ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. - Quarter Report: 2010 June (Form 10-Q)
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
quarterly period ended June 30,
2010
or
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
transition period from ____ to _____
Commission
File 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
*The
registrant has not yet been phased into the Interactive Data
requirements.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer o | Accelerated filer o |
Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) o | Smaller reporting company x |
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o No x
As of
August 13, 2010 the registrant had 16,931,320 shares of common stock
outstanding.
TABLE
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PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item
1. Financial Statements
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets
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1-2
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Consolidated
Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income
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3-4
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
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5-6
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
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7-35
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Item
2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
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36-58
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Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
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59
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Item
4(T). Controls and Procedures
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59
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PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1. Legal Proceedings
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60
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Item
1A. Risk Factors
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60
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Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds
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60
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Item
3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
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60
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Item
4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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60
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Item
5. Other Information
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60
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Item
6. Exhibits
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61
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Signatures
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CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
(In
thousands)
PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Financial Statements
June
30,
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December
31,
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2010
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2009
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(US
$)
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(US
$)
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(Unaudited)
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Assets
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Current
assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ | 17,848 | $ | 13,917 | ||||
Accounts
receivable, net
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4,751 | 3,173 | ||||||
Other
receivables
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2,570 | 2,636 | ||||||
Prepayment
and deposit to suppliers
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5,477 | 4,111 | ||||||
Due
from related parties
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485 | 492 | ||||||
Inventories
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2 | 2 | ||||||
Other
current assets
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269 | 30 | ||||||
Total
current assets
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31,402 | 24,361 | ||||||
Property
and equipment, net
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1,307 | 1,355 | ||||||
Other
long-term assets
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52 | 48 | ||||||
32,761 | $ | 25,764 | ||||||
Liabilities
and Stockholders’ Equity
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$ | 329 | $ | 290 | ||||
Advances
from customers
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948 | 914 | ||||||
Other
payables
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21 | 27 | ||||||
Accrued
payroll and other accruals
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287 | 191 | ||||||
Due
to related parties
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- | 24 | ||||||
Due
to Control Group
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1,143 | 1,142 | ||||||
Due
to director
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382 | - | ||||||
Taxes
payable
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2,326 | 1,978 | ||||||
Dividends
payable
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510 | 373 | ||||||
Total
current liabilities
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5,946 | 4,939 | ||||||
Long-term
borrowing from director
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128 | 128 | ||||||
Warrant
liabilities
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- | 9,564 | ||||||
Commitments
and contingencies
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- | - |
1
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS (CONTINUED)
(In
thousands, except for number of shares and per share data)
June
30,
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December
31,
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2010
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2009
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(US
$)
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(US
$)
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(Unaudited)
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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-3,018,600 and
4,121,600 shares at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 respectively;
Liquidation preference of $2.5 per share and the accrued but unpaid
dividends of $510 and $373, at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009,
respectively)
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3 | 4 | ||||||
Common
stock (US$0.001 par value;
authorized-50,000,000
shares; issued and outstanding-16,931,320 shares and 15,828,320 shares at
June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 respectively)
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17 | 16 | ||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
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18,398 | 10,574 | ||||||
Statutory
reserves
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372 | 372 | ||||||
Retained
earnings
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7,636 | 50 | ||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
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194 | 117 | ||||||
Total
ChinaNet’s Online Holdings, Inc.’s stockholders’ equity
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26,620 | 11,133 | ||||||
Noncontrolling
interest
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67 | - | ||||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
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26,687 | 11,133 | ||||||
$ | 32,761 | $ | 25,764 |
See notes
to the consolidated financial statements
2
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(In
thousands)
For
the six months ended
June
30,
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For
the three months ended
June
30,
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2010
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2009
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2010
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2009
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(US
$)
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(US
$)
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(US
$)
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(US
$)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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Sales
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To
unrelated parties
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$ | 21,660 | $ | 17,715 | $ | 11,627 | $ | 8,412 | ||||||||
To
related parties
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607 | 1,463 | 413 | 969 | ||||||||||||
22,267 | 19,178 | 12,040 | 9,381 | |||||||||||||
Cost
of sales
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12,663 | 11,889 | 5,936 | 5,611 | ||||||||||||
Gross
margin
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9,604 | 7,289 | 6,104 | 3,770 | ||||||||||||
Operating
expenses
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Selling
expenses
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1,337 | 2,629 | 911 | 1,166 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses
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1,595 | 916 | 801 | 568 | ||||||||||||
Research
and development expenses
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330 | 214 | 196 | 164 | ||||||||||||
3,262 | 3,759 | 1,908 | 1,898 | |||||||||||||
Income from
operations
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6,342 | 3,530 | 4,196 | 1,872 | ||||||||||||
Other
income (expenses):
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Changes
in fair value of warrants
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1,861 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Interest
income
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4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Other
income
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4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Other
expenses
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(1 | ) | - | (1 | ) | - | ||||||||||
1,868 | 11 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Income
before income tax expense and noncontrolling interest
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8,210 | 3,541 | 4,201 | 1,876 | ||||||||||||
Income
tax expense
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279 | 957 | 65 | 571 | ||||||||||||
Net
income
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7,931 | 2,584 | 4,136 | 1,305 | ||||||||||||
Net
loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
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77 | - | 77 | - | ||||||||||||
Net
income attributable to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.
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8,008 | 2,584 | 4,213 | 1,305 | ||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income
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Foreign
currency translation gain
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77 | 6 | 74 | - | ||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
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$ | 8,008 | $ | 2,590 | $ | 4,210 | $ | 1,305 |
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 six months ended
June
30,
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For
the three months ended
June
30,
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2010
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2009
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2010
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2009
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(US
$)
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(US
$)
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(US
$)
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(US
$)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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Net
income attributable to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.
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$ | 8,008 | $ | 2,584 | $ | 4,213 | $ | 1,305 | ||||||||
Dividend
of Series A convertible preferred stock
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(422 | ) | - | (193 | ) | - | ||||||||||
Net
income attributable to common shareholders of ChinaNet Online Holdings,
Inc.
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$ | 7,586 | $ | 2,584 | $ | 4,020 | $ | 1,305 | ||||||||
Earnings per
share
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Earnings
per common share
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Basic
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$ | 0.46 | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.24 | $ | 0.09 | ||||||||
Diluted
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$ | 0.38 | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.20 | $ | 0.09 | ||||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding:
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Basic
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16,542,966 | 13,845,593 | 16,848,023 | 13,899,784 | ||||||||||||
Diluted
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20,900,374 | 13,845,593 | 20,742,817 | 13,899,784 | ||||||||||||
Comprehensive
Income
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Net
income
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7,931 | 2,584 | 4,136 | 1,305 | ||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation gain
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77 | 6 | 74 | - | ||||||||||||
8,008 | 2,590 | 4,210 | 1,305 | |||||||||||||
Comprehensive
Income
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Comprehensive
income / (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest
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(77 | ) | - | (77 | ) | - | ||||||||||
Comprehensive
income attributable to ChinaNet’s Online Holdings, Inc.
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8,085 | 2,590 | 4,287 | 1,305 | ||||||||||||
8,008 | 2,590 | 4,210 | 1,305 |
See notes
to the consolidated financial statements
4
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In
thousands)
For
the six months ended
June
30,
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2010
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2009
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(US
$)
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(US
$)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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Cash
flows from operating activities
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Net
income
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$ | 7,931 | $ | 2,584 | ||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities
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Depreciation
and Amortization
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163 | 85 | ||||||
Share-based
compensation expenses
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121 | 150 | ||||||
Changes
in fair value of warrants
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(1,861 | ) | - | |||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities
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Accounts
receivable
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(1,559 | ) | (1,145 | ) | ||||
Other
receivables
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2,110 | (89 | ) | |||||
Prepayments
and deposit to suppliers
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(1,343 | ) | 731 | |||||
Due
from related parties
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9 | (22 | ) | |||||
Other current assets
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(238 | ) | 22 | |||||
Accounts
payable
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38 | 123 | ||||||
Advances
from customers
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31 | (29 | ) | |||||
Accrued
payroll and other accruals
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95 | 123 | ||||||
Due
to related parties
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(24 | ) | (274 | ) | ||||
Due
to director
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381 | - | ||||||
Due
to Control Group
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(4 | ) | 32 | |||||
Other
payables
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(6 | ) | - | |||||
Taxes
payable
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339 | 420 | ||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
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6,183 | 2,711 | ||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities
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Purchases
of vehicles and office equipment
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(110 | ) | (64 | ) | ||||
Purchases
of other long-term assets
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(4 | ) | (37 | ) | ||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
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(114 | ) | (101 | ) |
5
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
(In
thousands)
For
the six months ended
June
30,
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2010
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2009
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(US
$)
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(US
$)
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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Cash
flows from financing activities
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Cash
investment contributed by noncontrolling interest
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143 | - | ||||||
Dividend
paid to convertible preferred stockholders
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(284 | ) | - | |||||
Increase
of short-term loan to third parties
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(2,034 | ) | (1,404 | ) | ||||
Decrease
of short-term loan from directors
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- | (90 | ) | |||||
Cancellation
and retirement of common stock
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- | (300 | ) | |||||
Net
cash used in financing activities
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(2,175 | ) | (1,794 | ) | ||||
Effect
of exchange rate fluctuation on cash and cash equivalents
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37 | 7 | ||||||
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
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3,931 | 823 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
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13,917 | 2,679 | ||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
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$ | 17,848 | $ | 3,502 | ||||
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information
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Interest
paid
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$ | - | $ | - | ||||
Income
tax paid
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$ | 1,082 | $ | 831 | ||||
Non-cash
transactions:
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Warrant liability
reclassify to additional paid in capital
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$ | 7,703 | $ | - |
See notes
to the consolidated financial statements
6
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
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, 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”), which
engages 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. On 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 51% owned 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 bank
kiosk advertisement business. The business is based on a bank kiosk 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 bank kiosk 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 bank 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 bank kiosk
advertising business, if any, to the minority shareholders of Shanghai
Borongdingsi.
7
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
On June
24, 2010, one of the Company’s subsidiaries, Business Opportunity Online
(Beijing) Network Technology Co., Ltd. (“Business Opportunity Online”), together
with other three individuals, who were not affiliated with the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”) , established a new
company, Shenzhen City Mingshan Network Technology Co., Ltd. (“Shenzhen
Mingshan”). Shenzhen Mingshan is 51% owned by Business Opportunity Online and
49% owned by the other three individuals. Shenzhen Mingshan is
located in Shenzhen City, Guangdong province of PRC and primarily engaged in
designing, developing and selling of internet based software, developing online
games, designing and developing the related websites and providing the related
internet and information technology services necessary to operate such games and
websites. As of June 30, 2010, Business Opportunity Online has invested
approximately RMB 4,000,000 (approximately US$587,000) in Shenzhen Mingshan;
Shenzhen Mingshan is currently in the start-up stage.
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 became owners of a majority of the common stock of the
Company. The transaction was regarded as a reverse acquisition 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 and Shenzhen Mingshan. 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.
8
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
In the
opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial
statements reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring entries,
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 the Company’s
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. 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,
2010.
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b)
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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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c)
|
Use
of estimates
|
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 the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at
the date of these consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of
revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Management bases these
estimates on historical experiences and 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 June 30,
2010, final amounts may differ from these estimates.
|
d)
|
Foreign
currency translation and
transactions
|
The
functional currency of the Company is United States dollars (“US$”), and the
functional currency of China Net HK is Hong Kong dollars (“HK$”). The
functional currency of the Company’s PRC operating entities is Renminbi (“RMB’),
and PRC is the primary economic environment in which the Company
operates.
For
financial reporting purposes, the financial statements of the Company’s PRC
operating entities, which are prepared using the RMB, are translated into the
Company’s reporting currency, the US$. 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 stockholders’ equity is translated at historical exchange rates.
Adjustments resulting from the translation are recorded as a separate component
of accumulated other comprehensive income in stockholders’ 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.
9
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
The
exchange rates used to translate amounts in RMB into US$ for the purposes of
preparing the consolidated financial statements are as follows:
June
30,
2010
|
December
31,
2009
|
|||||||
Balance
sheet items, except for equity accounts
|
6.8086 | 6.8372 |
Six
months ended
June
30,
|
Three
months ended
June
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||||||||
Items
in the statements of income and comprehensive income,
and the statements of cash flows
|
6.8347 | 6.8432 | 6.8335 | 6.8399 |
No
representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be
converted into US$ at the above rates.
|
e)
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
Cash and
cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and bank deposits, which are
unrestricted as to withdrawal and use. The Company considers all
highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at
the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.
|
f)
|
Accounts
receivable, net
|
Accounts
receivable are recorded at net realizable value consisting of the carrying
amount less an allowance for uncollectible accounts as needed. The allowance for
doubtful accounts is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of probable
credit losses in the Company’s existing accounts receivable. The Company
determines the allowance based on aging data, historical collection experience,
customer specific facts and economic conditions. Account balances are charged
off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and
the potential for recovery is considered remote. The Company did not
have any off-balance-sheet credit exposure relating to its customers, suppliers
or others.
|
g)
|
Inventories
|
Inventories,
consisting mainly of low value consumable articles are stated at the lower of
cost or market value. Inventories are charged to expense when being
withdrawn.
10
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
|
h)
|
Property
and equipment, net
|
Property
and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation
is calculated on the straight-line method after taking into account their
respective estimated residual values over the following estimated useful
lives:
Vehicles
|
5
years
|
Office
equipment
|
3-10
years
|
Electronic
devices
|
5
years
|
Depreciation
expenses are included in selling expenses, general and administrative expenses
and research and development expenses.
When
property and equipment are retired or otherwise disposed of, resulting gain or
loss is included in net income or loss in the year of disposition for the
difference between the net book value and proceeds received
thereon. Maintenance and repairs which do not improve or extend the
expected useful lives of the assets are charged to expenses as
incurred.
|
i)
|
Impairment
of long-lived assets
|
Long-lived
assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be
recoverable. Recoverability of long-lived assets to be held and used
is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the asset to the estimated
undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the
asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated
future undiscounted cash flows, an impairment loss is recognized for the
difference between the carrying amount of the asset and its fair value. There
were no impairment losses incurred for the six and three months ended June 30,
2010 and 2009.
|
j)
|
Fair
Value
|
Accounting
Standard Codification ™ (“ASC”) Topic 820 (formerly Statement of Financial
Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures”),
defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or
paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most
advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between
market participants on the measurement date. This topic also establishes a
fair value hierarchy which requires classification based on observable and
unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. There are three levels of inputs
that may be used to measure fair value:
Level 1
-
|
Quoted
prices in active markets for identical assets or
liabilities.
|
Level 2
-
|
Observable
inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets
or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other
inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market
data for substantially the full term of the assets or
liabilities.
|
Level 3
-
|
Unobservable
inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are
significant to the fair value of the assets or
liabilities.
|
Determining
which category an asset or liability falls within the hierarchy requires
significant judgment. The Company evaluates its hierarchy disclosures each
quarter.
The
carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, trade and other receivables,
prepayments, payables and other liabilities approximate fair values due to their
short maturities.
11
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
Assets
and liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis are summarized
as follows:
Fair
value measurement using inputs
|
Carrying
amount as of December 31,
|
|||||||||||||||
Level
1
|
Level
2
|
Level
3
|
2009
|
|||||||||||||
Financial
instruments
|
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
||||||||||||
Warrant
liabilities
|
- | 9,564 | - | 9,564 |
Due to
lack of the liquidity of the Company’s underlying stock and other factors, the
Company estimated the fair value of the warrant liabilities based upon
observable inputs such as quoted prices for similar securities, quoted price in
markets that are not active or other inputs that are observable to determine the
fair value of the warrant liabilities.
Warrant
liabilities measured at fair value as of December 31, 2009 was related to the
investor and placement agent warrants that were issued as a result of the
Company’s August 2009 Financing contained a “Down-round protection provision”
whereby for a period of twelve (12) months following December 31, 2009 (the
effective date of the Registration Statement) in the event the Company issued
any additional shares of Common Stock or securities exercisable, convertible or
exchangeable for Common Stock at a price per share less than the exercise price
then in effect or without consideration. As described in Note 17 and
according to ASC Topic 815 (formerly SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities”) 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 lead to the Warrants to fail to be
qualified as indexed to the Company’s own stock and then 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,
derivative should be measured at fair value and re-measured at fair value with
changes in fair value recorded in earnings at each reporting
period.
On March
29, 2010, the Company and the holders of the Warrants entered into agreements to
amend certain provisions of the Warrants. The amendment to the investor and
placement agent warrants removes the “Down-round protection” rights that were
applicable if the Company were to issue new shares of common stock or common
stock equivalents at a price per share less than the exercise price of the
Warrants. In addition, the amendment to the warrants added a
provision to grant the holders of a majority of the warrants an approval right
until December 31, 2010, over any new issuance of shares of common stock or
common stock equivalents at a price per share less than the exercise price of
the warrants.
As a
result of this amendment, the Warrants issued in August 2009 financing was
qualified as indexed to the Company’s own stock and then meet the scope
exceptions of ASC Topic 815, and was eligible to be reclassified as
equity. In accordance to ASC Topic 815, the classification of a
contract should be reassessed at each balance sheet date. If the classification
required under this ASC changes as a result of events during the period, the
contract should be reclassified as of the date of the event that caused the
reclassification. If a contract is reclassified from an asset or a
liability to equity, gains or losses recorded to account for the contract at
fair value during the period that the contract was classified as an asset or a
liability should not be reversed. Therefore, the Company re-measured
the fair value of the Warrants as of March 29, 2010, the date of the event that
caused the classification, which was approximately US$ 7,703,000 and
reclassified the amount to equity as additional paid-in capital. The
gain of the changes in fair value during the period that the Warrants were
classified as a derivative liability, which was approximately US$ 1,861,000 was
recorded in earnings for the six month period ended June 30, 2010.
12
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
There was
no asset or liability measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of June
30, 2010.
|
k)
|
Revenue
recognition
|
The
Company's revenue recognition policies are in compliance with ASC Topic 605
(Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition”). 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 ASC Topic 605, subtopic 20 (formerly Emerging Issues
Task Force (“EITF”) abstract issue No. 99-17”). 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.
|
l)
|
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.
m)
|
Advertising
costs
|
Advertising
costs for the Company’s own brand building are not includable in cost of sales,
they are expensed when incurred and are included in “selling expenses” in the
statement of income and comprehensive income. For the six month period ended
June 30, 2010 and 2009, advertising expenses for the Company’s own brand
building were approximately US$ 949,000 and US$1,977,000,
respectively.
13
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
|
n)
|
Research
and development expenses
|
Research
and development costs are charged to expense when incurred. Expenses for
research and development for the six month period ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
were approximately US$330,000 and US$214,000, respectively.
|
o)
|
Income
taxes
|
The
Company adopts ASC Topic 740 (formerly SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for income
taxes”) and uses liability method to accounts 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 six month period ended June 30, 2010 and for the year ended
December 31, 2009.
|
p)
|
Uncertain
tax positions
|
The
Company adopts ASC Topic 740-10-25-5 through 740-10-25-7 and 740-10-25-13,
(formerly FASB Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”) “Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes”), which 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 six month period
ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company did not have any interest and
penalties associated with tax positions and did not have any significant
unrecognized uncertain tax positions.
|
q)
|
Share-based
Compensation
|
The
Company accounted for share-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718,
(formerly SFAS No. 123R “Share-based Payment”) which requires that
share-based payment transactions be measured based on the grant-date fair value
of the equity instrument issued and recognized as compensation expense over the
requisite service period, or vesting period.
|
r)
|
Comprehensive
income
|
The
Company accounts for comprehensive income in accordance with ASC Topic 220,
Comprehensive Income (formerly SFAS 130 “Reporting Comprehensive Income”), which
establishes standards for reporting and displaying comprehensive income and its
components in the consolidated financial statements. Comprehensive income is
defined as the change in equity of a company during a period from transactions
and other events and circumstances excluding transactions resulting from
investments from owners and distributions to owners. Accumulated other
comprehensive income, as presented on the accompanying consolidated balance
sheets are the cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments.
14
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
|
s)
|
Noncontrolling
interest
|
The
Company accounts for noncontrolling interest in accordance with ASC Topic
810-10-65 (formerly SFAS 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial
Statements — an amendment of ARB No. 51), which requires the Company
to present noncontrolling interests (previously referred to as minority
interests) as a separate component of total shareholders’ equity on the
consolidated balance sheet and the consolidated net income attributable to the
parent and the noncontrolling interest be clearly identified and presented on
the face of the consolidated income and comprehensive income
statement.
Noncontrolling
interest on the consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2010 represents the
noncontrolling interest shareholders’ proportionate share of the equity of the
Company’s consolidated major-owned subsidiary Shenzhen Mingshan. Net
loss attributable to noncontrolling interest on the consolidated income and
comprehensive income statement represents the noncontrolling interest
shareholders’ proportionate share of the net loss incurred for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2010 of Shenzhen Minshan.
|
t)
|
Earnings
per share
|
Earnings
per share are calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share”
(formerly SFAS No. 128 “Earning Per Share”). 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.
|
u)
|
Commitments
and contingencies
|
The
Company has adopted ASC 450 subtopic 20, Loss Contingencies (formerly SFAS 5
“Accounting for Contingencies”) in determining its accruals and disclosures with
respect to loss contingencies. Accordingly, estimated losses from loss
contingencies are accrued by a charge to income when information available prior
to issuance of the financial statements indicates that it is probable that a
liability have been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably
estimated. Legal expenses associated with the contingency are expensed as
incurred. If a loss contingency is not probable or reasonably estimable,
disclosure of the loss contingency is made in the financial statements when it
is at least reasonably possible that a material loss could be
incurred.
|
v)
|
Recent
accounting pronouncements
|
15
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
In April
2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-17 — Revenue
Recognition — Milestone Method (Topic 605), which provides guidance on
the criteria that should be met for determining whether the milestone method of
revenue recognition is appropriate. A vendor can recognize consideration that is
contingent upon achievement of a milestone in its entirety as revenue in the
period in which the milestone is achieved only if the milestone meets all
criteria to be considered substantive. A milestone should be considered
substantive in its entirety. An individual milestone may not be bifurcated. The
amendments in this Update are effective on a prospective basis for milestones
achieved in fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on
or after June 15, 2010. The Company expects that the adoption of the amendments
in this Update will not have any significant impact on its financial position
and results of operations.
The
Company expects that the adoption of the above Updates issued will not have any
significant impact on its financial position and results of
operations.
Other
accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other
standards-setting bodies that do not require adoption until a future date are
not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial
Statements upon adoption.
3.
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
Cash
|
92 | 616 | ||||||
Deposits
with short-term maturities
|
17,756 | 13,301 | ||||||
17,848 | 13,917 |
4.
|
Accounts
receivable
|
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
Accounts
receivable
|
4,822 | 3,244 | ||||||
Less:
Allowance for doubtful debts
|
71 | 71 | ||||||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
4,751 | 3,173 |
All of
the accounts receivable are non-interest bearing. As of August 13,
2010, approximately US$1,720,000 of Accounts receivable had been subsequently
collected. Management believes that there will not be any collectability issue
about these accounts receivable, therefore additional allowance for doubtful
accounts is not required for the six and three months ended June 30,
2010.
16
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
5.
|
Other
receivables
|
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
Advance
deposits for TV advertisement bidding
|
- | 2,261 | ||||||
Short-term
loan to third parties
|
2,042 | - | ||||||
Staff
advances for normal business purpose
|
528 | 375 | ||||||
2,570 | 2,636 |
Advance
deposits for TV advertisement bidding were deposits made by the Company to
participate in the biddings for TV advertisement time of 2010 in several TV
stations, and had been all subsequently collected in the first quarter of fiscal
year 2010. Short-term loan to third parties were temporary loans, unsecured, no
interest bearing and approximately US$1,910,000 had been collected in early July
2010. Management believes no allowance for doubtful accounts is required for
these other receivables for the six and three month period ended June 30,
2010.
6.
|
Prepayment
and deposit to suppliers
|
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
Contract
execution guarantee to TV advertisement and internet resources
providers
|
4,278 | 3,086 | ||||||
Prepayments
to TV advertisement and internet resources providers
|
926 | 991 | ||||||
Prepayment
for purchase of bank kiosk equipment
|
248 | - | ||||||
Other
deposits and prepayments
|
25 | 34 | ||||||
5,477 | 4,111 |
Contract
execution guarantee to TV advertisement and internet resources providers are
paid as a contractual deposit to the Company’s service
providers. These amounts will be used to offset the service fee needs
to be paid to the service providers in the last month of each contract
period.
17
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
According
to the contracts signed between the Company and its suppliers, the Company is
normally required to pay the contract amount in advance. These
prepayments will be transferred to cost of sales when the related services are
provided.
Therefore,
management believes that there will not be any collectability issue about these
deposits and prepayments, and no allowance for doubtful accounts is required for
the six and three months ended June 30, 2010.
7.
|
Due
from related parties
|
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
Beijing
Hongfujiali Information Technology Co., Ltd.
|
- | 439 | ||||||
Beijing
Saimeiwei Food Equipment Technology Co., Ltd.
|
25 | 53 | ||||||
Beijing
Fengshangyinli Technology Co., Ltd
|
6 | - | ||||||
Beijing
Telijie Century Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
|
30 | - | ||||||
Soyilianmei
Advertising Co., Ltd.
|
204 | - | ||||||
Due
from executive officer
|
220
|
- | ||||||
485 | 492 |
These
related parties are directly or indirectly owned by the Control Group (see note
11) or the management of the Company. Amount due from Beijing
Hongfujiali Information Technology Co., Ltd. as of December 31, 2009, which
amounting approximately US$439,000 was advanced deposit for participating in
year 2010 advertising resources bidding and had been collected in January
2010. Amount due from Soyilianmei Advertising Co., Ltd. as of June
30, 2010, which amounting approximately US$204,000 was related to the internet
advertising resources purchased by the Company on behalf this related party, the
rest of the related party balances as of June 30, 2010 were outstanding payments
for advertising services the Company provided to these related
parties.
The
Company participated and bid in a closed auction to purchase television
advertising time from a northern provincial television station. In general, in
order to participate in such types of auction, the Company must pay a
bid bond in advance of the auction to confirm its intent to purchase such
advertising airtime, in the event that it wins the auction. In order to
accomplish this, the Company provides its executive officer of the TV production
and advertising unit with the cash necessary to pay the bid bond. Due from
executive officer represents amounts provided to such employee to pay the
bid bond in the auction for television advertising time, but such amount has
either not yet been used to pay for television advertising space or has not yet
been returned to the Company due to the fact that results of the auction have
not yet been disclosed. The amount disclosed as due from executive officer
is expected to be returned by the end of 3rd quarter of 2010.
18
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
8.
|
Property
and equipment
|
Property
and equipment consist of the following:
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
Vehicles
|
425 | 423 | ||||||
Office
equipment
|
929 | 816 | ||||||
Electronic
devices
|
440 | 438 | ||||||
Total
property and equipment
|
1,794 | 1,677 | ||||||
Less:
accumulated depreciation
|
487 | 322 | ||||||
Total
property and equipment, net
|
1,307 | 1,355 |
Depreciation
expenses in aggregate for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 were
approximately US$163,000 and $85,000 respectively.
9.
|
Accrued
payroll and other accrues
|
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
Accrued
payroll and staff welfare
|
185 | 131 | ||||||
Accrued
operating expenses
|
102 | 60 | ||||||
287 | 191 |
10.
|
Due
to related parties
|
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
Beijing
Rongde Information Technology Co., Ltd.
|
- | - | ||||||
Beijing
Saimeiwei Food Equipments Technology Co., Ltd
|
- | 14 | ||||||
Beijing
Telijie Century Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
|
- | 10 | ||||||
- | 24 |
The
related parties listed above are directly or indirectly owned by the Control
Group (see note 11) and the Company provided advertising services to them. The
advance payments listed above were received from these parties for advertising
services that will be provided in the future.
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ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
11.
|
Due
to Control Group
|
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
||
2010
|
2009
|
||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
||
(Unaudited)
|
|||
Due
to Control Group
|
1,143
|
1,142
|
Mr.
Handong CHENG, Mr. Xuanfu, LIU and Ms. Li SUN, the owners of the Company’s PRC
VIEs, Business Opportunities Online, and Beijing CNET Online before the Offshore
Restructuring, are collectively referred to as the “Control Group”.
Due to
Control Group were amounts paid by Control Group individuals on behalf of the
Company which mainly included staff salary, performance bonus and cost of
resources purchased.
12.
|
Due
to director
|
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
||
2010
|
2009
|
||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
||
(Unaudited)
|
|||
Due
to director
|
382
|
-
|
Due to
director represents the operating expenses paid by director on behalf of the
Company.
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 corporation income
tax. The Company became a holding company and does not conduct any
substantial operations of its own after the Share Exchange. No provision for
federal corporate income tax have been made in the financial statements as the
Company has no taxable income for the six month period ended June 30,
2010.
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.
iii).
China Net HK was incorporated in Hong Kong and does not conduct any substantial
operations of its own. No provision for Hong Kong income tax have been made in
the financial statements as China Net HK has no taxable income for the six month
period ended June 30, 2010. Additionally, upon payment of dividends by China Net
HK to its shareholders, no Hong Kong withholding tax will be
imposed.
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ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
iv). The
Company’s PRC operating entities, being incorporated in the PRC, are governed by
the income tax laws 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% 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 following three years. Rise
King WFOE had a net loss for the year ended December 31, 2008 and its
first profitable year is fiscal year 2009 which has been verified by the
local tax bureau by accepting the application filed by the
Company. Therefore, it was entitled to a two-year EIT exemption
for fiscal year 2009 through fiscal year 2010 and a 50% reduction of its
applicable EIT rate which is 25% to 12.5% for fiscal year 2011 through
fiscal year 2013.
|
|
·
|
Business
Opportunity Online was qualified as a High and New Technology Enterprise
in Beijing High-Tech Zone in 2005 and was entitled to a three-year EIT
exemption for fiscal year 2005 through fiscal year 2007 and a 50%
reduction of its applicable EIT rate for the exceeding three years for
fiscal year 2008 through fiscal year 2010. However, in March
2007, a new enterprise income tax law (the “New EIT”) in the PRC was
enacted which was effective on January 1, 2008. Subsequently, on
April 14, 2008, relevant governmental regulatory authorities released
new qualification criteria, application procedures and assessment
processes for “High and New Technology Enterprise” status under the New
EIT which would entitle the re-qualified and approved entities to a
favorable statutory tax rate of 15%. With an effective date of
September 4, 2009, Business Opportunity Online obtained the approval of
its reassessment of the qualification as a “High and New Technology
Enterprise” under the New EIT law and was entitled to a favorable
statutory tax rate of 15%. Under the previous EIT laws and
regulations, High and New Technology Enterprises enjoyed a favorable tax
rate of 15% and were exempted from income tax for three years beginning
with their first year of operations, and were entitled to a 50% tax
reduction to 7.5% for the subsequent three years and 15% thereafter. The
current EIT Law provides grandfathering treatment for enterprises that
were (1) qualified as High and New Technology Enterprises under the
previous EIT laws, and (2) established before March 16, 2007, if
they continue to meet the criteria for High and New Technology Enterprises
under the current EIT Law. The grandfathering provision allows Business
Opportunity Online to continue enjoying their unexpired tax holidays
provided by the previous EIT laws and regulations. Therefore, its income
tax was computed using a tax rate of 7.5% for the six and three month
period ended June 30, 2010 and the year ended December 31, 2009 due to its
unexpired tax holidays for the year 2009 through year 2010. For
the six and three month period ended June 30, 2009, since Business
Opportunity Online had not obtained the approval of its qualification as a
“High and New Technology Enterprise” under the New EIT law, it estimated
and calculated its income tax based on the income tax rate of 25%, the
difference of the income tax expenses between the estimated and the actual
income tax expenses for the six and three month periods ended June 30,
2009 was approximately US$649,000 and US$379,000
respectively.
|
|
·
|
The
applicable income tax rate for Beijing CNET Online was 25% for the six
month periods ended June 30, 2010 and
2009.
|
|
·
|
The
New EIT also imposed a 10% withholding income tax for dividends
distributed by a foreign invested enterprise to its immediate holding
company outside China, which were exempted under the previous enterprise
income tax law and rules. A lower withholding tax rate will be
applied if there is a tax treaty arrangement between mainland China and
the jurisdiction of the foreign holding company. Holding companies in Hong
Kong, for example, will be subject to a 5% rate. Rise King WFOE
is invested by immediate holding company in Hong Kong and will be entitled
to the 5% preferential withholding tax rate upon distribution of the
dividends to its immediate holding
company.
|
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CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
2)
Business tax and relevant surcharges
Revenue
of advertisement services is subject to a 5.5% business tax and 3% cultural
industry development surcharge of the net service income after deducting amount
paid to ending media promulgators. Revenue of internet technical support
services is subjected to a 5% to 5.5% business tax. Business tax
charged was included in cost of sales.
3)
Value added tax
As a
small-scale value added taxpayer, revenue from sales of self-developed software
of Rise King WFOE is subject to a 3% value added tax.
As of
June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, taxes payable consist of:
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
|||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||
Business
tax payable
|
1,265 | 1,003 | ||||||
Culture
industry development surcharge payable
|
- | 27 | ||||||
Value
added tax payable
|
7 | 8 | ||||||
Enterprise
income tax payable
|
1,000 | 886 | ||||||
Individual
income tax payable
|
54 | 54 | ||||||
2,326 | 1,978 |
14.
|
Dividend
payable
|
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
||
2010
|
2009
|
||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
||
(Unaudited)
|
|||
Dividend
payable to Series A convertible preferred stockholders
|
510
|
373
|
Dividend
to Series A convertible stockholders was accrued at the per annum rate of 10%
and calculated based on US$2.5 per share liquidation preference and the actual
number of days of each share of the Series A convertible stock outstanding for
each of the respectively reporting period.
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CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
During
the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company paid approximately US$285,000
dividends to its Series A convertible stockholders.
15.
|
Long-term
borrowing from director
|
June
30,
|
December
31,
|
||
2010
|
2009
|
||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
||
(Unaudited)
|
|||
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.
16.
|
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 Warrant 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 to the warrant holders
by sending a written notice to the Company not less than 61 days prior to the
date that they would like to have the limitation waived.
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CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
Accounting for
warrants
As
described in Note 2 j), the Company analyzed the Warrants in accordance to ASC
Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” (formerly SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”) 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 ASC Topic 815 subtopic 40 (formerly Emerging
Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 07-5, “Determining Whether an Instrument
(or Embedded Feature) Is Indexed to an Entity’s Own Stock”), 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
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.
On March
29, 2010, the Company and the holders of the Warrants entered into agreements to
amend certain provisions of the Warrants. The amendment to the investor and
placement agent warrants removes the “Down-round protection” rights that were
applicable if the Company were to issue new shares of common stock or common
stock equivalents at a price per share less than the exercise price of the
Warrants. In addition, the amendment to the warrants added a
provision to grant the holders of a majority of the warrants an approval right
until December 31, 2010, over any new issuance of shares of common stock or
common stock equivalents at a price per share less than the exercise price of
the warrants.
As a
result of this amendment, the Warrants issued in August 2009 financing was
qualified as indexed to the Company’s own stock and then meet the scope
exceptions of ASC Topic 815, and was eligible to be reclassified as
equity. In accordance to ASC Topic 815, the classification of a
contract should be reassessed at each balance sheet date. If the classification
required under this ASC changes as a result of events during the period, the
contract should be reclassified as of the date of the event that caused the
reclassification. If a contract is reclassified from an asset or a
liability to equity, gains or losses recorded to account for the contract at
fair value during the period that the contract was classified as an asset or a
liability should not be reversed. Therefore, the Company re-measured
the fair value of the Warrants as of March 29, 2010, the date of the event that
caused the classification, which was approximately US$ 7,703,000 and
reclassified the amount to equity as additional paid-in capital. The
gain of the changes in fair value during the period that the Warrants were
classified as a derivative liability, which was approximately US$ 1,861,000 was
recorded in earnings for the six month period ended June 30, 2010.
24
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
The
following table summarized the above transactions:
As
of
March
29,
2010
|
As
of
December
31,
2009
|
Changes
in
Fair
Value
(Gain)/Loss
|
||||||||||
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
US$’000
|
||||||||||
Fair
value of the Warrants:
|
||||||||||||
Series
A-1 warrant
|
3,606 | 4,513 | (907 | ) | ||||||||
Series
A-2 warrant
|
3,256 | 4,019 | (763 | ) | ||||||||
Placement
agent warrants
|
841 | 1,032 | (191 | ) | ||||||||
7,703 | 9,564 | (1,861 | ) |
Placement agent
warrants
In
accordance with ASC Topic 340 subtopic 10 section S99-1 (formerly Staff
Accounting Bulletin Topic 5.A: “Miscellaneous Accounting-Expenses of
Offering”), “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.
The
Placement Agent Warrants were also entitled to the benefits of the “Down-round
protection” provision upon issuance and subsequently removed on March 29, 2010
as described above. Therefore, it was reclassified to equity on March
29, 2010. The changes of fair value of the placement agent warrants
before the reclassification had been recorded in earnings for each respective
reporting period.
17.
|
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$2.5
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.
25
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
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$2.5 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 the Company 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$2.5. 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 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 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 common shares. 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 Securities and
Exchange Commission 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.
26
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
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.
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 shares of common stock underlying the Series A preferred
stock (the “Conversion Shares”) and the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) have
been successfully registered by the Company. Therefore, the Company
concluded that such obligation was not probable to incur and no contingent
obligation related to the RRA liquidated damages needs to be
recognized.
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.
27
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
Because
the 2009 performance threshold has been met, 1,279,080 Shares (50% of the Escrow
Shares) will be released to Rise King Investment Limited, the Company’s
principle shareholder. The Company is currently working with the
Escrow Agent to facilitate the release of these shares.
In
accordance to ASC Topic 718 and ASU No. 2010-05—Compensation—Stock Compensation:
Escrowed Share Arrangements and the Presumption of Compensation. The
Company evaluated the substance of this arrangement and whether the presumption
of compensation has been overcome. According to the Security Escrow Agreement
signed between the Company and its investors, the release of these escrow shares
to the Principal Stockholder will not regard to continue employment, and this
arrangement is in substance an inducement made to facilitate the financing
transaction on behalf of the Company, rather than as
compensatory. Therefore, the Company concluded that this arrangement
should be recognized and measured according to its nature and reflects as a
deduction of the proceeds allocated to the newly issued securities with no
compensation expenses recorded in earnings.
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.
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
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 |
28
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
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 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, the Company deducted the direct issuing cost
paid in cash which were approximately US$1,142,000 from the assigned fair value
to the Series A preferred stock.
18.
|
Related
party transactions
|
Six
months ended
June
30,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
Advertising
revenue from related parties:
|
||||||||
-Beijing
Saimeiwei Food Equipment Technology Co., Ltd,
|
265 | 887 | ||||||
-Beijing
Xiyue Technology Co., Ltd
|
10 | - | ||||||
-Beijing
Fengshangyinli Technology Co., Ltd.
|
177 | 61 | ||||||
-Soyilianmei
Advertising Co., Ltd.
|
- | 428 | ||||||
-Beijing
Telijie Cleaning Technology Co., Ltd.
|
- | 15 | ||||||
-Beijing
Telijie Century Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
|
155 | 72 | ||||||
607 | 1,463 |
Three
months ended
June
30,
|
||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
Advertising
revenue from related parties:
|
||||||||
-Beijing
Saimeiwei Food Equipment Technology Co., Ltd,
|
123 | 604 | ||||||
-Beijing
Xiyue Technology Co., Ltd
|
9 | 30 | ||||||
-Beijing
Fengshangyinli Technology Co., Ltd.
|
165 | - | ||||||
-Soyilianmei
Advertising Co., Ltd.
|
- | 263 | ||||||
-
Beijing Telijie Century Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.
|
116 | 72 | ||||||
413 | 969 |
29
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
19.
|
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$96,000 and US$74,000 for
the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
20.
|
Concentration
of risk
|
Credit
risk
Financial
instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations
of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, accounts
receivable, and prepayments and other current assets. As of June 30, 2010 and
December 31, 2009 substantially all of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents
which amounting approximately US$17,848,000 and US$13,917,000, respectively
(equal to approximately 54% of the Company’s total assets, respectively) were
held by major financial institutions located in the PRC and Hong Kong, which
management believes are of high credit quality.
Risk arising from operations
in foreign countries
All of
the Company’s operations are conducted within the PRC. The Company’s operations
in the PRC are subject to various political, economic, and other risks and
uncertainties inherent in the PRC. Among other risks, the Company’s operations
in the PRC are subject to the risks of restrictions on transfer of funds,
changing taxation policies, foreign exchange restrictions; and political
conditions and governmental regulations.
Currency convertibility
risk
Significant
part of the Company’s businesses is transacted in RMB, which is not freely
convertible into foreign currencies. All foreign exchange transactions take
place either through the People’s Bank of China or other banks authorized to buy
and sell foreign currencies at the exchange rates quoted by the People’s Bank of
China. Approval of foreign currency payments by the People’s Bank of China or
other regulatory institutions requires submitting a payment application form
together with suppliers’ invoices and signed contracts. These exchange
control measures imposed by the PRC government authorities may restrict the
ability of the Company’s PRC subsidiary to transfer its net assets, which to the
Company through loans, advances or cash dividends.
30
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
21.
|
Commitments
|
The following table sets forth
the Company’s contractual obligations as of June 30, 2010:
Rental
payments
|
Server
hosting and board-band lease payments
|
Internet
resources
and
TV advertisement
purchase
payments
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
|||||||||||||
Six
months ended December 31, 2010
|
131 | 15 | 17,183 | 17,329 | ||||||||||||
Year
ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
-2011
|
262 | 15 | 110 | 387 | ||||||||||||
-Thereafter
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Total
|
393 | 30 | 17,293 | 17,716 |
The
contractual obligations of TV advertisement and internet resources purchase
payments represent the contracts signed by the Company with TV stations for
purchasing the TV advertisement time and with the internet resources providers
for purchasing internet advertisement resources. The Company will
update these contracts with the related counterparties based on its actual needs
if necessary.
22.
|
Segment
reporting
|
Based on
the criteria established by ASC Topic 280 “Segment report” (formerly SFAS
No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related
Information”), as of June 30, 2010, the Company mainly operated in five
principal segments: internet advertising, TV advertising, bank kiosk
advertising, internet advertising resources resell and internet information
management. Internet information management is a new product and business
segment of the Company, which was officially launched in August 2009. It is an
intelligence software that is based on our proprietary search engine
optimization technology which helps our clients gain an early warning in order
to identify and respond to potential negative exposure on the
internet. The following tables present summarized information by
segments.
Six
months ended June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Internet
Ad.
|
TV
Ad.
|
Bank
kiosk
|
Internet
Ad.
resources
resell
|
IIM
|
Others
|
Inter-
segment and reconciling item
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
12,375 | 9,424 | 263 | 93 | 112 | 236 | (236 | ) | 22,267 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
3,265 | 9,238 | 22 | 84 | 6 | 48 | - | 12,663 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
2,107 | 285 | 32 | - | - | 1,074 | * | (236 | ) | 3,262 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Including:
Depreciation and amortization expense
|
50 | 49 | 32 | - | - | 32 | - | 163 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
income(loss)
|
7,003 | (99 | ) | 209 | 9 | 106 | (886 | ) | - | 6,342 |
Changes
in fair value of warrants
|
- | - | - | - | - | 1.861 | - | 1.861 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenditure
for long-term assets
|
71 | - | - | - | - | 43 | - | 114 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
6,726 | (98 | ) | 210 | 9 | 106 | 978 | 7,931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
20,284 | 6,656 | 303 | - | - | 10,741 | (5,223 | ) | 32,761 |
*
|
Including
approximately US$121,000 share-based compensation
expenses.
|
31
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
Three
months ended June 30, 2010 (Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Internet
Ad.
|
TV
Ad.
|
Bank
kiosk
|
Internet
Ad.
resources
resell
|
IIM
|
Others
|
Inter-
segment and reconciling item
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
7,831 | 4,021 | 132 | 2 | 54 | 236 | (236 | ) | 12,040 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
2,136 | 3,733 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 48 | - | 5,936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
1,474 | 145 | 16 | - | - | 509 | * | (236 | ) | 1,908 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Including:
Depreciation and amortization expense
|
25 | 20 | 16 | - | - | 11 | - | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
income(loss)
|
4,221 | 143 | 104 | (2 | ) | 51 | (321 | ) | - | 4,196 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Changes
in fair value of warrants
|
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenditure
for long-term assets
|
71 | - | - | - | - | 13 | - | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
4,156 | 143 | 104 | (2 | ) | 51 | (316 | ) | - | 4,136 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
20,284 | 6,656 | 303 | - | - | 10,741 | (5,223 | ) | 32,761 |
*
|
Including
approximately US$58,000 share-based compensation
expenses.
|
Six
months ended June 30, 2009 (Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Internet
Ad.
|
TV
Ad.
|
Bank
kiosk
|
Internet
Ad.
resources
resell
|
IIM
|
Others
|
Inter-
segment and reconciling item
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
7,871 | 11,184 | 19 | 846 | - | 292 | (1,034 | ) | 19,178 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
2,155 | 9,684 | 1 | 775 | - | 16 | (742 | ) | 11,889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
3,112 | 308 | 78 | - | - | 553 | * | (292 | ) | 3,759 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Including:
Depreciation and amortization expense
|
19 | 23 | 42 | - | - | 1 | - - | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
income(loss)
|
2,604 | 1,192 | (60 | ) | 71 | - | (277 | ) | - | 3,530 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenditure
for long-term assets
|
36 | 17 | - | - | - | 48 | - | 101 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
1,679 | 1,171 | (60 | ) | 71 | - | (277 | ) | - | 2,584 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
assets at
|
7,879 | 5,603 | 374 | - | - | 1,097 | (4,472 | ) | 10,481 |
*
|
Including
US$150,000 share-based compensation
expenses.
|
32
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
Three
months ended June 30, 2009 (Unaudited)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Internet
Ad.
|
TV
Ad.
|
Bank
kiosk
|
Internet
Ad.
resources
resell
|
IIM
|
Others
|
Inter-
segment and reconciling item
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
US$
(‘000)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue
|
4,187 | 5,442 | 19 | 475 | - | 292 | (1,034 | ) | 9,381 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
1,297 | 4,643 | 1 | 411 | - | 1 | (742 | ) | 5,611 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
1,546 | 133 | 57 | - | - | 454 | * | (292 | ) | 1,898 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Including:
Depreciation and amortization expense
|
10 | 11 | 21 | - | - | 1 | - | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating
income(loss)
|
1,344 | 666 | (39 | ) | 64 | - | (163 | ) | - | 1,872 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Expenditure
for long-term assets
|
28 | 1 | - | - | - | 38 | - | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income (loss)
|
825 | 618 | (39 | ) | 64 | - | (163 | ) | - | 1,305 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
7,879 | 5,603 | 374 | - | - | 1,097 | (4,472 | ) | 10,481 |
*
|
Including
US$150,000 share-based compensation
expenses.
|
Due to
the exchange rates used to convert RMB to US dollar for the six and three months
ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 are the respective average exchange rates
prevailing during each reporting period which are differ from each other, the
converted US dollar amount in the above tables contains exchange rate effects
for each reporting period.
23.
|
Earnings per
share
|
Basic and
diluted earnings per share for each of the periods presented are calculated as
follows:
Six
months ended
June
30,
|
Three
months ended
June
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||||||||
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
US$(’000)
|
|||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||
(Amount
in thousands except for the number of shares and per share
data)
|
(Amount
in thousands except for the number of shares and per share
data)
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
income attributable to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (numerator for diluted
earnings
per
share)
|
$ | 8,008 | $ | 2,584 | $ | 4,213 | $ | 1,305 | ||||||||
Less:
Dividend for Series A convertible preferred stock
|
422 | - | 193 | - | ||||||||||||
Net
income attributable to common shareholders of ChinaNet Online Holdings,
Inc. (numerator for basic
earnings
per
share)
|
7,586 | 2,584 | 4,020 | 1,305 | ||||||||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding - Basic
|
16,542,966 | 13,845,593 | 16,848,023 | 13,899,784 | ||||||||||||
Effect
of diluted securities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Series
A Convertible preferred stock
|
3,406,954 | - | 3,101,897 | - | ||||||||||||
Warrants
|
950,454 | - | 792,897 | - | ||||||||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding -Diluted
|
20,900,374 | 13,845,593 | 20,742,817 | 13,899,784 | ||||||||||||
Earnings
per share-Basic
|
$ | 0.46 | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.24 | $ | 0.09 | ||||||||
Earnings
per share-Diluted
|
$ | 0.38 | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.20 | $ | 0.09 |
33
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
All share
and per share data have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse
acquisition on June 26, 2009 whereby the 13,790,800 shares of common stock
issued by the Company (nominal acquirer) to the shareholders of China Net BVI
(nominal acquiree) are deemed to be the number of shares outstanding for the
period prior to the reverse acquisition. For the period after the
reverse acquisition, the number of shares considered to be outstanding is the
actual number of shares outstanding during that period.
24.
|
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 for the six month period ended June 30, 2010 was 60,000
shares. Total aggregate value of the transaction that the Company
recognized for the six month period ended June 30, 2010 was US$9,000, which
was recorded in general and administrative expenses as share-based compensation
expenses.
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
for the six month period ended June 30, 2010 was 40,000 shares. Total
aggregate value of the transaction that the Company recognized for the six
month period ended June 30, 2010 was US$70,000, which was recorded in general
and administrative expenses as share-based compensation expenses.
34
CHINANET
ONLINE HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES
TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
On
November 30, 2009, the Company granted one 5-year options to each of its three
independent directors, Mr. Douglas MacLellan, Mr. Mototaka Watanabe and Mr. Zhiqing Chen, to purchase in the
aggregate 54,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price
of US$5.00 per share, in consideration of their services to the Company. These
options vest quarterly at the end of each 3-month period, in equal installments
over the 24-month period from the date of grant. However, upon a change of
control, the option shall automatically become fully vested and exercisable as
of the date of such changes of control. These options were valued at
US$2.64 per share which represents the grant date fair value of these
options. The related compensation expenses will be recognized over
its vesting period. Total aggregate value of the transaction that the
Company recognized for these options for the six month period ended June 30,
2010 was US$41,580, which was recorded in general and administrative expenses as
share-based compensation expenses.
The
Company estimates the fair value of these options using the Black-Scholes option
pricing model based on the following assumptions:
Underlying
stock price
|
$ | 3.43 | ||
Expected
term
|
3 | |||
Risk-free
interest rate
|
1.10 | % | ||
Dividend
yield
|
- | |||
Expected
Volatility
|
150 | % | ||
Exercise
price of the option
|
$ | 5 |
Underlying
stock price is a discounted stock price based upon the regression on actual
discount obtained from an appropriate index due to lack of liquidity of the
Company’s underlying stock and other factors. As the three
individuals receiving options are non-employee executive directors, the Company
believes that forfeitures and termination are highly unlikely. As such, the
Company developed a weighted-average expected term at 3 years based on analysis
of the vesting schedule and exercise assumptions. The risk-free
interest rate is based on the 3 year U.S. treasury rate. The dividend yield is
calculated based on management’s estimate of dividends to be paid on the
underlying stock. The expected volatility is calculated using historical data
obtained from an appropriate index due to lack of liquidity of the Company’s
underlying stock. Exercise price of the option is the contractual
exercise price of the option.
Options
issued and outstanding at June 30, 2010 and their movements during the period
are as follows:
Option
Outstanding
|
Option
Exercisable
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Number
of underlying shares
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
(Years)
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Number
of underlying shares
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
(Years)
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance,
January 1, 2010
|
54,000 | 4.92 | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Granted/Vested
|
- | $ | 5.00 | 13,500 | $ | 5.00 | |||||||||||||||
Forfeited
|
- | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Exercised
|
- | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
June 30, 2010
|
54,000 | 4.42 | $ | 5.00 | 13,500 |
4.42
|
$ | 5.00 |
25.
|
Subsequent
events
|
Management
has considered all events occurring through August 16, 2010, the date the
financial statements have been issued, and has determined that there are no such
events that are material to the financial statements.
35
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
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. Readers
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements.
Overview
ChinaNet
Online Holdings, Inc., (formerly known as Emazing Interactive, Inc.) (“Our
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 our
incorporation until June 26, 2009, when we consummated the Share Exchange (as
defined below), our activities were primarily concentrated in web server access
and company branding in hosting web based e-games.
On June
26, 2009, we 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.
Our
wholly owned subsidiary, China Net BVI, was incorporated in the British Virgin
Islands on August 13, 2007. On 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.”
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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 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.
On June
24, 2010, one of our subsidiaries, Business Opportunity Online (Beijing) Network
Technology Co., Ltd. (“Business Opportunity Online”), together with other three
individuals, who were not affiliated with our company or any of our subsidiaries
and Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”), formed a new company, Shenzhen City
Mingshan Network Technology Co., Ltd. (“Shenzhen Mingshan”). Shenzhen Mingshan
is 51% owned by Business Opportunity Online and 49% owned collectively by the
other three individuals. Shenzhen Mingshan is located in Shenzhen
City, Guangdong province of PRC and primarily engaged in designing,
developing and selling internet based software; developing online games,
designing and developing of the related websites and providing the related
internet and information technology services necessary to operate the games and
related websites. As of June 30, 2010, Business Opportunity Online invested
approximately RMB 4,000,000 (approximately US$587,000) to Shenzhen Mingshan;
Shenzhen Mingshan is currently in the start-up stage. Management established
this company to attempt to participate in the online game website operation
business segment in consideration of the prior experiences we had in the website
operation in relation to business promotion.
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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The
accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
(“U.S. GAAP”) and include our accounts, and those of our subsidiaries and
VIEs. We prepare our financial statements in conformity with U.S.
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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Foreign
currency translation
Our
functional currency is United States dollars (“US$”), and the functional
currency of China Net HK is Hong Kong dollars (“HK$”). The functional
currency of our PRC operating entities is Renminbi (“RMB’), and PRC is the
primary economic environment in which we operate.
For
financial reporting purposes, the financial statements of our PRC operating
entities, which are prepared using the RMB, are translated into our reporting
currency, the United States Dollar (“U.S. dollar”). Assets and liabilities are
translated using the exchange rate at each balance sheet
date. Revenue and expenses are translated using average rates
prevailing during each reporting period, and shareholders' equity is translated
at historical exchange rates. Adjustments resulting from the translation are
recorded as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income in
shareholders’ equity.
Transactions
denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into
the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the
transactions. The resulting exchange differences are included in the
determination of net income of the consolidated financial statements for the
respective periods.
No
representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be
converted into US$ at such rates.
Revenue
recognition
Our
revenue recognition policies are in compliance with ASC Topic 605 (Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition”). 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
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 ASC Topic 605, subtopic 20 (formerly Emerging Issues
Task Force (“EITF”) abstract issue No. 99-17”). Advertising contracts
establish the fixed price and advertising services to be
provided. Pursuant to advertising contracts, we provide 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, we consider
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 the 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
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 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 six months
ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, and for the year ended December 31,
2009.
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We
adopted ASC Topic 740 (Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation
No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes”). 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 six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, and for the year
ended December 31, 2009, we did not have any interest or penalties associated
with tax positions and did not have any significant unrecognized uncertain tax
positions.
i). We
are incorporated in the State of Nevada. Under the current law of
Nevada we are not subject to state corporation 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 income tax has been made in our
financial statements as no taxable income for the six months ended June 30,
2010.
ii).
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.
iii).
China Net HK was incorporated in Hong Kong and does not conduct any substantial
operations of its own. No provision for Hong Kong income tax has been made in
our financial statements as no taxable income was generated for the six months
ended June 30, 2010. Additionally, upon payments of dividends by China Net HK to
its sole shareholder, China Net BVI, no Hong Kong withholding tax will be
imposed.
iv). Our
PRC operating entities, being incorporated in the PRC, are governed by the
income tax laws 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% to 25%, and applies to both domestic and foreign invested
enterprises.
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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 following three years. Rise
King WFOE had a net loss for the year ended December 31, 2008 and its
first profitable year was fiscal year 2009 which has been verified by the
local tax bureau by accepting the application filed by
us. Therefore, it was entitled to a two-year EIT exemption for
fiscal year 2009 through fiscal year 2010 and a 50% reduction of its
applicable EIT rate which is 25% to 12.5% for fiscal year 2011 through
fiscal year 2013.
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Opportunity Online was qualified as a High and New Technology Enterprise
in Beijing High-Tech Zone in 2005 and was entitled to a three-year EIT
exemption for fiscal year 2005 through fiscal year 2007 and a 50%
reduction of its applicable EIT rate for the subsequent three years for
fiscal year 2008 through fiscal year 2010. However, in March
2007, a new enterprise income tax law (the “New EIT”) in the PRC was
enacted which was effective on January 1, 2008. Subsequently, on
April 14, 2008, relevant governmental regulatory authorities released
new qualification criteria, application procedures and assessment
processes for “High and New Technology Enterprise” status under the New
EIT which would entitle the pre-qualified and approved entities to a
favorable statutory tax rate of 15%. With an effective date of
September 4, 2009, Business Opportunity Online obtained the approval of
its reassessment of the qualification as a “High and New Technology
Enterprise” under the New EIT law and was entitled to a favorable
statutory tax rate of 15%. Under the previous EIT laws and
regulations, High and New Technology Enterprises enjoyed a favorable tax
rate of 15% and were exempted from income tax for three years beginning
with their first year of operations, and were entitled to a 50% tax
reduction to 7.5% for the subsequent three years and 15% thereafter. The
current EIT Law provides grandfathering treatment for enterprises that
were (1) qualified as High and New Technology Enterprises under the
previous EIT laws, and (2) established before March 16, 2007, if
they continue to meet the criteria for High and New Technology Enterprises
under the current EIT Law. The grandfathering provision allows Business
Opportunity Online to continue enjoying their unexpired tax holidays
provided by the previous EIT laws and regulations. Therefore, its income
tax was computed using a tax rate of 7.5% for the six month period ended
June 30, 2010 and the year ended December 31, 2009 due to its unexpired
tax holidays for year 2009 through year 2010. For the six month
period ended June 30, 2009, since Business Opportunity Online had not
obtained the approval of its qualification as a “High and New Technology
Enterprise” under the New EIT law, it estimated and calculated its income
tax based on the income tax rate of 25%. The difference between
the estimated and the actual income tax expense for the six and three
month period ended June 30, 2009 was approximately US$649,000 and
US$379,000, respectively.
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applicable income tax rate for Beijing CNET Online was 25% for the six
month period ended June 30, 2010 and
2009.
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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 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.
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Business
tax and relevant surcharges
Revenue
of advertisement services is subject to a 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 a 5% to 5.5% business tax. Business tax
charged was included in cost of sales.
Value
added tax
As a
small-scale value added taxpayer, revenue from sales of self-developed software
of Rise King WFOE is subject to a 3% value added tax.
Warrant
liabilities and reclassification
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 Warrant 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 to the warrant holders
by sending a written notice to the Company not less than 61 days prior to the
date that they would like to have the limitation waived.
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Accounting for
warrants
We
analyzed the Warrants in accordance to ASC Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging”
(formerly SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities”) 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. We adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 815
subtopic 40 (formerly Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) Issue No. 07-5,
“Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) Is Indexed to an
Entity’s Own Stock”), 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, we 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 we 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
fail to be qualified as indexed to our own stock and then to fail to meet the
scope exceptions of ASC Topic 815. Therefore, we 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.
On March
29, 2010, we and the holders of the Warrants entered into agreements to amend
certain provisions of the Warrants. The amendment, which is retroactive from and
including, August 21, 2009, to the investor and placement agent warrants removes
the “Down-round protection” rights that were applicable if we were to issue new
shares of common stock or common stock equivalents at a price per share less
than the exercise price of the Warrants. In addition, the amendment
to the warrants added a provision to grant the holders of a majority of the
warrants an approval right until December 31, 2010, over any new issuance of
shares of common stock or common stock equivalents at a price per share less
than the exercise price of the warrants.
As a
result of this amendment, the Warrants issued in August 2009 financing were
qualified as indexed to our own stock and then meet the scope exceptions of ASC
Topic 815, and were eligible to be reclassified as equity. In
accordance to ASC Topic 815, the classification of a contract should be
reassessed at each balance sheet date. If the classification required under this
ASC changes as a result of events during the period, the contract should be
reclassified as of the date of the event that caused the
reclassification. If a contract is reclassified from an asset or a
liability to equity, gains or losses recorded to account for the contract at
fair value during the period that the contract was classified as an asset or a
liability should not be reversed. Therefore, we re-measured the fair
value of the Warrants as of March 29, 2010, the date of the event that caused
the classification, which was approximately US$ 7,703,000 and reclassified the
amount to equity as additional paid-in capital. The gain of the
changes in fair value during the period that the Warrants were classified as a
derivative liability, which was approximately US$ 1,861,000 was recorded in
earnings for the six month period ended June 30, 2010.
Placement agent
warrants
In
accordance with ASC Topic 340 subtopic 10 section S99-1 (formerly Staff
Accounting Bulletin Topic 5.A: “Miscellaneous Accounting-Expenses of Offering”),
“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, which was approximately US$733,000, as
a deduction of the fair value assigned to the Series A preferred
stock.
The
Placement Agent Warrants were also entitled to the benefits of the “Down-round
protection” provision upon issuance and subsequently removed on March 29, 2010
as described above. Therefore, it was reclassified to equity on March
29, 2010. The changes of fair value of the placement agent warrants
before the reclassification had been recorded in earnings for each respective
reporting period.
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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.
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 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 Designation.
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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 Securities and Exchange
Commission (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.
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 “ASC Topic 825 “Financial Instruments” subtopic 20” (formerly
Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position No. EITF 00-19-2 “Accounting
for Registration Payment Arrangements”), 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 “ASC Topic 450”
“Contingencies” (formerly SFAS No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies”). The
shares of common stock underlying the Series A preferred stock (the “Conversion
Shares”) and the Warrants (the “Warrant Shares”) have been successfully
registered. Therefore, we concluded that such obligation was not
probable to incur and no contingent obligation related to the RRA liquidated
damages needs to be recognized.
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.
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For
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 adopts.
Because
the 2009 performance threshold has been met, 1,279,080 Shares (50% of the Escrow
Shares) will be released to Rise King Investment Limited. The Company
is currently working with the Escrow Agent to facilitate the release of these
shares.
In
accordance to ASC Topic 718 and ASU No. 2010-05—Compensation—Stock Compensation:
Escrowed Share Arrangements and the Presumption of Compensation. We
evaluated the substance of this arrangement and whether the presumption of
compensation has been overcome. According to the Security Escrow Agreement
signed with our investors, the release of these escrow shares to our Principal
Stockholder will not regard to continue employment, and this arrangement is in
substance an inducement made to facilitate the financing transaction, rather
than as compensatory. Therefore, we concluded that this arrangement
should be recognized and measured according to its nature and reflects as a
deduction of the proceeds allocated to the newly issued securities with no
compensation expenses recorded in earnings.
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 is 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.
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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
|
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 our 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 in the period the
preferred stock was issued.
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 which were approximately
US$1,142,000 from the assigned fair value to the Series A preferred
stock.
Share-based
Compensation
We
accounted for share-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718,
(formerly SFAS No. 123R “Share-based Payment”) which requires that
share-based payment transactions be measured based on the grant-date fair value
of the equity instrument issued and recognized as compensation expense over the
requisite service period, or vesting period.
Earnings
per share
Earnings
/ (loss) per share are calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 260, “Earnings
Per Share” (formerly SFAS No. 128 “Earning Per Share”). 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.
All share
and per share data have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse
acquisition on June 26, 2009 whereby the 13,790,800 shares of common stock
issued by us (nominal acquirer) to the shareholders of China Net BVI (nominal
acquiree) are deemed to be the number of shares outstanding for the period prior
to the reverse acquisition. For the period after the reverse
acquisition, the number of shares considered to be outstanding is the actual
number of shares outstanding during that period.
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Recent
accounting pronouncements
In April
2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-13 — Compensation — Stock
Compensation (Topic 718), which addresses the classification of an employee
share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of
a market in which the underlying equity security trades. This Update
provides amendments to Topic 718 to clarify that an employee share-based payment
award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which a
substantial portion of the entity’s equity securities trades should not be
considered to contain a condition that is not a market, performance, or
service condition. Therefore, an entity would not classify such an award as a
liability if it otherwise qualifies as equity. The amendments in this Update are
effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years,
beginning on or after December 15, 2010. We expect that the adoption of the
amendments in this Update will not have any significant impact on our financial
position and results of operations.
In April
2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-17 — Revenue
Recognition — Milestone Method (Topic 605), which provides guidance on
the criteria that should be met for determining whether the milestone method of
revenue recognition is appropriate. A vendor can recognize consideration that is
contingent upon achievement of a milestone in its entirety as revenue in the
period in which the milestone is achieved only if the milestone meets all
criteria to be considered substantive. A milestone should be considered
substantive in its entirety. An individual milestone may not be bifurcated. The
amendments in this Update are effective on a prospective basis for milestones
achieved in fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on
or after June 15, 2010. We expect that the adoption of the amendments in this
Update will not have any significant impact on our financial position and
results of operations.
We expect
that the adoption of the above Updates issued will not have any significant
impact on our financial position and results of operations.
Other
accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other
standards-setting bodies that do not require adoption until a future date are
not expected to have a material impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements
upon adoption.
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A.
|
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS FOR THE SIX AND THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2010 AND
2009
|
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.
Six
months ended
June
30,
|
Three
months ended
June
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||||||||
(US
$)
|
(US
$)
|
(US
$)
|
(US
$)
|
|||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||
Sales
|
||||||||||||||||
To
unrelated parties
|
$ | 21,660 | $ | 17,715 | $ | 11,627 | $ | 8,412 | ||||||||
To
related parties
|
607 | 1,463 | 413 | 969 | ||||||||||||
22,267 | 19,178 | 12,040 | 9,381 | |||||||||||||
Cost
of sales
|
12,663 | 11,889 | 5,936 | 5,611 | ||||||||||||
Gross
margin
|
9,604 | 7,289 | 6,104 | 3,770 | ||||||||||||
Operating
expenses
|
||||||||||||||||
Selling
expenses
|
1,337 | 2,629 | 911 | 1,166 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses
|
1,595 | 916 | 801 | 568 | ||||||||||||
Research
and development expenses
|
330 | 214 | 196 | 164 | ||||||||||||
3,262 | 3,759 | 1,908 | 1,898 | |||||||||||||
Income
from operations
|
||||||||||||||||
6,342 | 3,530 | 4,196 | 1,872 | |||||||||||||
Other
income (expenses):
|
||||||||||||||||
Changes
in fair value of warrants
|
1,861 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Other
income
|
4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Other
expenses
|
(1 | ) | - | (1 | ) | - | ||||||||||
1,868 | 11 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Income
before income tax expense
|
8,210 | 3,541 | 4,201 | 1,876 | ||||||||||||
Income
tax expense
|
279 | 957 | 65 | 571 | ||||||||||||
Net
income
|
7,931 | 2,584 | 4,136 | 1,305 | ||||||||||||
Net
loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
77 | - | 77 | - | ||||||||||||
Net
income attributable to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.
|
8,008 | 2,584 | 4,213 | 1,305 | ||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income
|
||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation gain
|
77 | 6 | 74 | - | ||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$ | 8,008 | $ | 2,590 | $ | 4,210 | $ | 1,305 |
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Net
income
|
$ | 8,008 | $ | 2,584 | $ | 4,213 | $ | 1,305 | ||||||||
Dividend
of Series A convertible preferred stock
|
(422 | ) | - | (193 | ) | - | ||||||||||
Net
income attributable to common shareholders of ChinaNet Online Holdings,
Inc.
|
$ | 7,586 | $ | 2,584 | $ | 4,020 | $ | 1,305 | ||||||||
Earnings per
share
|
||||||||||||||||
Earnings
per common share
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ | 0.46 | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.24 | $ | 0.09 | ||||||||
Diluted
|
$ | 0.38 | $ | 0.19 | $ | 0.20 | $ | 0.09 | ||||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
16,542,966 | 13,845,593 | 16,848,023 | 13,899,784 | ||||||||||||
Diluted
|
20,900,374 | 13,845,593 | 20,742,817 | 13,899,784 |
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
six and three months ended June 30, 2010, 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.
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The
following table presented reconciliations of our non-GAAP financial measures to
the unaudited consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income for the
six and three months ended June 30, 2010: (All amounts in thousands of US
dollars)
Six
months ended
June
30,
|
Three
months ended
June
30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2010
|
2010
|
2010
|
2010
|
|||||||||||||
(US
$)
|
(US
$)
|
(US
$)
|
(US
$)
|
|||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||
GAAP
|
NON
GAAP
|
GAAP
|
NON
GAAP
|
|||||||||||||
Income
from operations
|
$ | 6,342 | $ | 6,342 | $ | 4,196 | $ | 4,196 | ||||||||
Other
income (expenses):
|
||||||||||||||||
Changes
in fair value of warrants
|
1,861 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Other
income
|
4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Other
expenses
|
(1 | ) | (1 | ) | (1 | ) | (1 | ) | ||||||||
1,868 | 7 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||
Income
before income tax expense
|
8,210 | 6,349 | 4,201 | 4,201 | ||||||||||||
Income
tax expense
|
279 | 279 | 65 | 65 | ||||||||||||
Net
income
|
7,931 | 6,070 | 4,136 | 4,136 | ||||||||||||
Net
loss attributable to noncontrolling interest
|
77 | 77 | 77 | 77 | ||||||||||||
Net
income attributable to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.
|
8,008 | 6,147 | 4,213 | 4,213 | ||||||||||||
Other
comprehensive income
|
||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency translation gain
|
77 | 77 | 74 | 74 | ||||||||||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$ | 8,008 | $ | 6,224 | $ | 4,210 | $ | 4,210 | ||||||||
Net
income attributable to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.
|
8,008 | 6,147 | 4,213 | 4,213 | ||||||||||||
Dividend
of Series A convertible preferred stock
|
(422 | ) | (422 | ) | (193 | ) | (193 | ) | ||||||||
Net
income attributable to common shareholders of ChinaNet Online Holdings,
Inc.
|
$ | 7,586 | $ | 5,725 | $ | 4,020 | $ | 4,020 | ||||||||
Earnings per
share
|
||||||||||||||||
Earnings
per common share
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$ | 0.46 | $ | 0.35 | $ | 0.24 | $ | 0.24 | ||||||||
Diluted
|
$ | 0.38 | $ | 0.29 | $ | 0.20 | $ | 0.20 | ||||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
16,542,966 | 16,542,966 | 16,848,023 | 16,848,023 | ||||||||||||
Diluted
|
20,900,374 | 20,900,374 | 20,742,817 | 20,742,817 |
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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
|
Six
months ended June 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||
(Amount
expressed in thousands of US dollars, except percentages)
|
||||||||||||||||
Internet
advertisement
|
$ | 12,375 | 55.58 | % | $ | 7,871 | 41.04 | % | ||||||||
TV
advertisement
|
9,424 | 42.32 | % | 10,486 | 54.68 | % | ||||||||||
Internet
Ad. Resources resell
|
93 | 0.42 | % | 802 | 4.18 | % | ||||||||||
Bank
kiosks
|
263 | 1.18 | % | 19 | 0.10 | % | ||||||||||
Internet
information management
|
112 | 0.50 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 22,267 | 100 | % | $ | 19,178 | 100 | % |
Revenue
type
|
Three
months ended June 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||
(Amount
expressed in thousands of US dollars, except percentages)
|
||||||||||||||||
Internet
advertisement
|
$ | 7,831 | 65.04 | % | $ | 4,187 | 44.63 | % | ||||||||
TV
advertisement
|
4,021 | 33.40 | % | 4,744 | 50.57 | % | ||||||||||
Internet
Ad. resources resell
|
2 | 0.02 | % | 431 | 4.60 | % | ||||||||||
Bank
kiosks
|
132 | 1.10 | % | 19 | 0.20 | % | ||||||||||
Internet
information management
|
54 | 0.45 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 12,040 | 100 | % | $ | 9,381 | 100 | % |
Revenue
type
|
Six
months ended June 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2010
|
2009
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||
(Amount
expressed in thousands of US dollars, except percentages)
|
||||||||||||||||
Internet
advertisement
|
$ | 12,375 | 100 | % | $ | 7,871 | 100 | % | ||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
11,769 | 95 | % | 7,031 | 89 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
606 | 5 | % | 840 | 11 | % | ||||||||||
TV
advertisement
|
9,424 | 100 | % | 10,486 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
9,423 | 99.99 | % | 9,863 | 94 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
1 | 0.01 | % | 623 | 6 | % | ||||||||||
Internet
Ad. resources resell
|
93 | 100 | % | 802 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
93 | 100 | % | 802 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Bank
kiosks
|
263 | 100 | % | 19 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
263 | 100 | % | 19 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Internet
information management
|
112 | 100 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
112 | 100 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 22,267 | 100 | % | $ | 19,178 | 100 | % | ||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
$ | 21,660 | 97 | % | $ | 17,715 | 92 | % | ||||||||
--From
related parties
|
$ | 607 | 3 | % | $ | 1,463 | 8 | % |
50
Revenue
type
|
Three
months ended June 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
2010
(Unaudited)
|
2009
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||
(Amount
expressed in thousands of US dollars, except percentages)
|
||||||||||||||||
Internet
advertisement
|
$ | 7,831 | 100 | % | $ | 4,187 | 100 | % | ||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
7,418 | 95 | % | 3,596 | 86 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
413 | 5 | % | 591 | 14 | % | ||||||||||
TV
advertisement
|
4,021 | 100 | % | 4,744 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
4,021 | 100 | % | 4,366 | 92 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
- | - | 378 | 8 | % | |||||||||||
Internet
Ad. Resources resell
|
2 | 100 | % | 431 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
2 | 100 | % | 431 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Bank
kiosks
|
132 | 100 | % | 19 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
132 | 100 | % | 19 | 100 | % | ||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Internet
information management
|
54 | 100 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
54 | 100 | % | - | - | |||||||||||
--From
related parties
|
- | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 12,040 | 100 | % | $ | 9,381 | 100 | % | ||||||||
--From
unrelated parties
|
$ | 11,627 | 97 | % | $ | 8,412 | 90 | % | ||||||||
--From
related parties
|
$ | 413 | 3 | % | $ | 969 | 10 | % |
Total
Revenues: Our total revenues increased to US$22.3 million for the six
months ended June 30, 2010 from US$19.2 million for the same period of 2009,
representing a 16% increase. For the three months ended June 30,
2010, our total revenue increased to US$12.0 million from US$9.4 million for the
same period of 2009, representing a 28% increase.
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. In fiscal year of 2010, we are continuing to
execute our strategy of focusing on the internet advertising sales business,
which has achieved gross margins of 74% in the first half of 2010, and other
related value-added services, including brand management, search engine
marketing, internet information management and others. We will concentrate
resources and capitals on our key portal website www.28.com and its related
services as previously mentioned in order to yield more predictable and
recurring revenue. 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; and/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.
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We
achieved a 57% increase in internet advertising revenues to US$12.4
million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 from US$7.9 million for the
same period in 2009. This is primarily a result of (1) the successful
brand building effort for www.28.com we made in prior years both on TV and
at other well-known portal websites in China, as well as participating in
government programs with respect to stimulating employment rates through
entrepreneurship and launching of services to branded clients in China in
the fiscal year of 2010; (2) more mature client service technologies; and
(3) a more experienced sales team. During the six months ended June 30,
2010, we have engaged about 100 branded clients and achieved about 30
branded clients who use our portal and website to promote their chain
stores (or franchise outlets) and other business opportunities. We also
have enhanced our search engine optimization function, which allows us to
provide a more technologically advanced chargeable advertisement for lead
generation, which was also one of the main reasons for the increases in
internet advertisement revenue.
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We
had a 10% decrease in TV advertising revenue to US$9.4 million for the six
months ended June 30, 2010 from US$10.5 million for the same period in
2009. We generated this US$9.4 million of TV advertising
revenue by selling approximately 12,000 minutes of advertising time that
we purchased from approximately seven provincial TV stations as compared
with approximately 14,000 minutes of advertising time that we sold in the
same period in 2009. The decrease in revenue we
generated from the TV advertisement segment for the six months ended June
30, 2010 as compared to the same period of last year was mainly due to the
following reasons (1) a decrease of approximately 2,000 minutes of
advertising time sold; (2) increases in demand for TV advertising are
relatively limited due to higher demand for internet advertising, which
can be more cost effective;
(3) in response to TV stations increasing their sales prices, we in turn
increased the prices we charged to our customers which resulted in lower
demand from our customers for this service; (4) Spring Festival was in the
middle of the first quarter of fiscal 2010, which had a
negative impact on the demand for our advertising services and as a
result, we had to decrease our selling price which in turn led
to a negative gross profit ratio in the first quarter of 2010. For the
three months ended June 30, 2010, we increased our selling prices as
compared to that in the first quarter of 2010, and our gross profit ratio
improved to 7% for the second quarter of 2010 as compared with
(2%) for the first quarter of 2010. We do not anticipate that this
business segment will expand in the future. Rather, we expect
that this business segment will be operated as part of multi-channel
communication platform for www.28.com and its related
services. Meanwhile, management will closely monitor this business segment
for the second half of fiscal year 2010 in an effort to improve its
performance.
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Our resale of internet advertising resources is our resale of a portion of the internet resources that we purchase from Baidu in bulk to our existing internet advertising clients, in order to promote their businesses through sponsored searches, search engine traffic generation techniques etc. We achieved US$0.1 million in revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared with US$0.8 million for the same period in 2009. We do not consider this segment to be a core business or revenue source, because it does not promote the www.28.com brand and the revenue generated by this segment is subject to price fluctuations caused by the bidding system adopted by different search engines . In fiscal year 2010, as we intend to promote our direct advertising services of www.28.com, which has a much higher gross profit, we believe the revenue from this segment will decrease accordingly as compared to last year. We will continue monitor our clients’ demands from this segment and adjust our strategy accordingly to maximize our earnings from this segment. |
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As of June 30, 2010, we have deployed 200 kiosks in China Construction Bank Henan Branch, and achieved approximately US$0.3 million of revenue from this segment. Since the bank kiosk advertising business is still in the initial development stage, it was not a significant contribution to revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2010. We plan to deploy an aggregate of 1,300 additional kiosks by the end of 2010 starting from Henan, Shanghai and plan to cover Beijing, Guangdong and Si Chuan based on the possible client sources we will target. During the three months ended June 30, 2010, we have placed orders to install additional 408 kiosks and have finished the installation of 100 kiosks in China Construction Bank Henan province. We will continue our efforts to develop this segment in the second half year of 2010. Management believes that the increase in the number of the kiosks that have been and will be installed will enhance the related advertising coverage though bank kiosks and will help us to yield more clients in the future. |
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Internet information management is a new business segment that we launched in August 2009, which offers our clients an intelligent software product based on our proprietary search engine optimization technology. The main objective of the product is to help our clients gain an early warning of potential negative exposure on the internet so that when necessary they can formulate an appropriate response. We charge a monthly fee to clients who utilize this service. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, we generated US$0.1 million revenue from this business segment. We plan to expand our efforts to offer this service to more of our existing clients as well as a part of sales package to our branded clients in the future. |
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Cost
of revenues
Our
cost of revenues consists of costs directly related to the offering of our
advertising services. The following table sets forth our cost of
revenues, divided into five segments, by amount and gross profit ratio for the
periods indicated, with inter-segment transactions eliminated:
Six
months ended June 30,
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2009
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expressed in thousands of US dollars, except percentages)
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Revenue
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Cost
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GP
ratio
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Revenue
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Cost
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GP
ratio
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Internet
advertisement
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$ | 12,375 | 3,265 | 74 | % | $ | 7,871 | 2,111 | 73 | % | ||||||||||||||
TV
advertisement
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9,424 | 9,238 | 2 | % | 10,486 | 8,986 | 14 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Internet
Ad. resources resell
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93 | 84 | 10 | % | 802 | 775 | 3 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Bank
kiosk
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263 | 22 | 92 | % | 19 | 1 | 95 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Internet
information management
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112 | 6 | 95 | % | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
Others
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- | 48 | N/A | - | 16 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
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$ | 22,267 | 12,663 | 43 | % | $ | 19,178 | 11,889 | 38 | % |
Three
months ended June 30,
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2009
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Amount expressed in thousands
of US dollars, except percentages)
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Revenue
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Cost
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GP
ratio
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Revenue
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Cost
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GP
Ratio
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Internet
advertisement
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$ | 7,831 | 2,136 | 73 | % | $ | 4,187 | 1,253 | 70 | % | ||||||||||||||
TV
advertisement
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4,021 | 3,733 | 7 | % | 4,744 | 3,945 | 17 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Internet
Ad. resources resell
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2 | 4 | (100 | %) | 431 | 411 | 5 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Bank
kiosk
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132 | 12 | 91 | % | 19 | 1 | 95 | % | ||||||||||||||||
Internet
information management
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54 | 3 | 94 | % | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||
Others
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- | 48 | N/A | - | 1 | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
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$ | 12,040 | 5,936 | 51 | % | $ | 9,381 | 5,611 | 40 | % |
Cost of revenues:
Our total cost of revenues increased to US$12.7 million for the six
months ended June 30, 2010 from US$11.9 million for the same period of
2009. Our cost of revenues related to the offering of our advertising
services mainly consists of internet resources purchased from other portal
websites and technical services providers related to lead generation, sponsored
search, 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, and Google 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 as indicated above. Our internet resources cost for
internet advertising revenue was US$3.3 million and US$2.1 million for the
six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Our average gross
profit ratio for internet advertising services is about
70%-80%. For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the
gross profit ratio for this segment was 74% and 73% respectively, which
was considered stable and reasonable for this business
segment.
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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
seven different provincial TV stations and resell it to our TV
advertisement clients through infomercials produced by us. Our TV
advertisement time cost was US$9.2 million and US$9.0 million for the six
months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Our gross profit ratio
for this segment decreased to 2% for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as
compared to 14% for the same period of 2009. This decrease was mainly due
to the following reasons: (1) the increase of our selling price is
relatively lower than the increase of the purchase cost per minute charged
by the TV stations for fiscal year 2010 as compared to that in 2009 due to
the limitation of TV advertisement demands in consideration of the better
price performance ratio generated from internet advertisement; (2) due to
the Spring Festival was in the middle of the first quarter of 2010, we
decreased our selling price accordingly to attract the customers, which
led a 2% negative gross profit ratio for this segment. Management believes
that the second half year of 2010, the TV advertisement segment will
continue to generate positive gross
profit.
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Our
resale of internet advertising resources that we purchase from Baidu 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 current market price for such
internet resources. The gross profit ratio for this business is not
considered to be stable, because it is subject to price fluctuations
caused by the bidding system adopted by different search engines. For
the six months ended June 30, 2010, we limited the supply of this segment,
because we intend to promote the direct advertisement services to our
customers through our own portal website, www.28.com.
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Gross
Profit
As a
result of the foregoing, our gross profit was US$9.6 million for the six
months ended June 30, 2010 compared to US$7.3 million for the same period of
2009. According to our past experience, the comprehensive gross
margin ratio of our business is about 35%-45%. We achieved a
relatively higher comprehensive gross margin for the three months ended June 30,
2010, mainly due to the increase of the percentage of our internet advertisement
segment over the total revenue we achieved for the three months ended June 30,
2010 which had an average gross profit ratio of 70%-75% to 65% as compared to
45% for the same period of 2009.
Operating
Expenses and Net Income
Our
operating expenses consist of selling expenses, general and administrative
expenses, and research and development expenses. The following tables
set forth our operating expenses, divided into their major categories by amount
and as a percentage of our total revenues for the periods
indicated.
Six
months ended June 30,
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2010
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2009
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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(Amount
expressed in thousands of US dollar, except percentage)
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Amount
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%
of total revenue
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Amount
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%
of total revenue
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|||||||||||||
Total
Revenue
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$ | 22,267 | 100 | % | $ | 19,178 | 100 | % | ||||||||
Gross
Profit
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9,604 | 43 | % | 7,289 | 38 | % | ||||||||||
Selling
expenses
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1,337 | 6 | % | 2,629 | 14 | % | ||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
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1,595 | 7 | % | 916 | 5 | % | ||||||||||
Research
and development expenses
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330 | 2 | % | 214 | 1 | % | ||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
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$ | 3,262 | 15 | % | $ | 3,759 | 20 | % |
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Three
months ended June 30,
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2010
(Unaudited)
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2009
(Unaudited)
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(Amount
expressed in thousands of US dollars, except percentages)
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Amount
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%
of total revenue
|
Amount
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%
of total revenue
|
|||||||||||||
Total
Revenue
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$ | 12,040 | 100 | % | $ | 9,381 | 100 | % | ||||||||
Gross
Profit
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6,104 | 51 | % | 3,770 | 40 | % | ||||||||||
Selling
expenses
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911 | 7 | % | 1,166 | 12 | % | ||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
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801 | 7 | % | 568 | 6 | % | ||||||||||
Research
and development expenses
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196 | 2 | % | 164 | 2 | % | ||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
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$ | 1,908 | 16 | % | $ | 1,898 | 20 | % |
Operating
Expenses: Our operating expenses decreased slightly to
US$3.26 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 from US$3.76 million
for the same period in 2009. For the three months ended June 30, 2010, our
operating expenses increased slightly to US$1.91 million as compared to US$1.90
million for the same period of 2009.
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Selling
expenses: Selling expenses decreased to US$1.3 million for the six months
ended June 30, 2010 from US$2.6 million for the same period in
2009. For the three months ended June 30, 2010, selling
expenses decreased to US$0.9 million as compared to US$1.2 million for the
same period of 2009. Our selling expenses primarily consist of
brand development advertising expenses that we pay to TV stations and
other media outlets for the promotion of www.28.com, other advertising and
promotional expenses, staff salaries, benefits and performance bonuses,
website server hosting and broadband leasing expenses, and travel and
communication expenses. The decrease in our selling expenses was mainly
due to the decrease of our brand development advertising expenses on TV
for the six months ended June 30, 2010 to approximately US$0.9 million as
compared to approximately US$1.9 million for the same period of 2009. We
do not expect that the decrease of brand building expenses on TV will have
a significant adverse impact on our future revenue growth, because,
through the investment we had made in brand building of www.28.com in the
last two years, our website has been gradually recognized as one of the
most popular portal that provides advertising services and other internet
services for SMEs, particularly for small and medium sized franchises, in
China. With the increase of the cost for brand development
through TV advertisement, we have changed our strategy of brand building
activities to participating more in related government support programs of
raising employment rates to continue our brand building effects in the
further. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, we recorded approximately
US$0.22 million brand building expenses in relation to the co-funding of
"Entrepreneurship Fund for Chinese College Students” in China, which is
recognized by the six major central ministries, including, China
Federation of Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Education, Central
Committee of the Communist Young League, United Front Work Department of
CPC Central Committee, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security,
and Ministry of Civil Affairs. Management believes that these activities
will help to yield additional branded clients who will utilize the portal
to advertise their chain stores (so called franchise) products, services
or business opportunities over the internet and other communication
channels of the company.
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General
and administrative expenses: General and administrative expenses increased
to US$1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to
US$0.9 million for the same period of 2009. For the three
months ended June 30, 2010, our general and administrative expenses
increased to US$0.8 million as compared to US$0.6 million for the same
period of 2009. 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. The increase in our general and administrative
expenses was mainly due to the following reasons: (1) the increase in
professional services charges related to US public company, including but
not limited to legal, accounting, internal control enhancement, etc, for
about US$0.4 million; (2) the increase of the start-up expenditures of our
newly established subsidiary, Shenzhen Mingshan for about US$0.2million;
and (3) the increase of staff salary, travelling expenses and other
general office supplies for about US$0.1 million in relation to 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 six months ended June 30, 2010 from US$0.2 million
for the same period of 2009. For the three months ended June 30, 2010,
research and development increased to US$0.20 million as compared to
US$0.16 million for the same period of 2009. 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 periods as we will expand, optimize and enhance the
stability of 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 our total
revenues.
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Operating Profit:
As a result of the foregoing, our operating profit increased to US$6.3
million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 from US$3.5 million for the
same period of 2009. For the three months ended June 30, 2010, our operating
profit increased to US$4.2 million as compared to 1.9 million for the same
period of 2009.
Changes in Fair
Value of Warrants: We originally accounted for our warrants issued to
investors and placement agent in August 2009 financing as derivative liabilities
under ASC Topic 815 “Derivatives and Hedging” (formerly SFAS No. 133,
“Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”), because it
contains a “Down-round” protection that were applicable if we were to issue new
shares of common stock or common stock equivalents at a price per share less
than the exercise price of the Warrants. 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 lead to the Warrants to fail to be
qualified as indexed to the Company’s own stock and then fail to meet the scope
exceptions of ASC Topic 815. Therefore, we accounted for the Warrants as
derivative liabilities under ASC Topic 815. Pursuant to ASC Topic 815,
derivative should be measured at fair value and re-measured at fair value
with changes in fair value recorded in earnings at each reporting
period.
On March
29, 2010, we and the holders of the Warrants entered into agreements to amend
certain provisions of the Warrants. The amendment to the investor and placement
agent warrants removes the “Down-round protection” rights. In
addition, the amendment to the warrants added a provision to grant the holders
of a majority of the warrants an approval right until December 31, 2010, over
any new issuance of shares of common stock or common stock equivalents at a
price per share less than the exercise price of the warrants.
As a
result of this amendment, the Warrants issued in August 2009 financing was
qualified as indexed to our own stock and then meet the scope exceptions of ASC
Topic 815, and was eligible to be reclassified as equity. In
accordance to ASC Topic 815, the classification of a contract should be
reassessed at each balance sheet date. If the classification required under this
ASC changes as a result of events during the period, the contract should be
reclassified as of the date of the event that caused the
reclassification. If a contract is reclassified from an asset or a
liability to equity, gains or losses recorded to account for the contract at
fair value during the period that the contract was classified as an asset or a
liability should not be reversed. Therefore, we re-measured the fair
value of the Warrants as of March 29, 2010, the date of the event that caused
the classification, which was approximately US$ 7,703,000 and reclassified the
amount to equity as additional paid-in capital. The gain of the
changes in fair value during the period that the Warrants were classified as a
derivative liability for the six months ended June 30, 2010, which was
approximately US$ 1,861,000 was recorded in earnings.
Income Tax:
We recognized an income tax expense of US$0.28 million for the six months
ended June 30, 2010. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, we used an
estimated income tax rate of 25% to calculate the income tax expense for
Business Opportunity Online, one of our PRC operating entities who operates our
internet advertising business through www.28.com, because at that time, Business
Opportunity Online had not obtained the approval of its qualification as a “High
and New Technology Enterprise” under the New EIT law. The actual income tax rate
for Business Opportunity Online for the year ended December 31, 2009 was 7.5%.
In January 2010, with an effective date of September 4, 2009, Business
Opportunity Online obtained its qualification as a “High and New Technology
Enterprise” under the New EIT law and was approved by the local tax authority to
continue enjoy the 50% reduction of the applicable income tax rates which are
15% to 7.5% for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2010. The differences
between the estimated income tax expenses and the actual income tax expenses for
the six and three months ended June 30, 2009 was approximately US$0.65 million
and US$0.38 million respectively.
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Net Income:
As a result of the foregoing, our net income amounted to US$7.9 million
for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to US$2.6 million for
the same period of 2009. Excluding the non-cash gain recorded as
changes in fair value of warrants for the six months ended June 30, 2010, which
was approximately US$1.9 million, we achieved net income amounted to US$6.1
million and US$2.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009,
respectively. For the three months ended June 30, 2010, we achieved
approximately US$4.1 million net income as compared to US$1.3 million for the
same period of 2009.
Loss attributable
to noncontrolling interest: Since our newly established consolidated
major-owned subsidiary Shenzhen Mingshan was still in the start-up period as of
June 30, 2010, the net loss incurred for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was
allocated between the shareholders of Shenzhen Mingshan based on the percentage
of the ownership in the entity. Based on the percentage ownership of Shenzhen
Mingshan, we allocated approximately US$0.08 million of losses to the
non-controlling interest shareholders of Shenzhen Mingshan for the six and three
months ended June 30, 2010.
Net income
attributable to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. Total net income we
achieved for the six and three months ended June 30, 2010 minus the net loss
attributable to the noncontrolling interest shareholders was the net income
attributable to ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.
Dividend for
Series A convertible preferred
stock: Dividend to Series A convertible stock holders was calculated at
the per annum rate of 10% of the liquidation preference amount of the Series A
preferred stock which was US$2.5 per share and the actual number of days each
share outstanding within the reporting period. The dividend accrued for Series A
convertible preferred stock was approximately US$0.4 million and US$0.2 million
for the six and three months ended June 30, 2010.
Net income
attributable to ChinaNet’s common
shareholders: Net
income attributable to ChinaNet’s common shareholders represents the net income
after the allocation to the noncontrolling interest shareholders minus the
dividend accrued for Series A convertible preferred stock.
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 June
30, 2010, we had cash and cash equivalents of US$17.8 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
advance payments 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 investments in computers and other office equipment. To date,
we have financed our liquidity needs primarily through proceeds from our
operating activities.
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The
following table provides detailed information about our net cash flow for the
periods indicated
Six
months ended
June
30,
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2010
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2009
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(Unaudited)
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(Unaudited)
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Amount
in thousands of US dollars
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Net
cash provided by operating activities
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6,183 | 2,711 | ||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
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(114 | ) | (101 | ) | ||||
Net
cash used in financing actives
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(2,175 | ) | (1,794 | ) | ||||
Effect
of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash
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37 | 7 | ||||||
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
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3,931 | 823 |
Net
cash provided by operating activates:
Our net
cash provided by operating activities increased to US$6.2 million for the six
months ended June 30, 2010 from US$2.7 million for the same period of 2009. This
is increase is primarily attributable to the increase of our net income to
US$6.1 million (excluding the non-cash income related to changes in fair value
of warrants) for the six months ended June 30, 2010 from US$2.6 million for the
same period in 2009 and our effective management of the collection of our
outstanding receivables during the period. We achieved approximately US$22.2
million net revenue with our outstanding receivable only increased by
approximately US$1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. We also
collected approximately US$2 million advance deposits incurred for TV
advertisement bidding and paid approximately US$1.3 million as advance payments
to our resource suppliers during the period.
Net
cash used in investing activities:
Our net
cash used in investing activities was US$0.11 million and US$0.10 million for
the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. For the
six months ended June 30, 2010, we replaced and updated our web servers and the
related electronic devices to enhance the security of our portal
website.
Net
cash used in financing activities:
Our net
cash used in financing activities was US$2.2 million and US$1.8 million for the
six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. In late June
2010, we temporarily loaned an unaffiliated party approximately US$2 million,
which had been collected in early July. We also received
approximately US$0.14 million cash contributed by the noncotrolling interest
shareholders of Shenzhen Mingshan in connection to the establishment of the
company. We also paid approximately US$0.29 million dividend to the holders of
Series A convertible preferred stock during the period.
C.
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Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
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Our
Company did not have any significant off-balance sheet arrangements as of June
30, 2010.
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Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk
Not
applicable to smaller reporting companies.
Item
4(T). 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 June 30, 2010, 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.
Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There was
no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the second fiscal quarter of 2010 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.
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Part
II. Other Information
Item
1. Legal Proceedings
We are
currently not a party to any legal or administrative proceedings and are not
aware of any pending or threatened legal or administrative proceedings against
us in all material aspects. We may from time to time become a party to various
legal or administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our
business.
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.
Item
4. Removed and Reserved
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:
August 16, 2010
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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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