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Form 8-K for ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES INC


28-Sep-2009

Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Financial Statements and Exhibit


Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

CONSUMMATION OF THE MERGER WITH GOLD LION HOLDING LIMITED AND SPIN-OFF OF ASSETS

On January 28, 2009, (and later amended on May 12, 2009) Zoom Technologies, Inc. ("Zoom" or the "Registrant") entered in a share exchange agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of Gold Lion Holding Limited, a company organized and existing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands ("Gold Lion"). In connection with the share exchange agreement, the Registrant agreed to spin off its then-current business to its stockholders, by distributing and transferring all assets and liabilities to subsidiary and issuing a dividend to its stockholders as further described below.

The parties to the share exchange agreement were: (1) Zoom Technologies, Inc.,
(2) Tianjin Tong Guang Group Digital Communication Co., Ltd., ("TCB Digital") a company organized under the laws of the People's Republic of China, ("PRC"); (3) Zoom Telephonics, Inc., or Zoom Telephonics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Zoom;
(4) Gold Lion, (5) Lei (Leo) Gu, a citizen of the PRC; and (6) Songtao Du, a citizen of the PRC.

Gold Lion owns 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Jiangsu Leimone Electronics Co., Ltd., ("Jiangsu Leimone"), a foreign investment enterprise organized under the laws of the PRC that engages in the manufacturing, research and development, and sales of electronic components for 3rd generation mobile phones, wireless communication circuitry, GPS equipment, and related software products. Jiangsu Leimone owned 51.03% of the outstanding capital stock of TCB Digital that the Registrant acquired on September 22, 2009. Gold Lion also owns 100% of Profit Harvest Corporation Ltd, ("Profit Harvest"), which is a marketing and sales company organized and existing under the laws of Hong Kong.

Mr. Gu owns 70.6% of the outstanding capital stock of Gold Lion and holds an option indirectly to acquire an additional 28.97% of the outstanding capital stock of TCB Digital.

Mr. Du owns 29.4% of the outstanding capital stock of Gold Lion, which was pledged to Mr. Cao Wei.

TCB Digital is a high technology company engaged in electronic and telecommunication product design, development, and manufacturing. TCB Digital started its business in 1999 and was originally established as an Electronic Manufacturing Service (EMS) factory for mobile phone vendors. TCB Digital was Motorola's first independent outsource manufacturing vendor responsible for producing Motorola mobile phones in China. Moreover, TCB Digital was the first EMS factory in China receiving Motorola's International Quality Product and Qualification certificate. Since 2004, TCB Digital developed and produced GSM and CDMA mobile phones, wireless data modules and GPS equipment. TCB Digital is headquartered in Tianjin, China. TCB Digital's two main business operations are EMS for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) customers and the design and production of mobile phone products.

TCB Digital offers high quality and comprehensive EMS to both domestic and global customers, including, Samsung, Tianyu, CCT, Danahar and Spreadtrum. TCB Digital's primary products include mobile phones, wireless telecommunication modules, digital cameras, cable TV set-top boxes and GPS equipment. In addition, TCB Digital has developed various state-of-the-art mobile phones and Smartphones based on both of the main network technologies: Global System for Mobile Communications, or GSM, and Code Division Multiple Access, or CDMA. Presently, TCB Digital markets its mobile phone products through distributors in China and also supplies GSM and CDMA mobile phones to major customers, including China Mobile Communications Corporation, or CMCC, China UNICOM and China Telecom. See "Information about TCB Digital" for more information.


On September 22, 2009, pursuant to the share exchange agreement and the approval of the majority of the stockholders of the Registrant, the Registrant acquired from the Gold Lion shareholders 100% of Gold Lion in exchange for 4,225,219 shares of the Registrant's common stock. The result of this issuance is that the former Gold Lion shareholders own approximately 69.3% of the outstanding stock of the Registrant. As discussed above, Mr. Gu holds an option to acquire an additional 28.97% of the outstanding capital stock of TCB Digital. Pursuant to the share exchange agreement and the approval of the majority of the stockholders of the Registrant, we have agreed to provide Mr. Gu the option to exchange the additional 28.97% interest in TCB Digital for the issuance of an additional 2,402,576 shares of our common stock.

Upon the closing of the acquisition, the officers of the Registrant are Leo Gu - Chief Executive Officer and Anthony K. Chan - Chief Financial Officer. The members on the board of directors of the Registrant are Leo Gu, Frank Manning, Augustine Lo, Kit H. Choy and Chang Shan.

Approximately ten days following the closing of the merger, the Registrant intends to issue a dividend consisting of 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Zoom Telephonics to its stockholders of record immediately prior to the closing. We refer to this as the "spin-off." In connection with the spin-off, the Registrant distributed and transferred all of its current and future assets and liabilities related to the business of Zoom prior to the closing of the merger to Zoom Telephonics, subject to certain licensing rights discussed below. Zoom's stockholders immediately prior to the closing would retain their existing shares in Zoom and would also receive an equal number of new shares in Zoom Telephonics.

After the merger and the spin-off, the Registrant and Zoom Telephonics each will be independent companies. We expect, but cannot guarantee, that Zoom Telephonics' common stock to be traded on the OTC Bulletin Board.

TCB Digital and Zoom Telephonics will enter into a license agreement granting TCB Digital licensing rights for "Zoom" and "Hayes" trademarks for certain products and geographic regions. Zoom and Zoom Telephonics have also entered into a separation and distribution agreement that allocates responsibility for obligations arising before and after the spin-off, including, among others, obligations relating to taxes.

Our former directors, Frank Manning and Peter Kramer, entered into founder lock-up agreements pursuant to which they will agree that during the one-year period commencing on the date of closing that each will not sell, transfer, assign, pledge or hypothecate, in any calendar month, greater than 3% of the shares of our common stock sold in the previous four calendar weeks.

Corporate Overview

We were incorporated in the state of Delaware under the name Zoom Technologies, Inc. Up until the closing date of the merger, we conducted our business through our operating subsidiary, Zoom Telephonics, Inc. Zoom Telephonics, Inc. was originally incorporated in New York in 1977 and changed its state of incorporation to Delaware in 1993. Up until the Closing Date, our business was in the design, production, marketing, sales, and support of broadband and dial-up modems, Voice over Internet Protocol or "VoIP" products and services, Bluetooth® wireless products, and other communication-related products.

In September 2009, the transactions as described above were approved by a majority of our stockholders and completed, resulting in a change on control.

In connection with the merger with Gold Lion, and the spin-off of Zoom Telephonics, Inc. the historical financial statements of Gold Lion will be the financial statements of the Registrant, and the business of the Registrant consists solely of the business of Gold Lion. The risks factors set forth on page 4 regarding our business relates to risks of Gold Lion.


RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the following risk factors, together with all of the other information included in this current report on Form 8-K.

In assessing these risks, you should also refer to the other information included in current report, including the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. You should note that Zoom would become a holding company with substantial operations in the PRC. As a result, Zoom would be subject to legal and regulatory environments that differ in many respects from those of the United States. Zoom's business, financial condition or results of operations could be affected materially and adversely by any of the risks discussed below.

Risks Related to Gold Lion's Business

Gold Lion's ownership of businesses, inclusive of TCB Digital, Jiangsu Leimone and Profit Harvest (collectively "Gold Lion Group") including sales, results of operations, and reputation could be materially adversely affected if it fails to efficiently manage its manufacturing operations without interruption, or fails to ensure that its products meet the expectations of its distributors and end-user customers.

Operation of Gold Lion Group requires successful execution of complex manufacturing processes. The disruption of any of these could interrupt its revenue generation and have a material and adverse effect on Gold Lion Group's relationships with distributors and end-user customers, TCB Digital and Jiangsu Leimone's brand names, and its financial performance. TCB Digital and Jiangsu Leimone's manufacturing operations involve raw material and component sourcing from third parties, internal assembly processes, and distribution processes. These operations are modified on a regular basis in an effort to improve manufacturing and distribution efficiency and flexibility. Gold Lion Group may experience difficulties in coordinating its supplies of components and raw materials to meet the demand for its products, increasing or decreasing production at its facilities in response to demand, adopting new manufacturing processes, finding a timely way to develop the best technical solutions for new products, or achieving manufacturing efficiency and flexibility. Gold Lion Group may experience delays in adjusting or upgrading production at its facilities when it introduces new models, delays in expanding manufacturing capacity, failure in its manufacturing processes, or failure by its business partners to adequately perform the services it has outsourced to them, which in turn may have a material adverse effect on Gold Lion Group's sales and results of operations. In addition, a failure or an interruption could occur at any stage of Gold Lion Group's product development, manufacturing and delivery processes, resulting in products not meeting the expectations of its distributors and end customers, which could have a material adverse effect on Gold Lion Group's sales, results of operations, and reputation.

Gold Lion Group's results of operations, particularly its profitability, may be materially adversely affected if it does not successfully manage price erosion and is not able to manage costs related to its products and operations.

Selling price erosion is a characteristic of the mobile handset and electronics industries, and the products offered by Gold Lion Group are subject to natural price erosion over time. If Gold Lion Group is not able to lower its costs at the same rate or faster than this selling price erosion, and to introduce new cost-efficient products with higher prices in a timely manner, as well as manage costs related to its products and operations generally, this will have a material adverse effect on its business and results of operations, particularly its profitability.

Gold Lion Group relies primarily on its distributors for marketing and sale of its products at the provincial and local levels and for after-sales support of its products. Because Gold Lion Group has limited influence over its distributors, it cannot be certain that their marketing and after-sale support of its products will be adequate to meet Gold Lion Group's sales requirements and to protect Gold Lion Group's brand and reputation.

Gold Lion Group now has distributors and after-sales service centers at the national level, provincial level and municipal level in 31 provinces in China. Gold Lion Group grants its distributors the right to use its brand name and logo when they market Gold Lion Group's products within their respective sales territories or channels and when they provide after-sales support to Gold Lion Group's end-user customers. However, Gold Lion Group's contractual arrangements with its distributors do not provide Gold Lion Group with control over their everyday business activities, and one or more of its distributors may engage in activities that are prohibited under Gold Lion Group's contractual arrangements with them, that violate Peoples' Republic of China ("PRC") laws and regulations governing the mobile handset industry or other PRC laws and regulations generally, or that are otherwise harmful to Gold Lion Group's business or reputation in the industry.


Gold Lion Group maintains inventories of raw materials, components and handsets, and its inventories may decline in value or become obsolete.

The rapid technological change in Gold Lion Group's industry, the short product life cycle of its handsets, its limited forecasting experience and processes, and the competitive nature of its target markets make forecasting Gold Lion Group's future sales and operating results difficult. Gold Lion Group's expense levels are based, in part, on its expectations regarding future sales. In addition, to enable Gold Lion Group to promptly fill orders, it maintains inventories of raw materials, components and handsets. As a result, Gold Lion Group has to commit to considerable costs in advance of anticipated sales. Any . . .



Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial statements of business acquired.


Audited consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 and for the years then ended and unaudited consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2009 and 2008 and for the quarters then ended, appear elsewhere herein, commencing on page F-1.

(b) Pro forma financial information.

Unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements of the Company appear elsewhere herein.

(c) Exhibits.

Exhibit
  No.    Description
2.1      Share Exchange Agreement by and among Zoom, ZTI, Gu, Gold Lion and TCB
         Digital dated January 28, 2009 (filed as exhibit 2.1 to the Current
         Report on Form 8-K on February 3, 2009).
2.2      Amendment to Share Exchange Agreement by and among Zoom, ZTI, Gu, Du,
         Gold Lion and TCB Digital dated May 12, 2009 (incorporated by reference
         to annex A-1 of the preliminary proxy statement filed May 13, 2009)
10.1     Form of Lock-Up and Voting Agreement entered into between Zoom and each
         of its executive officers and directors (filed as exhibit 10.1 to the
         Current Report on Form 8-K on February 3, 2009).
10.2     Form of License Agreement to be entered into between ZTI and TCB Digital
         (filed as exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K on February 3,
         2009).
10.3     Separation and Distribution Agreement by and among Zoom and ZTI
         (incorporated by reference to annex B of the preliminary proxy statement
         filed May 13, 2009)

This Current Report on Form 8-K may contain, among other things, certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, without limitation, (i) statements with respect to the Company's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions; and (ii) other statements identified by words such as "may", "could", "would", "should", "believes", "expects", "anticipates", "estimates", "intends", "plans" or similar expressions. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Company's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that are subject to change based on various factors (many of which are beyond the Company's control).


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