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Goldenway, Inc. - FORM 8-K/A - April 16, 2012
UNITED STATES FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Date of Report (Date of Earliest event Reported): April 16, 2012 (September 30, 2011) GOLDENWAY, INC.
Suites 3701-4, 37/F +852 3719-9399 N/A Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): [ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) EXPLANATORY NOTE On October 6, 2011, Goldenway, Inc., formerly Cyber Informatix, Inc. (the Company) filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the Original Filing) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) disclosing the consummation, on September 30, 2011, of a share exchange transaction with Goldenway Precious Metals Limited, a Hong Kong company ("Goldenway Precious Metals"), and its shareholders, pursuant to which the Company acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Goldenway Precious Metals, in exchange for 24,587,299 newly issued shares of our common stock, par value $0.001, which constituted 80.80% of our issued and outstanding capital stock on a fully-diluted basis as of and immediately after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the share exchange agreement. The Company subsequently filed an amendment to the Original Filing (the Amended Filing) in response to comments by the staff of the Commission (the Staff). The Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K/A (the Form 8-K/A) to amend the Amended Filing, in response to additional comments by the Staff in connection with its review of the Amended Filing. Among other things, we provided additional disclosures regarding the Companys business and operations. Except as described above, no other changes have been made to the Original Filing and this Form 8-K/A does not modify or update any other information in the Original Filing. Information not affected by the changes described above is unchanged and reflects the disclosures made at the time of the Original Filing. Accordingly, this Form 8-K/A should be read in conjunction with the Companys filings made with the Commission subsequent to the date of the Original Filing.
This report contains forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are contained principally in the sections entitled Description of Business, Risk Factors, and Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the factors described in the section captioned Risk Factors below. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as anticipates, believes, could, estimates, expects, intends, may, plans, potential, predicts, projects, should, would and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements relating to:
Also, forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this report. You should read this report and the documents that we reference and filed as exhibits to this report completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. Use of Certain Defined Terms Except where the context otherwise requires and for the purposes of this report only:
ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT On September 30, 2011, we entered into and closed a share exchange agreement, or the Share Exchange Agreement, with Goldenway Precious Metals, its sole shareholder, Goldenway Investments, and Mr. Terry G. Bowering, our controlling shareholder, pursuant to which we acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Goldenway Precious Metals in exchange for 24,587,299 newly issued shares of our common stock, par value $0.001, which constituted 80.80% of our issued and outstanding capital stock on a fully-diluted basis as of and immediately after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement and after giving effect to the Securities Purchase Agreement described below. - 2- ITEM 2.01 COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS On September 30, 2011, we completed the acquisition of Goldenway Precious Metals pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement described in Item 1.01 above. The acquisition was accounted for as a recapitalization effected by a share exchange, wherein Goldenway Precious Metals is considered the acquirer for accounting and financial reporting purposes. The assets and liabilities of the acquired entity have been brought forward at their book value and no goodwill has been recognized. FORM 10 DISCLOSURE As disclosed elsewhere in this report, on September 30, 2011, we acquired Goldenway Precious Metals in a reverse acquisition transaction. Item 2.01(f) of Form 8-K states that if the registrant was a shell company, as we were immediately before the reverse acquisition transaction disclosed under Item 2.01, then the registrant must disclose the information that would be required if the registrant were filing a general form for registration of securities on Form 10. Accordingly, we are providing below the information that would be included in a Form 10 if we were to file a Form 10. Please note that the information provided below relates to the combined enterprises after the acquisition of Goldenway Precious Metals, except that information relating to periods prior to the date of the reverse acquisition only relate to Goldenway Precious Metals unless otherwise specifically indicated. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS Business Overview Through our subsidiary, Goldenway Precious Metals, we are a recognized electronics trading member of the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society, or the CGSE, in Hong Kong, and hold a Type AA License which authorizes us to engage in the electronic trading of Kilo Gold and Loco London Gold and Silver. We also engage in the provision of foreign exchange brokerage services in the United Kingdom through our newly acquired subsidiary, Goldenway UK. We provide precious metals spot contract trading services via our 24-hour electronic trading platform and telephone transaction system in Hong Kong. Our electronic trading platform provides our customers with CGSE price quotations on gold and silver spot contracts, on a Loco London basis, as well as information updates on the gold and silver market, based on an evaluation of third-party market pricing sources such as M-Finance and Bloomberg. In addition to our retail customers, we also trade spot contracts of precious metals with other third-party providers of spot contract services in Hong Kong, and we purchase gold products from walk-in customers on a spot basis for conversion into bullion. See details regarding our services under the Our Products, Services and Customers heading in this report. We face daily fluctuations in the price of gold and silver, foreign exchange rates, as well as interest rates. Although we have not done so since incorporation, through our client agreement with Goldenway HK, an entity owned and controlled by Goldenway Investments, our majority stockholder, we may engage in the trade of futures contracts and other derivative instruments to hedge against these market risks. Goldenway HK holds Type 1 and Type 2 licenses approved by the Securities and Futures Commission, SFC, which enables Goldenway HK to deal in futures contracts as defined under Hong Kongs Securities and Futures Ordinance, SFO. Through our client agreement we are also able to ensure our ability to cover any excess customer demand for gold and silver. Our revenue from our electronic trading platform trading spot contracts of precious metals is derived from the difference between the price quoted in the contract on the creation date (the customers buy price) and the market price for the commodity on the settlement date (the customers sell price). If we receive customers spot contract orders requesting physical delivery, we will meet their demands either by selling bullion from our inventory or purchasing the bullion from a third-party bullion provider and reselling them to our customers. Hence, our revenue from our purchase and sale of gold and silver products is earned on the resale of the resulting bullion to our customers based on the revaluation of precious metals on hand at higher prices. Our revenues increased from $2.8 million in fiscal year 2009, to $18.33 million in fiscal year 2010, representing an increase of approximately 554%, and our net income increased to $5.56 million in fiscal year 2010, as compared to $0.88 million in fiscal year 2009. Our electronic trading platform accounted for approximately 99% and 100% of our revenues in fiscal year 2010 and 2009, respectively, and revenue generated from gold and silver products we purchased from our walk-in customers for resale accounted for 1% and $nil of our revenues during the respective periods. Our principal executive offices are located at Suites 3701-4, 37/F, Tower 6, The Gateway, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The telephone number at our principal executive office is +852 3719-9399. All our transactions and the technologies, including the servers that carry out these transactions, are all executed and located in Hong Kong.- 3- Our Corporate History and Background We were organized under the laws of the State of Nevada on September 10, 2007, as a software design and e-commerce company. From September 10, 2007 (date of inception) through to the date of the share exchange transaction, discussed below, we were a development stage company, engaged in the business of distributing economically-priced downloadable application software via the Internet, but with minimal operations. Acquisition of Goldenway Precious Metals On September 30, 2011, we acquired Goldenway Precious Metals from its sole shareholder, Goldenway Investments, whereby we acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Goldenway Precious Metals, in exchange for 24,587,299 newly issued shares of our common stock, par value $0.001, which constituted 80.80% of our issued and outstanding capital stock on a fully-diluted basis as of and immediately after the consummation of transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement. Mr. Hao Tang, our former Chief Executive Officer, is deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares held by Goldenway Investments because Mr. Tang is the sole trustee of SMP Trustees (NZ) Limited, the sole shareholder of Goldenway Investments. As a result of the acquisition, we have assumed the business and operations of Goldenway Precious Metals. Goldenway Precious Metals was established in April 2009 in Hong Kong to engage in the dealing and trading of precious metals and precious metals spot contracts. The company initially provided an electronic trading platform that offered one-stop electronic trading and technological support in China, but expanded its services to include the sale of gold and silver. Upon the closing of the acquisition on September 30, 2011, Mr. Terry G. Bowering, our sole director and officer, submitted a resignation letter pursuant to which he resigned from all offices that he held effective immediately, and from his position as our director that will become effective on the tenth day following our mailing of an Information Statement complying with the requirements of Section 14f-1 of the Exchange Act, or the Information Statement, to our stockholders, which will be mailed on or about September 30, 2011. On the same date, our board of directors increased its size from one to seven members and appointed Hao Tang, Jian Qin Huang, Ricky Wai Lam Lai, Tak Wah Tam, Chi Man Lo, Yousuf Rashed Al Marshoudi, and Sultan Mohamed R. Alshara to fill the vacancies created by such increase and Mr. Bowerings resignation. Mr. Tangs appointment became effective upon the closing of the acquisition on September 30, 2011, and the remaining appointments will become effective upon the tenth day following our mailing of the Information Statement to our stockholders. In addition, our board of directors appointed Mr. Tang to serve as our Chief Executive Officer, and Yue Yuen Chan to serve as our Chief Financial Officer effective immediately at the closing of the acquisition. The acquisition of Goldenway Precious Metals was treated as a reverse acquisition, with Goldenway Precious Metals as the acquirer and Cyber Informatix, Inc. as the acquired party. Unless the context suggests otherwise, when we refer in this report to business and financial information for periods prior to the consummation of the reverse acquisition, we are referring to the business and financial information of Goldenway Precious Metals. For accounting purposes, the acquisition of Goldenway Precious Metals has been treated as a recapitalization with no adjustment to the historical book and tax basis of its assets and liabilities. Our Corporate Structure All of our business operations are conducted through our Hong Kong operating subsidiary, Goldenway Precious Metals. For ease of reference, below is a chart that presents our current corporate structure.
- 4- Our Industry In the past, investors have focused on increasing wealth
through investment in stock, however, industry publications, such as those available at
http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/22/investing-precious-metals-personal-finance-gold.html
and at http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/12/07/gold-stocks-are-precious-metals-still-a-safe-haven/,
reflect that recent turmoil in global financial markets resulted in increased
interest in the precious metals market, particularly the market for gold and
silver, as a means of preserving or enhancing the value of their investments.
Investors generally buy gold as a hedge against economic, political, or social fiat currency crises (including investment market declines, burgeoning national debt, currency failure, inflation, war and social unrest). Gold has been used throughout history as money and has been a relative standard for currency equivalents specific to economic regions or countries. Many European countries implemented gold standards in the latter part of the 19th century until these were dismantled in various financial crises. The last currency to be divorced from gold was the Swiss Franc in 2000. Since 1919 the most common benchmark for the price of gold has been the London gold fixing, a twice-daily telephone meeting of representatives from five bullion-trading firms of the London bullion market. Furthermore, gold is traded continuously throughout the world based on the intra-day spot price, derived from over-the-counter gold-trading markets around the under the code "XAU". The five members of the London Gold Market Fixing Ltd. determine the price of gold twice each business day in London market. The fixing is intended to fix a price for settling contracts between members of the bullion market. On September 6, 2011, gold reached a new record high of $1,921.17 at the London Gold Fixing. Like most commodities, the price of gold is driven by supply and demand, as well as by speculation. However, unlike most other commodities, saving and disposal plays a larger role in affecting its price than its consumption. Most of the gold ever mined still exists in accessible form, such as bullion and mass-produced jewelry, with little value over its fine weight, and may be reintroduced onto the gold market. At the end of 2006, it was estimated that all the gold ever mined totaled 158,000 tons. Given the huge quantity of gold stored above-ground compared to the annual production, industry publications available at http://www.tdcgold.com/html/eng/knowledge-story/knowledge-story-1-gold-investment.html and at http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Current-Global-Gold-Prices---How-The-Price-Of-Gold-Is-Fixed/881578, reflect that the price of gold is mainly affected by changes in sentiment, rather than changes in annual production. According to the World Gold Council, annual mine production of gold over the last few years has been close to 2,500 tons, approximately 2,000 of which goes into jewelry or industrial/dental production, and 500 tons of which goes to retail investors and exchange traded gold funds. Many factors influence fluctuations in the price of gold, including the following factors: Conduct of Central Banks Central banks and the International Monetary Fund play an important role in the price of gold. At the end of 2004 central banks and official organizations held 19 percent of all above-ground gold as official gold reserves. The ten-year Washington Agreement on Gold (WAG), which dates from September 1999, limits gold sales by its members (Europe, United States, Japan, Australia, Bank for International Settlements and the International Monetary Fund) to less than 500 tons a year. In 2009, this agreement was extended for an additional five years, but with a smaller annual sales limit of 400 tons. Although central banks do not generally announce gold purchases in advance, some, such as Russia, have expressed interest in growing their gold reserves again as of late 2005. In early 2006, China, which only holds 1.3% of its reserves in gold, announced that it was looking for ways to improve the returns on its official reserves which has led to speculation that China might reposition more of its holdings into gold in line with other Central Banks. India has recently purchased over 200 tons of gold which has led to a surge in prices. Central banks may also affect the price of gold through interest rate policies. It is generally accepted that as interest rates rise, the general tendency is for the price of gold, which earns no interest, to fall, and as rates dip, for the gold price to rise. As a result, the price of gold can be closely correlated to central banks via the monetary policy decisions made by them related to interest rates. Jewelry and Industrial Demand Jewelry consistently accounts for over two-thirds of annual gold demand. India is the largest consumer in volume terms, accounting for 27% of demand in 2009, followed by China and the USA. Industrial, dentistry and medical uses account for around 12% of gold demand. Gold has high thermal and electrical conductivity properties, along with a high resistance to corrosion and bacterial colonization. Jewelry and industrial demand has fluctuated over the past few years due to the steady expansion in emerging markets of middle classes aspiring to Western lifestyles, offset by the financial crisis of 20072010. Hedge Against Financial Stress Gold, like all precious metals, may be used as a hedge against inflation, deflation or currency devaluation. As Joe Foster, portfolio manager of the New York-based Van Eck International Gold Fund, explained in September 2010: the currencies of all the major countries, including ours, are under severe pressure because of massive government deficits. The more money that is pumped into these economies the printing of money basically then the less valuable the currencies becomes. If the return on bonds, equities and real estate is not adequately compensating for risk and inflation then the demand for gold and other alternative investments such as commodities increases.- 5- The Market for Silver Silver, like other precious metals, may be used as an investment. For more than four thousand years, silver has been regarded as a form of money and store of value. In 2009, the main demand resulted from industrial applications (40%), jewelry, bullion coins and exchange-traded products. Like most commodities, the price of silver is driven by speculation and supply and demand. Compared to gold, the silver price is notoriously volatile. This is because of lower market liquidity, and demand fluctuations between industrial and store of value uses. At times this can cause wide ranging valuations in the market, creating volatility. According to industry publications available at http://www.buyinggoldandsilver.com/language/ru-ru/prices.aspx and at http://silver.pricestoday.net/, the price of silver often tracks the price of gold due to store of value demands, although the ratio can vary. The gold/silver ratio is often analyzed by traders, investors and buyers; the average gold/silver ratio during the 20th century has been 1:47, which means that 1 troy ounce of gold would buy 47 troy ounces of silver. The lower the ratio/number, the more expensive silver is compared to gold. Conversely the higher the ratio/number, the cheaper silver is compared to gold. From September 2005 onwards, the price of silver has risen fairly steeply, being initially around $7 per troy ounce but reaching $14 for the first time by late April 2006. The monthly average price of silver was $12.61 per troy ounce during April 2006, and the spot price was around $15.78 per troy ounce on November 6, 2007. As of March 2008, it hovered around $20 per troy ounce. However, the price of silver plummeted 58% in October 2008, along with other metals and commodities, due to the effects of the credit crunch. By April 2011, silver had rebounded to reach a 31-year high hitting $49.21 per ounce on April 29, 2011 due to economic concerns about inflation and uncertainty regarding bailouts in the Eurozone. Many factors influence fluctuations in the price of silver, including the following factors:
- 6- Chinese Gold and Silver Trading Society Under the current laws of Hong Kong, the trading of spot contracts on gold and silver is an unregulated industry. At present, there is no requirement to register and/or obtain licenses to trade spot contracts of gold and silver with any regulatory body. However, the Company has voluntarily registered with the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society, or the CGSE, a registered self-regulatory society in Hong Kong which also acts as an exchange for gold and silver. The CGSE has the following mission: To provide a trading place, facilities and related services to its members for gold, silver and precious metals transactions
The CGSEs Executive and Supervisory Committees are the highest decision-making authority and are responsible for implementing CGSE policies, effecting development plans and monitoring their effectiveness. All CGSE members must conduct themselves in accordance with a code of conduct which is regulated by CGSE. The CGSEs constitution limits CGSE membership to 192 members, all of whom must have a minimum required working capital, defined as cash plus precious metals, of approximately $193,000 and minimum required assets of $643,000. The CGSE requires its members to submit a quarterly liquidity capital report, in order to ensure that the bank balances exceed or equal the balance of customer deposits. We were in compliance with these requirements as at June 30, 2011, December 31, 2010 and 2009. As of June 30, 2011, we had $4,260,149 in cash and $1,200,979 in gold and silver, $7,975,652 and $783,490, respectively, as at December 31, 2010, and $1,355,731 and $nil, respectively, as at December 31, 2009. As at June 30, 2011, December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, we had $23,760,047, $27,474,919 and $6,802,608, respectively, in total assets. Applicants to the CGSE must apply for and/or purchase membership and licensing from the CGSE or from existing members, and the CGSE has the power to suspend and/or revoke membership for breach of its rules and regulations. There are 5 categories of CGSE operation status (AA, A1, A2, B and C) that permit the member to deal with various CGSE gold and silver products. We currently hold the following CGSE licenses:
The CGSE has two trading methods for participating members: the open outcry method, and since March 2008, electronic trading. The open outcry method is used in most major futures markets and describes the conduct of floor traders who call out buy and selling prices in Cantonese in the trading hall and supplement such calls with hand signals. When a transaction is complete, the seller must complete a trading note within 15 minutes and hand it to the buyer for confirmation. Thereafter, the trading note is submitted to the CGSE Settlement Department and the transaction is registered. "99 Tael Gold Contracts" and "Kilo Gold Contracts" are traded with the open outcry method. The following contracts for 100oz / 10oz Loco London Gold, 5000oz / 500oz Loco London Silver and Kilo Gold RMB are traded with the electronic trading system:
- 7- Trading hours for the CGSE electronic trading platform begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 3:30 a.m. on the following day, Hong Kong time, and electronic trading lasts 19.5 hours. The CGSE also assigns a unique Contract Transaction Code to every contract traded on its electronic-trading platform. The assigned Contract Transaction Code protects customer interests and provides transaction transparency by allowing customers to review their transaction details on the CGSEs website. Industry Terminology Throughout this report, we may use the following gold and silver industry terminology:
Our Growth Strategy We believe that the precious metals market creates a significant growth opportunity on which we intend to capitalize by utilizing the following strategies: - 8-
Our Products, Services and Customers Through our subsidiary, Goldenway Precious Metals, we are a recognized electronics trading member of the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society, or the CGSE, in Hong Kong, and hold a Type AA License which authorizes us to engage in the electronic trading of Kilo Gold and Loco London Gold and Silver. We provide precious metals spot contract trading services via our 24-hour electronic trading platform and telephone transaction system in Hong Kong. Our trading platform provides our customers with price quotations on gold and silver spot contracts, on a Loco London basis, as well as information updates on the gold and silver market. Our revenue from the trade of precious metals spot contracts via our electronic trading platform is derived from the difference between the price quoted in the contract on the creation date (the customers buy price) and the market price for the commodity on the settlement date (the customers sell price). In addition to our retail customers, we also trade spot contracts of precious metals with other third-party providers of spot contract services in Hong Kong for position risk management purposes. On a regular basis and based on our internal evaluation of the aggregated exposures on our customers opened buy and sell spot contracts, our management may trade spot contracts with other third-party providers of spot contract services to reduce our exposure limit to an acceptable level. We also purchase gold products from walk-in customers on a spot basis for conversion into bullion. Our Electronic Trading Services Customers use our electronic trading platform to place their purchase and sale of spot contracts on gold and silver online. This user interface is inter-connected with a number of proxy servers and a price server which retains all pricing data feed and formulate from a spectrum of third party market pricing sources (such as M-Finance and Bloomberg). Our customer instructions with respect to their contracts then route through the proxy servers and execute through our trading servers, and all trading instructions are archived in our trading database. Our electronic trading platform offers a speedy, 24-hour trading channel, allowing customers to acquire and/or dispose their spot contract of precious metals anytime anywhere. Our electronic trading platform was developed in partnership with, and is operated and maintained by Gateway, our affiliate and developer of the platform. The following steps detail a typical customer transaction, from the initiation of the transaction through settlement:
Unlike other traditional precious metals providers, our electronic trading platform offers other services including real-time spot price quotations as well as updates on global market information. In December 2011 we released our English language electronic trading platform, as well as a smart phone trading system. We believe that these additional ways of accessing our services will retain existing customers as well as attract new customers with diverse needs. Our agreements with customers provide the option for the physical delivery of precious metals, however there have been no instances of physical delivery since our incorporation. Instead, customers so far have opted for liquidating their spot contracts with gain or loss derived from the difference of the spot contract price and the market price. We have not earned any fee revenue since incorporation, however, should a customer request physical delivery in the future, a fixed handling fee will be charged and thus result in fee revenue to us. The table below describes some of our average customer purchases of gold and silver spot contracts on a Loco London basis:
___________________ Purchase of Gold and Silver We also purchase gold products from walk-in customers on a spot basis for conversion into bullion. We purchase such products through our Gold Shop located in Room 501, 29 Austin Road, Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Our customers may come at any time during business hours to sell gold jewelry, such as necklaces, bracelets and rings, at the prevailing spot market price. The price offered in such instances is determined by our Gold Shop employees after examination of the weight and purity of such gold products with our state-of-art x-ray light-mapping gold testing machine. We generally collect and melt such purchased gold products in-house and then deliver the byproduct to a reliable refiner for refinement into 5 tael gold bars for future sale at a profit. Our customers can purchase the resulting gold bars from us at then prevailing spot market prices. Our revenue from our purchase of gold and silver products from our walk-in customers is earned on the resale of the resulting bullion or on the revaluation of precious metals on hand at higher prices. Revenue generated from realized and revaluation of precious metals accounted for 1% and $nil of our revenues in fiscal year 2010 and 2009, respectively. Sales and Marketing In todays competitive environment, companies must strategically position themselves to increase revenue using a variety of media. As the internet becomes a primary information medium, our website is our main sales and marketing tool. In addition to our expertise in technology, we have employed a team of seasoned marketing staff to create update and maintain our website, which is readily available to access from major search engines. Our marketing team also designs online promotions that are intended to increase the volume of trade and frequency of visits by our targeted groups of customers. - 9- We also have engaged agents to promote our product and services. In addition, we have established a system that enables our agents in jurisdictions outside of Hong Kong to purchase and sell precious metals using our electronic trading platform where permitted in such jurisdictions. We also regularly conduct seminars in various cities such as Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou to meet customers directly. Mr. Simon Yam, a well known and respected Chinese movie star, acts as our spokesperson and we have featured Mr. Yam in our advertisements in various publications in Hong Kong and China. Every customer is important to us and we respect their comments regarding our products and services. We have established a forum on our website, which serves as a platform for customers to communicate with us. Our forum administrator(s) gathers the customer comments and suggestions for our consideration when preparing our yearly plan. We also launch periodic promotion campaigns to reward customer loyalty, such as lucky draws and token redemption promotions. We also have VIP accounts to honor customers who meet certain levels of trade volume and frequency. We now have two investment centers opened in Hong Kong, where our current and potential customers may access our online customer service or meet our customer service representatives and other professional staff to discuss issues and answer questions. Competition The retail market for gold and silver is fragmented and highly competitive. Our competitors in the retail market can be grouped into several broad categories based on size, business model, product offerings, target customers and geographic scope of operations. These include international retail precious metals brokers, international multi-product trading firms, other electronic trading firms and international banks and other financial institutions with significant precious metals operations. We expect competition to continue to remain competitive and strong for the foreseeable future. Our Competitive Strengths We attribute our success to date and potential for future growth to a combination of strengths, including the following:
- 10- Research and Development We have ten employees devoted to the research and development function of our company. Costs of research and development constitute a major part of our recurrent expenses. Our research development team has developed a live version of our electronic trading platform for use on iPhone and iPad devices. A beta-test version of this application is available through the iTunes store. Intellectual Property We believe our intellectual property is important to our success. The intellectual property rights of an owner are not automatically protected by the laws of Hong Kong if the trademark or proprietary technology is not registered with the Trade Marks Registry of Hong Kong. In June 2011, we registered our trademark with the Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong for marketing and brand recognition, but we have not registered our proprietary electronic trading platform. Our electronic trading platform was developed for our exclusive use by Shenzhen Gateway Technology Limited, or Gateway, a PRC-based IT services provider in which our former Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Tang, holds a 29% equity interest. Pursuant to a software development contract, dated March 26, 2010, between us and Gateway, the intellectual property rights to the trading platform are owned jointly by both parties, but Gateway cannot use or share the technology without our written authorization. If Gateway violates this provision, Gateway will be subject to a fine of HK$200,000 (approximately $25,786). Under the terms of the agreement, Gateway assists us in the ongoing operation, maintenance and development of the platform in exchange for annual service fee. We rely on Hong Kongs intellectual property laws, where applicable, and on contractual restrictions to protect our trademark or proprietary technology from parties licensed to use our trademarks and proprietary technology. Employees As of June 30, 2011, we employed a total of 22 full time employees and 18 part time employees. The following table sets forth the number of our full time and part time employees by function. Our part time employees are also employed by Goldenway Investments, and we are in the process of transferring some of them to be our full time employees.
Regulations Because our primary operating subsidiary is located in Hong Kong, we are regulated by Hong Kong laws, including those outlined in more detail below. We believe that we are in material compliance with all registrations and requirements for the issuance and maintenance of all licenses required by the governing bodies, and that all license fees and filings are current. Although we have not done so since incorporation, through our client agreement with Goldenway HK, an entity owned and controlled by Goldenway Investments, our majority stockholder, we may engage in the trade of futures contracts and other derivative instruments to hedge against these market risks, as well as cover any excess customer demand for gold and silver. Goldenway HK holds a Type 1 and Type 2 licenses approved by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, SFC, which enables Goldenway HK to deal in futures contracts as defined under Hong Kongs Securities and Futures Ordinance. However, as we have not traded any futures contracts to hedge our exposure under spot contracts since incorporation, we believe that this activity is immaterial to our business. Permits and Certificates Our industry, being the acquisition and disposition of gold and silver on spot contracts, is currently unregulated in Hong Kong. Dealing in futures contracts of commodities, including gold and silver, on the other hand, is a regulated activity governed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, or the SFC, and requires a license for the Dealing of Futures Contracts, referred to as Type 2 licensing. Through our relationship with our affiliate, Goldenway HK, a licensed corporation holding the requisite license, we are able to trade gold and silver futures contracts for position risk management. Any and all transactions of futures contracts and/or options are executed through Goldenway HK on our instructions. We are also a member of the Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society (CGSE), a self-regulated body with established industry standards. The CGSE operates in Hong Kong as a registered society and operates as an exchange for gold and silver. The CGSEs Executive and Supervisory Committees are the highest decision-making authority and are responsible for implementing CGSE policies, effecting development plans and monitoring their effectiveness. The CGSEs constitution limits CGSE membership to 192 members, all of whom must have a minimum required working capital, defined as cash plus precious metals, of approximately $193,000 and minimum required assets of $643,000. The CGSE requires its members to submit a quarterly liquidity capital report, in order to ensure that the bank balances exceed or equal the balance of customer deposits, as well as comply with the code of conduct which is regulated by CGSE. We were in compliance with these requirements as at June 30, 2011, December 31, 2010 and 2009. As of June 30, 2011, the Company had $4,260,149 in cash and $1,200,979 in gold and silver, $7,975,652 and $783,490, respectively, as at December 31, 2010, and $1,355,731 and $nil, respectively, as at December 31, 2009. As at June 30, 2011, December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had $23,760,047, $27,474,919 and $6,802,608, respectively, in total assets. Applicants must apply for and/or purchase membership and licensing from the CGSE or from existing members, and CGSE has the power to suspend and/or revoke membership for breach of its rules and regulations. There are 5 categories of CGSE operation status (AA, A1, A2, B and C) that permit the member to deal with various CGSE gold and silver products. We hold the following CGSE licenses and certifications:
- 11- Regulation of Online Services Our revenues are generated through the ability of our customers to access our electronic trading platform through the internet and our website. The Hong Kong government and other regulatory agencies may block or suspend our internet transmission capabilities if we are deemed to be in violation of the following content regulations for online services: Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486 of the Laws of Hong Kong) We are subject to data privacy laws, rules and regulations that regulate the use of customer data. In Hong Kong we are governed by the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance and as a data user we are prohibited from doing or engaging in any practice that contravenes the data protection principles set out therein. Telecommunications Ordinance (Cap. 106 of the Laws of Hong Kong), Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200 of the Laws of Hong Kong) and Theft Ordinance (Cap. 210 of the Laws of Hong Kong) Provisions under the Telecommunications Ordinance, Crimes Ordinance and Theft Ordinance make it an offense for unauthorized access to computer by telecommunication, to access a computer with criminal or dishonest intent, and extend the meaning of criminal damage to include misuse of computer programs or data, and burglary to include unlawfully causing a computer to function other than as it has been established and altering, erasing or adding any computer program or data. In this respect, any of the abovementioned computer related crimes committed by any staff, employees or agents, will subject us to possible criminal charges and/or investigations. These rules and regulations are administered by the three branches of Hong Kongs Commerce and Economic Development Bureau: (i) the Commerce, Industry and Tourism Branch (responsible for policy matters on Hong Kong's external commercial relations, inward investment promotion, intellectual property protection, industry and business support, tourism, consumer protection and competition), (ii) the Communications and Technology Branch (responsible for policy matters on broadcasting, film-related issues, overall view of creative (including film) industry, development of telecommunications, innovation and technology, and control of obscene and indecent articles); and (iii) the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (responsible for policy, strategy and execution of information technology programs and initiatives). If any of these government agencies acts to block or limit access to our website or adopt policies restricting our customers from providing us with accurate and up-to-date information, the value of our electronic trading platform could be negatively impacted, which would adversely affect our ability to offer compelling hiring and marketing solutions and subscriptions to our customers, enterprises, and professional organizations. RISK FACTORS An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below, together with all of the other information included in this report, before making an investment decision. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could suffer. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. You should read the section entitled Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements above for a discussion of what types of statements are forward-looking statements, as well as the significance of such statements in the context of this report. RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS Enterprises or Professional Organizations, Including Governmental Agencies, May Restrict Access to Our Website, Which Could Lead to the Loss or Slowing of Growth in Our Customer Base or the Level of Customer Engagement. Our revenues are generated through the ability of our customers to access our electronic trading platform through the Internet and our website. Enterprises or professional organizations, including governmental agencies, could block access to our website or the Internet generally for a number of reasons such as security or confidentiality concerns or regulatory reasons, or any government of any jurisdiction in which we are considered to be carrying on business in may block or suspend our internet transmission capabilities. If these entities block or limit access to our website or adopt policies restricting our customers from providing us with accurate and up-to-date information, the value of our electronic trading platform could be negatively impacted, which would adversely affect our ability to offer compelling hiring and marketing solutions and subscriptions to our customers, enterprises, and professional organizations. Our Revenue is Influenced by Trading Volume and Volatility, Which Are Directly Impacted by Domestic and International Market and Economic Conditions That Are Beyond Our Control. During the past few years, there has been significant disruption and volatility in the global financial markets. Many countries, including the United States, have recently experienced recessionary conditions. Our revenue is influenced by the general level of trading activity in the gold and silver market. Our revenue and operating results may vary significantly from period to period primarily due to movements and trends in the worlds currency markets and to fluctuations in trading levels. We have generally experienced greater trading volume in periods of volatile markets. In the event we experience lower levels of currency volatility, our revenue and profitability will likely be negatively affected. Like other financial services firms, our business and profitability are directly affected by elements that are beyond our control, such as economic and political conditions, broad trends in business and finance, changes in the volume of transactions, changes in supply and demand for currencies, movements in currency exchange rates, changes in the financial strength of market participants, legislative and regulatory changes, changes in the markets in which such transactions occur, changes in how such transactions are processed and disruptions due to terrorism, war or extreme weather events. Any one or more of these factors, or other factors, may adversely affect our business and results of operations and cash flows. As a result, period-to-period comparisons of our operating results may not be meaningful and our future operating results may be subject to significant fluctuations or declines. - 12- Reduced Spreads in Precious Metals, Levels of Trading Activity and Trading Through Alternative Trading Systems Could Reduce Our Revenues. The evolution of technology and development of faster execution programs reduce profitability on transactions. Reduced revenues and increased competition could make the execution of trades and less profitable. In addition, new and enhanced alternative trading systems have emerged as an option for individual and institutional investors to carry out proprietary trades, which could result in reduced revenue. A substantial portion of our revenue and operating profits is derived from our role as a service provider. In our role as a service provider, we attempt to derive a profit from the difference between the prices at which we buy and sell, or sell and buy, Loco London Gold and Silver spot contracts. Customers are given the option to trade on open spot contracts and to liquidate their positions for gains or losses or to take physical delivery of precious metals. Since these activities involve the purchase or sale of Loco London Gold and Silver spot contracts, whether or not the transaction involves the physical delivery of the underlying gold or silver, we may incur trading losses for a variety of reasons, including:
These risks may affect the prices at which we are able to sell or buy Loco London Gold and Silver contracts, or may limit or restrict our ability to either resell precious metals that we have purchased or repurchased precious metals that we have sold. Reduced spreads in foreign currencies, levels of trading activity, trading through alternative trading systems and price competition from principal model firms could harm our business. Computer-generated buy and sell programs and other technological advances and regulatory changes in the foreign exchange market may continue to tighten spreads on foreign currency transactions. Tighter spreads and increased competition could make the execution of trades and market-making activities less profitable. In addition, new and enhanced alternative trading systems have emerged as an option for individual and institutional investors to avoid directing their trades through retail foreign exchange brokers, which could result in reduced revenue derived from our foreign exchange brokerage business. We may also face price competition from our competitors. Many competing firms using a principal model can set their own prices as they generate income from trading with their customers. In contrast, the prices we provide to our customers are set by our foreign exchange market makers which vary based on market conditions. Our Risk-Management Policies and Procedures May Not Be Effective and May Leave Us Exposed to Unidentified or Unexpected Risks. We are dependent on our risk-management policies internal controls, control systems and compliance manuals set in place and the adherence to such policies, systems, and manuals by our trading staff. Our policies, procedures and practices used to identify, monitor and control a variety of risks, including risks related to human error, customer defaults, market movements, fraud and money-laundering, are established and reviewed by the risk committee of our board of directors. Under certain circumstances we may elect to adjust our risk-management policies to allow for an increase in risk tolerance, which could expose us to the risk of greater losses. To deal with and to manage our risks, our approach is discretionary by nature and are considered on a case by case basis and developed internally. We observe historical market behavior and also involve reliance on standard industry practices. These methods may not adequately prevent losses, particularly as they relate to extreme market movements, which may be significantly greater than historical fluctuations in the market. Our risk-management methods also may not adequately prevent losses due to technical errors if our testing and quality control practices are not effective in preventing software or hardware failures. We rely on a combination of technical and human controls and supervision that are subject to error and failure. These methods may not protect us against all risks or may protect us less than anticipated, in which case our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows may be materially adversely affected. We Depend on Our tailor-made Technology. Any Disruption or Corruption of Our tailor-made Technology or Our Inability to Maintain Technological Superiority in Our Industry Could Have a Material Adverse Effect on Our Business, Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Cash Flows. We May Experience Failures While Developing Our Self-developed Technology. We rely on our technology, particularly the electronic trading platform, to accurately and timely receive process internal and external data. Any disruption for any reason in the proper functioning of the electronic trading platform, or any corruption of our software may cause error trades or require us to suspend our services and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows. In order to remain competitive, our proprietary technology is under continuous development and redesign. As we develop and redesign our proprietary technology, there is an ongoing risk that failures may occur and result in service interruptions or other negative consequences such as slower quote aggregation, slower trade execution, erroneous trades, or mistaken risk-management information. - 13- We believe our technology has provided us with a competitive advantage relative to many of our competitors. If our competitors develop more advanced technologies, we may be required to devote substantial resources to the development of more advanced technology to remain competitive. The gold and silver market is characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards and changing trading systems, practices and techniques. We may not be able to keep up with these rapid changes in the future, develop new technology, realize a return on amounts invested in developing new technologies or remain competitive in the future. We are Vulnerable to System Failures or Attacks, Which Could Cause Interruptions or Decreases in the Responsiveness of our Services and Harm our Business. We are heavily dependent on our technology infrastructure, among other functions, to operate our trading platform. Our ability to facilitate transactions successfully and provide high quality customer service depends on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of our computer and communications hardware and software systems. Our systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption from human error, natural disasters, power loss, telecommunication failures, break-ins, sabotage, computer viruses, intentional acts of vandalism, computer denial-of-service attacks and other similar events. If our systems fail to perform, we could experience periodic interruptions and disruptions in operations, slower response times or decreased customer satisfaction. Our Cost Structure Is Largely Fixed. If Our Revenues Decline and We Are Unable to Reduce Our Costs, Our Profitability Will Be Adversely Affected. Our cost structure is largely fixed. We base our cost structure on historical and expected levels of demand for our services, as well as our fixed operating infrastructure, such as computer hardware and software, hosting facilities and security and staffing levels. If demand for our services declines and, as a result, our revenues decline, we may not be able to adjust our cost structure on a timely basis and our profitability may be materially adversely affected. Attrition of Customer Accounts and Failure to Attract New Accounts Could Have a Material Adverse Effect on Our Business, Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Cash Flows. Even if We Do Attract New Customers, We May Fail to Attract the Customers in a Cost-Effective Manner, Which Could Materially Adversely Affect Our Profitability and Growth. Our customer base is primarily comprised of individual customers who generally trade in gold and silver. Although we offer products and tailored services designed to educate, support and retain our customers, our efforts to attract new customers or reduce the attrition rate of our existing customers may not be successful. If we are unable to maintain or increase our customer retention rates or generate a substantial number of new customers in a cost-effective manner, our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows would likely be adversely affected. For the year ended December 31, 2010, we incurred selling and marketing expenses of approximately $1.2 million. Although we have spent significant financial resources on selling and marketing expenses and related expenses and plan to continue to do so, these efforts may not be cost-effective at attracting new customers. In particular, we believe that rates for desirable advertising and marketing placements, including online, search engine, print and television advertising, are likely to increase in the foreseeable future, and we may be disadvantaged relative to our larger competitors in our ability to expand or maintain our advertising and marketing commitments. The Loss of Our Key Employees Would Materially Adversely Affect Our Business, Including Our Ability to Grow Our Business. Our key employee, including Hao Tang, our chief executive officer, has significant experience in the electronic trading platform industry and has made significant contributions to our business. Our continued success is dependent upon the retention of these and other key executive officers and employees, as well as the services provided by our trading staff, technology and programming specialists and a number of other key managerial, marketing, planning, financial, technical and operations personnel. The loss of such key personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition, our ability to grow our business is dependent, to a large degree, on our ability to retain such employees. - 14- Any Future Acquisitions May Result in Significant Transaction Expenses, Integration and Consolidation Risks and Risks Associated With Entering New Markets, and We May Be Unable to Profitably Operate Our Consolidated Company. Although our growth strategy has not focused historically on acquisitions, we may in the future selectively pursue acquisitions and new businesses. Any future acquisitions may result in significant transaction expenses and present new risks associated with entering additional markets or offering new products and integrating the acquired companies. Because acquisitions historically have not been a core part of our growth strategy, we do not have significant experience in successfully completing acquisitions. We may not have sufficient management, financial and other resources to integrate companies we acquire or to successfully operate new businesses and we may be unable to profitably operate our expanded company. Additionally, any new businesses that we may acquire, once integrated with our existing operations, may not produce expected or intended results. Our Hong Kong operating subsidiary, Goldenway Precious Metals, offers and sells gold and silver spot contracts in Hong Kong. Pursuant to a client agreement with our affiliate, Goldenway HK, which is SFC licensed to engage in Type 1 and Type 2 regulated activities, Goldenway HK carries out on behalf of Goldenway Precious Metals transactions dealing with options, futures contracts and exchange traded products in Hong Kong. Spot contracts in gold and silver are not and may not be offered in the U.S. by us, including by our non-U.S. subsidiary, and are not eligible for resale to U.S. residents. They are not currently registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other U.S. regulators. We May Be Unable to Respond to Customers Demands for New Services and Products and Our Business, Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Cash Flows May Be Materially Adversely Affected. Our customers may demand new services provided by our electronic trading platform. If we fail to identify these demands from customers or update our services accordingly, and new services and products provided by our competitors may render our existing services and products less competitive. Our future success will depend, in part, on our ability to respond to customers demands for new services and products on a timely and cost-effective basis and to adapt to address the increasingly sophisticated requirements and varied needs of our customers and prospective customers. We may not be successful in developing, introducing or marketing new services and products. In addition, our new service and product enhancements may not achieve market acceptance. Any failure on our part to anticipate or respond adequately to customer requirements, or any significant delays in the development, introduction or availability of new services, products or service or product enhancements could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows. We May Be Unable to Respond to the Evolving Industry Practices and Technology Solutions, and Our Business, Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Cash Flows May Be Materially Adversely Affected. To remain competitive as a precious metals electronic trading platform provider, we must continue to invest in research and development of new technology solutions in order to keep up with the ever evolving industry practices and enhancements to our existing solutions. The process of developing new technologies, products and services is complex and expensive. The introduction of new solutions by our competitors, the market acceptance of competitive solutions based on new or alternative technologies or the emergence of new industry practices could render our solutions less competitive. Our Failure to Adequately Compete in Other Emerging Markets, Either Directly or Through Agents or Other Business Partners, Could Have a Material Adverse Effect on Our Business, Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Cash Flows. Expanding our business in other emerging markets is an important part of our growth strategy. To compete successfully in these emerging markets, we must continue to design, develop, and sell new and enhanced precious metals electronic trading programs and services that are culturally acceptable to these emerging markets. We anticipate that emerging markets will include potentially high growth opportunities, offset by potential entrenched local competition, higher credit risks, cultural differences, less developed and established local financial and banking infrastructure, reduced protection of intellectual rights, inability enforce contract in some jurisdictions, difficulties and costs associated with staffing and managing foreign operations, including reliance on newly hired local personnel, currency and tax laws that may prevent or restrict the transfer of capital and profits among our various operations around the world; and time zone, language and cultural differences among personnel in different areas of the world. If we do not develop innovative and reliable precious metals electronic trading program and services in a cost-effective and timely manner which are attractive to consumers in these markets, if consumer demand for precious metals electronic trading in emerging markets does not increase as much as we expect, or if we invest resources in products or geographic areas which do not produce the growth or profitability we expect, or when we expect it, our business and results of operations could be significantly harmed. - 15- Our Operations Present Special Challenges and Our Failure to Adequately Address Such Challenges or Compete in These Markets, Either Directly or Through Agents or Other Business Partners, Could Have a Material Adverse Effect on Our Business, Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Cash Flows. Expanding our business in other emerging markets is an important part of our growth strategy. Due to certain cultural, regulatory and other challenges relevant to those markets, however, we may be at a competitive disadvantage in those regions relative to local firms or to international firms that have a well-established local presence. These challenges include:
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Failure to Identify and/or Manage Risk Associated with Dealing in Spot Contracts May Expose Us to Additional Liability and Adversely Affect Our Profitability and Growth. A substantive portion of our revenue is generated through our dealings with precious metals spot contracts, where we enter into contractual obligations with our customers to buy and/or sell precious metals at the prevailing market prices. Since our incorporation, no customer has requested fulfillment of a spot contract order for precious metals, however, our customers are offered the option to request that we fulfill our spot contract obligations for physical delivery of precious metals. As such we may be obligated, at the customers request, to fulfill a spot contract for physical delivery. We believe that our client agreement with Goldenway HK, an entity owned and controlled by Goldenway Investments, our majority stockholder, ensures our ability to cover any excess customer demand for gold and silver. Through them we may engage in the trade of futures contracts and other derivative instruments to hedge against these market risks. Goldenway HK holds a Type 1 and Type 2 licenses approved by the Securities and Futures Commission, SFC, which enables Goldenway HK to deal in futures contracts as defined under Hong Kongs Securities and Futures Ordinance, SFO. Failure to hedge our spot contract obligations or properly identify and/or manage such obligations could expose us to additional liability and adversely affect our profitability and growth. RISKS RELATED TO REGULATION Litigation and Regulatory Investigations May Result in Significant Financial Losses and Harm to Our Reputation. We face significant risk of litigation, regulatory investigations and similar actions in the ordinary course of our business, including the risk of lawsuits and other legal actions relating to unauthorized transactions, error transactions, breach of data privacy laws, breach of fiduciary or other duties. Any such action may include claims for substantial or unspecified compensatory damages, as well as civil, regulatory or criminal proceedings against our directors, officers or employees, and the probability and amount of liability, if any, any remain unknown for significant periods of time. We may be also subject to various regulatory inquiries, such as information requests and book and records examinations, from regulators and other authorities in the geographical markets in which we operate. A substantial liability arising from a law suit judgment or a significant regulatory action against us or a disruption in our business arising from adverse adjudications in proceedings against our directors, officers or employees could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results or operations. Moreover, even if we ultimately prevail in the litigation, regulatory action or investigation, we could suffer significant harm to our reputation, which could materially affect our prospects and future growth, including our ability to attract new customers, retain current customers and recruit and retain employees and agents. Data Privacy Law, Rules and Regulations in Our Geographical Markets Could Have a Material Adverse Effect on Our Business, Financial Condition and Results of Operation. We are subject to data privacy laws, rules and regulations that regulate the use of customer data. For instance, in Hong Kong we are governed by the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Chapter 486 of the Laws of Hong Kong) and as a data user we are prohibited from doing or engaging in any practice that contravenes the data protection principles set out therein. Compliance with these laws, rules and regulations may restrict our business activities, require us to incur increased expenses and devote considerable time to compliance efforts. - 17- Servicing Customers Via the Internet May Require Us to Comply With the Laws and Regulations of Each Country in Which We Are Deemed to Conduct Business. Failure to Comply With Such Laws May Negatively Impact Our Financial Results. Since our services are available over the Internet in foreign countries and we have customers residing in foreign countries, foreign jurisdictions may require us to qualify to do business in their country. We believe that the number of our customers residing outside of the United States will increase over time. We are required to comply with the laws and regulations of each country in which we conduct business, including laws and regulations currently in place or which may be enacted related to Internet services available to their citizens from service providers located elsewhere. Any failure to develop effective compliance and reporting systems could result in regulatory penalties in the applicable jurisdiction, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows. Presently all transactions for spot contracts on gold and silver are executed and completed in Hong Kong although our customers may not reside in Hong Kong. Customers may access our electronic trading platform via the Internet from anywhere in the world, but all instructions are first communicated to us and then executed in Hong Kong. The acceptance of customer order by Internet in a jurisdiction other than Hong Kong may require us to comply with the laws of that jurisdiction and failure to comply may have a material negative impact on our financial condition and business results. Without Local PRC Registration, Licensing or Authorization, We May Be Subject to Possible Enforcement Action and Sanction for Our Operations in the PRC if Our Operations Are Deemed to Have Violated PRC Regulations. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, all of our spot contracts trades were executed and concluded in Hong Kong where, the industry is unregulated. However, when permitted, we promote our services to customers outside of Hong Kong, including to customers in China where our industry is regulated. The regulatory rules and procedures for engaging in our business in China are complex and are not as clear as those in many other jurisdictions and so we have not sought licensing from PRC government authorities to conduct, and we do not conduct our business operations in China. We do work with third party agents to promote and introduce our services to individuals and businesses in China and we accept them as customers via our website. Our PRC legal counsel, the Beijing Dacheng (Guangzhou) Law Offices, has advised us that our activities in China are in compliance with PRC law because such activities are purely promotional and never involve the conduct of any business transactions in China. We cannot assure you that PRC rules and regulations will not change such that we can no longer engage in such promotional activities or offer our precious metals trading services to PRC residents online. In such case, we may be subject to fines, penalties, or sanctions or may be required to cease such offerings to PRC residents all together. These restrictions may limit our ability to increase revenues and would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. Our Growth May Be Limited by Various Restrictions and We Remain at Risk That We May Be Required to Cease Operations if We Become Subject to Regulation by Local Government Bodies. We currently have only a limited presence in a number of significant markets and may not be able to gain a significant presence there unless and until regulatory barriers to international firms in certain of those markets are modified. Consequently, we cannot assure you that our international expansion will continue and that we will be able to develop our business in emerging markets as we currently plan. Furthermore, we may be subject to possible enforcement action and sanction if we are determined to have previously offered, or currently offer, our services in violation of local governments regulations. In these circumstances, we are exposed to sanction by local enforcement agencies and our contracts with customers may be unenforceable. We may also be required to cease the conduct of our business with customers in the relevant jurisdiction and/or we may determine that compliance with the regulatory requirements for continuance of the business is too onerous to justify making the necessary changes to continue that business. - 18- Procedures and Requirements of the Patriot Act May Expose Us to Significant Costs or Penalties. As participants in the financial services industry, we are, and our subsidiaries are, subject to laws and regulations, including the Patriot Act of 2001, that require that we know our customers and monitor transactions for suspicious financial activities. The cost of complying with the Patriot Act and related laws and regulations is significant. We face the risk that our policies, procedures, technology and personnel directed toward complying with the Patriot Act are insufficient and that we could be subject to significant criminal and civil penalties due to noncompliance. Such penalties could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows. In addition, as an online financial services provider with customers worldwide, we may face particular difficulties in identifying our customers and monitoring their activities. RISKS RELATED TO THIRD PARTIES We Rely on Third-Party Providers in Several Areas of Our Operations and therefore Do Not Have Full Control over the Services Provided to Our Customers. We rely on our affiliate, Gateway, to maintain our electronic trading platform and information technology services. If Gateway were to fail to provide technical services with respect to our electronic trading platform, and we were unable to secure an adequate alternative, our business and results of operation could be materially affected. We also rely on our affiliate, Goldenway HK, to carry out all our futures contracts and options (if any) both of which are regulated activities as defined under the SFO. If Goldenway HK were to fail to provide execution of regulated activities services for us, and we were unable to secure an adequate alternative, our business and results of operation could be materially affected. We are Subject to Counterparty Risk Whereby Defaults by Parties With Whom We Do Business Can Have an Adverse Effect on Our Business, Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Cash Flows. In order to reduce our contract positions risk exposures with customers, Goldenway Precious Metals entered the same transaction as customer on other CGSE member to minimize the risk exposure when the total net position is greater than a certain level. Therefore, our precious metals market making operations require a commitment of capital and involve risks of losses due to the potential failure of our customers or counterparty to perform their obligations under these transactions. Our margin policy allows customers to leverage their account balances by trading notional amounts that may be significantly larger than their cash balances. We mark our customers accounts to market each time a trading price in their portfolio changes. While this allows us to closely monitor each customers account, it does not guarantee our ability to eliminate negative customer account balances prior to an adverse trading price change. Although we have the ability to alter our margin requirements without prior notice to our customers, this may not eliminate the risk that our access to liquidity becomes limited or market conditions, including Loco London Gold and Silver price volatility and liquidity constraints, change faster than our ability to modify our margin requirements. In light of the current turbulence in the global economy, we face increased risk of default by our customers and other counterparties. For example, during the second half of 2008, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. declared bankruptcy, and many major U.S. financial institutions consolidated, were forced to merge or were put into conservatorship by the U.S. federal government. Any liability arising from our precious metals operations could be significant and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows. Failure of Third-Party Systems or Third-Party Service and Software Providers Upon Which We Rely Could Adversely Affect Our Business. We rely on certain related partys computer systems or third-party service and software providers, including trading platforms, back-office systems, Internet service providers and communications facilities. For example, for the year ended December 31, 2011, 99.9% of our precious metals trading volume was derived from trades utilizing our Shenzhen Gateway Technology Limiteds electronic trading platform, a related party trading platform we acquired that is popular in the international retail trading community and offers our customers a choice in trading interfaces. Any interruption in these third-party services, or deterioration in their performance or quality, could adversely affect our business. If our arrangement with any third party is terminated, we may not be able to find an alternative systems or services provider on a timely basis or on commercially reasonable terms. This could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows. - 19- Our Computer Infrastructure May Be Vulnerable to Security Breaches. Any Such Problems Could Jeopardize Confidential Information Transmitted Over the Internet, Cause Interruptions in Our Operations or Give Rise to Liabilities to Third Parties. Our computer infrastructure is potentially vulnerable to physical or electronic computer break-ins, viruses and similar disruptive problems and security breaches. Any such problems or security breaches could give rise to liabilities to one or more third parties, including our customers, and disrupt our operations. A party able to circumvent our security measures could misappropriate proprietary information or customer information, jeopardize the confidential nature of information we transmit over the Internet or cause interruptions in our operations. Concerns over the security of Internet transactions and the safeguarding of confidential personal information could also inhibit the use of our systems to conduct precious metals transactions over the Internet. To the extent that our activities involve the storage and transmission of proprietary information and personal financial information, security breaches could expose us to a risk of financial loss, litigation and other liabilities. Our current insurance policies may not protect us against all of such losses and liabilities. Any of these events, particularly if they result in a loss of confidence in our services, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows. RISKS RELATED TO THE MARKET FOR OUR STOCK The market price of our common stock can become volatile, leading to the possibility of its value being depressed at a time when you may want to sell your holdings. The market price of our common stock can become volatile. Numerous factors, many of which are beyond our control, may cause the market price of our common stock to fluctuate significantly. These factors include:
Securities class action litigation is often instituted against companies following periods of volatility in their stock price. Should this type of litigation be instituted against us, it could result in substantial costs to us and divert our managements attention and resources. Moreover, securities markets may from time to time experience significant price and volume fluctuations for reasons unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may adversely affect the price of our common stock and other interests in our Company at a time when you want to sell your interest in us. Although publicly traded, the trading market in our common stock has been substantially less liquid than the average trading market for a stock quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market and this low trading volume may adversely affect the price of our common stock. Our common stock trades on the OTCQB Market. The trading market in our common stock has been substantially less liquid than the average trading market for companies quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market. Limited trading volume will subject our shares of common stock to greater price volatility and may make it difficult for you to sell your shares of common stock at a price that is attractive to you. - 20- We may be subject to penny stock regulations and restrictions and you may have difficulty selling shares of our common stock. The SEC has adopted regulations which generally define so-called penny stocks to be an equity security that has a market price less than $5.00 per share or an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share, subject to certain exemptions. If our common stock becomes a penny stock, we may become subject to Rule 15g-9 under the Exchange Act, or the Penny Stock Rule. This rule imposes additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers that sell such securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors (generally, individuals with a net worth in excess of $1,000,000 or annual incomes exceeding $200,000, or $300,000 together with their spouses). For transactions covered by the Penny Stock Rule, a broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchaser and have received the purchasers written consent to the transaction prior to sale. As a result, this rule may affect the ability of broker-dealers to sell our securities and may affect the ability of purchasers to sell any of our securities in the secondary market. For any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the rules require delivery, prior to any transaction in a penny stock, of a disclosure schedule prepared by the SEC relating to the penny stock market. Disclosure is also required to be made about sales commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities. Finally, monthly statements are required to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stock. There can be no assurance that our common stock will qualify for exemption from the Penny Stock Rule. In any event, even if our common stock were exempt from the Penny Stock Rule, we would remain subject to Section 15(b)(6) of the Exchange Act, which gives the SEC the authority to restrict any person from participating in a distribution of penny stock, if the SEC finds that such a restriction would be in the public interest. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Overview of our Business We were organized under the laws of the State of Nevada on September 10, 2007. Since September 30, 2011, through our subsidiary, Goldenway Precious Metals, we are a recognized electronics trading member of the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society, or the CGSE, in Hong Kong, and hold a Type AA License which authorizes us to engage in the electronic trading of Kilo Gold and Loco London Gold and Silver. We provide precious metals spot contract trading services via our 24-hour electronic trading platform and telephone transaction system in Hong Kong. Our electronic trading platform provides our customers with CGSE price quotations on gold and silver spot contracts, on a Loco London basis, as well as information updates on the gold and silver market, based on an evaluation of third-party market pricing sources such as M-Finance and Bloomberg. In addition to our retail customers, we also trade spot contracts of precious metals with other third-party providers of spot contract services in Hong Kong, and we purchase gold products from walk-in customers on a spot basis for conversion into bullion. See details regarding our services under the Our Products, Services and Customers heading in this report. We face daily fluctuations in the price of gold and silver, foreign exchange rates, as well as interest rates. Although we have not done so since incorporation, through our client agreement with Goldenway HK, an entity owned and controlled by Goldenway Investments, our majority stockholder, we may engage in the trade of futures contracts and other derivative instruments to hedge against these market risks. Goldenway HK holds a Type 1 and Type 2 licenses approved by the Securities and Futures Commission, SFC, which enables Goldenway HK to deal in futures contracts as defined under Hong Kongs Securities and Futures Ordinance, SFO. Through our client agreement we are also able to ensure our ability to cover any excess customer demand for gold and silver. Our revenue from our electronic trading platform trading spot contracts of precious metals is derived from the difference between the price quoted in the contract on the creation date (the customers buy price) and the market price for the commodity on the settlement date (the customers sell price). If we receive customers spot contract orders requesting physical delivery, we will meet their demands either by selling bullion from our inventory or purchasing the bullion from a third-party bullion provider and reselling them to our customers. Our revenue from our purchase and sale of gold and silver products is earned on the resale of the resulting bullion to our customers based on the revaluation of precious metals on hand at higher prices. Our revenues increased from $2.8 million in fiscal year 2009, to $18.33 million in fiscal year 2010, representing an increase of approximately 554%, and our net income increased to $5.56 million in fiscal year 2010, as compared to $0.88 million in fiscal year 2009. Our electronic trading platform accounted for approximately 99% and 100% of our revenues in fiscal year 2010 and 2009, respectively, and revenue generated from gold and silver products we purchase from our walk-in customers for resale accounted for 1% and $nil of our revenues during the respective periods. - 21- Recent Development On September 16, 2011, Goldenway Precious Metals received the approval of the London Financial Services Authority, or the FSA, to complete the acquisition of Goldenway Global Investments (UK) Limited, a United Kingdom company formerly known as Goldenway Voltrex Investments Limited, and prior to that as Voltrex Limited. We intend to complete the acquisition for an aggregate purchase price of £1,447,203 (approximately 2,307,757). Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Performance Our operating results are primarily affected by the following factors: Dependence on Overall Market Conditions Changes in the global financial markets, global economic conditions and political events affect levels of trading volumes in ways that we may not be able to predict. For example, in times of turmoil, people fear that their assets may be seized and that the currency may become worthless and the demand for gold rises. If the return on bonds, equities and real estate is not adequately compensating for risk and inflation then the demand for gold and other alternative investments such as commodities increases. Variations in trading levels caused by unpredictable market trends may cause our revenues and operating results to vary significantly from period to period, and period to period comparisons of our revenues and operating results may not be meaningful. A slowdown and subsequent stagnation in trading volume in the global financial markets, or a systemic problem affecting any financial market, could have a material adverse effect on our revenues and profitability. Dependence on Self-developed Technology Our success is highly dependent on our sophisticated technology that has been available only to us. If our technology were to become available to our competitors, or if our competitors adopt or develop similar or more advanced technologies, our operating results may be adversely affected. Further, we may not be able to keep up with rapid changes in technology, evolving industry standards and changing trading systems, practices and techniques to remain competitive in our industry. Computer System Failures The success of our business depends on the efficient and uninterrupted operations of our computer and communications hardware and software systems. Our service has occasionally experienced system interruptions in the past due to various reasons, some of which were beyond our control. We expect to experience occasional system interruptions from time to time in the future, which may have an adverse effect on our business. Results of Operations Comparison of Six Months Ended June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 The following table sets forth key components of our results of operations during the six months periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, both in dollars and as a percentage of our net sales.
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Revenue. Our revenue from our electronic trading platform trading spot contracts of precious metals is derived from the difference between the price quoted in the contract on the creation date (the customers buy price) and the market price for the commodity on the settlement date (the customers sell price). If we receive customers spot contract orders for physical delivery, we will meet their demands either by selling bullion from our inventory or purchasing the bullion from a third-party bullion provider and reselling them to our customers. Hence, our revenue from our purchase and sale of gold and silver products is earned on the resale of the resulting bullion to our customers based on the revaluation of precious metals on hand at higher prices. Total revenue increased by $11.94 million, or 176%, to $18.72 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $6.78 million for the same period in 2010. This increase was primarily due to $11.81 million increase in trading revenue during the 2011 period due to continued expansion of our customer base and trading volumes. The number of our customers increased by 3725, or 161%, from 6,132 customers as of December 31, 2010, to 9,857 customers as of June 30, 2011. For the six months period ended June 30, 2011, the top ten of our new customers contributed $4.96 million, or 26% of the total revenue. Our electronic trading platform accounted for approximately 99% and 100% of our revenues six-month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and revenue generated from gold and silver products we purchased from our walk-in customers for resale accounted for 1% and $nil of our revenues during the respective periods. Fair value changes of precious metals represented physical precious metals that were purchased from customers at the historical spot rate during the period and were marked to market at each balance sheet date. Management fee. Prior to our acquisition of Goldenway Precious Metals, our subsidiary, it incurred a substantial amount of management fees charged by, its former parent company and our controlling stockholder, Goldenway Investments. The management fees mainly comprised of managements remuneration, staff costs for the provision of oversight from key management personnel and jointly shared employees from various departments. Management fees increased by $3.40 million, or 377%, to $4.30 million in the six month ended June 30, 2011, as compared $0.90 million in the same period in 2010. The increase was primarily due to an increase in entertainment, travelling and employment cost incurred by Goldenway Investments during the 2011 period in connection with its business development activities and recruitment of IT maintenance and product development staff on behalf of Goldenway Precious Metals. There was a $0.67 million, or 228% increase in entertainment and travel expenses from the increase in business development activities, and a $2.46 million, or 526% increase in employment costs, primarily due to increased recruitment of IT maintenance and product development staff in order to support rapid growth in trading volumes on our electronic trading platform. Effective as of November 1, 2011, relevant key management personnel as well as relevant staff are being employed directly by the Company and therefore, the management fee is no longer being assessed. Trading expenses and commissions. Trading expenses and commissions increased at a greater rate than revenue, partly because an increase in customers, approximately 17% of whom were introduced by agents, resulted in a $1.1 million, or 240%, increase in agency fees, from $0.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 to $1.43 million for the same period in 2011. The increase was also attributable to our switch to a new transfer agent with more flexibility and shorter remittance intervals (to the benefit of our customers) but with a higher per transaction charge rate (which is absorbed by us). For the six-month periods ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, the switch to a new transfer agent contributed 53% and 27% of total trading expenses and commissions, respectively. We believe that the change in transfer agent helped us to achieve a higher trading volume during the period but also reflected the higher trading expenses and commissions as compared to the 2010 period. Employee compensation and benefit. Employee compensation and benefit increased by $0.10 million, or 22%, to $0.52 million in the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $0.43 million in the same period in 2010. The increase was primarily due to an increase in the number of new employees as a result of our business expansion. Selling and marketing expenses. Selling and marketing expenses decreased by $0.08 million, or 15%, to $0.48 million in the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared $0.56 million in the same period in 2010. The decrease was mainly due to the amortization of advertising fee to our spokesman, Simon Yam, during the 2011 period, which amounted to $0.52 million and was recognized early in the 2010 period. Occupancy expenses. Occupancy expenses increased by $0.14 million, or 70%, to $0.35 million in the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared $0.20 million in the same period in 2010. The increase was primarily due to rent payable under a new rental agreement for an additional office location for Goldenway Precious Metals at the Harbour City Building, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. General and administrative expenses. General and administration expenses increased by $0.47 million, or 568%, to $0.55 million in the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared $0.08 million in the same period in 2010. The increase was primarily due to the increase in the number of employees and related administrative expense. -23- Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and
amortization increased by $0.14 million, or 218%, to $0.20 million in the six
month ended June 30, 2011, as compared $0.06 million in the same period in 2010,
primarily due to the $0.08 million acquisition of a vehicle for our company
clients, and $0.11 million in renovation fees for our new office space. The following table sets forth key components of our results of operations during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and the nine months ended 2009, both in dollars and as a percentage of our net sales.
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Revenue. Total revenue increased by $15.53 million, or 554%, to $18.33 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $2.80 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. This increase was primarily due to a $15.73 million increase in trading revenue during the year of 2010. This increase is attributable to higher retail trading volumes during the year of 2010. Management fee. Management fee was $5.20 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $nil for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. Management fee expenses were comprised of rental, entertainment, travel and employment expenses which were incurred by Goldenway Investments during the year of 2010. Trading expenses and commissions. Trading expenses and commissions increased by $2.30 million, or 606%, to $2.67 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $0.38 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. The increase was primarily due to the increase of customer trading volume. Selling and marketing expenses. Selling and marketing expenses increased by $0.95 million, or 352%, to $1.22 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $0.27 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. The increase was primarily due to the amortization of advertising fee on the two year contract with our spokesman, Simon Yam, which was signed in late 2009. The balance of the spokesman fee, of approximately $0.2 million, was realized as an expense in 2010, and the marketing seminar cost was $0.03 million in November 2010. Employee compensation and benefit. Employee compensation and benefit increased by $0.61 million, or 203%, to $0.91 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $0.3 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. The increase was primarily due to an increase in the number of new employees as a result of our business expansion. Data processing and service fee. Data processing and service fee increased by $0.22 million, or 52%, to $0.64 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, as compared $0.42 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. The increase was primarily due to increased CGSE reference code fees in connection with the increase in trading volume, and an increase in data processing fees during the period of 2010. Occupancy expenses. Occupancy expenses increased by $0.37 million, or 224%, to $0.54 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to $0.17 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. The increase was primarily due to our entry into a new lease agreement for two new offices located in Hong Kong. General and administrative expenses. General and administration expenses increased by $0.13 million, or 120%, to $0.22 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, as compared to $0.1 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. The increase was primarily due to the increase in the number of employees and related administrative expense. Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization increased by $0.20 million, or 1,060%, to $0.22 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, as compared to $0.02 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. This increase was primarily due to the acquisition of new office and computer equipment and the increase in improvements for our two new offices. - 25- Bad debt expenses. Bad debt expenses decreased by $0.06 million, or 57%, to $0.05 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, as compared $0.11 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009 due to a decrease in the closure and balancing of low margin accounts. Income before income taxes. Income before income taxes increased by $5.63 million, or 536%, to $6.67 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, as compared $1.05 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. This increase was primarily contributed by a $15.73 million increase in trading revenue and offset by a $9.91 million increase in total expense. Income taxes. Income tax expenses increased by $0.94 million, or 546%, to $1.11 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $0.17 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009, due to substantial increase in trading revenue during the year of 2010. Net income. As of December 31, 2010, for the foregoing reasons, we generated a net income of $5.57 million, an increase of $4.69 million, or 534%, from $0.88 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. Liquidity and Capital Resources To date, we have financed our operations primarily through cash flows from operations and equity contributions by our stockholders. Apart from restricted cash of HK$1 million deposited with Hantec Bullion Limited, a third party spot contract services provider, for the purpose of ensuring timely settlement of the Companys trading activities, if any, we are not aware of any other restrictions that will significantly impact our ability to transfer cash within our corporate structure or restrict the net assets of our subsidiary, Goldenway Precious Metals. As of June 30, 2011, we had cash and cash equivalents of $4.26 million, primarily consisting of cash on hand and demand deposits. Our cash was denominated into HK$23.24 million (approximately, $3 million), and $1.26 million, representing 70% and 30% of our cash, respectively. The following table provides detailed information about our net cash flow for all financial statement periods presented in this report: Cash Flows
As a member of the CGSE, we are also subject to working capital and minimum asset requirements. Under the requirements, the minimum required working capital, defined as cash plus precious metals, is approximately $193,000 and the minimum required asset is $643,000. We were in compliance with these requirements as at June 30, 2011, December 31, 2010 and 2009. As of June 30, 2011, we had $4,260,149 in cash and $1,200,979 in gold and silver, $7,975,652 and $783,490, respectively, as at December 31, 2010, and $1,355,731 and $nil, respectively, as at December 31, 2009. As at June 30, 2011, December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, we had $23,760,047, $27,474,919 and $6,802,608, respectively, in total assets. Operating Activities Net cash provided by operating activities was $7.78 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, as compared to $6.57 million for the same period in 2010, a increase of $1.21 million. The increase was due to $3.73 million higher net income and $2.52 million lower adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities in the six months ended June 30, 2011 compared to the June 30, 2010. The lower adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities was due to an increase in accounts receivables from transfer agents of $0.85 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to $1.28 million for the same period in 2010. Other receivables was a increase of $0.35 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to a decrease of $2.37 million for the same period in 2010, due to the settlement of accounts receivables from an unrelated party. Customer deposits increased by $3.82 million for six months ended June 30, 2011, versus $2.54 million for the same period in 2010, and income taxes payable decreased to $0.06 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 as compared to an increase of $0.55 million for the same period in 2010. - 26- Net cash provided by operating activities was $11.79 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to cash used in operating activities was $0.88 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009, an increase of $12.67 million. This increase was due to $4.69 million higher net income and $7.98 million material adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2010 compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2009. The increase was as a result of a decrease in receivables from transfer agents of $0.17 million for the year end December 31, 2010, compared to an increase of $0.76 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009, as well as a decrease in other receivables of $1.96 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to an increase in $2.37 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. For the year ended December 31, 2010, precious metals held by the Company increased to $0.68 million, compared to $nil for the nine months ended December 31, 2009; prepaid expenses decreased to $0.09 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to an increase in $0.54 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009; accrued expenses increased to $1.35 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to an increase of $0.09 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009; customer deposit increased to $3.42 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to an increase of $0.97 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009; income tax payable increased to $1.38 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to an increase of $0.18 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009; and due to related parties decreased to $0.59 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to an increase of $0.6 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. Investing Activities Net cash used in investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2011 was $11.49 million, compared to $1.19 million net cash used in investing activities for the same period of 2010, an increase of $10.30 million, or 865%. The reason for the increase in cash used during the six months ended June 30, 2011, was our use of $4.51 million as a first installment on our payment for a motor vessel used by the Company to entertain and serve the Companys VIP customers and business partners. The balance was prepaid in full during the second quarter of 2011 for the acquisition of a motor vessel. Net cash used in investing activities was $14.16 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $1.64 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009, an increase of $12.52 million. The increase is mainly due to an increase in due from related parties of $14.00 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to an immaterial change for the nine months ended December 31, 2009, offset by a decrease in due from director of $1.02 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to an increase of $1.02 for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. Cash was also used to purchase property and equipment of $0.39 million during the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $0.13 million cash used to purchase property and equipments for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. $0.80 million cash used to purchase intangible assets for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $0.48 million used for the nine months ended December 31, 2009. The amount due from related parties as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 both represented balances due from Goldenway Investments, our controlling stockholder. There was an increase of $7.19 million due from related party in the six months ended June 30, 2011, compared to an increase of $1.91 million due from related party for the same period in 2010. The increase represented a cash outflow related to funds previously deposited as a capital injection by Goldenway Investments, but withdrawn during the period to support its own operations. The balance was subsequently reduced by dividend paid to and management fee charged by Goldenway Investments. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern. As of June 30, 2011, the Company has an accumulated deficit of $1,212,227 and a negative working capital of $1,552,771. The Company has in the past generated, and continues to generate net income and positive cash flows from operations. Managements focus for 2011 and beyond is to expand its customer base and generate additional revenue and positive cash flow to the Company. In addition, management will closely monitor the use of funds on discretionary expenditures. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from this uncertainty. - 27- Financing Activities There were no financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010. Cash provided by financing activities was $9.02 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $3.87 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2009, an increase of $5.15 million. The increase was due to the issuance of 70 million and 29.9 million ordinary shares with par value of $0.129 in 2010 and 2009, respectively. Operating Lease Commitments The Company leases its office space under non-cancelable operating lease agreements that expire on various dates through 2013. Future annual minimum lease payments, including maintenance and management fees, for non cancelable operating leases, are as follows:
Critical Accounting Policies Basis of Accounting The Companys financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Changes in these estimates are recorded when known. Significant estimates made by management include:
Actual results could differ from those estimates. Revenue Recognition The Company's revenue is derived from our managed flow activities between our retail customers, where we act as the counterparty to our customers' trades. Revenue is recognized in accordance with the standard, Revenue Recognition ("Staff Accounting Bulletin ("SAB") No. 104, Revenue Recognition). The Company generates revenue from trading precious metal spot contracts. SAB 104 requires that four basic criteria must be met before revenue can be recognized: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (2) delivery has occurred or services rendered; (3) the seller's price to the buyer is fixed and determinable; and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. - 28- Precious metal spot contracts generally involve the settlement of precious metal prices at market rates. Profits or losses are realized when customer transactions are liquidated. Unrealized profits or losses on open contracts are revalued at prevailing precious metal spot price (the difference between contract price and market price) at the date of the Balance Sheets are included in unrealized profits and losses, respectively, on the Balance Sheets. The Company is also engaged in trading of precious metal spot contracts with other trading companies. There were no unrealized profits or losses from open position as at December 31, 2010 and 2009 respectively. The realized losses are recorded as investment loss on the Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. The Company also holds physical precious metals for trading. The precious metals were marked to market at each year end date. The changes in fair value of these precious metals are recorded as fair value change of precious metals on the Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. Unrealized gains/losses on open contracts revalued at prevailing precious metal price (the difference between contract price and market price) at the dates of the balance sheets are included in unrealized profits/losses on open contracts. Advertising Advertising costs are incurred for the production and
communication of advertising, as well as other marketing activities. The Company
expenses the cost of advertising as incurred. The Company did not capitalize any
production costs associated with advertising for 2010 or 2009. Cash is comprised of cash on hand and unrestricted deposits.
Cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with maturities of three months
or less when purchased. Cash equivalents are recorded at fair value. Restricted cash represents security deposits withheld by an unrelated precious metal trading company with which the Company opened a trading account. Fair Value of Financial Instruments The standard, Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments, defines financial instruments and requires fair value disclosures for those instruments. The standard, Fair Value Measurements, defines fair value and establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement and enhances disclosures requirements for fair value measures. The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for cash, restricted cash, receivable from transfer agents, due from (to) related parties, due from director, other receivables, payables to brokers and others and accrued expenses qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest. The standard establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurement). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy defined by the standard are as follows:
Receivables from Transfer Agents The Company has agreements with several payment transfer agents who assist the customers to transfer funds to their trading accounts with the Company. The receivables from transfer agents represent funds collected by the agents from the customers and to be remitted to the Company. - 29- Allowance for Doubtful Accounts The Company records an increase in the allowance for doubtful accounts when the prospect of collection becomes doubtful. Management specifically analyzes accounts receivable and historical bad debt experience when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. Should any of these factors change, the estimates made by management will also change, which could affect the level of our future provision for doubtful accounts. Other Receivables Other receivables represent miscellaneous receivables from various third parties. Trading Precious Metals The Company holds physical precious metals for trade. The precious metals were marked to market at each period end date. Prepaid Expenses The Company records goods and services paid for but not to be received until a future date as prepaid assets. These include payments for advertising and occupancy related expenses. Any prepaid expense to be realized beyond the next 12 months is classified as long-term. Property and Equipment Property and equipment are recorded at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Identifiable significant improvements are capitalized and expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Property and equipment are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:
Reporting Currency and Foreign Currency Translation As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the accounts of the Company are maintained in their functional currency, the Hong Kong Dollar ("HK$"). The financial statements of the Company have been translated into U.S. dollars in accordance with the accounting standard on foreign currency translation. All assets and liabilities of the Company are translated at the exchange rate on the balance sheet date, shareholders' equity is translated at the historical rates and the statements of income and cash flows are translated at the weighted average exchange rate for the year. The resulting translation adjustments are reported under comprehensive income and as a separate component of shareholders equity. Foreign exchange rates used:
Intangible Assets The standard, Intangibles Goodwill and Other, requires purchased intangible assets other than goodwill to be amortized over their useful lives unless their lives are determined to be indefinite. The Company has two membership licenses issued by CGSE to trade precious metal price contracts and physical precious metals. The licenses are determined to have indefinite useful lives. The Company compares the recorded value of its indefinite life intangible assets to their fair value on an annual basis and whenever circumstances arise that indicates that an impairment may have occurred. The Company accounts for costs to acquire its electronic trading platform and related software in accordance with the standard, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use. The standard requires that such technology be capitalized in the application and infrastructure development stages. Costs related to training, administration and non-value-added maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. Capitalized software development costs are being amortized over the useful life, which the Company has estimated at 5 years. - 30-
Long-Lived Assets In accordance with the standard, Property, Plant and Equipment, the Company periodically evaluates the carrying value of long-lived assets when events and circumstances warrant such review. The carrying value of a long-lived asset is considered impaired when the anticipated undiscounted cash flow from such an asset is separately identifiable and is less than the carrying value. In that event, a loss is recognized in the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair market value of the long-lived asset. The Company has identified no such impairment losses.
Asset Retirement Obligations In accordance with the standard, Asset Retirement Obligations, the Company recognizes an estimated liability for future costs associated with the restoration of the leased office space. A liability for the fair value of an asset retirement obligation and corresponding increase to the carrying value of the related leasehold improvements are recorded at the time the leasehold improvements are acquired. The increase in carrying value is included in property and equipments in the accompanying balance sheets. The Company depreciates the amount added to the related leasehold improvements and recognizes expense in connection with the accretion of the discounted liability over the remaining lease term.
Payable to Agents and Others Payable to agents and others represents commission payable to agents, withdrawals requested by customers and other payables to various vendors.
Customer Deposits Customer deposits include amounts due on cash and margin transactions. These transactions include deposits adjusted for gains or losses arising from settled trades in customer accounts.
Unrealized Profits or Losses on Open Contracts Unrealized profits or losses on open contracts revalued at prevailing precious metal price (the difference between contract price and market price) at the date of balance sheets are included in unrealized profits or losses on open contracts.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income The Company's accumulated other comprehensive income, consists of foreign currency translation from the Company`s functional currency, HK$, to reporting currency, U.S. dollars.
Income Taxes The Company utilizes the standard, "Accounting for Income Taxes," which 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. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each period end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The Company adopted the provisions of the interpretation, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. The Company did not have any material unrecognized tax benefits and there was no effect on its financial condition or results of operations as a result of implementing the interpretation. The Company does not believe there will be any material changes in its unrecognized tax positions over the next 12 months.
Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing income attributable to holders of ordinary shares by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect the potential dilution that could occur if contracts to issue ordinary shares were exercised or converted into ordinary shares during the period.
- 31- The Company does not have any securities that may potentially dilute the basic earnings per share.
Statement of Cash Flows In accordance with the standard, "Statement of Cash Flows," cash flows from the Company's operations are calculated based upon the local currencies translated at the weighted average exchange rate for the year. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the statements of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheets.
Management Risk In the normal course of business, the Company executes precious metal spot contracts with its customers upon request on a margin basis. In connection with these activities, the Company acts as the counterparty. The Company seeks to manage its market risk by entering into offsetting contracts with other precious metal spot contract trading companies, if necessary, also on a margin basis. The Company seeks to control the credit risks associated with its customers' activities by requiring its customers to maintain margin collateral. The electronic trading platform does not allow customers to enter into trades if sufficient margin collateral is not on deposit with the Company. Accounting Principles Recently Adopted In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), issued FASB Accounting Standard Update (ASU) No. 2009-17, Consolidations: Improvement to Financial Reporting by Enterprises Involved with Variable Interest Entities. This standard eliminates certain scope exceptions previously permitted, provides additional guidance for determining whether an entity is a variable interest entity, and requires companies to more frequently reassess whether they must consolidate variable interest entities. The changes also replace the previously required quantitative approach to determining the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity with a requirement for an enterprise to perform a qualitative analysis to determine whether the enterprises variable interest or interests give it a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity. The standard is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2010. The adoption on January 1, 2010 of this standard did not have a material effect on the Companys financial statements. In January 2010, the FASB issued the guidance ASU 2010-06, Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. This guidance amends existing disclosure requirements about fair value measurement and clarifies and provides additional disclosure requirements related to recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements. This guidance became effective for the Company on January 1, 2010, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activities in Level 3 fair value measurements, which will be effective beginning in the first quarter of 2011. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Companys financial statements. In February 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-09, Subsequent Events (ASC Topic 855) Amendments to Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements. ASU 2010-09 requires SEC filers to evaluate subsequent events through the date the financial statements are issued and removes the requirement to disclose a date in both issued and revised financial statements through which subsequent events were evaluated. The Company adopted the pronouncement for interim periods ending after March 31, 2010. The adoption did not have a material effect on the Companys financial statements. In March 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-11, Scope Exception Related to Embedded Credit Derivatives. The provisions of ASU 2010-11 amend ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, to provide clarification on the bifurcation scope exception for embedded credit derivative features. The Company believes the adoption did not have material impact on the Companys financial statements. In December 2010, the FASB issued the amendment Disclosure of supplementary pro forma information for business combinations. The FASB amended the existing guidance to require a public entity, which presents comparative financial statements, to disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. The amendment also expanded the required supplemental pro forma disclosures to include a description of the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination, which are included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. The amendments are effective prospectively for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 16, 2010. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not believe adoption will have any impact on its financial statements. In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-28 when to perform step 2 of the goodwill impairment test for reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. The FASB amended the existing guidance to modify Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test for a reporting unit with a zero or negative carrying amount. Upon adoption of the amendment, an entity with a reporting unit that has a carrying amount that is zero or negative is required to assess whether it is more likely than not that the reporting units goodwill is impaired. If the entity determines that it is more likely than not that the goodwill of the reporting unit is impaired, the entity should perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test for the reporting unit. Any resulting goodwill impairment should be recorded as a cumulative-effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings in the period of adoption. Any goodwill impairments occurring after the initial adoption of the amendment should be included in earnings. This guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2010. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company does not believe adoption will have any impact on its financial statements.
In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08, Intangibles Goodwill and Other
(Topic 350): The amendments in this Update will allow an entity to first assess
qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the two-step
quantitative goodwill impairment test. Under these amendments, an entity would
not be required to calculate the fair value of a reporting unit unless the
entity determines, based on a qualitative assessment, that it is more likely
than not that its fair value is less than its carrying amount. The amendments
include a number of events and circumstances for an entity to consider in
conducting the qualitative assessment. The amendments are effective for annual
and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the
adoption of ASU 2011-04 to have a material impact on its unaudited interim
condensed financial statements.
- 32- In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. This standard results in a common requirement between the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. ASU 2011-04 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company is currently assessing whether the adoption of ASU 2011-04 will have a material impact on its unaudited interim condensed financial statements. PROPERTIES Our executive offices are located at Flat/RM 1209 Block 1, 33 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. We also occupy approximately 3,144 square feet of space, located at Suite 3701 and Suites 3702-4, 37/F, Tower 6, The Gateway, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, which we use for administration, marketing and customer service. The Company leases its office space under non-cancelable operating lease agreements that expire on various dates through 2013 as disclosed in more detail on the table below.
We believe that all space is in good condition and that the property is adequately insured by the Company. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock as of September 30, 2011 (i) by each person who is known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of our common stock; (ii) by each of our officers and directors; and (iii) by all of our officers and directors as a group. Unless otherwise specified, the address of each of the persons set forth below is in care of the Company, Flat/RM 1209 Block 1, 33 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. - 33-
Changes in Control We do not currently have any arrangements which if consummated may result in a change of control of our Company. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS Directors and Executive Officers The following sets forth information about our directors and executive officers as of the date of this report:
- 34- Mr. Hao Tang: Mr. Tang has been our Chief Executive Officer since September 30, 2011. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Goldenway Investments since April 2009. Prior to this employment with the Company, he was Director of Marketing at Cyberlink Pacific Limited from January 2005 until January 2008, Cyberlink Pacific Limited is an information technology company specialized in Voice-Over-IP and electronic commerce solution. From March 2001 until September 2004, Mr. Tang served as Branch Manager for the China Netcom Group Corporation in Shenzhen. Mr. Tang obtained his Bachelor degree in Computer Science at the Xiamen University in Xiaman, Peoples Republic of China. Mr. Yue Yuen Chan: Mr. Chan has been our Chief Financial Officer since September 30, 2011. Prior to this employment he served as Group Finance Director for ASA Holding Limited, responsible for the full service of financial services from the period of December 2009 until June 2011. From August 2007 until November 2009, Mr. Chan was the head of group Finance and Risk for Sunshine Partners Financial Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong Listed Company. Mr. Chan obtained his Master degree in Practicing Accounting at the Monash University in 2000. Mr. Chan is an International Affiliate of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a member of the Taxation Institute of Hong Kong and Certified Tax Adviser. Mr. Jian Qin Huang: Mr. Huang was appointed to serve as our Director, effective as of 10th day following the mailing of the Information Statement, and has served as a Director of Goldenway Precious Metals since February 2011. Prior to this, he served as a consultant at Citistar Financial from 2002 until 2011. From 1983 until 1989, he was the operation Controller for Guangzhou Huang pu Power Station. Mr. Huang holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and it Automation from Hon Hai University. Mr. Ricky Wai Lam Lai: Mr. Lai was appointed to serve as our Director, effective as of 10th day following the mailing of the Information Statement, and has served as a Director of Goldenway Precious Metals since December 2009. Prior to this, he was responsible for the setup and management of stock brokerage operations for Grand Capital Asia Ltd in February 2008. From July 2006 until February 2008, he was Director of the Wealth management Department for Prudential Brokerage. From 1986 until 2006, Mr. Lai, held various stock broking and securities trading position with various Companies. Mr. Lai obtained his Master of Science in Accounting and Finance from London School of Economics & Political Science in 1990. He also holds a Bachelor degree in Social Sciences from the University of Hong Kong. Since 2003, Mr. Lai is a Chartered International Investment Analyst. Mr. Tak Wah Tam: Mr. Tam will become a member of our board of directors on the 10th day following our mailing of the Information Statement to our stockholders. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom. Mr. Tam has over 20 years of experience in accounting, corporate finance and corporate development. From September 2009, Mr Tam is an executive director of New Smart Energy Group Limited, independent non-executive director of Siberian Mining Group Company Limited and Tech Pro Technology Development Limited, all companies are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange and was an independent non-executive director of National Arts Holdings Limited, a company listed on the GEM Board of the Stock Exchange during the period from November 2004 to June 2009. Prior to this, from July 2006 until August 2009, Mr Tam was the Investment Director for Wo Cheong Holding Limited, a private company engaged in direct investment and M&A in the Peoples Republic of China. Mr. Chi Man Lo: Mr. Lo will become a member of our board of directors on the 10th day following our mailing of the Information Statement to our stockholders. Mr. Lo is a certified public accountant (practicing) in Hong Kong and was the sole proprietor of Daniel C M Lo & Co from 1991 until its 2009 merger with Akin CPA Limited where he now serves as the senior partner of the combined firm. Mr. Lo is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (1989) and the fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (1989). He is also a fellow member of the Taxation Institute of Hong Kong (2010). He also holds a degree of Bachelor of Laws from the Beijing University, the peoples Republic of China (1997). Mr. Lo has been the Company Secretary of Vedan International (Holdings) Limited (#2317), a company listed on the Main Board in Hong Kong since 2003.
- 35- Mr. Yousuf Rashed Al Marshoudi: Mr. Al Marshoudi will become a member of our board of directors on the 10th day following our mailing of the Information Statement to our stockholders. Since September 2009, Mr. Al Marshoudi is a Senior Manager of Ajman Bank in Dubai, leading and mentoring a team of staff of a complete branch of the bank. Prior this, he was a branch Manager for the Emirates Bank for the Dubai and Fujairah Branch from December 2004 until January 2009. Mr. Al Marshoudi holds Bachelor degree in Business Information Systems from Bedhordshire University in the United Kingdom. Mr. Sultan Mohamed R. Alshara: Mr. Alshara will become a member of our board of directors on the 10th day following our mailing of the Information Statement to our stockholders. He is currently a branch coordinator for the Abu Dhabi Securities Market, since January 2003. He is also a community coordinator of the Fujairah Womens college since May 2003. Mr. Sultan Mohamed R. Alshara holds a Masters Degree in Strategic Marketing, and a Bachelors Degree in Finance and Banking from the UAE University. He has been a Certified Financial Consultant with the USA Institute of Financial Consultants since January 2005. Terry G. Bowering: Mr. Bowering served as our President and Chief Executive Officer from September 2007 until his resignation on September 30, 2011, and will serve as a member of our board of directors until the 10th day following our mailing of the Information Statement to our stockholders. Since 2003, Mr. Bowering has also served as Managing Director and General Manager of China Doll Foods Ltd. (formerly Fastserve Foods Inc.), in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, where he oversees the daily business operations of China Dolls restaurants and food services, as well as the corporate development and administrative duties for Allstar Restaurants. Prior to that, Mr. Bowering served, from 1999 to 2003, as a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Netforce Systems Inc., an Internet Services company, based in Antigua, West Indies. Mr. Bowering holds a Bachelors Degree in Finance from the University of Regina, and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Mr. Bowering currently resides in Regina, Canada. Qualifications, Attributes, Skills and Experience Represented on the Board The Board has identified particular qualifications, attributes, skills and experience that are important to be represented on the Board as a whole, in light of the Companys current needs and business priorities, the Board believes that a diversity of professional experiences in the information technology, investment and stock trading industries, and knowledge of U.S. capital markets and of U.S. accounting and financial reporting standards should be represented on the Board. Set forth below is a tabular disclosure summarizing some of the specific qualifications, attributes, skills and experiences of our directors.
Family Relationships There are no family relationships among any of our officers or directors. Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings To the best of our knowledge, none of our directors or executive officers has, during the past ten years:
Except as set forth in our discussion below in Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence Transactions with Related Persons, none of our directors, director nominees or executive officers has been involved in any transactions with us or any of our directors, executive officers, affiliates or associates which are required to be disclosed pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Summary Compensation Table Fiscal Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 The following table sets forth information concerning all cash and non-cash compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to the named persons for services rendered in all capacities during the noted periods. None of our executive officers received total annual salary and bonus compensation in excess of $100,000.
There was no cash or non-cash compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to our named executive officers for services rendered during the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009. Employment Agreements On September 30, 2011, we entered into a two -year employment agreement with Hao Tang to serve as our Chief Executive Officer. The agreement provides for an annual salary of HKD380,000 (approximately, $48,830) and is eligible to earn an annual bonus and warrants, in such amount, if any, is subject to be determined by the Board of Directors. On September 30, 2011, we entered into a two-year employment agreement with Yue Yuen Chan to serve as our Chief Financial Officer. The agreement provides for an annual base salary of not less than HKD600,000 (approximately, $77,101) and is eligible to earn an annual bonus and warrants, in such amount, if any, is subject to be determined by the Board of Directors. Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End For the year ended December 31, 2010, no director or executive officer has received compensation from us pursuant to any compensatory or benefit plan. There is no plan or understanding, express or implied, to pay any compensation to any director or executive officer pursuant to any compensatory or benefit plan. Compensation of Directors No member of our Board of Directors received any compensation for his services as a director during the year ended December 31, 2010. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE Transactions with Related Persons The following includes a summary of transactions since the beginning of the year of 2009, or any currently proposed transaction, in which we were or are to be a participant and the amount involved exceeded or exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of our total assets at year end for the last two completed fiscal years, and in which any related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest (other than compensation described under Executive Compensation). We believe the terms obtained or consideration that we paid or received, as applicable, in connection with the transactions described below were comparable to terms available or the amounts that would be paid or received, as applicable, in arms-length transactions. - 38-
- 39- All balances with related parties are non-interest bearing and have no fixed terms of repayments. Interested Transactions Policy and Procedures a. Employment of Executive Officers. Any employment by the Company of an executive officer if (a) the related compensation is required to be reported in our proxy statement under Item 402 of the SECs compensation disclosure requirements; or (b) the executive officer is not an immediate family member of another executive officer or director of the Company, the related compensation would be reported in our proxy statement under Item 402 of the SECs compensation disclosure requirements if the executive officer was a named executive officer, and the Board or a compensation
b. Director Compensation. Any compensation paid to a director if the compensation is required to be reported in our proxy statement under Item 402 of the SECs compensation disclosure requirements;
c. Certain Transactions with other Companies. Any transaction with another company at which a Related Partys only relationship is as an employee (other than an executive officer), director or beneficial owner of less than 10% of that companys shares, if the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the greater of $1,000,000, or 2 percent of that companys total annual revenues;
d. Certain Company Charitable Contributions. Any charitable contribution, grant or endowment by the Company to a charitable organization, foundation or university at which a Related Partys only relationship is as an employee (other than an executive officer) or a director, if the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the lesser of $1,000,000, or 2 percent of the charitable organizations total annual receipts;
e. Transactions Where All Shareholders Receive Proportional Benefits. Any transaction where the Related Partys interest arises solely from the ownership of our common stock and all holders of our common stock received the same benefit on a pro rata basis (e.g. dividends).
f. Transactions Involving Competitive Bids. Any transaction involving a Related Party where the rates or charges involved are determined by competitive bids.
g. Regulated Transactions. Any transaction with a Related Party involving the rendering of services as a common or contract carrier, or public utility, at rates or charges fixed in conformity with law or governmental authority.
h. Certain Banking-Related Services. Any transaction with a Related Party involving services as a bank depositary of funds, transfer agent, registrar, trustee under a trust indenture, or similar services. In addition to the foregoing Interested Transactions, the board of directors has delegated to the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer the authority to pre-approve or ratify (as applicable any Interested Transaction with a Related Party in which the aggregate amount involved is expected to be less than $250,000. In connection with each regularly scheduled meeting of the Board, a summary of each new Interested Transaction pre-approved by the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer must be provided to the Board for its review. Promoters and Certain Control Persons We did not have any promoters at any time during the past five fiscal years. Director Independence Each of Tak Wah Tam, Chi Man Lo, Yousuf Rashed Al Marshoudi and Sultan Mohamed R. Alshar were appointed to serve on our board of directors, effective as of 10th day following the mailing of the Information Statement. Each of Messrs. Tam, Lo, Marshoudi and Alshar are independent directors, as the term independent is defined by the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business. We are currently not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims that we believe will have a material adverse affect on our business, financial condition or operating results. MARKET PRICE AND DIVIDENDS ON OUR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS Market Information Our common stock is quoted on the OTCQB Market under the symbol CYIX. Historically, there has not been an active trading market for our common stock. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low closing prices of our common stock. These prices reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission, and may not represent actual transactions.
Holders As of September 30, 2011 there were approximately 46 stockholders of record of our common stock. This number does not include shares held by brokerage clearing houses, depositories or others in unregistered form. Dividends On June 30, 2011, the Company declared a one-time aggregate dividend of $14,005,862, or $0.14 per share on the 100,000,000 shares issued to Goldenway Investments, our controlling stockholder. Any decisions regarding the additional declaration of dividends will be made by our board of directors. We currently intend to retain and use any future earnings for the development and expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Our board of directors has complete discretion on whether to pay dividends, subject to the approval of our stockholders. Even if our board of directors decides to pay dividends, the form, frequency and amount will depend upon our future operations and earnings, capital requirements and surplus, general financial condition, contractual restrictions and other factors that the board of directors may deem relevant. - 40- Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans We do not have in effect any compensation plans under which our equity securities are authorized for issuance and we do not have any outstanding stock options. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES Reference is made to the disclosure set forth Item 3.02 of this report, which disclosure is incorporated by reference into this section.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Common Stock We are authorized to issue up to 75,000,000, shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share. Each outstanding share of common stock entitles the holder thereof to one vote per share on all matters. Our bylaws provide that any vacancy occurring in the board of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the board of directors. Stockholders do not have pre-emptive rights to purchase shares in any future issuance of our common stock. The holders of shares of our common stock are entitled to dividends out of funds legally available when and as declared by our board of directors. Our board of directors has never declared a dividend and does not anticipate declaring a dividend in the foreseeable future. Should we decide in the future to pay dividends, as a holding company, our ability to do so and meet other obligations depends upon the receipt of dividends or other payments from our operating subsidiary and other holdings and investments. In addition, our operating subsidiary in the PRC, from time to time, may be subject to restrictions on their ability to make distributions to us, including as a result of restrictive covenants in loan agreements, restrictions on the conversion of local currency into U.S. dollars or other hard currency and other regulatory restrictions. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, holders of our common stock are entitled to receive, ratably, the net assets available to stockholders after payment of all creditors. All of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. To the extent that additional shares of our common stock are issued, the relative interests of existing stockholders will be diluted. Anti-takeover Effects of Our Articles of Incorporation and By-laws Our articles of incorporation and bylaws contain certain provisions that may have anti-takeover effects, making it more difficult for or preventing a third party from acquiring control of the Company or changing its board of directors and management. According to our bylaws and articles of incorporation, neither the holders of the Company's common stock nor the holders of the Company's preferred stock have cumulative voting rights in the election of our directors. The combination of the present ownership by a few stockholders of a significant portion of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock and lack of cumulative voting makes it more difficult for other stockholders to replace the Company's board of directors or for a third party to obtain control of the Company by replacing its board of directors.
- 41- Anti-takeover Effects of Nevada Law
Business Combinations The business combination provisions of Sections 78.411 to 78.444, inclusive, of the Nevada Revised Statutes, or NRS, prohibit a Nevada corporation with at least 200 stockholders from engaging in various combination transactions with any interested stockholder: for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless the transaction is approved by the board of directors prior to the date the interested stockholder obtained such status; or after the expiration of the three-year period, unless:
A combination is defined to include mergers or consolidations or any sale, lease exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition, in one transaction or a series of transactions, with an "interested stockholder" having: (a) an aggregate market value equal to 5% or more of the aggregate market value of the assets of the corporation, (b) an aggregate market value equal to 5% or more of the aggregate market value of all outstanding shares of the corporation, or (c) 10% or more of the earning power or net income of the corporation. In general, an interested stockholder is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns (or within three years, did own) 10% or more of a corporation's voting stock. The statute could prohibit or delay mergers or other takeover or change in control attempts and, accordingly, may discourage attempts to acquire our company even though such a transaction may offer our stockholders the opportunity to sell their stock at a price above the prevailing market price. Our articles of incorporation state that we have elected not to be governed by the business combination provisions, therefore such provisions currently do not apply to us.
Control Share Acquisitions The control share provisions of Sections 78.378 to 78.3793, inclusive, of the NRS, which apply only to Nevada corporations with at least 200 stockholders, including at least 100 stockholders of record who are Nevada residents, and which conduct business directly or indirectly in Nevada, prohibit an acquirer, under certain circumstances, from voting its shares of a target corporation's stock after crossing certain ownership threshold percentages, unless the acquirer obtains approval of the target corporation's disinterested stockholders. The statute specifies three thresholds: one-fifth or more but less than one-third, one-third but less than a majority, and a majority or more, of the outstanding voting power. Once an acquirer crosses one of the above thresholds, those shares in an offer or acquisition and acquired within 90 days thereof become control shares and such control shares are deprived of the right to vote until disinterested stockholders restore the right. These provisions also provide that if control shares are accorded full voting rights and the acquiring person has acquired a majority or more of all voting power, all other stockholders who do not vote in favor of authorizing voting rights to the control shares are entitled to demand payment for the fair value of their shares in accordance with statutory procedures established for dissenters' rights. Our articles of incorporation state that we have elected not to be governed by the control share provisions, therefore, they currently do not apply to us.
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Transfer Agent and Registrar Our independent stock transfer agent is TranShare Corporation. Their mailing address is 5105 DTC Parkway, Suite 325, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, and their phone number is (303) 662-1112. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS Section 78.138 of the NRS provides that a director or officer will not be individually liable unless it is proven that (i) the director's or officer's acts or omissions constituted a breach of his or her fiduciary duties, and (ii) such breach involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law. Section 78.7502 of NRS permits a company to indemnify its directors and officers against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with a threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding if the officer or director (i) is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 or (ii) acted in good faith and in a manner the officer or director reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, if a criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct of the officer or director was unlawful. Section 78.751 of NRS permits a Nevada company to indemnify its officers and directors against expenses incurred by them in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding as they are incurred and in advance of final disposition thereof, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the officer or director to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such officer or director is not entitled to be indemnified by the company. Section 78.751 of NRS further permits the company to grant its directors and officers additional rights of indemnification under its articles of incorporation or bylaws or otherwise. Section 78.752 of NRS provides that a Nevada company may purchase and maintain insurance or make other financial arrangements on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the company, or is or was serving at the request of the company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, for any liability asserted against him and liability and expenses incurred by him in his capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the company has the authority to indemnify him against such liability and expenses. Our Articles of Incorporation provide that no director or officer of the Company will be personally liable to the Company or any of its stockholders for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer; provided, however, that the foregoing provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director or officer (i) for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or knowing violation of law, or (ii) the payment of dividends in violation of Section 78.300 of NRS. In addition, our Bylaws implement the indemnification and insurance provisions permitted by Chapter 78 of the NRS by providing that:
Insofar as indemnification by us for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers or persons controlling the company pursuant to provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification by such director, officer or controlling person of us 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 offered, 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.
- 43- At the present time, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving a director, officer, employee or other agent of ours in which indemnification would be required or permitted. We are not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding, which may result in a claim for such indemnification. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None. ITEM 3.02 UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES In instances described above where we issued securities in reliance upon Regulation D, we relied upon Rule 506 of Regulation D of the Securities Act. These stockholders who received the securities in such instances made representations in substance that (a) the stockholder is acquiring the securities for his, her or its own account for investment and not for the account of any other person and not with a view to or for distribution, assignment or resale in connection with any distribution within the meaning of the Securities Act, (b) the stockholder agrees not to sell or otherwise transfer the purchased shares unless they are registered under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws, or an exemption or exemptions from such registration are available, (c) the stockholder has knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such that he, she or it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in us, (d) the stockholder had access to all of our documents, records, and books pertaining to the investment and was provided the opportunity ask questions and receive answers regarding the terms and conditions of the offering and to obtain any additional information which we possessed or were able to acquire without unreasonable effort and expense, and (e) the stockholder has no need for the liquidity in its investment in us and could afford the complete loss of such investment. Management made the determination that the investors in instances where we relied on Regulation D are accredited investors (as defined in Regulation D) based upon management's inquiry into their sophistication and net worth. In addition, there was no general solicitation or advertising for securities issued in reliance upon Regulation D. In instances described above where we indicate that we relied upon Section 4(2) of the Securities Act in issuing securities, our reliance was based upon the following factors: (a) the issuance of the securities was an isolated private transaction by us which did not involve a public offering; (b) there were only a limited number of offerees; (c) there were no subsequent or contemporaneous public offerings of the securities by us; (d) the securities were not broken down into smaller denominations; and (e) the negotiations for the sale of the stock took place directly between the offeree and us. ITEM 5.01 CHANGES IN CONTROL OF REGISTRANT Reference is made to the disclosure set forth under Item 2.01 of this report, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference. As a result of the closing of the acquisition of Goldenway Precious Metals, Goldenway Investment, its former shareholder acquired 80.80% of the total outstanding shares of our common stock and 80.80% total voting power of all our outstanding voting securities. ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS Upon the closing of the Share Exchange Agreement on September 30, 2011, our sole director and officer, submitted a resignation letter pursuant to which he resigned from all offices that he held effective immediately and from his position as our director that will become effective on the tenth day following our mailing of the Information Statement to our stockholders, which will be mailed on or about September 30, 2011. The resignation of Mr. Bowering was not in connection with any known disagreement with us on any matter. On the same date, our board of directors increased its size from one to seven members and appointed Hao Tang, Jian Qin Huang, Ricky Wai Lam Lai, Tak Wah Tam, Chi Man Lo, Yousuf Rashed Al Marshoudi, and Sultan Mohamed R. Alshara to fill the vacancies created by such increase and Mr. Bowerings resignation. Mr. Tangs appointment became effective upon the closing of the acquisition on September 30, 2011, and the remaining appointments will become effective upon the tenth day following our mailing of the Information Statement to our stockholders. In addition, our board of directors appointed Hao Tang, to serve as our Chief Executive Office and Yue Yuen Chan to serve as our Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately at the closing of the acquisition.
- 44- For certain biographical and other information regarding the newly appointed officers and directors, see the disclosure under Item 2.01 of this report, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 5.03 AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR On September 30, 2011, our board of directors approved a change in our fiscal year end from June 30 to December 31. These changes are being effectuated in connection with the reverse acquisition transaction described in Item 2.01 above. ITEM 5.06 CHANGE IN SHELL COMPANY STATUS Reference is made to the disclosure set forth under Item 2.01 and 5.01 of this report, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 5.07 SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS On September 30, 2011, Goldenway Investments Holdings Limited, being the record holder of 24,587,299 shares of our common stock, constituting 80.80% of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock, the sole class of our voting securities, adopted and approved an amendment and restatement of our Articles of Incorporation to, among other things, implement a 1-for-0.481752 reverse split and to change the name of the Company to Goldenway Precious Metals, Inc. On such date, we had 30,430,596 shares of common stock issued and outstanding with the holders thereof being entitled to cast one vote per share. Our board of directors approved the amendment and recommended it for submittal to stockholders on September 30, 2011. We intend to file the requisite Information Statement on Schedule 14C, pursuant to Section 14(c) of the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, with the SEC within a week. The amendment will become effective upon filing of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation with the Nevada Secretary of State, which will be filed approximately twenty (20) days after such Information Statement is first mailed to our stockholders. ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired
Filed herewith are:
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information Filed herewith is unaudited pro forma combined financial information of Goldenway, Inc. (formerly, Cyber Informatix, Inc.) and its subsidiary. (d) Exhibits
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SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: April 16, 2012
GOLDENWAY, INC.
By: /s/ Ricky Wai Lam Lai
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Goldenway Precious Metals Limited Unaudited Interim Condensed Financial Statements For the Six Months ended June 30, 2011 (Unaudited)
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Goldenway Precious Metals Limited (the Company) was incorporated in Hong Kong on April 7, 2009. The Company has obtained licenses from the Chinese Gold & Silver Society (CGSE) and is involved in the provision of brokerage services, dealing of precious metal contracts and trading of precious metals. Its internet trading platform provides a market for customers to trade, on a margin basis, precious metal contracts. The accompanying unaudited interim condensed financial statements include the accounts of the Company. The accompanying unaudited interim condensed financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring items) considered necessary in order to make the interim financials not misleading have been included and all such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. The unaudited interim condensed financial statements are based on accounting principles that are consistent in all material respects with those applied in the Companys annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010 (2010 Financial Statements); except as disclosed below. They do not include certain footnote disclosures and financial information normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP and, therefore, should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes included in the Company's 2010 Financial Statements. Recently Adopted Accounting
Standards In December 2010, the Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) issued the amendment Disclosure of supplementary pro forma information for business combinations. The FASB amended the existing guidance to require a public entity, which presents comparative financial statements, to disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. The amendment also expanded the required supplemental pro forma disclosures to include a description of the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination, which are included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. The amendment became effective for the Company on January 1, 2011. The adoption of this amendment did not have a material impact on the Companys unaudited interim condensed financial statements. In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-28 when to perform step 2 of the goodwill impairment test for reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. The FASB amended the existing guidance to modify Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test for a reporting unit with a zero or negative carrying amount. Upon adoption of the amendment, an entity with a reporting unit that has a carrying amount that is zero or negative is required to assess whether it is more likely than not that the reporting units goodwill is impaired. If the entity determines that it is more likely than not that the goodwill of the reporting unit is impaired, the entity should perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test for the reporting unit. Any resulting goodwill impairment should be recorded as a cumulative-effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings in the period of adoption. Any goodwill impairments occurring after the initial adoption of the amendment should be included in earnings. This guidance became effective for the Company on January 1, 2011. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Companys unaudited interim condensed financial statements. -F-7-
Recent Accounting Pronouncements In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08, Intangibles Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): The amendments in this Update will allow an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the two-step quantitative goodwill impairment test. Under these amendments, an entity would not be required to calculate the fair value of a reporting unit unless the entity determines, based on a qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that its fair value is less than its carrying amount. The amendments include a number of events and circumstances for an entity to consider in conducting the qualitative assessment. The amendments are effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-04 to have a material impact on its unaudited interim condensed financial statements. In June, 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income. ASU 2011-05 requires entities to present net income and other comprehensive income in either a single continuous statement or in two separate, but consecutive, statements of net income and other comprehensive income. ASU 2011-05 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of ASU 2011-05 will not have a material impact on the Companys unaudited interim condensed financial statements. In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. This standard results in a common requirement between the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. ASU 2011-04 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company is currently assessing whether the adoption of ASU 2011-04 will have a material impact on its unaudited interim condensed financial statements.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, which contemplate continuation of the Company as a going concern. As of June 30, 2011, the Company has an accumulated deficit of $1,212,227 and a negative working capital of $1,552,771. The Company has in the past and continues to generate net income and positive cash flows from operations. Managements focus for 2011 and beyond is to expand its customer base and generate additional revenue and positive cash flow to the Company. In addition, management will closely monitor the use of funds on discretionary expenditures. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from this uncertainty. -F-8-
The following table presents the Companys assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value and the related hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
Level 1 Financial Assets The Company has investments in gold and silver that are Level 1 financial instruments and are recorded based upon listed or quoted gold and silver market prices. The investments in gold and silver are recorded in Trading precious metals. Level 2 Financial Assets The Company has open spot contracts that are Level 2 financial instruments and are recorded based on the difference in market price of the underlying precious metal of the open spot contracts between the date when the contracts are entered and the balance sheet date. The open spot contracts are recorded in Unrealized profits on open contracts and Unrealized losses on open contracts.
Other receivables consisted of the following as at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
The Company performs its own trading of precious metal contracts through Hantec Bullion Limited (Hantec), a private precious metal trading company in Hong Kong. All the deposit with Hantec can be used for future trading or withdrawn at the Companys discretion. CGSE charges the Company a fee for each precious metal trading transaction and issues rebates based on the transaction volume. -F-9-
Prepayment and prepaid expense consisted of the following as at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
Property and equipment, including leasehold improvements, consisted of the following as at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
Depreciation expense was $134,310 and $62,450 for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.
Payable to agents and others consisted of the following as at June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010:
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The Company has engaged in related party transactions with certain major stockholders, directors and officers of the Company as described below. Management believes that the transactions described below and in the related notes were completed on terms substantially equivalent to those that could prevail in arms-length transactions. Entities under common control are:
During the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company paid $Nil and $475,675 for IT service fee to ICICLE, respectively and recorded the expenses as a data processing and service fee under the interim condensed statements of operations and comprehensive income.
During the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, the Company paid $64,251 and $Nil IT service fee to Gateway, respectively and recorded the expenses as data processing and service fee under the interim condensed statements of operations and comprehensive income. As at June 30, 2011, the Company prepaid $Nil to Gateway for future IT services (December 31, 2010 - $32,130).
A management fee agreement between the Company and
its Parent provides management fee charges to the Company based on the actual
operating cost incurred by Parent plus a mark-up rate on certain operation
costs. The management fee shall be payable on annual basis or on demand after a
provision of service by Parent.
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The Company leases office space under non-cancellable operating lease agreements that expire on various dates through 2013. Future annual minimum lease payments, including maintenance and management fee, for non-cancellable operating leases, are as follows:
The Company, as a member of CGSE, is subject to working capital and asset requirements. Under the requirements, the minimum required working capital, defined as cash plus precious metals, is approximately $193,000 and the minimum required assets is $643,000. The Company was in compliant with the requirements as at June 30, 2011 and 2010. As at June 30, 2011, the Company has $4,260,149 and $1,200,979 cash and trading precious metals, respectively (December 31, 2010 - $7,975,652 and $783,490). The Companys total assets is $23,760,047 as at June 30, 2011 (December 31, 2010 - $27,474,919).
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-F-15- Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Shareholders and Board of Directors of We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Goldenway Precious Metals Limited (the Company) as at December 31, 2010 and 2009 and the related statements of operations and comprehensive income, shareholders equity and cash flows for each of the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We are not engaged to perform an audit of the Companys internal control over financial reporting. Our audits 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 Companys internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes 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 opinions. In our opinion, these financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as at December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Signed: MSCM LLP Chartered Accountants Toronto, Ontario
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Revenue
Recognition The Company's revenue is derived from our managed flow activities between our retail customers, where we act as the counterparty to our customers' trades. Revenue is recognized in accordance with the standard, Revenue Recognition ("Staff Accounting Bulletin ("SAB") No. 104, Revenue Recognition). The Company generates revenue from precious metal price contracts trading. SAB 104 requires that four basic criteria must be met before revenue can be recognized: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (2) delivery has occurred or services rendered; (3) the seller's price to the buyer is fixed and determinable; and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. Precious metal price contracts generally involve the settlement of precious metal prices at market rates. Profits or losses are realized when customer transactions are liquidated. Unrealized profits or losses on open contracts are revalued at prevailing precious metal price (the difference between contract price and market price) at the date of the Balance Sheets are included in unrealized profits and losses, respectively, on the Balance Sheets. Changes in net unrealized profits or losses amounted to $809,090 and $122,272 during the fiscal 2010 and 2009, respectively, and are recorded in revenue on the Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. The Company is also engaged in trading of precious metal price contracts with other trading companies. There were no unrealized profits or losses from open position as at December 31, 2010 and 2009. The realized losses are recorded as investment loss on the Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. The Company also holds physical precious metals for trading. The precious metals were marked to market at each year end date. The changes in fair value of these precious metals are recorded as fair value change of precious metals on the Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. Unrealized gains/losses on open contracts revalued at prevailing precious metal price (the difference between contract price and market price) at the dates of the balance sheets are included in unrealized profits/losses on open contracts. Advertising Advertising costs are incurred for the production and communication of advertising, as well as other marketing activities. The Company expenses the cost of advertising as incurred. The Company did not capitalize any production costs associated with advertising for 2010 or 2009. The total amount charged to advertising expense was $1,220,928 and $271,895 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Cash and cash
equivalents Cash is comprised of cash on hand and unrestricted deposits. Cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with maturies of three months or less when purchased. Cash equivalents are recorded at fair value. Restricted Cash Restricted cash represents security deposits withheld by an unrelated precious metal trading company with which the Company opened a trading account. -F-22-
Fair Value of Financial
Instruments The standard, Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments, defines financial instruments and requires fair value disclosures for those instruments. The standard, Fair Value Measurements, defines fair value and establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement and enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for cash, restricted cash, receivable from transfer agents, due from (to) related parties, due from director, other receivables, payables to brokers and others and accrued expenses qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest. The standard establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurement). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy defined by the standard are as follows:
Receivables from Transfer
Agents The Company has agreements with several payment transfer agents who assist the customers to transfer funds to their trading accounts with the Company. The receivables from transfer agents represent funds collected by the agents from the customers and to be remitted to the Company. -F-23-
Allowance for Doubtful
Accounts The Company records an increase in the allowance for doubtful accounts when the prospect of collection becomes doubtful. Management specifically analyzes accounts receivable and historical bad debt experience when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts. Should any of these factors change, the estimates made by management will also change, which could affect the level of our future provision for doubtful accounts. The Company wrote off $47,051 of accounts receivable for the year ended December 31, 2010 (2009 - $108,873). Other Receivables Other receivables represent miscellaneous receivables from various third parties. Trading Precious Metals The Company holds physical precious metals for trade. The precious metals were marked to market at each period end date. Prepaid Expenses The Company records goods and services paid for but not to be received until a future date as prepaid assets. These include payments for advertising and occupancy related expenses. Any prepaid expense to be realized beyond the next 12 months is classified as long-term. Property and Equipment Property and equipment are recorded at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Identifiable significant improvements are capitalized and expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Property and equipment are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:
Reporting Currency and Foreign Currency Translation As of December 31, 2010 and 2009, the accounts of the Company are maintained in their functional currency, the Hong Kong Dollar ("HK$"). The financial statements of the Company have been translated into U.S. dollars in accordance with the accounting standard on foreign currency translation. All assets and liabilities of the Company are translated at the exchange rate on the balance sheet date, shareholders' equity is translated at the historical rates and the statements of operations and cash flows are translated at the weighted average exchange rate for the year. The resulting translation adjustments are reported under comprehensive income and as a separate component of shareholders equity. Foreign exchange rates used:
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Intangible Assets The standard, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other, requires purchased intangible assets other than goodwill to be amortized over their useful lives unless their lives are determined to be indefinite. The Company has two membership licenses issued by CGSE to trade precious metal price contracts and physical precious metals. The licenses are determined to have indefinite useful lives. The Company compares the recorded value of its indefinite life intangible assets to their fair value on an annual basis and whenever circumstances arise that indicates that an impairment may have occurred. The Company accounts for costs to acquire its trading platform and related software in accordance with the standard, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use. The standard requires that such technology be capitalized in the application and infrastructure development stages. Costs related to training, administration and non-value-added maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. Capitalized software development costs are being amortized over the useful life, which the Company has estimated at 5 years. Long-Lived Assets In accordance with the standard, Property, Plant and Equipment, the Company periodically evaluates the carrying value of long-lived assets when events and circumstances warrant such review. The carrying value of a long-lived asset is considered impaired when the anticipated undiscounted cash flow from such an asset is separately identifiable and is less than the carrying value. In that event, a loss is recognized in the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair market value of the long-lived asset. The Company has identified no such impairment losses. Asset Retirement Obligations In accordance with the standard, Asset Retirement Obligations, the Company recognizes an estimated liability for future costs associated with the restoration of the leased office space. A liability for the fair value of an asset retirement obligation and corresponding increase to the carrying value of the related leasehold improvements are recorded at the time the leasehold improvements are acquired. The increase in carrying value is included in property and equipments in the accompanying balance sheets. The Company depreciates the amount added to the related leasehold improvements and recognizes expense in connection with the accretion of the discounted liability over the remaining lease term. During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company recognized $50,122 (2009 - $Nil) asset retirement obligation and recorded the amount in accrued expenses and other liabilities on the accompanying balance sheets. The remaining balance of the recorded assets for the asset retirement obligations as at December 31, 2010 was $29,050 (2009 - $Nil). -F-25-
Payable to Agents and Others Payable to agents and others represents commission payable to agents, withdrawals requested by customers and other payables to various vendors. Customer Deposits Customer deposits include amounts due on cash and margin transactions. These transactions include deposits adjusted for gains or losses arising from settled trades in customer accounts. Unrealized Profits or Losses on Open Contracts Unrealized profits or losses on open contracts revalued at prevailing precious metal price (the difference between contract price and market price) at the date of balance sheets are included in unrealized profits or losses on open contracts. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income The Company's accumulated other comprehensive income, consists of foreign currency translation from the Company`s functional currency, HK$, to reporting currency, U.S. dollars. Income Taxes The Company utilizes the standard, "Accounting for Income Taxes," which 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. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each period end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The Company adopted the provisions of the interpretation, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. The Company did not have any material unrecognized tax benefits and there was no effect on its financial condition or results of operations as a result of implementing the interpretation. The Company does not believe there will be any material changes in its unrecognized tax positions over the next 12 months. Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing income attributable to holders of ordinary shares by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect the potential dilution that could occur if contracts to issue ordinary shares were exercised or converted into ordinary shares during the period. The Company does not have any securities that may potentially dilute the basic earnings per share. -F-26-
Statement of Cash Flows In accordance with the standard, "Statement of Cash Flows," cash flows from the Company's operations are calculated based upon the local currencies translated at the weighted average exchange rate for the year. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the statements of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheets. Management Risk In the normal course of business, the Company executes precious metal contracts with its customers upon request on a margin basis. In connection with these activities, the Company acts as the counterparty. The Company seeks to manage its market risk by entering into offsetting contracts with other precious metal contract trading companies, if necessary, also on a margin basis. The Company seeks to control the credit risks associated with its customers' activities by requiring its customers to maintain margin collateral. The trading platform does not allow customers to enter into trades if sufficient margin collateral is not on deposit with the Company. Accounting Principles Recently Adopted In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), issued FASB Accounting Standard Update (ASU) No. 2009-17, Consolidations: Improvement to Financial Reporting by Enterprises Involved with Variable Interest Entities. This standard eliminates certain scope exceptions previously permitted, provides additional guidance for determining whether an entity is a variable interest entity, and requires companies to more frequently reassess whether they must consolidate variable interest entities. The changes also replace the previously required quantitative approach to determining the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity with a requirement for an enterprise to perform a qualitative analysis to determine whether the enterprises variable interest or interests give it a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity. The standard is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2010. The adoption on January 1, 2010 of this standard did not have a material effect on the Companys financial statements. In January 2010, the FASB issued the guidance ASU 2010-06, Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. This guidance amends existing disclosure requirements about fair value measurement and clarifies and provides additional disclosure requirements related to recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements. This guidance became effective for the Company on January 1, 2010, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activities in Level 3 fair value measurements, which will be effective beginning in the first quarter of 2011. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Companys financial statements. In February 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-09, Subsequent Events (ASC Topic 855) Amendments to Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements. ASU 2010-09 requires SEC filers to evaluate subsequent events through the date the financial statements are issued and removes the requirement to disclose a date in both issued and revised financial statements through which subsequent events were evaluated. The Company adopted the pronouncement for interim periods ending after March 31, 2010. The adoption did not have a material effect on the Companys financial statements. In March 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-11, Scope Exception Related to Embedded Credit Derivatives. The provisions of ASU 2010-11 amend ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, to provide clarification on the bifurcation scope exception for embedded credit derivative features. The adoption did not have material impact on the Companys financial statements. -F-27-
Recent Accounting Pronouncements In December 2010, the FASB issued the amendment Disclosure of supplementary pro forma information for business combinations. The FASB amended the existing guidance to require a public entity, which presents comparative financial statements, to disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. The amendment also expanded the required supplemental pro forma disclosures to include a description of the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination, which are included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. The amendment became effective for the Company on January 1, 2011. The adoption of this amendment did not have a material impact on the Companys financial statements. In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-28 when to perform step 2 of the goodwill impairment test for reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. The FASB amended the existing guidance to modify Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test for a reporting unit with a zero or negative carrying amount. Upon adoption of the amendment, an entity with a reporting unit that has a carrying amount that is zero or negative is required to assess whether it is more likely than not that the reporting units goodwill is impaired. If the entity determines that it is more likely than not that the goodwill of the reporting unit is impaired, the entity should perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test for the reporting unit. Any resulting goodwill impairment should be recorded as a cumulative-effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings in the period of adoption. Any goodwill impairments occurring after the initial adoption of the amendment should be included in earnings. This guidance became effective for the Company on January 1, 2011. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Companys financial statements. In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. This standard results in a common requirement between the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. ASU 2011-04 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-04 to have a material impact on its financial statements. In June, 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income. ASU 2011-05 requires entities to present net income and other comprehensive income in either a single continuous statement or in two separate, but consecutive, statements of net income and other comprehensive income. ASU 2011-05 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of ASU 2011-05 will not have a material impact on the Companys financial statements. -F-28-
Recent Accounting Pronouncements In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08, Intangibles Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): The amendments in this Update will allow an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the two-step quantitative goodwill impairment test. Under these amendments, an entity would not be required to calculate the fair value of a reporting unit unless the entity determines, based on a qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that its fair value is less than its carrying amount. The amendments include a number of events and circumstances for an entity to consider in conducting the qualitative assessment. The amendments are effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-04 to have a material impact on its financial statements.
The following table presents the Companys assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value and the related hierarchy levels as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:
Level 1 Financial Assets The Company has investments in gold and silver that are Level 1 financial instruments and are recorded based upon listed or quoted gold and silver market prices. The investments in gold and silver are recorded in Trading precious metals. Level 2 Financial Assets The Company has open spot contracts that are Level 2 financial instruments and are recorded based on the difference in market price of the underlying precious metal of the open spot contracts between the date when the contracts are entered and the balance sheet date. The open spot contracts are recorded in Unrealized profits on open contracts and Unrealized losses on open contracts. -F-29-
Other receivables consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:
The Company performs its own trading of precious metal price contracts through Hantec Bullion Limited (Hantec), a private precious metal trading company in Hong Kong. The Company had $216,525 deposit with Hantec which can be used for future trading or withdrawn at the Companys discretion. The loan to third party is non-interest bearing and has no fixed terms of repayment. The balance was repaid within one year. CGSE charges the Company a fee for each precious metal price trading transaction and issues rebate based on the transaction volume.
Property and equipment, including leasehold improvements, consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:
Depreciation expense was $122,041 and $18,849 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. -F-30-
Intangible assets consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:
Amortization expense was $96,545 and $Nil for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The estimated amortization expense is:
Payable to agents and others consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:
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Accrued expenses and other liabilities consisted of the following as of December 31, 2010 and 2009:
The Company was incorporated on April 7, 2009 with an authorized share capital of 1 billion ordinary shares. The Company issued 5,500,000 ordinary shares with par value of $0.129, equivalent to HK$1, on April 20, 2009. On May 6, 2009, an additional 24,500,000 ordinary shares with par value of $0.129, equivalent to HK$1, were issued by the Company. The total cash proceeds from the above stock issuances were $3,870,958. On October 6, 2010, the Company issued additional 70,000,000 ordinary shares with par value of $0.129, equivalent to HK$1. The cash proceeds from such stock issuance was $9,020,619. -F-32-
The Company was engaged in related party transactions with certain major stockholders, directors and officers of the Company as described below. Management believes that the transactions described below and in the related notes were completed on terms substantially equivalent to those that could prevail in armslength transactions. Entities under common control are:
All balances with related parties are non-interest bearing and have no fixed terms of repayments. -F-33-
The Company is governed by the Hong Kong Profits Tax Law. Under Hong Kong Profits Tax Law, the Company is subject to profits tax at a statutory rate of 16.5% on income reported in the statutory financial statements after appropriate tax adjustments. Reconciliation of income tax expenses to the amount computed by the current statutory rate to income before income tax is as follows:
Significant components of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2010 and 2009 were as follows:
Leases - The Company leases office space under non-cancellable operating lease agreements that expire on various dates through 2013. Future annual minimum lease payments, including maintenance and management fees, for non-cancellable operating leases, are as follows:
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The Company, as a member of CGSE, is subject to working capital and asset requirements. Under the requirements, the minimum required working capital, defined as cash plus precious metals, is approximately $193,000 (HK$ 1.5 million) and the minimum required assets is $643,000 (HK$ 5 million). The Company was in compliant with the requirements as at December 31, 2010 and 2009. As at December 31, 2010, the Company has $7,975,652 and $783,490 cash and trading precious metal, respectively (December 31, 2009 - $1,355,731 and $Nil). The Companys total assets is $27,474,919 as at December 31, 2010 (December 31, 2009 - $6,802,608).
The Standard, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information, establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision-maker, or decision making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company's operations relate to provision of brokerage services, dealing of precious metal price contracts and trading of precious metals during the period and related services. Based on the Company's management strategies, and common production, marketing, development and client coverage teams, the Company assesses that it operates in a single operating segment. For fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, no single customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company's revenue. The Company does not allocate revenues by geographic regions since the Company trades on an aggregate basis and does not have a method to systematically attribute trading volume from a geographic region to associated revenue from a particular geographic region.
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CYBER INFORMATIX, INC. UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) -PF-1- Cyber Informatix, Inc. Basis of Preparation On September 30, 2011, Cyber Informatix, Inc. ("Cyber") consummated a share exchange agreement, dated August 8, 2011, with Goldenway Precious Metals Limited ("Goldenway") and its shareholders, pursuant to which Cyber agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Goldenway from its shareholder in exchange of 24,587,299 newly issued shares of Cyber with a par value $0.001 per share, which constituted approximately 80.80% of Cyber's issued and outstanding capital stock on a fully-diluted basis as of and immediately after consummation of transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement, which effected a reverse acquisition of Goldenway and a change in control of Cyber. The unaudited pro forma condensed statements of operations and comprehensive income for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and the pro forma condensed balance sheet as at June 30, 2011 present our condensed result of operations and comprehensive income giving pro forma effect to the reverse acquisition by Cyber of Goldenway as if the acquisition occurred on January 1, 2011. The pro forma adjustments are based on available information and upon assumptions that our management believes are reasonable in order to reflect, on a pro forma basis, the impact of these transactions on the historical financial information of Goldenway. The unaudited pro forma condensed financial information is included for informational purposes only and does not purport to reflect the results of operations and comprehensive income for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and the financial position as at June 30, 2011 of Goldenway that would have occurred had we operated as a public company during the periods presented. The unaudited pro forma condensed financial information also does not project our result of operations and comprehensive income or financial position for any future period or date. -PF-2- Cyber Informatix, Inc.
-PF-3- Cyber Informatix, Inc.
Note (a) Share Exchange Agreement The stockholder of Goldenway exchange all of its common stock for 24,587,299 shares of common stock of Cyber. The acquisition has been accounted for as the issuance of common stock for the net assets of Goldenway by recapitalization. Note (b) Common share cancellation In accordance with the Securities Purchase Agreement, a cancellation of 26,703 shares of Cyber will be cancelled by shareholders of Cyber at closing of the transaction as described in Note (a) above. Note (c) Reverse Stock Split In accordance with the Share Exchange Agreement, Cyber will effect a 0.481752 to 1 share reverse split to decrease the authorized number of share of its common stock from 75,000,000 to 36,131,400 shares. As a result, Cybers common shares that are issued and outstanding will decrease to 14,660,000. Note (d) Assume no transaction cost on the above share exchange and no private placement was involved with the above transactions. Note (e) The Unaudited Pro Forma Statements are prepared under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America. Note (f) Pro Forma Common Stock Pro Forma Common Stock as at June 30, 2011 has been determined as follows: -PF-5-
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