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14-May-2008
Quarterly Report
Forward Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We have based
these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections
about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual
results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially
different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some
cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may,"
"should," "could," "would," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "believe,"
"estimate," "continue," or the negative of such terms or other similar
expressions. Factors that might cause or contribute to such a discrepancy
include, but are not limited to, those described in our other Securities and
Exchange Commission filings. The following discussion should be read in
conjunction with our Financial Statements and related Notes thereto included
elsewhere in this report.
Overview
We were formed on January 24, 2007 to serve as a vehicle to effect a merger, asset acquisition, stock exchange or other similar business combination, or control through contractual arrangements, an operating business having its primary operations in the People's Republic of China. Our initial business combination must be with a target business or businesses whose fair market value is at least equal to 80% of our net assets at the time of such acquisition. Since our offering, we have been actively searching for a suitable business combination candidate. We currently have not entered into any definitive agreement with any potential target businesses. We are not presently engaged in, and will not engage in, any substantive commercial business until we consummate an initial transaction. We intend to utilize cash derived from the proceeds of our recently completed private placement and initial public offering, our capital stock, debt or a combination of cash, capital stock and debt, in effecting a business combination.
We cannot assure investors that we will find a suitable business combination in the allotted time.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Share-Based Payments
We account for share-based payments pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, "Share-Based Payments" ("SFAS No. 123R"). SFAS 123R requires all share-based payments, including grants of stock options to employees, to be recognized in the financial statements based on their fair values. We adopted SFAS 123R on January 24, 2007 (inception) and expect that it could have a material impact on our financial statements to the extent we grant stock-based compensation in future periods.
Deferred Interest on Funds Held in Trust
Deferred interest on funds held in the trust account consists of the 30% less one share portion of the interest earned on the funds held in trust, which is the maximum amount, net of permitted withdrawals by us, that we would be obligated to pay to stockholders who elect to have their stock redeemed by us without resulting in a rejection of a business combination.
Income Taxes
We account for income taxes pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes ("SFAS 109"), which establishes financial accounting and reporting standards for the effects of income taxes that result from an enterprise's activities during the current and preceding years. SFAS 109 requires an asset and liability approach for financial accounting and reporting for income taxes.
In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109" ("FIN 48"), which provides criteria for the recognition, management, presentation and disclosure of uncertain tax positions. A tax benefit from an uncertain position may be recognized only if it is "more likely than not" that the position is sustainable based on its technical merits. We adopted the provisions of FIN 48 on January 24, 2007 (inception).
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), "Business Combinations" ("SFAS No. 141(R)"), which requires an acquirer to recognize in its financial statements as of the acquisition date (i) the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree, measured at their fair values on the acquisition date, and (ii) goodwill as the excess of the consideration transferred plus the fair value of any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date over the fair values of the identifiable net assets acquired. Acquisition-related costs, which are the costs an acquirer incurs to effect a business combination, will be accounted for as expenses in the periods in which the costs are incurred and the services are received, except that costs to issue debt or equity securities will be recognized in accordance with other applicable GAAP. SFAS No. 141(R) makes significant amendments to other Statements and other authoritative guidance to provide additional guidance or to conform the guidance in that literature to that provided in SFAS No. 141(R). SFAS No. 141(R) also provides guidance as to what information is to be disclosed to enable users of financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of a business combination. SFAS No. 141(R) is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2008. Early adoption is prohibited. The adoption of SFAS No. 141R will effect how the Company accounts for a business combination after December 15, 2008.
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, "Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements - an amendment of ARB No. 51" ("SFAS No. 160"), which requires that ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent, and the amount of consolidated net income, be clearly identified, labeled and presented in the consolidated financial statements. SFAS No. 160 also requires that once a subsidiary is deconsolidated, any retained noncontrolling equity investment in the former subsidiary be initially measured at fair value. Sufficient disclosures are required to clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners. SFAS No. 160 amends FASB No. 128 to provide that the calculation of earnings per share amounts in the consolidated financial statements will continue to be based on the amounts attributable to the parent. SFAS No. 160 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008, and requires retroactive adoption of the presentation and disclosure requirements for existing minority interests. All other requirements are applied prospectively. Early adoption is prohibited. The Company has not yet determined the effect on its financial statements, if any, upon adoption of SFAS No. 160.
In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, "Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities - an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133" ("SFAS No. 161"). SFAS No. 161 amends and expands the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities" ("SFAS No. 133"). The objective of SFAS No. 161 is to provide users of financial statements with an enhanced understanding of how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No. 133 and its related interpretations, and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements. SFAS No. 161 applies to all derivative financial instruments, including bifurcated derivative instruments (and nonderivative instruments that are designed and qualify as hedging instruments pursuant to paragraphs 37 and 42 of SFAS No. 133) and related hedged items accounted for under SFAS No. 133 and its related interpretations. SFAS No. 161 also amends certain provisions of SFAS No. 131. SFAS No. 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged. SFAS No. 161 encourages, but does not require, comparative disclosures for earlier periods at initial adoption. The Company has not yet determined the effect on its financial statements, if any, upon adoption of SFAS No. 161.
Results of Operations for the Three Month Period ended March 31, 2008
For the three month period ended March 31, 2008, we had net income of approximately $1,515,000, derived from interest income less operating expenses and interest allocable to shares subject to redemption.
Commencing on October 15, 2007 and ending upon the acquisition of a target business, we began incurring a fee of $7,500 per month for office space and certain other additional services from Pacific Millennium, an affiliate of Mr. Tan, our Chief Executive Officer. In addition, on February 27, 2007, we issued an unsecured promissory note of $500,000 to one of our initial stockholders. The note, which bore interest at the rate of 4% per annum, was paid on October 19, 2007.
For the three month period ended March 31, 2008, we incurred approximately $13,000 of travel expenses, $87,000 for professional fees, $33,000 for insurance, $41,00 for other formation and operating costs, $37,000 of costs related to capital based taxes, $896,000 related to income based taxes, and interest income of $2,622,000.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
On October 19, 2007, we consummated our initial public offering of 30,000,000 units. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one redeemable common stock purchase warrant. Immediately prior to the consummation of our initial public offering, we sold 6,200,000 warrants to the Company's founding stockholders for $1.00 per warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase from us one share of our common stock at an exercise price of $5.50. On October 30, 2007, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option and purchased an additional 2,970,300 Units. Our common stock and warrants started trading separately as of November 7, 2007.
The net proceeds from the sale of our units (including the underwriters' over-allotment option) and the insider warrants, after deducting certain offering expenses of approximately $9,592,000, including underwriting discounts of approximately $9,232,000, and the repayment of the note payable to a stockholder of approximately $513,000, including accrued interest, were approximately $259,875,000. Of this amount, approximately $259,746,000 is being held in the trust account and the remaining proceeds are being held outside of the trust account. The remaining proceeds, along with up to $3,300,000 in interest earned on the funds in the trust account, are available to be used by us to provide for business, legal and accounting due diligence on prospective acquisitions and continuing general and administrative expenses. We will use substantially all of the net proceeds of the offering to acquire a target business, including identifying and evaluating prospective acquisition candidates, selecting the target business, and structuring, negotiating and consummating a business combination. To the extent that our capital stock is used in whole or in part as consideration to effect a business combination, the proceeds held in the trust account, as well as any other net proceeds not expended, will be used to finance the operations of the target business. Including the $3,300,000 in interest available to us, we believe we will have sufficient available funds outside of the trust account to operate through October 15, 2009, assuming that a business combination is not consummated during that time.
From now until the earlier of October 15, 2009 or the date when we complete a business combination, we currently anticipate incurring expenses for the following purposes:
† legal, accounting and other expenses attendant to due diligence investigations, structuring and negotiation of a business combination;
† due diligence of prospective target businesses;
† legal and accounting fees relating to our Securities and Exchange Commission reporting obligations and general corporate matters;
† administrative fees ($7,500 per month); † working capital, director and officer liability insurance premiums and reserves (including potential deposits, down payments or funding of a "no-shop" provision in connection with a particular business combination and |
We may use all or substantially all of the proceeds held in trust other than the deferred portion of the underwriter's fee to acquire one or more target businesses. We may not use all of the proceeds held in the trust account in connection with a business combination, either because the consideration for the business combination is less than the proceeds in trust or because we finance a portion of the consideration with capital stock or debt securities that we can issue. In that event, the proceeds held in the trust account as well as any other net proceeds not expended will be used to finance the operations of the target business or businesses. The operating businesses that we acquire in such business combination must have, individually or collectively, a fair market value equal to
at least 80% of our net assets at the time of such acquisition. If we consummate multiple business combinations that collectively have a fair market value of 80% of our net assets, then we would require that such transactions are consummated simultaneously.
If we are unable to find a suitable target business by October 15, 2009, we will be forced to liquidate. If we are forced to liquidate, the per share liquidation amount may be less than the initial per unit offering price because of the underwriting commissions and expenses related to our offering and because of the value of the warrants in the per unit offering price. Additionally, if third parties make claims against us, the offering proceeds held in the trust account could be subject to those claims, resulting in a further reduction to the per share liquidation price. Under Delaware law, our stockholders who have received distributions from us may be held liable for claims by third parties to the extent such claims are not been paid by us. Furthermore, our warrants will expire worthless if we liquidate before the completion of a business combination.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Warrants issued in conjunction with our initial public offering are equity-linked derivatives and, accordingly, represent off-balance sheet arrangements. These warrants meet the scope exception in paragraph 11(a) in SFAS No. 133 "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities" and, accordingly, are not accounted for as equity.
Contractual Obligations
We do not have any long term debt, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations, purchase obligations or other long term liabilities.
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