UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM
10-Q
[X]
|
QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
|
For the
quarterly period ended September 30, 2009
[ ]
|
TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
|
Commission
file number 333-137134
JADE
ART GROUP INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
|
71-1021813
(IRS
Employer
Identification
Number)
|
#35,
Baita Zhong Road,
Yujiang
County, Jiangxi Province, P.R. of China 335200
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(Zip
Code)
(646)-200-6328
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yes
[X] No [__]
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (229.405 of this
chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes |_| No
|_|
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
|_| Accelerated
filer |_|
Non-accelerated filer
|_| Smaller
reporting company |X|
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes
[__] No [X]
As of
November 17, 2009, 79,980,000 shares of the Registrant’s common stock, $0.001
par value, were outstanding.
JADE ART
GROUP INC.
INDEX
Part
I - Financial Information
|
|
|
Page
|
Item
1.
|
Financial
Statements
|
|
Item
2.
|
Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
|
|
Item
3.
|
Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
|
|
Item
4.
|
Controls
and Procedures
|
|
|
|
|
Part
II - Other Information
|
|
|
|
Item
1.
|
Legal
Proceedings
|
|
Item
1A.
|
Risk
Factors
|
|
Item
2.
|
Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
|
|
Item
3.
|
Defaults
Upon Senior Securities
|
|
Item
4.
|
Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
|
|
Item
5.
|
Other
Information
|
|
Item
6.
|
Exhibits
|
|
Signatures
|
|
PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.
Financial Statements
JADE
ART GROUP INC. AND SUBIDIARIES
|
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
|
AS
OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2009, AND DECEMBER 31, 2008
|
(Unaudited)
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
As
of
|
|
|
As
of
|
|
|
|
September
30,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
4,340,016
|
|
|
$
|
68,956
|
|
Accounts
receivable -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade
($0 allowance for doubtful accounts in 2009 and 2008,
respectively)
|
|
|
8,368,583
|
|
|
|
1,477,770
|
|
Other
|
|
|
34,991
|
|
|
|
19,014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
accounts receivable
|
|
|
8,403,574
|
|
|
|
1,496,784
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
current assets
|
|
|
12,743,590
|
|
|
|
1,565,740
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property
and Equipment:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Office
furniture and equipment
|
|
|
6,526
|
|
|
|
6,526
|
|
Less:
Accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(1,515
|
)
|
|
|
(584
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
property and equipment
|
|
|
5,011
|
|
|
|
5,942
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Distribution
rights, net
|
|
|
63,826,820
|
|
|
|
65,978,151
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
other assets
|
|
|
63,826,820
|
|
|
|
65,978,151
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Assets
|
|
$
|
76,575,421
|
|
|
$
|
67,549,833
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes
payable
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
2,264,851
|
|
Accounts
payable - Trade and accrued liabilities
|
|
|
1,025,914
|
|
|
|
622,208
|
|
Advance
from customers
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
146,314
|
|
Taxes
payable
|
|
|
3,085,819
|
|
|
|
1,268,617
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
|
4,111,733
|
|
|
|
4,301,990
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
|
4,111,733
|
|
|
|
4,301,990
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments
and Contingencies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders'
Equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock, par value $0.001 per share; 500,000,000 shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
authorized;
79,980,000 shares issued and outstanding in 2009,
|
|
|
|
|
|
and
2008, respectively
|
|
|
79,980
|
|
|
|
79,980
|
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
|
3,301,747
|
|
|
|
3,229,016
|
|
Statutory
earnings reserve
|
|
|
2,008,152
|
|
|
|
2,008,152
|
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
|
|
1,101,960
|
|
|
|
1,062,399
|
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
|
65,971,849
|
|
|
|
56,868,296
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
stockholders' equity
|
|
|
72,463,688
|
|
|
|
63,247,843
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
|
|
$
|
76,575,421
|
|
|
$
|
67,549,833
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
JADE
ART GROUP INC. AND SUBIDIARIES
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
|
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009, AND
2008
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended
|
|
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September
30,
|
|
|
September
30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales
|
|
$
|
10,667,585
|
|
|
$
|
7,609,684
|
|
|
$
|
17,592,611
|
|
|
$
|
24,995,461
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of sales
|
|
|
1,486,437
|
|
|
|
1,360,228
|
|
|
|
3,436,507
|
|
|
|
4,160,214
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross
profit
|
|
|
9,181,148
|
|
|
|
6,249,456
|
|
|
|
14,156,104
|
|
|
|
20,835,247
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
531,484
|
|
|
|
629,184
|
|
|
|
1,174,353
|
|
|
|
2,185,771
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
operating expenses
|
|
|
531,484
|
|
|
|
629,184
|
|
|
|
1,174,353
|
|
|
|
2,185,771
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
From Continuing Operations
|
|
|
8,649,664
|
|
|
|
5,620,272
|
|
|
|
12,981,751
|
|
|
|
18,649,476
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
Income (Expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
3,578
|
|
|
|
132,087
|
|
|
|
4,165
|
|
|
|
132,087
|
|
Interest
(expense) and other
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(126,027
|
)
|
|
|
(5,418
|
)
|
|
|
(336,712
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
other income (expense)
|
|
|
3,578
|
|
|
|
6,060
|
|
|
|
(1,253
|
)
|
|
|
(204,625
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
Before Income Taxes From Continuing Operations
|
|
|
8,653,242
|
|
|
|
5,626,332
|
|
|
|
12,980,498
|
|
|
|
18,444,851
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Provision
for Income Taxes
|
|
|
(2,359,012
|
)
|
|
|
(1,664,686
|
)
|
|
|
(3,876,945
|
)
|
|
|
(5,486,689
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Income From Continuing Operations
|
|
|
6,294,230
|
|
|
|
3,961,646
|
|
|
|
9,103,553
|
|
|
|
12,958,162
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discontinued
Operations, net of tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
from woodcarving operations, net of tax
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
96,751
|
|
Income
from transfer of woodcarving
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
operations,
net of tax
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
55,322,615
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Income From Discontinued Operations
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
55,419,366
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Income
|
|
|
6,294,230
|
|
|
|
3,961,646
|
|
|
|
9,103,553
|
|
|
|
68,377,528
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
13,370
|
|
|
|
222,485
|
|
|
|
39,561
|
|
|
|
813,953
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Comprehensive Income
|
|
$
|
6,307,600
|
|
|
$
|
4,184,131
|
|
|
$
|
9,143,114
|
|
|
$
|
69,191,481
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
Per Common Share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per common share - Basic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
0.08
|
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.11
|
|
|
$
|
0.16
|
|
Income
from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
0.69
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$
|
0.08
|
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.11
|
|
|
$
|
0.85
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per common share - Diluted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
0.08
|
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.11
|
|
|
$
|
0.16
|
|
Income
from discontinued operations, net of tax
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
0.00
|
|
|
|
0.68
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$
|
0.08
|
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.11
|
|
|
$
|
0.84
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Number of Common Shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
- Basic
|
|
|
79,980,000
|
|
|
|
79,980,000
|
|
|
|
79,980,000
|
|
|
|
79,980,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Number of Common Shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
- Diluted
|
|
|
79,980,000
|
|
|
|
80,980,000
|
|
|
|
80,300,755
|
|
|
|
80,917,956
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
JADE
ART GROUP INC. AND SUBIDIARIES
|
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
|
FOR
THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009, AND 2008
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
Nine
Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September
30,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
Activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income from continuing operations
|
|
$
|
9,103,553
|
|
|
$
|
12,958,162
|
|
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
provided
by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income from discontinued operations
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
55,419,366
|
|
Income
on transfer of woodcarving operations
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(55,322,615
|
)
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
2,152,262
|
|
|
|
2,148,741
|
|
Valuation
of warrants and options issued
|
|
|
72,731
|
|
|
|
762,362
|
|
Changes
in net assets and liabilities-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable -
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade
|
|
|
(6,890,813
|
)
|
|
|
(7,682,699
|
)
|
Other
|
|
|
(15,977
|
)
|
|
|
(401,040
|
)
|
Interest
receivable
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(132,087
|
)
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
32,256
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(95,631
|
)
|
Accounts
payable - Trade and accured liabilities
|
|
|
403,706
|
|
|
|
1,077,930
|
|
Other
payables
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
321,602
|
|
Notes
payable
|
|
|
(2,264,851
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
Advances
from customers
|
|
|
(146,314
|
)
|
|
|
(59,191
|
)
|
Taxes
payable
|
|
|
1,817,202
|
|
|
|
2,397,910
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Cash Provided by Operating Activities
|
|
|
4,231,499
|
|
|
|
11,425,066
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investing
Activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
of distribution rights
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(8,774,808
|
)
|
Notes
receivable
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(14,652,653
|
)
|
Cash
paid for notes receivable
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,443,966
|
|
Purchases
of property and equipment
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(33,353
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Cash (Used in) Investing Activities
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(22,016,848
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financing
Activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from loans from related party
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
3,000,000
|
|
Proceeds
from notes payable
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
7,000,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Cash Provided by Financing Activities
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
10,000,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect
of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash
|
|
|
39,561
|
|
|
|
813,953
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents
|
|
|
4,271,060
|
|
|
|
222,171
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents - Beginning of Period
|
|
|
68,956
|
|
|
|
301,203
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and Cash Equivalents - End of Period
|
|
$
|
4,340,016
|
|
|
$
|
523,374
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
paid during the periods for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
$
|
5,418
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income
taxes
|
|
$
|
4,623,068
|
|
|
$
|
5,656,657
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
JADE
ART GROUP INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009, AND 2008
(Unaudited)
(1) Summary
of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis
of Presentation and Organization
Jade Art
Group Inc. (the “Company” or "Jade Art"), was incorporated in the State of
Nevada on September 30, 2005, under the name of Vella Productions, Inc.
(“Vella”) and entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the "Merger
Agreement") on October 1, 2007, with its wholly owned subsidiary, VELLA
Merger Sub, Inc., and each of Guoxi Holding Limited ("GHL"), Hua-Cai Song,
Fu-Lan Chen, Mei-Ling Chen, Chen-Qing Luo, Mei-Qing Zhang, Song-Mao Cai,
Shenzhen Hua Yin Guaranty & Investment Company Limited, Top Good
International Limited, Total Giant Group Limited, Total Shine Group Limited,
Sure Believe Enterprises Limited, Think Big Trading Limited, Huge Step
Enterprises Limited and Billion Hero Investments Limited.
Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, GHL merged with VELLA Merger Sub, Inc, with GHL as the
surviving entity. GHL has an operating subsidiary, Jiangxi XiDa (formerly known
as Jiangxi Xi Cheong Lacquer, Inc.) (the “Merger Transaction”). Jiangxi XiDa was
incorporated under the laws of the People’s Republic of China ("PRC") on
December 4, 2006. JiangXi XiDa is located in Yujiang, Jiangxi Province. Jiangxi
XiDa then was engaged in the production of traditional art products, including
religious woodcut lacquer, woodcut decorated furniture and woodcut decorations
used in buildings and for display. As a result of the Merger Transaction, GHL
became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, which, in turn, made the
Company the indirect owner of Jiangxi XiDa. Under the Merger Agreement, in
exchange of surrendering their shares in GHL, the GHL shareholders received an
aggregate of (i) 206,700,000 (68,900,000 before forward split) newly-issued
shares of the Company's common stock, par value $.001 per share (the "Common
Stock") and (ii) $14,334,500, in the form of promissory notes. Under accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States, the share exchange is
considered to be a capital transaction in substance, rather than a business
combination. Thus, the share exchange is equivalent to the issuance
of stock by GHL for the net monetary assets of Vella Productions, Inc. Based on
the consent of the Jade Art Group’s Board and all the GHL shareholders, the
promissory notes are due to be paid on or before June 30, 2009. As of
June 30, 2009, the Company had paid $14,334,500 towards the notes.
Consideration,
including participation in the promissory notes, was distributed pro ratably
among the GHL shareholders in accordance with their respective ownership
interests in GHL immediately before the completion of the Merger
Transaction.
The
acquisition has been accounted for as a reverse merger and recapitalization and,
accordingly, the accompanying consolidated financial statements represent the
historical operations of Jiangxi XiDa and the capital structure of the former
Vella Productions, Inc.
On
November 8, 2007, the Company amended and restated its Articles of Incorporation
to reflect Jade Art Group, Inc. as its new corporate name. On January 11, 2008,
the Company formed a new wholly owned Chinese subsidiary, JiangXi SheTai Jade
Industrial Company Limited (“STJ”), to engage in the processing and sale of
jadeite and jade.
On
January 17, 2008, the Company entered into an Exclusive Distribution Rights
Agreement (the "Agreement") with Wulateqianqi XiKai Mining Co., Ltd. ("XiKai
Mining"). Under the Agreement, XiKai Mining commited to sell to the Company 90%
of the raw jade material produced from its SheTai Jade mine, located in
Wulateqianqi, PRC, for a period of 50 years (the “Exclusive Rights”). In
exchange for these Exclusive Rights, the Company agreed to pay RMB 60 million
(approximately $8.8 million) by March 31, 2009 to XiKai Mining and, to transfer
to XiKai Mining 100% of our ownership interest in all of the Company’s
woodcarving operations, which were contained in Jiangxi XiDa. This transfer of
Jiangxi XiDa was made on February 20, 2008.
The
Agreement further provides that, if the Company requests, production from XiKai
Mining will be no less than 40,000 metric tons per year (the "Minimum
Commitment"), with an initial average cost per ton to be paid by the Company not
to exceed RMB 2,000 (approximately $285). The cost per ton paid by the Company
shall be subject to renegotiation every five years during the term of the
Agreement, with adjustments not to exceed 10% of the cost for the immediately
preceding five year period. Failure by XiKai Mining to supply raw jade material
ordered by the Company within the Minimum Commitment level during any of the
initial five years of the Agreement entitles the Company to payment from XiKai
Mining of RMB 18,000 (approximately $2,500) for each such ton ordered by but not
supplied to the Company during any such fiscal year.
Production
of raw jade by XiKai Mining is limited to 40,000 metric tons per year under
applicable Chinese regulations.
The
Company’s approved scope of business operations includes the production and sale
of jade and related products. For the period ended September 30, 2009, the
principal activity of the Company was the distribution of raw jade.
JADE
ART GROUP INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009, AND 2008
(Unaudited)
Unaudited
Interim Financial Statements
The
accompanying interim consolidated financial statements of the Company as of
September 30, 2009, and December 31, 2008, and for the three months and nine
months ended September 30, 2009, and 2008, are
unaudited. However, in the opinion of management, the interim
consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting only of
normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly Jade Art’s
consolidated financial position as of September 30, 2009, and December 31, 2008,
and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2009, and 2008. These results are not
necessarily indicative of the results expected for the calendar year ending
December 31, 2009. The accompanying consolidated financial statements
and notes thereto do not reflect all disclosures required under accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Refer
to the Company’s audited financial statements as of December 31, 2008, filed
with the SEC for additional information, including significant accounting
policies.
Accounting
Method
The
consolidated financial statements are prepared using the accrual method of
accounting. The Company changed its fiscal year-end from July 31 to December 31
in fiscal year 2007.
Principles of
consolidation
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the
Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant inter-company
transactions and balances have been eliminated on consolidation.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
For
purposes of financial statement presentation, the Company considers all highly
liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less, from the date of
purchase, to be cash equivalents.
Foreign Currency
Translation
The
Company’s functional currency is the Chinese Yuan Renminbi (“RMB”), and
reporting currency is the United States Dollar. The financial statements of the
Company are translated to United States Dollars in accordance with SFAS No.52
“Foreign Currency Translation”. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in
foreign currencies are translated using the exchange rate prevailing at the
balance sheet date. Transactions affecting the Company’s revenue and expense
accounts are translated using an average exchange rate during the period
presented. Gains and losses arising on translation or settlement of
foreign currency denominated transactions or balances are included in the
determination of income. Foreign currency transactions are primarily undertaken
in RMB. Foreign currency translation adjustments are included in other
comprehensive Income and disclosed as a separate category of Stockholders’
Equity.
Accounts
Receivable
The
Company extends unsecured credit to its customers in the ordinary course of
business but mitigates the associated risks by performing credit checks and
actively pursuing past due accounts. An allowance for doubtful
accounts is established and recorded based on management’s assessment of the
credit history with the customer and current relationships with
them.
The
Company makes provision for bad debts based on an assessment of the
recoverability of accounts receivable. Specific provisions are applied to
related-party receivables and third-party receivables where events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the balances may not be collectible. However, due to
the Company’s experience in the sale and distribution of raw jade in 2009, and
the nature of the Company’s business, management did not expect any
uncollectible receivables. As of September 30, 2009, and December 31,
2008, there was no allowance for doubtful accounts recorded.
JADE
ART GROUP INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009, AND 2008
(Unaudited)
Property and
Equipment
Property
and equipment is stated at cost. Betterments and improvements are depreciated
over their estimated useful lives and leaseholds are depreciated over the lesser
of lease life or useful life. Repairs and maintenance expenditures are charged
to expense as incurred. When assets are disposed of, the cost and accumulated
depreciation (the net book value of the assets) is eliminated and any resulting
gain or loss is reflected in the statements of operations. Depreciation is
computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the
assets. The estimated useful lives are as follows:
|
Plant
and machinery
|
10
years
|
|
Furniture
and equipment
|
5
years
|
Revenue
Recognition
The
Company applies the provisions of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 104,
Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements (“SAB 104”), which provides guidance
on the recognition, presentation and disclosure of revenue in financial
statements filed with the SEC. SAB 104 outlines the basic criteria
that must be met to recognize revenue and provides guidance for disclosure
related to revenue recognition policies. Sales revenue is recognized
when (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (2) delivery has occurred
or services rendered; (3) the fee is fixed and determinable; and (4)
collectibility is reasonably assured. The Company determines whether
criteria (3) and (4) are met based on judgments regarding the nature of the
price charged for products and the collectibility of those
fees. Payments received before all of the relevant criteria for
revenue recognition are satisfied are recorded as advances from
customers. Advances from customers as of September 30, 2009, and
December 31, 2008, were $0 and $146,314, respectively. Returns are not permitted
after the customer accepts the product.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
On
January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.
SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy
for disclosures of fair value measurement and enhances disclosure requirements
for fair value measures. The three levels are defined as follows:
Level
1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for
identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
|
|
Level
2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar
assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable
for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for
substantially the full term of the financial
instrument.
|
|
Level
3 inputs to valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the
fair measurement.
|
The
carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for the cash and cash
equivalents, receivables and current liabilities each qualify as financial
instruments and are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short
period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected
realization and their current market rate of interest. The carrying value of
notes payable approximates fair value because negotiated terms and conditions
are consistent with current market rates as of September 30, 2009, and December
31, 2008, respectively.
Earnings
per share
Basic
earning per share is computed by dividing the net loss attributable to the
common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock
outstanding during the periods. Diluted earnings per share is
computed similar to basic earnings per share except that the denominator is
increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been
outstanding if the potential common shares had been issued and if the additional
common shares were dilutive.
Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation
The
Company accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with the fair value
recognition provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”)
No. 123R. Share Based Payments (“SFAS 123R.”). The Company uses the
Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which involves certain subjective
assumptions. These assumptions include estimating the length of time
employees will retain their vested stock options before exercising them, the
number of options for which vesting requirements will not be
completed. Changes in the subjective assumptions can materially
affect estimates of fair value stock-based compensation, and the related amounts
recognized on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive
income.
JADE
ART GROUP INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009, AND 2008
(Unaudited)
Impairment
of Long-Lived Assets
In
accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 144,
“Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” Jade
Art records an impairment of long-lived assets to be held and used or to be
disposed of when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash
flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the carrying
amount.
Income
Taxes
The
Company has adopted Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, which requires the
recognition of deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax
consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or
tax returns. Under this method, deferred tax liabilities and assets are
determined based on the difference between financial statements and tax bases of
assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which
the differences are expected to reverse. Temporary differences between taxable
income reported for financial reporting purposes and income tax purposes are
insignificant.
Foreign
operations of the Company are governed by the Income Tax Laws of the PRC.
Pursuant to the PRC Income Tax Laws, the Enterprise Income Tax (“EIT”) is
imposed at a statutory rate of 25 percent
Concentration
of Risk
Foreign
Operations: All of the Company’s operations and operational assets are located
in the PRC. The Company may be adversely affected by possible political or
economic instability in the PRC. The effect of these factors cannot be
accurately predicted.
Cash: The
Company’s cash accounts are held in foreign bank accounts which are not insured
by the FDIC. At September 30, 2009, and December 31, 2008, the Company’s
cash balance, net of outstanding checks, in its foreign bank accounts were
$4,340,016 and $68,956, respectively.
Major
Customers
For the
nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company had four major customers that
generated sales totaling $14,953,719 or 85% of its total revenues. As
of September 30, 2009, the receivable balance from these customers was
$7,079,578 or 85% of the Company’s accounts receivable. All of the
Company’s revenue is derived from sources within the PRC. The sales from major
customers were as follows:
|
|
For
the nine months ended
September
30,
|
Customers
|
|
2009
|
|
2008
|
A
|
|
22%
|
|
24%
|
B
|
|
21%
|
|
21%
|
C
|
|
21%
|
|
21%
|
D
|
|
21%
|
|
21%
|
JADE
ART GROUP INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009, AND 2008
(Unaudited)
Major
Suppliers
For the
nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company had one major supplier of raw
jade, XiKai Mining, from which the Company purchased 100% of its raw jade. The
total purchase price of raw jade purchased during the nine months period ended
September 30, 2009, and 2008, from this supplier was $3,436,507 and $4,160,214,
respectively. As of September 30, 2009, the accounts payable due to this vendor
was $0. If there were any interruptions of this source of supply, the Company
would have to cease operations until an alternative source of supply could be
found.
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting period. The Company bases its estimates on historical
experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable
under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
(2) Discontinued
Operations
As
discussed in Note 1, on January 18, 2008, the Company announced that it would
transfer 100% of its ownership interest in Jiangxi XiDa and pay approximately
$8.8 million to XiKai Mining, and in return it would receive the Exclusive
Rights to purchase 90% of the raw jade produced by XiKai Mining’s SheTai jade
mine at a predetermined price. The Company commenced its purchasing and
subsequent resale of raw jade in late January
2008. Jiangxi XiDa held all of the Company’s woodcarving operations,
which constituted all of the Company’s previous business operations. The results
of operations for the woodcarving business and the gain resulting from the
transfer are presented in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations as
Discontinued Operations.
Accounting
Principles Board Opinion No. 29, “Accounting for Non-monetary Transactions”
(“APB
29”), requires that the cost of a non-monetary asset acquired in exchange for
another non-monetary asset be the fair value of the asset surrendered to acquire
it and that a gain or loss be recognized as a result of the
exchange. The Company’s woodcarving business was appraised at RMB
430,035,000 (then equivalent to approximately $60,400,000). The value of the
exclusive jade distribution rights were determined as follows:
Fair
value of Jiangxi XiDa wood carving (RMB 430,035,000)
|
|
$
|
60,390,543
|
|
Cash
consideration (RMB 60,000,000)
|
|
|
8,778,861
|
|
Foreign
currency translation
|
|
|
(352,962
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
68,816,442
|
|
The
Exchange Agreement between the two companies was entered into in January 2008,
however, the cash portion of the agreement was not paid until March
2008. As such, the exchange rate had fluctuated during that time
period. Therefore, the Company adjusted the amount by
$352,962. The value allocated to the Exclusive Distribution Rights
acquired in the exchange was $68,816,442 which is amortized on a straight-line
basis over 25 years.
The net
gain on the transfer of the Company’s woodcarving business was $55,322,615 after
the deduction of the carrying value of the net assets of that business. The
exchange of the assets and liabilities of Jiangxi XiDa, and the resulting gain
on discontinued operations is as follows:
Fair
value of Jiangxi XiDa wood carving (RMB 430,035,000)
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
60,390,543
|
|
Total
assets of Jiangxi XiDa
|
|
|
(5,151,444
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Total
liabilities of Jiangxi XiDa
|
|
|
83,516
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,067,928
|
)
|
Realized
gain from the exchange of discontinued operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
55,322,615
|
|
The
following table summarizes the operating results of the discontinued operations
for Jiangxi XiDa for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, and the period
January 1, 2008, through February 20, 2008, respectively.
|
|
September
30,
|
|
|
February
20,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
615,930
|
|
Operating
expenses
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(519,179
|
)
|
Income
from discontinued operations,
Net
of tax
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
96,751
|
|
JADE
ART GROUP INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009, AND 2008
(Unaudited)
(3) Notes
Payable
Pursuant
to the Merger Agreement, the operating company, GHL’s subsidiary, agreed to pay
its shareholders in the amount of $14,334,500, in the form of promissory
notes. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had paid $12,069,649
towards the notes. Subsequently, the Company and the GHL shareholders agreed to
defer payment of these notes until June 30, 2009. As of June 30, 2009, the
Company had paid off the notes.
(4) Intangible
Assets
Jade
Distribution Rights
The
Company accounts for intangible assets in accordance with SFAS No. 142,
“Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” which requires that intangible assets
that have indefinite lives not be amortized but instead be tested at least
annually for impairment, or more frequently when events or a change in
circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. For
indefinite lived intangible assets, impairment is tested by comparing the
carrying value of the asset to its fair value and assessing the ongoing
appropriateness of the indefinite life classification. For
intangible assets with a definite life classification, the Company amortizes the
asset over its useful or economic life, whichever is shorter. At
least quarterly, the Company performs an analysis of impairment of the definite
life intangible assets. In performing this assessment, management
considers current market analysis and appraisal of the asset, along with
estimates of future cash flows. The Company recognizes impairment losses when
undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated from long-lived assets are
less than the amount of unamortized assets. If the Company determines
that the asset has been impaired, a charge to the Company’s statements of
operations is recorded. At September 30, 2009, and December 31, 2008, the
Company determined that there was no impairment to the intangible
assets.
As
discussed in Note 2, the Company transferred its woodcarving operations and
agreed to pay RMB 60 million (approximately $8.8 million) to XiKai Mining. In
return, the Company received the Exclusive Distribution Rights to purchase 90%
of the raw jade produced by XiKai’s SheTai mine at a fixed price for 5 years,
subject to adjustment every 5 years thereafter. The woodcarving operations were
assessed as having a fair value of $60,400,000 at the time of the exchange
agreement. The assessed value plus the cash payment (approximately $8.8 million)
is the basis of the exclusive distribution rights.
Intangible
assets consisted of the following as of September 30, 2009, and December 31,
2008:
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Exclusive
Jade Distribution rights
|
|
$
|
68,816,442
|
|
|
$
|
68,816,442
|
|
Less:
Accumulated amortization
|
|
|
(4,989,622
|
)
|
|
|
(2,838,291
|
)
|
Net
Exclusive Jade Distribution Rights
|
|
$
|
63,826,820
|
|
|
$
|
65,978,151
|
|
The
Company has elected to amortize the exclusive jade distribution rights using
straight-line basis over an economic useful life of 25 years.
JADE
ART GROUP INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009, AND 2008
(Unaudited)
Amortization
expense on the intangible asset has been included in Cost of Sales as it
represents a component of the cost of the jade product acquired by the Company.
The amortization expense was $2,151,331, and $2,121,300 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009, and 2008, respectively.
Further
amortization of these costs is as follows:
Five
Year Disclosure
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
717,110
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2,868,441
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2,868,441
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2,868,441
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2,868,441
|
|
Thereafter
|
|
|
51,635,946
|
|
|
|
|
63,826,820
|
|
(5) Commitments
and Contingencies
As
required under certain relevant PRC laws, the Company participates in the
following employee benefits plans: (i) medical insurance plan; (ii) unemployment
insurance plan, and (iii) state pension plan, all of which are organized by
PRC municipal and provincial governments (collectively, the “General Employee
Benefits”). The Company is required to contribute a fixed percentage
of payroll costs to the General Employee Benefits scheme to fund the
benefits. The only obligation of the Company with respect to the plan
is to make the specified contributions. The Company’s contributions to the plan
for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, and 2008, were $10,365 and
$10,032, respectively.
Lease
Agreement
On
December 10, 2007, the Company entered into a lease agreement with GuoXi Group
located at Yujiang City of Jiangxi Province in the PRC for administrative
operations. The lease has a term of two years and requires monthly payments of
RMB 20,000 (approximately $2,927). Future minimum lease payments are as
follows:
Rent
expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, and 2008 was $26,342 and
$26,244 respectively. The rent expense was for the office space relating to
manage the operations of the jade distribution business.
(6) Statutory
Earnings Reserve
As
stipulated by the Company Law of the PRC, net income after taxes can only be
distributed as dividends after appropriation has been made for the following:
(i) making up cumulative prior years’ losses, if any; (ii) allocations to the
“reserve fund” of at least 10% of income after taxes, as determined under PRC
accounting rules and regulations, until the fund amounts to 50% of the Company’s
registered capital; and (iii) allocations to the “enterprise expansion fund” and
“ Staff and worker’s bonus and welfare fund” of at least 10% and
5%,respectively, if approved in the stockholders’ general meeting. This
regulation was included in the articles of incorporation when the Company was
formed and applied by the Company. As of September 30, 2009, and
December 31, 2008, the total reserves of $2,008,152 and $2,008,152 were
distributed, respectively.
(7) Common
Stock
The
Company has one class of stock. The Company has voting common stock
of 500,000,000 shares authorized, with 79,980,000 shares issued and
outstanding. Dividends relating to the Merger Transaction of
$2,264,851 and $12,069,649 were paid during the periods ended September 30,
2009, and December 31, 2008, respectively. No dividends were declared
during the period ended September 30, 2009.
JADE
ART GROUP INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009, AND 2008
(Unaudited)
On
November 28, 2007, the Company issued 15,000,000 shares (previously 5,000,000
shares before forward split) of its common stock to consultants for services
rendered on behalf of the company. The shares were valued at $1,500,000, which
the Board determined was the fair value of the shares on the date they were
issued.
On
December 7, 2007, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a 3:1 forward stock
split, in the nature of a share dividend, with respect to the shares of the
Company’s common stock issued and outstanding at the close of business on
December 28, 2007. The effect of the forward stock split has been retroactively
applied to all prior stock transactions of the Company.
On April
28, 2008, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized a
one-for-three reverse stock split of its outstanding common
stock. The reverse stock split was approved by a majority of the
Company’s shareholders. The Company’s Board of Directors established May 15,
2008, as the effective date for the reverse stock split. The effect of the
reverse split has been retroactively applied to all prior stock transactions of
the Company.
(8) Common
Stock Warrants and Options
Warrants
On
January 17, 2008, the Company granted warrants to purchase 1,000,000 shares of
the Company’s common stock at a price of $1.08 to its investor relations firm
pursuant to a consulting agreement which the Company entered into with this
firm. Neither the exercise price per share of the warrants, nor the
number of shares for which the warrants are exercisable, were affected by the
Company’s one-for-three reverse stock split in May 2008. These warrants can be
exercised over a three year period. The consulting expense for these services is
recognized on a straight-line basis over the one year period of the related
consulting contract. The Company estimated the fair value of warrants using the
Black-Scholes pricing model and recorded the compensation expenses ratably over
the warrants’ vesting period.
The fair
value of each warrant granted has been estimated on the date of grant using the
Black-Scholes pricing model, using the following assumptions:
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Five
Year Risk Free Interest Rate
|
|
|
2.46
|
%
|
|
|
2.46
|
%
|
Dividend
Yield
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
Volatility
|
|
|
314
|
%
|
|
|
314
|
%
|
Average
Expected Term (Years to Exercise)
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
A summary
of the status of warrants granted as of September 30, 2009 is as
follows:
|
|
For
The Period Ended
September
30, 2009
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
|
|
Outstanding
at January 1, 2008
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
1,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
1.08
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Expired
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2008
|
|
|
1,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
1.08
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Expired
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Outstanding
at September 30, 2009
|
|
|
1,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
1.08
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable
at September 30, 2009
|
|
|
1,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
1.08
|
|
Exercisable
at December 31, 2008
|
|
|
1,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
1.08
|
|
JADE
ART GROUP INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009, AND 2008
(Unaudited)
A summary
of the status of warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2009, was presented
below:
|
|
Warrants
Outstanding
|
|
Warrants
Exercisable
|
Range
of Exercise prices
|
|
Number
Outstanding
|
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Life years
|
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
|
Number
exercisable
|
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
$
1.08
|
|
1,000,000
|
|
2.04
|
|
$
1.08
|
|
1,000,000
|
|
$
1.08
|
The
weighted average grant date fair value of warrants granted during the period
ended September 30, 2009, was $3.03 post reverse spilt. The fair
value of warrants vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2009,
totaled $43,982.
Options
On April
15, 2008, the Company granted to Mr. Khaleel, a member of the Company’sBoard of
Directors, nonqualified stock options to purchase up to 100,000 shares (33,333
post reverse split) of the Company’s common stock (the “Option Shares”),
exercisable at a price of $1.15 per share ($3.45 per share post reverse split)
(a price equal to the closing price per share of the Company’s common stock on
April 15, 2008, as reported by the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board). Options to
purchase one third of the Option Shares were exercisable immediately; options to
purchase an additional one third of the Option Shares may be exercised
commencing April 15, 2009, and options to purchase the remaining one third of
the Option Shares may be exercised commencing April 15, 2010. All
outstanding and unexercised options shall expire on the date that Mr. Khaleel is
no longer serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company or
otherwise engaged by the Company to provide services to the Company. Subject to
the foregoing, the options may be exercised until April 15, 2018, at which time
any such options that have not been exercised shall automatically
expire.
The fair
value of each option granted has been estimated on the date of grant using the
Black-Scholes pricing model, using the following assumptions:
|
|
September
30, 2009
|
|
|
September
30, 2008
|
|
Five
Year Risk Free Interest Rate
|
|
|
3
|
%
|
|
|
-
|
|
Dividend
Yield
|
|
|
0.00
|
%
|
|
|
-
|
|
Volatility
|
|
|
248
|
%
|
|
|
-
|
|
Average
Expected Term (Years to Exercise)
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
A summary
of the status of options granted as of September 30, 2009 is as
follows:
|
|
For
The Period Ended
September
30, 2009
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
|
|
Outstanding
at January 1, 2008
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
33,333
|
|
|
$
|
3.45
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Expired
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2008
|
|
|
33,333
|
|
|
$
|
3.45
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Expired
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Outstanding
at September 30, 2009
|
|
|
33,333
|
|
|
$
|
3.45
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable
at September 30, 2009
|
|
|
11,111
|
|
|
$
|
3.45
|
|
Exercisable
at December 31, 2008
|
|
|
11,111
|
|
|
$
|
3.45
|
|
JADE
ART GROUP INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009, AND 2008
(Unaudited)
A summary
of the status of options outstanding as of September 30, 2009, is presented
below:
|
|
Options
Outstanding
|
|
Options
Exercisable
|
Range
of Exercise prices
|
|
Number
Outstanding
|
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Life (Years)
|
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
|
Number
exercisable
|
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
$
3.45
|
|
33,333
|
|
9.375
|
$
3.45
|
|
11,111
|
|
$
3.45
|
The
aggregate intrinsic value of stock options outstanding and exercisable as of
September 30, 2009, totaled $0. The weighted average grant date fair
value of options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2009, was
$3.42 post reverse split. The fair value of options vested during the
period ended September 30, 2009, totaled $94,227.
(9) Income
Tax
The
Company has adopted Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, which requires the
recognition of deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax
consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or
tax returns. Under this method, deferred tax liabilities and assets
are determined based on the difference between financial statements and tax
bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year
in which the differences are expected to reverse. Temporary
differences between taxable income reported for financial reporting purposes and
income tax purposes are insignificant.
Components
of deferred tax assets as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008
respectively were as follows:
|
|
September
30,
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Net
operating loss carry forward
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Valuation
allowance
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Net
deferred tax asset
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
The
components of current income tax expense as of September 30, 2009, and September
30, 2008, respectively were as follows:
|
|
September
30,
2009
|
|
|
September
30,
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Domestic
- Current
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
Foreign
– Current
|
|
|
3,876,945
|
|
|
|
5,486,689
|
|
Domestic
– Defend
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Foreign
– Defend
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Income
tax expense
|
|
$
|
3,876,945
|
|
|
$
|
5,486,689
|
|
JADE
ART GROUP INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009, AND 2008
(Unaudited)
Because
all of the Company’s operations are conducted by a subsidiary in the PRC, the
income tax provision is not applicable to U.S. taxation.
The
following is a reconciliation of the provision for income taxes at the
prevailing PRC income tax rate to the income taxes reflected in the statement of
operations:
|
|
Nine
months ended
September
30,2009
|
|
Nine
months ended September 30,2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax
expense at statutory PRC rate
|
|
25%
|
|
25%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect
of non-deductible items
|
|
5%
|
|
5%
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax
expense at actual rate
|
|
30%
|
|
30%
|
Due to
uncertainty of the deductibility of consulting and professional expense and
other general and administrative expenses incurred during the nine months ended
September 30, 2009, and 2008, the tax provision did not assume that this expense
would be deductible. The total income tax expense was $3,876,945 and $5,486,689
for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, and September 30, 2008,
respectively.
(10) Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In March
2008, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 161,
“Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment of FASB Statement 133”
(“SFAS No. 161”). SFAS No. 161 enhances required disclosures
regarding derivatives and hedging activities, including enhanced disclosures
regarding how: (a) an entity uses derivative instruments; (b)
derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No.
133,
“Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”
; and (c) derivative
instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position,
financial performance, and cash flows. Specifically, SFAS No. 161
requires:
|
●
|
Disclosure
of the objectives for using derivative instruments in terms of underlying
risk and accounting designation;
|
|
●
|
Disclosure
of the fair values of derivative instruments and their gains and losses in
a tabular format;
|
|
●
|
Disclosure
of information about credit-risk-related contingent features;
and
|
|
●
|
Cross-reference
from the derivative footnote to other footnotes in which
derivative-related information is
disclosed.
|
SFAS No.
161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November
15, 2008. Earlier application is encouraged. The
management of the Company does not expect the adoption of this pronouncement to
have a material impact on its financial statements.
In May
2008, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 162, “
The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles
” (“SFAS No. 162”). SFAS No. 162
identifies the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting
the principles used in the preparation of financial statements of
nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. The
sources of accounting principles that are generally accepted are categorized in
descending order as follows:
|
a)
|
FASB
Statements of Financial Accounting Standards and Interpretations, FASB
Statement 133 Implementation Issues, FASB Staff Positions, and American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Accounting Research
Bulletins and Accounting Principles Board Opinions that are not superseded
by actions of the FASB.
|
|
b)
|
FASB
Technical Bulletins and, if cleared by the FASB, AICPA Industry Audit and
Accounting Guides and Statements of
Position.
|
JADE
ART GROUP INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009, AND 2008
(Unaudited)
|
c)
|
AICPA
Accounting Standards Executive Committee Practice Bulletins that have been
cleared by the FASB, consensus positions of the FASB Emerging Issues Task
Force (EITF), and the Topics discussed in Appendix D of EITF Abstracts
(EITF D-Topics).
|
|
d)
|
Implementation
guides (Q&As) published by the FASB staff, AICPA Accounting
Interpretations, AICPA Industry Audit and Accounting Guides and Statements
of Position not cleared by the FASB, and practices that are widely
recognized and prevalent either generally or in the
industry.
|
On May
26, 2008, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 163, “
Accounting for Financial Guarantee
Insurance Contracts
” (“SFAS No. 163”). SFAS No. 163 clarifies
how FASB Statement No. 60, “
Accounting and Reporting by
Insurance Enterprises
” (“SFAS No. 60”), applies to financial guarantee
insurance contracts issued by insurance enterprises, including the recognition
and measurement of premium revenue and claim liabilities. It also
requires expanded disclosures about financial guarantee insurance
contracts.
The
accounting and disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 163 are intended to improve
the comparability and quality of information provided to users of financial
statements by creating consistency. Diversity exists in practice in
accounting for financial guarantee insurance contracts by insurance enterprises
under SFAS No. 60, “
Accounting
and Reporting by Insurance Enterprises.
” That diversity
results in inconsistencies in the recognition and measurement of claim
liabilities because of differing views about when a loss has been incurred under
FASB Statement No. 5, “
Accounting for Contingencies
”
(“SFAS No. 5”). SFAS No. 163 requires that an insurance enterprise
recognize a claim liability prior to an event of default when there is evidence
that credit deterioration has occurred in an insured financial
obligation. It also requires disclosure about (a) the risk-management
activities used by an insurance enterprise to evaluate credit deterioration in
its insured financial obligations and (b) the insurance enterprise’s
surveillance or watch list.
SFAS No.
163 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2008, and all interim periods within those fiscal years,
except for disclosures about the insurance enterprise’s risk-management
activities. Disclosures about the insurance enterprise’s
risk-management activities are effective the first period beginning after
issuance of SFAS No. 163. Except for those disclosures, earlier
application is not permitted. The management of Jade Art does not
expect the adoption of this pronouncement to have material impact on its
financial statements.
On May
22, 2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 164, “
Not-for-Profit Entities: Mergers and
Acquisitions
” (“SFAS No. 164”). Statement 164 is intended to
improve the relevance, representational faithfulness, and comparability of the
information that a not-for-profit entity provides in its financial reports about
a combination with one or more other not-for-profit entities, businesses, or
nonprofit activities. To accomplish that, this Statement establishes principles
and requirements for how a not-for-profit entity:
|
a.
|
Determines
whether a combination is a merger or an
acquisition.
|
|
b.
|
Applies
the carryover method in accounting for a
merger.
|
|
c.
|
Applies
the acquisition method in accounting for an acquisition, including
determining which of the combining entities the acquirer
is.
|
|
d.
|
Determines
what information to disclose to enable users of financial statements to
evaluate the nature and financial effects of a merger or an
acquisition.
|
This
Statement also improves the information a not-for-profit entity provides about
goodwill and other intangible assets after an acquisition by amending FASB
Statement No. 142,
Goodwill
and Other Intangible Assets
, to make it fully applicable to
not-for-profit entities.
Statement
No. 164 is effective for mergers occurring on or after December 15, 2009, and
acquisitions for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the
first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15,
2009. Early application is prohibited. The management of
the Company does not expect the adoption of this pronouncement to have material
impact on its financial statements.
On May
28, 2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 165, “
Subsequent Events
” (“SFAS No.
165”). Statement 165 establishes general standards of accounting for
and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before
financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. Specifically,
SFAS No. 165 provides:
|
1.
|
The
period after the balance sheet date during which management of a reporting
entity should evaluate events or transactions that may occur for potential
recognition or disclosure in the financial
statements.
|
|
2.
|
The
circumstances under which an entity should recognize events or
transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial
statements.
|
|
3.
|
The
disclosures that an entity should make about events or transactions that
occurred after the balance sheet
date.
|
JADE
ART GROUP INC. & SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER
30, 2009, AND 2008
(Unaudited)
In
accordance with this Statement, an entity should apply the requirements to
interim or annual financial periods ending after June 15, 2009. The
management of the Company does not expect the adoption of this pronouncement to
have material impact on its financial statements.
On June
9, 2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 166, “
Accounting for Transfers of
Financial Assets – an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140
” (“SFAS No.
166”). SFAS No. 166 revises the de-reorganization provision of FASB
Statement No. 140 “
Accounting for Transfers and
Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishment of Liabilities
” and will
require entities to provide more information about sales of securitized
financial assets and similar transactions, particularly if the seller retains
some risk with respect to the assets. It also eliminates the concept
of a "qualifying special-purpose entity."
This
statement is effective for financial asset transfers occurring after the
beginning of an entity's first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2009.
The management of the Company does not expect the adoption of this pronouncement
to have a material impact on its financial statements.
In June
2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement 167, "
Amendments to FASB Interpretation
No. 46(R)
" (“SFAS No. 167”). SFAS No. 167 amends certain
requirements of FASB Interpretation No. 46(R), “
Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities
” to improve financial reporting by companies involved with
variable interest entities and to provide additional disclosures about the
involvement with variable interest entities and any significant changes in risk
exposure due to that involvement. A reporting entity will be required to
disclose how its involvement with a variable interest entity affects the
reporting entity's financial statements.
This
Statement shall be effective as of the beginning of each reporting entity’s
first annual reporting period that begins after November 15,
2009. The management of the Company does not expect the adoption of
this pronouncement to have a material impact on its financial
statements.
In June
2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement 168, "
The FASB Accounting Standards
Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - a
replacement of FASB Statement No. 162
" ("SFAS No. 168"). SFAS No. 168
establishes the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (the "Codification") to
become the single official source of authoritative, nongovernmental US generally
accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The Codification did not change GAAP but
reorganizes the literature.
SFAS No.
168 is effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15,
2009. The management of the Company does not expect the adoption of
this pronouncement to have a material impact on its financial
statements.
Item
2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Cautionary
Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Jade Art
Group Inc. (referred to in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as "we" or the
"Company") desires to take advantage of the "safe harbor" provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This report contains a number
of forward-looking statements that reflect management's current views and
expectations with respect to our business, strategies, future results and events
and financial performance. All statements made in this report, other than
statements of historical fact, including statements that address operating
performance, events or developments that management expects or anticipates will
or may occur in the future, including statements related to future cash flows,
revenues, profitability, adequacy of funds from operations, statements
expressing general optimism about future operating results and non-historical
information, are forward-looking statements. In particular, the words "believe,"
"expect," "intend," "anticipate," "estimate," "may," "plan," "will," variations
of such words and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but
are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements and their absence
does not mean that the statement is not forward-looking.
Forward-looking
statements are subject to certain known and unknown risks and uncertainties,
which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ
materially from historical results as well as those expressed in, anticipated or
implied by these forward-looking statements. We do not undertake any obligation
to revise forward-looking statements to reflect any future events or
circumstances. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences
include, but are not limited to, those set forth in our Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and in our quarterly reports to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with the risks
discussed in our press releases and other communications to shareholders issued
by us from time to time, which attempt to advise interested parties of the risks
and factors that may affect our business. Important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements
herein include, but are not limited to, our ability to raise capital as and when
required, the availability of raw products and other supplies, competition,
environmental risks, the prices of goods and services, government regulations,
and political and economic factors in the People's Republic of China ("China" or
the "PRC") in which our operating subsidiary operates.
Overview
The
Company is a seller and distributor in China of raw jade, ranging in uses from
decorative construction material for both the commercial and residential markets
to high-end jewelry. For more than 30 years, the Company's business consisted of
manufacturing and selling hand and machine-carved wood products, such as
furniture, architectural accents and Buddhist figurines in China. Commencing in
2007, we experienced a reduction of revenue from our woodcarving business, which
largely resulted from increased competition. As a result, we decided to dispose
of our wood products business and to enter the business of raw jade sales and
distribution, which management believed presented a better long-term growth
potential. On January 11, 2008, we formed a new wholly owned Chinese subsidiary,
JiangXi SheTai Jade Industrial Company Limited ("STJ"), to engage in the sale
and distribution of raw jade throughout China. Our goal is to meet China's
increasing demand for jade and to eventually vertically integrate our raw jade
distribution activities with jade processing, carving, polishing, and, at a
later date, retail sales.
On
January 17, 2008, the Company entered into an Exclusive Distribution Rights
Agreement (the "Exchange Agreement") with Wulateqianqi XiKai Mining Co., Ltd.
("XiKai Mining"). Under the Exchange Agreement, XiKai Mining committed to sell
to the Company 90% of the raw jade material produced from its SheTai Jade mine,
located in Wulateqianqi, China, for a period of 50 years (the "Exclusive
Rights"). In exchange for these Exclusive Rights, the Company agreed to pay
XiKai Mining RMB 60 million (approximately $8.8 million) by March 31, 2009, and,
to transfer to XiKai Mining 100% of our ownership interest in all of the
Company's woodcarving operations, which were contained in Jiangxi XiDa. This
transfer of Jiangxi XiDa was made on February 20, 2008.
XiKai
Mining is the Company's sole source for raw jade. Under the Exchange Agreement,
the price for the raw jade material has been set for the first five years at RMB
2000 (approximately $285) per metric ton, and is subsequently subject to
renegotiation every five years with adjustments not to exceed 10%. This mine
commenced operation in 2002, and is estimated to have an annual operating
capacity of approximately 40,000 metric tons by 2009. It has one of the largest
jade reserves in China. According to a survey report issued by the Inner
Mongolia Geological Institution, the mine has proven and probable reserves of
approximately six million metric tons. SheTai Jade is a form of jadeite found in
the mountain ranges of Inner Mongolia, China. The jade from the SheTai mine is
stainless, non-corrosive, non-weathering and unfadable. It has a glassy luster
and a pure and an attractive green color. It is also much harder and more
durable than other forms of jade. As a result of such characteristics, SheTai
Jade has a broad spectrum of applications, ranging from commercial and
residential construction, and decorative jade artwork to intricately carved jade
jewelry.
We
commenced the distribution and sale of jade in January 2008. During the quarter
ended March 31, 2008, we entered into five contracts for the sale of raw jade.
During the quarter ended June 30, 2008, the Company entered into one additional
contract. The total
value of
these contracts is approximately $42 million. The contracts require the
customers to purchase specified amounts raw jade over periods ranging from six
months to one year at times which are at the discretion of the customer. The
contracts for the sale of raw jade generally provide that the Company is to
receive 30% of the contracted value of the order before shipment, with the
balance to be paid within 10 days after customer's inspection and acceptance of
the jade. However, the Company's customers generally have, instead, paid the
balance within 45 days after shipment. Xikai Mining mines the raw jade and
prepares the raw jade for pick-up by the Company's customers at a warehouse
which Xikai Mining maintains near its She Tai Jade mine.
The
supply of Jade from XiKai Mining was interrupted on June 10, 2008, when an
earthquake damaged the sole road on which raw jade is transported from Xikai
Mining's warehouse. A smaller service road was still navigable, allowing basic
mining operations to continue. The mine was able to continue to mine raw jade,
cut jade and prepared for pick-up by the Company's customers at the warehouse,
however due to the larger tonnage requirements, the shipments of raw jade from
the warehouse by the Company's customers were completely halted. The road was
subsequently repaired and the shipments of raw jade from the mine commenced
again on September 23, 2008. As a result of the interruption in the shipments of
raw jade from the SheTai Jade mine, the Company's revenues in its second quarter
ended June 30, 2008, and its third quarter ended September 30, 2008, were
substantially below the levels which the Company had anticipated.
The
Company had sales revenue of $10,667,585 during the quarter ended September 30,
2009. These sales resulted from orders for raw jade received by the Company from
existing customers in 2008. As more fully described below, because of the
downturn in the Chinese economy, the Company did not acquire any new customers
or enter into any new contracts with existing customers during the first nine
months of 2009.
Results
of Operations
The
following table presents certain information, relating solely to our continuing
operations, derived from the consolidated statements of operations of the
Company for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.
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Three
months ended
September
30, 2009
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Nine
months ended
September
30, 2009
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Revenues
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$
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10,667,585
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$
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17,592,611
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Cost
of Sales
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$
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1,486,437
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$
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3,436,507
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Gross
Profit
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$
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9,181,148
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$
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14,156,104
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Selling,
General and
Administrative
Expenses
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$
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531,484
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$
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1,174,353
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Income
from Operations
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|
$
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8,649,664
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$
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12,981,751
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Interest
Income (Expense)
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$
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3,578
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$
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(1,253
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)
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Income
from Continuing
Operations
before Taxes
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$
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8,653,242
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$
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12,980,498
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Income
Tax Expense
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$
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(2,359,012
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)
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$
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(3,876,945
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)
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Net
Income from Continuing
Operations
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$
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6,294,230
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$
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9,103,553
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Net
Income
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$
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6,294,230
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$
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9,103,553
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Revenue.
Subsequent
to the acquisition of the Exclusive Rights pursuant to the Exchange Agreement,
The Company's sales revenue has been derived solely from the sale of raw jade.
The revenue from the sale of raw jade was $10,667,585 and $17,592,611 for the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, compared to
$7,609,684 and $24,995,461 for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2008, an increase of $3,057,901, or 40%, and a decrease of $7,402,850, or 30%
respectively. The increase in revenue resulted from an increase in orders of raw
jade received by the Company from our customers due to better economic
environment and the new sales policy of our company. Having experienced a
slowing growth rate, Chinese economy is recovering and showing great
improvement. This has a positive impact on the commercial and residential
construction markets and the high-end jewelry market into which the company
sells raw jade. The new sales policy, reduction on the rate of sales advances on
new orders from 30% to 10%, is another factor that contributes improving the
revenue.
Cost of
Sales
. The cost of sales was $1,486,437 and $3,436,507 during
the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively,
compared to $1,360,228 and $4,160,214 during the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2008, an increase of $126,209, or 9%, and a decrease of $723,707,
or 17%, respectively. The increase is primarily due to the increase
in sales in the third quarter of 2009.
Gross
Profit
. The resulting gross profit for the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2009 was $9,181,148 and $14,156,104, respectively,
which represented approximately 86% and 81% of revenue, respectively, compared
to $6,249,456 and $20,835,247 for
the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2008, which represented approximately 82%
and 83% of revenue, respectively. The increase of the percentage of gross profit
to revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2009 is primarily due to the
increase in sales in the nine months of 2009.
Selling, General
and Administrative Expenses
. Selling, General and
Administrative Expenses (SG&A) were $531,484 and $1,174,353 for the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, compared to $629,184 and
$2,185,771 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, a decrease of
$97,700, or 16%, and $1,011,418, or 46%, respectively. The decrease in SG&A
was mainly due to the decrease in the Company's normal operational activities,
especially the US operation.
Income Before
Taxes From Continuing Operations
. Income before taxes from
continuing operations was $8,653,242 and $12,980,498 for the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, compared to $5,626,332 and
$18,444,851 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, an increase
of $3,026,910, or 54%, and a decrease of $5,464,353, or 30%,
respectively. The increase of the third quarter ended September 30,
2009 is primarily due to the same reason that affects our revenue
above. The income resulted primarily from the sale of raw jade from
SheTai mine by the Company.
Income Tax
Expense
. The income tax expense pertaining to continuing
operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $2,359,012
and $3,876,945, compared to $1,664,686 and $5,486,689 for the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2008, respectively, an increase of $694,326, or 42%,
and a decrease of $1,639,744, or 30%, respectively. The increase of
the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 is primarily due to the increase in
revenue.
Net Income From
Continuing Operations
. The Company recorded Net Income from
Continuing Operations of $6,294,230 and $9,103,553 during the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, compared to $3,961,646 and
$12,958,162 recorded during the three months ended September 30, 2008, an
increase of $2,332,584, or 59%, and a decrease of $3,854,609, or 30%,
respectively. This increase of the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 is
primarily due to the increase in our revenue as explained above.
Net
Income
. The net income for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2009 was $6,294,230 and $9,103,553, respectively, compared to
$3,961,646 and $68,377,528 for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2008, an increase of $2,332,584, or 59%, and a decrease of $59,273,975, or 96%,
respectively. This increase of the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 is
primarily due to the increase in our revenue as explained above; and the huge
discrepancy for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 is the fact that net
income from discontinued operations, totaling $55,419,366, was included in net
income for the first quarter of 2008, which contributes 93% of the
difference.
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
As of
September 30, 2009, the Company's cash was $4,340,016 as compared to $523,374 as
of September 30, 2008.
Cash
Flow
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Nine
months ended
September
30, 2009
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Nine
months ended
September
30, 2008
|
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Net
cash provided by operating activities
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$
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4,231,499
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$
|
11,425,066
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Net
cash (used by) investing activities
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|
|
-
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$
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(22,016,848
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)
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Net
cash provided (used) by financing activities
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|
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-
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|
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$
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10,000,000
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Effect
of exchange rate changes
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$
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39,561
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|
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$
|
813,953
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Net
cash inflow
|
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$
|
4,271,060
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$
|
222,171
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During
the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company met its working capital
and capital investment requirements by using operating cash flows. The Company
is obligated to pay the remaining balance of $903,074 owed to former GHL
shareholders in connection with the Merger Transaction on or before March 31,
2010, together with interest at the rate of 4% per year.
Net
Cash Provided by Operating Activities
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company had net cash flow from
operating activities of $4,231,499, compared to $11,425,066 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2008, a $7,193,567 decrease, or 63%, primarily attributable
to the decrease in net income from continuing operation and advances from our
customers.
Net
Cash Provided (Used in) Investing Activities and Financing
Activities
The
Company used $0.00 in its Investing Activities during the nine months ended
September 30, 2009, compared to $22,016,848 used in investing activities for the
nine months ended September 30, 2008.
The
Chinese economy has experienced a slowing growth rate due to a number of
factors, including the global economic crisis, the appreciation of the RMB and
economic and monetary policies adopted by the Chinese government aimed at
preventing overheating of the Chinese economy and inflation. This has had a
negative impact on the commercial and residential construction markets and the
high-end jewelry markets into which the Company sells raw jade. As demand has
declined, our customers have been negatively affected which, in turn, has
resulted in a slowdown in customer orders and the inability of the Company to
obtain new customers in the second half of 2008, and the first half of 2009. The
Company cannot predict how long the downturn in the Chinese economy will last,
the continuing impact of the downturn on its business and operating results and
the timing of any subsequent recovery.
The
Company has continued to receive orders from, and make sales to, its existing
customers through its quarter ended September 30, 2009. However, the Company has
not obtained new customers since the second quarter ended June 30, 2008. Four of
the Company's nine customers have fulfilled their purchase obligations under
their respective contracts with the Company. Two of the Company's customers
remain obligated to purchase a total of 3,750 metric tons of raw jade, for a
total purchase price of $11.5 million. However, as a result of the adverse
impact of the downturn in the Chinese economy on these customers, the Company
has informally agreed to extend the period in which the customers must fulfill
their purchase obligations to a date to be mutually agreed upon in the
future.
Due to
the nature of the Company's business as a reseller and distributor of raw jade,
principal components of the Company's overhead, such as salaries and lease
obligations, are relatively low. Management presently anticipates that the
Company's present cash on hand and cash expected to be generated from operating
activities will, under current conditions, be sufficient to finance the
Company's planned operations until December 31,
2010. Subsequent to that time, in the event that the Company
does not obtain new customers or new orders from existing customers, the Company
will not be able to meet its operating expenses with cash flow from operations.
Under such circumstances, the Company would need to obtain additional debt or
equity financing.
The
Company does not have any credit facilities with banks or other
lenders. Furthermore, the economic downturn and the deterioration in
equity and credit markets generally has made obtaining financing more difficult
and costly and potentially more dilutive to our existing investors. The failure
to secure any necessary additional financing in a timely manner and on favorable
terms could have a material adverse affect on our ability to conduct our
operations, satisfy our existing debt obligations and to implement our expansion
plans.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
The
following discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of
operations are based upon the Company's consolidated financial statements, which
have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America. The Company's significant accounting policies
are more fully described in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements. Certain accounting estimates are particularly important to the
understanding of the Company's financial position and results of operations and
require the application of significant judgment by the Company's management or
can be materially affected by changes from period to period in economic factors
or conditions that are outside the control of management. The Company's
management uses its judgment to determine the appropriate assumptions to be used
in the determination of certain estimates. Those estimates are based on
historical operations, future business plans and projected financial results,
the terms of existing contracts, the observance of trends in the industry,
information provided by customers and information available from other outside
sources, as appropriate. The following discusses the Company's critical
accounting policies and estimates.
Accounting
Method
. The consolidated financial statements are prepared
using the accrual method of accounting. The Company changed its fiscal year-end
from July 31 to December 31 in fiscal year 2007.
Principles of
Consolidation
. The consolidated financial statements include
the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant
inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated on
consolidation.
Use of
Estimates
. The preparation of financial statements in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities
and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and
on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the
circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Foreign Currency
Translation
. The Company's functional currency is the Chinese
Yuan Renminbi ("RMB"), and reporting currency is the United States Dollar. The
financial statements of the Company are translated to United States Dollars in
accordance with SFAS No.52 "Foreign Currency Translation". Monetary assets and
liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated using the exchange
rate prevailing at the balance sheet date. Transactions affecting the Company's
revenue and expense accounts are translated using an average exchange rate
during the period presented. Gains and losses arising on translation or
settlement of foreign currency denominated transactions or balances are included
in the determination of income. Foreign currency transactions are primarily
undertaken in RMB. Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments are included in
Other Comprehensive Income and disclosed as a separate category of Stockholders'
Equity.
Accounts Receivable and Notes
Receivable
. The Company extends unsecured credit to its
customers in the ordinary course of business but mitigates the associated risks
by performing credit checks and actively pursuing past due accounts. An
allowance for doubtful accounts is established and recorded based on
management's assessment of the credit history with the customer and current
relationships with them.
The
Company makes provision for bad debts based on an assessment of the
recoverability of accounts receivable. Specific provisions are applied to
related-party receivables and third-party receivables where events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the balances may not be collectible. However, due to
the Company's experience in the sale and distribution of raw jade in 2008, and
the nature of the Company's business, management did not expect any
uncollectible receivables. As of March 31, 2009, there was no allowance recorded
for the doubtful accounts.
Inventories.
During
2007, raw materials and supplies were stated at the lower of cost (computed on
an average cost basis) or market. Work-in-process and finished goods were stated
at the lower of average cost or market. If required, the Company provided
inventory allowances based on excess and obsolete inventories determined
principally by customer demand. This policy only applied to the Company's
woodcarving business that was discontinued in early 2008.
Revenue
Recognition
. The Company applies the provisions of SEC Staff
Accounting Bulletin ("SAB") No. 104, Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements
("SAB 104"), which provides guidance on the recognition, presentation and
disclosure of revenue in financial statements filed with the SEC. SAB 104
outlines the basic criteria that must be met to recognize revenue and provides
guidance for disclosure related to revenue recognition policies. Sales revenue
is recognized when (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (2)
delivery has occurred or services rendered; (3) the fee is fixed and
determinable; and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. The Company
determines whether criteria (3) and (4) are met based on judgments regarding the
nature of the price charged for products and the collectability of those fees.
Payments received before all of the relevant criteria for revenue recognition
are satisfied are recorded as advances from customers.
Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation
. The Company accounts for stock-based
compensation in accordance with the fair value recognition provisions of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 123R. Share Based
Payments ("SFAS 123R."). The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing
model, which involves certain subjective assumptions. These assumptions include
estimating the length of time employees will retain their vested stock options
before exercising them ("expected term"), the number of options for which
vesting requirements will not be completed ("forfeitures"). Changes in the
subjective assumptions can materially affect estimates of fair value stock-based
compensation, and the related amount recognized on the consolidated statement of
operations.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In March
2008, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment of FASB Statement 133” (“SFAS
No. 161”). SFAS No. 161 enhances required disclosures regarding
derivatives and hedging activities, including enhanced disclosures regarding
how: (a) an entity uses derivative instruments; (b) derivative
instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No. 133,
“Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”; and (c)
derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial
position, financial performance, and cash flows. Specifically, SFAS
No. 161 requires:
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Disclosure
of the objectives for using derivative instruments in terms of underlying
risk and accounting designation;
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·
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Disclosure
of the fair values of derivative instruments and their gains and losses in
a tabular format;
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·
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Disclosure
of information about credit-risk-related contingent features;
and
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Cross-reference
from the derivative footnote to other footnotes in which
derivative-related information is
disclosed.
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SFAS No.
161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November
15, 2008. Earlier application is encouraged. The
management of the Company does not expect the adoption of this pronouncement to
have a material impact on its financial statements.
In May
2008, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 162, “The Hierarchy of Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles” (“SFAS No. 162”). SFAS No. 162
identifies the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting
the principles used in the preparation of financial statements of
nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. The
sources of accounting principles that are generally accepted are categorized in
descending order as follows:
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FASB
Statements of Financial Accounting Standards and Interpretations, FASB
Statement 133 Implementation Issues, FASB Staff Positions, and American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Accounting Research
Bulletins and Accounting Principles Board Opinions that are not superseded
by actions of the FASB.
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FASB
Technical Bulletins and, if cleared by the FASB, AICPA Industry Audit and
Accounting Guides and Statements of
Position.
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AICPA
Accounting Standards Executive Committee Practice Bulletins that have been
cleared by the FASB, consensus positions of the FASB Emerging Issues Task
Force (EITF), and the Topics discussed in Appendix D of EITF Abstracts
(EITF D-Topics).
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Implementation
guides (Q&As) published by the FASB staff, AICPA Accounting
Interpretations, AICPA Industry Audit and Accounting Guides and Statements
of Position not cleared by the FASB, and practices that are widely
recognized and prevalent either generally or in the
industry.
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On May
26, 2008, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 163, “Accounting for Financial
Guarantee Insurance Contracts” (“SFAS No. 163”). SFAS No. 163
clarifies how FASB Statement No. 60, “Accounting and Reporting by Insurance
Enterprises” (“SFAS No. 60”), applies to financial guarantee insurance contracts
issued by insurance enterprises, including the recognition and measurement of
premium revenue and claim liabilities. It also requires expanded
disclosures about financial guarantee insurance contracts.
The
accounting and disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 163 are intended to improve
the comparability and quality of information provided to users of financial
statements by creating consistency. Diversity exists in practice in
accounting for financial guarantee insurance contracts by insurance enterprises
under SFAS No. 60, “Accounting and Reporting by Insurance
Enterprises.” That diversity results in inconsistencies in the
recognition and measurement of claim liabilities because of differing views
about when a loss has been incurred under FASB Statement No. 5, “Accounting for
Contingencies” (“SFAS No. 5”). SFAS No. 163 requires that an
insurance enterprise recognize a claim liability prior to an event of default
when there is evidence that credit deterioration has occurred in an insured
financial obligation. It also requires disclosure about (a) the
risk-management activities used by an insurance enterprise to evaluate credit
deterioration in its insured financial obligations and (b) the insurance
enterprise’s surveillance or watch list.
SFAS No.
163 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2008, and all interim periods within those fiscal years,
except for disclosures about the insurance enterprise’s risk-management
activities. Disclosures about the insurance enterprise’s
risk-management activities are effective the first period beginning after
issuance of SFAS No. 163. Except for those disclosures, earlier
application is not permitted. Management of the Company does not expect the
adoption of this pronouncement to have material impact on its financial
statements.
On May
22, 2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 164, “Not-for-Profit Entities:
Mergers and Acquisitions” (“SFAS No. 164”). Statement 164 is intended
to improve the relevance, representational faithfulness, and comparability of
the information that a not-for-profit entity provides in its financial reports
about a combination with one or more other not-for-profit entities, businesses,
or nonprofit activities. To accomplish that, this Statement establishes
principles and requirements for how a not-for-profit entity:
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e.
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Determines
whether a combination is a merger or an
acquisition.
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f.
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Applies
the carryover method in accounting for a
merger.
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g.
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Applies
the acquisition method in accounting for an acquisition, including
determining which of the combining entities the acquirer
is.
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h.
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Determines
what information to disclose to enable users of financial statements to
evaluate the nature and financial effects of a merger or an
acquisition.
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This
Statement also improves the information a not-for-profit entity provides about
goodwill and other intangible assets after an acquisition by amending FASB
Statement No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, to make it fully
applicable to not-for-profit entities.
Statement
164 is effective for mergers occurring on or after December 15, 2009, and
acquisitions for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the
first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15,
2009. Early application is prohibited. The management of
the Company does not expect the adoption of this pronouncement to have material
impact on its financial statements.
On May
28, 2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 165, “Subsequent Events” (“SFAS No.
165”). Statement 165 establishes general standards of accounting for
and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before
financial statements are issued or are available to be issued. Specifically,
Statement 165 provides:
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The
period after the balance sheet date during which management of a reporting
entity should evaluate events or transactions that may occur for potential
recognition or disclosure in the financial
statements.
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The
circumstances under which an entity should recognize events or
transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial
statements.
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The
disclosures that an entity should make about events or transactions that
occurred after the balance sheet
date.
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In
accordance with this Statement, an entity should apply the requirements to
interim or annual financial periods ending after June 15, 2009. The
management of the Company does not expect the adoption of this pronouncement to
have material impact on its financial statements.
On June
9, 2009, the FASB issued FASB Statement No. 166, “Accounting for Transfers of
Financial Assets- an amendment of FASB Statement No, 140” (“SFAS No.166”). SFAS
No.166 revises the derecognization provision of SFAS No. 140 “Accounting for
Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishment of Liabilities”
and will require entities to provide more information about sales of securitized
financial assets and similar transactions, particularly if the seller retains
some risk with respect to the assets. It also eliminates the concept of a
"qualifying special-purpose entity."
This
statement is effective for financial asset transfers occurring after the
beginning of an entity's first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2009.
The management of Jade Art Group does not expect the adoption of this
pronouncement to have material impact on its financial statements.
In June
2009, the FASB issued SFAS 167 "Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R)."
SFAS No.167 amends certain requirements of FASB Interpretation No. 46(R),
“Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities” to improve financial reporting by
companies involved with variable interest entities and to provide additional
disclosures about the involvement with variable interest entities and any
significant changes in risk exposure due to that involvement. A reporting entity
will be required to disclose how its involvement with a variable interest entity
affects the reporting entity's financial statements.
This
Statement shall be effective as of the beginning of each reporting entity’s
first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009. The
management of Jade Art Group does not expect the adoption of this pronouncement
to have material impact on its financial statements.
In June
2009, the FASB issued SFAS 168, "The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and
the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principle - a replacement of FASB
Statement No. 162" ("SFAS No.168"). SFAS No.168 establishes the FASB Accounting
Standards Codification (the "Codification") to become the single official source
of authoritative, nongovernmental US generally accepted accounting principles
(GAAP). The Codification did not change GAAP but reorganizes the
literature.
SFAS
No.168 is effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15,
2009. The management of Jade Art Group does not expect the adoption
of this pronouncement to have material impact on its financial
statements.
Item
3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
The
Company's principal wholly owned subsidiary operates in China, and is exposed to
foreign exchange rate fluctuations related to the translation of the financial
results of our operations in China into U.S. dollars during consolidation. The
value of the RMB-to-U.S. dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is
affected by, among other things, changes in political and economic conditions.
As exchange rates fluctuate, these results, when translated, may vary from
expectations and adversely impact overall expected
profitability.
Since
1994, the conversion of RMB into foreign currencies, including U.S. dollars, had
been based on rates set by the People's Bank of China, which are set daily based
on the previous day's inter-bank foreign exchange market rates and current
exchange rates on the world financial markets. Since 1994, the official exchange
rate for the conversion of RMB to U.S. dollars had generally been stable and RMB
had appreciated slightly against the U.S. dollar.
However,
on July 21, 2005, the Chinese government changed its policy of pegging the value
of RMB to the U.S. dollar. Under the new policy, RMB may fluctuate within a
narrow and managed band against a basket of certain foreign currencies. Recently
there has been increased political pressure on the Chinese government to
decouple the RMB from the United States dollar. At the recent quarterly regular
meeting of People's Bank of China, its Currency Policy Committee affirmed the
effects of the reform on RMB exchange rate.
Since
February 2006, the new currency rate system has operated; the currency rate of
RMB has become more flexible while basically maintaining stability and the
expectation for a larger appreciation range is shrinking.
The
Company has never engaged in currency hedging operations and has no present
intention to do so.
Item 4. Controls and
Procedures
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Disclosure
Controls and Procedures
We
maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and that such information is
accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions
regarding required disclosure based closely on the definition of "disclosure
controls and procedures" in Rule 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. In designing
and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized
that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can
provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives,
and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the
cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
At the
end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report, we carried out an
evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management,
including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the
effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls
and procedures. Based upon the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer concluded that, as of September 30, 2009, the disclosure
controls and procedures of the Company were effective to ensure that the
information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports was recorded,
processed, summarized and reported on a timely basis.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
The
Company's former independent registered public accounting firm advised the
Company of the following material weakness in its financial reporting: lack of
sufficient resources to identify and properly address technical SEC reporting
issues.
There
were no changes in internal controls over financial reporting that occurred
during the quarter ended June 30, 2009, that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
PART
II
OTHER
INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal Proceedings.
None.
Item
1A. Risk Factors.
A
discussion of risk factors of the company is set forth in Part I, Item IA or the
company's report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008.
Item
2. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities; Use of Proceeds.
None.
Item
3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None
Item
4. Submission of Matters to Vote of Security Holders.
None
Item
5. Other Information.
None.
Item
6. Exhibits.
(a)
Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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31.1
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Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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31.2
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Certification
of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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32.1
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Certification
of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule
15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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32.2
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Certification
of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule
15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly
caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
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JADE
ART GROUP INC.
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Date:
November 18, 2009
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/s/
Hua-Cai Song
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Hua-Cai
Song
Chief
Executive Officer
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Date:
November 18, 2009
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/s/
Chen-Qing Luo
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Chen-Qing
Luo
Chief
Financial Officer
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