Item 1. Business.
Overview
We formerly were a high-tech enterprise engaged in the research, development, manufacture, and distribution of botanical products, bio-pharmaceutical products, and traditional Chinese medicines, or TCM, in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC” or “China”). We have three “Good Manufacturing Practice” or GMP certified production facilities - Ah City Natural and Biopharmaceutical plant, Dongfanghong pharmaceutical plant and Qingyang natural extraction plant -capable of producing 18 dosage forms and over 200 different products. Our products include but are not limited to (i) botanical anti-depression and nerve-regulation products, (ii) biopharmaceutical products, and (iii) botanical antibiotic and traditional over-the-counter (“OTC”) Chinese medicines. Botanical anti-depression and nerve-regulation products account for approximately 70% of our revenues and we intend to strengthen our development in this area. We have entered into sales agency agreements with our sales agents through them our products are sold to over 3,000 distributors and over 70 sales centers across 24 provinces in China.
This filing was prepared in August, 2021. Due to the lack of accounting records for the relevant period all assets have been written off and all liabilities have been carried forward from the Company most recent filings prior to this date on October 31, 2010.
Our Products
Our products mainly fall into the following three categories: (i) botanical anti-depression & nerve-regulation products, (ii) biopharmaceutical products, and (iii) botanical antibiotics and traditional OTC Chinese medicines. The table below is an illustration of our products and their main functions according to the Chinese Pharmacopeia:
Product Category
Product
Main Functions
Botanical anti-depression and nerve-regulation products
Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax)
Series:
Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax)
Tablets
Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax)
Syrup
Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax)
Extract(100g)
Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax)
Extract(338g) [Note: The Drug
Approval Number of Ginseng
(Acanthopanax) Extract is under the
name of Renhuang Stock*]
Antidepressant properties: Regulation of nervous excitation and inhibition; calm and inhibit spontaneous activities; improve sleep and anticonvulsant properties
Improve blood properties: Improve blood flow, blood lipid profile and blood viscosity; prevent and improve cerebral thrombosis, hyperlipidemia, hypotension (low blood pressure), coronary heart disease, diabetes, leukopenia, and gonadotrophic dilation of blood vessels
Tianma Series:
Tianma Tablets (sugar coated, 48
tablets)
Tianma Tablets (sugar coated, 100
tablets)
Dispel coldness; relieve pain and headache caused by blood supply shortage and blood stasis
Compound Yangjiao Tablets (sugar coated, 50 tablets)
Relieve pain from migraines, vascular headaches, tension headaches and nervous headaches
Product Category
Product
Main Functions
Compound Schizandra Tablets
Regulation of the central nervous system. to generate body fluids and alleviate thirst, nourish the kidneys, cure insomnia and palpitations, and is also widely used as treatment for neurasthenia.
Biopharmaceutical products
Badger Oil
[Note: The Drug Approval Number of Badger Fat is under the name of Renhuang Stock*]
Ginseng and Venison Extract
[Note: The Drug Approval Number of Ginseng and Venison Extract are under the name of Renhuang Stock*]
Treatment of burn and scald
Nourish the blood and the kidneys, restore the body’s energy and increase endurance.
Botanical antibiotics and traditional OTC Chinese medicines
Banlangen Granules
Antiviral (anti-influenza) and broad-spectrum antibiotic
Compound Honeysuckle Granules
Antiviral; antibacterial; and anti-inflammatory
Shengmai Granules
Regulate blood flow; strengthen heart beat; and improve the immune system and blood quality
Qing Re Jie Du Oral Liquid
Treating the flu, upper respiratory infections, and sore throats
*The Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) Extract, Badger Oil, and Ginseng and Venison Extract are registered by Renhuang Stock Co. (“Renhuang Stock”), a company of which Mr. Shaoming Li, our chairman, chief executive officer and president, serves as chairman and is a 50% shareholder. In 2010, we received licenses from Renhuang Stock to produce Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) Extract.
Botanical anti-depression and nerve-regulation products contributed approximately $49.46 million to our revenue in 2011 ($39.23 million in 2010) and accounted for approximately 68.0% of total product sales after sales rebates in 2011 (71.1% in 2010).
Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax):
Acanthopanax, which is known in the United States as Siberian Ginseng, has been used for centuries in China. According to Chinese Pharmacopoeia, it has numerous medical efficacies including, improving kidney and spleen function; tranquilizing the mind (anxiolytic effect), improving appetite; decreasing pain (analgesic effect); and improving sleep quality. In addition, further pharmacologic studies and clinical trials conducted over the medical efficacies of Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) have shown additional benefits, including:
●Antidepressant
Regulating the nervous system: Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) not only improves the excitation process of the central nervous system but also the inhibition process, making it more efficient. It also helps to balance the two processes to improve human intellectual and physical functions. (Source: “Chinese Medicine Information” - Microbiology Teaching and Research Section of Suzhou Medical College)
Treating neurasthenia: Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) can significantly reduce the symptoms of neurasthenia; improves insomnia, restless sleep, heart palpitations, forgetfulness, and fatigue. (Source: “Chinese Patent Medicine Studies, Acanthopanax Research Situation at Home and Abroad” - Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Section of Heilongjiang Institute of Chinese Medicine)
Treating insomnia: Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) has been proven to be effective in treating hypochondria and depression caused by insomnia and nerve dysfunction by an increasing number of scientific research departments and national institutions. There is a natural link between insomnia and depression. “Junk sleep” will lead to restlessness, low spirits and decreased work quality. Although hypochondria and depression can be attributed to external stimulus, stress and other factors, they are mainly attributed to nerve dysfunction and are classified as a psychiatric illness. (Source: “Insomnia and Depression Treatment Website” http://www.shimianyiyu.net )
● Treat cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease. Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) has positive effects on coronary heart disease, angina, high blood pressure and blood pressure regulation. (Source: “China Acanthopanax Web” http://bjcp.xsjk.net)
● Anti-fatigue. Total Glucosides of Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) has powerful anti-fatigue effects that are more effective than Ginseng. (Source: “China Acanthopanax Web” http://bjcp.xsjk.net)
● Antioxidant. Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) helps to delay the aging process. (Source: “China Acanthopanax Web” http://bjcp.xsjk.net)
● Strengthening the body: Total Glucosides of Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) promotes fat, sugar and protein metabolism, and regeneration of hepatic (liver) cells; it improves protein and nucleic acid synthesis and strengthens physical performance. (Source: “China Acanthopanax Web” http://bjcp.xsjk.net)
Tianma Tablets and Compound Yangjiao Tablets:
Tianma Tablets and Compound Yangjiao Tablets are botanic drugs used to treat headaches and regulate nerves. Their known benefits and low side-effects have led to them being the top sellers among medication with similar properties in China.
Compound Schisandra Tablets
Compound Schisandra Tablets are also botanic drug which is used to regulate central nervous system, generate body fluids and alleviate thirst, nourish the kidneys, cure insomnia and palpitations, and is also widely used as treatment for neurasthenia.
Biopharmaceutical products
Biopharmaceutical products contributed approximately $10.46 million to our revenue net of sales rebate in 2011 ($3.21 million in 2010) and accounted for approximately 14.4% of total product sales net of sales rebate, in 2011 (4.0% in 2010).
Ginseng and Venison Extract
Ginseng and Venison Extract comprises nutrients from ginseng and deer, and is used to nourish the blood and the kidneys, restore the body’s energy and increase endurance.
Badger Oil
Badger Oil expels toxin by cooling, swelling and relieving pain. For mild water and fire burns, scalds and skin pain. Promoting cells reborn and helping for improving parched, chapped and rough skin.
Botanical antibiotics and traditional OTC Chinese medicine products
Botanical antibiotics and traditional OTC Chinese medicines contributed approximately $12.79 million to our revenue net of sales rebate in 2011 ($13.74 million in 2010) and accounted for approximately 17.6% of total product sales net of sales rebate in 2011 (24.9% in 2010).
Raw materials and Suppliers
The raw materials of Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) based products are effective ingredients extracted from the Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) plant. In China, about 94% of the wild Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) resources grow in the Heilongjiang Province (Source: Heilongjiang Dongbei net). The company controlled over 75% of the wild Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) resources production in China through exclusive purchase agreements with local governments.
On January 11, 2011, the Company through its wholly own subsidiary, CBP China, replaced and supplemented the July 8, 2010 Exclusive Purchase Agreement with Yichun Red Star Forestry Bureau of Heilongjiang Province (the “Forestry Bureau”) with the Exclusive Licensing Agreement for Harbin Renhuang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to Use Forest Resources under Yichun Red Star Forestry Bureau (the “Agreement”) which provides us with 30 years exclusive license right to use approximately 6,667 hectares of undergrowth resources including approximately 67 hectares of Siberian Ginseng GAP cultivation base in Heilongjiang Province. We will be responsible for continued maintenance and protection of wild resources to make this area a professional Siberian Ginseng base.
In addition, through the Exclusive Purchase Agreement with Dongfanghong Forestry Bureau, we also have the exclusive rights for an indefinite term to purchase the wild Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) grown on 6,667 hectares of land in Dongfanghong, Heilongjiang Province.
Other raw materials and packaging materials are purchased from various independent suppliers, and we do not rely on any one supplier. To ensure consistent quality, we have established long-term relationships with many of our suppliers, ensuring that we have at least ten different suppliers for each type of raw materials. We chose our suppliers based on criteria such as quality, reputation, price, delivery capacity and GMP certification. In addition, we conduct stringent inspections on each batch of raw materials supplied, and perform a periodic review of supplier qualifications.
Manufacturing and production facilities
We had three production facilities: Ah City Natural and Biopharmaceutical plant, Dongfanghong pharmaceutical plant and Qingyang natural extraction plant. The facilities, with a total usable area of over 160 thousand square meters, are capable of producing more than 200 kinds of pharmaceuticals, health food, and functional food in 18 dosage forms, including tablets, capsules (hard and soft), granules, oral liquid, frozen powder injection, powder injection, liquid injection, dropping pills, and ointments. We also have β-lactams and plant extraction lines and automatic packaging lines.
Our production is in strict compliance with “Good Manufacturing Practice”, or GMP, and Chinese standards of “Health Food Good Manufacturing Practice”, and “Sterile Product Quality Control Norms”. We have state of the art automated equipment, precise testing instruments, efficient air conditioning, cleaning systems and a modern logistic center for storage and distribution of products.
With the increasing demand of our products and further expansion of our business, we started Siberian Ginseng Depth Development and Industrialization Project (“Ah City Phase Two”) in the beginning of 2011. We have finished the architectural design of Ah City Phase Two project and are in the process of obtaining approval documents from relevant government authorities. We expect to receive all the documents by April, 2012 and will start the construction thereafter. As of October 31, 2011, we have incurred a total of $1,937,103 of construction-in-progress. The Ah City Phase Two project is expected to be completed in the year of 2013.
Quality Assurance
We are committed to delivering high-quality pharmaceutical products, and have set in place comprehensive testing and quality control measures. We have a quality control team that carries out quality control procedures in compliance with internal policies, GMP standards and State Food and Drug Administration, or SFDA, regulations. There are quality checks at every stage of production, including testing the quality of raw materials throughout our manufacturing process, testing finished products against various criteria such as ingredient composition, weight and physical appearance, and testing sanitary conditions of the production line. We also have a pre-arranged emergency plan in the case of adverse events such as emergency plans for operational accidents and force majeure.
Our production facilities comply with pharmaceutical GMP standards. We employ automated processes and scientific parameters throughout the manufacturing process that are designed to ensure that all products meet our quality requirements. We believe that our rigorous testing and inspection procedures have been critical in ensuring that our products are quality products.
Marketing and Product Distribution	
We have entered into sales agency agreements with sales agents through which our products are sold to over 3,000 distributors and over 70 sales centers across 24 provinces in China. Our products are mainly sold by our distributors to pharmacies, medicine wholesale centers, hospitals and other medical agencies. No customer has contributed over 10% of our total revenue before sales rebate in fiscal year 2011 compared with one customer has contributed to 11.01% of our total revenue before sales rebate in fiscal year 2010.
Based on our product nature, distribution channel and market practices, we currently manage our sales and distribution network through four departments:
●General Business Department. This department is mainly responsible for distribution of botanical anti-depression and nerve-regulation products. These products are distributed to provincial distributors, who further distribute the products to local distributors. The local distributors through various sales channels, including hospitals and media marketing methods, will market the products to end consumers.
● Brand Business Department. This department is mainly responsible for distribution of biopharmaceutical products. These products are distributed to provincial distributors, who further distribute the products to regional drugstores. The provincial distributors usually employ their own sales forces to promote the products and launch promotion campaigns with our support in marketing the products to end consumers.
● OTC Business Department. This department is mainly responsible for distribution of botanical antibiotics and traditional OTC Chinese medicines. These products are distributed to provincial distributors, who further distribute the products to regional drugstores. The provincial distributors usually employ their own sales forces and launch their own promotion campaigns in marketing the products to end consumers.
● Allocation Business Department. This department is responsible for bulk distribution of commonly used products. These products are distributed to medical trading centers and major market agents, who further distribute the products to nationwide drugstores and township clinics.
Research and Development
We are committed to developing new products and improving our current products. During the fiscal years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010, we spent $3,592,555 and $3,042,815, respectively, on research and development.
Aligned with our line of business, our research and development (“R&D”) activities are focused on the following:
● Development of single-plant anti-depression & nerve regulation products;
● Extraction of certain components from Siberian Genseng
● Cultivation of Siberian Ginseng; and
● Development of OTC product upgrades.
In 2011, we focused our research on cultivation techniques of Siberian Ginseng to solidify our future raw material supply. We are also researching on new drugs containing certain effective ingredients from Siberian Ginseng, which we expect to launch in the following years.
To further become an innovative enterprise, we continuously employ qualified talent to strengthen our research team. Currently we have established an open and innovative R&D environment consisting of Proprietary R&D Centers, Cooperation R&D Centers and Post-doctoral Workstations.
● Proprietary R&D Centers. These centers are responsible for initial research of potential products and development of existing product upgrades. We have comprehensive research and development facilities, including an innovative medicine division, a standard extractions division, a healthcare division, a comprehensive division, planning & registration division and a mid-phrase test division. In addition, our labs have received government and industry recognitions, namely: the “Key Lab on TCM Extractions’” from the Science and Technology Bureau of Heilongjiang Province and the “Innovative Medicine Lab” from the Industry Information Committee of Harbin.
● Cooperation R&D Centers. These centers have established committees consisting of well-known medical professionals in China, who specialize in biopharmaceutical and botanical medicines. The committees guide and advise the execution and direction of R&D projects, as well as evaluating research findings. The Cooperation Centers also work closely with the academic agencies including the Institute of Biophysics and Ecological Centre of the Environment in the Chinese Academy of Science; the Medical Research Institute of National Navy; the Chinese Biochemical Medicine Research Center; the Second Army Medical University; the China Medicine University; the Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; the Heilongjiang Province Chinese Medicine University; the Northeast Forestry University and the Harbin Medical University.
● Post-doctoral Workstations. The workstations allow post-doctoral studies on projects that are considered to be valuable to our development.
R&D Strategy
Our strategy is to be the first brand and industry leader in single-plant drugs for the treatment of depression and nerve-regulation, mainly through the development of products from Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) and Schisandra. Our goal is consistent with the following trends:
● Development of single-plant medicines is one of the three main developments in the Chinese pharmaceutical industry; and
● Antidepressants are one of the best selling drugs in the world.
To implement this strategy, we have established a cultivation base and are focusing our effects to set the industry standard for Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) and Schisandra products. This cultivation project has received significant support from various government departments, including the Ministry of Science and Technology, Development and Reform Commission.
Government Regulation
Our products are subject to regulatory controls governing pharmaceutical products. As a developer, manufacturer and distributor of pharmaceuticals, we are subject to regulation and oversight by different levels of the food and drug administration in China, in particular, the PRC State Food and Drug Administration, or SFDA. The “Law of the PRC on the Administration of Pharmaceuticals,” as amended on February 28, 2001, provides the basic legal framework for the administration of the production and sale of pharmaceuticals in China and covers the manufacturing, distributing, packaging, pricing and advertising of pharmaceutical products in China. Its implementing regulations set out detailed rules with respect to the administration of pharmaceuticals in China. We believe we are in compliance with these laws and regulations in all material aspects.
Regulations at the national, provincial and local levels in China are subject to change. To date, compliance with governmental regulations has not had a material impact on our earnings or competitive position, but, because of the evolving nature of such regulations, we are unable to predict the impact such regulation may have in the foreseeable future.
Employees
As of October 31, 2011, we have 83 full-time employees who have entered into labor contracts with our PRC subsidiary; we have approximately 485 employees dispatched from a labor dispatching company. We have approximately 142 employees in management positions, 30 in research and development, 474 in the production, storage and distribution, and 20 in the marketing and sales (excluding our 3,000 distributors in over 70 sales centers across 24 provinces in China). Our PRC subsidiary may not fully contribute the social insurance and housing fund for such 83 employees, and may not fully contribute the social insurance for the 459 dispatched employees as required by the agreement between our PRC subsidiary and the relevant employee dispatching agency.
Legal Proceedings
From time to time, we may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of its operations in the normal course of business. Any of these claims could subject us to costly litigation and, while we generally believe that we have adequate insurance to cover many different types of liabilities, our insurance carriers may deny coverage or our policy limits may be inadequate to fully satisfy any damage awards or settlements. If this were to happen, the payment of any such awards could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial position. Additionally, any such claims, whether or not successful, could damage our reputation and business. We are not a party to, or threatened by, any legal proceedings, the adverse outcome of which, in management’s opinion, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position.
Corporate Information
Our principal executive office is located at The 11th Floor, Changjiang International Building, No. 28, Changjiang Road, Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, P.R. China 150090. Our telephone number at that address is 86-451-8260-2162. Our website address is www.renhuang.com. The information on our website is not a part of this Form 10-K.
Item 1A.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Investment in our common stock involves risk. You should carefully consider the risks we describe below before deciding to invest. The market price of our common stock could decline due to any of these risks, in which case you could lose all or part of your investment. In assessing these risks, you should also refer to the other information included in this Annual Report, including our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. You should pay particular attention to the fact that we are a holding company with substantial operations in China and are subject to legal and regulatory environments that in many respects differ from that of the United States. Our business, financial condition or results of operations could be affected materially and adversely by any of the risks discussed below and any others not foreseen. This discussion contains forward-looking statements.
Risks Related to our Business
Our products may not achieve or maintain widespread market acceptance.
Success of our products is highly dependent on market acceptance. We believe that market acceptance of our products will depend on many factors, including:
●the perceived advantages of our products over competing products and the availability and success of competing products;
●the brand effect of our products and channel loyalty;
●the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts;
●the pricing and cost effectiveness of our products;
●the efficacy of our products and the prevalence and severity of adverse side effects, if any; and
●publicity concerning our products, product candidates or competing products.
If our products fail to achieve or maintain market acceptance, or if new products are introduced by others that are more favorably received than our products, are more cost effective or otherwise render our products obsolete, or if our competitors spend much more in sales and marketing efforts than we do, we may experience a decline in the demand for our products. If we are unable to market and sell our products successfully, our business, financial condition, results of operation and future growth would be adversely affected.
Our future research and development projects may not be successful.
The successful development of pharmaceutical products can be affected by many factors. Products that appear to be promising at their early phases of research and development may fail to be commercialized for various reasons, including the failure to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals. In addition, the research and development cycle for new products for which we may obtain an approval certificate is long.
There is no assurance that all of our future research and development projects will be successful or completed within the anticipated time frame or budget or that we will receive the necessary approvals from relevant authorities for the production of these newly developed products, or that these newly developed products will achieve commercial success. Even if such products can be successfully commercialized, they may not achieve the level of market acceptance that we expect.
We face substantial competition in connection with the marketing and sale of our products.
Our products compete with products with similar medical efficacy in similar market areas. Some of our competitors are well established and may have greater financial, marketing, personnel and other resources. The pharmaceutical industry is also characterized by the frequent introduction of new products. We may be unable to compete successfully or our competitors may develop products which have greater medical efficacy or gain wider market acceptance than ours.
Our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting were ineffective until recently, although we have taken remedial measures, if we are unable to effectively improve and maintain such controls and procedures, investors could lose confidence in our financial and other reports, the price of our shares of common stock may decline, and we may be subject to increased risks and liabilities.
As a public company, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Securities Exchange Act requires, among other things, that we file annual, quarterly and current reports with respect to our business and financial condition. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we include a report of our management on our internal control over financial reporting. We are also required to include quarterly reports and certifications of our management regarding the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. In the past, our management has concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting were ineffective due to our late filings, and more recently, that we lack sufficient qualified accounting and financial personnel with an appropriate level of US GAAP knowledge and experience appropriate to meet our financial reporting requirements. Although we have been diligent in implementing remedial measures since the third quarter of fiscal 2009, including hiring a new chief financial officer with US GAAP and SEC reporting experience, adding additional staff, appointing three independent directors to our board of directors, engaging consultants to advise management on the preparation of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance with internal controls over financial reporting for fiscal year 2010, there is no assurance that we will continue to have effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. If we cannot effectively and efficiently improve our controls and procedures, we could suffer material misstatements in our financial statements and other information we report and fail to meet our reporting obligations, which would likely cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial and other information. This could lead to a decline in the trading price of our shares of common stock. Additionally, ineffective internal control over financial reporting could expose us to increased risk of fraud or misuse of corporate assets and subject us to potential delisting from NYSE Amex, regulatory investigations and civil or criminal sanctions.
Our chairman, chief executive officer and president currently owns approximately 48% of our common stock and has the ability to prevent certain types of corporate actions, to the detriment of other stockholders.
As of October 31, 2011, Mr. Shaoming Li, our chairman, chief executive officer and president, owns 17,850,000 shares of our common stock, which represents approximately 48% of our outstanding shares of common stock. Mr. Li is able to exercise significant influence over all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of a majority of the directors and determination of significant corporate actions. This concentration of ownership could also have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control that could otherwise be beneficial to our stockholders.
We have entered into and may continue to enter into transactions with related parties.
We have entered into, and may continue to enter into, transactions with our related parties, including without limitation Heilongjiang Renhuang Pharmaceutical Limited and Harbin Renhuang Pharmaceutical Stock Co., Ltd. (“Renhuang Stock”), during the normal course of our business or otherwise. Mr. Shaoming Li, a major stockholder of ours and our chairman, chief executive officer and president, is a major stockholder of Heilongjiang Renhuang Pharmaceutical Limited and chairman of the board of directors and 50% stockholder of Renhuang Stock Among others, in 2009, we entered into purchase agreements with Renhuang Stock to acquire certain real property and intellectual property for a total consideration of $25,096,070 and $2,456,625, respectively. The purchase prices were based on fair market value appraised by independent third party appraisal firm. Although we believe that the transactions we have entered into with Heilongjiang Renhuang Pharmaceutical Limited and Renhuang Stock are, on the whole, no more favorable, and no less favorable, than those available from unaffiliated third parties, there were no independent directors on our board at those times to approve such transactions. As such, the transactions were approved by only Mr. Shaoming Li in his capacity as our sole director. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.” We may continue to enter into transactions with Heilongjiang Renhuang Pharmaceutical Limited and Renhuang Stock in the future.
We may not be able to manage our expansion of operations effectively.
We anticipate significant continued expansion of our business to address growth in demand for our products, as well as to capture new market opportunities. To manage the potential growth of our operations, we will be required to improve our operational and financial systems, procedures and controls, increase manufacturing capacity and output, expand, train and manage our growing employee base, and continuously increase our promotion budget. Furthermore, we need to maintain and expand our relationships with our customers, suppliers and other third parties. In addition, the success of our growth strategy depends on a number of internal and external factors, such as the expected growth of the pharmaceutical market in China and the competition from other pharmaceutical companies. If we are unable to manage our growth effectively, we may not be able to take advantage of market opportunities, execute our business strategies or respond to competitive pressures.
Our future liquidity needs are uncertain and we may need to raise additional funds in the future.
We may, from time to time, need to raise funds as part of our business operations, such as to devote financial resources to research and development of projects that we believe to have significant commercialization potential, and the acquisition or construction of manufacturing facilities. We cannot assure you that our revenues will be sufficient to meet our operational needs and capital requirements. If we need to obtain external financing, we cannot assure you that financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Our future liquidity needs and other business reasons could require us to sell additional equity or debt securities or obtain a credit facility. The sale of additional equity or equity-linked securities could result in additional dilution to our stockholders. The incurrence of additional indebtedness would result in increased debt service obligations and could result in operating and financing covenants that would restrict our operations.
The retail prices of certain of our products are subject to control, including periodic adjustment, by PRC government authorities.
Certain of our pharmaceutical products, primarily those included in the national and provincial Medical Insurance Catalogs, are subject to price controls in the form of fixed retail prices or retail price ceilings. As such, the retail prices for certain of our pharmaceutical products can be adjusted downward or upward from time to time. If the retail prices of our products are reduced by the government, our business or results of operations may be adversely affected.
Currently, of our products, Siberian Ginseng Tablets, Compound Yangjiao Tablets, Tianman Tablets, Banlangen Granules, Qing Re Jie Du Oral Liquid, Compound Honeysuckle Granules and Shengmai Granules, are subject to such price controls. These seven products accounted for 36.2% of our total sales in fiscal year 2011.
Our results of operations may be affected by fluctuations in availability and price of raw materials.
The raw materials we use are subject to price fluctuations due to various factors beyond our control, including, among other pertinent factors:
● increasing market demand;
● inflation;
● severe climatic and environmental conditions;
● seasonal factors, and
● changes in governmental regulations and programs.
Changes to our raw materials prices may result in increases in production and packaging costs, and we may be unable to raise the prices of our products to offset the increased costs in the short-term or at all. As a result, our results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.
Extensive regulation of the pharmaceutical manufacturers industry in China could increase our expenses resulting in reduced profits.
We are subject to extensive regulation by various governmental authorities in jurisdictions in which our products are manufactured or sold, regarding the processing, packaging, storage, distribution and labeling of our products. Our processing facilities and products are subject to periodic inspection by national, provincial and local authorities. We believe that we are currently in substantial compliance with all material governmental laws and regulations and maintain all permits and licenses relating to our operations.
Clinical trials are expensive, time-consuming and difficult to design and implement.
Clinical trials are expensive and difficult to design and implement, in part because they are subject to rigorous regulatory requirements. The clinical trial process is also time consuming, failure can occur at any stage of the trials, and we could encounter problems that cause us to abandon or repeat clinical trials. The commencement and completion of clinical trials may be delayed by several factors, including:
● unforeseen safety issues;
● determination of dosing issues;
● lack of effectiveness during clinical trials;
● slower than expected rates of patient recruitment;
● inability to monitor patients adequately during or after treatment; and
● inability or unwillingness of medical investigators to follow our clinical protocols
In addition, we (or SFDA), may suspend our clinical trials at any time if it appears that we are exposing participants to unacceptable health risks or if the regulatory bodies find serious deficiencies in our investigational new drug, submissions or the conduct of these trials. Therefore, we cannot predict with any certainty the schedule for future clinical trials.
The results of our clinical trials may not support our product candidate claims.
Even if our clinical trials are completed as planned, we cannot be certain that their results will support our product candidate claims. Success in pre-clinical testing and early clinical trials does not ensure that later clinical trials will be successful, and we cannot be sure that the results of later clinical trials will replicate the results of prior clinical trials and pre-clinical testing. The clinical trial process may fail to demonstrate that our product candidates are safe for humans and effective for indicated uses. This failure would cause us to abandon a product candidate and may delay development of other product candidates.
Physicians, patients and other end consumer may abandon existing drugs or choose not to accept and use our new drugs.
Physicians and patients may not accept and use our products. Acceptance and use of our products will depend upon a number of factors including:
● perceptions by members of the health care community, including physicians, about the safety and effectiveness of our products;
● cost-effectiveness of our products relative to competing products; and
● effectiveness of marketing and distribution efforts by us and distributors, if any.
Because we expect sales of our current and future products to generate substantially all of our product revenues for the foreseeable future, the failure to find market acceptance would materially harm our business and results of operations.
Our drug-development program depends upon third-party research scientists who are not subject to our control.
We depend upon independent investigators and collaborators, such as universities and medical institutions, to conduct our pre-clinical and clinical trials under agreements with us. These collaborators are not our employees and we cannot control the amount or timing of resources that they devote to our programs. These investigators may not assign as great a priority to our programs or pursue them as diligently as we would if we were undertaking such programs ourselves. If outside collaborators fail to devote sufficient time and resources to our drug-development programs, or if their performance is substandard, the approval of our applications, and our introduction of new drugs, will be delayed. These collaborators may also have relationships with other commercial entities, some of which may compete with us. If our collaborators assist our competitors at our expense, our competitive position and business could be materially and adversely affected.
If we cannot compete successfully for market share against other similar product oriented companies, we may not achieve sufficient product revenues and our business will suffer.
The market for our product candidates is characterized by intense competition and rapid technological advances. We will compete with a number of existing and future drugs and therapies developed, manufactured and marketed by others. Existing or future competing products may provide greater therapeutic convenience or clinical or other benefits for a specific indication than our products, or may offer comparable performance at a lower cost. If our products fail to capture and maintain market share, we may not achieve sufficient product revenues and our business will suffer.
We will compete against fully integrated pharmaceutical companies and smaller companies that are collaborating with larger pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, government agencies and other public and private research organizations. Many of these competitors, either alone or together with their collaborative partners, operate larger research and development programs or have substantially greater financial resources than we do, as well as significantly greater experience in:
● developing drugs;
● undertaking pre-clinical testing and human clinical trials;
● obtaining regulatory approvals of drugs;
● formulating and manufacturing drugs; and
● launching, marketing and selling drugs.
Developments by competitors may render our products or technologies obsolete or non-competitive.
The biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are intensely competitive and subject to rapid and significant technological changes. A large number of companies are pursuing the development of pharmaceuticals that target the same diseases and conditions that we are targeting. We face competition from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in China and other countries. In addition, companies pursuing different but related fields represent substantial competition. Many of these organizations competing with us have substantially greater capital resources, larger research and development staffs and facilities, longer drug development history in obtaining regulatory approvals and greater manufacturing and marketing capabilities than we do. These organizations also compete with us to attract qualified personnel and parties for acquisitions, joint ventures or other collaborations.
We have limited protection and are subject to substantial competition.
We have three patented production techniques, Injection Preparation Method against Hepatitis B (Patent No.: ZL200410043718.5), Total Alkaloids of Sophora Flavescens Extraction Method (Patent No.: ZL200410043717.0), and “Extraction of effective ingredients of Siberian Ginseng and its preparation and application”, (Patent No.: ZL200710301682X). We will receive another five patents through purchase agreements made in the fourth quarter of our fiscal year 2011. Many pharmaceutical companies compete in the same market segment with similar products or products having comparable medicinal applications or therapeutic effects which may be used as direct substitutes for our products. As a result of the lack of patent protection, competitors with potential substitutes could launch similar products in the market with their prices analogous to or lower than those manufactured and sold by us. Further, the lack of patent protection could also attract an even greater number of competitors who believe they can develop products that are substantially similar to ours at a lower cost.
If we fail to obtain or maintain applicable regulatory clearances or approvals for our products, or if such clearances or approvals are delayed, we will be unable to distribute our products in a timely manner, or at all, which could significantly disrupt our business and materially and adversely affect our sales and profitability.
The sale and marketing of our products are subject to regulation in the PRC and in most other countries where we intend to conduct business. For a significant portion of our products, we need to obtain and renew licenses and registrations with the PRC State Food and Drug Administration, or SFDA, and its equivalent in other markets. The processes for obtaining regulatory clearances or approvals can be lengthy and expensive, and the results are unpredictable. Our PRC subsidiary is in the process of renewing the approval registrations for its products and medicines that are currently in production. Such applications have been accepted by SFDA and our PRC subsidiary is allowed by SFDA to continue to use the current drug approval numbers to manufacture its products and medicines during the application period. If we are unable to obtain clearances or approvals needed to market existing or new products, or obtain such clearances or approvals in a timely fashion, our business could be significantly disrupted and our sales and profitability could be materially and adversely affected.
In addition, our PRC subsidiary is producing three products which are registered under the name of Renhuang Stock pursuant to the agreements between Renhuang Stock and our PRC subsidiary related to the free use of drug approval numbers. We have submitted applications to SFDA for the transfer of the registrations of these three products from Renhuang Stock to us. Before the transfer is completed, such arrangement made by our PRC subsidiary may be deemed as producing these three products without obtaining required drug approvals, which may result in administrative penalties including confiscation of the inventories of these three products, confiscation of the gains arising from the manufacturing of these three products, fines, suspension of the operation and/or revocation of the Drug Production Permit of our PRC subsidiary.
In particular, as we enter foreign markets, we lack the experience and familiarity with both the regulators and the regulatory systems, which could make the process more difficult, more costly, more time consuming and less likely to succeed.
Compliance with rules and regulations concerning corporate governance may be costly, which could harm our business.
We will continue to incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses to comply with regulatory requirements. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, together with rules implemented by the Securities and Exchange Commission has required and will require us to make changes in our corporate governance, public disclosure and compliance practices. Compliance with these rules and regulations has increased our legal and financial compliance costs, which have had, and may continue to have, an adverse effect on our profitability.
We have limited insurance coverage and may incur losses resulting from product liability claims or business interruptions.
The nature of our business exposes us to the risk of product liability claims that is inherent in the research and development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products. These risks are greater for our products that receive regulatory approval for commercial sale. Even if a product were approved for commercial use by an appropriate governmental agency, there can be no assurance that users will not claim effects other than those intended resulted from the use of our products. While to date no material claim for personal injury resulting from allegedly defective products has been brought against us, a substantial claim or a substantial number of claims, if successful, could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Compliance with rules and regulations concerning corporate governance may be costly, which could harm our business.
We will continue to incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses to comply with regulatory requirements. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, together with rules implemented by the Securities and Exchange Commission has required and will require us to make changes in our corporate governance, public disclosure and compliance practices. In addition, we have incurred costs and will continue to incur costs in connection with ensuring that we are in compliance with rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Compliance with these rules and regulations has increased our legal and financial compliance costs, which have had, and may continue to have, an adverse effect on our profitability.
We are unable to assure that all of the distributors and sales centers which are selling our products have obtained the medicine supply approvals and meet the Good Supply Practice standards.
A distributor of pharmaceutical products in China must obtain pharmaceutical distribution permit from the competent provincial or local SFDA branch. Furthermore, SFDA applies Good Supply Practice standards, or GSP standards, to all pharmaceutical wholesale and retail distributors to ensure quality of drug distribution in China.
We believe that our PRC subsidiary does not need to apply for the pharmaceutical distribution permit or GSP certification because our PRC subsidiary does not engage in the wholesale or retail of pharmaceutical manufacturer’s medicines. Instead, we have entered into sales agency agreements with sales agents in 19 provinces and four municipalities, through which our products are sold to over 3,000 distributors and over 70 sales centers in China. Such distributors need to obtain the pharmaceutical distribution permit and GSP certification to sell our products. We are unable to assure that all of the distributors and sales centers which are selling our products have obtained the medicine supply approvals and meet the Good Supply Practice standards.
We current produce our Siberian Ginseng Extract, Ginseng and Venison Extract and Badger Oil through a drug approval number using agreement with Renhuang Stock which may not be legal under the SFDA regulations.
Pursuant to drug approval number using agreements between Renhuang Stock and our PRC subsidiary, our PRC subsidiary is producing three products, namely Siberian Ginseng Extract, Ginseng and Venison Extract and Badger Oil, which are registered under the name of Renhuang Stock. These three products are produced in Dofanghong pharmaceutical plant, which we lease from Renhuang Stock. We have submitted applications to SFDA for the transfer of the registrations of these three products from Renhuang Stock to us. However, such arrangement made by our PRC subsidiary may be deemed as producing these three products without obtaining required drug approvals before we obtain the production permission of the drugs, which may result in administrative penalties including confiscation of the inventories of these three products, confiscation of the gains arising from the manufacturing of these three products, fines, suspension of the operation and/or revocation of the Drug Production Permit of our PRC subsidiary.
We have a limited operating history and limited historical financial information upon which you may evaluate our performance.
We began our operations in 2006 and continue to face risks in a growth industry. We may not successfully address these risks and uncertainties or successfully implement our operating strategies. If we fail to do so, it could materially harm our business to the point of having to cease operations and could impair the value of our common stock to the point investors may lose their entire investment. Even if we accomplish these objectives, we may not generate positive cash flows or the profits we anticipate in the future.
We rely on key executive officers and their knowledge of our business and technical expertise would be difficult to replace.
Our success is dependent, to a large extent, on our ability to retain the services of our executive management, who have contributed to our growth and expansion to date. Our chairman, chief executive officer and president, Mr. Shaoming Li, has been, and will continue to be, instrumental to our success. Accordingly, the loss of his services, without suitable replacements, will have an adverse effect on our business generally, operating results and future prospects. We have not entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Li.
In addition, the loss of the technical knowledge and management and industry expertise of any of our key personnel could result in delays in product development, loss of customers and sales and diversion of management resources, which could adversely affect our operating results.
Our holding company structure may hinder the payment of dividends.
China Botanic Pharmaceutical Inc. has no direct business operations, other than its ownership of our subsidiaries. We intend reinvest all undistributed earnings to expand our PRC operations, which the management would be most benefit our shareholder. Should we decide in the future to payout dividends, as a holding company, our ability to pay dividends and meet other obligations depends upon the receipt of dividends or other payments from our operating subsidiaries and other holdings and investments. In addition, our operating subsidiaries, from time to time, may be subject to restrictions on their ability to make distributions to us due to restrictive covenants in agreements, restrictions on the conversion of local currency into U.S. dollars or other hard currency and other regulatory restrictions applicable to our subsidiaries. If future dividends are paid in Renminbi, fluctuations in the exchange rate for the conversion of Renminbi into U.S. dollars may reduce the amount received by U.S. stockholders upon conversion of the dividend payment into U.S. dollars.
A provision has not been made at October 31, 2011 for U.S. or additional foreign withholding taxes on approximately $79,375,132 of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries because it is the present intention of management to reinvest the undistributed earnings indefinitely in foreign operations.
Risks Related to Doing Business in China
Our manufacturing plants are located in China and our pharmaceutical and medical products production, sale and distribution are subject to Chinese regulation.
Economic reforms adopted by the Chinese government have had a positive effect on the economic development of the country, but the government could change these economic reforms or any of the legal systems at any time. This could either benefit or damage our operations and profitability. Some changes that could have this effect are: (i) level of government involvement in the economy; (ii) control of foreign exchange; (iii) methods of allocating resources; (iv) balance of payment positions; (v) international trade restrictions; and (vi) international conflict. Additionally, as a manufacturer of pharmaceutical and medical products located in China, we are a state-licensed company and facility and subject to Chinese regulations and laws. The Chinese government has been active in regulating the pharmaceutical industry. If we were to lose our state-licensed status we would no longer be able to manufacture pharmaceuticals in China, which is our sole operation.
We depend upon governmental laws and regulations that may be changed in ways that will harm our business.
Our business and products are subject to government regulations mandating the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals in China and other countries. Changes in the laws or regulations in China, or other countries we sell into, that govern or apply to our operations could have a materially adverse effect on our business. For example, the law could change so as to prohibit the use of certain pharmaceuticals. If one of our pharmaceuticals or medical products is prohibited, this change would reduce our productivity of that product.
The Chinese government exerts substantial influence over the manner in which we must conduct our business activities.
China only recently has permitted provincial and local economic autonomy and private economic activities. The Chinese government has exercised and continues to exercise substantial control over virtually every sector of the Chinese economy through regulation and state ownership. Our ability to operate in China may be harmed by changes in its laws and regulations, including those relating to taxation, import and export tariffs, pharmaceutical regulations, and other matters. We believe that our operations in China are in material compliance with all applicable legal and regulatory requirements. However, the central or local governments of these jurisdictions may impose new, stricter regulations or interpretations of existing regulations that would require additional expenditures and efforts on our part to ensure our compliance with such regulations or interpretations.
Accordingly, government actions in the future, including any decision not to continue to support recent economic reforms and to return to a more centrally planned economy or regional or local variations in the implementation of economic policies, could have a significant effect on economic conditions in China or particular regions thereof, and could require us to divest ourselves of any interest we then hold in Chinese properties or joint ventures.
The Chinese legal system may have inherent uncertainties that could materially and adversely impact our ability to enforce the agreements governing our operations.
We are subject to oversight at the provincial and local levels of government. Our operations and prospects would be materially and adversely affected by the failure of the local government to honor our agreements or an adverse change in the laws governing them. In the event of a dispute, enforcement of these agreements could be difficult in China. China tends to issue legislation, which is followed by implementing regulations, interpretations and guidelines that can render immediate compliance difficult. Similarly, on occasion, conflicts arise between national legislation and implementation by the provinces that take time to reconcile. These factors can present difficulties in our ability to achieve compliance. Unlike the United States, China has a civil law system based on written statutes in which judicial decisions have limited precedential value. The Chinese government has enacted laws and regulations to deal with economic matters such as corporate organization and governance, foreign investment, commerce, taxation and trade. However, our experience in interpreting and enforcing our rights under these laws and regulations is limited, and our future ability to enforce commercial claims or to resolve commercial disputes in China is therefore unpredictable. These matters may be subject to the exercise of considerable discretion by agencies of the Chinese government, and forces and factors unrelated to the legal merits of a particular matter or dispute may influence their determination.
It will be extremely difficult to acquire jurisdiction and enforce liabilities against our officers, directors and assets based in China.
Substantially all of our assets will be located outside of the United States and most of our officers and directors will reside outside of the United States. As a result, it may not be possible for United States investors to enforce their legal rights, to effect service of process upon our directors or officers or to enforce judgments of United States courts predicated upon civil liabilities and criminal penalties of our directors and officers under Federal securities laws of the United States. Moreover, we have been advised that the PRC does not have treaties providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments of courts with the United States. Further, it is unclear if extradition treaties now in effect between the United States and the PRC would permit effective enforcement of criminal penalties of the Federal securities laws of the United States.
National, provincial and local governments have established many regulations governing our business operations.
We are also subject to numerous national, provincial and local governmental regulations, including environmental, labor, waste management, health and safety matters and product specifications and regulatory approvals from healthcare agencies. We are subject to laws and regulations governing our relationship with our employees including: wage requirements, limitations on hours worked, working and safety conditions, citizenship requirements, work permits and travel restrictions. These local labor laws and regulations may require substantial resources for compliance. Our PRC subsidiary may not fully contribute the social insurance and housing fund for the employees and the failure to do so may result in penalties and fines from PRC labor administration authorities at the provincial and local level. We are also subject to significant government regulation with regard to property ownership and use in connection with our facilities in the PRC, import restrictions, currency restrictions and restrictions on the volume of domestic sales and other areas of regulation. These regulations can limit our ability to react to market pressures in a timely or effective way, thus causing us to lose business or miss opportunities to expand our business.
The PRC currency is not a freely convertible currency and fluctuations in the exchange rate between the PRC currency and the U.S. dollar could adversely affect our operating results.
The PRC currency, the “Renminbi” or “RMB,” is not a freely convertible currency. We rely on the PRC government’s foreign currency conversion policies, which may change at any time, in regard to our currency exchange needs. This substantial regulation by the PRC government of foreign currency exchange may restrict our business operations and a change in any of these government policies could negatively impact our operations, which could result in a loss of profits.
The functional currency of our operations in China is the Renminbi. However, results of our operations are translated at average exchange rates into U.S. dollars for purposes of reporting results. As a result, fluctuations in exchange rates may adversely affect our expenses and results of operations as well as the value of our assets and liabilities. Fluctuations may adversely affect the comparability of period-to-period results. We do not currently use hedging techniques, and any hedging techniques which we may use in the future, may not be able to eliminate and may exacerbate the effects of currency fluctuations. Thus, exchange rate fluctuations could cause our profits, and therefore our stock prices, to decline.
We are subject to various tax regimes, which may adversely affect our profitability and tax liabilities in the future.
We are incorporated in the U.S. and have subsidiaries and other operations in the PRC and the British Virgin Islands. We will be subject to the tax regimes of these countries. Although virtually all of our profits will be earned outside of the U.S., under U.S. tax laws our earnings generally will be subject to U.S. taxation, because U.S. companies are generally taxed on their world-wide income. This may be true even if we do not repatriate any of its foreign earnings to the U.S. For certain types of income (generally, income from an active trade or business), U.S. companies are not required to pay tax on that income until they repatriate those earnings to the U.S. (such as for use in paying dividends or repurchasing shares). As a result, repatriation of earnings would trigger more immediate tax obligations. As a result of the imposition of U.S. taxes, our after-tax profits could decrease and could be below the level that would have been obtained if we were incorporated outside the U.S. The amount of taxes payable in the U.S. generally depends on the profitability of our various operations and the application of available tax credits and tax treaties. We are not currently receiving the benefit of any U.S. tax credit, and we are not currently conducting a material amount of business in a country with an advantageous tax treaty. Since the effect of tax credits and tax treaties depends on the profitability of operations in various jurisdictions, the amount of our tax will vary over time as we change the geographic scope of our activities. However, for the near term we expect that our total tax rate will be significantly influenced by the taxes we pay in China, so that our total tax obligation might decrease as a result of favorable tax treatment in China even though we were subject to additional U.S. taxes. In the future, we may pay significantly higher taxes than we have paid historically. In addition, any change in tax laws and regulations or the interpretation or application thereof, either internally in one of those jurisdictions or as between those jurisdictions, may adversely affect our profitability and tax liabilities in the future.
From January, 2011, our PRC subsidiary was granted a 10% tax exempt and paid 15% of enterprise income tax. Before that time, our PRC subsidiary was granted by the national tax office of Ah City a tax holiday and was fully exempt from the 25% enterprise income tax. This tax holiday was granted, without a statutory basis at the national level, by the governmental authorities of Ah City for the purposes of promoting local economic development.
Because Chinese law governs almost all of our material agreements, we may not be able to enforce our legal rights internationally, which might results in a significant loss of business, business opportunities, or capital.
Chinese law will govern almost all of our material agreements. We cannot assure you that we will be able to enforce any of our material agreements or that remedies will be available outside of the PRC. The system of laws and the enforcement of existing laws in the PRC may not be as certain in implementation and interpretation as in the United States. The Chinese judiciary is relatively inexperienced in enforcing corporate and commercial law, leading to a higher than usual degree of uncertainty as to the outcome of any litigation. The inability to enforce or obtain a remedy under any of our future agreements could result in a significant loss of business, business opportunities or capital.
Risks Related to our Securities
The market price of our shares is subject to significant price and volume fluctuations.
The price of our common shares may be subject to wide fluctuations due to variations in our operating results, news announcements, our limited trading volume, general market trends both domestically and internationally, currency movements, sales of common shares by our officers, directors and our principal stockholders, and sales of common shares by existing investors. Certain events, such as the issuance of common shares upon the exercise of our outstanding stock options, could also materially and adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common shares. Further, the stock markets in general have recently experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected the market prices of equity securities of many companies and that have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of such companies. In addition, a change in sentiment by U.S. investors for China-based companies could have a negative impact on the stock price. These fluctuations may materially and adversely affect the market price of our common shares and the ability to resell shares at or above the price paid, or at any price.
Our Articles of Incorporation authorize our board of directors to issue new series of preferred stock that may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control, which could adversely affect the value of your shares.
Our articles of incorporation provide that our board of directors will be authorized to issue from time to time, without further stockholder approval, up to 1,000,000 additional shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to fix or alter the designations, preferences, rights and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the shares of each series, including the dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, rights of redemption, including sinking fund provisions, redemption price or prices, liquidation preferences and the number of shares constituting any series or designations of any series. Such shares of preferred stock could have preferences over our common stock with respect to dividends and liquidation rights. We may issue additional preferred stock in ways which may delay, defer or prevent a change of control of our company without further action by our stockholders. Such shares of preferred stock may be issued with voting rights that may adversely affect the voting power of the holders of our common stock by increasing the number of outstanding shares having voting rights, and by the creation of class or series voting rights.
We do not expect to pay dividends.
We expect to apply our future earnings, if any, toward the further expansion and development of our business. The likelihood of us paying dividends is further reduced by the fact that, in order to pay dividends, we would need to repatriate profits earned outside of the U.S., and in doing so those profits generally would become subject to U.S. taxation. Thus, the liquidity of your investment is dependent upon your ability to sell your shares at an acceptable price, rather than receiving an income stream from your investment. The price of our stock may decline and fluctuations in market price coupled with limited trading volume in our shares may limit your ability to realize any value from your investment, including recovering the initial purchase price.
The market price for our shares may be volatile.
The market price for our shares is likely to be highly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to factors including the following:
● actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly operating results and changes or revisions of our expected results;
● changes in financial estimates by securities research analysts;
● conditions in the markets for our products;
● changes in the economic performance or market valuations of companies in our industry;
● announcements by us, or our competitors of new products, acquisitions, strategic relationships, joint ventures or capital commitments;
● addition or departure of senior management and key personnel; and
● fluctuations of exchange rates between the RMB and the U.S. dollar.
Volatility in the price of our shares may result in stockholder litigation that could in turn result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention and resources.
The financial markets in the United States and other countries have experienced significant price and volume fluctuations, and market prices have been and continue to be extremely volatile. Volatility in the price of our shares may be caused by factors outside of our control and may be unrelated or disproportionate to our results of operations. In the past, following periods of volatility in the market price of a public company’s securities, stockholders have frequently instituted securities class action litigation against that company. Litigation of this kind could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention and resources.
Because we do not intend to pay dividends on our shares, stockholders will benefit from an investment in our shares only if those shares appreciate in value.
We currently intend to retain all future earnings, if any, for use in the operations and expansion of the business. As a result, we do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination as to the declaration and payment of cash dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on factors our board of directors deems relevant, including among others, our results of operations, financial condition and cash requirements, business prospects, and the terms of our credit facilities, if any, and any other financing arrangements. Accordingly, realization of a gain on stockholders’ investments will depend on the appreciation of the price of our shares, and there is no guarantee that our shares will appreciate in value.
We may need additional capital, and the sale of additional shares or equity or debt securities could result in additional dilution to our stockholders.
We believe that our current cash and anticipated cash flow from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for the foreseeable future. As of October 31, 2011, we had cash of approximately $15.28 million and total current assets of approximately $51.07 million. As of October 31, 2011, we had a working capital surplus of approximately $40.27 million. We may, however, require additional cash resources due to changed business conditions or other future developments, including any investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue. If these resources are insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, we may seek to sell additional equity or debt securities or obtain one or more additional credit facilities. The sale of additional equity securities could result in additional dilution to our stockholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased debt service obligations and could result in operating and financing covenants that would restrict our operations. It is uncertain whether financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all.
Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock may adversely affect the market price of our common stock and the issuance of additional shares will dilute all other stockholdings.
Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. Our Articles of Incorporation permits the issuance of up to approximately 100,000,000 shares of common stock, of which there are 37,239,536 outstanding as of October 31, 2011. Thus, we have the ability to issue substantial amounts of common stock in the future, which would dilute the percentage ownership held by our current stockholders.
Item 1B.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.
Because we are not an accelerated filer, a large accelerated filer or a well-known seasoned issuer, this Item 1B is not applicable.
Item 2.
Item 2. Properties.
We lease our Dongfanghong pharmaceutical plant located at Hulin City, Heilongjiang Province from Renhuang Stock, a company 50% owned by Mr. Shaoming Li, our chairman, chief executive officer and president. The lease has a total of approximately 3,580 square meters used for production and inventory. The lease is long term lease and we do not pay any rental fees for this.
On October 12, 2009, we entered into a purchase agreement with Harbin Renhuang Pharmaceutical Stock Co. Ltd (“Renhuang Stock”) to acquire the land use right, property and plant located at our Ah City Natural and Biopharmaceutical plant for a total consideration of $25,096,070. The Ah City Natural and Biopharmaceutical plant is located at Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province and used for manufacturing and warehouse. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, a payment of $15,685,044 was made to Renhuang Stock in October 2009 and a payment of $7,842,522 was made to Renhuang Stock in January 2011, with a final payment of $1,568,504 will be paid once we received all the related title transfer document from local government, at which time title for the assets will be transferred. According to the agreement, we were exempted from lease payments for the underlying assets starting from May 1, 2010.
Our PRC subsidiary entered into a Contract Letter dated March 3, 2007 with Yerui Pharmaceutical Co of Zhongfa Industry Group (“Yerui”), under which our PRC subsidiary may, at a consideration of RMB 3,600,000 (including repayment of a bank loan granted by Agricultural Bank of China originally borrowed by Yerui with the amount of RMB 1,090,000), acquire the properties and assets of Yerui’s Chinese traditional extraction plant. Our PRC subsidiary is currently allowed by Yerui to occupy and use the Qingyang plant without rent payment. The Qingyang plant is located at Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province and used for manufacturing and warehousing. However, our PRC subsidiary has not fully paid the bank loan on behalf of Yerui nor has the ownership of the properties of Qingyang plant been transferred to our PRC subsidiary. Additionally, the properties of Qingyang plant have been mortgaged to Agricultural Bank of China as collateral for the bank loan, and the Agricultural Bank of China will have the right to dispose of the mortgaged properties.
Our PRC subsidiary entered into a Property Purchase Contract dated April 10, 2010 with Heilongjiang Yongtai Co, which is not a related party to our Company, pursuant to which our PRC subsidiary may purchase the 10th and 11th floors of the building located at No. 28, Changjiang St., Nangang District of Harbin Municipal. Our PRC subsidiary has paid the 1st installment of the total purchase price pursuant to such Property Purchase Contract and upon the full payment of the purchase price, Heilongjiang Yongtai Co. will transfer the ownership of such property to our PRC subsidiary. The Changjiang property is used by our corporate headquarters.
In anticipation of increasing demand of our products and further expansion of our business, we started Siberian Ginseng Depth Development and Industrialization Project (“Ah City Phase Two”) in the beginning of 2011. We have finished the architectural design of Ah City Phase Two project and are in the process of obtaining approval documents from relevant government authorities. We expect to receive all the documents by April, 2012 and will start the construction thereafter. As of October 31, 2011, we have incurred a total of $1,937,103of construction-in-progress. The Ah City Phase Two project will be used for expanding our current Siberian Ginseng Series product production and is expected to be completed in the year of 2013.
We believe our current facilities with the ability to manufacture 18 dosage forms and over 200 products could not meet our anticipated future demand and we are building our Ah City Phase Two project to allow us to capture future market growth and demand for our products. In addition as part of our growth strategy, we may also acquire new facilities or business in the future to expand our business.
Item 3.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
From time to time, we may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of its operations in the normal course of business. Any of these claims could subject us to costly litigation and, while we generally believe that we have adequate insurance to cover many different types of liabilities, our insurance carriers may deny coverage or our policy limits may be inadequate to fully satisfy any damage awards or settlements. If this were to happen, the payment of any such awards could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial position. Additionally, any such claims, whether or not successful, could damage our reputation and business. As of December 31, 2011, we are not a party to, or threatened by, any legal proceedings, the adverse outcome of which, in management’s opinion, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position.
Item 4.
Item 4. [Removed and Reserved.]
PART II
Item 5.
Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Stock, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information
On July 2, 2010, our common stock started trading on the NYSE Amex under the symbol “CBP.” Prior to the listing on the NYSE Amex, our common stock was quoted on the Pink Sheets OTC Markets and OTC Bulletin Board. The table below lists the high and low sales price or bid price, as applicable, per share of our common stock for the respective periods as reported on the Pink Sheet OTC Market, OTC Bulletin Board or the NYSE Amex, as applicable. The following prices for each quarter during the past two fiscal years reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not necessarily represent actual transactions.
On January 3, 2012, the closing sale price of our shares of common stock was $0.80 per share and there were 37,239,536 shares of our common stock outstanding. On October 31, 2011, our shares of common stock were held by approximately 77 stockholders of record. The number of record holders was determined from the records of our transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners of our common stock whose shares are held in the names of various security brokers, dealers, and registered clearing agencies.
Dividend Policy
We presently do not expect to declare or pay such dividends in the foreseeable future and reinvest all undistributed earnings to expand our PRC operations, which the management would most benefit our shareholder.. Undistributed earnings will be reinvested in our operations in PRC. Payment of dividends to our stockholders would require payment of dividends by our PRC subsidiary to us. This, in turn, would require a conversion of Renminbi into US dollars and repatriation of funds to the US. Under current PRC law, the conversion of Renminbi into foreign currency generally requires government consent. Further, government authorities may impose restrictions that could have a negative impact in the future on the conversion process or on our cash needs, which, in turn, affects our ability to pay cash dividends to our stockholders. Although our subsidiary’s classification as a wholly foreign owned enterprise under PRC law permits them to declare dividends and repatriate their funds to us in the United States, any change in this status or the regulations permitting such repatriation could prevent them from doing so. Any inability to repatriate funds to us would in turn prevent payments of dividends to our stockholders.
Item 6.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
Not applicable.
Item 7.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report. In addition to historical financial information, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report, particularly in “Item 1A. Risk Factors.”
Overview
We are engaged in the research, development, manufacture, and distribution of botanical products, bio-pharmaceutical products, and traditional Chinese medicines, or TCM, in the People’s Republic of China. We have three GMP certified production facilities - Ah City Natural and Biopharmaceutical plant, Dongfanghong pharmaceutical plant and Qingyang natural extraction plant -capable of producing 18 dosage forms and over 200 different products. Our products include but are not limited to (i) botanical anti-depression and nerve-regulation products, (ii) biopharmaceutical products, and (iii) botanical antibiotic and traditional OTC Chinese medicines. Botanical anti-depression and nerve-regulation products account for approximate 70% of our revenues and we continue to strengthen our development in this area. We have entered into sales agency agreements with our sales agents through them our products are sold to over 3,000 distributors and over 70 sales centers across 24 provinces in China.
Comparison of Years Ended October 31, 2011 and 2010
Total Comprehensive Income
Total comprehensive income increased by approximately $10.501 million, or 54.5%, from approximately $19.27 million in 2010 to approximately $29.77 million in 2011. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase of approximately $17.53 million, or 31.8%, in net sales, and an increase of approximately $3.77 million, or 14.6%, in cost of goods sold and an increase of approximately $1.06 million, or 21.3%, in sales and marketing expenses, an increase of approximately $0.43 million, or 11.9%, in general and administration expenses, an increase of approximately $0.55 million, or 18.1%, in research and development expenses, and an increase of $2.45 million in cumulative currency translation adjustments. Our gross profit margin increased from 53.3% in 2010 to 59.4% in 2011.
Sales
Our sales consist primarily of revenues generated from sales of Botanical anti-depression and nerve regulation products; Biopharmaceutical products and Botanical antibiotics and traditional OTC Chinese medicines. Sales increased by approximately $17.53 million, or 31.8%, from approximately $55.18 million in 2010 to approximately $72.71 million in 2011. This increase in sales was primarily attributable to the launching of our new products and strong market acceptance of our Siberian Ginseng Series products as a result of our marketing efforts, in addition to the price increase of our overall products.
We provide incentive sales rebates to our sales agents. The rebate rate, which is based on a product basis, averaged of 8.7% and 12.0% of total sales for the year ended October 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Sales rebates are netted against total sales. The following table sets forth information regarding the net sales of our principal products before sales rebate during the fiscal years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010:
While we had increased sales, we experienced a decrease in the sales of a number of our products mainly from the following few reasons. First, we increased the overall selling prices of our products range from 14.6% to 46.5% on January 1, 2011. The market normally needs six months or even longer to absorb the impact of price increase. Second, as the PRC government moves forward with the Healthcare Reform, we experienced demanding fluctuation and this situation will continue until the Healthcare Reform fully in place and the national healthcare system mature. Third, we increased the capacity per package for some of our products, such as Siberian Ginseng Tablets, the tablets per bottle increased from 100 to 400 tablets per bottle. Fourth, we focused our effort to our main products, Siberian Ginseng Series, Ginseng and Venison Extract, Badger Oil and Compound Schizandra Tablets which accounted for 66.5% of our total sales and have higher gross margin and we have dominated the market of these four products and will continue to put more effort to strengthen our market share.
The PRC government is injecting funds into healthcare insurance system to reimburse full or part of the medical expenses consumed by Chinese citizen. We expect the Healthcare Reform, when fully in place, will greatly improve the affordability of healthcare cost of Chinese people and therefore increase the demand for our products. We have established Medical Reform Sales Department as a dedicated resource focused on capturing this tremendous growth opportunity.
In the third quarter of our fiscal year 2010, we introduced two new products to the market, Qing Re Jie Du Oral Liquid, which is used to cure seasonal flu, and Compound Schisandra Tablets, also known as magnolia vine, has been clinically proven to have significant benefits to the functioning and regulation of the central nervous system. In the last quarter of our fiscal year 2010, we introduced Ginseng and Venison Extract product to the market which nourishes the blood and kidney, restores the body’s energy and increase endurance and has been in great demand since we launched the product. In the first quarter of our fiscal year 2011, we introduced Badger Oil which treats burns and scalds and attracted great attention from many patients.
On January 1, 2011, we increased the average sales price per pack of our products, as demonstrated in the table below:
The increase in average sales price per pack, as reflected in the table, is primarily attributable to the increase in the sales price of individual products, namely Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) Series, Tianma Series, Banlangen Granules and Ginseng and Venison Extract as demonstrated in the following table, which reflects the average sales price per pack by product for 2011 and 2010 and the percentage changes in the sales price per pack.
We expect the demand for our products will increase as we continue to garner greater market acceptance, in particular the benefits of our Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) Series in treating depression and nerve-regulation. Further, we see signs of increased demand from our newly launched product, Ginseng and Venison Extract which accounted for over 10% of our total sales revenue in fiscal year 2011. We believe that we will have a continuous and stable sales increase in these products for fiscal year 2012. In addition, we anticipate that we will be successful in becoming one of China’s essential medicine suppliers as the PRC government moves forward with its Health Reforms in 2012.
Cost of Goods Sold
Our costs of goods sold consist primarily of direct and indirect manufacturing costs, including raw material, packaging material, labor cost, utilities and depreciation. Cost of goods sold increased approximately $3.77 million, or 14.6%, from approximately $25.77 million in 2010 to approximately $29.53 million in 2011. This increase was primarily attributable to increase in products sold and increases in certain raw material prices such as sugar and Siberian Ginseng raw material.
Although we anticipate that the cost of goods will increase due to inflationary price increases, we do not believe that such increases will be material for fiscal year 2012. We anticipate that beyond 2012, our price for raw materials and other production costs will continue to increase due to inflation. If our costs of goods increase, this may have a negative effect on our net income because due to market conditions and competitive conditions, we may not be able to increase the price for our products in proportion to the increase in costs of goods sold.
Operating and Administrative Expenses
Our total operating expenses consist primarily of sales and marketing expenses, general and administrative expenses and research and development expenses. Our total operating expenses increased by approximately $2.04 million, or 17.5%, from approximately $11.62 million in 2010 to approximately $13.66 million in 2011.
Sales and Marketing. Our sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of advertising and market promotion expenses, and other overhead expenses incurred by the Company’s sales and marketing personnel. Sales and marketing expenses increased approximately $1.06 million, or 21.3%, from approximately $4.97 million for 2010 to approximately $6.02 million for 2011. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase of approximately $0.97 million, or 20.2%, in advertising expenses as the Company intensified TV advertisements in Heilongjiang province for our botanic anti-depression series. Sales and marketing expenses are likely to increase as we continue expanding our distribution network throughout China and seek to increase our market share and awareness of our products.
General and Administrative. Our general and administrative expenses consist primarily of salary, travel, entertainment expenses, rental, benefits, share-based compensation, and professional service fees. General and administrative expenses increased by approximately $0.43 million, or 11.9%, from approximately $3.61 million for 2010 to approximately $4.05 million for 2011. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase of approximately $0.29 million in rental expenses, an increase of approximately $0.13 million in amortization expenses and an increase of $0.09 million in salary expenses. General and administrative expenses are likely to increase as we continue to expand our production, sourcing capacity, and distribution capacity throughout China.
Research and Development. Our research and development expenses consist primarily of salary, equipment rental expenses, and Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) cultivation related expenses. Research and development expenses increased approximately $0.55 million, or 18.1%, from approximately $3.04 million for 2010 to approximately $3.59 million for 2011. This increase was primarily attributable to development of Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) cultivation and extraction of effective components of the Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) plant, and development of other products, and research in cultivation techniques for Siberian Ginseng. Research and development expenses are likely to increase as we continue to devote our resources to development of new products and enhancement of our existing products.
Income from Operations
As a result of the foregoing, our income from operations increased by approximately $11.73 million, or 65.9%, from approximately $17.79 million in our fiscal year 2010 to approximately $29.52 million in our fiscal year 2011.
Income Tax Expenses
We are subject to U.S. federal and state income taxes. Our subsidiary registered in the PRC is subject to enterprise income taxes in China. For the calendar years of 2011and 2010, our PRC subsidiary was granted a tax reduction of 10% and 25%, respectively, with income tax payable of 15% and 0%, respectively. Our income tax expenses increased from $0 for fiscal year 2010 to approximately $3.73 million for fiscal year 2011.
Cumulative Currency Translation Adjustments
Our principal country of operations is the PRC and our functional currency is the Renminbi, but our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar. All translation adjustments resulting from the translation of our financial statements into U.S. dollars are reported as cumulative currency translation adjustments. Our cumulative currency translation adjustments increased by approximately $2.45 million, from approximately $1.40 million in 2010 to approximately $3.85 million in 2011.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We had retained earnings of approximately $53.46 million and $79.38 million as of October 31, 2010 and 2011, respectively. As of October 31, 2011, we had cash of approximately $15.28 million and total current assets of approximately $51.07 million. As of October 31, 2011, we had a working capital surplus of approximately $40.84 million. With the anticipated income from 2012, we believe our cash are adequate to satisfy our working capital needs and sustain our ongoing operations for the next twelve months.
Our summary cash flow information is as follows:
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities decreased approximately $2.70 million, from net cash provided by operating activities of approximately $23.84 million in 2010 to net cash provided by operating activities of approximately $21.14 million in 2011. This decrease was primarily attributable to an increase in net income of approximately $8.05 million, an increase in the trade receivables of approximately $4.61 million as a result of increased sales, an increase in inventories of approximately $4.97 million, an increase in other receivables of approximately $6.37 million and an increase in tax payable of approximately $4.90 million.
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities increased approximately $29.97 million, from approximately $4.70 million in 2010 to approximately $34.66 million in 2011. This increase was primarily attributable to the increase in payments made to purchase land use right, exclusive using right of undergrowth resources, prepayment of five patents and construction in progress.
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities
We did not have any financing activities during fiscal years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010.
Outstanding Long-Term Indebtedness
None
Off-balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
Contractual Obligations
On October 12, 2009, we entered into a purchase agreement with Harbin Renhuang Pharmaceutical Stock Co. Ltd (“Renhuang Stock”) to acquire the land use right, property and plant located at our Ah City Natural and Biopharmaceutical plant for a total consideration of $25,096,070. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, a payment of $15,685,044 was made to Renhuang Stock in October 2009 and a payment of $7,842,522 was made to Renhuang Stock in January 2011, with a final payment of $1,568,504 will be paid once we received all the related title transfer document from local government, at which time title for the assets will be transferred. According to the agreement, we were exempted from lease payments for the underlying assets starting from May 1, 2010.
On April 10, 2010, CBP China entered into a Purchase Agreement with Hongxiangmingyuan of Heilongjiang Yongtai Company, to acquire two office floors for a total consideration of $6,017,504. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, a payment of $4,212,253 was made in April 2010 and recorded as deposits on the consolidated balance sheet. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, final payment of $1,805,251 is due by December 20, 2012, at which time title for the assets will be transferred. Accordingly the transaction is considered incomplete as at October 31, 2011.
In January, 2011, CBP China started its Ah City Phase Two project for Siberian Ginseng products development and industrialization and entered into a Construction and Engineering Design Contract (the “Contract”) with Heilongjiang Medical Architecture Design Institute (the “Institute”) for architectural design. A few payments have been made to Institute and relevant local government departments for design and start up fees and we recorded $1,937,103 as Construction in progress for Ah City Phase Two project. The estimated total investment for Ah City Phase Two is $18,822,053. In anticipation of the project proceeding, we expect to pay approximately $9,356,129 in our fiscal year 2012 and $7,528,821 in our fiscal year 2013. The project is anticipated to be finished in 2013.
On January 11, 2011, CBP China entered into an Exclusive Licensing Agreement for Harbin Renhuang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to Use Forest Resources under Yichun Red Star Forestry Bureau (the “Agreement”) with Yichun Red Star Forestry Bureau of Heilongjiang Province (the “Forestry Bureau”) which provides us with 30 years exclusive license right to use approximately 6,667 hectares of undergrowth resources including approximately 67 hectares of Siberian Ginseng GAP cultivation base in Heilongjiang Province. Pursuant to the Agreement, a payment of $7,842,522 was made to Forestry Bureau in January, 2011, second payment of $6,274,018 was made in October, 2011 and with a final payment of $1,568,504 due in 12 months from the date of Agreement approved by local government authorities for a total consideration of $15,685,044. Siberian Ginseng is a plant with medically-established anti-depressant and mood regulation qualities and is also an active ingredient in our market-leading line of all-natural anti-depressant medications. We will be responsible for continued maintenance and protection of wild resources to make this area a professional Siberian Ginseng base.
In the fourth quarter of our fiscal year 2011, we purchased five patents listed as the following table.
On February 1, 2011, the Company entered into an advertising contract with Harbin Weishi Advertising Company to advertise its products from February 1, 2011 to January 31, 2012 as shown on the following table.
As of October 31, 2011, the Company has capital commitments for purchase of Ah City Nature and Pharmaceutical Plant, two office floors, undergrowth resources right, five patents, advertising contract and Ah City Phase Two construction in progress of approximately $32,406,772. The amounts to be paid in the future years are as follows:
Critical Accounting Policies
The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and our subsidiaries. All transactions and balances among us and our subsidiaries have been eliminated upon consolidation.
Accounting Judgments and Estimates
Certain amounts included in or affecting our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures must be estimated, requiring us to make certain assumptions with respect to values or conditions that cannot be known with certainty at the time the financial statements are prepared. These estimates and assumptions affect the amounts we report for assets and liabilities and our disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements. We routinely evaluate these estimates, utilizing historical experience, consulting with experts and other methods we consider reasonable in the particular circumstances. Nevertheless, actual results may differ significantly from our estimates. Any effects on our business, financial position or results of operations resulting from revisions to these estimates are recorded in the period in which the facts that give rise to the revision become known.
We believe that certain accounting policies are of more significance in our consolidated financial statement preparation process than others, which policies are discussed below. See also Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements for a summary of our principal accounting policies.
Estimates of allowances for bad debts - We must periodically review our trade and other receivables to determine if all are collectible or whether an allowance is required for possible uncollectible balances.
Estimate of the useful lives of property and equipment - We must estimate the useful lives and proper salvage values of our property and equipment. We must also review property and equipment for possible impairment.
Estimate of the useful lives of intangible assets - We must estimate the useful lives of our intangible assets. We must also review intangible assets for possible impairment.
Inventory - We must determine whether we have any obsolete or impaired inventory.
Revenue recognition - Revenue from the sale of goods is recognized on the transfer of risks and rewards of ownership, which generally coincides with the time when the goods are shipped to customers and the title has passed.
Please refer to the notes to the financial statements included elsewhere in this filing for a more complete listing of all of our critical accounting policies.
New Accounting Pronouncements
In April 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-02 Receivables (Topic 310): A Creditor’s Determination of Whether a Restructuring Is a Troubled Debt Restructuring. This ASU clarifies which loan modifications constitute troubled debt restructurings. It is intended to assist creditors in determining whether a modification of the terms of a receivable meets the criteria to be considered a troubled debt restructuring, both for purposes of recording an impairment loss and for disclosure of troubled debt restructurings. For public companies, this ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after June 15, 2011, and applies retrospectively to restructurings occurring on or after the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. Early application is permitted. It is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04 Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. This ASU is the result of joint efforts by the FASB and International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) to develop a single, converged fair value framework - that is, converged guidance on how (not when) to measure fair value and on what disclosures to provide about fair value measurements. Thus, there are few differences between this ASU and its international counterpart, IFRS 13. While this ASU is largely consistent with existing fair value measurement principles in U.S. GAAP, it expands Topic 820’s existing disclosure requirements for fair value measurements and makes other amendments. Many of these amendments were made to eliminate unnecessary wording differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. However, some could change how the fair value measurement guidance in Topic 820 is applied. This ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 for public entities. It is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05 Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income, which revises the manner in which entities present comprehensive income in their financial statements. This ASU removes the presentation options in Topic 220 and requires entities to report components of comprehensive income in either (1) a continuous statement of comprehensive income or (2) two separate but consecutive statements. This ASU does not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income. For public entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted. This ASU does not require incremental disclosures in addition to those required by Topic 250 or any transition guidance. Because the Company is currently adopted to present comprehensive income within the consolidated statements of changes of equity and therefore, it is expected this ASU would change the presentation of comprehensive income in the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon its adoption. It is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2001-11 Balance Sheet (Topic 210)-Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities: The amendments in this Update will enhance disclosures required by U.S. GAAP by requiring improved information about financial instruments and derivative instruments that are either (1) offset in accordance with either Section 210-20-45 or Section 815-10-45 or (2) subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement, irrespective of whether they are offset in accordance with either Section 210-20-45 or Section 815-10-45. This information will enable users of an entity’s financial statements to evaluate the effect or potential effect of netting arrangements on an entity’s financial position, including the effect or potential effect of rights of setoff associated with certain financial instruments and derivative instruments in the scope of this Update. An entity is required to apply the amendments for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. An entity should provide the disclosures required by those amendments retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. It is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-12 Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): In order to defer only those changes in Update 2011-05 that relate to the presentation of reclassification adjustments, the paragraphs in this Update supersede certain pending paragraphs in Update 2011-05. The amendments are being made to allow the Board time to redeliberate whether to present on the face of the financial statements the effects of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income on the components of net income and other comprehensive income for all periods presented. While the Board is considering the operational concerns about the presentation requirements for reclassification adjustments and the needs of financial statement users for additional information about reclassification adjustments, entities should continue to report 2 reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income consistent with the presentation requirements in effect before Update 2011-05. All other requirements in Update 2011-05 are not affected by this Update, including the requirement to report comprehensive income either in a single continuous financial statement or in two separate but consecutive financial statements. Public entities should apply these requirements for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. Nonpublic entities should begin applying these requirements for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2012, and interim and annual periods thereafter. It is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Item 7A.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Financial Statements
Please see the accompanying Financial Statements attached hereto beginning on page.
Item 9.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of October 31, 2011, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act”). Accordingly, based upon that evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports filed under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and regulations. Based on the management’s assessment and review of our financial statements and results for the year ended October 31, 2011, we have not established effective internal controls.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management, under the supervision of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d(f) under the Exchange Act) is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP. Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (a) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets, (b) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, (c) provide reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with appropriate authorization of management and the board of directors, and (d) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. A “material weakness” is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the registrant’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by our internal controls. A “significant deficiency” is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those responsible for oversight of the registrant’s financial reporting. A “deficiency” in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis.
During our review of our financial statements and results for the year ended October 31, 2011, our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Based on the evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting, we determined that we had significant deficiencies which could adversely affect our ability to initiate, authorize, record, process or report financial data in accordance with US GAAP. While the areas we identified are sources of potential risk, we do not believe that these potential risks have affected our financial statements or that there are any errors in our previously reported financial statements that would require restatement. The significant deficiencies we found related to a lack of sufficient qualified accounting and financing personnel with an appropriate level of US GAAP knowledge and experience appropriate to its financial reporting requirements. Based on our evaluation and because of the significant deficiencies we identified, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of October 31, 2011.
This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that permit us, as a smaller reporting company, to provide only management’s report in this Annual Report.
Remediation Plan
We are devoting significant resources to remediating, improving and documenting our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls and procedures, and implementing additional financial and management controls, reporting systems and procedures. These measures may not ensure the adequacy of our internal controls over our financial processes and reporting in the future.
Changes in Internal Controls
Since the third quarter of our 2009 fiscal year, we have begun the implementation of remedial measures including hiring of a new chief financial officer in January 2010 (who resigned on August 3, 2010 for personal reason and was replaced by an interim chief financial officer. On December 14, 2010, we subsequently hired Mr. Weiqiu Dong as our new chief financial officer), adding additional staff, appointing three independent Directors to our board of directors, engaging consultants to advise management on the preparation of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance with internal controls over financial reporting for fiscal year 2011, providing relevant training to our staff, implementing more rigorous policies and procedures relating to period-end financial reporting and other key processes, strengthening key controls such as journal-entry approval, reconciliation procedures and maintaining relevant supporting documentation. We expect to continue to implement additional financial and management controls and procedures going forward. As results of these measures and until we have completed the remediation process, there has been and will be changes and further improvement to our internal controls over financial reporting.
Item 9B.
Item 9B. Other Information
None.
PART III
Item 10.
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Directors, Executive Officers and Significant Employees
The following table sets forth the name and age of each member of our current members of our board of directors and/or executive officers, the positions and offices held by each of them with us, and the period during which they have served in their respective position. Directors serve until the election and qualification of their successors. There was no arrangement or understanding between any executive officer or director and any other person pursuant to which any person was elected as an executive officer or director. There are no family relationships among our officers, directors, or persons nominated for such positions.
(1)Mr. Pan was appointed on October 15, 2011 by the Board of Directors.
Shaoming Li. Shaoming Li has served as the Chairman of the board of directors, Chief Executive Officer and President since founding Harbin Renhuang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. in 2006. Mr. Li has more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and finance industry. Mr. Li has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Harbin Renhuang Pharmaceutical Stock Co. Ltd since 1996. From 1984 to 1996, Mr. Li served as Vice Chairman of Shenzhen Health Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd, a company dedicated to drug research, production, and sales. Mr. Li is a professor at Harbin Business University and Northeastern Agriculture University. Mr. Li also served as Vice Chairman of Heilongjiang Provincial Chinese Traditional Medicine Association and Heilongjiang Provincial Medicine Association. Mr. Li graduated from Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, China with a degree in finance.
Weiqiu Dong. Weiqiu Dong was appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer effective December 14, 2010. Prior to joining us, Mr. Dong had been the investment manager with Hatitac Inc. for 10 years, and senior audit manager with TianHua Accounting firm for 3 years. Mr. Dong holds a Bachelor of Engineering from North-Western Polytechnic University in China and is a Certified Financial Planner in Canada.
Zack Pan. Zack Pan was appointed to our board of director on October 15, 2011. Mr. Pan is Chairman of the Audit Committee of the board of directors. From December 30, 2009 until April 2011, Mr. Pan served as a director of Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Chinese pharmaceutical company listed on NASDAQ (“Biostar”), and also the chairman of the board of directors’ audit committee of Biostar. Since April 2011, Mr. Pan has served as Chief Financial Officer of Biostar. Mr. Pan is a Certified Public Accountant, certified by the Oklahoma State Board of Accountancy and member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountant (AICPA). Mr. Pan was chief financial officer of China Education Alliance, Inc., a provider of quality educational resources in China, to which he was appointed in August 2009. Prior to that position, Mr. Pan was an audit manager with Eide Bailly CPAs & Business Advisors (“Eide Bailly”) at its Oklahoma City office. Mr. Pan had been working at Eide Bailly since September 2005. From September 1998 to September 2005, Mr. Pan was a statistical analyst and economist with the State of Oklahoma. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Pan worked as a loan project officer for Asian Development Bank Loan Management Office in Anhui, China. From 1988 to 1994, Mr. Pan was an associate professor at Anhui University, China. Mr. Pan graduated with a Master of Business Administration from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1999. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts from Anhui University, China in 1988.
Bingchun Wu. Bingchun Wu was appointed to our board of directors in April 2010. Mr. Wu is Chairman of the Compensation Committee of the board of directors. Since 2006, Mr. Wu has served as the Team Leader of the Chinese Medicine Research Group at the Heilongjiang Province Chinese Medicine Research Institute. From 2006 to 2007, Mr. Wu served as the Chief Expert of the Chinese Medicine Group of the Innovation System of Heilongjiang Province Science and Technology Department. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Wu served as the Director of the Chinese Pharmacology Research Office and the Head of Chinese Medicine Research at the Heilongjiang Province Science and Technology Department. Mr. Wu has a degree in Pharmaceutical Science from Shenyang Medicine University and a bachelor’s degree in financial management from Harbin University of Commerce.
Changxiong Sun. Changxiong Sun was appointed to our board of directors on April 2010. Mr. Sun is Chairman of the Nominations Committee of the board of directors. Since 2005, Mr. Sun has served as a Professor and Doctoral Tutor at the Management College of Harbin Institute of Technology. Since 2005 Mr. Sun has served as the Executive Director of the Overseas Development and Layout Association of China Industry, and as the Director of the Heilongjiang Dongbeiya Economy and Technology Committee. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Sun served as the Vice Secretary General of the Harbin Municipal Government Committee. From 1999 to 2004, Mr. Sun served as the Director of the Harbin Finance Management Department. Mr. Sun has a degree in management science and engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology.
Dianjun Pi. Dianjun Pi was appointed to the board of directors on April 27, 2010. Since 2004, Mr. Pi has served as our Executive Manager. From 2003 to 2004, Mr. Pi served as the Assistant General Manager of Sunflower Pharmaceuticals. From 1992 to 2003, Mr. Pi served as the Vice General Manager of China Resources Snow Breweries Co., Ltd. Mr. Pi has a post graduate degree from Renmin University of China.
Jiang He. Jiang He was hired as special assistant to the President in 2004 and has served as our Secretary since 2006. In this role he is in charge of asset management, risk and crisis management, and internal audit. From 2001 to 2004, prior to joining us, he was the Vice General Manager of Heilongjiang Tiansheng High Tech Co. Ltd. In this position Mr. He was primarily responsible for managing projects, including, but not limited to, Clean Coal Projects. He received his master’s degree in industrial economics in July, 2004, and his bachelor’s degree in management from Jilin University in 1992.
Our Board of Directors
During fiscal year 2011, our board of directors is comprised of a majority of independent directors as defined under NYSE Amex listing standards. Messrs. Pan, Sun and Wu satisfy the independence requirements established by Section 803(A)(2) of the NYSE AMEX Rules. The board of directors has determined that none of the designated independent directors have any relationship that, under NYSE Amex rules, would preclude their service on any of the standing committees of the board of directors. In making its determination, the board considered transactions and relationships between each director or his immediate family and the Company and its subsidiaries.
Mr. Pan, served as our independent director and chairman of our audit committee since October 15, 2011. Prior to that time, Mr. Xiaoheng Shao, our former director served as our independent director and chairman of our audit committee.
We are a smaller reporting company and under the NYSE AMEX Rules, we are only required to maintain a Board comprising of directors at least half of which are independent directors, and an audit committee of at least two members, comprised solely of independent directors who also meet the requirements of Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”).
We have the following board committees: Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominations Committee. Each Board Committee consists entirely of independent and non-employee directors. The Board has adopted a written charter for each of the committees which is available on the Company’s website www.renhuang.com. Printed copies of each of our committee charter may be obtained, without charge, by contacting the corporate secretary, China Botanic Pharmaceutical Inc., Level 11, Changjiang International Building, No. 28, Changjiang Road, Nangang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China 150090.
Board Leadership Board’s Role in Risk Oversight
Our chairman of the board of director and chief executive officer is Mr. Li. During fiscal year 2011, the majority of directors are independent and our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating Committee are comprised entirely of independent directors. We do not have a lead independent director. Audit Committee is responsible for oversight of risks relating to our accounting matters, financial reporting and legal and regulatory compliance. To satisfy these oversight responsibilities, the Audit Committee meets with management, our internal auditor and independent registered public accounting firm. The Compensation Committee is responsible for overseeing risks relating to employment policies and our policies on structuring compensation programs. To satisfy these oversight responsibilities, the Compensation Committee intends to meet regularly with management to understand the implications of compensation decisions, and particularly risks our compensation policies pose to our finances, human resources and stockholders.
Meetings of the Board of Directors
During the fiscal year 2011, our board took action by unanimous board of director consents 1 time and held 1 meeting. During the fiscal year 2011, our audit committee held 4 meetings and took action by written consent 1 time, and our nominating committee did not hold a meeting in fiscal year 2011. We do not have a policy with regard to Board members’ attendance at annual meetings of stockholders. All directors with the exception of Mr. Xiaoheng Shao attended our 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Audit Committee
Our board of directors has established an Audit Committee in accordance with section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act which, during fiscal year 2011, consists of the following independent directors: Messrs. Pan, Sun and Wu. Mr. Pan, served as our independent director and chairman of our audit committee since October 15, 2011. Prior to that time, Mr. Xiaoheng Shao, our former director served as our independent director and chairman of our audit committee.
Each member of the Audit Committee meets the independence criteria prescribed by Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act, and each constitutes an “independent director” as defined in Section 803(A)(2) of the NYSE AMEX Rules.
The primary purpose of the Audit Committee is to oversee our accounting and financial reporting processes and the function of the Audit Committee includes retaining our independent auditors, reviewing their independence standards, reviewing and approving the planned scope of our annual audit, reviewing and approving any fee arrangements with our auditors, overseeing their audit work, reviewing and pre-approving any non-audit services that may be performed by them, reviewing the adequacy of accounting and financial controls, reviewing our critical accounting policies and reviewing and approving any related party transactions.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
On October 15, 2011, Mr. Pan was appointed as the chairman of audit committee of our board of directors and served as the chairman of our audit committee. From December 30, 2009 until April 2011, Mr. Pan served as a director of Biostar Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Chinese pharmaceutical company listed on NASDAQ (“Biostar”), and also the chairman of the board of directors’ audit committee of Biostar. Since April 2011, Mr. Pan has served as Chief Financial Officer of Biostar. Mr. Pan is a Certified Public Accountant, certified by the Oklahoma State Board of Accountancy and member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountant (AICPA). Mr. Pan was chief financial officer of China Education Alliance, Inc., a provider of quality educational resources in China, to which he was appointed in August 2009. Prior to that position, Mr. Pan was an audit manager with Eide Bailly CPAs & Business Advisors (“Eide Bailly”) at its Oklahoma City office. Mr. Pan had been working at Eide Bailly since September 2005. During his term with the Company, Mr. Pan’s extensive finance, industry, and CFO experience provides our Board with a valuable resource in understanding company operations and evaluating strategic opportunities. During fiscal year ended October 31, 2011, the Board has determined that Mr. Pan is the “audit committee financial expert” as such term is defined in Item 407(d) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC.
Other Board Committees
Our board of directors has two additional board committees: the Compensation Committee and the Nominations Committee. The members of our Compensation Committee and Nominations Committee are comprised of the following independent directors: Messrs. Pan, Wu and Shao. The Nomination Committee held 1 meeting during fiscal year 2011. The Compensation Committee did not hold a meeting in fiscal year 2011.
Compensation Committee
Our Compensation Committee assists the Board in discharging the Board’s responsibilities relating to management organization, performance, compensation and succession. The Compensation Committee is permitted to delegate its authority in accordance with Nevada law unless prohibited by the Company’s bylaws or the Compensation Committee charter. In discharging its responsibilities, the Compensation Committee shall, amongst other things:
● Consider and authorize the compensation philosophy for the Company’s personnel.
● Review and approve corporate goals and objectives relevant to chief executive officer and senior management compensation, evaluate chief executive officer and senior management performance in light of those goals and objectives and, either as a committee or together with other independent directors (as directed by the Board of Directors), determine and approve chief executive officer and senior management compensation based on this evaluation.
● Annually review and approve perquisites for the chief executive officer and senior management.
● Make recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to the Company’s employee benefit plans.
● Administer incentive, deferred compensation and equity based plans.
● Annually review and update this Charter for consideration by the Board of Directors.
● Annually evaluate performance and function of the Compensation Committee.
● Report the matters considered and actions taken by the Compensation Committee to the Board of Directors.
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
All current members of the Compensation Committee are independent directors, and all past members were independent directors at all times during their service on such Committee. None of the past or present members of our Compensation Committee are present or past employees or officers of ours or any of our subsidiaries. No member of the Compensation Committee has had any relationship with us requiring disclosure under Item 404 of Regulation S-K. None of our executive officers serves on the board of directors or compensation committee of a company that has an executive officer that serves on our Board or compensation committee.
Nominations Committee
The Nominations Committee assists the Board in identifying individuals qualified to become our directors and in determining the composition of the Board and its committees. The Nominations Committee is responsible for, among other things:
● Make recommendations to the Board with respect to the size and composition of the Board;
● Make recommendations to the Board on the minimum qualifications and standards for director nominees and the selection criteria for the Board members, and
● Review the qualifications of potential candidates for the Board;
● Make recommendations to the Board on nominees to be elected at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and
● Seek and identify a qualified director nominee, in the event that a director vacancy occurs, to be recommended to the Board for either appointment by the Board to serve the remainder of the term of a director position that is vacant or election at the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a Code of Ethics. It is available on our website, located at http://www.renhuang.com
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our executive officers and directors and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities, to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “Commission”) initial statements of beneficial ownership, reports of changes in ownership and Annual Reports concerning their ownership, of Common Stock and other of our equity securities on Forms 3, 4, and 5, respectively. Executive officers, directors and greater than 10% shareholders are required by Commission regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file.
To the best of our knowledge, based solely on information publicly available, during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2011, all of our directors and executive officers complied with Section 16(a) filing requirements.
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
None of our directors, executive officers or control persons has been involved in any of the events described in Rule 401(f) of Regulation S-K in the last 10 years.
Item 11.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Summary Compensation Table
Our Compensation Committee, which currently consists of Messrs. Shaoming Li, Zack ZiBing Pan and Bingchun Wu, assists our board of directors in reviewing and approving the compensation structure of our directors and executive officers, including all forms of compensation to be provided to our directors and executive officers. With the responsibility of establishing, implementing and monitoring our executive compensation program philosophy and practices, our Compensation Committee seeks to ensure that the total compensation paid to our directors and executive officers is fair and competitive.
The following table sets forth information regarding all forms of compensation received by all persons who served as our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer during the fiscal years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. We did not have any executive officer who received more than $100,000 for services during the fiscal years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
(1)Reflects the grant date fair value of the awards calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 - Stock Compensation.
(2)Mr. Dong was appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer effective December 14, 2010. In accordance with the appointment, Mr. Dong received, on December 16, 2010, an option to purchase 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock under our 2003 Omnibus Plan. The option has a six (6) year term and vests 60,000 shares on the first anniversary of the date of grant and 70,000 shares on each of the second and third anniversaries of the date of grant, conditioned upon continued employment on such date. The exercise price of the option grant is $2.12, the closing price on the date of the grant. The fair value of the option award is $259,251, of which $76,032 was recorded as compensation expenses for fiscal year ended October 31, 2011 and $0 was recorded for fiscal year ended October 31, 2010.
(3)Ms. Lu was appointed to the position of interim Chief Financial Officer effective August 20, 2010 and replaced by Mr. Dong on December 14, 2010.
Employment Agreements with Executive Officers
On December 14, 2010, we entered into the CFO Appointment Agreement with Mr. Weiqiu Dong, who became our chief financial officer on that date. The agreement provides that Mr. Dong will receive an annual base salary of RMB 600,000 per year. In accordance with the appointment, Mr. Dong received, on December 16, 2010, an option to purchase 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock under our 2003 Omnibus Plan. The option has a six (6) year term and vests 60,000 shares on the first anniversary of the date of grant and 70,000 shares on each of the second and third anniversaries of the date of grant, conditioned upon continued employment on such date. The exercise price of the option grant is $2.12, the closing price on the date of the grant. Fair market value of the option granted was $259,251.
We have no other employment agreements with our executive officers. Our chairman, chief executive officer and president, Mr. Li receives $31,250 in annual salary and is reimbursed for out of pocket expenses. Our secretary, Mr. He receives $4,500 in annual salary and is reimbursed for out of pocket expenses.
Benefit Plans
We do not have any profit sharing plan or similar plans for the benefit of our officers, directors or employees. However, we may establish such plans in the future. Certain employees of our subsidiary, including Mr. Shaoming Li, our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President, receive pension and healthcare benefits through plans offered by such subsidiary, as required by local Chinese laws.
2007 Non-Qualified Company Stock Grant and Option Plan and 2003 Omnibus Securities Plan
On March 19, 2007, our board of directors approved the 2007 Non-Qualified Company Stock Grant and Option Plan (the “2007 Plan”). The 2007 Plan is intended to serve as an incentive and to encourage stock ownership by our directors, officers, and employees, and certain persons rendering service to us, so that such persons may acquire or increase their proprietary interest in our success, and to encourage them to remain in our service. Under the 2007 Plan, up to 200,000 shares of our common stock may be subject to options.
On February 28, 2003, our board of directors approved our 2003 Omnibus Securities Plan (the “2003 Plan”), which was approved by our shareholders on April 11, 2003. The 2003 Plan offers selected employees, directors, and consultants the opportunity to acquire our common stock, and serves to encourage such persons to remain employed by us and to attract new employees. The 2003 Plan allows for the award of stock and options, up to 25,000 (after giving effect to the 1-for-30 reverse stock split in 2006) shares of our common stock. On May 1, of each year, the number of shares in the 2003 Securities Plan is automatically adjusted to an amount equal to ten percent of our outstanding stock on April 30, of the immediately preceding year. As of April 30, 2011, the number of shares of common stock outstanding was 37,239,536 making 3,723,954 shares of common stock subject to the 2003 Plan.
Outstanding Equity Awards at October 31, 2011
The following table sets forth certain information concerning unexercised options, stock that has not vested, and equity incentive plan awards outstanding as of October 31, 2011 for the named executive officers below:
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year Ended
October 31, 2011
(1)60,000 options vest on December 14, 2011, 70,000 options vest on December 14, 2012, and 70,000 options vest on December 14, 2013.
Compensation of Directors
The following table sets forth compensation paid to our non-executive directors for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2011.
(1)The dollar value reflected is based on the average exchange rate for fiscal year 2011 with 1US Dollar equals to 6.52225RMB.
(2)Reflects the grant date fair value of the awards calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 - Stock Compensation.
(3)We entered into an independent director agreement with Mr. Pan dated October 15, 2011, pursuant to which, as consideration for Mr. Pan’s board services, we agreed to: (i) pay Mr. Pan a fee of $2,500 per month, (ii) grant Mr. Pan an option to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock under the 2003 Plan, at an exercise price of $0.80 per share, which is equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on October 15, 2011, subject to vesting on a quarterly basis (4,166 shares of option to vest on the first 11 quarter anniversaries of the grant and 4,174 shares of option to vest on the 12th quarter anniversary of the grant with the initial 4,166 shares of option vesting to commence on January 15, 2012). The fair value of the option award is $34,042, of which $2,837 was recorded as compensation expenses for fiscal year ended October 31, 2011.
(4)We entered into an independent director agreement with Mr. Shao dated April 13, 2010, pursuant to which we granted Mr. Shao an option to purchase a total amount of 70,000 shares of our common stock under the 2003 Plan at a purchase price of $2.57 per share. Mr. Shao serviced as a director ended on October 15, 2011 and was vested options to purchase an aggregate 34,998 shares of our common stock. The fair value of the option award is $171,397, of which $57,131 and $31,462, respectively, were recorded as compensation expenses for fiscal years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010.
Independent Director Agreements
We currently have agreements with our independent directors.
On October 15, 2011, we entered into an independent director agreement with Mr. Pan, who became our director on October 15, 2011. The agreement provides that Mr. Pan, the Chair of our Audit Committee, will receive (i) a fee of $2,500 per month, (ii) options to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock under the 2003 Plan, at an exercise price of $0.80 per share, which is equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on October 15, 2011, subject to vesting on a quarterly basis (4,166 shares of option to vest on the first 11 quarter anniversaries of the grant and 4,174 shares of option to vest on the 12th quarter anniversary of the grant with the initial 4,166 shares of option vesting to commence on January 15, 2012), and with all vesting conditional upon continued service as a director of the Company as of each such anniversary; and (iii) a reimbursement of out-of pocket expenses incidental to his services on the Board. The agreement expires on the earlier of (i) the date Mr. Pan ceases to be a member of the board, or (ii) the date of termination of the Agreement.
On April 19, 2010, we entered into an independent director agreement with Mr. Wu, who became a director on April 20, 2010. The agreement provides that Mr. Wu will receive a compensation of approximately RMB 3,000 per month for board meeting attendance as well as expense reimbursement. The Agreement expires on the earlier of (i) the date Mr. Wu ceases to be a member of the board, or (ii) the date of termination of the Agreement.
On April 19, 2010, we entered into an independent director agreement with Mr. Sun, who became a director on April 20, 2010. The agreement provides that Mr. Sun will receive a compensation of approximately RMB 3,000 per month for board meeting attendance as well as expense reimbursement. The Agreement expires on the earlier of (i) the date Mr. Sun ceases to be a member of the board, or (ii) the date of termination of the Agreement.
On April 13, 2010, we entered into an independent director agreement with Mr. Shao, who became a director on April 15, 2010. The agreement provides that Mr. Shao, the Chair of our Audit Committee, will receive a compensation of approximately $3,000 per month for board meeting attendance as well as expense reimbursement. Additionally, Mr. Shao was granted an option to purchase up to 70,000 shares of our common stock under the 2003 Plan, at an exercise price of $2.57 per share. The option will vest on a quarterly basis such that Mr. Shao will be entitled to purchase 5,833 shares of our common stock on the first 11 quarter anniversaries of the grant date (April 15, 2010) and 5,837 shares of our common stock on the twelfth quarter anniversary of the grant date. The option has a term of 3 years, starting from the date of grant. The agreement expires on the earlier of (i) the date Mr. Shao ceases to be a member of the board, or (ii) the date of termination of the Agreement. Mr. Shao ceased to be a director on October 15, 2011 and received 34,998 options for his past service with our company. The remaining 35,002 option shares have been cancelled.
There is currently no agreement with Mr. Li or Mr. Pi for compensation. Mr. Li and Mr. Pi are entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses. We do not pay additional amounts for committee participation or special assignments of the board of directors.
Item 12.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The following table sets forth, as of December 31, 2011, information concerning the beneficial ownership of shares of our common stock held by our directors, our named executive officers, our directors and executive officers as a group, and each person known by us to be a beneficial owner of 5% or more of our outstanding common stock.
Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC. Beneficial ownership means that a person has or shares voting or investment power of a security and includes any securities that person has the right to acquire within 60 days after the measurement date, such as those acquirable pursuant to options, warrants or convertible notes. Except as otherwise indicated, we believe that each of the beneficial owners of our common stock listed below, based on information each of them has given to us, has sole investment and voting power with respect to such beneficial owner’s shares, except where community property or similar laws may apply. For purposes of the column for shares underlying convertible securities, in accordance with rules of the SEC, shares of our common stock underlying securities that a person has the right to acquire within 60 days of December 31, 2011 are deemed to be beneficially owned by such person for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of that person, but we do not treat them as outstanding for the purpose of computing the ownership percentage of any other person.
*Individual owns less than 1% of our securities.
(1) Includes shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of options or upon conversion of warrants or convertible notes within 60 days.
(2) Based on 37,239,536 shares of our common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2011.
(3) The address for this beneficial owner is No. 281, Taiping Road, Taiping District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China 150050.
(4) Includes 17,850,000 shares of common stock owned by Celebrate Fortune Company Limited, an entity controlled by Mr. Shaoming Li.
(5) Includes options to purchase 60,000 shares of common stock as of December 31, 2011, with an exercise price of $2.12 per share, in connection with option granted on December 14, 2010 to purchase 200,000 shares of our common stock. The option vest on an annual basis such at Mr. Dong is entitled to purchase 60,000 shares of our common stock on the first anniversary of the grant date and 70,000 shares of our common stock on the send and third anniversary of the grant date.
(6) Includes options to purchase 4,166 shares of common stock as of December 31, 2011, with an exercise price of $0.80 per share, in connection with option granted on October 15, 2011 to purchase 50,000 shares of our common stock. The option vest on a quarterly basis such that Mr. Pan is entitled to purchase 4,166 shares of our common stock on the first 11 quarter anniversaries of the grant date and 4,174 shares of our common stock on the twelfth quarter anniversary of the grant date.
(7) Mr. Shao cease to be our director on October 15, 2011. Includes options to purchase 34,998 shares of our common stock.
(8) Includes 4,278,000 shares of Common Stock owned by China Wealth Source Company Ltd, an entity controlled by Mr. Dianjun Pi.
(9) Includes 17,850,000 shares of Common Stock owned by Celebrate Fortune Company Limited, an entity controlled by Mr. Shaoming Li, and 4,278,000 shares of Common Stock owned by China Wealth Source Company Ltd, an entity controlled by Mr. Dianjun Pi.
(10) Includes 2,670,000 shares of Common Stock owned by New BVI Co., an entity controlled by Mr. Tuya Wulan.
(11) Includes 3,159,450 shares of Common Stock owned by Total Prosperity Company Limited, an entity controlled by Mr. Cheung Yunman.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
The following table provides aggregate information as of October 31, 2011 with respect to all compensation plans (including individual compensation arrangements) under which equity securities are authorized for issuance.
(1)On March 19, 2007, our board of directors approved the 2007 Non-Qualified Company Stock Grant and Option Plan (the “2007 Plan”). The 2007 Plan was not approved by our shareholders. The 2007 Plan is intended to serve as an incentive and to encourage stock ownership by our directors, officers, and employees, and certain persons rendering service to us, so that such persons may acquire or increase their proprietary interest in our success, and to encourage them to remain in our service. Under the 2007 Plan, up to 200,000 shares of our common stock may be subject to options.
Item 13.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Transactions with Related Persons:
Mr. Shaoming Li, our chairman, chief executive officer and president, is also chairman and a 50% shareholder of Renhuang Stock. On October 12, 2009, we entered into a purchase agreement with Renhuang Stock to acquire the land use right, property and a plant located in Ah City for a total consideration of $25,096,070. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, payments of $23,527,566 have been made to Renhuang Stock before October 31, 2011, with a final payment of $1,568,504 due by December 31, 2011, at which time title for the assets will be transferred. As we have not received all the required transfer documents from related local government authorities, the Company has to postpone the title transfer until all the transfer documents been received. The final payment will be made to Renhuang Stock at the time of title transfer. According to the agreement, we were exempted from lease payments for the underlying assets starting from May 1, 2010.
We lease property and a plant from Renhuang Stock. Under the lease terms, we no longer pay rent to Renhuang Stock for the use of the property and plant. However, the rental expenses related to this lease, incurred and expensed to consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income during the year ended October 31, 2011 and 2010 amounted to $766,607 and $367,224, respectively, which were forgiven rental expenses and recognized to account for the rental exemption pursuant to the purchase agreement, and the deposits for the property were reduced accordingly.
On September 1, 2009, we entered into a Purchase Agreement with Renhuang Stock, to acquire two production patents, for a total consideration of $2,509,607. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, a payment of $1,568,504 was made to Renhuang Stock, in October 2009 and recorded as deposits on the consolidated balance sheet. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, final payment of $941,103is due by December 31, 2010, at which time title for the assets will be transferred. In August, 2010, final payment was made to Renhuang Stock and the tile of the patent was transferred at the same month.
Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons
Our Audit Committee reviews and approves or ratifies any related person transaction that is required to be disclosed as such transactions required the approval of our Audit Committee. We did not have any related party transactions during fiscal years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010.
Item 14.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
On January 13, 2010, we engaged Windes & McClaughry Accountancy Corporation (“W&M”) as our independent registered public accounting firm.
Audit Fees
During the year ended October 31, 2011 and 2010, the fees for W&M were approximately $194,000 and $195,000, respectively. The fees were for professional services for the audit of our Form 10-K financial statements and review of our quarterly Form 10-Q financial statements.
Audit-Related Fees
During the years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010, there were no fees relating to the performance of any other audit or review of our financial statements by W&M.
Tax Fees
During the years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010, there were no fees relating to professional tax services by W&M.
All Other Fees
During the years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010, there were no other fees relating to services provided by W&M.
The above-mentioned fees are set forth as follows in tabular form:
All services and fees described above for the years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010 were approved by either the entire board of directors or the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures were detailed as to the particular service and the audit committee was informed of each service and such policies and procedures did not include the delegation of the audit committee’s responsibilities.
PART IV
Item 15.
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
Financial Statements
The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report:
(a) Financial Statements:
Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed as a part of this Annual Report.
* Filed herewith.
(1) Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 22, 2003.
(2) Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 10, 2012.
(3) Incorporated by reference from Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 13, 2007.
(4) Incorporated by reference from Form 10-K filed with the SEC on January 24, 2011.
(5) Incorporated by reference from Form S-8 filed with the SEC on May 2, 2007.
(6) Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 22, 2003.
(7) Incorporated by reference from Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on September 21, 2009.
(8) Incorporated by reference from Form 10-K filed with the SEC on January 29, 2010.
(9) Incorporated by reference from Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on June 7, 2010.
(10) XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on our behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: August 12, 2021 CHINA BOTANIC PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
By: /s/ David Lazar
David Lazar, Chief Executive Officer and President
(Principal Executive Officer), Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report:
(a)Financial Statements:
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of China Botanic Pharmaceutical Inc.:
We were engaged to audit the accompanying balance sheets of China Botanic Pharmaceutical Inc. (“the Company”) as of October 31, 2012 and 2011 and the related statement of operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for the years then ended. As described in the following paragraph, because the Company’s records were not sufficient, we were not able to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to provide a basis for an audit opinion on the financial statements, and we do not express, an opinion on these financial statements.
Basis for Disclaimer Opinion:
We were not engaged as auditors of the Company until July of 2021 at which time much of the audit evidence necessary to provide a basis for an audit opinion had been destroyed or lost. We were unable to satisfy ourselves by other audit procedures concerning the assets and liabilities held at October 31, 2021 and 2011, as well as the revenues and expenses recognized for the year then ended. As a result of these matters, we were unable to determine whether any adjustments might have been found necessary in respect of recorded or unrecorded assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses.
We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Because of the matters described in the Basis for Disclaimer Opinion paragraph above, however, we were not able to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to provide a basis for an audit opinion.
The company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Because of the significance of the matters described in the Basis for Disclaimer Opinion paragraph, we have not been able to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to provide a basis for an audit opinion. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on these financial statements.
Substantial Doubt about the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1b. to the financial statements, the Company’s significant operating losses raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/ BF Borgers CPA PC
B F Borgers CPA PC
We have served as the Company's auditor since
Lakewood, CO
August 12, 2021
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) EQUITY
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1.ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATION
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of China Botanic Pharmaceutical Inc. (“CBP”) and its subsidiaries. CBP and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the “Company.”
CBP was incorporated in the State of Nevada on August 18, 1988, originally under the corporate name of Solutions, Incorporated. It was inactive until August 16, 1996, when it changed its corporate name to Suarro Communications, Inc, and engaged in the business of providing internet based business services. This line of business was discontinued in 2006, and CBP became a non-operating public company. CBP underwent a number of corporate name changes as follows:
June 1997
ComTech Consolidation Group, Inc
February 1999
E-Net Corporation
May 1999
E-Net Financial Corporation
January 2000
E-Net.Com Corporation
February 2000
E-Net Financial.Com Corporation
January 2002
Anza Capital, Inc (“Anza”)
June 2006
Renhuang Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
October 2010
China Botanic Pharmaceutical Inc.
Effective August 28, 2006, CBP completed the acquisition of 100% ownership of Harbin Renhuang Pharmaceutical Company Limited, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. As a result, Harbin Renhuang Pharmaceutical Company Limited became a wholly owned subsidiary of CBP Harbin Renhuang Pharmaceutical Company Limited owns 100% of the registered capital of Harbin Renhuang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd (“CBP China”).
The core activities of subsidiaries included in the consolidated financial statements are as follow:
●Harbin Renhuang Pharmaceutical Company Limited - Investment holding.
●CBP China - Development, manufacturing and distribution of pharmaceutical products.
CBP China’s principal country of operations is the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”) and maintains their accounting records in Renminbi (“RMB”). Substantially all of the Company’s assets and operation are located in the PRC.
2.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
a.Basis of presentation of financial statements and principles of consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and are expressed in terms of US dollars.
In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162. This statement modifies the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) hierarchy by establishing only two levels of GAAP, authoritative and nonauthoritative accounting literature. Effective July 2009, the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”), also known collectively as the “Codification,” is considered the single source of authoritative U.S. accounting and reporting standards, except for additional authoritative rules and interpretive releases issued by the SEC. Nonauthoritative guidance and literature would include, among other things, FASB Concepts Statements, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Issue Papers and Technical Practice Aids and accounting textbooks. The Codification was developed to organize GAAP pronouncements by topic so that users can more easily access authoritative accounting guidance. It is organized by topic, subtopic, section, and paragraph, each of which is identified by a numerical designation. This statement applies beginning in third quarter 2009. All accounting references have been updated, and therefore SFAS references have been replaced with ASC references.
The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of CBP and its subsidiaries.
All inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Effective beginning third quarter 2009, the FASB Topic 810, “Consolidation Topic,” revised the accounting treatment for noncontrolling minority interests of partially-owned subsidiaries. Noncontrolling minority interests represent the portion of earnings that is not within the parent company’s control. These amounts are now required to be reported as equity instead of as a liability on the balance sheet. In addition this statement requires net income from noncontrolling minority interest to be shown separately on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. As the Company has no noncontrolling interest at October 31, 2011, this change did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
This filing was prepared in August, 2021. Due to the lack of accounting records for the relevant period all assets have been written off and all liabilities have been carried forward from the Company most recent filings prior to this date on October 31, 2010.
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b.Going concern
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. As reflected in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company had no cash on hand and had an accumulated deficit of $10,229,681. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date of the financial statements being issued. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the Company’s ability to raise additional funds and implement its business plan. The Company does not have any commitments for additional capital. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.
c.Use of estimates
The preparation of these consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affected the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of net sales and expenses during the reported periods.
Significant estimates and assumptions by management include, among others, uncollectible accounts receivable, slow moving, obsolete and/or damaged inventory, property and equipment, reserve for employee benefit obligations, stock warrant valuation, and other uncertainties. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The current economic environment has increased the degree of uncertainty inherent in these estimates and assumptions.
d.Foreign currency translation
The Company’s principal country of operations is in PRC. The financial position and results of operations of the subsidiaries are determined using the local currency (“Renminbi” or “RMB”) as the functional currency.
Translation of amounts from RMB into US dollars for reporting purposes is performed by translating the results of operations denominated in foreign currency at the weighted average rate of exchange during the reporting period. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are translated at the market rate of exchange ruling at that date. The registered equity capital denominated in the functional currency is translated at the historical rate of exchange at the time of capital contribution. All translation adjustments resulting from the translation of the financial statements into the reporting currency (US dollars) are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders’ equity.
As of October 31, 2011 and 2010, the exchange rate was RMB 6.38 and RMB 6.67, respectively. Translation adjustments totaled $3,851,902 and $1,401,134 for the year ended October 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
e.Fair value of financial instruments
The Company applies the provisions of accounting guidance, FASB Topic ASC 825 that requires all entities to disclose the fair value of financial instruments, both assets and liabilities recognized and not recognized on the balance sheet, for which it is practicable to estimate fair value, and defines fair value of a financial instrument as the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties. As of October 31, 2011 and 2010 the carrying value of cash, trade receivables, other receivables, accounts payable, approximated their fair value. All derivatives are recorded at fair value evaluated based on Black-Scholes option model.
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f.Fair value measurements
Effective April 1, 2009, the FASB ASC Topic 825, “Financial Instruments,” requires disclosures about fair value of financial instruments in quarterly reports as well as in annual reports.
The FASB ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” clarifies the definition of fair value for financial reporting, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosures about the use of fair value measurements.
Various inputs are considered when determining the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in these securities. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
●Level 1 - observable market inputs that are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
●Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, credit risk, etc.).
●Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the Company’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of financial instruments).
The Company’s adoption of FASB ASC Topic 825 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
The carrying value of financial assets and liabilities recorded at fair value is measured on a recurring or nonrecurring basis. Financial assets and liabilities measured on a non-recurring basis are those that are adjusted to fair value when a significant event occurs. The Company had no financial assets or liabilities carried and measured on a nonrecurring basis during the reporting periods. Financial assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis are those that are adjusted to fair value each time a financial statement is prepared.
The availability of inputs observable in the market varies from instrument to instrument and depends on a variety of factors including the type of instrument, whether the instrument is actively traded, and other characteristics particular to the transaction. For many financial instruments, pricing inputs are readily observable in the market, the valuation methodology used is widely accepted by market participants, and the valuation does not require significant management discretion. For other financial instruments, pricing inputs are less observable in the market and may require management judgment.
g.Revenue recognition
Revenue is recognized in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 104, “Revenue Recognition,” which states that revenue should be recognized when the following criteria are met: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (2) the service has been rendered; (3) the selling price is fixed or determinable; and (4) collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured.
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h.Taxation
Taxation on profits earned in the PRC has been calculated on the estimated assessable profits for the year at the rates of taxation prevailing in the PRC in which the Company operates after taking into effect the benefits from any special tax credits or “tax holidays” allowed in the country of operations.
The Company accounts for income tax under the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of the events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Deferred income taxes are recognized for all significant temporary differences between tax and financial statements bases of assets and liabilities. Valuation allowances are established against net deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.
The Company does not have any long-term deferred tax assets or liabilities in China that will exist once the tax holiday expires. The Company does not have any significant deferred tax asset or liabilities that relate to tax jurisdictions not covered by the tax holiday.
The Company does not accrue United States income tax on unremitted earnings from foreign operations, as it is the Company’s intention to invest these earnings in the foreign operations indefinitely.
Generally, years beginning after fiscal 2006, the Company is open to examination by PRC taxing authorities. In the United States, we are open to examination from 2006 onward.
Enterprise income tax
On March 16, 2007, the PRC National People’s Congress passed the PRC Enterprise Income Tax Law (“New EIT Law”) which became effective on January 1, 2008. Pursuant to the New EIT Law, a unified enterprise income tax rate of 25 percent and unified tax deduction standards will be applied consistently to both domestic-invested enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises. However, the New EIT Law repealed most of the existing preferential tax rates and tax holidays. A five-year transition period is allowed for enterprises that obtained preferential tax treatment under the prior tax regime. Under the prior tax regime, foreign-invested enterprises were generally subject to a 30 percent federal tax rate plus a 3 percent local tax rate for a total tax rate of 33 percent.
CBP China secured preferential tax treatment in the jurisdiction where it conducts its manufacturing activity, where it was granted tax exemption of 10% from the government, for being a new and high-technology enterprise.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis. Deferred tax assets, including tax loss and credit carry forwards, and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect of deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Deferred income tax expense represents the change during the period in the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities. The components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities are individually classified as current and noncurrent based on their characteristics. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
A provision has not been made at October 31, 2011 for U.S. or additional foreign withholding taxes on approximately $79,375,132 of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries because it is the present intention of management to reinvest the undistributed earnings indefinitely in foreign operations. Generally, such earnings become subject to U.S. tax upon the remittance of dividends and under certain other circumstances. It is not practicable to estimate the amount of deferred tax liability on such undistributed earnings.
The Company recognizes that virtually all tax positions in the PRC are not free of some degree of uncertainty due to tax law and policy changes by the State. However, the Company cannot reasonably quantify political risk factors and thus must depend on guidance issued by current State officials.
3.ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In April 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-02 Receivables (Topic 310): A Creditor’s Determination of Whether a Restructuring Is a Troubled Debt Restructuring. This ASU clarifies which loan modifications constitute troubled debt restructurings. It is intended to assist creditors in determining whether a modification of the terms of a receivable meets the criteria to be considered a troubled debt restructuring, both for purposes of recording an impairment loss and for disclosure of troubled debt restructurings. For public companies, this ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after June 15, 2011, and applies retrospectively to restructurings occurring on or after the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. Early application is permitted. It is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04 Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. This ASU is the result of joint efforts by the FASB and International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) to develop a single, converged fair value framework - that is, converged guidance on how (not when) to measure fair value and on what disclosures to provide about fair value measurements. Thus, there are few differences between this ASU and its international counterpart, IFRS 13. While this ASU is largely consistent with existing fair value measurement principles in U.S. GAAP, it expands Topic 820’s existing disclosure requirements for fair value measurements and makes other amendments. Many of these amendments were made to eliminate unnecessary wording differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. However, some could change how the fair value measurement guidance in Topic 820 is applied. This ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 for public entities. It is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05 Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income, which revises the manner in which entities present comprehensive income in their financial statements. This ASU removes the presentation options in Topic 220 and requires entities to report components of comprehensive income in either (1) a continuous statement of comprehensive income or (2) two separate but consecutive statements. This ASU does not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income. For public entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted. This ASU does not require incremental disclosures in addition to those required by Topic 250 or any transition guidance. Because the Company is currently adopted to present comprehensive income within the consolidated statements of changes of equity and therefore, it is expected this ASU would change the presentation of comprehensive income in the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon its adoption. It is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2001-11 Balance Sheet (Topic 210)-Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities: The amendments in this Update will enhance disclosures required by U.S. GAAP by requiring improved information about financial instruments and derivative instruments that are either (1) offset in accordance with either Section 210-20-45 or Section 815-10-45 or (2) subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement, irrespective of whether they are offset in accordance with either Section 210-20-45 or Section 815-10-45. This information will enable users of an entity’s financial statements to evaluate the effect or potential effect of netting arrangements on an entity’s financial position, including the effect or potential effect of rights of setoff associated with certain financial instruments and derivative instruments in the scope of this Update. An entity is required to apply the amendments for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. An entity should provide the disclosures required by those amendments retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. It is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-12 Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): In order to defer only those changes in Update 2011-05 that relate to the presentation of reclassification adjustments, the paragraphs in this Update supersede certain pending paragraphs in Update 2011-05. The amendments are being made to allow the Board time to redeliberate whether to present on the face of the financial statements the effects of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income on the components of net income and other comprehensive income for all periods presented. While the Board is considering the operational concerns about the presentation requirements for reclassification adjustments and the needs of financial statement users for additional information about reclassification adjustments, entities should continue to report 2 reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income consistent with the presentation requirements in effect before Update 2011-05. All other requirements in Update 2011-05 are not affected by this Update, including the requirement to report comprehensive income either in a single continuous financial statement or in two separate but consecutive financial statements. Public entities should apply these requirements for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. Nonpublic entities should begin applying these requirements for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2012, and interim and annual periods thereafter. It is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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4.EARNINGS PER SHARE
When calculating diluted earnings per share for common stock equivalents, the Earnings per Share Topic, ASC 260, requires the Company to include the potential shares that would be outstanding if all outstanding stock options or warrants were exercised. This is offset by shares the Company could repurchase using the proceeds from these hypothetical exercises to obtain the common stock equivalent.
The following reconciles the components of the EPS computation:
For the year ended October 31, 2011, warrants of 160,000 shares and option of 234,998 shares were excluded from calculation of diluted earnings, because the exercise prices exceeded the average price of the Company’s common stock
For the year ended October 31, 2010, warrants of 160,000 shares and option of 70,000 shares were excluded from calculation of diluted earnings, because the exercise prices exceeded the average price of the Company’s common stock.
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5.EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
The full-time employees of the Company’s subsidiary that is incorporated in the PRC are entitled to staff welfare benefits, including medical care, welfare subsidies, unemployment insurance and pension benefits. The PRC companies are required to accrue for these benefits based on certain percentages of the employees’ salaries in accordance with the relevant regulations, and to make contributions to the state-sponsored pension and medical plans out of the amounts accrued for medical and pension benefits. The total amounts expensed to the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for such employee benefits amounted to approximately $353,249 and $401,543 for the years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
6.PREFERRED STOCK, COMMON STOCK AND EQUITY TRANSACTIONS
(1)Preferred Stock
The Company’s articles of incorporation provide that our board of directors will be authorized to issue from time to time, without further stockholder approval, up to 1,000,000 additional shares of preferred stock in one or more series and to fix or alter the designations, preferences, rights and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the shares of each series, including the dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, rights of redemption, including sinking fund provisions, redemption price or prices, liquidation preferences and the number of shares constituting any series or designations of any series. Such shares of preferred stock could have preferences over our common stock with respect to dividends and liquidation rights. As at October 31, 2011 and 2010, there is no preferred stock outstanding.
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Common Stock and Equity Transactions
On May 15, 2009, the Company issued an aggregate of 2,142,856 shares of the Company’s common stock and 1,071,428 warrants with an exercise price of $0.875 per share to Allied Merit International Investments, Inc. and Griffin Ventures Ltd. Total consideration of the issuance was $ 1,500,000.
The fair value of the warrants is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model to be $496,732. The valuation was based on the assumptions noted in the following table.
The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect for the expected term of the warrants at the time of grant. The dividend yield on our common stock is assumed to be zero since we do not pay dividends and have no current plans to pay them in the future. The market price volatility of our common stock was based on historical volatility since May 15, 2008. Our methodology is consistent with prior period volatility assumptions. The expected life of the warrants is based upon our anticipated expectations of exercise behavior since no options have been exercised in the past to provide relevant historical data.
7.OPTION PLAN AND WARRANTS
Share-based compensation amounted to $134,865 and $31,462 in the years ended October 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
(1)2003 Omnibus Plan
On February 28, 2003, our board of directors approved the Renhuang Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2003 Omnibus Securities Plan (the “2003 Plan”), which was approved by our shareholders on April 11, 2003. The 2003 Plan offers selected employees, directors, and consultants an opportunity to acquire our common stock, and serves to encourage such persons to remain employed by us and to attract new employees. The 2003 Plan allows for the award of stock and options, up to 25,000 (after giving effect to the 1-for-30 reverse stock split in 2006) shares of our common stock. On May 1, of each year, the number of shares in the 2003 Securities Plan is automatically adjusted to an amount equal to ten percent of our outstanding stock on October 31, of the immediately preceding year. As of October 31, 2010, the number of shares of common stock outstanding was 37,239,536 making 3,723,954 shares of common stock subject to the 2003 Plan.
1)On April 13, 2010, an option to purchase 70,000 shares was granted under the 2003 Plan to an independent director that vests on a quarterly basis beginning three months from the date of grant, conditioned upon continued service on such quarterly dates, and has a contractual life of 3 years. The fair value of the option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model to be $171,397, of which $57,131 and $31,462 were recorded as compensation expenses for the year ended October 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The valuation was based on the assumptions noted in the following table.
The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect for the expected term of the option at the time of grant. The dividend yield on our common stock is assumed to be zero since we do not pay dividends and have no current plans to pay them in the future. The market price volatility of our common stock was based on historical volatility since April 13, 2009. Our methodology is consistent with prior period volatility assumptions. The expected life of the options is based upon our anticipated expectations of exercise behavior since no options have been exercised in the past to provide relevant historical data.
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b)On December 14, 2010, we appointed Mr. Weiqiu Dong as our chief financial officer. Base on the employment agreement, Mr. Dong received, on December 14, 2010, an option to purchase 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock under the 2003 Omnibus Plan. The option vests 60,000 shares on the first anniversary of the date of grant and 70,000 shares on each of the second and third anniversaries of the date of grant. The Option is conditioned upon continued employment on such date, and has a contractual life of 3 years.
The fair value of the option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model to be $259,251, of which $76,032 was recorded as compensation expenses for the year ended October 31, 2011 and $0 was recorded for the year ended October 31, 2010. The valuation was based on the assumptions noted in the following table.
The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect for the expected term of the option at the time of grant. The dividend yield on our common stock is assumed to be zero since we do not pay dividends and have no current plans to pay them in the future. The market price volatility of our common stock was based on historical volatility since December 13, 2009. Our methodology is consistent with prior period volatility assumptions. The expected life of the options is based upon our anticipated expectations of exercise behavior since no options have been exercised in the past to provide relevant historical data.
c)On October 15, 2011, we entered into an independent director agreement with Mr. Pan, who became our director on October 15, 2011. The agreement provides that Mr. Pan, the Chair of our Audit Committee, will receive (i) a fee of $2,500 per month, (ii) options to purchase 50,000 shares of common stock under the 2003 Plan, at an exercise price of $0.80 per share, which is equal to the closing price of the Company’s common stock on October 15, 2011, subject to vesting on a quarterly basis (4,166 shares of option to vest on the first 11 quarter anniversaries of the grant and 4,174 shares of option to vest on the 12th quarter anniversary of the grant with the initial 4,166 shares of option vesting to commence on January 15, 2012), and with all vesting conditional upon continued service as a director of the Company as of each such anniversary; and (iii) a reimbursement of out-of pocket expenses incidental to his services on the Board. The agreement expires on the earlier of (i) the date Mr. Pan ceases to be a member of the board, or (ii) the date of termination of the Agreement.
The fair value of the option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model to be $34,042, of which $2,837 was recorded as compensation expenses for the year ended October 31, 2011 and $0 was recorded for the year ended October 31, 2010. The valuation was based on the assumptions noted in the following table.
The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect for the expected term of the option at the time of grant. The dividend yield on our common stock is assumed to be zero since we do not pay dividends and have no current plans to pay them in the future. The market price volatility of our common stock was based on historical volatility since October 14, 2010. Our methodology is consistent with prior period volatility assumptions. The expected life of the options is based upon our anticipated expectations of exercise behavior since no options have been exercised in the past to provide relevant historical data.
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(2)2007 Non-Qualified Company Stock Grant and Option Plan
On March 19, 2007, our board of directors approved the 2007 Non-Qualified Company Stock Grant and Option Plan (the “2007 Plan”). The 2007 Plan is intended to serve as an incentive to and to encourage stock ownership by our directors, officers, and employees, and certain persons rendering service to us, so that such persons may acquire or increase their proprietary interest in our success, and to encourage them to remain in our service. Under the 2007, up to 200,000 shares of our common stock may be subject to options.
On January 13, 2010, an option to purchase 50,000 shares was granted under the 2007 Plan to an employee that vests on the 12-month anniversary of the date of grant, conditioned upon continued employment on such date, and has a contractual life of 3 years. The fair value of the option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option valuation model to be $47,527. The valuation was based on the assumptions noted in the following table. The option was forfeited at departure of the employee on August 6, 2010.
The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect for the expected term of the option at the time of grant. The dividend yield on our common stock is assumed to be zero since we do not pay dividends and have no current plans to pay them in the future. The market price volatility of our common stock was based on historical volatility since January 13, 2009. Our methodology is consistent with prior period volatility assumptions. The expected life of the options is based upon our anticipated expectations of exercise behavior since no options have been exercised in the past to provide relevant historical data.
A summary of option activity under the Company’s option plan as of October 31, 2011 and movement during the twelve months then ended are as follow:
A summary of the status of the Company’s non-vested options as of October 31, 2011 and movements during the year then ended are as follow:
As of October 31, 2011, there was $214,424 of unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation granted under the Company’s option plan.
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(3)Warrants
As of October 31, 2011, the Company has 1,231,428 warrants outstanding at an average exercise price of $1.25 per warrant for one share each of the Company’s common stock. The warrants expire in 2012 and 2013.
Information regarding the warrants outstanding at October 31, 2011 is summarized as below:
8.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company has various purchase commitments for materials, supplies and services incident to the ordinary conduct of business, generally for quantities required for the Company’s business and at prevailing market prices. No material annual loss is expected from these commitments and there are no minimum purchase commitments.
The Company and its subsidiaries are self-insured, and they do not carry any property insurance, general liability insurance, or any other insurance that covers the risks of their business operations. As a result any material loss or damage to its properties or other assets, or personal injuries arising from its business operations would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and operations.
The Company is not involved in any legal matters arising in the normal course of business. While incapable of estimation, in the opinion of the management, the individual regulatory and legal matters in which it might involve in the future are not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
(1)Operating lease arrangements
We currently have no lease agreement with any company.
(2)Capital commitments
On October 12, 2009, we entered into a purchase agreement with Harbin Renhuang Pharmaceutical Stock Co. Ltd (“Renhuang Stock”) to acquire the land use right, property and plant located at our Ah City Natural and Biopharmaceutical plant for a total consideration of $25,096,070. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, a payment of $15,685,044 was made to Renhuang Stock in October 2009 and a payment of $7,842,522 was made to Renhuang Stock in January 2011, with a final payment of $1,568,504 will be paid once we received all the related title transfer document from local government, at which time title for the assets will be transferred. According to the agreement, we were exempted from lease payments for the underlying assets starting from May 1, 2010.
On April 10, 2010, CBP China entered into a Purchase Agreement with Hongxiangmingyuan of Heilongjiang Yongtai Company, to acquire two office floors for a total consideration of $6,017,504. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, a payment of $4,212,253 was made in April 2010 and recorded as deposits on the consolidated balance sheet. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, final payment of $1,805,251 is due by December 20, 2012, at which time title for the assets will be transferred. Accordingly the transaction is considered incomplete as at October 31, 2011.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
In January, 2011, CBP China started its Ah City Phase Two project for Siberian Ginseng products development and industrialization and entered into a Construction and Engineering Design Contract (the “Contract”) with Heilongjiang Medical Architecture Design Institute (the “Institute”) for architectural design. A few payments have been made to Institute and relevant local government departments for design and start up fees and we recorded $1,937,103as Construction in progress for Ah City Phase Two project. The estimated total investment for Ah City Phase Two is $18,822,053. In anticipation of the project proceeding, we expect to pay approximately $9,356,129 in our fiscal year 2012 and $7,528,821 in our fiscal year 2013. The project is anticipated to be finished in 2013.
On January 11, 2011, CBP China entered into an Exclusive Licensing Agreement for Harbin Renhuang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. to Use Forest Resources under Yichun Red Star Forestry Bureau (the “Agreement”) with Yichun Red Star Forestry Bureau of Heilongjiang Province (the “Forestry Bureau”) for 30 years exclusive utilizing right of approximately 6,667 hectares of undergrowth resources, which is rich in wild Siberian Ginseng plant and also includes approximately 67 hectares of Siberian Ginseng GAP cultivation base in Heilongjiang Province. Pursuant to the Agreement, a payment of $7,842,522 was made to Forestry Bureau in January 2011, second payment of $6,274,018 was made in October, 2011 and with a final payment of $1,568,504 due in 12 months from the date of Agreement approved by local government authorities for a total consideration of $15,685,044. Siberian Ginseng is a plant with medically-established anti-depressant and mood regulation qualities and is also an active ingredient in our market-leading line of all-natural anti-depressant medications. We will be responsible for continued maintenance and protection of wild resources to make this area a professional Siberian Ginseng base.
In the fourth quarter of our fiscal year 2011, we purchased five patents listed as the following table.
On February 1, 2011, the Company entered into an advertising contract with Harbin Weishi Advertising Company to advertise its products from February 1, 2011 to January 31, 2012 as shown on the following table.
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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
As of October 31, 2011, the Company has capital commitments for purchase of Ah City Nature and Pharmaceutical Plant, two office floors, undergrowth resources right, five patents, advertising contract and Ah City Phase Two construction in progress of approximately $32,406,772. The amounts to be paid in the future years are as follows:
9.SUBSEQUENT EVENT
The Company has been inactive since September 2012.
On February 4, 2021, as a result of a custodianship in Clark County, Nevada, Case Number: A-20-827231-B Custodian Ventures LLC (“Custodian”) was appointed custodian of China Botanic Pharmaceutical, Inc. (the “Company”). On the same date, Custodian appointed David Lazar as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
David Lazar, 30, is a private investor. Mr. Lazar has been a partner at Zenith Partners International since 2013, where he specializes in research and development, sales, and marketing. From 2014 through 2015. Since February of 2018, Mr. Lazar has been the managing member of Custodian Ventures LLC, where he specializes in assisting distressed public companies. Since March 2018, David has acted as the managing member of Activist Investing LLC, which specializes in active investing in distressed public companies. David has a diverse knowledge of financial, legal, and operations management; public company management, accounting, audit preparation, due diligence reviews, and SEC regulations.