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| EX-31.1 - China Electronics Holdings, Inc. | e609931_ex31-1.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011
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o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number: 333-152535
CHINA ELECTRONICS HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
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Nevada
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98-0550385
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(State or other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Nos.)
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Building 3, Binhe District, Longhe East Road,
Lu’an City, Anhui Province, PRC
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237000
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip code)
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Registrants’ telephone number, including area code: 011-86-564-3224888
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
o 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.
o 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 o 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 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
x Yes o No
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K 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. x
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
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Large Accelerated Filer o
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Accelerated Filer o
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Non-accelerated Filer o
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Smaller Reporting Company x
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
o Yes x No
As of April 16, 2012, the number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates (excluding shares held by directors, officers and other holding more than 5% of the outstanding shares of the class) was 5,218,825. The trading price as of June 30, 2011 was $0.75 and the marker value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates was $5,218,825 as of June 30, 2011.
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. 16,775,113 as of April 12, 2012.
Explanatory Note
This amendment is being filed to amend Part II, Item 9A “Controls and Procedures” in response to a letter of comment from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures as required under Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
As of December 31, 2011, the Company’s management carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the foregoing, its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2011. The Company does not have a Chief Financial Officer that is familiar with the accounting and reporting requirements of a U.S. publicly-listed company, nor does it have a financial staff with accounting and financial expertise in U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”) reporting. In addition, the Company does not believe it has sufficient documentation concerning its existing financial processes, risk assessment and internal controls. There are also certain deficiencies in the design or operation of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has adversely affected its disclosure controls that may be considered to be “material weaknesses.”
We plan to designate individuals responsible for identifying reportable developments and to implement procedures designed to remediate the material weakness by focusing additional attention and resources on our internal accounting functions. However, the material weakness will not be considered remediated until the applicable remedial controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively.
As of December 31, 2010, the Company’s management carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the foregoing, its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2010.
As of the end of 2010, management concluded that our internal control and procedures were not effective because there is a lack of segregation of duties due to the small number of employees dealing with general administrative and financial matters. The management has decided that considering the employees involved, the control procedures in place, and the outsourcing of certain financial functions, and the risks associated with such lack of segregation are high and the potential benefits of adding additional employees to clearly segregate duties shall outweigh the expenses associated with such increases. Management will periodically reevaluate this situation. It is our intention to increase staffing to mitigate the current lack of segregation of duties within the general administrative and financial functions. In an effort to remediate the material weaknesses, we plan to document our process and procedures governing our internal reporting, including (1) timely review of reports prior to issuance, (2) a re-evaluation of our staffing needs, and (3) analysis of unusual transactions as they are occurring to allow adequate time for multiple levels of review.
A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system 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.
Substantially all of the internal control over financial reporting that existed prior to July 15, 2010 no longer exists and has been replaced by the internal control over financial reporting of CEHD Nevada, which we acquired in a reverse acquisition on that date.
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal executive officer and principal 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 and includes those policies and procedures that:
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Pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;
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Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and
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Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
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Because of its inherent limitations, our internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011
As of December 31, 2011, the Company’s management conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, based on criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting described in “ Internal Control—Integrated Framework “ issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Management’s assessment included an evaluation of the design of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and testing of the operational effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting.
Based on this assessment, management determined that as of December 31, 2011, the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting were not effective. The Company does not have a Chief Financial Officer that is familiar with the accounting and reporting requirements of a U.S. publicly-listed company, nor does it have a financial staff with accounting and financial expertise in US GAAP reporting. Instead, the Company relies on the expertise and knowledge of external financial advisors in US GAAP conversion who helped prepare and review the consolidated financial statements. In addition, the Company does not believe it has sufficient documentation concerning its existing financial processes, risk assessment and internal controls. There also are certain deficiencies in the design or operation of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that may be considered to be “material weaknesses.”
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2010
As of December 31, 2010, the Company’s management conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, based on criteria for effective internal control over financial reporting described in “ Internal Control—Integrated Framework “ issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Management’s assessment included an evaluation of the design of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and testing of the operational effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting.
Based on the assessment, management determined that, as of December 31, 2010, the Company had made material adjustments to our financial statements as of December 31, 2010 in order for them to be in conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The prevalence and significance of these adjustments resulted in our concluding that we have a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, and that our internal controls over financial reporting were not effective. In addition, as substantially all of the internal control over financial reporting exists after July 15, 2010 after we acquired Guoying through reverse merger on July 15, 2010, our management believes that there was a relatively short period of time between the date of the business combination and the end of our fiscal year on December 31, 2010 during which our management could make an assessment of the acquired company's internal control over financial reporting;
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Since the first quarter of our 2011 fiscal year, we began to implement the remedial measures, including but without limitations to: standardizing the Company’s definitions of each type of stores, time of signing franchise agreement and beginning of time of generation of revenue from stores; standardizing our non-accounting information system into electronic format; hiring financial professionals and supporting staff in both U.S. and China; intensifying the interaction and cooperation between our U.S. and China offices; enhancing the design and documentation of our internal control policies and procedures to ensure appropriate controls over our financing reporting.
Except as described above, there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during 2011 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 6 - Exhibits
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Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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Certification of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this amendment to this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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CHINA ELECTRONICS HOLDINGS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Hailong Liu
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Name: Hailong Liu
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Title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
President (principal executive officer) &
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer and
principal accounting officer)
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