the Company on not less than 61 days prior to the date that they would
like to waive the limitation.
Registration Rights
Agreement
In
connection with the Financing, the Company entered into a registration rights
agreement (the “RRA”) with the Investors in which the Company agreed to file a
registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the SEC to register
the shares of common stock underlying the Series A preferred stock (the
“Conversion Shares”) and the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”), thirty (30) days
after the closing of the Financing. The Company has agreed to use its
best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective within 150
calendar days after filing, or 180 calendar days after filing in the event the
Registration Statement is subject to a “full review” by the SEC.
The
Company is required to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective
under the Securities Act until such date as is the earlier of the date when all
of the securities covered by that registration statement have been sold or the
date on which such securities may be sold without any restriction pursuant to
Rule 144 (the “Financing Effectiveness Period”). The Company will pay
liquidated damages of 2% of each holder’s initial investment in the Units sold
in the Financing per month, payable in cash, up to a maximum of 10%, if the
Registration Statement is not filed or declared effective within the foregoing
time periods or ceases to be effective prior to the expiration of the Financing
Effectiveness Period. However, no liquidated damages shall be paid
with respect to any securities being registered that the Company are not
permitted to include in the Financing Registration Statement due to the SEC’s
application of Rule 415.
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The
Company evaluated the contingent obligation related to the RRA liquidated
damages in accordance to Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position No.
EITF 00-19-2 “Accounting for Registration Payment Arrangements” (“ASC Topic 825
subtopic 20”), which required the contingent obligation to make future payments
or otherwise transfer consideration under a registration payment arrangement,
whether issued as a separate agreement or included as a provision of a financial
instrument or other agreement be separately recognized and measured in
accordance with FASB Statement No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies” (“ASC Topic
450”). The Company concluded that such obligation was not probable to
incur based on the best information and facts available as of September 30,
2009. Therefore, no contingent obligation related to the RRA
liquidated damages was recognized as of September 30, 2009.
Security Escrow
Agreement
The
Company entered into a securities escrow agreement with the Investors (the
“Escrow Agreement”), pursuant to which Rise King Investment Limited, a British
Virgin Islands company (the “Principal Stockholder”), initially placed 2,558,160
shares of Common Stock (the “Escrow Shares”) into an escrow
account. Of the Escrow Shares, 1,279,080 shares (equivalent to 50% of
the Escrow Shares) are being held as security for the achievement of audited net
income equal to or greater than $7.7 million for the fiscal year 2009 (the “2009
Performance Threshold”) and the remaining 1,279,080 of the Escrow Shares are
being held as security for the achievement of audited net income equal to or
greater than $14 million for the fiscal year 2010 (the “2010 Performance
Threshold”).
If the
Company achieves at least 95% of the applicable Performance Threshold, all of
the Escrow Shares for the corresponding fiscal year shall be returned to the
Principal Stockholder. If the Company achieves less than 95% of the applicable
Performance Threshold, the Investors shall receive in the aggregate, on a pro
rata basis (based upon the number of shares of Series A preferred stock or
conversion shares owned by each such Investor as of the date of distribution of
the Escrow Shares), 63,954 shares of the Escrow Shares for each percentage by
which the applicable Performance Threshold was not achieved up to the total
number of Escrow Shares for the applicable fiscal year. Any Escrow
Shares not delivered to any investor because such investor no longer holds
shares of Series A preferred stock or conversion shares shall be returned to the
Principal Stockholder.
For the
purposes of the Escrow Agreement, net income is defined in accordance with US
GAAP and reported by the Company in its audited financial statements for each of
the fiscal years ended 2009 and 2010; provided, however, that net income for
each of fiscal years ended 2009 and 2010 shall be increased by any non-cash
charges incurred (i) as a result of the Financing , including without
limitation, as a result of the issuance and/or conversion of the Series A
preferred stock, and the issuance and/or exercise of the Warrants, (ii) as a
result of the release of the Escrow Shares to the Principal Stockholder and/or
the investors, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement,
(iii) as a result of the issuance of ordinary shares of the Principal
Stockholder to Messrs. Handong Cheng and Xuanfu Liu and Ms. Li Sun (the “PRC
Shareholders”), upon the exercise of options granted to the PRC Shareholders by
the Principal Stockholder, (iv) as a result of the issuance of warrants to any
placement agent and its designees in connection with the Financing, (v) the
exercise of any warrants to purchase common stock outstanding and (vi) the
issuance under any performance based equity incentive plan that the Company
adopts.
Fair Value of the Series A
preferred stock:
Fair
value is generally based on independent sources such as quoted market prices or
dealer price quotations. To the extent certain financial instruments trade
infrequently or are non-marketable securities, they may not have readily
determinable fair values. The Company estimated the fair value of the Warrants
and Series A preferred stock using various pricing models and available
information that management deems most relevant. Among the factors considered in
determining the fair value of financial instruments are discounted anticipated
cash flows, the cost, terms and liquidity of the instrument, the financial
condition, operating results and credit ratings of the issuer or underlying
company, the quoted market price of similar traded securities, and other factors
generally pertinent to the valuation of financial instruments.
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Accounting for the Series A
preferred stock
The
Series A preferred stock has been classified as permanent equity as there was no
redemption provision at the option of the holders that is not within the control
the Company on or after an agreed upon date. The Company evaluated the embedded
conversion feature in its Series A preferred stock to determine if there was an
embedded derivative requiring bifurcation. The Company concluded that
the embedded conversion feature of the Series A preferred stock does not
required to be bifurcated because the conversion feature is clearly and closely
related to the host instrument.
Allocation of the proceeds
at commitment date and calculation of beneficial conversion
feature
The
following table summarized the allocation of proceeds to the Series A preferred
stock and the Warrants:
Gross proceeds
Allocated
|
Number of
Instruments
|
Allocated value per
instrument
|
||||||||||
US$ (‘000)
|
US$
|
|||||||||||
Series A-1
Warrant
|
2,236 | 2,060,800 | 1.08 | |||||||||
Series A-2
Warrant
|
2,170 | 2,060,800 | 1.05 | |||||||||
Series A preferred
stock
|
5,898 | 4,121,600 | 1.43 | |||||||||
Total
|
10,304 |
In
accordance to the schedule above, the unit price is: [1.08*50%+1.05*50%+1.43] =
US$2.50 per unit.
The
Company then evaluated whether a beneficial conversion feature exists by
comparing the operable conversion price of Series A preferred stock with the
fair value of the common stock at the commitment date. The Company
concluded that the fair value of common stock was greater than the operable
conversion price of Series A preferred stock at the commitment date and the
intrinsic value of the beneficial conversion feature is greater than the
proceeds allocated to the Series A preferred stock. In accordance to
ASC Topic 470, subtopic 20, if the intrinsic value of beneficial conversion
feature is greater than the proceeds allocated to the Series A preferred stock,
the amount of the discount assigned to the beneficial conversion feature is
limited to the amount of the proceeds allocated to the Series A preferred
stock. Accordingly, the total proceeds allocated to Series A
preferred stock were allocated to the beneficial conversion feature with a
credit to Additional paid-in capital upon the issuance of the Series A preferred
stock. Since the Series A preferred stock may convert to the
Company’s common stock at any time on or after the initial issue date, all
discount was immediately recognized as a deemed dividend and a reduction to net
income attributable to common shareholders.
According
to Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5.A: “Miscellaneous Accounting-Expenses of
Offering” (“ASC Topic 340 subtopic 10 section S99-1”), “specific incremental
costs directly attributable to a proposed or actual offering of securities may
properly be deferred and charged against the gross proceeds of the
offering”. And in accordance with the SEC accounting and reporting
manual “cost of issuing equity securities are charged directly to equity as
deduction of the fair value assigned to share issued”. Accordingly,
the Company deducted the direct issuing cost paid in cash which were
approximately US$1,142,000 from the assigned fair value to the Series A
preferred stock.
21
The
movement of balance of the Series A preferred stock presented on the
consolidated balance sheet is as follows:
Par Value
|
Additional paid in
capital
|
|||||||
US$ (‘000)
|
US$ (‘000)
|
|||||||
Series A preferred stock-Balance
as of July 1, 2009
|
- | - | ||||||
Proceeds allocated to Series A
preferred stock as of August 21, 2009
|
4 | 5,894 | ||||||
Allocation of proceeds to
beneficial conversion feature
|
(4 | ) | (5,894 | ) | ||||
Recognize the beneficial
conversion feature as deemed dividend
|
4 | 5,894 | ||||||
Deduction of issuing cost paid in
cash
|
- | (1,142 | ) | |||||
Deduction of fair value of the
Placement Agent Warrant
|
- | (733 | ) | |||||
Series A preferred stock-Balance
as of September 30, 2009
|
4 | 4,019 |
17.
|
Reverse
merger and common stock (reclassification of stockholders’
equity)
|
In a
reverse acquisition the historical shareholder’s equity of the accounting
acquirer prior to the merger is retroactively reclassified (a recapitalization)
for the equivalent number of shares received in the merger after giving effect
to any difference in par value of the registrant’s and the accounting acquirer’s
stock by an offset in paid in capital.
Pursuant
to the terms of Share Exchange Agreement, the China Net BVI shareholders
transferred to the Company all of the China Net BVI shares in exchange for the
issuance of 13,790,800 shares of the Company’s common stock. Accordingly, the
Company reclassified its common stock and additional paid-in-capital accounts
for the year ended December 31, 2008.
Immediately
prior to the Share Exchange, 4,400,000 shares of the Company’s outstanding
common stock were cancelled and retired. China Net BVI also deposited
$300,000 into an escrow account, which amount was paid to Emazing’s principal
stockholder, who owned the 4,400,000 shares as a result of the Share Exchange
having been consummated.
18.
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
The
movement of balance of the Series A preferred stock presented on the
consolidated balance sheet is as follows:
Additional paid-in
capital
|
||||
US$(‘000)
|
||||
Balance as of July 1,
2009
|
447 | |||
Share-based
payment
|
40 | |||
Total movement of Series A
preferred stock in additional paid-in capital (note
16)
|
4,019 | |||
Allocation of proceeds to
beneficial conversion feature
|
5,898 | |||
Series A preferred stock-balance
as of September 30, 2009
|
10,404 |
19.
|
Restricted
net assets
|
The
Company’s ability to pay dividends is primarily dependent on the Company
receiving distributions of funds from its PRC operating entities. Relevant PRC
statutory laws and regulations permit payments of dividends by the Company’s PRC
operating entities only out of their retained earnings, if any, as determined in
accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. The results of
operations reflected in the financial statements prepared in accordance with
U.S. GAAP differ from those reflected in the statutory financial statements
of the Company’s PRC operating entities.
22
In
accordance with the Regulations on Enterprises with Foreign Investment of China
and their articles of association, a foreign invested enterprise established in
the PRC is required to provide certain statutory reserves, namely general
reserve fund, the enterprise expansion fund and staff welfare and bonus fund
which are appropriated from net profit as reported in the enterprise’s PRC
statutory accounts. A wholly-owned foreign invested enterprise is required to
allocate at least 10% of its annual after-tax profit to the general reserve
until such reserve has reached 50% of its respective registered capital based on
the enterprise’s PRC statutory accounts. Appropriations to the enterprise
expansion fund and staff welfare and bonus fund are at the discretion of the
board of directors for all foreign invested enterprises. The aforementioned
reserves can only be used for specific purposes and are not distributable as
cash dividends. Rising King WFOE was established as a wholly-owned foreign
invested enterprise and therefore is subject to the above mandated restrictions
on distributable profits.
Additionally,
in accordance with the Company Law of the PRC, a domestic enterprise is required
to provide statutory common reserve at least 10% of its annual after-tax profit
until such reserve has reached 50% of its respective registered capital based on
the enterprise’s PRC statutory accounts. A domestic enterprise is also required
to provide for discretionary surplus reserve, at the discretion of the board of
directors, from the profits determined in accordance with the enterprise’s PRC
statutory accounts. The aforementioned reserves can only be used for specific
purposes and are not distributable as cash dividends. China Net Beijing and
Business Opportunity Online were established as a domestic invested enterprise
and therefore are subject to the above mandated restrictions on distributable
profits.
As a
result of these PRC laws and regulations that require annual appropriations of
10% of after-tax income to be set aside prior to payment of dividends as general
reserve fund, the Company’s PRC operating entities are restricted in
their ability to transfer a portion of their net assets to the
Company.
Amounts
restricted include paid-in capital and statutory reserve funds of the Company’s
PRC operating entities as determined pursuant to PRC generally accepted
accounting principles, totaling approximately US$ 1,035,000 as of September 30,
2009.
20.
|
Related
party transactions
|
Nine months ended September
30,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
|||||||
Advertising revenue from related
parties:
|
||||||||
-Beijing Saimeiwei Food Equipment
Technology Co., Ltd,
|
1,232 | 187 | ||||||
-Beijing Zujianwu Technology Co.,
Ltd.
|
- | 33 | ||||||
-Beijing Fengshangyinli Technology
Co., Ltd.
|
72 | 95 | ||||||
-Soyilianmei Advertising Co.,
Ltd.
|
539 | 247 | ||||||
-Shiji Huigu Technology Investment
Co., Ltd
|
- | 1 | ||||||
-Beijing Telijie Cleaning
Technology Co., Ltd.
|
15 | 53 | ||||||
-Beijing Telijie Century
Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
|
127 | 29 | ||||||
-Beijing Rongde Information
Technology Co., Ltd.
|
- | 214 | ||||||
|
1,985 | 859 |
23
Three months ended September
30,
|
||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
|||||||
Advertising revenue from related
parties:
|
||||||||
-Beijing Saimeiwei Food Equipment
Technology Co., Ltd,
|
345 | 107 | ||||||
-Beijing Zujianwu Technology Co.,
Ltd.
|
- | 11 | ||||||
-Beijing Fengshangyinli Technology
Co., Ltd.
|
11 | 47 | ||||||
-Soyilianmei Advertising Co.,
Ltd.
|
111 | 122 | ||||||
-Shiji Huigu Technology Investment
Co., Ltd
|
- | - | ||||||
-Beijing Telijie Cleaning
Technology Co., Ltd.
|
- | 21 | ||||||
-Beijing Telijie Century
Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
|
55 | 20 | ||||||
-Beijing Rongde Information
Technology Co., Ltd.
|
- | 146 | ||||||
522 | 474 |
21.
|
Employee
defined contribution plan
|
Full time employees of the Company in
the PRC participate in a government mandated defined contribution plan,
pursuant to which certain pension benefits, medical care, employee housing fund
and other welfare benefits are provided to employees. Chinese labor regulations
require that the PRC subsidiaries of the Company make contributions to the
government for these benefits based on certain percentages of the employees’
salaries. The Company has no legal obligation for the benefits beyond the
contributions made. The total amounts for such employee benefits, which were
expensed as incurred, were approximately US$ 118,000 and US$ 77,000 for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
22.
|
Commitments
|
The
following table sets forth the Company’s contractual obligations as of September
30, 2009:
Rental
payments
|
Server hosting and board-band
lease payments
|
Internet
resources and TV
advertisement
purchase
payments
|
Total
|
||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
||||
Three months ended December 31,
2009
|
-
|
33
|
4,483
|
4,516
|
|||
Year ended December
31,
|
|||||||
-2010
|
260
|
-
|
244
|
504
|
|||
-2011
|
260
|
-
|
-
|
260
|
|||
Total
|
520
|
33
|
4,727
|
5,280
|
23.
|
Segment
reporting
|
Based on
the criteria established by SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an
Enterprise and Related Information” (“ASC Topic 280”), as of September 30, 2009,
the Company mainly operated in five principal segments: TV advertising, internet
advertising, bank kiosk advertising, internet advertising resources resell and
internet information management. Internet information management is a new
product and business segment of the Company, which was officially launched in
August 2009. It is an
intelligence software that is based on our proprietary search engine
optimization technology which helps our clients gain an early warning in order
to identify and respond to potential negative exposure on the internet.
The
following tables present summarized information by segments.
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Nine months ended September 30, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Internet
Ad.
|
TV Ad.
|
Bank kiosk
|
Internet Ad. resources
resell
|
IIM
|
Others
|
Intersegment and reconciling
item
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
12,601 | 14,299 | 21 | 1,088 | 38 | 713 | (1,455 | ) | 27,305 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
3,396 | 12,218 | 2 | 1,008 | 2 | 34 | (742 | ) | 15,918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
4,175 | 485 | 99 | - | - | *992 | (621 | ) | 5,130 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Including:
Depreciation and amortization expense
|
31 | 36 | 62 | - | - | 5 | - | 134 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
income(loss)
|
5,030 | 1,596 | (80 | ) | 80 | 36 | (313 | ) | (92 | ) | 6,257 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Changes
in fair value of warrants (See note
15)
|
- | - | - | - | - | (1,289 | ) | - | (1,289 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenditure
for long-term assets
|
169 | 135 | - | - | - | 136 | (92 | ) | 348 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
3,333 | 1,557 | (80 | ) | 80 | 36 | (1,602 | ) | (92 | ) | 3,232 |
*Including
US$190,000 share-based compensation expenses (See note 25).
Three
months ended September 30, 2009
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Internet
Ad.
|
TV
Ad.
|
Bank
kiosk
|
Internet
Ad. resources resell
|
IIM
|
Others
|
Intersegment
and reconciling item
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
4,730 | 3,114 | 1 | 243 | 38 | 421 | (421 | ) | 8,126 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
1,241 | 2,534 | 2 | 232 | 2 | 18 | - | 4,029 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
1,063 | 177 | 21 | - | - | *439 | (329 | ) | 1,371 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Including:
Depreciation and amortization expense
|
12 | 12 | 21 | - | - | 4 | - | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
income(loss)
|
2,426 | 403 | (22 | ) | 11 | 36 | (36 | ) | (92 | ) | 2,726 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Changes
in fair value of warrants (See note
15)
|
- | - | - | - | - | (1,289 | ) | - | (1,289 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenditure
for long-term assets
|
133 | 118 | - | - | - | 88 | (92 | ) | 247 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
1,654 | 386 | (22 | ) | 11 | 36 | (1,325 | ) | (92 | ) | 648 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total
assets at 9/30/2009
|
10,359 | 5,985 | 355 | - | - | 9,868 | (4,096 | ) | 22,471 |
*Including
US$40,000 share-based compensation expenses (See note 25).
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Nine months ended September 30,
2008
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Internet
Ad.
|
TV Ad.
|
Bank kiosk
|
Internet Ad. resources
resell
|
IIM
|
Others
|
Intersegment and reconciling
item
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
7,317 | 3,882 | - | 2,115 | - | - | - | 13,314 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
2,853 | 3,272 | - | 2,538 | - | - | - | 8,663 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
1,139 | 643 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1,783 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Including:
Depreciation and amortization expense
|
15 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
income(loss)
|
3,325 | (33 | ) | - | (423 | ) | - | (1 | ) | - | 2,868 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Expenditure
for long-term assets
|
29 | 112 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 142 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
2,546 | (68 | ) | - | (423 | ) | - | (1 | ) | - | 2,054 |
Three months ended September 30,
2008
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Internet
Ad.
|
TV Ad.
|
Bank kiosk
|
Internet Ad. resources
resell
|
IIM
|
Others
|
Intersegment and reconciling
item
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
US$
(‘000) |
US$
(‘000) |
US$
(‘000) |
US$
(‘000) |
US$
(‘000) |
US$
(‘000) |
US$
(‘000) |
US$
(‘000) |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
2,963 | 2,223 | - | 1,493 | - | - | - | 6,679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
658 | 1,862 | - | 1,180 | - | - | - | 3,700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
549 | 236 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Including:
Depreciation and amortization expense
|
4 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
income(loss)
|
1,756 | 125 | - | 313 | - | (1 | ) | - | 2,193 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenditure
for long-term assets
|
8 | 111 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
1,214 | 89 | - | 313 | - | (1 | ) | - | 1,615 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
assets at 9/30/2008
|
5,230 | 3,159 | - | - | - | 137 | (1,623 | ) | 6,903 |
Due to
the exchange rates used to convert RMB to US dollar for the nine months and
three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 are the respective average
exchange rates prevailing during each reporting period which are differ from
each other, the converted US dollars amount in the above tables contains
exchange rate effects for each reporting period.
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24.
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Earnings
(Loss) per share
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Basic and
diluted earnings (loss) per share for each of the periods presented are
calculated as follows:\
Nine months ended September 30, | Three months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2009 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | |||||||||||||
US$(‘000) | US$(‘000) | US$(‘000) | US$(‘000) | |||||||||||||
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
(Amount
in thousands except for the number of shares and per share
data)
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(Amount
in thousands except for the number of shares and per share
data)
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Numerator:
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Net income (loss) attributable to
common shareholders-basic and diluted
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(2,666 | ) | 2,054 | (5,250 | ) | 1,615 | ||||||||||
Denominator:
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Weighted average number of common
shares outstanding-basic and diluted
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14,495,560 | 13,790,800 | 15,774,300 | 13,790,800 | ||||||||||||
Basic and diluted earnings (loss)
per share
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$ | (0.18 | ) | $ | 0.15 | $ | (0.33 | ) | $ | 0.12 |
All share
and per share data have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the
recapitalization of the Company after the Share Exchange Agreement.
As of
September 30, 2009, a total of 4,121,600 convertible preferred shares and a
total of 4,781,056 outstanding warrants have not been included in the
calculation of diluted earnings (loss) per share in order to avoid any
anti-dilutive effect.
25.
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Share-based
compensation expenses
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On June
26, 2009, the Company issued 300,000 shares of common stock to TriPoint Capital
Advisors, LLC, and 300,000 shares of common stock to Richever Limited,
respectively, that the Company’s board of directors previously approved for the
financial consulting and corporate development services that they
provided. The shares were issued in accordance with the exemption
from the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
provided by Section 4(2) of such Act for issuances not involving any public
offering. The 600,000 shares issued were valued at $0.25 per share,
the closing bid of the Company’s common stock on the date of
issue. Therefore, total aggregate value of the transaction that we
recognized was US$150,000, which was recorded in general and administrative
expenses as share-based compensation expenses.
On June
17, 2009, the Company engaged J and M Group, LLC (“J&M”) to provide investor
relations services. The initial term of the agreement is for one
year. As additional compensation, the Company agreed to issue J&M
120,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that vest 10,000 shares every 30
days. The shares were issued in accordance with the exemption from the
registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by
Section 4(2) of such Act for issuances not involving any public
offering. The 120,000 shares issued on June 17, 2009 were valued at
$0.15 per share, the closing bid of the Company’s common stock on the date of
issue. Therefore, total aggregate number of shares granted to J&M
vested as of September 30, 2009 was 30,000 shares. Total aggregate
value of the transaction that the Company recognized in the nine and three
months ended September 30, 2009 were US$4,500, which were recorded in general
and administrative expenses as share-based compensation expenses. Going forward
the cost of these shares will be expensed as they vest.
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On July
1, 2009, the Company engaged Hayden Communications International, Inc. (“HC”) to
provide investor relations services. The initial term of the agreement is for
one year. As additional compensation, the Company agreed to issue HC
80,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that vest on a straight line basis
over the contract period. The shares were issued in accordance with the
exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, provided by Section 4(2) of such Act for issuances not involving any
public offering. The 80,000 shares issued on July 1, 2009 were valued
at $1.75 per share, the closing bid of the Company’s common stock on the date of
issue. Therefore, total aggregated number of shares granted to HC
vested as of September 30, 2009 was 20,000 shares. Total aggregate
value of the transaction that the Company recognized in the nine and three
months ended September 30, 2009 were US$35,000, which were recorded in general
and administrative expenses as share-based compensation expenses. Going forward
the cost of these shares will be expensed as they vest.
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Subsequent
events
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The
Company did not have any significant subsequent events as of September 30,
2009.
Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations
Forward-Looking
Statements
You
should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and
results of operations in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements
and the related notes included elsewhere in this interim report. Our
consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S.
GAAP. In addition, our consolidated financial statements and the financial data
included in this interim report reflect our reorganization and have been
prepared as if our current corporate structure had been in place throughout the
relevant periods. The following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including, without
limitation, statements regarding our expectations, beliefs, intentions or future
strategies that are signified by the words “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,”
“believe,” or similar language. All forward-looking statements included in this
document are based on information available to us on the date hereof, and we
assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Our business
and financial performance are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties.
Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements. In evaluating our business, you should carefully
consider the information set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” in our
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with SEC on July 2, 2009, and “Quantitative and
Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risks” in this report. Readers are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
Overview
Our
company (formerly known as Emazing Interactive, Inc.) was incorporated in the
State of Texas in April 2006 and re-domiciled to become a Nevada corporation in
October 2006. From the date of our company’s incorporation until June 26, 2009,
when our company consummated the Share Exchange (as defined below), our
company’s activities were primarily concentrated in web server access and
company branding in hosting web based e-games.
On June
26, 2009, our company entered into a Share Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange
Agreement”), with (i) China Net Online Media Group Limited, a company organized
under the laws of British Virgin Islands (“China Net BVI”), (ii) China Net BVI’s
shareholders, Allglad Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“Allglad”),
Growgain Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“Growgain”), Rise King
Investments Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“Rise King BVI”), Star
(China) Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“Star”), Surplus
Elegant Investment Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“Surplus”), Clear
Jolly Holdings Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“Clear” and together
with Allglad, Growgain, Rise King BVI, Star and Surplus, the “China Net BVI
Shareholders”), who together owned shares constituting 100% of the issued and
outstanding ordinary shares of China Net BVI (the “China Net BVI Shares”) and
(iii) G. Edward Hancock, our principal stockholder at such time. Pursuant to the
terms of the Exchange Agreement, the China Net BVI Shareholders transferred to
us all of the China Net BVI Shares in exchange for the issuance of
13,790,800 shares (the “Exchange Shares”) of our common stock (the “Share
Exchange”). As a result of the Share Exchange, China Net BVI became our wholly
owned subsidiary and we are now a holding company which, through certain
contractual arrangements with operating companies in the People’s Republic of
China (the “PRC”), is engaged in providing advertising, marketing and
communication services to small and medium companies in China.
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Our
wholly owned subsidiary, China Net BVI, was incorporated in the British Virgin
Islands on August 13, 2007. In April 11, 2008, China Net BVI became the parent
holding company of a group of companies comprised of CNET Online Technology
Limited, a Hong Kong company (“China Net HK”), which established and is the
parent company of Rise King Century Technology Development (Beijing) Co., Ltd.,
a wholly foreign-owned enterprise (“WFOE”) established in the PRC (“Rise King
WFOE”). We refer to the transactions that resulted in China Net BVI becoming an
indirect parent company of Rise King WFOE as the “Offshore Restructuring.”
Through a series of contractual agreements, we operate our business in China
primarily through Business Opportunity Online (Beijing) Network Technology Co.,
Ltd. (“Business Opportunity Online”), Beijing CNET Online Advertising Co., Ltd.
(“Beijing CNET Online”). Beijing CNET Online owns 51% of Shanghai Borongdingsi
Computer Technology Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Borongdingsi”). Business Opportunity
Online, Beijing CNET Online and Shanghai Borongdingsi, were incorporated on
December 8, 2004, January 27, 2003 and August 3, 2005, respectively. From time
to time, we refer to them collectively as the “PRC Operating
Entities.”
Through
our PRC Operating Entities, we are now one of China’s leading full-service media
development and advertising platform for the small and medium enterprise (the
“SME”) market. We are a service oriented business that leverages
proprietary advertising technology to prepare and publish rich media enabled
advertising campaigns for clients on the internet and on television. Our goal is
to strengthen our position as the leading diversified media advertising provider
in China. Our multi-platform advertising network consists of www.28.com, our
internet advertising portal; our TV production and advertising unit, and our
newly launched bank kiosk advertising unit, which is primarily used as an
advertising platform for clients in the financial services
industry. Using proprietary technology, we provide additional
services as a lead generator. We are also a re-seller of internet and
television advertising space that we purchase in large volumes from other
well-known internet portals. We launched a new service in August 2009, which is
known as “Internet Information Management” service. This product is an
intelligence software that is based on our proprietary search engine
optimization technology which helps our clients gain an early warning in order
to identify and respond to potential negative exposure on the
internet.
Basis
of presentation, critical accounting policies and management
estimates
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Change
of reporting entity and basis of
presentation
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As a
result of the Share Exchange on June 26, 2009, the former China Net BVI
shareholders own a majority of our common stock. The transaction was
regarded as a reverse merger whereby China Net BVI was considered to be the
accounting acquirer as its shareholders retained control of our company after
the Share Exchange, although we are the legal parent company. The share
exchange was treated as a recapitalization of our company. As such, China
Net BVI (and its historical financial statements) is the continuing entity for
financial reporting purposes. Pursuant to the terms of the Share Exchange,
Emazing Interactive, Inc. was delivered with zero assets and zero liabilities at
time of closing. Following the Share Exchange, we changed our name from Emazing
Interactive, Inc. to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. Our financial statements
have been prepared as if China Net BVI had always been the reporting company and
then on the share exchange date, had changed its name and reorganized its
capital stock.
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Critical
accounting policies and management
estimates
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Our
unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of our
company, and its subsidiaries and Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”). All
transactions and balances between us, our subsidiaries and VIEs have been
eliminated upon consolidation. We prepared our interim consolidated
financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) for interim financial information
and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X, as
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly,
they do not include all of the information and notes required by US GAAP
for annual financial statements. However, management believes that the
disclosures are adequate to ensure the information presented is not misleading.
We prepare our financial statements in conformity with US GAAP, which requires
us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets
and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities on the date of
the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the financial reporting period. We continually evaluate these estimates
and assumptions based on the most recently available information, our own
historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be
reasonable under the circumstances. Since the use of estimates is an integral
component of the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from
those estimates. Some of our accounting policies require higher degrees of
judgment than others in their application. We consider the policies discussed
below to be critical to an understanding of our financial
statements.
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FASB
Establishes Accounting Standards Codification ™
In June
2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2009-01, “Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles” (ASC Topic 105) which establishes the FASB
Accounting Standards Codification (“the Codification” or “ASC”) as the official
single source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”). All existing accounting standards are superseded. All other accounting
guidance not included in the Codification will be considered non-authoritative.
The Codification also includes all relevant Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) guidance organized using the same topical structure in separate sections
within the Codification.
Following
the Codification, the Financial Accounting Standards Board will not issue new
standards in the form of Statements, FASB Staff Positions or Emerging Issues
Task Force Abstracts. Instead, it will issue Accounting Standards Updates
(“ASU”) which will serve to update the Codification, provide background
information about the guidance and provide the basis for conclusions on the
changes to the Codification.
The
Codification is not intended to change GAAP, but it will change the way GAAP is
organized and presented. The Codification is effective for our third-quarter
2009 financial statements and the principal impact on our financial statements
is limited to disclosures as all future references to authoritative accounting
literature will be referenced in accordance with the Codification. In
order to ease the transition to the Codification, we are providing the
Codification cross-reference alongside the references to the standards issued
and adopted prior to the adoption of the Codification.
Foreign
currency translation
Our
functional currency is United States dollars (“US$”), and the functional
currency of our Hong Kong subsidiary is Hong Kong dollars
(“HK$”). The functional currency of our PRC operating entities is the
Renminbi (“RMB’), and PRC is the primary economic environment in which our
businesses operate.
For
financial reporting purposes, the financial statements of our PRC operating
entities, which are prepared using the RMB, are translated into our reporting
currency, the $US. Assets and liabilities are translated using the exchange rate
at each balance sheet date. Revenue and expenses are translated using
average rates prevailing during each reporting period, and shareholders’ equity
is translated at historical exchange rates. Adjustments resulting from the
translation are recorded as a separate component of accumulated other
comprehensive income in shareholders’ equity.
Transactions
denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into
the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the
transactions. The resulting exchange differences are included in the
determination of net income of the consolidated financial statements for the
respective periods.
Revenue
recognition
Our
revenue recognition policies are in compliance with Staff Accounting Bulletin
No. 104, “Revenue Recognition” (Accounting Standards Codification ™ (“ASC”)
Topic 605). In accordance with ASC Topic 605, revenues are recognized when the
four of the following criteria are met: (i) persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists, (ii) the service has been rendered, (iii) the fees
are fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectability is reasonably
assured.
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Sales
Advertising
revenues include revenues from reselling of advertising time purchased from TV
stations and internet advertising, reselling of internet advertising spaces and
other advertisement related resources. No revenue from
advertising-for-advertising barter transactions was recognized because the
transactions did not meet the criteria for recognition in EITF abstract issue no
99-17 (“ASC Topic 605, subtopic 20”). Advertising contracts establish
the fixed price and advertising services to be provided. Pursuant to
advertising contracts, our company provides advertisement placements in
different formats, including but not limited to banners, links, logos, buttons,
rich media and content integration. Revenue is recognized ratably over the
period the advertising is provided and, as such, our company considers the
services to have been delivered. We treat all elements of advertising contracts
as a single unit of accounting for revenue recognition
purposes. Based upon our credit assessments of customers prior to
entering into contracts, we determine if collectability is reasonably
assured. In situations where collectability is not deemed to be
reasonably assured, we recognize revenue upon receipt of cash from customers,
only after services have been provided and all other criteria for revenue
recognition have been met.
Taxation
1.
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Income
tax
|
We follow
the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this
method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the
difference between of the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and
liabilities using enacted tax rates that will be in effect in the period in
which the differences are expected to reverse. We record a valuation allowance
to offset deferred tax assets if based on the weight of available evidence, it
is more-likely-than-not that some portion, or all, of the deferred tax assets
will not be realized. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is
recognized in income statement in the period that includes the enactment date.
We had no deferred tax assets and liabilities recognized for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, and for the year ended December 31,
2008.
We
adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48,
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“ASC Topic 740”). ASC Topic 740 prescribes a more
likely than not threshold for financial statement recognition and measurement of
a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. This
Interpretation also provides guidance on recognition of income tax assets and
liabilities, classification of current and deferred income tax assets and
liabilities, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax
positions, accounting for income taxes in interim periods, and income tax
disclosures. For the nine month ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, and for the
year ended December 31, 2008, we did not have any interest and penalties
associated with tax positions and did not have any significant unrecognized
uncertain tax positions.
We are
incorporated in the State of Nevada. Under the current law of Nevada
we are not subject to state corporate income tax. We became a holding
company and do not conduct any substantial operations of our own after the Share
Exchange. No provision for federal corporate income tax has been made in our
financial statements as no assessable profits for the nine month ended September
30, 2009.
China Net
BVI was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”). Under the
current law of the BVI, we are not subject to tax on income or capital
gains. Additionally, upon payments of dividends by China Net BVI to
us, no BVI withholding tax will be imposed.
China Net
HK was incorporated in Hong Kong and does not conduct any substantial operations
of its own. No provision for Hong Kong profits tax have been made in our
financial statements as no assessable profits for the nine month ended September
30, 2009. Additionally, upon payments of dividends by China Net HK to its sole
shareholder, China Net BVI, no Hong Kong withholding tax will be
imposed.
Our PRC
operating entities, being incorporated in the PRC, are governed by the income
tax law of the PRC and are subject to PRC enterprise income tax
(“EIT”). Effective from January 1, 2008, the EIT rate of PRC was
changed from 33% of to 25%, and applies to both domestic and foreign invested
enterprises.
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Rise
King WFOE is a software company qualified by the related PRC governmental
authorities and was entitled to a two-year EIT exemption from its first
profitable year and a 50% reduction of its applicable EIT rate, which is
25% of its taxable income for the exceeding three years, which subjects to
an application filing by the Company. Rise King WFOE had a cumulative
operating loss for the year ended December 31, 2008. Rise King will file
the application for an income tax exemption, if it achieves an operating
profit for the year ended December 31,
2009.
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Business
Opportunity Online was qualified as a High and New Technology Enterprise
in Beijing High-Tech Zone in 2005. In March 2007, a new
enterprise income tax law (the “New EIT”) in the PRC was enacted which was
effective on January 1, 2008. The New EIT applies a uniform 25% EIT
rate to both foreign invested enterprises and domestic enterprises. On
April 14, 2008, relevant governmental regulatory authorities released
qualification criteria, application procedures and assessment processes
for “High and New Technology Enterprise” status under the New EIT which
would entitle qualified and approved entities to a favorable statutory tax
rate of 15%. Business Opportunity Online has not obtained the
approval of its reassessment of the qualification as a “High and New
Technology Enterprise” under the New EIT as of September 30,
2009. Accordingly, Business Opportunity Online accounted for
its current income tax using a tax rate of 25% for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008, and the year ended December 31,
2008. If Business Opportunity Online is able to re-qualify as a
“High and New Technology Enterprise”, it will be entitled to the
preferential tax rate of 15%. Business Opportunity Online will
file the application for tax refund to the tax authorities for the fiscal
year 2009 after it obtains the approval for its High and New Technology
Enterprise qualification.
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The
applicable income tax rate for CNET Online Beijing was 25% for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, and the year ended December 31,
2008.
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The
New EIT also imposed a 10% withholding income tax for dividends
distributed by a foreign invested enterprise to its immediate holding
company outside China, which were exempted under the previous enterprise
income tax law and rules. A lower withholding tax rate will be
applied if there is a tax treaty arrangement between mainland China and
the jurisdiction of the foreign holding company. Holding companies in Hong
Kong, for example, will be subject to a 5% rate. Rise King WFOE
is owned by an intermediate holding company in Hong Kong and will be
entitled to the 5% preferential withholding tax rate upon distribution of
the dividends to this intermediate holding
company.
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2.
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Business
tax and relevant surcharges
|
Revenue
generated from our advertisement services are subject to 5.5% business tax and
3% cultural industry development surcharge of the gross service
income. Revenue generated from our TV advertisement segment is
subject to 5.5% business tax and 3% cultural industry development surcharge of
the net service income after deducting amount paid to ending media promulgators.
Revenue generated from our internet technical support services is subjected to
5.5% business tax. Business tax charged was included in cost of
sales.
3.
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Value
added tax
|
As a
small-scale value added tax payer, revenue from sales of self-development
software of Rise King WFOE is subject to 3% value added tax.
Warrant
liabilities
On August
21, 2009 (the “Closing Date”), we entered into a securities purchase agreement
(the “Purchase Agreement”), with several investors, including institutional,
accredited and non-US persons and entities (the “Investors”), pursuant to which
we sold units, comprised of 10% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value
US$0.001 per share (the “Series A preferred stock”), and two series of warrants,
for a purchase price of US$2.50 per unit (the “August 2009
Financing”). We sold 4,121,600 units in the aggregate, which included
(i) 4,121,600 shares of Series A preferred stock, (ii) Series A-1
Warrants to purchase 2,060,800 shares of common stock at an exercise price of
US$3.00 per share with a three-year term, and (iii) Series A-2 Warrants to
purchase 2,060,800 shares of common stock at an exercise price of US$3.75 with a
five-year term. Net proceeds were approximately US$9,162,000, net of
issuance costs of approximately US$1,142,000. TriPoint Global
Equities, LLC acted as placement agent and received (i) a placement fee in the
amount equal to 8% of the gross proceeds and (ii) warrants to purchase up to
329,728 shares of common stock at an exercise price of US$2.50, 164,864 shares
at an exercise price of US$3.00 and 164,864 shares at an exercise price of
US$3.75 respectively, with a five-year term (“Placement Agent Warrants” and together
with the Series A-1 Warrants and Series A-2 Warrants, the
“Warrants”).
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The
Warrants have an initial exercise price which is subject to adjustments in
certain circumstances for stock splits, combinations, dividends and
distributions, reclassification, exchange or substitution, reorganization,
merger, consolidation or sales of assets, issuance of additional shares of
common stock or equivalents. The Warrants may not be exercised if it
would result in the holder beneficially owning more than 9.99% of our
outstanding common shares. That limitation may be waived by the holders of the
Warrants by sending a written notice to us not less than 61 days prior to the
date that they would like to waive the limitation.
Fair value of the
warrants
Fair
value is generally based on independent sources such as quoted market prices or
dealer price quotations. To the extent certain financial instruments trade
infrequently or are non-marketable securities, they may not have readily
determinable fair values. We estimated the fair value of the Warrants and Series
A preferred stock using various pricing models and available information that we
deems most relevant. Among the factors considered in determining the fair value
of financial instruments are discounted anticipated cash flows, the cost, terms
and liquidity of the instrument, the financial condition, operating results and
credit ratings of the issuer or underlying company, the quoted market price of
similar traded securities, and other factors generally pertinent to the
valuation of financial instruments.
Placement Agent
Warrants
In
accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5.A: “Miscellaneous
Accounting-Expenses of Offering” (“ASC Topic 340 subtopic 10 section
S99-1”), “specific incremental costs directly attributable to a
proposed or actual offering of securities may properly be deferred and charged
against the gross proceeds of the offering.” In accordance with the
SEC accounting and reporting manual “cost of issuing equity securities are
charged directly to equity as deduction of the fair value assigned to share
issued.” Accordingly, we concluded that the warrants issued to the
placement agents are directly attributable to the August 2009
financing. If we had not issued the warrants to the placement agent,
we would have had to pay the same amount of cash as the fair
value. Therefore, we deducted the total fair value of the Placement
Agent Warrants as of the Commitment Date as a deduction of the fair value
assigned to the Series A preferred stock.
Since
they contain the same terms as the Series A-1 and Series A-2 Warrants, the
Placement Agent Warrants are also entitled the “Down-round protection”
provision, which means that the Placement Agent Warrants will also need to be
accounted as a derivative under SFAS 133 (“ASC Topic 815”) with changes in fair
value recorded in earnings at each reporting period.
Series
A preferred stock
Key terms
of the Series A preferred stock sold by us in the August 2009 financing are
summarized as follows:
Dividends
Dividends
on the Series A preferred stock shall accrue and be cumulative from and after
the issuance date. For each outstanding share of Series A preferred
stock, dividends are payable at the per annum rate of 10% of the Liquidation
Preference Amount of the Series A preferred stock. Dividends are
payable quarterly within thirty (30) days following the last Business Day of
each August, November, February and May of each year (each, a “Dividend Payment
Date”), and continuing until such stock is fully converted. We shall have the
right, at its sole and exclusive option, to pay all or any portion of each and
every quarterly dividend that is payable on each Dividend Payment Date, either
(i) in cash, or (ii) by issuing to the holder of Series A preferred stock such
number of additional Conversion Shares which, when multiplied by US$2.5 would
equal the amount of such quarterly dividend not paid in cash.
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Voting
Rights
The
Series A preferred stock holders are entitled to vote separately as a class on
matters affecting the Series A preferred stock and with regard to certain
corporate matters set forth in the Series A Certificate of Designation, so long
as any shares of the Series A preferred stock remain outstanding. Holders of the
Series A preferred stock are not, however, entitled to vote on general matters
along with holders of common stock.
Liquidation
Preference
In the
event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of us,
whether voluntary or involuntary (each, a “Liquidation”), the holders of the
Series A preferred stock then outstanding shall be entitled to receive, out of
the assets of us available for distribution to its stockholders, an amount equal
to US$2.5 per share of the Series A preferred stock, plus any accrued but unpaid
dividends thereon, whether or not declared, together with any other dividends
declared but unpaid thereon, as of the date of Liquidation (collectively, the
“Series A Liquidation Preference Amount”) before any payment shall be made or
any assets distributed to the holders of the common stock or any other junior
stock. If upon the occurrence of Liquidation, the assets thus distributed among
the holders of the Series A shares shall be insufficient to permit the payment
to such holders of the full Series A Preference Amount, then the entire assets
of us legally available for distribution shall be distributed ratably among the
holders of the Series A preferred stock.
Conversion
Rights
Voluntary
Conversion:
At any
time on or after the date of the initial issuance of the Series A preferred
stock, the holder of any such shares of Series A preferred stock may, at such
holder’s option, subject to the limitations described below in “Conversion Restriction”,
elect to convert all or portion of the shares of Series A preferred stock held
by such person in a number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of common
stock equal to the quotient of Liquidation preference amount of the Series A
preferred stock divided by the initial conversion price of US$2.50. The initial
conversion price may be adjusted for stock splits and combinations, dividend and
distributions, reclassification, exchange or substitution, reorganization,
merger, consolidation or sales of assets, issuance of additional shares of
common stock or equivalents with lower price or without considerations etc, as
stimulated in the Certification of Designation.
Mandatory
Conversion:
All
outstanding shares of the Series A preferred stock shall automatically convert
into shares of common stock, subject to the limitations described below in “Conversion Restriction”, at
the earlier to occur of (i) twenty-four month anniversary of the Closing Date,
and (ii) at such time that the Volume Weighted Average Price of our common stock
is no less than US$5.00 for a period of ten (10) consecutive trading days with
the daily volume of the common stock of at least 50,000 shares per
day.
Conversion
Restriction
Holders
of the Series A preferred stock may not convert the preferred stock to shares of
common stock if the conversion would result in the holder beneficially owning
more than 9.99% of our outstanding shares of common stock. That limitation may
be waived by a holder of the Series A preferred stock by sending a written
notice to us on not less than 61 days prior to the date that they would like to
waive the limitation.
Registration Rights
Agreement
In
connection with the Financing, we entered into a registration rights agreement
(the “RRA”) with the Investors in which we agreed to file a registration
statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the SEC to register the shares of
common stock underlying the Series A preferred stock (the “Conversion Shares”)
and the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”), thirty (30) days after the closing of
the Financing. We have agreed to use its best efforts to have the
Registration Statement declared effective within 150 calendar days after filing,
or 180 calendar days after filing in the event the Registration Statement is
subject to a “full review” by the SEC.
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We are
required to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the
Securities Act until such date as is the earlier of the date when all of the
securities covered by that registration statement have been sold or the date on
which such securities may be sold without any restriction pursuant to Rule 144
(the “Financing Effectiveness Period”). We will pay liquidated
damages of 2% of each holder’s initial investment in the Units sold in the
Financing per month, payable in cash, up to a maximum of 10%, if the
Registration Statement is not filed or declared effective within the foregoing
time periods or ceases to be effective prior to the expiration of the Financing
Effectiveness Period. However, no liquidated damages shall be paid
with respect to any securities being registered that we are not permitted to
include in the Financing Registration Statement due to the SEC’s application of
Rule 415.
We
evaluated the contingent obligation related to the RRA liquidated damages in
accordance to Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position No. EITF
00-19-2 “Accounting for Registration Payment Arrangements” (“ASC Topic 825
subtopic 20”), which required the contingent obligation to make future payments
or otherwise transfer consideration under a registration payment arrangement,
whether issued as a separate agreement or included as a provision of a financial
instrument or other agreement be separately recognized and measured in
accordance with FASB Statement No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies” (“ASC Topic
450”). We concluded that such obligation was not probable to incur
based on the best information and facts available as of September 30,
2009. Therefore, no contingent obligation related to the RRA
liquidated damages was recognized as of September 30, 2009.
Security Escrow
Agreement
We
entered into a securities escrow agreement with the Investors (the “Escrow
Agreement”), pursuant to which Rise King Investment Limited, a British Virgin
Islands company (the “Principal Stockholder”), initially placed 2,558,160 shares
of our common stock (the “Escrow Shares”) into an escrow account. Of
the Escrow Shares, 1,279,080 shares (equivalent to 50% of the Escrow Shares) are
being held as security for the achievement of audited net income equal to or
greater than $7.7 million for the fiscal year 2009 (the “2009 Performance
Threshold”) and the remaining 1,279,080 of the Escrow Shares are being held as
security for the achievement of audited net income equal to or greater than $14
million for the fiscal year 2010 (the “2010 Performance
Threshold”).
If we
achieve at least 95% of the applicable Performance Threshold, all of the Escrow
Shares for the corresponding fiscal year shall be returned to the Principal
Stockholder. If we achieve less than 95% of the applicable Performance
Threshold, the Investors shall receive in the aggregate, on a pro rata basis
(based upon the number of shares of Series A preferred stock or conversion
shares owned by each such Investor as of the date of distribution of the Escrow
Shares), 63,954 shares of the Escrow Shares for each percentage by which the
applicable Performance Threshold was not achieved up to the total number of
Escrow Shares for the applicable fiscal year. Any Escrow Shares not
delivered to any investor because such investor no longer holds shares of Series
A preferred stock or conversion shares shall be returned to the Principal
Stockholder.
For the
purposes of the Escrow Agreement, net income is defined in accordance with US
GAAP and reported by us in its audited financial statements for each of the
fiscal years ended 2009 and 2010; provided, however, that net income for each of
fiscal years ended 2009 and 2010 shall be increased by any non-cash charges
incurred (i) as a result of the Financing , including without limitation, as a
result of the issuance and/or conversion of the Series A preferred stock, and
the issuance and/or exercise of the Warrants, (ii) as a result of the release of
the Escrow Shares to the Principal Stockholder and/or the investors, as
applicable, pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement, (iii) as a result of
the issuance of ordinary shares of the Principal Stockholder to Messrs. Handong
Cheng and Xuanfu Liu and Ms. Li Sun (the “PRC Shareholders”), upon the exercise
of options granted to the PRC Shareholders by the Principal Stockholder, (iv) as
a result of the issuance of warrants to any placement agent and its designees in
connection with the Financing, (v) the exercise of any warrants to purchase
common stock outstanding and (vi) the issuance under any performance
based equity incentive plan that we adopt.
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Fair Value of the Series A
preferred stock:
Fair
value is generally based on independent sources such as quoted market prices or
dealer price quotations. To the extent certain financial instruments trade
infrequently or are non-marketable securities, they may not have readily
determinable fair values. We estimated the fair value of the Warrants and Series
A preferred stock using various pricing models and available information that
management deems most relevant. Among the factors considered in determining the
fair value of financial instruments are discounted anticipated cash flows, the
cost, terms and liquidity of the instrument, the financial condition, operating
results and credit ratings of the issuer or underlying company, the quoted
market price of similar traded securities, and other factors generally pertinent
to the valuation of financial instruments.
Accounting for the Series A
preferred stock
The
Series A preferred stock has been classified as permanent equity as there was no
redemption provision at the option of the holders that not within the control of
us on or after an agreed upon date. We evaluated the embedded conversion feature
in its Series A preferred stock to determine if there was an embedded derivative
requiring bifurcation. We concluded that the embedded conversion
feature of the Series A preferred stock does not required to be bifurcated
because the conversion feature is clearly and closely related to the host
instrument.
Allocation of the proceeds
at commitment date and calculation of beneficial conversion
feature
The
following table summarized the allocation of proceeds to the Series A preferred
stock and the Warrants:
Gross proceeds
Allocated
|
Number of
instruments
|
Allocated value per
instrument
|
||||||||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$
|
|||||||||||
Series A-1
Warrant
|
2,236 | 2,060,800 | 1.08 | |||||||||
Series A-2
Warrant
|
2,170 | 2,060,800 | 1.05 | |||||||||
Series A preferred
stock
|
5,898 | 4,121,600 | 1.43 | |||||||||
Total
|
10,304 |
In
accordance to the schedule above, the unit price is: [1.08*50%+1.05*50%+1.43] =
US$2.50 per unit.
We then
evaluated whether a beneficial conversion feature exists by comparing the
operable conversion price of Series A preferred stock with the fair value of the
common stock at the commitment date. We concluded that the fair value
of common stock was greater than the operable conversion price of Series A
preferred stock at the commitment date and the intrinsic value of the beneficial
conversion feature is greater than the proceeds allocated to the Series A
preferred stock. In accordance to ASC Topic 470, subtopic 20, if the
intrinsic value of beneficial conversion feature is greater than the proceeds
allocated to the Series A preferred stock, the amount of the discount assigned
to the beneficial conversion feature is limited to the amount of the proceeds
allocated to the Series A preferred stock. Accordingly, the total
proceeds allocated to Series A preferred stock were allocated to the beneficial
conversion feature with a credit to Additional paid-in capital upon the issuance
of the Series A preferred stock. Since the Series A preferred stock
may convert to tour common stock at any time on or after the initial
issuing date, all discount was immediately recognized as a deemed dividend and a
reduction to net income attributable to common shareholders.
According
to Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 5.A: “Miscellaneous Accounting-Expenses of
Offering” (“ASC Topic 340 subtopic 10 section S99-1”), “specific
incremental costs directly attributable to a proposed or actual offering of
securities may properly be deferred and charged against the gross proceeds of
the offering”. And in accordance with the SEC accounting and
reporting manual “cost of issuing equity securities are charged directly to
equity as deduction of the fair value assigned to share
issued”. Accordingly, we deducted the direct issuing cost paid in
cash from the assigned fair value to the Series A preferred stock.
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Share-based
Compensation
We
account for stock-based compensation arrangements using the fair value method in
accordance with the provisions of the FASB issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No, 123 (revised 2004) (Share-Based Payment) (“ASC Topic
718”). ASC Topic 718 is a revision of SFAS 123 (Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation), and supersedes Accounting Principles Beard (“APB”) Opinion No. 25
(Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees). ASC Topic 718 requires that the fair
value of share awards issued, modified, repurchased or cancelled after
implementation, under share-based payment arrangements, be measured as of the
date the award is issued, modified, repurchased or cancelled. The resulting cost
is then recognized in the statement of operations and comprehensive income over
the service period.
We
periodically issue common stock for acquisitions and services
rendered. Common stock issued in these circumstances is valued at the
estimated fair market value, as determined by the management and board of
directors. Our management and the board of directors consider market
price quotations, recent stock offering prices and other factors in determining
fair market value for purposes of valuing the common stock.
Reverse
merger and common stock (reclassification of the stockholders’
equity)
SEC
Manual Item 2.6.5.4, Reverse Acquisitions, requires that “in a reverse
acquisition the historical shareholder’s equity of the accounting acquirer prior
to the merger is retroactively reclassified (a recapitalization) for the
equivalent number of shares received in the merger after giving effect to any
difference in par value of the registrant’s and the accounting acquirer’s stock
by an offset in paid in capital.”
Pursuant
to the terms of Share Exchange Agreement, the China Net BVI shareholders
transferred to us all of the China Net BVI shares in exchange for the issuance
of 13,790,800 shares of our common stock. Accordingly, we reclassified our
common stock and additional paid-in-capital accounts for the year ended December
31, 2008.
A.
|
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS FOR THE NINE AND THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 AND
2008
|
The
following table sets forth a summary, for the periods indicated, of our
consolidated results of operations. Our historical results presented below are
not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future
period. All amounts, except number of shares and per share data, in thousands of
US dollars.
For the nine months
ended September 30,
|
For the three months
ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
(US $)
|
(US $)
|
(US $)
|
(US $)
|
|||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||
Sales
|
$ | 27,305 | $ | 13,314 | $ | 8,126 | $ | 6,679 | ||||||||
Cost of
sales
|
15,918 | 8,663 | 4,029 | 3,700 | ||||||||||||
Gross
margin
|
11,387 | 4,651 | 4,097 | 2,979 | ||||||||||||
Operating
expenses
|
||||||||||||||||
Selling
expenses
|
3,253 | 1,103 | 624 | 525 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative
expenses
|
1,530 | 588 | 614 | 233 | ||||||||||||
Research and development
expenses
|
347 | 92 | 133 | 28 | ||||||||||||
5,130 | 1,783 | 1,371 | 786 | |||||||||||||
Income from
operations
|
6,257 | 2,868 | 2,726 | 2,193 | ||||||||||||
Other income
(expenses):
|
||||||||||||||||
Changes in fair value of
warrants (see note 15)
|
(1,289 | ) | - | (1,289 | ) | - | ||||||||||
Interest
income
|
9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Other
income
|
8 | - | 2 | - | ||||||||||||
Other
expenses
|
(100 | ) | (15 | ) | (99 | ) | - | |||||||||
(1,372 | ) | (10 | ) | (1,382 | ) | 3 | ||||||||||
Income before income tax
expense
|
4,885 | 2,858 | 1,344 | 2,196 | ||||||||||||
Income tax
expense
|
1,653 | 804 | 696 | 581 | ||||||||||||
Net income
|
3,232 | 2,054 | 648 | 1,615 | ||||||||||||
Other comprehensive
income
|
||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation
gain
|
13 | 71 | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$ | 3,245 | $ | 2,125 | $ | 656 | $ | 1,617 | ||||||||
Net income
|
$ | 3,232 | $ | 2,054 | $ | 648 | $ | 1,615 | ||||||||
Beneficial conversion feature of
Series A convertible preferred stock
|
(5,898 | ) | - | (5,898 | ) | - | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to
common shareholders
|
$ | (2,666 | ) | $ | 2,054 | $ | (5,250 | ) | $ | 1,615 | ||||||
Earnings /(loss) per
share
|
||||||||||||||||
Earnings / (loss) per
share
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic and
diluted
|
$ | (0.18 | ) | $ | 0.15 | $ | (0.33 | ) | $ | 0.12 | ||||||
Weighted average number of common
shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic and
diluted
|
14,495,560 | 13,790,800 | 15,774,300 | 13,790,800 |
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Non-GAAP
Measures
To
supplement the unaudited consolidated statement of income and comprehensive
income presented in accordance with Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in
the United States of America (“GAAP”), we also provided non-GAAP measures of
income from operations, income before income tax expenses, net income for the
nine and three month periods ended September 30, 2009, which are adjusted from
results based on GAAP to exclude the non-cash charges recorded, which related to
the issuing of Series A preferred stock and warrants in August 2009
financing. The non-GAAP financial measures are provided to enhance
the investors’ overall understanding of our current performance in on-going core
operations as well as prospects for the future. These measures should be
considered in addition to results prepared and presented in accordance with
GAAP, but should not be considered a substitute for or superior to GAAP
results. We use both GAAP and non-GAAP information in evaluating and
operating business internally and therefore deems it important to provide all of
this information to investors.
The
following table presented reconciliations of our non-GAAP financial measures to
the unaudited consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the
nine and three months ended September 30, 2009:
For
the nine months ended September 30,
|
For
the three months ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2009
|
2009
|
2009
|
|||||||||||||
(US
$)
|
(US
$)
|
(US
$)
|
(US
$)
|
|||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||
GAAP
|
NON
GAAP
|
GAAP
|
NON
GAAP
|
|||||||||||||
(All
amounts in thousands of US dollars)
|
||||||||||||||||
Income
from operations
|
$
|
6,257
|
$
|
6,257
|
$
|
2,726
|
$
|
2,726
|
||||||||
Other
income (expenses):
|
||||||||||||||||
Changes
in fair value of warrants
|
(1,289
|
)
|
-
|
(1,289
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||||
Interest
income
|
9
|
9
|
4
|
4
|
||||||||||||
Other
income
|
8
|
8
|
2
|
2
|
||||||||||||
Other
expenses
|
(100
|
)
|
(100
|
)
|
(99
|
)
|
(99
|
)
|
||||||||
(1,372
|
)
|
(83
|
)
|
(1,382
|
)
|
(93
|
)
|
|||||||||
Income
before income tax expense
|
4,885
|
6,174
|
1,344
|
2,633
|
||||||||||||
Income
tax expense
|
1,653
|
1,653
|
696
|
696
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
3,232
|
4,521
|
648
|
1,937
|
||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income
|
||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation gain
|
13
|
13
|
8
|
8
|
||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
3,245
|
$
|
4,534
|
$
|
656
|
$
|
1,945
|
||||||||
Net
income
|
$ |
3,232
|
$ |
4,521
|
$ |
648
|
$ |
1,937
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
Beneficial
conversion feature of Series A convertible preferred stock
|
(5,898
|
) |
-
|
(5,898
|
) |
-
|
|
|||||||||
Net
income (loss) attributable to common shareholders
|
$ |
(2,666
|
) | $ |
4,521
|
$ |
(5,520
|
) | $ |
1,937
|
|
|||||
Earnings
(loss) per common share-Basic
|
$ |
(0.18
|
) | $ |
0.31
|
$ |
(0.33
|
) | $ |
0.12
|
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Earnings
(loss) per common share-Diluted
|
$ |
(0.18
|
) | $ |
0.30
|
$ |
(0.33
|
) | $ |
0.11
|
|
REVENUE
The
following tables set forth a breakdown of our total revenue, divided into five
segments for the periods indicated, with inter-segment transactions
eliminated:
Revenue
type
|
For the nine months ended
September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||
(Amount expressed in thousands of
US dollars, except percentages)
|
||||||||||||||||
Internet
advertisement
|
12,601 | 46.15 | % | 7,317 | 54.96 | % | ||||||||||
TV
advertisement
|
13,600 | 49.81 | % | 3,882 | 29.16 | % | ||||||||||
Internet
Ad. resources resell
|
1,045 | 3.83 | % | 2,115 | 15.88 | % | ||||||||||
Bank
kiosks
|
21 | 0.07 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
Internet
information management
|
38 | 0.14 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
Total
|
27,305 | 100 | % | 13,314 | 100 | % |
Revenue
type
|
For the three months ended
September 30,
|
||||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||
(Amount expressed in thousands of
US dollars, except percentages)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Internet
advertisement
|
4,730 | 58.21 | % | 2,963 | 44.36 | % | |||||||||||
TV
advertisement
|
3,114 | 38.32 | % | 2,223 | 33.28 | % | |||||||||||
Internet
Ad. resources resell
|
243 | 2.99 | % | 1,493 | 22.36 | % | |||||||||||
Bank
kiosks
|
1 | 0.01 | % | - | - | ||||||||||||
Internet
information management
|
38 | 0.47 | % | - | - | ||||||||||||
Total
|
8,126 | 100 | % | 6,679 | 100 | % |
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Revenue
type
|
For
the nine months ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||
(Amount
expressed in thousands of US dollars, except
percentages)
|
||||||||||||||||
Internet
advertisement
|
12,601 | 100 | % | 7,317 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
11,420 | 90.63 | % | 6,999 | 95.65 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
1,181 | 9.37 | % | 318 | 4.35 | % | ||||||||||
TV
advertisement
|
13,600 | 100 | % | 3,882 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
12,796 | 94.09 | % | 3,341 | 86.06 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
804 | 5.91 | % | 541 | 13.94 | % | ||||||||||
Internet
Ad. resources resell
|
1,045 | 100 | % | 2,115 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
1,045 | 100 | % | 2,115 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Bank
kiosks
|
21 | 100 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
21 | 100 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Internet
information management
|
38 | 100 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
38 | 100 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Total
|
27,305 | 100 | % | 13,314 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
25,320 | 92.73 | % | 12,455 | 93.55 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
1,985 | 7.27 | % | 859 | 6.45 | % |
Revenue
type
|
For the three months ended
September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2009
(Unaudited)
|
2008
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||
(Amount expressed in thousands of
US dollars, except percentages)
|
||||||||||||||||
Internet
advertisement
|
4,730 | 100 | % | 2,963 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
4,389 | 92.79 | % | 2,866 | 96.73 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
341 | 7.21 | % | 97 | 3.27 | % | ||||||||||
TV
advertisement
|
3,114 | 100 | % | 2,223 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
2,933 | 94.19 | % | 1,846 | 83.04 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
181 | 5.81 | % | 377 | 16.96 | % | ||||||||||
Internet
Ad. resources resell
|
243 | 100 | % | 1,493 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
243 | 100 | % | 1,493 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Bank
kiosks
|
1 | 100 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
1 | 100 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Internet
information management
|
38 | 100 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
38 | 100 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Total
|
8,126 | 100 | % | 6,679 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
7,604 | 93.58 | % | 6,205 | 92.90 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
522 | 6.42 | % | 474 | 7.10 | % |
Total
Revenues: Our total revenues increased significantly to US$ 27.3 million
for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from US$
13.3 million for the same period of 2008. For the three months ended
September 30, of 2009, our total revenues also increased to US$ 8.1 million from
US$ 6.7 million for the same period of 2008.
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We derive
the majority of our advertising service revenues from the sale of advertising
space and provision of the related technical support on our portal website www.28.com; and from
the sale of advertising time purchased from different TV programs to unrelated
third parties and to some of our related parties. We report our advertising
revenue between related and unrelated parties because historically about 5%-10%
of our advertising service revenues came from clients related to some of the
shareholders of our PRC operating entities. Our advertising services to related
parties were provided in the ordinary course of business on the same terms as
those provided to our unrelated advertising clients on an arm’s-length basis. We
expect that our internet advertising service revenue and TV advertising service
revenue will continue to be the primary source and constitute the substantial
majority of our revenues for the foreseeable future.
Our
advertising service revenues are recorded net of any sales discounts. These
discounts include volume discounts and other customary incentives offered to our
advertising clients, including additional advertising time for their
advertisements if we have unused places available in our website and represent
the difference between our official list price and the amount we charge our
advertising clients.
We
typically sign advertising contracts with our advertising clients that require
us to place the advertisements on our portal website for specified places and
specified periods; or place the advertisements during our purchased advisement
time in specific TV programs for specified periods. We recognize revenues as the
advertisement airs over the contractual term based on the schedule agreed upon
with our clients.
We
achieved a significant increase (about 72%) in internet advertising revenues to
US$ 12.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from US$ 7.3
million for the same period of 2008. This is primarily as a result of
(1) the successful brand building effort for www.28.com we made in 2007 and 2008
both on TV and in other well-known portal websites in China; (2) more mature
client service technologies; and (3) a more experienced sale team.
We also
achieved a significant revenue increase (about 250%) in TV advertising, a
business that we started in May 2008, to US$ 13.6 million for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009 from US$ 3.9 million for the same period in
2008. We generated this US$ 13.6 million of TV advertising revenue by
selling about 17,400 minutes of advertising time we purchased from about ten
provincial TV stations.
Our
resale of internet advertising resources is also a segment that we launched in
May 2008. This business is mainly comprised of our resale of a portion of the
internet resources that we purchase from other portal websites to our existing
internet advertising clients, in order to promote our existing clients’
businesses through sponsored search, search engine traffic generation techniques
and portal resources of other well-known portal websites. We achieved
US$ 1 million of this revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and
US$ 2.1 million for the same period of 2008. We do not consider this segment to
be a core business and revenue source, because it does not promote the www.28.com brand and
generates low to even negative margin due to the high purchase cost of internet
resources from other well-known portal websites.
Because
of these issues relating to this segment, we decreased the revenue of this
segment in 2009 to optimize our revenue generation strategy and to better
control our cost of revenue.
As of
September 30, 2009, the bank kiosks advertising business is still in the
test-run stage. We will spend more resources to expand this business
in the future through further client and central control system
development.
Internet
information management is a new product and business segment that we launched in
August 2009. This product is an
intelligence software that is based on our proprietary search engine
optimization technology which helps our clients gain an early warning in order
to identify and respond to potential negative exposure on the internet.
We charge a monthly fee for this
service. For the three month ended September 30, 2009, we achieved
US$ 0.038 million revenue from this service. We will spend more efforts to
promote this service to our existing clients in the future.
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Cost
of revenues
Our cost
of revenues consists of costs directly related to the offering of our
advertising services. The following table sets forth our cost of
revenues, divided into five segments, by amount and gross profit ratio for the
periods indicated, with inter-segment transactions eliminated:
For the nine months ended
September 30,
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2009
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2008
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Amounts expressed in thousands of
US dollars, except percentages)
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Revenue
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Cost
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GP
ratio
|
Revenue
|
Cost
|
GP
ratio
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Internet
advertisement
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12,601 | 3,352 | 73 | % | 7,317 | 2,853 | 61 | % | ||||||||||||||||
TV
advertisement
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13,600 | 11,520 | 15 | % | 3,882 | 3,272 | 16 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Internet
Ad. resources resell
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1,045 | 1,008 | 4 | % | 2,115 | 2,538 | (20 | %) | ||||||||||||||||
Bank
kiosk
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21 | 2 | 90 | % | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
Internet
information management
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38 | 2 | 95 | % | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
Others
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- | 34 | N/A | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
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27,305 | 15,918 | 42 | % | 13,314 | 8,663 | 35 | % |
For the three months ended
September 30,
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2009
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2008
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Amounts expressed in thousands of
US dollars, except percentages)
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Revenue
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Cost
|
GP
ratio
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Revenue
|
Cost
|
GP
Ratio
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Internet
advertisement
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4,730 | 1,241 | 74 | % | 2,963 | 658 | 78 | % | ||||||||||||||||
TV
advertisement
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3,114 | 2,534 | 19 | % | 2,223 | 1,862 | 16 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Internet
Ad. resources resell
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243 | 232 | 5 | % | 1,493 | 1,180 | 21 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Bank
kiosk
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1 | 2 | (100 | %) | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
Internet
information management
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38 | 2 | 95 | % | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
Others
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- | 18 | N/A | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
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8,126 | 4,029 | 50 | % | 6,679 | 3,700 | 45 | % |
Cost of revenues:
Our total cost of revenues increased significantly to US$ 15.9 million
for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from US$ 8.7 million for the same
period of 2008. For the three months ended September 30, 2009, our
total cost of revenues also increased to US$ 4 million from US$ 3.7 million for
the same period of 2008. These increases in costs were in line with
the significant increase of our total revenues for the above
periods.
Our cost
of revenues related to the offering of our advertising services mainly consists
of internet resources purchased from other portal websites, technical services
related to lead generation, sponsored search resources purchased, TV
advertisement time costs purchased from TV stations, and business taxes and
surcharges.
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Internet
resources cost is the largest component of our cost of revenue for
internet advertisement revenue. We purchased these resources from other
well-known portal websites in China, such as: Baidu, Tengxun (QQ), Google,
163.com, Sina and, to help our internet advertisement clients to get
better exposure and to generate more visits from their advertisements
placed on our portal website. We accomplish these objectives
though sponsored search, advanced tracking, advanced traffic generation
technologies, and search engine optimization technologies in connection
with the well-known portal websites indicated above. Our internet
resources cost for internet advertising revenue was US$ 3.4 million and
US$ 2.9 million for the nine months ended 2009 and 2008, respectively, and
US$ 1.2 million and US$ 0.7 million for the three months ended September
30, 2009 and 2008 respectively. Our average gross profit ratio for
internet advertising services is about 70%-80%. We had a
relatively lower gross profit ratio, 61% for the nine months ended
September 30, 2008, mainly as a result of the fact that we had not yet
generated a stable client base at that time. With relatively
limited revenue generated, the cost spent in the first nine months of 2008
was not yet offset by an internet advertising business that had achieved
the economy of scale that we had in the first nine months of 2009.
However, this situation has been improved significantly since the third
quarter of 2008, the gross profit ratio for the three months ended
September 30, 2008 increased to 78%, which led an increase of gross profit
ratio for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 to 61% from 50% for the
six months ended June 30, 2008.
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TV
advertisement time cost is the largest component of our cost of revenue
for TV advertisement revenue. We purchase TV advertisement time from about
ten different provincial TV stations and resell it to our TV advertisement
clients through infomercials produced by us. Our TV advertisement time
cost was US$ 11.5 million and US$ 3.3 million for the nine months ended
2009 and 2008, respectively, and US$ 2.5 million and US$ 1.9 million for
the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, which
were in line with the increase of our TV advertising revenue for the above
mentioned periods. Our average gross profit ratio for TV advertising
business is about 15%. We had a relatively high gross profit ratio of this
segment for the three months ended September 30, 2009, which is because we
enhanced our infomercials production service, which led to an increase of
the production fee we charged to our clients in this
period.
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Our
resale of internet advertising resources is a segment that we launched in
May 2008. We purchase advertising resources from other portal
websites (such as Sina, Sohu, Baidu, 163, and Google, etc.) in large
volumes, allowing us to enjoy a more favorable discount on rates. We
normally purchase these internet resources for providing value-added
services to our internet advertising clients on our own portal website
www.28.com.
However, besides placing advertisements on www.28.com,
some of our advertising clients also want to use other direct channels for
their promotions, so they purchase internet resources from us because,
through us, they have access to lower rates as compared to the market
price. The gross profit ratio for this business is relatively low (about
3%-5%) compared with our other segments. In 2008, with less
experience in running an internet advertising business on www.28.com, we
over purchased internet resources and could not use the resources to
generate sufficient revenue to cover our costs due to our lack of a stable
client base at that time. That is the main reason for the negative gross
margin we had in this business sector for the nine months ended September
30, 2008. However, this situation improved significantly in the
second half year of 2008, because we successfully increased our client
base in the second half year of 2008, and brought more revenue into this
business sector accordingly.
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Gross
Profit
As a
result of the foregoing, our gross profit was US$ 11.4 million for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009 compared to US$ 4.7 million for the same period
of 2008, and US$ 4.1 million and US$ 3 million for the three months ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. According to our past
experience, the comprehensive gross margin of our business is about
35%-45%. We had a relatively high comprehensive gross margin of our
business for the three months ended September 30, 2009, because we enhanced our
promotion of internet advertising for spare spaces of our portal website and
enhanced the production service for our TV infomercials, which allowed us to
generate more revenue without increasing additional cost.
Operating
Expenses and Net Income
Our
operating expenses consist of selling expenses, general and administrative
expenses and research and development expenses. The following tables
set forth our operating expenses, divided into their major categories by amount
and as a percentage of our total revenues for the periods
indicated.
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For
the nine months ended September 30,
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2009
|
2008
|
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Amounts
expressed in thousands of US dollars, except percentages)
|
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Amount
|
%
of total revenue
|
Amount
|
%
of total revenue
|
|||||||||||||
Total
Revenue
|
27,305 | 100 | % | 13,314 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
Gross
Profit
|
11,387 | 42 | % | 4,651 | 35 | % | ||||||||||
Selling
expenses
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3,253 | 12 | % | 1,103 | 8 | % | ||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
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1,530 | 6 | % | 588 | 4 | % | ||||||||||
Research
and development expenses
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347 | 1 | % | 92 | 1 | % | ||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
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5,130 | 19 | % | 1,783 | 13 | % |
For the three months ended
September 30,
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2009
(Unaudited)
|
2008
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||
(Amounts expressed in thousands of
US dollars, except percentages)
|
||||||||||||||||
Amount
|
%
of total revenue
|
Amount
|
%
of total revenue
|
|||||||||||||
Total
Revenue
|
8,126 | 100 | % | 6,679 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
Gross
Profit
|
4,097 | 50 | % | 2,979 | 45 | % | ||||||||||
Selling
expenses
|
624 | 8 | % | 525 | 8 | % | ||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
614 | 8 | % | 233 | 3 | % | ||||||||||
Research
and development expenses
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133 | 1 | % | 28 | 1 | % | ||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
1,371 | 17 | % | 786 | 12 | % |
Operating
Expenses: Our operating expenses increased significantly to
US$ 5.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from US$ 1.8
million for the same period of 2008, and increased to US$ 1.4 million for the
three months ended September 30, 2009 from US$ 0.8 million for the same period
of 2008.
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Selling expenses:
Selling expenses increased to US$ 3.3 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 from US$ 1.1 million for the same period of 2008, and
increased to US$ 0.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009
from US$ 0.5 million for the same period of 2008. The increase of our
selling expenses were mainly due to (1) increase of brand development
expense for www.28.com; (2)
increase of staff performance bonus due to increase of our revenue; (3)
increase of travelling expenses and other marketing expense due to
expansion of our revenue; and (4) increase of staff salary and benefit due
to expansion of our sales force.
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Our
selling expenses primarily consist of brand development advertising expenses we
pay to TV stations for the television promotion of www.28.com, other
advertising and promotional expenses, staff salaries, benefit and performance
bonuses, website server hosting and broadband leasing expenses, and travel and
communication expenses. Among the selling expenses, our website brand
development expenses on television accounted for 60%-70% of the total selling
expenses for each of three and nine month periods in 2009 and
2008. As we continue to expand our client base, we will increase our
sales force accordingly, which will result in an increase in selling expenses.
In general, we expect selling expenses to remain relatively stable as a
percentage of total revenues.
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|
General and administrative
expenses: general and administrative expenses increased to US$ 1.5
million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from US$ 0.6 million
for the same period of 2008, and increased to US$ 0.6 million for the
three months ended September 30, 2009 from US$ 0.2 million for the same
period of 2008. The increase in our general and administrative
expenses was mainly due to (1) the increase in staff salaries and benefits
due to expansion of the business; (2) the increase in office expenses,
entertainment expenses, and travel expenses due to expansion of the
business; (3) the increase in professional services charges related to
reverse merger transaction and financing transaction, and (4) the increase
in share-based compensation expenses recognized for of the issuance of our
common stock in exchange for professional services. We
recognized an aggregate of US$ 190,000 of share-based compensation
expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 for our issuance of
common stock to Tripoint Capital Advisors, LLC and Richever Limited and
investor relations service providers for the professional services
provided by them or their
affiliates.
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Our
general and administrative expenses primarily consist of salaries and benefits
for management, accounting and administrative personnel, office rentals,
depreciation of office equipment, professional service fees, maintenance,
utilities and other office expenses. We expect that our general and
administrative expenses will increase in future periods as we hire additional
personnel and incur additional costs in connection with the expansion of our
business and incur increased professional services costs in connection with
disclosure requirements under applicable securities laws, and our efforts to
continuing to improve our internal control systems in-line with the expansion of
our business.
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|
Research and development
expenses: Research and development expenses increased to US$ 0.3
million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from US$ 0.09 million
for the same period of 2008. These changes are mainly due to
the increase of development cost to our client services based internet
technology in 2009.
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Our
research and development expenses primarily consist of salaries and benefits for
the research and development staff, equipment depreciation expenses, and office
utilities and supplies allocated to our research and development department. We
expect that our research and development expenses will increase in future period
as we will expand and optimize
our portal website and upgrade our advertising management software. In
general, we expect research and development expenses to remain relatively stable
as a percentage of total revenues.
Operating Profit:
As a result of the foregoing, our operating profit increased
significantly to US$ 6.3 million for the nine months ended September 30,
2009 from US$ 2.9 million for the same period of 2008, and increased to US$
2.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from US$ 2.2 million
for the same period of 2008.
Changes in Fair
Value of Warrants: We accounted our warrants issued to investors and
placement agent in August 2009 financing as derivative liabilities under SFAS
No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“ASC
Topic 815”). Pursuant to ASC Topic 815, a derivative should be measured at fair
value at the commitment date, and re-measured at fair value with changes in fair
value recorded in earnings at each reporting period. With the assistance of an independent
appraisal firm, we gauged the total fair value of the warrants we issued in
August 2009 financing to be approximately US$ 5.1 million as of August 21, 2009
(the Commitment Date) and re-measured to be approximately US$ 6.4 million as of
September 30, 2009. Therefore, approximately US$ 1.3 million was recorded as
changes in fair value of warrants as a deduction of the operating profit for the
nine and three months ended September 30, 2009.
Interest Income:
Our interest income increased to US$ 0.009 million for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009 from US$ 0.005 million for the same period of
2008, primarily as a result of higher cash and cash equivalent balances
generated from our operating and financing activities.
Other Income and
Other Expenses: Other income and other expenses represent miscellaneous
non-operating related income and expenses occurred. The increase of the other
expenses in the three months ended September 30, 2009 was due to our donation of
about US$ 66,000 to China Communist Youth League Qinghai Committee to support
young people starting their own business with the help of infomercials provided
by www.28.com.
Income Tax:
We recognized an income tax expense of US$ 1.65 million for the nine
months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to US$ 0.8 million for the same
period of 2008. We computed our income tax using an applicable income tax rate
of 25%, the increase of the income tax expense was in line with the increase of
our profit before income tax.
Net Income:
As a result of the foregoing, our net income amounted to US$ 3.2 million
for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to US$ 2.1 million
for the same period of 2008. And we achieved a net income of US$ 0.7 million for
the three months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to US$ 1.6 million for the
same period of 2008. Excluding the non-cash charges recorded as changes in fair
value of warrants in the nine and three month ended September 30, 2009, we
achieved net income amounted to US$ 4.5 million and US$ 1.9 million for the nine
and three months ended September 30, 2009, respectively.
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Beneficial
conversion feature of Series A convertible preferred stock: We evaluated
whether a beneficial conversion feature exists by comparing the operable
conversion price of Series A preferred stock with the fair value of the common
stock at the commitment date. We concluded that the fair value of
common stock was greater than the operable conversion price of Series A
preferred stock at the commitment date and the intrinsic value of the beneficial
conversion feature which is approximately US$5,898,000, is greater than the
proceeds allocated to the Series A preferred stock. In accordance to
ASC Topic 470 subtopic 20, if the intrinsic value of beneficial conversion
feature is greater than the proceeds allocated to the Series A preferred stock,
the amount of the discount assigned to the beneficial conversion feature is
limited to the amount of the proceeds allocated to the Series A preferred
stock. Accordingly, the total proceeds allocated to Series A
preferred stock were allocated to the beneficial conversion feature with a
credit to Additional paid-in capital upon the issuance of the Series A preferred
stock. Since the Series A preferred stock may convert to our common
stock at any time on or after the initial issuing date, all discount was
immediately recognized as a deemed dividend and a reduction to net income
attributable to common shareholders.
Non-GAAP Earnings
per share: Non-GAAP basic earnings per common share for the nine and
three months ended September 30, 2009 were $0.31 and $0.12, respectively; and
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per common shares for the nine and three months ended
September 30, 2009 were $0.30 and $0.11, respectively, reflecting the potential
dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock
were exercised or converted into common stock. Common shares issuable upon the
conversion of the convertible preferred shares are included in the computation
of diluted earnings per share on an “if-converted” basis. The dilutive effect of
outstanding common stock warrants is reflected in the diluted earnings per share
by application of the treasury stock method.
B.
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LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
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Cash and
cash equivalents represent cash on hand and deposits held at call with banks. We
consider all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months
or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. As of
September 30, 2009, we had cash and cash equivalents of US$ 13.9
million.
Our
liquidity needs include (i) net cash used in operating activities that
consists of (a) cash required to fund the initial build-out and continued
expansion of our network and (b) our working capital needs, which include
advanced payment for advertising time purchased from TV stations and for
internet resources providers, payment of our operating expenses and financing of
our accounts receivable; and (ii) net cash used in investing activities
that consists of the investments in computers and other office equipment. To
date, we have financed our liquidity need primarily through proceeds from our
operating activities.
The
following table provides detailed information about our net cash flow for the
periods indicated
Nine months ended September
30,
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2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
Amounts in thousands of US
dollars
|
||||||||
Net cash provided by operating
activities
|
4,734 | 1,341 | ||||||
Net cash used in investing
activities
|
(348 | ) | (142 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by financing
actives
|
6,825 | 1,497 | ||||||
Effect of foreign currency
exchange rate changes on cash
|
10 | 78 | ||||||
Net increase in cash and cash
equivalents
|
11,221 | 2,774 |
Net cash provided by operating
activates: Our net cash provided by operating activities increased to US$
4.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from US$ 1.3 million
for the same period of 2008. This is mainly resulting from the increase in our
net profit.
Net cash used in investing
activities: Our net cash used in investing activities increased to US$
0.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from US$ 0.1 million
for the same period of 2008. This is because, during 2009, our company purchased
more vehicle, computers and office equipment as a result of the expansion of our
business and increase in our staff.
Net cash provided by financing
activities: Our net cash provided by financing activities increased to
US$ 6.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from US$ 1.5
million for the same period of 2008. This is mainly because we
completed our August 2009 financing and received net proceeds of US$ 9.2 million
from this financing. We also used approximately US$ 2 million to pay off the
third party loans during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and US$ 0.3
million to cancel and retire 4,400,000 shares of our common stock immediately
prior to the reverse merger transaction. Net cash provided by financing
activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 was mainly sourced from
short-term loans we borrowed from third parties and our directors in that
period.
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C.
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Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
|
Our
Company did not have any significant off-balance sheet arrangement as of
September 30, 2009.
D.
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Tabular
Disclosure of Contractual
Obligations
|
The
following table sets forth our company’s contractual obligations as of September
30, 2009:
Rental
payments
|
Server hosting and board-band
lease payments
|
Internet
resources and
TV
advertisement
purchase
payments
|
Total
|
||||
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
US$(‘000)
|
||||
Three months ended December
31,
|
|||||||
-2009
|
-
|
33
|
4,483
|
4,516
|
|||
Year ended December
31,
|
|||||||
-2010
|
260
|
-
|
244
|
504
|
|||
-2011
|
260
|
-
|
-
|
260
|
|||
Total
|
520
|
33
|
4,727
|
5,280
|
Our
Company did not have any significant capital commitments as of September 30,
2009.
Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
Not
applicable to smaller reporting companies.
Item
4T. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the
supervision and with the participation of our management, including our
principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an
evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of
the end of the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009, as such term is defined
in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this
evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have
concluded that during the period covered by this report, the Company’s
disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is
recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified
in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and
communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and
principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions, as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
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Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was
no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the third fiscal quarter of 2009 covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our
internal control over financial reporting.
PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item
1A. Risk Factors
This
information has been omitted based on the Company’s status as a smaller
reporting company.
Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds
None.
Item
3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
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Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
None.
Item
5. Other Information
None.
Item
6. Exhibits
Exhibit No.
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Document
Description
|
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31.1
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Certification
of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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31.2
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Certification
of the Principal Accounting and Financial Officer pursuant to Rule
13A-14(A)/15D-14(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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32.1
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Certification
of the Principal Executive Officer and of the Principal Accounting and
Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350 (Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
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Date:
November 16, 2009
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By:
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/s/
Handong Cheng
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Name:
Handong Cheng
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Title:
Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
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Exhibit
Index
Exhibit
No.
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Document
Description
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31.1
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Certification
of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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31.2
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Certification
of the Principal Accounting and Financial Officer pursuant to Rule
13A-14(A)/15D-14(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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32.1
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Certification
of the Principal Executive Officer and of the Principal Accounting and
Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350 (Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002).
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