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Form 10-Q for ANDATEE CHINA MARINE FUEL SERVICES CORP


18-May-2012

Quarterly Report


Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (including the section regarding Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations) contains certain "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, as well as information relating to Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation that is based on management's exercise of business judgment and assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Although forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report reflect the good faith judgment of our management, such statements can only be based on facts and factors currently known by us. Consequently, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results and outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes discussed in or anticipated by the forward-looking statements. When used in this document and other documents, releases and reports released by us, the words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "the facts suggest" and words of similar import, are intended to identify any forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current view of future events and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties as noted below. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Actual events, transactions and results may materially differ from the anticipated events, transactions or results described in such statements. Although we believe that our expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will materialize. Many factors could cause actual results to differ materially from our forward looking statements. Other unknown, unidentified or unpredictable factors could materially and adversely impact our future results. You should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with our unaudited financial statements contained in this report , as well as the audited financial statements, "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," and "Risk Factors" contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. We undertake no obligation and do not intend to update, revise or otherwise publicly release any revisions to our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of any unanticipated events.

Except where the context otherwise requires and for purposes of this Quarterly Report:

• the terms "we," "us," "our company," "our" refer to Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation, a Delaware corporation, its subsidiaries Goodwill Rich International Limited and Dalian Fusheng Consulting Co. Ltd., its subsidiaries, Donggang Xingyuan Marine Bunker Company Ltd., Rongcheng Xinfa Petrol Company Ltd., Rongcheng Mashan Xingyuan Marine Bunker Co. Ltd., Rongcheng Zhuoda Trading Co. Ltd, Suzhou Fusheng Petrol Co. Ltd., Wujiang Xinlang Petrol Co. Ltd, and its previous variable interest entity (VIE), Dalian Xingyuan Marine Bunker Co. Ltd., through which entity we conducted all of our business operations and since we have transferred most of them under the direct control of Dalian Fusheng Petrol Co. Ltd. , and only one subsidiary of the VIE, which is Xiangshan Yongshinanlian Petrol Company Ltd.;

• the term "Andatee" refers to Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation, the parent company;

• the term Goodwill'' refers to Goodwill Rich International Limited, a subsidiary of Andatee, which for financial reporting purposes is the predecessor to Andatee; and

• "China" and "PRC" refer to the People's Republic of China, and for the purpose of this Quarterly Report only, excluding Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

Critical Accounting Policies

We prepare financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements and related notes. We periodically evaluate these estimates and assumptions based on the most recently available information, our own historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Since the use of estimates is an integral component of the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from those estimates. We believe the following accounting policies involve the most significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our financial statements.

Revenue Recognition

We primarily generate revenue from blended products sales to distributors and end users. We also generate revenue from raw materials sales.

We consider revenue from the sale of our blended products and raw materials realized or realizable and earned upon meeting all of the following criteria:

· persuasive evidence of a sale arrangement exists;

· delivery has occurred;

· the price to the distributor is fixed or determinable; and

· collectability of payment is reasonably assured.

These criteria are met at the time of shipment when the risk of loss passes to the distributor or end user. Revenue represents the invoiced value of sold goods, net of VAT. Our products, all of which are sold in China, are subject to a Chinese VAT at a rate of 17% of the gross sales price or at a rate approved by the Chinese local government. This VAT may be offset by VAT we paid on raw materials and other materials included in the cost of producing the finished product. The VAT amounts paid and available for offset are maintained in our current liabilities.

Accounts Receivables

During the normal course of business, we extend to some of our customers interest-free unsecured credit for an initial term of 30 - 60 days, depending on a customer's credit history, as well as local market practices. Our accounts receivable turnover in days for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 were 8.6 and 9.9 days, respectively.

We review our accounts receivables quarterly and determined the amount of allowances, if any, necessary for doubtful accounts. Historically, we have not had any bad debt write-offs and, as such, we do not provide an arbitrary reserve amount for possible bad debts based upon a percentage of sales or accounts receivable balances. Rather, we review our accounts receivable balances to determine whether specific reserves are required due to such issues as disputed balances with customers, declines in customers' credit worthiness, or unpaid balances exceeding agreed-upon terms. Based upon the results of these reviews, we determine whether a specific provision should be made to provide a reserve for possible bad debt write-offs.

We also communicate with our customers each month to identify any potential issues and reassess our credit limits and terms with them based on their prior payment history and practice. We also plan to continue building upon our existing relationships and history with each of our customers to assist us in the full and timely collection of outstanding payments.

Assessment of Impairment for Long-lived Assets

Our long-lived assets include fixed assets, intangible assets and goodwill. Fixed assets comprise property and buildings, marine bunker, boiler equipment, laboratory equipment, transportation vehicles and other office equipment, and are depreciated over the estimated useful lives of the assets on a straight-line basis. Intangible assets mainly comprise land use right and other finite-lived intangible assets. We amortize the cost of intangible assets over their expected future economic lives. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the net of the fair value of the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired and the fair value of liabilities assumed upon the business acquisitions. Goodwill is stated at cost less provision for impairment loss. Management's judgment is required in the assessment of the economic lives of intangible assets and useful lives of the fixed assets. Based on the existence of one or more indicators of impairment, we measure any impairment of fixed assets, intangible assets and goodwill based on a projected discounted cash flow method using a discount rate determined by our management which is commensurate with the risk inherent in our business model. An impairment charge would be recorded if we determined that the carrying value of fixed assets, intangible assets and goodwill may not be recoverable. Our estimates of future cash flows require significant judgment based on our historical results and anticipated results and are subject to many factors.

Determination of Functional Currencies

Our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of Andatee and Goodwill are the U.S. dollar. The functional currency of our PRC subsidiary, VIE and subsidiaries in China is the RMB. An entity's functional currency is the currency of the primary economic environment in which it operates. Normally, that is the currency of the environment in which it primarily generates and expends cash. Management's judgment is essential in the determination of the functional currency which is made by assessing various indicators, such as cash flows, sales price and market, expenses, financing and inter-company transactions and arrangements. Assets and liabilities of our subsidiary and VIE entities in China are translated into U.S. dollars, our reporting currency, at the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date and revenues and expenses are translated at the current exchange rate in effect during the reporting period. Foreign currency translation adjustments are not included in determining net income for the period but are accumulated in a separate component of consolidated equity on the balance sheet. The accumulated foreign currency translation adjustment as of March 31, 2012 and 2011 was a gain of $309,943 and $408, 091 respectively.

Business and Operations Overview

Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation is a Delaware corporation. Our executive offices are located in the City of Shanghai, a key international shipping hub and logistics center in China. Our main offices are located at No. 1518 A-Building 504, Minsheng Road, Shanghai City, China.

We carry out all of our business through our Hong Kong subsidiary, Goodwill, its wholly-owned Chinese subsidiary, Fusheng, and Fusheng's variable interest entity (VIE), Xingyuan, and Xingyuan's subsidiaries (Xingyuan and its subsidiaries being collectively referred to as the VIE entities). A VIE is an entity under FASB Interpretation No. 46R ("Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an Interpretation of ARB No. 51") where equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest (see Note 1 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements). Through Xingyuan, we are a leading marine fuel supplier along the coast of east China. Our products include cargo vessel fuel classified as CST180 and CST120, fishing boat fuel classified as#1,#2, #3 and #4, which are close substitutes for diesel used throughout the region's fishing industry. We produce, store, distribute and trade the blended marine fuel oil for cargo and fishing vessels. Backed by core facilities, including storage tanks, tankers and berths, our sales network covers major depots along the towns of Dandong, Tianjin, Shidao and Shipu, which are famous for their fishing tradition and industry.

Currently, we sell approximately 56.6% of our products through distributors and approximately 43.4% to retail customers. Our products are substitutes for diesel used throughout east coast of China fishing industry by small to medium sized cargo vessels. Our core facilities include storage tanks, berths (the space allotted to a vessel at the wharf), marine fuel pumps, blending facilities and tankers. Our sales network covers major depots along the towns of Dandong, Shidao, Tianjin, Wujiang, and Shipu along the east coast of China.

Our marine fuel for cargo vessels is classified as CST180 and CST120; our marine fuel for fishing boats/vessels, - #1 fuel (for engines with 2,000 rpm capacity or higher), #2 fuel (for engines with 1,800 rpm capacity), #3 fuel (for engines with 1,600 rpm capacity) and #4 fuel (for engines with 1,400 rpm capacity). We also produce blended marine fuel according to customer specifications using our proprietary blending technology. Our own blend of marine diesel oil, #1, #3 fuel and #4 fuel are substitutes for the traditional diesel oil, commonly known as #0 diesel oil, used by most small to medium vessels. We generate virtually all of our revenues from our own brands of blended oil products.

Proposed Tender Offer and Subsequent Litigation Matters

On November 23, 2011, the Company announced that it had received notice from An Fengbin, Andatee's majority shareholder and Chief Executive Officer, of his intention to launch a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Andatee that he or his affiliates did not own at the time. Specifically, An Fengbin proposed to negotiate the acquisition of all such outstanding shares at a price of $4.21 per share in cash, subject to financing, the completion of due diligence, the negotiation of a definitive merger agreement with Andatee, and other customary conditions (the "Proposed Transaction"). The Company also announced the establishment of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company, consisting solely of independent directors, Francis N.S. Leong and Wen Jiang, to consider the terms of the Proposed Transaction. The Special Committee has retained Morris James LLP as its legal counsel. In addition, on March 21, 2012, the Special Committee also announced the engagement of Duff & Phelps, LLC as its independent financial advisor to assist the Special Committee in evaluating the foregoing proposal from Mr. An. As of the date of this filing, the proposed offer for the outstanding shares of Andatee has not yet commenced.

As discussed in detail under Part II, Item 1. Legal Proceedings of this Report, during the period of November-December 2011, the Company and certain of its officers and directors have been named as defendants in several shareholder lawsuits filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in connection with the Proposed Transaction. These litigation matters are in the early stages of their respective proceedings and the Company is yet to respond to the complaints.

Business Development and Outlook

Since our inception in 2001, we have taken several steps to increase investment in facilities and product line expansion in order to provide our customers with easier access to our products and services and to build a delivery network closer to target market. These steps include acquiring additional local companies and facilities, and development of new products, all aimed at meeting customer demands in various markets. Historically, we have funded these activities from our working capital.

We continue to ramp up expansion of our distribution network by expanding organically through the opening of new sales and marketing branches in new port locations, building new facilities improving our existing facilities, and signing sole supply agreements with long-term supply partners.

Furthermore, we are setting up market developing offices in large cities, such as Shanghai, Shenzhen, etc. to recruit capable local hands in a bid to establish effective network of information for providing solid foundations to pursue our acquisition-driven growth strategy in neighboring areas around the cities.

Facility Expansion

In April 2011, we commenced the construction of Tengda wharf and storage tanks located in Rongcheng City, Shandong Province. The Tengda projects will expand the existing wharf and storage tanks. The capital expenditure for expanding the wharf and tank storage is estimated to be RMB 46 million (US$7.36 million).

In July 2011, we commenced the constructions of new blending facilities in Xinfa in Rongcheng City, Shandong province, which is designed to improve our production capabilities in blending with 20,000 cm tanks on site. The capital expenditure is estimated to be RMB 25 million (US$ 3.97 million),

In January 2011, we commenced the construction of the facilities in Tianjin City, which is expected to be completed in June 2012. This facility will provide additional tank capacities in a region close to the areas where our current major suppliers operate. The cost for construction is estimated to be approximately RMB 4.2 million (US$ 0.67 million).

Facility Acquisitions

We continue to strategically identify, research, and where appropriate, acquiring entities with desired facilities in various areas that fit into Andatee's strategic growth plans.

In May 2010, we entered into an agreement with shareholder of Mashan Xingyuan Marine Fuel Co., Ltd ("Mashan Xingyuan"), which is located in Rongcheng City, Shandong Province, PRC. Under the terms of the agreement, we acquired 52% of Mashan Xingyuan for a cash payment of RMB 3.64 million (approximately US$ 0.54 million). Through the acquisition, Andatee gained control of Mashan Xingyuan's assets, which include three 1,000 cubic meter storage tanks, three 500 cubic meter storage tanks, equipment and facilities, as well as 3,600 square meters of land use rights, along with the assumption of RMB 0.54 million (approximately US$ 0.08 million). Mashan Xingyuan was founded in Rongcheng, Shandong province and is an important blended marine fuel retail outlet in the region.

In December 2011, we acquired a 90% equity interest in Wujiang Xinlang Petrochemical Company ("Xinglang") for RMB 2.36 million (approximately US$ 370,000). Xinglang owns land use rights to develop a riverside fuel oil pump station in Wujiang City, Jiangsu Province.

In December 2011, we acquired a 61% equity interest in Suzhou Fusheng Petrochemical Company ("Suzhou Fusheng") for RMB 12.2 million (approximately $1.93 million). Suzhou Fusheng owns storage tanks and land use rights to develop a riverside fuel oil pump station in Suzhou Wujiang City, Jiangsu Province.

In December 2011, we acquired a 100% equity interest in Rongcheng Zhuoda Trading Co ("Zhuoda") for RMB 13 million (approximately US$ 2 million). Zhuoda owns storage tanks with a capacity of 13,000 cubic meters in Rongcheng City, Shandong Province.

The acquisitions are consistent with Andatee's strategy of rapidly expanding its geographic base and increasing market share along China's rivers and coastal line.

Operational Initiatives in 2012

In 2012, we undertook the following steps designed to reduce the overall production and transportation costs:

• Built and/or acquired other distributing facilities to increase our profit margin and sales, enhance our brand and minimize the adverse impact of oil price volatility

• Established regional purchase center to timely collect all information for sales and purchase analysis, to process order making and logistics planning. This allows us to negotiate favorable pricing and volume discounts and maintain an appropriate sale levels

• Worked closely with the managements of the acquired companies to obtain an in-depth knowledge of local markets and developed a list of suppliers to reduce the purchase cost of certain raw materials.

• Relocated our production and storage centers closer to our end users, which provide us more opportunity to develop an efficient and flexible manufacturing and operational infrastructure and enjoy savings on transportation costs.

In 2012, our overall strategy is to (i) increase our share of retail sales, since such sales have shown to be less price-sensitive than sales to distributors, (ii) acquire our own retail facilities, to reduce the risk of opportunistic negotiations from our retail customers during periods of volatile oil prices, (iii) build retail points in strategic locations (often close to other, recently acquired locations) to capture a majority of active local markets and (iv) add more products to our current product line to further satisfy customers' diversifying demands .

We believe that maintaining our retail sales and distribution channels will lead to stable gross margins which can help offset the pressure imposed on our profit margin by crude oil price downturn. We believe that higher retail sales and closer ties with our customers as well as wider distribution network are at the core of our strength and business viability going forward.

We intend to (i) operate more facilities located closer to end markets, through business acquisitions, partner cooperation, building local platform for our products and added-value services, which would enhance the brand awareness of the "Xingyuan" brand and (ii) expand our product line and upgrade our production facilities to explore the markets opportunities and increase our share in retail market.

Principal Factors Affecting our Financial Performance

We believe that the following factors will continue to affect our financial performance:

• Increasing demand for blended marine fuel - The increasing demand for blended marine fuel has a positive impact on our financial position. The strong growth in the blended marine fuel industry since 2002 has been driven by several factors, including, among others, steady population growth in the PRC, improvements in the living standards, national energy conservation efforts.

• Expansion of our sources of supply, production capacity and sales network - To meet the increasing demand for our products, we need to expand our sources of supply and production capacity. We plan to make capital improvements in our existing production facilities, which would improve both their efficiency and capacity. In the short-run, we intend to increase our investment in our reliable supply network, personnel training, information technology applications and logistic system upgrades.

• Fluctuations in Crude Oil Price - We use oil refinery by-products as raw materials for our production. The recent increase in oil prices had a direct impact on the price we pay for these products. However, we mitigated this in the short-term by increasing the price of our products and passing the entirety of the increase to our customers.

Results of Operations-Comparison of the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011

Revenue

Our revenue decreased by approximately US$5.1 million, or 11.4%, from approximately US$44.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 to approximately US$39.2 million for the same period in 2012. The decrease in our revenues primarily was due to the reduced sales volume for fuel oil and petrochemical products.

In the three months ended March 31, 2012, 1# marine fuel represented 2.74% of our sales, 2# marine fuel represented 15.77% of our sales, 3# marine fuel represented 8.58% of our sales, 4# marine fuel represented 58.78% of our sales, 180CST represented 7.32% of our sales and 120CST represented 6.82% of our sales. In the three months ended March 31, 2011, 1# marine fuel represented 12.0% of our sales, 2# marine fuel represented 7.9% of our sales, 3# marine fuel represented 10.8% of our sales, 4# marine fuel represented 53.5% of our sales, 180CST represented 7.1% of our sales and 120CST represented 8.6% of our sales.

Cost of Revenue

Our cost of revenues decreased by approximately US$2.9 million, or 7.39%, from approximately US$39.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 to approximately US$36.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. This decrease reflects reduction in sales during the same period. As a percentage of revenues, the cost of revenues increased to 92.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2012, as compared with 89.0% for the comparable period in 2011.

Gross Profit

Our gross profit decreased by approximately US$2.2 million, or 41.3%, from approximately US$3.1 million in the three months ended March 31, 2011 to approximately $5.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2012. As a percentage of revenues, gross profit margins decreased to 7.9% in the three months ended March 31, 2012 compared with 11.0% in the same period of 2011. The decrease in our gross profit percentage results primarily from reductions in sales volume to higher margin retail customers (42.5% of sales in the three months ended March 31, 2011, as compared with 43.37% of sales in the same period of 2012) as the result of our efforts to promote the wholesales of 2# and 4# marine fuel. In addition, during the three months period ended March 31, 2012, we absorbed a portion of the increases in raw material costs, resulting in decreased margins, as compared with the three month period ended March 31, 2011.

Selling Expenses

Selling expenses decreased approximately US$0.4 million, or 40.5%, from approximately US$0.92 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 to approximately US$0.55 million in the comparable period in 2012. This decrease was due in part to a reclassification of transportation expense from "selling costs" to "cost of revenue," and a decrease in sales employee compensation and other expenses for promotion of our products.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses increased approximately US$0.4million, or 52.7%, from approximately US$0.75 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 to approximately US$1.15 million in the same period of 2012. This increase was in part due to expenses incurred in connection with the relocation of our executive offices from Dalian to Shanghai. The increase also was due in increases in professional services fees and various vendor expenses.

Operating Income

As a result of the factors discussed above, our operating income decreased by approximately US$2.2 million, or 61.2%, from approximately US$3.6 million in the three months ended March 31, 2011 to approximately US$1.4 million in the same period of 2012. As a percentage of revenues, our operating income decreased from 8.0% in the three months ended March 31, 2011 to 3.5% in the same period of 2012.

Interest Expense

Interest expense (net) increased by approximately US$1.1 million, from approximately US$0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 to approximately US$1.6 million in the same period of 2012 as the result of the higher level of debt financing, increases in benchmark interest rate and tightening in credit policies by PRC government in late 2011. The benchmark interest rate has increased by 0.75% from 5.81% for 2010 to 6.56% in 2011.

Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes decreased by approximately US$0.8 million, or 99.0%, from approximately US$0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 to approximately US$1,900 for the same period of 2012. This decrease in the provision for income taxes was primarily attributable to the decrease in our pre-tax income.

Net Income

As a result of the foregoing, net income decreased by approximately US$2.2 million, or 96.9%, from approximately US$2.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 to US$71,290 for the same period of 2012. As a percentage of revenues, our net income decreased from 5.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2011 to 0.2% for the same period of 2012

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of March 31, 2012, we had cash of approximately US$2.1 million in our bank accounts, and additionally, we have set aside approximately $26.8 million for restricted cash on bankers' acceptance notes. The decrease in our cash balance as at March 31, 2012 reflects the combined result of cash paid for increases in our inventory levels and advances to vendors. We believe our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to maintain our operations at present level . . .

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