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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10 -K
 
x
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010
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: 000 - 51312
 
SHENGTAI PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
(formerly known as West Coast Car Company)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter )
 
Delaware
 
54-2155579
State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
Changda Road East, Development District, Changle County, Shandong, P.R.C.
 
262400
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including; area code  011 - 86 - 536 - 6295802
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
 
Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act:
 
Common Stock par value $0.001
(Title of class)
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  ¨ Yes  x No
 
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  ¨ Yes  x No
 
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.  x  Yes   ¨ 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 (§ 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  ¨ No
 
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  ¨  Yes   x 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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting companies” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer ¨
Accelerated filer ¨
Non-accelerated filer ¨
Smaller reporting company x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  ¨  Yes   x No
 
The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates* computed by reference to the price of $1.20 per share of common stock at which the common equity was last sold on June 30, 2010, the last day of our most recently completed fourth fiscal quarter, as reported on www.yahoo.com was: $10,539,480.
 
* Excludes 8,782,900 shares of common stock held by executive officers, directors and stockholders whose individual ownership exceeds 10% of common stock outstanding on June 30, 2010.
 
There were 19,169,805 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001, issued and outstanding as of September 23, 2010.
 
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
None.

 
 
 

 
 
PART I

Item 1. Business.

This Annual Report on Form 10-K (including the section regarding Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations) contains forward-looking statements regarding our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates” and similar expressions or variations of such words are intended to identify forward-looking statements, but are not deemed to represent an all-inclusive means of identifying forward-looking statements as denoted in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Additionally, statements concerning future matters are forward-looking statements.

Although forward-looking statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K reflect our good faith judgment, such statements can only be based on facts and factors currently known by us. Consequently, forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results and outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes discussed in or anticipated by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences in results and outcomes include, without limitation, those specifically addressed in Item 1A—“Risks Factors” below, as well as those discussed elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Readers are urged not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We file reports with the SEC. We make available on our web site under “Investor Relations/SEC Filings,” free of charge, our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such materials with or furnish them to the SEC. You can also read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. You can obtain additional information about the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, the SEC maintains an Internet site ( www.sec.gov ) that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC, including us.

We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect any event or circumstance that may arise after the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made throughout the entirety of this Annual Report, which attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.

All references to “us,” “we,” the “Company” and “Shengtai” refer to Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc., and its subsidiaries, Weifang Shengtai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a wholly foreign-owned entity in the PRC, “Weifang Shengtai,” and Shengtai Holding Inc., a New Jersey Corporation. All references to “China” or the “PRC” refer to the People’s Republic of China.

Overview

Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc., the “Company,” was incorporated in 2004 in the State of Delaware.  The Company, through its direct and indirect subsidiaries in China, manufactures and distributes glucose and starch as pharmaceutical raw materials, other starch products and other glucose products such as corn meals, food and beverage glucose and dextrin.  Most of the Company’s sales are made in the People’s Republic of China, the “PRC.”

Dextrose, a form of glucose, is one of the most important carbohydrates and the chief source of energy in the human body. As such, dextrose monohydrate is used in a wide array of pharmaceutical products such as transfusions and intravenous drips for restorative and nutritional purposes.

Approximately 49.08% of our revenues for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 were attributable to sales of glucose products.

Approximately 26.43% of our sales revenues for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 were attributable to sales of starch products.

Our Products

We manufacture products in three categories: (i) raw materials for pharmaceutical and medicinal companies or purposes, (ii) raw materials for the food and beverage industries and (iii) other products.

 
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Raw materials for pharmaceutical and medicinal companies or purposes:

These products accounted for 29.02% of our sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. Set forth below is a list of our major pharmaceutical and medical grade products:

 
·
Dextrose Monohydrate

 
·
Dextrose Anhydrous

 
·
Dextrin

 
·
Pharmaceutical Grade Cornstarch

Raw Materials for the Food and Beverage and Processing Industries:

We produce the following raw materials for the food and beverage and processing industries:

 
·
Rough Glucose for Other Processing Purposes

 
·
Dextrose Monohydrate Oral

 
·
Food and Beverage Grade Cornstarch

Other Products

 
·
Fibers

 
·
Corn Embryo

 
·
Corn Meals

 
·
Mother Liquid

 
·
Phytin

At the end of June 2007, we set up a new product line to manufacture sodium gluconate. This non-corrosive, non-toxic and highly pure gluconate is widely used in pharmaceutical, construction and chemistry industries. We transferred this product line into a Dextrose Monohydrate Oral production line in May 2009 because we did not achieve economies of scale in the production of sodium gluconate and decided to focus our resources on a main product lines.
 
 
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Sales of Products by Types and Geographic Locations

Sales by Products
 
FY 06/30/2009
   
FY 06/30/2010
 
Dextrose Monohydrate (DMH)
    16,739,854       22.83 %     20,550,972       17.72 %
Dextrose Anhydrous
    8,113,813       11.07 %     8,505,783       7.34 %
Dextrose Monohydrate Oral
    9,371,832       12.78 %     22,530,617       19.43 %
Pharmaceutical Grade Cornstarch
    1,934,937       2.64 %     2,463,110       2.12 %
Rough Glucose for Other Processing Purposes
    2,530,772       3.45 %     5,323,891       4.59 %
Food and Beverage Grade Cornstarch
    15,110,883       20.61 %     24,398,245       21.04 %
Emulsion
    714,764       0.97 %     3,792,297       3.27 %
Mother Liquid
    485,373       0.66 %     535,740       0.46 %
Dextrin
    1,368,214       1.87 %     2,134,177       1.84 %
Corn Embryo
    6,763,477       9.22 %     10,100,453       8.71 %
Corn Meals
    6,063,931       8.27 %     9,166,708       7.91 %
Fibers
    3,754,462       5.12 %     6,270,504       5.41 %
Others
    369,550       0.50 %     181,451       0.16 %
Total
    73,321,862               115,953,948          

Approximately 80% of our revenues for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 were attributable to domestic sales made in the PRC.

Set forth below is a breakdown of the principal products we sold over the previous two fiscal years and the revenues from such sales.

Sales by Principal Products
 
FY 06/30/2009
(Revenue)     $
   
% of Total
Sales
   
FY 06/30/2010
(Revenue)    $
   
% of Total
Sales
 
Dextrose Monohydrate (DMH)
                       
Domestic
    15,387,809       20.99       18,732,404       16.16  
International
    1,352,045       1.84       1,818,568       1.57  
Dextrose Anhydrous
                               
Domestic
    4,888,540       6.67       4,337,312       3.74  
International
    3,225,273       4.40       4,168,471       3.59  
Dextrose Monohydrate Oral
                               
Domestic
    6,500,689       8.87       13,710,775       11.82  
International
    2,871,143       3.92       8,819,842       7.61  
Pharmaceutical Grade Cornstarch
                               
Domestic
    1,883,655       2.57       2,432,190       2.10  
International
    51,282       0.07       30,921       0.03  
 
 
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Sales and Marketing

Sales are carried out directly by our sales department and we are not dependent on distributors or middlemen. As of June 30, 2010, all the provinces in the mainland PRC (except Tibet) have been covered by our domestic sales network. Historically, we have exported our products to customers in over seventy countries. We plan to increase our global sales.

Delivery Methods

Our products are delivered by ground transportation, including by rail. Products sold internationally are shipped by sea. We generally bear the costs of transportation. During the quarter ended March 31, 2009 we requested to most of our customers that they bear the cost of transportation. As most of our customers prefer to have us arrange transportation and bear the costs of shipment, we recommenced bearing this cost in April 2009.

The Glucose Production Process

Our glucose is made from enzyme-converted cornstarch. The glucose that we produce is of low heat, endotoxin lower than 0.125Eu/ml, high purity, and meets the production standard lower than 0.06Eu/ml.

Glucose is produced from cornstarch in the following steps:

 
·
Cornstarch is converted into an emulsion;

 
·
Alpha-amylase glucoamylase is then added;

 
·
The emulsion from the chemical reaction made by Alpha-Amylase Glucoamylase is then filtered, discolored, ion-exchanged, inspissated, crystallized, separated and dried; and

 
·
The cleaned and dried end-products are glucose.

Under normal circumstances, the conversion ratio from cornstarch to glucose is close to 100%, with no rejects and wastes. In case of a power outage or equipment malfunction, sub-standard output, when it is detected by our quality control procedures, is re-processed.

Major Suppliers

The three principal ingredients for glucose production are cornstarch, enzyme preparations, and active carbon. The major suppliers for these raw materials are as follows:

Cornstarch

Cornstarch Manufacturing Facility

The Company’s cornstarch production facility has a maximum capacity of 300,000 tons per year.  During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, the Company used internally 138,425 metric tons of corn starch, and sold 88,130 metric tons of corn starch.

 
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During fiscal year 2010, approximately 61% of the cornstarch production plant’s output was used as raw materials for glucose production within the Company, and the other 39% was sold to customers in the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and industrial industries.

Our cornstarch production complex consists of the following areas:

 
·
Corn storage

 
·
Cornstarch production line

 
·
Warehouse for finished product (cornstarch)

 
·
Logistical and delivery coordination center

 
·
Environmentally friendly treatment facilities for sewage

Enzyme Preparations

We purchased a total of 238.26 tons of enzyme preparations during the previous two fiscal years.

Active Carbon

Fujian Sha County Qingshan Chemical Carbon Corporation is one of the major active carbon producers in the PRC. We purchased a total of 1,778.45 tons of active carbon from it over the past two fiscal years. There are a number of other suppliers of active carbon from whom we can make purchases, if necessary.

We are not dependent on any single supplier for raw materials and machinery, nor have we ever experienced a shortage in the supply of raw materials or machinery.

Glucose Manufacturing Facility

In July 2008, we completed construction of a new glucose manufacturing facility to boost our production capacity, and at the end of September 2008, the facility passed its GMP inspection. Our glucose production capacity is 170,000 tons per year. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, the Company has sold 131,651 metric tons of glucose products.

Quality Control

Our PRC production facilities are fully certified by applicable PRC regulations for GMP, ISO9001:2000 (ISO9002:2008,ISO22000:2005) and HACCP international quality standards.

We have implemented a three-tier quality control system: production team level, workshop level, and management accountability for quality.  We combine this with strict quality-oriented procedures to ensure that all products are produced in a pollution-free, contamination-free and efficient production environment. A team of workers on-duty is responsible for the smooth operation of the production process by adhering to proper procedures. The intermediate output from each production step is sampled and checked to ensure that the final output meets specified quality standards. Equipment is regularly checked and maintained to ensure proper operation. The quality of the water used in the production process and the level of airborne particles and microbes in the production sites are also regularly checked to eliminate contamination. The quality of all output is reviewed by the General Manager of the Quality Control Department, and ultimately approved by the CEO. A full set of written quality control records is maintained.

The quality indices of our manufactured glucose are as follows:

 
·
Properties : white crystal, granular powder, odorless, sweet taste, easy soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol
 
·
Specific rotatory power : +52.0 degrees— +53.5 degrees
 
·
Dry loss : ≤9.5% Chloride: <0.02% Sulfate: <0.02%

 
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·
Alcohol - insoluble matter: ≤5mg
 
·
Ferrous salt: <0.002% Ignition residue: 0.08% Heavy metal: ≤20ppm Arsenide: <2ppm
 
·
Sulfite and soluble starch: appear yellow when added to an iodine test solution.

The quality indices of our Dextrose Monohydrate Transfusion (liquid glucose) are as follows:

Perceptual index
 
·
Appearance: colorless without the impurity that can be seen by the naked eye.
 
·
Odor: no unusual odor
 
·
Taste: Clear sweet

Physical and chemical index
 
·
Solid substance: more than 84%
 
·
DE: 38-42
 
·
PH: 4.6 -6.0
 
·
Maltose content: 8% - 20% Transmittance (426nm): more than 94
 
·
Coke Temperature: more than or equal to 125
 
·
Ash: no more than 0.3%

Hygienic index
 
·
As: not more than 0.5mg/Kg
 
·
Pb: not more than 0.5mg/Kg
 
·
Bacterium total: not more than 1,000/g
 
·
E. coli: not more than 30/100g
 
·
Pathogen: No

Market Analysis

Industry Overview and Trends

The process of pharmaceutical transfusion was first put to use in 1832. Since then clinical transfusion has grown from its rather limited choice of original physiological brine to more than 200 different kinds of transfusion media.

The diverse range of transfusion media can be grouped into five categories:

 
·
Body fluid balance (Isohydria)

 
·
Nutritional transfusion

 
·
Dialyzate

 
·
Plasma expander

 
·
Therapeutic transfusion (including herbal transfusion)

Dextrose Monohydrate is widely used medically and clinically for restorative and nutritional purposes. For example, a solution of pure glucose, Dextrose or D-glucose, has been recommended for use by subcutaneous injection as a restorative measure after major operations or as a nutritive measure in debilitating diseases.

Dextrose Monohydrate is widely used in hospitals and clinical institutions in the PRC and is covered by the PRC Government-subsidized Medical Insurance Scheme.

 
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Glucose exists in many forms in nature, including in plants, fruits, honey and animal products. In human bodies, every 100 ml of blood typically contains 80-120 mg glucose. Glucose is the ingredient for many saccharide compounds such as saccharose, maltose, starch, glycogen and vitamins. The properties of glucose are summarized as: white crystal with sweet taste, easily soluble in water, difficult to dissolve in alcohol, insoluble in organic solvents such as ether, chloroform and neutral reaction to litmus.

Liquid glucose is a transparent and viscous liquid, and is produced by the action of enzymes on refined cornstarch. Glucose is formed by the hydrolysis of many carbohydrates, including sucrose, maltose, cellulose, starch and glycogen. Fermentation of glucose by yeast produces ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide. Glucose is made industrially by the hydrolysis of starch under the influence of diluted aid, or more commonly, under that of enzymes.

Glucose is used for many different purposes, as a raw material for many food and beverage products and as a substitute for sucrose. With the technological advances in food and beverage production, and as also in response to the demand from consumers for healthier food and drinks, producers are using more and more glucose as a raw material. Glucose is also used in veterinary medicine as a carrier of animal medicines.

Glucose is used by the pharmaceutical and chemical industries in a variety of ways. By different reaction mechanisms, different types of chemical compounds are produced, by the self-oxidation and combination mechanism to produce calcium gluconate, zinc gluconate, and glucorone; by the hydro-reduction mechanism to produce sorbic alcohol and manno-alcohol, or to produce Vitamin B2, glutamine, ribose, and other vitamins.

Target Market

Our principal customers are:

 
·
Healthcare Institutions

 
·
Medical supply companies

 
·
Pharmaceutical companies

 
·
Medical supply exporters

 
·
Food and beverage companies

We market our products within the PRC and plan to expand our export business as we increase our production capabilities.

Our competitiveness is reflected in the following:

 
·
High quality, pharmaceutical grade products

 
·
Certified product reliability

 
·
On-time deliveries

 
·
New and improved medicinal products and packaging

 
·
Excellent service and support

 
·
Excellent referrals
 
 
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Domestic and International Market
 
We continue to plan to export more products to overseas markets. Our export revenues of Dextrose Monohydrate, anhydrous glucose and oral glucose from top four export markets are summarized as follows:

South Korea

Products exported: Dextrose Monohydrate Oral and Dextrose Anhydrous

FY2009
   
FY2010
 
$1,204,513
   
$5,722,804
 
 
India
 
Products exported: Dextrose Monohydrate Oral, Dextrose Monohydrate transfusion

FY2009
   
FY2010
 
$56,790
   
$3,361,530
 
 
Bangladesh
 
Product exported: Dextrose Monohydrate Oral
 
FY2009
   
FY2010
 
$536,864
   
$1,897,385
 
 
Indonesia
 
Products exported: Dextrose Monohydrate
 
FY2009
   
FY2010
 
$90,900
   
$1,253,158
 

Competition

Some of our competitors and their main products are listed below.

 
·
Dong Ping Rui Xing Petrochemical Company Ltd (trans)

 
·
North China Pharmaceutical Production Company Ltd (trans)

 
·
Ci Feng Pharmaceutical Production Company Ltd (trans)

 
·
Yi Kan Pharmaceutical Production Company Ltd (trans)

 
·
Hebei Shengxue Company Ltd (andh)

 
·
Northern China Kan Yin Pharmaceutical Product Company Ltd (trans)

 
·
Shandong Xi Wang Company Ltd (oral)
 
 
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·
QingHuangDao Lihua Glucose Company Ltd (oral)

 
·
Hebei Hua Ying Glucose Company Ltd (oral)

 
·
Cargill USA (trans), (oral)

 
·
CPI USA (oral) ,(andh)

 
·
Roquette (trans), (andh)

 
·
Cerestar (trans), (andh)

 
·
Hebei Zhou Ping Rui Xue Glucose Company Ltd (andh)

 
·
Hebei Linhua Glucose and Medicinal Production Company Ltd (andh)
 
(trans – competitor in Dextrose Monohydrate transfusion solution)
(oral – competitor in oral Dextrose Monohydrate)
(andh – competitor in Dextrose Anhydrous)

Among our domestic competitors, we are the largest manufacturer of pharmaceutical grade glucose. Internationally, we have the following significant advantages.

Competitive Advantages

With the PRC being a major corn-producing region of Asia, and Shandong being the major corn-producing province of the PRC, our operating subsidiary Weifang Shengtai, located in Shandong, has the advantage of receiving a steady supply of raw materials nearby with low transportation costs.

In Changle County where we are located, there is plenty of land for us to expand.

We export to markets such as South Korea, Russia, Australia and Singapore and seventy other countries. Taking into consideration the geographical proximity and cross-cultural similarities with the Northern and South-Eastern Asian markets, we can be competitive in terms of product price, delivery lead-time and customer service responsiveness.

With our cornstarch facility close to the existing glucose manufacturing facility and the new glucose manufacturing facility, we are able to stabilize our glucose’ raw material costs and production, and enable our glucose production facility to function at maximum capacity for both domestic and export markets.

We are one of the leading producers of pharmaceutical Dextrose Monohydrate products in the PRC, with an estimated 30% of the overall PRC market share and have production lines for a full set of Dextrose Monohydrate products. Other suppliers of pharmaceutical Dextrose Monohydrate products do not have production lines for a full set of Dextrose Monohydrate products.

Backlog

Our orders are processed on a made to order basis.  We do not have any backlog of orders.

Growth Initiative

We have developed and implemented the following initiatives to achieve our goals for growth:

 
Vertical integration of our manufacturing capabilities from cornstarch to glucose
 
 
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Our cornstarch plant can lower production costs and improve profit margin because higher-quality and lower cost raw materials can be produced in-house and there is little transportation cost because the cornstarch processing plant is situated next to and connected to the glucose production factories. This will, to a certain extent, shield us from external cornstarch price fluctuation, thus protecting or improving profit margins.

 
Increase glucose production capabilities to meet market demands

Overseas demand of our glucose products had not been fully satisfied in the past before the economic crisis because our products have been sold out at home due to a strong domestic demand in the PRC.  Our cornstarch processing plant will supply enough raw materials to produce additional glucose to fulfill more overseas orders.  In line with this, we completed our new glucose manufacturing facility in July 2008, which is ramping up its production capacity.

 
Expand our marketing and sales efforts to identify and secure additional domestic customers and increase our export sales

We (i) optimize our web site to describe and promote our business, (ii) reorganize sales department, (iii) buy advertisements for various search words and phrases (e.g., the word, "glucose,” on Google, Yahoo and major PRC search engines), (iv) conduct seminars at various trade show events to promote our products, and (v) optimize our web site so that people doing ‘natural’ searches will see the web site link on the first page of the search by refining the Search Engine Optimization.

Major Customers

Our customers are principally located in the PRC. Our principal customers are hospitals and pharmaceutical companies. Below is a list of our largest PRC customers:

 
Shandong Xiwang Food Co Ltd

 
Qingdao Chenyu Biochemistry Technology Co Ltd

 
Qingdao Shizhan Technology Co Ltd

 
Luogaite (China) Fine Chemical Co Ltd

 
Weifang Phoenix Paper Co Ltd

 
Shandong Xinxinhai Cereals and Oil Industrial Co Ltd

 
Shandong Fufeng Zymosis Co Ltd

 
Anhui Shuanghe Pharmaceutical Co Ltd

 
Weifang Yongchang Feedstuff Co Ltd

 
Weifang Xingda Feedstuff Co Ltd

No customer accounted for more than 10% of our sales for fiscal years ended June 30, 2010, and 2009.

Intellectual Property

Ownership of the trademark, "Heng De Bao," was transferred to us at no charge from Changle Medical Starch Factory (our State-owned predecessor company) on or about July 28, 2000. The trademark was assigned by the Chinese Trademark Bureau and registered under classes 31 (pharmaceutical starch and white dextrin) and 5 (pharmaceutical glucose). The class 31 registration is valid through June 9, 2019, while the class 5 registration was renewed and valid till May 9, 2011. International Class Code 5 covers pharmaceuticals, veterinary and sanitary preparations; dietetic substances adapted for medical use; food for babies; plasters, materials for dressings; material for stopping teeth, dental wax; disinfectants; preparations for destroying vermin; fungicides, herbicides. International Class Code 31 covers agricultural, horticultural, and forestry products and grains not included in other classes; live animals, fresh fruits and vegetables; seeds, natural plants, and flowers; and malt which is animal food.

 
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Insurance

We purchased automobile insurance with third party liability coverage for our vehicles and liabilities insurance for our key personnel and company. We do not have other insurance such as property insurance, business liability or disruption insurance coverage for our operations in the PRC. While a lawsuit against a company such as Weifang Shengtai in the PRC would be rare, we cannot make any assurance that we will not have exposure for liability in the event of a lawsuit.

Government Regulations

Because we manufacture pharmaceutical products, we are subject to the laws governing the Good Practice in the Manufacturing and Quality Control of Drugs (as amended in 1998) as promulgated by the PRC State Food and Drug Administration on March 18, 1999.

We are also subject to business license and approval regulations that are required for all corporations in the PRC.

We have obtained Certificates of Good Manufacturing Practices for Pharmaceutical Products, "GMP Certificates,” issued by the PRC State Food and Drug Administration. The GMP Certificates certify that we have complied with the requirements of Chinese Current Good Manufacturing Practices for Pharmaceutical Products in the manufacture of Dextrose Monohydrate oral glucose, Dextrose Monohydrate glucose, and Anhydrous glucose and the GMP Certificate is valid through November 10, 2013 respectively.   Additionally, we have obtained Drug Registration Certificates for glucose and glucose pro oral from the State Food and Drug Administration in accordance with the PRC Medical Products Governance Law and its implementing regulations.

Environmental Compliance

We are subject to PRC environmental laws, rules and regulations that are standard to manufacturing facilities.

All of our production lines including the new glucose production lines have passed inspection by the Environmental Protection Bureau of the PRC and were issued Certificates of Qualification.

Employees

As of June 30, 2010, we employed approximately 740 full-time employees. Of these, there are 8 directors, approximately 28 in sales, approximately 136 performing operating and administrative functions and approximately 568 in production, storage and distribution.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Investment in our common stock involves risks. You should carefully consider the risks we describe below before deciding to invest. The market price of our common stock could decline due to any of these risks, in which case you could lose all or part of your investment. In assessing these risks, you should also refer to the other information included in this Annual Report, including our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. You should pay particular attention to the fact that we are a holding company with substantial operations in China and are subject to legal and regulatory environments that in many respects differ from that of the United States. Our business, financial condition or results of operations could be affected materially and adversely by any of the risks discussed below and any others not foreseen. This discussion contains forward-looking statements.

Risks related to doing business in the People’s Republic of China

Our business operations are conducted primarily in the PRC. Because PRC laws, regulations and policies are continually changing, our PRC operations will face several risks summarized below.

Our ability to operate in the PRC may be harmed by changes in its laws and regulations

Our offices and manufacturing plants are located in the PRC and the production, sale and distribution of our products are subject to PRC rules and regulations. In particular, the manufacture and supply of pharmaceutical grade and medicinal products are subject to the PRC rules and regulations, such as the Good Practice in the Manufacturing and Quality Control of Drugs (as amended in 1998) as promulgated by the PRC State Food and Drug Administration on March 18, 1999 and the PRC Medical Products Governance Law. In addition, because we operate a cornstarch production facility which produces waste water, we are subject to the environmental rules and regulations such as the Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard (GB8978-1996).

 
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The PRC only recently has afforded provincial and local economic autonomy and permitted private economic activities. The PRC government has exercised and continues to exercise substantial control over virtually every sector of the PRC economy through regulation and state ownership.

Our ability to operate in the PRC may be harmed by changes in its laws and regulations, including those relating to manufacturing, taxation, import and export tariffs, environmental regulations, land use rights, property and other matters.

Our production and manufacturing facility is subject to PRC regulation and environmental laws. The PRC government has been active in regulating the pharmaceutical and medicinal goods industry. Our business and products are subject to government regulations mandating the use of good manufacturing practices. Changes in these laws or regulations in the PRC, or other countries we sell into, that govern or apply to our operations could have a materially adverse effect on our business. For example, the law could change so as to prohibit the use of certain chemical agents in our products. If such chemical agents are found in our products, then such a change would reduce our productivity of that product.

We are a state-licensed corporation. If we were to lose our state-licensed status, we would no longer be able to manufacture our products in the PRC.

There is no assurance that PRC economic reforms will not adversely affect our operations in the future

As a developing nation, the PRC's economy is more volatile than that of developed Western industrial economies. It differs significantly from that of the U.S. or a Western European country in such respects as structure, level of development, capital reinvestment, resource allocation and self-sufficiency. Only in recent years has the PRC economy moved from what had been a command economy through the 1970s to one that during the 1990s encouraged substantial private economic activity. Although the PRC government still owns the majority of productive assets in the PRC, in the past several years the government has implemented economic reform measures that emphasize decentralization and encourage private economic activity.

In 1993, the Constitution of the PRC was amended to reinforce such economic reforms. The trends of the 1990s indicate that future policies of the Chinese government will emphasize greater utilization of market forces. The PRC government has confirmed that economic development will follow the model of a market economy. For example, in 1999 the Government announced plans to amend the Chinese Constitution to recognize private property, although private business will officially remain subordinated to the state-owned companies, which are the mainstay of the Chinese economy. However, there can be no assurance that, under some circumstances, the government's pursuit of economic reforms will not be restrained or curtailed. Actions by the central government of the PRC could have a significant adverse effect on economic conditions in the country as a whole and on the economic prospects for our Chinese operations. Economic reforms could either benefit or damage our operations and profitability. Some of the things that could have this effect are: (i) level of government involvement in the economy; (ii) control of foreign exchange; (iii) methods of allocating resources; (iv) international trade restrictions; and (v) international conflict.

Under the present direction, we believe that the PRC will continue to strengthen its economic and trading relationships with foreign countries and business development in the PRC will follow market forces. While we believe that this trend will continue, there can be no assurance that this will be the case. A change in policies by the PRC government could adversely affect our interests by, among other factors: changes in laws, regulations or the interpretation thereof, confiscatory taxation, restrictions on currency conversion, imports or sources of supplies, or the expropriation or nationalization of private enterprises and could require us to divest ourselves of any interest we then hold in Chinese properties or businesses. Although the PRC government has been pursuing economic reform policies for more than two decades, there is no assurance that the government will continue to pursue these policies or that these policies may not be significantly changed, especially in the event of a change in leadership, social or political disruption, or other circumstances affecting the PRC's political, economic and social life.

Because these economic reform measures may be inconsistent, ineffectual or temporary, there are no assurances that:

 
we will be able to capitalize on economic reforms;

 
the Chinese government will continue its pursuit of economic reform policies;

 
the economic policies, even if pursued, will be successful;
 
 
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economic policies will not be significantly altered from time to time; and

 
business operations in the PRC will not become subject to the risk of nationalization.

Anti-inflation measures may be ineffective or harm our ability to do business in the PRC

Since 1979, the PRC government has continued to reform its economic system. Because many reforms are unprecedented or experimental, they are expected to be refined and improved. Other political, economic and social factors, such as political changes, changes in the rates of economic growth, unemployment or inflation, or in the disparities in per capita wealth between regions within the PRC, could lead to further readjustment of the reform measures. This refining and readjustment process may instead negatively affect our operations and there is no guarantee that it will be effective.

Over the last few years, the PRC's economy has registered a high growth rate. During the past ten years, the rate of inflation in the PRC has been as high as 5.9% and as low as -1.4%. (Statistics Bulletin, National Bureau of Statistics, the People’s Republic of China, http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjgb/index.htm) Recently, there have been indications that rates of inflation have increased. In response, the PRC government recently has taken measures to curb this excessively expansive economy. These corrective measures were designed to restrict the availability of credit or regulate growth and contain inflation. These measures have included devaluations of the PRC currency, the Renminbi (RMB), restrictions on the availability of domestic credit, reducing the purchasing capability of certain of its customers, and limited re-centralization of the approval process for purchases of some foreign products. These austere measures alone may not succeed in slowing down the economy's excessive expansion or control inflation, and may result in severe dislocations in the PRC economy. The PRC government may adopt additional measures to further combat inflation, including the establishment of freezes or restraints on certain projects or markets. Such measures could harm the market for our products and inhibit our ability to conduct business in the PRC.

The PRC’s legal and judicial system may not adequately protect our business and operations and the rights of foreign investors

The PRC legal and judicial system may negatively impact foreign investors. In 1982, the National People's Congress amended the Constitution of China to authorize foreign investment and guarantee the "lawful rights and interests" of foreign investors in the PRC. However, the PRC's system of laws is not yet comprehensive. The legal and judicial systems in the PRC are still rudimentary, and enforcement of existing laws is inconsistent. Many judges in the PRC lack the depth of legal training and experience that would be expected of a judge in a more developed country. Because the PRC judiciary is relatively inexperienced in enforcing the laws that do exist, anticipation of judicial decision-making is more uncertain than would be expected in a more developed country. It may be impossible to obtain swift and equitable enforcement of laws that do exist, or to obtain enforcement of the judgment of one court by a court of another jurisdiction. The PRC's legal system is based on the civil law regime, that is, it is based on written statutes; a decision by one judge does not set a legal precedent that is required to be followed by judges in other cases. In addition, the interpretation of Chinese laws may be varied to reflect domestic political changes.

The promulgation of new laws, changes to existing laws and the pre-emption of local regulations by national laws may adversely affect foreign investors. However, the trend of legislation over the last 20 years has significantly enhanced the protection of foreign investment and allowed for more control by foreign parties of their investments in PRC enterprises. There can be no assurance that a change in leadership, social or political disruption, or unforeseen circumstances affecting the PRC's political, economic or social life, will not affect the PRC government's ability to continue to support and pursue these reforms. Such a shift could have a material adverse effect on our business and our prospects.

The practical effect of the PRC legal system on our business operations in the PRC can be viewed from two separate but intertwined considerations. First, as a matter of substantive law, the Foreign Invested Enterprise laws provide significant protection from government interference. In addition, these laws guarantee the full enjoyment of the benefits of corporate articles and contracts to Foreign Invested Enterprise participants. These laws, however, do impose standards concerning corporate formation and governance, which are qualitatively different from the general corporation laws of the United States. Similarly, the PRC accounting rules mandate accounting practices, which are not consistent with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. PRC’s accounting rules require that an annual "statutory audit" be performed in accordance with PRC accounting standards and that the books of accounts of Foreign Invested Enterprises are maintained in accordance with Chinese accounting rules. Article 14 of the People's Republic of China Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise Law requires a wholly foreign-owned enterprise to submit certain periodic fiscal reports and statements to designated financial and tax authorities, at the risk of business license revocation. Weifang Shengtai is a wholly foreign-owned enterprise. Second, while the enforcement of substantive rights may appear less clear than United States procedures, the Foreign Invested Enterprises and Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprises are Chinese registered companies, which enjoy the same status as other Chinese registered companies in business-to-business dispute resolution.

 
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Since the Articles of Association of Weifang Shengtai do not provide for the resolution of disputes the parties are free to proceed to either the Chinese courts, or if they are in agreement, to arbitration.

Any award rendered by an arbitration tribunal is enforceable in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1958). Therefore, as a practical matter, although no assurances can be given, the Chinese legal infrastructure, while different in operation from its United States counterpart, should not present any significant impediment to the operation of Foreign Invested Enterprises.

In addition, some of our present and future executive officers and our directors, most notably, Mr. Qingtai Liu, Mr. Yongqiang Wang, Mr. Hu Ye, Mr. Fei He and Mr. Yaojun Liu, may be residents of the PRC and not of the United States, and substantially all the assets of these persons are located outside the U.S. As a result, it could be difficult for investors to effect service of process in the United States, or to enforce a judgment obtained in the United States against us or any of these persons.

The PRC laws and regulations governing our current business operations are sometimes vague and uncertain. There are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of PRC laws and regulations, including but not limited to the laws and regulations governing our business, or the enforcement and performance of our arrangements with customers in the event of the imposition of statutory liens, death, bankruptcy and criminal proceedings. We and any future subsidiaries are considered foreign persons or foreign funded enterprises under PRC laws, and as a result, we are required to comply with PRC laws and regulations. These laws and regulations are sometimes vague and may be subject to future changes, and their official interpretation and enforcement may involve substantial uncertainty. The effectiveness of newly enacted laws, regulations or amendments may be delayed, resulting in detrimental reliance by foreign investors. New laws and regulations that affect existing and proposed future businesses may also be applied retroactively. We cannot predict what effect the interpretation of existing or new PRC laws or regulations may have on our business.

Governmental control of currency conversion may affect the value of your investment.

The majority of our revenues will be settled in Renminbi and U.S. dollars, and any future restrictions on currency exchanges may limit our ability to use revenues generated in Renminbi to fund any future business activities outside the PRC or to make dividend or other payments in U.S. dollars. Although the PRC government introduced regulations in 1996 to allow greater convertibility of the Renminbi for current account transactions, significant restrictions still remain, including primarily the restriction that foreign-invested enterprises like us may only buy, sell or remit foreign currencies after providing valid commercial documents, at those banks in the PRC authorized to conduct foreign exchange business.

In addition, conversion of Renminbi for capital account items, including direct investment and loans, is subject to governmental approval in the PRC, and companies are required to open and maintain separate foreign exchange accounts for capital account items. We cannot be certain that the PRC regulatory authorities will not impose more stringent restrictions on the convertibility of the Renminbi.

The value of our securities and your ability to receive dividends may be affected by the foreign exchange rates between U.S. dollars and Renminbi and the PRC government’s control over the Renminbi.

The value of our common stock will be affected by the foreign exchange rates between U.S. dollars and Renminbi, and between those currencies and other currencies in which our sales may be denominated. For example, to the extent that we need to convert U.S. dollars into Renminbi for our operational needs and should the Renminbi appreciate against the U.S. dollar at that time, our financial position, our business, and the price of our common stock may be harmed. Conversely, if we decide to convert our Renminbi into U.S. dollars for the purpose of declaring dividends on our common stock or for other business purposes and the U.S. dollar appreciates against the Renminbi, the U.S. dollar equivalent of our earnings from our subsidiary in the PRC would be reduced.

The PRC government imposes controls on the convertibility of Renminbi into foreign currencies and, in certain cases, the remittance of currency out of the PRC. We receive substantially all of our revenues in Renminbi which is currently not a freely convertible currency. Shortages in the availability of foreign currency may restrict our ability to remit sufficient foreign currency to pay dividends, or otherwise satisfy foreign currency dominated obligations. Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments and expenditures from the transaction, can be made in foreign currencies without prior approval from the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange by complying with certain procedural requirements. However, approval from appropriate governmental authorities is required where Renminbi is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of the PRC to pay capital expenses, such as the repayment of bank loans denominated in foreign currencies.

 
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The PRC government may also at its discretion restrict access in the future to foreign currencies for current account transactions. If the foreign exchange control system prevents us from obtaining sufficient foreign currency to satisfy our currency demands, we may not be able to pay certain expenses as they come due.

The fluctuation of the Renminbi may materially and adversely affect your investment.

The value of the Renminbi against the U.S. Dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in the PRC's political and economic conditions. As we rely almost entirely on revenues earned in the PRC—most of our sales occur in the PRC—any significant revaluation of the Renminbi may materially and adversely affect our cash flows, revenues and financial condition. For example, to the extent that we need to convert U.S. Dollars we receive from an offering of our securities into Renminbi for our operations, appreciation of the Renminbi against the U.S. Dollar could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Conversely, if we decide to convert our Renminbi into U.S. Dollars for the purpose of making payments for dividends on our common shares or for other business purposes and the U.S. Dollar appreciates against the Renminbi, the U.S. Dollar equivalent of the Renminbi we convert would be reduced. In addition, the depreciation of significant U.S. Dollar denominated assets could result in a charge to our income statement and a reduction in the value of these assets. On July 21, 2005, the PRC government changed its decade-old policy of pegging the value of the Renminbi to the U.S. Dollar. Under the new policy, the Renminbi is permitted to fluctuate within a narrow and managed band against a basket of certain foreign currencies. This change in policy has resulted in appreciation of the Renminbi against the U.S. Dollar. While the international reaction to the Renminbi revaluation has generally been positive, there remains significant international pressure on the PRC government to adopt an even more flexible currency policy, which could result in a further and more significant appreciation of the Renminbi against the U.S. Dollar.

Recent PRC regulations relating to the establishment of offshore special purpose companies by PRC domestic residents and registration requirements for employee stock ownership plans or share option plans may subject our PRC resident beneficial owners or the plan participants to personal liability, limit our ability to inject capital into our PRC subsidiaries, limit our subsidiaries’ ability to increase their registered capital or distribute profits to us, or may otherwise adversely affect us.

The China State Administration of Foreign Exchange ("SAFE") issued a public notice in October 2005 requiring PRC domestic residents to register with the local SAFE branch before establishing or controlling any company outside of China for the purpose of capital financing with assets or equities of PRC companies, referred to in the notice as an "offshore special purpose company." PRC domestic residents who are shareholders of offshore special purpose companies and have completed round trip investments but did not make foreign exchange registrations for overseas investments before November 1, 2005 were retroactively required to register with the local SAFE branch before March 31, 2006. PRC resident shareholders are also required to amend their registrations with the local SAFE in certain circumstances. After consultation with China counsel, we do not believe that any of our PRC domestic resident shareholders are subject to the SAFE registration requirement, however, we cannot provide any assurances that all of our shareholders who are PRC residents will not be required to make or obtain any applicable registrations or approvals required by these SAFE regulations in the future. The failure or inability of our PRC resident shareholders to comply with the registration procedures set forth therein may subject us to fines and legal sanctions, restrict our cross-border investment activities, or limit our PRC subsidiaries’ ability to distribute dividends or obtain foreign-exchange-dominated loans to our company.

As it is uncertain how the SAFE regulations will be interpreted or implemented, we cannot predict how these regulations will affect our business operations or future strategy. For example, we may be subject to more stringent review and approval process with respect to our foreign exchange activities, such as remittance of dividends and foreign-currency-denominated borrowings, which may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. In addition, if we decide to acquire a PRC domestic company, we cannot assure you that we or the owners of such company, as the case may be, will be able to obtain the necessary approvals or complete the necessary filings and registrations required by the SAFE regulations. This may restrict our ability to implement our acquisition strategy and could adversely affect our business and prospects.

In December 2006, the People’s Bank of China promulgated the Implementation Rules of the Administrative Measures for Individual Foreign Exchange, or the Individual Foreign Exchange Rules, setting forth the respective requirements for foreign exchange transactions by PRC individuals under either the current account or the capital account. In January 2007, SAFE issued implementing rules for the Individual Foreign Exchange Rules, which, among other things, specified approval requirements for certain capital account transactions such as a PRC citizen’s participation in the employee stock ownership plans or stock option plans of an overseas publicly-listed company. On March 28, 2007, SAFE promulgated the Application Procedure of Foreign Exchange Administration for Domestic Individuals Participating in Employee Stock Holding Plan or Stock Option Plan of Overseas-Listed Company, or the Stock Option Rule. Under the Stock Option Rule, PRC citizens who are granted stock options by an overseas publicly-listed company are required, through a PRC agent or PRC subsidiary of such overseas publicly-listed company, to register with SAFE and complete certain other procedures. We and our PRC employees who may be granted stock options are subject to the Stock Option Rule. If we or our PRC optionees fail to comply with these regulations, we or our PRC optionees may be subject to fines and legal sanctions.

 
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The new provisions of the PRC Employment Contract Law may substantially increase our labor-related costs in the future.

The PRC Employment Contract Law, which became effective as of January 1, 2008, contains many more provisions favorable to employees than existing labor regulations in effect in China. This may substantially increase our labor-related costs in our future operations. According to the new law, an employee is entitled to terminate his or her employment relationship with his or her employer for certain causes, such as delay in payment of wages or social insurance contribution or dissatisfactory labor protection, and under such circumstances the employer is liable to pay compensation to the employee. The amount of such compensation payment shall be one month's salary for each year that the employee has served the employer, subject to a cap of twelve months' salary. An employer shall also be liable to compensate an employee when the employer decides not to renew an existing employment contract that is about to expire, unless the employee refuses to renew the employment contract even though the employer offers equal or more favorable terms than those in the existing employment contract. In addition, an employer is obligated to conclude an open-ended employment contract with an employee after two consecutive terms of fixed-term employment, which means the employer will be liable to pay damages to an employee if it terminates this employee without cause, until the employee reaches an age at which he or she is eligible for pension payment. We may have greater difficulty terminating underperforming employees and may incur higher levels of labor costs in order to comply with the provisions of the new law, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

Risks related to our business

We cannot give any assurance that any plans for future expansion will be implemented or that they will be successful.

While we have expansion plans, which include making full use of the newly built cornstarch manufacturing plant, partially completed and operational since January 2007, upgrading our existing glucose manufacturing facility, building a new glucose manufacturing facility and expanding our sales overseas, there is no guarantee that such plans will be implemented or that they will be successful. These plans are subject to, among other things, their feasibility to meet the challenges we face, our ability to arrange for sufficient funding and the ability to hire qualified and capable employees to carry out these expansion plans.

We have a limited operating history and limited historical financial information upon which you may evaluate our performance.

Our operating subsidiary, Weifang Shengtai, was incorporated in 1999 and our operations have been largely confined to the PRC. In addition, while we have had some experience in managing a cornstarch manufacturing facility, we may not be adequately prepared to manage and operate a larger, more modern facility.

We are in our early stages of development and face risks associated with a new company in a growth industry. We may not successfully address these risks and uncertainties or successfully implement our operating strategies. If we fail to do so, it could materially harm our business to the point of having to cease operations and could impair the value of our common stock to the point investors may lose their entire investment. Even if we accomplish these objectives, we may not generate positive cash flows or the profits we anticipate in the future.

Although our revenues have grown rapidly since our inception from the growing demand for our glucose products, we cannot assure you that we will maintain our profitability or that we will not incur net losses in the future. We expect that our operating expenses will increase as we expand. Any significant failure to realize anticipated revenue growth could result in significant operating losses. We will continue to encounter risks and difficulties frequently experienced by companies at a similar stage of development, including our potential failure to:

 
expand our product offerings and maintain the high quality of our products;

 
manage our expanding operations, including the integration of any future acquisitions;

 
obtain sufficient working capital to support our expansion and to fill customers' orders in time;

 
maintain adequate control of our expenses;

 
implement our product development, marketing, sales, and acquisition strategies and adapt and modify them as needed; and

 
anticipate and adapt to changing conditions in the dextrose monohydrate and glucose products markets in which we operate as well as the impact of any changes in government regulation, mergers and acquisitions involving our competitors, technological developments and other significant competitive and market dynamics.
 
 
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We may have difficulty establishing adequate management, legal and financial controls in the PRC, and such difficulties could reduce the value of any investment in our common stock.

The PRC historically has not adopted a western style of management and financial reporting concepts and practices, or a modern western style of banking, computer and other control systems. We may have difficulty in hiring and retaining a sufficient number of employees qualified in these areas to work for our operating company in the PRC. As a result of these factors, we have had, and may continue to have difficulty in establishing management, legal and financial controls, collecting financial data and preparing financial statements, books of account and corporate records and instituting business practices relating to our PRC operations that meet Western standards.  We have discovered material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting and cannot assure you that additional material weaknesses will not be identified in the future.  We concluded that our internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures are not effective, although we believe that the financial statements included in our past filings correctly present our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the fiscal years covered thereby in all material respects.  Accordingly in the future there may be errors in our financial statements that could require a restatement or our filings may not be timely and investors may lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could lead to a decline in our stock price.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those responsible for oversight of the Company’s financial reporting.

Material weaknesses related to:

 
Accounting and Finance Personnel Weaknesses - US GAAP expertise - The current staff in the accounting department is relatively new and inexperienced, and needs substantial training so as to meet with the higher demands of being a U.S. public company. The accounting skills and understanding necessary to fulfill the requirements of U.S. GAAP-based reporting, including the skills of subsidiary financial statements consolidation, are inadequate and were inadequately supervised.

 
Lack of internal audit function - The Company lacks qualified resources to perform the internal audit function properly.  In addition, the scope and effectiveness of the internal audit function are yet to be developed.
 
The steps we have taken to remediate these weaknesses include the following:

1. In July, 2008 we engaged independent consultants to assist the Company in improving the internal control system based on the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control - Integrated Framework. The consultants had conducted an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting, and assisted us in designing enhanced processes and procedures to improve our internal control over financial reporting.

2. We plan to train our internal accountants well in U.S. GAAP principles and reporting. Although our accounting staff is professional and experienced in accounting requirements and procedures generally accepted in the PRC, management has determined that they require additional training and assistance in U.S. GAAP matters.

3. We had set up a team comprised of staff from different departments to conduct internal audit function periodically. We are also planning to establish an internal audit unit to establish effective internal control. We plan to allocate sufficient resources to achieve an effective internal audit function.

4. We have appointed Mr. Hu Ye as CFO, who has held positions of CFO at companies that operate in China and are listed on NYSE AMEX and OTC BB in the US.

We plan for the above policy to be consistently followed, which we hope will provide for much greater credibility and consistency in the financial statements.

 
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However, as a result of these material weaknesses and deficiencies in our disclosure controls and procedures, current and potential stockholders could lose confidence in our financial reporting and disclosures made in our public filings, which would harm our business and the trading price of our stock.     

Standards for compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are uncertain, and if we fail to comply in a timely manner, our business could be harmed and our stock price could decline.

Rules adopted by the SEC pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 require annual assessment of our internal control over financial reporting, and attestation of this assessment by our company's independent registered public accountants.  The SEC extended the compliance dates for non-accelerated filers like us.  Accordingly, the annual assessment of our internal controls first applied to our  annual report for the 2010 fiscal year and the attestation requirement of management's assessment by independent registered public accountants will first apply to our annual report for the 2010 fiscal year. The standards that must be met for management to assess the internal control over financial reporting as effective are new and complex, and require significant documentation, testing and possible remediation to meet the detailed standards.  We may encounter problems or delays in completing activities necessary to make an assessment of our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, the attestation process by our independent registered public accountants is new and we may encounter problems or delays in the future in completing the implementation of any requested improvements and receiving an attestation of our assessment by our independent registered public accountants.  Since we cannot assess our internal control over financial reporting as effective, and our independent registered public accountants are unlikely to be able to provide an unqualified attestation report, investor confidence and share value may be negatively impacted.

We face stiff competition, some of which may be from companies which may be better capitalized and more experienced than us.

We face competition from other domestic and global manufacturers and suppliers of pharmaceutical grade glucose. Although we view ourselves in a favorable position vis-à-vis our competition, some of the other companies that sell into our markets may be more successful than us and/or have more experience and financial resources than we do. This additional experience and financial backing may enable our competitors to produce more cost-effective products and market their products with more success than we are able to, which would decrease our sales. We expect that we will be required to continue to invest in product development and productivity improvements to compete effectively in our markets. However, we cannot assure you that we can successfully remain competitive. If our competitors develop a more efficient product or undertake more aggressive and costly marketing campaigns than us, this could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.

 A slowdown in the PRC economy may adversely affect our operations.

As all of our operations are conducted in the PRC and most of our revenues are generated from sales in the PRC, a slowdown or other adverse developments in the PRC economy could materially and adversely affect our customers, demand for our products, and our business. Recent economic slowdown since 2008 had affected our business, especially our cornstarch related business. While we believe that the economy is recovering, and although we believe that the demand for our products is not totally dependent on the health of the economy, we do not know how sensitive we are to a slowdown in economic growth or other adverse changes in the PRC economy. A slowdown in overall economic growth, an economic downturn or recession or other adverse economic developments in the PRC may materially reduce the demand for our products and materially and adversely affect our business.

Our major competitors may be better able than us to successfully endure downturns in our sector. In periods of reduced demand for our products, we can either choose to maintain market share by reducing our selling prices to meet competition or maintain selling prices, which would likely sacrifice market share. Sales and overall profitability would be reduced under either scenario. In addition, we cannot assure you that additional competitors will not enter our existing markets, or that we will be able to compete successfully against existing or new competition.

Inflation in the PRC could negatively affect our profitability and growth.

While the PRC economy has experienced rapid growth, such growth has been uneven among various sectors of the economy and in different geographical areas of the country. Rapid economic growth can lead to growth in the money supply and rising inflation. If prices for our products rise at a rate that is insufficient to compensate for the rise in the costs of supplies, it may have an adverse effect on profitability. In order to control inflation in the past, the PRC government has imposed controls on bank credits, limits on loans for fixed assets and restrictions on state bank lending. Such an austere policy can lead to a slowing of economic growth. In October 2004, the People's Bank of China, the PRC's central bank, raised interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade and indicated in a statement that the measure was prompted by inflationary concerns in the PRC economy. Repeated rises in interest rates by the central bank would likely slow economic activity in the PRC which could, in turn, materially increase our costs and also reduce demand for our products.

 
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A widespread health problem in the PRC could negatively affect our operations

A potential outbreak of widespread public health problem in the PRC, such as H1N1 flu, could force us temporarily to stop our operations, and thus have an adverse effect on our operations. Our operations may be impacted by a number of health-related factors, including quarantines or closures of some offices that would adversely disrupt our operations. Any of the foregoing events or other unforeseen consequences of public health problems could adversely affect our operations.

Enforcement against us or our directors and officers may be difficult

Because our principal assets are located outside of the U.S., and four of our five directors and all of our officers reside outside of the U.S., it may be difficult for you to enforce your rights based on U.S. Federal securities laws against us and our officers and some directors or to enforce a U.S. court judgment against us or them in the PRC.

In addition, our operating subsidiary is located in the PRC and substantially all of its assets are located outside of the U.S. It may, therefore, be difficult for investors in the U.S. to enforce their legal rights based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. Federal securities laws against us in the courts of either the U.S. or the PRC, even if civil judgments are obtained in U.S. courts to enforce such judgments in PRC courts. Further, it is unclear if extradition treaties now in effect between the U.S. and the PRC would permit effective enforcement against us or our officers and directors of criminal penalties under the U.S. Federal securities laws or otherwise.

We have identified significant deficiencies in our internal controls.

As set forth in Item 9A, below, we have identified significant deficiencies in our internal controls. While we are taking steps to address these significant deficiencies, there can be no assurance that such steps will be adequate to entirely cure the deficiencies.

Inadequate funding for our capital expenditures may affect our growth and profitability

Our sales revenues have increased from $19,999,826 for the year ended June 30, 2004, to $115,953,948 for the year ended June 30, 2010. Our continued growth is dependent upon our ability to raise capital from outside sources and improvement of profitability. Our ability to obtain financing will depend upon a number of factors, including:

 
our financial condition and results of operations;

 
the condition of the PRC economy and the healthcare sector in the PRC;

 
conditions in relevant financial markets; and

 
relevant PRC laws and regulations.

If we are unable to obtain financing, as needed, on a timely basis and on acceptable terms to our investors or lenders, our financial position, competitive position, growth and profitability may be adversely affected.

We may not be able to effectively control and manage our growth.

With our business and markets grow and develop, it will be necessary for us to finance and manage expansion in an orderly fashion. We may not have the requisite experience to manage and operate a larger, more modern cornstarch manufacturing plant and a bigger glucose production line. In addition, we may face challenges in managing expanding product offerings and in integrating acquired businesses with our own. These events would increase demands on our existing management, workforce and facilities. Failure to satisfy these increased demands could interrupt or adversely affect our operations and cause production backlogs, longer product development time frames and administrative inefficiencies.
 
 
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Significant fluctuations in raw material prices may have a material adverse effect on us

We do not have any long-term supply contracts with our raw materials suppliers. Any significant fluctuation in price of our raw materials could have a material adverse effect on the manufacturing cost of our products. We are subject to market conditions and although raw materials are generally available and we have not experienced any raw materials shortage in the past, we cannot assure you that the necessary materials will continue to be available to us at prices currently in effect or acceptable to us.

We may have limited options in the short-term for alternative supplies if our suppliers fail for any reason, including their business failure or financial difficulties, to continue the supply of raw materials. Moreover, identifying and accessing alternative sources may increase our costs.

Although we are in the corn-producing region in the Shandong province, there is no guarantee that we will not face a shortage of corn because of some natural calamity or other reasons beyond our control.

We had also mitigated the risks of a shortage in cornstarch by implementing a vertical integration manufacturing program, which includes building our own cornstarch processing plant, in which the plant is now operational. This will not only lower production costs and improve profit margins, but it will also allow Weifang Shengtai to produce higher quality, lower-cost cornstarch. We cannot guarantee these measures will be effective in eliminating all risks attendant to the supply of raw materials. In the event that our cost of materials increase, we may have to raise prices of our products, making us less competitive in price.

We may not be able to adjust our product prices, especially in the short-term, to recover the costs of any increases in raw materials. Our future profitability may be adversely affected to the extent we are unable to pass on higher raw materials costs to our customers.

Potential environmental liability could have a material adverse effect on our operations and financial condition.

To the knowledge of management, neither the production nor the sale of our products constitute activities, or generate materials in a material manner, that requires our operation to comply with the PRC environmental laws. Although it has not been alleged by PRC government officials that we have violated any current environmental regulations, we cannot assure you that the PRC government will not amend the current PRC environmental protection laws and regulations. Our business and operating results may be materially and adversely affected if we were to be held liable for violating existing environmental regulations or if we were to increase expenditures to comply with environmental regulations affecting our operations.

We rely on Mr. Qingtai Liu, our Chief Executive Officer and President, for the management of our business, and the loss of his services may significantly harm our business and prospects.

We depend, to a large extent, on the abilities and participation of our current management team, but have a particular reliance upon Mr. Qingtai Liu, our Chief Executive Officer and President, for the direction of our business. The loss of the services of Mr. Liu, for any reason, may have a material adverse effect on our business and prospects. We cannot assure you that the services of Mr. Liu will continue to be available to us, or that we will be able to find a suitable replacement for Mr. Liu. We have not entered into an employment contract with Mr. Liu. We do not have key man insurance policy on Mr. Qingtai Liu. If Mr. Liu dies and we are unable to replace Mr. Liu for a prolonged period of time, we may be unable to carry out our long term business plan and our future prospect for growth, and our business may be harmed.

We may not be able to hire and retain qualified personnel to support our growth and if we are unable to retain or hire such personnel in the future, our ability to improve our products and implement our business objectives could be adversely affected.

Our future success depends heavily upon the continuing services of the members of our senior management team, in particular our Chief Executive Officer and President, Mr. Qingtai Liu. If one or more of our senior executives or other key personnel is/are unable or unwilling to continue in his/her/their present positions, we may not be able to replace them easily or at all, and our business may be disrupted and our financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected. Competition for senior management and personnel is intense, the pool of qualified candidates is very limited, and we may not be able to retain the services of our senior executives or senior personnel, or attract and retain high-quality senior executives or senior personnel in the future. This failure could materially and adversely affect our future growth and financial condition.

We have inadequate insurance coverage

We do not presently maintain product liability insurance, and our property and equipment insurance does not cover the full value of our property and equipment, which leaves us with exposure in the event of loss or damage to our properties or claims filed against us.

 
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We currently do not carry any product liability or other similar insurance. We cannot assure you that we would not face liability in the event of the failure of any of our products. This is particularly true given our plan to significantly expand our sales into international markets, such as the United States, where product liability claims are more prevalent.

Except for automobile insurance, and Directors & Officers Liability and Company Reimbursement Insurance, we do not have other insurance such as business liability or disruption insurance coverage for our operations in the PRC.

We do not maintain a reserve fund for warranty or defective products claims. Our costs could substantially increase if we experience a significant number of warranty claims. We have not established any reserve funds for potential warranty claims since historically we have experienced few warranty claims for our products so that the costs associated with our warranty claims have been low. If we experience an increase in warranty claims or if our repair and replacement costs associated with warranty claims increase significantly, it would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Risks related to an investment in our common stock

Our Chief Executive Officer and President controls us through his position and stock ownership and his interests may differ from other stockholders

Our Chief Executive Officer and President, Mr. Qingtai Liu, beneficially owns approximately 38.49% of our common stock. As a result, although Mr. Liu is not the holder of a majority of the outstanding shares, Mr. Liu may be able to influence the outcome of stockholder votes on various matters, including the election of directors and extraordinary corporate transactions, including business combinations. Mr. Liu's interests may differ from other stockholders.

We do not intend to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future

We currently intend to retain all future earnings for use in the operation and expansion of our business. We do not intend to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future but will review this policy as circumstances dictate. Should we decide in the future to do so, as a holding company, our ability to pay dividends and meet other obligations depends upon the receipt of dividends or other payments from our operating subsidiary based in the PRC, Weifang Shengtai. Our operating subsidiary, from time to time, may be subject to restrictions on its ability to make distributions to us, including as a result of restrictions on the conversion of local currency into U.S. dollars or other hard currency and other regulatory restrictions. See "Risks related to doing business in the People’s Republic of China."

There is currently a limited trading market for our common stock

Our common stock has been quoted on the over-the-counter Bulletin Board since January 2007. Because we were formerly a shell company, our bid and ask quotations have not regularly appeared on the OTC Bulletin Board for any consistent period of time. There is a limited trading market for our common stock and our common stock may never be included for trading on any stock exchange or through any other quotation system, including, without limitation, the NYSE Alternext. You may not be able to sell your shares due to the absence of an established trading market.

Our common stock is subject to the Penny Stock Regulations

Our common stock is, and will continue to be, subject to the SEC's "penny stock" rules to the extent that the price remains less than $5.00. Those rules, which require delivery of a schedule explaining the penny stock market and the associated risks before any sale, may further limit your ability to sell your shares.

The SEC has adopted regulations which generally define "penny stock" to be an equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share. Our common stock, when and if a trading market develops, may fall within the definition of penny stock and subject to rules that impose additional sales practice requirements on broker-dealers who sell such securities to persons other than established customers and accredited investors, generally those with assets in excess of $1,000,000, or annual incomes exceeding $200,000 or $300,000, together with their spouse.
 
 
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For transactions covered by these rules, the broker-dealer must make a special suitability determination for the purchase of such securities and have received the purchaser's prior written consent to the transaction. Additionally, for any transaction, other than exempt transactions, involving a penny stock, the rules require the delivery, prior to the transaction, of a risk disclosure document mandated by the Commission relating to the penny stock market. The broker-dealer also must disclose the commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative, current quotations for the securities and, if the broker-dealer is the sole market-maker, the broker-dealer must disclose this fact and the broker-dealer's presumed control over the market. Finally, monthly statements must be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the limited market in penny stocks. Consequently, the "penny stock" rules may restrict the ability of broker-dealers to sell our common stock and may affect the ability of investors to sell their common stock in the secondary market.

Our common stock is illiquid and subject to price volatility unrelated to our operations

The market price of our common stock could fluctuate substantially due to a variety of factors, including market perception of our ability to achieve our planned growth, quarterly operating results of other companies in the same industry, trading volume in our common stock, changes in general conditions in the economy and the financial markets or other developments affecting our competitors or us. In addition, the stock market is subject to extreme price and volume fluctuations. This volatility has had a significant effect on the market price of securities issued by many companies for reasons unrelated to their operating performance and could have the same effect on our common stock.

A large number of shares of common stock will be issuable for future sale which will dilute the ownership percentage of our current holders of common stock. We have successfully registered for public resale 8,750,000 shares, as well as 4,375,000 shares issuable on exercise of the attached warrants, belonging to our investors and the availability for public resale of those shares may depress our stock price.

Also as a result, there will be a significant number of new shares of common stock on the market in addition to the current public float. Sales of substantial amounts of common stock, or the perception that such sales could occur, and the existence of warrants to purchase shares of common stock at prices that may be below the then current market price of the common stock, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of our equity securities.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

Not applicable.

Item 2. Properties.

Our facility in the PRC is located at the Hi-Tech Industrial Park of Changle County, Shandong Province, PRC 262400.

All land in the PRC is owned by the government and cannot be sold to any individual or entity. Instead, the government grants or allocates landholders a "land use right." From March 2000 to June 2007 Weifang Shengtai purchased various land use rights in succession for a total price of approximately $2,243,000. Weifang Shengtai obtained another land use right in July 2007 for a price of approximately $314,000. Weifang Shengtai obtained a new land use right in March 2008 for a price of $346,410. In May 2008, the Company paid approximately $734,000 to a local government which enabled the land use right to be classified from industrial use to commercial use. From July 2008 to June 2010, the Company incurred additional cost relating to various land use rights for approximately $480,520 and sold a piece of land use right for approximately $474,610. As a result Weifang Shengtai has the right to use various parcels of land that range from 20 to 50 years in term, all of which are currently being used by Weifang Shengtai for its business.

Weifang Shengtai occupies an area of approximately 252,275 square meters (62.34 acres) in Changle Economic and Technology Development Zone. Set forth below is the detailed information regarding the land:

Location
 
Area
(square meters)
 
Construction on the
Land
 
Expiration
Changle Economic and Technology Development Zone
   
85,880.43
 
New glucose production complex
 
April 20, 2057
Changle Economic and Technology Development Zone
   
14,696
 
(Reserved for future growth)
 
January 14, 2030
Changle Economic and Technology Development Zone
   
73,313.38
 
Old glucose production facility
 
April 28, 2052
Changle Economic and Technology Development Zone
   
19,692.4
 
Office and staff buildings
 
September 21, 2052
Changle Economic and Technology Development Zone
   
58,692
 
Cornstarch processing plant (11,800 sq meters)
 
April 2, 2054
 
 
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Item 3.  Legal Proceedings.

We know of no material, active, pending or threatened proceeding against us or our subsidiaries, nor are we, or any subsidiary, involved as a plaintiff or defendant in any material proceeding or pending litigation.

Item 4. Reserved.

PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stock holder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Market Information

We began trading on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board on January 12, 2007, and our symbol is "SGTI.OB." Prior to that, there had never been any established public market for shares of our common stock. The following table sets forth for the period indicated the prices of the common stock in the over-the-counter market, as reported and summarized by the OTC Bulletin Board. Such prices are based on inter-dealer bid and asked prices, without markup, markdown, commissions, or adjustments and may not represent actual transactions. As of September 23, 2010, the last reported bid price of our common stock was $1.20 per share and the last reported ask price was $1.20 per share.

CALENDAR QUARTER ENDED
 
HIGH BID(S)
   
LOW BID(S)
 
September 30, 2009
  $ 0.95     $ 0.90  
December 31, 2009
  $ 1.11     $ 1.05  
March 31, 2010
  $ 1.65     $ 1.35  
June 30, 2010
  $ 1.20     $ 1.10  

Holders

As of September 23, 2010, there were 19,169,805 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding and there were 31 holders of record of our common stock.

Dividends

Since our incorporation, no dividends have been paid on our common stock. We intend to retain any earnings for use in our business activities, so it is not expected that any dividends on our common stock will be declared and paid in the foreseeable future.

As a holding company, our ability to pay dividends is dependent on the receipt of dividends from SHI and our PRC based operating company Weifang Shengtai. The PRC government imposes controls on the convertibility of Renminbi into foreign currencies and, in certain cases, the remittance of currency out of the PRC. We receive substantially all of our revenues in Renminbi which is currently not a freely convertible currency. Shortages in the availability of foreign currency may restrict our ability to remit sufficient foreign currency to pay dividends, or otherwise satisfy foreign currency dominated obligations.

Equity Compensation Plan Information and Warrants and Options

As of September 23, 2010, we had 4,398,945 outstanding warrants to purchase 4,398,945 shares of common stock. Set forth below is a description of our outstanding warrants.

On May 15, 2007, we entered into a share purchase agreement and completed a private placement of our shares and warrants. Under the share purchase agreement we sold to the Selling Stockholders for $2.00 per share, or a total of $17,500,000, an aggregate of 8,750,000 shares of common stock and 4,375,000 warrants to purchase 4,375,000 shares of common stock. The exercise price of the warrants is $2.60 per share, as adjusted, and the warrants expire on May 15, 2012 .

 
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On May 15, 2007, we issued to Chinamerica Fund, L.P. 75,000 warrants and Jeff Jenson 25,000 warrants to compensate the former as lead investor and the latter in assisting in providing the shell. These warrants have an exercise price of $0.01 per share and a term of five years. In June 2008, Jeff Jenson exercised the 25,000 warrants issued to him. In November 2008, Chinamerica Fund, LP exercised the 75,000 warrants issued to the fund.

As part of their consideration for acting as placement agent for the May 15, 2007 private placement, Brill Securities, Inc., received five year warrants to purchase 218,750 shares of common stock at an exercise price of 2.60 per share, as adjusted. These have the same terms as the warrants issued to the Selling Stockholders in the May 15, 2007 private placement.

On January 4, 2008, the Company adopted “Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan,” the “Stock Incentive Plan.”

On May 14, 2008, the Company granted 500,000 stock options and 160,000 non-qualified stock options pursuant to the Stock Incentive Plan. All options have an exercise price of $3.34, which is the closing price on the date of grant, and expire five years after the date of grant. All options vest over a period of three years from the date of grant.

In the Chief Financial Officer employment agreement, the “Employment Agreement,” entered into on March 1, 2010 between the Company and Mr. Hu Ye, the Chief Financial Officer, the Company granted Mr. Hu Ye an option to purchase 300,000 shares of common stock of the Company. The shares vest over 3 years starting March 1, 2010 and terminate on the third anniversary of the date of issuance of the option. The Company valued the shares at $2.60 per share, which represents 130% of the fair market value being calculated in the private placement price on May 15, 2007.

Plan
category
 
Number of securities to be issued
upon exercise of outstanding
options, warrants and rights
 
Weighted-average exercise price
of outstanding options, warrants
and rights
   
Number of securities remaining available for
future issuance under equity compensation
plans (excluding securities reflected in column
(a))
 
   
(a)
 
(b)
   
(c)
 
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
    0       0       0  
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
    685,000     $ 3.02       2,068,700  
Total
    685,000     $ 3.02       2,068,700  

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

The following selected financial data for the fiscal years ended 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements. The data should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included elsewhere in this report.

Consolidated Statements of Operations
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
                               
Sales revenue
  $ 115,953,948     $ 73,321,862     $ 90,871,223     $ 51,706,215     $ 36,029,179  
                                         
Cost of good sold
    98,276,190       65,799,486       70,613,757       39,527,662       27,568,092  
                                         
Gross profit
    17677,759       7,522,376       20,257,466       12,178,553       8,461,087  
                                         
Research and development expense
 
____—
      365,689                    
                                         
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    10,281,788       8,607,560       7,390,623       4,674,679       3,831,778  
                                         
Operating income (loss)
    7,395,970       (1,450,873 )     12,866,843       7,503,874       4,629,309  
                                         
Other income (expense), net
    (2,598,285 )     (1,213,015 )     (1,810,530 )     524,088       (418,398 )
                                         
Income (loss) before income taxes
    4,797,685       (2,663,888 )     11,056,313       8,027,962       4,210,911  
                                         
Provision for income taxes
    1,598,704             645,988       878,836        
                                         
Net income (loss)
  $ 3,198,981     $ (2,663,888 )   $ 10,410,325     $ 7,149,126     $ 4,210,911  
                                         
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
    262,776       225,362       3,890,123       641,596       185,402  
Comprehensive Income (loss)
  $ 3,461,757     $ (2,438,526 )   $ 14,300,448     $ 7,790,722     $ 4,396,313  
Earning (loss) per share - basic
  $ 0.17     $ (0.14 )   $ 0.55     $ 0.64     $ 0.42  
Earning (loss) per share - diluted
  $ 0.17     $ (0.14 )   $ 0.52     $ 0.62     $ 0.42  
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding
    19,169,805       19,139,394       18,993,789       11,251,712       10,125,000  
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
    19,169,805       19,139,394       19,874,486       11,477,545       10,125,000  
 
 
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Year Ended June 30,
 
Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
2010
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
Current Assets
  $ 43,522,824     $ 48,453,449     $ 24,282,846     $ 31,266,489     $ 12,149,634  
Total Assets
    130,754,611       124,931,365       101,313,662       73,760,133       31,271,457  
Current Liabilities
    78,312,045       74,335,910       51,904,264       38,468,085       23,612,427  
Total Liabilities
    81,658,381       79,978,466       54,558,259       42,129,557       24,614,027  
Total Stockholders’ Equity
    49,096,231       44,952,899       46,755,403       31,630,576       6,657,430  

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation.

This report contains forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential” or “continue,” the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may differ materially. Factors that may cause our results to differ include, but are not limited to: changes in the scope or timing of our projects; slowdown in the demand for pharmaceutical grade glucose and glucose and starch products generally, which could reduce revenues and profit margins.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Moreover, neither we, nor any other person, assume responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements. We are under no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K to conform such statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes and other financial information appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K and other reports and filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are also urged to carefully review and consider the various disclosures made by us which attempt to advise interested parties of the factors which affect our business, including without limitation the disclosures made under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and Item 1A—Risk Factors.

 
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Overview

Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc., the “Company,” was incorporated in 2004 in the State of Delaware.  The Company, through its direct and indirect subsidiaries in China, manufactures and distributes glucose and starch as pharmaceutical raw materials, other starch products and other glucose products such a corn meals, food and beverage glucose and dextrin.  Most of the Company’s sales are made in the People’s Republic of China, the “PRC.”

During the reporting period, we increased our production of pharmaceutical grade glucose products, in particular dextrose monohydrate. Dextrose monohydrate is one of the five most important medical prescriptions in the PRC and one of the most widely used pharmaceutical products for restorative and nutritional purposes. It is used as a raw material in a wide array of pharmaceutical products such as transfusions and intravenous drips.

Our cornstarch production capacity has been enhanced to 300,000 tons a year. This complex is close to our existing glucose production plant and new glucose production complex which was completed in July 2008. The new facility of glucose allows us to use self-produced cornstarch to produce glucose and to be able to ensure the adequacy and quality of the cornstarch we use. Since cornstarch is produced on our premises, we are able to eliminate costs to ship the cornstarch to our glucose production facility, thus resulting in lower manufacturing costs.

In addition to our pharmaceutical glucose series of products, we also have produced other product lines of glucose and starch products such as industrial glucose, cornstarch, Avermectins, dextrin, and other products which are used for food, beverage and industrial production. In May 2008, we stopped producing Avermectins because we cannot currently produce and sell this product on an efficient scale and we want to focus our limited resources to our main product line for the time being.

The analysis of the consumption of glucose products by the China Starch Industry Association and the disposable income per capita from China National Statistics Bureau indicates that there is a strong correlation between the consumption of glucose products and the disposable income per capita.

Higher living standards are predicted to lead to higher consumption of pharmaceutical dextrose. The recovering economic growth, the rising purchasing power of domestic market, the government as well as the public awareness of quality healthcare products, are all drivers to the demand for our products. The strong growth in the PRC pharmaceutical industry will also help increase the selling prices of our major products, our revenues and our gross profit margin.

Management has been placing emphasis on (i) product quality control (ii) enhancement of operating efficiency (iii) expansion of geographical coverage and diversification of customer base, and (iv) new product development. We believe that these points of management are essentially for maintaining our competitiveness.

The Company’s new glucose production facility passed GMP inspection, and the Company’s facilities and many of its products are fully certified for GMP, IS09001:2000 and HACCP international quality standards, and globally certified Halal, Kosher and NON-GMO IP. The rate of quality output, output conforming to pharmaceutical-grade glucose product specifications, is maintained at 100%.
 
The Company has a three-tier quality control system and a well equipped quality inspection center to ensure timely detection and reprocessing of non-conforming products.
 
Our production lines are vertically integrated. Our production facilities are all inter-connected by an enclosed pipeline system to enhance overall production efficiency, minimize wastage of water and raw materials, and to avoid production contamination.

We are currently developing new production technology to recycle our waste water and byproducts. At the same time, we are improving overall production efficiency by analyzing and ameliorating inefficient production processes. Environment protection and production efficiency are important in our growth.

At the end of calendar year 2006, the Changle local government negotiated with us and required us to surrender the land use right of our old factory in the downtown Changle for their municipal construction. The land we occupied was 27,396 square meters. We were offered a bigger parcel of land in Changle Economic and Technology Development Zone with 85,880 square meters as described below.

 
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In April 2007, we acquired the rights to use a piece of land measuring 85,880 square meters in the Changle Economic and Technology Development Zone. We developed the land and built a new glucose production complex with an expected production capacity of 120,000 tons per year. The construction has been finished at the end of July 2008. The new facility is used to produce pharmaceutical grade glucose.

In July 2007, we acquired the right to use a piece of land measuring 40,000 square meters in the Changle Economic and Technology Development Zone. This land was sold in the year ended June 30, 2009.

During the reporting period under review, we managed to successfully expand our domestic sales network. As of June 30, 2010, the Company’s sales network covered almost all provinces of mainland China except the Tibet Autonomous Region. Historically, we exported our products to customers in over seventy countries, and we plan to increase our global sales in the coming years.
 
We constantly strive to broaden and diversify our customer base. A broader customer base can not only mitigate our reliance on certain big customers, but also bring us more opportunities. We believe a broader market for our products can increase demand for our products, reduce our vulnerability to market changes, and provide additional areas of growth in the future. Our top ten customers accounted for only 30.44% for our total sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010.

With the recovery of the world and China economy, management has seen increased sales trend that would improve our market and financial positions. We will continue to identify and pursue product quality and innovative technology to increase our market share and optimize our cost structure. Barring unforeseen circumstances, we anticipate continued growth in our sales growth in next few years. Our ability to meet increased customer demand and stay profitable will however still depend on factors such as world and china economic recovery, market demand, our production capacity, and working capital.

Result of Operations

Year Ended June 30, 2010 Compared with Year Ended June 30, 2009

The following table shows our operating results for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009.

   
Fiscal Year ended
June 30, 2010
   
Fiscal Year ended
June 30, 2009
 
Sales Revenue
  $ 115,953,948     $ 73,321,862  
Costs of Goods Sold
    98,276,190       65,799,486  
Gross Profit
    17,677,759       7,522,376  
Research and development expense
          365,689  
Sales, General and Administrative Expenses
    10,281,788       8,607,560  
Operating Income (Loss)
    7,395,970       (1,450,873 )
Other Income (Expense), Net
    (2,598,285 )     (1,213,015 )
Income (loss) before Income Taxes
    4,797,685       (2,663,888 )
Provision for Income Taxes
    1,598,704        
Net Income (loss)
    3,198,981       (2,663,888 )

Sales revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 was $ 115,953,948, an increase of $ 42,632,086, or 58% compared with the corresponding period in 2009. The increase in sales revenue resulted from the increase of the Company’s sales volume and selling prices. Net sales from exports for the year ended June 30, 2010 increased approximately 131% compared with the same period in 2009. The increase is attributable to the recovery of the global economy and the Company’s reorganization of its exporting department, resulting in an increase in international demand for the Company’s glucose and corn meal products compared to the same period last year. Domestic sales for cornstarch and other products for the year ended June 30, 2010 increased approximately 55% compared with the same period last year. The increase in domestic sales was attributable to the higher demand for the Company’s products and increase in unit sales prices.
 
Costs of goods sold for the year ended June 30, 2010 was $98,276,190, an increase of $32,476,704, or 49% compared with the corresponding period in 2009. The increase in cost of sales was lower than the increase in net sales. As a result, the gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2010 was $17,677,759, an increase of $10,155,383, or 135%, compared with the same period in 2009, and the gross profit margin for the year ended June 30, 2010 was 15.2%, an increase from 5.0% for the same period in 2009.
 
 
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While the local government of Changle County, Shandong has stated that its Finance Bureau will repay the amount of $837,684 that the Company paid in the last quarter of calendar year 2009 as guarantor to Agriculture Bank of China on behalf of bankrupt Yong Chang Food Industry Ltd. Co., no payment had been received by the Company on June 30, 2010. Hence, the $837,684 was fully written off in the year ended June 30, 2010. When it is paid by the Finance Bureau, the $837,684 will be booked as income. The $837,684 is included in selling, general and administrative expenses.
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses were $10,281,788 for the year ended June 30, 2010 compared to $8,607,560 for the year ended June 30, 2009. The increase was due largely to the write-off of the payment of $837,684 described above and other year-end adjustments. After deducting the write-off, selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended June 30, 2010 were $9,444,104, an increase of $836,544, or 10 %, from the year ended June 30, 2009. The Company incurred $635,272 in non-cash stock option expenses for the year ended June 30, 2010, which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses.
 
Net income for the year ended June 30, 2010 was $3,198,981, an increase of $5,862,869, compared with a net loss of $2,663,888 for the same period in 2009. The increase in net income was primarily due to the increase in the sales volume of the Company’s products and the selling prices of the Company’s products.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities for fiscal year 2010 was $9,578,970 compared to $1,287,385 used in operating activities for fiscal year 2009. The increase was mostly due to the increase of sales volume of our products and the increase in selling prices of our products. Cash paid for income taxes was $1,134,656 in 2009 and $1,674,045 in 2010.  No payments for past years are expected in the future, but, as disclosed in Note 7, the effective tax rate will rise from 12% to 25% in August 2009, when the Company’s tax exemptions will expire.
 
Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities for fiscal 2010 was $16,576,493 compared to $1,432,818 used in investing activities for fiscal year 2009.  The investing activities helped the Company increase its production capacity via purchase of equipment and optimization in production process.
 
Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities for fiscal 2010 was $9,702,081 compared to $1,087,699 provided by financing activities for fiscal year 2009.
 
 Contractual obligations
 
Payments due
by period
 
   
Total
   
Less than 1 year
   
1-3 years
   
3-5 years
   
More than 5
years
 
Long-Term Debt Obligations
  $ 964,228     $ 964,228     $ 0     $     $  
Capital Lease Obligations
    4,697,091       1,350,755       3,346,336              
Operating Lease Obligations
                             
Purchase Obligations
                             
Other Long-Term Liabilities Reflected on the Registrant's Balance Sheet under GAAP
                             
Total
  $ 5,661,319     $ 2,314,983     $ 3,346,336     $     $  
 
 
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Loans

Other than the equity financing in 2008, our PRC operating subsidiary, Weifang Shengtai financed its operations and capital expenditure requirements primarily through bank loans and operating income. Weifang Shengtai had a total of $40,153,980, and $25,637,500 short term bank loans outstanding as of June 30, 2010, and 2009, respectively. The loans were secured by Weifang Shengtai’s properties and accounts receivable. The terms of all these short term loans were for one year. Weifang Shengtai has never defaulted on any loans.  In addition Weifang Shengtai had $17,823,300 and $35,218,600 in short-term notes due to banks as of June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  These notes were due within one year and secured by 50% to 100% of the loan amount in restricted cash.  Some were guaranteed by unrelated third parties.

Weifang Shengtai does not have any long term loans from local banks. The outstanding long-term loans, or the non-current portion of payables, and the non-current portion of capital lease obligation, which can be classified as long term liabilities, were $3,346,336, and $5,642,556, as of June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Guarantees

We have guaranteed certain borrowings of other unrelated third parties including short term bank loans, lines of credit and bank notes. The total guaranteed amounts were $2,946,000, and $10,108,500 as of June 30, 2010, and 2009. Some unrelated third parties have guaranteed approximately $ 8,838,000, and $47,671,100 of our debt, as of June 30, 2010 and 2009 respectively.

Future cash commitments

The Company estimates the need for capital to run new production facilities. The exact amount will be determined based on both the market demand for the Company’s products and the time needed for these facilities to run at full capacity. The Company will carefully review its financial condition and consider financing with internally generated cash, bank loans or additional equity.  The Company expects that its proceeds from operating cash flows and its cash balances, together with amounts available under its loans, will be sufficient to meet its anticipated liquidity needs for the next twelve months.
 
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

We have disclosed in the notes to our financial statements those accounting policies that we consider to be significant in determining our results of operations and our financial position which are incorporating by reference herein. The following reflects the more critical accounting policies that currently affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Revenue recognition

The Company recognizes revenue when the goods are delivered, title has passed, pricing is fixed, and collection is reasonably assured. Sales revenue represents the invoiced value of goods, net of value-added tax (“VAT”), and estimated returns of product from customers. Most of the Company’s products sold in the PRC are subject to a VAT rate of 17% of the gross sales price or at a rate approved by the Chinese local government. This VAT may be offset by VAT paid by the Company on raw materials and other materials included in the cost of producing their finished products and certain freight expenses. We allow our customers to return products only if our product is later determined by us to be ineffective. Based on our historical experience over the past three years, product returns have been insignificant throughout all of our product lines. Therefore, we do not estimate deductions or allowance for sales returns. Sales returns are taken against revenue when products are returned from customers. Sales are presented net of any discounts given to customers.
 
 
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Use of estimates

In preparing the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting year. Significant estimates, required by management, include the recoverability of long-lived assets and the valuation of inventories. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Accounts Receivables

In the normal course of business, the Company extends credit to its customers without requiring collateral or other security interests. Management reviews its accounts receivables at each reporting period to provide for an allowance against accounts receivable for an amount that could become uncollectible. This review process may involve the identification of payment problems with specific customers. The Company estimates this allowance based on the aging of the accounts receivable, historical collection experience, and other relevant factors, such as changes in the economy and the imposition of regulatory requirements that can have an impact on the industry. These factors continuously change, and can have an impact on collections and the Company’s estimation process. These impacts may be material.

  Certain accounts receivable amounts are charged off against allowances after designated period of collection efforts. Subsequent cash recoveries are recognized as income in the period when they occur.

Property and equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method, with a 3% residual value, over the estimated useful lives of the assets.

Foreign currency translation

Our functional currency is Renminbi, “RMB.” Foreign currency transactions are translated at the applicable rates of exchange in effect at the transaction dates. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are translated at the applicable rates of exchange in effect at that date. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates in effect during the reporting period.

Translation adjustments arising from the use of different exchange rates from period to period are included as a component of stockholders’ equity as “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.” Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency translations are included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.

Item7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Credit Risk.

We are exposed to credit risk from our cash at bank, fixed deposits and contract receivables. The credit risk on cash at bank and fixed deposits is limited because the counterparts are recognized financial institutions. Contract receivables are subject to credit evaluations. We periodically record a provision for doubtful collections based on an evaluation of the collectability of contract receivables by assessing, among other factors, the customer’s willingness or ability to pay, repayment history, general economic conditions and our ongoing relationship with the customers.

Country Risk.

Substantial portion of our business, assets and operations are located and conducted in the PRC. While the PRC’s economy has experienced significant growth in the past twenty years, growth has been uneven, both geographically and among various sectors of the economy. The economic crisis since 2008 has certain effect on the growth of the China economy. The PRC government has implemented various measures to encourage economic growth and guide the allocation of resources. In February 2009, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) stated that it will allocate RMB 10 billion (US$1.46 billion) from the central budget to build 2,000 township hospitals and 29,000 urban community health service centers. The funds are part of the central government's RMB 850-billion commitment to financing the country's health care reform plan. The plan will be implemented over the course of next three years. With that as a backdrop, we believe the long-term prospect for pharmaceutical grade glucose is very good despite the near-term challenges. Some of these measures benefit the overall economy of the PRC, but may also have a negative effect on us. For example, our operating results and financial condition may be adversely affected by government control over capital investments or changes in regulations applicable to us. If there are any changes in any policies by the PRC government and our business is negatively affected as a result, then our financial results, including our ability to generate revenues and profits, will also be negatively affected.

 
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Foreign Currency Risk.

Substantially all of our operations are conducted in the PRC. Our sales and purchases are conducted within the PRC in Renminbi. Conversion of the Renminbi into foreign currencies is regulated by the People’s Bank of China through a unified floating exchange rate system. Although the PRC government has stated its intention to support the value of the Renminbi, there can be no assurance that such exchange rate will not again become volatile or that the Renminbi will not devalue significantly against the U.S. dollar. Exchange rate fluctuations may adversely affect the value, in U.S. dollar terms, of our net assets and income derived from our operations in the PRC. In addition, the Renminbi is not freely convertible into foreign currency and all foreign exchange transactions must take place through authorized institutions.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

The information required by this Item 8 is included in Item 15 of this Form 10-K.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, there were no changes in and disagreements with accountants and financial disclosure.

Item 9A Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
Mr. Qingtai Liu, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. Hu Ye, the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, as of the end of the period covered by this Report.  Based on that evaluation which, among other things, identified personnel turnover in the areas concerned, the Company’s officers concluded that disclosure controls and procedures were not effective and are not adequately designed to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the Company’s reports submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the applicable rules and forms and that such information was accumulated and communicated to the Company’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer in a manner that allowed for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
 
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
During the year ended June 30, 2010, there has been no material change in internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control systems are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues, if any, within a company have been detected. Such limitations include the fact that human judgment in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns in internal control can occur because of human failures, such as simple errors or mistakes or intentional circumvention of the established process.
 
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
Internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) refers to the process designed by, or under the supervision of, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and effected by our board of directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
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Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, the application of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods is subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
 
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
 
A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting that is less severe than a material weakness; yet important enough to merit attention by those responsible for oversight of the Company’s financial reporting.
 
We have evaluated the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2010. This evaluation was performed using the Internal Control – Evaluation Framework developed by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Based on such evaluation, management concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective and identified the material weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as stated below.
 
Material weaknesses related to:
 
Accounting and Finance Personnel Weaknesses - US GAAP expertise - The current staff in the accounting department is relatively new and inexperienced, and needs substantial training so as to meet with the higher demands of being a U.S. public company. The accounting skills and understanding necessary to fulfill the requirements of U.S. GAAP-based reporting, including the skills of subsidiary financial statements consolidation, are inadequate and were inadequately supervised.
 
Lack of internal audit function - The Company lacks qualified resources to perform the internal audit functions properly.  In addition, the scope and effectiveness of the internal audit function are yet to be developed.
 
Due to those above material weaknesses, during the annual audit process for the year ended June 30, 2010, our independent auditor proposed material adjustments to allowance for bad debt, interest expenses from the capital lease equipment, unrecorded restricted cash and notes payable.
 
Management Remediation Plan
 
During its audit of our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010, our independent registered public accounting firm reported material weakness in our financial statement reporting process.
 
In order to correct the foregoing material weaknesses, we have taken the following remedial measures:
 
1. In July, 2008 we engaged independent consultants to assist the Company in improving the internal control system based on the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control - Integrated Framework. The consultants had conducted an evaluation of our internal control over financial reporting, and assisted us in designing enhanced processes and procedures to improve our internal control over financial reporting.
 
2. We plan to train our internal accountants in U.S. GAAP principles and reporting. Although our accounting staff is professional and experienced in accounting requirements and procedures generally accepted in the PRC, management has determined that they require additional training and assistance in U.S. GAAP matters.
 
3. We are also planning to establish an internal audit unit to establish effective internal control. We plan to allocate sufficient resources to achieve an effective internal audit function.
 
We believe that the steps we are taking are necessary for remediation of the material weaknesses identified above, and we will continue to monitor the effectiveness of these steps and make any changes that our management deems appropriate.
 
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Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

No change in our internal control over financial reporting has occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2010 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Auditor Attestation

The management's report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding smaller reporting companies.

  Item 9B. Other Information.

None.

PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

Below are our executive officers and directors. Most of our executive officers and directors are residents of the PRC. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon them or to enforce court judgments obtained against them in the United States courts.

Directors and Executive Officers
 
Position/Title
 
Age
Qingtai Liu
 
Chief Executive Officer / Director
 
53
Yongqiang Wang*
 
Director
 
41
Chris W. Wang**
 
Director
 
39
Changxin Li***
 
Director
 
50
Winfred Lee
 
Director
 
49
Yaojun Liu****
 
Director
 
34
Fei He****
 
Director
 
42
Yiru Shi*****
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
37
Hu Ye******
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
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*Mr. Yongqiang Wang was appointed chief financial officer in November 2009 and resigned in March 2010.
**Mr. Chris Wang resigned as a director on October 31, 2009.
***Mr. Changxin Li resigned as a director on May 31, 2010.
****Mr. Yaojun Liu and Mr. Fei He were appointed directors on June 1, 2010.
*****Ms. Shi resigned as chief financial officer in November 2009.
******Mr. Hu Ye was appointed chief financial officer in March 2010.

The following is a summary of the biographical information of our directors and officers:

Qingtai Liu, 53, graduated from the Electrical Engineering Faculty of the Shandong Technical University with a Bachelor of Science degree in February 1982. He became the workshop director and head of the production department of Changle Wireless Device Factory until 1988, whereupon he assumed the position of Head of Science and Technology at the Changle Power Factory. In 1990, Mr. Liu became the Director of Weifang Fifth Pharmaceutical Plant. From January 1999 to present day, he is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Weifang Shengtai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Under his leadership, the Company successfully developed unique production techniques for the production of glucose and medicinal coating products, and has won Technology Innovation awards issued by the Chang Le County, Weifang City and the Shandong provincial government offices. The medicinal coating material technology that Mr. Liu jointly developed with the Shandong University has been certified by the Technology Development Bureau of the Shandong Province to be of international standard. Over the years, Mr. Liu has been endorsed by the Weifang City Government office as a Leading Technology Innovator and a Distinguished Pharmaceutical Production Director. He also is the deputy to the People’s Conference of both Weifang City and Changle County.  Mr. Liu has not been involved in legal proceeding for the past ten years.
 
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Yongqiang Wang, 41, graduated with an Associates degree from the Shandong Economic and Management Institute. Mr. Wang joined Weifang Shengtai in April 2006 as Assistant to the Chief Executive Office with major responsibilities in supervising the Finance Department.  He assumed the position of Manager of the Finance Department of Weifang Shengtai in February 2007.  Before he joined Weifang Shengtai, Mr. Wang was Finance Manager at Shandong Lehua Group Co., Ltd from January 1996 to April 2006, and Finance Manager at Shandong Hongxiang Food General Factory from January 1994 to December 1995.  Mr. Wang has not been involved in legal proceeding for the past ten years.

Wenbing Christopher Wang, 39, has served as Chief Financial Officer of Fushi Copperweld, Inc. since December 13, 2005 and on January 21, 2008 was appointed as its President and director. Mr. Wang has served as Chief Financial Officer of Dalian Fushi since March 2005.  Prior to Fushi, Mr. Wang was an Executive Vice President of Redwood Capital, Inc. from November 2004 to March 2005 and an Assistant VP of Portfolio Management at China Century Investment Corporation from October 2002 to September 2004. Mr. Wang worked for Credit Suisse First Boston (HK) Ltd in 2001. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Wang worked for VCChina as a Management Analyst. Fluent in both English and Chinese, Mr. Wang holds an MBA in Finance and Corporate Accounting from Simon Business School of University of Rochester. Mr. Wang was named one of the top ten CFO’s of 2007 in China by CFO magazine. Mr. Wang resigned from the board of directors of the Company with effect from October 31, 2009.

Changxin Li, 50, has been the Medical Director of both the Echocardiography Laboratory and Cardiopulmonary Department of the Otsego Memorial Hospital since 2005, Medical Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation since January 2009 and Medical Director, Intensive Care Unit since July 2009. He has also been an internist with the Otsego Memorial Hospital since 1995. Mr. Li graduated with an MB from the Weifang (formerly Changwei) Medical College, Weifang, Shandong, China in 1982 and a PhD from the Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1990. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (USA).  Mr. Li resigned from the board of directors of the Company with effect from June 1, 2010.

Winfred Lee, 49, has been a Contract Administrator with Tenet Healthsystems for South Bay Medical Center, North Hollywood Medical Center, Midway Hospital, Century City Hospital, and Brotman Medical Center from 1997. Mr. Lee graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah in 1984. He then graduated with a Doctor of Medicine from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1988 and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, in 1992. Mr. Lee is a member of the California Bar and the Phi Delta Phi Legal Society.  Mr. Lee has not been involved in legal proceeding for the past ten years.

Yaojun Liu, 34, is currently a partner at Global Law Office, a law firm based in Beijing, the PRC since 2006. Prior to that, between 2003 and 2006, Mr. Liu served as an attorney at Jingtian & Gongcheng Law Firm, a law firm based in Beijing, the PRC. Before practicing law, Mr. Liu was a senior project manager at the Investment Banking Headquarter of Haitong Securities Co., Ltd. Mr. Liu graduated with a Master of Economic Law from Renmin University, Beijing, China in 2001. He then graduated with a LL.M. of Commercial Law from University of Sheffield, UK in 2003. Mr. Liu is a Qualified Practice Lawyer and also a Certified Public Accountant in China. Since June 2008, Mr. Liu has been the Board member of Yuhe International, Inc. Mr. Liu has not been involved in legal proceeding for the past ten years.

Fei He, 42, is a Strategy and M&A director of DSM (China) Limited responsible for strategy and mergers and acquisitions since 2007.  Mr. He worked for A.T. Kearney in China and led the strategic consultation for several merger and acquisition projects in the hi-tech industries in China. Before going back to China, Mr. He was a director of the WOLVERINE Venture Capital Fund in the United States between 2002 and 2005. Prior to that, Mr. He worked for Pfizer in the United States since 1998 in several positions as post-doctoral researcher, senior scientist and business development manager. Mr. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Beijing University, Beijing, China in 1990. He then graduated with a Ph. D. of Chemistry from University of California, Davis in 1998. Mr. He also obtained a Master of Business Administration from University of Michigan Ross School of Business in 2004. Mr. He has not been involved in legal proceeding for the past ten years.

Yiru Shi, 37, served as audit manager for Kabani & Co., Inc., Controller at Aroa Marketing, Channel Program Manager at Sun Microsystems and financial analyst at Hewlett Packard China, obtained MBA from University of California, Irvine, Bachelors degrees in Computer Science and International Trade and Business from Beijing Polytechnic University and is a Certified Public Accountant.  Ms. Shi resigned in November 2009.

 Hu Ye, 48, served as the CFO of China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources, Inc. from June 2008 to March 2009 and the CFO of Si Mei Te Food Ltd. from May 2009 to September 2009.  He worked in China as the CFO of Odysys International Ltd. from December 2003 to March 2006, CFO of BOCO Enterprises Ltd. from March 2006 to March 2007 and from December 2007 to May 2008, and CFO of EMarket Holding Group Corp. from March 2007 to November 2007. From January 2002 to September 2003 Mr. Ye was a consultant at Securitization Finance, CIT Group, Inc. in Canada. From June 1999 to March 2001 Mr. Ye was an Assistant Vice-President in Finance, Corporate and Institutional Client Group of Merrill Lynch Canada. From January 1990 to June 1999, Mr. Ye worked as a financial analyst of Finance and Tax, and a Financial Control Administrator at Mackenzie Financial Corporation in Canada. Mr. Ye has been serving as Non-Executive Board Member of Beijing Heidrick & Struggles International Management Consulting Co. Ltd. since July 2006; Non-Executive Board Member of CIC Mining Resources Ltd. since February 2009. Mr. Ye has not been involved in legal proceeding for the past ten years.
 
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All of our directors hold offices until the next annual meeting of the shareholders of the Company, and until their successors have been qualified after being elected or appointed. Officers serve at the discretion of the board of directors.

There are no family relationships among our directors or executive officers. There is no arrangement or understanding between or among our officers and directors pursuant to which any director or officer was or is to be selected as a director or officer, and there is no arrangement, plan or understanding as to whether non-management shareholders will exercise their voting rights to continue to elect the current Board of Directors.

Our directors and executive officers have not, during the past five years:

¨
had any bankruptcy petition foiled by or against any business of which was a general partner or executive officer, either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time,

¨
been convicted in a criminal proceeding and is not subject to a pending criminal proceeding,

¨
been subject to any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities, futures, commodities or banking activities; or

¨
been found by a court of competent jurisdiction, in a civil action, the Securities Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended or vacated.

Section 16(A) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires our officers and directors and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the "SEC.” Such persons are required by SEC regulation to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.

Based solely on review of the copies of such forms received by us with respect to fiscal year 2010, or written representations from certain reporting persons, we believe that our directors, officers and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of our equity securities have complied with all applicable Section 16(a) filing requirements..

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

We endeavor to provide our “named executive officers,” as defined in Item 402 of Regulation S-K, with a competitive base salary that is in- line with their roles and responsibilities when compared to peer companies of comparable size in the same or similar locality.

It is not uncommon for PRC private corporations in that locality to have base salaries as the sole and only form of compensation. The base salary level is established and reviewed based on the level of responsibilities, the experience and tenure of the individual and the current and potential contributions of the individual. The base salary is compared to the list of similar positions within comparable peer companies and with consideration of the executive’s relative experience in his or her position. Base salaries are reviewed periodically and at the time of promotion or other changes in responsibilities.

We plan to implement a more comprehensive compensation program, which takes into account other elements of compensation, including without limitation, short and long term compensation, cash and non-cash, and other equity-based compensation such as stock options. This compensation program shall be comparative to our peers in the industry and aimed to retain and attract talented individuals.
 
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We have formed a Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors comprised solely of independent directors to oversee the compensation of our named executive officers. The members of our Compensation Committee are Fei He (Chairman), Yaojun Liu and Winfred Lee.  The Board has determined that all members of the compensation committee are independent directors under the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market or NYSE Amex, as applicable. The compensation committee administers the Company’s benefit plans, reviews and administers all compensation arrangements for executive officers, and establishes and reviews general policies relating to the compensation and benefits of our officers and employees. The compensation committee operates under a written charter that is made available on the website mentioned above.

Summary Compensation Table
 
The following is a summary of the compensation we paid for each of the two years ended June 30, 2010, and 2009, respectively (i) to the person who acted as our principal executive officer during our fiscal years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, and (ii) to the former employee who received compensation in excess of $100,000 for one of these years. None of our other executive officers received compensation in excess of $100,000 for any of these two years.
Name and
Principal
Position 
 
Year
 
Salary($)
   
Bonus($)
   
StockAwards($)
   
Option
Awards($)
   
Non Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
   
Change in
Pension Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings ($ )
   
All Other
Compensation

($)
   
Total ($)
 
 
                                                   
Qingtai Liu (1)
 
2010
    120,000                                           120,000  
 
 
2009
    120,000                                           120,000  
                                                                     
 Ye Hu (2)
 
2010
    48,831                   46,303                         95,134  
 
 
2009
                                               
 
                                                                   
Yiru Shi (3)
 
2010
    57,000                                           57,000  
 
 
2009
    108,000                                           108,000  
 
                                                                   
Yongqiang Wang (4)  
 
2010
    24,000                                           24,000  
   
 
2009
                                               


(1) 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer).
(2) 
Mr. Hu Ye joined us as our Chief Financial Officer in March 2010.

In the Chief Financial Officer Employment Agreement,  the “Employment Agreement,” entered into on March 1, 2010 between the Company and Mr. Hu Ye, the Chief Financial Officer, the Company granted Mr. Hu Ye an option to purchase 300,000 shares of common stock of the Company. The shares vest over 3 years starting March 1, 2010 and terminate on the third anniversary of the date of issuance of this option. The Company valued the shares at $2.60 per share, which represents 130 % of the fair market value being calculated in the private placement price on May 15, 2007. The fair values of stock options granted to the CFO were estimated at the date of grant with the following assumptions:
 
Weighted average risk-free interest rate
    2.79%  
         
Expected term
 
6.5 years
 
         
Expected volatility
    149%  
         
Expected dividend yield
    0%  
         
Weighted average grant-date fair value per option
 
$
2.60  
 
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(3)
Ms. Yiru Shi joined us as our Chief Financial Officer in May 2008 and resigned in November, 2009.
(4)
Mr. Wang was appointed chief financial officer in November 2009 and resigned in March 2010.

Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal 2008

On January 4, 2008, the Company adopted “Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan,” the “Stock Incentive Plan.”

On May 14, 2008, the Company granted 500,000 stock options and 160,000 non-qualified stock options pursuant to the Stock Incentive Plan. All options have an exercise price of $3.34, which is the closing price on the date of grant, and expire five years after the date of grant. All options vest over a period of three years from the date of grant.

Outstanding Equity Awards at 2010 Fiscal Year End

As of June 30, 2010, there are 685,000 shares of options outstanding.

Equity Compensation Plan Information at June 30, 2010

The following table sets forth information as of June 30, 2010 regarding compensation plans under which the Company’s equity securities are authorized for issuance.

  
 
(a)
   
(b)
   
(c)
 
Plan Category 
 
Number of
securities to be
issued upon
exercise of
outstanding
equity awards
   
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding
equity awards($)
   
Number of
securities
remaining
available for
future issuance
under equity
compensation
plans (excluding
securities
reflected in
column(a))
 
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.  
                 
   
                     
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holder s
Issuances of non-qualified options to employees  
    685,000     $ 3.02       2,068,700  
   
                       
Total  
    685,000     $ 3.02       2,068,700  

Option Exercises and Stock Vested in Fiscal 2010.

There were no option exercises or stock vested in 2010.

Employment Agreements

We have employment agreements with Qingtai, Liu, our chief executive officer, and with Hu Ye, our Chief Financial Officer.
 
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Compensation of Directors.

Our current non-executive directors are compensated for all services they perform as directors, including attendance at Board of Directors meetings and service as members of committees of the Board of Directors to which they are appointed. Executive officers are not compensated for services they perform as directors of the Company. The details of such compensation are:

¨
annual compensation of $30,000; and

¨
we may also grant the non-executive directors certain options to purchase our shares, the amount and terms of which shall be determined by the Board of Directors.

The non-executive directors are also reimbursed for all of their out-of-pocket expenses in traveling to and attending meetings of the Board of Directors and committees on which they would serve.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our voting securities by (i) any person or group owning more than 5% of any class of voting securities, (ii) each director, (iii) our chief executive officer and the Company’s top three most highly compensated officers and (iv) all executive officers and directors as a group as of June 30, 2010.

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
 
Title of Class
   
Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership (1)(2)
   
Percent of Class
(4)
 
                   
Qingtai Liu (3)
                 
                   
Chief Executive officer and President
                 
                   
Hi-Tech Industrial Park of Changle County, Shandong Province, PRC 262400
 
Common Stock
      7,378,025       38.49 %
                       
Yiru Shi (3)
                     
                       
Former Chief Financial Officer
                     
                       
Hi-Tech Industrial Park of Changle County, Shandong Province, PRC 262400
                 
                         
Yongqiang Wang (3)
                       
                         
Director/Former Chief Financial Officer
                       
                         
Hi-Tech Industrial Park of Changle County, Shandong Province, PRC 262400
                 
                         
Hu Ye (3)
                       
                         
Chief Financial Officer
                       
                         
Hi-Tech Industrial Park of Changle County, Shandong Province, PRC 262400
                 
 
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Chris Wenbing Wang (3)
                       
                         
director
                       
                         
Hi-Tech Industrial Park of Changle County, Shandong Province, PRC 262400
                 
                         
Winfred Lee (3)
                       
                         
director
                       
                         
Hi-Tech Industrial Park of Changle County, Shandong Province, PRC 262400
                 
                         
Changxin Li (3)
                       
                         
director
                       
                         
Hi-Tech Industrial Park of Changle County, Shandong Province, PRC 262400
                 
                         
Yaojun Liu (3)
                       
                         
director
                       
                         
Hi-Tech Industrial Park of Changle County, Shandong Province, PRC 262400
                 
                         
Fei He (3)
                       
                         
director
                       
                         
Hi-Tech Industrial Park of Changle County, Shandong Province, PRC 262400
                 
                         
China Private Equity Partners Co., Limited
                       
                         
15 Church Street, Alpine, NJ 07620 Common Stock
 
Common Stock
      1,025,000       5.35 %
                         
Pope Investments LLC
                       
                         
5150 Poplar Avenue, Suite 805, Memphis, TN 38137
 
Common Stock
      2,650,000       13.82 %
 
(1) On May 15, 2007, we entered into the share exchange agreement. Under the share exchange agreement Messrs. Qingtai Liu and Chenghai Du, holders of all the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Shengtai Holding, Inc. (SHI), exchanged their SHI shares for 8,212,500 and 912,500 newly-issued shares of the Company’s common stock, representing approximately 91% of the issued and outstanding shares then outstanding. The share exchange closed on May 15, 2007. Mr. Qingtai Liu entered into an agreement dated May 8, 2006 with certain foreign finders and Hickey Turner Capital, Inc. in which Mr. Liu agreed to transfer 446,175 shares of the our common stock for the benefit of the foreign finders and Hickey Turner Capital, Inc. and/or its designees for consulting services. In addition to transferring these shares, on May 15, 2007, he also transferred an aggregate of 776,600 shares to his wife and minor child equally on the same date, which shares are deemed to be beneficially owned by Mr. Liu.
 
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(2) On May 15, 2007, we entered into and closed on a share purchase agreement. Under the share purchase agreement, certain investors purchased for $2.00 per share, or a total of $17,500,000, an aggregate of 8,750,000 shares of common stock and 4,375,000 attached five year warrants.

(3) Messrs. Qingtai Liu and Yongqiang Wang were appointed directors of the Company on May 15, 2007. Mr. Zhang was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer in May 2007. Ms Shi was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer in May 2008. Mr Wang was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer in December 2009. Mr Ye was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer in March 2010. Mr. Lee was appointed directors of the Company on June 22, 2007. Messrs. Liu and He were appointed directors of the Company on June 1, 2010.

(4) Based on 19,169,805 shares of common stock issued and outstanding on June 30, 2010. In addition, in determining the percent of common stock owned by a person on June 30, 2010, (a) the numerator is the number of shares of the class beneficially owned by such person and includes shares which the beneficial owner may acquire within 60 days upon conversion or exercise of a derivative security, and (b) the denominator is the sum of (i) the shares of that class outstanding on June 30, 2010, and (ii) the total number of shares that the beneficial owner may acquire upon conversion or exercise of a derivative security within such 60 day period. Unless otherwise stated, each beneficial owner has sole power to vote and dispose of the shares.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

Weifang Shengtai entered into a joint venture partnership with Weifang City Investment Company and Changle Century Sun Paper Industry Co., Ltd on September 16, 2003 and formed Changle Shengshi Redian Co., Ltd, “Changle Shengshi.” Changle Shengshi was incorporated at Weifang City, Shandong Province, People’s Republic of China. Changle Shengshi’s principal activity is to produce and sell electricity and heat.

Weifang Shengtai owned a 30% interest in Changle Shengshi as of June 30, 2004. On April 12, 2005, its percentage ownership in Changle Shengshi was diluted from 30% to 20% due to an additional investment into Changle Shengshi from another party. Changle Shengshi has a registered capital of approximately $20,511,525. As of June 30, 2010, Weifang Shengtai invested approximately $4,102,305 towards its registered capital, which accounts for a 20% share of Changle Shengshi’s paid-in capital.

As an investor and shareholder of Changle Shengshi, Weifang Shengtai enjoys a preferential discount of 19.7% off the market price of electricity supplied by the plant to Weifang Shengtai. The intercompany profits were eliminated on our financial statements.

Weifang Shengtai had a total of $252,017, and $437,112 of accounts payable and accrued liabilities to Changle Shengshi at June 30, 2010, and 2009, respectively. The utilities expenses amounted to $12,585,381, and $8,612,090, for the years ending June 30, 2010, and 2009, respectively.

The Company loaned money to Changle Shengshi and entered into a loan contract as follows:
 
   
June 30, 2010
     
June 30, 2009
 
Due on September 14, 2009, unsecured, 7.6% interest rate per annum
 
$
-
   
$
439,500
 
Total
 
$
-
   
$
439,500
 

This receivable amount from the loan contract has been collected as of June 30, 2010.
 
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Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

Aggregate fees billed by our current principal accountants, Kabani & Company, Inc., and former principal accountants, Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP for audit services related to the most recent fiscal years, and for other professional services were as follows:
 
   
Fiscal 2010
     
Fiscal 2009
 
Audit Fees (1)
 
$
107,500
   
$
202,150
 
Audit-Related Fees
   
-
     
-
 
Tax Fees (2)
   
-
     
8,000
 
All Other Fees
    -      
-
 
Total
 
$
107,500
   
$
210,150
 
 
(1)
Comprised the audit of the Company's annual financial statements and reviews of the Company's quarterly financial statements, as well as consents related to and reviews of other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(2)
Comprised preparation of all federal and state corporate income tax returns for the Company and its subsidiaries.
 
Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, all audit and non-audit services performed by our independent accountants must now be approved in advance by our Audit Committee to assure that such services do not impair our accountants' independence . Our Audit Committee’s Chairman is Mr. Yaojun Liu and the other members are Fei He and Winfred Lee. Our Audit Committee reviews and recommends to our Board of Directors for approval audit and permissible non-audit services performed by Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP as well as fees charged by them for such services.  Previously when we did not have an Audit Committee, our Board of Directors carried out this function.
 
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Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.

(a)
Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
F-1
 
       
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2010 and 2009
 
F-3
 
       
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Income (loss) for the Years Ended June 30, 2010, and 2009
 
F-4
 
       
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the Years Ended June 30, 2010, and 2009
 
F-5
 
       
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended June 30, 2010, and 2009
 
F-6
 
       
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
 
F-7
 

All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulations of the SEC are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable and therefore have been omitted.
 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacity and on the date indicated.

 
SHENGTAI PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.
 
(Registrant)
     
Date: September 28, 2010
By:
/s/ Qingtai Liu
   
Qingtai Liu
   
Chief Executive Officer
   
(Principal Executive Officer)

 
By:
/s/ Hu Ye
   
Hu Ye
   
Chief Financial Officer
   
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Qingtai Liu
 
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive
 
September 28, 2010
Qingtai Liu
 
Officer) and Director
   
         
/s/ Hu Ye
 
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and
 
September 28, 2010
Hu Ye
 
Accounting Officer)
   
         
/s/ Yongqiang Wang
 
Director
 
September 28, 2010
Yongqiang Wang
       
         
/s/ Yaojun Liu
 
Director
 
September 28, 2010
Yaojun Liu
       
         
/s/ Fei He
 
Director
 
September 28, 2010
Fei He
       
         
/s/ Winfred Lee
 
Director
 
September 28, 2010
Winfred Lee
       
 
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. and subsidiaries
 
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2010, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the year ended June 30, 2010. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit.
 
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall consolidated financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2010, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the year ended June 30, 2010, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
 
/s/ Kabani & Company, Inc.
 
Certified Public Accountants
 
Los Angeles, California
 
September 28, 2010

F-1


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of
Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Subsidiaries
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of June, 2009 and 2008, and the related consolidated statements of operations and other comprehensive income (loss), shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended June 30, 2009. Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc.’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2009 and 2008, and the results of its operations and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended June 30, 2009 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 

/s/ Frazer Frost, LLP (Successor Entity of Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP, see Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2010)

Brea, California
 
September 28, 2009
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SHENGTAI PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF JUNE 30, 2010 AND 2009
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
             
ASSETS
           
             
CURRENT ASSETS:
           
Cash & cash equivalents
  $ 4,121,541     $ 1,779,476  
Restricted cash
    16,556,904       31,730,382  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,306,268
               
and $946,207 as of June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively
    8,365,822       6,922,982  
Notes receivable
    2,410,512       1,074,011  
Other receivables
    450,284       79,598  
Loan to related party
 
-
      439,500  
Inventories
    11,072,170       6,215,707  
Prepayments
    545,590       211,793  
Total current assets
    43,522,824       48,453,449  
                 
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net
    75,373,851       69,380,016  
                 
OTHER ASSETS:
               
Equity investment in Changle Shengshi Redian Co., Ltd.
    6,372,294       3,952,310  
Advances for construction
    2,334,748      
-
 
Intangible assets - net of accumulated amortization
    3,150,894       3,145,590  
Total other assets
    11,857,936       7,097,900  
                 
Total assets
  $ 130,754,611     $ 124,931,365  
                 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
               
Accounts payable
  $ 9,508,631     $ 4,737,156  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities- related party
    252,017       437,112  
Notes payable - banks
    17,823,300       35,218,600  
Short term loans
    40,153,980       25,637,500  
Accrued liabilities
    412,555       233,110  
Other payable
    1,315,797       424,341  
Employee loans
    396,404       730,502  
Other payable - officer
    515,856       248,415  
Third party loan
 
-
      248,336  
Customer deposit
    4,162,046       1,906,177  
Taxes payable
    1,456,474       2,066,878  
Long term loan - current maturities
    2,314,983       2,447,783  
Total current liabilities
    78,312,045       74,335,910  
                 
LONG TERM LIABILITIES
               
Other payable - noncurrent
    3,346,336       5,642,556  
Total long term liabilities
    3,346,336       -  
                 
Total liabilities
    81,658,381       79,978,466  
                 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
               
                 
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
               
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized,
               
no shares issued and outstanding
    -       -  
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized,
               
19,169,805 shares issued and outstanding
    19,170       19,170  
Additional paid-in capital
    21,305,230       20,623,655  
Statutory reserves
    3,214,800       2,894,902  
Retained earnings
    19,351,772       16,472,689  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    5,205,259       4,942,483  
Total shareholders' equity
    49,096,231       44,952,899  
                 
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
  $ 130,754,611     $ 124,931,365  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
 
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SHENGTAI PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2010 AND 2009
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
             
NET SALES
 
$
115,953,948
   
$
73,321,862
 
                 
COST OF SALES
   
98,276,190
     
65,799,486
 
                 
GROSS PROFIT
   
17,677,759
     
7,522,376
 
                 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSE
   
-
     
365,689
 
                 
SELLING, GENERAL AND  ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
   
10,281,788
     
8,607,560
 
                 
INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS
   
7,395,970
     
(1,450,873
)
                 
OTHER (EXPENSE) INCOME:
               
Earnings on equity investment
   
727,804
     
251,539
 
Non-operating income
   
291,203
     
695,728
 
Non-operating expense
   
(263,812
)
   
(357,407
)
Interest expense and other charges
   
(3,660,474
)
   
(1,945,778
)
Interest income
   
306,994
     
142,903
 
Other income(expense), net
   
(2,598,285
)
   
(1,213,015
)
                 
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
   
4,797,685
     
(2,663,888
)
                 
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
   
1,598,704
     
-
 
                 
NET INCOME (LOSS)
   
3,198,981
     
(2,663,888
)
                 
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME:
               
Foreign currency translation adjustments
   
262,776
     
225,362
 
                 
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
 
$
3,461,757
   
$
(2,438,526
)
                 
EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE
               
Basic
 
$
0.17
   
$
(0.14
)
Diluted
 
$
0.17
   
$
(0.14
)
                 
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES
               
Basic
   
19,169,805
     
19,139,394
 
Diluted
   
19,169,805
     
19,139,394
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-4


SHENGTAI PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2010 AND 2009
 
   
Common stock
         
Retained earnings
   
Accumulated other
       
                
Paid-in
   
Statutory
         
comprehensive
       
    
Shares
   
Par value
   
capital
   
reserves
   
Unrestricted
   
income
   
Totals
 
 BALANCE, June 30, 2008
    19,094,805     $ 19,095     $ 19,987,708     $ 2,894,902     $ 19,136,577     $ 4,717,121     $ 46,755,403  
                                                         
Exercised warrants
    75,000       75       675                               750  
Option issued to employees
                    635,272                               635,272  
Net income
                                    (2,663,888 )             (2,663,888 )
Adjustment to statutory reserve
                                            -       -  
Foreign currency translation adjustments
                                            225,362       225,362  
                                                         
 BALANCE, June 30, 2009
    19,169,805     $ 19,170     $ 20,623,655     $ 2,894,902     $ 16,472,689     $ 4,942,483     $ 44,952,899  
                                                         
Option issued to employees
                    681,575                               681,575  
Net income
                                    3,198,981               3,198,981  
Adjustment to statutory reserve
                            319,898       (319,898 )     -       -  
Foreign currency translation adjustments
                                            262,776       262,776  
                                                         
BALANCE, June 30, 2010
    19,169,805     $ 19,170     $ 21,305,230     $ 3,214,800     $ 19,351,772     $ 5,205,259     $ 49,096,231  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-5


SHENGTAI PHARMACEUTICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2010 AND 2009
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
             
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
           
Net income (loss)
  $ 3,198,981     $ (2,663,888 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash
               
provided by (used in) operating activities:
               
Depreciation
    7,993,751       5,588,306  
Amortization
    307,195       53,963  
Bad debt expense
    1,300,681       503,693  
Share based compensation to employees
    681,575       635,272  
Loss on equipment disposal
 
-
      160,233  
Gain on disposal of land use right
    (738 )     (530,509 )
Earnings on equity investment
    (727,804 )     (329,562 )
Amortization of discount on installment payment for purchase of equipment
    354,546       638,245  
Amortization of discount on capital lease obligation
    1,037,393       530,864  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Accounts receivable
    (1,752,404 )     218,874  
Notes receivable
    (1,324,945 )     (613,496 )
Other receivables
    (190,006 )     614,460  
Inventories
    (4,801,895 )     (1,155,705 )
Prepayments
    (331,299 )     99,428 )
Accounts payable
    4,725,352       (2,964,113 )
Accrued liabilities
    177,957       (280,603 )
Accounts payable - related party
    (186,681 )     (28,923 )
Other payable
    (2,574,855 )     148,284  
Customer deposit
    2,235,856       671,213  
Taxes payable
    (543,691 )     (2,583,421 )
Net cash provided by (used in)operating activities
    9,578,970       (1,287,385 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
               
Increase in equity investment
    (1,466,700 )     -  
Purchase plant and equipment
    (2,967,898 )     (4,944,308 )
Proceeds from building and equipment disposal
 
-
      5,173,910  
Advances for construction
    (10,488,033 )  
-
 
Acquisition of  intangible assets
 
(43,425
)     (493,350 )
Proceeds from disposal of land use right
    -       879,000  
Lease payments for equipment purchase
    (2,050,447 )     (2,048,070 )
Loan to related party - non-current
    440,010    
-
 
Net cash used in investing activities
    (16,576,493 )     (1,432,818 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
               
Decrease (increase) in restricted cash
    15,279,992       (24,939,882 )
Borrowing on notes payable - banks
    13,346,970       43,276,100  
Principal payments on notes payable - banks
    (30,859,368 )     (19,045,000 )
Borrowing on short term loans
    41,008,932       27,102,500  
Principal payments on short term loans
    (26,693,940 )     (24,216,450 )
Borrowings on employee loans
 
-
      35,772  
Principal payments on employee loans
    (336,641 )     (693,242 )
Borrowings on employee loan - officer
 
-
      194,611  
Borrowings on third party loan
 
-
      38,179  
Principal payments on third party loan
    (248,624 )     (432,704 )
Cash proceeds from warrants exercised
 
-
      750  
Payment on capital lease obligation
    (1,795,241 )     (232,935 )
Net cash provided by financing activities
    9,702,081       1,087,699  
                 
EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGE IN CASH
    (362,493 )     6,374  
                 
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH & CASH EQUIVALENT
    2,342,065       (1,626,130 )
                 
CASH & CASH EQUIVALENT, beginning of period
    1,779,476       3,405,606  
                 
CASH & CASH EQUIVALENT, end of period
  $ 4,121,541     $ 1,779,476  
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
               
Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest
  $ 3,105,226     $ 1,674,768  
Cash paid for income taxes
  $ 1,674,045     $ 1,134,656  
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING ACTIVITIES                
Construction in progress transferred to fixed assets
  $ 2,179,927     $ 5,127,500  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-6

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
JUNE 30, 2010

Note 1 - Organization background and principal activities
 
Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc, the "Company,” was incorporated in March 2004 in the State of Delaware. The Company, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and distributes glucose and starch as pharmaceutical raw materials, other starch products and other glucose products such as corn meals, food and beverage glucose and dextrin. The Company's primary business operations are conducted in the People's Republic of China, the "PRC.”
 
Note 2 - Summary of significant accounting policies
 
Principles of consolidation
 
The consolidated financial statements of Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. and its subsidiaries reflect the activities of the parent and its wholly-owned subsidiaries Shengtai Holding, Inc., “SHI,” and Weifang Shengtai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., “Weifang Shengtai.”
 
Basis of presentation
 
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and have been consistently applied. All material inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
Use of estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
 
Foreign currency translation
 
The reporting currency of the Company is the US dollar. The Company uses Renminbi, "RMB,” as its functional currency. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards "SFAS" 52, "Foreign Currency Translation," results of operations and cash flows are translated at average exchange rates during the period, and assets and liabilities are translated at the unified exchange rates at the balance sheet dates, and equity is translated at the historical exchange rates. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the statements of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding accounts on the balance sheets. Translation adjustments resulting from this process are included in accumulated other comprehensive income in the statements of shareholders' equity. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred.
 
Assets and liabilities were translated at 6.81 RMB and 6.83 RMB to $1.00 at June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The equity accounts were stated at their historical rate. The average translation rates applied to income statement for amounts for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 were 6.84 RMB and 6.83 RMB to $1.00, respectively. Cash flows are also translated at average translation rates for the period; therefore, amounts reported on the statement of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheet.
 
F-7

 
Revenue recognition
 
The Company recognizes revenue when the goods are shipped, title has passed, pricing is fixed, and collection is reasonably assured. Sales revenue represents the invoiced value of goods, net of value-added tax, "VAT,” and estimated returns of product from customers. Most of the Company's products sold in the PRC are subject to a VAT rate of 17% of the gross sales price or at a rate approved by the Chinese local government. This VAT may be offset by VAT paid by the Company on raw materials and other materials included in the cost of producing their finished products and certain freight expenses. The Company allows its customers to return products only if they are later determined by the Company to be ineffective. Based on the Company’s historical experience, product returns have been insignificant throughout all of its product lines. Therefore, the Company does not estimate deductions or allowance for sales returns. Sales returns are taken against revenue when products are returned from customers. Sales are presented net of any discounts given to customers.
 
 Shipping and handling
 
Shipping and handling costs related to costs of goods sold are included in selling, general and administrative expenses. For the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, shipping and handling costs amounted to $4,498,260 and $3,047,289 respectively.
 
Research and development
 
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred.  These costs consist primarily of cost of materials used and salaries paid for the development of the Company’s products. Research and development costs amounted to $0 and $365,689 for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 respectively.
 
Financial instruments
 
ASC 825 (formerly SFAS 107, "Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments"), defines financial instruments and requires disclosure of the fair value of those instruments.  ASC 820 (formerly SFAS 157, "Fair Value Measurements"), adopted July 1, 2008, defines fair value, establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement and enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for current receivables and payables, including short term loans, qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and, if applicable, the stated rate of interest is equivalent to rates currently available. The three levels are defined as follows:
 
Level 1:
inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
 
Level 2:
inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the assets or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instruments.
 
Level 3:
inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value.
 
The Company did not identify any assets or liabilities that are required to be presented on the balance sheet at fair value in accordance with ASC 820 (formerly SFAS 157).
 
F-8

 
Stock-based compensation
 
The Company records stock-based compensation expense pursuant to ASC 718 (formerly SFAS 123R, "Share Based Payment").  The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model which requires the input of highly complex and subjective variables, including the expected life of options granted and the Company's expected stock price volatility over a period equal to or greater than the expected life of the options.
 
Stock-based compensation expense is recognized based on awards expected to vest, and there were no estimated forfeitures as the Company has a short history of issuing options. ASC 718 (formerly SFAS 123R) requires forfeitures to be estimated at the time of grant and revised in subsequent periods, if necessary, if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.
 
Earnings per share
 
The Company reports earnings per share in accordance with the provisions of ASC 260 (formerly SFAS 128, "Earnings Per Share").  ASC 260 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 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 for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009:
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
N Net income (loss) for earnings per share
 
$
3,198,981
   
$
(2,663,888
)
                 
Weighted average shares used in basic computation
   
19,169,805
     
19,139,394
 
Diluted effect of warrants
   
-
     
-
 
Weighted average shares used in diluted computation
   
19,169,805
     
19,139,394
 
                 
Earnings (loss) per share:
               
Basic
 
$
0.17
   
$
(0.14
)
Diluted
 
$
0.17
   
$
(0.14
)
 
F-9

 
At June 30, 2010, no warrants or stock options were included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share due to out-of-money status of the warrants and stock options.
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash and cash equivalents.
 
Restricted cash
 
The Company through its bank agreements is required to keep certain amounts on deposit that are subject to withdrawal restrictions. These amounts were $16,556,904 and $31,730,382 as of June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
Accounts receivable
 
In the normal course of business, the Company extends credit to its customers without requiring collateral or other security interests. Management reviews its accounts receivable at each reporting period to provide for an allowance against accounts receivable for an amount that could become uncollectible. This review process may involve the identification of payment problems with specific customers. The Company estimates this allowance based on the aging of the accounts receivable, historical collection experience, and other relevant factors, such as changes in the economy and the imposition of regulatory requirements that can have an impact on the industry. These factors continuously change, and can have an impact on collections and the Company's estimation process. These impacts may be material. Certain accounts receivable amounts are charged against allowances after designated period of collection efforts. Subsequent cash recoveries are recognized as income in the period when they occur.
 
The activities in the allowance for doubtful accounts for trade accounts receivable is as follows for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009:
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Beginning allowance for doubtful accounts
  $ 946,207     $ 440,701  
Additions charged to bad debt expense
    713,665       503,693  
Write-off charged against allowance
    (360,288 )      
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    6,684       1,813  
Ending allowance for doubtful accounts
  $ 1,306,268     $ 946,207  
 
F-10

 
Concentrations of risk
 
The Company's operations are in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environments in the PRC, and by the general state of the Chinese economy. The Company's operations in the PRC are subject to specific 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 environments and foreign currency exchange. The Company's results may be adversely affected by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among others.
 
Management believes the credit risk on bank deposits is limited because the counterparties are banks with high credit-ratings assigned by international credit-rating agencies, or state-owned banks in China. Cash includes cash on hand and demand deposits in accounts maintained with state-owned banks within the PRC and the United States of America. The cash deposits in U.S. financial institutions exceed the amounts insured by the U.S. government. Balances at financial institutions or state owned banks within the PRC are not covered by insurance. Non-performance by these institutions could expose the Company to losses for amounts in excess of insured balances. At June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company’s bank balances including restricted cash exceeded government insured limits by approximately $20,470,585 and $32,880,229, respectively. The Company has not experienced nonperformance by these institutions.
 
The Company’s concentrations of credit risk also relate to trade accounts receivable and accounts payable. There were no customers that individually comprised 10% or more of the revenues for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, or trade accounts receivable as of June 30, 2010 and 2009. There were no vendors that individually comprised 10% or more of the Company’s total purchase for the year ended June 30, 2010 and 2009.
 
For export sales, the Company frequently requires significant down payments or letter of credit by its customers prior to shipment. During the year, the Company maintains export credit insurance to protect the Company against the risk that the overseas customers may default on settlement.
 
The following table summarizes financial information for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, concerning the Company’s revenues based on geographic area:
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Revenue
               
China
 
$
92,906,391
   
$
63,358,429
 
International
   
23,047,557
     
9,963,433
 
Total
 
$
115,953,948
   
$
73,321,862
 
 
F-11

 
Inventories
 
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (weighted average basis) or market and consist of the following as of June 30, 2010 and 2009:
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Raw materials
 
$
2,739,503
   
$
1,523,654
 
Work-in-progress
   
4,343,957
     
1,709,595
 
Finished goods
   
3,988,710
     
2,982,458
 
Total
 
$
11,072,170
   
$
6,215,707
 
 
The Company reviews its inventory periodically for possible obsolescence or determination if any reserves are necessary. As of June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company determined that no reserves were necessary.
 
 Prepayments
 
Prepayments represent partial payments or deposits for inventory purchases. These advances are interest free and unsecured.
 
Advances for construction
 
As of June 30, 2010 and 2009, advances for construction amounted to $2,334,748 and $0, respectively. Advances for construction are paid to unrelated parties, interest free, and with no collateral and no guarantee.
 
Plant and equipment
 
Plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Additions and improvements to property and equipment accounts are recorded at cost. Maintenance, repairs, and minor renewals are charged directly to expense as incurred. Major additions and betterments to property and equipment accounts are capitalized. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets with 3% residual value.
 
Estimated useful lives of the assets are as follows:
 
   
Estimated Useful Life
           
Buildings
   
5-20
 
Years
Machinery and equipment
   
5-10
 
Years
Automobile facilities
   
5-10
 
Years
Electronic equipment
   
5-7
 
Years
 
Long-lived assets of the Company are reviewed at least annually or more often if circumstances dictate, to determine whether their carrying value has become impaired. The Company considers assets to be impaired if the carrying value exceeds the future projected cash flows from related operations. The Company also re-evaluates the periods of depreciation to determine whether subsequent events and circumstances warrant revised estimates of useful lives. As of June 30, 2010, the Company expects these assets to be fully recoverable.
 
F-12

Investment in unconsolidated affiliate
 
Equity method investments are recorded at original cost and adjusted to recognize the Company's proportionate share of the investee's net income or losses and additional contributions made and distributions received. The Company recognizes a loss if it is determined that other than temporary decline in the value of the investment exists.
 
Intangible assets
 
Intangible assets consist of the following:
 
  
  
June 30, 2010
  
  
June 30, 2009
  
             
Land use rights
 
$
3,451,619
   
$
3,346,110
 
Less: accumulated amortization
   
(306,261
)
   
(206,407
)
Land use rights, net
   
3,145,385
     
3,139,703
 
                 
Software
   
7,789
     
7,325
 
Less: accumulated amortization
   
(2,254
)
   
(1,438
)
Software, net
   
5,536
     
5,887
 
Total intangible assets, net
 
$
3,150,894
   
$
3,145,590
 
 
Intangible assets are primarily comprised of land use rights which are pledged as collateral for bank loans as of June 30, 2010. All land in the PRC is owned by the Chinese government. However, the government grants "land use rights" for terms ranging from 20 to 50 years. From March 2000 to June 2008, the Company acquired various land use rights for approximately $3,291,000. From July 2008 to March 2009, the Company incurred additional cost relating to various land use rights for approximately $480,520. The Company amortizes the cost of land use rights over the usage terms using the straight-line method.
 
In April 2009, the Company sold a land use right. At the time of the sale, the net book value of the land use right was $348,491, and the sale price for the land use right was $879,000, for a gain of approximately $530,509. As of June 30, 2009, total proceeds had been received.
 
In August 2009, the Company increased one land use right by paying to the government approximately $43,434 for expenses related to processing the land certificate.
 
 
F-13

 

Intangible assets are reviewed at least annually and more often if circumstances dictate, to determine whether their carrying value has become impaired. The Company considers assets to be impaired if the carrying value exceeds the future projected cash flows from related operations. The Company also re-evaluates the periods of amortization to determine whether subsequent events and circumstances warrant revised estimates of useful lives. As of June 30, 2010, the Company determined that there had been no impairment. For the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, amortization expense relating to these intangible assets amounted to $307,195 and $53,963, respectively.
 
The following table consists of the expected amortization expenses for the next five years and thereafter:
 
   
Amount
 
Years ending June 30,
     
2011
 
$
54,975
 
2012
   
54,975
 
2013
   
54,975
 
2014
   
54,975
 
2015
   
54,975
 
Thereafter
   
2,876,109
 
Total
 
$
3,150,894
 

Income taxes
 
The Company’s operations are subject to income and transaction taxes in the United States and in the PRC jurisdictions. Significant estimates and judgments are required in determining the Company’s worldwide provision for income taxes. Some of these estimates are based on interpretations of existing tax laws or regulations, and as a result the ultimate amount of tax liability may be uncertain. However, the Company does not anticipate any events that would lead to changes to these uncertainties.
 
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740 (formerly SFAS 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes").  Under the asset and liability method as required by ASC 740, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities. Under ASC 740, the effect on deferred income taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. 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. As of June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company did not have any deferred tax assets or liabilities, and as such, no valuation allowances were recorded at June 30, 2010 and 2009.
 
ASC 740 (formerly FIN 48) clarifies the accounting and disclosure for uncertain tax positions and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. ASC 740 also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.
 
 
F-14

 
 
Under ASC 740, evaluation of a tax position is a two-step process. The first step is to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of any related appeal or litigation based on the technical merits of that position. The second step is to measure a tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not threshold to determine the amount of benefit to be recognized in the financial statements. A tax position is measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. Tax positions that previously failed to meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold should be recognized in the first subsequent period in which the threshold is met. Previously recognized tax positions that no longer meet the more-likely-than-not criteria should be de-recognized in the first subsequent financial reporting period in which the threshold is no longer met.
 
The Company's operations are subject to income and transaction taxes in the United States and in the PRC jurisdictions. Significant estimates and judgments are required in determining the Company's worldwide provision for income taxes. Some of these estimates are based on interpretations of existing tax laws or regulations, and as a result the ultimate amount of tax liability may be uncertain. However, the Company does not anticipate any events that would lead to changes to these uncertainties.
 
Value Added Tax
 
Enterprises or individuals who sell products, engage in repair and maintenance or import and export goods in the PRC are subject to a value added tax in accordance with Chinese laws. The standard value added tax rate is 17% of the gross sales price; however, for the Company’s corn, the VAT rate is 13%. A credit is available whereby VAT paid on the purchases of semi-finished products, raw materials used in the production of the Company's finished products, and payment of freight expenses can be used to offset the VAT due on sales of the finished products.
 
VAT on sales and VAT on purchases amounted to $14,432,433 and $14,587,812 respectively, for the year ended June 30, 2010. VAT on sales and VAT on purchases amounted to $9,888,662 and $9,189,800 respectively, for the year ended June 30, 2009. Sales and purchases are recorded net of VAT collected and paid as the Company acts as an agent for the Chinese government. VAT taxes are not impacted by the income tax holiday in the PRC.
 
Guarantees
 
From time to time, the Company guarantees the debt of others unrelated to the Company. Pursuant to ASC 460 (formerly FIN 45, "Guarantor's Accounting for and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness to Others"), the Company must record guarantees at the fair value of the expected future payments. However, the Company estimates that it will not be required to make any payments under these guarantees based on the past experience and the financial condition of the companies to which the guarantees were made.
 
Recent accounting pronouncements
 
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS 166, “ Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets — an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140 ” (“FAS 166”), which requires entities to provide more information regarding sales of securitized financial assets and similar transactions, particularly if the entity has continuing exposure to the risks related to transferred financial assets. SFAS 166 eliminates the concept of a “qualifying special-purpose entity,” changes the requirements for derecognizing financial assets and requires additional disclosures. SFAS 166 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the standard on its consolidated financial statements.
 
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS 167, “Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R),” which modifies how a company determines when an entity that is insufficiently capitalized or is not controlled through voting (or similar rights) should be consolidated. SFAS 167 clarifies that the determination of whether a company is required to consolidate an entity is based on, among other things, an entity’s purpose and design and a company’s ability to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance. SFAS 167 requires an ongoing reassessment of whether a company is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity. SFAS 167 also requires additional disclosures about a company’s involvement in variable interest entities and any significant changes in risk exposure due to that involvement. SFAS 167 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the standard on its consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-13, “Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements,” now codified under FASB ASC Topic 605, “Revenue Recognition,” (“ASU 2009-13”). ASU 2009-13 requires entities to allocate revenue in an arrangement using estimated selling prices of the delivered goods and services based on a selling price hierarchy. The amendments eliminate the residual method of revenue allocation and require revenue to be allocated using the relative selling price method. ASU 2009-13 should be applied on a prospective basis for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with early adoption permitted. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of ASU2009-13 on our financial statements.
 
 In October, 2009, the FASB issued ASU 2009-15, “Accounting for Own-Share Lending Arrangements in Contemplation of Convertible Debt Issuance or Other Financing,” now codified under FASB ASC Topic 470 “Debt,” (“ASU 2009-15”), and provides guidance for accounting and reporting for own-share lending arrangements issued in contemplation of a convertible debt issuance. At the date of issuance, a share-lending arrangement entered into on an entity’s own shares should be measured at fair value in accordance with Topic 820 and recognized as an issuance cost, with an offset to additional paid-in capital. Loaned shares are excluded from basic and diluted earnings per share unless default of the share-lending arrangement occurs. The amendments also require several disclosures including a description and the terms of the arrangement and the reason for entering into the arrangement. The effective dates of the amendments are dependent upon the date the share-lending arrangement was entered into and include retrospective application for arrangements outstanding as of the beginning of fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2009. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of ASU 2009-15 on our financial statements.
 
In December, 2009, under FASB ASC Topic 860, “Transfers and Servicing.” New authoritative accounting guidance under ASC Topic 860, “Transfers and Servicing,” amends prior accounting guidance to enhance reporting about transfers of financial assets, including securitizations, and where companies have continuing exposure to the risks related to transferred financial assets. The new authoritative accounting guidance eliminates the concept of a “qualifying special-purpose entity” and changes the requirements for derecognizing financial assets. The new authoritative accounting guidance also requires additional disclosures about all continuing involvements with transferred financial assets including information about gains and losses resulting from transfers during the period. The new authoritative accounting guidance under ASC Topic 860 will be effective January 1, 2010 and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
 
 
F-16

 
 
January 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-06 – Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. This update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that requires new disclosure as follows: 1) Transfers in and out of Levels 1 and 2. A reporting entity should disclose separately the amounts of significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and describe the reasons for the transfers. 2) Activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. In the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), a reporting entity should present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (that is, on a gross basis rather than as one net number). This update provides amendments to Subtopic 820-10 that clarifies existing disclosures as follows: 1) Level of disaggregation. A reporting entity should provide fair value measurement disclosures for each class of assets and liabilities. A class is often a subset of assets or liabilities within a line item in the statement of financial position. A reporting entity needs to use judgment in determining the appropriate classes of assets and liabilities. 2) Disclosures about inputs and valuation techniques. A reporting entity should provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements. Those disclosures are required for fair value measurements that fall in either Level 2 or Level 3. The new disclosures and clarifications of existing disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. These disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company does not believe that this will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
 
In February 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-9 –Amendments to Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements. This update addresses certain implementation issues related to an entity’s requirement to perform and disclose subsequent-events procedures, removes the requirement that public companies disclose the date of their financial statements in both issued and revised financial statements. According to the FASB, the revised statements include those that have been changed to correct an error or conform to a retrospective application of U.S. GAAP. The amendment is effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal year ending after June 15, 2010. The Company does not believe that this will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
 
 
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In March 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-10 –Amendments for Certain Investment Funds. This update defers the effective date of the amendments to the consolidation requirements made by FASB Statement 167 to a reporting entity’s interest in certain types of entities. The deferral will mainly impact the evaluation of reporting enterprises’ interests in mutual funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, real estate investment entities that measure their investment at fair value, real estate investment trusts, and venture capital funds. The ASU also clarifies guidance in Statement 167 that addresses whether fee arrangements represent a variable interest for all service providers and decision makers. The ASU is effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2009. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
In March 2010, FASB issued ASU No. 2010-11 –Scope Exception Related to Embedded Credit Derivatives. Embedded credit-derivative features related only to the transfer of credit risk in the form of subordination of one financial instrument to another are not subject to potential bifurcation and separate accounting as clarified by recently issued FASB guidance. Other embedded credit-derivative features are required to be analyzed to determine whether they must be accounted for separately. This update provides guidance on whether embedded credit-derivative features in financial instruments issued by structures such as collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and synthetic CDOs are subject to bifurcation and separate accounting. The guidance is effective at the beginning of a company’s first fiscal quarter beginning after June 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
Reclassifications
 
Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation with no impact on the previously reported net income or cash flows.
 
Note 3 - Plant and equipment
 
Plant and equipment consist of the following at June 30, 2010 and 2009:
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Buildings and improvements
 
$
22,028,136
   
$
21,612,750
 
Machinery and equipment
   
65,019,206
     
62,209,134
 
Automobile facilities
   
656,544
     
519,560
 
Electronic equipment
   
527,609
     
446,399
 
Construction-in-progress
   
10,533,083
     
-
 
Total
   
98,764,578
     
84,787,843
 
Accumulated depreciation
   
(23,390,727
)
   
(15,407,827
)
Plant and equipment, net
 
$
75,373,851
   
$
69,380,016
 
 
Construction-in-progress represents the costs incurred in connection with the construction of buildings or new additions to the Company’s plant facilities. No depreciation is provided for construction-in-progress until such time as the assets are completed and placed into service. Depreciation expense for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 amounted to $7,993,751 and $5,588,306 respectively. Interest costs totaling $313,943 and $1,205,040 were capitalized into construction-in-progress for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
 
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Note 4 - Investment in unconsolidated affiliate
 
On September 16, 2003, Weifang Shengtai entered into a joint venture partnership with Weifang City Investment Company and Changle Century Sun Paper Industry Co., Ltd, “Changle Paper,” and formed Changle Shengshi Redian Co., Ltd, "Changle Shengshi.”  Changle Shengshi was incorporated in Weifang City, Shandong Province, the PRC. Changle Shengshi's principal activity is to produce and sell electricity and steam to Weifang Shengtai and Changle for the use of their own production. Weifang Shengtai owns 20% of Changle Shengtai and the Company accounts for this 20% investment under the equity method of accounting.
 
Summarized financial information of Changle Shengshi is as follows as of June 30, 2010 and 2009:
 
  
  
2010
  
  
2009
  
Current assets
 
$
24,083,814
   
$
12,116,940
 
Non-current assets
   
51,248,756
     
34,455,506
 
Total assets
   
75,332,569
     
46,572,446
 
                 
Current liabilities
   
43,098,908
     
24,818,492
 
Non-current liabilities
   
1,164,071
     
1,992,400
 
Shareholders' equity
   
31,069,590
     
19,761,554
 
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
 
$
75,332,569
   
$
46,572,446
 
 
 Summarized financial information of Changle Shengshi is as follows for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009:
 
  
  
2010
  
  
2009
  
Net sales
 
$
50,589,883
   
$
43,607,856
 
Gross profit
   
7,313,684
     
4,449,815
 
Income before taxes
   
4,699,019,
     
2,187,939
 
Net income
 
$
3,639,019
   
$
1,647,808
 
                 
Company’s share of income
   
727,804
     
329,562
 
Elimination of intercompany profit
   
-
     
(78,023)
 
Company's share of net income
 
$
727,804
   
$
251,539
 

 
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In order to meet increasing demands for electricity and steam by Weifang Shengtai and Changle Paper, Weifang Shengtai invested $1,467,000 in Changle Shengshi in March 2010 and Changle Paper invested a corresponding amount such that Weifang Shengtai and Changle Sunshine Paper Ltd. continue to be 20% and 80% owners, respectively, of Changle Shengshi
 
Note 5 - Related party transactions
 
The Company’s utilities (electricity and steam) are mostly provided by Changle Shengshi (See Note 4). As of June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company’s accounts payable due to Changle Shengshi was $252,017 and $437,112, respectively, which related to a portion of the Company’s utilities being provided by Changle Shengshi. The Company’s utilities expense amounted to approximately $12,585,381 and $8,612,090 for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
As of June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company’s receivables from a loan contract with Changle Shengshi were as follows:
 
  
  
June 30, 2010
  
  
June 30, 2009
  
Due on September 14, 2009, unsecured, 7.60% interest rate per annum
 
$
   
$
439,500
 
                 
Total
 
$
   
$
439,500
 
 
This receivable amount from the loan contract has been collected as of June 30, 2010.

 
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Note 6 - Debt
 
Short term loans
 
Short term loans represent amounts due to various banks which are normally due within one year, and these loans can be renewed with the banks. As of June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company’s short term bank loans consisted of the following:
 
      
  
2010
  
  
2009
  
Loans from Bank of China, due various dates from February 2010 to June 2011; monthly interest only payments; interest rates of 5.5755% per annum, secured by the Company’s buildings and improvements/land use rights.
 
$
14,730,000
   
$
13,185,000
 
                 
Loans from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, due on various dates from October 2009 to February 2011; monthly interest only payments; interest rates of 5.31% per annum, guaranteed by an unrelated third party and secured by the Company’s buildings and improvements/land use rights .
   
9,662,880
     
6,592,500
 
                 
Loan from Agriculture Bank of China, due from September 2009 to June 2011; monthly interest only payments; interest rates ranging from 5.5755% to 5.841% per annum, guaranteed by an unrelated third party, unsecured
   
8,838,000
     
2,930,000
 
                 
Loan from Qingdao Bank, due December 2010, monthly interest only payments; interest rate of 5.31% per annum, guaranteed by an unrelated third party, unsecured
   
2,946,000
     
-
 
                 
Loan from Shenzhen Development Bank, due March 2011, monthly interest only payments; interest rate of 5.5755% per annum, guaranteed by an unrelated third party, unsecured
   
3,240,600
     
-
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
Loan from Dezhi Zheng, an individual, from March 5, 2010 to March 4, 2011; monthly interest of 0.7%; principal and interest payments due on March 4, 2011; guaranteed by Mr. Qingtai Liu
   
736500
     
-
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
Loan from Xingye Bank, due October 2009; monthly interest only payments; interest rate of 7.9695% per annum, guaranteed by an unrelated third party, unsecured.
   
-
     
1,465,000
 
                 
Loan from Shanghai PuDong Development Bank, due November 2009; monthly interest-only payments; interest rate of 6.66% per annum, guaranteed by an unrelated third party, unsecured.
   
-
     
1,465,000
 
                 
Total
 
$
40,153,980
   
$
25,637,500
 

 
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Notes payable - banks
 
Notes payable represent amounts due to various banks which are normally due within one year, and these notes can be renewed with the banks. As of June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company’s notes payables consisted of the following:
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
China Agriculture Bank, due in August 2009, 0.05% transaction fee, restricted cash required 100% of loan amount, guaranteed by an unrelated third party.
 
$
-
   
$
1,465,000
 
                 
Shanghai PuDong Development Bank, due in October 2009, 0.05% transaction fee, restricted cash required 100% of loan amount, guaranteed by an unrelated third party.
   
-
     
1,465,000
 
                 
Bank of China, due on various dates from December 2009 to June 2010, 0.05% transaction fee, and restricted cash required 100% of loan amount, guaranteed by an unrelated third party.
   
8,838,000
     
23,440,000
 
                 
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, due on various dates from February to August 2010, 0.05% transaction fee, restricted cash required 50% of loan amount, guaranteed by an unrelated third party.
   
1,767,600
     
7,383,600
 
                 
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, due in March 2010, 0.05% transaction fee, restricted cash required 50% of loan amount, guaranteed by an unrelated third party.
   
1,178,400
     
1,465,000
 
                 
Bank of QingDao, due from January to July 2010, 0.05% transaction fee, and restricted cash required 100% of loan amount, guaranteed by an unrelated third party.
   
2,946,000
     
-
 
                 
Loan from Shenzhen Development Bank, due from March 2010 to September 2010, 0.05% transaction fee, and restricted cash required for 100% of loan amount, and guaranteed by an unrelated third party.
 
$
3,093,300
   
$
   
                 
Total
 
$
17,823,300
     
35,218,600
 

 
F-22

 

Employee loans
 
From time to time, the Company borrows monies from certain employees for cash flow purposes of the Company. These loans do not require collateral, and the principal is due upon demand. Before January 1, 2009, the interest rate was at 7.2% for the first six months, and then 10.8% thereafter until the full principal amounts are paid by the Company. After January 1, 2009, the interest rate was changed to 7.2% for the loan period. Employee loans amounted to $396,404 and $730,502 as of June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Interest expense related to these loans amounted to $115,127 and $107,503 for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
Employee loan - officer
 
From time to time, the Company borrows monies from Qingtai Liu, the Company’s CEO and President, for cash flow purposes of the Company. The loans do not require collateral and the principal is due upon demand. Before January 1, 2009, the interest rate was at 7.2% for the first six months, and then 10.8% thereafter until the full principal amounts are paid by the Company. After January 1, 2009, the interest rate was changed to 7.2% for the loan period. Employee loan from officer amounted to $515,856 and $248,415 as of June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Interest expense related this loan was de minimis for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
Third party loan
 
From time to time, the Company borrows monies from an unrelated individual for use in operations. The loans do not require collateral. Before January 1, 2009, the interest rate was 7.2% for the first six months, and then 10.8% thereafter until the full principal amounts are paid by the Company. After January 1, 2009, the interest rate was changed to 7.2% for the loan period. The principal is due upon demand. Balance on this loan as of June 30, 2010 and 2009 was $0 and $248,336, respectively. Interest expense related this loan was de minimis for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
Interest
 
Total interest expense and financial charges, net of capitalized interest, on all debt for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, amounted to $3,419,169 and $1,545,720 respectively. Interest capitalized into construction-in-progress totaled $313,943 and $1,205,040 for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
Note 7 - Income taxes
 
Before January 1, 2008, the Company was governed by the Income Tax Law of the PRC concerning Foreign Investment Enterprises, "FIEs,” and Foreign Enterprises and various local income tax laws, the "Income Tax Laws.” Under the Income Tax Laws, FIEs are generally subject to an effective income tax of 33%, 30% state income taxes plus 3% local income taxes, on income as reported in their statutory financial statements after appropriate tax adjustments, unless the enterprise is located in specially designated regions of cities for which more favorable effective tax rates apply.
 
In February 2004, the Company became a Sino-foreign joint venture. In August 2004, the state government granted the Company income tax exemptions as follows: 100% exemption for the first two years from September 2004 to August 2006, and 50% exemption for three years from September 2006 to August 2009. In addition, the Company is located in a Special Economic Zone and the PRC tax authority has offered it a special income tax rate of 24%. With the approval of the local government, the Company is subject to income taxes at a reduced rate of 12% from September 2006 to August 2009, after the two-year 24% exemption for income taxes until its exemption and reduction periods expire in August 2009.
 
Beginning on January 1, 2008, the new Enterprise Income Tax ("EIT") law replaced the existing laws for Domestic Enterprises ("DES") and Foreign Investment Enterprises.

 
F-23

 
 
The key changes were:
 
a.
The new standard EIT rate of 25% will replace the 33% rate currently applicable to both DES and FIEs, except for High Tech companies, which pay a reduced rate of 15%; and
 
b.
Companies established before March 16, 2007 will continue to enjoy tax holiday treatment approved by the local government for a grace period of the next 5 years or until the tax holiday term is completed, whichever is sooner.
 
The Company's subsidiary, Weifang Shengtai, was established before March 16, 2007, and therefore is qualified to continue to be taxed at the reduced rate as described above until the tax holiday term is completed. Starting on September 1, 2009, the Company will be subject to a 25% income tax rate pursuant to the new income tax laws.
 
Income tax (benefits) provision for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 amounted to $1,598,704 and $ 0, respectively, as follows:
 
  
 
2010
   
2009
 
Current tax
  $ 1,598,704       -  
                 
Deferred tax
    -       -  
                 
Total
  $ 1,598,704     $ -  
 
The following table reconciles the U.S. statutory rates to the Company’s effective tax rate for the years ended June 30:
 
  
 
2010
   
2009
 
U.S. Statutory rates
    34.0 %     34.0 %
                 
Foreign income not recognized in USA
    (34.0 )     (34.0 )
                 
Chinese income taxes
    25.0       25.0  
                 
Chinese income exemption (a)
    0.0       (13.0 )
                 
Other items (b)
    8.0       (12.0 )
                 
Total provision for income taxes
    33.0 %     (0.0 )%
 
 
(a)
The 13.0% represents special tax credits from the local government due to government enforced regulations. They expired in September 2009.
     
 
(b)
The 8.0% represents the fact that certain expenses (such as stock option expense) incurred by the Company and Shengtai Holding, Inc. which were not deductible in the PRC for the year ended June 30, 2010. The 12.0% represents the deduction in the PRC for the year ended June 30, 2009 due to the net loss incurred.
 
 
F-24

 
 
For the year ended June 30, 2010, the Company’s effective tax rate was 33%. For the year ended June 30, 2009, the Company incurred losses before income taxes and therefore no provision for income taxes are recorded. The Company received special tax credits from the local government due to government enforced regulation. In addition, income before income taxes includes losses from non-Chinese entities, which are not deductible.  After excluding the special tax credits and adjusting the non-Chinese entities losses, the Company’s effective rate was equivalent to the effective rate in China.
 
The estimated tax savings due to the tax exemption for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 amounted to $0 and $0 respectively. The net effect on basic earnings per share if income taxes had been applied would decrease basic earnings per share for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 by $0.00 and $0.00, respectively. The net effect on diluted earnings per share if income taxes had been applied would decrease diluted earnings per share for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 by $0.00 and $0.00, respectively. Tax exemptions by the local government expired in September 2009.
 
Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Shengtai Holding, Inc. were incorporated in the United States and for the United States income tax purposes, have accumulated net operating loss carry forwards estimated at $1,597,132 as of June 30, 2010 and $0 for the year ended June 30, 2010, respectively. For the United States income tax purposes, the tax benefits from the net operating loss carry forwards are estimated at $522,557 as of June 30, 2010 which may be available to reduce future years’ taxable income. The Company’s management believes that the utilization of the tax benefits from the net operating loss carry forwards appears uncertain due to the Company’s limited operating history and continuing losses expected at Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. and Shengtai Holding, Inc., therefore, the Company has applied 100% valuation allowance to the deferred tax benefits to reduce the deferred asset to zero.
 
As of June 30, 2010, the Company’s foreign subsidiary has cumulative undistributed earnings of $19,185,550 that are included in consolidated retained earnings and will continue to be indefinitely reinvested in foreign operations. No provision has been made for the United States deferred taxes related to future repatriation of these cumulative undistributed earnings, nor is it practicable to estimate the amount of income taxes that would incur if the Company concluded that such earnings will be remitted in the future.
 
 
F-25

 
 
Taxes payable
 
Taxes payable consisted of the following as of June 30, 2010 and 2009:
 
   
  
2010
  
  
2009
  
VAT payable
 
$
954,552
   
$
1,622,859
 
                 
Individual income tax withheld
   
10,354
     
423
 
                 
Income tax payable
   
401,326
     
387,299
 
                 
Housing property tax payable
   
15,867
     
10,098
 
                 
Others
   
74,375
     
46,199
 
                 
Total taxes payable
 
$
1,456,474
   
$
2,066,878
 
 
Note 8 - Commitments and Contingencies
 
Guarantees
 
As of June 30, 2010, the Company has guaranteed $2.9 million short term loans on behalf of an unrelated party, Yuanli Chemical Engineering Inc., "Yuanli,” that were borrowed out of its maximum borrowing limit of $5.8 million.
 
The Company is obligated to perform under the guarantee if Yuanli fails to pay principal and interest payments when due. The maximum potential amount of future undiscounted payments under the guarantee is $3.4 million for Yuanli, including accrued interest. The Company did not record a liability for the guarantee because management knows that Yuanli is current in its payment obligations, and the likelihood of the Company having to make payments under the guarantee is remote.

 
F-26

 

Details of guarantee amounts to the unrelated party as of June 30, 2010 are as follows:
 
  
  
Short Term
  
Company 
  
Bank Loans
  
       
Yuanli Chemical Engineering Inc.
 
$
2,946,000
 
         
Total
 
$
2,946,000
 
 
The Company guaranteed the debt for the unrelated parties because the Company will use other parties to guarantee for the Company's debt from time to time.
 
Litigation
 
In the Company's ordinary course of business, the Company may be subject to certain legal proceedings. After review, management believes that the outcome of the legal matters will not have a materially adverse effect on the consolidated results of operations or consolidated financial position of the Company.
 
Note 9 - Shareholders’ equity
 
Stock issuance
 
For the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, 0 and 75,000 shares of warrants were exercised and converted, respectively, to the Company’s common stock.
 
Warrants
 
On May 15, 2007, in connection with the Share Purchase Agreement, the Company issued 4,375,000 warrants, "Investor Warrants,” which carry an exercise price of $2.60 and a 5-year term. The Investor Warrants are callable if the Company's shares trade at or above $8.00 per share for 20 consecutive trading days and underlying shares are registered for resale. The Investor Warrants contain standard adjustment provisions upon stock dividend, stock split, stock combination, recapitalization, and a change of control transaction. During the year ended June 30, 2008, a total of 194,805 warrants were exercised by three shareholders.
 
Also in connection with the Share Purchase Agreement, the Company issued 218,750 warrants, "Placement Agent Warrants,” to Brill Securities, the Placement Agent. These Placement Agent Warrants have the same terms as the Investor Warrants. These warrants were issued on August 8, 2007.
 
Concurrent with the offering related to the Share Purchase Agreement, the Company issued 75,000 warrants to Chinamerica Fund, LLP and 25,000 warrants to Jeff Jenson, collectively, the "Lead Investor Warrants,” to compensate Chinamerica Fund LLP as the lead investor and Jeff Jenson in assisting in providing the shell company, West Coast Car Company. These Lead Investor Warrants have the same terms as the Investor Warrants except that they have an exercise price of $0.01 per share. In June 2008, Jeff Jenson exercised the 25,000 warrants issued to him. In November 2008, Chinamerica Fund, LLP exercised the 75,000 warrants issued to the fund.

 
F-27

 

All Investor Warrants, Placement Agent Warrants and Lead Investor Warrants meet the conditions for equity classification pursuant to ASC 815 (formerly SFAS 133, "Accounting for Derivatives") and ASC 815 (formerly EITF 00-19, "Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company's Own Stock").  Therefore, these warrants were classified as equity and accounted for as common stock issuance cost.
 
  
  
Warrants 
Outstanding
  
  
Warrants 
Exercisable
  
  
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
  
  
Average 
Remaining 
Contractual
Life
  
Outstanding, June 30, 2008
   
4,473,945
     
4,473,945
   
$
2.54
     
3.88
 
                                 
Granted
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
                                 
Forfeited
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
                                 
Exercised
   
75,000
     
75,000
     
0.01
     
-
 
                                 
Outstanding, June 30, 2009
   
4,398,945
     
4,398,945
   
$
2.60
     
2.97
 
                                 
Granted
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
                                 
Forfeited
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
                                 
Exercised
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
                                 
Outstanding, June 30, 2010
   
4,398,945
     
4, 398,945
   
$
2.60
     
2.22
 
 
 
F-28

 
 
Stock options
 
On January 4, 2008, the Company adopted the "Shengtai Pharmaceutical, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan,” the "Stock Incentive Plan.” The Company believes that awards under the Stock Incentive Plan better align the interests of its employees with those of its shareholders. Option awards are generally granted with an exercise price equal to the fair value of the Company's stock at the date of grant.
 
On May 14, 2008, the Company granted 500,000 stock options and 160,000 non-qualified stock options pursuant to the Stock Incentive Plan. All options have an exercise price of $3.34, which was the closing price on the date of grant, and expire five years after the date of grant. All options vest over a period of three years on a quarterly basis from the date of grant.
 
The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model which was developed for use in estimating the fair value of options. Option pricing models require the input of highly complex and subjective variables, including the expected life of options granted and the Company's expected stock price volatility over a period equal to or greater than the expected life of the options. Because changes in the subjective assumptions can materially affect the estimated value of the Company's employee stock options, it is management's opinion that the Black-Scholes option valuation model may not provide an accurate measure of the fair value of the Company's employee stock options. Although the fair value of employee stock options is determined in accordance with ASC 718 (formerly SFAS 123R) using an option pricing model, that value may not be indicative of the fair value observed in a willing buyer/willing seller market transaction.
 
The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of options granted in 2008 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model are as follows:
 
Weighted average risk-free interest rate
   
3.22
%
         
Expected term
 
4 years
 
       
Expected volatility
   
146
%
         
Expected dividend yield
   
0
%
         
Weighted average grant-date fair value per option
 
$
3.34
 
 
The volatility of the Company's common stock was estimated by management based on the historical volatility; the risk free interest rate was based on Treasury Constant Maturity Rates published by the U.S. Federal Reserve for periods applicable to the estimated life of the options; and the expected dividend yield was based on the current and expected dividend policy. The fair value of the options was based on the Company's common stock price on the date the options were granted. ASC 718 (formerly SFAS 123R) allows use of the "simplified" method to determine the term when other information is not available. Because the Company does not have sufficient applicable history of employee stock options activity, the Company uses the simplified method to estimate the life of the options by taking the sum of the vesting period and the contractual life and then calculating the midpoint, which is the estimated term of the options.
 
 
F-29

 
 
In the Chief Financial Officer Employment Agreement,  the “Employment Agreement,” entered into on March 1, 2010 between the Company and Mr. Hu Ye, the Chief Financial Officer, the Company granted Mr. Hu Ye an option to purchase 300,000 shares of common stock of the Company. The shares vest over 3 years starting March 1, 2010 and terminate on the third anniversary of the date of issuance of this option. The Company valued the shares at $2.60 per share, which represents 130 % of the fair market value being calculated in the private placement price on May 15, 2007. The fair values of stock options granted to the CFO were estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions:
 
Weighted average risk-free interest rate
   
2.79
%
         
Expected term
 
6.5 years
 
       
Expected volatility
   
149
%
         
Expected dividend yield
   
0
%
         
Weighted average grant-date fair value per option
 
$
2.60
 

 
F-30

 
 
The stock option activity was as follows for the year ended June 30, 2010:
 
    
  
Options
outstanding
  
  
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
  
  
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
  
Outstanding, June 30, 2008
   
660,000
   
$
3.34
   
$
   
                         
Granted
   
-
     
-
     
-
 
                         
Forfeited
   
-
     
-
     
-
 
                         
Exercised
   
-
     
-
     
-
 
                         
Outstanding, June 30, 2009
   
660,000
   
$
3.34
   
$
-
 
                         
Granted
   
300,000
     
2.60
     
-
 
                         
Forfeited
   
(275,000
)    
3.34
     
-
 
                         
Exercised
   
-
     
-
     
-
 
                         
Outstanding, June 30, 2010
   
685,000
   
$
3.02
   
$
-
 

 
F-31

 
 
Following is a summary of the status of options outstanding at June 30, 2010:
 
 
Outstanding Options
  
  
Vested Options
  
Average
Exercise  Price
  
Outstanding
Options
  
  
Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
  
  
Average
Exercise Price
  
  
Options
  
$
3.00
   
685,000
     
4.56
    $
3.02
     
385,000
 

Compensation expense from stock options recognized for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 were $681,575 and $635,272, respectively. As of June 30, 2010, approximately $1,588,180 of estimated expense with respect to unvested stock-based awards has yet to be recognized and will be recognized as an expense over the employee's remaining weighted average service period.
 
Note 10 - Statutory reserves
 
The laws and regulations of the PRC require that before a Sino-foreign cooperative joint venture enterprise distributes profits to its partners, it must first satisfy all tax liabilities, provide for losses in previous years, and make allocations in proportions determined at the discretion of the board of directors, after the statutory reserves. The statutory reserves include the surplus reserve fund, and the enterprise fund. These statutory reserves represent restricted retained earnings.
 
Surplus reserve fund
 
The Company is required to transfer 10% of its net income, as determined in accordance with the PRC’s accounting rules and regulations, to a statutory surplus reserve fund until such reserve balance reaches 50% of the Company’s registered capital. The transfer to this reserve must be made before distribution of any dividends to shareholders. For the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company transferred $319,898 and $0, to this reserve. The surplus reserve fund is non-distributable other than during liquidation and can be used to fund previous years’ losses, if any, and may be utilized for business expansion or converted into share capital by issuing new shares to existing shareholders in proportion to their shareholding or by increasing the par value of the shares currently held by them, provided that the remaining reserve balance after such issue is not less than 25% of the registered capital.
 
Pursuant to the Company’s articles of incorporation, the Company is to appropriate 10% of its net profits as statutory surplus reserve up to $7,500,000. As June 30, 2010 the Company had appropriated to the statutory reserve approximately $3,300,000. The Company plans to contribute $4,200,000 in the future.
 
Enterprise fund
 
The enterprise fund may be used to acquire fixed assets or to increase the working capital to expand production and operations of the Company. No minimum contribution is required and the Company has not made any contribution to this fund as of June 30, 2010.
 
 
F-32

 

Note 11 – Sale Leaseback
 
Capital lease
 
On December 10, 2008, the Company entered into a sale leaseback arrangement and sold part of its equipment to an unrelated third party for approximately $5,134,500. The leaseback has been accounted for as a capital lease with the same third party to lease the same equipment for 4 years, with total payments of approximately $8,119,845. The title of the equipment will be transferred back to the Company upon the last payment and after the third party receives a one time payment of $44,010 from the Company. A one time processing fee of $51,345 was paid by the Company related to this lease. A loss of $202,138 realized on this transaction has been recognized in non-operating expense since the carrying value of the equipment sold exceeded its fair value used as the sale price.
 
The minimum payments for the remaining lease term of 30 months from July 2010 to December 2012 are as follows.
 
Total lease payments outstanding as of June 30, 2010
   
7,116,417
 
Minimum payment in 2010
   
3,221,532
 
Minimum payment in 2011
   
2,596,590
 
Minimum payment in 2012
   
1,298,295
 
 
Note 12 - Retirement benefit plans
 
Regulations in the PRC require the Company to contribute to a defined contribution retirement plan for the benefit of all permanent employees. The Company is required to make contributions to the state retirement plan at 15% to 20% of the monthly base salaries of all current permanent employees. The PRC government is responsible for the administration and benefit liability to retired employees. For the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, the Company made contributions in the amounts of $388,446 and $395,354, respectively, to the Company’s retirement plan.
 
 
F-33

 

Note 13 - Subsequent events
 
The Company has performed an evaluation of subsequent events through September 28, 2010, which is the date the financial statements were issued.
 
An annual general meeting is scheduled to be held on October 26, 2010.
 
The Company repaid the following notes pursuant to their terms during the period from July 1, 2010 to September 28, 2010:
 
 
·
$1,767,600 to Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, due on various dates from February to August 2010, 0.05% transaction fee, restricted cash required for 50% of loan amount and guaranteed by an unrelated third party;
 
 
·
$2,946,000 to Bank of QingDao, due from January to July 2010, 0.05% transaction fee, restricted cash required for 100% of loan amount and guaranteed by an unrelated third party;
 
 
·
$3,093,3000 to Shenzhen Development Bank, due from March 2010 to September 2010, 0.05% transaction fee, restricted cash required for 100% of loan amount and guaranteed by an unrelated third party.
 
The Company borrowed the following loans and notes during the period from July 1, 2010 to September 28, 2010:
 
 
·
$2,445,180 from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, from various dates to June 2011, monthly interest only payments; interest rate of 6.3720% per annum, guaranteed by an unrelated third party and unsecured;
 
 
·
$2,798,700 from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, due July 2011, monthly interest only payments; interest rate of 6.3720% per annum, guaranteed by an unrelated third party and unsecured;
 
 
·
$1,473,000 from Agriculture Bank of China, due Sept 2011, monthly interest only payment; interest rate of 5.8410% per annum, guaranteed by an unrelated third party and unsecured;
 
 
·
$589,200 from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, due in February 2011, 0.05% transaction fee, restricted cash required 100% of loan amount and guaranteed by an unrelated third party.
 
 
F-34

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
No.
 
Description
       
3.1
 
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on March 10, 2004, as amended to date. [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant’s Form 10-SB filed on September 26, 2005 in commission file number 000-51312]
     
3.2
 
Bylaws of the registrant. [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant’s Form 10-SB filed on September 26, 2005 in commission file number 000-51312]
      
4.1
 
Form of Warrants to Investors. [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant’s Form 8-K filed on May 21, 2007 in commission file number 000-51312]
      
10.1
 
Share Exchange Agreement dated May 15, 2007 by and among the Company and Shengtai Holding, Inc. [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the registrant’s Form 8-K filed on May 21, 2007 in commission file number 000-51312]
     
10.2
 
Share Purchase Agreement dated as of May 15, 2007 between the Company and the Purchasers. [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the registrant’s Form 8-K filed on May 21, 2007 in commission file number 000-51312]
     
16.1
 
Letter dated October 20, 2009 from Moore Stephens Wurth Frazer and Torbet, LLP. [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 16.1 to the registrant’s Form 8-K filed on October 21, 2009 in commission file number 000-51312]
     
21.1
 
List of subsidiaries of the registrant [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the registrant’s Form 8-K filed on May 21, 2007 in commission file number 000-51312]
     
23.1
 
Consent of Kabani & Company, Inc*
     
23.1
 
Consent of Frazer Frost, LLP*
     
31.1
 
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*
     
31.2
 
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
     
32.1
 
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
     
32.2
 
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*

* filed herewith