Florida
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59-2549529
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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Page
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PART
I
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FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
|
2
|
|
a)
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2007 and
December 31, 2006
|
2
|
||
b)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 and March 31, 2006
|
3
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||
c)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
|
4
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||
d)
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months
ended March 31, 2007 and March 31, 2006
|
6
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||
e)
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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8
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||
Item
2.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations
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23
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Item
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
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28
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Item
4.
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Controls
and Procedures
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29
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PART
II.
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OTHER
INFORMATION
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||
Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
|
30
|
|
Item
1A
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Risk
Factors
|
30
|
|
Item
2.
|
Changes
in Securities,
Use of Proceeds and
Issuer Purchases of Equity
Securities
|
31
|
|
Item
3.
|
Defaults
upon Senior Securities
|
31
|
|
Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
|
31
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|
Item
5.
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Other
Information
|
31
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Item
6
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Exhibits
and Reports on Form 8-K
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31
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SIGNATURES
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32
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March
31,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
|||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Current
assets
|
|||||||
Cash
and bank balances
|
$
|
1,225,810
|
$
|
1,419,873
|
|||
Bank
fixed deposits - pledged (Note12)
|
74,260
|
75,210
|
|||||
Notes
and accounts receivable, net (Note 5)
|
3,036,266
|
2,001,145
|
|||||
Inventories,
net (Note 6)
|
1,265,512
|
1,636,020
|
|||||
Other
receivables (Notes 7)
|
142,856
|
127,062
|
|||||
Prepayments
and other current assets (Note 8)
|
192,525
|
141,620
|
|||||
Pledged
notes receivable (Note 12)
|
367,045
|
430,415
|
|||||
Deferred
income tax assets
|
102,108
|
105,426
|
|||||
Total
current assets
|
6,406,382
|
5,936,771
|
|||||
Deferred
income tax assets
|
50,153
|
49,909
|
|||||
Long-term
investments (Note 9)
|
45,079
|
33,295
|
|||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
1,734,971
|
1,755,992
|
|||||
Intangible
assets, net of amortization (Note 11)
|
490,939
|
538,638
|
|||||
Long-term
notes receivable
|
687,832
|
812,809
|
|||||
Pledged
notes receivable (Note 12)
|
—
|
13,851
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
228,781
|
231,958
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
9,644,137
|
$
|
9,373,223
|
|||
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
|||||||
Current
liabilities
|
|||||||
Bank
borrowings - short-term and maturing within one
year (Note 12)
|
$
|
735,747
|
$
|
808,037
|
|||
Notes
and accounts payable
|
638,593
|
925,577
|
|||||
Accrued
expenses
|
713,002
|
975,396
|
|||||
Amounts
due to stockholders/officers (Note 10)
|
354,484
|
355,653
|
|||||
Other
payables
|
562,169
|
381,647
|
|||||
Deposits
received
|
813,206
|
752,597
|
|||||
Receipts
in advance (Note 13)
|
1,942,531
|
2,402,624
|
|||||
Income
tax payable
|
312,295
|
143,771
|
|||||
Total
current liabilities
|
6,072,027
|
6,745,302
|
|||||
Bank
borrowings maturing after one year (Note 12)
|
915,785
|
979,323
|
|||||
Receipts
in advance (Note 13)
|
1,528,699
|
1,275,638
|
|||||
Deposits
received
|
564,952
|
629,165
|
|||||
Deferred
liability
|
36,934
|
36,624
|
|||||
Accrued
pension liabilities (Note 14)
|
213,153
|
287,363
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
9,331,550
|
9,953,415
|
March
31,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
||||||
Commitments
and contingencies (Note 16)
|
|||||||
Minority
interest
|
98,675
|
54,561
|
|||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
|||||||
Common
stock, no par share :
|
|||||||
25,000,000
shares authorized; issued and outstanding at March 31, 2007 and
December
31, 2006
|
8,592,138
|
8,592,138
|
|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
194,021
|
194,021
|
|||||
Legal
reserve
|
65,320
|
65,320
|
|||||
Accumulated
deficit
|
(8,276,865
|
)
|
(9,056,567
|
)
|
|||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
(337,078
|
)
|
(330,713
|
)
|
|||
Net
loss not recognized as pension cost
|
(23,624
|
)
|
(98,952
|
)
|
|||
Total
shareholders’ equity
|
213,912
|
(634,753
|
)
|
||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
|
$
|
9,644,137
|
$
|
9,373,223
|
Three
months ended March 31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Operating
Revenue
|
|||||||
Sales
of goods
|
$
|
2,434,158
|
$
|
2,220,496
|
|||
Franchising
income
|
553,492
|
506,547
|
|||||
Other
operating revenue
|
253,310
|
245,484
|
|||||
Total
net operating revenue
|
3,240,960
|
2,972,527
|
|||||
Operating
costs
|
|||||||
Cost
of goods sold
|
(916,655
|
)
|
(807,487
|
)
|
|||
Cost
of franchising
|
(101,142
|
)
|
(80,125
|
)
|
|||
Other
operating costs
|
(48,582
|
)
|
(42,251
|
)
|
|||
Total
operating costs
|
(1,066,379
|
)
|
(929,863
|
)
|
|||
Gross
profit
|
2,174,581
|
2,042,664
|
|||||
Advertising
costs
|
(18,085
|
)
|
(2,541
|
)
|
|||
Other
operating expenses
|
(1,282,732
|
)
|
(1,415,130
|
)
|
|||
Income
from operations
|
873,764
|
624,993
|
|||||
Interest
expenses, net
|
(21,669
|
)
|
(33,373
|
)
|
|||
Share
of income (loss) of investments
|
11,468
|
(8,594
|
)
|
||||
Other
non-operating income (loss), net
|
132,601
|
(37,735
|
)
|
||||
Income
before income taxes
|
996,164
|
545,291
|
|||||
Benefit
(provision) for taxes
|
(172,942
|
)
|
(168,481
|
)
|
|||
Income
after income taxes
|
823,222
|
376,810
|
|||||
Minority
interest income
|
(43,520
|
)
|
(18,951
|
)
|
|||
Net
income
|
$
|
779,702
|
$
|
357,859
|
|||
Earnings
per share - basic and diluted
|
$
|
0.031
|
$
|
0.019
|
|||
Weighted-average
shares used to compute earnings per share - basic and
diluted
|
25,000,000
|
18,999,703
|
Common
Stock
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number
of
shares
|
Amount
|
Additional
paid-in
capital
|
Legal
reserve
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
Net
loss
not
recognized as pension cost
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2005
|
18,999,703
|
$
|
7,669,308
|
$
|
194,021
|
$
|
65,320
|
$
|
(9,010,356
|
)
|
$
|
(244,864
|
)
|
—
|
$
|
(1,326,571
|
)
|
||||||||
Net
loss for 2006
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(46,211
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
(46,211
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Cumulative
translation adjustment
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(85,849
|
)
|
—
|
(85,849
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
loss
|
(132,060
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Repayment
of a liability by issuance of common stock
|
6,000,297
|
922,830
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
922,830
|
|||||||||||||||||
Net
loss not recognized as pension cost
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
$
|
(98,952
|
)
|
(98,952
|
)
|
||||||||||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2006
|
25,000,000
|
$
|
8,592,138
|
$
|
194,021
|
$
|
65,320
|
$
|
(9,056,567
|
)
|
$
|
(330,713
|
)
|
$
|
(98,952
|
)
|
$
|
(634,753
|
)
|
||||||
Net
income for the three months ended March 31, 2007
(Unaudited)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
779,702
|
—
|
—
|
779,702
|
|||||||||||||||||
Cumulative
translation adjustment (Unaudited)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(6,365
|
)
|
—
|
(6,365
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
Comprehensive
loss (Unaudited)
|
773,337
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
loss not recognized as pension cost
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
$
|
75,328
|
75,328
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance,
March 31, 2007 (Unaudited)
|
25,000,000
|
$
|
8,592,138
|
$
|
194,021
|
$
|
65,320
|
$
|
(8,276,865
|
)
|
$
|
(337,078
|
)
|
$
|
(23,624
|
)
|
$
|
213,912
|
Three
months ended March 31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities
|
|||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
779,702
|
$
|
357,859
|
|||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net
cash provided by operating activities
|
|||||||
Depreciation
of property and equipment
|
49,605
|
48,094
|
|||||
Amortization
of intangible assets
|
41,031
|
41,813
|
|||||
Allowance
for sales returns
|
85,270
|
97,042
|
|||||
Allowance
for doubtful debts
|
10,991
|
220,814
|
|||||
Provision
(reversal) of allowance for loss on inventory obsolescence and
slow-moving
items
|
(134,081
|
)
|
48,514
|
||||
Minority
interests
|
43,520
|
18,951
|
|||||
Share
of loss (gain) of investments
|
(11,468
|
)
|
8,594
|
||||
(Increase)/decrease
in:
|
|||||||
Notes
and accounts receivable
|
(1,074,483
|
)
|
(1,052,873
|
)
|
|||
Inventories
|
484,994
|
388,817
|
|||||
Other
receivables
|
143,735
|
315,763
|
|||||
Prepayments
and other current assets
|
(52,731
|
)
|
(202,414
|
)
|
|||
Deferred
income tax assets
|
1,120
|
(28,074
|
)
|
||||
Other
assets
|
255
|
201,692
|
|||||
Increase/(decrease)
in:
|
|||||||
Notes
and accounts payable
|
(148,526
|
)
|
40,016
|
||||
Accrued
expenses
|
(255,080
|
)
|
284,644
|
||||
Other
payables
|
185,280
|
(426,355
|
)
|
||||
Receipts
in advance
|
(160,588
|
)
|
208,438
|
||||
Income
taxes payable
|
170,833
|
72,020
|
|||||
Deferred
Liability
|
774
|
(181
|
)
|
||||
Deposits
received
|
13,426
|
388,235
|
|||||
Accrued
pension liabilities
|
3,504
|
(15,599
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
177,083
|
1,015,810
|
|||||
Cash
flows from investing activities
|
|||||||
Purchase
of property and equipment
|
(50,716
|
)
|
(17,050
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds
from disposal of property and equipment
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Amount
due from stockholder/director
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Prepayment
of long-term investments
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Acquisition
of long-term investments
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Bank
fixed deposits - pledged
|
2
|
46,990
|
|||||
Pledged
notes receivable
|
71,831
|
155,067
|
|||||
Net
cash provided by investing activities
|
21,117
|
185,007
|
Three
months ended March 31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from bank borrowings
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
138,098
|
|||
Proceeds
from loan from a stockholder
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Proceeds
from capital leases
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Repayment
of bank borrowings
|
(113,635
|
)
|
(633,428
|
)
|
|||
Repayment
of capital leases
|
—
|
13,415
|
|||||
Repayment
of loan from stockholders and transactions of related
parties
|
(262,343
|
)
|
(423,336
|
)
|
|||
Net
cash used in financing activities
|
(375,978
|
)
|
(905,251
|
)
|
|||
Net
increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
(177,778
|
)
|
295,566
|
||||
Effect
of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
|
(16,285
|
)
|
(20,688
|
)
|
|||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
1,419,873
|
613,391
|
|||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
$
|
1,225,810
|
$
|
888,269
|
Estimated
useful life
(in
years)
|
||
Land
|
Indefinite
|
|
Buildings
|
50
|
|
Furniture
and fixtures
|
3-10
|
|
Transportation
equipment
|
2.5-5
|
|
Miscellaneous
equipment
|
5-10
|
March
31,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
Notes
and accounts receivable
|
|||||||
-
Third parties
|
$
|
4,160,090
|
$
|
2,995,538
|
|||
-
Related parties (NOTE 10)
|
82,712
|
113,928
|
|||||
Total
|
4,242,802
|
3,109,466
|
|||||
Allowance
for doubtful accounts and sales returns
|
(1,206,536
|
)
|
(1,108,321
|
)
|
|||
Notes
and accounts receivable, net
|
$
|
3,036,266
|
$
|
2,001,145
|
March
31,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
Work
in process
|
$
|
160,911
|
$
|
145,110
|
|||
Finished
goods and other merchandises
|
1,738,807
|
2,268,608
|
|||||
1,899,718
|
2,413,718
|
||||||
Less:
Allowance for obsolete inventories and decline
of market value
|
(634,206
|
)
|
(777,698
|
)
|
|||
$
|
1,265,512
|
$
|
1,636,020
|
March
31,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
Other receivables - third parties:
|
|||||||
Tax paid on behalf of landlord
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||
Advances to staff
|
29,204
|
55,438
|
|||||
Grants from Market Information Center
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Receivables from Shanghai Wonderland Educational
Resources Co., Ltd. (“Shanghai Wonderland”) (Note (i))
|
381,227
|
381,092
|
|||||
Other receivables
|
59,068
|
42,480
|
|||||
Less : Allowance for doubtful accounts
|
(381,227
|
)
|
(381,092
|
)
|
|||
Sub-total
|
88,272
|
97,918
|
|||||
Other receivables - related parties (NOTE 10)
|
54,584
|
29,144
|
|||||
$
|
142,856
|
$
|
127,062
|
(i)
|
Shanghai
Wonderland was a distributor for the Group. The Group loaned Shanghai
Wonderland RMB$450,000 (approximately $54,000), RMB$500,000 and
RMB$2,500,000 (approximately $310,000) for operations in December
2003,
July 2004 and August 2005, respectively. The identified loans were
unsecured and bore no interest. Shanghai Wonderland has fully repaid
the
loan of RMB$450,000 in December 2004 and January 2005. As of March
31,
2007, Shanghai Wonderland still owes the Group a balance of
RMB$3,000,000(approximately $381,227). Such sum has now been itemized
and
recorded as “Allowance for doubtful accounts” compared to its prior
recognition as “Other receivables”.
|
March 31,
2007
|
December 31,
2006
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
Prepayments
|
$
|
147,009
|
$
|
139,582
|
|||
Temporary
payments
|
1,099
|
1,084
|
|||||
Tax
recoverable
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
Prepaid
interest
|
55
|
54
|
|||||
Others
|
44,362
|
900
|
|||||
$
|
192,525
|
$
|
141,620
|
March
31,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
21st
Century Kid Castle Language and Education Center (“Education
Center”) (Note (i))
|
|||||||
Investment
cost
|
$
|
96,924
|
$
|
96,111
|
|||
Share
of loss
|
(38,193
|
)
|
(52,091
|
)
|
|||
$
|
58,731
|
$
|
44,020
|
||||
Tianjin
Kid Castle Educational Investment Consulting Co., Ltd. (“Tianjin
Consulting”) (Note (ii))
|
|||||||
Investment
cost
|
$
|
90,462
|
$
|
89,704
|
|||
Share
of loss
|
(106,650
|
)
|
(104,693
|
)
|
|||
$
|
(16,188
|
)
|
$
|
(14,989
|
)
|
||
Lanbeisi
Education &Culture Industrial Co., Ltd (“Lanbeisi”) (Note
(iii))
|
|||||||
Investment
cost
|
$
|
46,524
|
$
|
46,133
|
|||
Share
of loss
|
(43,988
|
)
|
(41,869
|
)
|
|||
$
|
2,536
|
$
|
4,264
|
||||
Total
|
$
|
45,079
|
$
|
33,295
|
(i)
|
In
October 2003, the Group obtained the government’s approval to co-found
Education Center with 21st
Century Publishing House in the PRC. In 2004, Education Center
registered
the total capital as RMB$1,500,000, and KCES and 21st
Century Publishing House each owns 50% of the investee. It has
been
determined that the Group has significant influence and should
therefore
account for its investee on the equity
method.
|
(ii)
|
On
April 1, 2004, the Group signed a joint venture agreement with
Tianjin
Foreign Enterprises & Experts Service Corp., in Tianjin City, PRC.
Pursuant to this joint venture agreement, the Group and Tianjin
Foreign
Enterprises & Experts Service Corp. each owns a 50% interest in
Tianjin Kid Castle Educational Investment Consulting Co., Ltd.
It has been
determined that the Group has significant influence and should
therefore
account for its investee on the equity method.
|
(iii)
|
On
April 28, 2004, the Group signed a joint venture agreement with
Lanbeisi
Education & Culture Industrial Co., Ltd in Sichuan Province, PRC and
Sichuan Province Education Institutional Service Center in Sichuan
Province, PRC. Pursuant to this joint venture agreement, the Group,
Lanbeisi Education & Culture Industrial Co., Ltd and Sichuan Province
Education Institutional Service Center own, respectively, 45%,
45% and 10%
interests in Sichuan Lanbeisi Kid Castle Education Development
Co., Ltd.
It has been determined that the Group has significant influence
and should
therefore account for its investee using the equity method.
|
Names
of related parties
|
Relationship
with the Company
|
|
Mr.
Kuo-An Wang
|
Was
a director, officer and shareholder. In October 2005 resigned
as chairman
of the board of directors, president and chief executive officer
of the
Company. On October 18, 2006 resigned as director.
|
|
Mr.
Yu-En Chiu
|
Was
a director, officer and shareholder. On June 1, 2006 resigned
as chief
financial officer and director. Remained the Chairman of PRC
operation
until February 28, 2007.
|
|
Mr.
Min-Tan Yang
|
Director
and chief executive officer of the Company since November 2,
2005
|
|
Mr.
Suang-Yi Pai
|
Director
and Chairman of the Board since November 2, 2005.
|
|
Taipei
Country Private Chevady Preschool (“TCP Chevady”)
|
Its
chairman was Mr. Yu-En Chiu and TCP Chevady ceased operations
on April 10,
2006.
|
|
Taipei
Country Private Chung-hua Preschool (“TCP Chung-hua”)
|
Its
chairman was Mr. Yu-En Chiu and TCP Chung-hua ceased operations
in March
2006.
|
|
Taipei
Country Private Kid’s Castle Yin Cyun Pre-school (“TCP Yin
Cyun”)
|
Its
chairman is Mr. Min-Tan Yang
|
|
Yin
Cyun Language & Computer School (“Yin Cyun Language”)
|
Its
chairman is Mr. Min-Tan Yang
|
|
Taipei
Country Private Yin Tzu Preschool (“TCP Yin Tzu”)
|
Its
chairman is Mr. Min-Tan Yang
|
|
Private
Kuan Lung Short Term Language Cram School (“Kuan Lung
Language”)
|
Its
chairman is Mr. Min-Tan Yang
|
|
Taipei
City Private Chu Sheng Preschool (“TCP Chu Sheng”)
|
Its
chairman is Mr. Min-Tan Yang
|
|
Taipei
Country Private Chu Yao Preschool (“TCP Chu Yao”)
|
Its
chairman is Mr. Min-Tan Yang
|
|
Private
Liang Yu Language & Computer School (“Liang Yu
Language”)
|
Its
chairman is Mr. Min-Tan Yang
|
|
21st
Century Publishing House (“Publishing House”)
|
A
joint venture partner (third-party after July 2004).
|
|
Jiangxi
21st Century Kid Castle Culture Media Co., Ltd (“Culture
Media”)
|
An
investment accounted for under the equity method before July
2, 2004. It
has become a consolidated entity after July 2, 2004.
|
|
21st
Century Kid Castle Language and Education Center (“Education
Center”)
|
An
investment accounted for under the equity method.
|
|
Tianjin
Kid Castle Educational Investment Consulting Co., Ltd.(“Tianjin
Consulting”)
|
An
investment accounted for under the equity method
|
|
Sichuan
Lanbeisi Kid Castle Education Development Co., Ltd.
(“Lanbeisi”)
|
An
investment accounted for under the equity
method
|
Three
months ended March 31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
(i)
Sales to:
|
|||||||
-
TCP Chevady
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
1,729
|
|||
-
TCP Chung-hua
|
—
|
1,729
|
|||||
-
Kuan Lung Language
|
5,579
|
5,416
|
|||||
-
TCP Chu Yao
|
14,801
|
8,035
|
|||||
-
TCP
Chu Sheng
|
3,495
|
3,816
|
|||||
-
TCP Yin Cyun
|
38,019
|
8,957
|
|||||
-
Yin Cyun Language
|
3,294
|
—
|
|||||
-
TCP Yin Tzu
|
19,019
|
3,425
|
|||||
-
Liang Yu Language
|
9,906
|
16,502
|
|||||
-
English School
|
8,451
|
5,233
|
|||||
-
Tianjin Consulting
|
7,395
|
9,984
|
|||||
-
Lanbeisi
|
12,000
|
6,920
|
|||||
$
|
121,959
|
$
|
71,746
|
||||
(ii) Franchising
income from:
|
|||||||
-
TCP Chu Sheng
|
$
|
7,958
|
$
|
1,763
|
|||
-
TCP Chu Yao
|
7,958
|
1,764
|
|||||
-
TCP Yin Cyun
|
7,958
|
637
|
|||||
-
Liang Yu Language
|
608
|
—
|
|||||
-
TCP Yin Tzu
|
13,642
|
3,400
|
|||||
$
|
38,124
|
$
|
7,564
|
Name
of related parties
|
March
31,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
|||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
-
TCP Yin Cyun
|
$
|
14,283
|
$
|
19,888
|
|||
-
Yin Cyun Language
|
2,605
|
5,967
|
|||||
-
Kuan Lung Language
|
7,930
|
6,684
|
|||||
-
TCP Chu Yao
|
11,413
|
18,565
|
|||||
-
TCP Chu Sheng
|
9,257
|
17,937
|
|||||
-
TCP Yin Tzu
|
3,152
|
1,132
|
|||||
-
Liang Yu Language
|
8,401
|
4,530
|
|||||
-
Education Center
|
—
|
─
|
|||||
-
Tianjin
Consulting
|
16,060
|
16,631
|
|||||
-
Lanbeisi
|
9,611
|
22,594
|
|||||
$
|
82,712
|
$
|
113,928
|
Name
of related parties
|
March
31,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
|||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
Amount
due from Education Center (Note A)
|
$
|
19,672
|
$
|
19,507
|
|||
Amount
due from Tianjin Consulting (Note B)
|
655
|
16
|
|||||
Amount
due from Lanbeisi (Note C)
|
34,257
|
9,621
|
|||||
$
|
54,584
|
$
|
29,144
|
A.
|
Education
Center was founded in October 2003. The amount due from the associate
is
mainly inventory purchases paid by the Group on behalf of Education
Center. The amount due from this related party has no fixed repayment
term
and bears no interest.
|
B.
|
Tianjin
Consulting was incorporated in April 2004. The Group paid certain
pre-operating costs on behalf of Tianjin Consulting. The amount
due from
this related party has no fixed repayment term and bears no
interest.
|
C.
|
Lanbeisi
was incorporated in April 2004. The Group paid pre-operating costs
of
RMB$75,000 (approximately $9,000) on behalf of Lanbeisi. The amount
due
from this related party has no fixed repayment term and bears no
interest.
|
Name
of Related Parties
|
March 31,
2007
|
December 31,
2006
|
|||||
TCP
Yin Cyun
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
61,357
|
|||
Mr. Kuo-An
Wang
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
67,493
|
|||
|
$ |
—
|
$
|
128,850
|
Name
of Related Parties
|
March 31,
2007
|
December 31,
2006
|
|||||
Lanbeisi
|
$
|
7,754
|
$
|
7,689
|
|||
$
|
7,754
|
$
|
7,689
|
Name
of Related Parties
|
March 31,
2006
|
December 31,
2005
|
|||||
Educational
Center
|
$
|
289
|
$
|
436
|
|||
Lanbeisi
|
$
|
132
|
$
|
130
|
|||
$
|
421
|
$
|
566
|
Name
of Related Parties
|
March 31,
2007
|
December 31,
2006
|
|||||
Mr. Min-Tan
Yang (Note A)
|
$
|
244,944
|
$
|
245,627
|
|||
Mr. Suang-Yi
Pai (Note A)
|
$
|
109,540
|
$
|
110,026
|
|||
$
|
354,484
|
$
|
355,653
|
March
31,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
Gross
carrying amount
|
|||||||
Franchise
|
$
|
1,030,622
|
$
|
1,043,775
|
|||
Copyrights
|
605,840
|
613,572
|
|||||
1,636,462
|
1,657,347
|
||||||
Less:
Accumulated amortization
|
|||||||
Franchise
|
(721,435
|
)
|
(704,548
|
)
|
|||
Copyrights
|
(424,088
|
)
|
(414,161
|
)
|
|||
(1,145,523
|
)
|
(1,118,709
|
)
|
||||
Net
|
$
|
490,939
|
$
|
538,638
|
2008
|
$
|
164,124
|
||
2009
|
164,124
|
|||
2010
|
39,598
|
|||
$
|
367,846
|
Notes
|
March
31,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||
Bank
term loans
|
(i)
|
|
$
|
94,312
|
$
|
108,922
|
||||
Short-term
unsecured bank loans
|
(ii)
|
|
262,847
|
446,086
|
||||||
Mid-term
secured bank loan
|
(iii)
|
|
1,294,373
|
1,232,352
|
||||||
1,651,532
|
1,787,360
|
|||||||||
Less:
Balances maturing within one year included in current
liabilities
|
||||||||||
Bank
term loans
|
88,696
|
103,523
|
||||||||
Short-term
unsecured bank loans
|
262,847
|
446,086
|
||||||||
Mid-term
secured bank loan
|
384,204
|
258,428
|
||||||||
735,747
|
808,037
|
|||||||||
Bank
borrowings maturing after one year
|
$
|
915,785
|
$
|
979,323
|
(i)
|
This
line item represents bank loans that have been secured by a pledge
of
post-dated checks amounting to $205,131 and $261,142 that we have
received
from franchisees and the Group’s bank deposits of $6,130 and $1,963 as of
March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively, for the purpose
of
financing operations. The repayment dates of the loans coincided
with the
maturity dates of the corresponding pledged post-dated checks,
and was
extended on October 18, 2006. The weighted average interest rates
were
5.37% and 5.83% per annum as of March 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively.
|
(iii)
|
In
August 2005, KCIT obtained a bank loan in the principal amount
of $944,115
to repay its mortgage loan that was originally granted by a bank
on August
10, 2003 and to finance its operations. The loan is secured by
the Group’s
land and buildings and personal guarantees provide by two directors
of the
Group. The loan bears interest at the lending bank’s basic fixed deposit
rate plus 0.69% per annum for the year 2005 to 2007, and plus 1.69%
per
annum for the year 2008. On August 10, 2005, the bank extended
the term of the loan and it is now repayable in 84 equal monthly
installments starting on August 10, 2012. As of March 31, 2006,
the applicable interest rate is approximately 2.7% and the Group
has
repaid $82,395
|
Notes
|
March
31,
2007
|
December
31,
2006
|
||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||||||||
Current
liabilities:
|
||||||||||
Sales
deposits received
|
(i)
|
|
$
|
495,228
|
$
|
481,334
|
||||
Franchising
income received
|
(ii)
|
|
917,116
|
1,608,066
|
||||||
Subscription
fees received
|
(iii)
|
|
501,028
|
285,531
|
||||||
Related
parties (Note 10 B(viii))
|
|
421
|
566
|
|||||||
Others
|
28,738
|
27,127
|
||||||||
1,942,531
|
2,402,624
|
|||||||||
Long-term
liabilities:
|
||||||||||
Franchising
income received
|
(ii)
|
|
1,528,699
|
1,275,638
|
||||||
$
|
3,471,230
|
$
|
3,678,262
|
(i) |
The
balance represents receipts in advance from customers for goods
sold to
them.
|
(ii) |
The
balance mainly represents franchising income received in advance
which is
attributable to the periods after the respective period end
dates.
|
(iii) |
The
balance represents
subscription fees received in advance for subscription of magazines
published by the Group.
|
Three
months ended March 31,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||
Service
cost
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||
Interest
cost
|
3,054
|
3,081
|
|||||
Expected
return on assets
|
(606
|
)
|
(612
|
)
|
|||
Amortization
of unrecognized loss
|
739
|
746
|
|||||
Net
periodic pension cost
|
$
|
3,187
|
$
|
3,215
|
Taiwan
|
The
PRC
|
Total
|
Corporate
|
Eliminations
|
Consolidated
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Three
months ended
March
31,
2007
|
Three
months ended
March
31,
2006
|
Three
months ended
March
31,
2007
|
|
|
Three
months ended
March
31,
2006
|
|
|
Three
months ended
March
31,
2007
|
|
|
Three
months ended
March
31,
2006
|
|
|
Three
months ended
March
31,
2007
|
|
|
Three
months ended
March
31,
2006
|
|
|
Three
months ended
March
31,
2007
|
|
|
Three
months ended
March
31,
2006
|
|
|
Three
months ended
March
31,
2007
|
|
|
Three
months ended
March
31,
2006
|
|||||||
Revenue
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
External
revenue
|
$
|
2,058,567
|
$
|
1,948,125
|
$
|
1,182,393
|
$
|
1,024,402
|
$
|
3,240,960
|
$
|
2,972,527
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
3,240,960
|
$
|
2,972,527
|
|||||||||||||
Inter-segment
revenue
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
$
|
2,058,567
|
$
|
1,948,125
|
$
|
1,182,393
|
$
|
1,024,402
|
$
|
3,240,960
|
$
|
2,972,527
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
3,240,960
|
$
|
2,972,527
|
||||||||||||||
Profit
(loss) from Operations
|
$
|
552,648
|
$
|
678,738
|
$
|
383,403
|
$
|
66,338
|
$
|
936,051
|
$
|
745,076
|
$
|
(62,287
|
)
|
$
|
(120,083
|
)
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
873,764
|
$
|
624,993
|
|||||||||||
Capital
expenditures
|
$
|
5,083
|
$
|
18,669
|
$
|
38,325
|
$
|
1,619
|
$
|
43,408
|
$
|
20,288
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
43,408
|
$
|
20,288
|
|||||||||||||
|
March
31,
2007
|
December
31,2006
|
March
31,
2007
|
December
31, 2006
|
|
|
March
31,
2007
|
|
|
December
31, 2006
|
|
|
March
31,
2007
|
|
|
December
31, 2006
|
|
|
March
31,
2007
|
|
|
December
31, 2006
|
|
|
March
31,
2007
|
|
|
December
31, 2006
|
|||||||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
7,463,309
|
$
|
7,409,359
|
$
|
2,350,090
|
$
|
1,960,446
|
$
|
9,813,399
|
$
|
9,369,805
|
$
|
263,740
|
$
|
359,772
|
$
|
(226,247
|
)
|
$
|
(356,354
|
)
|
$
|
9,850,892
|
$
|
9,373,223
|
Years
ending December 31,
|
||||
2008
|
$
|
194,130
|
||
2009
|
53,545
|
|||
2010
|
—
|
|||
2011
|
—
|
|||
2012
|
—
|
|||
|
$
|
247,675
|
·
|
Maintain
detailed records and produce comprehensive financial statements
on a
periodic basis allowing management to review and detect irregular
financial activities.
|
·
|
Place
different check-points on the progression of ordinary monetary
activities
of the business.
|
·
|
Delineate
individual unit/departmental responsibilities and effectively separate
respective departmental transactions so as to avoid intentional
misappropriation of funds from taking place.
|
·
|
All
departments requesting funds must obtain written approval from
the Chief
Executive Officer or the Chairman of the Board before the accounting
department may commence processing payments.
|
·
|
All
fund transfer applications must be approved by the applicable department
supervisor before the application may be processed. No one can
authorize
their own application. This is applicable to all staff including
staff at
the managerial level.
|
·
|
Fund
transfer applications in the PRC must additionally be approved
by the
headquarters in Taiwan.
|
·
|
All
fund transfer applications must be accompanied by supporting
documentation, such as a copy of the relevant contract copy of
the
relevant invoice or stock pre-payment statement.
|
·
|
Stock
purchases require the approval of the supervisor or manager of
the
relevant department, the approval of the accounts department, and
a stock
receipt and suppliers’ certification. Finally the application must be
approved by the Chairman of the Board before funds may be released.
|
·
|
All
pre-payments must be tracked by the fund applicant and the payments
must
be cleared within the month of payment or in accordance with the
date
stipulated in the relevant contract.
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A.
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Exhibits
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31.1
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Rule 13a-14(a)
Certification of Principal Executive Officer
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31.2
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Rule 13a-14(a)
Certification of Principal Financial Officer
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32.1
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Section 1350
Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer
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By:
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/s/
Suang-Yi Pai
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Name:
Suang-Yi
Pai
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Title:
Chief
Financial Officer
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