UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 10-Q
þ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2015 |
or
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from _______________ to ___________________ |
Commission File Number: 001-34711 |
CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC. |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
Nevada | 98-0557852 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |
1st Floor, Yuzheng Plaza, No. 76, Yuhuangshan Road Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province People’s Republic of China |
310002 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
+86 (571) 88077078 |
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) |
N/A |
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every, Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Sec.232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No ☐
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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large Accelerated Filer ☐ | Accelerated Filer ☐ |
Non-accelerated filer ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) | Smaller reporting company þ |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No þ
As of August 12, 2015, the registrant had 16,850,504 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TO QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2014
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PART I | FINANCIAL INFORMATION | |
Item 1. | Financial Statements | 4 |
Unaudited consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015 | 4 | |
Unaudited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 | 5 | |
Unaudited consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 | 6 | |
Notes to Unaudited consolidated financial statements | 7 | |
Item 2. | Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 28 |
Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 34 |
Item 4. | Controls and Procedures | 35 |
PART II | OTHER INFORMATION | 36 |
Item 5. | Exhibits | 36 |
Signatures | 37 |
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
All statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Form 10-Q”) for the registrant, 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 include, among others, the following: national and local general economic and market conditions: our ability to sustain, manage or forecast our growth; raw material costs and availability; new product development and introduction; existing government regulations and changes in, or the failure to comply with, government regulations; adverse publicity; competition; the loss of significant customers or suppliers; fluctuations and difficulty in forecasting operating results; changes in business strategy or development plans; business disruptions; the ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; the ability to protect technology; and other factors referenced in this and previous filings.
Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this Form 10-Q 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.
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
June 30, | March 31, | |||||||
2015 | 2015 | |||||||
A S S E T S | ||||||||
CURRENT ASSETS | ||||||||
Cash | $ | 1,654,762 | $ | 4,023,581 | ||||
Financial assets available for sale | 1,309,600 | 1,307,200 | ||||||
Restricted cash | 13,859,448 | 8,992,101 | ||||||
Notes receivable | 64,717 | 138,952 | ||||||
Trade accounts receivable, net | 7,734,138 | 9,237,743 | ||||||
Inventories | 11,771,178 | 10,538,591 | ||||||
Other receivables, net | 1,370,057 | 1,130,264 | ||||||
Advances to suppliers, net | 5,842,359 | 4,717,352 | ||||||
Other current assets | 1,803,454 | 2,200,838 | ||||||
Total current assets | 45,409,713 | 42,286,622 | ||||||
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net | 6,757,528 | 7,056,781 | ||||||
OTHER ASSETS | ||||||||
Long-term investment | 114,590 | - | ||||||
Farmland assets | 1,788,469 | 1,704,359 | ||||||
Long term deposits | 2,588,769 | 2,584,025 | ||||||
Other noncurrent assets | 2,739,819 | 2,734,798 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 3,139,369 | 3,142,003 | ||||||
Total other assets | 10,371,016 | 10,165,185 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 62,538,257 | $ | 59,508,588 | ||||
L I A B I L I T I E S A N D S T O C K H O L D E R S' E Q U I T Y | ||||||||
CURRENT LIABILITIES | ||||||||
Short-term loan payable | $ | 32,740 | $ | 32,680 | ||||
Accounts payable, trade | 14,426,600 | 15,915,915 | ||||||
Notes payable | 19,498,143 | 15,752,969 | ||||||
Other payables | 2,452,791 | 2,931,869 | ||||||
Other payables - related parties | 2,863,510 | 2,729,740 | ||||||
Customer deposits | 4,264,788 | 3,759,050 | ||||||
Taxes payable | 484,195 | 328,111 | ||||||
Accrued liabilities | 642,056 | 509,537 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 44,664,823 | 41,959,871 | ||||||
Purchase option and warrant liability | 358,164 | 315,327 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 45,022,987 | 42,275,198 | ||||||
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | ||||||||
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
Preferred stock; $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; nil issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015 | - | - | ||||||
Common stock; $0.001 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 15,650,504 and 15,650,504 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015 | 15,651 | 15,651 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 19,425,267 | 19,301,233 | ||||||
Statutory reserves | 1,309,109 | 1,309,109 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit | (7,293,600 | ) | (7,404,210 | ) | ||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 4,058,843 | 3,972,543 | ||||||
Total stockholders' equity | 17,515,270 | 17,194,326 | ||||||
Noncontrolling interests | - | 39,064 | ||||||
Total equity | 17,515,270 | 17,233,390 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 62,538,257 | $ | 59,508,588 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(UNAUDITED)
For the three months ended June 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
REVENUES, NET | $ | 21,311,292 | $ | 16,459,232 | ||||
COST OF GOODS SOLD | 16,935,609 | 13,948,613 | ||||||
GROSS PROFIT | 4,375,683 | 2,510,619 | ||||||
SELLING EXPENSES | 3,096,369 | 1,768,577 | ||||||
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | 920,230 | 1,081,201 | ||||||
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES | 4,016,599 | 2,849,778 | ||||||
INCOME(LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS | 359,084 | (339,159 | ) | |||||
OTHER LOSS, NET | (123,449 | ) | (115,836 | ) | ||||
CHANGE IN FAIR VALUE OF DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES | (42,837 | ) | 123,699 | |||||
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES | 192,798 | (331,296 | ) | |||||
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES | 82,187 | 16,141 | ||||||
NET INCOME (LOSS) | 110,611 | (347,437 | ) | |||||
ADD: NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTEREST | - | 700 | ||||||
NET INCOME(LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC. | 110,611 | (346,737 | ) | |||||
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | ||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustments | 86,300 | 52,268 | ||||||
COMPREHENSIVE INCOM (LOSS) | $ | 196,911 | $ | (294,469 | ) | |||
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES: | ||||||||
Basic | 15,650,504 | 14,416,022 | ||||||
Diluted | 15,975,583 | 14,416,022 | ||||||
EARNINGS (LOSSES) PER SHARES: | ||||||||
Basic | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.02 | ) | |||
Diluted | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.02 | ) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
Three months ended June 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 110,611 | $ | (347,437 | ) | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash (used in) operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 419,806 | 502,101 | ||||||
Stock compensation | 124,033 | 71,544 | ||||||
Bad debt direct write-off and provision | (676,858 | ) | (637,819 | ) | ||||
Inventory reserve | - | 4,316 | ||||||
Change in fair value of purchase option derivative liability | 42,837 | (123,699 | ) | |||||
Change in operating assets: | ||||||||
Accounts receivable, trade | 1,867,046 | 1,187,128 | ||||||
Notes receivable | 74,535 | - | ||||||
Inventories | (1,295,009 | ) | (171,784 | ) | ||||
Other receivables | (2,715 | ) | (59,183 | ) | ||||
Advances to suppliers | (1,040,870 | ) | 1,694,269 | |||||
Other current assets | 421,682 | (61,633 | ) | |||||
Long term deposit | - | 25,040 | ||||||
Other noncurrent assets | - | 93,294 | ||||||
Change in operating liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable, trade | (1,519,464 | ) | (4,347,548 | ) | ||||
Other payables and accrued liabilities | (352,973 | ) | 155,208 | |||||
Customer deposits | 499,141 | 195,894 | ||||||
Taxes payable | 155,577 | (24,361 | ) | |||||
Net cash used in operating activities | (1,172,621 | ) | (1,844,670 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Purchase of equipment | (99,393 | ) | (104,682 | ) | ||||
Investment to a joint venture | (114,660 | ) | - | |||||
Net cash (used in) investing activities | (214,053 | ) | (104,682 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | ||||||||
Repayment of short-term bank loan | - | (162,250 | ) | |||||
Repayment of third parties loan | - | (59,500 | ) | |||||
Change in restricted cash | (4,853,800 | ) | (587,371 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from notes payable | 13,793,434 | 1,918,599 | ||||||
Repayments of notes payable | (10,074,912 | ) | (685,791 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from other payables-related parties | 131,872 | 423,752 | ||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (1,003,406 | ) | 847,439 | |||||
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE ON CASH | 21,261 | 35,553 | ||||||
DECREASE IN CASH | (2,368,819 | ) | (1,066,360 | ) | ||||
CASH, beginning of period | 4,023,581 | 4,445,276 | ||||||
CASH, end of period | $ | 1,654,762 | $ | 3,378,916 | ||||
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: | ||||||||
Cash paid for income taxes | $ | 25,969 | $ | 21,325 | ||||
Cash paid for interest | $ | 159,931 | $ | 1,460 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC., AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Note 1– DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION
China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc. (“Jo-Jo Drugstores” or the “Company”), was incorporated in Nevada on December 19, 2006, originally under the name “Kerrisdale Mining Corporation.” On September 24, 2009, the Company changed its name to “China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc.” in connection with a share exchange transaction as described below.
On September 17, 2009, the Company completed a share exchange transaction with Renovation Investment (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (“Renovation”), whereby 7,900,000 shares of common stock were issued to the stockholders of Renovation in exchange for 100% of the capital stock of Renovation. The completion of the share exchange transaction resulted in a change of control. The share exchange transaction was accounted for as a reverse acquisition and recapitalization and, as a result, the consolidated financial statements of the Company (the legal acquirer) are, in substance, those of Renovation (the accounting acquirer), with the assets and liabilities, and revenues and expenses, of the Company being included effective from the date of the share exchange transaction. Renovation has no substantive operations of its own except for its holdings of Zhejiang Jiuxin Investment Management Co., Ltd. (“Jiuxin Management”), Zhejiang Shouantang Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (“Shouantang Technology”) and Hangzhou Jiutong Medical Technology Co., Ltd (“Jiutong Medical”), its wholly-owned subsidiaries.
The Company is a retail, both online and offline, and wholesale distributor of pharmaceutical and other healthcare products in the People’s Republic of China (“China” or the “PRC”). The Company’s offline retail business is comprised primarily of pharmacies, a majority of which are operated by Hangzhou Jiuzhou Grand Pharmacy Chain Co., Ltd. (“Jiuzhou Pharmacy”), a company that the Company controls through contractual arrangements.
The Company’s offline retail business also includes four medical clinics through Hangzhou Jiuzhou Clinic of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine (“Jiuzhou Clinic”) and Hangzhou Jiuzhou Medical and Public Health Service Co., Ltd. (“Jiuzhou Service”), both of which are also controlled by the Company through contractual arrangements. On December 18, 2013, Jiuzhou Service established, and held 51% of, Hangzhou Shouantang Health Management Co., Ltd. (“Shouantang Health”), a PRC company licensed to sell health care products. Shouantang Health was closed in April 2015.
The Company’s online pharmacy license remains with Jiuzhou Pharmacy and its online retail pharmacy business are primarily conducted through Zhejiang Quannuo Internet Technology Co., Ltd. (“Quannuo Technology”), which provides technical, sales and logistic support. In May 2015, the Company established Zhejiang Jianshun Network Technology Co. Ltd, a joint venture with Shanghai Jianbao Technology Co., Ltd., in order to develop its online pharmaceutical sales from large commercial medical insurance companies.
The Company’s wholesale business is primarily conducted through Zhejiang Jiuxin Medicine Co., Ltd. (“Jiuxin Medicine”), which is licensed to distribute prescription and non-prescription pharmaceutical products throughout China. Jiuzhou Pharmacy acquired Jiuxin Medicine on August 25, 2011.
The Company’s herb farming business is conducted by Hangzhou Qianhong Agriculture Development Co., Ltd. (“Qianhong Agriculture”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jiuxin Management, which operates a cultivation project of herbal plants used for traditional Chinese medicine (“TCM”).
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The accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the activities of the Company and each of the following entities:
Entity Name | Background | Ownership | ||
Renovation HK | ● Incorporated in Hong Kong SAR on September 2, 2008 | 100% | ||
Jiuxin Management |
● Established in the PRC on October 14, 2008 ● Deemed a wholly foreign owned enterprise (“WFOE”) under PRC law ● Registered capital of $4.5 million fully paid |
100% | ||
Shouantang Technology |
● Established in the PRC on July 16, 2010 by Renovation with registered capital of $20 million ● Registered capital requirement reduced by the SAIC to $11 million in July 2012 and is fully paid ● Deemed a WFOE under PRC law ● Invests and finances the working capital of Quannuo Technology |
100% | ||
Qianhong Agriculture |
● Established in the PRC on August 10, 2010 by Jiuxin Management ● Registered capital of RMB 10 million fully paid ● Carries out herb farming business |
100% | ||
Quannuo Technology |
● Established in the PRC on July 7, 2009 ● Registered capital of RMB 10 million fully paid ● Acquired by Shouantang Technology in November 2010 ● Operates the Company’s online pharmacy website and provide software and technical support |
100% | ||
Hangzhou Quannuo |
● Established in the PRC on July 8, 2010 by Quannuo Technology ● Registered capital of RMB 800,000 fully paid ● Currently has no operation and has closed, pending dissolution |
100% | ||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy (1) |
● Established in the PRC on September 9, 2003 ● Registered capital of RMB 5 million fully paid ● Operates the “Jiuzhou Grand Pharmacy” stores in Hangzhou |
VIE by contractual arrangements (2) | ||
Jiuzhou Clinic (1) |
● Established in the PRC as a general partnership on October 10, 2003 ● Operates a medical clinic adjacent to one of Jiuzhou Pharmacy’s stores |
VIE by contractual arrangements (2)
| ||
Jiuzhou Service (1) |
● Established in the PRC on November 2, 2005 ● Registered capital of RMB 500,000 fully paid ● Operates a medical clinic adjacent to one of Jiuzhou Pharmacy’s stores |
VIE by contractual arrangements (2)
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Jiuxin Medicine |
● Established in PRC on December 31, 2003 ● Acquired by Jiuzhou Pharmacy in August 2011 ● Registered capital of RMB 10 million fully paid ● Carries out pharmaceutical distribution services |
VIE by contractual arrangements as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jiuzhou Pharmacy (2)
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Jiutong Medical |
● Established in the PRC on December 20, 2011 by Renovation ● Registered capital of $2.6 million fully paid ● Currently has no operation |
100% | ||
Shouantang Bio |
● Established in the PRC in October, 2014 by Shouantang Technology ● 100% held by Shouantang Technology ● Registered capital of RMB 1,000,000 fully paid ● Sells nutritional supplements under its own brand name |
VIE by contractual arrangements as a controlled entity of Jiuzhou Service (2) | ||
Jianshun |
● Established in the PRC in May, 2015 ● 35% held by Jiuzhou Pharmacy ● Manages sales on official website of the online pharmacy |
VIE by contractual arrangements as a controlled entity of Jiuzhou Pharmacy (2) |
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(1) | Jiuzhou Pharmacy, Jiuzhou Clinic and Jiuzhou Service have been under the common control of the three shareholders of Renovation (the “Owners”) since their respective establishment dates, pursuant to agreements among the Owners to vote their interests in concert as memorialized in a voting agreement. Based on such voting agreement, the Company has determined that common control exists among these three companies. Operationally, the Owners have operated these three companies in conjunction with one another since each company’s respective establishment date. Jiuxin Medicine is also deemed under the common control of the Owners as a subsidiary of Jiuzhou Pharmacy, as is Shouantang Health as a subsidiary of Jiuzhou Service and Jianshun as a subsidiary of Jiuzhou Pharmacy. |
(2) | To comply with certain foreign ownership restrictions of pharmacy and medical clinic operators, Jiuxin Management entered into a series of contractual arrangements with Jiuzhou Pharmacy, Jiuzhou Clinic and Jiuzhou Service on August 1, 2009. These contractual arrangements are comprised of five agreements: consulting services agreement, operating agreement, equity pledge agreement, voting rights agreement and option agreement. As a result of these agreements, which obligate Jiuxin Management to absorb all of the risks of loss from the activities of Jiuzhou Pharmacy, Jiuzhou Clinic and Jiuzhou Service, and enable the Company (through Jiuxin Management) to receive all of their expected residual returns, the Company accounts for all three companies (as well as one subsidiary of Jiuzhou Pharmacy) as a variable interest entity (“VIE”) under the accounting standards of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). Accordingly, the financial statements of Jiuzhou Pharmacy, Jiuzhou Clinic and Jiuzhou Service, as well as the subsidiary under the control of Jiuzhou Pharmacy (Shouantang Health), are consolidated into the financial statements of the Company. |
Note 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of presentation and consolidation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial statements. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. These condensed consolidated financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015 filed with the SEC on June 29, 2015. Operating results for the three months ended June 30, 2015 may not be necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year.
The condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its subsidiaries and VIEs. All significant inter-company transactions and balances between the Company, its subsidiaries and VIEs are eliminated upon consolidation.
Consolidation of variable interest entities
In accordance with accounting standards regarding consolidation of variable interest entities, VIEs are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision making ability. All VIEs with which the Company is involved must be evaluated to determine the primary beneficiary of the risks and rewards of the VIE. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate the VIE for financial reporting purposes.
The Company has concluded, based on the contractual arrangements, that Jiuzhou Pharmacy (including its subsidiaries and controlled entities), Jiuzhou Clinic and Jiuzhou Service are each a VIE and that the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Jiuxin Management, absorbs a majority of the risk of loss from the activities of these companies, thereby enabling the Company, through Jiuxin Management, to receive a majority of their respective expected residual returns.
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Additionally, as Jiuzhou Pharmacy, Jiuzhou Clinic and Jiuzhou Service are under common control, the consolidated financial statements have been prepared as if the transactions had occurred retroactively as to the beginning of the reporting period of these consolidated financial statements.
Control and common control are defined under the accounting standards as “an individual, enterprise, or immediate family members who hold more than 50 percent of the voting ownership interest of each entity.” Because the Owners collectively own 100% of Jiuzhou Pharmacy, Jiuzhou Clinic and Jiuzhou Service, and have agreed to vote their interests in concert since the establishment of each of these three companies as memorialized the Voting Rights Proxy Agreement, the Company believes that the Owners collectively have control and common control of the three companies. Accordingly, the Company believes that Jiuzhou Pharmacy, Jiuzhou Clinic and Jiuzhou Service were constructively held under common control by Jiuxin Management as of the time the Contractual Agreements were entered into, establishing Jiuxin Management as their primary beneficiary. Jiuxin Management, in turn, is owned by Renovation, which is owned by the Company.
Risks and Uncertainties
The operations of the Company are located in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations may be influenced by political, economic, and legal environments in the PRC, as well as by the general state of the PRC economy. The Company’s operations in the PRC are subject to special considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in North America and Western Europe. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic and legal environment and foreign currency exchange. The Company’s results may be adversely affected by changes in the political, regulatory and social conditions in the PRC. Although the Company has not experienced losses from these situations and believes that it is in compliance with existing laws and regulations including its organization and structure disclosed in Note 1, this may not be indicative of future results.
The Company has significant cash deposits with suppliers in order to obtain and maintain inventory. The Company’s ability to obtain products and maintain inventory at existing and new locations is dependent upon its ability to post and maintain significant cash deposits with its suppliers. In the PRC, many vendors are unwilling to extend credit terms for product sales that require cash deposits to be made. The Company does not generally receive interest on any of its supplier deposits, and such deposits are subject to loss as a result of the creditworthiness or bankruptcy of the party who holds such funds, as well as the risk from illegal acts such as conversion, fraud, theft or dishonesty associated with the third party. If these circumstances were to arise, the Company would find it difficult or impossible, due to the unpredictability of legal proceedings in China, to recover all or a portion of the amount on deposit with its vendors or landlords.
Members of the current management team own controlling interests in the Company and are also the Owners of the VIEs in the PRC. The Company only controls the VIEs through contractual arrangements which obligate it to absorb the risk of loss and to receive the residual expected returns. As such, the controlling shareholders of the Company and the VIEs could cancel these agreements or permit them to expire at the end of the agreement terms, as a result of which the Company would not retain control of the VIEs.
Use of estimates
The preparation of unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, 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. The significant estimates made in the preparation of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements relate to the assessment of the carrying values of accounts receivable, advances to suppliers and related allowance for doubtful accounts, useful lives of property and equipment, and fair value of its purchase option derivative liability. Because of the use of estimates inherent in the financial reporting process, actual results could materially differ from those estimates.
Fair value measurements
The Company has adopted ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. It does not require any new fair value measurements, but provides guidance on how to measure fair value by providing a fair value hierarchy used to classify the source of the information. It establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy of valuation techniques based on observable and unobservable inputs, which may be used to measure fair value and include the following:
Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
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Level 2 – Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
Classification within the hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
The Company's financial assets and liabilities, which include financial instruments as defined by ASC 820, include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, long-term debt and derivatives. The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, Financial assets available for sales, accounts receivable, notes receivables, and accounts payable are a reasonable approximation of fair value due to the short maturities of these instruments (Level 1). The carrying amount of notes payable approximates fair value based on borrowing rates of similar bank loan currently available to the Company (Level 2) (See Note 13). The carrying amount of the Company's derivative instruments is recorded at fair value and is determined based on observable inputs that are corroborated by market data (Level 2). As of June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, the fair values of our derivative instruments that were carried at fair value. (See Note 17)
Revenue recognition
Revenue from sales of prescription medicine at the drugstores is recognized when the prescription is filled and the customer picks up and pays for the prescription.
Revenue from sales of other merchandise at the drugstores is recognized at the point of sale, which is when a customer pays for and receives the merchandise. Sales of drugs reimbursed by the local government medical insurance agency and receivables from the agency are recognized when a customer pays for the drugs at a store. Based on historical experience, a reserve for potential loss from denial of reimbursement on certain unqualified drugs is made to the receivables from the government agency.
Revenue from medical services is recognized after the service has been rendered to a customer.
Revenue from online pharmacy sales is recognized when merchandise is delivered to customers. While most deliveries take one day, certain deliveries may take longer depending on a customer’s location. Any loss caused in a shipment will be reimbursed by the Company’s courier company. In addition, a proper sales discount is made to account for the potential loss from returns from customers. Historically, sales returns have been minimal.
Revenue from sales of merchandise to non-retail customers is recognized when the following conditions are met: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists (sales agreements and customer purchase orders are used to determine the existence of an arrangement); (2) delivery of goods has occurred and risks and benefits of ownership have been transferred, which is when the goods are received by the customer at its designated location in accordance with the sales terms; (3) the sales price is fixed or determinable; and (4) collectability is probable. Historically, sales returns have been minimal.
The Company’s revenue is net of value added tax (“VAT”) collected on behalf of PRC tax authorities in respect to the sales of merchandise. VAT collected from customers, net of VAT paid for purchases, is recorded as a liability in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets until it is paid to the relevant PRC tax authorities.
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Restricted cash
The Company’s restricted cash consists of cash in a bank as security for its notes payable. The Company has notes payable outstanding with the bank and is required to keep certain amounts on deposit that are subject to withdrawal restrictions. The notes payable are generally short term in nature due to their short maturity period of six to nine months; thus, restricted cash is classified as a current asset.
Accounts receivable
Accounts receivable represents the following: (1) amounts due from banks relating to retail sales that are paid or settled by the customers’ debit or credit cards, (2) amounts due from government social security bureaus and commercial health insurance programs relating to retail sales of drugs, prescription medicine, and medical services that are paid or settled by the customers’ medical insurance cards, (3) amounts due from non-bank third party payment instruments such as Alipay from certain e-commerce platforms and (4) amounts due from non-retail customers for sales of merchandise.
Accounts receivable are recorded at net realizable value consisting of the carrying amount less an allowance for uncollectible accounts, as necessary. In the Company’s retail business, accounts receivable mainly consist of reimbursements due from the government insurance bureaus and commercial health insurance programs and are usually collected within two or three months. The Company directly writes off delinquent account balances, which is determined to be uncollectible after confirming with the appropriate bureau or program each month. Additionally, the Company also makes estimated reserves on related outstanding accounts receivable based on historical trend.
In the Company’s online pharmacy business, accounts receivables primarily consist of amounts due from non-bank third party payment instruments such as Alipay from certain e-commerce platforms. To purchase pharmaceutical products from the e-commerce platforms such as Tmall, customers are required to pay to certain non-bank third party payment instruments such as Alipay, which, in turn, will reimburse the Company within seven days to a month. Except for customer returns of sold products, the receivables from these payments instruments are rarely uncollectible.
In its wholesale business, the Company uses the aging method to estimate the allowance for anticipated uncollectible receivable balances. Under the aging method, bad debt percentages are determined by management, based on historical experience and the current economic climate, are applied to customers’ balances categorized by the number of months the underlying invoices have remained outstanding. At each reporting period, the allowance balance is adjusted to reflect the amount computed as a result of the aging method. When facts subsequently become available to indicate that the allowance provided requires an adjustment, a corresponding adjustment is made to the allowance account as a change in estimate.
Advances to suppliers
Advances to suppliers consist of prepayments to our vendors such as pharmaceutical manufacturers and other distributors. Since the acquisition of Jiuxin Medicine, we have transferred almost all logistics services of our retail drugstores to Jiuxin Medicine. Jiuzhou Pharmacy only makes purchase on certain non-medical products such as sundry.
Advances to suppliers for our drug wholesale business consist of prepayments to our vendors such as pharmaceutical manufacturers and other distributors. We typically receive products from vendors within three to nine months after making prepayments. We continuously monitor delivery from and payments to our vendors while maintaining a provision for estimated credit losses based upon historical experience and any specific supplier issues such as discontinuing of inventory supply that have been identified. If we are having difficulty receiving products from a vendor, we take the following steps: cease purchasing products from the vendor, ask for return of our prepayment promptly, and if necessary, take legal actions. If all of these steps are unsuccessful, management then determines whether or not the prepayments should be reserved or written off. we have tightened our customer credit policy and strengthened monitoring of uncollected receivables.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using the first in first out (FIFO) method. Market is the lower of replacement cost or net realizable value. The Company carries out physical inventory counts on a monthly basis at each store and warehouse location. Herbs that the Company farms are recorded at their cost, which includes direct costs such as seed selection, fertilizer, and labor costs that are spent in growing herbs on the leased farmland, and indirect costs such as amortization of farmland development cost. Since April 2014, amortization of farmland development cost has been expensed instead of allocated into inventory due to unpredictable future market value of planted gingko trees. All the costs are accumulated until the time of harvest and then allocated to harvested herbs costs when they are sold. The Company periodically reviews its inventory and records write-downs to inventories for shrinkage losses and damaged merchandise that are identified. The Company provides a reserve for estimated inventory obsolescence or excess quantities on hand equal to the difference between the cost of the inventory and its estimated realizable value.
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Property and equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation or amortization. Depreciation is calculated on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, taking into consideration the assets’ estimated residual value. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of lease term or remaining lease period of the underlying assets. Following are the estimated useful lives of the Company’s property and equipment:
Estimated Useful Life | ||||
Leasehold improvements | 3-10 years | |||
Motor vehicles | 3-5 years | |||
Office equipment & furniture | 3-5 years | |||
Buildings | 35 years |
Maintenance, repairs and minor renewals are charged to expense as incurred. Major additions and betterment to property and equipment are capitalized.
Intangibles
Intangible assets are acquired individually or as part of a group of assets, and are initially recorded at their fair value. The cost of a group of assets acquired in a transaction is allocated to the individual assets based on their relative fair values.
The estimated useful lives of the Company’s intangible assets are as follows:
Estimated Useful Life | ||||
Land use right | 50 years | |||
Software | 3 years |
The Company evaluates intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the assets might be impaired.
Impairment of long lived assets
The Company evaluates long lived tangible and intangible assets for impairment, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable from its estimated future cash flows. Recoverability is measured by comparing the assets’ net book value to the related projected undiscounted cash flows from these assets, considering a number of factors including past operating results, budgets, economic projections, market trends and product development cycles. If the net book value of the asset exceeds the related undiscounted cash flows, the asset is considered impaired, and a second test is performed to measure the amount of impairment loss. There were no fixed assets and farmland assets impaired as of June 30, 2015. (See Note 6 and 9)
Notes payable
During the normal course of business, the Company regularly issues bank acceptance bills as a payment method to settle outstanding accounts payables with various material suppliers. The Company records such bank acceptance bills as notes payable. Such notes payable are generally short term in nature due to their short maturity period of six to nine months.
Income taxes
The Company records income taxes pursuant to the accounting standards for income taxes. These standards require the recognition of deferred income tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between income tax basis and financial reporting basis of assets and liabilities. Provision for income taxes consists of taxes currently due and the net change in deferred taxes. A valuation allowance is recognized if it is more likely than not that some portion, or all of, a deferred tax asset will not be realized.
Value added tax
Sales revenue represents the invoiced value of goods, net of VAT. All of the Company’s products are sold in the PRC and are subject to a VAT on the gross sales price. The VAT rates range up to 17%, depending on the type of products sold. The VAT may be offset by VAT paid by the Company on raw materials and other materials included in the cost of producing or acquiring its finished products. The Company recorded a VAT payable net of payments in the accompanying financial statements.
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The accounting standards clarify the accounting and disclosure requirements for uncertain tax positions and prescribe a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The accounting standards also provide guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosures, and transition. No significant penalties, uncertain tax provisions or interest relating to income taxes were incurred during the periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014.
All of the tax returns of the Company have been and remain subject to examination by the tax authorities for five years from the date of filing.
Stock based compensation
The Company follows the provisions of ASC 718, “Compensation — Stock Compensation,” which establishes accounting for non-employee and employee stock-based awards. Under the provisions of ASC 718, the fair value of stock issued is used to measure the fair value of services received as the Company believes such approach is a more reliable method of measuring the fair value of the services. For non-employee stock-based awards, fair value is measured based on the value of the Company’s common stock on the date that the commitment for performance by the counterparty has been reached or the counterparty’s performance is complete. The fair value of the equity instrument is calculated and then recognized as compensation expense over the requisite performance period. For employee stock-based awards, share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as expense with graded vesting on a straight–line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award.
Advertising and promotion costs
Advertising and promotion costs are expensed as incurred and amounted to $63,166 and $49,918 for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Such costs consist primarily of print and promotional materials such as flyers to local communities.
Operating leases
The Company leases premises for retail drugstores, offices and wholesale warehouse under non-cancelable operating leases. Operating lease payments are expensed over the term of lease. A majority of the Company’s retail drugstore leases have a 3 to 8-year term with a renewal option upon the expiration of the lease; the wholesale warehouse lease has a 10-year term with a renewal option upon the expiration of the lease. The Company has historically been able to renew a majority of its drugstores leases. Under the terms of the lease agreements, the Company has no legal or contractual asset retirement obligations at the end of the lease. Land leased from the government is amortized on a straight-line basis over a 30-year term.
Foreign currency translation
The Company uses the United States dollar (“U.S. dollars” or “USD”) for financial reporting purposes. The Company’s subsidiaries and VIEs maintain their books and records in their functional currency the Renminbi (“RMB”), the currency of the PRC.
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In general, for consolidation purposes, the Company translates the assets and liabilities of its subsidiaries and VIEs into U.S. dollars using the applicable exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date, and the statements of income and cash flows are translated at average exchange rates during the reporting period. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the statement of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheet. Equity accounts are translated at historical rates. Adjustments resulting from the translation of the financial statements of the subsidiaries and VIEs are recorded as accumulated other comprehensive income.
The balance sheet amounts, with the exception of equity, at June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015 were translated at 1 RMB to $0.1637 USD and at 1 RMB to $0.1634 USD, respectively. The average translation rates applied to income and cash flow statement amounts for the three months ended June 30, 2015and 2014 were at 1 RMB to $0.1638 USD and at 1 RMB to $0.1623 USD, respectively.
Concentrations and credit risk
Certain financial instruments, which subject the Company to concentration of credit risk, consist of cash and restricted cash. The Company has cash balances at financial institutions located in Hong Kong and PRC. Balances at financial institutions in Hong Kong may, from time to time, exceed Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board’s insured limits. Balances at financial institutions and state-owned banks within the PRC are not covered by insurance. As of June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, the Company had deposits totaling $15,066,336 and $12,563,579 that were not covered by insurance, respectively. To date, the Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts.
For the three months ended June 30, 2015, one vendor accounted for 16.5% of the Company’s total purchases and one vendor accounted for 11.2% of total advances to suppliers. For the three months ended June 30, 2014, no vendors accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total purchases. The largest vendor accounted for 9% of the Company’s total purchases and one vendor accounted for 11% of total advances to suppliers.
For the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, no customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s total sales or accounts receivable.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Topic 606. This Update affects any entity that either enters into contracts with customers to transfer goods or services or enters into contracts for the transfer of nonfinancial assets, unless those contracts are within the scope of other standards. The guidance in this Update supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605, Revenue Recognition and most industry-specific guidance. The core principle of the guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to illustrate the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new guidance also includes a cohesive set of disclosure requirements that will provide users of financial statements with comprehensive information about the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from a reporting organization’s contracts with customers. This ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2016 for public companies and 2017 for non-public entities. Management is evaluating the effect, if any, on the Company’s financial position and results of operations.
In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, “Disclosure of Uncertainties About an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern”, which requires management to perform interim and annual assessments of an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date the financial statements are issued and provides guidance on determining when and how to disclose going concern uncertainties in the financial statements. Certain disclosures will be required if conditions give rise to substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. ASU 2014-15 applies to all entities and is effective for annual and interim reporting periods ending after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. Management is evaluating the effect, if any, on the Company’s financial position and results of operations.
In November 2014, FASB issued ASU No. 2014-16, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Determining Whether the Host Contract in a Hybrid Financial Instrument Issued in the Form of a Share Is More Akin to Debt or to Equity (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force).The amendments permit the use of the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (also referred to as the Overnight Index Swap Rate, or OIS) as a benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes. Public business entities are required to implement the new requirements in fiscal years (and interim periods within those fiscal years) beginning after December 15, 2015. All other types of entities are required to implement the new requirements in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2014-16 to have material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statement.
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In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-02, "Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis” (“ASU 2015-02”). The amendments in this update affect reporting entities that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. All legal entities are subject to reevaluation under the revised consolidation model. ASU 2015-02 is effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. If an entity early adopts the amendments in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2015-02 on our consolidated financial statements.
In June 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-10, “Technical Corrections and Improvements” (“ASU 2015-10”). The amendments in ASU 2015-10 cover a wide range of Topics in the Accounting Standards Codification (the “ASC”). The amendments in ASU 2015-10 represent changes to clarify the ASC, correct unintended application of guidance, or make minor improvements to the ASC that are not expected to have a significant effect on current accounting practice or create a significant administrative cost to most entities. Additionally, some of the amendments will make the ASC easier to understand and easier to apply by eliminating inconsistencies, providing needed clarifications, and improving the presentation of guidance in the ASC. Transition guidance varies based on the amendments in ASU 2015-10. The amendments in ASU 2015-10 that require transition guidance are effective for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. All other amendments will be effective upon the issuance of ASU 2015-10. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2015-02 on our consolidated financial statements.
In July 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2015-11, “Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory” (“ASU 2015-11”). The amendments in this update require an entity to measure inventory within the scope of ASU 2015-11 (the amendments in ASU 2015-11 do not apply to inventory that is measured using last-in, first-out or the retail inventory method. The amendments apply to all other inventory, which includes inventory that is measured using first-in, first-out or average cost) at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. Subsequent measurement is uncharged for inventory measured using last-in, first-out or the retail inventory method. The amendments in ASU 2015-11 more closely align the measurement of inventory in U.S. GAAP with the measurement of inventory in International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). ASU 2015-11 is effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The amendments in ASU 2015-11 should be applied prospectively with earlier application permitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2015-02 on our consolidated financial statements.
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NOTE 3 – FINANCIAL ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR SALE
As of June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, financial assets available for sale amounted to $1,309,600(RMB 8,000,000) and $1,307,200(RMB 8,000,000), respectively. On February 4, 2015, the Company purchased from Bank of Hangzhou a wealth-management product called “Fortune 99”, which bears the interest rate of 5.45% and has been paid back to the Company on August 4, 2015.
NOTE 4 – TRADE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Trade accounts receivable consisted of the following:
June 30, 2015 | March 31, 2015 | |||||||
Accounts receivable | $ | 9,949,598 | $ | 12,108,561 | ||||
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts | (2,215,460 | ) | (2,870,818 | ) | ||||
Trade accounts receivable, net | $ | 7,734,138 | $ | 9,237,743 |
For the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, $60,332 and $64,858 in accounts receivable were directly written off, respectively. Additionally, for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, no accounts receivable were written off against previous allowance for doubtful accounts, respectively.
Note 5 – OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
Other current assets consisted of the following:
June 30, 2015 | March 31, 2015 | |||||||
Prepaid rental expenses(1) | $ | 1,313,736 | $ | 1,712,018 | ||||
Prepaid and other current assets | 489,718 | 488,820 | ||||||
Total | $ | 1,803,454 | $ | 2,200,838 |
(1) | As the Company opened new stores, prepaid rental expenses increased. |
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Note 6 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment consisted of the following:
June 30, 2015 | March 31, 2015 | |||||||
Building | $ | 1,755,202 | $ | 1,751,986 | ||||
Leasehold improvements | 12,887,368 | 12,792,714 | ||||||
Farmland development cost | 1,957,753 | 1,954,165 | ||||||
Office equipment and furniture | 5,988,281 | 5,949,193 | ||||||
Motor vehicles | 668,654 | 667,428 | ||||||
Total | 23,257,258 | 23,115,486 | ||||||
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (14,042,565 | ) | (13,606,043 | ) | ||||
Impairment | (2,457,165 | ) | (2,452,662 | ) | ||||
Property and equipment, net | $ | 6,757,528 | $ | 7,056,781 |
Total depreciation expense for property and equipment was $411,793 and $494,082 for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. There were no fixed assets impaired in the three months ended June 30, 2015. For the year ended March 31, 2015, $1,053,765 of fixed assets in Jiuyingtang was impaired due to the estimated fair value being lower than the carrying value.
Note 7 – ADVANCES TO SUPPLIERS
Advances to suppliers consist of deposits with or advances to outside vendors for future inventory purchases. Most of the Company’s vendors require a certain amount of money to be deposited with them as a guarantee that the Company will receive its purchase on a timely basis. This amount is refundable and bears no interest. As of June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, advance to suppliers consist of the following:
June 30, 2015 | March 31, 2015 | |||||||
Advance to suppliers | $ | 6,994,011 | $ | 5,942,866 | ||||
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts | (1,151,652 | ) | (1,225,514 | ) | ||||
Advance to suppliers, net | $ | 5,842,359 | $ | 4,717,352 |
For the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, none of the advances to suppliers were written off against previous allowance for doubtful accounts, respectively.
Note 8 – INVENTORY
Inventory consisted of finished goods, which were $11,771,178 and $10,538,591 as of June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively. The Company constantly monitors its potential obsolete products and is allowed to return products close to expiration dates to its suppliers, Any loss on damaged items is immaterial and will be recognized immediately, As a result, no reserves were made as of June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015.
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Note 9 – FARMLAND ASSETS
Farmland assets are ginkgo trees planted in 2012 and expected to be harvested and sold in several years. As of June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, farmland assets consisted of the following:
June 30, | March 31, | |||||||
2015 | 2015 | |||||||
Farmland assets | $ | 2,616,184 | $ | 2,530,558 | ||||
Less: impairments* | (827,715 | ) | (826,199 | ) | ||||
Farmland assets, net | $ | 1,788,469 | $ | 1,704,359 |
* The estimated fair value is estimated to be lower than its investment value in fiscal 2014 and 2015. The slight increase in the impairment amount from March 31, 2015 to June 30, 2015 is caused by exchange rate variance.
Note 10 – LONG TERM DEPOSITS, LANDLORDS
As of June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, long term deposits amounted to $2,588,769 and $2,584,025, respectively. Long term deposits are money deposited with or advanced to landlords for securing retail store leases for which the Company does not anticipate applying or being returned within the next twelve months. Most of the Company’s landlords require a minimum of nine months’ rent being paid upfront plus additional deposits.
Note 11 – OTHER NONCURRENT ASSETS
Other noncurrent assets consisted of prepayment for lease of land use right, which were $2,739,819 and $2,734,798 as of June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively.
The prepayment for lease of land use right is a payment made to a local government in connection with entering into a 30-year operating land lease agreement. The land is currently used to cultivate Ginkgo trees. This prepayment includes a deposit of $1,137,500, which will be refundable on the due date. Based on expected output from planted Gingko trees such as expected fruit production and tree market value, the fair value of the lease prepayment was lower than carrying cost. As a result, the Company recorded impairment on the lease prepayment.
The amortization of the prepayment for the lease of land use right was approximately $15,949 and $16,756 for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
The Company’s amortizations of the prepayment for lease of land use right for the next five years and thereafter are as follows:
Years ending June 30, | Amount | |||
2016 | $ | 63,796 | ||
2017 | 63,796 | |||
2018 | 63,796 | |||
2019 | 63,796 | |||
2020 | 63,796 | |||
Thereafter | 1,259,965 |
Note 12– INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Net intangible assets consisted of the following at:
June 30, 2015 | March 31, 2015 | |||||||
License (1) | $ | 1,573,157 | $ | 1,570,274 | ||||
Goodwill (1) | 23,667 | 23,623 | ||||||
Land use rights (2) | 1,596,329 | 1,593,403 | ||||||
Software | 477,783 | 477,302 | ||||||
Total other intangible assets | 3,670,936 | 3,664,602 | ||||||
Less: accumulated amortization | (531,567 | ) | (522,599 | ) | ||||
Intangible assets, net | $ | 3,139,369 | $ | 3,142,003 |
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Amortization expense of intangibles for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 amounted to $8,013 and $ 8,019, respectively.
(1) | As of June 30, 2015, the intangible assets with indefinite life consisted of the following, which were generated through the acquisition of Sanhao Pharmacy. |
Preliminary Fair value | Currency translation adjustment | Net carrying value | ||||||||||
Licenses* | $ | 1,566,046 | $ | 7,111 | $ | 1,573,157 | ||||||
Goodwill on acquisition of Sanhao Pharmacy | 23,560 | 107 | 23,667 | |||||||||
$ | 1,589,606 | $ | 7,218 | $ | 1,596,824 |
* This represents the fair value of the licenses of insurance applicable drugstores acquired from Sanhao Pharmacy. The licenses allow patients to pay by the insurance card at stores and the stores can get reimbursed from the Human Resource and Social Security Department of Hangzhou City.
(2) | In July 2013, the Company purchased the land use right of a plot of farmland in Lin’An, Hangzhou, intended for the establishment of an herb processing plant in the future. However, as our farming business in Lin’An has not grown, the Company does not expect completion of the plant in near future. |
Note 13 – NOTES PAYABLE
The Company has credit facilities with Hangzhou United Bank (“HUB”), Bank of Hangzhou (“BOH”) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (“ICBC”) that provided working capital in the form of the following bank acceptance notes at June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015:
Origination | Maturity | June 30, | March 31, | |||||||||||||
Beneficiary | Endorser | date | date | 2015 | 2015 | |||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(1) | HUB | 08/05/14 | 08/04/15 | 1,637,000 | 1,634,000 | |||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(1) | HUB | 10/09/14 | 04/09/15 | - | 784,320 | |||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(1) | HUB | 10/09/14 | 04/09/15 | - | 1,187,918 | |||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(1) | HUB | 12/05/14 | 06/05/15 | - | 1,329,651 | |||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(1) | HUB | 12/26/14 | 06/26/15 | - | 1,601,320 | |||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(1) | HUB | 03/04/15 | 09/04/15 | 1,473,300 | 1,470,600 | |||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(1) | HUB | 03/13/14 | 09/13/15 | 605,690 | 604,580 | |||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(2) | BOH | 11/06/14 | 05/06/15 | 2,908,520 | ||||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(2) | BOH | 02/09/15 | 08/09/15 | 1,997,140 | 1,993,480 | |||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(3) | ICBC | 12/26/14 | 06/25/15 | 2,238,580 | ||||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(1) | HUB | 04/08/15 | 10/08/15 | 1,653,370 | - | |||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(3) | ICBC | 04/10/15 | 10/09/15 | 454,922 | ||||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(1) | HUB | 05/15/15 | 11/15/15 | 1,564,972 | ||||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(2) | BOH | 06/04/15 | 12/04/15 | 2,422,760 | ||||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(1) | HUB | 06/29/15 | 12/29/15 | 2,532,439 | ||||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(1) | HUB | 04/22/15 | 04/21/16 | 1,637,000 | ||||||||||||
Jiuzhou Pharmacy(1) | HUB | 04/29/15 | 04/28/16 | 3,519,550 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 19,498,143 | $ | 15,752,969 |
(1) | As of March 31, 2015, the Company had $8,612,389 (RMB52,707,400) of notes payable from HUB. The Company is required to hold restricted cash of $36,921,220 (RMB52, 707,400) with HUB as collateral against these bank notes. As of June 30, 2015, the Company had $14,623,321 (RMB 119,109,000) of notes payable from HUB. The Company is required to hold restricted cash of $ 11,725,831 (RMB71,630,000) with HUB as collateral against these bank notes. |
(2) | As of March 31, 2015, the Company had $4,902,000 (RMB30,000,000) of notes payable from BOH. The land use right of the farmland in Lin’An, Hangzhou is pledged as collateral for these bank acceptance notes (see Note 12). The Company is required to hold restricted cash of $2,287,600 (RMB 14,000,000) with BOH as collateral against these bank notes. As of June 30, 2015, the Company had $4,419,900 (RMB 27,000,000) of notes payable from BOH. The land use right of the farmland in Lin’An, Hangzhou is pledged as collateral for these bank acceptance notes (see Note 12). The Company is required to hold restricted cash of $1,948,030 (RMB 11,900,000) with BOH as collateral against these bank notes. |
(3) | As of March 31, 2015, the Company had $2,238,580 (RMB 13,700,000) of notes payable from ICBC, with restricted cash of $671,574 (RMB 4,110,000) held at the bank. As of June 30, 2015, the Company had $454,922 (RMB 2,779,000) of notes payable from ICBC, with restricted cash of $136,477(RMB833,700) held at the bank. |
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As of June 30, 2015, the Company had a credit line of approximately $10.33 million in the aggregate from HUB, BOH and ICBC. By putting up the restricted cash of $13.81 million deposited in the banks, the total credit line was $24.14 million. As of June 30, 2015, the Company had approximately $19.50 million of bank notes payable and approximately $4.64 million bank credit line was still available for further borrowing. The bank notes are also secured by buildings owned by the Company’s major shareholders, land use rights of Jiutong Medical, a shop of Jiuzhou Pharmacy, guaranteed by Jiuxin Medical and guaranteed by Zhejiang JinQiao Guarantee Company and Hangzhou Small and Medium sized Guarantee CO., Ltd.
At June 30, 2015, the fair value of the Company’s notes payable was estimated, using Level 2 inputs, at $19,120,000 compared to a carrying amount of $19,498,143. At March 31, 2015, the fair value of the Company’s notes payable was estimated, using Level 2 inputs, at $15,743,000 compared to a carrying amount of $15,752,969. The fair values were estimated using an income approach by applying market interest rates for comparable instruments.
The following tables summarize the fair values by input hierarchy of items measured at fair value:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||
March 31, 2015 | - | 15,743,000 | - | 15,743,000 | ||||||||||||
June 30, 2015 | - | 19,120,000 | - | 19,120,000 |
Note 14 – TAXES
Income tax
The Company is subject to income taxes on an entity basis on income arising in or derived from the tax jurisdiction in which each entity is domiciled.
Entity | Income Tax Jurisdiction | |
Jo-Jo Drugstores | United States | |
Renovation | Hong Kong, PRC | |
All other entities | Mainland, PRC |
The following table reconciles the U.S. statutory tax rates with the Company's effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:
For the three months ended June 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
U.S. Statutory rates | 34.0 | % | 34.0 | % | ||||
Foreign income not recognized in the U.S. | (34.0 | ) | (34.0 | ) | ||||
China income taxes | 25.0 | 25.0 | ||||||
Change in valuation allowance | (25.0 | ) | (25.0 | ) | ||||
Others (1) | (42.6 | ) | (4.9 | ) | ||||
Effective tax rate | (42.6 | )% | (4.9 | )% |
(1) | The (42.6)% and (4.9)% for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 represents loss incurred in unprofitable subsidiaries that are not deductible for profitable subsidiaries as these subsidiaries filed tax returns separately in China, and expenses incurred by the Company that were not deductible for PRC income tax. |
Jo-Jo Drugstores is incorporated in the U.S. and incurred a net operating loss for income tax purposes for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014. As of June 30, 2015, the estimated net operating loss carry forwards for U.S. income tax purposes amounted to $1,503,000 which may be available to reduce future years’ taxable income. These carry forwards will expire, if not utilized by 2032. Management believes that the realization of the benefits arising from this loss appears to be uncertain due to the Company’s limited operating history and continuing losses for U.S. income tax purposes. Accordingly, the Company has provided a 100% valuation allowance at June 30, 2015. There was no net change in the valuation allowance for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014. Management reviews this valuation allowance periodically and makes adjustments as necessary.
Taxes payable at June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015 consisted of the following:
June 30, 2015 | March 31, 2015 | |||||||
VAT | $ | 386,471 | $ | 301,149 | ||||
Income tax | 64,206 | 8,007 | ||||||
Others | 33,518 | 18,955 | ||||||
Total taxes payable | $ | 484,195 | $ | 328,111 |
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Note 15– POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS
Regulations in the PRC require the Company to contribute to a defined contribution retirement plan for all permanent employees. The contribution for each employee is based on a percentage of the employee’s current compensation as required by the local government. The Company contributed $223,011and $190,498 in employment benefits and pension for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Note 16– RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS
Amounts payable to related parties are summarized as follows:
June 30, 2015 | March 31, 2015 | |||||||
Due to cofounders (1): | $ | 576,818 | $ | 576,818 | ||||
Due to a director and CEO (2): | 2,286,692 | 2,152,922 | ||||||
Total | $ | 2,863,510 | $ | 2,729,740 |
(1) | As of June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, amount due to cofounders represents contributions from the Owners to Jiuxin Management to enable Jiuxin Management to meet its approved PRC registered capital requirements. |
(2) | Due to foreign exchange restrictions, the Company’s director and CEO, Mr. Lei Liu personally lent U.S. dollars to the Company to facilitate its payments of expenses in the United States. |
As of June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, notes payable totaling $7,829,771 and $5,790,471 were secured by the personal properties of certain of the Company’s shareholders, respectively.
The Company leases from Mr. Lei Liu a retail space which expires in September 2015. Rent expense amounted to $ 24,570 and $24,342 for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The amounts were paid to Mr. Liu as of June 30, 2015.
Note 17 – WARRANTS
On September 26, 2013, as annual compensation for its financial advisory service, the Company issued a warrant to a financial consulting firm to purchase up to 150,000 shares of common stock at $1.20 per share. The warrant is exercisable from September 26, 2013 to September 25, 2016.
Because the warrant is denominated in U.S. dollars and the Company’s functional currency is the RMB, it does not meet the requirements of the accounting standard to be indexed only to the Company’s stock. Accordingly, it is accounted for at fair value as derivative liabilities and marked to market price each period.
The warrant does not trade in an active securities market, and as such, the Company estimates its fair value using the Black-Scholes Model on the date that the warrant was originally issued and as of June 30, 2015 using the following assumptions:
Common Stock Warrants | Common Stock Warrants | |||||||
June 30, 2015 (1) | March31, 2015 | |||||||
Stock price | $ | 3.28 | $ | 2.82 | ||||
Exercise price | $ | 1.20 | $ | 1.20 | ||||
Annual dividend yield | 0 | % | 0 | % | ||||
Expected term (years) | 1.24 | 1.49 | ||||||
Risk-free interest rate | 0.28 | % | 0.67 | % | ||||
Expected volatility | 102.98 | % | 116.88 | % |
(1) | As of June 30, 2015, the warrant had not been exercised. |
On September 26, 2013, the issue date of the warrant, the Company classified its fair value as a liability of $33,606. The Company recognized a loss of $42,840 and gain of $86,312 from the change in fair value of the warrant liability for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and June 30, 2014, respectively. As a result, the warrant liability is carried on the consolidated balance sheets at the fair value of $358,164 and $ $315,325 for the three month ended June 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively.
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Note 18 – STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
Stock-based compensation
The Company accounts for share-based payment awards granted to employees and directors by recording compensation expense based on estimated fair values. The Company estimates the fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. Share-based awards are attributed to expense using the straight-line method over the vesting period. The Company determines the value of each option award that contains a market condition using a Monte Carlo Simulation valuation model, while all other option awards are valued using the Black-Scholes valuation model as permitted under ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of share-based payment awards represent the Company’s best estimates. The Company’s estimates of the fair values of stock options granted and the resulting amounts of share-based compensation recognized may be impacted by certain variables including stock price volatility, employee stock option exercise behaviors, additional stock option modifications, estimates of forfeitures, and the related income tax impact.
Stock option
On November 18, 2014, the Company granted a total of 967,000 shares of stock options under the Plan to a group of a total of 46 grantees including directors, officers and employees. The exercise price of the stock option is $2.50. The option vests in three years on November 18, 2017, provided that the grantees are still employed by the Company on such a date. The options will be exercisable for five years from the vesting date, or November 18, 2017 until November 17, 2022. For the three months ended June 30, 2015, $124,033 was recorded as compensation expense.
A summary of the Company's stock option activities is as follows:
Options | Weighted- average exercise price | Weighted- average remaining contractual term (years) | Aggregate intrinsic value | |||||||||||||
Outstanding at March 31, 2015 | - | $ | - | - | - | |||||||||||
Granted | 967,000 | 2.50 | 7.63 | 309,440 | ||||||||||||
Exercised | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Forfeited or expired | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Outstanding at June 30, 2015 | 967,000 | $ | 2.50 | 7.38 | $ | 754,260 | ||||||||||
Exercisable at June 30, 2015 | - | $ | - | - | $ | - | ||||||||||
Vested or expected to vest | 967,000 | $ | 2.50 | 7.38 | $ | 754,260 |
The weighted-average grant date fair values were determined using the Black- Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:
Three months ended June 30, 2015 | ||||
Fair value of stock options granted | $ | 1.54 | ||
Expected volatility | 123.19 | % | ||
Expected term (years) | 5.00 | |||
Risk-free interest rate | 1.65 | % | ||
Annual dividend yield | 0 | % |
For purposes of determining the expected term and in the absence of historical data relating to stock option exercises, the Company applies a simplified approach: the expected term of awards granted is presumed to be the mid-point between the vesting date and the end of the contractual term. The Company uses the annual volatility of its daily closing price for expected volatility. The risk-free interest rate for periods within the expected or contractual life of the option, as applicable, is based on the United States Treasury yield curve in effect during the period the options were granted. The Company's expected dividend yield is zero.
As of June 30, 2015, there was $1.2 million of total unrecognized compensation costs related to stock option compensation arrangements granted which is expected to be recognized over the remaining weighted-average period of 2.38 years.
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Statutory reserve
Statutory reserves represent restricted retained earnings. Based on their legal formation, the Company is required to set aside 10% of its net income as reported in their statutory accounts on an annual basis to the Statutory Surplus Reserve Fund (the “Reserve Fund”). Once the total amount set aside in the Reserve Fund reaches 50% of the entity’s registered capital, further appropriations become discretionary. The Reserve Fund can be used to increase the entity’s registered capital upon approval by relevant government authorities or eliminate its future losses under PRC GAAP upon a resolution by its board of directors. The Reserve Fund is not distributable to shareholders, as cash dividend or otherwise, except in the event of liquidation.
Appropriations to the Reserve Fund are accounted for as a transfer from unrestricted earnings to statutory reserves. During the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company did not make appropriations to the statutory reserves.
There are no legal requirements in the PRC to fund the Reserve Fund by transfer of cash to any restricted accounts, and the Company does not do so.
Note 19– EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE
The Company reports earnings per share in accordance with the provisions of the FASB’s related accounting standard. This standard requires presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share in conjunction with the disclosure of the methodology used in computing such earnings per share. Basic earnings per share excludes dilution, but includes vested restricted stocks and is computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share takes into account the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised and converted into common stock.
The following is a reconciliation of the basic and diluted earnings per share computation:
Three months ended | ||||||||
June 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
Net earnings (loss) attributable to controlling interest | $ | 110,611 | $ | (346,737 | ) | |||
Weighted average shares used in basic computation | 15,650,504 | 14,416,022 | ||||||
Diluted effect of restricted shares | - | - | ||||||
Diluted effect of purchase options | 229,957 | - | ||||||
Diluted effect of warrants | 95,122 | - | ||||||
Weighted average shares used in diluted computation | 15,975,583 | 14,416,022 | ||||||
Earnings (loss) per share – Basic: | ||||||||
Net earnings (loss) before non controlling interest | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.02 | ) | |||
Add: Net earnings (loss) attributable to no controlling interest | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
Net earnings (loss) attributable to controlling interest | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.02 | ) | |||
Earnings (loss) per share – Diluted: | ||||||||
Net earnings (loss)before non controlling interest | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.02 | ) | |||
Add: Net earnings (loss) attributable to no controlling interest | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
Net earnings (loss) attributable to controlling interest | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.02 | ) |
For the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, both 105,000 and 150,000 shares, underlying outstanding purchase options and a warrant respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share as the options and the warrant were anti-dilutive.
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Note 20 – SEGMENTS
The Company operates within four main reportable segments: retail drugstores, online pharmacy, drug wholesale and herb farming. The retail drugstores segment sells prescription and over-the-counter (“OTC”) medicines, TCM, dietary supplements, medical devices, and sundry items to retail customers. The online pharmacy sells OTC drugs, dietary supplements, medical devices and sundry items to customers through several third-party platforms such as Alibaba’s Tmall, JD.com and Amazon.com, and the Company’s own platform all over China. The drug wholesale segment includes supplying the Company’s own retail drugstores with prescription and OTC medicines, TCM, dietary supplement, medical devices and sundry items (which sales have been eliminated as intercompany transactions), and also selling them to other drug vendors and hospitals. The Company’s herb farming segment cultivates selected herbs for sales to other drug vendors. The Company is also involved in online sales and clinic services that do not meet the quantitative thresholds for reportable segments and are included in the retail drugstores segment.
The segments' accounting policies are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. The Company evaluates performance based on profit or loss from operations before interest and income taxes not including nonrecurring gains and losses.
The Company's reportable business segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services. Each segment is managed separately because they require different operations and markets to distinct classes of customers.
The following table presents summarized information by segment of the continuing operation for the three months ended June 30, 2015:
Retail drugstores | Online pharmacy | Drug wholesale | Herb farming | Total | ||||||||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 12,170,888 | $ | 5,965,768 | $ | 3,174,636 | $ | - | $ | 21,311,292 | ||||||||||
Cost of goods | 9,037,894 | 4,944,283 | 2,953,432 | - | 16,935,609 | |||||||||||||||
Gross profit | $ | 3,132,994 | $ | 1,021,485 | $ | 221,204 | $ | - | $ | 4,375,683 | ||||||||||
Selling expenses | 2,574,468 | 407,250 | 114,651 | - | 3,096,369 | |||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | 1,099,722 | 231,615 | (419,398 | )* | 8,291 | 920,230 | ||||||||||||||
(Loss) income from operations | $ | (541,196 | ) | $ | 382,620 | $ | 525,951 | $ | (8,291 | ) | $ | 359,084 | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | $ | 195,007 | $ | - | $ | 143,506 | $ | 81,294 | $ | 419,806 | ||||||||||
Total capital expenditures | $ | 86,932 | $ | 5,979 | $ | 6,482 | $ | - | $ | 99,393 |
* include the accounts receivable and advance to customer allowance reversal of $729,164.
The following table presents summarized information by segment of the continuing operation for the three months ended June 30, 2014:
Retail drugstores | Online pharmacy | Drug wholesale | Herb farming | Total | ||||||||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 10,595,759 | $ | 2,572,542 | $ | 3,290,931 | $ | - | $ | 16,459,232 | ||||||||||
Cost of goods | 8,679,889 | 2,167,365 | 3,101,359 | - | 13,948,613 | |||||||||||||||
Gross profit | $ | 1,915,870 | $ | 405,177 | $ | 189,572 | $ | - | $ | 2,510,619 | ||||||||||
Selling expenses | 1,670,389 | - | 98,188 | - | 1,768,577 | |||||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | 1,263,296 | 143,698 | (411,895 | )* | 86,102 | 1,081,201 | ||||||||||||||
(Loss) income from operations | $ | (1,017,815 | ) | $ | 261,479 | $ | 503,279 | $ | (86,102 | ) | $ | (339,159 | ) | |||||||
Depreciation and amortization | $ | 267,856 | $ | 2,161 | $ | 151,559 | $ | 80,525 | $ | 502,101 | ||||||||||
Total capital expenditures | $ | 34,227 | $ | 303 | $ | 70,152 | $ | - | $ | 104,682 |
* include the accounts receivable and advance to customer allowance reversal of $660,504.
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The Company does not have long-lived assets located outside the PRC. In accordance with the enterprise-wide disclosure requirements of FASB’s accounting standard, the Company's net revenue from external customers through its retail stores by main products is as follows:
Three months ended June 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
Prescription drugs | $ | 4,646,376 | $ | 4,420,252 | ||||
OTC drugs | 4,896,692 | 3,942,792 | ||||||
Nutritional supplements | 910,611 | 623,925 | ||||||
TCM | 1,136,509 | 1,195,634 | ||||||
Sundry products | 262,047 | 357,059 | ||||||
Medical devices | 318,653 | 56,096 | ||||||
Total | $ | 12,170,888 | $ | 10,595,759 |
The Company’s net revenue from external customers through its online pharmacy by main products is as follows:
Three months ended June 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
Prescription drugs | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
OTC Drugs | 1,880,284 | 692,843 | ||||||
Nutritional supplements | 513,744 | 149,940 | ||||||
TCM | - | - | ||||||
Sundry products | 1,226,954 | 319,970 | ||||||
Medical devices | 2,344,786 | 1,409,789 | ||||||
Total | $ | 5,965,768 | $ | 2,572,542 |
The Company’s net revenue from external customers through wholesale by main products is as follows:
Three months ended June 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
Prescription drugs | $ | 1,903,320 | $ | 1,527,495 | ||||
OTC Drugs | 1,196,778 | 1,348,529 | ||||||
Nutritional supplements | 20,585 | 136,871 | ||||||
TCM | - | 117,361 | ||||||
Sundry products | 2,933 | 103,991 | ||||||
Medical devices | 51,020 | 56,684 | ||||||
Total | $ | 3,174,636 | $ | 3,290,931 |
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Note 21 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Operating lease commitments
The Company recognizes lease expense on a straight line basis over the term of its leases in accordance with the relevant accounting standards. The Company has entered into various tenancy agreements for its store premises and for the land leased from a local government to farm herbs.
The Company’s commitments for minimum rental payments under its leases for the next five years and thereafter are as follows:
Periods ending June 30, | Retail drugstores | Online pharmacy | Drug wholesale | Herb farming | Total Amount | |||||||||||||||
2016 | $ | 3,726,985 | $ | 117,016 | $ | 189,513 | $ | - | $ | 4,033,514 | ||||||||||
2017 | 2,886,762 | 140,419 | 152,121 | - | 3,179,302 | |||||||||||||||
2018 | 2,509,543 | 140,419 | 152,121 | - | 2,802,084 | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 2,035,758 | 140,419 | 152,121 | - | 2,328,298 | |||||||||||||||
2020 | 1,101,474 | 140,419 | 152,121 | - | 1,394,014 | |||||||||||||||
Thereafter | 187,578 | 105,314 | - | - | 292,892 |
Total rent expense amounted to $ 1,249,385 and 1,182,326 for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Note 22 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company closed a registered direct placement with a single health-care focused institutional investor for the purchase of an aggregate of $3 million of its common stock at a price of $2.50 per share on July 23, 2015. The Company issued a total of 1,200,000 shares of its common stock to the investor. As part of the transaction, the Company also issued to the investor warrants for the purchase of up to 600,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.10 per share, which warrants shall be initially exercisable six months following issuance and expire five years from the date on which they are initially exercisable.
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ITEM 2. | MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS. |
The following management’s discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto and the other financial information appearing elsewhere in this item. In addition to historical information, the following discussion contains certain forward-looking statements within the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to our future plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. These statements may be identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "could," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "plan," "predict," and similar terms or terminology, or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. Although we believe the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions within the bound of our knowledge of our business, our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these statements. Factors that could contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2015 and filed with the SEC on June 29, 2015. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.
Our financial statements are prepared in U.S. Dollars and in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. See "Exchange Rates" below for information concerning the exchanges rates at which Renminbi ("RMB") were translated into U.S. Dollars (“USD” or “$”) at various pertinent dates and for pertinent periods.
Overview
We currently operate in four business segments in China: (1) retail drugstores, (2) online pharmacy, (3) wholesale of products similar to those that we carry in our pharmacies, and (4) farming and selling herbs used for traditional Chinese medicine (“TCM”).
Our drugstores offer customers a wide variety of pharmaceutical products, including prescription and over-the-counter (“OTC”) drugs, nutritional supplements, TCM, personal and family care products, and medical devices, as well as convenience products, including consumable, seasonal, and promotional items. Additionally, we have licensed doctors of both western medicine and TCM on site for consultation, examination and treatment of common ailments at scheduled hours. We currently have 59 pharmacies in Hangzhou under the store brand of “Jiuzhou Grand Pharmacy.” During the quarter ended June 30, 2015, we have neither opened nor closed pharmacies.
Since May 2010, we have also been selling certain OTC drugs, medical devices, nutritional supplements and other sundry products online. Our online pharmacy sells through several third-party platforms such as Alibaba’s Tmall, JD.com and Amazon.com, and the Company’s own platform all over China. In fiscal year 2016, we plan to primarily grow sales through our own platform significantly by closely cooperating with commercial insurance companies and selling products to customers who have bought medical insurance from these commercial insurance companies. Additionally, in order to keep top rankings in certain third-party platforms such as Tmall, we plan to spend reasonable resources in marketing our products through these third-party platforms.
We operate a wholesale business through Jiuxin Medicine distributing third-party pharmaceutical products (similar to those carried by our pharmacies) primarily to trading companies throughout China. We also farm certain herbs used in TCM but have not incurred sales in the quarter ended June 30, 2015.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
In preparing our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, we are required to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect: (i) the reported amounts of our assets and liabilities; (ii) the disclosure of our contingent assets and liabilities at the end of each reporting period; and (iii) the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during each reporting period. We continually evaluate these estimates based on our own historical experience, knowledge and assessment of current business and other conditions, our expectations regarding the future based on available information and reasonable assumptions, which together form our basis for making judgments about matters that are not readily apparent from other sources. Since the use of estimates is an integral component of the financial reporting process, our actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
We believe that any reasonable deviation from those judgments and estimates would not have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations. To the extent that the estimates used differ from actual results, however, adjustments to the statement of operations and corresponding balance sheet accounts would be necessary. These adjustments would be made in future financial statements.
When reading our financial statements, you should consider: (i) our critical accounting policies; (ii) the judgment and other uncertainties affecting the application of such policies; and (iii) the sensitivity of reported results to changes in conditions and assumptions. The critical accounting policies and related judgments and estimates used to prepare our financial statements are identified in Note 3 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements accompanying in this report. We have not made any material changes in the methodology used in our accounting policies that are inconsistent with those discussed in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2015.
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Results of Operations
The following table summarizes our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:
Three months ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||
Amount | Percentage of total revenue | Amount | Percentage of total revenue | |||||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 21,311,292 | 100.0 | % | $ | 16,459,232 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||
Gross profit | $ | 4,375,683 | 20.5 | % | $ | 2,510,619 | 15.3 | % | ||||||||
Selling expenses | $ | 3,096,369 | 14.5 | % | $ | 1,768,577 | 10.7 | % | ||||||||
General and administrative expenses | $ | 920,230 | 4.3 | % | $ | 1,081,201 | 6.6 | % | ||||||||
Income (loss) from operations | $ | 359,084 | 1.7 | % | $ | (339,159 | ) | (2.1 | )% | |||||||
Other (expense), net | $ | (123,449 | ) | (0.6 | %) | $ | (115,836 | ) | (0.7 | )% | ||||||
Change in fair value of purchase option derivative liability | $ | (42,837 | ) | (0.2 | %) | $ | 123,699 | 0.8 | % | |||||||
Income tax expense | $ | 82,187 | 0.4 | % | $ | 16,141 | 0.1 | % | ||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interest | $ | 110,611 | 0.5 | % | $ | (346,737 | ) | (2.1 | )% | |||||||
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest | $ | - | (0.0 | %) | $ | (700 | ) | (0.0 | )% |
Revenue
Due to the expansion of our retail drugstores and online pharmacy business, revenue increased by $4,852,060 or 29.5% for the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2014, partially offset by decline in our wholesale business. The following table breaks down the revenue for our four business segments for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:
Quarterly Revenue by Segment
The following table breaks down the revenue for our four business segments for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014:
Three months ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount | % of total revenue | Amount | % of total revenue | Variance by amount | % of change | |||||||||||||||||||
Revenue from retail drugstores | $ | 12,170,888 | 57.0 | % | $ | 10,595,759 | 64.4 | % | $ | 1,575,129 | 14.9 | % | ||||||||||||
Revenue from online pharmacy | 5,965,768 | 28.0 | % | 2,572,542 | 15.6 | % | 3,393,226 | 131.9 | % | |||||||||||||||
Revenue from drug wholesale | 3,174,636 | 15.0 | % | 3,290,931 | 20.0 | % | (116,295 | ) | (3.53 | )% | ||||||||||||||
Revenue from herb farming | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
Total revenue | 21,311,292 | 100.0 | % | 16,459,232 | 100.0 | % | 4,852,060 | 29.48 | % |
Retail drugstores sales, which accounted for approximately 57.0% of total revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2015, increased by $1,575,129, or 14.9%, to $12,170,888. Same-store sales increased by approximately $827,593, or 8.2%, while new stores contributed approximately $617,453 in revenue in the three months ended June 30, 2015. The increase in same-store sales reflects the implementation of key drugstore operational strategies such as promoting sales through our doctors and clinics, stricter internal staff assessments that stimulate sales, increased adaptability to community demand, closer monitor to the operation of local stores in Hangzhou, close cooperation with certain large vendors to promote sales of brand name products and modest economic improvements in China. We expect same-store sales will keep growing in the near future. Our store count increased to 59 as of June 30, 2015, from 49 as of June 30, 2014, primarily as we acquired Sanhao Pharmacy and relocated its stores in Hangzhou.
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Our online pharmacy sales increased by approximately $3,393,226, or 131.9% for the three months ended June 30, 2015, as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2014. We carry our business either through certain e-commerce platforms such as Tmall and JD.com or via our own official online pharmacy website. We have expanded cooperation with business-to-consumer online vendors, including Taobao, JD and Amazon, by posting our products on their online platforms, which direct customers back to our website. Such arrangements have exposed our online presence to a wider consumer base. In addition to launching an online payment service ("Alipay Service") based on a service agreement with Alipay (China) Internet Technology Ltd. ("Alipay"), we launched stores on Tencent's We Chat platform, China's dominant mobile messaging app and social network with over 500 million active users. In order to increase the popularity of our products, we have spent considerable efforts identifying popular products that can drive sales, while we keep close watch on cost. In the future, potential Chinese government’s authorization on online sales of prescription drugs may further increase online pharmacy sales.
We have been actively exploring new ways to grow our online sales. Starting from January 2015, we have strengthened our cooperation with certain large insurance companies in China such as The People’s Insurance Company (Group) Of China Limited, to sell online products to their customers who have purchased health insurance from them. It is expected that commercial insurance will expand quickly in China, especially after the government has started controlling its Social Health Insurance (“SHI”) budget. In May 2015, we set up a joint venture, with a Pharmacy Benefit Management (“PBM”) provider in China, which owns and operates Yikatong (the "E-Pharmacy-Card"), a popular pharmacy and health insurance benefit card with over 180,000 current users, who are customers insured with these large insurance companies. The joint venture agreement requires the PBM provider to direct the majority of its online E-Pharmacy-Card transactions to our official online pharmacy site. In June 2015, we have organized a operation team to direct the sales from commercial insurance to our own website. We expect this cooperation will drive up our online sales and profit margin in the future.
Wholesale revenue decreased by $116,295 or 3.53% primarily as a result of discontinuing volume-driven sales strategy. At present, the majority of drug sales still occur at hospitals in China. As local hospitals had stronger ties with their existing suppliers, during the year ended March 31, 2015, we had not been able to make significant progress. Until we can establish a new customer base and are granted a status to serve as provincial or national exclusive sale agent for certain popular drugs, we do not expect our wholesale business to expand in the immediate future.
In the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we have not harvested and generated revenue from our farming business. We planted ginkgo and maidenhair trees during the year ended March 31, 2013. A ginkgo tree may have a growth period of up to twenty years before it is mature enough to harvest. Usually, the longer it grows the more valuable it becomes. We plan to continue cultivating the trees in order to maximize their market value in the future. During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we have been evaluating feasibility of planting other herbs with short period of growth. We anticipate that we will continue growing trees and start cultivating other herbs in the future.
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Gross Profit
Gross profit increased by $1,865,064 or 74.3% period over period primarily as a result of an increase in gross margin of retail drugstores and an increase in online pharmacy sale. At the same time, gross margin increased from 15.3% to 20.5% due to higher retail and online profit margins. The average gross margins for each of our four business segments are as follows:
Three months ended June 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
Average gross margin | ||||||||
retail drugstores | 25.7 | % | 18.1 | % | ||||
online sales | 17.1 | % | 15.8 | % | ||||
wholesale business | 7.0 | % | 5.8 | % | ||||
farming business | N/A | N/A |
Retail gross margin increased primarily due to more vendor rebates attributable to our focused marketing efforts in promoting brand-name products with large pharmaceutical suppliers such as SANOFI, as well as our recent sales strategy to raise our profit margin.. Instead of labeling our own products, we focused on promoting brand name products. We believe selling brand name products will increase our store popularity and customer loyalty. As a result, we achieved significant sales volume with certain brand pharmaceutical suppliers and received their rebates. Additionally, we have been searching for ways to improve our profit margin. From time to time, we compared existing products among our suppliers to squeeze lower cost. We also micro-adjusted up our sales prices of targeted products while minimizing the effect on sales volume.
Gross margin of online pharmacy sales are usually lower than gross margin of drugs sold at physical drugstores. It also varies from time to time depending on the products we carry. We carry our business either through certain e-commerce platforms such as Tmall and JD.com or via our own official online pharmacy website, www.dada360.com. In order to drive sales in competition for online customers on e-commerce platforms, we lowered our sale prices on these e-commerce platforms. We may have to keep low sales prices on these e-commerce platforms in the long run while we keep watch on our bottom line profit. On the other side, we have strengthened our cooperation with certain large insurance companies in China such as The People’s Insurance Company (Group) Of China Limited, to sell online products to their insured customers. As these customers’ commercial insurances are usually the premium packages on top of their National Basic Social Health Insurance (“SHI”), they tend to purchase premium health products having high profit margin. As mentioned above, in March 2015, we signed an agreement to set up a joint venture, with a PBM provider in China, which requires the PBM provider to direct the majority of its online E-Pharmacy-Card transactions to our official online pharmacy site. This cooperation is accelerating our online sales and driving up online sales profit margin on our own website. In the three months ended June 30, 2015, our sales volume through our own website is almost five times higher than the same period a year ago. As a result, we achieved a higher overall online profit margin.
Wholesale gross margin increased primarily as a result of different products we carried and sold to certain pharmaceutical vendors. Although we tried marketing our products to major local hospitals and other pharmacies, we had not been able to make significant progress. Until we are able to obtain status as provincial or national exclusive sale agent for certain popular drugs or have sales access to large local hospitals, we may have to keep low profit margin in order to drive sales.
Selling and Marketing Expenses
Sales and marketing expenses increased by $1,327,792 or 75.08% period over period. The increase in absolute dollars is primarily attributable to rental increases, labor cost increase, increase in service fee based on percentage of sales volume from e-commerce platforms, and increase in service charges from Yikatong which direct insured sales to our own official website. As a result, such expenses as a percentage of our revenue increased to 13.1%, from 10.7% for the same period a year ago. We expect future sales and marketing expenses to not deviate significantly from current levels.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses decreased by $160,971 or 14.9% period over period. Such expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased to 4.1% from 6.6% for the same period a year ago. The decrease in absolute dollars reflects accounts receivable and advances to vendors allowance reversal of $729,164 in the three months ended June 30, 2015 as compared to reversal of $660,504 in the three months ended June 30, 2014. Excluding such an effect, general and administrative expense actually decreased by $92,311, which reflects the extra expense incurred in implementing a Business Intelligence System in the three months ended June 30, 2014 and stricter expense control in the three months ended June 30, 2015. We expect future general and administrative expenses to remain at its current levels.
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Income from Operations
As a result of increased gross margin, we had income from operations of $359,084, as compared to loss from operations of $339,159 a year ago. Our operating margin for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 was 1.7% and (2.1) %, respectively.
Income Taxes
Our income tax expense increased by $66,046 period over period primarily due to increase in Jiuzhou Pharmacy’s profit.
Net income
As a result of the foregoing, net income increased by $458,048 period over period.
Accounts receivable
Accounts receivable, which are unsecured, are stated at the amount we expect to collect. We continuously monitor collections and payments from our customers (our distributors) and maintain a provision for estimated credit losses. To prepare for potential loss in such accounts, we made corresponding reserves.
Our accounts receivable aging was as follows for the periods described below:
From date of invoice to customer | Retail drugstores | Online pharmacy | Drug wholesale | Herb farming | Total Amount | |||||||||||||||
1- 3 months | $ | 4,431,125 | $ | 426,284 | $ | 1,290,405 | $ | - | $ | 6,147,814 | ||||||||||
4- 6 months | 159,265 | 52,357 | 1,389,278 | - | 1,600,900 | |||||||||||||||
7- 12 months | 51,571 | 39,817 | 131,896 | - | 223,284 | |||||||||||||||
Over one year | 16,373 | - | 1,326,124 | 635,103 | 1,977,600 | |||||||||||||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts | (96,300 | ) | (22,807 | ) | (1,461,250 | ) | (635,103 | ) | (2,215,460 | ) | ||||||||||
Total accounts receivable | $ | 4,562,034 | $ | 495,651 | $ | 2,676,453 | $ | - | $ | 7,734,138 |
Accounts receivable from our retail drugstore business mainly consist of reimbursements from government health insurance bureaus and commercial health insurance programs. In the three months ended June 30, 2015, we wrote off an approximately $60,332 collectible from provincial and Hangzhou City government insurance, as such amount has been determined by the health insurance bureaus to be unqualified for reimbursement
Accounts receivable from our online pharmacy business mainly consist of collectibles from third-party platforms such as Tmall and JD.com where we sell products. Usually the third-party platforms will collect from customers ordering on their platforms and then reimburse us in times ranging from several days to a month after orders are placed.
Accounts receivable from our drug wholesale business and herb farming business consist of receivables from our customers such as pharmaceutical distributors. Our drug wholesale business transitioned away from focusing on sales volume beginning in the second half of fiscal 2013, and it tightened its customer credit policy and strengthened monitoring of uncollected receivables. Furthermore, the new management team expended significant efforts in clearing outstanding balances with certain customers and suppliers. In the three months ended June 30, 2015, we were able to continually collect certain aged accounts. As a result, we reversed approximately $655,358 in allowance.
Subsequent to June 30, 2015 and through July 31, 2015, we collected approximately $3.5 million in receivables relating to our drugstore business, approximately $0.2 million in receivables relating to our online pharmacy business, approximately $0.6 million relating to our wholesale business, and $0 relating to our herb farming business.
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Advances to suppliers
Advances to suppliers are mainly prepayments to secure certain products or services and favorable pricing. The aging of our advances to suppliers is as follows for the periods described below:
From date of cash prepayment to suppliers | Retail drugstores | Online pharmacy | Drug wholesale | Herb farming | Total Amount | |||||||||||||||
1- 3 months | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 5,812,650 | $ | - | $ | 5,812,650 | ||||||||||
4- 6 months | - | - | 43,032 | - | 43,032 | |||||||||||||||
7- 12 months | - | - | 111,002 | - | 111,002 | |||||||||||||||
Over one year | - | - | 1,027,328 | - | 1,027,328 | |||||||||||||||
Allowance for doubtful accounts | - | - | (1,151,653 | ) | - | (1,151,653 | ) | |||||||||||||
Total advances to suppliers | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 5,842,359 | $ | - | $ | 5,842,359 |
Since the acquisition of Jiuxin Medicine, we have gradually transferred almost all logistics services of our retail drugstores to Jiuxin Medicine. Jiuzhou Pharmacy only makes purchase on certain non-medical products such as sundry. As a result, our retail chain had little advances to suppliers as of June 30, 2015.
Advances to suppliers for our drug wholesale business consist of prepayments to our vendors such as pharmaceutical manufacturers and other distributors. We typically receive products from vendors within three to nine months after making prepayments. We continuously monitor delivery from and payments to our vendors while maintaining a provision for estimated credit losses based upon historical experience and any specific supplier issues such as discontinuing of inventory supply that have been identified. If we are having difficulty receiving products from a vendor, we take the following steps: cease purchasing products from the vendor, ask for return of our prepayment promptly, and if necessary, take legal actions. If all of these steps are unsuccessful, management then determines whether or not the prepayments should be reserved or written off. To facilitate its initial expansion, Jiuxin Medicine made significant prepayments to certain vendors. Lack of timely supplier account reconciliation caused by several accounting staff rotations delayed the monitoring of such accounts. To accommodate potential loss in advances to suppliers, we made reserve for amounts considered to be uncollectible. As previously discussed, Jiuxin Medicine transitioned away from focusing on sales volume beginning in the second half of fiscal 2013, and since then we have tightened our customer credit policy and strengthened monitoring of uncollected receivables. During the three months ended June 30, 2015, we were able to continually collect and sell goods from certain suppliers which we made advances in the past. As a result, we reversed approximately $73,861 in allowance. We do not expect a significant increase in bad debts going forward.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our cash flows for the periods indicated are as follows:
Three months ended June 30 | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
Net cash (used in) operating activities | $ | (1,172,621 | ) | $ | (1,844,670 | ) | ||
Net cash (used in) investing activities | $ | (214,053 | ) | $ | (104,682 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | $ | (1,003,406 | ) | $ | 847,439 |
For the three months ended June 30, 2015, cash used in operating activities amounted to $1,172,621, as compared to $1,844,670 a year ago. The change is primarily attributable to a decrease in inventories and biological assets of $1,123,225 and a decrease in advances to suppliers of $2,735,139, offset by an increase in accounts payable, trade of $2,828,084, and decrease in other payable and accrued liabilities of $508,181. The negative operation cash flow also reflects the net loss incurred in this quarter.
For the three months ended June 30, 2015, net cash used in investing activities amounted to $214,053, as compared to $104,682 a year ago. The change is the result of investment to subsidiary.
For the three months ended June 30, 2015, net cash used in financing activities amounted to $1,003,406, as compared to $847,439 in net cash provided by financing activities a year ago. The change is primarily the result of increase in proceeds from notes payable of $11,874,835, offset by a decrease in change in restricted cash of $4,266,429 and repayment of notes payable of $9,389,121.
As of June 30, 2015, we had cash of approximately $1,654,762. Our total current assets as of June 30, 2015, were $45,409,713 and total current liabilities were $9,389,121, which resulted in a net working capital of $744,890.
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On July 23, 2015, we completed a registered direct placement with a single health-care focused institutional investor for the purchase of an aggregate of $3 million of its common stock at a price of $2.50 per share and net proceeds of approximately $2.7 million after deducting commissions and all other expenses. Additionally, our “financial assets available for sale”, a half year deposit of approximately $1.3 million with Bank of Hangzhou has been due on August 4, 2015 and been used for working capital resource. We believe that the foregoing sources will collectively provide sufficient liquidity for us to meet our liquidity and capital obligations for the next twelve months. However, if we are to acquire additional businesses or further expand our operations, we may need additional capital.
Contractual Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Contractual Obligations
When we open store locations, we typically enter into lease agreements that are generally between three to ten years. Our commitments for minimum rental payments under our leases for the next five years and thereafter are as follows:
Periods ending June 30, | Retail drugstores | Online pharmacy | Drug wholesale | Herb farming | Total Amount | |||||||||||||||
2016 | $ | 3,726,985 | $ | 117,016 | $ | 189,513 | $ | - | $ | 4,033,514 | ||||||||||
2017 | 2,886,762 | 140,419 | 152,121 | - | 3,179,302 | |||||||||||||||
2018 | 2,509,543 | 140,419 | 152,121 | - | 2,802,084 | |||||||||||||||
2019 | 2,035,758 | 140,419 | 152,121 | - | 2,328,298 | |||||||||||||||
2020 | 1,101,474 | 140,419 | 152,121 | - | 1,394,014 | |||||||||||||||
Thereafter | 187,578 | 105,314 | - | - | 292,892 |
Off-balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any outstanding financial guarantees or 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 stockholder’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.
Exchange Rates
Our subsidiaries and affiliated companies in the PRC maintain their books and records in RMB, the lawful currency of the PRC. In general, for consolidation purposes, we translate their assets and liabilities into USD using the applicable exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date, and the statement of income is translated at average exchange rates during the reporting period. Adjustments resulting from the translation of their financial statements are recorded as accumulated other comprehensive income.
The exchange rates used to translate amounts in RMB into USD for the purposes of preparing the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements or otherwise disclosed in this report were as follows:
June 30, 2015 | March 31, 2015 | June 30, 2014 | ||||
Balance sheet items, except for the registered and paid-up capital, as of end of period/year | USD1: RMB 0.1637 | USD1: RMB 0.1634 | USD1: RMB 0.1625 | |||
Amounts included in the statement of Operations and statement of cash flows for the period/ year ended | USD1: RMB 0.1638 | USD1: RMB 0.1625 | USD1: RMB 0.1623 |
Inflation
We believe that inflation has not had a material effect on our operations to date.
ITEM 3. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK. |
Not applicable.
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ITEM 4. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of June 30, 2015, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Based upon such evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective at the reasonable assurance level. Such conclusion is based on the presence of the following material weakness in internal control over financial reporting as described in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2015:
Accounting and Finance Personnel Weaknesses - As noted in Item 9A of our annual reports on Form 10-K for the preceding three fiscal years, management concluded that in light of the inexperience of our accounting staff with respect to the requirements of U.S. GAAP-based reporting and SEC rules and regulations, we did not maintain effective controls and did not implement adequate and proper supervisory review to ensure that significant internal control deficiencies can be detected or prevented.
Management anticipates that our disclosure controls and procedures will remain ineffective until such material weakness is remediated.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 5. | EXHIBITS. |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number |
Description | |
31.1 | Section 302 Certification by the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer * | |
31.2 | Section 302 Certification by the Corporation’s Chief Financial Officer * | |
32.1 | Section 906 Certification by the Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer * | |
32.2 | Section 906 Certification by the Corporation’s Chief Financial Officer * | |
101.INS | XBRL Instance Document* ** | |
101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document* ** | |
101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document* ** | |
101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document* ** | |
101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document* ** | |
101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document* ** |
* | Filed herewith. |
** | Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the Interactive Data Files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
CHINA JO-JO DRUGSTORES, INC. | ||
(Registrant) | ||
Date: August 12, 2015 | By: | /s/ Lei Liu |
Lei Liu Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: August 12, 2015 | By: | /s/ Ming Zhao |
Ming Zhao | ||
Chief Financial Officer |
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