Unassociated Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2008
Registration No. 333-149171   


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
  
AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 

 
ENERGROUP HOLDINGS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada
 
2011
 
87-0420774
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
 
(Primary Standard Industrial
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
 
Classification Number)
 
Identification No.)
 

 
No. 9, Xin Yi Street, Ganjingzi District
Dalian City, Liaoning province, PRC 116039
Telephone: +86 411 867 166 96
(Address, Including Zip Code and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal
Executive Offices)
 
The Corporation Trust Company of Nevada
6100 Neil Road, Suite 800
Reno, Nevada 89511
(775) 688-3061
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

With copies of all correspondence to:
Edgar D. Park and Kevin K. Leung
Richardson & Patel LLP
10900 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 500
Los Angeles, California 90024
(310) 208-1182
 

 
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. þ 
 
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨ 
 
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
 
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨ 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “non-accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
 
Large Accelerated Filer o
Accelerated Filer o
 
 
Non-Accelerated Filer o
Smaller Reporting Company x
(do not check if a smaller reporting company)  
 
 
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
 
Title of Each Class of 
Securities to be Registered
 
Amount to be
Registered
 
Proposed 
Maximum Per
Share Offering Price 
 
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate 
Offering Price (1)
 
Amount of
Registration Fee
 
Common Stock
   
8,140,487
 
$
5.00
(2)
$
40,702,435
 
$
1,599.61
(3)
 
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act.
   
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, the price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the last reported per share price of the common stock of the Registrant on the OTC Bulletin Board.
 
(3)
The amount of $2,277.61 was previously paid.

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
 


  

 
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and no offer to buy these securities is being solicited in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Prospectus

ENERGROUP HOLDINGS CORPORATION
 
8,140,487 shares
 
Common Stock
 

 
This prospectus covers the resale by selling shareholders of up to 8,140,487 shares of our common stock, $0.001 par value.
 
These securities will be offered for sale from time to time by the selling shareholders identified in this prospectus at prevailing market prices in accordance with the terms described in the section of this prospectus entitled “Plan of Distribution.” We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the common stock by the selling shareholders.
 
Our securities are not listed on any national securities exchange. Our common stock is currently quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “ENHD.OB.” The last reported per share price for our common stock was $5.00, as quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board on March 5, 2008.
 

 
INVESTING IN OUR COMMON STOCK INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. SEE “RISK FACTORS” BEGINNING ON PAGE 9.

NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

The date of this prospectus is May __, 2008
 

 
No offers to sell are made, nor are offers sought to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the information contained in this prospectus is accurate as of the date in the front of this prospectus only. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospectus may have changed since that date.
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
 
Page
 
 
 
 
 
Prospectus Summary
   
1
 
Summary Consolidated Financial Data
   
7
 
Supplementary Financial Information
   
8
 
Risk Factors
   
9
 
Business
   
26
 
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
   
49
 
Use of Proceeds
   
49
 
Plan of Distribution
   
49
 
Selling Shareholders
   
51
 
Selected Consolidated Financial Data
   
55
 
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
   
56
 
Legal Proceedings
   
73
 
Management
   
74
 
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Holders and Management
   
81
 
Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions
   
82
 
Description of Securities
   
84
 
Dividends
   
86
 
Shares Eligible for Future Sale
   
86
 
Changes In and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
   
87
 
Legal Matters
   
87
 
Experts
   
87
 
Disclosure of Commission Position on Indemnification
   
88
 
Additional Information
   
88
 
Index to Consolidated Financial Information
   
F-1
 
 

 
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
  
This summary contains basic information about us and this offering. You should read the entire prospectus carefully, especially the risks of investing in our common stock discussed under “Risk Factors.” Some of the statements contained in this prospectus, including statements under “Summary” and “Risk Factors” as well as those noted in the documents incorporated herein by reference, are forward-looking statements and may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. We note that our actual results and future events may differ significantly based upon a number of factors. You should not put undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this document, which speak only as of the date on the cover of this prospectus.

References to “we,” “our,” “us,” the “Company,” or “Energroup” refer to Energroup Holdings Corporation, a Nevada corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries.
 
ENERGROUP HOLDINGS CORPORATION

Energroup Holdings Corporation, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the business of producing, packing, selling, marketing and distributing fresh pork and processed meat products to clients throughout the People’s Republic of China (“China” or the “PRC”). We sell our products to consumers in northeastern China, which has a population of approximately 108 million. In 2007, we had approximately US $124.7 million in sales and US $11.7 million in net income.

Our Business
 
We produce, pack, sell, market and distribute fresh and processed meat products to customers in the People’s Republic of China (“China” or the “PRC”). Our current corporate structure is shown below. We own three PRC operating subsidiaries (collectively, the “Chuming Operating Subsidiaries”):

 
1.
Dalian Chuming Slaughter and Packaging Pork Company Ltd., whose primary business activity is acquiring, slaughtering and packaging of pork and cattle;
 
 
2.
Dalian Chuming Processed Foods Company Ltd., whose primary business activity is the processing of raw and cooked meat products; and
 
 
3.
Dalian Chuming Sales Company Ltd., which is responsible for our sales, marketing and distribution activities.

Our three operating subsidiaries are spun off constituents of a former parent company, Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd. (the “Group”). Our company is separate and independent from the Group, which operates a different business and has different operations from ours. We took over ownership and control of the three Chuming Operating Subsidiaries from the Group in September 2007 following our corporate reorganization (See subsection entitled “Corporate Reorganization” on page 6 of this report). We are headquartered in the City of Dalian, Liaoning Province of China. Throughout this report, Energroup Holdings Corporation, Precious Sheen Investments Limited, Dalian Chuming Precious Sheen Investments Consulting Co., Ltd. and the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries are sometimes collectively referred to as “Chuming.”

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Our Current Corporate Structure
 
chart
 
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We sell our products to consumers in northeastern China, which has a population of approximately 108 million. In particular, our current customers are concentrated in the Liaoning Province (which has a population of approximately 42 million), and we are the largest pork producer in Dalian City, which has a population of approximately 3 million, or 6 million including the greater metropolitan area. At present, all of our sales are within China, which is the largest pork-consuming nation in the world, with a total of 54 million metric tons consumed in 2006. Due to the rapid development of the Chinese economy, urbanization and strong income growth, we have observed that pork consumption patterns are changing and consumption levels are continuing to increase. 
 
Our major products are:

 
·
Fresh meat - pork that is processed in a controlled environmental chamber with closely monitored temperatures to ensure quality and safety standards during processing right up to the time of delivery to the consumer.

 
·
Frozen fresh meat - butchered pigs that are processed and immediately frozen, which includes such products as smoked pork, ham and roasts.

 
·
Frozen fresh byproducts - pork byproducts including pig’s liver, stomach, intestine, head and hoof.

We are part of an established pork production cycle that culminates in sales of fresh and frozen pork. This cycle includes feedstuff production, pig breeding, slaughtering, processing, packaging and distribution. We are involved in the slaughtering, processing, packaging and distribution aspects of the pork production cycle.

We are the first pork producer in China to receive “Green Food” certification from China’s Ministry of Agriculture. Green Food is an innovative certification program unique to China that is awarded to food processors who produce using environmentally sustainable methods and meet certain high technical standards of quality control, safety, and product quality, and generate low levels of pollution.
 
Share Exchange Transaction
 
In December 2007, we completed a reverse take-over transaction in the form of a share exchange, which resulted in our current corporate structure. On December 31, 2007, we acquired all of the outstanding shares of PSI in exchange for the issuance of 16,850,000 restricted shares of our common stock to the shareholders of PSI, which represented approximately 97.55% of then-issued and outstanding common stock (excluding the shares issued in the December 31, 2007 financing transaction). As a result of that transaction, PSI became our wholly owned subsidiary and we acquired the business and operations of Chuming.
 
Prior to the share exchange transaction, Energroup was a public reporting “shell” company with nominal assets whose sole business was to identify, evaluate and investigate various companies with the intent that, if such investigation warrants, a reverse merger transaction be negotiated and completed pursuant to which Energroup would acquire a target company with an operating business with the intent of continuing the acquired company’s business as a publicly held entity.

As a result of the share exchange transaction, PSI (and its subsidiaries) became the 100% owned subsidiary of Energroup Holdings Corporation, and we acquired the business and operations of Chuming.

$17 Million Financing

On December 3, 2007, we completed a $17 million private placement in which we sold and issued 3,863,635 shares of our common stock to fifteen accredited investors for $4.40 per share. After giving effect to both the share exchange transaction and the $17 million financing, we had a total of approximately 21,136,392 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding, and the shareholders of PSI held 16,850,000 of these shares, constituting approximately 79.7% of our issued and outstanding common stock. For additional details concerning this financing, please see the section entitled “Strategic Financing” below in this prospectus.

Financial Results

Our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005 are included in this prospectus. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, we had approximately $54.1 million, $70.4 million and $124.7 million in sales, respectively. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, we had approximately $6.0 million, $8.1 million and $11.7 million in net income, respectively.
 
We have also included our unaudited consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2008, during which time we had approximately $43.5 million in sales and $4.2 million in net income.

See“Index of Financial Statements” on page F-1.  
 
RISKS AFFECTING OUR BUSINESS

We are subject to a number of risks, which you should be aware of before deciding to purchase the securities in this offering. These risks are discussed in the summary below and in the section titled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 9 of this prospectus.
 
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SUMMARY OF RISK FACTORS

This document contains certain statements of a forward-looking nature. Such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to growth and strategies, future operating and financial results, financial expectations and current business indicators are based upon current information and expectations and are subject to change based on factors beyond our control. Forward-looking statements typically are identified by the use of terms such as “look,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “might,” “believe,” “plan,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate” and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. The accuracy of such statements may be impacted by a number of business risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated, including but not limited to:

 
·
our ability to timely and accurately complete orders for our products;
 
 
·
our dependence on a limited number of major customers;
 
 
·
political and economic conditions within the PRC;
 
 
·
our ability to expand and grow our distribution channels;
 
 
·
general economic conditions which affect consumer demand for our products;
 
 
·
the effect of terrorist acts, or the threat thereof, on consumer confidence and spending;
 
 
·
acceptance in the marketplace of our new products and changes in consumer preferences;
 
 
·
foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations;
 
 
·
our ability to identify and successfully execute cost control initiatives;
 
 
·
other risks outlined above and in our other public filings.
 
You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this document. We undertake no obligation to update this forward-looking information.
 
While our management fully intends to make concerted efforts to manage these risks, we cannot assure you that we will be able to do so successfully. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 9 of this prospectus.

STRATEGIC FINANCING

On December 31, 2007, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell 3,863,635 shares of our common stock to fifteen accredited investors for an aggregate purchase price of $17,000,000, or $4.40 per share (the “Financing”). The closing of the Financing coincided with the closing of the share exchange transaction with PSI and its shareholders.
    
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In connection with the Purchase Agreement, we agreed to set aside $4.25 million of the purchase price in a holdback escrow account, $2.0 million of which is to be released upon appointment and confirmation of a board of directors comprised of a majority of independent directors, $1.5 million of which shall be released to us upon appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer meeting certain qualifications, $500,000 of which is to be released upon selection of a successor independent accounting firm, and $250,000 of which shall be applied towards certain investor relations activities. We agreed to pay partial liquidated damages to the investors equal to 0.5% per month (prorated daily) for each investor’s investment amount if, among other things, we do not successfully appoint a new CFO by March 31, 2008. Prior to March 31, 2008, a majority in interest of the investors and the Company agreed to extend the deadline for appointment of a qualified CFO to April 30, 2008. As of April 30, 2008, however, the Company had not yet appointed a CFO meeting the requirements, and as a result, under our agreement with the investors, the Company is obligated to pay liquidated damages of 0.5% of the total investment amount (i.e., $85,000) beginning on April 30, 2008. In March 2008, the investors in the financing agreed to release $2.0 million in restricted cash from escrow in connection with the appointment of independent directors to our board of directors. As noted above, however, under the Company’s Financing agreements, an additional $500,000 is held as restricted cash in escrow until the Company appoints a new independent auditing firm, within 120 days after the closing, or April 30, 2008. As of the date of this prospectus the Company has not appointed an independent auditing firm, and thus it is required to pay liquidated damages of $85,000 per month beginning on April 30, 2008.
 
Under the terms of our arrangement with Hunter Wise Securities, LLC, our placement agent for the Financing, we paid a commission equal to 7% of the aggregate gross proceeds of the Financing, plus an a amount equal to 3% of such proceeds to reimburse expenses of the placement agent. We also issued a warrant to the placement agent for the purchase of 386,364 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $4.40 per share. We also paid $75,000 to the lead investor in the Financing as reimbursement for fees and legal expenses. After deduction of these payments and our expenses, the resulting net proceeds to us was approximately $14.8 million.
 
Under the terms of the Financing, we agreed to a “make good” provision, under which certain of our founders’ shares were set aside in escrow, and must be released to the investors in the event that we do not meet specified earnings targets of $15.9 million in after-tax net income for 2008, and $20.9 million in after-tax net income and fully-diluted earnings per share of $0.99 for 2009. If the 2008 after-tax net income target is not met, 1,931,818 shares of common stock held by our founders (approximately 9.1% of the issued and outstanding shares) will be transferred to the investors pro rata in proportion to their investment in the Financing without any further consideration from or action by the investors. If both the 2009 after-tax net income and earnings per share targets are not met, an additional 1,931,818 shares of common stock (approximately 9.1% of the issued and outstanding shares) held by our founders will be transferred to the investors, also on a pro rata basis. If all of these “make good” shares were to be released to the investors, the investors would then hold 36.6% of our issued and outstanding stock, assuming a total of 21.2 million shares outstanding. “After-tax net income” is defined in the Purchase Agreement, and is calculated based upon our audited financial statements prepared by U.S. auditors in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. For purposes of determining whether or not “after-tax net income” has been achieved by us, any direct or indirect tax breaks, tax holidays, tax credits or similar tax benefits, compensation, grant or any other remuneration or deduction granted by any governmental authority or body which benefits us are excluded from the calculation.

We agreed to register for resale the 3,863,635 shares of common stock acquired by the investors pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1, of which this prospectus forms a part. We also agreed to register the 1,931,818 shares for the 2008 “make good” escrow and the 1,931,818 shares for the 2009 “make good” escrow, which forms the total number of shares registered under this prospectus of 8,140,487 shares. In the event that our registration statement is not declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) within 135 days of the closing of the Financing, we will also owe liquidated damages to the investors of 1% of the total Financing amount in cash per month after the 135 day period. The liquidated damages payable to the investors in the event of non-registration or late effectiveness is subject to a maximum limit of 10% of the total Financing amount, or $1.7 million. The investor’s registration rights and our registration obligations are set forth in a registration rights agreement which we entered into in connection with the Financing.
 
Our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, who indirectly owns shares of our common stock through family-owned entities and trusts, agreed that his family-owned entities will enter into a lockup agreement under which these shareholders may not offer or sell their securities for a period of one year following the date on which the registration statement is declared effective. This lockup agreement was entered into at the closing of the Financing.
 
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The investors in the Financing have a right of first refusal on any placement or offering by us of debt or equity securities for a one year period following the date on which the registration statement is declared effective. The investors’ right of first refusal does not apply to options or warrants that we may issue to employees or consultants, or to non-affiliates as compensation for services, to securities issued in acquisitions or strategic investments that are not related to raising capital for the Company, or to securities issued in underwritten public offerings.
 
The Financing was subject to the completion of customary due diligence procedures conducted by our investors and their advisors, and we made various representations and warranties in the Purchase Agreement regarding our business, operations and corporate affairs. The Financing is also subject to rescission by the investors in the event that the PRC government challenges or otherwise adversely affects the share exchange transaction with PSI and its shareholders (and the related corporate restructuring of Chuming in the PRC as a prelude to the transaction), if we cannot undo such governmental action or otherwise address the material adverse effect to the reasonable satisfaction of the investors within sixty (60) days after the action occurs.
 
Among other terms of the Financing, we agreed to allocate $250,000 of the proceeds from the Financing for our investor relations program. In December 2007, Chuming (our wholly owned subsidiary), agreed to engage Hayden Communications International, Inc. as our investor relations and public relations consultant. Under this arrangement, Hayden Communications agreed to provide us with consulting services for 13 months in exchange for fees consisting of $9,500 per month and 30,000 restricted shares of our common stock.
 
As a result of the closing of the share exchange transaction and the Financing, the shareholders of PSI now own 79.7%, the investors in the Financing own 18.3%, and other shareholders own 2%, respectively, of our presently issued and outstanding capital stock. The closing of these transactions occurred on December 31, 2007 (the “Closing Date”). At the Closing Date, we had a total of 21,136,391 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

The securities were offered and sold in the Financing to accredited investors in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), under Regulation D. At the time of the closing, the offering was not registered under the Securities Act or any state securities or “blue sky” laws.

In connection with the Financing, we increased compensation paid to our CEO, CFO and COO from an aggregate of $120,000 to $300,000, engaged Hayden Communications to provide investor relations services, and allocated $250,000 of proceeds from the Financing to our investor relations programs, and we anticipate that these additional costs will have an impact on our 2008 financial results. In addition, please see our risk factor that reads “We will incur increased costs as a public company which may affect our profitability” on page 37 of this prospectus.
    
GENERAL INFORMATION
 
Our principal executive offices are located at No. 9, Xin Yi Street, Ganjingzi District Dalian City, Liaoning Province, PRC 116039 , and our main telephone number is +86 411 867 166 96 .  
 
THE OFFERING

We are registering 8,140,487 shares of our common stock for sale by the selling shareholders identified in the section of this prospectus entitled “Selling shareholders.” Information regarding our common stock is included in the section of this prospectus entitled “Description of Securities.”

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SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The following tables summarize consolidated financial data regarding our business and should be read together with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition or Plan of Operations” and our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in this prospectus. The summary consolidated financial information as of December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 have been derived from our consolidated financial statements included in this prospectus. The financial data for the three months ending March 31, 2008 was derived from our unaudited financial statements included in this prospectus. All monetary amounts are expressed in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise indicated.  

   
 (US dollars in thousands)
 
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended 
December 31,
 
 
 
2008
(unaudited)
 
2007
(audited)
 
2006
(audited)
 
2005
(audited)
 
2004
(audited)
 
2003
(unaudited)
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales  
   
43,507
   
124,696
   
70,396
   
54,119
   
654
     
Cost of Sales  
   
(36,474
)
 
(104,379
)
 
(57,794
)
 
(45,284
)
 
(711
)
 
-
 
Gross Profit  
   
7,033
   
20,317
   
12,601
   
8,835
   
(56
)
 
-
 
Operating Expenses  
   
(2,318
)
 
(6,246
)
 
(2,891
)
 
(1,647
)
 
(402
)
 
-
 
Income from Operations  
   
4,714
   
14,071
   
9,709
   
7,188
   
(459
)
 
-
 
Other Income (Expense), net  
   
(307
)
 
(1,476
)
 
(1,583
)
 
(1,008
)
 
5,164
   
-
 
Income Before Taxes  
   
4,408
   
12,620
   
8,126
   
6,180
   
4,705
   
-
 
Income Taxes  
   
166
   
968
   
1.6
   
191
   
66
     
Net Income  
   
4,241
   
11,652
   
8,128
   
,988
   
4,772
   
-
 
Foreign Currency Translation  
   
3,682
   
2,064
   
285
   
0.7
   
-
   
-
 
Comprehensive Income  
   
7,923
   
13,716
   
8,739
   
6,274
   
0.7
   
-
 
Basic Net Income Per Share (in US$)  
   
0.25
   
0.87
   
0.61
   
0.45
   
0.36
   
-
 
Diluted Net Income Per Share (in US$)  
   
0.20
   
0.67
   
0.47
   
0.35
   
0.28
   
-
 
Basic Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding  
   
17,272,756
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
-
 
Diluted Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding
   
21,182,756
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
7,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
-
 
 
   
   (US dollars in thousands)
 
   
At
 
At December 31,
 
 
 
March 31,
2008
(unaudited)
 
2007
(audited)
 
2006
(audited)
 
2005
(audited)
 
2004
(audited)
 
2003
(unaudited)
 
Balance Sheet Data:
                             
Total Assets  
 
$
82,647
 
$
66,620
 
$
56,846
 
$
50,993
 
$
29,957
 
$
-
 
Current Liabilities  
   
25,786
   
17,682
   
16,764
   
18,979
   
2,358
   
-
 
Long Term Liabilities  
   
-
   
-
   
17,909
   
18,580
   
19,309
   
-
 
Stockholders Equity  
   
56,861
   
48,938
   
22,174
   
13,434
   
8,290
   
-
 
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SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
The supplementary financial information presented below summarizes certain financial data which has been derived from and should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the section beginning on page F-1.

   
First
Quarter
 
Second
Quarter
 
Third
Quarter
 
Fourth
Quarter
 
Total
 
 
2008
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
Sales
 
$
43,507,098
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
$
43,507,098
 
Gross Profit
   
7,032,674
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
7,032,674
 
Net Income
   
4,241,217
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
4,241,217
 
Basic Earnings Per Share
 
$
0.25
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
$
0.25
 
Diluted EarningsPer Share
 
$
0.20
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
$
0.20
 
Basic Weighted Average Shares
   
17,272,756
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
17,272,756
 
Diluted Weighted Average Shares
   
21,182,756
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
21,182,756
 
 
2007
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
Sales
 
$
23,187,994
 
$
31,370,321
 
$
35,160,526
 
$
34,977,195
 
$
124,696,036
 
Gross Profit
   
4,162,362
   
4,859,655
   
5,730,373
   
5,564,737
   
20,317,127
 
Net Income
   
3,009,384
   
2,784,233
   
2,504,970
   
3,353,560
   
11,652,147
 
Basic Earnings Per Share
 
$
0.22
 
$
0.21
 
$
0.19
 
$
0.25
 
$
0.87
 
Diluted EarningsPer Share
 
$
0.17
 
$
0.16
 
$
0.15
 
$
0.19
 
$
0.67
 
Basic Weighted Average Shares
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
 
Diluted Weighted Average Shares
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
 
 
2006
                             
Sales
 
$
15,481,846
 
$
16,964,150
 
$
17,854,359
 
$
20,096,084
 
$
70,396,439
 
Gross Profit
   
2,579,552
   
3,633,282
   
2,357,829
   
4,030,924
   
12,601,586
 
Net Income
   
1,573,801
   
2,551,750
   
1,291,919
   
2,710,902
   
8,128,371
 
Basic Earnings Per Share
 
$
0.12
 
$
0.19
 
$
0.10
 
$
0.20
 
$
0.61
 
Diluted EarningsPer Share
 
$
0.09
 
$
0.15
 
$
0.07
 
$
0.16
 
$
0.47
 
Weighted Average Shares
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
 
Diluted Weighted Average Shares
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
 
                                 
2005
                     
Sales
 
$
9,501,321
 
$
12,639,443
 
$
15,833,533
 
$
16,145,689
 
$
54,119,985
 
Gross Profit
   
2,064,317
   
2,126,989
   
2,191,282
   
2,453,122
   
8,835,709
 
Net Income
   
1,530,539
   
1,601,519
   
1,526,686
   
1,330,028
   
5,988,772
 
Basic Earnings Per Share
 
$
0.11
 
$
0.12
 
$
0.11
 
$
0.10
 
$
0.45
 
Diluted EarningsPer Share
 
$
0.09
 
$
0.09
 
$
0.09
 
$
0.08
 
$
0.35
 
Weighted Average Shares
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
 
Diluted Weighted Average Shares
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
 
 
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RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the risks described below together with all of the other information included in this prospectus before making an investment decision with regard to our securities. The statements contained in or incorporated into this prospectus that are not historic facts are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by forward-looking statements. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be harmed. In that case, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Relating to Our Business
 
Our limited operating history makes it difficult to evaluate our future prospects and results of operations.
 
We have a limited operating history. Our holding company in China, Chuming WFOE, and the companies that form its present subsidiaries were incorporated in 2004. Accordingly, you should consider our future prospects in light of the risks and uncertainties experienced by early stage companies in evolving industries such as the meat industry in China. Some of these risks and uncertainties relate to our ability to:
 
 
·
maintain our market position in the meat business in China;
 
 
·
offer new and innovative products to attract and retain a larger customer base;
 
 
·
attract additional customers and increase spending per customer;
 
 
·
increase awareness of our brand and continue to develop user and customer loyalty;
 
 
·
respond to competitive market conditions;
 
 
·
respond to changes in our regulatory environment;
 
 
·
manage risks associated with intellectual property rights;
 
 
·
maintain effective control of our costs and expenses;
 
 
·
raise sufficient capital to sustain and expand our business;
 
 
·
attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel; and
 
 
·
upgrade our technology to support additional research and development.
 
If we are unsuccessful in addressing any of these risks and uncertainties, our business may be materially and adversely affected.

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If there are any interruptions to or decline in the amount or quality of our live pigs, raw pork or other major raw material supply, our business could be materially and adversely affected.
 
Live pigs and raw pork are the principal raw materials used in our production. We procure approximately 60% of our live pigs from the Group, and the remainder from various of third party suppliers who are independent farmers. Our third party suppliers may not continue to be able to supply an adequate number of live pigs to satisfy our present and future production needs. The supply of pigs is dependent on the output of pig farms, which may be affected by outbreaks of diseases or epidemics. Our current suppliers may not be able to provide live pigs of sufficient quality to meet our stringent quality control requirements. Any interruptions to or decline in the amount or quality of our live pig supply could materially disrupt our production and adversely affect our business. In addition to live pigs, we also use additives and packaging in our production, which we source from third party suppliers. Any interruptions to or decline in the amount or quality of our additives or packaging supply, could also disrupt our production or sales and adversely affect our business.
 
We are vulnerable to increases in the price of live pigs and other operating costs, and we may not be able to entirely offset these increasing costs by increasing the prices of our products, particularly our processed meat products.
 
We purchase agricultural products, such as live pigs, for use in our production process and for resale. The price of such commodities is subject to fluctuations that are attributable to a number of factors, such as the price of animal feed, diseases and infections, and weather conditions. If for example, worldwide and local grain prices should increase, this would affect the price of animal feed, which may increase the price of live pigs. Higher pig prices may force us to raise the prices we charge our customers for our products, however we may not always be able to pass on the entire amount of price increases to our customers, and/or consumers might cut back on consumption of meat products.

During 2007, prices of live pigs rose sharply. If the costs of raw materials or other costs of production and distribution of our products increase further, and we are unable to entirely offset these increases by raising prices of our products, our profit margins and financial condition could be adversely affected. According to China Livestock and Products Annual Report 2007 dated on September 25, 2007 by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, the severe supply shortage of hogs in 2007 was because of a series of outbreaks of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), also known as Blue Ear Disease, in China from May 2006. Blue Ear Disease is an infectious disease that affects swine, characterized by reproductive disorders, premature delivery, miscarriage, and stillbirth—as well as abnormal breathing in piglets. According to the report, shortages and a sharp pork price increase occurred as a result of Blue Ear Disease. The average pork price increased by 48 percent from January to August 2007 over the same period in 2006, while prices in July and August 2007 increased by 86 and 87 percent, respectively, from the same months in 2006.
 
We paid the Group an aggregate of $61.7 million and $23.6 million for live pigs during the full year of 2007 and the first quarter of 2008, respectively.
 
We may be unable to anticipate changes in consumer preferences for processed meat products, which may result in decreased demand for our products.
 
Our continued success in the processed meat products market is in large part dependent on our ability to anticipate and develop products that appeal to the changing tastes, dietary habits and preferences of customers. If we are not able to anticipate and identify new consumer trends and develop new products accordingly, demand for our products may decline and our operating results may be adversely affected. In addition, we may incur significant costs relating to developing and marketing new products or expanding our existing product offerings in reaction to what we perceive to be a consumer preference or demand. Such development or marketing may not result in the level of market acceptance, volume of sales or profitability anticipated.
 
If the chilled and frozen pork market in China does not grow as we expect, our results of operations and financial conditions may be adversely affected.
 
If the chilled and frozen pork market in China does not grow as we expect, our business may be harmed, we may need to adjust our growth strategy and our results of operation may be adversely affected.

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We require various licenses and permits to operate our business, and the loss of or failure to renew any or all of these licenses and permits could materially adversely affect our business.
 
In accordance with PRC laws and regulations, we are required to maintain various licenses and permits in order to operate our business, including, without limitation, a slaughtering permit in respect of each of our chilled and frozen pork production facilities and a permit for production of industrial products in respect of each of our processed meat production facilities. We are required to comply with applicable hygiene and food safety standards in relation to our production processes. Our premises and transportation vehicles are subject to regular inspections by the regulatory authorities for compliance with applicable regulations. Failure to pass these inspections, or the loss of or failure to renew our licenses and permits, could require us to temporarily or permanently suspend some or all of our production or distribution operations, which could disrupt our operations and adversely affect our business.
 
We are highly dependent on senior management and key research and development personnel.
 
We are highly dependent on our senior management to manage our business and operations and our key research and development personnel for the development of new processing methods and technologies, food products and the enhancement of our existing products. In particular, we rely substantially on our chairman and chief executive officer, Mr. Shi Huashan, to manage our operations. We also depend on our key research personnel. In addition, we also rely on information technology and logistics personnel for the production, storage and shipment of our products and on marketing and sales personnel, engineers and other personnel with technical and industry knowledge to transport, market and sell our products. We do not maintain key man life insurance on any of our senior management or key personnel. The departure of any one of them, in particular Mr. Shi, would have a material adverse effect on our business and operations. Competition for senior management and research and development personnel is intense and the pool of suitable candidates is limited. We may be unable to locate a suitable replacement for any senior management or key research and development personnel that we lose. In addition, if any member of our senior management or key research and development personnel joins a competitor or forms a competing company, they may compete with us for customers, business partners and other key professionals and staff members of our company.
 
We note that Mr. Shi Huashan, who is our Chief Executive Officer, is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Group, our former parent company. See also, “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” on page 82. Due to the non-exclusive roles of Mr. Shi as our CEO and the principal executive officer of the Group, with whom we conduct business from time to time, potential conflicts of interest may arise. In particular, situations might arise in which we transact business with the Group, and certain terms of agreements might be favorable to us, but conversely unfavorable to the Group, and vice versa. In order to effectively handle such conflict of interest scenarios, our management intends to submit all related party transactions to our independent board of directors, or appropriate committee of the board, for review and approval. If through these mechanisms we are not able to effectively handle such conflicts of interest to serve the Company’s best interest, our business could be harmed or adversely affected.
 
We compete for qualified personnel with other food processing companies, food retailers, logistics companies and research institutions. Intense competition for these personnel could cause our compensation costs to increase significantly, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. Our future success and ability to grow our business will depend in part on the continued service of these individuals and our ability to identify, hire and retain additional qualified personnel. If we are unable to attract and retain qualified employees, we may be unable to meet our business and financial goals.
 
We currently rely upon and conduct significant related-party transactions, and most of these stem from our the status of our Operating Subsidiaries, which were formerly subsidiaries of the Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd. prior to their spin off to become a part of the Company. While our audit committee is required to review all related-party transactions, these transactions may present a conflict of interest situation in which the interests of the Group are directly opposed to the interests of the Company. If these conflicts of interest are not effectively dealt with in a manner satisfactory to the Company, our interests may be harmed, which may adversely affect our operations and financial condition. Further, our assets remain pledged to collateralize our 2004 loan, an obligation that has been transferred to the Group.

We presently conduct business with Group in several capacities - the main areas where we have transactions with this related party are the purchase of feed for hogs by us from the Group, and the purchase of live pigs by us from the Group, with live pigs being by far the most significant set of transactions (under our Long Term Hog Procurement Agreement). We paid the Group an aggregate of $61.7 million and $23.6 million for live pigs during the full year of 2007 and the first quarter of 2008, respectively.

In addition, in 2004 we obtained a loan of $20,466,901 (RMB 160,000,000) from the Group, which in turn, obtained these funds in a joint loan commitment from both China Development Bank and Shenzhen Development Bank (“Banks”) via a collateralized loan. The Group collateralized the loan by purchasing a bond from China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (“Bond Issuer”). The bond guarantees to the Banks the entire principal and accrued interest of the loan. The cost of the bond is RMB 1,000,000 annually, or in USD: $120,668, 121,902, and 125,284 for the years 2004, 2005, and 2006, respectively, which was paid by the Company. The loan carries a fixed interest of 5.76% per annum. We pledged both land use rights and buildings to the Bond Issuer. We pursued a loan from the Group as the financing solution of choice at the time because our tangible assets, at the time of origination, were insufficient to collateralize the loan. Additionally, at that time we lacked the favorable credit history to directly establish credit facility with the bank.
 
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At December 31, 2007, we repaid our debt in its entirety to the Group by setting off receivables owed by the Group to us. We repaid the loan in order to meet the requirements of the equity financing transaction detailed in Note 18 of our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007. The balances are now owed by the Group to the Banks, and liability for paying the bonding insurance annually lies with the Group. The pledged collateral of land use rights and buildings made to the Bond Issuer still underlie the loan currently owed by the Group, and as such, our assets, namely the buildings and land use rights are at risk if the Group were to default on this loan.
 
Our growth strategy may prove to be disruptive and divert management resources.
 
Our growth strategy may involve large transactions and present financial, managerial and operational challenges, including diversion of management attention from existing businesses, difficulty with integrating personnel and financial and other systems, increased expenses, including compensation expenses resulting from newly-hired employees, assumption of unknown liabilities and potential disputes. We could also experience financial or other setbacks if any of our growth strategies incur problems of which we are not presently aware. We may require additional financing in the future.
 
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We may need to obtain additional debt or equity to fund future capital expenditures. Additional equity may result in dilution to the holders of our outstanding shares of capital stock. Additional debt financing may include conditions that would restrict our freedom to operate our business, such as conditions that:
 
 
·
limit our ability to pay dividends or require us to seek consent for the payment of dividends;
     
 
·
increase our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;
     
 
·
require us to dedicate a portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our debt, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund capital expenditures, working capital and other general corporate purposes; and
     
 
·
limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry.
 
We cannot guarantee that we will be able to obtain any additional financing on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all.
 
Our operations are cash intensive and our business could be adversely affected if we fail to maintain sufficient levels of working capital.
 
We expend a significant amount of cash in our operations, principally to fund our raw material procurement. Our suppliers, in particular, third party suppliers of pigs, typically require payment in full within seven days after delivery, although some of our suppliers provide us with credit. In turn, we typically require our customers of chilled and frozen pork to make payment in full on delivery, although we offer some of our long-standing customers credit terms. We generally fund most of our working capital requirements out of cash flow generated from operations. If we fail to generate sufficient revenues from our sales, or if we experience difficulties collecting our accounts receivables, we may not have sufficient cash flow to fund our operating costs and our business could be adversely affected.
 
We may be unable to maintain our profitability in the face of a consolidating retail environment in China.
 
We sell substantial amounts of our products to supermarkets and large retailers. The supermarket and food retail industry in China has been, and is expected to continue, undergoing a trend of development and consolidation. As the food retail trade continues to consolidate and our retail customers grow larger and become more sophisticated, they may demand lower pricing and increased promotional programs. Furthermore, larger customers may be better able to operate on reduced inventories and potentially develop or increase their focus on private label products. If we fail to maintain a good relationship with our large retail customers, or fail to maintain a wide offering of quality products, or if we lower our prices or increase promotional support of our products in response to pressure from our customers and are unable to increase the volume of our products sold, our profitability could decline.
 
Our operating results may fluctuate from period to period and if we fail to meet market expectations for a particular period, our share price may decline.
 
Our operating results have fluctuated from period to period and are likely to continue to fluctuate as a result of a wide range of factors, including seasonal variations in live pig supply and processed meat products consumption. Our production and sales of chilled and frozen pork are generally lower in the summer, due to lower supply of live pigs. Interim reports may not be indicative of our performance for the year or our future performance, and period-to-period comparisons may not be meaningful due to a number of reasons beyond our control. We cannot assure you that our operating results will meet the expectations of market analysts or our investors. If we fail to meet their expectations, there may be a decline in our share price.

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We derive all of our revenues from sales in China and any downturn in the Chinese economy could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.
 
All of our current revenues are generated from sales in China. We anticipate that revenues from sales of our products in China will continue to represent a substantial proportion of our total revenues in the near future. Any significant decline in the condition of the PRC economy could, among other things, adversely affect consumer buying power and discourage consumption of our products, which in turn would have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

We rely on our exclusive network of showcase stores, network stores and supermarket brand counters for the success of our sales and our brand image, and should they perform poorly, our business and brand image could be materially and adversely affected.
 
In addition to our sales to wholesale customers, we sell our products through showcase stores, network stores and supermarket brand counters. All of these retail based stores exclusively sell our pork products and display the Chuming logo on our store facades. For the first half of 2007, these retail outlets accounted for approximately 43% of our total revenue. If the sales performance of our retail based stores deteriorates, this could adversely affect the financial results of the company. In addition, any sanitation, hygiene, or food quality problems that might arise from the retail based stores could adversely affect our brand image and lead to a loss of sales. Chuming does not own any of the retail based stores.
 
We rely on the performance of our wholesaler, retailer and mass merchant customers for the success of our sales, and should they perform poorly or give priority to our competitors’ products, our business could be materially and adversely affected.
 
In addition to our retail sales channel, we sell our products to supermarkets and large retailers, which in turn sell the products to end consumers. If the sales performance of our wholesale customers deteriorates, this could adversely affect our sales. Furthermore, our wholesale customers also carry products which directly compete with our products for retail space and consumer purchases. There is a risk that our wholesale customers may give higher priority to products of, or form alliances with, our competitors. If our wholesale customers do not continue to purchase our products, or provide our products with similar levels of promotional support, our sales performance and brand imaging could be adversely affected.
 
The loss of any of our significant customers could have an adverse effect on our business.
 
Our key customers are principally supermarkets and large retailers in the PRC. We have not entered into long-term supply contracts with any of these major customers. There can be no assurance that we will maintain or improve the relationships with these customers, or that we will be able to continue to supply these customers at current levels or at all. If we cannot maintain long-term relationships with our major customers, the loss of a significant portion of our sales to them could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Further, the loss of any one of our top five customers could cause us to suffer a temporary setback in our sales, which could have a short term negative effect on our financial results.
 
Recent regulatory enforcement crackdowns on food processing companies in the PRC could adversely affect our businesses.
 
Recently, the PRC government authorities have taken certain measures to maintain the PRC food market in good order and to improve the integrity of the PRC food industry, such as enforcing full compliance with industry standards and closing certain food processing companies in the PRC that did not meet regulatory standards. We cannot assure you that our businesses and operations will not be affected as a result of the deteriorating reputation of the food industry in the PRC due to recent scandals regarding food products.
 
Environmental regulations and related litigation could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
 
Our operations and properties are subject to extensive and increasingly stringent laws and regulations pertaining to, among other things, the discharge of materials into the environment and the handling and disposition of wastes (including solid and hazardous wastes) or otherwise relating to protection of the environment. Failure to comply with any laws and regulations and future changes to them may result in significant consequences to us, including civil and criminal penalties, liability for damages and negative publicity.
 
We have incurred, and will continue to incur, significant capital and operating expenditures to comply with these laws and regulations. We cannot assure you that additional environmental issues will not require currently unanticipated investigations, assessments or expenditures, or that requirements applicable to us will not be altered in ways that will require us to incur significant additional costs.
 
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Deterioration of our perishable products may occur due to delivery delays, malfunctioning of freezer facilities or poor handling during transportation, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
 
The condition of our food products (being perishable goods) may deteriorate due to shipment or delivery delays, malfunctioning of freezer facilities or poor handling during delivery by shippers or intermediaries. We are not aware of any instances whereby we were made to compensate for delivery delays, malfunctioning of freezer facilities or poor handling during transportation. However, there is no assurance that such incidents will not occur in the future. In the event of any delivery delays, malfunctioning of freezer facilities or poor handling during transportation, we may have to make compensation payments and our reputation, business goodwill and revenue will be adversely affected.
 
Unexpected business interruptions could adversely affect our business.
 
Our operations are vulnerable to interruption by fire, power failure and power shortages, floods, computer viruses and other events beyond our control. In particular, China, especially eastern and southern China, is experiencing frequent electricity shortages. In addition, we do not carry business interruption insurance to compensate us for losses that may occur as a result of these kinds of events and any such losses or damages incurred by us could disrupt our production and other operations.

If we fail to develop and maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud; as a result, current and potential shareholders could lose confidence in our financial reports, which could harm our business and the trading price of our common stock.
 
Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and effectively prevent fraud. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires us to evaluate and report on our internal controls over financial reporting and have our independent registered public accounting firm annually attest to our evaluation, as well as issue their own opinion on our internal controls over financial reporting, beginning with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. We plan to prepare for compliance with Section 404 by strengthening, assessing and testing our system of internal controls to provide the basis for our report. The process of strengthening our internal controls and complying with Section 404 is expensive and time consuming, and requires significant management attention, especially given that we have not yet undertaken any efforts to comply with the requirements of Section 404. We cannot be certain that the measures we will undertake will ensure that we will maintain adequate controls over our financial processes and reporting in the future. Furthermore, if we are able to rapidly grow our business, the internal controls that we will need will become more complex, and significantly more resources will be required to ensure our internal controls remain effective. Failure to implement required controls, or difficulties encountered in their implementation, could harm our operating results or cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations. If we or our auditors discover a material weakness in our internal controls, the disclosure of that fact, even if the weakness is quickly remedied, could diminish investors’ confidence in our financial statements and harm our stock price. In addition, non-compliance with Section 404 could subject us to a variety of administrative sanctions, including the suspension of trading, ineligibility for listing on one of the Nasdaq Stock Markets or national securities exchanges, and the inability of registered broker-dealers to make a market in our common stock, which would further reduce our stock price.
 
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We will incur increased costs as a public company which may affect our profitability.
 
As a public company, Chuming will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that it did not incur as a private company. We are now subject to the SEC’s rules and regulations relating to public disclosure. SEC disclosures generally involve a substantial expenditure of financial resources. In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as well as new rules subsequently implemented by the SEC, have required changes in corporate governance practices of public companies. We expect that full compliance with these new rules and regulations will significantly increase our legal and financial compliance costs and make some activities more time-consuming and costly. For example, we will be required to create additional board committees and adopt policies regarding internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures. In addition, on December 31, 2007, we increased compensation to our senior executive officers, allocated $250,000 of the proceeds from our recent financing to our investor and public relations program (and shortly thereafter hired an investor relations firm) and expect to increase our financial and accounting staff in order to meet the demands and requirements of being a public reporting company. Such additional personnel, public relations, reporting and compliance costs may negatively impact our financial results.
 
We have limited business insurance coverage.
 
The insurance industry in China is still at an early stage of development. Insurance companies in China offer limited business insurance products. We do not have any business liability or disruption insurance coverage for our operations in China. Any business disruption, litigation or natural disaster may result in our incurring substantial costs and the diversion of our resources. In addition, since  our business operations are based outside of the U.S. (although we are a Nevada corporation quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board in the U.S.), directors and officers insurance may not be readily available to us at the prices and on terms acceptable to us. If we are not able to secure satisfactory D & O insurance coverage, we may not be able to attract the most qualified directors and officers, and our business could be indirectly adversely affected.
 
 
Risks Relating To Our Industry
 
The pig slaughtering and processed meat industries in China are subject to extensive government regulation, which is in the process of change and development.
 
The pig slaughtering and processed meat industries in China are heavily regulated by a number of governmental agencies, including primarily the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Health, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the State Environmental Protection Administration. These regulatory bodies have broad discretion and authority to regulate many aspects of the pig slaughtering and processed meat industries in China, including, without limitation, setting hygiene standards for production and quality standards for processed meat products. In addition, the pig slaughtering and processed meat products regulatory framework in China is still in the process of being developed. If the relevant regulatory authorities set standards with which we are unable to comply or which increase our production costs and hence our prices so as to render our products non-competitive, our ability to sell products in China may be limited.
 
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The pig slaughtering and processed meat industries in China may face increasing competition from both domestic and foreign companies, as well as increasing industry consolidation, which may affect our market share and profit margin.
 
The pig slaughtering and processed meat industries in China are highly competitive. Our processed meat products are targeted at mid- to high-end consumers, a market in which we face increasing competition, particularly from foreign suppliers. In addition, the evolving government regulations in relation to the pig slaughtering industry have driven a trend of consolidation through the industry, with smaller operators unable to meet the increasing costs of regulatory compliance and therefore are at a competitive disadvantage. We believe that our ability to maintain our market share and grow our operations within this landscape of changing and increasing competition is largely dependent upon our ability to distinguish our products and services.
 
In addition, prior to China’s entry into the World Trade Organization (“WTO”), high barriers to entry existed for many potential competitors in our business through the use of tariffs and restrictive import licensing and distribution practices. China’s admission to WTO has lowered some of the tariffs and other barriers to entry so we can expect that competition will increase.
 
We cannot assure you that our current or potential competitors will not develop products of a comparable or superior quality to ours, or adapt more quickly than we do to evolving consumer preferences or market trends. In addition, our competitors in the raw meat market may merge or form alliances to achieve a scale of operations or sales network which would make it difficult for us to compete. Increased competition may also lead to price wars, counterfeit products or negative brand advertising, all of which may adversely affect our market share and profit margin. We cannot assure you that we will be able to compete effectively with our current or potential competitors.
 
The outbreak of animal diseases or other epidemics could adversely affect our operations.
 
An occurrence of serious animal diseases, such as foot-and-mouth disease, or any outbreak of other epidemics in China affecting animals or humans might result in material disruptions to our operations, material disruptions to the operations of our customers or suppliers, a decline in the supermarket or food retail industry or slowdown in economic growth in China and surrounding regions, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our operations and turnover. There can be no assurance that our facilities or products will not be affected by an outbreak of any disease or outbreak in the future, or that the market for pork products in the PRC will not decline as a result of fear of disease. In either case, our business, results of operations and financial condition would be adversely and materially affected.
 
Consumer concerns regarding the safety and quality of food products or health concerns could adversely affect sales of our products.
 
Our sales performance could be adversely affected if consumers lose confidence in the safety and quality of our products. Consumers in the PRC are increasingly conscious of food safety and nutrition. Consumer concerns about, for example, the safety of pork products, or about the safety of food additives used in processed meat products, could discourage them from buying certain of our products and cause our results of operations to suffer.
 
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We may be subject to substantial liability should the consumption of any of our products cause personal injury or illness.
 
The sale of food products for human consumption involves an inherent risk of injury to consumers. Such injuries may result from tampering by unauthorized third parties or product contamination or degeneration, including the presence of foreign contaminants, chemical substances or other agents or residues during the various stages of the procurement and production process. While we are subject to governmental inspections and regulations, we cannot assure you that consumption of our products will not cause a health-related illness in the future, or that we will not be subject to claims or lawsuits relating to such matters.
 
Even if a product liability claim is unsuccessful or is not fully pursued, the negative publicity surrounding any assertions that our products caused personal injury or illness could adversely affect our reputation with customers and our corporate and brand image. Consistent with industry practice in China, we do not maintain product liability insurance. Furthermore, our products could potentially suffer from product tampering, contamination or degeneration or be mislabeled or otherwise damaged. Under certain circumstances, we may be required to recall products. Even if a situation does not necessitate a product recall, we cannot assure you that government sanctions or product liability claims will not be asserted against us as a result. A product liability judgment against us or a product recall could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
 
Our product and company name may be subject to counterfeiting and/or imitation, which could impact upon our reputation and brand image as well as lead to higher administrative costs.
 
We regard brand positioning as the core of our competitive strategy, and intend to position our brand, “Chuming™” to create the perception and image of health, nutrition, freshness and quality in the minds of our customers. There have been frequent occurrences of counterfeiting and imitation of products in the PRC in the past. We cannot guarantee that counterfeiting or imitation of our products will not occur in the future or that we will be able to detect it and deal with it effectively. Any occurrence of counterfeiting or imitation could impact negatively upon our corporate and brand image, particularly if the counterfeit or imitation products cause sickness, injury or death to consumers. In addition, counterfeit or imitation products could result in a reduction in our market share, a loss of revenues or an increase in our administrative expenses in respect of detection or prosecution.
 
Risks Relating To Conducting Business in the PRC
 
Substantially all of our assets and projects are located in the PRC, and substantially all of our revenue is sourced from the PRC. Accordingly, our results of operations and financial position are subject to a significant degree to economic, political and legal developments in the PRC, including the following risks:
 
Economic, political and social conditions and government policies in China could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Economic, political and social conditions and government policies in China differ in many respects from other more fully industrialized nations, and below are examples of such differences.
 
 
Structure. Agriculture still plays an important role in Chinese economy and employment. Agriculture still represents around 50% of the employment, which is substantially higher than most developed countries.
 
 
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Capital re-investment. Compared with more highly developed nations, there may be less availability to Chinese firms of all types of investment capital within China.
 
 
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Government involvement. China is still transitioning from a centrally planned economic model to that of a free market. As a result, the Chinese government has traditionally had a greater degree of regulatory involvement in the economic affairs and conduct of firms in China, as compared with firms in more advanced market-based economies.
 
 
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Allocation of resources. Related to the above point, the Chinese government may have greater ability to influence the allocation of capital, labor, materials, and other resources than governments of other advanced market-based economies.
 
 
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Level of development. Although China’s economy has been rapidly growing in recent years, certain aspects such as public infrastructure, poverty rate, and other measurements of development still lag behind highly developed nations, and this affects how companies must conduct business in China.
 
 
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Control of foreign exchange. China still maintains strict foreign exchange controls which has been in place since 1979, although steps have been taken to increase the exchangeability of the Chinese RMB with other currencies.
 
 
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Growth rate. For several years, China’s economy has achieved consistent double digit growth rates, and this may put strain on infrastructure, availability on raw materials, and ability of firms to manage growth.
 
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Rate of inflation. According to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) compiled by the National Statistics Bureau of China, the overall rate of inflation (CPI) in August 2007 is 6.5% and the rate of inflation for food in August 2007 was 18.2%, which are substantially higher than most of the developed countries, and these factors affect the local market environment in which Chinese firms must operate.
 
The economy of China has been transitioning from a centrally planned economy to a more market-oriented economy. Although in recent years the PRC government has implemented measures emphasizing the utilization of market forces for economic reform, a substantial portion of productive assets in China is still owned by the PRC government. In addition, the PRC government continues to play a significant role in regulating industries by imposing industrial policies. It also exercises significant control over China’s economic growth through allocation of resources, controlling payment of foreign currency-denominated obligations, setting monetary policy and providing preferential treatment to particular industries or companies.
 
Policies and other measures taken by the PRC government to regulate the economy could have a significant negative impact on economic conditions in China, with a resulting negative impact on our business. For example, our financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected by:
 
 
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new laws and regulations and the interpretation of those laws and regulations;
     
 
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the introduction of measures to control inflation or stimulate growth;
     
 
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changes in the rate or method of taxation;
     
 
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the imposition of additional restrictions on currency conversion and remittances abroad; or
     
 
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any actions which limit our ability to develop, produce, import or sell our products in China, or to finance and operate our business in China.
 
Uncertainties with respect to the PRC legal system could adversely affect us.
 
We conduct our business primarily through our Chuming Operating Subsidiaries which are located in China and are governed by PRC laws and regulations. In addition, because the parent companies that hold these entities, namely PSI and Energroup Holdings Corporation, are outside of China, we are generally subject to laws and regulations applicable to foreign investments in China and, in particular, laws applicable to wholly foreign-owned enterprises. The PRC legal system is based on written statutes. Prior court decisions may be cited for reference but have limited precedential value.
 
Since 1979, PRC legislation and regulations have significantly enhanced the protections afforded to various forms of foreign investments in China. However, China has not developed a fully integrated legal system and recently enacted laws and regulations may not sufficiently cover all aspects of economic activities in China. In particular, because these laws and regulations are relatively new, and because of the limited volume of published decisions and their nonbinding nature, the interpretation and enforcement of these laws and regulations involve uncertainties. In addition, the PRC legal system is based in part on government policies and internal rules (some of which are not published on a timely basis or at all) that may have a retroactive effect. As a result, we may not be aware of our violation of these policies and rules until some time after the violation. In addition, any litigation in China may be protracted and result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and management attention.
 
You may experience difficulties in effecting service of legal process, enforcing foreign judgments or bringing original actions in China based on United States or other foreign laws against us, our management or the experts named in this prospectus.
 
We conduct substantially all of our operations in China and substantially all of our assets are located in China. In addition, while we are incorporated in the State of Nevada, all of our senior executive officers reside within China. As a result, it may not be possible to effect service of process within the United States or elsewhere outside China upon our senior executive officers, including with respect to matters arising under U.S. federal securities laws or applicable state securities laws. Moreover, our PRC counsel has advised us that the PRC does not have treaties with the United States or many other countries providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgment of courts.
 
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Governmental control of currency conversion may affect the value of your investment.
 
The PRC government imposes controls on the convertibility of RMB into foreign currencies and, in certain cases, the remittance of currency out of China. We receive substantially all of our revenues in RMB. Under our current structure, our income is primarily derived from payments from Chuming WFOE. Shortages in the availability of foreign currency may restrict the ability of our PRC subsidiaries and our affiliated entity to remit sufficient foreign currency to pay dividends or other payments to us, or otherwise satisfy their foreign currency denominated obligations. Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments and expenditures from trade-related transactions, can be made in foreign currencies without prior approval from the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange by complying with certain procedural requirements. However, approval from appropriate government authorities is required where RMB is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of bank loans denominated in foreign currencies. The PRC government may also at its discretion restrict access in the future to foreign currencies for current account transactions. If the foreign exchange control system prevents us from obtaining sufficient foreign currency to satisfy our currency demands, we may not be able to pay dividends in foreign currencies to our shareholders.
 
Fluctuation in the value of RMB may have a material adverse effect on your investment.
 
The value of RMB against the U.S. dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in political and economic conditions. Our revenues and costs are mostly denominated in RMB, while we report our financial results and position in U.S. dollars. Any significant fluctuation in value of RMB may materially and adversely affect our reported cash flows, revenues, earnings and financial position, and the value of, and any dividends payable on, our stock in U.S. dollars. For example, an appreciation of RMB against the U.S. dollar would make any new RMB denominated investments or expenditures more costly to us, to the extent that we need to convert U.S. dollars into RMB for such purposes. An appreciation of RMB against the U.S. dollar would also result in foreign currency translation losses for financial reporting purposes when we translate our U.S. dollar denominated financial assets into RMB, as RMB is our reporting currency.
 
We face risks related to health epidemics and other outbreaks.
 
Our business could be adversely affected by the effects of SARS or another epidemic or outbreak. China reported a number of cases of SARS in April 2004. Any prolonged recurrence of SARS or other adverse public health developments in China may have a material adverse effect on our business operations. For instance, health or other government regulations adopted in response may require temporary closure of our production facilities or of our offices. Such closures would severely disrupt our business operations and adversely affect our results of operations. We have not adopted any written preventive measures or contingency plans to combat any future outbreak of SARS or any other epidemic.

Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure
 
In order to comply with PRC laws limiting foreign ownership of Chinese companies, we conduct our business in the PRC through Chuming by means of certain ownership arrangements. If the PRC government determines that these ownership arrangements do not comply with applicable regulations, our business could be adversely affected and we could be subject to sanctions.
 
As a result of the share exchange transaction disclosed elsewhere in this prospectus, we own 100% of the equity interest in PSI, a British Virgin Islands company. PSI owns 100% of the equity in Chuming WFOE, a wholly foreign owned enterprise in the PRC. Chuming WFOE is a holding company for the following three operating subsidiaries: (i) Meat Company, (ii) Food Company, and (iii) Sales Company, each of which is a limited liability company headquartered in, and organized under the laws of, China.
 
The PRC government restricts foreign investment in businesses in China. Accordingly, we operate our business in China through Chuming. Chuming holds the licenses and approvals necessary to operate our business in China.
 
Although we believe we comply with current PRC regulations, we cannot assure you that the PRC government would agree that these operating arrangements comply with PRC licensing, registration or other regulatory requirements, with existing policies or with requirements or policies that may be adopted in the future. If in the future the PRC government determines that we do not comply with applicable PRC law, it could impose fines on our PRC shareholders, and in extreme cases, the PRC government could take steps to revoke our business and operating licenses, require us to discontinue or restrict our operations, restrict our right to collect revenues, require us to restructure our operations, impose additional conditions or requirements with which we may not be able to comply, impose restrictions on our business operations or on our customers, or take other regulatory or enforcement actions against us that could be harmful to our business. Any of these or similar actions could significantly disrupt our business operations or restrict us from conducting a substantial portion of our business operations, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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Recent PRC regulations relating to acquisitions of PRC companies by foreign entities may limit our ability to acquire PRC companies and adversely affect the implementation of our strategy as well as our business and prospects.
 
The PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or SAFE, issued a public notice in January 2005 concerning foreign exchange regulations on mergers and acquisitions in China. The public notice states that if an offshore company controlled by PRC residents intends to acquire a PRC company, such acquisition will be subject to strict examination by the relevant foreign exchange authorities. The public notice also states that the approval of the relevant foreign exchange authorities is required for any sale or transfer by the PRC residents of a PRC company’s assets or equity interests to foreign entities, such as us, for equity interests or assets of the foreign entities.
 
In April 2005, SAFE issued another public notice further explaining the January notice. In accordance with the April notice, if an acquisition of a PRC company by an offshore company controlled by PRC residents has been confirmed by a Foreign Investment Enterprise Certificate prior to the promulgation of the January notice, the PRC residents must each submit a registration form to the local SAFE branch with respect to their respective ownership interests in the offshore company, and must also file an amendment to such registration if the offshore company experiences material events, such as changes in the share capital, share transfer, mergers and acquisitions, spin-off transactions or use of assets in China to guarantee offshore obligations.
 
On May 31, 2007, SAFE issued another official notice known as “Circular 106,” which requires the owners of any Chinese company to obtain SAFE’s approval before establishing any offshore holding company structure for foreign financing as well as subsequent acquisition matters in China.
 
If we decide to acquire a PRC company, we cannot assure you that we or the owners of such company, as the case may be, will be able to complete the necessary approvals, filings and registrations for the acquisition. This may restrict our ability to implement our acquisition strategy and adversely affect our business and prospects. In addition, if such registration cannot be obtained, our company will not be able to receive dividends declared and paid by our subsidiaries in the PRC and may be forbidden from paying dividends for profit distribution or capital reduction purposes.
 
Chuming is subject to restrictions on making payments to our parent company.
 
We are a holding company incorporated in the State of Nevada and do not have any assets or conduct any business operations other than our investment in Chuming and their operating subsidiaries in China. As a result of our holding company structure, we rely entirely on payments or dividends from Chuming for our cash flow to fund our corporate overhead and regulatory obligations. The PRC government also imposes controls on the conversion of RMB into foreign currencies and the remittance of currencies out of China. We may experience difficulties in completing the administrative procedures necessary to obtain and remit foreign currency. Further, if our subsidiaries in China incur debt on their own in the future, the instruments governing the debt may restrict their ability to make payments. If we are unable to receive all of the revenues from our operations through these contractual or dividend arrangements, we may be unable to pay dividends on our shares of common stock.
    
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Risk Relating to an Investment in Our Securities
 
Generally, we have not paid any cash dividends to our shareholders and no cash dividends will be paid in the foreseeable future.
 
We do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future and we may not have sufficient funds legally available to pay dividends. Even if the funds are legally available for distribution, we may nevertheless decide or may be unable due to pay any dividends. We intend to retain all earnings for our company’s operations.
 
The application of the “penny stock” rules could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and increase your transaction costs to sell those shares.
 
As long as the trading price of our common shares is below $5 per share, the open-market trading of our common shares will be subject to the “penny stock” rules. The “penny stock” rules impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors (generally those with assets in excess of US$1,000,000 or annual income exceeding US$200,000 or US$300,000 together with their spouse). For transactions covered by these rules, the broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchase of securities and have received the purchaser’s written consent to the transaction before the purchase. Additionally, for any transaction involving a penny stock, unless exempt, the broker-dealer must deliver, before the transaction, a disclosure schedule prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must disclose the commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities. Finally, monthly statements must be sent disclosing recent price information on the limited market in penny stocks. These additional burdens imposed on broker-dealers may restrict the ability or decrease the willingness of broker-dealers to sell our common stock, and may result in decreased liquidity for our common stock and increased transaction costs for sales and purchases of our common stock as compared to other securities.
 
Our common stock is thinly traded and, you may be unable to sell at or near “ask” prices or at all if you need to sell your shares to raise money or otherwise desire to liquidate your shares.
 
We cannot predict the extent to which an active public market for our common stock will develop or be sustained. However, we do not rule out the possibility of applying for listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, Nasdaq Global Market, Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Nasdaq Markets”), or other exchanges. Our common stock has historically been sporadically or “thinly-traded” on the “Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board,” meaning that the number of persons interested in purchasing our common stock at or near bid prices at any given time may be relatively small or nonexistent. This situation is attributable to a number of factors, including the fact that we are a small company which is relatively unknown to stock analysts, stock brokers, institutional investors and others in the investment community that generate or influence sales volume, and that even if we came to the attention of such persons, they tend to be risk-adverse and would be reluctant to follow an unproven company such as ours or purchase or recommend the purchase of our shares until such time as we become more seasoned and viable. As a consequence, there may be periods of several days or more when trading activity in our shares is minimal or non-existent, as compared to a seasoned issuer that has a large and steady volume of trading activity that will generally support continuous sales without an adverse effect on share price. We cannot give you any assurance that a broader or more active public trading market for our common stock will develop or be sustained, or that current trading levels will be sustained.

The market price of our common stock is particularly volatile given our status as a relatively small company with a small and thinly traded “float” that could lead to wide fluctuations in our share price. The price at which you purchase our common stock may not be indicative of the price that will prevail in the trading market. You may be unable to sell your common stock at or above your purchase price if at all, which may result in substantial losses to you.
 
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The market for our common stock is characterized by significant price volatility when compared to seasoned issuers, and we expect that our share price will continue to be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future. The volatility in our share price is attributable to a number of factors. As noted above, our common stock is sporadically and/or thinly traded. As a consequence of this lack of liquidity, the trading of relatively small quantities of shares by our shareholders may disproportionately influence the price of those shares in either direction. The price for our shares could, for example, decline precipitously in the event a large number of our common shares are sold on the market without commensurate demand, as compared to a seasoned issuer which could better absorb those sales without adverse impact on its share price. The following factors also may add to the volatility in the price of our common stock: actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly or annual operating results; adverse outcomes; additions to or departures of our key personnel, as well as other items discussed under this “Risk Factors” section, as well as elsewhere in this Report. Many of these factors are beyond our control and may decrease the market price of our common stock, regardless of our operating performance. We cannot make any predictions or projections as to what the prevailing market price for our common stock will be at any time, including as to whether our common stock will sustain its current market prices, or as to what effect the sale of shares or the availability of common shares for sale at any time will have on the prevailing market price. However, we do not rule out the possibility of applying for listing on the Nasdaq Markets or another exchange.
 
Shareholders should be aware that, according to SEC Release No. 34-29093, the market for penny stocks has suffered in recent years from patterns of fraud and abuse. Such patterns include (1) control of the market for the security by one or a few broker-dealers that are often related to the promoter or issuer; (2) manipulation of prices through pre-arranged matching of purchases and sales and false and misleading press releases; (3) boiler room practices involving high-pressure sales tactics and unrealistic price projections by inexperienced sales persons; (4) excessive and undisclosed bid-ask differential and markups by selling broker-dealers; and (5) the wholesale dumping of the same securities by promoters and broker-dealers after prices have been manipulated to a desired level, along with the resulting inevitable collapse of those prices and with consequent investor losses. Our management is aware of the abuses that have occurred historically in the penny stock market. Although we do not expect to be in a position to dictate the behavior of the market or of broker-dealers who participate in the market, management will strive within the confines of practical limitations to prevent the described patterns from being established with respect to our securities. The occurrence of these patterns or practices could increase the volatility of our share price.
 
Volatility in our common stock price may subject us to securities litigation.
 
The market for our common stock may be characterized by significant price volatility when compared to seasoned issuers, and we expect our share price will be more volatile than a seasoned issuer for the indefinite future. In the past, plaintiffs have often initiated securities class action litigation against a company following periods of volatility in the market price of its securities. We may, in the future, be the target of similar litigation. Securities litigation could result in substantial costs and liabilities and could divert management’s attention and resources.
 
Legislative actions, higher insurance costs and potential new accounting pronouncements may impact our future financial position and results of operations.
 
There have been regulatory changes, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and there may potentially be new accounting pronouncements or additional regulatory rulings that will have an impact on our future financial position and results of operations. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other rule changes, as well as proposed legislative initiatives following the Enron bankruptcy, are likely to increase general and administrative costs and expenses. In addition, insurers are likely to increase premiums as a result of high claims rates over the past several years, which we expect will increase our premiums for insurance policies. Further, there could be changes in certain accounting rules. These and other potential changes could materially increase the expenses we report under generally accepted accounting principles, and adversely affect our operating results.

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Past activities of our company and its affiliates may lead to future liability for our company.
 
Prior to our acquisition of Chuming in December 2007, we engaged in businesses unrelated to our current operations. Although certain previously controlling shareholders of our company are providing certain indemnifications against any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense arising out of or based on any breach of or inaccuracy in any of their representations and warranties made regarding such acquisition, any liabilities relating to such prior business against which we are not completely indemnified may have a material adverse effect on our company.
 
Future sales of shares of our common stock may decrease the price for such shares.
 
Actual sales, or the prospect of sales by our shareholders, may have a negative effect on the market price of the shares of our common stock. We may also register certain shares of our common stock that are subject to outstanding convertible securities, if any, or reserved for issuance under our stock option plans, if any. Once such shares are registered, they can be freely sold in the public market upon exercise of the options. If any of our shareholders either individually or in the aggregate cause a large number of securities to be sold in the public market, or if the market perceives that these holders intend to sell a large number of securities, such sales or anticipated sales could result in a substantial reduction in the trading price of shares of our common stock and could also impede our ability to raise future capital.
 
Mergers of the type we just completed with Chuming are often heavily scrutinized by the SEC and we may encounter difficulties or delays in obtaining future regulatory approvals.
 
Historically, the SEC and Nasdaq have not generally favored transactions in which a privately-held company merges into a largely inactive company with publicly traded stock, and there is a significant risk that we may encounter difficulties in obtaining the regulatory approvals necessary to conduct future financing or acquisition transactions, or to eventually achieve a listing of shares on one of the Nasdaq stock markets or on a national securities exchange. On June 29, 2005, the SEC adopted rules dealing with private company mergers into dormant or inactive public companies. As a result, it is likely that we will be scrutinized carefully by the SEC and possibly by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which could result in difficulties or delays in achieving SEC clearance of any future registration statements or other SEC filings that we may pursue, in attracting FINRA-member broker-dealers to serve as market-makers in our common stock, or in achieving admission to one of the Nasdaq stock markets or any other national securities market. As a consequence, our financial condition and the value and liquidity of your shares of our common stock may be negatively impacted.
 
Our corporate actions are substantially controlled by our principal shareholders and affiliated entities.
 
Our principal shareholders and their affiliated entities will own approximately 69.5% of our outstanding ordinary shares, representing approximately 69.5% of our voting power. These shareholders, acting individually or as a group, could exert substantial influence over matters such as electing directors and approving mergers or other business combination transactions. In addition, because of the percentage of ownership and voting concentration in these principal shareholders and their affiliated entities, elections of our board of directors will generally be within the control of these shareholders and their affiliated entities. While all of our shareholders are entitled to vote on matters submitted to our shareholders for approval, the concentration of shares and voting control presently lies with these principal shareholders and their affiliated entities. As such, it would be difficult for shareholders to propose and have approved proposals not supported by management. There can be no assurances that matters voted upon by our officers and directors in their capacity as shareholders will be viewed favorably by all shareholders of our company.
 
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The elimination of monetary liability against our directors, officers and employees under Nevada law and the existence of indemnification rights to our directors, officers and employees may result in substantial expenditures by us and may discourage lawsuits against our directors, officers and employees.
 
Our articles of incorporation contain specific provisions that eliminate the liability of our directors for monetary damages to our company and shareholders, and we are prepared to give such indemnification to our directors and officers to the extent provided by Nevada law. We may also have contractual indemnification obligations under our employment agreements with our officers. The foregoing indemnification obligations could result in our company incurring substantial expenditures to cover the cost of settlement or damage awards against directors and officers, which we may be unable to recoup. These provisions and resultant costs may also discourage our company from bringing a lawsuit against directors and officers for breaches of their fiduciary duties, and may similarly discourage the filing of derivative litigation by our shareholders against our directors and officers even though such actions, if successful, might otherwise benefit our company and shareholders.
 
The market price for our stock may be volatile.
 
The market price for our stock may be volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to factors including the following:
 
 
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actual or anticipated fluctuations in our quarterly operating results;
     
 
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changes in financial estimates by securities research analysts;
     
 
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conditions in agricultural markets;
     
 
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changes in the economic performance or market valuations of other meat processing companies;
     
 
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announcements by us or our competitors of new products, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments;
     
 
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addition or departure of key personnel;
     
 
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fluctuations of exchange rates between RMB and the U.S. dollar;
     
 
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intellectual property litigation;
     
 
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general economic or political conditions in China.

In addition, the securities market has from time to time experienced significant price and volume fluctuations that are not related to the operating performance of particular companies. These market fluctuations may also materially and adversely affect the market price of our stock.
 
We may need additional capital, and the sale of additional shares or other equity securities could result in additional dilution to our shareholders.
 
We believe that our current cash and cash equivalents, anticipated cash flow from operations and the net proceeds from a recent offering will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for the near future. We may, however, require additional cash resources due to changed business conditions or other future developments, including any investments or acquisitions we may decide to pursue. If our resources are insufficient to satisfy our cash requirements, we may seek to sell additional equity or debt securities or obtain a credit facility. The sale of additional equity securities could result in additional dilution to our shareholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased debt service obligations and could result in operating and financing covenants that would restrict our operations. We cannot assure you that financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all.
 
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BUSINESS
 
Company Organization
 
We produce, pack, sell, market and distribute fresh pork and processed meat products to customers in the People’s Republic of China (“China” or the “PRC”).

We own three PRC operating subsidiaries (collectively, the “Chuming Operating Subsidiaries”):
 
 
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Dalian Chuming Slaughter and Packaging Pork Company Ltd. (the “Meat Company”), whose primary business activity is acquiring, slaughtering and packaging of pork and cattle;
 
 
2.
Dalian Chuming Processed Foods Company Ltd. (the “Food Company”), whose primary business activity is the processing of raw and cooked meat products; and
 
 
3.
Dalian Chuming Sales Company Ltd. (the “Sales Company”), which is responsible for our sales, marketing and distribution activities.
 
The three operating subsidiaries are spun off constituents of a former parent company, Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd. (the “Group”). Our company is separate and independent from the Group, which operates a different business and has different operations from ours. We took over ownership and control of the three Chuming Operating Subsidiaries from the Group in September 2007 following our corporate reorganization (See subheading entitled “Corporate Reorganization” on page 1 of this prospectus). We are headquartered in the City of Dalian, Liaoning Province of China.
 
Corporate Reorganization
 
PRC law currently limits foreign ownership of certain companies based in the PRC. In order for us to raise equity capital from investors outside of China, we established an offshore holding company by the name of Precious Sheen Investments Limited (“PSI”) in the British Virgin Islands in May 2007. On September 26, 2007, Dalian Precious Sheen Investments Consulting Co., Ltd. ("Chuming WFOE") entered into share transfer agreements with the Group, under which the Group agreed to transfer ownership of the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries to Chuming WFOE. On October 23, 2007, Chuming completed all required registrations to complete the share transfer, and became the 100% owner of the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries. On November 14, 2007 the Dalian Commerce Bureau approved the transfer of the Group’s 68% interest in Chuming WFOE to PSI, and upon this transfer, Chuming WFOE became a wholly foreign owned enterprise, with PSI as the 100% owner of Chuming WFOE (including its subsidiaries). On December 13, 2007, the PRC government authorities issued Chuming WFOE a business license formally recognizing it as a wholly foreign owned enterprise, of which PSI is the sole shareholder.

Following this corporate restructuring, PSI became the 100% owner and parent company of Chuming WFOE, which in turn owns 100% of the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries: the Meat Company, the Food Comapny and the Sales Company.

Throughout this prospectus, PSI, Chuming WFOE and the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries are sometimes collectively referred to as “Chuming.”
 
Share Exchange Transaction
 
On December 31, 2007, we acquired all of the outstanding shares of PSI in exchange for the issuance of 16,850,000 restricted shares of our common stock to the shareholders of PSI, which represented approximately 97.55% of  then-issued and outstanding common stock (excluding the shares issued in our December 31, 2007 financing transaction). As a result of that transaction, PSI became our wholly owned subsidiary and we acquired the business and operations of Chuming.
 
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Prior to the share exchange transaction, Energroup was a public reporting “shell” company with nominal assets whose sole business was to identify, evaluate and investigate various companies with the intent that, if such investigation warrants, a reverse merger transaction be negotiated and completed pursuant to which Energroup would acquire a target company with an operating business with the intent of continuing the acquired company’s business as a publicly held entity.

As a result of the share exchange transaction, PSI (and its subsidiaries) became the 100% owned subsidiary of Energroup Holdings Corporation, and we acquired the business and operations of Chuming.

$17 Million Financing

On December 3, 2007, we completed a $17 million private placement in which we sold and issued 3,863,635 shares of our common stock to fifteen accredited investors for $4.40 per share. The financing yielded net proceeds of approximately $14.7 million. See the section in the summary above entitled “Strategic Financing.”  

Company Overview and History
 
Our business originated from the founding in 1999 of Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd. (the “Group”), the former parent of Chuming.  The Group began as a processor and supplier of fresh and frozen meat and meat products. Among industrialized farming corporations in northeastern China, the Group pursued distinction in the Chinese food industry by maintaining high quality management standards and international safety certifications. 

In 2004, the Group formed the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries, which now form the core of our business, and these companies began producing and supplying fresh and processed meats under the Chuming brand name. Since then we have rapidly become a significant producer and supplier in China’s meat industry, and have achieved consistent profitability and growth since inception. In the last three years of operation, our sales have grown at an average rate of 53.6% per annum, and our net income has grown at an average rate of 39.8%. We sell our products to consumers in northeastern China, which has a population of approximately 108 million. In particular, our current customers are concentrated in the Liaoning Province (which has a population of approximately 42 million), and we are the largest pork producer in Dalian City, which has a population of approximately 3 million, or 6 million including the greater metropolitan area. At present, all of our sales are within China, which is the largest pork-consuming nation in the world, with a total of 54 million metric tons consumed in 2006. Due to the rapid development of the Chinese economy, urbanization and strong income growth, we have observed that pork consumption patterns are changing and consumption levels are continuing to increase. 
 
Our major products are:
 
 
·
Fresh meat - pork that is processed in a controlled environmental chamber with closely monitored temperatures to ensure quality and safety standards during processing right up to the time of delivery to the consumer.
     
 
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Frozen fresh meat - butchered pigs that are processed and immediately frozen, which includes such products as smoked pork, ham and roasts.
     
 
·
Frozen fresh byproducts - pork byproducts including pig’s liver, stomach, intestine, head and hoof.
 
We are part of an established pork production cycle that culminates in sales of fresh and frozen pork. This cycle includes feedstuff production, pig breeding, slaughtering, processing, packaging and distribution. We are involved in the slaughtering, processing, packaging and distribution aspects of the pork production cycle.
 
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We are the first pork producer in China to receive “Green Food” certification from China’s Ministry of Agriculture. Green Food is an innovative certification program unique to China that is awarded to food processors who produce using environmentally sustainable methods and meet certain high technical standards of quality control, safety, and product quality, and generate low levels of pollution. Under strict supervision, control and regulation in production, processing, packing, storage and transportation, Green Food-certified companies must apply these quality control standards from field to customer and regulate the application of inputs, including pesticide, fertilizer, veterinary drug and additives to minimize environmental pollution and prevent toxic and harmful substances from entering the food supply chain. The Green Food certification is based on standards defined by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (“CAC”), a joint body of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Health Organization.

PRC law currently limits foreign ownership of certain companies based in the PRC. In order for us to raise equity capital from investors outside of China, we established an offshore holding company by the name of Precious Sheen Investments Limited (“PSI”) in the British Virgin Islands in May 2007. On September 26, 2007, In 2007, the Group completed a corporate reorganization whereby the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries (namely, the Meat Company, the Food Company and the Sales Company) spun off and separated from the Group. On October 23, 2007, Chuming WFOE completed all required registrations to complete the share transfer, and became the 100% owner of the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries. On November 14, 2007 the Dalian Commerce Bureau approved the transfer of the Group’s 68% interest in Chuming WFOE to PSI, and upon this transfer, Chuming WFOE became a wholly foreign owned enterprise, with PSI as the 100% owner of Chuming (including its subsidiaries). On December 13, 2007, the PRC government authorities issued Chuming WFOE a business license formally recognizing it as a wholly foreign owned enterprise, of which PSI is the sole shareholder.

Following this corporate restructuring, PSI became the 100% owner and parent company of  Chuming WFOE, which in turn owns 100% of the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries: the Meat Company, the Food Comapny and the Sales Company. The business and operations of the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries now comprise the principal business and operations of our company.

In December 2007, PSI completed a reverse-takeover transaction with a U.S. publicly reporting company, which resulted in our current corporate structure. Today, we are a U.S. public reporting company incorporated in the State of Nevada, and we own the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries that continue to operate in the city of Dalian, in Liaoning Province, China. Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “ENHD.OB.”

Concurrently with the closing of the reverse take-over transaction, on December 31, 2007 we closed our $17 million private placement financing involving the issuance of our common stock to 15 accredited investors. The financing yielded net proceeds to us of approximately $14.7 million. For an additional discussion of this financing, please refer to the section above entitled “Strategic Financing” on page 4 of this prospectus.
 
Industry Overview
 
The following overview in certain instances cites to materials that are publicly available without charge. If no citation is provided with respect to certain information presented in this “Industry Overview” section, that information is attributed to our own research regarding the world pork market and China’s pork industry.
 
World Pork Market
 
According to a November 2007 report of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), China is the largest pork producer and consumer in the world. China is the leading producer among other countries in the world by a wide margin, and produces and consumes more than half of the world’s pork. Preliminary numbers for 2007 worldwide production of pork was 94.7 million metric tons (MMT, carcass weight equivalent) and consumption was 93.8 MMT. The USDA forecast for 2008 is that both the production and the consumption in China are expected to expand by more than 2% over 2007 levels.

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Pork Production (1,000 Metric Tons, Carcass Weight Equivalent), 2003-2008 (Estimated)

 
 
2003
 
2004
 
2005
 
2006
 
2007
 
2008
November
 
China   
   
45,186
   
47,016
   
50,106
   
51,972
   
47,000
   
48,000
 
EU-27      
   
21,712
   
21,753
   
21,676
   
21,677
   
22,040
   
21,910
 
United States
   
9,056
   
9,312
   
9,392
   
9,559
   
9,877
   
10,108
 
Brazil
   
2,560
   
2,600
   
2,710
   
2,830
   
2,980
   
3,095
 
Russian Federation
   
1,710
   
1,725
   
1,735
   
1,805
   
1,880
   
2,000
 
Canada
   
1,882
   
1,936
   
1,920
   
1,898
   
1,850
   
1,790
 
Japan
   
1,260
   
1,272
   
1,245
   
1,247
   
1,260
   
1,255
 
Mexico
   
1,100
   
1,150
   
1,195
   
1,200
   
1,200
   
1,250
 
Korea, Republic of
   
1,149
   
1,100
   
1,036
   
1,000
   
1,065
   
1,095
 
Taiwan
   
893
   
898
   
911
   
905
   
910
   
910
 
Ukraine
   
630
   
558
   
493
   
485
   
530
   
540
 
   
3,350
   
3,481
   
3,720
   
3,926
   
4,086
   
1,039
 
Total      
   
90,488
   
92,801
   
96,136
   
98,504
   
94,678
   
92,992
 
 
Sources: USDA report, Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade, November 2007.   
Note: 2007 data is preliminary and 2008 is forecast.
 
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Pork Consumption (1,000 Metric Tons, Carcass Weight Equivalent), 2003-2007 (Estimated)

 
 
2003
 
2004
 
2005
 
2006
 
2007
 
2008
November
 
China    
   
45,054
   
46,648
   
49,703
   
51,467
   
46,690
   
47,700
 
EU-27    
   
20,683
   
20,528
   
20,632
   
20,518
   
20,790
   
20,800
 
United States    
   
8,816
   
8,817
   
8,670
   
8,640
   
8,939
   
9,129
 
Russian Federation    
   
2,417
   
2,338
   
2,486
   
2,639
   
2,734
   
2,874
 
Japan    
   
2,331
   
2,529
   
2,482
   
2,458
   
2,500
   
2,490
 
Brazil    
   
1,957
   
1,979
   
1,949
   
2,191
   
2,265
   
2,320
 
Mexico    
   
1,423
   
1,556
   
1,556
   
1,580
   
1,565
   
1,580
 
Korea, Republic of    
   
1,286
   
1,336
   
1,311
   
1,420
   
1,518
   
1,550
 
Canada
   
1,003
   
1,068
   
967
   
971
   
970
   
930
 
Taiwan    
   
934
   
948
   
944
   
928
   
927
   
928
 
Ukraine
   
623
   
606
   
544
   
544
   
609
   
619
 
Others    
   
3,621
   
3,697
   
3,906
   
4,158
   
4,332
   
1,249
 
     
   
90,148
   
92,050
   
95,150
   
97,514
   
93,839
   
92,169
 
 
Sources: USDA report, Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade, November 2007.   
Note: 2007 data is preliminary and 2008 is forecast.

China’s Pork Industry
 
According to China’s National Bureau of Statistics, China’s US$176 billion animal husbandry sector is the second largest in the country’s basket of agricultural related industries including farming, forestry and fishery. The present size of the pork and processed meat market in China is an estimated US$32 billion.
 
Our research indicates that China’s per capita meat consumption was just over 55 kilograms by 2000, which is significantly smaller than the consumption level of over 100 kg per year by western standards. Based on what is known about Chinese culinary culture and habits, however, our management believes that the Chinese population is expected to consume more meat as their disposable income increases. For example, our research indicates that Hong Kong residents, who have a significantly higher per capita income, consumed on average 124 kg of meat in 2000.
 
The manner in which meat sales are conducted has changed as a result of new hygiene and food safety regulations that were introduced by the Chinese government in 1995. Historically, the great majority of meat sales in China had taken place in open-air markets or on streets, i.e. in free wet markets. These markets provided a location through which the consumer could buy live poultry or freshly slaughtered meat produced direct from local farmers. As a result of the new regulations, however, governmental agencies recently have encouraged the replacement of open-air markets by supermarkets and convenience stores, and the market share of open-air markets has continued to decline. Even with these new regulations, however, the open-air markets still currently represent 80% of the overall meat-processing sector in China.
 
The meat industry in China is characterized by fragmentation, sanitation and hygiene issues, as well as social demographic trends. Supply is extremely localized with limited distribution capability. China’s vast geography and ‘in-development’ transport infrastructure have made it difficult to create national or even regional level competition in the industry. Our management believes that the trend towards greater sales through formal supermarkets and chain stores, coupled with the expansion of our sales and distribution network, will continue to favorably impact our business.
 
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Pork is China’s most important source of meat and is consumed at a much higher rate than other categories of meat. The following 2007 USDA Report shows that pork is consumed in China with five times greater volume than poultry or “broiler meat” and almost seven times more than beef:
 
 
 
Kg Per Person
 
 
Relative %
 
Beef
   
5.6
   
11
%
Broiler Meat
   
7.9
   
15
%
Pork
   
39.4
   
74
%
Total:
   
52.9
   
100
%
 
Sources: USDA report, Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade, April 2007.   
 
In addition to a greater general preference for pork, urbanization and rapid income growth are working in parallel to create more demand for pork and processed pork products. An emerging middle class of relatively high-income consumers is forming in certain Chinese cities. As household incomes rise, these high-income residents consume more of most foods on a per capita basis. According to the Urban Household Survey conducted in 2000 by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, pork consumption by low-income residents was 13.4 kg whereas it was 19.6 kg for high-income residents. These residents not only demand a greater quantity of food, but also higher quality (e.g. better cuts of meat, foods that are safer or healthier) and convenience (processed foods). Reports of food poisoning and dangerous chemical residues have given rise to strong demand for “green” foods for which we are certified. We believe that affluent consumers would be willing to pay premium prices for foods which have safety-related certifications, foods with purported health benefits or foods with other desirable attributes. We offer a wide range of food products that appeal to demands for safety, convenience, quality and health attributes demanded by high-income urban consumers.
 
Our management expects China’s meat industry, which includes the meat processing business, to grow due to key driving forces including food safety concerns that we believe will accelerate the transition from the traditional wet market to the modern dry market; rising modern retail channels; government mandates and supports of agricultural and meat processing companies; and consolidating forces.
 
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Transitioning from “wet-market” to “dry-market” 

We believe that food safety is a top concern of Chinese consumers who purchase meat products, and that this will eventually compel modernization of China’s meat processing industry. Consumer surveys showed that food safety, nutritional value and taste are the top three concerns of consumers, while price was ranked fourth. Furthermore, surveys showed that 60% of the consumers have a low degree of confidence in meat products in general. There are a number of food safety concerns facing the Chinese pork industry, including swine streptococcus and Foot and Mouth Disease, the use of antibiotics and illegal feed additives such as Clenbutero, pork injected with water and illegal slaughterhouses. China’s meat industry traditionally has been dominated by small and family-operated butcher shops that would slaughter the livestock in the open-air marketplaces and without the necessary safety and sterilized equipment. These unsanitary operations create what is commonly known as the “wet market,” which currently represents 80% of the overall meat-processing sector. However, the industry is changing rapidly. Along with the prevalent use of refrigerators in urban households, health conscious consumers are demanding more sanitary quality meat products which can only be processed and delivered in a temperature controlled cold chain environment. This presents significant opportunities to meat processors with advanced processing plants and refrigerated transportation capabilities.
  
 
·
Government quality control 

Frequent occurrences of food safety scares have hastened the Chinese government’s effort in regulating food safety and quality. For example, in 2006 pork containing Clenbutero were found to be sold in several wet markets in Shanghai that resulted in over 330 people being poisoned, and an outbreak of swine Streptococcus in Sichuan Province led to the death of 17 people. A number of Chinese organizations are involved in an effort to bring the Chinese meat industry’s safety, hygiene and sanitation standards to an international level, including the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Health, State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine, State Food and Drug Administration, and the Ministry of Commerce. Tougher quality standards set for the meat processing industry represent barriers to newcomers while forcing operationally inadequate and financially unsound companies to shut down. Our management anticipates that companies such as ours, with quality meat processing and modern logistics systems, will benefit as they capture market share and build consumer brand loyalty.

 
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Government’s strong support of meat processing industry 

The main theme of China’s 11th Five Year Plan is the development of China’s rural economy. With the widening wealth gap between the rich and poor or between urban and rural regions, China’s central government has shifted its focus from urban industrial growth to rural agricultural development aimed at improving the standard of living in the poorer regions. Many preferential policies were enacted to help the farming communities including subsidized livestock insurance and interest free loans. Scaled meat processors are considered active agents in galvanizing the rural economies by providing jobs, injecting capital, and introducing new technology and management expertise to the local economies. The Five Year Plans are a series of economic development initiatives promulgated by the Chinese government, however, they do not constitute binding or substantive policies or regulations. The Chinese economy has been shaped primarily through the plenary sessions of the Central Committee and National Congress. The Five Year Plan serves, in part, as a mapping strategy for economic development, setting growth targets, and launching reforms. The plan usually includes detailed economic development guidelines for all its regions and the nation as a whole. As China has transited from a centrally-planned economy to market economy, the name for the 11th Five-Year Plan has been characterized as a “guideline” rather than a strict “plan”. The 11th Five-Year Plan covers the period from 2006 to 2011.  

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·
National retailers provide platform for growth 

The increasingly widespread use of refrigerators in urban Chinese households has attracted many retailers to carry more frozen food products, making available a wide variety of frozen products to consumers. Major domestic retailers, including LianHua, have made an impact in introducing more brands of frozen food products in their retail stores. Even more significantly going forward will be the rapid expansion of international hypermarkets in China, including France’s Carrefour, the U.S.’s Wal-mart, and Germany’s Metro. These retailers with national reach will significantly change the retail industry landscape as they provide the platform for the large branded food companies to efficiently and rapidly distribute their products to large and untapped markets. These international retail chains can also provide excellent export opportunities to scaled, quality meat processing companies.

 
·
Industry consolidation benefits scaled players 

In the more mature U.S. meat market, the top three producers represent about 50% of the meat industry there. But in China the meat-processing industry is very fragmented, with over 3,000 meat-processors most of which are small operators. The top three producers represent less than 5% of the overall market. Pig farms in China are also very fragmented, with over 90% of the farms possessing fewer than 10 pigs. As smaller players experience pressure from margin compression and stricter government regulations, we believe scaled meat processors will make attractive acquisitions in order to capture market share, gain scale, secure raw material, and move closer to clients. The combination of stricter hygiene regulations, increasing competition from well-financed players, struggling meat suppliers, and increasing international competition from companies like Hormel will induce major industry shakeout and consolidation in the coming years.
 
Macro and Demographic Trends

It is widely believed that a middle class is rapidly emerging in China. China’s GDP has been growing at over 9% per year for the past 10 years and has created millions of new consumers. Management believes that these trends will translate into higher demand for pork products:
    
 
·
Incomes in urban China increased by 10% in the first nine months of 2006. China’s middle class - citizens making at least 50,000 Yuan (US$6,250) - are expected to double by 2010 to 25% of the country’s population, fueling domestic consumption.
     
 
·
While overall income grew rapidly, urban per capita disposable income grew even faster at 39.6% between 2002 and 2005, compared to 34.7% for per capita rural income during the same period. Urban per capita consumption of meat is twice that of the national average.
     
 
·
Due to the increasing rural migration to urban cities, China expects to double its major cities by 2010 creating new waves of Chinese urban meat consumers. The number of Chinese cities with over 1 million people is projected to reach 125 by 2010 according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and cities with over 2 million people are projected to reach 300 by 2020.
     
 
·
Domestic demand for meat products in China is expected to grow to a projected 100 million metric tons in 2010 from an actual 72.4 million metric tons in 2004 according to Access Asia, an independent research firm. Total production value of meat products are expected to increase to a projected US$120 billion from an actual US$84 billion and per capita meat consumption is expected to increase from an actual 49 kg to a projected 75 kg during the same period. Pork represents the bulk of meat products consumed in China.
 
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With higher standards of living and more a demanding working lifestyle, urban Chinese consumers are purchasing more processed meat products and spending more on dining on meat products outside of the home. Our research indicates that:
 
 
·
Currently less than an estimated 10% of the meat consumed in China is processed. Meat consumption out of the home has surpassed in-home meat consumption in 11 Chinese provinces, especially in more economically developed regional markets such as Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
 
 
·
Chinese consumers have become more conscious of food safety and quality, fueling demand for branded foods. This has become more evident after the occurrence of a series of disease outbreaks across Asia including SARS and the avian flu. With changing lifestyles and food quality awareness, Chinese consumers are seeking more name brands to ensure the quality in processed meat that they purchase.
     
 
·
The new health-conscious consumer group has become more educated and concerned with the freshness and nutritional value of various meat products. For example, LTMP (low temperature meat product) pork has become more popular recently as urban consumers become aware that LTMP has better nutritional value and fresher taste than the longer-shelf-life HTMP (high temperature meat product) pork products.
 
Processing of Meat Products in China
 
In the PRC, regulations relating to the processing of meat products are set forth in the PRC Law of Food Hygiene and the Administrative Measures for the Hygiene of Meat and Meat Products. A PRC food processing company is required to obtain a hygiene permit from the Hygiene Bureau of the relevant districts before it is permitted to apply to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce for a business license.
 
A food processing company may not purchase or use meat that has not been inspected and approved by the Animal Supervision Authority. Even if the meat has been so inspected, it must still satisfy other hygiene requirements. Each food processing company must have facilities to conduct regular laboratory testing of its products to ensure food safety requirements are met. For instance, sometimes traceable levels of contaminants and radioactive substances are found in meat products, and these must not exceed certain established national standards.
 
Food processing companies are required to possess hygienic cold storage facilities, and proper management of such cold storage facilities must be set out. All storage equipment and packing materials must also comply with hygienic standards. All meat products which are packed must be labeled, specifying requisite information such as name of the product, place of manufacture, manufacture date, lot number or code, final consumption date and ingredients. Any meat product to be exported shall be inspected by the Animal and Plant Quarantine Authority when passing through customs. Only meat products which have passed such inspections may be exported.
 
Business
 
We are principally engaged in the production, processing, sale and distribution of fresh and prepared meat products in China. Our products are classified as fresh and frozen pork, and prepared foods, which includes prepared pork, seafood and by-products.
 
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Our production facilities are located in Dalian, a coastal city with a population of 3 million (6 million including the greater metropolitan area). Referred to as the “Boston of China” due to its Northeast proximity and port orientation, Dalian is the most affluent city in the Liaoning Province, with a population of 42 million. Dalian serves as a finance and export trade center of Northeast China, and is also the center of the “Buo Sea Economical Zone” (“BSEZ”). According to China’s National Bureau of Statistics, the BSEZ covers 12% of the territory and 20% of the population in China, and is the most important economic center in Northern China. The National Bureau of Statistics also projects that these two areas may generate a more rapid growth rate than the overall GDP growth of China in next 10 years. Our facilities include 5 production lines with the slaughtering capacity of 123,318 metric tons and prepared food capacity of 16,000 metric tons. Our prepared food facilities are the largest in Liaoning Province.
 
Our production lines are imported from international manufacturing automation leader Stork™ of the Netherlands, with the state-of-the-art technology and specialized for their in-process testing and quality controls. Our production facilities are certified under ISO9001 and HACCP. Our pork products are qualified “Green Food” by the National Green Food Development Center and qualified as one of 14 “National Safe Foods” by the National Slaughtering Authentication Center.
 
Our products are sold under the brand name of “Chuming™.” We target consumers who desire high quality pork products. We distribute our products through dealers and agents to more than 100 supermarkets, including Carrefour, Wal-mart, Metro, New-mart, Hymall and others. We also distribute our products to over 500 schools, hospitals, factory canteens and restaurants, and more than 500 “Chuming” franchise stores or specialty counters in wet markets. These franchise stores and specialty counters are resellers of our products with whom we have arrangements to sell our product under the Chuming brand name (the principal difference between franchise stores and specialty counters being location within a supermarket for the former, and location in a wet market for the latter).
 
Our business activities are the slaughter, processing, packing and distribution of meat products for sale to clients throughout the PRC. We have a 250,000 square meter campus which houses an international standards-based meat processing plant located in the city of Dalian in Liaoning Province, PRC. We have a total of five production lines and an aggregate capacity to slaughter approximately 1.5 million pigs per year. We purchase hogs from more than 3,000 farms in Liaoning Province and nearby areas, in addition to having an exclusive contract with farms owned and operated by the Group to supply us with 600,000 live hogs in 2007, 750,000 in 2008, 800,000 in 2009, and 800,000 in 2010, at local market prices. The Group provides breeding pigs, animal feed, vaccination, veterinary services and technology support to our subcontractor pig farmers, resulting in more favorable relations with these small independent suppliers.
    
Principal Products
 
We produce, distribute and sell fresh meat and prepared food products under the brand name “Chuming™,” through our dealership distribution network, our own sales force and franchise stores in the PRC.
 
We produce two main types of Processed Meat Products - High Temperature Meat Products (HTMPs) and Low Temperature Meat Products (LTMPs).
 
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High Temperature Meat Products. HTMPs are cooked at a temperature of approximately 121°C and at approximately 2.5 times atmospheric pressure. These meat products can be stored at room temperature and have a shelf life of approximately six months from the date of production. However, the permitted shelf life of these products is 120 days from the date of production, even though the actual shelf life of these products is six months. HTMPs are generally priced lower than LTMP and do not require refrigeration. Therefore, they are affordable and accessible to the average PRC consumer.

 Low Temperature Meat Products. LTMPs are cooked at lower temperatures ranging from 65 to 85°C, under 1 atmospheric pressure. These meat products have a shelf life of three months from the date of production if they are stored at a temperature of 0°C. In 2003, we introduced our LTMPs to the PRC market. The Group’s R&D studies have shown that LTMPs generally taste better than HTMPs because they are cooked at lower temperatures and thus are able to preserve the taste and nutrients found in the ingredients. The LTMPs generally cater to the taste of consumers in PRC cities who have higher purchasing power.
 
Currently, we have two main series of products for both HTMP and LTMP: the “Ham” series and the “Sausage” series. The Ham series has chunkier pieces of meat and thus has a meatier texture. It also has a corresponding higher percentage of meat content. The Sausage series has a lower percentage of meat content and has a smoother texture. The range of products we offer includes more than 300 varieties of hams and sausages.
 
The following is a summary of some of the types of Fresh and Processed Meat Products that we manufacture and how they are categorized:
 
Fresh Pork
 
Chinese people generally perceive that fresh meat retains a better flavor as compared with frozen meat. As such, the price of fresh pork meat is approximately 20% higher than frozen pork meat. The other producers of fresh pork meat in the PRC are generally farm-based suppliers, which supply the areas around the farms. The key difference between our fresh pork and that of farm-based suppliers is that our fresh pork is produced and packed in a highly controlled sanitized environment in our own facilities. Therefore, consumers have added assurance that our fresh pork meat is safe for consumption.
 
In order for the pork to remain fresh, at our facilities the pigs are slaughtered and then processed within 30 minutes. The meat is then cooled but not frozen at a temperature between 32° F (0° C) and 39.2° F (4° C) for about 20 hours. Following this cooling process, fresh pork is cut into various parts in a sterilized room with the constant temperature of 12° C. This reduces the risk of exposure to germs and bacterial contamination. Before delivery, the fresh pork is kept in our storage room at a controlled temperature of 0 to 4° C. The meat is stored in airtight sterilizing rooms filled with ozone, which acts as a sterilizing agent, killing remaining germs and bacteria in the meat.
 
With our own temperature-controlled vans and trucks, we deliver the fresh pork to our customers including dealers, supermarkets and our franchise specialty stores. The entire process of cold production, cold storage and cold delivery is what we refer to as the “cold chain system.” This cold chain system ensures the freshness and quality of our product. Our fresh pork products have an average shelf life of 7 days from the date of production.
 
Frozen Pork
 
In the production of our frozen pork, the meat is frozen at -31° F (-35° C) to -40° F (-40° C) for 48 hours. It is then stored or transported at a constant temperature of between -0.4° F (-18° C) to -13° F (-25° C). Since frozen pork can be preserved for longer periods of time, our frozen meat products are ideal for distribution across longer distances to Northeast and North China as well as potentially to international markets such as Korea, Russia and Japan. These products have an average shelf life of 180 days from the date of production. We also sell our frozen pork to restaurants, supermarkets and fresh food markets.
 
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Prepared Food Products
 
Our prepared food products include prepared pork, seafood and pig by-products, which accounted for 10% of our 2006 revenues.
 
Prepared Pork Products. Our prepared pork products are mainly LTMPs, which are cooked at lower temperatures ranging from 65° C to 85° C and under atmospheric pressure. These meat products generally have a shelf life of 30 days from the date of production if they are stored at a temperature ranging from 0° C to 4° C. For LTMPs, we currently have two series and more than 300 products. These foods are all made from the fresh pork that we produce. The following is a description of the types of prepared pork products we offer:
 
Ham
 
 
·
Chuming Cumin Ham

 
·
Cooked Ham

 
·
Roast Ham

 
·
Premium Ham

 
·
Sandwich Ham

 
·
Square Ham

 
·
Chunky Ham

 
·
Baby Ham

 
·
Salted Loin

 
·
Smoked Ham
 
Sausage
 
 
·
Diary Sausage

 
·
Garlic Sausage

 
·
Spicy Sausage

 
·
Chinese Sausage

 
·
Taiwan Sausage

 
·
Baby Sausage
 
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Seafood Products.   Our prepared seafood products are made from fish, shrimp and other varieties of seafood. With our techniques of prepared food production, we prepare seafood products such as fish sausage and shellfish sausage. Seafood products accounted for approximately 5% of our revenue in 2007. Due to the abundance of seafood in Dalian, located on the Northern coast of China, as well as relatively high profit margins for these products, we plan to expand our seafood output in the future. The following is a description of the varieties of seafood products we offer:
 
Seafood sausage
 
 
·
Baked Fish Sausage

 
·
Barbequed Prawn Sausage

 
·
Crab Sausage

 
·
Scallop Sausage

 
·
Squid Sausage
 
Pig By-Products. In China, virtually all parts of the pig are valued for consumption and are used in local cuisine. Pig “by-products” that are not typically used or sold in other parts of the world are prepared and sold in the Chinese market. This includes pig innards, pig skin, pig tails, lard and pig heads. Pig liver, stomach, intestine, head and hoofs are commonly used in Chinese cuisine and are sold to a ready market.
 
We produce our products through two of the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries: (i) the Meat Company in Wangfangdian, and (ii) the Food Company in Dalian.
 
Our fresh and frozen pork is produced by our subsidiary Meat Company. The Meat Company’s facilities cover 150,000 square meters and utilize state-of-art slaughtering and cutting lines imported from Stork Co. of the Netherlands. The Meat Company has a slaughtering capacity of 250 pigs per hour, which is 1,500,000 pigs per year at full capacity. Our cutting line has a capacity of 30,132 metric tons per year. Our cold and freezing storage facilities can store up to 6,000 metric tons of fresh product. The fresh pork and frozen pork produced by the Meat Company are typically sold either in whole carcass form or in cuts.
 
The prepared foods are produced by our subsidiary Food Company, located in the Ganjingzi District of Dalian. The Food Company includes a 10,000 square meter processing facility. There are three prepared food production lines including one pork processing line with the capacity of 10,000 metric tons, one seafood sausage production line with the capacity of 4,500 metric tons and one deli by-product production line with the capacity of 1,500 metric tons. All of the Food Company’s production line equipment is imported from Germany and features state-of-the-art technology. Based on our own market research on our competitors, management believes that the Food Company is now the largest prepared food production plant in the Liaoning Province. 

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Supply of Pigs
 
We do not rear pigs, but instead purchase them from our former parent company, the Group, and from other suppliers who aggregate supply from local pig farms. We purchase live pigs from the Group and third party suppliers on a cash-on-delivery basis.  While the Group’s breeding operations are well developed and large scale, most of the pig farming in the PRC is generally not well commercialized. Our third party suppliers aggregate supplies from hundreds of small pig farms, which are typically operated by independent family-owned farms. One advantage of decentralized supply is that we obtain competitive market pricing for our supply of pigs. Another advantage is that any outbreak of livestock disease is likely to be confined to a one or more of these farms and would not affect our entire supply. Potential disadvantages from a decentralized supply of pigs include variations in quality of stock, and potential variation in quantity and timing of the supply of hogs to our plant for processing. However, because all pig famers who supply pigs to us are all located within the greater Dalian City metropolitan area (within a two hour radius by truck), the logistical issues have so far not interfered with our ability to secure a steady supply of hogs. Since we have around 6,000 local pig farmers who will supply hogs to us, we ordinarily are able to obtain a reasonably stable supply of hogs, even when some farms cannot meet our requests for any reason. Also, because our former parent company, the Group, acquires pigs directly from independent farmers then sell pigs to us in lots (under our Hog Procurement Agreement), to some extent we have minimized the potential disadvantages discussed above.
 
Our pig suppliers supply us with regular quantities of pigs based on the current prevailing market price of pigs on the day of delivery. We typically order a certain number of pigs per day from each of the farms that supply us pigs. For instance, if we expect to order 80,000 pigs per annum from a supplier, that supplier will supply somewhere between 240 and 260 pigs per day.
 
In order to ensure a consistent supply of fresh pork to our customers, we have made agreements with approximately 6,000 pig farms in the Dalian, to supplement our usual supply of live pigs. These pig farms agreed to supply us approximately 400,000 pigs in 2007. Our suppliers have an aggregate capacity to supply us with approximately 1,100 pigs per day.

We normally pay a higher than average price per pig, which is typically RMB 1.25 per kg above the average market price for live pigs, in order to acquire what we believe to be a higher quality supply of pigs. Although we pay a premium for a higher quality supply of pigs, our management believes that the benefits of this strategy outweigh the costs because of the goodwill that results from providing a consistently high-quality product to our customers.
 
We pay different “market prices” for live pigs depending on quality and weight.  Incoming live pigs are graded by our quality control personnel based on a number of criteria (including fat content, health of the animal, absence of injuries, the net weight), into several categories including “Grades 1- 4” and “below-grade,” with Grade 1 being the highest quality (and accordingly the highest price per kilogram).  We then determine prevailing market prices for live pigs for these various grades based on market data drawn from the local marketplace, which fluctuates daily.  Approximately 80% of the live pigs purchased by us are in the Grade 1 and Grade 2 categories.  For example, for the first quarter of 2008, approximately 80% of the live pigs purchased by us were Grade 1 and 2, with the remainder in Grade 3 and 4. Since we generally select higher-quality pigs (Grades 1 and 2) among all live pigs available for purchase in the marketplace, as a result we pay a higher than average price per kilogram for our overall supply of live pigs.
 
In 2005, 2006 and 2007, we paid a total of $39.5 million, $59.2 million and $110.4 million, respectively, for our total supply of live pigs. We paid the Group an aggregate of $61.7 million and $23.6 million for live pigs during the full year of 2007 and the first quarter of 2008, respectively, and the amounts paid were determined as described above.
 
Under our Long-Term Hog Procurement Agreement between the Group and the Meat Company, the Group agreed to supply no less than 750,000 live hogs to us in 2008, 800,000 in 2009, and 800,000 in 2010, and the price for the hogs is set at the fair market price at the time of delivery.
 
Due to a severe supply shortage of hogs in 2007 that was unanticipated, we processed approximately 608,000 pigs through September 30, which is 42,000 short of our 650,000 third quarter year-to-date target set up earlier this year. According to China Livestock and Products Annual Report 2007 dated on September 25, 2007 by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, the severe supply shortage of hogs in 2007 was because of a series of outbreaks of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), also known as Blue Ear Disease, in China from May 2006. Blue Ear Disease is an infectious disease that affects swine, characterized by reproductive disorders, premature delivery, miscarriage, and stillbirth—as well as abnormal breathing in piglets. According to the report, shortages and a sharp pork price increase occurred as a result of Blue Ear Disease. The average pork price increased by 48 percent from January to August 2007 over the same period in 2006, while prices in July and August 2007 increased by 86 and 87 percent, respectively, from the same months in 2006.
 
We participate in a breeding program with local farmers - under this program, after a careful selection process, every participating breeder must have a pig farmer provide a guarantee of supply, who must be responsible for making up any differences between the agreed amount and actual number of pigs supplied to us. This program has been in existence since 1998. Management believes that since our breeding program has been successful, and has increased farmer income and tax revenue in our region, our local government has welcomed these programs.
 
Among our suppliers, Zheng Baojiang, Wang Fujie, Zhang Jihuan, Sun Siyuan, and Ge Hongqi are the most successful pig farmers in our supply chain, and they supplied an aggregate of 12,000, 10,000, 8,000, 8,000 and 6,000 hogs respectively through each of the first six months of 2007, contributing to 4.4% of our total supply.
 
In addition to the quality of our suppliers’ stock, and their health and safety controls, we have a quality control system of our own to ensure that pigs supplied to us are healthy and fit for human consumption. We require that pigs supplied to us be accompanied by required health certificates, and each must weigh at least between 90kg and 100kg. If the pigs meet the above criteria, we are then obligated to accept delivery of the pigs. (A pig that weighs between 90 and 100 kg, has more saleable meat per kilogram. If it is below this weight range, the ratio of meat to innards would be lower, resulting in less saleable meat per kilogram).
 
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Customers and Distribution Methods
 
Customers
 
We have three primary types of customers for our products, which are (1) city and town households, (2) canteens and restaurants, and (3) food processing companies.
 
We have found that Chinese households prefer fresh pork to frozen pork. Consumers typically buy fresh pork in small quantities, in frequent visits to markets where it is sold. Households usually choose the supermarkets, the wet market, or Chuming™ franchise stores to buy the fresh pork based on convenience. This type of customer accounted for 90% of our revenues in 2007.
 
Canteens include the cafeterias of government agencies, schools, factories and hospitals. These customers, including restaurants, often purchase our pork from Chuming™ franchise stores or directly from agents or wholesalers of the Company. This customer segment accounted for 5% of our revenues in 2007.
 
In addition to the above two types of customers, we also provide branded food processing companies with fresh and frozen pork. However, this customer segment accounted for less than 5% of our revenue in 2007. Since our sourced pigs are of good breed and have strict quality control in the production process, these food processors regularly rely on our pork as an ingredient in their products. Our clients in this segment include Taiwan Dachan, a feed supplier and food processor in Taiwan. These food processing companies typically get access to our products from Chuming agents or wholesalers.
 
Our largest customer accounted for approximately 19%, 26% and 8.8% respectively of our total turnover for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Our top five customers together accounted for approximately 61%, 71% and 45% of our total turnover for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. None of our directors, their associates or any shareholder of the Company has any interest in any of our five largest customers.
 
Distribution Network
 
Our distribution network is organized and divided by geographic markets and sales regions, including: Dalian Metropolitan, Eastern Liaoning, Western Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and Hebei markets. In each market, we have a team led by a sales officer whose objective is to expand the Chuming sales network by developing potential dealers, agents and wholesalers, and to maintain the existing network by assisting our sellers. Our Sales Company works with dealers, agents and wholesalers, who then submit orders directly to us.
 
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Sales by Region for the Year Ended December 31, 2007
 
Dalian
   
74
%
Shenyang
   
18
%
East Liaoning
   
3
%
North Liaoning
   
2
%
West Liaoning
   
2
%
Others
   
1
%
 
Retail Strategy

To differentiate ourselves, we have a unique retail strategy to complement our wholesale operations. We sell our product to “showcase stores” which are owned and operated by independent operators. These specialty boutique-type stores must have the same design and physical layout and must follow our operating methodologies. These storefronts are highly visible with the Chuming™ brand name. We also set merchandising and pricing policies and all employees must undergo a mandatory training program. There are currently over 500 such boutique stores in Liaoning Province, providing high brand recognition and communicating a message of quality that will benefit all channels. These boutique stores target the new middle class that desire and can afford high quality goods and services. They provide particular convenience to a typical busy two-income, middle-class family which shops frequently after work. Most of these boutique shops are located in Dalian and the major cities of Liaoning Province. Each store has a minimum monthly sales requirement depending on the city and store.
 
Dealers, agents and wholesalers who we work with serve their own diverse distribution channels. Our affiliated dealers organize their sales to stores and supermarkets, such as Carrefour, Wal-mart, Hymall, New-mart and Metro. Our affiliated agents assist in identifying locations and opening Chuming™ franchise stores in their region, important to the expanding our revenues. Our affiliated wholesalers typically organize the sales to canteens and restaurants as well as food processing companies. In some regions, our affiliated agents will also directly contact local canteens and restaurants.
 
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Chuming’s Distribution Network
 
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We have our Chuming™ branded counters in large stores and supermarkets, which are the most important and highly visible locations to enhance our brand and image. Since large supermarkets such as Carrefour and Wal-mart have strict requirements to approve any suppliers, having Chuming™ counters in these megaretailers’ flagship stores reinforces the consumer confidence in our products. We have Chuming™ counters in more than 100 large supermarkets located in Northeast China and the Hebei Province.
  
Our most popular product, fresh pork, is sold primarily though our Chuming™ franchise stores. Chuming™ franchise stores are usually located in high-density, urban residential areas easily accessible by our customers. The Chuming™ franchise stores also save time compared to long lines sometimes found at large supermarkets. Chuming™ franchise stores are all equipped with refrigerators to keep the pork fresh. We have established more than 500 Chuming™ franchise stores now operating in Dalian and throughout the Liaoning Province. In the next few years, we aim to increase the number of our Chuming™ branded franchise stores to more than 1,000 outlets.
 
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We provide operators of franchise stores and specialty counters with equipment (refrigerated showcases, signage, uniforms, heating equipment for processed food and other equipment), labels and packaging, technical assistance, and permission to sell our products under the Chuming brand name. These operators pay us an equipment deposit (to cover the cost of equipment), a trademark usage guarantee deposit, a uniform fee (for the cost of employee uniforms), a one-time start-up fee to cover the costs of certain materials, and an ongoing fee of approximately 0.5% of the total purchase amount of the products these operators purchase from us. Operators agree to sell our products exclusively, and may sell other products only with our consent. Operators are responsible for payment of their own taxes and government fees, leasing expenses, and other operating costs. If an operator is terminated, we will refund the equipment deposit upon return of the equipment, and the trademark deposit if the operator has complied with the trademark usage guidelines we provide to them. We generally reward high-volume operators with discounts and incentives on a case-by-case basis.

Delivery
 
In China, one of the main obstacles to expanding market share and developing national brands has been logistical management during processing. We address this issue by equipping our processing plant with modern technologically advanced, state-of-the art equipment and production lines. Our advanced logistical infrastructure includes the use of bar coding and electronic interchange to enhance the speed and accuracy of data flow. Over the years, we have built an extensive logistical system that includes 21 contracted refrigerated container trucks that allow us to better preserve the meat and to expand our market scope by delivering food to farther retail points. As a result, we have been able to make deliveries within a 500km radius of our Dalian processing plant. Furthermore, our modern information technology system adds additional competitive advantage as it provides us real time market and production data which in turn enables us to capitalize on the timely information regarding market pricing, inventory levels, and changes in demand.
 
After orders are gathered and processed at the Sales Company, our products are delivered utilizing our transportation fleet and through pick-up by certain accounts at our facilities. The quality of our fresh pork is highly dependent on the storage room and delivery vehicles once they leave the chill room. We currently operates 21 temperature-controlled vehicles, which we employ in our operations to help guarantee the freshness of pork at the point of delivery to customer locations in our primary market which is within a two-hour radius of Dalian.
 
Quality Control
 
We maintain all required licenses and certificates from the relevant central and local government authorities with regard to our pork production business. In 2005, we were awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification that covers our production, research and development and sales activities. ISO 9001 certification indicates that our abattoirs and pork production operations comply with international standards of quality assurance established by the International Standards Organization. All of our production lines have also passed the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) test, which is certified by Moody International Certification Ltd.
 
We currently have 78 Quality Control (QC) personnel who run and refine our quality assurance system. This system is divided into two sections: Meat Production Supervision and Processed Meat Supervision. The 78 employees who work in our quality assurance program consist of 33 quality control engineers, and 45 staff. All members of the QC team are trained technicians with qualifications and experience in animal husbandry, quarantines and veterinary medicine. The quality control laboratory meets and exceeds all standards set by the authorities and relevant agencies in the PRC.
 
In addition, on average 11 government inspectors work in our slaughtering and packaging plant every shift. They examine animals before slaughter, supervise sanitation, inspect carcasses and internal organs for diseases during the slaughtering and processing procedures, and then certify carcasses and packaged products as to consumer readiness.
 
As discussed in the above section regarding our principal products, the pork products produced from freshly slaughtered pigs at our facilities are chilled or frozen after slaughtering to prevent deterioration of the meat caused by bacteria or chemical changes. The chilled and frozen pork are maintained within the requisite temperature ranges, during subsequent handling, transportation and distribution to retain freshness and to prevent deterioration of the meat.
 
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Competition
 
We are currently one of the largest meat producers in the three northeast provinces of Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang. According to management’s estimates, in Liaoning Province, we are the market leader for both fresh pork with 8.4% market share and for meat products with a 2.6% market share. Management estimates that in Dalian, we are the market leader for fresh pork with a 50% market share, and shares the lead position for meat products with a 20% market share. As we expand geographically, we expect to encounter additional regional and local competitors. Our management believes that all food segments in China compete on the basis of price, product quality, brand identification and customer service, and that we are well positioned in all of these areas.
 
Major Domestic Competitors
 
Currently, our primary competition comes from the domestic players that operate in a very fragmented industry environment. Presently, there is no clearly dominant producer in the PRC pork industry. The three largest producers in China, Shuanghui, People’s Food and China Yurun, together capture less than 5% of the total market. Most of the companies in the industry tend to focus on different product and market segments. Shuanghui has the largest market share in the HTMP pork segment, while Yurun is the leader in the LTMP space. Both companies have done well in the top tier markets. People’s Food, on the hand, tends to focus more of its distribution efforts on smaller cities, where mass distribution is more difficult, and typically does not sell through large retail channels. On the other hand, about 40% of China Yurun’s sales are through supermarket and hypermarket chains. In terms of geographical focus, we believe People’s Food has a strong presence in Northeastern China, and China Yurun has announced plans to expand into the Northeast with plans for two new plants in Shenyang and Harbin.
 
New International Entrants
 
After China joined the WTO, many domestic industries were opened to international competition, including the meat-processing industry. Foreign companies have already entered China’s major cities, mainly though the major hypermarkets such as Carrefour. So far, domestic players have an advantage in the introduction of new products based on local tastes and distribution in below super-tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. Tyson Foods, Inc., U.S.A. has a joint venture with Shanghai Ocean Wealth Fish Products Corporation Limited. Hormel Foods Corporation, U.S.A., has set up representative offices in China since 1995 and currently operates processing factories in Shanghai and Beijing.
 
Dalian Competitors - Fresh Pork
 
In Dalian, our key fresh pork competitors are Bangchui Island with an 18% market share and Jiuxing (Nine Stars) with a 12% market share.
 
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Name
 
Market
share
 
Chuming
   
50
%
Bangchui Island
   
18
%
Nine Stars
   
12
%
Taifu
   
8
%
Tianxin
   
6
%
Yurun
   
6
%
 
Dalian Competitors - Meat Products
 
In Dalian, our main meat products competitors are Chengxin with a 20% market share, Chuhe with a 17% market share, Jin Baiwei with a 15% market share, Shineway with a 15% market share and Yurun with an 8% market share.
 
pg28b
 
Name
 
Market
share
 
Chuming
   
20
%
Chengxin
   
20
%
Chuhe
   
17
%
Jin Baiwei
   
15
%
Shineway
   
15
%
Yurun
   
8
%
Others
   
5
%
 
Advertising and Promotional Activities
 
Approximately US $75,000, US $100,000, US $150,000 and US $2,659,963 were spent respectively in the fiscal years ended 2004, 2005 and 2006 and nine months ended September 30, 2007 on advertising and promotional activities.
 
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Advertisements are principally for processed meat products and fresh pork and are targeted at consumers in the Northeast PRC. We advertise periodically in the local media to create and maintain public awareness of our products and branding. We increase the frequency of advertisements whenever new products are launched.
 
Intellectual Property Rights
 
Through our advertising efforts and the consistent quality of its products, our management believes that consumers in the PRC have come to associate our “Chuming™” brand name with quality meat products. Thus, our management believes that the goodwill in the “Chuming™” branding is a valuable asset to us. We have registered our “Chuming™” trademark in the PRC. We have also applied for trademark registration for our “Huayu” brand name in the PRC.
 
We believe that the protection of our brand names is important to our marketing efforts and believe that we have taken appropriate steps to protect our brand. We have not discovered any counterfeiting or any infringements of our Chuming™ or Huayu brand names during the three years prior to the date of this prospectus.

We require all resellers who we work with, including specialty counters and franchise store operators, to comply with our trademark usage policy, and require them to pay trademark usage guarantee deposits. We also employ approximately 30 employees who randomly inspect the facilities of the over 500 operators we work with to ensure compliance with our policies and other guidelines. We will generally terminate our business relationship with operators found violating our policies.
 
Research and Development
 
We have two operations, a Meat Engineering Center and a Sea Products Center, focused on the development of new products to the market. In addition to meeting the taste demands of consumers, these groups focus on quality, nutrition and safety standards. These groups draw upon a 25-employee research and development staff, including three professors in the field of animal nutrition and biology, supporting the safe and rapid introduction to the market of new products, specifically in the areas of seafood and meat by-products. We currently have more than 100 products available to consumers, with the average rate of three new products ready for the market per month. We are also working on anti-freezing experiments to facilitate preservation of our meats so as to minimize or eliminate the use of chemical preservatives.
 
Government Approval and Regulation of Principal Products
 
The Chinese government is actively promulgating a plan for “safe meat” and is expected to raise the proportion of slaughtering automation to over seventy percent of all meat and actively enforce authorized slaughtering and quarantine. Government initiatives take the form of benefits ranging from special grants, subsidized financing, preferential tax policies, direct government funding and other types of subsidies aimed at encouraging the modernization of the meat industry. In addition, while it is possible that the Chinese central or provincial governments may enact more stringent regulations that raise standards for the meat processing industry, we believe that our Company is currently a leader in meat processing safety standards, and would not be affected by such increased standards.

Compliance with Environmental Laws
 
We own two wastewater treatment plants on premise with a daily treating capacity of six hundred tons for each plant. These plants are designed to comply with the Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard of the PRC and the Environmental Protection Regulation of Dalian City. To the knowledge of our management, we have not breached any environment protection regulations during any of the past three years.
 
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Employees
 
We currently have approximately 589 employees, the composition of which is as follows:
 
   
R&D and
Engineering
 
Production
 
General and
Administrative
 
Sales and
Marketing
 
Quality
Control
 
Total
 
Meat Company  
   
10
   
153
   
25
   
10
   
8
   
206
 
Food Company  
   
15
   
165
   
15
   
18
   
10
   
211
 
Sales Company  
   
0
   
0
   
25
   
135
   
0
   
160
 
Total  
   
25
   
318
   
65
   
163
   
18
   
589
 
 
We have experienced excellent employee retention, which we believe is a result of our consistently-applied management policies and proactive employee benefit program participation. The average tenure is four years for factory workers and twelve years for management staff. All employees have health insurance, unemployment insurance and retirement benefits that are provided by the government. We make regular payments into these government-sponsored health insurance and retirement programs for each employee. Additionally, we provide free meals and accommodations to all employees on shift.
 
Certain of our employees are represented by a labor union which is governed by PRC Company and Labor Laws. There have been no adverse labor incidents or work stoppages in our history or our predecessor companies. Management believes that our relationship with our employees and the union are good.
 
Corporate Information
 
Our principal executive offices are located at No. 9, Xin Yi Street, Ganjingzi District, Dalian City, Liaoning province, PRC 116039. Our main telephone number is +86 411 867 166 96 and our fax number is +86 411 867 166 90.
 
Description of Property
 
Facilities
 
Our main facility and principal executive offices are located at No. 9, Xin Yi Street, Ganjingzi District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, PRC 116039, which also serves as the headquarters for our food subsidiary and sales subsidiary. Our main facility is located on 95 acres in the industrial area of Dalian, where we have developed over 74,000 sq. meters of factory floor. In addition to our corporate offices, we also own and maintain housing for up to 760 employees, and health maintenance facilities. Our slaughtering subsidiary’s principal facility is located at No.2026, Zhuanshi Street, Wafangdian Town, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, PRC. We believe that these facilities will be sufficient to house our operations for at least the next 3 years, and we have the capacity to accommodate our projected long-term growth plans.
 
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Land Lease on Main Facility and Other Company Offices
 
We have acquired the land use certificate for 89 acres of land in Dalian City, which entitles us to use and dispose of the land and the commercial or residential buildings located on the land. Our Food Company occupies this piece of land.

We have also opened offices in eleven cities outside of Dalian. We have entered leasing agreements for these office spaces for terms ranging from one and three years. These offices are mainly sales offices and they are generally very small in size. They are located in surrounding cities, mainly in Liaoning Province. In total, we paid approximately $58,000 rent in 2007 for these eleven offices.
        
Real Property Rights
 
We have rights to use and occupy two parcels of state-owned land, which are 106,466 square meters and 48,461 square meters in area, respectively, on which our operations are located. These land use rights are granted to us under two certificates dated March 3, 2003, granted by the Government of the Ganjingzi District of Dalian: (i) Gan Guo Yong [2003] No. 04010 for Site Number 4-17-03-09 (106,466 square meters), and (ii) Gan Guo Yong [2003] No. 04009 for Site Number 4-17-03-10 (48,461 square meters). These land use rights entitle us to use of the land for a period of fifty years (until March 20, 2053) for industrial purposes. Our Food Company occupies these two pieces of land.
 
We pledged our land use rights in the second parcel above (Gan Guo Yong [2003] No. 04009 for Site Number 4-17-03-10) to the Bank of China, Liaoning Province Branch, and the pledge has a term from December 14, 2006 to December 13, 2011. Our plant, warehouse and office building have all been completed, and we are in the process of filing the proper documentation with the local PRC government to bring these properties into operation.
 
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

All statements contained in this prospectus, other than statements of historical facts, that address future activities, events or developments, are forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements containing the words “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect” and words of similar import. These statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by us in light of our experience and our assessment of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments as well as other factors we believe are appropriate under the circumstances. However, whether actual results will conform to the expectations and predictions of management is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. Such risks are summarized on page 4, in the section entitled “Risk Factors” on page 9, and in our previous SEC filings.

Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this prospectus are qualified by these cautionary statements and there can be no assurance that the actual results anticipated by management will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to or effects on our business operations.
 
USE OF PROCEEDS
 
We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares by the selling shareholders. All proceeds from the sale of the shares offered by the selling shareholders under this prospectus will be for the account of the selling shareholders, as described below in the sections entitled “Selling shareholders” and “Plan of Distribution.” With the exception of any brokerage fees and commissions which are the respective obligations of the selling shareholders, we are responsible for the fees, costs and expenses of this offering which includes our legal and accounting fees, printing costs and filing and other miscellaneous fees and expenses.
 
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
 
We are registering the shares of our common stock sold to certain investors in our December 31, 2007 financing, to permit the resale of these shares of common stock by the selling shareholders from time to time after the date of this prospectus. We are also registering shares of common stock held in escrow under our Make Good Escrow Agreement, which shares will not be released until determination of our 2008 and 2009 financial results. We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale by the selling shareholders of the shares of common stock held by them. We will bear all fees and expenses incident to our obligation to register these shares of common stock.
 
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The selling shareholders and any of their pledgees, donees, transferees, assignees and successors-in-interest may, from time to time, sell any or all of their shares of common stock on any stock exchange, market or trading facility on which the shares are traded or quoted or in private transactions. These sales may be at fixed or negotiated prices. The selling shareholders may use any one or more of the following methods when selling shares:
 
 
·
ordinary brokerage transactions and transactions in which the broker-dealer solicits Investors;
 
  
·
block trades in which the broker-dealer will attempt to sell the shares as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;
 
  
·
purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;
 
  
·
an exchange distribution in accordance with the rules of the applicable exchange;
 
  
·
privately negotiated transactions;
 
  
·
to cover short sales made after the date that this registration statement is declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission;
 
  
·
broker-dealers may agree with the selling shareholders to sell a specified number of such shares at a stipulated price per share;
 
  
·
a combination of any such methods of sale; and
 
  
·
any other method permitted pursuant to applicable law.
 
The selling shareholders may also sell shares under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, if available, rather than under this prospectus.
 
Broker-dealers engaged by the selling shareholders may arrange for other brokers-dealers to participate in sales. Broker-dealers may receive commissions or discounts from the selling shareholders (or, if any broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser) in amounts to be negotiated. The selling shareholders do not expect these commissions and discounts to exceed what is customary in the types of transactions involved.
 
The selling shareholders may from time to time pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the shares owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell shares of common stock from time to time under this prospectus, or under an amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act of 1933 amending the list of selling shareholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as selling shareholders under this prospectus.
 
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When we are notified in writing by a selling shareholder that any material arrangement has been entered into with a broker-dealer for the sale of common stock through a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution or secondary distribution or a purchase by a broker or dealer, a supplement to this prospectus will be filed, if required, pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, disclosing (i) the name of each such selling shareholder and of the participating broker-dealer(s), (ii) the number of shares involved, (iii) the price at which such the shares of common stock were sold, (iv) the commissions paid or discounts or concessions allowed to such broker-dealer(s), where applicable, (v) that such broker-dealer(s) did not conduct any investigation to verify the information set out or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and (vi) other facts material to the transaction. In addition, when we are notified in writing by a selling shareholder that a donee or pledgee intends to sell more than 500 shares of common stock, a supplement to this prospectus will be filed if then required in accordance with applicable securities law.
 
The selling shareholders also may transfer the shares of common stock in other circumstances, in which case the transferees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
 
The selling shareholders and any broker-dealers or agents that are involved in selling the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act in connection with such sales. In such event, any commissions received by such broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act. Discounts, concessions, commissions and similar selling expenses, if any, that can be attributed to the sale of securities will be paid by the selling shareholder and/or the purchasers. Each selling shareholder has represented and warranted to us that it acquired the securities subject to this prospectus and the registration statement of which it forms a part, in the ordinary course of such selling shareholder’s business and, at the time of its purchase of such securities such selling shareholder had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute any such securities.
 
We have advised each selling shareholder that it may not use shares covered under this prospectus and the registration statement of which it forms a part, to cover short sales of common stock made prior to the date on which the registration statement shall have been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. If a selling shareholder uses this prospectus for any sale of the common stock, it will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. The selling shareholders will be responsible to comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder promulgated, including, without limitation, Regulation M, as applicable to such selling shareholders in connection with resales of their respective shares under the related registration statement.
 
We are required to pay all fees and expenses incident to the registration of the shares, but we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the common stock. We have agreed to indemnify the selling shareholders against certain losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

We are registering this offering under the terms of securities purchase agreements between us and the holders of certain of our securities. Such securities were issued by us in transactions that were exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act to persons reasonably believed by us to be “accredited investors” as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act. We are registering these securities in order to permit the selling shareholders who purchased them from us to dispose of the shares of common stock, or interests therein, from time to time. The selling shareholders may sell all, some, or none of their shares in this offering. See “Plan of Distribution.”
 
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The table below lists the selling shareholders and other information regarding the beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock by each of the selling shareholders. The second column lists the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by each selling shareholder as of February 11, 2008. The third column lists the shares of common stock covered by this prospectus that may be disposed of by each of the selling shareholders. The fourth column lists the number of shares that will be beneficially owned by the selling shareholders assuming all of the shares covered by this prospectus are sold.

The selling shareholders may decide to sell all, some, or none of the shares of common stock listed below. We cannot provide you with any estimate of the number of shares of common stock that any of the selling shareholders will hold in the future. For purposes of this table, beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC, and includes voting power and investment power with respect to such shares.

The inclusion of any securities in the following table does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership by the persons named below. Except as indicated in the footnotes to the table, no selling shareholder has had any material relationship with us or our predecessors or affiliates during the last three years. Except as indicated below, no selling shareholder is the beneficial owner of any additional shares of common stock or other equity securities issued by us or any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, our equity securities. Except as indicated below, no selling shareholder is a registered broker-dealer or an affiliate of a broker-dealer.
 
Selling Shareholder Table
 
Name
 
Shares Owned
 
Shares Offered
 
Shares Held
After Offering
 
% Ownership
After Offering
 
Pinnacle China Fund, L.P.
4965 Preston Park Blvd, Suite 240
Plano, TX 75093 (1)  
 
 
1,022,727
 
 
1,022,727
 
 
0
 
 
0
%
The Pinnacle Fund, L.P.
4965 Preston Park Blvd, Suite 240
Plano, TX 75093 (1)  
 
 
1,022,727
 
 
1,022,727
 
 
0
 
 
0
%
Westpark Capital, L.P.
4965 Preston Park Blvd, Suite 240
Plano, TX 75093 (2)  
 
 
409,091
 
 
409,091
 
 
0
 
 
0
%
Atlas Allocation Fund, L.P.
100 Crescent Court #880,
Dallas, TX 75201
c/o Atlas Capital Management (3)  
 
 
409,091
 
 
409,091
 
 
0
 
 
0
%
Southwell Partners, L.P.
1901 North Akerd Street
Dallas, TX 75201 (4)  
 
 
409,091
 
 
409,091
 
 
0
 
 
0
%
Centaur Value Fund
1460 Main St., Suite 234
Southlake, TX 76092 (5)  
 
 
62,500
 
 
62,500
 
 
0
 
 
0
%
United Centaur Master Fund
1460 Main St., Suite 234
Southlake, TX 76092 (5)  
 
 
62,500
 
 
62,600
 
 
0
 
 
0
%
 
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Sandor Capital Master Fund, L.P.
2828 Routh Street, Suite 500
Dallas, TX 75201 (6)  
 
 
113,636
 
 
113,636
 
 
0
 
 
0
%
Precept Capital Master Fund, G.P.
200 Crescent Court, Suite 1450
Dallas, TX 75201 (7)  
 
 
113,636
 
 
113,636
 
 
0
 
 
0
%
Roth Capital Partners, LLC
24 Corporate Plaza
Newport Beach, CA 92660 (8)  
 
 
90,910
 
 
90,910
 
 
0
 
 
0
%
Cooper Family Trust
24 Corporate Plaza
Newport Beach, CA 92660
c/o Roth Capital Partners (9)  
 
 
11,364
 
 
11,364
 
 
0
 
 
0
%
Aaron M. Gurewitz
Trustee of AMG Trust
30 Twilight Bluff
Newport Coast, CA 92657 (10)  
 
 
5,681
 
 
5,681
 
 
0
 
 
0
%
Gordon Roth
189 Monarch Bay
Dana Point, CA 92629  
 
 
5,681
 
 
5,681
 
 
0
 
 
0
%
Glacier Partners, L.P.
812 Anacapa St, Suite B
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 (11)  
 
 
90,909
 
 
90,909
 
 
0
 
 
0
%
Matthew Hayden
7582 Windermere Ct.
Lake Worth, FL 33467  
 
 
34,091
 
 
34,091
 
 
0
 
 
0
%
Shine Gold Holdings Limited
Palm Grove House, P.O. Box 438
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands (12)
 
 
10,690,668
 
 
3,863,636
 
 
6,827,032
 
 
32.3
%
Halter Financial Investments, LP
12890 Hill Top Road
Argyle, TX 76226 (13)
   
347,827
   
347,827
   
0
   
0
%
Jenson Services, Inc.
4685 S. Highland Drive, Suite 202
Salt Lake City, UT 84117 (14)
   
65,389
   
65,389
   
0
   
0
%
TOTAL
 
 
14,967,519
 
 
8,140,487
 
 
6,827,032
 
 
32.3
%
 
 
(1)
Barry Kitt has dispositive and voting power over the shares and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of common stock beneficially owned by each of Pinnacle China Fund, L.P. and The Pinnacle Fund, L.P.  Mr. Kitt disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares to the extent of his direct or indirect pecuniary interest.
     
  
(2)
Mr. Patrick J. Brosnahan has voting and dispositive control over securities held by Westpark Capital, L.P.
 
  
(3)
Mr. Robert H. Alpert has voting and dispositive control over securities held by Atlas Allocation Fund, L.P.
     
  
(4)
Mr. Wilson S. Jaeggli has voting and dispositive control over securities held by Southwell Partners, L.P.
 
  
(5)
Mr. Zeke Aston has voting and dispositive control over securities held by Centaur Value Fund and United Centaur Master Fund.
     
  
(6)
Mr. John S. Lemak has voting and dispositive control over securities held by Sandor Capital Master Fund, L.P.
     
  
(7)
Mr. D. Blair Baker has voting and dispositive control over securities held by Precept Capital Master Fund, G.P.
     
  
(8)
Mr. Gordon Roth has voting and dispositive control over securities held by Roth Capital Partners, LLC.
     
  
(9)
Mr. Chad Cooper has voting and dispositive control over securities held by the Cooper Family Trust.
     
  
(10)
Mr. Aaron M. Gurewitz has voting and dispositive control over securities held by the Aaron M. Gurewitz, Trustee of AMG Trust.
 
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(11)
Mr. Peter Castellanos has voting and dispositive control over securities held by Glacier Partners, L.P.
     
  
(12)
Shine Gold Holdings Limited is a company organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands. The registered address for Shine Gold Holdings is Palm Grove House, P.O. Box 438, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Mr. Shi Huashan and certain of his relatives (the “Shi Family”) have entered into a trust agreements with a non-PRC individual, under which the non-PRC individual holds the shares of Shine Gold Holdings as a trustee for the benefit of Mr. Shi and his family. The natural persons with voting power and investment power on behalf of Shine Gold Holdings is Chong Shun. As beneficiaries of the trust arrangement, members of the Shi family have only economic rights with respect to the shares held by Shine Gold Holdings. Mr. Shi Huashan and the Shi family hereby disclaim beneficial ownership except to the extent of their pecuniary interest in the Energroup shares held by Shine Gold Holdings.
 
 
(13)
Mr. Timothy Halter has voting and dispositive control over securities held by Halter Financial Investments, LP.
     
 
(14)
Mr. Travis Jenson has voting and dispositive control over securities held by Jenson Services, Inc.
 
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SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

You should read the summary consolidated financial data set forth below in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our predecessor’s financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. The financial data for the twelve month periods ending December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 were derived from audited financial statements included in this prospectus. The financial data for the twelve month period ending December 31, 2004 was derived from audited financial statements from previously filed reports. The financial data for the three months ending March 31, 2008 was derived from our unaudited financial statements included in this prospectus. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future period.
 
     (US dollars in thousands)  
   
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
Twelve Months Ended 
December 31,
 
 
 
2008
(unaudited)
 
2007
(audited)
 
2006
(audited)
 
2005
(audited)
 
2004
(audited)
 
2003
(unaudited)
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales  
   
43,507
   
124,696
   
70,396
   
54,119
   
654
     
Cost of Sales  
   
(36,474
)
 
(104,379
)
 
(57,794
)
 
(45,284
)
 
(711
)
 
-
 
Gross Profit  
   
7,033
   
20,317
   
12,601
   
8,835
   
(56
)
 
-
 
Operating Expenses  
   
(2,318
)
 
(6,246
)
 
(2,891
)
 
(1,647
)
 
(402
)
 
-
 
Income from Operations  
   
4,714
   
14,071
   
9,709
   
7,188
   
(459
)
 
-
 
Other Income (Expense), net  
   
(307
)
 
(1,476
)
 
(1,583
)
 
(1,008
)
 
5,164
   
-
 
Income Before Taxes  
   
4,408
   
12,620
   
8,126
   
6,180
   
4,705
   
-
 
Income Taxes  
   
166
   
968
   
1.6
   
191
   
66
     
Net Income  
   
4,241
   
11,652
   
8,128
   
,988
   
4,772
   
-
 
Foreign Currency Translation  
   
3,682
   
2,064
   
285
   
0.7
   
-
   
-
 
Comprehensive Income  
   
7,923
   
13,716
   
8,739
   
6,274
   
0.7
   
-
 
Basic Net Income Per Share (in US$)  
   
0.25
   
0.87
   
0.61
   
0.45
   
0.36
   
-
 
Diluted Net Income Per Share (in US$)  
   
0.20
   
0.67
   
0.47
   
0.35
   
0.28
   
-
 
Basic Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding  
   
17,272,756
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
-
 
Diluted Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding
   
21,182,756
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
7,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
-
 
 
       (US dollars in thousands)  
   
At
 
At December 31,
 
 
 
March 31,
2008
 
2007
(audited)
 
2006
(audited)
 
2005
(audited)
 
2004
(audited)
 
2003
(unaudited)
 
Balance Sheet Data:
                             
Total Assets  
 
$
82,647
 
$
66,620
 
$
56,846
 
$
50,993
 
$
29,957
 
$
-
 
Current Liabilities  
   
25,786
   
17,682
   
16,764
   
18,979
   
2,358
   
-
 
Long Term Liabilities  
   
-
   
-
   
17,909
   
18,580
   
19,309
   
-
 
Stockholders Equity  
   
56,861
   
48,938
   
22,174
   
13,434
   
8,290
   
-
 
  
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of the results of operations and financial condition of Chuming for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005 should be read in conjunction with the Selected Consolidated Financial Data, the consolidated financial statements, and the notes to those financial statements that are included elsewhere in this report. Our discussion includes forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties, such as our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those set forth under the Risk Factors, Cautionary Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Business sections in this report. We use words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “plan,” “project,” “continuing,” “ongoing,” “expect,” “believe,” “intend,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements.
 
OVERVIEW

We are a meat processing company that specializes in pork and pork products. We have a unique wholesale and retail distribution model and sell directly to over 7,600 retail outlets, including supermarkets and hypermarkets across Northeast China.
 
Dalian Precious Sheen Investments Consulting Co., Ltd., or Chuming WFOE, is our holding company established in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”) as a holding company for our three PRC operating subsidiaries, referred to elsewhere in this report as the “Chuming Operating Subsidiaries”:
 
 
 
1.
Dalian Chuming Slaughter and Packaging Pork Company Ltd. (also referred to in this report as “Meat Company”), whose primary business activity is acquiring, slaughtering and packaging of pork and cattle;
 
 
 
 
 
2.
 
Dalian Chuming Processed Foods Company Ltd. (also referred to in this report as “Food Company”), whose primary business activity is the processing of raw and cooked meat products; and
 
 
 
 
3.
Dalian Chuming Sales Company Ltd. (also referred to in this report as “Sales Company”), which is responsible for Chuming’s sales, marketing and distribution operations.
 
The Chuming Operating Subsidiaries are spun off constituents of Chuming’s former parent company, Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd., or the “Group.” Our primary business activities are the production and packing of fresh pork and also production of processed meat products for distribution and sale to clients throughout the PRC. We are headquartered in the City of Dalian, Liaoning Province of China. Chuming WFOE was incorporated in China as wholly foreign owned enterprise on in December 2007.
 
Recent Events in 2007 - Reverse Acquisition and Financing Transaction

On December 31, 2007, Energroup acquired all of the outstanding shares of Precious Sheen Investments Limited ("PSI") in exchange for the issuance by Energroup of 16,850,000 restricted shares of our common stock to the shareholders of PSI, which represented approximately 97.55% of the then-issued and outstanding common stock of Energroup (excluding the shares issued in the Financing). As a result of this Exchange Transaction, PSI became Energroup’s wholly owned subsidiary and Energroup acquired the business and operations of Chuming WFOE.

Concurrently with the closing of the share exchange transaction, on December 31, 2007 we raised $17,000,000 in a private placement by issuing 3,863,635 shares of our common stock to investors at $4.40 per share.
 
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our combined financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported net sales and expenses during the reporting periods. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

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While our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2 to our combined financial statements included in this report, we believe that the following accounting policies are the most critical to aid you in fully understanding and evaluating this management discussion and analysis:

Method of Accounting

We maintain our general ledger and journals with the accrual method accounting for financial reporting purposes. The financial statements and notes are representations of management. Accounting policies adopted by us conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and have been consistently applied in the presentation of financial statements, which are compiled on the accrual basis of accounting.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements, which include the Company and its subsidiaries, are compiled in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The consolidated financial statements include 100% of assets, liabilities, and net income or loss of those wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Our three operating subsidiaries, the Meat Company, Food Company and Sales Company, were incorporated and have been in existence since December 2004. As of December 31, 2006, the detailed identities of the consolidating subsidiaries are as follows:

Name of Company
 
Place of
Incorporation
 
Attributable
Equity
Interest
 
Registered Capital
 
Precious Sheen Investments Limited
   
BVI
   
100
%
 
USD 10,000
 
 
             
Dalian Chuming Precious Sheen Investment Consulting Co., Ltd.
   
PRC
   
100
%
 
RMB 29,400,682
 
 
             
Dalian Chuming Slaughtering & Pork Packaging Co. Ltd.
   
PRC
   
100
%
 
RMB 10,000,000
 
 
             
Dalian Chuming Processed Foods Co. Ltd.
   
PRC
   
100
%
 
RMB 5,000,000
 
 
             
Dalian Chuming Sales Co. Ltd.
   
PRC
   
100
%
 
RMB 5,000,000
 

The consolidation of these operating subsidiaries into a newly formed holding company i.e. the “Company” is permitted by United States GAAP: ARB51 paragraph 22 and 23.

Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States 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 revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management makes these estimates using the best information available at the time the estimates are made; however, actual results could differ materially from these estimates.

Accounts Receivable
 
We extend unsecured, non interest bearing credit to our customers; accordingly, we carry an allowance for doubtful accounts, which is an estimate, made by management. Management makes its estimate based on prior experience rates and assessment of specific outstanding customer balances. Management must approve credit extended to new customers who have met the criteria of our credit policy. It is typically the case that new customers must make payments in advance before we sell our products to them. For our premier customers such as supermarkets, we do typically extend 30-45 days of terms to them.
 
In order for us to minimize bad debt, we exercise control over both the length of the receivables, and the quantity of products shipped to our customers to whom we have extended credit, such as those who pay on a monthly basis. In exercising control over order quantities, on a product by product basis, we set maximum limits that will be shipped to those customers. If in the event, the customer is near their maximum and has an outstanding balance, we will request payment even if it is outside of the normal payment cycles of our customers.
 
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Inventory Carrying Value
 
Inventory, consisting of raw materials in the form of livestock, work in progress, and finished products, is stated at the lower of cost or market value. Finished products are comprised of direct materials, direct labor and an appropriate proportion of overhead. Periodic evaluation is made by management to identify if inventory needs to be written down because of damage, or spoilage. Cost is computed using the weighted average method.
 
We observe and evaluate the value of inventory on a product by product basis. For our fresh meat products which are typically sold as carcasses (hogs sliced in half), we typically carry zero inventory as these products are sold immediately. We use a just in time model for fresh meat products. Our customers require fresh meat so we do not carry any excess inventory beyond the hogs that we slaughter each day. Current market conditions have also influenced our inventory across the board. For our products that we require additional processing such as hams and sausages we typically, carry two days’ worth of inventory. For meat that has been separated into smaller packaged portion, we typically carry one weeks’ worth of inventory. The PRC is currently facing a pork shortage, so as a result, presently we are able to sell all the fresh pork that we slaughter. Accordingly, we have not been required to write down inventory for spoilage. Also, if the hogs do not meet our requirements for quality they are disposed of, and charged off immediately to our cost of sales, and they will not enter our inventory.
 
Property, Plant, and Equipment
 
Property, plant, and equipment are stated at cost. Repairs and maintenance to these assets are charged to expense as incurred; major improvements enhancing the function and/or useful life are capitalized. When items are sold or retired, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gains or losses arising from such transactions are recognized.
 
Construction in progress represents the direct costs of design, acquisition, and construction of buildings, building improvements and land improvements. Capitalization of these costs ceases when substantially all activities necessary to prepare the assets for their intended use are completed. At such point, construction in progress is transferred to its respective asset classification. No depreciation is provided until it is completed and ready for intended use.
 
Property and equipment are depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful life with a 5% salvage value. Their useful lives are as follows:
 
Fixed Asset Classification
 
Useful Life
Land Improvements
 
10 years
Buildings
 
20 years
Building Improvements
 
10 years
Manufacturing Machinery & Equipment
 
10 years
Office Equipment
 
5 years
Furniture & Fixtures
 
5 years
Vehicles
 
5 years
 
We believe our estimation of useful life of our fixed assets has significant bearing on our cost of sales. The related depreciation is a factor of cost that cannot be ignored in assessing our profits. We believe we have used a conservative approach to assessing their useful lives. In our determination of useful life and depreciation methodology we coincidentally adhere to PRC GAAP standards in addition to U.S. GAAP. PRC GAAP standards provide a valuable and reasonable basis for determining useful life because the PRC government documents and records all forms of manufacturing equipment and provides guidance on what is considerable acceptable in terms of depreciation expense. We do also believe based on the quality and nature of the maintenance we regularly perform on our equipment, it is possible that our equipment could significantly outlive their stated estimated useful lives.
 
Customer Deposits

Customer Deposits represents money we have received in advance for purchases of pork and pork products. We consider customer deposits as a liability until products have been shipped and sales revenue is earned.

Statutory Reserve

Statutory reserve refers to the amount appropriated from the net income in accordance with laws or regulations, which can be used to recover losses and increase capital, as approved, and, are to be used to expand production or operations. PRC laws prescribe that an enterprise operating at a profit, must appropriate, on an annual basis, from its earnings, an amount to the statutory reserve to be used for future company development. Such an appropriation is made until the reserve reaches a maximum equaling 50% of the enterprise’s capital.
 
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Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the sum of the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding and dilutive potential ordinary shares during the years. During the years ended 2004, 2005, and 2006, no dilutive potential ordinary shares were issued.

We compute earnings per share (“EPS”) in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, “Earnings per share” (“SFAS No. 128”), and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 98 (“SAB 98”). SFAS No. 128 requires companies with complex capital structures to present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is measured as the income or loss available to common shareholders divided by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is similar to basic EPS but presents the dilutive effect on a per share basis of potential common shares (e.g., convertible securities, options, and warrants) as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods presented, or issuance date, if later. Potential common shares that have an anti-dilutive effect (i.e., those that increase income per share or decrease loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS.
 
In connection with our reverse acquisition completed on December 31, 2007, a total of 3,863,636 shares of our common stock held by a trust, the beneficiaries of which include our CEO Mr. Shi Huashan and his family, were deposited into a make good escrow account. See “Strategic Financing” beginning on page 4. We accounted for this deposit of escrow shares as “contingent shares,” and accordingly reduced the number of shares deemed outstanding for accounting purposes from 17,272,756 to 13,409,120. Accordingly, our “basic” weighted average shares outstanding is 17,272,756, and our “diluted” weighted average shares outstanding is 17,272,756. If and when the make good escrow shares are released to their original owners or to investors, our “basic” weighted average shares outstanding will be increased accordingly. The effect of this accounting treatment of the make good escrow shares, is that our reported basic net income per share will be higher than our diluted net income per share, during the period in which the make-good shares are held in escrow.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2006, the FASB issued FIN 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. This Interpretation requires that the Company recognizes in its consolidated financial statements the impact of a tax position if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The provisions of FIN 48 are effective for the Company on January 1, 2007, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle, if any, recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157, Fair Value Measurements, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements, where fair value is the relevant measurement attribute. The standard does not require any new fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years.

In September 2006, the SEC issued SAB No. 108, which provides guidance on the process of quantifying financial statement misstatements. In SAB No. 108, the SEC staff establishes an approach that requires quantification of financial statement errors, under both the iron-curtain and the roll-over methods, based on the effects of the error on each of the Company’s financial statements and the related financial statement disclosures. SAB No.108 is generally effective for annual financial statements in the first fiscal year ending after November 15, 2006. The transition provisions of SAB No. 108 permits existing public companies to record the cumulative effect in the first year ending after November 15, 2006 by recording correcting adjustments to the carrying values of assets and liabilities as of the beginning of that year with the offsetting adjustment recorded to the opening balance of retained earnings.
 
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In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—Including an Amendment of SFAS 115 (SFAS No. 159), which allows for the option to measure financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are reported in earnings. The objective of SFAS 159 is to provide opportunities to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply hedge accounting provisions. SFAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between companies that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. This statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of SFAS No. 159 on our consolidated financial statements.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations, (‘‘SFAS 141(R)’’). SFAS 141(R) retains the fundamental requirements of the original pronouncement requiring that the purchase method be used for all business combinations, but also provides revised guidance for recognizing and measuring identifiable assets and goodwill acquired and liabilities assumed arising from contingencies, the capitalization of in-process research and development at fair value, and the expensing of acquisition-related costs as incurred. SFAS 141(R) is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. In the event that the Company completes acquisitions subsequent to its adoption of SFAS 141 (R), the application of its provisions will likely have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, although the Company is not currently able to estimate that impact.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements − an amendment of ARB No. 51. SFAS 160 requires that ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent (previously referred to as minority interests), and the amount of consolidated net income, be clearly identified, labeled and presented in the consolidated financial statements. It also requires once a subsidiary is deconsolidated, any retained noncontrolling equity investment in the former subsidiary be initially measured at fair value. Sufficient disclosures are required to clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners as components of equity. It is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and requires retroactive adoption of the presentation and disclosure requirements for existing minority interests. All other requirements are applied prospectively. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS 160 to have a material impact on its financial condition or results of operations.

We do not anticipate that the adoption of the above standards will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
Comparison of Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007.  

The following table sets forth the results of our operations for the periods indicated as a percentage of net sales:

   
 
Quarter Ending  
 
   
 
Quarter Ending  
 
   
 
   
 
March 31,  
 
% of  
 
March 31,  
 
% of  
 
   
 
2008  
 
Sales  
 
2007  
 
Sales  
 
Sales  
 
$
43,507,098
   
100.00
%
$
23,187,994
   
100.00
%
Cost of Sales
   
(36,474,424
)
 
83.84
%
 
(19,025,632
)
 
82.05
%
Gross Profit  
   
7,032,674
   
16.16
%
 
4,162,362
   
17.95
%
Selling Expenses  
   
1,825,277
   
4.20
%
 
229,419
   
0.99
%
General & Administrative Expenses  
   
492,973
   
1.13
%
 
305,136
   
1.32
%
Total Operating Expense  
   
2,318,250
   
5.33
%
 
534,555
   
2.31
%
Operating Income / (Loss)  
   
4,714,423
   
10.84
%
 
3,627,807
   
15.65
%
Other Income (Expense)  
   
(306,465
)
 
0.70
%
 
(618,423
)
 
2.67
%
Earnings Before Tax  
   
4,407,562
   
10.13
%
 
3,009,384
   
12.98
%
(Income Tax Expense) / Deferred Tax Benefit  
   
(166,345
)
 
0.38
%
 
-
   
0.72
%
Net Income  
 
$
4,241,217
   
9.75
%
$
3,009,384
   
12.98
%
Earnings Per Share
   
 
         
 
       
Basic
    0.25           0.22        
Diluted
    0.20           0.17        
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
   
 
         
 
       
Basic
   
17,272,756
          13,409,120        
Diluted
    21,182,756          
17,272,756
       
 
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 Sales. Our sales include revenues from sales of our fresh pork, frozen pork, and processed food products. During the quarter ended March 31, 2008, we had sales of $43,507,098 as compared to sales of $23,187,994 for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, an increase of approximately 88%. Our sales for our various product categories in the first quarter of 2008 are summarized as follows:
 
Sales by product category, in dollars:    
 
First Quarter
2008 (amount)   
 
% of 
Total Sales 
   
First Quarter
2007  
 
% of
Total Sales
 
% of increase 
from
2007 to 2008
 
Fresh Pork    
 
$
36,384,986
   
83.63
%
 
$
17,653,019
   
76.13
%
 
106.11
%
Frozen Pork    
   
2,358,085
   
5.42
%
   
1,595,334
   
6.88
%
 
47.81
%
Processed Food Products    
   
4,764,027
   
10.95
%
   
3,939,640
   
16.99
%
 
20.92
%
                                   
Total Sales    
 
$
43,507,098
   
100
%
 
$
23,187,994
   
100
%
 
87.63
%
 
Sales by product category, by weight of product (metric tons):
 
First Quarter
2008
 (Weight in tons)
 
% of
Total Sales
   
First Quarter
2007
(Weight in tons)
 
% of
Total Sales
 
% of change
from
2007 to 2008
 
Fresh Pork    
    13,997     79.92 %     10,306     73.75 %   35.81 %
Frozen Pork    
    1,086     6.20 %     878     6.28 %   23.69 %
Processed Food Products    
    2,430     13.88 %     2,791     19.97 %   -12.93 %
                                   
Total Sales    
    17,513     100 %  
$
13,975
    100 %   25.32 %

In the first quarter of 2008, we raised our average per-kilogram sale prices to our customers, as we did during 2007, which coincided with an increase in the cost of live pigs and other production costs. In addition, despite these consumer price increases, in the first quarter of 2008 our sales volume of fresh pork and frozen pork (by weight) increased, with the fresh pork category experiencing the highest growth in sales volume both by weight and in terms of sales revenue. We also increased our sales of frozen pork, both by weight and by sales revenue, in the first quarter of 2008 as compared with the same period in the prior year. For processed food products, our sales by weight decreased by 12.93%, but because of higher per-kilogram prices, our sales revenue for this product category increased by 20.92%. Management attributes the increases in sales revenue in all our product categories to the continuing strength in consumer demand for our products in the periods presented.
 
The following table shows the change in the average price per kilogram for our product to consumers in the quarter ending March 31, 2008, as compared to the same quarter last year:

   
Average Per-Kilogram Price to Customers (in $US)
 
   
First Quarter of 2008
 
First Quarter of 2007
 
% change
 
 
Change in Price
 
Fresh Pork
 
$
2.59
 
$
1.68
   
54
%
$
0.91
 
Frozen Pork
 
$
2.17
 
$
1.82
   
19
%
$
0.35
 
Processed Food Products
 
$
1.96
 
$
1.41
   
39
%
$
0.55
 
 
In the first quarter of 2008, we raised our prices for fresh pork significantly, while we made more modest increases in the prices of our processed food products and frozen pork. We raised our prices for frozen pork by only 19% because we use grade-3 and grade-4 pigs for such products, which are lower in price than the grade-1 and grade-2 pigs, which we use to produce fresh pork products.
 
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Although we also sell our products through sales agents, our principal sales channels consist of Chuming-branded franchise stores, supermarkets and restaurants and canteens. The following table summarizes the changes in the number of participants within these sales channels:

   
Sales Channels
 
As of March 31,
 
Franchise 
Stores
 
 
Supermarkets
 
Restaurants and 
Canteens
 
2007
   
436
   
93
   
2,482
 
2008
   
635
   
122
   
3,191
 

As shown in the table above, as of March 31, 2008, as compared to March 31, 2007, we significantly increased the number of participants in all three of these sales channels. The increase in the number of these participants has resulted in increased sales.
 
The following table shows the total increase in our sales, from the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the first quarter of 2007, by product category and by sales channel.

 
Increase in Sales from First Quarter of 2007 to First Quarter of 2008
By Product Group and Sales Channel ($)
Franchise
Operators
Sales
Agents
Super
Markets
Restaurants and
Canteens
 
Total Increase ($)
Fresh Pork
5,449,458
4,791,484
7,939,765
562,512
18,743,219
Frozen Pork
n/a1 
70,271
n/a1 
687,895
758,166
Processed Food Products
63,020
368,571
185,508
200,619
817,718
         
 
Total Increase in Sales
5,512,478
5,230,326
8,125,273
1,451,026
20,319,103
 

1 In the periods presented, we did not sell frozen pork through franchise operators and supermarkets.

In the first quarter of 2008, as compared to the same quarter in 2007, we achieved significantly higher sales revenue from the sale of fresh pork, which was a result of higher sales volume of this product category by weight, combined with increases in our per-kilogram prices to our customers. Management believes this is due to continued strong consumer demand for fresh pork.

In the first quarter of 2008, as compared to the same quarter in 2007, the majority of our increase in sales came through supermarkets, sales agent and franchise operators, respectively. The $8.1 million sales increase through supermarkets is due to the company's efforts in expanding the sales channel of supermarkets, which provides the Company with the largest profit margins, combined with increases in our per-kilogram prices of fresh pork.
 
Overall, management believes that our increase in sales, despite higher consumer prices, resulted from increased consumer demand, the expansion of our sales channels and sales network, and increased consumer awareness of our brand and availability of our products.
 
Cost of Sales. Cost of sales for the first quarter of 2008 increased by $17,448,792 or approximately 91.71%, from $19,025,632 for the three months ended March 31, 2007 to $36,474,424 for the three months ended March 31, 2008. The increase was attributable to the increase in sales for the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the same period in the prior year. Our cost of sales for our various product categories in the first quarter of 2008 is summarized as follows:

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First Quarter
 
 % of
Total
Cost of
 
First Quarter
 
% of
Total
Cost of 
 
% of increase 
from
 
Cost of Sales:
 
2008
 
Sales
 
2007
 
Sales
 
2007 to 2008
 
Fresh Pork    
 
$
31,371,652
    86.01 %  
$
15,079,715
    79.26 %     108.03 %
Frozen Pork    
    1,794,542     4.92 %   1,253,789     6.59 %   43.13 %
Processed Food Products  
    3,308,230     9.07 %   2,692,127     14.15 %   22.89 %
                                 
Total Cost of Sales    
 
$
36,474,424
    100 %
$
19,025,632
    100 %   91.71 %

Beginning in the second quarter of 2007, and throughout 2007 and continuing into the first quarter of 2008, we experienced a sharp increase in the cost of live pigs. Management estimates that the average cost of live pigs increased by approximately 98.7% between March 31, 2007 and March 31, 2008, which was the most significant factor causing an increase in our cost of sales. Secondly, we experienced continued modest price increases in electricity, water and coal, all of which we use in our production process. Thirdly, wages increased in the first quarter of 2008 by an estimated 40% as compared to the same period in 2007. Lastly, we experienced slight increases in transportation and delivery costs in the first quarter of 2008. Management estimates that we were able to recoup approximately 90% of these cost increases through increased consumer prices for our products. In pricing our products, management believed that attempting to offset all of the cost increases through higher prices to the consumer would not have been in the best interest of the Company. Management believes that productivity remained steady, with no significant changes in the first quarter of 2008 versus the same period in 2007.  

The following table shows our cost of sales in the first quarter of 2008 as compared with the same period in 2007, and also indicates cost of sales by product group, as a percentage of sales within each product group.

   
First
Quarter
 
% of
Product
 
First
Quarter
 
% of
Product
 
Cost of Sales:
 
of 2008
 
Group Sales
 
of 2007
 
Group Sales
 
Fresh Pork  
 
$
31,371,652
   
86.22
%  
$ 15,079,715     85.42 %
Frozen Pork  
   
1,794,542
   
76.10
%
  1,253,789     78.59 %
Processed Food Products  
   
3,308,230
   
69.44
%
  2,692,127     68.33 %
Total Cost of Sales  
 
$
36,474,424
   
83.84
%
$ 19,025,632     82.05 %

Our cost of sales as a percentage of sales of fresh pork increased slightly in the first quarter of 2008, as compared to the same period in 2007, primarily because of the increase in the cost of inputs, which were not completely offset by higher prices to our customers. The cost of sales as a percentage of sales of frozen pork fell slightly, however, which was due to the use of grade-3 and grade-4 pigs for such products, which are lower in price than the grade-1 and grade-2 pigs, which we use to produce fresh pork products. Most of the cost increase in live pigs occurred in the grade-1 and grade-2 categories.
 
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Gross Profit. Gross profit was $7,032,674 for the three months ended March 31, 2008 as compared to $4,162,362 for the same period in 2007, representing an increase of $2,870,312, or approximately 69%. Management attributes the increase in gross profit to strong increases in sales, driven by strong demand for our products. In addition, we were able to achieve price increases for our products sold to our consumers in order to largely mitigate the impact of higher commodity and input prices that we had to pay in the first quarter of 2008. Our gross profit as a percentage of sales was 16.16% in the first quarter of 2008 as compared to 17.95% for the same period in 2007. The slight decrease in gross profit as a percentage of sales was attributable to these commodity and input price increases, not all of which we passed on to our customers in the form of higher product prices.
 
The following table presents our gross profit for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 by product group. The table also shows the gross profit for each product group as a percentage of sales for that product group, as well as the percentage increase in gross profit during the period presented. 
 
  Gross Profit    
 
First Quarter
of 2008 
   
Gross Profit
Margin by
Product Group
     
 First Quarter
of 2007
   
Gross Profit
Margin by
Product Group
   
% of increase from First Quarter of 2007 to First
Quarter of 2008 
 
Fresh Pork  
 
$
5,036,292
   
13.84
%
 
$
2,582,018
   
14.63
%
 
95.05
%
Frozen Pork  
   
556,052
   
23.58
%
   
339,350
   
21.27
%
 
63.86
%
Processed Food Products  
   
1,440,330
   
30.23
%
   
1,240,994
   
31.50
%
 
16.06
%
Total Sales  
 
$
7,032,674
   
16.16
%
 
$
4,162,362
   
17.95
%
 
68.96
%
 
As shown in the table above, the fresh pork as a product category delivered the highest increase in gross profit from the first quarter of 2008 as compared with the same period in 2007. However, in both periods, our processed food product category yielded the highest gross profit as a percentage of sales within the product category. Management attributes this to the use of grade-3 and grade-4 pigs and unsold portions of grade-1 and grade-2 pigs in producing our processed food products. Grade-3 and grade-4 pigs are generally lower in price than grade-1 and grade-2 pigs. Because of our superior processing and storage techniques and the strength of our brand-name, however, we are able to sell our processed food products at prices comparable to other processed products that use higher quality pork.
 
Selling Expenses. Selling expenses totaled $1,825,277 for the three months ended March 31, 2008, as compared to $229,419 for the same period in 2007, an increase of $1,595,858 or 696%. This increase is due to two major reasons. Firstl, in the first quarter of 2008, we expanded our advertising and marketing expenditures from approximately $54,000 in the first quarter of 2007 to approximately $1,410,000 for the same period of 2008 in our efforts to increase brand awareness and encourage sales. These activities included television commercials, radio, magazine and newspaper advertisements, and exhibitions. In the first quarter of 2008, we spent approximately $209,000 on newspaper advertisements; approximately $167,000 on radio advertisements; approximately $293,000 on television commercials advertisements; approximately $140,000 on mobile television commercials; approximately $223,000 on exhibitions and outdoor signs; approximately $195,000 on printing promotion materials; and approximately $167,000 on image design services and other related expenses. Secondly, in the first quarter of 2008, our vehicle-related expenses increased by approximately $46,000. This was due to the expansion of the size of our operations and recent increases in fuel prices.

General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses totaled $492,973 for the three months ended March 31, 2008 as compared to $305,136 for the same period in 2007, an increase of $187,837 or 62%. This increase is primarily attributable to the increased salary expense. We continued to hire new staff to meet the needs of our expending operations. Also, consistent with the recent escalation in the rate of inflation in China, the salaries and cost of benefits for our staff were increased overall by approximately 40% in the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the same period in 2007. These increases in salaries and benefits were made in order to maintain compensation levels that were sufficient to attract and retain qualified employees.
 
Other Income (Expense). Our other income (expense) consisted of interest income, other expenses, and interest expense. We had total other expenses of $306,861 for the three months ended March 31, 2008 as compared to $618,423 for the same period in 2007, a decrease of $311,562 or 50%. The decrease in other expenses in the first quarter of 2008 is primarily attributable to a decrease in interest expenses as we reduced our bank loan principal by repaying $10 million on December 25, 2007, and we did not receive the additional $18 million in new bank loans until January 26, 2008 resulting in no interest expenses from December 25, 2007 to January 25, 2008. Thus, although the interest expense we paid for the new loans were higher in the last two months of the first quarter of 2008, our total interest expense decreased.
 
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Net Income. Our net income for the three months ended March 31, 2008 was $4,241,217 as compared to $3,009,384 for the same period in 2007, an increase of $1,231,833 or 41%. This increase in net income is attributable to the factors described above, but primarily from the increase in sales, and our efforts to manage our costs in order to achieve a gross profit margin of 16.16%, which is only slightly less than the gross profit margin achieved in the first quarter of 2007 of 17.95%. Gross profit margin decreased in the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the same period in 2007 primarily because of commodity and input price increases, not all of which we passed on to our customers in the form of higher product prices. Net income as a percentage of sales decreased from 12.98% in the first quarter of 2007 to 9.75% in the first quarter of 2008, and management attributes this to the same reasons for the decrease in gross profit margin, and also due to higher selling expenses as we increased our sales and marketing efforts in the first quarter of 2008 and had significantly more of such activities as compared to the first quarter of 2007. For instance, in our efforts to expand our market share, we increased our advertising expenditures by $1,356,000 or 2611% in the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the same period last year. In the first quarter of 2008, we increased our selling expenses by $1,595,858 as compared to the first quarter of 2007, or 696%.
 
Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006. 

The following table sets forth the results of our operations for the periods indicated as a percentage of net sales:
 
   
Year Ended
 
 
 
Year Ended
 
 
 
 
 
December 31,
 
% of
 
December 31,
 
% of
 
 
 
2007
 
Sales
 
2006
 
Sales
 
Sales
 
$
124,696,035
   
100.00
%
$
70,396,439
   
100.00
%
Cost of Sales
   
104,333,172
   
83.67
%
 
57,794,853
   
82.10
%
Gross Profit
   
20,362,863
   
16.33
%
 
12,601,586
   
17.90
%
Selling Expenses
   
4,672,829
   
3.75
%
 
1,556,805
   
2.21
%
General & Administrative Expenses
   
1,572,836
   
1.26
%
 
1,334,866
   
1.90
%
Total operating Expense
   
6,245,665
   
5.01
%
 
2,891,671
   
4.11
%
Operating Income / (Loss)
   
14,117,199
   
11.32
%
 
9,709,915
   
13.79
%
Other Income (Expense)
   
(1,451,742
)
 
(1.16)
%
 
(1,583,155
)
 
(2.25)
%
Earnings Before Tax
   
12,665,457
   
10.16
%
 
8,126,760
   
11.54
%
(Income Tax Expense) / Deferred Tax Benefit
   
(967,539
)
 
(0.78)
%
 
(1,609
)
 
0.00
%
Net Income
 
$
11,697,917
   
9.38
%
$
8,128,369
   
11.55
%
Basic Net Income Per Share
   
0.87
       
0.61
     
Diluted Net Income Per Share    
0.67
         
0.47
       
Basic Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding
   
13,409,120
       
13,409,120
     
Diluted Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding
   
17,272,756
         
17,272,756
       

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Sales. Our sales include revenues from sales of our Fresh Pork, Frozen Pork, and Processed Food Products. During the year ended December 31, 2007, we had sales of $124,696,035 as compared to sales of $70,396,439 for the year ended December 31, 2006, an increase of approximately 82.3%. This increase consisted of an increase in the sale of Fresh Pork of $51,643,332 or 112.2%, from $46,038,675 in 2006 to $97,681,997 in 2007, an increase in the sale of Frozen Pork of $1,571,858 or 21.7%, from $7,228,405 to $8,800,263, and an increase in the sale of Processed Food Products of $1,086,146 or 6.3%, from $17,129,359 to $18,215,505 for the years then ended.  In 2007, we raised our average per-kilogram sale prices to our customers, which coincided with an increase in the cost of live pigs and other production costs. In addition, despite these consumer price increases, in 2007 our sales volume of products (by weight) increased, with the largest increase in volume occurring in our Processed Foods division. In 2007, we began selling our products through over 170 new franchise operators. Management believes that this increase in sales volume, despite raised consumer prices, resulted from increased consumer demand, and increased consumer awareness of our brand and availability of our products.
 
The following table shows our sales in 2006 and 2007, by product group:

   
2007
 
% of
 
2006
 
% of
 
% of increase from
 
 Sales:
 
(amount)
 
Sales
 
(amount)
 
Sales
 
2006 to 2007
 
Fresh Pork  
 
$
97,680,266
   
78.33
%
$
60,553,081
   
86.02
%
 
61.31
%
Frozen Pork  
   
8,800,263
   
7.06
%
 
2,507,519
   
3.56
%
 
250.96
%
Processed Food Products  
   
18,215,506
   
14.61
%
 
7,335,840
   
10.42
%
 
148.31
%
Total Sales  
 
$
124,696,035
   
100.00
%
$
70,396,439
   
100.00
%
 
77.13
%

In the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2007, fresh pork sales represented the majority of our overall sales. However, from 2006 to 2007, our frozen pork and processed food product categories grew at faster paces, with sales of these categories having increased 250.96% and 148.31%, respectively. The reason of the growth in sales of frozen pork was due to our expansion of sales of this product group to more sales channels. In 2006, we only sold our frozen pork to restaurants and canteens. In 2007, some of our sales agents also started to carry our frozen pork. The reason of the growth of our processed food products is due to our efforts during 2007 to expand our market share in this product category, and our devotion of resources to advertizing activities, which we believe increased consumer awareness of our products in this category. Management believes this product category carries a larger profit margin than other categories because preparation of certain processed food products, including seafood, demands a greater degree of specialization and skill which results in fewer competitors and less price competition in this market.

The following table shows the dollar amount of our sales increases from 2006 to 2007 associated with various sales channels:
 
   
Increase in Sales from 2006 to 2007
By Product Group and Sales Channel ($)
 
   
 
Franchise
Operators
 
 
Sales
Agents
 
 
Super
Markets
 
Restaurants and
Canteens
 
 
Total Increase ($)
 
Fresh Pork
  $
12,227,597
   
7,289,142
   
17,610,447
   
n/a
   
37,127,186
 
Frozen Pork
   
n/a
   
3,127,876
   
n/a
   
3,164,860
   
6,292,744
 
Processed Food Products
   
3,871,255
   
2,096,233
   
4,662,942
   
249,237
   
10,879,666
 
                                 
Total Increase in Sales (2006-2007)
  $
16,098,852
   
12,513,251
   
22,273,389
   
3,414,097
   
54,299,596
 
 
The largest component of our increased sales in 2007 was through supermarkets. Management believes this was because our sales through supermarkets result in the highest sale prices to consumers, and as a result, increased volume of sales through supermarkets added significantly to our overall sales. In addition, we increase the number of supermarkets that carry our fresh pork and processed food products, and our supermarket clientele also experienced increased customer traffic themselves, which resulted in increased sales by us. 

Our sales of fresh pork through franchise operators also increased significantly in this period. The reason for this increase in sales is due to the increase in the total number of franchise stores selling our fresh pork products, and the expansion of sales by existing franchise operators.
 
Our sales of fresh pork through sales agents also increased significantly in 2007 as compared with 2006. Management attributes this primarily to the increase in pork prices, although sales volume in kilograms through sales agents only modestly increased.
 
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The following table shows the amount of the increase in per-kilogram sale prices of products to consumers, as well as the percentage change from period to period.

   
Average Per-Kilogram Price to Consumers
 
   
 
2007
 
 
2006
 
 
% change
 
Change in Price ($)
 
Fresh Pork
 
$
1.71
 
$
1.03
   
65.73
%
 
0.679
 
Frozen Pork
 
$
1.85
 
$
1.09
   
69.08
%
 
0.755
 
Processed Food Products
 
$
1.38
 
$
1.21
   
14.00
%
 
0.169
 

As discussed previously, we experienced cost increases for inputs as follows: First, the average price per kilogram that we pay for live pigs increased by approximately 70% from 2006 to 2007. Second, salary expenses of the Company increased by approximately 7.5%, which increases were made in order to continue to attract and retain qualified employees. Third, prices for fuel, coal and electricity and other inputs increased from 2006 to 2007.

Our processed food products had the largest increase in sales volume among all of the product categories, but not in terms of dollars of sales, because we did not raise our average prices to our customers for processed food products nearly as much as we did for other product groups. As discussed under “cost of sales,” the price we paid for live pigs increased dramatically during the periods presented, however, the price that we paid for raw seafood increased only modestly. Approximately half of our processed food products sold were seafood-related. Accordingly, on average we raised prices to customers only modestly on our processed food products.

The largest component of our increase in sales was from sales of fresh pork because this is our best selling product category. As a result, on a dollar basis fresh pork sales contributed the most to our increase in sales, even though on a percentage basis, the increase in sales of fresh pork from 2006 to 2007 was 61%, significantly lower than other categories.
 
Cost of Sales. Cost of sales for 2007 increased by $47,361,536 or 81.9%, from $57,794,853 for the year ended December 31, 2006 to $104,333,172 for the year ended December 31, 2007. The increase was attributable to the 82.3% increase in sales for 2007 as compared to the prior year. Our cost of sales for our various product categories in 2007 and 2006 is summarized as follows:

 
 
   
 
% of
Total 
Cost of 
 
   
 
% of  
Total
Cost of
 
Cost of Sales:
 
2007  
 
Sales  
 
2006  
 
Sales  
 
Fresh Pork    
 
$
84,622,181
   
81.11
%
$
36,015,632
   
62.32
%
Frozen Pork    
   
7,058,215
   
6.76
%
 
4,855,542
   
8.40
%
Processed Food Products    
   
12,652,776
   
12.13
%
 
16,923,679
   
29.28
%
Total Cost of Sales    
 
$
104,333,172
   
100
%
$
57,794,853
   
100
%
 
The following table shows our cost of sales for 2007 as compared to 2006, and also indicates cost of sales by product group, as a percentage of sales within each product group.
 
   
 
 
% of Product
 
 
 
% of Product
 
% of increase from
 
Cost of Sales:
 
2007
 
Group Sales
 
2006
 
Group Sales
 
2006 to 2007
 
Fresh Pork  
 
$
84,622,181
   
86.63
%
$
50,820,879
   
83.92
%
 
66.51
%
Frozen Pork  
   
7,058,215
   
80.20
%
 
1,878,410
   
74.91
%
 
275.75
%
Processed Food Products  
   
12,652,776
   
69.46
%
 
5,095,563
   
69.46
%
 
148.31
%
Total Cost of Sales  
 
$
104,333,172
   
83.67
%
$
57,794,853
   
82.10
%
 
80.52
%
 
From 2006 to 2007, our cost of sales, as a percentage of product group sales, increased for both fresh and frozen pork, while it remained about the same for processed foods. The reason for this is that a significant portion of our processed foods category consists of processed seafood products, and the price of raw seafood did not increase as dramatically as the price of live pigs during this period. In addition, the cost of raw pork meat constitutes only approximately half of the total cost of inputs that go into our processed food products. The other half of the cost of inputs is related to processing, labor, and other inputs.

Our cost of sales of frozen pork also increased due to an increase in storage costs. Frozen pork involves the use of electricity during storage, which is one example of an input that increased in cost. Management anticipates that higher energy costs will add to the cost of sales for our products if such costs continue to increase.

Overall cost of sales increased from 82.1% of total sales in 2006, to 83.67% of total sales in 2007, for the reasons discussed above.
 
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In the second quarter of 2007, and throughout the year, we experienced a sharp increase in the cost of live pigs. Management estimates that the average cost of live pigs increased by approximately 60% for 2007, as compared with the prior year, which was the most significant factor causing an increase in our cost of sales. Secondly, we experienced price increases in electricity, water and coal, all of which we use in our production process. Thirdly, wages increased in 2007 by an estimated 7.5%. Lastly, we experienced slight increases in transportation and delivery costs in 2007. Management estimates that we were able to recoup approximately 90% of these cost increases through increased consumer prices for our products. Management also believes that productivity remained steady, with no significant changes from 2006 to 2007.

The following table shows the increases in the average price of live pigs that we paid for the periods presented.

   
Average Price Per Kilogram in 2007 ($)
 
Average Price Per Kilogram in 2006 ($)
 
Price Increase from 2006 to 2007 ($)
 
% Increase from 2006 to 2007
 
First Quarter
   
1.0579
   
0.9165
   
0.1414
   
15.43
%
Second Quarter
   
1.3535
   
0.8367
   
0.5168
   
61.77
%
Third Quarter
   
1.8104
   
0.8989
   
0.9115
   
101.40
%
Fourth Quarter
   
1.8656
   
0.9288
   
0.9368
   
100.86
%
 
Average for Year
   
1.5219
   
0.8952
   
0.6267
   
70.01
%

The most rapid increase in live pig prices occurred in the first half of 2007, for the highest grades of live pigs. Management believes that while higher live pig prices may persist, management does not expect further rapid escalation in live pig prices of the scale seen in 2007. Management currently projects a 10% per year increase in the average price per kilogram for live pigs during the next several years.
 
Gross Profit. Gross profit was $20,317,127 for the year ended December 31, 2007 as compared to $12,601,586 for the year ended December 31, 2006, representing an increase of $7,715,541, or approximately 61.23%. Management attributes the increase in gross profit to strong increases in sales, driven by strong demand for our products. In addition, we were able to achieve price increases in order to mitigate the impact of higher commodity and input prices in 2007. Our gross profit as a percentage of sales was 16.29% in 2007 as compared to 17.90% in 2006. The slight decrease in gross profit as a percentage of sales was attributable to these commodity and input price increases, not all of which we were able to pass on to our customers in the form of higher product prices.

The following table shows our gross profit for 2006 and 2007 by product group, and also shows the gross profit for each product group as a percentage of sales for that product group, as well as the percentage increase in gross profit during the periods presented.

     
2007
   
Gross Profit Margin by Product
   
2006
   
Gross Profit Margin by Product
   
% of increase from
 
 Gross Profit
   
($ amount)
 
 
Group
   
($ amount)
 
 
Group
   
2006 to 2007
 
Fresh Pork  
 
$
13,012,351
   
13.32
%
$
9,732,201
   
16.07
%
 
33.70
%
Frozen Pork  
   
1,742,047
   
19.80
%
 
629,109
   
25.09
%
 
176.91
%
Processed Food Products  
   
5,562,729
   
30.54
%
 
2,240,276
   
30.54
%
 
148.31
%
Total Sales  
 
$
20,317,127
   
16.29
%
$
12,601,586
   
17.90
%
 
61.23
%

From 2006 to 2007, gross profit increases in terms of dollars were much more dramatic for frozen pork (a 176.91% increase) and processed food products (a 148.31% increase) than for fresh pork (a 33.70% increase).

Gross profit as a percentage of sales in our processed food product category remained the same from 2006 to 2007, at 30.54%. However, gross profit as a percentage of sales of fresh pork decreased from 16.07% in 2007, to 13.32% in 2007. Management attributed this decrease to the increase in the cost of live pigs (as discussed in “cost of sales”), and other inputs, and these increases in cost were not fully passed on to our customers. Gross profit as a percentage of sales of our frozen pork also decreased from 25.09% in 2006, to 19.80% in 2007. Management believe this decrease is due in small part to an increase in the cost of live pigs, but principally because of the increase in the cost of other inputs needed for the production of frozen pork such as electricity and transportation (see “cost of sales” discussion above).
 
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Selling Expenses. Selling expenses totaled $4,672,829 for the year ended December 31, 2007, as compared to $1,556,805 for the year ended December 31, 2006, an increase of $3,116,024 or 200%. In 2007 we expanded our advertising and marketing expenditures from $150,000 in 2006, to $3.8 million in 2007, in our efforts to increase brand awareness and encourage sales. These activities included television commercials, radio, magazine and newspaper advertisements, and exhibitions.

General and Administrative Expenses. General and Administrative Expenses totaled $1,572,836 for the year ended December 31, 2007 as compared to $1,334,866 for the year ended December 31, 2006, an increase of $237,970 or 17.8%. This modest increase is primarily attributable to increased hiring of staff, and slight increases in business expenses related to new customer acquisition.

Other Income (Expense). Our other income (expense) consisted of Interest Income, Other Expenses, and Interest Expense. We had total Other Expenses of $1,451,742 for the year ended December 31, 2007 as compared to $1,583,155 for the year ended December 31, 2006, a decrease of $131,413 or 8.3%. The decrease in Other Expenses in 2007 is primarily attributable to a decrease in Interest Expenses, as we reduced the principal amount outstanding under our bank loan obligations by approximately $17 million.

Net Income. Our net income for the year ended December 31, 2007 was $11,697,917 as compared to $8,128,369 for the year ended December 31, 2006, an increase of $3,569,548 or 43.9%. This increase in net income is basically attributable to the factors described above, but primarily from the increase in sales and gross profit. Net income as a percentage of sales decreased from 11.55% in 2006 to 9.38% in 2007, and management attributes this primarily decrease to our expanded advertising and marketing initiatives in 2007. A secondary contributing factor to the decrease in net income as a percentage of sales was a $965,930 increase in tax expenses in 2007 as compared to 2006. In 2006, we benefitted from a one-time tax credit from the Dalian City local government of approximately $440,000. In 2007 we received no such tax credit, and also recognized higher taxable income.

Comparison of Years Ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005. 

The following table sets forth the results of our operations for the periods indicated as a percentage of net sales:
 
   
Year Ended
 
 
 
Year Ended
 
 
 
   
 
December 31,
 
% of
 
December 31,
 
% of
 
   
 
2006
 
Sales
 
2005
 
Sales
 
Sales
 
$
70,396,439
   
100.00
%
$
54,119,895
   
100.00
%
Gross Profit  
   
12,601,586
   
17.90
%
 
8,835,709
   
83.67
%
Selling Expenses  
   
1,556,805
   
2.21
%
 
711,226
   
16.33
%
General & Administrative Expenses  
   
1,334,866
   
1.90
%
 
936,179
   
1.31
%
Total operating Expense  
   
2,891,671
   
4.11
%
 
1,647,405
   
1.73
%
Operating Income / (Loss)  
   
9,709,915
   
13.79
%
 
7,188,304
   
3.04
%
Other Income (Expense)  
   
(1,583,155
)
 
-2.25
%
 
(1,008,248
)
 
13.28
%
Earnings Before Tax  
   
8,126,760
   
11.54
%
 
6,180,056
   
-1.86
%
(Income Tax Expense) / Deferred Tax Benefit  
   
(1,609
)
 
0.00
%
 
(191,284
)
 
11.42
%
Net Income  
 
$
8,128,369
   
11.55
%
$
5,988,772
   
-0.35
%
Basic Net Income Per Share
   
0.61
       
0.45
     
Diluted Net Income Per Share
   
0.47
       
0.35
     
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
   
13,409,120
         
13,409,120
       
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
   
17,272,756
         
17,272,756
       
 
Sales. Our sales include revenues from sales of our Fresh Pork, Frozen Pork, and Processed Food Products. During the year ended December 31, 2006, we had sales of $70,396,439 as compared to sales of $54,119,895 for the year ended December 31, 2005, an increase of approximately 30%. This increase is attributable to an increase in the sale of Fresh Pork of $9,354,422 or 26%, from $36,684,253 in 2005 to $46,038,675 in 2006, an increase in the sale of Frozen Pork of $1,918,527 or 37%, from $5,309,877 to $7,228,405, and an increase in the sale of Processed Food Products of $5,003,594 or 42%, from $12,125,765 to $17,129,359 for the years then ended.  The most notable factor in the increase in our sales in 2006 from the prior year was the expansion of sales through sales agents, whose customers are resellers who operated specialty counters. In 2007, expansion of sale through agents brought an additional $13 million in sales, compared to sales through agents in 2005. Also in 2007, we added over 300 retailers to our network (from approximately 100 operators in 2005 to 425 operators in 2006), which increased sales by an additional $5 million compared to the prior year. We also began selling our products in 31 new supermarket locations, which added $4 million to our sales as compared to the prior year. We also added seafood to our product line at the end of 2005, which began generating sales and contributed an estimated $2.9 million in sales. Overall, in 2006 management believe the key drivers for our sales results was our ramp-up of production capacity from increased availability of live hogs, increased brand awareness among consumers, increased availability of our product though retain channels, and the expansion of our product line with the addition of seafood.
 
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Cost of Sales. Cost of sales for 2006 increased $12,510,667 or 28%, from $45,284,186 for the year ended December 31, 2005 to $57,794,853 for the year ended December 31, 2006. Our cost of sales for our various product categories in 2006 and 2005 is summarized as follows:

   
     
 
% of
Total
Cost of  
 
   
 
% of  
Total
Cost of
 
Cost of Sales:
 
  2006  
 
Sales  
 
2005  
 
Sales  
 
Fresh Pork  
 
$
36,015,632
   
62.32
%
$
29,609,886
   
65.39
%
Frozen Pork  
   
4,855,542
   
8.40
%
 
3,779,626
   
8.34
%
Processed Food Products  
   
16,923,679
   
29.28
%
 
11,894,674
   
26.27
%
Total Cost of Sales  
 
$
57,794,853
   
100.00
%
$
45,284,186
   
100.00
%

The following table presents our cost of sales, for 2006 as compared to 2005, and also indicates cost of sales by product group, as a percentage of sales within each product group:

   
 
 
 % of Product
 
 
 
 % of Product
 
 % of increase from
 
 Cost of Sales:
 
2006
 
 Group Sales
 
2005
 
 Group Sales
 
 2006 to 2007
 
Fresh Pork  
 
$
36,015,632
   
83.92
%
$
29,609,886
   
80.72
%
 
21.63
%
Frozen Pork  
   
4,855,542
   
74.91
%
 
3,779,626
   
71.18
%
 
28.47
%
Processed Food Products  
   
16,923,679
   
69.46
%
 
11,894,674
   
98.09
%
 
42.28
%
Total Cost of Sales  
 
$
57,794,853
   
82.10
%
$
45,284,186
   
83.67
%
 
27.63
%

From 2005 to 2006, our cost of sales as a percentage of product group sales, increased slightly for both fresh and frozen pork, while it dropped significantly for processed foods. Management attributes to the limited amount of seafood that was produced in 2005 as these products were launched, and costs associated with the commencement of seafood product production resulted in higher cost of sales as a percentage of sales for processed food products in 2005 as compared with 2006.

Management attributes the increase in cost of sales as a percentage of sales in the fresh pork and frozen pork categories to moderate increases in the cost of inputs for these product categories in 2006.

Overall cost of sales decreased slightly from 83.67% of total sales in 2005, to 82.10% of total sales in 2006, as we became more cost-efficient in the production of products in our processed foods group.
 
Since our fresh pork production line began in late 2004, we began to realize operating efficiencies, and in 2006, this contributed to a reduction in the cost of sales for fresh pork as a percentage of total sales. Our efficiency gains in fresh pork production was partially offset by the startup costs associated with launching our new seafood products. In 2005 our production of seafood was limited, but in 2006 we began producing seafood products in significant volume. Our operating costs, such as the price of live pigs, utilities (electricity, water and coal), labor and transportation remained relatively unchanged from 2005 to 2006.
 
Gross Profit. Gross profit was $12,601,586 for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to $8,835,709 for the year ended December 31, 2005, representing gross margins of approximately 17.90% and 16.33% of sales, respectively. As previously discussed, we achieved operating efficiencies in 2006 in the production of fresh pork, which also contributed to an increase in our gross profit margin in 2006 as compared with 2005. These efficiency gains were partially offset by the cost of launching our new line of seafood products and ramping up seafood production in 2005. At the same time, the cost of our operating inputs remained relatively unchanged from 2005 to 2006, which helped us increase our gross profit margin.

Selling Expenses. Selling expenses totaled $1,556,805 for the year ended December 31, 2006, as compared to $711,226 for the year ended December 31, 2005, an increase of $845,579 or 119%. This increase is primarily attributable to new business development. Management attributes the increase in selling expenses for 2006 to the roll-out of our seafood line and hiring new sales personnel to expansion of our sales and marketing efforts. Selling expenses in 2006 included market research, give-away of product samples, and some advertising.

General and Administrative Expenses. General and Administrative Expenses totaled $1,334,866 for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to $936,179 for the year ended December 31, 2005, an increase of $398,687 or 43%. This increase is primarily attributable to increases in management compensation and hiring of new staff, and increased business expenses such as business travel.

Other Income (Expense). Our other income (expense) consisted of Interest Income, Other Expenses, and Interest Expense. We had total Other Expense of $1,583,155 for the year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to $1,008,248 for the year ended December 31, 2005, an increase of $574,907 or 57%. The increase in other expenses is mainly due to an increase of Interest Expense of $486,821 or 50.17%, from $970,383 at the year ended December 31, 2005 to $1,457,204 at the year ended December 31, 2006. In December of 2005, we obtained a $4.4 million working capital loan from a local bank in China, which we used in the operations of the Food Company. As a result, we incurred increased interest expenses in 2006 as compared to 2005.

Net Income. Our net income for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $8,128,369 as compared to $5,988,772 for the year ended December 31, 2005, which is an increase of $2,139,597, or 35.7%. Management attributes this increase in net income to an increase in sales and operating efficiencies in the production of fresh pork, offset by higher interest expenses, higher personnel costs, and increased selling expenses.
 
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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
Cash Flows
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2008

Net cash used in operating activities was $20,079,493 in the first quarter of 2008, while net cash flow sourced from operating activities was $5,448,403 in the same period in 2007. This is primarily attributable to several reasons as follows. First, in order to expand our sales, we began offering payment terms to accommodate our best customers - beginning in the first quarter of 2008, we offered extended payment terms to some of our quality long term clients with good credit (up to one month), where previously we required payment within 1-2 days of delivery of goods. This practice caused a decrease in, and some delay in collection of, our incoming cash. Second, in the first quarter of 2008, due to the persistent shortage of live pigs in the marketplace and in order to maintain a steady supply of live pigs, we decided to pay our suppliers, including the farmers and the Group, cash immediately upon delivery of live pigs to us. This practice caused an increase in our outgoing cash and a decrease our cash balances. Third, as an incentive to the live pig suppliers, in January 2008, we paid all remaining outstanding balances at the end of 2007 on accounts payable to our suppliers in cash. This practice increased our outgoing cash and decreased our cash balance. Because these adjustments in our approach to accounts receivable and accounts payable are “one-time” adjustments, management believes that the resulting effect on our cash position will be relatively short-lived, and it is estimated this may affect the first several quarters of 2008, but management does not expect the effect of these adjustments to recur after this adjustment period.

Net cash sourced from investing activities was $206,155 in the first quarter of 2008, compared to cash used in investing activities of $769,629 in the first quarter of 2007. This is related to our December 2007 private placement financing, pursuant to which $2,092,169 in funds from the private placement (out of the $4.25 million initially deposited into escrow) remained in escrow as restricted cash. The $1,497,124 increase in net cash used for plant and equipment purchases in the first quarter of 2008 is largely due to equipment purchases and remodeling expenses as we remodeled our slaughtering facilities in the first quarter of 2008 to meet expanding production needs.

Net cash sourced from financing activities was $9,198,281 in the first quarter of 2008 as compared to net cash used in financing activities of $1,286,776 in the first quarter of 2007. This is related to the $7.5 million in net proceeds from new bank loans that we received in the first quarter of 2008 from the Bank of China, Liaoning Branch and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank.
 
Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2007

Net cash inflow sourced from operating activities was $23.0 million in fiscal 2007, while net cash flow used in operating activities was $7.1 million in fiscal 2006. Prior to 2007, we offered flexible payment terms to agents who purchase pork products from us for resale to retailers, but in March of 2007, we eliminated this practice and required agents to pay promptly for products ordered. In addition, we have worked with our larger customers to make improvements in the collection process. As a result we believe we have improved our process of collecting accounts receivable as compared to the prior year. In 2007, we also used $108.5 million in cash to purchase materials and pay employees in our efforts to satisfy increased customer demand for our products.
 
Net cash flow used in investing activities was $11.3 million in fiscal 2007, compared to cash used in investing activities of $1.9 million in fiscal 2006. The increase in cash flow used in investing activities from 2006 to 2007 was a result of an equity financing, and a one-time payment by us for land use rights. In 2007, we completed a $17 million private placement, and agreed to have $4.25 million of the net proceeds deposited into an escrow account for release contingent upon our satisfaction of certain criteria relating to the structure of the board and management, and appointment of an auditing firm. Also in 2007, we paid approximately $4.2 million to our local government for land use rights which we acquired in 2004.

Net cash flow used in financing activities was $2.7 million in fiscal 2007 as compared to net cash sourced from financing activities of $1.8 million in fiscal 2006. This change was a result of our $17 million private placement financing, $4.25 million of which was held back in an escrow account, and the repayment of a construction loan with an original principal amount of $19.3 million, in addition to other short term loans. Our private placement financing brought in approximately $14.7 million in cash proceeds, excluding amounts held back in escrow. However, this cash inflow was offset by the payment of $23.2 million that was used toward repayment in full of our construction loan from 2004, and certain short term business loans.

Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2006

Net cash outflow used in operating activities was $7.1 million in fiscal 2006 and while net cash inflow provided by operating activities was $18.9 million in fiscal 2005. In 2006, we used significant cash for the purchase of raw materials and inputs in order to satisfy customer orders, which totaled approximately $65 million, as compared to $30 million in 2005. In 2006, however, cash received from customers was approximately $60 million, which was less than the $70 million in sales we recorded in 2006. Management estimates that approximately $12 million in receivables generated in 2006 were not collected until after December 31, 2006, and management believes this is attributable to the longer collection periods associated with sales to large supermarkets, restaurant chains and other similar customers with which it does an increasing amount of business.
 
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Net cash flow used in investing activities was $1,920,586 for fiscal 2006, compared to net cash used in investing activities of $11,453,481 in fiscal 2005. In 2004 we completed the construction of our plant and equipment used in our fresh pork, frozen pork, and processed foods business. We used $10.5 million in cash in 2004 and $11.4 million in cash in 2005 to pay for this construction. Although we began operations in December 2004, a large portion of our construction cost was deferred to 2005 because it was dependent upon completion of a government permitting process which was completed in 2005. In addition, we acquired a 50 year land use right from the government in 2004, however, pursuant to an agreement with the local government, we were permitted to defer a one-time payment of $4.2 million to 2007. Since the one-time payment secures us land use rights for fifty year, management does not presently anticipate that any additional cash payments will be required of us in connection with land use rights in the foreseeable future.

Net cash flow provided by financing activities was $1,753,971 in fiscal 2006 as compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $2,496,786 for fiscal 2005. Net cash provided by financing activities in both 2005 and 2006 is from bank borrowings for purposes of financing the purchase of raw materials and inputs used in our operations.
 
Contractual Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
Contractual Obligations
 
We have certain fixed contractual obligations and commitments that include future estimated payments. Changes in our business needs, cancellation provisions, changing interest rates, and other factors may result in actual payments differing from the estimates. We cannot provide certainty regarding the timing and amounts of payments. We have presented below a summary of the most significant assumptions used in our determination of amounts presented in the tables in order to assist in the review of this information within the context of our consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
 
The following tables summarize our contractual obligations as of March 31, 2008, and the effect these obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in future periods.
 
 
 
Payments Due by Period
 
 
 
Total
 
Less than 1 
year
 
1-3 Years
 
3-5 Years
 
5 Years +
 
     
 
     
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
Contractual Obligations:   
                               
Bank Indebtedness    
 
$
14,881,376
 
$
14,881,376
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
Other Indebtedness    
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
Capital Lease Obligations    
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
Operating Leases    
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
Purchase Obligations    
 
$
416,951,159
 
$
102,572,116
 
$
314,379,043
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
Total Contractual Obligations:    
 
$
431,832,535
 
$
117,453,492
 
$
314,379,043
 
$
-
   
-
 

Off-balance Sheet Arrangements
 
We have not entered into any other financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. We have not entered into any derivative contracts that are indexed to our shares and classified as shareholder’s equity or that are not reflected in our consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, we do not have any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such entity. We do not have any variable interest in any unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit support to us or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with us.
 
Off-balance Sheet Arrangements
 
We have not entered into any other financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. We have not entered into any derivative contracts that are indexed to our shares and classified as shareholder’s equity or that are not reflected in our consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, we do not have any retained or contingent interest in assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity that serves as credit, liquidity or market risk support to such entity. We do not have any variable interest in any unconsolidated entity that provides financing, liquidity, market risk or credit support to us or engages in leasing, hedging or research and development services with us.
 
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Related Party Transactions

For a description of our related party transactions, see the section of this Prospectus entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.”

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 

We do not use derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio and have no foreign exchange contracts. Our financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable, accounts payable and long-term obligations. We consider investments in highly liquid instruments purchased with a remaining maturity of 90 days or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. However, in order to manage the foreign exchange risks, we may engage in hedging activities to manage our financial exposure related to currency exchange fluctuation. In these hedging activities, we might use fixed-price, forward, futures, financial swaps and option contracts traded in the over-the-counter markets or on exchanges, as well as long-term structured transactions when feasible.

Interest Rates. Our exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates primarily to our short-term investments and short-term obligations; thus, fluctuations in interest rates would not have a material impact on the fair value of these securities. At September 30, 2007, we had approximately $2,457,434 in cash and cash equivalents. A hypothetical 10% increase or decrease in interest rates would not have a material impact on our earnings or loss, or the fair market value or cash flows of these instruments.
 
Foreign Exchange Rates. All of our sales and inputs are transacted in Renminbi (“RMB”). As a result, changes in the relative values of U.S. Dollars and RMB affect our reported levels of revenues and profitability as the results are translated into U.S. Dollars for reporting purposes. However, since we conduct our sales and purchase inputs in RMB, fluctuations in exchange rates are not expected to significantly affect our financial stability, or gross and net profit margins. We do not currently expect to incur significant foreign exchange gains or losses, or gains or losses associated with any foreign operations. 
 
Our exposure to foreign exchange risk primarily relates to currency gains or losses resulting from timing differences between signing of sales contracts and settling of these contracts. Furthermore, we translate monetary assets and liabilities denominated in other currencies into RMB, the functional currency of our operating business. Our results of operations and cash flow are translated at average exchange rates during the period, and assets and liabilities are translated at the unified exchange rate as quoted by the People’s Bank of China at the end of the period. Translation adjustments resulting from this process are included in accumulated other comprehensive income in our statement of shareholders’ equity. We recorded net foreign currency gains of $285,352, $610,696 and $2,064,272 in 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. We have not used any forward contracts, currency options or borrowings to hedge our exposure to foreign currency exchange risk. We cannot predict the impact of future exchange rate fluctuations on our results of operations and may incur net foreign currency losses in the future. As our sales denominated in foreign currencies, such as RMB, continue to grow, we may consider using arrangements to hedge our exposure to foreign currency exchange risk.

Our financial statements are expressed in U.S. dollars but the functional currency of our operating subsidiary is RMB. The value of your investment in our stock will be affected by the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollars and RMB. A decline in the value of RMB against the U.S. dollar could reduce the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts of our financial results, the value of your investment in our company and the dividends we may pay in the future, if any, all of which may have a material adverse effect on the price of our stock.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS  

We are not aware of any material existing or pending legal proceedings against us, nor are we involved as a plaintiff in any material proceeding or pending litigation. There are no proceedings in which any of our current directors, officers or affiliates, or any registered or beneficial shareholder, is an adverse party or has a material interest adverse to us.
 
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MANAGEMENT
 
The following table includes the names, positions held, and ages of our current directors, executive officers and significant employees as of March 31, 2008:
 
Name
 
Age
 
Position
Shi Huashan *
 
49
 
President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
Wang Shu *
 
  33 
 
Chief Financial Officer and Director
Chen Fuyuan *
 
  43 
 
Chief Operating Officer
Yan Jinglu
 
  42 
 
Marketing Director and General Manager of Sales Company
Chen Shujie
 
  41 
 
Vice General Manager - Sales Company
Cui Zhiqiang
 
  38 
 
General Manager - Food Company
Ma Yongjun
 
  42 
 
General Manager - Meat Company
Sun Qiuye
 
  33 
 
Vice General Manager - Meat Company
Wang Suping
 
  32 
 
General Manager - Food Company
Song Deqi
 
  32 
 
Vice General Manager - Food Company
Ma Fengqin
 
  45 
 
Vice President and Director
Wang Shuying
 
  57 
 
Director
Matthew Dillon
 
  47 
 
Director
Nestor Gounaris
 
 36
 
Director
James Boyle
 
47
 
Director

* Denotes an executive officer.
 
Each director will hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified.

Mr. Shi Huashan, age 49, is a graduate of Beijing Renwen University in Corporate Law, and the founder of Chuming. Mr. Shi Huashan has nearly 20 years of experience in the food industry. He established Dalian Chuming Industry Development Company in 1992, which started the Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd. From 1992 to present he has served as President and CEO of Chuming and the Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd. companies. In 2004, he was selected by the China Meats Association as one of the “Ten Most Influential Entrepreneurs in the China Meat Industry.” Mr. Shi Huashan is the current President of the Dalian Food Association. He is Chuming’s President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Ms. Wang Shu, age 33, is a graduate of Liaoning University, with a major in accounting, Ms. Wang Shu has more than 11 years of experience in finance. From 1996 to 2001, she worked at Dalian Huaqiao House Development Company as its chief accountant. In 2001, she joined Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd., and in her present role serves as Chuming’s as Chief Financial Officer, and as a member of the Board of Directors.

Ms. Ma Fengqin, age 45, is a graduate of Dalian Electric Power Economic School, with a major in accounting. From 1990 to 1993, she worked at Dalian Thermo Engineering Company as its Chief Accountant. From 1992 to 2001, Ms. Ma served as Vice President of Dalian Chuming Industry Development Company. Since 2002 she has served as Chuming’s Vice President, and a member of the Board of Directors. Ms. Ma is married to Mr. Shi Huashan, Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Ms. Shuying Wang, age 57, member of the Chuming Board of Directors, served from 1996-2004 as Chief of the Dalian Planning Committee’s Agriculture Economy Development Section, and now works as a consultant to the Section.  From 1991-1996 she was Vice Chief of the Section.  A graduate of Dalian Railway College, she was a staff member of the Dalian Machinery Bureau’s Agriculture Machinery Department from 1977-1984.  From 1984-1989 Ms. Wang was Chief of the Dalian Planning Committee’s Industry Section, before undertaking German language studies at the Beijing Foreign Trading University.  She completed a training program in Germany at Heidelberg Hiller College from 1989-1991 prior to returning to Dalian’s Planning Committee.
 
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Mr. Matthew Dillon, age 47, member of the Chuming Board of Directors, has been President of Dalian Global Link Consultants in Dalian, China since 1998.  He was previously a Senior Engineer with Aeronautical Radio, Inc. in Annapolis, MD and an Avionics Systems Specialist in the U.S. Air Force.  Mr. Dillon speaks Mandarin, earning a Chinese Language Certificate from Dalian Maritime University, where he has owned the Dalian I-55 Coffee Stop and Bakery since 2000.  A graduate of Southern Illinois University with a BS degree in Industrial Engineering and Technology, he also earned a Master of Divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY.

Mr. Nestor Gounaris, age 36, member of the Chuming Board of Directors, has been a principal since 2005 with China Solutions LLC, a Shanghai- and New York-based advisory firm assisting its clients with foreign direct investments and operations in China. From 2003 to 2005 he was an associate with Simmons & Simmons in Shanghai, working in the law firm’s PRC-focused corporate and foreign direct investment practice. Mr. Gounaris worked for O’Melveny & Myers in Shanghai as an associate from 2001 to 2003. An Honors Paralegal with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division in Washington, D.C. from 1996-1998, he holds a degree in Foreign Studies from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and a juris doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. Mr. Gounaris has been a research fellow for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Washington, D.C., and a Boren Fellow for the Academy of Educational Development in Charlottesville, VA and Shanghai. He is a member of the State Bar of New York, and is fluent in Mandarin and modern Greek.

Mr. James Boyle, age 47, is Principal and Managing Partner of Expat-CFO Services Ltd. in Shanghai, and has held this position since 2001. Expat-CFO serves U.S. and European multinational companies and private equity firms including Callaway Golf, Daymon Worldwide, Louisville Bedding and Kemin Industries, providing interim controller and CFO services, accounting and treasury outsourcing, and M&A transaction advisory including due diligence, deal structuring and valuation. From 1996-2001, Mr. Boyle worked for Dura-Line Shanghai Plastics Co., Ltd., as Business Development and China Start-Up Manager, Deputy General Manager, CFO, and Acting Managing Director. Mr. Boyle is fluent in Mandarin, earning a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York Maritime College in Economics and Marine Transportation, and an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in International Management and Finance. He is a member of the Institute of Management Accountants and the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, and serves as President of the Shanghai Chapter of the Thunderbird Alumni Association.
 
Mr. Chen Fuyuan, age 43, is a graduate of Dalian University of Technology, with a major in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Chen Fuyuan has more than 15 years of experience in the food industry. From 1986 to 1998, he worked at Dalian Food Company as a vice manager. In 1998, he joined Dalian Chuming Group Co. Ltd. as vice general manager and general engineer. He presently serves as Chuming’s Chief Operating Officer.

Mr. Yan Jinglu, age 42, is a graduate of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, with a masters degree in Economics. Mr. Yan Jinglu has more than 12 years of experience in the food industry. From 1987 to 1992, he worked at Heilongjiang Agriculture Development Economy College as a lecturer. From 1992 to 1995, he worked at Heilongjiang Commercial Bureau of the Farm Bureau General as a vice director. From 1995 to 2002, he worked at Dalian Longguang Foodstuff Co., Ltd. as a department director. From 2002 to the present he has worked at Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd. as Marketing Director and general manager of Chuming’s sales subsidiary.

Ms. Chen Shujie , age 41, worked at Dalian Grocery Group Company as director of the marketing center from 1985 to 1998. From 1998 to 2001, she worked at Dalian Mingxing Livestock Product Company as vice general manager in charge of marketing. In 2001, she began work at Dalian Chuming Sales Company Ltd. as vice general manager and has continued in that position to the present.

Mr. Cui Zhiqiang, age 38, is a graduate of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, with a major in Accounting. Mr. Cui Zhiqiang worked at Hisense Changchun Company as finance supervisor from 1990 to 2004. From 2004 to 2005, he worked at Hisense Sales Company Dalian Branch as finance director. In 2005, he began work at Dalian Chuming Sales Company Ltd. as finance director and has continued in that position to the present.

Mr. Ma Yongjun, age 42, has more than 15 years of experience in the food industry. From 1981 to 1992, he worked at Dalian Power Engineering Company as a manager. From 1992 to 2004, he worked at Dalian Chuming Industry Development Company as a vice general manager. In 2004, he began his current role at Dalian Chuming Slaughter and Packaging Pork Company Ltd. as general manager.

Mr. Sun Qiuye, 33, is a graduate of Dalian University of Technology, with a major in Machinery and Equipment. Mr. Sun Qiuye worked at Dalian Sanyo Refrigeration Corporation from 1997 to 2003. From 2003 to 2004, he worked at Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd. as vice manager of the manufacturing department. In 2004, he started work at Dalian Chuming Meat Products Co., Ltd. as vice general manager.

Ms. Wang Suping, age 32, has more than 12 years of experience in the food industry. From 1995 to 2000, she worked at Shanxi Datong Tongfeng Group as factory director. From 2000 to 2004, she worked at Dalian Mingxing Livestock Product Company as vice general manager. In 2004, she began work at Dalian Chuming Food Co., Ltd. as general manager and has continued in that position to the present.

Mr. Song Deqi, age 32, is a graduate of Shenyang Agriculture University, with a major in Food Engineering, Mr. Song Deqi has more than 8 years of experience in the food industry. In 1999, he worked at Dalian Anji Food Company as an engineer. From 1999 to 2004, he worked at Dalian Mingxing Livestock Product Company as vice director of factory operations. In 2004, he began work at Dalian Chuming Food Co., Ltd. as vice general manager and has continued in that position to the present.
 
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There are no family relationships, or other arrangements or understandings between or among any of the directors, executive officers or other person pursuant to which such person was selected to serve as a director or officer.
 
On February 6, 2008, Wendi Li resigned from our board of directors shortly after having been appointed. Ms. Li’s resignation was not due to any disagreements with our policies or management. Our board of directors is presently reviewing the candidacy of an independent director to fill the vacancy resulting from Ms. Li’s departure.

On February 21, 2008, the board of directors appointed Mr. James Boyle as a director on the board of directors, effective February 21, 2008. Mr. Boyle is one of seven directors presently serving on the board of directors.
 
Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
 
Our directors, executive officers and control persons have not been involved in any of the following events during the past five years:
 
1.     any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time;
 
2.     any conviction in a criminal proceeding or being subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
 
3.     being subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities; or
 
4.     being found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the SEC or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated.
 
Audit Committee of the Board; Audit Committee Financial Expert
 
Our board of directors does not have a separate audit committee, however, we are not currently required to have such a committee. The functions ordinarily handled by an audit committee are currently handled by our entire board of directors. Our board of directors intends, however, to review our governance structure and institute board committees as necessary and advisable in the future, to facilitate the management of our business.
 
Our board of directors has also determined that it does not have a member of the board that qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in Item 401(e) of Regulation S-B, and is “independent” as the term is used in Item 7(d)(3)(iv) of Schedule 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and as defined by Rule 4200(a)(15) of the NASDAQ Marketplace Rules. We believe that the members of our board of directors are collectively capable of analyzing and evaluating our financial statements and understanding internal controls and procedures for financial reporting. However, we are considering appointing an independent qualified financial expert to our board of directors in order to strengthen and improve its internal disclosure controls and procedures.
 
Director Independence
 
Our board of directors consists of three non-independent directors, Shi Huashan, Wang Shu and Ma Fengqin, and four independent directors, Wang Shuying, Matthew Dillon, Nestor Gounaris and James Boyle. Management believes these independent directors meet the definitions and criteria for independence under the NASDAQ rules.
 
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Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
 
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our executive officers and directors, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file with the SEC initial statements of beneficial ownership, reports of changes in ownership and annual reports concerning their ownership of our common stock and other equity securities, on Forms 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Executive officers, directors and greater than 10% shareholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file. Based on a review of the copies of such forms received by us, and to the best of our knowledge, all executive officers, directors and greater than 10% shareholders filed the required reports in a timely manner for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, except that Form 3s were inadvertently filed late by Chen Fuyuan, Wang Shu, Shi Huashan and Shine Gold Holdings Limited on January 16, 2008, and a Form 4 was inadvertently filed late by Alycia D. Anthony on May 14, 2007.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

No interlocking relationship exists between our board of directors on compensation committee of any other company, nor has any interlocking relationship existed in the past.
 
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
 
We have not adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to our officers, directors and employees, including our Chief Executive Officer, senior executive officers, principal accounting officer, controller and other senior financial officers.
 
Our board of directors and management are currently considering adopting a code of business conduct in connection with an overall review of our corporate governance and other policies in light of Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
 
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
Director Compensation

We did not pay any compensation to members of our board of directors for fiscal year 2007. However, in connection with the share exchange transaction with PSI and its shareholders, we appointed seven new directors consisting of four independent directors, Wang Shuying, Matthew Dillon, Nestor Gounaris and James Boyle, and three non-independent directors, Shi Huashan, Wang Shu and Ma Fengqin. For our upcoming fiscal year, we have agreed to pay these independent directors a flat fee of $12,000 per year as compensation for their services on the board, with additional compensation for service on board committees to be determined by the full board of directors.

Executive Compensation

The following executive compensation disclosure reflects all compensation for fiscal year 2007 received by our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and three most highly compensated executive officers whose salary exceeded US$100,000. We refer to these individuals in this prospectus as “named executive officers.”

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Summary Compensation

 
 
   
 
Annual Compensation (2)
 
Name and Principal Position 
 
Fiscal 
Year
 
Salary (1)
 ($)
 
All Other
Compensation (3)
($)
 
Total 
($)
 
Shi Huashan 
 
 
2007
 
$
40,000
 
 
20,000
 
 
60,000
 
Chief Executive Officer, President
 
 
2006
 
 
50,000
 
 
-
 
 
50,000
 
Wang Shu 
 
 
2007
 
$
20,000
 
 
10,000
 
 
30,000
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
2006
 
 
15,000
 
 
5,000
 
 
-
 
Chen Fuyuan
   
2007
   
20,000
   
10,000
   
30,000
 
Chief Operating Officer
   
2006
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Wang Shuying
 
 
2007
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Director
 
 
2006
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Matthew Dillion
 
 
2007
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Director
 
 
2006
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Ma Fengqin
 
 
2007
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Director
 
 
2006
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Nestor Gounaris
 
 
2007
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Director
 
 
2006
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
James Boyle
 
 
2007
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
Director
 
 
2006
 
 
-
 
 
-
 
 
-
 

 
(1)
Expressed in U.S. Dollars based on the interbank exchange rate of 7.61 RMB for each 1.00 U.S. Dollar for the year ended December 31, 2007.
 
 
(2)
In 2007, compensation paid to our officers and directors included no bonuses, stock or option awards, non-equity incentive plan awards, or non-qualified deferred compensation, and accordingly, these columns have been omitted from this table.
 
 
(3)
All Other Compensation includes allowances for transportation, housing, communications, training, personal service perquisites, and utility expenses. In 2007, “other compensation” to Mr. Shi Huashan included a transportation allowance ($6,000), housing allowance ($5,000), mobile phone and communications allowance ($4,000), training expenses ($4,000), personal service perquisites ($600), and utility expense reimbursement ($400). For Ms. Wang Shu and Chen Fuyuan, “other compensation” in 2007 included a transportation allowance ($3,000), housing allowance ($2,500), mobile phone and communications allowance ($2,000), training expenses ($2,000), personal service perquisites ($300), and utility expense reimbursement ($200).

None of our executive officers received, nor do we have any arrangements to pay out, any bonus, stock awards, option awards, non-equity incentive plan compensation, or non-qualified deferred compensation.

Grants of Plan-Based Awards

We did not make any grants of plan-based awards to our directors or named executive officers during our fiscal year-ended December 31, 2007.
 
Outstanding Equity Awards

There are no unexercised options, stock that has not vested, or equity incentive plan awards for any of our directors or named executive officers outstanding as of December 31, 2007.
 
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Option Exercises and Stock Vested

There were no exercises of stock options, SARs or similar instruments, and no vesting of stock, including restricted stock, restricted stock units and similar instruments, during the last completed fiscal year for any of our directors or named executive officers.

Pension Benefits

We currently have no plans that provide for payments or other benefits at, following, or in connection with retirement of our directors or named executive officers.

Nonqualified Defined Contribution and Other Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans

We currently have no defined contribution or other plans that provide for the deferral of compensation to our directors or named executive officers on a basis that is not tax-qualified.

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change-in-Control

Other than any employment agreements described in this prospectus, we currently have no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement, whether written or unwritten, that provides for payments to a named executive officer at, following, or in connection with any termination, including without limitation resignation, severance, retirement or a constructive termination of a named executive officer, or a change in control of the registrant or a change in the named executive officer’s responsibilities, with respect to each named executive officer.
 
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Indemnification

The Nevada Revised Statutes and our bylaws permit us to indemnify our officers and directors for liabilities they may incur, including liabilities under the Securities Act and Exchange Act. Our bylaws provide that our officers and directors may be indemnified by us in the event of third party actions, if the officer or director acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed was in or not against the company’s best interests, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reason to believe that his or her actions were unlawful. Our bylaws also provide that we may provide indemnification for our officer and directors for any action by the company against such directors and officers, if the officer or director acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed was in or not against the company’s best interests, except no indemnification may be made for negligence or misconduct of such director’s or officer’s duties to the company, unless a court in which the matter is brought determines that in view of all the circumstance of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification. This and our bylaws’ indemnification may, however, be unenforceable as against public policy.
 
Employment Agreements

Effective at closing of the share exchange transaction described elsewhere in this prospectus, we entered into executive employment agreements with each of Mr. Shi Huashan (President and Chief Executive Officer), Ms. Wang Shu (acting Chief Financial Officer) and Mr. Chen Fuyuan (Chief Operating Officer). Each agreement provides for a yearly salary of USD $100,000 payable in monthly installments in accordance with our standard payroll practices for salaried employees. Each executive officer’s salary will be subject to adjustment pursuant to our employee compensation policies in effect from time to time. Under the terms of each of the agreements, each executive officer will be entitled to the benefits that we customarily make available to employees in comparable positions. Each officer has the right to terminate his or her employment by giving us prior notice with or without cause, and we hold an equal right. The board of directors or appropriate committee thereof, may from time to time, in its sole discretion, adjust the salaries and benefits paid to our executive officers. A copy of the employment agreements are included as exhibits to our Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2008. Beginning in 2008, we increased compensation paid to our CEO, CFO and COO from an aggregate of $120,000 in 2007 to an expected aggregate base compensation of $300,000 for 2008, and in addition we anticipate incurring increased costs as we hire additional financial and accounting staff as necessary to comply with accounting and regulatory requirements. We anticipate that these additional costs will have an impact on its 2008 financial results. In addition, please see our risk factor that reads “We will incur increased costs as a public company which may affect our profitability” on page 16 of this prospectus.

The following is a summary of the compensation to be paid under these employment agreements in the upcoming fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 to our named executive officers:
 
Summary of Compensation To Be Paid Under Employment Agreements for
Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2008

 
 
Annual Compensation
 
Name and Principal Position
 
  Salary  
 
Bonus (1)  
 
Other annual compensation  
 
Shi Huashan
President, Chief Executive Officer
 
$
100,000
   
   
 
 
             
Wang Shu
Chief Financial Officer
 
$
100,000
   
   
 
 
             
Chen Fuyuan
Chief Operating Officer
 
$
100,000
   
   
 
 
(1)    We have no arrangements with our executive officers to pay bonuses or other annual compensation.
 
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
 
The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of February 11, 2008, for each of the following persons:

 
·
each of our directors and each of the named executive officers in the “Management” section of this prospectus;

 
·
all directors and named executive officers as a group; and

 
·
each person who is known by us to own beneficially five percent or more of our common stock.

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC. Unless otherwise indicated in the table, the persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and sole investment power with respect to the shares set forth opposite the shareholder’s name. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each beneficial owner listed below is c/o Dalian Precious Sheen Investments Consulting Co., Ltd., No. 9, Xin Yi Street, Ganjingzi District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, PRC 116039. The percentage of class beneficially owned set forth below is based on 21,136,391 shares of our common stock outstanding on February 11, 2008.

   
Common Stock Beneficially Owned
 
Named executive officers and directors: 
 
Number of shares beneficially owned  
 
 
 
Percentage of
 class beneficially owned  
 
Shi Huashan  
   
14,688,948
   
(1)
 
 
69.5
%
Wang Shu  
   
0
         
0
%
Chen Fuyuan  
   
0
         
0
%
Ma Fengqin  
   
0
         
0
%
Nestor Gounaris  
   
0
         
0
%
Matthew Dillon  
   
0
         
0
%
Wang Shuying  
   
0
         
0
%
All directors and executive officers as a group (7 persons)  
   
14,688,948
         
69.5
%
 
5% Shareholders:
 
       
     
   
 
Shine Gold Holdings Limited 
   
10,690,668
   
(1)
 
 
50.6
%
Shiny Snow Holdings Limited
   
1,948,890
   
(1)
 
 
9.2
%
Smart Beat Limited
   
2,049,390
   
(1)
 
 
9.7
%
Barry Kitt
   
2,045,455
   
(2)
 
 
9.7
%
 
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(1)
Shine Gold Holdings Limited, Shiny Snow Holding Limited, and Smart Beat Limited, are each companies organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands (collectively, the “Shi Family Companies”). The registered address for the Shi Family Companies is Palm Grove House, P.O. Box 438, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Mr. Shi Huashan and certain of his relatives (the “Shi Family”) have entered into trust agreements with three non-PRC individuals, under which the non-PRC individuals shall hold the shares of the Shi Family Companies as trustees for the benefit of the Shi Family. The natural persons with voting power and investment power on behalf of the Shi Family Companies are (i) Chong Shun, (ii) Kuo Ching Wan Amy, and (iii) Wey Meirong, respectively (collectively, the “Trustees”). As beneficiaries of the trust arrangements, members of the Shi Family have only economic rights with respect to the shares held by the Shi Family Companies. Mr. Shi Huashan and the Shi Family hereby disclaim beneficial ownership except to the extent of their pecuniary interest in the Company shares held by the Shi Family Companies.
 
 
 
 
(2)
Barry Kitt exercises investment discretion and control over the shares of common stock of the Company held by The Pinnacle Fund, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (“Pinnacle”) and Pinnacle China Fund, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (“Pinnacle China”). Pinnacle Advisers, L.P. (“Advisers”) is the general partner of Pinnacle. Pinnacle Fund Management, LLC (“Management”) is the general partner of Advisers. Mr. Kitt is the sole member of Management. Pinnacle China Advisers, L.P. (“China Advisers”) is the general partner of Pinnacle China. Pinnacle China Management, LLC (“China Management”) is the general partner of China Advisers. Kitt China Management, LLC (“China Manager”) is the manager of China Management. Mr. Kitt is the manager of China Manager. As of December 31, 2007, Pinnacle and Pinnacle China were the beneficial owners of 2,045,454 shares of Common Stock. Mr. Kitt may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Pinnacle and Pinnacle China. Mr. Kitt expressly disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Pinnacle and Pinnacle China.
 
Equity Compensation Plan Information
 
We have not adopted any equity compensation plan as of March 31, 2008.
 
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
In addition to the share exchange transaction described elsewhere in this prospectus, we had the following transactions, since the beginning of our last fiscal year in which we were or are to be a participant and the amount involved exceeds the lesser of $120,000 or one percent of the average of our total assets at year-end for the last three completed fiscal years, and in which any related person had or will have a direct or indirect material interest:
 
Related Party Transactions of Chuming

Our current Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Shi Huashan, is also the Chief Executive Officer and a controlling beneficial shareholder of our former parent company, Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd. Mr. Shi devotes the majority of his time and effort to his role as our Chief Executive Officer under our employment agreement with him. A description of the executive employment agreements we have with our executives, including the employment agreement between Mr. Shi and the Company, under the heading “Employment Agreements” earlier in this prospectus. However, some portion of his time is spent on the business and affairs of Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd., and in his capacity as the principal executive officer, he presides over management and the day-to-day operations of Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.

In the normal course of business, we conduct transactions with the following related parties, that are not consolidated into the Company or its subsidiaries: (1) Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd., also referred to this report as the “Group”, and the Group’s subsidiaries: (2) Dalian Chuming Industrial Development Co., Ltd., (3) Dalian Chuming Trading Co., Ltd, (4) Dalian Mingxing Livestock Product Co. Ltd., (5) Dalian Chuming Stockbreeding Combo Development Co., Ltd., (6) Dalian Chuming Fodder Co., Ltd., (7) Dalian Chuming Biological Technology Co., Ltd., and (8) Dalian Huayu Seafood Food Co., Ltd. The Company and the aforementioned related parties share common beneficial ownership. All related party transactions are conducted between Chuming WFOE and the Group. All transactions with related parties are generally performed at arm’s length, and in 2007, all such transactions were conducted at arm’s length.

Due to the non-exclusive roles of Mr. Shi as our CEO and the principal executive officer of the Group, with whom we conduct business from time to time, potential conflicts of interest may arise. In particular, situations might arise in which we transact business with the Group, and certain terms of agreements might be favorable to us, but conversely unfavorable to the Group, and vice versa. In order to effectively handle such conflict of interest scenarios, our management intends to submit all related party transactions to our independent board of directors, or appropriate committee of the board, for review and approval.

The “Chuming” trademark and rights to the “Huayu” trademark application in the PRC are owned by Dalian Chuming Industry Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Group. We have been granted a perpetual fully paid up license to use both of these trademarks in connection with our business, under two trademark agreements with Dalian Chuming Industry Development Co., Ltd.
 
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On December 17, 2007, we entered into a Long-Term Hog Procurement Agreement with the Group, our former parent. This agreement specifies that the Group should supply no less than 750,000 live hogs to Chuming in 2008, 800,000 in 2009, and 800,000 in 2010, and the price for the hogs is at the fair market price at the time of acquisition.
 
At December 31, 2007 the Company had the following short term loans outstanding:

Bank
 
Interest Rate
 
Due Date
 
Amount
 
Bank of China
   
8.02
%
 
11/17/2008
 
$
1,914,111
 
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
   
7.65
%
 
7/1/2008
   
5,468,984
 
               
$
7,383,095
 
 
The loan provided by the Bank of China is secured by the Meat Company’s land use rights, which have been appraised at a fair market value of $5,605,611 (RMB 41,000,000). The Shanghai Pudong Development Bank loan has been guaranteed by the Group.

In 2004, we obtained a loan of $20,466,901 (RMB 160,000,000) from the Group, which in turn, obtained these funds in a joint loan commitment from both China Development Bank and Shenzhen Development Bank (“Banks”) via a collateralized loan. The Group collateralized the loan by purchasing a bond from China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (“Bond Issuer”). The bond guarantees to the Banks the entire principal and accrued interest of the loan. The cost of the bond is RMB 1,000,000 annually, or in USD: $120,668, 121,902, and 125,284 for the years 2004, 2005, and 2006, respectively, which was paid by us. The loan carries a fixed interest of 5.76% per annum. We pledged both land use rights and buildings to the Bond Issuer. We pursued a loan from the Group as the financing solution of choice because our tangible assets, at the time of origination, were insufficient to collateralize the loan. Additionally, we at that time lacked the favorable credit history to directly establish credit facility with the bank.

At December 31, 2007, we repaid the debt in its entirety to the Group by setting off receivables owed by the Group to us. We repaid the loan in order to meet the requirements of the equity financing transaction detailed in Note 18 of our financial statements included in this prospectus. The balances are now owed by the Group to the Banks, and liability for paying the bonding insurance annually lies with the Group. The pledged collateral of land use rights and buildings made to the Bond Issuer still underlie the loan currently owed by the Group, and as such, our assets, namely the buildings and land use rights are at risk if the Group were to default on this loan.
 
Related Party Transactions Prior to Change in Control

Set forth below are the related party transactions that took place since December 31, 2006, but prior to our change in control on December 31, 2007, between our shareholders, officers and/or directors, and us.
 
A shareholder, Jenson Services, paid $3,193 of the Company’s operating expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2007 resulting in total accrued “loans from stockholders” of $25,871.  The total $25,871 has been paid by Jenson Services and was payable to Jenson Services as of March 31, 2007.  
 
On May 3, 2007, Energroup, along with its then-current directors and executive officers, entered into a stock purchase agreement with Halter Financial Investments, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (“HFI”), pursuant to which Energroup agreed to sell to HFI 11,200,000 pre-reverse split shares (approximately 1,600,000 post-reverse split shares) of unregistered, restricted common stock for $350,000 cash. This transaction closed on May 22, 2007. In conjunction with this stock purchase agreement, on May 3, 2007, certain of Energroup’s then-principal shareholders, as a condition of the closing of the stock purchase agreement surrendered and cancelled 1,350,000 then-issued and outstanding shares of Energroup common stock. These shares were surrendered as follows: Jenson Services, Inc., which then owned 2,480,500 pre-reverse split shares (approximately 354,290 post-reverse split shares) (or approximately 68% of our then-outstanding voting securities) delivered 375,000 of its pre-reverse split shares (approximately 53,572 post-reverse split shares) for cancellation; James P. Doolin, which then owned 475,000 pre-reverse split shares (approximately 67,858 post-reverse split shares) (or approximately 13% of our then-outstanding voting securities) delivered 475,000 pre-reverse split shares (approximately 67,858 post-reverse split shares) for cancellation; and his sister, Alycia Anthony, which then owned 500,000 pre-reverse split shares (approximately 71,429 post-reverse split shares (or approximately 14% of our then-outstanding voting securities) delivered 500,000 pre-reverse split shares (approximately 71,429 post-reverse split shares) for cancellation. All of these cancelled shares were returned to the status of authorized and unissued shares of Energroup. No consideration was given by Energroup in the cancellation of these shares. The effect of the share cancellations was to reduce the carrying par value of shares surrendered and a corresponding increase to additional paid-in capital.

Under the terms of the stock purchase agreement, on May 3, 2007, the board of directors of Energroup at the time declared a special cash distribution of $0.1219 per share to shareholders of record as of May 17, 2007, the record date for the special cash distribution. Neither HFI nor the shares surrendered by Jenson Services or James P. Doolin or Alycia Anthony participated in the special cash distribution. The special cash distribution was paid on May 29, 2007, to shareholders of record on the record date, subject to the closing of the stock purchase agreement. The special cash distribution was paid to the holders of an aggregate 2,297,421 pre-reverse split shares of Energroup’s common stock, after giving effect to the cancellation of 1,350,000 pre-reverse split shares discussed above, which resulted in a total cash distribution of approximately $280,000. The special cash distribution was a condition of the closing of the stock purchase agreement.
 
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Further, the stock purchase agreement contained covenants that required HFI, in its capacity as Energroup’s controlling shareholder following closing of the stock purchase agreement, to agree that it will not approve any reverse splits other than a one-time reverse split of not greater than 1-for-7 without the prior consent of Energroup’s former officers as representatives of Energroup’s continuing shareholders; that it will not authorize the issuance of any additional shares of common stock or securities convertible into shares of common stock except in connection with a combination transaction with a corporation with current business operations (a “Going Public Transaction”); and that it will not allow Energroup to enter into a Going Public Transaction unless Energroup, on a combined basis with the operating entity with which it completes a Going Public Transaction, satisfies the financial conditions for listing on the Nasdaq Small-Cap Market (now Nasdaq Capital Market) immediately following the closing of the Going Public Transaction. These conditions were deemed satisfied by HFI prior to the share exchange transaction of December 31, 2007. The stock purchase agreement also grants demand and “piggy back” registration rights to HFI and to any continuing holders of Energroup’s common stock that are deemed to be holding “restricted securities.”

As at the date of this prospectus, we do not have any policies in place with respect to whether we will enter into agreements with related parties in the future.
 
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

The following information describes our capital stock and provisions of our articles of incorporation and our bylaws, all as in effect upon the closing of the share exchange transaction. This description is only a summary. You should also refer to our articles of incorporation, bylaws and articles of amendment which have been incorporated by reference or filed with the SEC as exhibits to the registration statement on Form S-1 of which this prospectus forms a part.

General

On December 14, 2007, we conducted a 4.6 to 1 reverse stock split, which resulted in the reduction of our outstanding common stock from 1,943,812 to 422,756 shares. In the December 31, 2007 share exchange transaction, we issued a total of 16,850,000 shares, which increased our outstanding shares of common stock to 17,272,756. In the concurrent Financing on December 31, 2007, we issued an additional 3,863,635 shares of common stock, bringing our total number of outstanding shares to 21,136,391 shares of common stock. We currently are authorized to issue up to 21,739,130 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share. As of February 11, 2008, there were 21,136,391 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, and no shares of preferred stock issued or outstanding.
 
Common Stock

Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share on all matters submitted to a shareholder vote. Holders of common stock do not have cumulative voting rights. Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any then-outstanding preferred stock, holders of common stock are entitled to share in all dividends that the board of directors, in its discretion, declares from legally available funds. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, subject to preferences that may be applicable to any then-outstanding preferred stock, each outstanding share entitles its holder to participate in all assets that remain after payment of liabilities and after providing for each class of stock, if any, having preference over the common stock.

Holders of common stock have no conversion, preemptive or other subscription rights, and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. The rights of the holders of common stock are subject to any rights that may be fixed for holders of preferred stock, when and if any preferred stock is authorized and issued. All outstanding shares of common stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
 
Preferred Stock

Our board of directors, without further shareholder approval, may issue preferred stock in one or more classes or series as the board may determine from time to time. Each such class or series shall be distinctly designated. All shares of any one class or series of the preferred stock shall be alike in every particular, except that there may be different dates from which dividends thereon, if any, shall be cumulative, if made cumulative. The voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series outstanding at any time. Our board of directors has express authority to fix (by resolutions adopted prior to the issuance of any shares of each particular class or series of preferred stock) the number of shares, voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions and relative rights of each such class or series. The rights granted to the holders of any series of preferred stock could adversely affect the voting power of the holders of common stock and issuance of preferred stock may delay, defer or prevent a change in our control.

Registration Rights

We have agreed to undertake to file this prospectus and related registration statement to register the common stock issued to the investors in the Financing. In the event that the registration statement is not declared effective by the SEC within 135 days of the closing of the Financing, we will also owe liquidated damages to the investors of 1% of the total financing amount in cash per month after the 135 day period. The liquidated damages payable to the investors in the event of non-registration or late effectiveness is subject to a cap of 10% of the total financing amount.
 
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Registration of these shares of common stock upon exercise of these registration rights would result in the holders being able to trade these shares without restriction under the Securities Act once the applicable registration statement is declared effective. We will pay all registration expenses related to any registration. Non-registration penalties do not apply when the holder can sell all of the holder’s shares pursuant to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act.
 
Market Price of and Dividends on Common Equity and Related Shareholder Matters

Our common stock is not listed on any stock exchange. Our common stock is traded over-the-counter on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “ENHD.OB”. The following table sets forth the high and low bid information for our common stock for each quarter within our last three fiscal years and subsequent interim periods, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board. The bid prices reflect inter-dealer quotations, do not include retail markups, markdowns or commissions and do not necessarily reflect actual transactions.
 
 
 
Low
 
High
 
2008 (1)
         
Quarter ended March 31, 2008   $ 5.00   $ 53.00  
 
2007 (1)
         
Quarter ended December 31, 2007  
$
53.00  
$
53.00  
Quarter ended September 30, 2007
 
$
4.65
 
$
4.65
 
Quarter ended June 30, 2007
 
$
4.65
 
$
4.65
 
Quarter ended March 31, 2007
 
$
4.65
 
$
4.65
 
 
2006
 
       
 
     
 
Quarter ended December 31, 2006
 
$
0.30
 
$
0.30
 
Quarter ended September 30, 2006
 
$
0.30
 
$
0.30
 
Quarter ended June 30, 2006
 
$
0.30
 
$
1.01
 
Quarter ended March 31, 2006
 
$
0.30
 
$
1.01
 
 
2005
 
       
 
     
 
Quarter ended December 31, 2005
 
$
0.50
 
$
0.50
 
Quarter ended September 30, 2005
 
$
0.25
 
$
0.50
 
Quarter ended June 30, 2005
 
$
0.05
 
$
0.025
 
Quarter ended March 31, 2005
   
n/a
   
n/a
 

(1)
Adjusted for reverse stock split effective on December 14, 2007.
 
The last reported closing sales price for shares of our common stock was $5.00 per share on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board on March 5, 2008.

Holders

As of February 11, 2008, there were approximately 160 shareholders of record of our common stock based upon the shareholders’ listing provided by our transfer agent.
 
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Transfer Agent

Our transfer agent is Western States Transfer and Registrar, Inc., and its telephone number is (801) 523-1547. Our transfer agent's address is 1911 Ryan Park Avenune, Sandy, Utah 84092.
 
DIVIDENDS

On May 3, 2007, prior to the share exchange transaction with PSI and its shareholders, Energroup, along with its then-current directors and executive officers, entered into a stock purchase agreement with Halter Financial Investments, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (“HFI”), pursuant to which we agreed to sell to HFI 11,200,000 pre-reverse split shares (approximately 1,600,000 post-reverse split shares) of unregistered, restricted common stock for $350,000 cash. This transaction closed on May 22, 2007. In conjunction with this stock purchase agreement, on May 3, 2007, certain of our then-principal shareholders, as a condition of the closing of the stock purchase agreement surrendered and cancelled 1,350,000 then-issued and outstanding shares of our common stock. These shares were surrendered as follows: Jenson Services, Inc., which then owned 2,480,500 pre-reverse split shares (approximately 354,290 post-reverse split shares) (or approximately 68% of our then-outstanding voting securities) delivered 375,000 of its pre-reverse split shares (approximately 53,572 post-reverse split shares) for cancellation; James P. Doolin, which then owned 475,000 pre-reverse split shares (approximately 67,858 post-reverse split shares) (or approximately 13% of our then-outstanding voting securities) delivered 475,000 pre-reverse split shares (approximately 67,858 post-reverse split shares) for cancellation; and his sister, Alycia Anthony, which then owned 500,000 pre-reverse split shares (approximately 71,429 post-reverse split shares (or approximately 14% of our then-outstanding voting securities) delivered 500,000 pre-reverse split shares (approximately 71,429 post-reverse split shares) for cancellation. All of these cancelled shares were returned to the status of authorized and unissued shares. No consideration was given by us in the cancellation of these shares. The effect of the share cancellations was to reduce the carrying par value of shares surrendered and a corresponding increase to additional paid-in capital.
 
Under the terms of the stock purchase agreement, on May 3, 2007, the then-current board of directors of Energroup declared a special cash distribution of $0.1219 per share to its shareholders of record as of May 17, 2007, the record date for the special cash distribution. Neither HFI or the shares surrendered by Jenson Services or James P. Doolin or Alycia Anthony participated in the special cash distribution. The special cash distribution was paid on May 29, 2007, to shareholders of record on the record date, subject to the closing of the stock purchase agreement. The special cash distribution was paid to the holders of an aggregate 2,297,421 pre-reverse split shares of our common stock, after giving effect to the cancellation of 1,350,000 pre-reverse split shares discussed above, which resulted in a total cash distribution of approximately $280,000. The special cash distribution was a condition of the closing of the stock purchase agreement.

Except for the special cash distribution described above, we have never paid cash dividends on our common stock. Since the reverse take-over transaction on December 31, 2007, we have not declared or paid any dividends.

We intend to keep future earnings, if any, to finance the expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate that any cash dividends will be paid in the foreseeable future. Our future payment of dividends will depend on our earnings, capital requirements, expansion plans, financial condition and other relevant factors that our board of directors may deem relevant. Our retained earnings deficit currently limits our ability to pay dividends.
 
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

Prior to this offering, there has been little or no active market for our common stock. Future sales of substantial amounts of common stock in the public market could adversely affect prevailing market prices. Furthermore, because the trading volume of our shares is relatively low, sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market after the restrictions lapse could adversely affect the prevailing market price or our shares, and may limit our ability to raise equity capital in the future. When a registration statement is declared effective by the SEC (referred to as the “effective date”) covering the underlying shares of common stock, these shares, when issued, will be freely tradable without restriction under the Securities Act, unless purchased by our “affiliates” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (generally, officers, directors or 10% stockholders). See “ Description of Securities - Registration Rights” for additional information.
 
Assuming full registration of the shares covered by this prospectus, management estimates that approximately 13.4 million shares (or approximately 64%) of our common stock outstanding will be “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act. Restricted securities may be sold in the public market only if registered or if they qualify for an exemption from registration under Rules 144, 144(k) or 701 promulgated under the Securities Act, which are summarized below. Sales of the restricted securities in the public market, or the availability of such shares for sale, could adversely affect the market price of the common stock.
 
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In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, a person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who has beneficially owned restricted shares of our Company for at least six months would be entitled to sell such shares without regard to volume limitations, manner of sale restrictions or Form 144 notice requirements, so long as current public information about us is available. Under Rule 144(k), a person who is not deemed to have been an affiliate of us at any time during the three months preceding a sale, and who has beneficially owned the shares proposed to be sold for at least one year, is entitled to sell such shares even if current public information about us is not available. Any person who is deemed to be an affiliate of us can begin selling restricted shares of our Company after six months, subject to volume limitations, manner of sale restrictions and current public information requirements. Our affiliates will not have to file a Form 144 unless the transaction is for at least 5,000 shares or $50,000.
 
Beginning 90 days after the effective date of our registration statement for the shares in this prospectus, any employee, officer or director of or consultant to us who purchases shares pursuant to a written compensatory plan or contract may be entitled to rely on the resale provisions of Rule 701 (if such plans are instituted and any plan shares are outstanding at that time). Rule 701 permits affiliates to sell their Rule 701 shares under Rule 144 without complying with the holding period requirements of Rule 144. Rule 701 further provides that non-affiliates may sell such shares in reliance on Rule 144 without having to comply with the holding period, public information, volume limitation or notice provisions of Rule 144. In addition, we may in the future, file registration statements under the Securities Act to register shares to be issued pursuant to employee benefit plans. As a result, any options exercised under any benefit plans after the effectiveness of such registration statement will also be freely tradable in the public market, except that shares held by affiliates will still be subject to the volume limitation, manner of sale, notice and public information requirements of Rule 144 unless otherwise resalable under Rule 701. As of September 30, 2007, we had no outstanding options.
 
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

Prior to our reverse take-over transaction and $17 million Financing, when we were a pubic reporting shell company, MantylaMcReynolds LLC   (“McReynolds”) served as our auditor of record. McReynolds resigned as the independent auditor of Energroup effective February 6, 2008. McReynolds served as Energroup’s independent auditors for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1999 thru December 31, 2006, and the interim periods during 2007.

McReynolds’ report on our financial statements for the two most recent fiscal years did not contain any adverse opinions or disclaimers of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles, except for a going concern opinion expressing substantial doubt about the ability of Energroup to continue as a going concern with respect to Energroup in 2006, during which time Energroup was a “shell company” under Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

During our two most recent fiscal years and the interim periods through February 6, 2008, there were no disagreements with McReynolds on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements if not resolved to the satisfaction of McReynolds would have caused them to make reference to this subject matter of the disagreements in connection with their report, nor were there any “reportable events” as such term is described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-B.

Also on February 6, 2008, we engaged Samuel H. Wong & Co., LLP (“Wong & Co.”) as our outside independent accounting firm. This action has also been approved by our board of directors. During our two most recent fiscal years and any subsequent interim period prior to the engagement of Wong & Co., neither we nor anyone on our behalf consulted with Wong & Co., regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either contemplated or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement” or a “reportable event.”
 
LEGAL MATTERS
 
Richardson & Patel LLP has rendered an opinion regarding the legality of the issuance of the shares of common stock being registered in this prospectus.
 
EXPERTS

Our consolidated financial statements for each of the twelve month periods ending December 31, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004 have been audited by our independent auditor, Samuel H. Wong & Co., LLP, certified public accountants registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which firm also reviewed our interim consolidated financial statements for the three months ending March 31, 2008, as set forth in their report. We have included our consolidated financial statements in this prospectus in reliance on the report of the above-named independent auditor, given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
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DISCLOSURE OF COMMISSION POSITION OF INDEMNIFICATION
FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted for our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions 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.
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Energroup Holdings Corporation is subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act”). Reports filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, including proxy statements, annual and quarterly reports, and other reports filed by the Company can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at the Headquarters Office, 100 F. Street N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the public reference room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. You can request copies of these documents upon payment of a duplicating fee by writing to the SEC. The Company’s filings are also available on the SEC’s internet site ( http://www.sec.gov ).
 
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Energroup Holdings Corporation - Index of Financial Statements
        
Contents
Pages
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2008 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2007
F-2
 
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007 (Unaudited)
F-4
 
 
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007
F-5
 
 
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007 (Unaudited)
F-6
 
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements - March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)
F-8
 
Report of Registered Public Accounting Firm dated March 8, 2008
F-28
   
Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
F-29
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 F-31
   
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 F-32
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended Decemebr 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
F-33
   
Reconciliation of Net Income to Cash Provided/(Used) in Operating Activities for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
F-34
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements as at and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005
 F-35
 
F-1

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007
(Stated in US Dollars)

   
Note
         
       
3/31/2008
 
12/31/07
 
ASSETS
                   
                     
Cash
       
$
7,039,089
 
$
14,031,851
 
Restricted Cash
   
3
   
2,157,831
   
4,250,000
 
Accounts Receivable
   
4
   
3,004,163
   
622,433
 
Other Receivable
         
1,638,132
   
1,068,939
 
Related Party Receivable
   
6
   
15,506,766
   
3,964,357
 
Inventory
   
5
   
4,466,012
   
2,916,016
 
Purchase Deposit
         
7,824,478
   
267,807
 
Prepaid Expenses
         
134,450
   
46,401
 
Prepaid Taxes
         
156,787
   
185,319
 
Deferred Tax Asset
         
639,360
   
613,844
 
                     
Total current assets
         
42,567,071
   
27,966,967
 
                     
Property, Plant & Equipment, net
   
7
   
25,724,989
   
24,836,496
 
Land Use Rights, net
   
8
   
13,326,162
   
12,855,980
 
Construction in Progress
         
994,917
   
927,866
 
Other Assets
         
33,975
   
32,619
 
                     
TOTAL ASSETS
       
$
82,647,114
 
$
66,619,928
 
                     
LIABILITIES
                   
                     
Bank Loans & Notes
   
9
 
$
14,881,376
 
$
7,383,095
 
Accounts Payable
         
3,659,840
   
3,779,274
 
Accrued Liabilities
         
3,605,852
   
3,347,013
 
Taxes Payable
         
2,097,757
   
1,677,194
 
Other Payable
         
1,458,926
   
1,471,381
 
Customer Deposits
         
82,042
   
24,161
 
                     
Total current liabilities
         
25,785,792
   
17,682,118
 
                     
TOTAL LIABILITIES
       
$
25,785,792
 
$
17,682,118
 

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

F-2


Energroup Holdings Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007
(Stated in US Dollars)

   
Note
 
3/31/2008
 
12/31/07
 
               
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                   
Preferred Stock - $0.001 par value 10,000,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued & outstanding at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.
Common Stock $0.001 par value 21,739,130 shares authorized; 21,136,392 shares issued & outstanding at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.
       
$
21,136
 
$
21,136
 
Additional Paid in Capital
   
10
   
15,440,043
   
15,440,043
 
Statutory Reserve
         
1,692,660
   
751,444
 
Retained Earnings
         
33,064,237
   
29,764,236
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
 
6,643,246
   
2,960,951
 
                     
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
         
56,861,322
   
48,937,810
 
                     
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
                   
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
       
$
82,647,114
 
$
66,619,928
 

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

F-3


Energroup Holdings Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the three-month period ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
(Stated in US Dollars)

   
Note
         
 
         
3/31/2008
 
 
3/31/2007
 
Revenue
                   
                     
Sales
       
$
43,507,098
 
$
23,187,994
 
Cost of Sales
         
(36,474,424
)
 
(19,025,632
)
Gross Profit
         
7,032,674
   
4,162,362
 
                     
Operating Expenses
                   
                     
Selling Expenses
         
1,825,277
   
229,419
 
General & Administrative Expenses
         
492,973
   
305,136
 
Total Operating Expense
         
2,318,250
   
534,555
 
                     
Operating Income/(Loss)
         
4,714,423
   
3,627,807
 
                     
Other Income (Expenses)
                   
                     
Other Income
         
24,269
   
2,728
 
Interest Income
         
3,985
   
-
 
Other Expenses
         
(28,650
)
 
(28,173
)
Interest Expense
         
(306,465
)
 
(592,978
)
Total Other Income (Loss) and Expense
         
(306,861
)
 
(618,423
)
                     
Earnings before Tax
         
4,407,562
   
3,009,384
 
                     
Income Tax/Deferred Tax Benefit
         
(166,345
)
 
-
 
                     
Net Income
       
$
4,241,217
 
$
3,009,384
 
                     
Earnings Per Share
                   
Basic
       
$
0.25
 
$
0.22
 
Diluted
         
0.20
   
0.17
 
                     
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
           
Basic
         
17,272,756
   
13,409,120
 
Diluted
         
21,182,756
   
17,272,756
 

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

F-4


Energroup Holdings Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007
(Stated in US Dollars)

           
Common
                 
       
Stock
         
Accumulated
     
   
Common Stock
 
Additional
         
Other
     
   
Shares
     
Paid in
 
Statutory
 
Retained
 
Comprehensive
     
   
Outstanding
 
Amount
 
Capital
 
Reserve
 
Earnings
 
Income
 
Total
 
                               
Balance, January 1, 2007
   
17,272,756
   
17,273
   
2,396,079
   
751,444
   
18,112,089
   
896,679
   
22,173,563
 
Issuance of Common Stock & Warrants
   
3,863,636
   
3,863
   
13,043,964
                     
13,047,828
 
Net Income
                           
11,652,147
         
11,652,147
 
Appropriations of Retained Earnings
                     
-
   
-
         
-
 
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
                                                 
2,064,272
   
2,064,272
 
Balance, December 31, 2007
   
21,136,392
   
21,136
   
15,440,043
   
751,444
   
29,764,236
   
2,960,951
   
48,937,810
 
                                             
Balance, January 1, 2008
   
21,136,392
   
21,136
   
15,440,043
   
751,444
   
29,764,236
   
2,960,951
   
48,937,810
 
Issuance of Common Stock & Warrants
                                       
-
 
Net Income
                           
4,241,217
         
4,241,217
 
Appropriations of Retained Earnings
                     
941,216
   
(941,216
)
       
-
 
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
                                        
3,682,295
   
3,682,285
 
Balance, March 31, 2008
   
21,136,392
   
21,136
   
15,440,043
   
1,692,660
   
33,064,237
   
6,643,246
   
56,861,312
 
                                             
 
 
Accumulated Comprehensive Income  
             
                 
 
 
  12/31/2007 
       
 3/31/2008
        
 Total
               
Comprehensive Income
                                           
Net Income
   
11,652,147
         
4,241,217
         
15,893,364
             
Comprehensive Other Income
                                           
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
   
2,064,272
         
3,682,295
         
5,746,557
             
                                             
     
13,716,419
         
7,923,512
         
21,639,921
           
 

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

F-5


Energroup Holdings Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
(Stated in US Dollars)

   
3/31/2008
 
3/31/2007
 
Cash Flow from Operating Activities
             
               
Cash Received from Customers
 
$
29,072,645
 
$
23,498,395
 
Cash Paid to Suppliers & Employees
   
(47,912,070
)
 
(17,639,438
)
Interest Received
   
3,985
   
-
 
Interest Paid (net of amount capitalized)
   
(1,075,461
)
 
413,282
 
Income Tax Paid
   
(191,861
)
 
-
 
Miscellaneous Receipts
   
24,269
   
2,728
 
Cash Sourced/(Used) in Operating Activities
   
(20,079,493
)
 
5,448,403
 
               
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
             
               
Escrowed Funds from Private Placement Placed in Restricted Cash
   
2,092,169
   
-
 
Payments for Purchases of Plant & Equipment
   
(1,623,365
)
 
(126,241
)
Payments for Purchases of Land Use Rights
   
(261,294
)
 
643,388
 
Payments for Deposits
   
(1,356
)
 
-
 
Cash Used/(Sourced) in Investing Activities
   
206,155
   
(769,629
)
               
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
             
               
Proceeds Allocated to Accrued Liabilities for Liquidated Damages from Issuance of Stock & Warrants
   
1,700,000
   
-
 
Proceeds from Bank Borrowings
   
14,881,376
   
-
 
Repayment of Bank Loans
   
(7,383,095
)
 
(1,286,776
)
Cash Sourced/(Used) in Financing Activities
   
9,198,281
   
(1,286,776
)
               
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Cash & Cash Equivalents for the Year
   
(10,675,047
)
 
3,391,998
 
               
Effect of Currency Translation
   
3,682,285
   
43,783
 
               
Cash & Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Year
   
14,031,851
   
3,075,787
 
                 
Cash & Cash Equivalents at End of Year
 
$
7,039,089
 
$
6,511,568
 

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

F-6


Energroup Holdings Corporation
Reconciliation of Net Income to Cash Provided / (Used) in Operating Activities
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
(Stated in US Dollars)

   
3/31/2008
 
3/31/2007
 
           
Net Income
 
$
4,241,217
 
$
3,009,384
 
               
Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income to
             
Net Cash Provided by Cash Activities:
             
               
Liquidated Damages Included in Accrued Liabilities
   
(1,700,000
)
 
-
 
Amortization
   
(208,889
)
 
43,429
 
Depreciation
   
667,821
   
434,629
 
Provision for Bad Debt
   
3,522
   
-
 
Decrease/(Increase) in Accounts Receivable
   
(2,385,252
)
 
1,307,287
 
Decrease/(Increase) in Other Receivable
   
(569,194
)
 
(220,811
)
Decrease/(Increase) in Related Party Receivable
   
(11,542,409
)
 
262,229
 
Decrease/(Increase) in Inventory
   
(1,549,996
)
 
589,689
 
Decrease/(Increase) in Advance to Suppliers
   
(7,556,671
)
 
916,407
 
Decrease/(Increase) in Prepaid Taxes
   
28,530
   
-
 
Decrease/(Increase) in Prepaid Expenses
   
(88,049
)
 
(51,843
)
Decrease/(Increase) in Deferred Tax Benefit
   
(25,516
)
 
-
 
Increase/(Decrease) in Accounts Payable
   
(119,434
) 
 
(709,758
)
Increase/(Decrease) in Taxes Payable
   
420,563
   
509,418
 
Increase/(Decrease) in Other Payable
   
(12,455
) 
 
(294,428
)
Increase/(Decrease) in Related Party Payable
   
-
   
694,075
 
Increase/(Decrease) in Accrued Liabilities
   
258,839
   
(1,038,304
)
Increase/(Decrease) in Customer Advances
   
57,880
   
-
 
               
Total of all adjustments
   
(24,320,710
)
 
2,439,019
 
               
Net Cash Provided by/(Used in) Operating Activities
 
$
(20,079,493
)
$
5,448,403
 

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

F-7


Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007

1.

Energroup Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) (OTCBB: ENHD) is a holding company incorporated in the state of Nevada in the United States of America whose primary business operations is conducted through its three operating subsidiaries: (1) Dalian Chuming Processed Foods Company Ltd., (the “Foods Company”) (2) Dalian Chuming Slaughter and Packaging Pork Company Ltd. (the “Meat Company”), and (3) Dalian Chuming Sales Company Ltd. (the “Sales Company”), each incorporated in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”). The Company is headquartered in the City of Dalian, Liaoning Province of China.

The three operating subsidiaries were spun-off constituents of their former parent company, Dalian Chuming Group Co. Ltd. The Company indirectly holds the three operating subsidiary companies through its wholly owned intermediary subsidiaries: (A) Precious Sheen Investments Limited (“PSI”), a British Virgin Islands corporation, and (B) Dalian Chuming Precious Sheen Investments Consulting Co., Ltd., (“Chuming WFOE”), a wholly foreign owned enterprise incorporated in the PRC.

Dalian Precious Sheen Investments Consulting Co., Ltd. (“Chuming WFOE”) is an intermediary holding company established in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”) formed for the purpose of providing a group structure to enhance the viable capacity of its three PRC operating subsidiaries.

The Company’s primary business activities are the production and packing of fresh pork and production of processed meat products for distribution and sale to clients throughout the PRC.

Corporate Reorganization

PRC law currently has limits on foreign ownership of certain companies. To enable Chuming to raise equity capital from investors outside of China, it established an offshore holding company by incorporating Precious Sheen Investments Limited in the British Virgin Islands (“PSI”) in May 2007. On September 26, 2007, Chuming entered into share transfer agreements with Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd., under which Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd. agreed to transfer ownership of three operating subsidiaries (collectively known as “Chuming Operating Subsidiaries”) to Chuming. On October 23, 2007, Chuming completed all required registrations to complete the share transfer, and became the 100% owner of the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries. On November 14, 2007 the Dalian Commerce Bureau approved the transfer of Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.’s 68% interest in Chuming to PSI, and upon this transfer, Chuming became a wholly foreign owned enterprise, with PSI as the 100% owner of Chuming (including its subsidiaries). On December 13, 2007, the PRC government authorities issued Chuming a business license formally recognizing it as a wholly foreign owned enterprise, of which PSI is the sole shareholder.

F-8

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
 
The following is a description of the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries: -

A. Dalian Chuming Slaughter and Packaging Pork Company Ltd., whose primary business activity is acquiring, slaughtering, and packaging of pork and cattle;

B. Dalian Chuming Processed Foods Company Ltd., whose primary business activity is the processing of raw and cooked meat products; and

C. Dalian Chuming Sales Company Ltd., which is responsible for Chuming’s sales, marketing, and distribution operations.

Share Exchange Transaction

On December 31, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of PSI in exchange for the issuance of 16,850,000 restricted shares of our common stock to the shareholders of PSI, which represented approximately 97.55% of the then-issued and outstanding common stock of the Company (excluding the shares issued in the Financing). As a result of this transaction, PSI became our wholly owned subsidiary, and we acquired the business and operations of the three operating subsidiaries.

The share exchange transaction has been accounted for as a recapitalization of PSI where the Company (the legal acquirer) is considered the accounting acquiree and PSI (the legal acquiree) is considered the accounting acquirer. As a result of this transaction, the Company is deemed to be a continuation of the business of PSI.

Accordingly, the financial data included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for all periods prior to December 31, 2007 is that of the accounting acquirer (PSI). The historical stockholders’ equity of the accounting acquirer prior to the share exchange has been retroactively restated as if the share exchange transaction occurred as of the beginning of the first period presented.

2.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 
(A)
Method of Accounting

The Company maintains its general ledger and journals with the accrual method accounting for financial reporting purposes. The financial statements and notes are representations of management. Accounting policies adopted by the Company conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and have been consistently applied in the presentation of financial statements, which are compiled on the accrual basis of accounting.
 
F-9


Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
 
 
(B)
Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements, which include the Company and its subsidiaries, are compiled in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The consolidated financial statements include 100% of assets, liabilities, and net income or loss of those wholly owned subsidiaries.

The Company has owned the three operating subsidiaries since its inception. The Company also owns two intermediary holdings companies. As of March 31, 2008, the detailed identities of the consolidating subsidiaries are as follows: -

Name of Company
 
Place of
Incorporation
 
Attributable
Equity
Interest
 
Registered
Capital
 
Precious Sheen Investments Limited
   
BVI
   
100
%  
USD
 10,000
 
Dalian Chuming Precious Sheen Investment Consulting Co., Ltd.
   
PRC
   
100
%
RMB
 29,400,682
 
Dalian Chuming Slaughtering & Pork Packaging Co. Ltd.
   
PRC
   
100
%
RMB
 10,000,000
 
Dalian Chuming Processed Foods Co. Ltd.
   
PRC
   
100
%
RMB
 5,000,000
 
Dalian Chuming Sales Co. Ltd.
   
PRC
   
100
%
RMB
 5,000,000
 

The consolidation of these operating subsidiaries into a newly formed holding company (i.e. the Company) is permitted by United States GAAP: ARB51 paragraph 22 and 23.

 
(C)
Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States 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 revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management makes these estimates using the best information available at the time the estimates are made; however, actual results could differ materially from these estimates.

 
(D)
Cash Equivalents

For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid equity or debt instruments purchased with a maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

F-10

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
 
(E)
Accounts Receivable

The Company extends unsecured, non-interest bearing credit to its customers; accordingly, the Company carries an allowance for doubtful accounts, which is an estimate, made by management. Management makes its estimate based on prior experience rates and assessment of specific outstanding customer balances. Management may extend credit to new customers who have met the criteria of the Company’s credit policy.

 
(F)
Inventory Carrying Value

Inventory, consisting of raw materials in the form of livestock, work in progress, and finished products, is stated at the lower of cost or market value. Finished products are comprised of direct materials, direct labor and an appropriate proportion of overhead. Periodic evaluation is made by management to identify if inventory needs to be written down because of damage or spoilage. Cost is computed using the weighted average method.

 
(G)
Advances to Suppliers

Advances to suppliers represent the cash paid in advance for purchasing raw materials. The advances to suppliers are interest free and unsecured.

 
(H)
Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment are stated at cost. Repairs and maintenance to these assets are charged to expense as incurred; major improvements enhancing the function and/or useful life are capitalized. When items are sold or retired, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gains or losses arising from such transactions are recognized.

Construction in progress represents the direct costs of design, acquisition, and construction of buildings, building improvements and land improvements. Capitalization of these costs ceases when substantially all activities necessary to prepare the assets for their intended use are completed. At such point, construction in progress is transferred to its respective asset classification. No depreciation is provided until it is completed and ready for intended use.
 
F-11

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
 
Property and equipment are depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful life with a 5% salvage value. Their useful lives are as follows: -

Fixed Asset Classification
 
Useful Life
Land Improvements
 
10 years
Buildings
 
20 years
Building Improvements
 
10 years
Manufacturing Machinery & Equipment
 
10 years
Office Equipment
 
5 years
Furniture & Fixtures
 
5 years
Vehicles
 
5 years

 
(I)
Land Use Rights

Land use rights are stated at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is provided over its useful life, using the straight-line method. The useful life of the land use right is 50 years.

 
(J)
Construction in Progress

Construction in progress represents the direct costs of design, acquisition, and construction of buildings, building improvements, and land improvements. These costs are capitalized in the Construction-in-Progress account until substantially all activities necessary to prepare the assets for their intended use are completed. At such point, the Construction-in-Progress account is closed, and the capitalized costs are transferred to their appropriate asset classification. No depreciation is provided until the assets are completed and ready for their intended use.

(J)
Accounting for Impairment of Assets

   
The Company reviews the recoverability of its long-lived assets, such as property and equipment, when events or changes in circumstances occur that indicate the carrying value of the asset group may not be recoverable. The assessment of possible impairment is based on the Company’s ability to recover the carrying value of the asset from the expected future cash flows, undiscounted and without interest charges, of the related operations. If these cash flows are less than the carrying value of such assets, an impairment loss is recognized for the difference between estimated fair value and carrying value. The measurement of impairment requires management to estimate future cash flows and the fair value of long-lived assets.

(K)
Customer Deposits

Customer deposits represents money the Company has received in advance for purchases of pork and pork products. The Company considers customer deposits as a liability until products have been shipped and revenue is earned.
 
F-12

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
 
(L)
Statutory Reserve

Statutory reserve refers to the amount appropriated from the net income in accordance with laws or regulations, which can be used to recover losses and increase capital, as approved, and, are to be used to expand production or operations. PRC laws prescribe that an enterprise operating at a profit, must appropriate, on an annual basis, from its earnings, an amount to the statutory reserve to be used for future company development. Such an appropriation is made until the reserve reaches a maximum equalling 50% of the enterprise’s capital.

(M)
Other Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income is defined to include all changes in equity except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Among other disclosures, all items that are required to be recognized under current accounting standards as components of comprehensive income are required to be reported in a financial statement that is presented with the same prominence as other financial statements. The Company’s current component of other comprehensive income is the foreign currency translation adjustment.

 
(N)
Recognition of Revenue

Revenue from the sale of pork products, etc., is recognized on the transfer of risks and rewards of ownership, which generally coincides with the time when the goods are delivered to customers and title has passed.

 
(O)
Cost of Sales

The Company’s cost of sales is comprised of raw materials, factory worker salaries and related benefits, machinery supplies, maintenance supplies, depreciation, utilities, inbound freight, purchasing and receiving costs, and inspection and warehousing costs.

 
(P)
Selling Expense

Selling expenses are comprised of outbound freight, salary for the sales force, client entertainment, commissions, depreciation, advertising, and travel and lodging expenses.

 
(Q)
General & Administrative

General and administrative costs include executive compensation, quality control, and general overhead such as the finance department, administrative staff, and depreciation and amortization expense.
 
F-13

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007

 
(R)
Shipping and handling

All shipping and handling are expensed as incurred and included as a component of cost of sales.

(S)
Advertising Expense

Costs related to advertising and promotion expenditures are expensed as incurred during the year. Advertising costs are charged to selling expense.

(T)
Retirement Benefits

Retirement benefits in the form of contributions under defined contribution retirement plans to the relevant authorities are charged to the statement of operations as incurred.

 
(U)
Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income tax using an asset and liability approach and allows for recognition of deferred tax benefits in future years. Under the asset and liability approach, deferred taxes are provided for the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. A valuation allowance is provided for deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not these items will either expire before the Company is able to realize their benefits, or that future realization is uncertain.

(V)
Economic and Political Risks

The Company’s operations are conducted in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environment in the PRC, and by the general state of the PRC economy.

 
(W)
Foreign Currency Translation

The Company maintains its financial statements in the functional currency. The functional currency of the Company is the Renminbi (RMB). Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency at rates of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet dates. Transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency at the exchanges rates prevailing at the dates of the transaction. Exchange gains or losses arising from foreign currency transactions are included in the determination of net income for the respective periods.
 
F-14

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
 
For financial reporting purposes, the financial statements of the Company, which are prepared using the functional currency, have been translated into United States dollars. Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rates at the balance sheet dates and revenue and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates and stockholders’ equity is translated at historical exchange rates. Any translation adjustments resulting are not included in determining net income but are included in foreign exchange adjustment to other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders’ equity.

Exchange Rates
 
Quarter
Ending
3/31/2008
 
Year
Ending
12/31/2007
 
Quarter
Ending
3/31/2007
 
RMB : US$ exchange rate (at period ending)
   
7.0222
   
7.3141
 
7.7409
 
Average RMB : US$ exchange rate
   
7.1757
   
7.6172
 
7.8753
 

RMB is not freely convertible into foreign currency, and all foreign exchange transactions must take place through authorized institutions. No representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted into US$ at the rates used in translation.

(X)
Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the sum of the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding and dilutive potential ordinary shares during the years. During the years ended 2004, 2005, and 2006, no dilutive potential ordinary shares were issued.

The Company computes earnings per share (“EPS”) in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, “Earnings per share” (“SFAS No. 128”), and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 98 (“SAB 98”). SFAS No. 128 requires companies with complex capital structures to present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is measured as the income or loss available to common shareholders divided by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is similar to basic EPS but presents the dilutive effect on a per share basis of potential common shares (e.g., convertible securities, options, and warrants) as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods presented, or issuance date, if later. Potential common shares that have an anti-dilutive effect (i.e., those that increase income per share or decrease loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS.
 
F-15

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
 
(Y)
Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued FASB Statement No. 141 (Revised 2007), Business Combinations (“SFAS 141R”). SFAS 141R provides additional guidance on improving the relevance, representational faithfulness, and comparability of the financial information that a reporting entity provides in its financial reports about a business combination and its effects. This Statement applies prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company believes there will be no material impact on its financial statements upon adoption of this standard.

In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued FASB Statement No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements—an amendment of ARB No. 51 (“SFAS 160”). SFAS 160 amends ARB No. 51 to establish accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. This Statement is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company believes there will be no material impact on its financial statements upon adoption of this standard.
 
F-16


Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007

3.
Restricted Cash

The restricted cash reflects funds received from the financing transaction described in Note 18 that is held in an escrow with US Bank in the United States. These funds are restricted until the Company has fulfilled the following criteria: (1) the hiring of a Chief Financial Officer that meets the approval of the investors, at which point the Company will release $1.5 million from restriction, and which criterion must be satisfied within 90 days of the closing of the financing transaction, (2) the Company appoints a Board of Directors that has majority of independent members, at which point $2.0 million will be released from restriction, and (3) appoint a successor auditor, at which point $500,000 will be released from restriction. There is $250,000 in the escrow account that has already been earmarked for investor relations purposes.
 
4.
Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable at December 31, consisted of the following: -
 
   
3/31/2008
 
12/31/2007
 
Accounts Receivable – Trade
 
$
3,092,407
 
$
707,156
 
Less: Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
   
(88,244
)
 
(84,723
)
Net Accounts Receivable
 
$
3,004,163
 
$
622,433
 
 
Allowance for Bad Debts
 
3/31/2008
 
12/31/2007
 
Beginning Balance
 
$
84,723
 
$
79,267
 
Allowance Provided
   
3,521
   
5,456
 
Charged Against Allowance
         
-
 
Ending Balance
 
$
88,244
 
$
84,723
 
 
5.
Inventory
 
   
3/31/2008
 
12/31/2007
 
Raw Materials
 
$
1,591,950
 
$
1,039,440
 
Work in Progress
   
839,117
   
547,889
 
Finished Goods
   
2,034,946
   
1,328,688
 
   
$
4,466,012
 
$
2,916,016
 

F-17

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
   
6.
Related Party Receivable

In the normal course of business, the Company conducts transactions with the following related parties: Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd (“Group) and the Group subsidiaries that are not consolidated into Energroup Holdings or Energroup’s subsidiary, Dalian Chuming Precious Sheen Investments Consulting Co. Ltd. (Chuming): (1) Dalian Chuming Industrial Development Co., Ltd., (2) Dalian Chuming Trading Co., Ltd, (3) Dalian Mingxing Livestock Product Co. Ltd., (4) Dalian Chuming Stockbreeding Combo Development Co., Ltd., (5) Dalian Chuming Fodder Co., Ltd., and (6) Dalian Chuming Biological Technology Co., Ltd., and (7) Dalian Huayu Seafood Food Co., Ltd. The Company and the aforementioned related parties share common ownership. All related party transactions are consummated between Chuming and through the Group. All transactions with related parties were performed at arm’s length.

In the event that the Company has both receivables from, and payables to the Group it will, in accordance with FIN 39, set off the balances in order to arrive at a single balance that is either due from, or due to the Group.

At March 31, the Company had both a balance of $61,863,588 receivable from the Group and a balance of $46,356,821 payable to the Group. Accordingly, the Comany setoff the two balances which resulted in a net balance of $15,506,766 receivable.

Related party transactions at March 31, 2008 consist of the following:

   
3/31/2008
 
Related Party Receivable
 
$
61,863,588
 
Related Party Payable
   
(46,356,821
)
Related Party Receivable, net
 
$
15,506,766
 
 
F-18

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007

7.
Property, Plant & Equipment

March 31, 2008
     
Accumulated
     
   
Cost
 
Depreciation
 
Net
 
Land Improvements
 
$
516,717
 
$
93,066
 
$
423,651
 
Building Improvements
   
80,873
   
17,938
   
62,935
 
Buildings
   
20,352,594
   
2,750,551
   
17,602,044
 
Manufacturing Equipment
   
9,540,457
   
2,316,345
   
7,224,111
 
Office Equipment
   
128,502
   
68,409
   
60,092
 
Vehicles
   
686,293
   
364,338
   
321,955
 
Furniture & Fixture
   
51,774
   
21,573
   
30,201
 
   
$
31,357,209
 
$
5,632,220
 
$
25,724,989
 
 
December 31, 2007
     
Accumulated
     
   
Cost
 
Depreciation
 
Net
 
Land Improvements
 
$
491,071
 
$
82,031
 
$
409,040
 
Building Improvements
   
76,859
   
15,811
   
61,048
 
Buildings
   
19,342,461
   
2,424,415
   
16,918,046
 
Manufacturing Equipment
   
9,066,948
   
2,041,694
   
7,025,254
 
Office Equipment
   
122,124
   
60,298
   
61,826
 
Vehicles
   
652,231
   
321,138
   
331,093
 
Furniture & Fixture
   
49,204
   
19,015
   
30,189
 
   
$
29,800,898
 
$
4,964,402
 
$
24,836,496
 

8.
Land Use Right

The Company had the following intangible assets outstanding at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007:
 
   
3/31/2008
 
12/31/2007
 
           
Land Use Rights, at Cost
 
$
13,762,873
 
$
13,501,580
 
less: Accumulated Amortization
   
( 436,711
)
 
(645,600
)
   
$
13,326,162
 
$
12,855,980
 

F-19


Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
 
9.
Bank Loans

(A)
Short Term Bank Loans

At March 31, 2008 the Company had the following short term loans outstanding:
Bank
   
Interest Rate
   
Due Date
   
Amount
 
Bank of China
   
8.217
%
 
12/11/2008
 
$
2,919,313
 
Bank of China
   
8.217
%
 
11/27/2008
 
$
4,272,165
 
Bank of China
   
8.019
%
 
1/18/2009
 
$
1,993,677
 
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
   
7.182
%
 
7/23/2008
 
$
5,696,220
 
               
$
14,881,376
 
 
The loans provided by the Bank of China and the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank have been secured by the Company’s land use rights and guaranteed by the Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.
 
(B)
Bank Loan through Group

The Company obtained a loan of $20,466,901 (RMB 160,000,000) from Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd, which in turn obtained these funds in a joint loan commitment from both China Development Bank and Shenzhen Development Bank (“Banks”) via a collateralized loan. Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd. (“Group”) collateralized the loan by purchasing a bond from China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (“Bond Issuer”). The bond guarantees to the Banks the entire principal and accrued interest of the loan. The cost of the bond is RMB 1,000,000 annually, or in USD: $120,668, 121,902, and 125,284 for the years 2004, 2005, and 2006, respectively, which was paid by the Company. The loan carries a fixed interest of 5.76% per annum. The Company pledged both land use rights and buildings to the Bond Issuer. The Company pursued a loan from Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd as the financing solution of choice because the Company’s tangible assets, at the time of origination, were insufficient to collateralize the loan. Additionally, the Company lacked the favorable credit history to directly establish credit facility with the bank.

At December 31, 2007, the debt had been repaid in its entirety to Dalian Chuming Group Co. Ltd. The Company repaid the balance by extinguishing receivables owed by the Group to the Company. The Company repaid the loan in order to meet the requirements of the equity financing transaction detailed in Note 18. The balances are now owed by Dalian Chuming Group Co. Ltd to the Banks, and liability for paying the bonding insurance annually lies with the Group. The pledged collateral of land use rights and buildings made to the Bond Issuer still underly the loan currently owed by the Group, and as such, the Company’s assets, namely the buildings and land use rights, are at risk if the Group were to default on this loan.
 
F-20

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007

10.
Capitalization

As a result of the reverse take-over on December 31, 2007 including an exchange of shares and issuance of common stock to private investors pursuant to the equity financing plan, the total capitalization as of March 31, 2008 is shown in the following table.

Name of Shareholder
 
Number of
Shares
 
Common
Stock
Capital
 
Additional
Paid in
Capital
 
Equity
%
 
Operating Companies Founders
   
14,688,948
 
$
14,689
 
$
2,396,079
   
69.50
%
PRE-RTO Shell Shareholders
   
422,756
   
423
   
-
   
2.00
%
Advisors & Consultants
   
2,161,052
   
2,161
   
-
   
10.22
%
Private Investors
   
3,863,636
   
3,863
   
13,043,964
   
18.28
%
     
21,136,392
 
$
21,136
 
$
15,440,043
   
100.00
%
 
11
Commitments of Statutory Reserve

In compliance with PRC laws, the Company is required to appropriate a portion of its net income to its statutory reserve up to a maximum of 50% of an enterprise’s registered capital in the PRC. The Company had future unfunded commitments, as provided below.

   
3/31/2008
 
12/31/2007
 
           
PRC Registered Capital
 
$
3,643,866
 
$
3,642,866
 
               
- Statutory Reserve Ceiling
             
  based on 50% of
             
  Registered Capital
   
1,821,433
   
1,821,433
 
               
Less: - Retained Earnings
             
 appropriated to
             
 Statutory Reserve
   
1,692,660
   
751,444
 
               
 Reserve Commitment
             
 Outstanding
 
$
128,773
 
$
1,069,989
 

12.
Advertising Costs

Advertising expenses were $542,233 and $50,313 for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
 
F-21

    
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007

13.
Income Taxes

The Company’s different operating subsidiaries are subject to different income tax regulations under PRC law.

Meat Company has been given special tax-free status by the PRC government because of the Company standing as leader in its industry in Dalian; therefore, no provision for income tax in the PRC was made for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007.

Food Company has provided provisions for income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 of $166,344 and $0, respectively.

Sales Company has not provided provisions for income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007.

After adjusting for special tax-free status and net operating loss, the consolidated taxable earnings were determined, and the results were as follows: -

   
March 31, 2008
   
Tax expense
 
$
166,344
 
ii.
   
March 31, 2007
   
Tax expense
 
$
0
 

Beginning December 31, 2007, the Company’s foreign subsidiaries became subject to U.S. income tax liability; however, the tax is deferred until foreign source income is repatriated to the Company. Accordingly, the Company has not made any provisions for U.S. income tax liability.

On March 16, 2007, the PRC government passed new tax legislation that repealed preferential tax treatment for foreign investment enterprises in the PRC and enacted new tax regulations. Under such regulations, with certain exceptions, both domestic and foreign enterprises will be taxed at a standard enterprise income tax rate of 25%. The Company’s two operating subsidiaries, Food Company and Sales Company, are subject to the 25% income tax rate beginning January 1, 2008. Based on current PRC legislation, Meat Company should be expected to continue benefiting from a tax holiday.

14.
Commitments

It is Company policy to develop plant facilities based on availability of cash resources without incurring capital commitments. The Company did not have any capital commitments existing at March 31, 2008.

There were no severance packages to any key management personnel that have resigned their positions. The Company has the right to terminate employment at any time.

On December 19, 2007, the Company entered into a hog procurement agreement whereby the Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd will provide at fair market price a minimum number of hogs to the Company. At March 31, 2008, the Company expects to purchase minimum quantities of hogs detailed in the following table:

Year
   
Hogs
   
Price Per Hog
   
Amount
 
2008
   
630,000
 
$
162.81
 
$
102,572,116
 
2009
   
800,000
 
$
187.13
 
$
149,704,306
 
2010
   
800,000
 
$
205.84
 
$
164,674,737
 
               
$
416,951,159
 

The Company projects that the fair market price of the hogs will increase by 10% each year. The assumption of 10% reflects that Company expectations in regards to inflation, and the rising costs of inputs in breeding livestock.
 
F-22

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007

15.
Operating Segments

The Company individually tracks the performance of its three operating subsidiaries, Meat Company, Food Company, Sales Company, and the ultimately holding parent company. Meat Company is primarily engaged in the slaughter and processing of pork livestock for wholesale and retail distribution. Food Company is primarily engaged in the production of pork-based food products, such as sausages and cured meats, for retail distribution. Sales Company is primarily engaged in the sale and distribution of products produced by Food Co. and Meat Co.

Below is a presentation of the Company’s Statement of Income and Balance Sheet for its operating subsidiaries at, and for the three months ended March 31, 2008. The Company has also provided reconciling adjustments with the Company and its intermediate holding companies Dalian Chuming Precious Sheen Investments Consulting Ltd. (“Chuming WFOE”) and Precious Sheen Investments Ltd (PSI).
 
     
Meat
Company
   
Food
Company
   
Sales
Company
   
Chuming WFOE,
PSI & Eliminations
   
Total
 
Sales
 
$
41,207,696
 
$
4,744,501
 
$
8,259,335
   
($10,704,434
)
$
43,507,098
 
Cost of Sales
   
(35,775,600
)
 
(3,311,045
)
 
(8,092,214
)
 
10,704,434
   
(36,474,424
)
Gross Profit
   
5,432,096
   
1,433,456
   
167,121
   
-
   
7,032,674
 
                                 
Operating expense
   
(1,239,863
)
 
(588,696
)
 
(434,210
)
 
(55,481
)
 
(2,318,250
)
                                 
Operating (Loss)/Profit
   
4,192,233
   
844,760
   
(267,089
)
 
(55,481
)
 
4,714,424
 
                                 
Other Income (Expenses)
   
(112,149
)
 
(179,382
)
 
(17,845
)
 
2,515
   
(306,862
)
                                 
Earnings before Tax
   
4,080,084
   
665,378
   
(284,934
)
 
(52,966
)
 
4,407,562
 
                                 
Tax
   
-
   
(166,345
)
 
-
   
-
   
(166,345
)
                                 
Net Income
 
$
4,080,084
 
$
499,033
   
($284,934
)
 
($52,966
)
$
4,241,217
 
 
Eliminated Intercompany Sales of Products Sold
 
Sold From:
   
Sold To:
   
Amount
 
Food Company
   
Sales Company
 
$
1,330,545
 
Meat Company
   
Sales Company
 
$
6,663,303
 
Meat Company
   
Food Company
 
$
2,710,586
 
         
$
10,704,434
 

F-23


Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
 
     
Meat Company
   
 Food Company
   
 Sales Company
   
Chuming WFOE, PSI,
& Eliminations
   
Total
 
Current Assets
 
$
44,418,357
 
$
25,858,080
 
$
33,619,195
 
$
(61,328,561
)
$
42,567,071
 
                                 
Non Current Assets
   
23,094,927
   
16,824,494
   
160,622
   
-
   
40,080,043
 
Total Assets
 
$
67,513,284
 
$
42,682,574
 
$
33,779,817
 
$
(61,328,561
)
$
82,647,114
 
                                 
Current Liabilities
   
27,144,022
   
37,812,880
   
34,965,778
   
(74,136,888
)
 
25,785,792
 
                                 
Total Liabilities
 
$
27,144,022
 
$
37,812,880
 
$
34,965,778
 
$
(74,136,888
)
$
25,785,792
 
                                 
Net Assets
   
40,369,262
   
4,869,694
   
(1,185,961
)
 
12,808,327
   
56,861,322
 
                                 
Total Liabilities & Net Assets
 
$
67,513,284
 
$
42,682,574
 
$
33,779,817
 
$
(61,328,561
)
$
82,647,114
 
 
F-24

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007

16.
Earnings Per Share

Components of basic and diluted earnings per share were as follows: -
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended 
 
 
   
3/31/2008
   
3/31/2007
 
               
Net Income
 
$
4,241,217
 
$
3,009,384
 
               
Original Shares
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
 
Addition to Common Stock from Offering on December 31, 2007
   
3,863,636
   
-
 
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
   
17,272,756
   
13,409,120
 
               
Addition to Common Stock if Contingent Shares Held in Escrow Were Released
   
3,863,636
   
3,863,636
 
Addition to Common Stock if Warrants Were Exercised
   
46,364
   
-
 
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
   
21,182,756
   
17,272,756
 
               
Earnings Per Share
             
Basic
 
$
0.25
 
$
0.22
 
Diluted
 
$
0.20
 
$
0.17
 
               
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
             
Basic
   
17,272,756
   
13,409,120
 
Diluted
   
21,182,756
   
17,272,756
 
 
17
Concentration of Risk
 
(A)
Demand Risk

The Company had concentrations of risk in demand for its products because its sales were made to a small number of customers.
 
(B)
Supply Risk

The Company is subject to concentration of supply shortage risk because it purchases its materials for resale from a few select vendors. The Company’s availability of supply is correlated with the few select vendors’ ability to meet the market demand. In 2007, the entire industry in the PRC faced a shortage in the supply of hogs.
 
F-25

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007

18.
Financing Transaction

On December 31, 2007, the Company, a Nevada corporation (“Energroup” or the “Company”), acquired Precious Sheen Investments Ltd. (“PSI”) in a reverse take-over transaction, by executing a Share Exchange Agreement (“Exchange Agreement”) by and among Energroup, PSI, and all of the shareholders of PSI’s issued and outstanding share capital (the “PSI Shareholders”). PSI owned 100% of the equity in Dalian Precious Sheen Investments Consulting Co., Ltd., a wholly foreign owned enterprise in the People’s Republic of China (“Chuming WFOE”). Chuming is a holding company for the following three operating subsidiaries: (i) Dalian Chuming Slaughter and Packaging Pork Company Ltd., (ii) Dalian Chuming Processed Foods Company Ltd., and (iii) Dalian Chuming Sales Company Ltd., each of which is a limited liability company headquartered in, and organized under the laws of, China (collectively, the “Chuming Operating Subsidiaries”).

As a result of the reverse take-over transaction, PSI’s Shareholders became Energroup’s controlling shareholders and PSI became Energroup’s wholly owned subsidiary. As a result of PSI becoming Energroup’s wholly owned subsidiary, Energroup acquired the business and operations of Chuming and the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries.

Under the Exchange Agreement, Energroup completed the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of PSI through the issuance of 16,850,000 restricted shares of common stock of Energroup to PSI’s Shareholders. Immediately prior to the Exchange Agreement transaction, the Company had 422,756 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. Immediately after the issuance of the shares to PSI’s Shareholders, the Company had 17,272,756 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. The 422,756 shares of PSI were cancelled and 17,272,756 shares of Energroup were issued to reflect this reverse take-over transaction.

Concurrently with the Exchange Agreement, Energroup also entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which Energroup agreed to issue and sell 3,863,635 shares of its common stock to ten accredited investors for an aggregate purchase price of $17,000,000 or $4.40 per share (the “Financing”). The closing of the Financing coincided with the Closing of the reverse take-over transaction.

In connection with the sales of securities to accredited investors under the securities purchase agreement, Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC (the “Placement Agent”), was compensated with a commission of $1,190,000 which is equal to 7.00% of the aggregate purchase price and a warrant to purchase the 386,364 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $4.40 per share. At December 31, 2007, the Company had adequate authorized capital to issue common shares upon the exercise of the warrant.
 
F-26

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2008 and 2007

At December 31, 2007, the total number of shares outstanding, on a fully diluted basis, is shown in the following table:

i.
   
Common shares outstanding prior to offering of securities
   
17,272,756
 
ii.
   
Common shares issued under securities purchase agreement
   
3,863,635
 
iii.
   
Common shares issuable upon exercise of placement agent warrants
   
386,364
 
           
21,522,755
 

Concurrent with the Company’s financing transaction, the Company agreed to register for resale the common shares that were sold under the securities purchase agreement. Pursuant to filing a Form S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Investors. The agreement calls for liquidated damages to be paid by the Company, if in the event the registration statement is not declared effective within 135 days of the closing of the financing transaction. The liquidated damages will be 1% of the total financing amount in cash per month for each month after the 135 period. The agreement states a maximum penalty of $1.70 million or 10% of the financing amount. At December 31, 2007, the Company accounted for the liability under the registration rights agreement in accordance with FASB Staff Position No. EITF 00-19-2 Accounting for Registration Payment Arrangements. Under such accounting treatment, the liquidated damages are accounted for as a reduction of the proceeds. In asserting the most conservative position, the Company has accrued the maximum liability of $1.7 million and is carrying that balance in the accrued liabilities account. In the event that the registration becomes effective in a timeframe that is earlier than February 15, 2009, the portion that is not legally owed, or in the event that investors waive any liquidating damages, the accrual will be reversed and the funds will be added to the Company’s additional paid in capital.

In connection with a make good agreement related to the financing transaction on December 31, 2007, the Company’s Chairman and CEO, Mr. Shi Huashan placed in escrow 3,863,636 shares, which were beneficially owned by him,. These shares are to be released back to him if the Company meets the following earnings targets of $15.9 million, and $20.9 million in after-tax net income for the years ended December 31, 2008, and 2009 respectively. In the event that the Company does not meet the aforementioned financial targets, the escrowed shares will be released, on a pro-rata basis, to the investors in the financing transaction. In accordance with SFAS 128, Earnings per Share, for the sake of calculating the Company’s earnings per share, the Company has accounted for the 3,863,636 escrowed shares as contingently issuable shares as such they are not included in the weighted average basic shares outstanding but are included in the weighted average diluted shares outstanding. Please refer to Note 16.
 
In accordance with Topic 5:T of the Staff Accounting Bulletins (SAB 79), the Company expects to record a compensatory expense for the shares upon their release from escrow. Whether the shares are released to the accredited investors or released to Mr. Shi the Company will record an expense with a corresponding credit to the Company’s contributed paid in capital.

19.          Purchase Deposits

The Company has paid purchase deposits to ensure adequate supply of hogs for processing and production of pork products. These deposits will be credited against purchase invoices upon delivery of inventory. The majority of the purchase deposits is attributable to payments made to Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd., which is the primary supplier of hogs.
 
F-27

 
Board of Directors and Stockholders
Energroup Holdings Corporation


Report of Registered Independent Public Accounting Firm


We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Energroup Holdings Corporation as of December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005 and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for the years then ended. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. 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 opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Energroup Holdings Corporation as of December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 

 
South San Francisco, California   Samuel H. Wong & Co., LLP
March 8, 2008   Certified Public Accountants
 
F-28

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheets
At December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
(Stated in US Dollars)
 
   
Note
             
ASSETS
     
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
Current Assets
                         
Cash
   
2(D)
 
$
14,031,851
 
$
3,075,787
 
$
10,179,414
 
Restricted Cash
   
3
   
4,250,000
   
-
   
-
 
Accounts Receivable
   
2(E),4
   
622,433
   
1,798,397
   
3,247,304
 
Other Receivable
         
1,068,939
   
679,019
   
1,006,541
 
Related Party Receivable
   
6
   
3,964,357
   
13,148,788
   
-
 
Inventory
   
2(F),5
   
2,916,016
   
2,385,447
   
2,850,213
 
Advance to Suppliers
   
2(G)
 
267,807
   
1,110,449
   
704,706
 
Prepaid Expenses
         
46,401
   
90,913
   
48,191
 
Prepaid Taxes
         
185,319
   
-
   
-
 
Deferred Tax Asset
   
2(Q)
   
613,844
   
574,316
   
158,992
 
Total Current Assets
         
27,966,967
   
22,863,116
   
18,195,361
 
                           
Non-Current Assets
                         
Property, Plant & Equipment, net
   
2(H),7
   
24,836,496
   
20,875,462
   
21,093,489
 
Land Use Rights, net
   
2(I),8
   
12,855,980
   
8,911,119
   
8,525,125
 
Construction in Progress
   
2(J)
 
 
927,866
   
4,165,407
   
3,149,690
 
Other Assets
         
32,619
   
30,519
   
29,553
 
Total Assets
       
$
66,619,928
 
$
56,845,623
 
$
50,993,218
 
                           
LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                 
                           
Current Liabilities
                         
Bank Loans
   
9(A)
 
$
7,383,095
 
$
6,971,538
 
$
3,777,838
 
Accounts Payable
         
3,779,274
   
4,207,992
   
7,645,595
 
Taxes Payable
         
1,677,194
   
2,259,465
   
831,699
 
Other Payable
         
1,471,381
   
1,362,607
   
842,806
 
Accrued Liabilities
         
3,347,013
   
912,707
   
988,851
 
Customer Deposits
   
2(L)
 
 
24,161
   
1,049,212
   
437,472
 
Related Party Payable
         
-
   
-
   
4,454,927
 
Total Current Liabilities
         
17,682,118
   
16,763,521
   
18,979,188
 
                           
Long Term Liabilities
                         
Bank Loans
   
9(B)
 
-
   
17,908,539
   
18,579,533
 
                              
Total Liabilities
       
$
17,682,118
 
$
34,672,060
 
$
37,558,721
 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
 
F-29

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheets
At December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
(Stated in US Dollars)
 
   
Note
             
Stockholders' Equity
     
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
                   
Preferred Stock - $0.001 Par Value 10,000,000 Shares Authorized; 0 Shares Issued & Outstanding at December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005, respectively.
       
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
Common Stock - $0.001 Par Value 21,739,130 Shares Authorized; 21,136,392 Shares Issued & Outstanding at December 31, 2007, and 17,273,756 Shares Issued & Outstanding at December 31, 2006, and 2005.
   
10
   
21,136
   
17,273
   
17,273
 
Additional Paid in Capital
         
15,440,043
   
2,396,079
   
2,396,079
 
Statutory Reserve
   
2(M),11
   
751,444
   
751,444
   
72,508
 
Retained Earnings
         
29,764,236
   
18,112,089
   
10,662,654
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
   
2(N)
 
 
2,960,951
   
896,679
   
285,983
 
 
                         
 Total Stockholders' Equity
         
48,937,810
   
22,173,564
   
13,434,497
 
 
                         
Total Liabilities & Stockholders' Equity
       
$
66,619,928
 
$
56,845,623
 
$
50,993,218
 
 
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
 
F-30

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
(Stated in US Dollars)
 
   
Note
             
Revenue
     
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
                   
Sales
   
2(O)
 
$
124,696,036
 
$
70,396,439
 
$
54,119,895
 
Cost of Sales
   
2(P)
 
 
104,378,909
   
57,794,853
   
45,284,186
 
Gross Profit
         
20,317,127
   
12,601,586
   
8,835,709
 
                           
Operating Expenses
                         
                           
Selling Expenses
   
2(Q)
 
 
4,672,862
   
1,556,805
   
711,226
 
General & Administrative Expenses
   
2(R)
   
1,572,836
   
1,334,866
   
936,179
 
Total Operating Expense
         
6,245,698
   
2,891,671
   
1,647,405
 
                           
Operating Income/(Loss)
         
14,071,429
   
9,709,915
   
7,188,304
 
                           
Other Income (Expenses)
                         
                           
Other Income
         
114,496
   
-
   
-
 
Interest Income
         
-
   
147
   
1,040
 
Other Expenses
         
(90,508
)
 
(126,098
)
 
(38,905
)
Interest Expense
         
(1,475,730
)
 
(1,457,204
)
 
(970,383
)
Total Other Income (Loss) and Expense
         
(1,451,742
)
 
(1,583,155
)
 
(1,008,248
)
                           
Earnings before Tax
         
12,619,687
   
8,126,760
   
6,180,056
 
                           
(Income Tax Expense)/Deferred Tax Benefit
   
2(V),13
   
(967,540
)
 
1,611
   
(191,284
)
                           
Net Income
       
$
11,652,147
 
$
8,128,371
 
$
5,988,772
 
                           
                           
                           
Earnings Per Share
   
2(Z),16
                   
- Basic
       
$
0.87
 
$
0.61
 
$
0.45
 
- Diluted
       
$
0.67
 
$
0.47
 
$
0.35
 
                           
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
                         
- Basic
         
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
 
- Diluted
         
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
 
F-31

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
(Stated in US Dollars)
 
                       
Accumulated
 
   
Common
 
Additional
     
 
 
Comprehensive
 
   
Shares
     
Paid in
 
Statutory
 
Retained
 
Other
     
   
Outstanding
 
Amount
 
Capital
 
Reserve
 
Earnings
 
Income
 
Total
 
Balance, January 1, 2005
   
17,272,756
 
$
17,273
 
$
2,396,079
 
$
-
 
$
4,746,390
 
$
631
 
$
7,160,373
 
Net Income
                           
5,988,772
         
5,988,772
 
Appropriations of Retained Earnings
                     
72,508
   
(72,508
)
       
-
 
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
                                 
285,352
   
285,352
 
Balance, December 31, 2005
   
17,272,756
 
$
17,273
 
$
2,396,079
 
$
72,508
 
$
10,662,654
 
$
285,983
 
$
13,434,497
 
                                             
Balance, January 1, 2006
   
17,272,756
 
$
17,273
 
$
2,396,079
 
$
72,508
 
$
10,662,654
 
$
285,983
 
$
13,434,497
 
Net Income
                           
8,128,371
         
8,128,371
 
Appropriations of Retained Earnings
                     
678,936
   
(678,936
)
       
-
 
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
                                 
610,696
   
610,696
 
Balance, December 31, 2006
   
17,272,756
 
$
17,273
 
$
2,396,079
 
$
751,444
 
$
18,112,089
 
$
896,679
 
$
22,173,564
 
                                             
Balance, January 1, 2007
   
17,272,756
 
$
17,273
 
$
2,396,079
 
$
751,444
 
$
18,112,089
 
$
896,679
 
$
22,173,564
 
Issuance of Common Stock & Warrants
   
3,863,636
   
3,863
   
13,043,964
                     
13,047,827
 
Net Income
                           
11,652,147
         
11,652,147
 
Appropriations of Retained Earnings
                     
-
   
-
         
-
 
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
                                 
2,064,272
   
2,064,272
 
Balance, December 31, 2007
   
21,136,392
 
$
21,136
 
$
15,440,043
 
$
751,444
 
$
29,764,236
 
$
2,960,951
 
$
48,937,810
 
 

   
Comprehensive Income 2005
 
Comprehensive Income 2006
 
Comprehensive Income 2007
 
Accumulated Totals
 
Prior Period Adjustment
 
-
 
-
         
Net Income
 
$
5,988,772
 
$
8,128,371
 
$
11,652,147
 
$
25,769,290
 
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
   
285,352
   
610,696
   
2,064,272
   
2,960,320
 
   
$
6,274,124
 
$
8,739,067
 
$
13,716,419
 
$
28,729,610
 
 
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
 
F-32

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
(Stated in US Dollars)

 
 
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
Cash Flow from Operating Activities
             
               
Cash Received from Customers
 
$
112,741,680
 
$
59,979,793
 
$
50,354,793
 
Cash Paid to Suppliers & Employees
   
(108,527,656
)
 
(65,116,627
)
 
(30,159,011
)
Interest Received
   
-
   
147
   
1,040
 
Interest Paid (net of amount capitalized)
   
(1,247,575
)
 
(1,580,310
)
 
(987,223
)
Income Tax Paid
   
(1,007,067
)
 
(400,065
)
 
(280,676
)
Miscellaneous Receipts
   
9,182
   
-
   
-
 
Cash Sourced/(Used) in Operating Activities
   
1,968,564
   
(7,117,062
)
 
18,928,923
 
                     
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
                   
                     
Escrowed Funds from Private Placement Placed in Restricted Cash
   
(4,250,000
)
 
-
   
-
 
Payments for Purchases of Equipment & Construction of Plant
   
(2,882,433
)
 
(1,655,077
)
 
(11,430,320
)
Payments for Purchases of Land Use Rights
   
(4,198,178
)
 
(265,509
)
 
(23,161
)
Payments for Deposits
   
(2,100
)
 
-
   
-
 
Cash Sourced/(Used) in Investing Activities
   
(11,333,712
)
 
(1,920,586
)
 
(11,453,481
)
                     
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
                   
                     
Financing Transaction - Proceeds Allocated to
                   
Accrued Liabilities for Liquidated Damages
   
1,700,000
   
-
   
-
 
Financing Transaction - Proceeds of Issuance of
                   
Common Stock & Warrants
   
13,047,828
   
-
   
-
 
Proceeds from Bank Borrowings
   
5,725,377
   
1,753,971
   
2,496,786
 
Repayment of Bank Loans
   
(2,217,265
)
 
-
   
-
 
Cash Sourced/(Used) in Financing Activities
   
18,255,939
   
1,753,971
   
2,496,786
 
                     
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Cash & Cash Equivalents for the Year
   
8,891,791
   
(7,283,677
)
 
9,972,228
 
                     
Effect of Currency Translation
   
2,064,273
   
180,050
   
161,641
 
                     
Cash & Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Year
   
3,075,787
   
10,179,414
   
45,545
 
                     
Cash & Cash Equivalents at End of Year
 
$
14,031,851
 
$
3,075,787
 
$
10,179,414
 
                     
Non-Cash Financing Activity:
                   
Extinguishment of Debt by Setoff Against Related Party Receivables
 
$
21,005,094
   
-
   
-
 
 
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
 
F-33

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Reconciliation of Net Income to Cash Provided/(Used) in Operating Activities
For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
(Stated in US Dollars)
 
 
 
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
               
Net Income
 
$
11,652,147
 
$
8,128,371
 
$
5,988,772
 
                     
Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income to Net Cash Provided by Cash Activities:
                   
                     
Extinguishment of Debt by Netting Against Related Party Receivable
   
21,005,094
   
-
   
-
 
Liquidated Damages Included in Accrued Liabilities
   
(1,700,000
)
 
-
   
-
 
Amortization
   
253,317
   
160,782
   
156,442
 
Depreciation
   
2,158,940
   
1,651,055
   
1,059,292
 
Provision for Bad Debt on Note Receivable
   
5,456
   
-
   
75,539
 
Decrease/(Increase) in Accounts Receivable
   
1,170,508
   
1,523,176
   
(3,195,887
)
Decrease/(Increase) in Other Receivable
   
(389,920
)
 
353,046
   
(990,603
)
Decrease/(Increase) in Related Party Receivable
   
9,184,432
   
(12,877,984
)
 
-
 
Decrease/(Increase) in Inventory
   
(530,569
)
 
546,573
   
(2,400,613
)
Decrease/(Increase) in Advance to Suppliers
   
842,641
   
(374,793
)
 
5,756,820
 
Decrease/(Increase) in Prepaid VAT Taxes
   
(185,317
)
 
-
   
110,180
 
Decrease/(Increase) in Prepaid Expenses
   
44,512
   
(40,297
)
 
(47,352
)
Decrease/(Increase) in Deferred Tax Benefit
   
(39,528
)
 
(401,674
)
 
(89,392
)
Increase/(Decrease) in Accounts Payable
   
(428,718
)
 
(3,611,921
)
 
6,360,359
 
Increase/(Decrease) in Taxes Payable
   
(582,271
)
 
1,371,696
   
818,340
 
Increase/(Decrease) in Other Payable
   
108,773
   
482,075
   
729,493
 
Increase/(Decrease) in Related Party Payable
   
-
   
(4,506,002
)
 
3,933,551
 
Increase/(Decrease) in Accrued Liabilities
   
(767,589
)
 
(106,278
)
 
318,134
 
Increase/(Decrease) in Customer Advances
   
(1,025,051
)
 
585,113
   
421,387
 
                     
                     
                     
Total of all adjustments
   
11,321,510
   
(15,245,431
)
 
12,940,151
 
                     
                     
                        
Net Cash Provided by/(Used in) Operating Activities
 
$
22,973,657
 
$
(7,117,062
)
$
18,928,923
 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
 
F-34

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
1.  The Company and Principal Business Activities

Energroup Holdings Corporation (the “Company”) (OTCBB: ENHD) is a holding company incorporated in the state of Nevada in the United States of America whose primary business operations are conducted through its three operating subsidiaries: (1) Dalian Chuming Processed Foods Company Ltd., (the “Food Company”) (2) Dalian Chuming Slaughter and Packaging Pork Company Ltd. (the “Meat Company”), and (3) Dalian Chuming Sales Company Ltd. (the “Sales Company”), which are incorporated in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC”). The Company is headquartered in the City of Dalian, Liaoning Province of China.

The three operating subsidiaries were spun-off constituents of former parent company, Dalian Chuming Group Co. Ltd. The Company indirectly holds the three operating subsidiary companies through its wholly owned intermediary subsidiaries: (A) Precious Sheen Investments Limited (“PSI”), a British Virgin Islands corporation, and (B) Dalian Chuming Precious Sheen Investments Consulting Co., Ltd., (“Chuming WFOE”), a wholly foreign owned enterprise incorporated in the PRC.

Dalian Precious Sheen Investments Consulting Co., Ltd. (“Chuming WFOE”) is an intermediary holding company established in the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”) formed for the purpose of providing a group structure to enhance the viable capacity of its three PRC operating subsidiaries.

The Company’s primary business activities are the production and packing of fresh pork and also production of processed meat products for distribution and sale to clients throughout the PRC and Russia.

Corporate Reorganization

PRC law currently has limits on foreign ownership of certain companies. To enable Chuming to raise equity capital from investors outside of China, it established an offshore holding company by incorporating Precious Sheen Investments Limited in the British Virgin Islands (“PSI”) in May 2007. On September 26, 2007, Chuming entered into share transfer agreements with Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd., under which Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd. agreed to transfer ownership of three operating subsidiaries (collectively known as “Chuming Operating Subsidiaries”) to Chuming. On October 23, 2007, Chuming completed all required registrations to complete the share transfer, and became the 100% owner of the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries. On November 14, 2007 the Dalian Commerce Bureau approved the transfer of Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.’s 68% interest in Chuming to PSI, and upon this transfer, Chuming became a wholly foreign owned enterprise, with PSI as the 100% owner of Chuming (including its subsidiaries). On December 13, 2007, the PRC government authorities issued Chuming a business license formally recognizing it as a wholly foreign owned enterprise, of which PSI is the sole shareholder.
 
F-35

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
The following is a description of the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries: -

A. Dalian Chuming Slaughter and Packaging Pork Company Ltd., whose primary business activity is acquiring, slaughtering, and packaging of pork and cattle;

B. Dalian Chuming Processed Foods Company Ltd., whose primary business activity is the processing of raw and cooked meat products; and

C. Dalian Chuming Sales Company Ltd., which is responsible for Chuming’s sales, marketing, and distribution operations.

Share Exchange Transaction

On December 31, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of PSI in exchange for the issuance of 16,850,000 restricted shares of our common stock to the shareholders of PSI, which represented approximately 97.55% of the then-issued and outstanding common stock of the Company (excluding the shares issued in the Financing). As a result of that transaction, PSI became our wholly owned subsidiary and we acquired the business and operations of the three operation subsidiaries.

The share exchange transaction has been accounted for as a recapitalization of PSI where the Company (the legal acquirer) is considered the accounting acquiree and PSI (the legal acquiree) is considered the accounting acquirer. As a result of this transaction, the Company is deemed to be a continuation of the business of PSI.

Accordingly, the financial data included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for all periods prior to December 31, 2007 is that of the accounting acquirer (PSI). The historical stockholders’ equity of the accounting acquirer prior to the share exchange has been retroactively restated as if the share exchange transaction occurred as of the beginning of the first period presented.

2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

(A)  
Method of Accounting

The Company maintains its general ledger and journals with the accrual method accounting for financial reporting purposes. The financial statements and notes are representations of management. Accounting policies adopted by the Company conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and have been consistently applied in the presentation of financial statements, which are compiled on the accrual basis of accounting.
 
F-36

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
(B)  
Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements, which include the Company and its subsidiaries, are compiled in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The consolidated financial statements include 100% of assets, liabilities, and net income or loss of those wholly-owned subsidiaries.

The Company owned the three operating subsidiaries since its inception. The Company also owns two intermediary holdings companies. As of December 31, 2006, the detailed identities of the consolidating subsidiaries are as follows: -

Name of Company
 
Place of Incorporation
 
Attributable Equity Interest
 
Registered Capital
 
Precious Sheen Investments Limited
   
BVI
   
100%
 
 
USD 10,000
 
Dalian Chuming Precious Sheen Investment Consulting Co., Ltd.
   
PRC
   
100%
 
 
RMB 29,400,682
 
Dalian Chuming Slaughtering & Pork Packaging Co. Ltd.
   
PRC
   
100%
 
 
RMB 10,000,000
 
Dalian Chuming Processed Foods Co. Ltd.
   
PRC
   
100%
 
 
RMB 5,000,000
 
Dalian Chuming Sales Co. Ltd.
   
PRC
   
100%
 
 
RMB 5,000,000
 
 
The consolidation of these operating subsidiaries into a newly formed holding company i.e. “the Company” is permitted by United States GAAP: ARB51 paragraph 22 and 23.

(C)  
Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States 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 revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management makes these estimates using the best information available at the time the estimates are made; however, actual results could differ materially from these estimates.

(D)  
Cash Equivalents

For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid equity or debt instruments purchased with a maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
 
F-37

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
(E)  
Accounts Receivable

The Company extends unsecured, non-interest bearing credit to its customers; accordingly, the Company carries an allowance for doubtful accounts, which is an estimate, made by management. Management makes its estimate based on prior experience rates and assessment of specific outstanding customer balances. Management may extend credit to new customers who have met the criteria of the Company’s credit policy.

(F)  
Inventory Carrying Value

Inventory, consisting of raw materials in the form of livestock, work in progress, and finished products, is stated at the lower of cost or market value. Finished products are comprised of direct materials, direct labor and an appropriate proportion of overhead. Periodic evaluation is made by management to identify if inventory needs to be written down because of damage, or spoilage. Cost is computed using the weighted average method.

(G)  
Advances to Suppliers

Advances to suppliers represent the cash paid in advance for purchasing raw materials. The advances to suppliers are interest free and unsecured.

(H)  
Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, Plant, and Equipment are stated at cost. Repairs and maintenance to these assets are charged to expense as incurred; major improvements enhancing the function and/or useful life are capitalized. When items are sold or retired, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gains or losses arising from such transactions are recognized.

Construction in progress represents the direct costs of design, acquisition, and construction of buildings, building improvements and land improvements. Capitalization of these costs ceases when substantially all activities necessary to prepare the assets for their intended use are completed. At such point, construction in progress is transferred to its respective asset classification. No depreciation is provided until it is completed and ready for intended use.
 
F-38

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
Property and equipment are depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful life with a 5% salvage value. Their useful lives are as follows: -

Fixed Asset Classification
 
Useful Life
Land Improvements
 
10 years
Buildings
 
20 years
Building Improvements
 
10 years
Manufacturing Machinery & Equipment
 
10 years
Office Equipment
 
5 years
Furniture & Fixtures
 
5 years
Vehicles
 
5 years

(I)  
Land Use Rights

Land Use Rights are stated at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is provided over its useful life, using the straight-line method. The useful life of the land use right is 50 years.

(J)  
Construction in Progress

Construction in progress represents the direct costs of design, acquisition, and construction of: buildings, building improvements, and land improvements. These costs are capitalized in the Construction-in-Progress account until substantially all activities necessary to prepare the assets for their intended use are completed. At such point, the Construction-in-Progress account is closed and the capitalized costs are transferred to their appropriate asset classification. No depreciation is provided until the assets are completed and ready for their intended use.

(K)  
Accounting for Impairment of Assets

The Company reviews the recoverability of its long-lived assets, such as property and equipment, when events or changes in circumstances occur that indicate the carrying value of the asset group may not be recoverable. The assessment of possible impairment is based on the Company’s ability to recover the carrying value of the asset from the expected future cash flows, undiscounted and without interest charges, of the related operations. If these cash flows are less than the carrying value of such assets, an impairment loss is recognized for the difference between estimated fair value and carrying value. The measurement of impairment requires management to estimate future cash flows and the fair value of long-lived assets.
 
 
F-39

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005

(L)  
Customer Deposits
 
Customer Deposits represents money the Company has received in advance for purchases of pork and pork products. The Company considers customer deposits as a liability until products have been shipped and revenue is earned.

(M)  
Statutory Reserve
 
Statutory reserve refer to the amount appropriated from the net income in accordance with laws or regulations, which can be used to recover losses and increase capital, as approved, and, are to be used to expand production or operations. PRC laws prescribe that an enterprise operating at a profit, must appropriate, on an annual basis, from its earnings, an amount to the statutory reserve to be used for future company development. Such an appropriation is made until the reserve reaches a maximum equalling 50% of the enterprise’s capital.

(N)  
Other Comprehensive Income
 
Comprehensive income is defined to include all changes in equity except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Among other disclosures, all items that are required to be recognized under current accounting standards as components of comprehensive income are required to be reported in a financial statement that is presented with the same prominence as other financial statements. The Company’s current component of other comprehensive income is the foreign currency translation adjustment.

(O)  
Recognition of Revenue

Revenue from the sale of pork products, etc., is recognized on the transfer of risks and rewards of ownership, which generally coincides with the time when the goods are delivered to customers and the title has passed.
 
(P)  
Cost of Sales

The Company’s cost of sales is comprised of raw materials, factory worker salaries and related benefits, machinery supplies, maintenance supplies, depreciation, utilities, inbound freight, purchasing and receiving costs, inspection and warehousing costs

(Q)  
Selling Expense

Selling expenses are comprised of outbound freight, salary for the sales force, client entertainment, commissions, depreciation, advertising, and travel and lodging expenses.
 
F-40

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
(R)  
General & Administrative

General and administrative costs include executive compensation, quality control, and general overhead such as the finance department, administrative staff, and depreciation and amortization expense.
 
(S)  
Shipping and handling

All shipping and handling are expensed as incurred and are included as a component of cost of sales.

(T)  
Advertising Expense

Costs related to advertising and promotion expenditures are expensed as incurred during the year. Advertising costs are charged to selling expense

(U)  
Retirement Benefits

Retirement benefits in the form of contributions under defined contribution retirement plans to the relevant authorities are charged to the statement of operations as incurred.

(V)  
Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income tax using an asset and liability approach and allows for recognition of deferred tax benefits in future years. Under the asset and liability approach, deferred taxes are provided for the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. A valuation allowance is provided for deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not these items will either expire before the Company is able to realize their benefits, or that future realization is uncertain.

(W)  
Economic and Political Risks
 
The Company’s operations are conducted in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environment in the PRC, and by the general state of the PRC economy.

(X)  
Foreign Currency Translation
 
The Company maintains its financial statements in the functional currency. The functional currency of the Company is the Renminbi (RMB). Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency at rates of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet dates. Transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency at the exchanges rates prevailing at the dates of the transaction. Exchange gains or losses arising from foreign currency transactions are included in the determination of net income for the respective periods.
 
F-41

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
For financial reporting purposes, the financial statements of the Company which are prepared using the functional currency have been translated into United States dollars. Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rates at the balance sheet dates and revenue and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates and stockholders’ equity is translated at historical exchange rates. Any translation adjustments resulting are not included in determining net income but are included in foreign exchange adjustment to other comprehensive income, a component of stockholders’ equity.

Exchange Rates
 
2007
 
2006
 
2005
Year end RMB : US$ exchange rate
 
7.3141
 
7.81750
 
8.0734
Average yearly RMB : US$ exchange rate
 
7.6172
 
7.98189
 
8.20329

RMB is not freely convertible into foreign currency and all foreign exchange transactions must take place through authorized institutions. No representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted into US$ at the rates used in translation.

(Y)  
Segment Reporting
 
The Company uses the “management approach” in determining reportable operating segments. The management approach considers the internal organization and reporting used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the source for determining the Company’s reportable segments.

(Z)  
Earnings Per Share
 
Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the sum of the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding and dilutive potential ordinary shares during the years. During the years ended 2004, 2005, and 2006, no dilutive potential ordinary shares were issued.

The Company computes earnings per share (“EPS”) in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, “Earnings per share” (“SFAS No. 128”), and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 98 (“SAB 98”). SFAS No. 128 requires companies with complex capital structures to present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is measured as the income or loss available to common shareholders divided by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is similar to basic EPS but presents the dilutive effect on a per share basis of potential common shares (e.g., convertible securities, options, and warrants) as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods presented, or issuance date, if later. Potential common shares that have an anti-dilutive effect (i.e., those that increase income per share or decrease loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS.
 
F-42

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
(AA)  
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In July 2006, the FASB issued FIN 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. This Interpretation requires that the Company recognizes in its consolidated financial statements the impact of a tax position if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The provisions of FIN 48 are effective for the Company on January 1, 2007, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle, if any, recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157, Fair Value Measurements, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements, where fair value is the relevant measurement attribute. The standard does not require any new fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years.

In September 2006, the SEC issued SAB No. 108, which provides guidance on the process of quantifying financial statement misstatements. In SAB No. 108, the SEC staff establishes an approach that requires quantification of financial statement errors, under both the iron-curtain and the roll-over methods, based on the effects of the error on each of the Company’s financial statements and the related financial statement disclosures. SAB No.108 is generally effective for annual financial statements in the first fiscal year ending after November 15, 2006. The transition provisions of SAB No. 108 permits existing public companies to record the cumulative effect in the first year ending after November 15, 2006 by recording correcting adjustments to the carrying values of assets and liabilities as of the beginning of that year with the offsetting adjustment recorded to the opening balance of retained earnings.
 
F-43

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—Including an Amendment of SFAS 115 (SFAS No. 159), which allows for the option to measure financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are reported in earnings. The objective of SFAS 159 is to provide opportunities to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply hedge accounting provisions. SFAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between companies that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities. This statement is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of SFAS No. 159 on our consolidated financial statements.
 
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations, (‘‘SFAS 141(R)’’). SFAS 141(R) retains the fundamental requirements of the original pronouncement requiring that the purchase method be used for all business combinations, but also provides revised guidance for recognizing and measuring identifiable assets and goodwill acquired and liabilities assumed arising from contingencies, the capitalization of in-process research and development at fair value, and the expensing of acquisition-related costs as incurred. SFAS 141(R) is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. In the event that the Company completes acquisitions subsequent to its adoption of SFAS 141 (R), the application of its provisions will likely have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations, although the Company is not currently able to estimate that impact.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements − an amendment of ARB No. 51. SFAS 160 requires that ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent (previously referred to as minority interests), and the amount of consolidated net income, be clearly identified, labeled and presented in the consolidated financial statements. It also requires once a subsidiary is deconsolidated, any retained noncontrolling equity investment in the former subsidiary be initially measured at fair value. Sufficient disclosures are required to clearly identify and distinguish between the interests of the parent and the interests of the noncontrolling owners as components of equity. It is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and requires retroactive adoption of the presentation and disclosure requirements for existing minority interests. All other requirements are applied prospectively. The Company does not expect the adoption of SFAS 160 to have a material impact on its financial condition or results of operations.
 
F-44

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
The Company does not anticipate that the adoption of the above standards will have a material impact on these consolidated financial statements.

3.  Restricted Cash

The restricted cash reflects funds received from the financing transaction described in Note 16 that is held in an escrow with US Bank in the United States. These funds are restricted until the Company has fulfilled the following criteria: (1) the hiring of a Chief Financial Officer that meets the approval of the investors, at such point the Company will release $1.5 million from restriction, the Company must satisfy this requirement within 90 days of the closing of the financing transaction, (2) the Company appoints a Board of Directors that has majority of independent members, at such point $2.0 million will be released from restriction, and (3) appoint a successor auditor, at which point $500,000 will be released from restriction. There is $250,000 in the escrow account that has already been earmarked for investor relations purposes.

4.  Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable at December 31, consisted of the following: -

   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
Accounts Receivable - Trade
 
$
707,156
 
$
1,877,664
 
$
3,324,058
 
Less: Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
   
(84,723
)
 
(79,267
)
 
(76,754
)
Net Accounts Receivable
 
$
622,433
 
$
1,798,397
 
$
3,247,304
 
 

Allowance for Bad Debts
 
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
Beginning Balance
   
79,267
   
76,754
   
-
 
Allowance Provided
   
5,456
   
2,513
   
76,754
 
Charged Against Allowance
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
Ending Balance
   
84,723
   
79,267
   
76,754
 


5.  Inventory
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
Raw Materials
   
1,039,440
   
875,223
   
719,804
 
Work in Progress
   
547,889
   
365,961
   
101,932
 
Finished Goods
   
1,328,688
   
1,144,263
   
2,028,477
 
   
$
2,916,016
 
$
2,385,447
 
$
2,850,213
 
 
F-45

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005

6.  Related Party Receivable

In the normal course of business which includes the purchases of hogs and other raw materials, sale of pork and pork products, the Company conducts transactions with the following related parties: Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd (“Group) and the Group subsidiaries, that are not consolidated into Energroup Holdings or Energroup’s subsidiary, Dalian Chuming Precious Sheen Investments Consulting Co. Ltd. (Chuming): (1) Dalian Chuming Industrial Development Co., Ltd., (2) Dalian Chuming Trading Co., Ltd, (3) Dalian Mingxing Livestock Product Co. Ltd., (4) Dalian Chuming Stockbreeding Combo Development Co., Ltd., (5) Dalian Chuming Fodder Co., Ltd., and (6) Dalian Chuming Biological Technology Co., Ltd., and (7) Dalian Huayu Seafood Food Co., Ltd. The Company and the aforementioned related parties share common beneficial ownership. All related party transactions are conducted between Chuming, the WFOE, and the Group. All transactions with related parties are generally performed at arm’s length, and in 2007, all such transactions were conducted at arm’s length.

In the event that the Company has both receivables from, and payables to the Group it will, in accordance with FIN 39, setoff the balances in order to arrive at a single balance that is either due from, or due to the Group. The following table shows how the Company arrived at a setoff balance that can be found on the Company’s Balance Sheet at December 31, 2007.
 
Subsidiary Due to:
 
Nature of Balance
 
Related Party
 
Balance
 
Chuming (WFOE)
   
Loan Receivable from
   
Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.
   
80,987
 
Food
   
Loan Receivable from
   
Dalian Chuming Fodder Co., Ltd.
   
82,033
 
Food
   
Loan Receivable from
   
Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.
   
9,830,328
 
Food
   
Loan Receivable from
   
Dalian Chuming Industrial Development Co., Ltd.
   
5,653,658
 
Food
   
Loan Receivable from
   
Dalian Mingxing Livestock Product Co. Ltd.
   
2,076,955
 
Food
   
Sale of Products resulting in Receivable from
   
Dalian Mingxing Livestock Product Co. Ltd.
   
401,102
 
Meat
   
Loan Receivable from
   
Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.
   
1,315
 
Meat
   
Loan Receivable from
   
Dalian Chuming Stockbreeding Combo Development Co., Ltd.
   
60,642
 
Meat
   
Sale of Products resulting in Receivable from
   
Dalian Mingxing Livestock Product Co. Ltd.
   
2,244,351
 
Sales
   
Loan Receivable from
   
Dalian Chuming Fodder Co., Ltd.
   
2,978,044
 
Sales
   
Loan Receivable from
   
Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.
   
13,945,873
 
Sales
   
Loan Receivable from
   
Dalian Chuming Industrial Development Co., Ltd.
   
474,669
 
Sales
   
Loan Receivable from
   
Dalian Huayu Seafood Food Co., Ltd
   
2,214,194
 
   
 
   
Total:
   
40,044,153
 
 
F-46

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
Subsidiary Due from:
   
Nature of Balance
   
Related Party
   
Balance
 
Food
   
Loan Payable to
   
Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.
   
9,891,178
 
Food
   
Loan Payable to
   
Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.
   
697,283
 
Food
   
Purchase of Raw Materials resulting in Payables to
   
Dalian Chuming Trading Co., Ltd
   
4,102
 
Food
   
Loan Payable to
   
Dalian City Breeding Center
   
88,869
 
Food
   
Loan Payable to
   
Dalian Huayu Seafood Food Co., Ltd
   
142,298
 
Food
   
Purchase of Raw Materials resulting in Payables to
   
Dalian Huayu Seafood Food Co., Ltd
   
120,554
 
Food
   
Purchase of Raw Materials resulting in Payables to
   
Dalian Huayu Seafood Food Co., Ltd
   
13,783
 
Food
   
Purchase of Raw Materials resulting in Payables to
   
Dalian Huayu Seafood Food Co., Ltd
   
3,415,148
 
Food
   
Purchase of Raw Materials resulting in Payables to
   
Dalian Mingxing Livestock Product Co. Ltd.
   
149,141
 
Meat
   
Loan Payable to
   
Dalian Chuming Fodder Co., Ltd.
   
722,493
 
Meat
   
Loan Payable to
   
Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.
   
29,028
 
Meat
   
Loan Payable to
   
Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.
   
1,394,567
 
Meat
   
Purchase of Raw Materials resulting in Payables to
   
Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.
   
5,576,407
 
Meat
   
Purchase of Raw Materials resulting in Payables to
   
Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.
   
2,116,005
 
Meat
   
Loan Payable to
   
Dalian Chuming Industrial Development Co., Ltd.
   
6,070
 
Meat
   
Purchase of Raw Materials resulting in Payables to
   
Dalian Chuming Stockbreeding Combo Development Co., Ltd.
   
6,741,829
 
Meat
   
Loan Payable to
   
Dalian Chuming Trading Co., Ltd
   
69,079
 
Meat
   
Loan Payable to
   
Dalian Huayu Seafood Food Co., Ltd
   
2,411,780
 
Sales
   
Loan Payable to
   
Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.
   
697,283
 
Sales
   
Purchase of Raw Materials resulting in Payables to
   
Dalian Mingxing Livestock Product Co. Ltd.,
   
1,792,898
 
     
 
   
 
   
36,079,796
 
           
 
       
Setoff Related Party Receivable (Receivables have been setoff against payables)
$
3,964,357
 
 
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Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
7.  Property, Plant & Equipment

December 31, 2007
     
Accumulated
     
   
Cost
 
Depreciation
 
Net
 
Land Improvements
   
491,071
   
82,031
   
409,040
 
Building Improvements
   
76,859
   
15,811
   
61,048
 
Buildings
   
19,342,461
   
2,424,415
   
16,918,046
 
Manufacturing Equipment
   
9,066,948
   
2,041,694
   
7,025,254
 
Office Equipment
   
122,124
   
60,298
   
61,826
 
Vehicles
   
652,231
   
321,138
   
331,093
 
Furniture & Fixture
   
49,204
   
19,015
   
30,189
 
     
29,800,898
   
4,964,402
   
24,836,496
 
 
December 31, 2006
         
Accumulated
       
     
Cost
   
Depreciation
   
Net
 
Land Improvements
   
441,484
   
59,789
   
381,695
 
Building Improvements
   
54,291
   
9,406
   
44,885
 
Buildings
   
14,167,331
   
1,104,854
   
13,062,477
 
Manufacturing Equipment
   
8,346,776
   
1,403,176
   
6,943,600
 
Office Equipment
   
68,198
   
14,165
   
54,033
 
Vehicles
   
572,290
   
203,600
   
368,690
 
Furniture & Fixture
   
30,550
   
10,468
   
20,081
 
   
$
23,680,920
 
$
2,805,458
 
$
20,875,462
 
 
December 31, 2005
     
Accumulated
     
   
Cost
 
Depreciation
 
Net
 
Land Improvements
   
316,013
   
20,672
   
295,341
 
Building Improvements
   
52,570
   
4,114
   
48,456
 
Buildings
   
13,580,630
   
399,299
   
13,181,331
 
Manufacturing Equipment
   
7,630,412
   
554,540
   
7,075,872
 
Office Equipment
   
60,367
   
10,757
   
49,610
 
Vehicles
   
523,854
   
93,269
   
430,585
 
Furniture & Fixture
   
13,838
   
1,544
   
12,294
 
   
$
22,177,684
 
$
1,084,195
 
$
21,093,489
 
 
8.  Land Use Right

The Company had the following intangible assets outstanding at December 31:
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
Land Use Rights, at Cost
   
13,501,580
   
9,303,402
   
8,746,015
 
less: Accumulated Amortization
   
(645,600
)
 
(392,283
)
 
(220,890
)
   
$
12,855,980
 
$
8,911,119
 
$
8,525,125
 
 
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Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
9.  Bank Loans

(A)  
Short Term Bank Loans

At December 31, 2007 the Company had the following short term loans outstanding:

Bank
 
Interest Rate
 
Due Date
 
Amount
 
Bank of China
   
8.02
%
 
11/17/2008
 
$
1,914,111
 
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
   
7.65
%
 
7/1/2008
   
5,468,984
 
               
$
7,383,095
 
 
The loan provided by the Bank of China is secured by the Meat Company’s land use rights, which have been appraised at a fair market value of $5,605,611 (RMB 41,000,000). Also, the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank loan has been guaranteed by the Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd.

(B)  
Bank Loan through Group

The Company obtained a loan of $20,466,901 (RMB 160,000,000) from Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd; which in turn, obtained these funds in a joint loan commitment from both China Development Bank and Shenzhen Development Bank (“Banks”) via a collateralized loan. Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd. (“Group”) collateralized the loan by purchasing a bond from China Export and Credit Insurance Corporation (“Bond Issuer”). The bond guarantees to the Banks the entire principal and accrued interest of the loan. The cost of the bond is RMB 1,000,000 annually, or in USD: $120,668, 121,902, and 125,284 for the years 2004, 2005, and 2006, respectively, which was paid by the Company. The loan carries a fixed interest of 5.76% per annum. The Company pledged both land use rights and buildings to the Bond Issuer. The Company pursued a loan from Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd as the financing solution of choice because the Company’s tangible assets, at the time of origination, were insufficient to collateralize the loan. Additionally, the Company lacked the favorable credit history to directly establish credit facility with the bank.

At December 31, 2007, the Company repaid its debt, in its entirety to Dalian Chuming Group Co. Ltd by setting off receivables owed by the Group to the Company. The Company repaid the loan in order to meet the requirements of the equity financing transaction detailed in Note 18. The balances are now owed by Dalian Chuming Group Co. Ltd to the Banks, and liability for paying the bonding insurance annually lies with the Group. The pledged collateral of land use rights and buildings made to the Bond Issuer still underlie the loan currently owed by the Group, and as such, the Company’s assets, namely the buildings and land use rights are at risk if the Group were to default on this loan.

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Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
10. Capitalization

As a result of a reverse-merger on December 31, 2007 that was consummated via a share exchange, and a concurrent equity financing, in the form of a private placement by issuing common stock to ten accredited investors, the Company’s capitalization is now reflected by the table shown below:

Name of Shareholder
 
Number of Shares
 
Common Stock Capital
 
Additional Paid in Capital
 
Equity %
 
Operating Companies Founders
   
14,688,948
 
$
14,689
 
$
2,396,079
   
69.50
%
PRE-RTO Shell Shareholders
   
422,756
   
423
   
-
   
2.00
%
Advisors & Consultants
   
2,161,052
   
2,161
   
-
   
10.22
%
Private Investors
   
3,863,636
   
3,864
   
13,043,964
   
18.28
%
     
21,136,392
 
$
21,137
 
$
15,440,043
   
100.00
%


11. Commitments of Statutory Reserve

In compliance with PRC laws, the Company is required to appropriate a portion of its net income to its statutory reserve up to a maximum of 50% of an enterprise’s registered capital in the PRC. The Company had future unfunded commitments, as provided below.

   
2007
 
2006
 
2005
 
               
PRC Registered Capital
   
3,642,866
   
2,413,352
   
2,413,352
 
                     
- Statutory Reserve Ceiling
                   
based on 50% of
                   
Registered Capital
   
1,821,433
   
1,206,676
   
1,206,676
 
                     
Less: - Retained Earnings
                   
appropriated to
                   
Statutory Reserve
   
751,444
   
751,444
   
73,250
 
                     
Reserve Commitment
                   
Outstanding
 
$
1,069,989
 
$
455,232
 
$
1,133,426
 
 
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Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005

12. Advertising Costs

Advertising expenses were $3,611,666, $869, and $268 for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005 respectively.

13. Income Taxes

The Company’s operating subsidiaries, Meat Company, Food Company and Sales Company, are subject to different income tax regulations under PRC law.

Meat Company has been given special tax-free status by the PRC government because of the Company standing as leader in its industry in Dalian; therefore, no provision for income tax in the PRC was made for years 2007, 2006, and 2005.

Food Company has provided provisions for income taxes in years 2007, 2006, and 2005 of $967,539, $400,605, and $338,214, respectively.

Sales Company has not provided provisions for income taxes in years 2007, 2006, and 2005 as it has incurred operating losses for those respective years.

After adjusting for special tax-free status and net operating loss, the consolidated taxable earnings were determined, and the results were as follows: -
 
i.   
2007 Tax benefit     (967,539)
ii.   
2006 Tax expense           1,609
iii.   
2005 Tax benefit     (191,284)
 
Beginning December 31, 2007, the Company’s foreign subsidiaries became subject to U.S. income tax liability; however, the tax is deferred until foreign source income is repatriated to the Company. Accordingly, the company has not made any provisions for U.S. income tax liability.

On March 16, 2007, the PRC government passed new tax legislation that repealed preferential tax treatment for foreign investment enterprises in the PRC and enacted new tax regulations. Under such regulations, with certain exceptions, both domestic and foreign enterprises will be taxed at a standard enterprise income tax rate of 25%. The Company’s two operating subsidiaries, Food, and Sales are subject to the 25% income tax rate beginning January 1, 2008. Based on current PRC legislation, Meat should be expected to continue benefiting from a tax holiday.
 
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Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005

14. Commitments

 
It is company policy to develop plant facilities based on availability of cash resources without incurring capital commitments. Therefore, the Company did not have any capital commitments existing at December 31, 2007.

 
There were no severance packages to any key management personnel that have resigned their positions. The Company has the right to terminate employment for cause at any time.

   
On December 19, 2007, the Company entered into a hog purchase agreement whereby the Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd. will provide at fair market price a minimum number of hogs to the Company. At December 31, 2007, the Company expects minimum quantities of hogs detailed in the following table:

Year
 
Hogs
 
Price Per Hog
 
Amount
 
2008
   
750,000
 
$
162.81
 
$
122,109,662
 
2009
   
800,000
 
$
187.13
 
$
149,704,306
 
2010
   
800,000
 
$
205.84
 
$
164,674,737
 
               
$
436,488,705
 

   
The Company believes that the fair market price of the hogs will increase by 10% each year. The assumption of 10% reflects that Company expectations in regards to inflation, and the rising costs of inputs in breeding livestock.


15. Operating Segments

The Company individually tracks the performance of its three operating subsidiaries Meat Company, Food Company, Sales Company, and the ultimately holding parent company. Chuming Meat Company is primarily engaged in the slaughter and processing of pork livestock for wholesale and retail distribution. Chuming Food Company is primarily engaged in the production of pork-based food products, such as sausages and cured meats, for retail distribution. Chuming Sales Company is primarily engaged in the sale and distribution of products produced by Food Co. and Meat Co.

Below is a presentation of the Company’s Statement of Income and Balance Sheet for its operating subsidiaries at, and for the year ended, December 31, 2007. The Company has also provided reconciling adjustments with the Company and its intermediate holding companies Dalian Chuming Precious Sheen Investments Consulting Ltd. (“Chuming WFOE”) and Precious Sheen Investments Ltd (PSI).
 
F-52

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
   
Meat Company
 
Food Company
 
Sales Company
 
Chuming WFOE,
PSI, & Eliminations
 
Total
 
Sales
 
$
113,777,514
 
$
18,224,294
 
$
26,110,284
 
$
(33,416,057
)
$
124,696,035
 
Cost of Sales
   
99,779,158
   
12,672,576
   
25,343,231
   
(33,416,057
)
 
104,378,908
 
Gross Profit
   
13,998,356
   
5,551,718
   
767,053
   
-
   
20,317,127
 
                                 
Operating (Loss)/Profit
   
10,842,549
   
3,624,143
   
(368,002
)
 
(27,261
)
 
14,071,429
 
                                 
Other Income (Expenses)
   
(691,006
)
 
(712,807
)
 
(47,929
)
 
-
   
(1,451,742
)
                                 
Earnings before Tax
   
10,151,543
   
2,911,336
   
(415,931
)
 
(27,261
)
 
12,619,687
 
                                 
Tax
   
-
   
967,539
   
-
   
-
   
967,539
 
                                  
Net Income
 
$
10,151,543
 
$
1,943,797
 
$
(415,931
)
$
(27,261
)
$
11,652,147
 
 
 
Eliminated Intercompany Sales of Products Sold
 
   
Sold From:
 
Sold To:
 
Amount
 
Food Company
  Sales Company  
$
4,221,813
 
Meat Company
  Sales Company    
20,435,143
 
Meat Company
  Food Company    
8,759,101
 
         
$
33,416,057
 


   
Meat Company
 
Food Company
 
Sales Company
 
Chuming WFOE,
PSI, & Eliminations
 
Total
 
Current Assets
 
$
36,387,010
 
$
19,361,784
 
$
24,500,857
 
$
(52,282,684
)
$
27,966,967
 
Non Current Assets
   
22,256,798
   
16,228,202
   
167,961
   
-
   
38,652,961
 
Total Assets
 
$
58,643,808
 
$
35,589,986
 
$
24,668,818
 
$
(52,282,684
)
$
66,619,928
 
                                 
Current Liabilities
 
$
25,289,655
 
$
31,425,683
 
$
25,664,664
 
$
(64,697,884
)
$
17,682,118
 
                                 
Total Liabilities
   
25,289,655
   
31,425,683
   
25,664,664
   
(64,697,884
)
 
17,682,118
 
                                 
Net Assets
   
33,354,152
   
4,164,303
   
(995,846
)
 
12,415,200
   
48,937,810
 
                                 
Total Liabilities
& Net Assets
 
$
58,643,808
 
$
35,589,986
 
$
24,668,818
 
$
(52,282,684
)
$
66,619,928
 
 
F-53

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
16. Earnings Per Share

Components of basic and diluted earnings per share were as follows: -
 
   
12 months ended December 31, 2007
 
12 months ended December 31, 2006
 
12 months ended December 31, 2005
 
Net Income (A)
 
$
11,652,147
 
$
8,128,371
 
$
5,988,772
 
                     
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (B)
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
 
Dilutive Shares:
                   
-  Addition to Common Stock from Exercise of Placement Warrants
   
-
   
-
   
-
 
-  Addition to Common Stock from Contingent Shares Held in Escrow (Please refer to Note 18)
   
3,863,636
   
3,863,636
   
3,863,636
 
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding: (C)
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
 
                     
Earnings Per Share
                   
-  Basic (A)/(B)
 
$
.87
 
$
0.61
 
$
0.45
 
-  Diluted (A)/(C)
 
$
.67
 
$
0.47
 
$
0.35
 
                     
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
                   
-  Basic
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
   
13,409,120
 
-  Diluted
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
   
17,272,756
 


17. Concentration of Risk
 
(A)
Demand Risk
 
The Company had concentrations of risk in demand for its products because its sales were made to a small number of customers.
 
(B)
Supply Risk
 
The Company is subject to concentration of supply shortage risk because it purchases its materials for resale from a few select vendors. The Company’s availability of supply is correlated with the few select vendors’ ability to meet the market demand. In 2007, the entire industry in the PRC faced a shortage in the supply of hogs.
 
F-54

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
18. Financing Transaction

On December 31, 2007, the Company, a Nevada corporation (“Energroup” or the “Company”), acquired Precious Sheen Investments Ltd. (“PSI”) in a reverse take-over transaction, by executing a Share Exchange Agreement (“Exchange Agreement”) by and among Energroup, PSI, and all of the shareholders of PSI’s issued and outstanding share capital (the “PSI Shareholders”). PSI owned 100% of the equity in Chuming WFOE. Chuming WFOE is a holding company for the following three operating subsidiaries: (i) Meat Company, (ii) Food Company, and (iii) Sales Company, each of which is a limited liability company headquartered in, and organized under the laws of, China (also referred to elsewhere as the “Chuming Operating Subsidiaries”).

As a result of the reverse take-over transaction, PSI’s Shareholders became Energroup’s controlling shareholders and PSI became Energroup’s wholly-owned subsidiary. As a result of PSI becoming Energroup’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Energroup acquired the business and operations of Chuming and the Chuming Operating Subsidiaries.

Under the Exchange Agreement, Energroup completed the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of PSI through the issuance of 16,850,000 restricted shares of common stock of Energroup to PSI’s Shareholders. Immediately prior to the Exchange Agreement transaction, the Company had 422,756 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. Immediately after the issuance of the shares to PSI’s Shareholders, the Company had 17,272,756 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. The 422,756 shares of PSI were cancelled and 17,272,756 shares of Energroup were issued to reflect this reverse take-over transaction.

Concurrently with the Exchange Agreement, Energroup also entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which Energroup agreed to issue and sell 3,863,635 shares of its common stock to ten accredited investors for an aggregate purchase price of $17,000,000 or $4.40 per share (the “Financing”). The closing of the Financing coincided with the Closing of the reverse take-over transaction.

In connection with the sales of securities to accredited investors under the securities purchase agreement, Hunter Wise Financial Group, LLC (the “Placement Agent”), was compensated with a commission of $1,190,000 which is equal to 7.00% of the aggregate purchase price and a warrant to purchase the 386,364 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $4.40 per share. At December 31, 2007, the Company had adequate authorized capital to issue common shares upon the exercise of the warrant.
 
F-55

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
At December 31, 2007, the total number of shares outstanding, on a fully diluted basis, is shown in the following table:

 
i.
   
Common shares outstanding prior to offering of securities
   
17,272,756
 
ii.
   
Common shares issued under securities purchase agreement
   
3,863,636
 
iii.
   
Common shares issuable upon exercise of placement agent warrants
   
386,364
 
           
21,522,756
 

Concurrent with the Company’s financing transaction, the Company agreed to register for resale the common shares that were sold under the securities purchase agreement. Pursuant to filing a Form S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Investors. The agreement calls for liquidated damages to be paid by the Company, if in the event the registration statement is not declared effective within 135 days of the closing of the financing transaction. The liquidated damages will be 1% of the total financing amount in cash per month for each month after the 135 period. The agreement states a maximum penalty of $1.70 million or 10% of the financing amount. At December 31, 2007, the Company accounted for the liability under the registration rights agreement in accordance with FASB Staff Position No. EITF 00-19-2 Accounting for Registration Payment Arrangements. Under such accounting treatment, the liquidated damages are accounted for as a reduction of the proceeds. In asserting the most conservative position, the Company has accrued the maximum liability of $1.7 million and is carrying that balance in the accrued liabilities account. In the event that the registration becomes effective in a timeframe that is earlier than February 15, 2009, the portion that is not legally owed, or in the event that investors waive any liquidating damages, the accrual will be reversed and the funds will be added back to the Company’s additional paid in capital.

In connection with a make good agreement related to the financing transaction on December 31, 2007, the Company’s Chairman and CEO, Mr. Shi Huashan placed in escrow 3,863,636 shares, which were beneficially owned by him,. These shares are to be released back to him if the Company meets the following earnings targets of $15.9 million, and $20.9 million in after-tax net income for the years ended December 31, 2008, and 2009 respectively. In the event that the Company does not meet the aforementioned financial targets, the escrowed shares will be released, on a pro-rata basis, to the investors in the financing transaction. In accordance with SFAS 128, Earnings per Share, for the sake of calculating the Company’s earnings per share, the Company has accounted for the 3,863,636 escrowed shares as contingently issuable shares as such they are not included in the weighted average basic shares outstanding but are included in the weighted average diluted shares outstanding. Please refer to Note 16.
 
F-56

 
Energroup Holdings Corporation
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005
 
In accordance with Topic 5:T of the Staff Accounting Bulletins (SAB 79), the Company expects to record a compensatory expense for the shares upon their release from escrow. Whether the shares are released to the accredited investors or released to Mr. Shi the Company will record an expense with a corresponding credit to the Company’s contributed paid in capital.
 
F-57

 
Prospectus dated ______   __, 2008
 
ENERGROUP HOLDINGS CORPORATION
 
8,140,487 Shares

Common Stock
 
Until      , 2008, all dealers that buy, sell or trade shares of our common stock, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus.
 

 
PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 13. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
 
The following table sets forth the costs and expenses, payable by the registrant in connection with the sale of common stock being registered. All amounts are estimates except the SEC registration fee.

 
$
2,278
 
Printing and engraving expenses
 
$
3,000
 
Blue Sky fees and expenses
 
$
5,000
 
Legal fees and expenses
 
$
45,000
 
Accounting fees and expenses
 
$
30,000
 
Miscellaneous
 
$
10,000
 
 
     
Total
 
$
95,278
 
 
ITEM 14. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

Indemnification Under Nevada Law

Nevada law generally permits us to indemnify our directors, officers and employees. Pursuant to the provisions of Nevada Revised Statutes 78.7502, a corporation may indemnify its directors, officers and employees as follows:

(a)  A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action, except an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation, against expenses, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he: (a) is not liable for breach of his fiduciary duties as a director or officer pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 78.138; or (b) acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
 
(b)  A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any action by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he: (a) is not liable for breach of his fiduciary duties pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes 78.138; or (b) acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. Indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.
 
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(c) To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify him against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense.

Charter Provisions and Other Arrangements of the Registrant

Article VII of our articles of incorporation provides for the indemnification of any and all persons who serve as our director or officer to the fullest extent permitted under Nevada law. We do not currently carry directors’ and officers’ liability insurance covering our directors and officers, however, we are considering obtaining such insurance coverage from an internationally recognized underwriter with terms of coverage appropriate for a company of our size and nature.
 
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers, or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
 
ITEM 15. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
 
The following is a summary of our transactions during the last three years involving sales of our securities that were not registered under the Securities Act:

On December 31, 2007, we entered into a Share Exchange Agreement (the “Exchange Agreement”) with Precious Sheen Investments Limited, a British Virgin Islands company (“PSI”) and all of the shareholders of PSI’s issued and outstanding share capital (the “PSI Shareholders”). Pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, we agreed to issue 16,850,000 shares of our common stock to the PSI Shareholders in exchange for 100% of the capital stock of PSI. The issuance of the common stock to the PSI Shareholders pursuant to the Exchange Agreement was exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D thereof. We made this determination based on the representations of the PSI Shareholders which included, in pertinent part, that such shareholders were “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, and that such shareholders were acquiring our common stock, for investment purposes for their own respective accounts and not as nominees or agents, and not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof, and that each member understood that the shares of our common stock may not be sold or otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption therefrom.

On December 31, 2007, in connection with the Exchange Agreement, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell 3,863,635 shares of our common stock to fifteen accredited investors for an aggregate purchase price of $17,000,000, or $4.40 per share (the “Financing”). The issuance of the common stock to the fifteen investors pursuant to the Purchase Agreement was exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(2) and Regulation D thereof. We made this determination based on the representations of the fifteen investors which included, in pertinent part, that such investors were “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, and that such investors were acquiring our common stock, for investment purposes for their own respective accounts and not as nominees or agents, and not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof, and that each member understood that the shares of our common stock may not be sold or otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption. We also issued a warrant to the placement agent for the purchase of 386,364 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $4.40 per share.
 
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On May 3, 2007, prior to the reverse take-over transaction, Energroup, along with its then-current directors and executive officers, entered into a stock purchase agreement with Halter Financial Investments, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (“HFI”), pursuant to which Energroup agreed to sell to HFI 11,200,000 pre-reverse split shares (approximately 1,600,000 post-reverse split shares) of unregistered, restricted common stock for $350,000 cash. This transaction closed on May 22, 2007. The issuance of the common stock to HFI pursuant to the stock purchase agreement was exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(2) and/or Regulation D thereof. Energroup made this determination based on the representations of the HFI in the stock purchase agreement which included, in pertinent part, that such HFI was an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, and that such shareholder was acquiring our common stock, for investment purposes for their own respective accounts and not as nominees or agents, and not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof, and that each member understood that the shares of our common stock may not be sold or otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption therefrom.

On or about March 12, 2007, Energroup authorized the issuance of 5,462 shares of common stock in reconciliation of transfer records. Energroup received a General Release in conjunction with the issuance. Energroup completed the issuance because it believed the acquirer may be defined as a “Protected Purchaser” under Section 70A-8-303 of the Utah Code Annotated and Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code. These shares were issued because processing of a reverse stock split was inadvertently omitted for a share certificate representing 5,750 shares of common stock, which after proper adjustment, should have been reverse split to 288 shares (a difference of 5,462 shares). Bona fide purchasers bought the shares without knowledge that the shares were subject to a reverse stock split. Under Utah law (the jurisdiction in which the Company was then incorporated), “protected purchasers” are persons who acquire securities for value without notice of any adverse claim and who obtain control of a certificated or uncertificated security. In order to reconcile its share register, Energroup treated the error as the resale of 288 shares, plus the issuance of an additional 5,462 shares to the bona fide purchasers. Energroup relied upon Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, as the reconciliation shares issued in order to correct the error were issued in a transaction by the issuer not involving a public offering. The Company notes that no monetary consideration was received by the Company in connection with the issuance of these reconciliation shares.

Except as stated above, we have had no recent sales of unregistered securities within the past three fiscal years. There were no underwritten offerings employed in connection with any of the transactions described above.
 
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a) Exhibits

See “Exhibit Index” below which follows the signature pages to this registration statement.
 
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
 
(a)   The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

I.   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to:

(a)   Include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(b)   Reflect in the prospectus any facts or events which, individually or together, represent a fundamental change in the information in the registration statement; and

(c)   Include any additional or changed material information on the plan of distribution.

II.   For the purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933, treat each post-effective amendment as a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
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III.   File a post-effective amendment to remove from registration any of the securities that remain unsold at the end of offering.
 
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by a director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of this issue.
 
In addition, the undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:
 
1.
For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective, and
 
2.
For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and this offering of these securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on May 27, 2008.
 
     
  ENERGROUP HOLDINGS CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
 
  By:   /s/ Shi Huashan
 

Shi Huashan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
     
 
  By:   /s/ Wang Shu
 

Wang Shu
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
   
 
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Shi Huashan, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, or any related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other regulatory authority, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
 
 
Title
 
Date
 
 
 
 
 
   /s/ Shi Huashan
 
President, Chief Executive Officer,
 
May 27, 2008
Shi Huashan
 
and Chairman of the Board
 
 
 
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   /s/ Wang Shu
 
Chief Financial Officer and Director
 
May 27, 2008
Wang Shu 
 
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   /s/ Chen Fuyuan
 
Chief Operating Officer
 
May 27, 2008
Chen Fuyuan 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   /s/ Ma Fengqin
 
Vice President and Director
 
May 27, 2008
Ma Fengqin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   /s/ Wang Shuying
 
Director
 
May 27, 2008
Wang Shuying
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Director
 
May 27, 2008
Matthew Dillon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Director
 
May 27, 2008
 
 
 
 
         
 
 
Director
 
May 27, 2008
James Boyle
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
2.1
 
Share Exchange Agreement by and among the Company, PSI and PSI Shareholders dated December 2007 (1)
 
 
 
2.2
 
Articles and Plan of Merger (change in domicile from Utah to Nevada) (2)
 
3.1
 
Articles of Incorporation of  Energroup Holdings Corporation (4)
 
 
 
3.2
 
Bylaws of Energroup Holdings Corporation (4)
 
 
 
3.3
 
Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of  Energroup Holdings Corporation (4)
 
3.4
 
Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Energroup Technologies, Inc. (Reverse Split) (2)
 
 
 
3.5
 
Articles of Incorporation of Energroup Holdings Corporation (2)
 
 
 
3.6
 
Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Energroup Holdings Corporation (Reverse Split) (3)
 
 
 
4.1
 
Registration Rights Agreement dated December 2007 among Energroup and the investors signatory thereto (1)
 
 
 
4.2
 
Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued to Placement Agent (December 2007) (1)
 
5.1
 
Opinion of Richardson & Patel LLP (4)
 
10.1
 
Lockup Agreement dated December 2007 among Energroup and the Shareholders signatory thereto (1)
 
 
 
10.2
 
Executive Employment Agreement dated December 2007 between Energroup and Mr. Shi Huashan (1)
 
 
 
10.3
 
Executive Employment Agreement dated December 2007 between Energroup and Ms. Wang Shu (1)
 
 
 
10.4
 
Executive Employment Agreement dated December 2007 between Energroup and Mr. Chen Fuyuan (1)
 
 
 
10.5
 
Long-Term Hog Procurement Agreement dated December 17,2007 between Dalian Chuming Group Co., Ltd. and Dalian Chuming Slaughter and Packaging Pork Company, Ltd. (1)
 
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10.6
 
Trademark License Contract (Chuming) dated December 2007 (English translation) (1)
 
 
 
10.7
 
Trademark License Contract (Huayu) dated December 2007 (English translation) (1)
 
 
 
10.8
 
Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 2007 among Energroup, PSI, Chuming, and the investors signatory thereto (1)
 
 
 
10.9
 
Make Good Escrow Agreement dated December 2007 among Energroup, Make Good Pledgor, Escrow Agent and the investors signatory thereto (1)
 
 
 
10.10
 
Holdback Escrow Agreement dated December 2007 among Energroup, Escrow Agent and the investors signatory thereto (1)
 
 
 
17.1
 
Letter of Resignation from Mr. Timothy Halter to the board of directors (1)
 
21.1
 
List of Subsidiaries (4)
 
23.1
 
Consent of Samuel H. Wong & Co., LLP, Certified Public Accountants*
 
24.1
 
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature pages to this registration statement)
 

* Filed herewith.

(1) Previously filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K on January 7, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference

(2) Previously filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K on August 22, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.

(3) Previously filed with our Current Report on Form 8-K on December 14, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference.

(4) Previously filed with our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on February 11, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
 
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