China Marine Food Group Ltd Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Mar 02, 2011
China Marine Food Group Ltd (CMFO, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2010-12-31.

China Marine Food Group Ltd has a market cap of $108.5 million; its shares were traded at around $3.79 with a P/E ratio of 4.8 and P/S ratio of 1.5. Mutual Fund and Other Gurus that owns CMFO: Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates.

Highlight of Business Operations:

Starting January 1, 2000, we commenced a private placement of our common stock in reliance upon an exemption from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder. We offered 100,000 shares of our common stock at $0.35 per share to certain accredited investors. The offering closed in March 2000 and we raised gross proceeds in the amount of $35,000. Pursuant to a registration statement on Form SB-2 that was declared effective on October 26, 2000, we sold 77,000 shares of our common stock, raising a total of $77,000 in gross proceeds. We discontinued our principal operations as of December 2002.

On September 13, 2007, we entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with Halter Financial Investments, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (“HFI”) pursuant to which we agreed to sell to HFI, 1,005,200 shares of our post reverse stock-split common stock for $400,000. After consummation of the transaction, HFI became the holder of 1,005,200 shares of our common stock, or 87.5% of the 1,148,826 shares of our then outstanding common stock. In addition, the terms of the SPA required us to declare and pay a special cash dividend of $0.364 per post stock-split share to our shareholders of record as of September 12, 2007. Stockholders holding a total of 1,077,000 shares received a special cash dividend in the total amount of $392,028 which amount was funded with proceeds from the stock sale. Effective on September 25, 2007, we effectuated a 7.5 to 1 reverse stock split and increased our authorized shares of common stock to 100,000,000.

On November 17, 2007, we completed a reverse acquisition transaction with Ocean Technology through a share exchange with Ocean Technology s former stockholders. Pursuant to the share exchange agreement, the shareholders of Ocean Technology exchanged 100% of their outstanding capital stock in Ocean Technology for approximately 15,624,034 shares of our common stock, or approximately 93.15% shares of our outstanding common stock after the share exchange. In connection with the share exchange, a majority of our shareholders of record as of November 16, 2007 approved a resolution by our Board of Directors to change our name from New Paradigm Productions, Inc. to China Marine Food Group Limited. The name change became effective on January 9, 2008 upon the filing of a Certificate of Amendment to our Amended Articles of Incorporation with the State of Nevada on the twentieth day following the mailing of a Definitive Information Statement to our shareholders. Concurrently with the closing of the reverse acquisition on November 17, 2007, we completed a private placement of our securities to certain accredited investors who subscribed for units consisting one share of common stock and a warrant to purchase one-fifth of one share of our common stock. The investors subscribed for aggregate of 6,199,441 shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,239,888 shares of our common stock at $3.214 per unit. The units were offered and sold pursuant to from registration under the Securities Act, including without limitation, Regulation D and Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act. Each warrant issued to the investors has a term of three years and is exercisable at any time for a price equal to $4.1782 in cash or on a cashless exercise basis.

In connection with the private placement, our principal stockholder, Pengfei Liu, entered into a make good agreement pursuant to which Mr. Liu agreed, subject to certain conditions discussed below, to place into an escrow account, 6,199,441 shares of common stock of the Company he beneficially owns. If we had not generated net income of $10.549 million for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008, up to 50% of the shares held in escrow would have been transferred to the private placement investors. If we did not generate net income of $14.268 million for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009, the remaining shares held in escrow would have been transferred to the private placement investors, on a pro rata basis. Since the net income for 2008 and 2009 met the minimum net income thresholds, no transfer of the escrowed shares was made to the private placement investors.

On January 25, 2010, we sold an aggregate of 4,615,388 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $30,000,022 at a price of $6.50 per share pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3.

In November 2009, Mingxiang entered into a Credit or Share Purchase Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) with Qiu Shang Jing, the former sole shareholder of Xianghe. Under the Option Agreement, Mingxiang loaned Xianghe RMB180,500,000 (approximately $26,400,000). In consideration for the loan, Mingxiang received the option to buy shares from Mr. Qiu representing eighty percent (80%) of Xianghe. The purchase price payable to Mr. Qiu consisted of RMB9,500,000 (approximately $1,400,000) payable by Mingxiang and RMB180,500,000 (approximately $26,400,000) payable by Xianghe. On January 1, 2010, Mingxiang exercised its option to acquire eighty percent (80%) of the registered capital stock of Xianghe. Xianghe began operations in June 2009.

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