As
Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2010
Registration
No. _____
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
S-1
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
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3911
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13-3883101
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Code
Number)
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(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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15
Huangpu Science and Technology Park
Jiang'an
District
Wuhan, Hubei Province,
PRC
430023
(011)
86 20 87553818
(Address
and Telephone Number of
Principal
Executive Offices and Principal Place of Business)
Corporation
Service Company
271
Centerville Road
Suite
300
Wilmington,
DE 9808
(302) 636
-5401
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including
area code, of agent for service)
Copies
to:
Paul
Goodman, Esq.
Andrew
Zizmor, Esq.
Cyruli
Shanks Hart & Zizmor, LLP
420
Lexington Avenue
Suite
2320
New
York, NY 10170
Telephone:
(212) 661-6800
Fax:
(212) 661-5350
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Yvan-Claude
Pierre, Esq.
William
Haddad, Esq.
DLA
Piper, LLP (US)
1251
Avenue of the Americas
New
York, NY 10020
Telephone:
(212) 335-4500
Fax:
(917) 778-8670
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Approximate date of commencement of
proposed sale to the public
: From time to time after the Registration
Statement has been declared effective.
If any of
the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933,
check the following box.
o
If
this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering.
o
If
this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under
the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering.
o
If
this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under
the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering.
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.
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Large
accelerated filer
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Accelerated
filer
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Non-accelerated
filer
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Smaller
reporting company
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class
of Securities
to be Registered
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Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price (1)(2)
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Amount of
Registration
Fee
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Common stock, par
value $0.001 per share
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$
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25,000,000
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$
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1,783
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TOTAL
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$
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25,000,000
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$
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1,783
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(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in
accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
(2)
Excludes shares that the underwriter has the option to purchase to cover
over-allotments, if any.
The registrant hereby amends this
registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its
effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which
specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become
effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until
the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities
and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may
determine.
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The
information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be
changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This
preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and is not
an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is
not permitted.
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PRELIMINARY
PROSPECTUS
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SUBJECT
TO COMPLETION. DATED _________,
2010
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$25,000,000
OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
We are
offering $25,000,000 of shares of our common stock. The number of
shares that we will offer will be determined based upon the public offering
price per share. Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the
symbol “KGJI.” The last reported market price of our shares of common stock on
June 17, 2010 was $2.60. We have applied for listing of our common stock on the
NASDAQ Global Market and, if approved, our common stock will trade under the
symbol “KGJI.”
Investing
in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors”
beginning on page 21 for certain factors relating to an investment in our
securities. Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or
determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the
contrary is a criminal offense.
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Per Share
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Total
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Public
offering price
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$
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$
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Underwriting
discounts and commissions
(1)
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$
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Proceeds
to us, before expenses
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(1) See
“Underwriting” for a description of compensation payable to the
underwriter.
We have
granted a 45 day option to Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, the underwriter, to
purchase up to an additional $3,750,000 of shares of common stock from us on the
same terms as set forth above. If the underwriter exercises its right to
purchase all of such additional shares of common stock, such shares will be
purchased at the public offering price less the underwriting
discount. The shares issuable upon exercise of the underwriter option
are identical to those offered by this prospectus and have been registered under
the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
The
underwriter expects to deliver the shares of common stock to purchasers in the
offering against payment in New York, New York on or
about ,
2010.
The date
of this prospectus is _______, 2010
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Prospectus
Summary
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9
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Summary
of Consolidated Financial Statements
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19
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Risk
Factors
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21
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Use
of Proceeds
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42
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Capitalization
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42
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Market
For Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
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43
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Selected
Summary Financial Data
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44
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis Of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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Business
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Director
and Executive Officers
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Director
and Executive Compensation
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Security
Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
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Certain
Relationships and Related Party Transactions
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77
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Description
of Capital Stock
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Underwriting
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Legal
Matters
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91
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Experts
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Disclosure
of Commission Position on Indemnification For Securities Act
Liability
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Changes
In and Disagreements With Accounts on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure
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Where
You Can Find More Information
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Index
to Financial Statements
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You
should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We
have not authorized anyone to provide you with information other than that
contained in this prospectus. The information contained in this
prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the
time of its delivery or of any sale of our common stock. This
prospectus will be updated and, as updated, will be made available for delivery
to the extent required by federal securities laws.
No
person is authorized in connection with this prospectus to give any information
or to make any representations about us, the securities offered hereby or any
matter discussed in this prospectus, other than the information and
representations contained in this prospectus. If any other
information or representation is given or made, such information or
representation may not be relied upon as having been authorized by
us. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell, or a
solicitation of an offer to buy the securities in any circumstance under which
the offer or solicitation is unlawful. Neither the delivery of this
prospectus nor any distribution of securities in accordance with this prospectus
shall, under any circumstances, imply that there has been no change in our
affairs since the date of this prospectus. This prospectus will be
updated and updated prospectuses will be made available for delivery to the
extent required by the federal securities laws.
CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND OTHER
INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS
This
prospectus contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward looking statements give our
current expectations or forecasts of future events. You can identify
these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or
current facts. Forward looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties and include statements regarding, among other things, our
projected sales, profitability and cash flows, our growth strategies,
anticipated trends in our industries, our future financing plans and our
anticipated needs for working capital. They are generally
identifiable by use of the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “anticipate,”
“estimate,” “plans,” “potential,” “projects,” “continuing,” “ongoing,”
“expects,” “management believes,” “we believe,” “we intend” or the negative of
these words or other variations on these words or comparable
terminology. These statements may be found under the sections
entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations” and “Business,” as well as in this prospectus
generally. In particular, these include statements relating to future
actions, prospective products or product approvals, future performance or
results of current and anticipated products, sales efforts, expenses, and the
outcome of contingencies such as legal proceedings and financial
results.
Examples
of forward-looking statements in this prospectus include, but are not limited
to, our expectations regarding our business strategy, business prospects,
operating results, working capital, liquidity, capital expenditure requirements
and future acquisitions. Important assumptions relating to the forward-looking
statements include, among others, assumptions regarding demand for our products,
the cost, terms and availability of gold, pricing levels, the timing and cost of
capital expenditures, competitive conditions, general economic conditions and
synergies relating to acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances. These
statements are based on our management’s expectations, beliefs and assumptions
concerning future events affecting us, which in turn are based on currently
available information. These assumptions could prove inaccurate. Although we
believe that the estimates and projections reflected in the forward-looking
statements are reasonable, our expectations may prove to be
incorrect.
Important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results
and events anticipated or implied by such forward-looking statements include,
but are not limited to:
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changes
in the market price of gold;
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changes
in political, economic or regulatory conditions generally and in the PRC
markets in which we operate;
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non-performance
of suppliers on their sale commitments and customers on their purchase
commitments;
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non-performance
of third-party service providers;
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adverse
conditions in the industries in which our customers operate, including a
continuation of the global
recession;
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our
ability to manage growth;
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ability to integrate acquired
businesses;
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our
ability to retain and attract senior management and other key
employees;
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in PRC or U.S. tax laws;
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increased
levels of competition;
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our
ability to comply with environmental laws and regulations;
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other
risks, including those described in the “Risk Factors” discussion of this
prospectus.
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We
operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge
from time to time. It is not possible for us to predict all of those risks, nor
can we assess the impact of all of those risks on our business or the extent to
which any factor may cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained in any forward-looking statement. The forward-looking statements in
this annual report are based on assumptions management believes are reasonable.
However, due to the uncertainties associated with forward-looking statements,
you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Further,
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and unless
required by law, we expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to publicly
update any of them in light of new information, future events, or
otherwise.
Currency
Unless
otherwise noted, all currency figures in this filing are in U.S.
dollars. References to “yuan” or “RMB” are to the Chinese yuan (also
known as the renminbi). According to xe.com, as of June 17, 2010, $1
= 6.83025 RMB.
Third
Party Data
This
prospectus also contains estimates and other information concerning our
industry, including market size and growth rates, that are based on industry
publications, surveys and forecasts, including those generated by World
Gold Council, Gems and Jewelry Trade Association of China, and the State Bureau
of Statistics of China. This information involves a number of
assumptions and limitations, and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to
these estimates. Although we believe the information in these
industry publications, surveys and forecasts is reliable, we have not
independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the
information. The industry in which we operate is subject to a high
degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those
described in “Risk Factors.”
Over-Allotment
Option
Unless
otherwise indicated, information in this prospectus assumes that the underwriter
does not exercise its option to purchase additional shares.
PROSPECTUS
SUMMARY
This summary highlights information
contained elsewhere in this prospectus and does not contain all of the
information you should consider in making your investment decision. You should
read this summary together with the more detailed information, including our
consolidated financial statements and the related notes, elsewhere in this
prospectus. You should carefully consider, among other things, the matters
discussed in “Risk Factors” beginning on page 21. In addition, some of the
statements made in this prospectus discuss future events and developments,
including our future strategy and our ability to generate revenue, income and
cash flow. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties
which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in
these forward-looking statements. See “Cautionary Note Regarding the Forward
Looking Statements.”
All share and per share
information concerning our common stock does not reflect a 1-for-2 reverse stock
split that we plan to become effective prior to the completion of this offering
for which we are currently seeking shareholder approval.
The
terms "we", "us", "our", and “Kingold" mean Kingold Jewelry, Inc. (formerly
known as Activeworlds Corp.), and our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Dragon Lead, a
BVI corporation, Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd. (or Vogue-Show), a PRC
wholly foreign owned enterprise, and Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Company Limited, or
Wuhan Kingold, our contractually controlled entity and a PRC company
limited by shares, unless otherwise indicated.
Kingold
Jewelry, Inc.
Through a
variable interest entity relationship, or VIE, with Wuhan Kingold Jewelry
Company Limited, we are one of the leading professional designers and
manufacturers of high quality 24 Karat gold jewelry and ornaments developing,
promoting, and selling a broad range of products to the rapidly expanding
Chinese luxury goods market in the central part of the Peoples Republic of
China, or PRC, including Hubei, Hunan, Henan, Jiangxi, Anhui and Sichuan
Provinces.
According to statistics provided by
Gems and Jewelry Trade Association of China, in 2008 we ranked first in the
PRC's gold industry nationwide in total volume of 24 Karat gold production
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We offer a wide
range of in-house designed products including but not limited to gold necklaces,
rings, earrings, bracelets, and pendants. We launch as many as 900 new
products each month and approximately 10,000 every year.
We have
historically sold our products directly to distributors, retailers and other
wholesalers, who then sell our products to consumers through retail counters
located in both department stores and other traditional stand-alone jewelry
stores. We sell our products to our customers at a price that reflects the
market price of the base material (24 Karat gold), plus a mark-up
reflecting our design fees and processing fees. Typically this mark-up ranges
from 4-6%
of the
price of the base material
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We aim to
become an increasingly important participant in the PRC's gold jewelry design
and manufacturing sector. In addition to expanding our design and
manufacturing capabilities, our goal is to provide a large variety of gold
products in unique styles and superior quality under our brand, Kingold or Jin
Huang (
金凰
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We are
located in Wuhan of Hubei Province, which is the fourth largest city in PRC in
terms of population. During 2009, we produced approximately 16 tons of 24 Karat
gold products.
Industry
and Market Overview
The
Global Market
According
to the World Gold Council, worldwide demand for gold, including gold products
and gold purchased for investment, decreased in 2009 due to the worldwide
recession to 3,385 metric tons down from 3,805 metric tons and 3,551 metric tons
in 2008 and 2007, respectively. Jewelry has historically taken the
largest share of final demand for gold, accounting for around 57% of total
demand (2007-2009 average), worth around $55 billion at the annual average gold
price in 2009. Worldwide demand for gold jewelry in 2009 was 1,747 metric tons
which decreased from 2,186 metric tons in 2008 and 2,408 metric tons in
2007. However, demand in the fourth quarter of 2009 increased to 500
metric tons from only 336 metric tons in the first quarter of 2009.
The
PRC Market
China’s
market for jewelry and other luxury goods is expanding rapidly, in large part
due to China’s rapid economic growth. According to the State Bureau of
Statistics of China, China’s real gross domestic product, or GDP, grew by 10.4%,
10.7%, 11.4%, 9% and 8.7% in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 respectively. In
2008 and 2009, in spite of the global economic slowdown, its GDP still grew by
approximately 9% and 8.6%, respectively, among the highest growth rates in the
world. Economic growth in China has led to greater levels of personal disposable
income and increased spending among China’s expanding consumer base. According
to the Economist Intelligence Unit, or EIU, private consumption has grown at a
9% compound annual growth rate, or CAGR, over the last
decade. According to the World Gold Council, Chinese gold
demand has increased by 106% from 2002 to an estimated 443 metric tons in 2009,
or an average of 8% per annum during the same period. According to Global
Industry Analysts, Inc., or GIA, the total market size for precious jewelry will
exceed $18.2 billion in 2010. China has historically been the second
largest gold consumer following India. Gold consumption in China is
largely driven by the demand for gold jewelry, which accounts for 92% of gold
consumption.
We believe that China’s gold jewelry
market will continue to grow as China’s economy continues to develop. Because
gold has long been a symbol of wealth and prosperity in China, demand for gold
jewelry, particularly 24 Karat gold jewelry, is firmly embedded in the country’s
culture. Gold has long been viewed as both a secure and accessible savings
vehicle, and as a symbol of wealth and prosperity in Chinese culture. In
addition, gold jewelry plays an important role in marriage ceremonies, child
births and other major life events in China. Gold ornaments, often in the shapes
of dragons, horses and other cultural icons, have long been a customary gift for
newly married-couples and newly-born children in China. As China’s population
becomes more urban, more westernized and more affluent, gold, platinum and other
precious metal jewelry are becoming increasingly popular and affordable fashion
accessories. The gold jewelry market is currently benefiting from rising
consumer spending and rapid urbanization of the Chinese population. We believe
that jewelry companies like us, with a developed distribution network,
attractive designs and reliable product quality, are well-positioned to build up
our brands and capture an increasing share of China’s growing gold jewelry
market.
Risks
and Challenges
An
investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk that includes risks
related to our business, the industries in which we operate, the PRC, the
ownership of our common stock and this Offering, including the following
specific risks:
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We
derive all of our profits from sales of our products in China. The
continued development of our business depends, in large part, on continued
growth in the gold jewelry business in China and continued economic
development in China.
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One
shareholder owns a large percentage of our outstanding securities and
could significantly influence the outcome of our corporate
matters.
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We
rely on a limited number of suppliers for most of the raw materials we
use. Interruptions or shortages of supplies from our key suppliers of raw
materials could disrupt production or impact our ability to increase
production and sales.
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We
are dependant upon consumer demand for 24 Karat gold products which
may be affected by general economic conditions in
China.
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The
PRC government may determine that our variable interest entity agreements
with Wuhan Kingold are not in compliance with applicable PRC laws, rules
and regulations.
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We are
subject to a number of additional risks which you should be aware of before you
buy our common stock. The risks are discussed more fully in the
section entitled “Risk Factors” following this prospectus summary.
Our
Business Strategies
Our goal
is to be a leading vertically-integrated designer, manufacturer, and retailer of
24 Karat gold jewelry products in China. We intend to achieve our goal by
implementing the following strategies:
Continue
to specialize in the design and manufacture of 24 Karat gold
jewelry
We intend
to continue to leverage our experience in jewelry design to introduce new
fashionable products with strong market recognition. By investing
significantly in design, research and development, we plan to design new product
lines of 24 Karat gold jewelry to meet specific needs of our target customers.
By staying on top of market trends and expanding our design team and
capabilities, we plan to continue to increase our revenues and market
share.
Promotion
and better usage of our brand
We intend
to make significant efforts in growing the brand recognition of our Kingold
brand and strengthening our market. As part of this initiative, we
plan to launch an advertising campaign over Chinese television networks to
promote our gold jewelry products as well as through popular magazines
throughout China. Through marketing and promotion of our high end
product lines, we believe the notoriety and reputation of our brand will be
further enhanced.
Increase
automation in our production line
Our
production lines use modern technologies and production techniques that we
strive to continuously improve. We plan to increase the level of
automation in our production lines by purchasing advanced equipment and
facilities to improve our efficiency and precision, lower our average costs, and
expand our production capacity
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Our
Competitive Strengths
We
believe the following strengths contribute to our competitive advantages and
differentiate us from our competitors:
Proven
manufacturing capability
We have
developed seven proprietary processes which we believe are well integrated and
are crucial to gold jewelry manufacturing, namely the processes for 99.9% gold
hardening, rubber mould opening efficiency, solder-less welding, pattern
carving, chain weaving, dewaxing casting, and our coloring methods.
Proven
design capability
We have a
large and experienced in-house design team with a track record of developing
products that are fashionable and well received in the jewelry
market. We launch as many as 900 new products each month and
approximately 10,000 every year. We are committed to further strengthening
our design team and continuing to improve the quality and novelty of our
products so as to capture increased market share in the high-end gold jewelry
market.
Brand
awareness
We have
established the Kingold brand through our focused sales and marketing efforts,
and we believe it is well known in China. We continue to devote significant
effort towards brand development and marketing in an attempt to enhance the
market recognition of our products. Our brand awareness was demonstrated in part
by “Kingold” being named a “Famous Brand in Hubei Province,” “Famous Brand in
China,” and “Famous Jewelry Brand” by the General Administration of Quality
Supervision and China Top Brand Strategy Promotion Committee in
2007. We believe these awards have added credibility to and
strengthened customers’ confidence in our products. We have also
participated in various exhibitions and trade fairs to promote our products and
brands.
Well
established distribution network
We have
been actively operating in the Chinese gold industry for more than six years
since the gold jewelry industry became open to the private sector in 2002. In
the jewelry industry, a well established and maintained distribution network is
critical to success. We have established stable and mutually
beneficial business relationships with many business partners, including large
distributors, wholesalers and retailers. These relationships are essential to
our company, and provide a key competitive advantage for us. We have
distributors in most provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in
PRC.
Advantages
of capacity, technology and talent
We have
expanded our capacity significantly in recent years. In 2009, we
produced 24 Karat gold jewelry and ornaments with a total weight of
approximately 16 tons, as opposed to 14 tons and 11 tons, in 2008 and 2007,
respectively. We attach great importance to the continuous
improvement of our technology. Our gold processing systems dramatically reduce
waste during the manufacturing process to approximately just one gram per
kilogram of gold. In December 2004 and 2006, we were awarded the status of a
nationally recognized High and New Technology Enterprise, which entitled us to
tax-free treatment from January 2004 to December 2008. Starting in January 2008,
we became subject to the regular PRC corporate tax rate of 25%.
We have
been awarded two patents by the State Intellectual Property Office of the PRC
and we are now in the application process for an additional 24 patents
to protect the manufacturing and processing techniques we have
developed. We have made significant investment in training and
retaining our own in-house design and manufacturing team, and we work closely
with the China Geology University, School of Jewelry in Wuhan, providing
internship positions to talented students majoring in jewelry design and jewelry
processing technology.
Membership
in the Shanghai Gold Exchange
We have
been a member of the Shanghai Gold Exchange since 2003. Although the Chinese
government eliminated the absolute restriction on trading gold in general, the
right to purchase gold directly from the Shanghai Gold Exchange is
limited. The Shanghai Gold Exchange implements a membership system
and only members can buy gold through its trading system. Non-members who
want to purchase gold must deal with members at a higher purchase price compared
to that for members.
Experienced
management
We
believe that we have a strong and stable management team with valuable
experience in the PRC jewelry industry. Jia Zhi Hong, our Chief Executive
Officer and Wuhan Kingold’s founder, has been working in this industry for more
than ten years. Zhao Bin, our general manager, has over 18 years of
experience in jewelry businesses administration. Other members of our senior
management team all have significant experience in key aspects of our
operations, including product design, manufacturing, and sales and
marketing.
Corporate
History
We were
initially incorporated in 1995 in Delaware as Vanguard Enterprises,
Inc. In 1999, we changed our corporate name to Activeworlds.com, Inc.
(and subsequently to Activeworlds Corp.) and through a wholly-owned subsidiary
we provided internet software products and services that enabled the delivery of
three-dimensional content over the internet. We operated that
business until September 11, 2002 when we sold that business to our former
management and we became a shell company with no significant business
operations. As a result of the consummation of the reverse
acquisition transaction as described below, on December 23, 2009, we ceased to
be a shell company and became an indirect holding company for Vogue-Show through
Dragon Lead.
Acquisition
of Kingold and Name Change
In
December 2009, we acquired 100% of Dragon Lead from the shareholders of Dragon
Lead in a share exchange transaction pursuant to which the shareholders of
Dragon Lead exchanged 100% ownership in Dragon Lead, for 66,208,466 shares of
our common stock. As a result, Dragon Lead became our wholly-owned
subsidiary. Dragon Lead owns 100% of Vogue-Show and Vogue-Show
controls Wuhan Kingold through a series of variable interest entity agreements,
described below. We currently operate through Dragon Lead and
Vogue-Show.
In
February 2010, we then changed our name to Kingold Jewelry, Inc. to better
reflect our business.
Organizational
History of Dragon Lead and its Subsidiaries
Dragon
Lead Group Limited, or Dragon Lead, a British Virgin Islands (BVI) corporation
was incorporated in the BVI on July 1, 2008 as an investment holding
company. Dragon Lead owns 100% of the ownership interest in
Vogue-Show.
Wuhan
Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Ltd., or Vogue-Show, a PRC wholly foreign owned
enterprise, or WFOE was incorporated in the PRC on February 16, 2009. Wuhan
Kingold was incorporated in the PRC as a limited liability company on August 2,
2002 by Jia Zhi Hong, as the major shareholder, and Xue Su Yue who sold her
shares in Wuhan Kingold to Jia Zhi Hong and Chen Wei in 2003. On October 26,
2007, Wuhan Kingold was restructured as a joint stock company limited by shares.
Its business activities are principally the design and manufacture of 24 Karat
gold jewelry and ornaments in the PRC. Wuhan Kingold's business license will
expire on March 4, 2021 and is renewable upon expiration. The registered and
paid-in capital of Wuhan Kingold is RMB 120 million.
The
Vogue-Show/Wuhan Kingold VIE Relationship
On June
30, 2009, Vogue-Show entered into a series of agreements with Wuhan Kingold and
shareholders holding 95.83% of the outstanding equity of Wuhan Kingold under
which Wuhan Kingold agreed to pay 95.83% of its after-tax profits to Vogue-Show
and shareholders owning 95.83% of Wuhan Kingold’s shares have pledged their and
delegated their voting power in Wuhan Kingold to Vogue-Show. Such share pledge
is registered with the PRC Administration for Industry and
Commerce.
The VIE
arrangement was created so that upon the closing of the reverse acquisition, as
described below, we would be able to acquire control over Wuhan Kingold, as
explain below. These contractual arrangements enable us to:
•
exercise
effective control over our variable interest entity, Wuhan
Kingold;
•
receive
substantially all of the economic benefits from our variable interest entity,
Wuhan Kingold; and
•
have an
exclusive option to purchase 95.83% of the equity interest in our variable
interest entity, Wuhan Kingold, when and to the extent permitted by PRC
law.
Through
such arrangement, Wuhan Kingold has become Vogue-Show's contractually controlled
affiliate. In addition, Wuhan Kingold shareholders agreed to grant Vogue-Show a
ten-year option to purchase a 95.83% equity interest in Wuhan Kingold at a price
based on an appraisal provided by an asset evaluation institution which will be
jointly appointed by Vogue-Show and the Wuhan Kingold shareholders.
Concurrently, Wuhan Kingold agreed to grant Vogue-Show a ten-year option to
purchase all of Wuhan Kingold's assets at a price based on an appraisal provided
by an asset evaluation institution which will be jointly appointed by Vogue-Show
and Wuhan Kingold.
We have
consolidated the financial results of Wuhan Kingold in our consolidated
financial statements in accordance with the generally accepted accounting
principles in the U.S.
Reverse
Acquisition and Private Placement
On
September 29, 2009, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reverse Acquisition
with Vogue-Show, a PRC wholly foreign owned enterprise, Dragon Lead, and the
stockholders of Dragon Lead, or the Dragon Lead Stockholders. Pursuant to the
acquisition agreement, we agreed to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of Dragon Lead in exchange for the issuance of 66,208,466 newly
issued shares of our common stock. The acquisition agreement closed
on or about December 23, 2009. Following the closing, Dragon Lead became
our wholly-owned subsidiary.
The
purpose of the reverse acquisition was to acquire control over Wuhan
Kingold. We did not acquire Wuhan Kingold directly through the
issuance of stock to Wuhan Kingold’s stockholders because under PRC law it is
uncertain whether a share exchange would be legal. We instead chose
to acquire control of Wuhan Kingold through the acquisition of Vogue Show and
the VIE arrangements described above. Certain rules and regulations in the PRC
restrict the ability of non-PRC companies that are controlled by PRC residents
to acquire PRC companies. There is significant uncertainty as to
whether these rules and regulations require transactions of the type
contemplated by our VIE arrangements, or of the type contemplated by the Call
Option described below, to be approved by the PRC Ministry of Commerce, the
China Securities and Regulatory Commission, or other agencies. For a
discussion of the risks and uncertainties arising from these PRC rules and
regulations, see “Risk Factors - PRC regulations relating to acquisitions of PRC
companies by foreign entities may create regulatory uncertainties that could
restrict or limit our ability to operate. Our failure to obtain the prior
approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or CSRC, the listing and
trading of our common stock could have a material adverse effect on our
business, operating results, reputation and trading price of our common
stock.”
On
December 23, 2009, immediately prior to the closing of the reverse acquisition,
we completed a private placement with 14 investors. Pursuant to
a securities purchase agreement entered into with the investors, we sold an
aggregate of 10,240,964 newly issued shares of our common stock at $0.498 per
share, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $5.1 million. The investors
in the private placement also received five-year warrants to purchase up to
2,048,192 shares of common stock at the price of $0.498 per share. After
commissions and expenses, we received net proceeds of approximately $4.55
million in the private placement. In addition, five-year warrants to
purchase up to 3,072,289 shares of common stock at the price of $0.498 per share
were issued to various consultants who assisted in the transaction.
As a
result of the above transactions, we ceased being a “shell company” as defined
in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Act.
Also, on December 23, 2009, Fok Wing
Lam Winnie, the sole shareholder of Famous Grow and the majority shareholder of
Dragon Lead prior to the closing of the reverse acquisition, entered into a call
option agreement, or call option, with Jia Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin as an
inducement to encourage them to provide services to Wuhan Kingold and our
company. Under the call option agreement, Fok Wing Lam Winnie granted to Jia Zhi
Hong and Zhao Bin certain call options to acquire up to 100% of the shares of
Famous Grow at any time for a period of five years. While our PRC counsel
believes that this arrangement is lawful under PRC laws and regulations, there
are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of
the current or future PRC laws and regulations, including regulations governing
the validity and legality of such call options. Accordingly, we cannot assure
you that PRC government authorities will not ultimately take a view contrary to
the opinion of our PRC legal counsel.
Additionally,
on December 23, 2009, immediately following the closing, Famous Grow Holdings
Limited, a BVI limited liability company, or Famous Grow, that prior to the
closing was Dragon Lead's majority shareholder, entered into a make good escrow
agreement with the investors, pursuant to which, Famous Grow deposited a
total of 3,791,218 of shares of common stock into an escrow account as “make
good shares.” In the event that our after-PRC-tax net income for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011, is less than 70% of RMB 65.0 million, RMB100.0
million and RMB150.0 million, respectively, as set forth in the make good escrow
agreement, part or all of the escrowed make good shares will be transferred to
private placement investors on pro rata basis. The Company’s
after-PRC-tax net income for the year ended December 31, 2009 exceeded 70% of
RMB 65.0 million and therefore, no “make good shares” were transferred as of
December 31, 2009.
The
following diagram illustrates our corporate structure as of the date of this
prospectus:
Notes:
(1) Wuhan Kingold is 55.31% owned by Jia Zhi Hong, our founder, chairman and
chief executive officer, 1.67% owned by Zhao Bin, our general manager and
director, 4.17% owned by Beijing Capital Investment Co. Ltd., a PRC state owned
enterprise, with the balance of 38.85% owned by a total of 44 other
shareholders.
Company
Information
We are a
Delaware corporation. Our principal executive offices are located at
15 Huangpu Science and Technology Park, Jiang'an District, Wuhan, Hubei
Province, PRC, and our telephone number
is (011) 86-20-87553818. Our website is located at
www.kingoldjewelry.com. Information on our website or any other website is not
incorporated by reference into this prospectus and does not constitute a part of
this prospectus, and investors should not rely on any such information in
deciding whether to purchase our common stock.
The name “Kingold” is our registered
trademark in the PRC.
OFFERING
SUMMARY
Securities
offered
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$25,000,000
of shares of common stock
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Shares
outstanding before this offering
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83,532,777
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Shares
outstanding after this offering
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Option
to purchase additional shares
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We
have granted to the underwriters an option, exercisable within 45 days
from the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to an additional
$3,750,000 of shares of common stock from us, or an
additional shares.
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Use
of proceeds
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We
intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and
other general corporate purposes, as more fully discussed in the section
entitled “Use of Proceeds” following this prospectus
summary.
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Risk
factors
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We
are subject to a number of risks which you should be aware of before you
buy our common stock. The risks are discussed more fully in the
section entitled “Risk Factors” following this prospectus
summary.
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Stock
symbol
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Our
common stock is quoted on the OTCBB under the symbol “KGJI.” We have
applied for quotation of our common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market and,
if approved, our common stock will trade on the NASDAQ Global Market under
the symbol
“KGJI.”
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The
shares of common stock to be outstanding after this offering are based
on shares of our common stock outstanding as
of , 2010 and
excludes shares of our common stock
reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding warrants to purchase our stock as
of , 2010, with a weighted
average exercise price of $ per
share.
All share and per share information
concerning our common stock does not reflect a 1-for-2 reverse stock split that
we plan to become effective prior to the completion of this offering for which
we are currently seeking shareholder approval.
RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS
The
following is a summary of our selected unaudited consolidated financial results
for the three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to our selected unaudited
consolidated financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2009.
Results for the first quarter of 2010 may not be indicative of our full year
results for the year ending December 31, 2010 or future quarterly periods. See
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations” included elsewhere in this prospectus for information regarding
trends and other factors that may influence our results of operations and for
recent quarterly operating results.
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For the three months ended
March 31,
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2010
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2009
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(unaudited)
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(unaudited)
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Statements
of Operations Data
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Net
Sales
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$
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60,512,328
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$
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38,060,670
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Total
cost of sales
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(54,492,925
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)
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(34,940,082
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)
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Gross
profit
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6,019,403
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3,120,588
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Total
operating expenses
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412,433
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427,533
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Income
from operations
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5,606,970
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|
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2,693,055
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Other
Expenses (gains)
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(132,029
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)
|
|
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(263,960
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)
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Income
Tax
|
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(1,355,899
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)
|
|
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(607,965
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)
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Net
income attribute to the noncontrolling interest
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|
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(170,150
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)
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(75,342
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)
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Net
income attributable to common stockholders
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3,948,892
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|
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1,745,789
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Earning
per share-basic and fully diluted
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0.05
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0.03
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Weighted
average shares outstanding
|
|
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83,532,777
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62,208,466
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SUMMARY
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The
following summary consolidated statements of operations for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008 and for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and
2009 and the summary consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2009 and
2008 and for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, have been derived
from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this
prospectus. You should read the summary consolidated financial data in
conjunction with those financial statements and the accompanying notes and
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.” Our consolidated financial statements are prepared and presented in
accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S.
GAAP. Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared as if the current
corporate structure had been in existence throughout the periods
presented.
Our
management believes that the assumptions underlying our financial statements and
the above allocations are reasonable. Our financial statements, however, may not
necessarily reflect our results of operations, financial position and cash flows
as if we had operated as a separate, stand-alone company during the periods
presented. The historical results presented below are not necessarily indicative
of financial results to be achieved in future periods and are not necessarily
indicative of results to be expected for any other period.
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For the year ended
December 31,
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For the three months ended
March 31,
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2009
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2008
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2010
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2009
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|
|
|
|
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(unaudited)
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(unaudited)
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Statements
of Operations Data
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|
|
|
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$
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250,450,650
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|
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$
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109,782,936
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$
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60,512,328
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$
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38,060,670
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(234,725,168
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)
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|
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(98,547,293
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)
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|
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(54,492,925
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)
|
|
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(34,940,082
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)
|
|
|
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15,725,482
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|
|
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11,235,643
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|
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6,019,403
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|
|
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3,120,588
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|
|
|
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2,484,915
|
|
|
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1,128,067
|
|
|
|
412,433
|
|
|
|
427,533
|
|
|
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13,240,567
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|
|
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10,107,576
|
|
|
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5,606,970
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|
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2,693,055
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|
|
|
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(895,625
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)
|
|
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(1,665,606
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)
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|
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(132,029
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)
|
|
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(263,960
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)
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|
|
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(3,220,439
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)
|
|
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(2,090,556
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)
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|
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(1,355,899
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)
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|
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(607,965
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)
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Net
income attribute to the noncontrolling interest
|
|
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(462,920
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)
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(264,867
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)
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(170,150
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)
|
|
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(75,342
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)
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Net
income attributable to common stockholders
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|
$
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8,661,583
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$
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6,086,547
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$
|
3,948,892
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|
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$
|
1,745,789
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|
|
|
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0.13
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|
|
|
0.09
|
|
|
|
0.05
|
|
|
|
0.03
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|
Weighted
average shares outstanding
|
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66,588,177
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|
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66,208,466
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|
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83,532,777
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62,208,466
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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|
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7,964,120
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|
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281,994
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|
|
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15,324,203
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|
|
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6,450,636
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|
|
|
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62,327,038
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|
|
|
45,195,285
|
|
|
|
66,352,132
|
|
|
|
45,164,099
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|
|
|
|
10,683,428
|
|
|
|
17,084,008
|
|
|
|
10,530,157
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|
|
|
14,988,317
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|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
|
|
50,823,356
|
|
|
|
27,755,078
|
|
|
|
54,830,170
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|
|
|
29,733,493
|
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
|
|
820,254
|
|
|
|
356,199
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|
|
|
991,805
|
|
|
|
442,289
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|
Total
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
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|
$
|
62,327,038
|
|
|
$
|
45,195,285
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|
|
$
|
66,352,132
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|
|
$
|
45,164,099
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|
The
following table presents consolidated balance sheet data as of March 31, 2009
(i) on an actual basis and (ii) on a proforma basis to reflect the
sale of shares of common
stock in this offering by us at an assumed public offering price of
$ per share, the midpoint of the price
range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus, after deducting
underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering
expenses.
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As of March 31, 2009
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|
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Actual
|
|
|
Proforma
|
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(in
thousands)
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|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Consolidated
balance sheet data:
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|
|
|
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$
|
15,324
|
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|
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Working
capital
|
|
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41,329
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
assets
|
|
|
66,352
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock and additional paid in capital
|
|
|
32,118
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
|
|
54,830
|
|
|
|
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|
RISK
FACTORS
Investing
in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should
carefully consider the risks described below as well as the other information
contained in this prospectus before deciding to purchase any shares of our
common stock. These risks could harm our business, operating results,
financial condition and prospects. In addition, the trading price of
our common stock could decline due to any of these risks and you might lose all
or part of your investment. You should pay particular attention to the fact that
we conduct all of our operations in China and are governed by a legal and
regulatory environment that in some respects differs significantly from the
environment that may prevail in the U.S. and other countries.
Risks
Related to our Business
Jewelry
purchases are discretionary, may be particularly affected by adverse trends in
the general economy, and an economic decline will make it more difficult to
generate revenue.
The
success of our operations depends, to a significant extent, upon a number of
factors relating to discretionary consumer spending in China. These factors
include economic conditions and perceptions of such conditions by consumers,
employment rates, the level of consumers’ disposable income, business
conditions, interest rates, consumer debt levels, availability of credit and
levels of taxation in regional and local markets in China where we manufacture
and sell our products. There can be no assurance that consumer spending on
jewelry will not be adversely affected by changes in general economic conditions
in China and globally.
While the
Chinese economy has experienced rapid growth in recent years, such growth has
been uneven among various sectors of the economy and in different geographical
areas of the country. Rapid economic growth can lead to growth in the money
supply and rising inflation. During the past two decades, the rate of inflation
in China has been as high as approximately 20%. If prices for our products rise
at a rate that is insufficient to compensate for the rise in the costs of
supplies such as raw materials, it may have an adverse effect on our
profitability. During the recent global economic slowdown, PBOC set the interest
rate at a rather low level and the central government implemented a several
trillion of RMB stimulus plan which has brought increased liquidity into the
market. However, if the global economy continues to recover it is very likely
that PBOC will increase the interest rate. Significant rises in
interest rates by the central bank could slow economic activity in China which
may, in turn, materially increase our costs and reduce demand for our
products.
Most
of our sales are of products that include gold, precious metals and other
commodities, and fluctuations in the availability and pricing of commodities
would adversely impact our ability to obtain and make products at favorable
prices.
The
jewelry industry generally is affected by fluctuations in the price and supply
of diamonds, gold, and, to a lesser extent, other precious and semi-precious
metals and stones. In the past, we have not hedged our requirement for gold or
other raw materials through the use of options, forward contracts or outright
commodity purchasing. A significant increase in the price of gold could increase
our production costs beyond the amount that we are able to pass on to our
customers, which would adversely affect our sales and profitability. A
significant disruption in our supply of gold, or other commodities could
decrease our production and shipping levels, materially increase our operating
costs and materially and adversely affect our profit margins. Shortages of gold,
or other commodities, or interruptions in transportation systems, labor strikes,
work stoppages, war, acts of terrorism, or other interruptions to or
difficulties in the employment of labor or transportation in the markets in
which we purchase our raw materials, may adversely affect our ability to
maintain production of our products and sustain profitability. Although we
generally attempt to pass increased commodity prices to our customers, there may
be circumstances in which we are not able to do so. In addition, if we were to
experience a significant or prolonged shortage of gold, we would be unable to
meet our production schedules and to ship products to our customers in a timely
manner, which would adversely affect our sales, margins and customer
relations.
Furthermore,
the value of our inventory may be affected by commodity prices. We record the
value of our inventory at the lower of our cost (using the first-in, first-out
method) or market value. As a result, decreases in the market value of precious
metals such as gold would result in a lower stated value of our inventory, which
may require us to take a charge for the decrease in the value of our
inventory.
Competition
in the jewelry industry could cause us to lose market share, thereby materially
and adversely affecting our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
The
jewelry industry in China is highly fragmented and very competitive. We believe
that the market may become even more competitive as the industry grows and/or
consolidates. We compete with local jewelry manufacturers and large foreign
multinational companies that offer products that are similar to ours. Some of
these competitors have larger local or regional customer bases, more locations,
more brand equity, and substantially greater financial, marketing and other
resources than we have. As a result of this increasing competition, we could
lose market share, thereby materially and adversely affecting our business,
results of operations and financial condition.
We
may need to raise additional funds in the future. These funds may not be
available on acceptable terms or at all, and, without additional funds, we may
not be able to maintain or expand our business.
Our
operations require substantial funds to finance our operating expenses, to
maintain and expand our manufacturing, marketing and sales capabilities and to
cover public company costs. Without these funds, we may not be able to meet our
goals.
We may
seek additional funding through public or private financing or through
collaborative arrangements with strategic partners. However, you should also be
aware that in the future:
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we
cannot be certain that additional capital will be available on favorable
terms, if at all;
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|
any
available additional financing may not be adequate to meet our goals;
and
|
·
|
any
equity financing would result in dilution to
stockholders.
|
If we
cannot raise additional funds when needed, or on acceptable terms, we may not be
able to effectively execute our growth strategy (including entering the retail
market), take advantage of future opportunities, or respond to competitive
pressures or unanticipated requirements. In addition, we may be required to
scale back or discontinue expansion plans, or obtain funds through strategic
alliances that may require us to relinquish certain rights.
Our
ability to maintain or increase our revenue could be harmed if we are unable to
strengthen and maintain our brand image.
We
believe that primary factors in facilitating customer buying decisions in
China’s jewelry sector include price, confidence in the merchandise sold, and
the level and quality of customer service. The ability to differentiate our
products from competitors’ by our brand-based marketing strategies is a key
factor in attracting consumers, and if our strategies and efforts to promote our
brand, such as television and magazine advertising and beauty contest
sponsorships fail to garner brand recognition, our ability to generate revenue
may suffer. If we are unable to differentiate our products, our ability to sell
our products wholesale and our planned sale of products retail will be adversely
affected. If we fail to identify or react appropriately or timely to customer
buying decisions, we could experience a reduction in consumer recognition of our
products, a diminished brand image, higher markdowns, and costs to recast
overstocked jewelry. These factors could result in lowering selling prices and
sales volumes for our products, which could adversely affect our financial
condition and results of operations
There
is only one source in China for us to obtain the precious metals used in our
jewelry products; accordingly, any interruptions of our arrangement with this
source would disrupt our ability to fulfill customer orders and substantially
affect our ability to continue our business operations.
Under the
PRC law, supply of precious metals such as platinum, gold, and silver are highly
regulated by government agencies. The Shanghai Gold Exchange is the only
supplier in China for gold used for our jewelry products. We are required to
obtain and maintain several membership and approval certificates from government
agencies in order to do business involving precious metals. The loss of our
relationship or failure to renew our membership with the Shanghai Gold Exchange,
or its inability to furnish precious metals to us as anticipated in terms of
cost, quality, and timeliness, would adversely affect our ability to fulfill
customer orders in accordance with our required delivery, quality, and
performance requirements. If this situation were to occur, we would not have any
alternative suppliers in China to obtain our raw materials, which would result
in a decline in revenue and revenue potential and risk the continuation of our
business operations.
If
we are not able to adapt to changing jewelry trends in China, our inventory may
be overstocked and we may be forced to reduce the price of our overstocked
jewelry or incur the cost to recast it into new jewelry.
Our
jewelry sales depend on consumer fashions, preferences for jewelry and the
demand for particular products in China. Jewelry design trends in China can
change rapidly. The ability to predict accurately future changes in taste,
respond to changes in consumer preferences, carry the inventory demanded by
customers, deliver the appropriate quality, price products correctly and
implement effective purchasing procedures, all have an important influence on
determining sales performance and achieved gross margin. If we fail to
anticipate, identify or react appropriately to changes in styles and trends, we
could experience excess inventories, higher than normal markdowns or an
inability to sell our products. If such a situation exists, we may need to incur
additional costs to recast our products to fit the demand, and labor and
manufacturing costs invested in the recast products would be lost.
Our
failure to manage growth effectively could have an adverse effect on our
employee efficiency, product quality, working capital levels, and results of
operations.
We intend
to develop the retail distribution of our products, which we believe will result
in rapid growth, but will also place significant demands on our managerial,
operational and financial resources. Any significant growth in the market for
our current wholesale business and our planned retail distribution would require
us to expand our managerial, operational, financial, and other resources. During
any period of growth, we may face problems related to our operational and
financial systems and controls, including quality control and delivery and
service capabilities. We also will need to continue to expand, train and manage
our employee base. If we are unable to successfully build these skills and
expand our number of skilled management and staff, we may be unsuccessful in
achieving our intended level of growth.
Aside
from increased difficulties in the management of human resources, we may also
encounter working capital issues, as we will need increased liquidity to finance
the purchases of raw materials and supplies, development of new products,
establishment of new retail stores, and the hiring of additional employees. Our
failure to manage growth effectively may lead to operational and financial
inefficiencies that will have a negative effect on our profitability. We cannot
assure you that we will be able to timely and effectively meet that demand and
maintain the quality standards required by our existing and potential
customers.
We
rely on our distribution network for virtually all of our revenues. Failure to
maintain good distributor relations could materially disrupt our distribution
business and harm our net sales.
Our
business depends directly on the performance of our more than 200 distributors.
Our largest distributor accounted for approximately 8.25% and 9.8% of our gross
revenues in 2009 and 2008 respectively. As we do not have long-term contracts
with our distributors, it is critical that we maintain good relationships with
them. However, maintaining good relationships with existing distributors and
replacing any distributor is difficult and time consuming. Our failure to
maintain good relationships with our distributors could materially disrupt our
distribution business and harm our net sales.
Substantial
defaults by our customers on accounts receivable could have a material adverse
affect on our liquidity and results of operations.
As with
most businesses in our industry, a substantial portion of our working capital
consists of accounts receivable from customers. If customers responsible for a
significant amount of accounts receivable were to become insolvent or otherwise
unable to pay for our products, or to make payments in a timely manner, our
liquidity and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. An
economic or industry downturn could materially adversely affect the servicing of
these accounts receivable, which could result in longer payment cycles,
increased collections costs and defaults in excess of management’s expectations.
In addition, as we increase our presence in the retail market, we expect the
aging of our accounts receivable generated from sales through retail counters to
increase as department stores typically defer payments to us of cash receipts
collected by them on our behalf. A significant deterioration in our ability to
collect on accounts receivable could affect our cash flow and working capital
position and could also impact the cost or availability of financing available
to us.
We
must maintain a relatively large inventory of our raw materials and jewelry
products to support customer delivery requirements, and if this inventory is
lost due to theft, our results of operations would be negatively
impacted.
We
purchase large volumes of precious metals and store significant quantities of
raw materials and jewelry products at our warehouse and show room in Wuhan,
China. Although we have an inventory security system in place, we may be subject
to future significant inventory losses due to third-party or employee theft from
our warehouses or other forms of theft. The implementation of security measures
beyond those that we already utilize, which include onsite police deployment,
security cameras, and alarm systems in our warehouse, would increase our
operating costs. Also, any such losses of inventory could exceed the limits of,
or be subject to an exclusion from, coverage under our insurance policies.
Claims filed by us under our insurance policies could lead to increases in the
insurance premiums payable by us or the termination of coverage under the
relevant policy.
Our
business could be materially adversely affected if we cannot protect our
intellectual property rights.
We have
developed trademarks, patents, know-how, trade-names and other intellectual
property rights that are of significant value to us. In particular, we have
applied for patents on a limited number of designs of our jewelry products and
trademarks as well. However, the legal regime governing intellectual property in
the PRC is still evolving and the level of protection of intellectual property
rights in the PRC may differ from those in other jurisdictions. Thus, it may be
difficult to enforce our rights relating to these designs as well as our
trademarks. In the event of the occurrence of any unauthorized use of or other
infringement to our designs and trademarks, it could result in potential sales
of products being diverted to such unauthorized sellers and potential damage or
dilute the value of such rights and our brand.
We
are dependent on certain key personnel and loss of these key personnel could
have a material adverse effect on our business, financial conditions and results
of operations.
Our
success, to a great extent, has been attributable to the management, sales and
marketing, and operational and technical expertise of certain key personnel.
Moreover, our daily operation and performance rely heavily on our senior
management. There can be no assurance that we will be able to retain these
officers or that such personnel may not receive and/or accept competing offers
of employment. The loss of a significant number of these employees could have a
material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition, and results of
operations. We do not maintain key-man life insurance for any of our senior
management.
We
have significant outstanding borrowings, and we may not be able to obtain
extensions when they become mature.
Our notes
payable to banks for short-term borrowings as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 were
$8.8 million and $14.2 million, respectively. These loans are either
collateralized by our buildings, plant and machinery or guaranteed by a third
party guarantor at the cost of certain guaranty fees. Interest expense paid for
the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were $703,500 and $1,393,130,
respectively, and fees paid to a third party guarantor for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008 were $180,827 and $342,626,
respectively. Although we have renewed our borrowings in the past, we
cannot assure you that we will be able to renew these loans in the future as
they become mature. If we are unable to obtain renewals of these loans or
sufficient alternative funding on reasonable terms from banks or other parties,
we will have to repay these borrowings with the cash on our balance sheet or
cash generated by our future operations, if any. We cannot assure you that our
business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations to repay these
borrowings.
Our
quarterly results may fluctuate because of many factors and, as a result,
investors should not rely on quarterly operating results as indicative of future
results.
Fluctuations
in operating results or the failure of operating results to meet the
expectations of public market analysts and investors may negatively impact the
value of our securities. Quarterly operating results may fluctuate in the future
due to a variety of factors that could affect revenues or expenses in any
particular quarter. Fluctuations in quarterly operating results could cause the
value of our securities to decline. Investors should not rely on
quarter-to-quarter comparisons of results of operations as an indication of
future performance. As a result of the factors listed below, it is possible that
in future periods the operation results may be below the expectations of public
market analysts and investors. This could cause the market price of our
securities to decline. Factors that may affect our quarterly results
include:
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of our business to a general economic downturn in
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and unpredictability of costs related to the gold, platinum and precious
metals and other commodities used to manufacture our
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of our business;
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changes
in the laws of the PRC that affect our
operations;
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our
recent entry into the retail jewelry
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competition
from our competitors; and
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our
ability to obtain all necessary government certifications and/or licenses
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The
loss or significant reduction in business of any of our key customers may affect
our revenues and earnings.
We are
dependent on a limited number of customers for a large portion of our business.
During the year ended December 31, 2009, approximately 26.2% of our net sales
were generated from our five largest customers as compared to 23.6% for the year
ended December 31, 2008. Our largest customer accounted for 8.25% and 9.8% of
our net sales during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
All purchases of our products by customers are made through purchase orders and
we do not have long-term contracts with any of our customers. The loss of those
customers, or any of our other customers to which we sell a significant amount
of our products or any significant portion of orders from those customers, or
such other customers or any material adverse change in the financial conditions
of such customers could negatively affect our revenues and decrease our
earnings, if we cannot find new customers
in a
timely manner.
We
may not maintain sufficient insurance coverage for the risks associated with our
business operations. As a result, we may incur uninsured losses.
Except
for property, accident and automobile insurance, we do not have other insurance
of such as business liability or disruption insurance coverage for our
operations in the PRC. As a result, we may incur uninsured liabilities and
losses as a result f the conduct of our business. There can be no guarantee that
we will be able to obtain additional insurance coverage in the future, and even
if we are able to obtain additional coverage, we may not carry sufficient
insurance coverage to satisfy potential claims. Should uninsured losses occur,
any purchasers of our common stock could lose their investment.
The
current global financial crisis and economic downturn may have an adverse effect
on our businesses, results of operation and financial condition
The
current global financial crisis and economic downturn have adversely affected
economics and businesses around the world, including in China. Due to the global
economical downturn, a decrease in consumer demand and a slowdown in domestic
property investments, the economic situation in China has been challenging since
the second half of 2008. This change in the macroeconomic conditions has had and
may continue to have an adverse impact on our business and operations. If the
current economic downturn continues, our business, results of operations and
financial condition could be adversely affected.
Potential
environmental liability could have a material adverse effect on our operations
and financial condition.
As a
manufacturer, we are subject to various Chinese environmental laws and
regulations on air emission, waste water discharge, solid wastes and noise.
Although we believe that our operations are in substantial compliance with
current environmental laws and regulations, we may not be able to comply with
these regulations at all times as the Chinese environmental legal regime is
evolving and becoming more stringent. Therefore, if the Chinese government
imposes more stringent regulations in the future, we may have to incur
additional and potentially substantial costs and expenses in order to comply
with new regulations, which may negatively affect our results of operations.
Further, no assurance can be given that all potential environmental liabilities
have been identified or properly quantified or that any prior owner, operator,
or tenant has not created an environmental condition unknown to us. If we fail
to comply with any of the present or future environmental regulations in any
material aspects, we may suffer from negative publicity and be subject to claims
for damages that may require us to pay substantial fines or have our operations
suspended or even be forced to cease operations.
We
have significant outstanding short-term borrowings, and we may not be able to
obtain extensions when they mature.
Our notes
payable to banks for short-term borrowings as of March 31, 2010 was $8.8
million, and bore a weighted average interest rates of
5.02%. Generally, these short-term bank loans mature in one year or
less and contain no specific renewal terms. However, in China it is customary
practice for banks and borrowers to negotiate roll-overs or renewals of
short-term borrowings on an on-going basis shortly before they mature. Although
we have renewed our short-term borrowings in the past, we cannot assure you that
we will be able to renew these loans in the future as they mature. If we are
unable to obtain renewals of these loans or sufficient alternative funding on
reasonable terms from banks or other parties, we will have to repay these
borrowings with the cash on our balance sheet or cash generated by our future
operations, if any. We cannot assure you that our business will generate
sufficient cash flow from operations to repay these
borrowings.
Risks
Related to Doing Business in the PRC
All
of our assets are located in China and all of our revenues are derived from our
operations in China, and changes in the political and economic policies of the
PRC government could have a significant impact upon what business we may be able
to conduct in the PRC and accordingly on the results of our operations and
financial condition.
Our
business operations may be adversely affected by the current and future
political environment in the PRC. The Chinese government exerts substantial
influence and control over the manner in which we must conduct our business
activities. Our ability to operate in China may be adversely affected by changes
in Chinese laws and regulations, including those relating to taxation, import
and export tariffs, raw materials, environmental regulations, land use rights,
property and other matters. Under the current government leadership, the
government of the PRC has been pursuing economic reform policies that encourage
private economic activity and greater economic decentralization. There is no
assurance, however, that the government of the PRC will continue to pursue these
policies, or that it will not significantly alter these policies from time to
time without notice.
Our
operations are subject to PRC laws and regulations that are sometimes vague and
uncertain. Any changes in such PRC laws and regulations, or the interpretations
thereof, may have a material and adverse effect on our business.
The PRC’s
legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes. Unlike the common
law system prevalent in the United States, decided legal cases have little value
as precedent in China. There are substantial uncertainties regarding the
interpretation and application of PRC laws and regulations, including but not
limited to the laws and regulations governing our business, or the enforcement
and performance of our arrangements with customers in the event of the
imposition of statutory liens, death, bankruptcy or criminal proceedings. The
Chinese government has been developing a comprehensive system of commercial
laws, and considerable progress has been made in introducing laws and
regulations dealing with economic matters such as foreign investment, corporate
organization and governance, commerce, taxation and trade. However, because
these laws and regulations are relatively new, and because of the limited volume
of published cases and judicial interpretation and their lack of force as
precedents, interpretation and enforcement of these laws and regulations involve
significant uncertainties. New laws and regulations that affect existing and
proposed future businesses may also be applied retroactively.
One of
our principal operating subsidiaries, Vogue-Show, is considered a foreign
invested enterprise under PRC laws, and as a result is required to comply with
PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations specifically governing
the activities and conduct of foreign invested enterprises. We cannot predict
what effect the interpretation of existing or new PRC laws or regulations may
have on our businesses. If the relevant authorities find us in violation of PRC
laws or regulations, they would have broad discretion in dealing with such a
violation, including, without limitation:
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our business license, other licenses or
authorities;
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that we restructure our ownership or operations;
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that we discontinue some or all of our
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The
scope of our business license in China is limited, and we may not expand or
continue our business without government approval and renewal,
respectively.
Our
operating affiliate, Wuhan Kingold can only conduct business within its business
scope, which ultimately appears on its business license. Our license permits us
to design, manufacture, sell and market jewelry products to department stores
throughout the PRC and to engage in the retail distribution of our products. Any
amendment to the scope of our business requires further application and
government approval. In order for us to expand our business beyond the scope of
our license, we will be required to enter into a negotiation with the
authorities for the approval to expand the scope of our business. We cannot
assure you that Wuhan Kingold will be able to obtain the necessary government
approval for any change or expansion of our business scope.
Because
our revenues are generated in RMB and our results are reported in U.S. dollars,
devaluation of the RMB could negatively impact our results of
operations.
The value
of RMB is subject to changes in China’s governmental policies and to
international economic and political developments. In January 1994, the PRC
government implemented a unitary managed floating rate system. Under this
system, the People’s Bank of China, or PBOC, began publishing a daily base
exchange rate with reference primarily to the supply and demand of RMB against
the U.S. dollar and other foreign currencies in the market during the previous
day. Authorized banks and financial institutions are allowed to quote buy and
sell rates for RMB within a specified band around the central bank’s daily
exchange rate. On July 21, 2005, PBOC announced an adjustment of the exchange
rate of the U.S. dollar to RMB from 1:8.27 to 1:8.11 and modified the system by
which the exchange rates are determined. While the international reaction to the
RMB revaluation has generally been positive, there remains significant
international pressure on the PRC government to adopt an even more flexible
currency policy, which could result in further fluctuations of the exchange rate
of RMB against the U.S. dollar, including possible devaluations. As all of our
net revenues are recorded in RMB, any future devaluation of RMB against the U.S.
dollar could negatively impact our results of operations.
Our
PRC stockholders are required to register with the State Administration of
Foreign Exchange and their failure to do so could cause us to lose our ability
to remit profits out of the PRC as dividends.
The State
Administration of Foreign Exchange, or SAFE, has promulgated several
regulations, including Circular No. 75 (“Circular 75”), which became effective
in November 2005, requiring PRC residents, including both PRC legal person
residents and PRC natural person residents, to register with the competent local
SAFE branch before establishing or controlling any company outside of the PRC
for the purpose of equity financing with assets or equities of PRC companies,
referred to in the Circular 75 as an “offshore special purpose company.” PRC
residents that have established or controlled an offshore special purpose
company, which has finished a round-trip investment before the implementation of
Circular 75, are required to register their ownership interests or control in
such “special purpose vehicles” with the local offices of SAFE. Under Circular
75, the term “PRC legal person residents” as used in Circular 75 refers to those
entities with legal person status or other economic organizations established
within the territory of the PRC. The term “PRC natural person residents” as used
in Circular 75 includes all PRC citizens and all other natural persons,
including foreigners, who habitually reside in the PRC for economic benefit. The
term “special purpose vehicle” refers to an offshore entity established or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by PRC residents or PRC entities for the
purpose of seeking offshore equity financing using assets or interests owned by
such PRC residents or PRC entities in onshore companies, and the term
“round-trip investment” refers to the direct investment in PRC by PRC residents
through “special purpose vehicles,” including without limitation, establishing
foreign invested enterprises and using such foreign invested enterprises to
purchase or control (by way of contractual arrangements) onshore
assets.
In
addition, any PRC resident that is the shareholder of an offshore special
purpose company is required to amend his/her/its SAFE registration with the
local SAFE branch upon (i) injection of equity interests or assets of an onshore
enterprise to the offshore entity, or (ii) subsequent overseas equity financing
by such offshore entity. PRC residents are also required to complete amended
registrations or filing with the local SAFE branch within 30 days of any
material change in the shareholding or capital of the offshore entity not
involving a round-trip investment, such as changes in share capital, share
transfers and long-term equity or debt investments of already organized or
gained control of offshore entities that have made onshore investments in the
PRC before Circular 75 was promulgated must register with their shareholdings in
the offshore entities with the local SAFE branch on or before March 31,
2006.
Under
Circular 75, PRC residents are further required to repatriate into the PRC all
of their dividends, profits or capital gains obtained from their shareholdings
in the offshore entity within 180 days of their receipt of such dividends,
profits or capital gains. The registration and filing procedures under the
Circular 75 are prerequisites for other approval and registration procedures
necessary for capital inflow from the offshore entity, such as inbound
investments or shareholders loans, or capital outflow to the offshore entity,
such as the payment of profits or dividends, liquidating distributions, equity
sale proceeds, or the return of funds upon a capital
reduction.
To
further clarify the implementation of Circular 75, SAFE issued Circular No. 106
(“Circular 106”) on May 9, 2007, which is a guidance that SAFE issued to its
local branches with respect to the operational process for SAFE registration
that standardizing mores specific and stringent supervision on the registration
relating to the Circular 75. Under Circular 106, PRC subsidiaries of an offshore
special purpose company are required to coordinate and supervise the filing of
SAFE registrations by the offshore holding company’s shareholders who are PRC
residents in a timely manner. If these shareholders and/or beneficial owners
fail to comply, the PRC subsidiaries are required to report such failure to the
local SAFE authorities and, if the PRC subsidiaries do report the failure, the
PRC subsidiaries may be exempted from any potential liability to them related to
the stockholders’ failure to comply. The failure of these shareholders and/or
beneficial owners to timely amend their SAFE registrations pursuant to the
Circular 75 and Circular 106 or the failure of future shareholders and/or
beneficial owners of our company who are PRC residents to comply with the
registration procedures set forth in the Circular 75 and Circular 106 may
subject such shareholders, beneficial owners and/or our PRC subsidiaries to
fines and legal sanctions and may also limit our ability to contribute
additional capital into our PRC subsidiaries, limit our PRC subsidiaries ability
to distribute dividends to our company or otherwise adversely affect our
business.
These
regulations apply to our stockholders who are PRC residents. In the event that
our PRC-resident stockholders do not follow the procedures required by SAFE, we
could (i) be exposed to fines and legal sanctions, (ii) lose the ability to
contribute additional capital into our PRC subsidiaries or distribute dividends
to our company, (iii) face liability for evasion of foreign-exchange
regulations, and/or (iv) lose the ability to consolidate the financial
statements of our PRC subsidiaries and of ActiveWorlds under applicable
accounting principals.
Jia Zhi
Hong, our Chief Executive Officer, and Zhao Bin, our General Manager are
required to register with the competent SAFE branch prior to exercise of their
Call Option. Mr. Jia and Mr. Zhao have yet to exercise their Call
Option. Mr. Jia and Mr. Zhao have applied to register the Call Option with the
competent SAFE branch.
Recent
PRC regulations relating to acquisitions of PRC companies by foreign entities
may create regulatory uncertainties that could restrict or limit our ability to
operate. Our failure to obtain the prior approval of the China Securities
Regulatory Commission, or CSRC, the listing and trading of our common stock
could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results,
reputation and trading price of our common stock.
On August
8, 2006, the PRC Ministry of Commerce, or MOFCOM, joined by the State-owned
Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the State
Administration of Taxation, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce,
the China Securities Regulatory Commission and SAFE, released a substantially
amended version of the Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge with or Acquire
Domestic Enterprises, or the Revised M&A Regulations, which took effect
September 8, 2006. These new rules significantly revised China’s regulatory
framework governing onshore-to-offshore restructurings and foreign acquisitions
of domestic enterprises. These new rules signify greater PRC government
attention to cross-border merger, acquisition and other investment activities,
by confirming MOFCOM as a key regulator for issues related to mergers and
acquisitions in China and requiring MOFCOM approval of a broad range of merger,
acquisition and investment transactions. Further, the new rules establish
reporting requirements for acquisition of control by foreigners of companies in
key industries, and reinforce the ability of the Chinese government to monitor
and prohibit foreign control transactions in key industries.
Among
other things, the Revised M&A Regulations include new provisions that
purport to require that an offshore special purpose vehicle, or SPV, formed for
listing purposes and controlled directly or indirectly by PRC companies or
individuals must obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to the listing and
trading of such SPV’s securities on any non-PRC stock exchange. On September 21,
2006, the CSRC published on its official website procedures specifying documents
and materials required to be submitted to it by SPVs seeking CSRC approval of
their overseas listings. However, the application of this PRC regulation remains
unclear with no consensus currently existing among the leading PRC law firms
regarding the scope and applicability of the CSRC approval
requirement.
Our
wholly-owned BVI subsidiary, Dragon Lead, was formerly owned by eight BVI
companies whose shareholders are non-PRC individuals. We understand that some of
these non-PRC individuals are nominee shareholders holding shares on behalf of
and for the interest of some PRC individuals and PRC companies who are also
Wuhan Kingold minority shareholders. These minority Wuhan Kingold shareholders
do not have experience in conducting or managing businesses outside the PRC, and
therefore believe that to engage nominee shareholders to hold shares on their
behalf are in their best commercial interest, and could provide them with
guidance when they evaluate whether to purchase, sell or dispose of Dragon Lead
shares prior to the closing of the reverse acquisition, or our shares after the
closing.
Also, on
December 23, 2009, immediately before the reverse acquisition of Vogue Show, Fok
Wing Lam Winnie, the sole shareholder of Famous Grow and the majority
shareholder of Dragon Lead prior to the closing of the reverse acquisition,
entered into the call option with Jia Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin as an inducement to
encourage them to provide services to Wuhan Kingold and our company. Under the
call option, Fok Wing Lam Winnie granted to Jia Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin certain
call options to acquire up to 100% of the shares of Famous Grow, or Call
Option.
The PRC
regulatory authorities may take the view that entry into the VIE Agreements by
Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold and entry into the call option agreement by Jia Zhi
Hong, Zhao Bin and Fok, Wing Lam Winnie may collectively constitute an onshore
to offshore restructuring and a related party acquisition under the M&A
Regulations, because upon the consummation of these transactions and after the
Call Option is fully exercised, PRC individuals would become majority owners and
effective controlling parties of a foreign entity that acquired ownership of
Wuhan Kingold. The PRC regulatory authorities may also take the view that the
relevant parties should fully disclose to the Wuhan SAFE or MOFCOM the overall
restructuring arrangements, the existence of the reverse acquisition and its
connection with the VIE Agreement. Our PRC counsel has opined that: (a) the
establishment of Vogue-Show was duly approved by competent authority; (b) the
offshore restructuring, establishment of Vogue-Show and execution of the VIE
Agreements and the call option agreement and performance of the transactions
thereunder do not (i) contravene any provision of applicable PRC laws and
regulations or (ii) contravene the articles of association, business license or
other constituent documents of Vogue-Show or Wuhan Kingold; (c) to the best
knowledge of such PRC counsel, they are not aware of any issue, fact or
circumstance which would lead them to believe that the PRC regulatory
authorities would revoke the VIE Agreements or Reverse Acquisition Agreement and
the transactions thereunder; (d) the VIE Agreements are in compliance with and
enforceable under the applicable PRC laws and regulations; and (e) execution of
the call option agreement will not affect their professional judgment regarding
the matters described from (a) to (d). Our PRC counsel has reviewed
and approved of these statements.
We,
however, cannot assure you that the PRC regulatory authorities, MOFCOM and CSRC
will take the same view as our PRC counsel. If the PRC regulatory authorities
take the view that the reverse acquisition and VIE arrangement constitute a
related party acquisition under the revised M&A Regulations, we cannot
assure you we will be able to obtain any approval required from the national
offices of MOFCOM or otherwise.
If the
PRC regulatory authorities take the view that the reverse acquisition and the
VIE arrangement constitutes a related party acquisition without the approval of
the national offices of MOFCOM, they could invalidate the reverse acquisition
and VIE arrangement. We may also face regulatory actions or other sanctions from
the MOFCOM or other PRC regulatory agencies. These regulatory agencies may
impose fines and penalties on our operations in the PRC, limit our operating
privileges in the PRC, delay or restrict the repatriation of the proceeds from
this offering into the PRC, or take other actions that could have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations,
reputation and prospects, as well as the trading price of our
shares.
If
we make equity compensation grants to persons who are PRC citizens, they may be
required to register with the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the
PRC, or SAFE. We may also face regulatory uncertainties that could restrict our
ability to adopt additional equity compensation plans for our directors and
employees and other parties under PRC law.
On April
6, 2007, SAFE issued the “Operating Procedures for Administration of Domestic
Individuals Participating in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan or Stock Option
Plan of An Overseas Listed Company, also know as “Circular 78.” It is not clear
whether Circular 78 covers all forms of equity compensation plans or only those
which provide for the granting of stock options. For any plans which are so
covered and are adopted by a non-PRC listed company, such as our company, after
April 6, 2007, Circular 78 requires all participants who are PRC citizens to
register with and obtain approvals from SAFE prior to their participation in the
plan. In addition, Circular 78 also requires PRC citizens to register with SAFE
and make the necessary applications and filings if they participated in an
overseas listed company’s covered equity compensation plan prior to April 6,
2007. We believe that the registration and approval requirements contemplated in
Circular 78 will be burdensome and time consuming.
Failure
to comply with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could subject us
to penalties and other adverse consequences.
As we are
a Delaware corporation, we are subject to the United States Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act, which generally prohibits United States companies from engaging
in bribery or other prohibited payments to foreign officials for the purpose of
obtaining or retaining business. Some foreign companies, including some that may
compete with our company, may not be subject to these prohibitions. Corruption,
extortion, bribery, pay-offs, theft and other fraudulent practices may occur
from time-to-time in the PRC. We can make no assurance, however, that our
employees or other agents will not engage in conduct for which we might be held
responsible. If our employees or other agents are found to have engaged in such
practices, we could suffer severe penalties and other consequences that may have
a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of
operations.
Under
the New Enterprise Income Tax Law, we may be classified as a “resident
enterprise” of China. Such classification will likely result in unfavorable tax
consequences to us and our non-PRC stockholders.
Under the New Enterprise Income Tax
Law, or EIT Law, an enterprise established outside the PRC with its “de facto
management body” within the PRC is considered a resident enterprise and will be
subject to the enterprise income tax at the rate of 25% on its worldwide income.
The “de facto management body” is defined as the organizational body that
effectively exercises overall management and control over production and
business operations, personnel, finance and accounting, and properties of the
enterprise. It remains unclear how the PRC tax authorities will interpret such a
broad definition. If the PRC tax authorities determine that we should be
classified as a resident enterprise, then our worldwide income will be subject
to income tax at a uniform rate of 25%, which may have a material adverse effect
on our financial condition and results of operations. However, it remains
unclear how the PRC tax authorities will interpret the PRC tax resident
treatment of an offshore company, like us, having indirect ownership interests
in PRC enterprises through intermediary holding vehicles.
Moreover, under the New EIT Law,
foreign shareholders of an entity that is classified as a PRC resident
enterprise may be subject to a 10% withholding tax upon dividends payable by
such entity, unless the jurisdiction of incorporation of the foreign shareholder
of such entity has a tax treaty with the PRC that provides for a reduced rate of
withholding tax, and gains realized on the sale or other disposition of shares,
if such income is sourced from within the PRC. It remains unclear whether the
dividends payable by our PRC subsidiary or the gains our foreign shareholders
may realize will be regarded as income from sources within the PRC if we are
classified as a PRC resident enterprise. Any such tax will reduce the returns on
your investment in our Shares.
Because
our business is located in the PRC, we may have difficulty establishing adequate
management, legal and financial controls, which we are required to do in order
to comply with U.S. securities laws.
PRC
companies have historically not adopted a Western style of management and
financial reporting concepts and practices, which includes strong corporate
governance, internal controls and, computer, financial and other control
systems. Most of our middle and top management staff are not educated and
trained in the Western system, and we may have difficulty hiring new employees
in the PRC with such training. In addition, we may need to rely on a new and
developing communication infrastructure to efficiently transfer our information
from retail outlets to our headquarters. As a result of these factors, we may
experience difficulty in establishing management, legal and financial controls,
collecting financial data and preparing financial statements, books of account
and corporate records and instituting business practices that meet Western
standards. Therefore, we may, in turn, experience difficulties in implementing
and maintaining adequate internal controls as required under Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This may result in significant deficiencies or
material weaknesses in our internal controls, which could impact the reliability
of our financial statements and prevent us from complying with Commission rules
and regulations and the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Any such
deficiencies, weaknesses or lack of compliance could have a materially adverse
effect on our business.
You
may experience difficulties in effecting service of legal process, enforcing
foreign judgments or bringing original actions in China based upon U.S. laws,
including the federal securities laws, or other foreign laws against us or our
management.
All of
our current operations, including the manufacturing and distribution of jewelry,
are conducted in China. Moreover, most of our directors and officers are
nationals and residents of China. All or substantially all of the assets of
these persons are located outside the United States and in the PRC. As a result,
it may not be possible to effect service of process within the United States or
elsewhere outside China upon these persons. In addition, uncertainty exists as
to whether the courts of China would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S.
courts obtained against us or such officers and/or directors predicated upon the
civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any
state thereof, or be competent to hear original actions brought in China against
us or such persons predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or
any state thereof.
Governmental
control of currency conversions could prevent us from paying
dividends.
All of
our revenue is earned in RMB and current and future restrictions on currency
conversions may limit our ability to use revenue generated in RMB to make
dividend or other payments in United States dollars. Although the PRC government
introduced regulations in 1996 to allow greater convertibility of the RMB for
current account transactions, significant restrictions still remain, including
the restrictions that foreign-invested enterprises like us may buy, sell or
remit foreign currencies only after providing valid commercial documents at a
PRC bank specifically authorized to conduct foreign-exchange
business.
In
addition, conversion of RMB for capital account items, including direct
investment and loans, is subject to governmental approval in the PRC, and
companies are required to open and maintain separate foreign-exchange accounts
for capital account items. There is no guarantee that PRC regulatory authorities
will not impose additional restrictions on the convertibility of the RMB. These
restrictions could prevent us from distributing dividends and thereby reduce the
value of our stock.
Future inflation in China may inhibit
our ability to conduct business in China.
In recent
years, the Chinese economy has experienced periods of rapid expansion and high
rates of inflation. Rapid economic growth can lead to growth in the money supply
and rising inflation. If prices for our products rise at a rate that is
insufficient to compensate for the rise in the costs of supplies, it may have an
adverse effect on profitability. These factors have led to the adoption by
Chinese government, from time to time, of various corrective measures designed
to restrict the availability of credit or regulate growth and contain inflation.
High inflation may in the future cause Chinese government to impose controls on
credit and/or prices, or to take other action, which could inhibit economic
activity in China, and thereby harm the market for our products.
Currency
fluctuations and restrictions on currency exchange may adversely affect our
business, including limiting our ability to convert Chinese Renminbi into
foreign currencies and, if Chinese Renminbi were to decline in value, reducing
our revenue in U.S. dollar terms.
Our
reporting currency is the U.S. dollar and our operations in China use their
local currency as their functional currencies. Substantially all of our revenue
and expenses are in Chinese Renminbi. We are subject to the effects of exchange
rate fluctuations with respect to any of these currencies. For example, the
value of the Renminbi depends to a large extent on Chinese government policies
and China’s domestic and international economic and political developments, as
well as supply and demand in the local market. Since 1994, the official exchange
rate for the conversion of Renminbi to the U.S. dollar had generally been stable
and the Renminbi had appreciated slightly against the U.S. dollar. However, on
July 21, 2005, the Chinese government changed its policy of pegging the value of
Chinese Renminbi to the U.S. dollar. Under the new policy, Chinese Renminbi may
fluctuate within a narrow and managed band against a basket of certain foreign
currencies. It is possible that the Chinese government could adopt a more
flexible currency policy, which could result in more significant fluctuation of
Chinese Renminbi against the U.S. dollar. We can offer no assurance that Chinese
Renminbi will be stable against the U.S. dollar or any other foreign
currency.
The income statements of our operations
are translated into U.S. dollars at the average exchange rates in each
applicable period. To the extent the U.S. dollar strengthens against foreign
currencies, the translation of these foreign currencies denominated transactions
results in reduced revenue, operating expenses and net income for our
international operations. Similarly, to the extent the U.S. dollar weakens
against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign currency
denominated transactions results in increased revenue, operating expenses and
net income for our international operations. We are also exposed to foreign
exchange rate fluctuations as we convert the financial statements of our foreign
subsidiaries into U.S. dollars in consolidation. If there is a change in foreign
currency exchange rates, the conversion of the foreign subsidiaries’ financial
statements into U.S. dollars will lead to a translation gain or loss which is
recorded as a component of other comprehensive income. In addition, we have
certain assets and liabilities that are denominated in currencies other than the
relevant entity’s functional currency. Changes in the functional currency value
of these assets and liabilities create fluctuations that will lead to a
transaction gain or loss. We have not entered into agreements or purchased
instruments to hedge our exchange rate risks, although we may do so in the
future. The availability and effectiveness of any hedging transaction may be
limited and we may not be able to successfully hedge our exchange rate
risks.
Risks
Related to the VIE Agreements
If
the PRC government determines that the contractual arrangements through which we
control Wuhan Kingold do not comply with applicable regulations, our business
could be adversely affected.
Although
we believe our contractual relationships through which we control Wuhan Kingold
comply with current licensing, registration and regulatory requirements of the
PRC, we cannot assure you that the PRC government would agree, or that new and
burdensome regulations will not be adopted in the future. If the PRC government
determines that our structure or operating arrangements do not comply with
applicable law, it could revoke our business and operating licenses, require us
to discontinue or restrict our operations, restrict our right to collect
revenues, require us to restructure our operations, impose additional conditions
or requirements with which we may not be able to comply, impose restrictions on
our business operations or on our customers, or take other regulatory or
enforcement actions against us that could be harmful to our
business.
The
PRC government may determine that the VIE Agreements are not in compliance with
applicable PRC laws, rules and regulations.
Vogue-Show
manages and operates our gold jewelry business through Wuhan Kingold pursuant to
the rights its holds under the VIE Agreements. Almost all economic
benefits and risks arising from Wuhan Kingold's operations are transferred to
Vogue-Show under these agreements. Details of the VIE Agreements are set out in
"Restructuring of the Company" of this document.
There are
risks involved with the operation of our business in reliance on the VIE
Agreements, including the risk that the VIE Agreements may be determined by PRC
regulators or courts to be unenforceable. Our PRC counsel has provided a legal
opinion that the VIE Agreements are binding and enforceable under PRC law, but
has further advised that if the VIE Agreements were for any reason determined to
be in breach of any existing or future PRC laws or regulations, the relevant
regulatory authorities would have broad discretion in dealing with such breach,
including:
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conditions or requirements in respect of the VIE Agreements with which
Vogue-Show may not be able to
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our company to restructure the relevant ownership structure or
operations;
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other regulatory or enforcement actions that could adversely affect our
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the business licenses and/or the licenses or certificates of Vogue-Show,
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Any of
these actions could adversely affect our ability to manage, operate and gain the
financial benefits of Wuhan Kingold, which would have a material adverse impact
on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our
ability to manage and operate Wuhan Kingold under the VIE Agreements may not be
as effective as direct ownership.
We
conduct our jewelry processing and sales businesses in the PRC and generate
virtually all of our revenues through the VIE Agreements. Our plans for future
growth are based substantially on growing the operations of Wuhan
Kingold. However, the VIE Agreements may not be as effective in
providing us with control over Wuhan Kingold as direct ownership
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Under the current VIE
arrangements, as a legal matter, if Wuhan Kingold fails to perform its
obligations under these contractual arrangements, we may have to (i) incur
substantial costs and resources to enforce such arrangements, and (ii) reply on
legal remedies under PRC law, which we cannot be sure would be effective.
Therefore,
if we
are unable to effectively control Wuhan Kingold, it may have an adverse effect
on our ability to achieve our business objectives and grow our
revenues.
As
the VIE agreements are governed by PRC law, we would be required to rely on PRC
law to enforce our rights and remedies under them; PRC law may not provide us
with the same rights and remedies as are available in contractual disputes
governed by the law of other jurisdictions.
The VIE
Agreements are governed by the PRC law and provide for the resolution of
disputes through court proceedings pursuant to PRC law. If Wuhan
Kingold or its shareholders fail to perform the obligations under the VIE
Agreements, we would be required to resort to legal remedies available under PRC
law, including seeking specific performance or injunctive relief, or claiming
damages. We cannot be sure that such remedies would provide us with
effective means of causing Wuhan Kingold to meet its obligations, or recovering
any losses or damages as a result of non-performance. Further, the legal
environment in China is not as developed as in other jurisdictions.
Uncertainties in the application of various laws, rules, regulations or policies
in PRC legal system could limit our liability to enforce the VIE Agreements and
protect our interests.
The
VIE Agreements may be subject to audit or challenge by PRC tax authorities. A
finding that we owe additional taxes could substantially reduce our net earnings
and the value of your investment
Under PRC
laws and regulations, arrangements and transactions among affiliated parties may
be subject to audit or challenge by the PRC tax authorities. We could face
material and adverse tax and financial consequences if the PRC tax authorities
determine that the VIE Agreements do not represent arm’s-length prices. As a
result of such a determination, the PRC tax authorities could adjust any of the
income in the form of a transfer pricing adjustment. A transfer pricing
adjustment could, among other things, result in a reduction of expense
deductions for PRC tax purposes recorded by us or Wuhan Kingold or an increase
in taxable income, all of which could increase our tax liabilities. In addition,
the PRC tax authorities may impose late payment fees and other penalties on us
or Wuhan Kingold for under-paid taxes.
Our
shareholders have potential conflicts of interest with our company which may
adversely affect our business.
Jia Zhi
Hong is our chief executive officer and our chairman, and is also the largest
shareholder of Wuhan Kingold. There could be conflicts that arise
from time to time between our interests and the interests of Mr.
Jia. There could also be conflicts that arise between us and Wuhan
Kingold that would require our shareholders and Wuhan Kingold's shareholders to
vote on corporate actions necessary to resolve the conflict. There
can be no assurance in any such circumstances that Mr. Jia will vote his shares
in our best interest or otherwise act in the best interests of our
company. If Mr. Jia fails to act in our best interests, our operating
performance and future growth could be adversely affected. In
addition, some or all of our shareholders could violate the non-competition
agreements they have signed with our company by diverting business opportunities
from our company to others. In such event, our business, financial condition and
results of operation could be adversely affected.
We
rely on the approval certificates and business license held by Vogue-Show and
any deterioration of the relationship between Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold could
materially and adversely affect our business operations.
We operate our jewelry processing and
sales businesses in China on the basis of the approval certificates, business
license and other requisite licenses held by Vogue-Show. There is no assurance
that Vogue-Show will be able to renew its license or certificates when their
terms expire with substantially similar terms as the ones they currently
hold.
Further,
our relationship with Wuhan Kingold is governed by the VIE Agreements that are
intended to provide us with effective control over the business operations of
Wuhan Kingold. However, the VIE Agreements may not be effective in providing
control over the application for and maintenance of the licenses required for
our business operations. Wuhan Kingold could violate the VIE Agreements, go
bankrupt, suffer from difficulties in its business or otherwise become unable to
perform its obligations under the VIE Agreements and, as a result, our
operations, reputations and business could be severely harmed.
If
Vogue-Show exercises the purchase options it holds over Wuhan Kingold's share
capital and assets pursuant to the VIE Agreements, the payment of the purchase
price could materially and adversely affect our financial position.
Under the
VIE Agreements, Wuhan Kingold's shareholders have granted Vogue-Show a ten-year
option to purchase 95.83% of the share capital in Wuhan Kingold at a price
determined by appraisal by an asset evaluation institution to be jointly
appointed by Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold's shareholders. Concurrently, Wuhan
Kingold granted Vogue-Show a ten-year option to purchase Wuhan Kingold's assets
at a price determined by appraisal by such asset evaluation institution. As
Wuhan Kingold is already our contractually controlled affiliate, Vogue-Show's
exercising of the above two options would not bring immediate benefits to our
company, and payment of the purchase prices could adversely affect our financial
position.
Risks
Related to Our Capital Structure
Following the
exercise of his Call Option, our Chairman and
Chief Executive
Officer
would
exercise
significant influence over us.
Our
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jia Zhi Hong, will beneficially own or
control approximately 41% of our outstanding shares if he chooses to fully
exercise his Call Option to purchase shares of Famous Grow. Mr. Jia thereafter
could possibly have a controlling influence in determining the outcome of any
corporate transaction or other matters submitted to our stockholders for
approval, including mergers, consolidations and the sale of all or substantially
all of our assets, election of directors, and other significant corporate
actions. Mr. Jia may also have the power to prevent or cause a change in
control. In addition, without the consent of Mr. Jia, we could be prevented from
entering into transactions that could be beneficial to us. The interests of Mr.
Jia may differ from the interests of our other stockholders.
If
we fail to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting, the
price of our common stock may be adversely affected.
We are
required to establish and maintain appropriate internal controls over financial
reporting. Failure to establish those controls, or any failure of those controls
once established, could adversely impact our public disclosures regarding our
business, financial condition or results of operations. Any failure of these
controls could also prevent us from maintaining accurate accounting records and
discovering accounting errors and financial fraud. Rules adopted by the
Commission pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 require
annual assessment of our internal control over financial reporting, and
attestation of this assessment by our independent registered public accountants.
We believe that the annual assessment of our internal controls requirement will
first apply to our annual report for the 2009 fiscal year and the attestation
requirement of management’s assessment by our independent registered public
accountants will first apply to our annual report for the 2010 fiscal year. The
standards that must be met for management to assess the internal control over
financial reporting as effective are new and complex, and require significant
documentation, testing and possible remediation to meet the detailed standards.
We may encounter problems or delays in completing activities necessary to make
an assessment of our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, the
attestation process by our independent registered public accountants is new and
we may encounter problems or delays in completing the implementation of any
requested improvements and receiving an attestation of our assessment by our
independent registered public accountants. If we cannot assess our internal
control over financial reporting as effective, or our independent registered
public accountants are unable to provide an unqualified attestation report on
such assessment, investor confidence and share value may be negatively
impacted.
In
addition, management’s assessment of internal controls over financial reporting
may identify weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed or other
matters that may raise concerns for investors. Any actual or perceived
weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal control over
financial reporting, disclosure of management’s assessment of our internal
controls over financial reporting, or disclosure of our public accounting firm’s
attestation to or report on management’s assessment of our internal controls
over financial reporting may have an adverse impact on the price of our common
stock.
Compliance
with changing regulation of corporate governance and public disclosure will
result in additional expenses.
Changing
laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public
disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related Commission
regulations, have created uncertainty for public companies and significantly
increased the costs and risks associated with accessing the public markets and
public reporting. Our management team will need to invest significant management
time and financial resources to comply with both existing and evolving standards
for public companies, which will lead to increased general and administrative
expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue
generating activities to compliance activities.
Our
common stock may be considered a “penny stock,” and thereby be subject to
additional sale and trading regulations that may make it more difficult to
sell.
Our
common stock, which is currently quoted for trading on the OTCBB, may be
considered to be a “penny stock” if it does not qualify for one of the
exemptions from the definition of “penny stock” under Section 3a51-1 of the
Securities Exchange Act for 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Our common
stock may be a “penny stock” if it meets one or more of the following
conditions: (i) the stock trades at a price less than $5.00 per share; (ii) it
is not traded on a “recognized” national exchange; (iii) it is NOT quoted on the
NASDAQ Capital Market, or even if so, has a price less than $5.00 per share; or
(iv) is issued by a company that has been in business less than three years with
net tangible assets less than $5 million.
The
principal result or effect of being designated a “penny stock” is that
securities broker-dealers participating in sales of our common stock will be
subject to the “penny stock” regulations set forth in Rules 15-2 through 15g-9
promulgated under the Exchange Act. For example, Rule 15g-2 requires
broker-dealers dealing in penny stocks to provide potential investors with a
document disclosing the risks of penny stocks and to obtain a manually signed
and dated written receipt of the document at least two business days before
effecting any transaction in a penny stock for the investor’s account. Moreover,
Rule 15g-9 requires broker-dealers in penny stocks to approve the account of any
investor for transactions in such stocks before selling any penny stock to that
investor. This procedure requires the broker-dealer to: (i) obtain from the
investor information concerning his or her financial situation, investment
experience and investment objectives; (ii) reasonably determine, based on that
information, that transactions in penny stocks are suitable for the investor and
that the investor has sufficient knowledge and experience as to be reasonably
capable of evaluating the risks of penny stock transactions; (iii) provide the
investor with a written statement setting forth the basis on which the
broker-dealer made the determination in (ii) above; and (iv) receive a signed
and dated copy of such statement from the investor, confirming that it
accurately reflects the investor’s financial situation, investment experience
and investment objectives. Compliance with these requirements may make it more
difficult and time consuming for holders of our common stock to resell their
shares to third parties or to otherwise dispose of them in the market or
otherwise.
We
do not foresee paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future and, as a result,
our investors’ sole source of gain, if any, will depend on capital appreciation,
if any.
We do not
plan to declare or pay any cash dividends on our shares of common stock in the
foreseeable future and currently intend to retain any future earnings for
funding growth. As a result, investors should not rely on an investment in our
securities if they require the investment to produce dividend income. Capital
appreciation, if any, of our shares may be investors’ sole source of gain for
the foreseeable future. Moreover, investors may not be able to resell their
shares of our company at or above the price they paid for
them.
Risk
Related to the Offering
The
market price for our shares may be volatile.
The
market price for our shares are likely to be highly volatile and subject to wide
fluctuations in response to factors including the following:
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or revisions of our expected
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in financial estimates by securities research
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in the markets for our products;
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in the economic performance or market valuations of companies specializing
in gold jewelry;
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by us, or our competitors of new products, acquisitions, strategic
relationships, joint ventures or capital
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of exchange rates between the RMB and the U.S.
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Volatility
in the price of our shares may result in shareholder litigation that could in
turn result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention
and resources.
The
financial markets in the United States and other countries have experienced
significant price and volume fluctuations, and market prices have been and
continue to be extremely volatile. Volatility in the price of our shares may be
caused by factors outside of our control and may be unrelated or
disproportionate to our results of operations. In the past, following periods of
volatility in the market price of a public company’s securities, shareholders
have frequently instituted securities class action litigation against that
company. Litigation of this kind could result in substantial costs and a
diversion of our management’s attention and resources.
Because
we do not intend to pay dividends on our shares, stockholders will benefit from
an investment in our shares only if those shares appreciate in
value.
We
currently intend to retain all future earnings, if any, for use in the
operations and expansion of the business. As a result, we do not anticipate
paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination as to
the declaration and payment of cash dividends will be at the discretion of our
board of directors and will depend on factors our board of directors deems
relevant, including among others, our results of operations, financial condition
and cash requirements, business prospects, and the terms of our credit
facilities, if any, and any other financing arrangements. Accordingly,
realization of a gain on stockholders’ investments will depend on the
appreciation of the price of our shares, and there is no guarantee that our
shares will appreciate in value.
Investors
in this offering will experience immediate and substantial dilution in net
tangible book value.
The
assumed public offering price will be substantially higher than the net tangible
book value per share of our outstanding shares of common stock. As a result,
investors purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering will incur
immediate dilution of $ per share, based on the
public offering price of $ per share. Investors
purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering will pay a price per
share that substantially exceeds the book value of our assets after subtracting
our liabilities.
We
have not determined a specific use for a portion of the net proceeds from this
offering, and it may use these proceeds in ways with which you may not
agree.
We have
not determined a specific use for a portion of the net proceeds of this
offering. Our management will have considerable discretion in the application of
these proceeds received in connection with this offering. You will not have the
opportunity, as part of your investment decision, to assess whether the proceeds
are being used appropriately. You must rely on the judgment of our management
regarding the application of the net proceeds of this offering. The net proceeds
may be used for corporate purposes that do not improve our profitability or
increase our share price. The net proceeds from this offering may also be placed
in investments that do not produce income or lose value.
We
may need additional capital, and the sale of additional shares or equity or debt
securities could result in additional dilution to our shareholders.
We
believe that our current cash and cash equivalents, anticipated cash flow from
operations and the proceeds from this offering will be sufficient to meet our
anticipated cash needs for the foreseeable future. We may, however, require
additional cash resources due to changed business conditions or other future
developments, including any investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue.
If these resources are insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, we may
seek to sell additional equity or debt securities or obtain one or more
additional credit facilities. The sale of additional equity securities could
result in additional dilution to our shareholders. The incurrence of
indebtedness would result in increased debt service obligations and could result
in operating and financing covenants that would restrict our operations. It is
uncertain whether financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable
to us, if at all.
Sales
of a substantial number of shares of our common stock following this offering
may adversely affect the market price of our common stock and the issuance of
additional shares will dilute all other stockholdings.
Sales of
a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market or
otherwise following this offering, or the perception that such sales could
occur, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. After
completion of this offering, our existing stockholders will own
approximately % of our common stock assuming there
is no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option.
After
completion of this offering, there will be
approximately shares of our common
stock outstanding. Of our outstanding shares, the shares of common stock sold in
this offering will be freely tradable in the public market. In addition, our
certificate of incorporation permits the issuance of up to
approximately additional
shares of common stock after this offering. Thus, we have the ability to issue
substantial amounts of common stock in the future, which would dilute the
percentage ownership held by the investors who purchase our shares in this
offering.
We, each
of our directors and senior officers, and each holder of 5% or more of our
common stock have agreed, with limited exceptions, that we and they will not,
without the prior written consent of Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, the underwriter,
during the period ending 90 days after the date of this prospectus, among
other things, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell or otherwise dispose
of any of shares of our common stock or file a registration statement with the
SEC relating to the offering of any shares of our common stock.
After the
lock-up agreements pertaining to this offering expire 180 days from the date of
this prospectus unless waived earlier by Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, the
underwriter, up to of the
shares that had been locked up will be eligible for future sale in the public
market at prescribed times pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or
otherwise. Sales of a significant number of these shares of common stock in the
public market could reduce the market price of the common
stock.
USE
OF PROCEEDS
We
estimate that the net proceeds from our sale of $25,000,000 of shares of common
stock in this offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions
and estimated offering expenses, will be approximately
$ million. If the underwriter’s
option to purchase additional shares is exercised in full, the net proceeds we
will receive will be approximately
$ million.
We intend
to use the net proceeds from this offering for working capital and other general
corporate purposes. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will
depend on numerous factors, including the status of our sales and marketing
activities, the amount of cash generated or used by our operations. We may also
use portions of the proceeds for other purposes, such as expanding our current
business through acquisition of other complimentary businesses, products or
technologies, using cash or shares. However, we have not entered into any
negotiations, agreements or commitments with respect to any such acquisitions at
this time. Accordingly, our management will have broad discretion in the
application of our net proceeds from this offering, and investors will be
relying on the judgment of our management regarding the application of these
proceeds. Pending these uses, the proceeds will be invested in commercial bank
accounts.
CAPITALIZATION
The
following table sets forth our consolidated cash and cash equivalents and
capitalization as of March 31, 2010. Such information is set forth on
the following basis:
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on
a pro forma basis to reflect the sale by us
of shares of our common stock in
this offering at an assumed public offering price of
$ per share, the midpoint of the
price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus, after
deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering
expenses.
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The
information below is illustrative only and our capitalization following the
completion of this offering will be adjusted based on the actual initial public
offering price and other terms of this offering determined at
pricing. You should read this table together with “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and
our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere
in this prospectus.
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March 31, 2010
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Actual
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|
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Pro forma
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Cash
and cash equivalents
|
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7,964,120
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|
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Debt
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|
|
|
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Notes
payable
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—
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—
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Loans
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$
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8,775,522
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$
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Total
indebtedness
|
|
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8,775,522
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Shareholders’
equity:
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Preferred
stock, $0.001 par value; 500,000 shares authorized; none issued or
outstanding
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Common Stock, $.001 par value per share; 100,000,000
shares authorized; 83,532,777 shares issued
and
outstanding, actual; shares issued and outstanding, pro
forma
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83,532
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Additional
paid-in capital
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31,035,352
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Retained
earnings
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16,548,168
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|
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Total
stockholders equity
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|
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50,823,356
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|
|
|
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Total
capitalization
|
|
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50,823,356
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The
number of pro forma shares of common stock shown as issued and outstanding in
the table is based on shares of
our common stock outstanding as of March 31, 2010 (and
excludes shares of our common stock
reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding warrants to purchase our stock as
of December 31, 2009, with a weighted average exercise price of
$ per share).
All share and per share information
above concerning our common stock does not reflect a 1-for-2 reverse stock split
that we plan to become effective prior to the completion of this offering for
which we are currently seeking shareholder approval
.
A $1.00
decrease or increase in the offering price would result in an approximately
$ million decrease or increase in each of
pro forma as adjusted cash and cash equivalents, additional paid-in capital,
total shareholders’ equity and total capitalization.
MARKET
PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON COMMON EQUITY
AND
RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Market
Information
Our
common stock is listed on the OTC Bulletin Board or, the OTCBB, under the symbol
“KGJI.” The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the range of
quarterly high and low sales prices for our common stock in U.S. dollars. These
quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or
commission, involving our common stock during each calendar quarter, and may not
represent actual transactions.
Unless indicated otherwise in the
footnote to the table below, the prices set forth below have not been adjusted
to reflect a 1-for-2 reverse stock split that we plan to become effective prior
to the completion of this offering for which we are currently seeking
shareholder approval.
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High
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Low
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2010
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First
Quarter
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$
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1.07
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|
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$
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0.60
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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First
Quarter
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$
|
0.05
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|
|
$
|
0.03
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Second
Quarter
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.03
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Third
Quarter
|
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$
|
0.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.03
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Fourth
Quarter
|
|
$
|
0.95
|
|
|
$
|
0.08
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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First
Quarter
|
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$
|
0.30
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|
$
|
0.21
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Second
Quarter
|
|
$
|
0.48
|
|
|
$
|
0.21
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Third
Quarter
|
|
$
|
0.30
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|
|
$
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0.16
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Fourth
Quarter
|
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$
|
0.30
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|
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$
|
0.03
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On June
17, 2010, the closing sale price of our shares of common stock was $2.60 per
share and there were 83,532,777 shares of our common stock
outstanding. On that date, our shares of common stock were held by
approximately shareholders of
record. The number of record holders was determined from the records
of our transfer agent and does not include beneficial owners of our common stock
whose shares are held in the names of various security brokers, dealers, and
registered clearing agencies.
Dividend
Policy
We
currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings for use
in the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying any
cash dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future. Investors seeking
cash dividends in the immediate future should not purchase our common
stock.
Future
cash dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our board of directors and
will depend upon our future operations and earnings, capital requirements and
surplus, general financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors
as our board of directors may deem relevant. We can pay dividends only out of
our profits or other distributable reserves and dividends or distribution will
only be paid or made if we are able to pay our debts as they fall due in the
ordinary course of business.
Payment
of future dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of the board of directors
after taking into account various factors, including current financial
condition, operating results, current and anticipated cash needs and regulations
governing dividend distributions by wholly foreign owned enterprises in
China.
SELECTED
SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA
The
following summary consolidated statements of operations for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008 and for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and
2009 and the summary consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2009 and
2008 and for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, have been derived
from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this
prospectus. You should read the summary consolidated financial data in
conjunction with those financial statements and the accompanying notes and
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.” Our consolidated financial statements are prepared and presented in
accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S.
GAAP. Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared as if the current
corporate structure had been in existence throughout the periods
presented.
Our
management believes that the assumptions underlying our financial statements and
the above allocations are reasonable. Our financial statements, however, may not
necessarily reflect our results of operations, financial position and cash flows
as if we had operated as a separate, stand-alone company during the periods
presented. The historical results presented below are not necessarily indicative
of financial results to be achieved in future periods and are not necessarily
indicative of results to be expected for any other period.
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For the year ended
December 31,
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For the three months ended
March 31,
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2009
|
|
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2008
|
|
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2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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(unaudited)
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(unaudited)
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Statements
of Operations Data
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
250,450,650
|
|
|
$
|
109,782,936
|
|
|
$
|
60,512,328
|
|
|
$
|
38,060,670
|
|
|
|
|
(234,725,168
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)
|
|
|
(98,547,293
|
)
|
|
|
(54,492,925
|
)
|
|
|
(34,940,082
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)
|
|
|
|
15,725,482
|
|
|
|
11,235,643
|
|
|
|
6,019,403
|
|
|
|
3,120,588
|
|
|
|
|
2,484,915
|
|
|
|
1,128,067
|
|
|
|
412,433
|
|
|
|
427,533
|
|
|
|
|
13,240,567
|
|
|
|
10,107,576
|
|
|
|
5,606,970
|
|
|
|
2,693,055
|
|
|
|
|
(895,625
|
)
|
|
|
(1,665,606
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)
|
|
|
(132,029
|
)
|
|
|
(263,960
|
)
|
|
|
|
(3,220,439
|
)
|
|
|
(2,090,556
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)
|
|
|
(1,355,899
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)
|
|
|
(607,965
|
)
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Net
income attribute to the noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
(462,920
|
)
|
|
|
(264,867
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)
|
|
|
(170,150
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)
|
|
|
(75,342
|
)
|
Net
income attributable to common stockholders
|
|
$
|
8,661,583
|
|
|
$
|
6,086,547
|
|
|
$
|
3,948,892
|
|
|
$
|
1,745,789
|
|
|
|
|
0.13
|
|
|
|
0.09
|
|
|
|
0.05
|
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
Weighted
average shares outstanding
|
|
|
66,588,177
|
|
|
|
66,208,466
|
|
|
|
83,532,777
|
|
|
|
62,208,466
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
|
7,964,120
|
|
|
|
281,994
|
|
|
|
15,324,203
|
|
|
|
6,450,636
|
|
|
|
|
62,327,038
|
|
|
|
45,195,285
|
|
|
|
66,352,132
|
|
|
|
45,164,099
|
|
|
|
|
10,683,428
|
|
|
|
17,084,008
|
|
|
|
10,530,157
|
|
|
|
14,988,317
|
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
|
|
50,823,356
|
|
|
|
27,755,078
|
|
|
|
54,830,170
|
|
|
|
29,733,493
|
|
Non-controlling
interests
|
|
|
820,254
|
|
|
|
356,199
|
|
|
|
991,805
|
|
|
|
442,289
|
|
Total
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
|
$
|
62,327,038
|
|
|
$
|
45,195,285
|
|
|
$
|
66,352,132
|
|
|
$
|
45,164,099
|
|
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
The
following discussion and analysis of the consolidated financial condition and
results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated
financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.
This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results could differ materially
from the results described in or implied by these forward-looking statements as
a result of various factors, including those discussed below and elsewhere in
this prospectus, particularly under the heading “Risk Factors.”
Overview
We are engaged in the production and
sales of 24 Karat gold jewelry and ornaments in the PRC under the Kingold brand
through a variable interest entity relationship with Wuhan Kingold Jewelry
Company Limited, a PRC company. All of our sales are made within the central
part of the PRC including Hubei, Hunan, Henan, Jiangxi, Anhui and Sichuan
Provinces.
We have
historically sold our products directly to distributors, retailers and other
wholesalers, who then sell our products to consumers through retail counters
located in both department stores and other traditional stand-alone jewelry
stores. We sell our products to our customers at a price that reflects the
market price of the base material (24K gold), plus a mark-up reflecting our
design fees and processing fees. Typically this mark-up ranges from 4-6%
of the price of the base
material
.
We aim to
become an increasingly important participant in the PRC's gold jewelry design
and manufacturing sector. In addition to expanding our design and
manufacturing capabilities, our goal is to provide a large variety of gold
products in unique styles and superior quality under our brand,
Kingold.
We have
been a member of the Shanghai Gold Exchange since 2003. Although the Chinese
government eliminated the absolute restriction on trading gold in general, the
right to purchase gold directly from the Shanghai Gold Exchange is
limited. The Shanghai Gold Exchange implements a membership system
and only members can buy gold through its trading system. There were
only 162 members of the Shanghai Gold Exchange throughout China in
2008. Non-members who want to purchase gold must deal with members at
a higher purchase price compared to that for members.
We are
located in Wuhan which is the fourth largest city in PRC in terms of
population. In 2009, we produced approximately 16 tons of 24 Karat
gold products.
Key
Components of Operating Results
Sources
of Revenue
We derive
our revenue almost entirely from the sales of 24 Karat jewelry and ornaments and
from design fees we receive from other jewelry companies who hire us to design
and produce 24 Karat jewelry and ornaments using gold they supply us. We offer a
wide range of in-house designed products including but not limited to gold
necklaces, rings, earrings, bracelets, and pendants. We only sell on
a wholesale basis to distributors and retailers. Pricing of products
is made at the time of sale based upon the then-current price of gold and sales
are made on a cash on delivery basis.
Cost of
Sales
Our cost
of sales consists primarily of the cost for raw materials, namely, gold. We
purchase gold almost exclusively directly from the Shanghai Gold Exchange, of
which we are a member. We generally do not enter into long term purchase
agreements for gold.
Operating
Expenses
We
classify our operating expenses into four categories: selling, general and
administrative, stock compensation expenses, depreciation and
amortization. Our operating expenses consist primarily of personnel costs,
which include salaries, bonuses, taxes and employee benefit
costs. Other expenses include advertising and promotional costs,
facilities costs and legal, audit and tax, consulting and other professional
service fees.
The
government owns all of the land in the PRC. Companies or individuals
are authorized to possess and use the land only through land use rights granted
by the PRC government. Accordingly, we paid for land use rights in
advance and such prepayments are being amortized and recorded as lease expenses
using the straight-line method over the use terms of the lease. The
amortization expenses were $11,051 and $10,859 for 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
General
and Administrative
General and administrative expenses
consist primarily of personnel costs for our executive, finance, human resources
and administrative personnel, legal, audit and tax and other professional fees,
depreciation expenses, insurance and other corporate expenses.
Sales
Selling
expenses consist primarily of freight and transportation expenses, advertising
and promotional costs and personnel costs for our sales team.
Other
Income (Expense), Net
Other
income (expense), net consists of interest we earn on our cash and cash
equivalents, interest expenses on our loans from Chinese local banks and fees we
pay in connection with guarantees of our loans.
Provision
for Income Taxes
Our
provision for income taxes primarily consists of corporate income taxes related
to profits earned in the PRC from sales of our products. In December
2004 and 2006, Kingold was awarded the status of a nationally recognized High
and New Technology Enterprise, which entitled us to tax-free treatment from
January 2004 to December 2008. Starting in January 2008, we became subject to
the regular PRC corporate tax rate of 25%.
Critical
Accounting Policies
Management’s
discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial condition are
based upon our consolidated financial statements. These statements have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America. These principles require management to make certain
estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported and disclosed in the
financial statements and related notes. The most significant estimates and
assumptions include valuation of inventories, provisions for income taxes,
allowance for doubtful accounts, and the recoverability of the long-lived
assets. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Periodically, we
review all significant estimates and assumptions affecting the financial
statements and record the effect of any necessary adjustments.
The
following critical accounting policies rely upon assumptions and estimates and
were used in the preparation of our consolidated financial
statements:
Revenue
Recognition.
Net sales are primarily composed of sales of products to
wholesale and retail customers and subcontracting fees. The Company recognizes
revenues under the FASB Codification Topic 605 ("ASC Topic 605"), Revenue is
recognized when all of the following have occurred: persuasive evidence of
arrangement with the customer, services has been performed, fees are fixed or
determinable and collectability of the fees is reasonably assured. These
criteria as related to the Company's revenues are considered to have been met as
follows:
Sales
of products
The
Company recognizes revenue on sales of products when the goods are delivered and
title to the goods passes to the customers provided that: there are no
uncertainties regarding customer acceptance; persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists; the sales price is fixed and determinable; and
collectability is deemed probable.
Sub-contracting
fees.
The Company also provides sub-contracting services to
its customers based on a fixed-price contract. The Company recognizes
services-based revenue from all its contracts when the services have been
performed, the customers have approved the completion of services, invoices have
been issued and collectability is deemed probable. The revenues from
sub-contracting services only consist of approximately 3% of the total revenue
recognized.
Accounts
Receivable.
We extend unsecured credit to our customers in the
ordinary course of business, but we mitigate the associated risks by performing
credit checks and actively pursuing past due accounts. An allowance
for doubtful accounts is established and recorded based on managements’
assessment of our credit history with the customers and our current
relationships with them.
Inventories.
Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost or market value, cost being calculated on the
weighted average basis.
We
provide for inventory allowances based on excess and obsolete inventories
determined principally by customer demand.
Income
Taxes.
We report income taxes pursuant to FASB’s accounting
standard for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method of accounting
for income taxes as required by this accounting standard, deferred taxes are
determined based on the temporary differences between the financial statement
and tax basis of assets and liabilities using tax rates expected to be in effect
during the years in which the basis differences reverse. A valuation allowance
is recorded when it is more likely than not that some of the deferred tax assets
will not be realized. FASB’s accounting standard for accounting for
uncertainty in income taxes requires the recognition of deferred tax assets
and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have
been included in the financial statements or tax returns.
As of
January 1, 2007, income tax positions must meet a more-likely-than-not
recognition threshold to be recognized. A tax position is recognized as a
benefit only if it is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be
sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur.
The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than
50% likely of being realized on examination. For tax positions not meeting the
“more likely than not” test, no tax benefit is recorded.
PRC
Enterprise Income
Tax.
On
March 16, 2007, the National People's Congress of China passed a new Enterprise
Income Tax Law (the "New EIT Law"), and on December 6, 2007, the State Council
of China passed the Implementing Rules for the EIT Law ("Implementing Rules")
which took effect on January 1, 2008. The New EIT Law and Implementing Rules
impose a unified enterprise income tax ("EIT") of 25.0% on all domestic-invested
enterprises and Foreign Invested Entities ("FIEs") established in the PRC,
unless they qualify under certain limited exceptions. Therefore, nearly all FIEs
are subject to the new tax rate alongside other domestic businesses rather than
benefiting from the old FIE tax laws, and its associated preferential tax
treatments, beginning January 1, 2008.
In
addition to the changes to the current tax structure, under the New EIT Law, an
enterprise established outside of China with "de facto management bodies" within
China is considered a resident enterprise and will normally be subject to an EIT
of 25.0% on its global income. The Implementing Rules define the term "de facto
management bodies" as "an establishment that exercises, in substance, overall
management and control over the production, business, personnel, accounting,
etc., of a Chinese enterprise." On April 22, 2009, the State Administration of
Taxation issued the Notice Concerning Relevant Issues Regarding Cognizance of
Chinese Investment Controlled Enterprises Incorporated Offshore as Resident
Enterprises pursuant to Criteria of de facto Management Bodies (the "Notice"),
further interpreting the application of the New EIT Law and its implementation
with respect to non-Chinese enterprise or group controlled offshore entities.
Pursuant to the Notice, an enterprise incorporated in an offshore jurisdiction
and controlled by a Chinese enterprise or group will be classified as a
"non-domestically incorporated resident enterprise" if: (i) its senior
management in charge of daily operation reside or perform their duties mainly in
China; (ii) its financial or personnel decisions are made or approved by bodies
or persons in China; (iii) its substantial properties, accounting books,
corporate chops, board and shareholder minutes are kept in China; and (iv) 1/2
of directors with voting rights or senior management often reside in China. Such
resident enterprise would be subject to an EIT rate of 25% on its worldwide
income and must pay a withholding tax at a rate of 10% when paying dividends to
its non-PRC shareholders. However, it remains unclear as to whether the Notice
is applicable to an offshore enterprise incorporated by a Chinese natural
person. Nor are detailed measures on imposition of tax from non-domestically
incorporated resident enterprises available. Therefore, it is unclear how tax
authorities will determine tax residency based on the facts of each
case.
If the
PRC tax authorities determine that we are a "resident enterprise" for PRC
enterprise income tax purposes, a number of unfavorable PRC tax consequences
could follow. First, we may be subject to the enterprise income tax at a rate of
25% on our worldwide taxable income as well as PRC enterprise income tax
reporting obligations. In our case, this would mean that income such as interest
on financing proceeds and non-China source income would be subject to PRC
enterprise income tax at a rate of 25%. Second, although under the New EIT Law
and its Implementing Rules dividends paid to us from our PRC subsidiaries would
qualify as "tax-exempt income," we cannot guarantee that such dividends will not
be subject to a 10% withholding tax, as the PRC foreign exchange control
authorities, which enforce the withholding tax, have not yet issued guidance
with respect to the processing of outbound remittances to entities that are
treated as resident enterprises for PRC enterprise income tax purposes. Finally,
it is possible that future guidance issued with respect to the new "resident
enterprise" classification could result in a situation in which a 10%
withholding tax is imposed on dividends we pay to our non-PRC stockholders and
with respect to gains derived by our non-PRC stockholders from transferring our
shares. We are actively monitoring the possibility of "resident enterprise"
treatment and are evaluating appropriate organizational changes to avoid this
treatment, to the extent possible.
Foreign Currency
Transactions.
Our functional currency is Renminbi (“RMB”). Foreign
currency transactions during the year are translated to the functional currency
at the approximate rates of exchange on the dates of transactions. Monetary
assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet
date are translated at the approximate rates of exchange at that date.
Non-monetary assets and liabilities are translated at the rates of exchange
prevailing at the time the asset or liability was acquired. Exchange gains or
losses are recorded in the statement of operations.
Our
financial statements are translated into U.S. dollars using the closing rate
method. The balance sheet items are translated into U.S. dollars
using the exchange rates at the respective balance sheet dates. The
capital and various reserves are translated at historical exchange rates
prevailing at the time of the transactions while income and expenses items are
translated at the average exchange rate for the year. All exchange
differences are recorded within equity.
The
exchange rates used to translate amounts in RMB into U.S. dollars for the
purposes of preparing the financial statements were as follows:
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December
31,
2009
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December
31,
2008
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Balance
sheet items, except for share capital, additional paid-in capital and
retained earnings, as of year end
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Amounts
included in the statements of operations and cash flows for the
year
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The
translation gain recorded for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 was
$75,531 and $1,461,217, respectively.
No
representation is made that RMB amounts have been, or could be, converted into
U.S. dollars at the above rates or at all. Although the Chinese government
regulations now allow convertibility of RMB for current account transactions,
significant restrictions still remain. Hence, such translations should not be
construed as representations that RMB could be converted into U.S. dollars at
that rate or any other rate.
The value
of RMB against U.S. dollars and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected
by, among other things, changes in China’s political and economic conditions,
Any significant revaluation of RMB may materially affect our financial condition
in terms of U.S. dollar reporting.
Seasonality
Our
business is seasonal in nature. Our sales and net income are traditionally
higher in the fourth calendar quarter than the rest of the year. The primary
factors that affect the seasonal changes in our business operations are holidays
and traditional Chinese festivals. In the fourth quarter, retailers often
experience increased sales due to the week-long public holiday for Chinese
National Day, as well as Christmas and New Year’s Day. In addition, jewelry
retailers commonly stock up from wholesalers in the fourth quarter to prepare
for potentially higher sales in the following quarter for Chinese New Year. This
quarter is also a peak season for marriages and the birth of newborns in China,
which have historically resulted in higher sales.
Acquisition
of Dragon Lead
On
September 29, 2009, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reverse Acquisition
(the “Acquisition Agreement”) with Vogue-Show, a PRC wholly foreign owned
enterprise, Dragon Lead, and the stockholders of Dragon Lead Group, or the
Dragon Lead Stockholders. Pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, we agreed to
acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Dragon Lead Group in
exchange for the issuance of 66,208,466 newly issued shares of our common
stock. The Acquisition Agreement closed on or about December 23,
2009. Following the closing, Dragon Lead became our wholly owned
subsidiary.
December
2009 Private Placement
On
December 23, 2009, immediately prior to the closing of the reverse acquisition,
we completed a private placement with 14 investors. Pursuant to
a securities purchase agreement entered into with the investors, we sold an
aggregate of 10,240,964 newly issued shares of our common stock at $0.498 per
share, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $5.1 million. The investors
in the private placement also received warrants to purchase up to 2,048,192
shares of common stock at the price of $0.498 per share. After commissions and
expenses, we received net proceeds of approximately $4.55 million in the private
placement. In addition, warrants to purchase up to 3,072,289 shares
of common stock at the price of $0.498 per share were issued to various
consultants who assisted in the transaction.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
At March
31, 2010, we had $15.3 million in cash and cash equivalents. We have
historically financed our operations with cash flow generated from operations,
as well as through the borrowing of short-term bank loans with a term of one
year. At March 31, 2010, we had outstanding short-term loans with
banks in an aggregate amount of $8.8 million with a weighted average interest
rate of 5.02%. Specifically, at March 31, 2010, we had a loan in the amount of
$2,197,519 from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank due in April, 2010, a loan
in the amount of $3,662,531 from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank due in
May, 2010 and a loan in the amount of $2,930,025 from Xinye bank due in December
14, 2010. Our loans from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank which were due in
April, 2010 and May, 2010 were paid off in full and then refinanced in the same
principal amounts and upon the same terms. Our loans are secured by buildings,
plant and machinery and/or guaranteed by non-affiliates. The amounts outstanding
under these bank loans are presented in our financial statements as “short term
loans.” For additional information, see Note 8 and Note 7 to our consolidated
financial statements contained in this prospectus. In China, it is
customary practice for banks and borrowers to negotiate roll-overs or renewals
of short-term borrowings on an on-going basis shortly before they mature.
Although we have renewed our short-term borrowings in the past, we cannot assure
you that we will be able to renew these loans in the future as they mature. If
we are unable to obtain renewals of these loans or sufficient alternative
funding on reasonable terms from banks or other parties, we will have to repay
these borrowings with the cash on our balance sheet or cash generated by our
future operations, if any. We cannot assure you that our business will generate
sufficient cash flow from operations to repay these borrowing or that additional
debt or equity financing will be available on acceptable terms, or at all.
Failure to maintain financing arrangements on acceptable terms would have a
material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
We
believe that our current cash and cash flow from operations will be sufficient
to meet our anticipated cash needs, including our cash needs for working
capital, for the next 12 months. We may, however, require additional cash
resources due to changing business conditions or other future developments,
including any investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue. Our ability
to maintain sufficient liquidity depends partially on our ability to achieve
anticipated levels of revenue, while continuing to control costs. If we do not
have sufficient available cash, we would have to seek additional debt or equity
financing through other external sources, which may not be available on
acceptable terms, or at all. Failure to maintain financing arrangements on
acceptable terms would have a material adverse effect on our business, results
of operations and financial condition.
We are
required to contribute a portion of our employees’ total salaries to the Chinese
government’s social insurance funds, including pension insurance, medical
insurance, unemployment insurance, job injuries insurance, and maternity
insurance, in accordance with relevant regulations. We expect that the amount of
our contribution to the government’s social insurance funds will increase in the
future as we expand our workforce and operations and commence contributions to
an employee housing fund.
The
ability of Vogue-Show to pay dividends may be restricted due to the PRC's
foreign exchange control policies and our availability of cash. A majority of
our revenue being earned and currency received is denominated in RMB. We may be
unable to distribute any dividends outside of China due to PRC exchange control
regulations that restrict our ability to convert RMB into U.S. Dollars.
Accordingly, Vogue-Show’s funds may not be readily available to us to satisfy
obligations which have been incurred outside the PRC, which could adversely
affect our business and prospects or our ability to meet our cash
obligations.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We have
no material off-balance sheet transactions.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In February 2010, FASB issued new
standards in ASC 855, Subsequent Event. This amendment removes the requirement
for an SEC filer to disclose a date through which subsequent events have been
evaluated in both issued and revised financial statements. Revised financial
statements include financial statements revised as a result of either correction
of an error or retrospective application of GAAP. All of the amendments are
effective upon issuance of the final update, except for the use of the issued
date for conduit debt obligors. That amendment is effective for interim or
annual periods ending after June 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the
adoption of this amendment to have a material impact on its consolidated
financial statements.
In January 2010, FASB amended ASC 820
Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. This update provides amendments to
Subtopic 820-10 that requires new disclosure as follows: 1) Transfers in
and out of Levels 1 and 2. A reporting entity should disclose
separately the amounts of significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level
2 fair value measurements and describe the reasons for the
transfers. 2) Activity in Level 3 fair value
measurements. In the reconciliation for fair value measurements using
significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reporting entity should present
separately information about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (that
is, on a gross basis rather than as one net number). The new disclosures and
clarifications of existing disclosures are effective for interim and annual
reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures
about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of
activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. Those disclosures are effective for
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within
those fiscal years. The Company has determined the adoption of this rule does
not have a material impact on its financial statements.
In January 2010, FASB amended
Accounting for Distributions to Shareholders with Components of Stock and Cash.
The amendments in this Update clarify that the stock portion of a distribution
to shareholders that allows them to elect to receive cash or stock with a
potential limitation on the total amount of cash that all shareholders can elect
to receive in the aggregate is considered a share issuance that is reflected in
EPS prospectively and is not a stock dividend for purposes of applying Topics
505 and 260 (Equity and Earnings Per Share). The amendments in this update
are effective for interim and annual periods ending on or after December 15,
2009, and should be applied on a retrospective basis. The Company does not
expect the adoption of this rule to have a material impact on its financial
statements.
Results
of Operation
Three
Months Ended March 31, 2010 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31,
2009
The
following table sets forth information from our statements of operations
(unaudited) for the three months ended March 31, 2009 and 2010 in U.S.
dollars:
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For the quarter ended
March 31,
(unaudited)
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2010
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2009
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Selling,
general and administrative expenses
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Total
Other Expenses, net
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INCOME
FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE TAXES
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Less:
net income attribute to the noncontrolling interest
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NET
INCOME ATTRIBUTE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
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Net
Sales
Net sales
for the three months ended March 31, 2010 increased to $60.5 million, an
increase of $22.0 million, or 59%, from net sales of $38.0 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2009. The increase in net sales was primarily the result
of an increase in our production, continued success in marketing of our products
and the increase in the cost of raw materials.
Cost of sales
Cost of
sales for the year ended three months ended March 31, 2010 increased to $54.5
million, an increase of $19.6 million, or 56% from $34.9 million for the same
period in 2009. The increase was primarily due to the increase in the cost of
raw materials caused by higher sales volume for the three months ended March 31,
2010.
Gross profit
Gross
profit for the three months ended March 31, 2010 increased to $6.0 million, an
increase of $2.9 million, or 93%, from $3.1 million for the same period in 2009.
Accordingly, gross margin for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was 9.9%,
compared to 8.2% for the same period in 2009. The increase in our gross profit
and the increase in our gross margin were primarily due to the increase in
production and sales volume of gold, and processing fees. In addition, in 2009,
we shifted our focus to the production of gold jewelry other than other jewelry
production and the increased gross margin reflects this shift in
focus.
Total
operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 were $412,433, a
decrease of $15,099 or 4%, from $427,533 for the same period in 2009. The
decrease in operating expenses was primarily due to less depreciation expense
and stronger control of other administration expenses.
Interest
expenses were $116,660 for three months ended March 31, 2010, an decrease of
$89,440 or 43%, from $206,101 for same period in 2009. Fees paid to
third party guarantors for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 were
$18,308 and $58,156, respectively. The decrease in interest expense
was primarily a result of a decrease of average loan balance for the three
months ended March 31, 2010.
Provision
for income tax expense was approximately $1.4 million for three months ended
March 31, 2010, an increase of $0.74 million, or 123%, from approximately $0.61
million for the same period in 2009. The increase was primarily due to our
increase in gross profit during the first three months of 2010.
Net
income attributable to common stockholders increased to $3.9 million for the
three months ended March 31, 2010 from $1.7 million for the same period in 2009,
an increase of $2.2 million, or 126%.
Net cash provided
by operating activities.
Net cash provided by operating
activities was $7.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared
to net cash used in operations of $6.0 million for the same period in 2009. Net
cash used in operating activities increased by $1.4 million and was primarily a
result of increase in net income and an increase in value added tax
recoverable.
Net cash used in
investing activities.
Net cash used in investing activities
amounted to $11,217 for the three months ended March 31, 2010, compared to net
cash used in investing activities of $7,177 for the three months ended
March 31, 2009. The slight increase in net cash used
in investing activities was as a result of a small increase in the purchase
of property and equipment.
YEAR
ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 COMPARED TO YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008
The
following table sets forth information from our statements of operations for the
years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 in U.S. dollars:
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For the year ended
December 31,
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2009
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2008
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Selling,
general and administrative expenses
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Stock
compensation expenses
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Fees
to guarantor of short term loan
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Total
Other Expenses, net
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INCOME
FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE TAXES
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Less:
net income attribute to the noncontrolling interest
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NET
INCOME ATTRIBUTE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
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OTHER
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
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Foreign
currency translation gains
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Less:
foreign currency translation gains attributable to noncontrolling
interest
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Foreign
currency translation gains attributable to common
stockholders
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Fiscal
Year Ended December 31, 2009 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended December 31,
2008
Net
Revenues
Net sales
for the year ended December 31, 2009 increased to $250.5 million, an increase of
$140.7 million, or 128%, from net sales of $109.8 million for the year ended
December 31, 2008. The increase in net sales was primarily the result of an
increase in our production, continued success in marketing of our products and
the increase in the cost of raw materials.
Cost of revenues
Cost of
sales for the year ended December 31, 2009 increased to $234.7 million, an
increase of $136.2million, or 138%, from $98.5 million for the same period in
2008. The increase was primarily due to the increase in the cost of raw
materials caused by higher sales volume for the year ended December 31,
2009.
Gross profit
Gross
profit for the year ended December 31, 2009 increased to $15.7 million, an
increase of $4.5 million, or 40%, from $11.2 million for the same period in
2008. The gross margin for the year ended December 31, 2008 was 6.3%, compared
to 10.2% for the same period in 2008. The decrease in the gross profit for the
year ended December 31, 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008 was
primarily due to the increase in production and sales volume of gold, and
processing fees as well. In addition, in 2009, we shifted our focus to the
production of gold jewelry other than other jewelry production. The
decrease in our gross margin was a result of the increase in the cost of raw
materials which was not fully compensated by higher prices for our
products.
Operating
expenses for the year ended December 31, 2009 were approximately $2.5 million,
an increase of $1.4 million or 120%, from $1.1 million for the same period in
2008. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to an increase of our
expenses in relation to our expanded production and increased expense related to
go public.
Interest
expenses were approximately $0.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, a
decrease of $0.7 million or 50%, from $1.4 million for same period in 2008. The
decrease in interest expense was primarily a result of our decrease in short
term bank financing and a decrease in interest rates for the year ended December
31, 2009.
Provision
for income tax expense was approximately $3.2 million for the year ended
December 31, 2009, an increase of $1.1 million, or 54%, from approximately $2.1
million for the same period in 2008. The increase was primarily due to our
increase in gross profit during 2009.
Net
income attributable to common stockholders increased to $8.7 million for the
year ended December 31, 2009 from $6.1 million for the year ended December 31,
2008, an increase of $2.6 million, or 42%.
Other
comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders was approximately $0.07
million for the year ended December 31, 2009, a decrease of $1.38 million, from
$1.45 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. The decrease was a result of
a significant reduction in the RMB exchange rate against the U.S.
dollar.
Net cash provided
by (used in) operating activities.
Net cash used in operating
activities was $2.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to
net cash used in operations of $1.9 million for the same period in 2008. Net
cash used in operating activities increased by $0.14 million was primarily a
result of a decrease in inventory which was almost entirely offset by an
increase in value added tax recoverable.
Net cash provided
by (used in) investing activities.
Net cash used in investing
activities amounted to $26,428 for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to
net cash used in investing activities of $483,208 million for the year
ended December 31, 2008. Net cash used in investing activities
decrease by approximately $456,780 million in 2009 primarily due to a decrease
in the purchase of property and equipment.
Net cash provided
by (used in) financing activities.
Net cash provided by financing
activities was $9.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to
net cash used in financing activities of $2.7 million for the year ended
December 31, 2008. The increase of $12.4 million was primarily a result of am
increase in restricted cash, net proceeds from investors and contribution from
stockholders.
BUSINESS
Through a variable interest entity
relationship with Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Company Limited, we believe that we are
one of the leading professional designers and manufacturers of high quality 24
Karat gold jewelry and ornaments developing, promoting, and selling a broad
range of products to the rapidly expanding Chinese luxury goods market in the
central part of the Peoples Republic of China, or PRC, including Hubei, Hunan,
Henan, Jiangxi, Anhui and Sichuan Provinces. According to statistics
provided by Gems and Jewelry Trade Association of China, in 2008, we ranked
first in the PRC's gold industry nationwide in total volume of 24 Karat gold
production. We offer a wide range of in-house designed products including but
not limited to gold necklaces, rings, earrings, bracelets, and pendants. We
launch as many as 900 new products each month, and approximately 10,000 every
year.
We have
historically sold our products directly to distributors, retailers and other
wholesalers, who then sell our products to consumers through retail counters
located in both department stores and other traditional stand-alone jewelry
stores. We sell our products to our customers at a price that reflects the
market price of the base material, plus a mark-up reflecting our design fees and
processing fees. Typically this mark-up ranges from 4-6%
of the price of the base
material
.
We aim to
become an increasingly important participant in the PRC’s gold jewelry design
and manufacturing sector. In addition to expanding our design and
manufacturing capabilities, our goal is to provide a large variety of gold
products in unique styles and superior quality under our brand,
Kingold.
We are located in Wuhan which is the
fourth largest city in China. In 2009, we produced approximately 16
tons of 24K gold products.
Industry
The
Global Market
According
to the World Gold Council, worldwide demand for gold, including gold products
and gold purchased for investment, decreased in 2009 due to the worldwide
recession to 3,385 metric tons down from 3,805 metric tons and 3,551 metric tons
in 2008 and 2007, respectively. Jewelry has historically taken the
largest share of final demand for gold, accounting for around 57% of total
demand (2007-2009 average), worth around US$55 billion at the annual average
gold price in 2009. Worldwide demand for gold jewelry in 2009 was 1,747 metric
tons which decreased from 2,186 metric tons in 2008 and 2,408 metric tons in
2007. However, demand in the fourth quarter of 2009 increased to 500
metric tons from only 336 metric tons in the first quarter of 2009.
The
PRC Market
China’s market for jewelry and other
luxury goods is expanding rapidly, in large part due to China’s rapid economic
growth. According to the State Bureau of Statistics of China, China’s real gross
domestic product, or GDP, grew by 10.4%, 10.7%, 11.4%, 9% and 8.7% in 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 respectively. In 2008 and 2009, in spite of the global
economic slowdown, its GDP still grew by approximately 9% and 8.6% respectively,
among the best in the world. Economic growth in China has led to greater levels
of personal disposable income and increased spending among China’s expanding
consumer base. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, or EIU, private
consumption has grown at a 9% compound annual growth rate, or CAGR, over the
last decade. According to the World Gold Council, Chinese
gold demand has increased by 106% from 2002 to an estimated 443 metric tons in
2009, or an average of 8% per annum during the same period. According to Global
Industry Analysts, Inc., or GIA, the total market size for precious jewelry will
exceed $18.2 billion in 2010. China has historically been the second
largest gold consumer following India. Gold consumption in China is
largely driven by the demand for gold jewelry, which accounts for 92% of gold
consumption.
We believe that China’s gold jewelry
market will continue to grow as China’s economy continues to develop. Because
gold has long been a symbol of wealth and prosperity in China, demand for gold
jewelry, particularly 24 Karat gold jewelry, is firmly embedded in the country’s
culture. Gold has long been viewed as both a secure and accessible savings
vehicle, and as a symbol of wealth and prosperity in Chinese culture. In
addition, gold jewelry plays an important role in marriage ceremonies, child
births and other major life events in China. Gold ornaments, often in the shapes
of dragons, horses and other cultural icons, have long been a customary gift for
newly married-couples and newly-born children in China. As China’s population
becomes more urban, more westernized and more affluent, gold, platinum and other
precious metal jewelry are becoming increasingly popular and affordable fashion
accessories. The gold jewelry market is currently benefiting from rising
consumer spending and rapid urbanization of the Chinese population. We believe
that jewelry companies like us, with a developed distribution network,
attractive designs and reliable product quality, are well-positioned to build up
our brands and capture an increasing share of China’s growing gold jewelry
market.
Competitive
Strengths
We
believe the following strengths contribute to our competitive advantages and
differentiate us from our competitors:
Proven
manufacturing capability
We have
developed seven proprietary processes which we believe are well integrated and
are crucial to gold jewelry manufacturing, namely the processes for 99.9% gold
hardening, rubber mould opening efficiency, solder-less welding, pattern
carving, chain weaving, dewaxing casting, and our coloring methods.
Proven design
capability
We have a
large and experienced in-house design team with a track record of developing
products that are fashionable and well received in the jewelry
market. We launch as many as 900 new products each month and
approximately 10,000 every year. We are committed to further strengthening
our design team and continuing to improve the quality and novelty of our
products so as to capture increased market share in the high-end gold jewelry
market.
Brand
awareness
We have
established the Kingold brand through our focused sales and marketing efforts,
and we believe it is well known in China. We continue to devote significant
effort towards brand development and marketing in an attempt to enhance the
market recognition of our products. Our brand awareness was demonstrated in part
by “Kingold” being named a “Famous Brand in Hubei Province,” “Famous Brand in
China,” and “Famous Jewelry Brand” by the General Administration of Quality
Supervision and China Top Brand Strategy Promotion Committee in
2007. We believe these awards have added credibility to and
strengthened customers’ confidence in our products. We have also
participated in various exhibitions and trade fairs to promote our products and
brands.
Well
established distribution network
We have
been actively operating in this industry for more than six years since the gold
jewelry industry became open to the private sector in 2002. In the jewelry
industry, a well established and maintained distribution network is critical to
success. We have established stable and mutually beneficial business
relationships with many business partners, including large distributors,
wholesalers and retailers. These relationships are essential to our company, and
provide a key competitive advantage for us. We have distributors in most
provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in PRC.
Advantages
of capacity, technology and talent
We have
expanded our capacity significantly in recent years. In 2009, we
produced 24K gold jewelry and ornaments with a total weight of approximately 16
tons, as opposed to 14 tons and 11 tons, in 2008 and 2007, respectively. We
attach great importance to the continuous improvement of our technology. Our
gold processing systems dramatically reduce waste during the manufacturing
process to approximately just one gram per kilogram of gold. We were
certified as a “High-tech and Innovative Company” by Wuhan Science and
Technology Bureau for the 2004 and 2006 biennial periods.
We have
been awarded two patents granted by the State Intellectual Property Office of
the PRC, and have filed applications for 24 patents which have been accepted and
are under review by the State Intellectual Property Office of the PRC. We have
made significant investment in training and retaining our own in-house design
and manufacturing team, and we work closely with the China Geology University,
School of Jewelry in Wuhan, providing internship positions to talented students
majoring in jewelry design and jewelry processing technology.
Membership with
the Shanghai Gold Exchange
We have
been a member of the Shanghai Gold Exchange since 2003. Although the Chinese
government eliminated the absolute restriction on trading gold in general, the
right to purchase gold directly from the Shanghai Gold Exchange is
limited. The Shanghai Gold Exchange implements a membership system
and only members can buy gold through its trading system. There were
only 162 members of the Shanghai Gold Exchange throughout China in
2008. Non-members who want to purchase gold must deal with members at
a higher purchase price compared to that for members.
Experienced
management
We have a
strong and stable management team with valuable experience in the PRC jewelry
industry. Jia Zhi Hong, Wuhan Kingold’s major shareholder and founder, has been
working in this industry for more than ten years. Zhao Bin, our
general manager, has over 18 years of experience in jewelry businesses
administration. Other members of our senior management team all have significant
experience in key aspects of our operations, including product design,
manufacturing, and sales and marketing.
Our
Strategy
Our goal
is to be a leading vertically-integrated designer, manufacturer, and retailer of
24 Karat gold jewelry products in China. We intend to achieve our goal by
implementing the following strategies:
Continue to
specialize in the manufacture of 24 Karat gold jewelry
We intend
to leverage our experience in jewelry design to introduce new fashionable
products with strong market recognition. By investing significantly
in research and development, we plan to design new product lines of 24 Karat
gold jewelry to meet specific needs of our target customers. By staying on top
of market trends, expanding our design team and capabilities, we plan to
continue to increase our revenues and market share.
Promotion and
better usage of our brand
We intend
to make significant efforts in growing our brand recognition of our Kingold
brand and strengthening our market. As part of the initiative, we plan to launch
an advertising campaign over Chinese television networks to promote our gold
jewelry products as well as through popular magazines throughout
China. Through marketing and promotion of our high end product lines,
we believe the credentials and reputation of our brand will be further
enhanced.
Increase
automation in our production line
Our
production lines use modern technologies and production techniques that we
strive to continuously improve. We plan to increase the level of
automation in our production lines by purchasing advanced equipment and
facilities to improve our efficiency and precision, lower our average costs, and
expand our production capacity
.
Products
We
currently offer a wide range of 24 Karat gold products including 99.9% and 99%
pure gold necklaces, rings, earrings, bracelets, pendants and gold bars. We
launch as many as 900 new products each month and approximately 10,000 every
year.
Supply
of Raw Materials
We
purchase gold, our major raw material, directly from the Shanghai Gold Exchange,
of which were are a member. The membership grants us a privilege to
the purchase of gold from the Shanghai Gold Exchange which non-members do not
have.
Quality
Control
We
consider quality control an important factor for our business success. We have a
strict quality control system which is implemented by a well-trained team to
ensure effective quality control over every step of our business operation, from
design and manufacturing to marketing and sales. We have received ISO 9001
accreditation from the International Organization for Standardization (“
ISO
”) attesting to our
quality control systems. In 2004 we were named an “Honest and Trustworthy
Enterprise” from Hubei Quality Supervising and Administration
Bureau.
Design
and Manufacturing
We have
adopted a rigorous and systematic approach to product design and manufacturing.
We employ a senior design team with members educated by top art schools or
colleges in China, with an average of three to five years of experience. Our
design team develops and generates new ideas from a variety of sources,
including direct customer feedback, trade shows, and industry conferences. We
generally test the market potential and customer appeal of our new products and
services through a wide out-reach program in specific regions prior to full
commercial launch. We have a large-scale production base that includes a 74,933
square feet factory, a dedicated design, sales and marketing team, and more than
500 company-trained employees. Our production lines include automated jewelry
processing equipment and procedures that we can rapidly modify to accommodate
new designs and styles.
Sales
and Marketing
Currently
we have over 280 wholesale and retail customers covering 15 provinces in China.
Except for our on-site exhibition store we currently do not carry out retail
sales of jewelry products. We have very stable relationships with our
major customers who have generally increased order volume year by
year.
Major
Customers
During
the year ended December 31, 2009, approximately 31.49% of our net sales were
generated from our five largest customers as compared to 21.3% for the year
ended December 31, 2008. Our largest customer during the past two years,
Shenzhen Yuehao Jewelry Co., Ltd accounted for 7.83% of our net sales for the
year ended December 31, 2009 and 9.8% for the year ended December 31,
2008.
Research
and Development
We have
our own Research and Development, R&D, center made up of a design group and
a technical development group. We believe that our company is among the few
jewelry manufacturers in PRC that is equipped with modern facilities and
technology. Through years of research, we have developed seven techniques which
have been key drivers to our competitive strength and operating
success. These techniques include 99.99% gold hardening, rubber mould
opening efficiency, solder-less welding, pattern carving, chain weaving,
dewaxing casting, and our coloring methods. Our track record of
technical innovation has resulted in the development and acquisition of
industry-leading equipment. This equipment ensures that we are able
to produce special patterns and styles efficiently.
Competition
The
jewelry industry in China is highly fragmented and very
competitive. No single competitor has a significant percentage of the
overall market. We believe that the market may become even more competitive as
the industry grows and/or consolidates.
We
produce high-quality jewelry for which the demand has grown year by year as
income levels in China have risen and customers continue to appreciate the high
quality of our products. We believe Kingold is well known as a nationwide famous
trademark which has substantially differentiated us from most of our
competitors.
We
compete with local jewelry manufacturers and large foreign multinational
companies that offer products similar to ours. Examples of our
competition include, but are not limited to, Zhejiang Sun & Moon Jewelry
Group Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Bo Fook Jewelry Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Ganlu Jewelry Co.,
Ltd., Magfrey Jewelry Co., Ltd., and Guangdong Chaohongji Co., Ltd.
Intellectual
Property
We rely
on a combination of patent, trademark and trade secret protection and other
unpatented proprietary information to protect our intellectual property rights
and to maintain and enhance our competitiveness in the jewelry
industry.
We
currently have two patents granted by the State Intellectual Property Office of
the PRC, and have filed applications for 24 patents which have been accepted and
are under review by the State Intellectual Property Office of the
PRC.
We have
three registered trademarks in China and have filed applications for
registration of seven trademarks which have been accepted and are currently
under review by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry
and Commerce of the PRC. In particular, “Kingold” has been named as a
“Famous Brand in Hubei Province”, “Famous Brand in China”, and “Famous
Jewelry Brand” by the General Administration of Quality Supervision and
China Top Brand Strategy Promotion Committee.
We have
implemented and enhanced file management procedures in an effort to protect our
intellectual property rights. However, there can be no assurance that our
intellectual property rights will not be challenged, invalidated, or
circumvented, that others will not assert intellectual property rights to
technologies that are relevant to us, or that our rights will give us a
competitive advantage. In addition, the laws of China may not protect our
proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws in other
jurisdictions.
PRC
Government Regulations
We are
subject to various PRC laws and regulations which are relevant to our
business. Our business license permits us to design, manufacture,
sell and market jewelry products to department stores throughout China, and
allows us to engage in the retail distribution of our products. Any further
amendment to the scope of our business will require additional government
approvals. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain the necessary
government approval for any change or expansion of our
business.
Under the
applicable PRC laws, supplies of precious metals such as platinum, gold and
silver are highly regulated by certain government agencies, such as the People’s
Bank of China. The Shanghai Gold Exchange is the only PBOC authorized supplier
of precious metal materials and is our primary source of supply for our raw
materials, which substantially consist of precious metals. We are required to
obtain and hold several membership and approval certificates from these
government agencies in order to continue to conduct our business. We may be
required to renew such memberships and to obtain approval certificates
periodically. If we are unable to renew these periodic membership or approval
certificates, it would materially affect our business operations. We are
currently in good standing with these agencies.
We have
also been granted independent import and export rights. These rights permit us
to import and export jewelry in and out of China. With the relatively lower cost
of production in China, we intend to expand into overseas markets after the
launch of our China-based retail plan. We do not currently have plans to import
jewelry into China.
Environment
Protection
Our
production facilities in Wuhan are subject to environmental regulation by both
the central government of the PRC and by local government agencies. We have
obtained all necessary operating permits as required from the Environmental
Protection Bureau, and believe that we are in compliance with local regulations
governing waste production and disposal, and that our production facilities have
met the public safety requirements regarding refuse, emissions, lights, noise
and radiation. Since our commencement of operations, we have not been cited for
any environmental violations.
Tax
Wuhan
Kingold was incorporated in the PRC and is subject to PRC income tax which is
computed according to the relevant laws and regulations in the PRC. The
applicable income tax rate is 25%.
Pursuant
to the
Provisional Regulation
of China on Value-Added Tax
and its implementing rules, all entities and
individuals that are engaged in the sale of goods, the provision of repairs and
replacement services and the importation of goods in China are generally
required to pay VAT at a rate of 17.0% of the gross sales proceeds received,
less any deductible VAT already paid or borne by the taxpayer.
Foreign
Currency Exchange
Under the
PRC foreign currency exchange regulations applicable to us, the Renminbi is
convertible for current account items, including the distribution of dividends,
interest payments, trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions.
Conversion of Renminbi for capital account items, such as direct investment,
loan, security investment and repatriation of investment, however, is still
subject to the approval of the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or
SAFE. Foreign-invested enterprises may only buy, sell and/or remit foreign
currencies at those banks authorized to conduct foreign exchange business after
providing valid commercial documents and, in the case of capital account item
transactions, obtaining approval from the SAFE. Capital investments by
foreign-invested enterprises outside of China are also subject to limitations,
which include approvals by the Ministry of Commerce, the SAFE and the State
Reform and Development Commission.
Dividend
Distributions
Under
applicable PRC regulations, foreign-invested enterprises in China may pay
dividends only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in
accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. In addition, a
foreign-invested enterprise in China is required to set aside at least 10.0% of
their after-tax profits each year to its general reserves until the accumulative
amount of such reserves has reached 50.0% of its registered capital. These
reserves are not distributable as cash dividends. The board of directors of a
foreign-invested enterprise has the discretion to allocate a portion of its
after-tax profits to staff welfare and bonus funds, which may not be distributed
to equity owners except in the event of liquidation.
Employees
At
December 31, 2009, we had approximately 500 full time employees all of which are
located in PRC, except our chief financial officer. There are no collective
bargaining contracts covering any of our employees. We believe our relationship
with our employees is satisfactory. Our full time employees are
entitled to employee benefits including medical care, work related injury
insurance, maternity insurance, unemployment insurance and pension benefits
through a Chinese government mandated multi-employer defined contribution plan.
We are required to accrue for those benefits based on certain percentages of the
employees’ salaries and make contributions to the plans out of the amounts
accrued for medical and pension benefits. The total provisions and
contributions made for such employee benefits was $17,058 $80,107 and $34,549
for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The Chinese
government is responsible for the medical benefits and the pension liability
paid to these employees.
Effective
from January 1, 2008, the PRC has introduced a new labor contract law that
enhances rights for the nation’s workers, including open-ended work contracts
and severance payment. The Law requires employers to enter into labor contracts
with their workers in writing, restricts the use of temporary laborers and makes
it harder to lay off employees. It also requires that employees with a
fixed-term contract shall be entitled to an indefinite-term contract after the
fixed-term contract has been renewed twice. Although the new labor contract law
would increase our labor costs, we do not anticipate there will be any
significantly effects on our overall profitability in the near future since such
amount was historically not material to our operating cost. Management
anticipates this may be a step toward improving candidate retention for skilled
workers. None of our employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
We believe that we have a good relationship with our employees.
Company
History
Since
December, 2009, we have been engaged in the design, manufacturing and sale of
gold jewelry in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) via a variable interest
entity relationship with Wuhan Kingold Jewelry Company Limited, a PRC
company.
We were
initially incorporated in 1995 in Delaware as Vanguard Enterprises,
Inc. In 1999, we changed our corporate name to Activeworlds.com, Inc.
(and subsequently to Activeworlds Corp.) and through a wholly-owned subsidiary
we provided internet software products and services that enabled the delivery of
three-dimensional content over the internet. We operated that
business until September 11, 2002 when we sold that business to our former
management and we became a shell company with no significant business
operations. As a result of the consummation of a reverse acquisition
transaction as described below, on December 23, 2009, we ceased to be a shell
company and became an indirect holding company for Vogue-Show through Dragon
Lead.
Acquisition
of Kingold and Name Change
In
December 2009, we acquired 100% of Dragon Lead from the shareholders of Dragon
Lead in a share exchange transaction pursuant to which the shareholders of
Dragon Lead exchanged 100% ownership in Dragon Lead, for 66,208,466 shares of
our common stock. As a result, Dragon Lead became our wholly owned
subsidiary. Dragon Lead owns 100% of Vogue-Show and Vogue-Show
controls Wuhan Kingold through a series of variable interest entity agreements.
We currently operate through Dragon Lead and Vogue-Show.
In
February, 2010, we changed our name to Kingold Jewelry, Inc. to better reflect
our business.
Organizational
History of Dragon Lead and its Subsidiaries
Dragon
Lead Group Limited, or Dragon Lead, a British Virgin Islands (BVI) corporation
was incorporated in the BVI on July 1, 2008 as an investment holding
company. Dragon Lead owns 100% of the ownership interest in
Vogue-Show.
Vogue-Show
was incorporated in the PRC as a WFOE on February 16, 2009. Wuhan Kingold was
incorporated in the PRC as a limited liability company on August 2, 2002 by Jia
Zhi Hong, as the major shareholder, and Xue Su Yue who sold her shares in Wuhan
Kingold to Jia Zhi Hong and Chen Wei in 2003. On October 26, 2007, Wuhan Kingold
was restructured as a joint stock company limited by shares. Its business
activities are principally the design and manufacture of gold ornaments in the
PRC. Wuhan Kingold's business license will expire on March 4, 2021 and is
renewable upon expiration. The registered and paid-in capital of Wuhan Kingold
is RMB 120 million.
The
Vogue-Show/Wuhan Kingold VIE Relationship
On June
30, 2009, Vogue-Show entered into a series of agreements with Wuhan Kingold and
shareholders holding 95.83% of the outstanding equity of Wuhan Kingold under
which Wuhan Kingold agreed to pay 95.83% of its after-tax profits to Vogue-Show
and shareholders owning 95.83% of Wuhan Kingold’s shares have pledged their and
delegated their voting power in Wuhan Kingold to Vogue-Show. Such share pledge
is registered with the PRC Administration for Industry and
Commerce.
The VIE
agreements, which are described below, cover 95.83% of the equity interest in
Wuhan Kingold covering 46 of Wuhan Kingold’s 47 shareholders and were created so
that upon the closing of the reverse acquisition, as described below, we would
be able to acquire control over Wuhan Kingold, as explain below. The
balance of 4.17% of the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold is held by Beijing
Capital Investment Co. Ltd, a PRC State Owned Enterprise.
These
contractual arrangements enable us to:
• exercise
effective control over our variable interest entity, Wuhan Kingold;
• receive
substantially all of the economic benefits from variable interest entity, Wuhan
Kingold; and
• have an exclusive option
to purchase 95.83% of the equity interest in our variable interest entity, Wuhan
Kingold, when and to the extent permitted by PRC law.
Through
such arrangement, Wuhan Kingold has become Vogue-Show's contractually controlled
affiliate. In addition, Wuhan Kingold shareholders agreed to grant Vogue-Show a
ten-year option to purchase a 95.83% equity interest in Wuhan Kingold at a price
based on an appraisal provided by an asset evaluation institution which will be
jointly appointed by Vogue-Show and the Wuhan Kingold shareholders.
Concurrently, Wuhan Kingold agreed to grant Vogue-Show a ten-year option to
purchase all of Wuhan Kingold's assets at a price based on an appraisal provided
by an asset evaluation institution which will be jointly appointed by Vogue-Show
and Wuhan Kingold.
The
VIE Agreements
Our
relationship with Wuhan Kingold and its shareholders are governed by a series of
contractual arrangements, which agreements provide as follows.
Exclusive
Management Consulting and Technical Support Agreement
. On June 30, 2009,
Vogue-Show entered into an Exclusive Management Consulting and Technical Support
Agreement with Wuhan Kingold, which agreement provides that Vogue-Show will be
the exclusive provider of management consulting services to Wuhan Kingold, and
obligated Vogue-Show to provide services to fully manage and control all
internal operations of Wuhan Kingold, in exchange for receiving 95.83% of Wuhan
Kingold’s profits. Payments will be made on a monthly basis. The term of this
agreement will continue until it is either terminated by mutual agreement of the
parties or until such time as Vogue-Show shall acquire 95.83% of the equity or
assets of Wuhan Kingold.
Shareholders’
Voting Proxy Agreement
. On June 30, 2009, shareholders holding 95.83% of
the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold entered into a Shareholders’ Voting Proxy
Agreement authorizing Vogue-Show to exercise any and all shareholder rights
associated with their ownership in Wuhan Kingold, including the right to attend
and vote their shares at shareholders’ meetings, the right to call shareholders’
meetings and the right to exercise all other shareholder voting rights as
stipulated in the Articles of Association of Wuhan Kingold. The term of this
agreement will continue until it is either terminated by mutual agreement of the
parties or until such time as Vogue-Show shall acquire 95.83% of the equity or
assets of Wuhan Kingold.
Purchase Option
Agreement
. On June 30, 2009, shareholders holding 95.83% of the equity
interest in Wuhan Kingold entered into a Purchase Option Agreement with
Vogue-Show, which provides that Vogue-Show will be entitled to acquire such
Shareholders’ shares in Wuhan Kingold upon certain terms and conditions, if such
a purchase is or becomes allowable under PRC laws and regulations. The Purchase
Option Agreement also grants to Vogue-Show an option to purchase all of the
assets of Wuhan Kingold. The exercise price for either the shares or
the assets are to be as determined by a qualified third party appraiser. The
term of this agreement is ten years from the date thereof.
Pledge of Equity
Agreement
. On June 30, 2009, shareholders holding 95.83% of the equity
interest in Wuhan Kingold entered in Pledge of Equity Agreement, pursuant to
which each such shareholder pledges all of his shares of Wuhan Kingold to
Vogue-Show, in order to guarantee performance under the Exclusive Management
Consulting and Technical Support Agreement, Shareholders’ Voting Proxy Agreement
and the Purchase Option Agreement. If Wuhan Kingold or any of its respective
shareholders breaches its respective contractual obligations, Vogue-Show, as
pledgee, will be entitled to certain rights, including the right to foreclose on
the pledged equity interests.
Reverse
Acquisition and Private Placement
On
September 29, 2009, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reverse Acquisition
with Vogue-Show, a PRC wholly foreign owned enterprise, Dragon Lead, and the
stockholders of Dragon Lead, or the Dragon Lead Stockholders. Pursuant to the
acquisition agreement, we agreed to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of Dragon Lead in exchange for the issuance of 66,208,466 newly
issued shares of our common stock. The acquisition agreement closed
on or about December 23, 2009. Following the closing, Dragon Lead became
our wholly owned subsidiary.
The
purpose of the reverse acquisition was to acquire control over Wuhan
Kingold. We did not acquire Wuhan Kingold directly through the
issuance of stock to Wuhan Kingold’s stockholders because under PRC law it is
uncertain whether a share exchange would be legal. We instead chose
to acquire control of Wuhan Kingold through the acquisition of Vogue Show and
the VIE arrangements described above. Certain rules and regulations in the PRC
restrict the ability of non-PRC companies that are controlled by PRC residents
to acquire PRC companies. There is significant uncertainty as to
whether these rules and regulations require transactions of the type
contemplated by our VIE arrangements, or of the type contemplated by the Call
Option described below, to be approved by the PRC Ministry of Commerce, the
China Securities and Regulatory Commission, or other agencies. For a
discussion of the risks and uncertainties arising from these PRC rules and
regulations, see “Risk Factors - PRC regulations relating to acquisitions of PRC
companies by foreign entities may create regulatory uncertainties that could
restrict or limit our ability to operate. Our failure to obtain the prior
approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or CSRC, the listing and
trading of our common stock could have a material adverse effect on our
business, operating results, reputation and trading price of our common
stock.”
On
December 23, 2009, immediately prior to the closing of the reverse acquisition,
we completed a private placement with 14 investors. Pursuant to
a securities purchase agreement entered into with the investors, we sold an
aggregate of 10,240,964 newly issued shares of our common stock at $0.498 per
share, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $5.1 million. The investors
in the private placement also received five-year warrants to purchase up to
2,048,192 shares of common stock at the price of $0.498 per share. After
commissions and expenses, we received net proceeds of approximately $4.55
million in the private placement. In addition, five-year warrants to
purchase up to 3,072,289 shares of common stock at the price of $0.498 per share
were issued to various consultants who assisted in the transaction.
As a
result of the above transactions, we ceased being a “shell company” as defined
in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Act.
Also, on December 23, 2009, Fok Wing
Lam Winnie, the sole shareholder of Famous Grow and the majority shareholder of
Dragon Lead prior to the closing of the reverse acquisition, entered into a call
option agreement, or call option, with Jia Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin as an
inducement to encourage them to provide services to Wuhan Kingold and our
company. Under the call option, Fok Wing Lam Winnie granted to Jia Zhi Hong and
Zhao Bin the right to acquire up to 100% of the shares of Famous Grow at any
time for a period of five years. While it is the case that our PRC counsel
believes that this arrangement is lawful under PRC laws and regulations, there
are, substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of
current and future PRC laws and regulations, including regulations governing the
validity and legality of such call options. Accordingly, we cannot assure you
that PRC government authorities will not ultimately take a view contrary to the
opinion of our PRC legal counsel.
Additionally,
on December 23, 2009, immediately following the closing, Famous Grow Holdings
Limited, a BVI limited liability company, or Famous Grow, that prior to the
closing was Dragon Lead's majority shareholder, together with Jia Zhi Hong, our
Chief Executive Officer and founder of Wuhan Kingold and Zhao Bin, our general
manager, entered into a make good escrow agreement with the
investors, pursuant to which, Famous Grow deposited a total of 3,791,218 of
shares of common stock into an escrow account as “make good shares”. In the
event that the after-PRC-tax net income of the Company for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011, is less than 70% of RMB 65.0 million, RMB100.0
million and RMB150.0 million, respectively, as set forth in the make good escrow
agreement, part or all of the escrowed make good shares will be transferred to
private placement investors on pro rata basis. The Company’
after-PRC-tax net income for the year ended December 31, 2009 exceeded 70% of
RMB 65.0 million and therefore, no “make good shares” were transferred as of
December 31, 2009.
The
following diagram illustrates our corporate structure as of the date of this
prospectus:
Notes:
(1) Wuhan Kingold is 55.31% owned by Jia Zhi Hong, our founder, chairman and
chief executive officer, 1.67% owned by Zhao Bin, our general manager and
director, 4.17% owned by Beijing Capital Investment Co. Ltd., a PRC state owned
enterprise, with the balance of 38.85% owned by a total of 44 other
shareholders.
Principal
Office and Manufacturing Facilities
Our
principal executive offices and our factory are located in #15 Huangpu Science
and Technology Park, Jiang’an District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, with a
total construction area of 6,961.58 square miles built on a parcel of state
owned land. We own all of our office and factory facilities except
for land with regard to which we own land use rights. There is no private
ownership of land in the PRC. All land ownership is held by the government of
the PRC, its agencies and collectives. Land use rights can be transferred upon
approval by the land administrative authorities of the PRC (State Land
Administration Bureau) upon payment of the required land transfer
fee. Our land use certificate expires on January 26,
2055. Our Vogue-Show subsidiary rents 96 square feet of office space
from Wuhan Kingold at an annual rental rate of $1,500 per year. The
lease of on this office space expires at the end of January, 2012.
We
believe that our current offices and facilities are adequate to meet our needs,
and that additional facilities will be available for lease, if necessary, to
meet our future needs.
Legal
Proceedings
From time
to time, we may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary
course of business. We are not currently a party to any litigation the outcome
of which, if determined adversely to us, would individually or in the aggregate
be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on our business,
operating results, cash flows or financial condition.
DIRECTORS
AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Directors
and Executive Officers
The
following table sets forth as of June 14, 2010 the names, positions and ages of
our current executive officers and directors. Our directors serve
until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are
elected and qualified. Our officers are elected by the board of
directors and their terms of office are, except to the extent governed by an
employment contract, at the discretion of the board of directors.
Name
|
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Age
|
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Position
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Jia
Zhi Hong
|
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49
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Chief
Executive Officer, Director and Chairman
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Zhao
Bin
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42
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General
Manager and Director
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Bin
Liu
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39
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Chief
Financial Officer
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Vince
Orza
(1)
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56
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Director
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Xu
Hai Xiao
(1)
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37
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Director
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Zhang
Bin Nan
(1)
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37
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Director
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(1)
Member of the audit and compensation
committees.
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Jia Zhi Hong,
Chief Executive Officer
,
Director and Chairman of the
Board
Mr. Jia
has been serving as our Chief Executive Officer and one of our directors since
December 23, 2009 being appointed upon consummation of a reverse acquisition
transaction. Mr. Jia co-founded Wuhan Kingold and served as the
chairman of its board since its establishment in 2002. Mr. Jia served
in the rear supply service department of the People's Liberation Army in
Guangzhou and Wuhan, and was responsible for managing gold mines owned by the
Army. Mr. Jia holds a bachelor's degree from Wuhan University.
Zhao
Bin, Director and General Manager
Mr. Zhao
has been serving as one of our directors since December 23, 2009 being appointed
upon consummation of a reverse acquisition transaction. He has also served as a
director and General Manager of Wuhan Kingold since 2008. Mr. Zhao has over 20
years of experience in the jewelry industry and is recognized as highly
experienced and knowledgeable in China's gold jewelry industry. From
1990 to 2005, he served as the chief technology officer at Foshan Arts &
Crafts Works Company Limited. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Zhao was the
General Manager and a Director of Shenzhen Batar Jewelry Company Limited. Mr.
Zhao is currently a deputy director of Shenzhen City Committee for Protection of
Well-Known Trademarks and the Gold and Silver Jewelry Processing and
Manufacturing Commission in Guangdong Province. Mr. Zhao is also a standing
member to the China Gems & Jewelries Trade Association, and a member of the
mediation committees of the Shanghai Gold Exchange. Mr. Zhao
graduated from Sun Yat-sen University in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in
science and technology.
Liu
Bin, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Liu
joined Kingold Jewelry as Chief Financial Officer in April 2010. Mr. Liu has
more than 15 years of experience in the financial markets and in bridging
business between the US and China. From July 2004 through March 2010, Mr. Liu
served as a Vice President of Citigroup’s Financial Institution Cards business
where he had full financial responsibility of a $2 billion asset business. He
has also played critical roles in shaping up Citi’s franchise development in the
US. From 1993 through 2002, Mr. Liu worked for the China’s Ministry
of Commerce (MOFCOM), promoting bilateral business and investment between the US
and China. Mr. Liu holds a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg
School at Northwestern University.
Vince
Orza, Director
Dr. Orza
has been serving as one of our directors since 2010. Dr. Orza was
named the Dean of the Meinders School of Business at Oklahoma City University in
2005. Previously, Dr. Orza founded Eateries, Inc., a national restaurant chain
operating in over 26 states across the United States under the names of
Garfield's Restaurant & Pub, Garcia’s Mexican Restaurants & Pepperoni
Grill Italian Bistros. Dr. Orza served as the Chairman, President and
CEO of Eateries, Inc., growing the company from inception to attaining more than
$100 million in annual sales. Dr. Orza took Eateries Inc. public in
1986 (NASDAQ: EATS), orchestrated a going private transaction in 2004 and sold
the company in 2006. In addition, Dr. Orza was voted one of 1998’s 10 Best
Performing CEOs by Restaurant Business Magazine.
From 1980
through 1990 Dr. Orza was a television news reporter and anchor for ABC-TV
affiliate KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City. He was the recipient of two
United Press International (UPI) awards, three awards from the Oklahoma
Education Association and several prestigious Gannett Awards for broadcast
excellence in news. Upon being named Dean of the Meinders School in
2005, Dr. Orza returned to television providing economic commentary and analysis
for CBS-TV affiliate KWTV.
Dr. Orza
was previously a tenured Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of
Central Oklahoma where he received numerous national fellowships in advertising
and marketing. Dr. Orza holds a Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma and a
Bachelor and Masters degree from Oklahoma City University.
Xu
Hai Xiao, Director
Mr. Xu
has been serving as one of our directors since December 23, 2009 being appointed
upon consummation of a reverse acquisition transaction. He has extensive banking
expert and has experience in capital markets within the PRC. He holds with a
master degree in accounting from Zhongnan University of Economics and
Law. From September 2005 through May 2006, he served as General
Manager of Pacific Securities Investment Banking in Beijing,
PRC. From May 2006 through September 2007, he was Senior Manager of
China Cinda Asset Management Corp, in Beijing. From September 2007
through the present, he is Director of Cinda Securities Co., Ltd. in
Beijing.
Zhang
Bin Nan, Director and General Manager
Mr.
Zhang
has been
serving as one of our directors since December 23, 2009 being appointed upon
consummation of a reverse acquisition transaction. Mr. Zhang also
served as an independent director of Wuhan Kingold since 2008. He is the vice
president and secretary-general of China Gold Association. He is also the
director of Beijing Gold Economic Research Center, and the chief director of
China Gold Newspaper. He holds a masters degree from the Graduate University of
Chinese Academy of Science.
Except as
noted above, the above persons do not hold any other directorships in any
company with a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the
Exchange Act or subject to the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act.
Director
Independence
We
currently have five directors. Three of our current directors,
Messrs. Orza, Xu Hai and Zhang, are “independent directors” as defined under the
rules of NASDAQ, constituting a majority of independent directors of our board
of directors as required by the corporate governance rules of
NASDAQ.
Board
Committees
Our board
of directors has established an audit committee and a compensation committee,
each of which operates pursuant to a charter adopted by our board of
directors. The composition and functioning of all of our committees
comply with all applicable requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley and the Commission’s
rules and regulations.
Audit
Committee
Messrs.
Orza, Xu Hai and Zhang currently serve on the audit committee, which is chaired
by Dr. Orza. Each member of the audit committee is “independent”
as that term is defined in the rules of the Commission and within the meaning of
such term as defined under the rules of NASDAQ. Our board of
directors has determined that each audit committee member has sufficient
knowledge in financial and auditing matters to serve on the audit
committee. Our board of directors has designated Dr. Orza as an
“audit committee financial expert,” as defined under the applicable rules of the
Commission. The audit committee’s responsibilities
include:
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reviewing
the financial reports provided by us to the Commission, our shareholders
or to the general public;
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reviewing
our internal financial and accounting
controls;
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recommending,
establishing and monitoring procedures designed to improve the quality and
reliability of the disclosure of our financial condition and results of
operations;
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overseeing
the appointment, compensation and evaluation of the qualifications and
independence of our independent
auditors;
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overseeing
our compliance with legal and regulatory
requirements;
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·
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overseeing
the adequacy of our internal controls and procedures to promote compliance
with accounting standards and applicable laws and
regulations;
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engaging
advisors as necessary; and
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·
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determining
the funding from us that is necessary or appropriate to carry out the
audit committee’s duties.
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Compensation
Committee
Messrs.
Orza, Xu and Zhang currently serve on the compensation committee, which is
chaired by Dr. Orza. Each member of the compensation committee,
is “independent” as that term is defined in the rules of the Commission and
within the meaning of such term as defined under the rules of NASDAQ, a
“nonemployee director” for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and
an “outside director” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The compensation committee’s
responsibilities include:
·
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considering
and authorizing the compensation philosophy for our
personnel;
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monitoring
and evaluating matters relating to our compensation and benefits
structure;
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reviewing
and approving corporate goals and objectives relevant to the chief
executive officer and other executive officers’
compensation;
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evaluating
the chief executive officer’s and other executive officers’ performance in
light of corporate goals and objectives and determining and approving the
chief executive officer’s and other executive officers’ compensation based
on such evaluation;
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reviewing
and approving all compensation for all our nonemployee directors and other
employees of ours and our subsidiaries with a base salary greater than or
equal to $100,000;
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reviewing
the terms of our incentive compensation plans, equity-based plans,
retirement plans, deferred compensation plans and welfare benefit
plans;
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reviewing
and approving executive officer and director indemnification and insurance
matters;
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reviewing
and discussing the compensation discussion and analysis section proposed
for inclusion in our annual report on Form 10-K and annual proxy
statement with management and recommending to the board of directors
whether such section should be so
included;
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preparing
and approving the compensation committee’s report to be included as part
of our annual proxy statement;
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evaluating
its own performance on an annual basis and reporting on such performance
to the board of directors;
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reviewing
and reassessing the compensation committee charter and submitting any
recommended changes to the board of directors for its consideration;
and
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having
such other powers and functions as may be assigned to it by the board of
directors from time to time.
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Corporate
Governance
We have
adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our
employees, officers and directors, including those officers responsible for
financial reporting.
Family
Relationships
There are
no family relationships among our directors and executive officers.
DIRECTOR
AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION
Compensation
Discussion and Analysis
Compensation
Objectives
We
operate in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry. The key
objectives of our executive compensation programs are to:
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attract,
motivate and retain executives who drive our success and industry
leadership;
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provide
each executive, from vice president to chief executive officer, with a
base salary on the market value of that role, and the individual’s
demonstrated ability to perform that
role.
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The
compensation to executive officers only contained base salary for 2007, 2008 and
2009. Our compensation committee is considering establishing criteria for
calculating and paying performance based bonuses to our executive officers
and/or long-term incentive compensation in the form of stock
options. Currently, except for a warrant issued to Bin Liu, our Chief
Financial Officer at the time that he was hired in April, 2010, we do not have
any stock option plans for our directors, officers or employees, and there were
no outstanding options held by any of our directors, executive officers or
employees as of May 31, 2010.
Our
Compensation Program
Our
compensation program is designed to reward each individual named executive
officer’s contribution to the advancement of our overall performance and
execution of our goals, ideas and objectives. It is designed to
reward and encourage exceptional performance at the individual level in the
areas of organization, creativity and responsibility while supporting our core
values and ambitions. This in turn aligns the interest of our
executive officers with the interests of our shareholders, and thus with our
interests.
Determining
Executive Compensation
Our
compensation committee reviews and approves the compensation program for
executive officers annually after the close of each year. Reviewing the
compensation program at such time allows the compensation committee to consider
the overall performance of the past year and the financial and operating plans
for the upcoming year in determining the compensation program for the upcoming
year.
Our
compensation program only contained base annual salary in 2007, 2008 and
2009.
A named
executive officer’s base salary is determined by an assessment of his sustained
performance against individual job responsibilities, including, where
appropriate, the impact of his performance on our business results, current
salary in relation to the salary range designated for the job, experience and
mastery, and potential for advancement. The compensation committee
also annually reviews market compensation levels with comparable jobs in the
industry to determine whether the total compensation for our officers remains in
the targeted median pay range.
Role
of Executive Officers in Determining Executive Compensation
The
compensation committee determines the compensation for our Chief Executive
Officer, which is based on various factors, such as level of responsibility and
contributions to our performance. Our Chief Executive Officer recommends the
compensation for our executive officers (other than the compensation of the
Chief Executive Officer) to the compensation committee. The compensation
committee reviews the recommendations made by the Chief Executive Officer and
determines the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer and the other
executive officers.
Employment
Agreements
We do not
currently have an employment agreement with any of our executive officers except
for our Chief Financial Officer, Bin Liu. We have entered into a
employment agreement with Bin Liu, our CFO for a term of three (3) years.
Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Liu will receive annual compensation equal to
$135,000. In addition, Mr. Liu is entitled to participate in any and all benefit
plans, from time to time, in effect for employees, along with vacation, sick and
holiday pay in accordance with policies established and in effect from time to
time. The agreement also provides that Mr. Liu will receive an annual
option grant, to purchase 120,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at an
exercise price equal to the price of the Company’s common stock on each issuance
date, such options to be vested quarterly. In addition, Mr. Liu has agreed that,
during his employment with the Company and for a period of one (1) year
thereafter, he shall not directly or indirectly employ, solicit, or induce any
senior for employment or in any other fashion hire any of the senior management
of the Company. Mr. Liu has also agreed to a non-compete clause whereby he shall
not engage or assist others to engage in the business of designing and
manufacturing gold jewelry for a one (1) year period following the end of his
employment with the Company.
Summary
Compensation of Named Executive Officers
Our
executive officers are compensated by and through Wuhan Kingold an do not
receive any compensation for serving as executive officers for us, Dragon Lead
or Vogue Show.
The
following table sets forth information concerning cash and non-cash compensation
paid by Wuhan Kingold, to our named executive officers for 2009, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. All compensation shown reflect the period prior to our
acquisition of Dragon Lead in December, 2009. No executive officer of
ours, Dragon Lead, Vogue Show or Wuhan Kingold has received compensation in
excess of $100,000 for any of those three years.
Name
and Position
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Year
|
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Salary
|
|
|
Bonus
|
|
|
All other
compensation (1)
|
|
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Total
|
|
|
|
|
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$
|
17,508
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
17,508
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
17,508
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
17,508
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
17,508
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
17,508
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
108,984
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
6,206
|
|
|
$
|
115,190
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
108,984
|
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
|
$
|
6,206
|
|
|
$
|
115,190
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Outstanding
Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End
From
inception to the completion of our last fiscal year, we have not issued any
equity awards.
Long-Term
Incentive Plans
There are
no arrangements or plans in which we provide pension, retirement or similar
benefits for directors or executive officers, except that our directors and
executive officers may receive stock options at the discretion of our Board of
Directors. We do not have any material bonus or profit sharing plans pursuant to
which cash or non-cash compensation is or may be paid to our directors or
executive officers, except that stock options may be granted at the discretion
of our Board of Directors.
As of the
date of this prospectus, we have no compensatory plan or arrangement with
respect to any officer that results or will result in the payment of
compensation in any form from the resignation, retirement or any other
termination of employment of such officer’s employment with our company, from a
change in control of our company or a change in such officer’s responsibilities
following a change in control where the value of such compensation exceeds
$60,000 per executive officer.
Director
Compensation
We
reimburse our directors for expenses incurred in connection with attending board
meetings. We did not pay director’s fees or other cash compensation for services
rendered to our directors in the year ended December 31, 2009.
We have
no other formal plan for compensating our directors for their service in their
capacity as directors although such directors are expected to receive options in
the future to purchase common shares as awarded by our Board of Directors or (as
to future options) a compensation committee which may be established in the
future. Directors are entitled to reimbursement for reasonable travel and other
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of our
Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors may award special remuneration to any
director undertaking any special services on behalf of our company other than
services ordinarily required of a director.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The
following table provides information concerning beneficial ownership of our
capital stock as of June 17, 2010 and as adjusted to reflect the sale of shares
of common stock in this offering by:
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•
|
each
shareholder or group of affiliated shareholders, who owns more than 5% of
our outstanding capital stock;
|
|
•
|
each
of our named executive officers;
|
|
•
|
each
of our directors; and
|
|
•
|
all
of our directors and executive officers as a
group.
|
The
following table lists the number of shares and percentage of shares beneficially
owned based on 83,532,777 shares of our common stock outstanding as
of June 17, 2010
and shares of common stock
outstanding upon the completion of this offering.
All share and per share information
concerning our common stock below does not reflect a 1-for-2 reverse stock split
that we plan to become effective prior to the completion of this offering for
which we are currently seeking shareholder approval.
Beneficial
ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and
Commission, and generally includes voting power and/or investment power with
respect to the securities held. Shares of common stock subject to
options and warrants currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of
June 17, 2010 or issuable upon conversion of convertible securities which are
currently convertible or convertible within 60 days of June 17, 2010 are
deemed outstanding and beneficially owned by the person holding those options,
warrants or convertible securities for purposes of computing the number of
shares and percentage of shares beneficially owned by that person, but are not
deemed outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage beneficially owned
by any other person. Except as indicated in the footnotes to this
table, and subject to applicable community property laws, the persons or
entities named have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares
of our common stock shown as beneficially owned by them.
Unless
otherwise indicated in the footnotes, the principal address of each of the
shareholders below is c/o Kingold Jewelry, Inc., 15 Huangpu Science and
Technology Park, Jiang'an District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, PRC
430023
.
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|
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Shares
Beneficially Owned
Percent
|
|
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
|
|
Number
|
|
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Before
Offering
|
|
|
After
Offering
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Directors
and
Named
Executive
Officers:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34,693,286
|
|
|
|
41.51
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,151,498
|
|
|
|
1.38
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
602,410
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
120,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
All
Officers and Directors as a Group (total of
six persons)
|
|
|
36,567,194
|
|
|
|
43.75
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5%
Stockholders
:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Famous
Grow Holdings Limited (5)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,851,885
|
|
|
|
42.9
|
%
|
Bright
Vision Group Limited (5)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,415,348
|
|
|
|
8.9
|
%
|
Eternal
Grace Development Limited (5)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,608,109
|
|
|
|
5.5
|
%
|
(1)
The 34,700,387 shares shown as beneficially owned represent shares of which the
beneficial ownership or the right to control can be acquired pursuant to a
December 21, 2009 Call Option Agreement pursuant to which the shares can be
acquired from Famous Grow Holdings Limited.
(2) The
1,151,498 shares shown as beneficially owned represent shares of which the
beneficial ownership or the right to control can be acquired pursuant to a
December 21, 2009 Call Option Agreement pursuant to which the shares can be
acquired from Famous Grow Holdings Limited.
(3) The
602,410 shares beneficially owned include 100,402 shares issuable upon exercise
of Investor Warrants. Vince Orza has voting and investment power over the shares
registered in the name of Great Places LLC.
(4)
The 120,000
shares beneficially owned include 120,000 shares issuable upon exercise of
options.
(5) c/o
ATC Trustees (BVI) Limited, 2nd Floor, Abbott Building Road Tow, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands
* Less
than one percent (1%).
Change
in Control
We are
not aware of any arrangements including any pledge by any person of our
securities, the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change
in control of the registrant, with the exception of the Call Option Agreement
entered into by and among Jia Zhi Hong, Zhao Bin and Fok Wing Lam Winnie on
December 21, 2009, Mr. Jia Zhi Hong and Mr. Zhao Bin together have the ability
to acquire 100% of the shares of Famous Grow Holdings Limited, provided that
they exercise their Call Option. Upon the exercise of such Call
Option, Mr. Jia Zhi Hong and Mr. Zhao Bin together would have the ability to
control 35,851,885 shares of our common stock.
CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
On
December 23, 2009, immediately following the closing of our reverse acquisition
of Dragon Lead, Famous Grow Holdings Limited, a BVI limited liability company
that prior to the Closing was Dragon Lead's majority shareholder ("Famous
Grow"), together with Jia Zhi Hong, our Chief Executive Officer and Zhao Bin,
our general manager, entered into a make good escrow agreement with the
investors, pursuant to which, Famous Grow deposited a total of 3,791,218 of
shares of common stock into an escrow account as “make good shares”. Famous Grow
owns 35,851,885 shares or approximately 42.9% of our common stock. In
the event that the after-PRC-tax net income of Wuhan Kingold for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2010 and 2011, is less than RMB 65.0 million, RMB100.0
million and RMB150.0 million, respectively, as set forth in the make good escrow
agreement, part or all of the escrowed make good shares will be transferred to
investors in our December 2009 private placement, on pro rata
basis.
On
December 23, 2009, Fok Wing Lam Winnie, the sole shareholder of Famous Grow,
entered into a call option agreement with Jia Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin as an
inducement to encourage them to provide services to Wuhan Kingold and our
company. Under this call option agreement, Fok Wing Lam Winnie granted to Jia
Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin certain call options to acquire up to 100% of the shares
of Famous Grow at any time for a period of five years.
On June
30, 2009, Vogue-Show entered into an Exclusive Management Consulting and
Technical Support Agreement with Wuhan Kingold, which agreement provides that
Vogue-Show will be the exclusive provider of management consulting services to
Wuhan Kingold, and obligated Vogue-Show to provide services to fully manage and
control all internal operations of Wuhan Kingold, in exchange for receiving
95.83% of Wuhan Kingold’s profits. Payments will be made on a monthly basis. The
term of this agreement will continue until it is either terminated by mutual
agreement of the parties or until such time as Vogue-Show shall acquire 95.83%
of the equity or assets of Wuhan Kingold. Our chairman and chief executive
officer, Jia Zhi Hong, owns 55.3% of the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold
and,
Zhao Bin, our general manager and one of our directors, owns 1.67% of the equity
interest in Wuhan Kingold.
On June
30, 2009, shareholders holding 95.83% of the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold
entered into a Shareholders’ Voting Proxy Agreement authorizing Vogue-Show to
exercise any and all shareholder rights associated with their ownership in Wuhan
Kingold, including the right to attend and vote their shares at shareholders’
meetings, the right to call shareholders’ meetings and the right to exercise all
other shareholder voting rights as stipulated in the Articles of Association of
Wuhan Kingold. The term of this agreement will continue until it is either
terminated by mutual agreement of the parties or until such time as Vogue-Show
shall acquire 95.83% of the equity or assets of Wuhan Kingold. Our chairman and
chief executive officer, Jia Zhi Hong, owns 55.3% of the equity interest in
Wuhan Kingold
and,
Zhao Bin, our general manager and one of our directors, owns 1.67% of the equity
interest in Wuhan Kingold.
On June
30, 2009, shareholders holding 95.83% of the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold
entered into a Purchase Option Agreement with Vogue-Show, which provides that
Vogue-Show will be entitled to acquire such Shareholders’ shares in Wuhan
Kingold upon certain terms and conditions, if such a purchase is or becomes
allowable under PRC laws and regulations. The Purchase Option Agreement also
grants to Vogue-Show an option to purchase all of the assets of Wuhan
Kingold. The exercise price for either the shares or the assets are
to be as determined by a qualified third party appraiser. The term of this
agreement is ten years from the date thereof. Our chairman and chief executive
officer, Jia Zhi Hong, owns 55.3% of the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold
and,
Zhao Bin, our general manager and one of our directors, owns 1.67% of the equity
interest in Wuhan Kingold.
On June
30, 2009, shareholders holding 95.83% of the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold
entered in Pledge of Equity Agreement, pursuant to which each such shareholder
pledges all of his shares of Wuhan Kingold to Vogue-Show, in order to guarantee
performance under the Exclusive Management Consulting and Technical Support
Agreement, Shareholders’ Voting Proxy Agreement and the Purchase Option
Agreement. If Wuhan Kingold or any of its respective shareholders breaches its
respective contractual obligations, Vogue-Show, as pledgee, will be entitled to
certain rights, including the right to foreclose on the pledged equity
interests. Our chairman and chief executive officer, Jia Zhi Hong, owns 55.3% of
the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold
and,
Zhao Bin, our general manager and one of our directors, owns 1.67% of the equity
interest in Wuhan Kingold.
On
February 1, 2009, Vogue Show entered into a three year lease agreement for the
use of 96 square meters of space located within Wuhan Kingold’s building for use
as office space. Annual rent under the lease agreement is $1,500 per
year. Our chairman and chief executive officer, Jia Zhi Hong, owns
55.3% of the equity interest in Wuhan Kingold
and,
Zhao Bin, our general manager and one of our directors, owns 1.67% of the equity
interest in Wuhan Kingold.
DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STOCK
General
Our
authorized capital stock consists of 100,500,000 shares, par value $0.0001 per
share, consisting of 100,000,000 shares of common stock and 500,000 shares of
preferred stock. The following description of our capital stock is intended as a
summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to our amended
certificate of incorporation and bylaws, which have been filed previously with
the Securities and Commission, and applicable provisions of Delaware
law.
As of
June17, 2010, there were 83,532,777 shares of our common stock outstanding held
by approximately 100 shareholders of record. We are currently in the
process of seeking shareholder approval for a 1-for-2 reverse stock split of our
common stock.
Common
Stock
Each
shareholder of our common stock is entitled to a pro rata share of cash
distributions made to shareholders, including dividend payments. The
holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share of record on
all matters to be voted on by shareholders. There is no cumulative
voting with respect to the election of our directors or any other
matter. Therefore, the holders of more than 50% of the shares voted
for the election of those directors can elect all of the
directors. The holders of our common stock are entitled to receive
dividends when, as and if declared by our board of directors from funds legally
available therefore. Cash dividends are at the sole discretion of our
board of directors. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or
winding up, the holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in all
assets remaining available for distribution to them after payment of our
liabilities and after provision has been made for each class of stock, if any,
having any preference in relation to our common stock. Holders of
shares of our common stock have no conversion, preemptive or other subscription
rights, and there are no redemption provisions applicable to our common
stock.
Preferred
Stock
No shares
of preferred stock are issued or outstanding. Our board of directors is
authorized to determine the number of series into which the preferred stock may
be divided, to determine the designations, powers, preferences, voting and other
rights of each series. No series of preferred stock have been
designated by our board of directors.
Our board
of directors may designate a series of preferred stock by filing a certificate
of designation under Delaware law to fix the designation, powers, preferences
and rights of the shares of each such series and the qualifications, limitations
or restrictions thereof without any further vote or action by the
shareholders. Any shares of preferred stock so issued are likely to
have priority over our common stock with respect to dividend or liquidation
rights.
The
existence of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock may enable our
board of directors to render more difficult or to discourage an attempt to
obtain control of us by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or
otherwise. For example, if in the due exercise of its fiduciary
obligations, our board of directors were to determine that a takeover proposal
is not in the best interests of our shareholders, our board of directors could
cause shares of preferred stock to be issued without shareholder approval in one
or more private offerings or other transactions that might dilute the voting or
other rights of the proposed acquirer or insurgent shareholder or shareholder
group. In this regard, our certificate of incorporation grants our
board of directors broad power to establish the rights and preferences of
authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock. The issuance of
shares of preferred stock could decrease the amount of earnings and assets
available for distribution to holders of shares of common stock. The
issuance may also adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting
rights, of these holders and may have the effect of delaying, deterring or
preventing a change in control of us. The board of directors does not
at present intend to seek shareholder approval prior to any issuance of
currently authorized preferred stock, unless otherwise required by
law.
Anti-Takeover
Effects of Delaware Law and Provisions of Our Certificate of
Incorporation
Under
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Delaware anti-takeover
law”), certain “business combinations” are prohibited between a Delaware
corporation, the stock of which is generally publicly traded or held of record
by more than 2,000 stockholders, and an “interested stockholder” of such
corporation for a three-year period following the date that such stockholder
became an interested stockholder, unless (i) the corporation has elected in its
certificate of incorporation not to be governed by the Delaware anti-takeover
law (the Company has not made such an election); (ii) the business combination
was approved by the board of directors of the corporation before the other party
to the business combination became an interested stockholder; (iii) upon
consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an
interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the
voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the commencement of the
transaction (excluding voting stock owned by directors who are also officers or
held in employee benefit plans in which the employees do not have a confidential
right to tender or vote stock held by the plan); or (iv) the business
combination was approved by the board of directors of the corporation and
ratified by 66 2/3% of the voting stock which the interested stockholder
did not own. The three-year prohibition also does not apply to certain business
combinations proposed by an interested stockholder following the announcement or
notification of certain extraordinary transactions involving the corporation and
a person who had not been an interested stockholder during the previous three
years or who became an interested stockholder with the approval of a majority of
the corporation’s directors. The term “business combination” is defined
generally to include mergers or consolidations between a Delaware corporation
and an interested stockholder, transactions with an interested stockholder
involving the assets or stock of the corporation or its majority-owned
subsidiaries, and transactions which increase an interested stockholder’s
percentage ownership of stock. The term “interested stockholder” is defined
generally as those stockholders who become beneficial owners of 15% or more of a
Delaware corporation’s voting stock. These statutory provisions could delay or
frustrate the removal of incumbent directors or a change in control of the
Company. They could also discourage, impede, or prevent a merger, tender offer,
or proxy contest, even if such event would be favorable to the interests of
stockholders.
Our
certificate of incorporation grants the board of directors the authority,
without any further vote or action by stockholders, to issue preferred stock in
one or more series, fix the number of shares constituting the series and
establish the preferences, limitations and relative rights, including dividend
rights, dividend rate, voting rights, terms of redemption, redemption price or
prices, redemption rights and liquidation preferences of the shares of the
series. The existence of authorized but unissued preferred stock could reduce
our attractiveness as a target for an unsolicited takeover bid, since we could,
for example, issue preferred stock to parties who might oppose such a takeover
bid, or issue shares with terms the potential acquirer may find unattractive.
This may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control,
discourage bids for the Common Stock at a premium over the market price, and
adversely affect the market price, and voting and other rights of holders of
Common Stock. The Board of Directors does not at present intend to seek
stockholder approval prior to any issuance of currently authorized preferred
stock, unless otherwise required by law.
Warrants
2008
Warrants
In 2008,
we issued warrants to purchase up to 1,550,000 shares of our Common Stock at an
exercise price of $0.16 per share, which exercise price was increased to $0.598
per share in December 2009. The 2008 Warrants may be exercised at any time for a
period of five years by cash payment of the exercise price or by cashless
exercise.
2009
Private Placement Warrant
In 2009,
as part of the Private Placement, we issued warrants to purchase up to 5,120,482
shares of our Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.498 per share. The 2009
Warrants may be exercised at any time for a period of five years by cash payment
of the exercise price or by cashless exercise.
Transfer
Agent
The
transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Interwest Transfer Company,
Inc., 1981 Murray Holladay Road, Suite 100 Salt Lake City, UT 84117 and
their telephone number is (801) 272-9294.
UNDERWRITING
We are
offering the shares of common stock described in this prospectus through Rodman
& Renshaw, LLC. Rodman & Renshaw, LLC is acting as sole
manager of the offering. We have entered into an underwriting
agreement dated , 2010 with
the underwriter. Subject to the terms and conditions of the
underwriting agreement, we have agreed to sell to the underwriter, and the
underwriter has agreed to purchase, at the public offering price less the
underwriting discounts and commissions set forth on the cover page of this
prospectus, the number of shares of common stock listed next to its name in the
following table:
Name
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Number of
Shares
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Rodman
& Renshaw, LLC
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The
underwriter is committed to purchase all the shares of common stock offered by
us other than those covered by the option to purchase additional shares
described below, if it purchases any shares. The obligations of the underwriter
may be terminated upon the occurrence of certain events specified in the
underwriting agreement. Furthermore, pursuant to the underwriting agreement, the
underwriter’s obligations are subject to customary conditions, representations
and warranties contained in the underwriting agreement, such as receipt by the
underwriter of officers’ certificates and legal opinions.
The
underwriter proposes to offer the common stock directly to the public at the
initial public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus and
to certain dealers that are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, or FINRA, at that price less a concession not in excess of
$ per share. Any such
dealers may resell shares to certain other brokers or dealers at a discount of
up to $ per share from the
initial public offering price. After the initial public offering of
the shares, the offering price and other selling terms may be changed by the
underwriter.
The
following table shows the per share and total underwriting discounts and
commissions that we are to pay to the underwriter in connection with this
offering.
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Share
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Total
Without
Over-
Allotment
Option
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Total
With
Over-
Allotment
Option
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Public
offering price
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$
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$
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$
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Underwriting
discount
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$
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$
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$
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Non-accountable
expense allowance
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$
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$
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$
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Proceeds,
before expenses, to us
(
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$
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$
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$
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We
estimate that the total expenses of this offering, including registration,
filing and listing fees, printing fees and legal and accounting expenses, but
excluding the underwriting discounts and commissions, will be approximately
$ .
We have
granted a 45-day option to the underwriter to purchase up to an additional
$3,750,000 of shares of common stock
(or shares of common stock)
sold on the date hereof, at the same price as the initial shares offered). If
the underwriter fully exercises this option, the total public offering price,
underwriting fees and expenses and net proceeds (before expenses) to us will be
$ ,
$ and
$ , respectively.
A
prospectus in electronic format may be made available on the web sites
maintained by the underwriters, or selling group members, if any, participating
in the offering. The underwriter may agree to allocate a number of
shares to selling group members for sale to their online brokerage account
holders. Internet distributions will be allocated by the underwriter
to selling group members that may make Internet distributions on the same basis
as other allocations.
We have
agreed that we will not for a period of ninety (90) days from the effective date
of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, (i) offer,
pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase,
purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to
purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any
shares of capital stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock; (ii) file or caused to be filed any
registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to
the offering of any shares of capital stock or any securities convertible into
or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or (iii) enter into
any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part,
any of the economic consequences of ownership of capital stock, whether any such
transaction described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above is to be settled by
delivery of shares of capital stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise, other than the shares to be sold hereunder, and shares issuable upon
the exercise or conversion of outstanding securities, securities issued under
any company stock or equity compensation plans.
Our
directors and executive officers and substantially all of our shareholders,
holding an aggregate of 5% of our outstanding common stock immediately prior to
the completion of this offering, have entered into lock up agreements with the
underwriter prior to the commencement of this offering pursuant to which each of
these persons or entities, for a period of 90 days after the date of this
prospectus, may not, without the prior written consent of the underwriter, (1)
offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant, lend, or otherwise transfer or
dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of our common stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of our
common stock, or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to
another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of
the common stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2)
above is to be settled by delivery of common stock or such other securities, in
cash or otherwise, or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect
to the registration of any shares of common stock or any security convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable for common stock.
The
restrictions described in the preceding paragraph do not apply to certain
exceptions, including the following:
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the
shares of our common stock to be sold pursuant to the underwriting
agreement;
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the
issuance of shares of common stock upon the exercise of an option or
warrant or similar security or the conversion of a security outstanding on
the date of the underwriting agreement of which the underwriter has been
advised in writing; or
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the
issuance of options or shares of our capital stock under any of our stock
or equity compensation plan.
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The
90-day restricted period described in the preceding paragraphs will be
automatically extended if: (1) during the last 17 days of the 180-day restricted
period, we issue an earnings release or announce material news or a material
event; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 180-day restricted period, we
announce that we will release earnings results during the 16-day period
beginning on the last day of the 180-day period, in which case the restrictions
described in the preceding paragraph will continue to apply until the expiration
of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the earnings release or the
announcement of the material news or material event.
We have
agreed to indemnify the underwriter against certain liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Securities
Act.
Our
common stock is quoted on the OTCBB under the symbol “KGJI.” On June 17, 2010,
the closing market price of our common stock on was $2.60 per share. We have
applied for listing of our common stock on the NASDAQ Global Market and, if
approved, our common stock will trade under the symbol “KGJI.”
In
connection with this offering, the underwriter may engage in stabilizing
transactions, which involve making bids for, purchasing and selling shares of
common stock in the open market for the purpose of preventing or retarding a
decline in the market price of the common stock while this offering is in
progress. These stabilizing transactions may include making short
sales of the common stock, which involves the sale by the underwriter of a
greater number of shares of common stock than they are required to purchase in
this offering, and purchasing shares of common stock on the open market to cover
positions created by short sales. Short sales may be “covered” shorts
or may be “naked” shorts. The underwriter may close out any covered
short position by purchasing shares in the open market. A naked short
position is more likely to be created if the underwriter is concerned that there
may be downward pressure on the price of the common stock in the open market
that could adversely affect investors who purchase in this
offering. To the extent that the underwriter creates a naked short
position, it will purchase shares in the open market to cover the
position.
The
underwriter has advised us that, pursuant to Regulation M promulgated under
the Securities Act, it may also engage in other activities that stabilize,
maintain or otherwise affect the price of the common stock, including the
imposition of penalty bids. This means that if the representatives of
the underwriter purchase common stock in the open market in stabilizing
transactions or to cover short sales, the representatives can require the
underwriter that sold those shares as part of this offering to repay the
underwriting discount received by them.
These
activities may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of the
common stock or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the
common stock, and, as a result, the price of the common stock may be higher than
the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. If the
underwriter commences these activities, it may discontinue them at any
time. The underwriter may carry out these transactions on
the NASDAQ Global Market, in the over-the-counter market or
otherwise.
In
determining the public offering price, we and the underwriter expects to
consider a number of factors including:
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the
information set forth in this prospectus and otherwise available to the
representatives;
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our
prospects and the history and prospects for the industry in which we
compete;
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an
assessment of our management;
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our
prospects for future earnings;
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the
general condition of the securities markets at the time of this
offering;
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the
recent market prices of, and demand for, publicly traded common stock of
generally comparable companies; and
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other
factors deemed relevant by the underwriter and
us.
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Neither
we, nor the underwriter can assure investors that an active trading market will
develop for our common stock, or that the shares will trade in the public market
at or above the public offering price.
Persons
into whose possession this prospectus comes are advised to inform themselves
about and to observe any restrictions relating to the offering and the
distribution of this prospectus. This prospectus does not constitute
an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities offered by
this prospectus in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or a solicitation is
unlawful.
The
underwriter and its affiliates may provide from time to time in the future
certain commercial banking, financial advisory, investment banking and other
services for us and such affiliates in the ordinary course of their business,
for which they may receive customary fees and commissions. In
addition, from time to time, the underwriter and its affiliates may effect
transactions for their own account or the account of customers, and hold on
behalf of themselves or their customers, long or short positions in our debt or
equity securities or loans, and may do so in the future.
Other
than in the United States, no action has been taken by us or the underwriter
that would permit a public offering of the securities offered by this prospectus
in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. The
securities offered by this prospectus may not be offered or sold, directly or
indirectly, nor may this prospectus or any other offering material or
advertisements in connection with the offer and sale of any such securities be
distributed or published in any jurisdiction, except under circumstances that
will result in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of that
jurisdiction..
We have
also agreed to issue to Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, for
$ , a common stock
purchase warrant to purchase a number of shares of our common stock equal to an
aggregate of five (5%) percent of the shares sold in the offering. The warrant
will have an exercise price equal to 125% of the offering price of the shares
sold in this offering. The warrants are exercisable commencing one year (1) year
after the closing of this offering, and will be exercisable, in whole or in
part, for four (4) years thereafter. The warrant is not redeemable by us, and
allows for “cashless” exercise. The warrant also provides for one demand
registration right and unlimited “piggyback” registration rights at our expense
with respect to the underlying shares of common stock during the four (4) year
period commencing one (1) year after the closing of this offering. Pursuant to
the rules of FINRA (formerly the NASD), and in particular Rule 5110, the warrant
(and underlying shares) issued to Rodman & Renshaw, LLC may not be sold,
transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or the subject of any hedging,
short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the
effective disposition of the securities by any person for a period of 180 days
immediately following the date of delivery and payment for the shares offered;
provided, however, that the warrant (and underlying shares) may be transferred
to officers or partners of Rodman & Renshaw, LLC and members of the
underwriting syndicate as long as the warrants (and underlying shares) remain
subject to the lockup.
Foreign
Regulatory Restrictions on Purchase of the Common Stock
No action
may be taken in any jurisdiction other than the United States that would permit
a public offering of the common stock or the possession, circulation or
distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that
purpose is required. Accordingly, the common stock may not be offered or sold,
directly or indirectly, and neither the prospectus nor any other offering
material or advertisements in connection with the common stock may be
distributed or published in or from any country or jurisdiction except under
circumstances that will result in compliance with any applicable rules and
regulations of any such country or jurisdiction.
In
addition to the public offering of the shares in the United States, the
underwriter may, subject to the applicable foreign laws, also offer the common
shares to certain institutions or accredited persons in the following
countries:
United Kingdom.
No
offer of shares of common stock has been made or will be made to the public in
the United Kingdom within the meaning of Section 102B of the Financial Services
and Markets Act 2000, as amended, or FSMA, except to legal entities which are
authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so
authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in
securities or otherwise in circumstances which do not require the publication by
us of a prospectus pursuant to the Prospectus Rules of the Financial Services
Authority, or FSA. Each underwriter: (i) has only communicated or caused to be
communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation
or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21
of FSMA) to persons who have professional experience in matters relating to
investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets
Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 or in circumstances in which Section
21 of FSMA does not apply to us; and (ii) has complied with, and will comply
with all applicable provisions of FSMA with respect to anything done by it in
relation to the shares in, from or otherwise involving the United
Kingdom.
European Economic
Area.
In relation to each member state of the European
Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive, which we refer to
as a Relevant Member State, with effect from and including the date on which the
Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State, which we
refer to as the Relevant Implementation Date, no offer of common stock has been
made and or will be made to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to
the publication of a prospectus in relation to the common stock which has been
approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where
appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the
competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the
Prospectus Directive, except that, with effect from and including the Relevant
Implementation Date, an offer of common stock may be made to the public in that
Relevant Member State at any time: (a) to legal entities which are authorized or
regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or
regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities; (b) to any
legal entity which has two or more of (i) an average of at least 250 employees
during the last financial year; (ii) a total balance sheet of more than
€43,000,000 and (iii) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown
in its last annual or consolidated accounts; or (c) in any other circumstances
which do not require the publication by us of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3
of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this provision, the expression
an “offer of ordinary shares to the public” in relation to any common stock in
any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means
of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the common stock to be
offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the
common stock, as the same may be varied in that Relevant Member State by any
measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State and
the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/ EC and includes any
relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.
Germany.
Any offer
or solicitation of common stock within Germany must be in full compliance with
the German Securities Prospectus Act
(Wertpapierprospektgesetz — WpPG). The offer and solicitation of
securities to the public in Germany requires the approval of the prospectus by
the German Federal Financial Services Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt fr
Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht — BaFin). This prospectus has not been
and will not be submitted for approval to the BaFin. This prospectus does not
constitute a public offer under the German Securities Prospectus Act
(Wertpapierprospektgesetz). This prospectus and any other document relating to
the common stock, as well as any information contained therein, must therefore
not be supplied to the public in Germany or used in connection with any offer
for subscription of the common stock to the public in Germany, any public
marketing of the common stock or any public solicitation for offers to subscribe
for or otherwise acquire the common stock. The prospectus and other offering
materials relating to the offer of the common stock are strictly confidential
and may not be distributed to any person or entity other than the designated
recipients hereof.
Greece.
This
prospectus has not been approved by the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission or
another EU equivalent authority and consequently is not addressed to or intended
for use, in any way whatsoever, by Greek residents. The common stock have not
been offered or sold and will not be offered, sold or delivered directly or
indirectly in Greece, except to (i) “qualified investors” (as defined in article
2(f) of Greek Law 3401/2005) and/or to (ii) less than 100 individuals or legal
entities, who are not qualified investors (article 3, paragraph 2(b) of Greek
Law 3401/2005), or otherwise in circumstances which will not result in the offer
of the new common stock being subject to the Greek Prospectus requirements of
preparing a filing a prospectus (under articles 3 and 4 of Greek Law
3401/2005).
Italy.
This
offering of the common stock has not been cleared by Consob, the Italian Stock
Exchanges regulatory agency of public companies, pursuant to Italian securities
legislation and, accordingly, no common stock may be offered, sold or delivered,
nor may copies of this prospectus or of any other document relating to the
common stock be distributed in Italy, except (1) to professional investors
(operatori qualificati); or (2) in circumstances which are exempted from the
rules on solicitation of investments pursuant to Decree No. 58 and Article 33,
first paragraph, of Consob Regulation No. 11971 of May 14, 1999, as amended. Any
offer, sale or delivery of the common stock or distribution of copies of this
prospectus or any other document relating to the common stock in Italy under (1)
or (2) above must be (i) made by an investment firm, bank or financial
intermediary permitted to conduct such activities in Italy in accordance with
Decree No. 58 and Legislative Decree No. 385 of September 1, 1993, or the
Banking Act; and (ii) in compliance with Article 129 of the Banking Act and the
implementing guidelines of the Bank of Italy, as amended from time to time,
pursuant to which the issue or the offer of securities in Italy may need to be
preceded and followed by an appropriate notice to be filed with the Bank of
Italy depending, inter alia, on the aggregate value of the securities issued or
offered in Italy and their characteristics; and (iii) in compliance with any
other applicable laws and regulations.
Cyprus.
Each of
the Underwriters has agreed that (i) it will not be providing from or within
Cyprus any “Investment Services”, “Investment Activities” and “Non-Core
Services” (as such terms are defined in the Investment Firms Law 144(I) of 2007,
(the “IFL”) in relation to the common stock, or will be otherwise providing
Investment Services, Investment Activities and Non-Core Services to residents or
persons domiciled in Cyprus. Each underwriter has agreed that it will not be
concluding in Cyprus any transaction relating to such Investment Services,
Investment Activities and Non-Core Services in contravention of the IFL and/or
applicable regulations adopted pursuant thereto or in relation thereto; and (ii)
it has not and will not offer any of the common stock other than in compliance
with the provisions of the Public Offer and Prospectus Law, Law
114(I)/2005.
Switzerland.
This
document does not constitute a prospectus within the meaning of Art. 652a of the
Swiss Code of Obligations. The common stock may not be sold directly or
indirectly in or into Switzerland except in a manner which will not result in a
public offering within the meaning of the Swiss Code of Obligations. Neither
this document nor any other offering materials relating to the common stock may
be distributed, published or otherwise made available in Switzerland except in a
manner which will not constitute a public offer of the common stock of in
Switzerland.
Norway.
This
prospectus has not been approved or disapproved by, or registered with, the Oslo
Stock Exchange, the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (Kredittilsynet)
nor the Norwegian Registry of Business Enterprises, and the common stock are
marketed and sold in Norway on a private placement basis and under other
applicable exceptions from the offering prospectus requirements as provided for
pursuant to the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
Botswana.
We hereby represent
and warrant that it has not offered for sale or sold, and will not offer or
sell, directly or indirectly the common stock to the public in the Republic of
Botswana, and confirms that the offering will not be subject to any registration
requirements as a prospectus pursuant to the requirements and/or provisions of
the Companies Act, 2003 or the Listing Requirements of the Botswana Stock
Exchange.
Hong Kong.
The
common stock may not be offered or sold by means of any document other than (i)
in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the
meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), or (ii) to
“professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures
Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder, or (iii)
in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus”
within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), and
no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the common stock may be
issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in
each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the
contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong
(except if permitted to do so under the laws of Hong Kong) other than with
respect to common stock which are or are intended to be disposed of only to
persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning
of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any
rules made thereunder.
Colombia.
The
common shares may not be offered or sold in the Republic of
Colombia.
Costa Rica.
The
common shares described in this prospectus have not been registered with the
Superintendencia General de Valores de Costa Rica, nor any other regulatory body
of Costa Rica. This Prospectus is intended to be for your personal use only, and
is not intended to be a Public Offering of Securities, as defined under Costa
Rican law.
Panama.
The common
shares have not been registered with the National Securities Commission, nor has
the offer, sale or transactions thereof been registered. The common shares are
not under the supervision of the National Securities Commission.
Singapore.
This
prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority
of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in
connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase,
of the common stock may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the common
stock be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for
subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in
Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the
Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore, or the SFA, (ii) to a
relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance
with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise
pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable
provision of the SFA. Where the common stock are subscribed or purchased under
Section 275 by a relevant person which is: (a) a corporation (which is not an
accredited investor) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the
entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom
is an accredited investor; or (b) a trust (where the trustee is not an
accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each
beneficiary is an accredited investor, shares, debentures and units of shares
and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest in
that trust shall not be transferable for 6 months after that corporation or that
trust has acquired the common stock under Section 275 except: (i) to an
institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person, or
any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions,
specified in Section 275 of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is given for
the transfer or (iii) by operation of law.
People’s Republic of
China.
This prospectus has not been and will not be circulated
or distributed in the PRC, and common stock may not be offered or sold, and will
not be offered or sold to any person for re-offering or resale, directly or
indirectly, to any resident of the PRC except pursuant to applicable laws and
regulations of the PRC. For the purpose of this paragraph only, the PRC does not
include Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and
Macau.
Israel.
This Prospectus
does not constitute an offer to sell the common stock to the public in Israel or
a prospectus under the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968 and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, or the Israeli Securities Law, and has not been filed
with or approved by the Israel Securities Authority. In Israel, pursuant to an
exemption afforded under the Israeli Securities Law, this Prospectus may be
distributed only to, and may be directed only at, investors listed in the first
addendum to the Israeli Securities Law, or the Addendum, consisting primarily of
certain mutual trust and provident funds, or management companies thereto,
banks, as defined under the Banking (Licensing) Law, 5741-1981, except for joint
service companies purchasing for their own account or for clients listed in the
Addendum, insurers, as defined under the Supervision of Financial Services Law
(Insurance), 5741-1981, portfolio managers purchasing for their own account or
for clients listed in the Addendum, investment advisers purchasing for their own
account, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange members purchasing for their own account or for
clients listed in the Addendum, underwriters purchasing for their own account,
venture capital funds, certain corporations which primarily engage in the
capital market and fully-owned by investors listed in the Addendum and
corporations whose equity exceeds NIS250 Million, collectively referred to as
institutional investors. Institutional investors may be required to submit
written confirmation that they fall within the scope of the
Addendum.
United Arab
Emirates.
This document has not been reviewed, approved or
licensed by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (the “UAE”), Emirates
Securities and Commodities Authority or any other relevant licensing authority
in the UAE including any licensing authority incorporated under the laws and
regulations of any of the free zones established and operating in the territory
of the UAE, in particular the Dubai International Financial Services Authority
(the “DFSA”), a regulatory authority of the Dubai International Financial Centre
(the “DIFC”). The issue of common stock does not constitute a public offer of
securities in the UAE, DIFC and/or any other free zone in accordance with the
Commercial Companies Law, Federal Law No. 8 of 1984 (as amended), DFSA Offered
Securities Rules and the Dubai International Financial Exchange Listing Rules,
accordingly, or otherwise. The common stock may not be offered to the public in
the UAE and/or any of the free zones including, in particular, the DIFC. The
common stock may be offered and this document may be issued, only to a limited
number of investors in the UAE or any of its free zones (including, in
particular, the DIFC) who qualify as sophisticated investors under the relevant
laws and regulations of the UAE or the free zone concerned. Management of the
Company, and the representatives represent and warrant that the common stock
will not be offered, sold, transferred or delivered to the public in the UAE or
any of its free zones including, in particular, the DIFC.
Oman.
For the
attention of the residents of Oman:
The
information contained in this memorandum neither constitutes a public offer of
securities in the Sultanate of Oman (“Oman”) as contemplated by the Commercial
Companies Law of Oman (Sultani Decree 4/74) or the Capital Market Law of Oman
(Sultani Decree 80/98), nor does it constitute an offer to sell, or the
solicitation of any offer to buy non-Omani securities in Oman as contemplated by
Article 6 of the Executive Regulations to the Capital Market Law of Oman (issued
vide Ministerial Decision No 4/2001), and nor does it constitute a distribution
of non-Omani securities in Oman as contemplated under the Rules for Distribution
of Non-Omani Securities in Oman issued by the Capital Market Authority of Oman
(“CMA”). Additionally, this memorandum is not intended to lead to the conclusion
of any contract of whatsoever nature within the territory of Oman. This
memorandum has been sent at the request of the investor in Oman, and by
receiving this memorandum, the person or entity to whom it has been issued and
sent understands, acknowledges and agrees that this memorandum has not been
approved by the CMA or any other regulatory body or authority in Oman, nor has
any authorization, license or approval been received from the CMA or any other
regulatory authority in Oman, to market, offer, sell, or distribute the common
stock within Oman. No marketing, offering, selling or distribution of any
financial or investment products or services has been or will be made from
within Oman and no subscription to any securities, products or financial
services may or will be consummated within Oman. The Underwriters are neither
companies licensed by the CMA to provide investment advisory, brokerage, or
portfolio management services in Oman, nor banks licensed by the Central Bank of
Oman to provide investment banking services in Oman. The Underwriters do not
advise persons or entities resident or based in Oman as to the appropriateness
of investing in or purchasing or selling securities or other financial products.
Nothing contained in this memorandum is intended to constitute Omani investment,
legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. This memorandum is for your
information only, and nothing herein is intended to endorse or recommend a
particular course of action. You should consult with an appropriate professional
for specific advice on the basis of your situation. Any recipient of this
memorandum and any purchaser of the common stock pursuant to this memorandum
shall not market, distribute, resell, or offer to resell the common stock within
Oman without complying with the requirements of applicable Omani law, nor copy
or otherwise distribute this memorandum to others.
Resale
Restrictions
The
distribution of our securities in Canada is being made only on a private
placement basis exempt from the requirement that we prepare and file a
prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in each province where
trades of our securities are made. Any resale of our securities in Canada must
be made under applicable securities laws that will vary depending on the
relevant jurisdiction, and which may require resales to be made under available
statutory exemptions or under a discretionary exemption granted by the
applicable Canadian securities regulatory authority. Purchasers are advised to
seek legal advice prior to any resale of our securities.
Representations
of Purchasers
By
purchasing our securities in Canada and accepting a purchase confirmation a
purchaser is representing to us and the dealer from whom the purchase
confirmation is received that:
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purchaser is entitled under applicable provincial securities laws to
purchase our securities without the benefit of a prospectus qualified
under those securities laws;
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required by law, that the purchaser is purchasing as principal and not as
agent;
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purchaser has reviewed the text above under Resale Restrictions;
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the
purchaser acknowledges and consents to the provision of specified
information concerning its purchase of our securities to the regulatory
authority that by law is entitled to collect the
information.
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Further
details concerning the legal authority for this information are available upon
request.
Rights
of Action — Ontario Purchasers Only
Under
Ontario securities legislation, certain purchasers who purchase a security
offered by this prospectus during the period of distribution will have a
statutory right of action for damages, or while still the owner of our
securities, for rescission against us in the event that this prospectus contains
a misrepresentation without regard to whether the purchaser relied on the
misrepresentation. The right of action for damages is exercisable not later than
the earlier of 180 days from the date the purchaser first had knowledge of the
facts giving rise to the cause of action and three years from the date on which
payment is made for our securities. The right of action for rescission is
exercisable not later than 180 days from the date on which payment is made for
our securities. If a purchaser elects to exercise the right of action for
rescission, the purchaser will have no right of action for damages against us.
In no case will the amount recoverable in any action exceed the price at which
our securities were offered to the purchaser and if the purchaser is shown to
have purchased the securities with knowledge of the misrepresentation, we will
have no liability. In the case of an action for damages, we will not be liable
for all or any portion of the damages that are proven to not represent the
depreciation in value of our securities as a result of the misrepresentation
relied upon. These rights are in addition to, and without derogation from, any
other rights or remedies available at law to an Ontario purchaser. The foregoing
is a summary of the rights available to an Ontario purchaser. Ontario purchasers
should refer to the complete text of the relevant statutory
provisions.
Enforcement
of Legal Rights
All of
our directors and officers as well as the experts named herein may be located
outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible for Canadian
purchasers to effect service of process within Canada upon us or those persons.
All or a substantial portion of our assets and the assets of those persons may
be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible to satisfy
a judgment against us or those persons in Canada or to enforce a judgment
obtained in Canadian courts against us or those persons outside of
Canada.
Taxation
and Eligibility for Investment
Canadian
purchasers of our securities should consult their own legal and tax advisors
with respect to the tax consequences of an investment in our securities in their
particular circumstances and about the eligibility of our securities for
investment by the purchaser under relevant Canadian legislation.
LEGAL
MATTERS
The
validity of the shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus was passed
upon for us by Cyruli Shanks Hart & Zizmor, LLP, New York, New York. Certain
legal matters in connection with this offering will be passed upon for the
underwriters by DLA Piper LLP (US), New York, New York. Paul Goodman is of
counsel to Cyruli Shanks Hart & Zizmor. Mr. Goodman holds warrants to
purchase shares of our common stock. In addition, legal matters as to
PRC law in connection with this offering will be passed upon for us by Grandall
Legal Group.
EXPERTS
Our
financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
included in this prospectus and in the registration statement have been audited
by Friedman, LLP an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in
its reports appearing herein.
DISCLOSURE
OF COMMISSION
POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION
FOR
SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES
Our
bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors and officers from
liabilities incurred by them in connection with actions, suits or proceedings in
which they are involved by reason of their acting as our directors and
officers.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons, we have been
informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by us of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the
opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
CHANGES
IN AND DISAGREEMENTS
WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING
AND
FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURE
Resignation
of PKF, P.C. and Appointment of Friedman, LLP
On or
about January 28, 2010, we were was notified by PKF, P.C. (“PKF”), our
independent registered public accounting firm for the years ended
December 31, 2007 and 2008, following the completion of our reverse
acquisition of Dragon Lead Group Limited, that PKF was resigning as our
independent registered public accounting, as a result of their desire not to
audit a PRC-based company.
PKF’s
report on our consolidated financial statements for the years ended
December 31, 2007 and 2008 did not contain an adverse opinion or a
disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty,
audit scope or accounting principles. During the two most recent
years and any subsequent interim period prior to the termination of PKF, we did
not have any disagreements with PKF on any matter of accounting principles or
practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or
procedure.
Concurrently
with termination of PKF, we engaged Friedman, LLP as the independent registered
public accounting firm responsible for auditing our financial
statements. The engagement was approved by our board of
directors.
Neither
we nor anyone on our behalf consulted Friedman, LLP during the two most recent
years and any subsequent interim period prior to engaging Friedman, LLP,
regarding either: (i) the application of accounting principles to a
specified transaction, either completed or proposed; or the type of audit
opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, and neither a
written report was provided to us nor oral advice was provided that we concluded
was an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to the
accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue or (ii) any matter that
was either the subject of a disagreement, as defined in
paragraph (a)(1)(iv) and the related instructions of Item 304 of
Regulation S-K, or a reportable event, as described in
paragraph (a)(1)(v) of Item 304 of Regulation S-K.
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
Our
audited financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008, together with the notes thereto and the reports of the independent
certified public accounting firm thereon are presented beginning at page
F-1.
WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We have
filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-1 under the
Securities Act, as amended, with respect to the shares of common stock we are
offering by this prospectus. This prospectus does not contain all of
the information included in the registration statement. For further
information pertaining to us and our common stock, you should refer to the
registration statement and the exhibits and schedules filed with the
registration statement. Whenever we make reference in this prospectus
to any of our contracts, agreements or other documents, the references are not
necessarily complete, and you should refer to the exhibits attached to the
registration statement for copies of the actual contract, agreement or other
document.
We file
annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information
with the SEC, or the Commission. These documents, the registration statement and
other information may be read and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference
Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may
obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the
Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Commission maintains a website
http://www.sec.gov
that
contains the registration statements, reports, proxy and information statements
and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the
Commission such as us.
You may
also read and copy any reports, statements or other information that we have
filed with the Commission at the addresses indicated above and you may also
access them electronically at the web site set forth above. These SEC
filings are also available to the public from commercial document retrieval
services.
We have not authorized any person to
give any information or to make any representations that differ from, or add to,
the information discussed in this prospectus. Therefore, if anyone gives you
different or additional information, you should not rely on it.
INDEX
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets at December 31, 2009 and 2008
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F-2
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Consolidated
Statements of Income for the year ended December 31, 2009 and
2008
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Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for Years Ended December 31,
2009 and 2008
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for Years Ended December 31, 2009 and
2008
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Notes
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Consolidated
Financial Statements for Years Ended December 31, 2009 and
2008
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Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2010 and December 31,
2009
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three Months Ended March 31,
2010 and March 31, 2009
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Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31,
2010 and March 31, 2009
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Notes
to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements – March 31, 2010
(unaudited)
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REPORT
OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Kingold
Jewelry Inc.
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Kingold Jewelry Inc. as
of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of income
and other comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows
for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2009. Kingold
Jewelry Inc.’s management is responsible for these financial statements. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. The company is not required to
have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over
financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over
financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an
opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of Kingold Jewelry Inc. as of December
31, 2009 and 2008 and the results of its operations, changes in shareholders’
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended
December 31, 2009 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States of America.
/s/
Friedman LLP
Friedman
LLP
Marlton,
New Jersey
March 23,
2010
KINGOLD
JEWELRY INC.
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ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
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CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
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(IN
US DOLLARS)
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AS OF DECEMBER 31,
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2009
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2008
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ASSETS
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CURRENT
ASSETS
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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Other
current assets and prepaid expenses
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Value
added tax recoverable
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PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT, NET
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
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Other
payables and accrued expenses
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Total
Current Liabilities
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COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
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Preferred
stock, $0.001 par value, 500,000 shares authorized, none issued or
outstanding as of December 31, 2009 and 2008
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Common
stock $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 83,532,777
shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2009 and 66,208,466
shares issued and outstanding as of December 31,
2008
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Additional
paid-in capital
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Accumulated
other comprehensive gain
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Total
Stockholders' Equity
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TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
KINGOLD JEWELRY
INC.
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(FORMERLY ACTIVEWORLDS
CORP.)
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
INCOME
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(IN US
DOLLARS)
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2009
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2008
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
compensation expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fees
to guarantor of short term loans
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Other Expenses, net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME
FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE TAXES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROVISION
FOR INCOME TAXES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less:
net income attribute to the noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
(462,920
|
)
|
|
|
(264,867
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
|
|
|
8,661,583
|
|
|
|
6,086,547
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
foreign currency translation gains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less:
foreign currency translation gains attributable to noncontrolling
interest
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
)
|
Foreign
currency translation gains attributable to common
stockholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average number of shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
KINGOLD
JEWELRY INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
FOR
THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
(IN
US DOLLARS)
|
|
Preferred
stock
Par
value
|
|
|
Common
stock
Par
value
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
Unappropriated
|
|
|
Appropriated
|
|
|
Accumulated
other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Additional
paid-incapital
|
|
|
Number
of
Warrants
|
|
|
Additional Paid
in
Capital-warrant
|
|
|
retained
earnings
|
|
|
retained
earnings
|
|
|
comprehensive
gain
|
|
|
Noncontrolling
interest
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at January 1, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contribution
by stockholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation gain
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transfer
to statutory surplus reserve
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at December 31, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition
of net asset from
Activeworlds
in the reverse
merger
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
proceeds from private placement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
issued for services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance
of warrants related to
private
placement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contribution
by stockholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
currency translation gain
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transfer
to statutory surplus reserve
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at December 31, 2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
KINGOLD
JEWELRY INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN
US DOLLARS)
|
|
FOR THE FISCAL
YEARS ENDED
DECEMBER 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted
to reconcile net income to cash used in operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
form disposal of fixed assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
current assets and prepaid expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Value
added tax recoverable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
payables and accrued expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from disposal of fixed assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
of property and equipment
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
proceeds from stock issuance in private placement
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contribution
by stockholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EFFECT
OF EXCHANGE RATES ON CASH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
paid for interest expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NON-CASH
INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock issued for consulting service
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
KINGGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE 1-
ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF
PRESENTATION
Kingold
Jewelry, Inc. (“Kingold”), formerly known as Activeworlds Corp, was incorporated
in Delaware on September 5, 1995. In September 2002, the company, then still
known as Activeworlds Corp, sold its operating business to its former management
and has since been inactive and seeking business opportunities.
Dragon
Lead Group Limited ("Dragon Lead") was incorporated in the British Virgin
Islands ("BVI") on July 1, 2008 as an investment holding company. Through its
wholly owned subsidiary, Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co., Limited ("Wuhan
Vogue-Show"), which is principally engaged in design and manufacture of gold and
platinum ornaments in the People's Republic of China ("PRC"). Wuhan Vogue-Show
was incorporated in the PRC as a wholly-owned foreign enterprise on February 16,
2009. In accordance with the business permit, Wuhan Vogue-Show's right of
operation expires on February 16, 2019 and is renewable upon expiration. Wuhan
Kingold Jewelry Co., Limited ("Wuhan Kingold") was incorporated in the PRC on
August 2, 2002 as a limited liability company. On October 26, 2007, Wuhan
Kingold was restructured as a joint stock company limited by shares and its
business activities are the same as those of Wuhan Vogue Show. In accordance
with the business permit, Wuhan Kingold's business permit expires on March 4,
2021 and is renewable upon expiration.
On June
30, 2009 and September 19, 2009, Wuhan Vogue-Show entered into a series of
agreements and Amendment Agreement (collectively known as the Restructuring
Agreements) with Wuhan Kingold and the shareholders of Wuhan Kingold pursuant to
which Wuhan Vogue-Show assumed the management of the business activities of
Wuhan Kingold and Wuhan Kingold agreed to pay 95.83% of its profits to Wuhan
Vogue-Show. Through this arrangement, Wuhan Kingold became a 95.83%
contractually controlled subsidiary of Wuhan Vogue-Show. Based on these
contractual arrangements, the Company believes that Wuhan Kingold should be
considered as a Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”) under ASC 810, "Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of ARB No.51", because the
equity investors in Wuhan Kingold do not have the characteristics of a
controlling financial interest and Dragon Lead
through
Wuhan Vogue-Show is the primary beneficiary of Wuhan Kingold. Accordingly, Wuhan
Kingold should be consolidated under ASC 810 and the consolidated financial
statements were prepared as if the reorganization occurred at the beginning of
the first period presented.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE 1-
ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF
PRESENTATION (Continued)
On
September 29, 2009, Kingold entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reverse
Acquisition (the “Agreement") with Wuhan Vogue-Show, Dragon Lead and
stockholders of Dragon Lead. Pursuant to the Agreement, Kingold agreed to issue
66,208,466 new shares of common stock to the stockholders of Dragon Lead in
exchange for 100% of common stock of Dragon Lead.
On
December 23, 2009, the Agreement was consummated and 66,208,466 shares of common
stock of Kingold were issued to the stockholders of Dragon Lead for 100% equity
interest in Dragon Lead. Dragon Lead became a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company.
On
February 9, 2010, the Company changed its name from Activeworlds Corp. to
Kingold Jewelry, Inc.
The
merger of Kingold and Dragon Lead was treated for accounting purposes as a
capital transaction and recapitalization by Dragon Lead ("the accounting
acquirer") and a re-organization by Kingold ("the accounting acquiree"). The
financial statements have been prepared as if the re-organization had occurred
retroactively.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE 1-
ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF
PRESENTATION (Continued)
Accordingly,
these financial statements include the following:
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The balance sheet consisting of the net assets of the acquirer at
historical cost and the net assets of the acquiree at historical
cost.
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The
statement of operations including the operations of the acquirer for the periods
presented and the operations of the acquiree from the date of the
transaction.
Kingold,
Dragon Lead, Wuhan Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold are hereinafter collectively
referred to as "the Company".
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles
of Consolidation
The
accompanying consolidated financial statements include the financial statements
of Kingold, its wholly owned subsidiaries, Dragon Lead and Wuhan Vogue-Show and
Wuhan Kingold, its 95.83% contractually controlled affiliate. The noncontrolling
interests represent the minority stockholders' 4.17% proportionate share of the
results of Wuhan Kingold. All significant inter-company balances and
transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the
date of
the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
For
purpose of the statements of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash
on hand and demand deposits with a bank with an original maturity of less than
three months.
Restricted
cash
The
Company's financing facilities require a minimum cash deposit as security in the
amount of $1,462,587 and $2,699,075 as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 for
borrowings outstanding under its demand financing facilities. The restricted
cash amount is classified as a current asset in the balance sheets since the
borrowings it secures are classified as current liabilities.
Accounts
Receivables
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 managements' assessment of the credit history
with the customers and current relationships with them. At December 31, 2009 and
2008, there was no allowance recorded as the Company considers al the account
receivables fully collectible.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Inventories
Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost or market value, cost being calculated on the
weighted average basis. The cost of inventories comprises all costs of
purchases, costs of fixed and variable production overheads and other costs
incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition.
The Company provided inventory allowances based on excess and obsolete
inventories determined principally by customer demand.
Property
and equipment
Property
and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures
for additions, major renewals and betterments are capitalized and expenditures
for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred.
Depreciation
is provided on a straight-line basis, less estimated residual value over the
assets' estimated useful lives. The estimated useful lives are as
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Long-lived
assets
The
Company accounts for long-lived assets under the FASB Codification Topic 360
(ASC Topic 360) "Accounting for Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets" and
"Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets". In accordance with
ASC Topic 360, indefinite -lived intangible assets held and used by the Company
are reviewed for impairment annually in the fourth quarter or more frequently if
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset
may not be recoverable. Finite-lived assets and intangibles are also reviewed
for impairment test when circumstance requires it. For purposes of evaluating
the recoverability of long-lived assets, when undiscounted future cash flows
will not be sufficient to recover an asset's carrying amount, the asset is
written down to its fair value. The long-lived assets of the Company, which are
subject to evaluation, consist primarily of property, plant and equipment and
land use rights. For the years
ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Company has not recognized any allowances for
impairment.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Fair
value of financial instruments
FASB
Codification Topic 825 (ASC Topic 825), "Disclosure about Fair Value of
Financial Instruments," requires certain disclosures regarding the fair value of
financial instruments. Fair value of financial instruments is made at a specific
point in time, based on relevant information about financial markets and
specific financial instruments. As these estimates are subjective in nature,
involving uncertainties and matters of significant judgment, they cannot be
determined with precision. Changes in assumptions can significantly affect
estimated fair values.
The
carrying value of accounts receivable, other current assets and prepaid
expenses, other payables and accrued expenses approximate their fair values
because of the short-term nature of these instruments. The management of the
Company is of the opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant
interest or credit risks arising from these financial instruments.
Revenue
recognition
Net sales
are primarily composed of sales of products to wholesale and retail customers
and subcontracting fees. The Company recognizes revenues under the FASB
Codification Topic 605 ("ASC Topic 605"), Revenue is recognized when all of the
following have occurred: persuasive evidence of arrangement with the customer,
services have been performed, fees are fixed or determinable and collectability
of the fees is reasonably assured. These criteria as related to the Company's
revenues are considered to have been met as follows:
Sales
of products
The
Company recognizes revenue on sales of products when the goods are delivered and
title to the goods passes to the customers provided that: there are no
uncertainties regarding customer acceptance; persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists; the sales price is fixed and determinable; and
collectability is deemed probable.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Sub-contracting
fees
The
Company also provides sub-contracting services to its customers based on a
fixed-price contract. The Company recognizes services-based revenue from all its
contracts when the services have been performed, the customers have approved the
completion of services, invoices have been issued and collectability is deemed
probable. The revenues from sub-contracting services only consist of
approximately 3% of the total revenue recognized.
Income
taxes
The
Company accounts for income taxes under the FASB Codification Topic 740-10-25
(“ASC 740-10-25”). Under ASC 740-10-25, deferred tax assets and liabilities are
recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between
the consolidated financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and
liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities
are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the
years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or
settled. Under ASC 740-10-25, the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities
of a change in tax rates is recognized as income in the period included the
enactment date.
On
January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of ASC 740-10-25,
"Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes". ASC 740-10-25 prescribes a
more-likely-than-not threshold for consolidated financial statement recognition
and measurement of a tax position taken (or expected to be taken) in a tax
return. This Interpretation also provides guidance on the recognition of income
tax assets and liabilities, classification of current and deferred income tax
assets and liabilities, accounting for interest and penalties associated with
tax positions, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax
positions, accounting for income taxes in interim periods and income tax
disclosures. The adoption of ASC 740-10-25 has not resulted in any material
impact on the Company's financial position or results.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Foreign
currency transactions
Kingold
and Dragon Lead maintain their accounting records in their functional currencies
of United States Dollars ("US$") and Hong Kong Dollars ("HK$") respectively,
whereas Wuhan Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold maintain their accounting records in
their functional currency of Renminbi ("RMB").
Foreign
currency transactions during the year are translated to the functional currency
at the approximate rates of exchange on the dates of transactions. Monetary
assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet
date are translated at the approximate rates of exchange at that date.
Non-monetary assets and liabilities are translated at the rates of exchange
prevailing at the time the asset or liability was acquired. Income and expenses
are translated at the average rate of exchange prevailing during the year. The
effects of foreign currency translation adjustments are included as a component
of accumulated other comprehensive income in stockholders’ equity. Exchange
gains or losses are recorded in the statement of operations.
The value
of RMB against US$ and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among
other things, changes in China's political and economic conditions, Any
significant revaluation of RMB may materially affect the Company's financial
condition in terms of US$ reporting.
Other
comprehensive income
The
foreign currency translation gain or loss resulting from translation of the
financial statements expressed in HK$ and RMB to US$ is reported as other
comprehensive income gain in the statements of operations and stockholders'
equity. Other comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2009 and
2008 was $75,531 and $1,461,217, respectively.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Earnings
per share
The
Company computes earnings per share (“EPS’) in accordance with ASC 260 “Earnings
per Share” (“ASC 260”), and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 98 (“SAB
98”). ASC 260 requires companies with complex capital structures to
present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is measured as net income divided
by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted
EPS is similar to basic EPS but presents the dilutive effect on a per share
basis of potential common shares (e.g., convertible securities, options and
warrants) as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods
presented, or issuance date, if later. Potential common shares that have
an anti-dilutive effect (i.e., those that increase income per share or decrease
loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS.
Statement
of Cash Flows
In
accordance with ASC 230, “Statement of Cash Flows,” cash flows from the
Company's operations is calculated based upon the local
currencies. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities
reported on the statement of cash flows may not necessarily agree with changes
in the corresponding balances on the balance sheet.
Subsequent
Events
The
Company has evaluated subsequent events that have occurred through the date
the consolidated financial statements were available to be issued and has
determined there were no material events since the balance sheet date of this
report.
Segments
The
Company operates in only one segment; thereafter segment disclosure is not
presented.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06 “Improving Disclosures about Fair
Value Measurements”. This update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that
requires new disclosure as follows: (1) Transfers in and out of Levels 1
and 2. A reporting entity should disclose separately the amounts of
significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements
and describe the reasons for the transfers. (2) Activity in
Level 3 fair value measurements. In the reconciliation for fair value
measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reporting entity
should present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances, and
settlements (that is, on a gross basis rather than as one net number). This
update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that clarify existing disclosures
as follows: (1) Level of disaggregation. A reporting entity should provide
fair value measurement disclosures for each class of assets and liabilities. A
class is often a subset of assets or liabilities within a line item in the
statement of financial position. A reporting entity needs to use judgment in
determining the appropriate classes of assets and liabilities.
(2) Disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques. A reporting entity
should provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to
measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements.
Those disclosures are required for fair value measurements that fall in either
Level 2 or Level 3. The new disclosures and clarifications of existing
disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning
after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales,
issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value
measurements. Those disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The
Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU, however,
the Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material
impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In
January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-02 regarding accounting and reporting for
decreases in ownership of a subsidiary. Under this guidance, an entity is
required to deconsolidate a subsidiary when the entity ceases to have a
controlling financial interest in the subsidiary. Upon deconsolidation of
a subsidiary, an entity recognizes a gain or loss on the transaction and
measures any retained investment in the subsidiary at fair value. In
contrast, an entity is required to account for a decrease in its ownership
interest of a subsidiary that does not result in a change of control of the
subsidiary as an equity transaction. This ASU clarifies the scope of the
decrease in ownership provisions, and expands the disclosures about the
deconsolidation of a subsidiary or de-recognition of a group of assets.
This ASU is effective for beginning in the first interim or annual
reporting period ending on or after December 31, 2009. The Company is
currently evaluating the impact of this ASU, however, the Company does not
expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on its consolidated
financial statements.
In
January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-01, “Accounting for Distributions to
Shareholders with Components of Stock and Cash”. The amendments in this Update
clarify that the stock portion of a distribution to shareholders that allows
them to elect to receive cash or stock with a potential limitation on the total
amount of cash that all shareholders can elect to receive in the aggregate is
considered a share issuance that is reflected in EPS prospectively and is not a
stock dividend for purposes of applying Topics 505 and 260 (Equity and Earnings
Per Share). The amendments in this update are effective for interim and
annual periods ending on or after December 15, 2009, and should be applied on a
retrospective basis. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to
have a material impact on its consolidated financial
statements.
In
December, 2009, FASB issued ASU No. 2009-17, “Improvements to Financial
Reporting by Enterprises Involved with Variable Interest Entities”. This
Accounting Standards Update amends the FASB Accounting Standards Codification
for the issuance of FASB Statement No. 167, “Amendments to FASB Interpretation
No. 46(R)”. The amendments in this Accounting Standards Update replace the
quantitative-based risks and rewards calculation for determining which reporting
entity, if any, has a controlling financial interest in a variable interest
entity with an approach focused on identifying which reporting entity has the
power to direct the activities of a variable interest entity that most
significantly impact the entity’s economic performance and: (1) the
obligation to absorb losses of the entity or (2) the right to receive benefits
from the entity. An approach that is expected to be primarily qualitative will
be more effective for identifying which reporting entity has a controlling
financial interest in a variable interest entity. The amendments in this Update
also require additional disclosures about a reporting entity’s involvement in
variable interest entities, which will enhance the information provided to users
of financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this
ASU, however, the Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a
material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In
December 2009, FASB issued ASU No. 2009-16, “Accounting for Transfers of
Financial Assets”. This Accounting Standards Update amends the FASB Accounting
Standards Codification for the issuance of FASB Statement No. 166, “Accounting
for Transfers of Financial Assets—an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140”
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The amendments in this
Accounting Standards Update improve financial reporting by eliminating the
exceptions for qualifying special-purpose entities from the consolidation
guidance and the exception that permitted sale accounting for certain mortgage
securitizations when a transferor has not surrendered control over the
transferred financial assets. In addition, the amendments require enhanced
disclosures about the risks that a transferor continues to be exposed to because
of its continuing involvement in transferred financial assets. Comparability and
consistency in accounting for transferred financial assets will also be improved
through clarifications of the requirements for isolation and limitations on
portions of financial assets that are eligible for sale accounting. The Company
does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on its
consolidated financial statements.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
In
October, 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-15, "Accounting for Own-Share Lending
Arrangements in Contemplation of Convertible Debt Issuance or Other Financing",
now codified under FASB ASC Topic 470 "Debt", ("ASU 2009-15"), and provides
guidance for accounting and reporting for own-share lending arrangements issued
in contemplation of a convertible debt issuance. At the date of issuance, a
share-lending arrangement entered into on an entity's own shares should be
measured at fair value in accordance with Topic 820 and recognized as an
issuance cost, with an offset to additional paid-in capital. Loaned shares are
excluded from basic and diluted earnings per share unless default of the
share-lending arrangement occurs. The amendments also require several
disclosures including a description and the terms of the arrangement and the
reason for entering into the arrangement. The effective dates of the amendments
are dependent upon the date the share-lending arrangement was entered into and
include retrospective application for arrangements outstanding as of the
beginning of fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2009. Management is
currently evaluating the potential impact of ASU 2009-15 on our financial
statements.
In
October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-14, "Certain Arrangements That Include
Software Elements, now codified under FASB ASC Topic 985, "Software", ("ASU
2009-14"). ASU 2009-14 removes tangible products from the scope of software
revenue guidance and provides guidance on determining whether software
deliverables in an arrangement that includes a tangible product are covered by
the scope of the software revenue guidance. ASU 2009-14 should be applied on a
prospective basis for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified
in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with early adoption
permitted. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of ASU
2009-14 on our financial statements.
In
October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-13, "Multiple-Deliverable Revenue
Arrangements", now codified under FASB ASC Topic 605, "Revenue Recognition",
("ASU 2009-13"). ASU 2009-13 requires entities to allocate revenue in an
arrangement using estimated selling prices of the delivered goods and services
based on a selling price hierarchy. The amendments eliminate the residual method
of revenue allocation and require revenue to be allocated using the relative
selling price method. ASU 2009-13 should be applied on a prospective basis for
revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years
beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with early adoption permitted. Management
is currently evaluating the potential impact of ASU 2009-13 on our financial
statements.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
3- ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
Accounts
receivable at December 31, 2009 and 2008 consisted of the
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collectable and has not recorded a provision for doubtful accounts.
NOTE
4- INVENTORIES, NET
Inventories
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was recorded by the Company.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
5- PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
The
following is a summary of property and equipment as of December 31, 2009 and
2008:
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expenses for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were $1,241,310 and
$1,177, 037, respectively.
NOTE
6-OTHER ASSETS
Other
assets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 consist of the Company’s investment in
the membership certificates at Shanghai Diamond Exchange and Shanghai Gold
Exchange, those certificates are transferable at the market. There is no
impairment loss of these assets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008.
NOTE
7 –INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
Intangible
assets December 31, 2009 and 2008 consist of land use rights and computer
software program acquired. The Company has the right to use the land for fifty
years and the right to use the software for five years and the Company amortizes
the assets on a straight line basis over its terms from the acquisition date.
Amortization expense was $11,051 and $10,859 for the year ended December 31,
2009 and 2008, respectively.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
8 –SHORT TERM LOANS
The Short
term loans include the following:
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d)
Loan payable to Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Jiangan
branch
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e)
Loan payable to Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Jiangan
branch
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f)
Loan payable to Xinye Bank, Hanzhengjie branch
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a)
Loan payable to Commercial bank was one year term from May 2008 to May, 2009 at
the interest rate of 6.225% per year. The loan was paid off by due date. This
loan has been guaranteed by buildings and plant and machinery of the
Company.
b)
Loan payable to Commercial bank was one year term from August 2008 to August,
2009 at the interest rate of 6.85% per year. The loan was paid off by due date.
This loan has been guaranteed by a third party.
c)
Loan payable to Xinye bank, Hankou branch was one year term from December 2008
to December, 2009 at the interest rate of 5.58% per year. The loan was paid off
by due date. This loan has been guaranteed by a third party.
d)
Loan payable to Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Jiangan branch was one year
term from April 2009 to April, 2010 at the interest rate of 5.31% per year. This
loan has been guaranteed by buildings and plant and machinery of the
Company.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
8 –SHORT TERM LOANS (Continued)
e)
Loan payable to Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Jiangan branch was one year
term from May 2009 to May, 2010 at the interest rate of 5.31% per year. This
loan has been guaranteed by buildings and plant and machinery of the
Company.
f)
Loan payable to Xinye bank, Hanzhengjie branch was one year term from December
2009 to December, 2010 at the interest rate of 4.425% per year. This loan has
been guaranteed by a third party.
Interest
expense paid in 2009 and 2008 was $703,500 and $1,393,130, respectively. Fees
paid to a third party guarantor in 2009 and 2008 were $ 180,827 and $342,626,
respectively.
NOTE
9 –INCOME TAX
The
Company is subject to income taxes on an entity basis on income arising in or
derived from the tax jurisdiction in which each entity is
domiciled.
Kingold
was incorporated in the United States and has incurred net operating loss for
income tax purpose for 2009 and 2008. Kingold had loss carry forwards of
approximately $111,375 for U.S. income tax purposes available for offset against
future taxable U.S. income expiring in 2029. Management believes that the
realization of the benefits from these losses appears uncertain due to the
Company's limited operating history income and continuing losses. Accordingly, a
full deferred tax asset valuation allowance has been provided and no deferred
tax asset benefit has been recorded. The valuation allowance as of December 31,
2009 was $111,375. The net change in the valuation allowance was an increase of
$111,375.
Dragon
Lead was incorporated in the BVI and under current laws of the BVI; income
earned is not subject to income tax.
Wuhan
Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold were incorporated in the PRC and are subject to PRC
income tax which is computed according to the relevant laws and regulations in
the PRC. The applicable tax rate is 25% for the year 2009 and
2008.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
9 –INCOME TAX (Continued)
The
following table reconciles the U.S. statutory rates to the Company’s effective
rate for the six months ended December 31, 2009 and 2008:
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For the year ended
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December
31,
2009
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December
31,
2008
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Foreign
income not recognized in USA
|
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NOTE
9 –EARNINGS PER SHARE
In
December 23, 2009, the Company entered into a reverse merger transaction with
Dragon Lead. The Company computes the weighted-average number of common shares
outstanding in accordance with ASC 805. ASC 805 states that in calculating the
weighted average shares when a reverse merger took place in the middle of the
year, the number of common shares outstanding from the beginning of that period
to the acquisition date shall be computed on the basis of the weighted-average
number of common shares of the legal acquiree (the accounting acquirer)
outstanding during the period multiplied by the exchange ratio established in
the merger agreement. The number of common shares outstanding from the
acquisition date to the end of that period will be the actual number of common
shares of the legal acquirer (the accounting acquiree) outstanding during that
period.
As of
December 31, 2009, the Company had outstanding warrants to acquire 6,670,482
shares of common stock with 5,120,482 warrants having an excise price of $0.498
and 1,550,000 warrants having an exercise price of $0.598. As of December 31,
2009, the 5,120,482 warrants has the diluted provision and was included in the
weighted average shares-diluted calculation using the treasury stock
method.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
9 –EARNINGS PER SHARE (Continued)
The
following table presents a reconciliation of basic and diluted net income per
share:
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For the year
Ended
December 31,
|
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|
2009
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|
2008
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income attributable to Common stockholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding - Basic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Effect
of diluted securities:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding -
Diluted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Earnings
per share-Diluted
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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NOTE
10 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(1)
Issuance of Common Stock for Recapitalization
Before
the reverse merger, the Company had 6,250,010 shares of common stock issued and
outstanding. In addition, the Company had outstanding warrants issued to
purchase 1,550,000 shares of common stock, the exercise price which was
increased to $0.598 per share at the time of the reverse merger.
On
December 23, 2009, the Company issued 66,208,466 shares of common stock in the
reverse merger for the recapitalization of Dragon Lead and re-organization of
Kingold.
On
December 23, 2009, 833,335 shares of common stock were issued to a consultant
for advisory services related to the reverse merger. This expense is recorded at
fair value of $0.498 per share at the grant date for a total of
$415,001.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE 10
- STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Continued)
(2)
Issuance of Common Stock in Private Placement
In
accordance with a Securities Purchase Agreement ("Securities Purchase
Agreement") entered into between the Company and a group of accredited investors
("Investors") on December 23, 2009, the Company received $5,100,000 (or
$4,472,482 net proceeds after deducting the offering expenses and reverse merger
service expense) from the Investors (as defined under Rule 501 (a) of Regulation
D promulgated under the Securities Act) for an issuance of 10,240,966 shares of
restricted common stock at $0.498 by a private placement and warrants to
purchase 2,048,193 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.498 per
share, exercisable within 5 years of the date of issue. The Company relied on an
exemption from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) under the Securities Act of
1933 in connection with the issuance of these shares.
In
connection with the private placement and pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement, the placement agent and advisors received the following compensation:
(i) $368,518 cash as an engagement and documentation fee; (ii) $200,000 as a
placement commission; (iii) $59,000 cash as reverse merger service fee, and (iv)
warrants to purchase 3,072,289 shares of Common Stock with the same term of the
warrants issued to Investors.
After the
reverse merger, the company had 83,532,777 shares of common stock issued and
outstanding and warrant to purchase of 6,670,482 shares of Common
Stock.
(3)
Appropriated retained earnings
The
Company is required to make appropriations to the statutory surplus reserve
based on the after-tax net income determined in accordance with the laws and
regulations of the PRC. Prior to January 1, 2006 the appropriation to the
statutory surplus reserve should be at least 10% of the after tax net income
determined in accordance with the laws and regulations of the PRC until the
reserve is equal to 50% of the entities' registered capital. Appropriations
to the statutory public welfare fund are at 5% to 10% of the after tax net
income determined by the Board of Directors. Effective January 1, 2006, the
Company is only required to contribute to one statutory reserve fund at 10
percent of net income after tax per annum, such contributions not to exceed 50
percent of the respective company's registered
capital.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE 10
- STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Continued)
The
statutory reserve funds cannot be used to set off against prior period losses,
expansion of production and operation or for the increase in the registered
capital of the Company. These reserves are not transferable to the Company in
the form of cash dividends, loans or advances. These reserves are therefore not
available for distribution except in liquidation.
During
2009 and 2008, the Company appropriated $40,288 and $650,291 respectively to the
reserves funds based on its net income in accordance with the laws and
regulations of the PRC.
NOTE
11 – WARRANTS
In
October, 2008, prior to the reverse merger, the Company issued warrants to
purchase 1,550,000 shares of common stocks, the original exercise price was
$0.16 per share, exercisable within 5 years of the date of issue, and in
connection with the reverse merger, the exercise price was increased to $0.598
per share with all other terms the same.
The
warrants meet the conditions for equity classification pursuant to ASC 815,
“Derivatives and Hedging” and EITF 00-19 “Accounting for Derivative Financial
Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock.”
Therefore, these warrants were classified as equity and included in Additional
Paid-in Capital. The fair value of the warrants was calculated using the
Black-Scholes options pricing model using the following assumptions: volatility
100%, risk free interest rate 1.51% (no dividend yield) and expected term of
four years. The fair value of those warrants was recalculated at the reverse
merge date at $1,119,172.
In
conjunction with the private placement, the warrants issued to investor and
placement agent to purchase total 5,120,482 shares of Common stock at an
exercise price of $0.498 per share, exercisable within five years of the date of
issue. No separate consideration was paid for such warrants. The exercise price
of the warrant is subject to adjustments under certain circumstances and the
warrants permit cashless exercise by the holders. This expense directly related
to private placement is recorded as additional paid-in capital in the
accompanying financial statements. The Company relied on the exemption from
registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the issuance of
common stock and warrants to the placement agent. The warrants issued
to the placement agent, qualify as permanent equity, the value of which warrants
has created offsetting debit and credit entries to additional paid-in
capital.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE
11 – WARRANTS (continued)
The
warrants meet the conditions for equity classification pursuant to ASC 815,
“Derivatives and Hedging” and EITF 07-5 “Accounting for Derivative Financial
Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock.”
Therefore, these warrants were classified as equity and included in Additional
Paid-in Capital. The fair value of the warrants was calculated using the
Black-Scholes options pricing model using the following assumptions: volatility
100%, risk free interest rate 2.51% (no dividend yield) and expected term of
five years. The fair value of those warrants at the grant date was calculated at
$4,020,876.
NOTE 12
– COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Escrowed
share arrangement
In
accordance with the Securities Purchase Agreement, a majority stockholder of
Dragon Lead, immediately following the closing of the reverse acquisition,
entered into a make good escrow agreement with the investors, pursuant to which
a total of 3,791,218 of their beneficially owned shares of common stock were
delivered to an escrow agent in order to secure the Company's obligations
under the Securities Purchase Agreement to deliver additional common stock
to the private placement investors in the event the Company fails to achieve
certain after-PRC—tax net income of Wuhan Kingold targets for fiscal
years 2009, 2010 and 2011 ("Make Good Escrow Shares"). Those targets are RMB65
million, RMB100 million and RMB150 million in after-tax net income for the
fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and ending December 31, 2010 and 2011,
respectively. In the event the Company is not able to achieve the net income
target, the Company is obligated to transfer 3,791,218 shares of common stock to
the private placement investors on a pro-rata basis. Of the 66,208,466 shares of
common stock issued in the Share Exchange, 3,791,218 have been deposited by the
majority stockholder of Dragon Lead into escrow to secure these
obligations.
As the
performance threshold was met for fiscal year 2009, 1,263,739 escrowed shares
will be returned to stockholders in 2009, the remaining 2,527,479 shares will be
released in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 if the performance thresholds for fiscal
years 2010 and 2011 are also met.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES TO
THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF
DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008
NOTE 12
– COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (continued)
Liquidated
damages
Pursuant
to the Securities Purchase Agreement entered into between the Company and a
group of accredited investors on December 23, 2009, the Company was obligated to
make efforts to file a registration statement with the SEC for the registration
of 10,240,966 shares of common stock offered by selling stockholders to be
declared effective by the SEC on or before June 23, 2010. After June 23, 2010
and for each monthly anniversary date thereafter in which the registration
statement fails to be declared effective, the Company shall pay liquidated
damages to investors equal to 1% of the funds raised, subject to a cap of 6% of
total funds raised. The Company has not accrued for these liquidated damages as
the Company anticipates the registration statement will be declared effective on
or before June 23, 2010
NOTE
13- CONCENTRATIONS AND RISKS
During
2009 and 2008, 99% and 100% of the Company's assets were located in the PRC and
100% of the Company's revenues were derived from companies located in the
PRC.
The
Company's principal raw material used during the year is gold which accounted
for 95% and 76% of the Company's total purchases for the years ended December
31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The Company purchased gold directly and solely
from The Shanghai Gold Exchange ("SGE"), the largest gold trading platform in
the PRC.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(IN
US DOLLARS)
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$
|
15,324,203
|
|
|
$
|
7,964,120
|
|
Restricted
cash
|
|
|
1,465,013
|
|
|
|
1,462,587
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
|
235,858
|
|
|
|
485,399
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
30,278,018
|
|
|
|
31,756,009
|
|
Other
current assets and prepaid expenses
|
|
|
71,382
|
|
|
|
101,189
|
|
Value
added tax recoverable
|
|
|
4,484,551
|
|
|
|
5,792,014
|
|
Total
Current Assets
|
|
|
51,859,025
|
|
|
|
47,561,318
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROPERTY
AND EQUIPMENT, NET
|
|
|
13,856,046
|
|
|
|
14,126,950
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
141,433
|
|
|
|
141,198
|
|
Intangible
assets, net
|
|
|
495,628
|
|
|
|
497,572
|
|
Total
other assets
|
|
|
637,061
|
|
|
|
638,770
|
|
TOTAL
ASSETS
|
|
$
|
66,352,132
|
|
|
$
|
62,327,038
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT
LIABILITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short
term loans
|
|
$
|
8,790,075
|
|
|
$
|
8,775,522
|
|
Other
payables and accrued expenses
|
|
|
364,304
|
|
|
|
368,196
|
|
Income
tax payable
|
|
|
1,356,224
|
|
|
|
1,347,295
|
|
Other
taxes payable
|
|
|
19,554
|
|
|
|
192,415
|
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
|
|
10,530,157
|
|
|
|
10,683,428
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COMMITMENTS
AND CONTINGENCIES
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock, $0.001 par value, 500,000 shares authorized, none issued or
outstanding as of March 31, 2010 and 2009
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Common
stock $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 83,532,777 shares
issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2010 and December 31,
2009
|
|
|
83,532
|
|
|
|
83,532
|
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
|
31,035,352
|
|
|
|
31,035,352
|
|
Retained
earnings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unappropriated
|
|
|
19,601,187
|
|
|
|
15,669,257
|
|
Appropriated
|
|
|
895,873
|
|
|
|
878,911
|
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive gain
|
|
|
3,214,226
|
|
|
|
3,156,305
|
|
Total
Stockholders' Equity
|
|
$
|
54,830,170
|
|
|
$
|
50,823,356
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noncontrolling
interest
|
|
|
991,805
|
|
|
|
820,254
|
|
Total
Equity
|
|
|
55,821,975
|
|
|
|
51,643,610
|
|
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|
$
|
66,352,132
|
|
|
$
|
62,327,038
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements
KINGOLD
JEWELRY INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(IN
US DOLLARS)
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
For the three months ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
SALES
|
|
$
|
60,512,328
|
|
|
|
38,060,670
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COST
OF SALES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost
of sales
|
|
|
(54,214,110
|
)
|
|
|
(34,661,813
|
)
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
(278,815
|
)
|
|
|
(278,269
|
)
|
Total
cost of sales
|
|
|
(54,492,925
|
)
|
|
|
(34,940,082
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GROSS
PROFIT
|
|
|
6,019,403
|
|
|
|
3,120,588
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING
EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
383,001
|
|
|
|
395,067
|
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
26,664
|
|
|
|
29,701
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
2,768
|
|
|
|
2,765
|
|
Total
Operating Expenses
|
|
|
412,433
|
|
|
|
427,533
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME
FROM OPERATIONS
|
|
|
5,606,970
|
|
|
|
2,693,055
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
INCOME (EXPENSES)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
income
|
|
|
1,758
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
1,181
|
|
|
|
297
|
|
Interest
expenses
|
|
|
(134,968
|
)
|
|
|
(264,257
|
)
|
Total
Other Expenses, net
|
|
|
(132,029
|
)
|
|
|
(263,960
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME
FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE TAXES
|
|
|
5,474,941
|
|
|
|
2,429,096
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROVISION
FOR INCOME TAXES
|
|
|
(1,355,899
|
)
|
|
|
(607,965
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCOME
|
|
|
4,119,042
|
|
|
|
1,821,131
|
|
Less:
net income attribute to the noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
(170,150
|
)
|
|
|
(75,342
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS
|
|
|
3,948,892
|
|
|
|
1,745,789
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OTHER
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
foreign currency translation gains
|
|
|
59,322
|
|
|
|
18,883
|
|
Less:
foreign currency translation gains attributable to noncontrolling
interest
|
|
|
(1,401
|
)
|
|
|
(284
|
)
|
Foreign
currency translation gains attributable to common
stockholders
|
|
|
57,921
|
|
|
|
18,599
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME
|
|
$
|
4,006,813
|
|
|
|
1,764,388
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements
KINGOLD
JEWELRY INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(IN
US DOLLARS)
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
For the three months ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income
|
|
$
|
4,119,042
|
|
|
$
|
1,821,131
|
|
Adjusted
to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
308,247
|
|
|
|
310,735
|
|
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Increase)
decrease in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
|
|
250,286
|
|
|
|
2,745,044
|
|
Inventories
|
|
|
1,530,288
|
|
|
|
3,153,754
|
|
Other
current assets and prepaid expenses
|
|
|
30,409
|
|
|
|
143,962
|
|
Value
added tax recoverable
|
|
|
1,316,753
|
|
|
|
(13,482
|
)
|
Increase
(decrease) in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
payables and accrued expenses
|
|
|
(4,327
|
)
|
|
|
(189,951
|
)
|
Income
tax payable
|
|
|
6,693
|
|
|
|
(880,855
|
)
|
Other
taxes payable
|
|
|
(173,139
|
)
|
|
|
(163,773
|
)
|
Value
added tax payable
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(911,763
|
)
|
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
7,384,252
|
|
|
|
6,014,801
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
of property and equipment
|
|
|
(11,217
|
)
|
|
|
(7,177
|
)
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(11,217
|
)
|
|
|
(7,177
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EFFECT
OF EXCHANGE RATES ON CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
|
|
(12,952
|
)
|
|
|
161,018
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET
INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
|
|
7,360,083
|
|
|
|
6,168,642
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
& CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD
|
|
|
7,964,120
|
|
|
|
281,994
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH
& CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD
|
|
$
|
15,324,203
|
|
|
$
|
6,450,636
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
paid for interest expense
|
|
$
|
116,660
|
|
|
$
|
206,020
|
|
Cash
paid for income tax
|
|
$
|
1,349,206
|
|
|
$
|
1,347,474
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1-
BASIS OF
PRESENTAION
The
accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim
financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information
and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete
financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting
of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary to make the financial
statements not misleading have been included. Operating results for the period
ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results that
may be expected for the full year. The information included in this Form 10-Q
should be read in conjunction with Management’s Discussion and Analysis and the
financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s 2009 Form
10-K.
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles
of Consolidation
The
accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial
statements of Kingold, its wholly owned subsidiaries, Dragon Lead and Wuhan
Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold, its 95.83% contractually controlled affiliate. The
noncontrolling interests represent the minority stockholders' 4.17%
proportionate share of the results of Wuhan Kingold. All significant
inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in
consolidation.
Use
of Estimates
The
preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED)
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
Cash and
cash equivalents include cash on hand and demand deposits with a bank with an
original maturity of less than three months.
Restricted
cash
The
Company's financing facilities require a minimum cash deposit as security in the
amount of $1,465,013 and $1,462,587 as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009
for borrowings outstanding under its demand financing facilities. The restricted
cash amount is classified as a current asset in the balance sheets since the
borrowings it secures are classified as current liabilities.
Accounts
Receivables
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 managements' assessment of the credit history
with the customers and current relationships with them. As of March 31, 2010 and
December 31, 2009, there was no allowance recorded as the Company considers all
the account receivables fully collectible.
Inventories
Inventories
are stated at the lower of cost or market value, cost being calculated on the
weighted average basis. The cost of inventories comprises all costs of
purchases, costs of fixed and variable production overheads and other costs
incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition.
The Company provides inventory allowances based on excess and obsolete
inventories determined principally by customer demand. No allowance for
inventories is considered necessary for the three months ended March 31, 2010
and 2009.
Property
and equipment
Property
and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures
for additions, major renewals and betterments are capitalized and expenditures
for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED)
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Depreciation
is provided on a straight-line basis, less estimated residual value over the
assets' estimated useful lives. The estimated useful lives are as
follows:
|
|
|
Estimate
Residual
|
|
|
Estimated Useful Life
|
|
Value
|
|
Buildings
|
30
years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Plant
and machinery
|
15
years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Motor
vehicles
|
10
years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Office
furniture and electronics
|
5-
10 years
|
|
|
5
|
%
|
Long-lived
assets
The
Company accounts for long-lived assets under the FASB Codification Topic 360
(ASC Topic 360) "Accounting for Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets" and
"Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets". In accordance with
ASC Topic 360, indefinite -lived intangible assets held and used by the Company
are reviewed for impairment annually in the fourth quarter or more frequently if
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset
may not be recoverable. Finite-lived assets and intangibles are also reviewed
for impairment test when circumstance requires it. For purposes of evaluating
the recoverability of long-lived assets, when undiscounted future cash flows
will not be sufficient to recover an asset's carrying amount, the asset is
written down to its fair value. The long-lived assets of the Company, which are
subject to evaluation, consist primarily of property, plant and equipment and
land use rights. No impairment loss is recorded for the three months ended March
31, 2010 and 2009.
Fair
value of financial instruments
FASB
Codification Topic 825(ASC Topic 825), "Disclosure about Fair Value of Financial
Instruments," requires certain disclosures regarding the fair value of financial
instruments. Fair value of financial instruments is made at a specific point in
time, based on relevant information about financial markets and specific
financial instruments. As these estimates are subjective in nature, involving
uncertainties and matters of significant judgment, they cannot be determined
with precision. Changes in assumptions can significantly affect estimated fair
values.
The
carrying value of accounts receivable, other current assets and prepaid
expenses, other payables and accrued expenses approximate their fair values
because of the short-term nature of these instruments. The management of the
Company is of the opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant
interest or credit risks arising from these financial
instruments.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED)
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Revenue
recognition
Net sales
are primarily composed of sales of products to wholesale and retail customers
and subcontracting fees. The Company recognizes revenues under the FASB
Codification Topic 605 ("ASC Topic 605"), Revenue is recognized when all of the
following have occurred: persuasive evidence of arrangement with the customer,
services has been performed, fees are fixed or determinable and collectability
of the fees is reasonably assured. These criteria as related to the Company's
revenues are considered to have been met as follows:
Sales of
products
The
Company recognizes revenue on sales of products when the goods are delivered and
title to the goods passes to the customers provided that: there are no
uncertainties regarding customer acceptance; persuasive evidence of an
arrangement exists; the sales price is fixed and determinable; and
collectability is deemed probable.
Sub-contracting
fees
The
Company also provides sub-contracting services to its customers based on a
fixed-price contract. The Company recognizes services-based revenue from all its
contracts when the services have been performed, the customers have approved the
completion of services, invoices have been issued and collectability is deemed
probable. The revenues from sub-contracting services only consist of
approximately 6.78% of the total revenue recognized.
Income
taxes
The
Company accounts for income taxes under the FASB Codification Topic 740-10-25
(“ASC 740-10-25”). Under ASC 740-10-25, deferred tax assets and liabilities are
recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between
the consolidated financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and
liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities
are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the
years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or
settled. Under ASC 740-10-25, the effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities
of a change in tax rates is recognized as income in the period included the
enactment date.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED)
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
On
January1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of ASC 740-10-25, "Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes". ASC 740-10-25 prescribes a
more-likely-than-not threshold for consolidated financial statement recognition
and measurement of a tax position taken (or expected to be taken) in a tax
return. This Interpretation also provides guidance on the recognition of income
tax assets and liabilities, classification of current and deferred income tax
assets and liabilities, accounting for interest and penalties associated with
tax positions, accounting for interest and penalties associated with tax
positions, accounting for income taxes in interim periods and income tax
disclosures. The adoption of ASC 740-10-25 has not resulted in any material
impact on the Company's financial position or results.
Foreign
currency translation
Kingold
and Dragon Lead maintain their accounting records in the United States Dollars
("US$"), whereas Wuhan Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold maintain their accounting
records in the currency of Renminbi ("RMB"), being the primary currency of the
economic environment in which their operations are conducted.
For
financial reporting purposes, RMB have been translated into United States
dollars ("US$") as the reporting currency. Assets and liabilities are translated
at the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses
are translated at the average rate of exchange prevailing during the reporting
period. Translation adjustments arising from the use of different exchange rates
from period to period are included as a component of stockholders' equity as
"Accumulated other comprehensive income". Gains and losses resulting from
foreign currency translations are included in accumulated other comprehensive
income. There is no significant fluctuation in exchange rate for the
conversion of RMB to US$ after the balance sheet date.
The value
of RMB against US$ and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among
other things, changes in China's political and economic conditions, Any
significant revaluation of RMB may materially affect the Company's financial
condition in terms of US$ reporting.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED)
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Other
comprehensive income
The
foreign currency translation gain or loss resulting from translation of the
financial statements expressed in RMB to US$ is reported as other comprehensive
income gain in the statements of operations and stockholders'
equity.
Other
comprehensive income for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was
$59,322 and $18,883 respectively.
Earnings
per share
The
Company computes earnings per share (“EPS’) in accordance with ASC 260 “Earnings
per Share” (“ASC 260”), and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 98 (“SAB
98”). ASC 260 requires companies with complex capital structures to
present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is measured as net income divided
by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted
EPS is similar to basic EPS but presents the dilutive effect on a per share
basis of potential common shares (e.g., convertible securities, options and
warrants) as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods
presented, or issuance date, if later. Potential common shares that have
an anti-dilutive effect (i.e., those that increase income per share or decrease
loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS.
Statement
of Cash Flows
In
accordance with ASC 230, “Statement of Cash Flows,” cash flows from the
Company's operations is calculated based upon the local
currencies. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities
reported on the statement of cash flows may not necessarily agree with changes
in the corresponding balances on the balance sheet.
Subsequent
Events
The
Company has evaluated subsequent events that have occurred through the date the
consolidated financial statements were available to be issued and has determined
there were no material events since the balance sheet date of this
report.
Segments
The
Company operates in only one segment; As a result segment disclosure is not
presented.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED)
NOTE
2-SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
February 2010, FASB issued new standards in ASC 855, Subsequent Event. This
amendment removes the requirement for an SEC filer to disclose a date through
which subsequent events have been evaluated in both issued and revised financial
statements. Revised financial statements include financial statements revised as
a result of either correction of an error or retrospective application of GAAP.
All of the amendments are effective upon issuance of the final update, except
for the use of the issued date for conduit debt obligors. That amendment is
effective for interim or annual periods ending after June 15, 2010. The Company
does not expect the adoption of this amendment to have a material impact on its
consolidated financial statements.
In
January 2010, FASB amended ASC 820 Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements.
This update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that requires new disclosure
as follows: 1) Transfers in and out of Levels 1 and 2. A
reporting entity should disclose separately the amounts of significant transfers
in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and describe the
reasons for the transfers. 2) Activity in Level 3 fair value
measurements. In the reconciliation for fair value measurements using
significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reporting entity should present
separately information about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (that
is, on a gross basis rather than as one net number). The new disclosures and
clarifications of existing disclosures are effective for interim and annual
reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures
about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of
activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. Those disclosures are effective for
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within
those fiscal years. The Company has determined the adoption of this rule does
not have a material impact on its financial statements.
In
January 2010, FASB amended Accounting for Distributions to Shareholders with
Components of Stock and Cash. The amendments in this Update clarify that the
stock portion of a distribution to shareholders that allows them to elect to
receive cash or stock with a potential limitation on the total amount of cash
that all shareholders can elect to receive in the aggregate is considered a
share issuance that is reflected in EPS prospectively and is not a stock
dividend for purposes of applying Topics 505 and 260 (Equity and Earnings Per
Share). The amendments in this update are effective for interim and annual
periods ending on or after December 15, 2009, and should be applied on a
retrospective basis. The Company does not expect the adoption of this rule to
have a material impact on its financial statements.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED)
NOTE
3- INVENTORIES, NET
Inventories
are consisted of the following:
|
|
As of
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Raw
materials
|
|
$
|
13,160,076
|
|
|
$
|
9,645,402
|
|
Work-in
-progress
|
|
|
11,628,435
|
|
|
|
17,894,676
|
|
Finished
goods
|
|
|
5,489,507
|
|
|
|
4,215,931
|
|
Less
: provision for obsolescence
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
inventory
|
|
$
|
30,278,018
|
|
|
$
|
31,756,009
|
|
For the
three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, no provision for obsolete
inventories was recorded by the Company.
NOTE
4- PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
The
following is a summary of property and equipment as of March 31, 2010 and
December 31, 2009:
|
|
As of
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Buildings
|
|
$
|
1,884,459
|
|
|
$
|
1,881,339
|
|
Plant
and machinery
|
|
|
17,362,490
|
|
|
|
17,325,868
|
|
Motor
vehicles
|
|
|
38,619
|
|
|
|
38,555
|
|
Office
and electric equipment
|
|
|
427,691
|
|
|
|
423,658
|
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
19,713,259
|
|
|
|
19,669,420
|
|
Less
: accumulated depreciation
|
|
|
(5,857,213
|
)
|
|
|
(5,542,470
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property
and equipment, net
|
|
$
|
13,856,046
|
|
|
$
|
14,126,950
|
|
Depreciation
expense for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 were $305,479 and
$307,970, respectively.
NOTE
5-OTHER ASSETS
Other
assets as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 consist of the Company’s
investment in the membership certificates at Shanghai Diamond Exchange and
Shanghai Gold Exchange, those certificates are transferable at the market. There
is no impairment loss of these assets as of March 31, 2010 and December 31,
2009.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED)
NOTE
6 –INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
Intangible
assets as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 consist of land use rights and
computer software program acquired. The Company has the right to use the land
for fifty years and the right to use the software for five years and the Company
amortizes the assets on a straight line basis over its terms from the
acquisition date. Amortization expense was $2,768 and $2,765 for the three
months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
NOTE
7 –SHORT TERM LOANS
The Short
term loans include the following:
|
|
As of
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
a)
Loan payable to Pufa bank, Jiangan branch
|
|
|
2,197,519
|
|
|
|
2,193,881
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
b)
Loan payable to Pufa bank, Jiangan branch
|
|
|
3,662,531
|
|
|
|
3,656,467
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
c)
Loan payable to Xinye Bank, Hanzhengjie branch
|
|
|
2,930,025
|
|
|
|
2,925,174
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
short term loans
|
|
$
|
8,790,075
|
|
|
$
|
8,775,522
|
|
a) Loan
payable to Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Jiangan branch was one year term
from April 2009 to April, 2010 at the interest rate of 5.31% per year. This loan
has been guaranteed by buildings and plant and machinery of the
Company.
b) Loan
payable to Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, Jiangan branch was one year term
from May 2009 to May, 2010 at the interest rate of 5.31% per year. This loan has
been guaranteed by buildings and plant and machinery of the
Company.
c) Loan
payable to Xinye bank, Hanzhengjie branch was one year term from December 2009
to December, 2010 at the interest rate of 4.425% per year.
Interest
expense paid ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was $116,688 and $206,100,
respectively. Fees paid to a third party guarantor for the three months ended
March 31, 2010 and 2009 were $18,308 and $58,156, respectively.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED)
NOTE
8 –INCOME TAX
The
Company is subject to income taxes on an entity basis on income arising in or
derived from the tax jurisdiction in which each entity is
domiciled.
Kingold
was incorporated in the United States and has incurred net operating losses for
income tax purpose for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and for the years
ended 2009. Kingold had loss carry forwards of approximately $475,941 for
U.S. income tax purposes available for offset against future taxable U.S.
income. These carry forwards will expire, if not utilized, beginning in 2029
through 2030. Management believes that the realization of the benefits from
these losses appears uncertain due to the Company's limited operating history
income and continuing losses. Accordingly, the Company has provided a 100%
valuation allowance at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 for the loss
carry-forwards. The valuation allowance as of March 31, 2010 and December 31,
2009 was $ 161,820 and $111,375, respectively. The net change in the valuation
allowance was an increase of $50,445.
Dragon
Lead was incorporated in the BVI and under current laws of the BVI; income
earned is not subject to income tax.
Wuhan
Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold were incorporated in the PRC and are subject to PRC
income tax which is computed according to the relevant laws and regulations in
the PRC. The applicable tax rate is 25% for the three months ended March 31,
2010 and 2009.
The
following table reconciles the U.S. statutory rates to the Company’s effective
rate for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
|
|
For the three months ended March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
US
Statutory rate
|
|
|
34
|
%
|
|
|
34
|
%
|
Foreign
income not recognized in USA
|
|
|
(34
|
)%
|
|
|
(34
|
)%
|
China
income tax
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
Non-dedcutible
expenses
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Effective
tax rate
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
|
|
25
|
%
|
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED)
NOTE
9 –EARNINGS PER SHARE
In
December 23, 2009, the Company entered into a reverse merger transaction with
Hongkong Dragon Lead. The Company computes the weighted-average number of common
shares outstanding in accordance with ASC 805. ASC 805 states that in
calculating the weighted average shares when a reverse merger took place in the
middle of the year, the number of common shares outstanding from the beginning
of that period to the acquisition date shall be computed on the basis of the
weighted-average number of common shares of the legal acquiree (the accounting
acquirer) outstanding during the period multiplied by the exchange ratio
established in the merger agreement. The number of common shares outstanding
from the acquisition date to the end of that period will be the actual number of
common shares of the legal acquirer (the accounting acquiree) outstanding during
that period.
As of
March 31, 2010, the Company had outstanding warrants to acquire 6,670,482 shares
of common stock. Warrants to acquire 5,120,482 share are at an excise price pf
$0.498, and warrants to acquires 1,550,000 shares are at an exercise price of
$0.598. As of March 31, 2010, all the outstanding warrants were considered
dilutive and were included in the weighted average shares-diluted calculation
using the treasury stock method.
The
following table presents a reconciliation of basic and diluted net income per
share:
|
|
For the three months ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
income attributable to Common stockholders
|
|
$
|
3,948,892
|
|
|
$
|
1,745,789
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average number of common
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
shares
outstanding – Basic
|
|
|
83,532,777
|
|
|
|
66,208,466
|
|
Effect
of dilutive securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unexercised
warrants
|
|
|
3,010,587
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Weighted
average number of common
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
shares
outstanding – Diluted
|
|
|
86,543,364
|
|
|
|
66,208,466
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings
per share-Basic
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.03
|
|
Earnings
per share-Diluted
|
|
$
|
0.05
|
|
|
$
|
0.03
|
|
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED)
Note
10 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(1)
Issuance of Common Stock for recapitalization
Before
the reverser merger, the company has 6,250,010 shares of common stock issued and
outstanding. In addition, the Company has outstanding warrant issued to officers
to purchase 1,550,000 shares of common stock before reverse merge, the exercise
price changed to $0.598 per share with other terms keep the same.
On
December 23, 2009, the Company issued 66,208,466 shares of common stock in
reverse merger for the recapitalization of Dragon Lead and re-organization of
Kingold.
On
December 23, 2009, 833,335 shares of common stock were issued to a consultant
for advisory services related to reverse merger. This expense is recorded at
fair value of $0.498 per share at the grant date for a total of
$415,001.
(2)
Issuance of Common Stock in Private Placement
In
accordance with the Securities Purchase Agreement ("Securities Purchase
agreement") entered into between the Company and a group of accredited investors
("investors") on December 23, 2009, the Company received $5,100,000 (or
$4,472,482 net proceeds after deducting the offering expenses and reverse merger
service expense) from the investors (as defined under Rule 501 (a) of Regulation
D promulgated under the Securities Act) for an issuance of 10,240,966 shares of
restricted common stock at $0.498 by a private placement and warrants to
purchase 2,048,193 shares of Common stock at an exercise price of $0.498 per
share, exercisable within 5 years of the date of issue. The Company relied on an
exemption from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) under the Securities Act of
1933 in connection with the issuance of these shares.
In
connection with the private placement and pursuant to the Securities Purchase
Agreement, the placement agent and advisors received the following compensation:
(i) $368,518 cash as an engagement and documentation fee; (ii) $200,000 as a
placement commission; (iii) $59,000 cash as reverse merger service fee, and (iv)
warrants to purchase 3,072,289 shares of Common Stock with the same term of the
warrants issued to investors.
After the
reverse merger, the company has 83,532,777 shares of common stock issued and
outstanding and warrant to purchase of 6,670,482 shares of common
stock.
(3)
Appropriated retained earnings
The
Company is required to make appropriations to the statutory surplus reserve
based on the after-tax net income determined in accordance with the laws and
regulations of the PRC. Prior to January 1, 2006 the appropriation to the
statutory surplus reserve should be at least 10% of the after tax net income
determined in accordance with the laws and regulations of the PRC until the
reserve is equal to 50% of the entities' registered capital.
Appropriations to the statutory public welfare fund are at 5% to 10% of the
after tax net income determined by the Board of Directors. Effective January 1,
2006, the Company is only required to contribute to one statutory reserve fund
at 10 percent of net income after tax per annum, such contributions not to
exceed 50 percent of the respective company's registered
capital.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED)
Note
10 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (Continued)
The
statutory reserve funds cannot be used to set off against prior period losses,
expansion of production and operation or for the increase in the registered
capital of the Company. These reserves are not transferable to the Company in
the form of cash dividends, loans or advances. These reserves are therefore not
available for distribution except in liquidation.
For the
three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company appropriated $16,962 and
$10,072, respectively to the reserves funds based on its net income in
accordance with the laws and regulations of the PRC.
Note
11 – WARRANTS
In
October, 2008, prior to the Merger, the Company issued warrants to the officer
to purchase 1,550,000 shares of common stocks, the original exercise price was
$0.16 per share, exercisable within 5 years of the date of issue ,
during the reverse merger, the exercise price changed to $0.598 per
share with all other terms the same.
The
Company has determined that the warrants meet the conditions for equity
classification pursuant to ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. Therefore, these
warrants were classified as equity and included in Additional Paid-in Capital.
The fair value of the warrants was calculated using the Black-Scholes options
pricing model using the following assumptions: volatility 100%, risk free
interest rate 1.51% (no dividend yield) and expected term of four years. The
fair value of those warrants was recalculated at the reverse merge date at
$1,119,172.
In
conjunction with the private placement, the warrants issued to investor and
placement agent to purchase total 5,120,482 shares of Common stock at an
exercise price of $0.498 per share, exercisable within five years of the date of
issue. No separate consideration was paid for such warrants. The exercise price
of the warrant is subject to adjustments under certain circumstances and the
warrants permit cashless exercise by the holders. This expense directly related
to private placement is recorded as additional paid-in capital in the
accompanying financial statements. The Company relied on the exemption from
registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the issuance of
common stock and warrants to the placement agent. The warrants issued
to the placement agent, qualify as permanent equity, the value of which warrants
has created offsetting debit and credit entries to additional paid-in
capital.
The
Company has determined that the warrants meet the conditions for equity
classification pursuant to ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” . Therefore, these
warrants were classified as equity and included in Additional Paid-in Capital.
The fair value of the warrants was calculated using the Black-Scholes options
pricing model using the following assumptions: volatility 100%, risk free
interest rate 2.51% (no dividend yield) and expected term of five years. The
fair value of those warrants at the grant date was calculated at
$4,020,876.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED)
Note
11 – WARRANTS (Continued)
Following
is a summary of the status of warrants activities as of March 31,
2010:
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
Weighted Average
|
|
|
Average Remaining
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
|
|
outstanding
|
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
|
Life in Years
|
|
|
Intrinsic Value
|
|
Outstanding,
January 1, 2010
|
|
|
6,670,482
|
|
|
|
0.52
|
|
|
|
4.77
|
|
|
|
471,084
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding,
March 31, 2010
|
|
|
6,670,482
|
|
|
|
0.52
|
|
|
|
4.52
|
|
|
|
2,860,058
|
|
Note
12 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Escrowed
share arrangement
In
accordance with the Securities Purchase Agreement, a majority stockholder of
Dragon Lead, immediately following the closing of the reverse
acquisition, entered into a make good escrow agreement with the investors,
pursuant to which a total of 3,791,218 of their beneficially owned shares of
common stock were delivered to an escrow agent in order to secure the
Company's obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement to deliver
additional common stock to the private placement investors in the
event the Company fails to achieve certain after-PRC—tax net income
of Wuhan Kingold targets for fiscal years 2009, 2010 and 2011 ("Make Good Escrow
Shares"). Those targets are RMB65 million, RMB100 million and RMB150 million in
after-tax net income for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and ending
December 31, 2010 and 2011, respectively. In the event the Company is not able
to achieve the net income target, the Company is obligated to transfer 3,791,218
shares of common stock to the private placement investors on a pro-rata basis.
Of the 66,208,466 shares of common stock issued in the Share Exchange, 3,791,218
have been deposited by the majority stockholder of Dragon Lead into escrow to
secure these obligations.
As the
performance threshold was met for fiscal year 2009, 1,263,739 escrowed shares
will be returned to stockholders in 2009, the remaining 2,527,479 shares will be
released in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 if the performance thresholds for fiscal
years 2010 and 2011 are also met.
The
Company has evaluated these agreements under ASC 815 including ASU 2010-5 and
concluded they do not meet the definition of compensation. Instead, these shares
are used as inducements for the investors to complete the transactions. In the
event that escrow shares are transferred to the investors, the Company will
record the value of the shares as additional financing costs.
KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
(FORMERLY
ACTIVEWORLDS CORP.)
NOTES
TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR
THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 AND 2009 (UNAUDITED)
Liquidated
damages
Pursuant
to the Securities Purchase Agreement entered into between the Company and a
group of accredited investors on December 23, 2009, the Company was obligated to
make efforts to file a registration statement with the SEC for the registration
of 10,240,966 shares of common stock offered by selling stockholders to be
declared effective by the SEC on or before June 23, 2010. After June 23, 2010
and for each monthly anniversary date thereafter in which the registration
statement fails to be declared effective, the Company shall pay liquidated
damages to investors equal to 1% of the funds raised, subject to a cap of 6% of
total funds raised. Majority of the group of accredited investors have waived
their registration rights and the Company will not pay for the penalty as the
result. The Company has not accrued for these liquidated
damages.
Kingold
Jewelry, Inc.
$25,000,000
of Shares of Common Stock
PROSPECTUS
Until ,
2010, all dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not
participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a
prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver
a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold
allotments or subscriptions.
PART
II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item
13. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.
The
following table sets forth the estimated expenses to be incurred in connection
with the issuance and distribution of the securities being
registered.
Securities
and Exchange Commission registration fee
|
|
$
|
1,783
|
|
Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority filing fee
|
|
$
|
3,000
|
|
NASDAQ
listing fee
|
|
|
*
|
|
Blue
Sky fees and expenses
|
|
|
*
|
|
Accounting
fees and expenses
|
|
|
*
|
|
Legal
fees and expenses
|
|
|
*
|
|
Printing
and engraving expenses
|
|
|
*
|
|
Registrar
and Transfer Agent’s fees
|
|
|
*
|
|
Miscellaneous
fees and expenses
|
|
|
*
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
*
|
|
* To
be filed by amendment
Item
14.
Indemnification of Directors
and Officers.
Section 102
of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows a corporation to eliminate the
personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except where the director breached the duty of loyalty, failed to act in good
faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized
the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of the
Delaware General Corporation Law or obtained an improper personal
benefit.
Under
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, we can
indemnify our directors and officers against liabilities they may incur in such
capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Our certificate of
incorporation provides that, pursuant to Delaware law, our directors shall not
be liable for monetary damages for breach of the directors’ fiduciary duty of
care to us and our stockholders. This provision in the certificate of
incorporation does not eliminate the duty of care, and in appropriate
circumstances equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of
non-monetary relief will remain available under Delaware law. In addition, each
director will continue to be subject to liability for breach of the director’s
duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good
faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of the law, for
actions leading to improper personal benefit to the director, and for payment of
dividends or approval of stock repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful
under Delaware law. The provision also does not affect a director’s
responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or
state or federal environmental laws.
Section 174
of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides, among other things, that a
director who willfully or negligently approves of an unlawful payment of
dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption may be held liable for
such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were
approved or dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her
dissent to such actions to be entered in the books containing minutes of the
meetings of our board of directors at the time such action occurred or
immediately after such absent director receives notice of the unlawful
acts.
Our
bylaws provide for the indemnification of our directors to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Our bylaws further provide
that our Board of Directors has discretion to indemnify our officers and other
employees. We are required to advance, prior to the final disposition of any
proceeding, promptly on request, all expenses incurred by any director or
executive officer in connection with that proceeding on receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of that director or executive officer to repay those
amounts if it should be determined ultimately that he or she is not entitled to
be indemnified under the bylaws or otherwise. We are not, however, required to
advance any expenses in connection with any proceeding if a determination is
reasonably and promptly made by our Board of Directors by a majority vote of a
quorum of disinterested Board members that (i) the party seeking an advance
acted in bad faith or deliberately breached his or her duty to us or our
stockholders and (ii) as a result of such actions by the party seeking an
advance, it is more likely than not that it will ultimately be determined that
such party is not entitled to indemnification pursuant to the applicable
sections of its bylaws.
We have
been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. In the
event a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than our
payment of expenses incurred or paid by our director, officer or controlling
person in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by us is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
We may
enter into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers
that are, in some cases, broader than the specific indemnification provisions
permitted by Delaware law, and that may provide additional procedural
protection. As of the Effective Time of the reverse acquisition, we have not
entered into any indemnification agreements with our directors or officers, but
may choose to do so in the future. Such indemnification agreements may require
us, among other things, to:
• indemnify
officers and directors against certain liabilities that may arise because of
their status as officers or directors;
• advance
expenses, as incurred, to officers and directors in connection with a legal
proceeding, subject to limited exceptions; or
• obtain
directors’ and officers’ insurance.
At
present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our
directors, officers or employees in which indemnification is sought, nor are we
aware of any threatened litigation that may result in claims for
indemnification.
Item
15. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
On
December 23, 2010, pursuant to the acquisition agreement, we issued 66,208,466
newly issued shares of our common stock to the Dragon Lead Stockholders in
exchange for 100% of the outstanding shares of Dragon Lead. The issuance of
these securities was exempt from registration under Section 4(2) and Regulation
D of the Securities Act. The Company made this determination based on the
representations of the Dragon Lead Shareholders, which included, in pertinent
part, that such shareholders were either (a) “accredited investors” within the
meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act (b) not
a “U.S. person” as that term is defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S under the
Securities Act or (c) had a pre-existing or personal relationship with the
Company. Each Dragon Lead Shareholder further represented that he or she was
acquiring our common stock for investment purposes not with a view to the resale
or distribution thereof and understood that the shares of our common stock may
not be sold or otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities
Act or an applicable exemption therefrom. A legend was included on all offering
materials and documents which stated that the shares have not been registered
under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold unless the shares are
registered under the Securities Act, or an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act is available.
On
December 23, 2009, pursuant to a securities purchase agreement we completed a
sale to 14 Investors of an aggregate of 10,240,964 newly issued shares of our
common stock at a price of $0.498 per share and 2,048,193 warrants for a total
purchase price of $5,100,000. The issuance of these securities was exempt from
registration under Section 4(2) and Regulation D of the Securities Act. The
Company made this determination based on the representations of the Investors,
which included, in pertinent part, that such shareholders were either (a)
“accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D
promulgated under the Securities Act (b) not a “U.S. person” as that term is
defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S under the Securities Act or (c) had a
pre-existing or personal relationship with the Company. Each Investor further
represented that he or she was acquiring our common stock for investment
purposes not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof and understood
that the shares of our common stock may not be sold or otherwise disposed of
without registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption
therefrom. A legend was included on all offering materials and documents which
stated that the shares, the warrants and the shares underlying the warrants have
not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold
unless the shares are registered under the Securities Act, or an exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available.
In
connection with the December 2009 private placement and the acquisition, we
issued 3,077,289 warrants as compensation to consultants and/or their designees,
each exercisable at a price of $0.498 per share. The issuance of
these securities was exempt from registration under Section 4(2) and Regulation
D of the Securities Act. The Company made this determination based on the
representations, which included, in pertinent part, that such shareholders were
(a) “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D
promulgated under the Securities Act or (b) had a pre-existing or personal
relationship with the Company. A legend was included on all offering
materials and documents which stated that the warrants and the shares underlying
the warrants have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be
offered or sold unless the shares are registered under the Securities Act, or an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is
available.
On April
1, 2010, pursuant to an Executive Employment Agreement with Bin Liu, our Chief
Financial Officer, we issued a warrant to purchase 120,000 shares of our common
stock per year, for each of three years. The issuance of these
securities was exempt from registration under Section 4(2), Rule 701 and
Regulation D of the Securities Act.
Item 16.
Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
|
|
Description
|
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
Form
of Underwriting Agreement*
|
2.1
|
|
Reverse
Acquisition Agreement dated September 29, 2009 by and between the
Registrant, Baytree Capital Associates, LLC, Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co.,
Ltd., Dragon Lead Group Limited and the stockholders of Dragon.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Commission on October 5, 2009)
|
3.1
|
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of Registrant (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to our Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 with the
Commission on August 13, 1999)
|
3.2
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated September 29, 1995
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2 with the Commission on August 13,
1999)
|
3.3
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated October 12, 1995
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2 with the Commission on August 13,
1999)
|
3.4
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated January 21, 1999
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2 with the Commission on August 13,
1999)
|
3.5
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated April 7, 2000
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2/A with the Commission on April 12,
2000)
|
3.6
|
|
Restated
Bylaws of Registrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to our
Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 with the Commission on August
13, 1999)
|
4.1
|
|
Form
of Common Stock Certificate of Registrant (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to our Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 with the
Commission on August 13, 1999)
|
4.2
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 674,699 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Whitebox Combined Partners, LP, dated December 22,
2009*
|
4.3
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 128,514 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Whitebox Intermarket Partners, LP, dated December 22,
2009*
|
4.4
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 461,847 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Wallington Investment Holding Ltd, dated December 22,
2009*
|
4.5
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 200,803 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Parkland Ltd., dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.6
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 200,803 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Jayhawk Private Equity Fund II, LP, dated December 22,
2009*
|
4.7
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,402 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Trillion Growth China Limited Partnership, dated December 22,
2009*
|
4.8
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,402 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Great Places LLC, dated December 22,
2009*
|
4.9
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 30,120 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Donald Rosenfeld, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.10
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Jay
T. Snyder, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.11
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Beryl
Snyder, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.12
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Randall Cox, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.13
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Silicon Prairie Partners, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.14
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Randall Cox, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.15
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Silicon Prairie Partners, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.16
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 10,040 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Harris, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.17
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 60,240 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Bo
Bai, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.18
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 1,697,289 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Gardner, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.19
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 850,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Sienna Holdings Limited, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.20
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 112,500 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Paul
Goodman, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.21
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Lynda Gardner, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.22
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 50,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to James
Fuller, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.23
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 62,500 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to James
Lanshe, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.24
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 25,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Mary
Baker, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.25
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 25,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Alan
Ritter, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.26
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
David Jaroslawicz, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.27
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to JP
Huang, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.28
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 200,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Gardner, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009*
|
4.29
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 750,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Gardner, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009*
|
4.30
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 125,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Daryl Cramer, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009*
|
4.31
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 125,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock
issued to Michael Harris, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December
16, 2009*
|
4.32
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Paul
Goodman, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009*
|
4.33
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 250,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Paul
Goodman dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009*
|
5.1
|
|
Legal
Opinion of Cyruli Shanks Hart & Zizmor, LLP*
|
10.1
|
|
Securities
Purchase Agreement dated December 23, 2009 by and between the Registrant
and Investors (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current
Repert on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 28,
2009)
|
10.2
|
|
Registration
Rights Agreement dated December 23, 2009 by and between the Registrant and
Investors(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission December 28,
2009)
|
10.3
|
|
Consulting
Agreement dated April 7, 2010 between the Registrant and Baytree Capital
Associates, LLC*
|
10.4
|
|
Make
Good Escrow Agreement dated December 23, 2009 by and between Famous Grow
Holdings Limited, Jia Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin*
|
10.5
|
|
Exclusive
Management Consulting and Technical Support Agreement dated June 30, 2009
by and between Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold*
|
10.6
|
|
Shareholders’
Voting Proxy Agreement dated June 30, 2009 by and between Vogue-Show and
shareholders of Wuhan Kingold*
|
10.7
|
|
Purchase
Option Agreement dated June 30, 2009 by and between Vogue-Show and
shareholders of Wuhan Kingold*
|
10.8
|
|
Pledge
of Equity Agreement dated June 30, 2009 by and between Vogue-Show and
shareholders of Wuhan Kingold*
|
10.9
|
|
Employment
Agreement dated March 31 , 2009 between the Registrant and Bin
Liu*
|
10.10
|
|
Restated
Call Option Agreement dated December 17, 2009 by and between Jia Zhi Hong,
Zhao Bin and Fok Wing Lam Winnie*
|
10.11
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated December 14, 2009 between
Wuhan Kingold and Xinye Bank*
|
10.12
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated May 6, 2010 between Wuhan Kingold
and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank*
|
10.13
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated May 11, 2010 between Wuhan Kingold
and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank*
|
10.14
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated May 17, 2010 between Wuhan Kingold
and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank*
|
10.15
|
|
Lease
Agreement (English translation) dated February 1, 2009 Wuhan Kingold and
Vogue Show*
|
21.1
|
|
List
of subsidiaries*
|
23.1
|
|
Consent
of Friedman, LLP
|
99.1
|
|
Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics*
|
*To
be filed by amendment.
|
(b)
Financial Statement Schedules.
Schedules
filed with this registration statement are set forth on the Index to Financial
Statements set forth elsewhere herein.
Item 17.
Undertakings
Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1)
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For
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this
registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form
of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b) (1) or (4)
or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this
registration statement as of the time it was declared
effective.
|
|
(2)
|
For
the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly
caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, PRC, on June
18, 2010.
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KINGOLD
JEWELRY, INC.
|
|
|
|
|
By:
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|
|
|
Jia
Zhi Hong
|
|
|
Chief
Executive Officer
|
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
Name
|
|
Title
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|
Date
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/s/
Jia
Zhi Hong
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June
18, 2010
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Jia
Zhi Hong
|
|
Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/
Bin
Liu
|
|
|
|
|
Bin
Liu
|
|
Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/
Zhang
Bin Nan
|
|
|
|
|
Zhang
Bin Nan
|
|
Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/
Xu
Hai Xiao
|
|
|
|
|
Xu
Hai Xiao
|
|
Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/
Zhao
Bin
|
|
|
|
|
Zhao
Bin
|
|
Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/
Vince
Orza
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|
|
|
|
Vince
Orza
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Director
|
|
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
|
|
Description
|
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
Form
of Underwriting Agreement*
|
2.1
|
|
Reverse
Acquisition Agreement dated September 29, 2009 by and between the
Registrant, Baytree Capital Associates, LLC, Wuhan Vogue-Show Jewelry Co.,
Ltd., Dragon Lead Group Limited and the stockholders of Dragon.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to our Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Commission on October 5, 2009)
|
3.1
|
|
Certificate
of Incorporation of Registrant (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to our Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 with the
Commission on August 13, 1999)
|
3.2
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated September 29, 1995
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2 with the Commission on August 13,
1999)
|
3.3
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated October 12, 1995
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2 with the Commission on August 13,
1999)
|
3.4
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated January 21, 1999
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2 with the Commission on August 13,
1999)
|
3.5
|
|
Amendment
to Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant dated April 7, 2000
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to our Registration Statement
filed on Form SB-2/A with the Commission on April 12,
2000)
|
3.6
|
|
Restated
Bylaws of Registrant (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to our
Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 with the Commission on August
13, 1999)
|
4.1
|
|
Form
of Common Stock Certificate of Registrant (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to our Registration Statement filed on Form SB-2 with the
Commission on August 13, 1999)
|
4.2
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 674,699 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Whitebox Combined Partners, LP, dated December 22,
2009*
|
4.3
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 128,514 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Whitebox Intermarket Partners, LP, dated December 22,
2009*
|
4.4
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 461,847 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Wallington Investment Holding Ltd, dated December 22,
2009*
|
4.5
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 200,803 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Parkland Ltd., dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.6
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 200,803 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Jayhawk Private Equity Fund II, LP, dated December 22,
2009*
|
4.7
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,402 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Trillion Growth China Limited Partnership, dated December 22,
2009*
|
4.8
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,402 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Great Places LLC, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.9
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 30,120 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Donald Rosenfeld, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.10
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Jay
T. Snyder, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.11
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Beryl
Snyder, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.12
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Randall Cox, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.13
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Silicon Prairie Partners, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.14
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Randall Cox, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.15
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 20,080 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Silicon Prairie Partners, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.16
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 10,040 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Harris, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.17
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 60,240 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Bo
Bai, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.18
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 1,697,289 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Gardner, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.19
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 850,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Sienna Holdings Limited, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.20
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 112,500 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Paul
Goodman, dated December 22,
2009*
|
4.21
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Lynda Gardner, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.22
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 50,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to James
Fuller, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.23
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 62,500 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to James
Lanshe, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.24
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 25,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Mary
Baker, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.25
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 25,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Alan
Ritter, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.26
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
David Jaroslawicz, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.27
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to JP
Huang, dated December 22, 2009*
|
4.28
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 200,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Gardner, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009*
|
4.29
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 750,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Michael Gardner, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009*
|
4.30
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 125,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to
Daryl Cramer, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009*
|
4.31
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 125,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock
issued to Michael Harris, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December
16, 2009*
|
4.32
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 100,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Paul
Goodman, dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009*
|
4.33
|
|
Warrant
to purchase 250,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued to Paul
Goodman dated October 6, 2008, as amended on December 16,
2009*
|
5.1
|
|
Legal
Opinion of Cyruli Shanks Hart & Zizmor, LLP*
|
10.1
|
|
Securities
Purchase Agreement dated December 23, 2009 by and between the Registrant
and Investors (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Current
Repert on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 28,
2009)
|
10.2
|
|
Registration
Rights Agreement dated December 23, 2009 by and between the Registrant and
Investors(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the Commission December 28,
2009)
|
10.3
|
|
Consulting
Agreement dated April 7, 2010 between the Registrant and Baytree Capital
Associates, LLC*
|
10.4
|
|
Make
Good Escrow Agreement dated December 23, 2009 by and between Famous Grow
Holdings Limited, Jia Zhi Hong and Zhao Bin*
|
10.5
|
|
Exclusive
Management Consulting and Technical Support Agreement dated June 30, 2009
by and between Vogue-Show and Wuhan Kingold*
|
10.6
|
|
Shareholders’
Voting Proxy Agreement dated June 30, 2009 by and between Vogue-Show and
shareholders of Wuhan Kingold*
|
10.7
|
|
Purchase
Option Agreement dated June 30, 2009 by and between Vogue-Show and
shareholders of Wuhan
Kingold*
|
10.8
|
|
Pledge
of Equity Agreement dated June 30, 2009 by and between Vogue-Show and
shareholders of Wuhan Kingold*
|
10.9
|
|
Employment
Agreement dated March 31 , 2009 between the Registrant and Bin
Liu*
|
10.10
|
|
Restated
Call Option Agreement dated December 17, 2009 by and between Jia Zhi Hong,
Zhao Bin and Fok Wing Lam Winnie*
|
10.11
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated December 14, 2009 between
Wuhan Kingold and Xinye Bank*
|
10.12
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated May 6, 2010 between Wuhan Kingold
and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank*
|
10.13
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated May 11, 2010 between Wuhan Kingold
and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank*
|
10.14
|
|
Loan
Agreement (English translation) dated May 17, 2010 between Wuhan Kingold
and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank*
|
10.15
|
|
Lease
Agreement (English translation) dated February 1, 2009 Wuhan Kingold and
Vogue Show*
|
21.1
|
|
List
of subsidiaries*
|
23.1
|
|
Consent
of Friedman, LLP
|
99.1
|
|
Code
of Business Conduct and Ethics*
|
*To
be filed by amendment.
|
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