SECURITIES
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KID
CASTLE EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION
(Name
of
Registrant as specified in its Charter)
(Name
of
Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant)
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KID
CASTLE EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION
8th
Floor, No. 98 Min Chuan Road
Hsien
Tien, Taipei, Taiwan ROC
Taipei,
Taiwan
(886)
2-2218-5996
November
23, 2007
Dear
Shareholders:
You
are
cordially invited to attend the Kid Castle Educational Corporation Annual
Meeting of Shareholders to be held at 9:30 a.m. (local time) on December
14, 2007 at Taipei Silicon Valley International Assembly Hall, B1, No. 207,
Sec.
3, Beisin Rd., Hsien Tien City, Taipei County, Taiwan, ROC. Directions to the
Annual Meeting location map are included with this Notice of Annual Meeting
and
Proxy Statement.
The
matters to be acted upon are described in the accompanying Notice of Annual
Meeting and Proxy Statement. At the meeting, we will also report on Kid Castle
Educational Corporation’s operations and respond to any questions you may
have.
YOUR
VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
Whether
or not you plan to attend, it is important that your shares be represented.
Please sign, date, and return the enclosed proxy card to the Company at 8th
Floor, No. 98 Min Chuan Road, Hsien Tien, Taipei, Taiwan ROC, Taipei, Taiwan
by
no later than December 12, 2007 in the enclosed postage prepaid envelope in
order to ensure that your vote is counted
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If
you attend the meeting, you will, of course, have the right to vote your shares
in person.
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Very
truly yours,
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Min-Tan
Yang
Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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KID
CASTLE EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION
8th
Floor, No. 98 Min Chuan Road
Hsien
Tien, Taipei, Taiwan ROC
Taipei,
Taiwan
(886)
2-2218-5996
NOTICE
OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To
Be Held on December
14, 2007
To
the
Shareholders:
The
Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of Kid Castle Educational Corporation (“Kid
Castle”), a Florida corporation, will be held at 9:30 a.m. (local time) on
December 14, 2007 at Taipei Silicon Valley International Assembly Hall, B1,
No.
207, Sec. 3, Beisin Rd., Hsien Tien City, Taipei County, Taiwan, ROC for the
following purposes:
1.
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To
elect five directors to serve until the Annual Meeting of Shareholders
for
the 2007 fiscal year and until their respective successors are elected
and
qualified;
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To
ratify and approve the selection of Brock, Schechter & Polakoff, LLP
as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2005, 2006 and 2007;
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To
approve an amendment and restatement of our articles of incorporation
that
increases the number of authorized shares of our common stock from
25,000,000 shares to 50,000,000 shares and creates a class of “Blank
Check” preferred stock consisting of 10,000,000 shares;
and
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To
transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting
or
any adjournment thereof.
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Only
shareholders of record at the close of business on November 10, 2007 will be
entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting and any adjournments
thereof.
The
Company’s Proxy Statement is submitted herewith. Financial and other information
concerning the Company is contained in the enclosed Annual Report on Form 10-K
and Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 and 2006,
respectively.
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By
order of the Board of Directors
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Min-Tan
Yang
Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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Taipei,
Taiwan
November
23, 2007
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT
WHETHER
OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING, WE URGE YOU TO DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED
PROXY CARD AND RETURN IT TO THE COMPANY AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE IN THE ENCLOSED
STAMPED AND ADDRESSED ENVELOPE. THIS WILL ENSURE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM AT
THE
ANNUAL MEETING. GIVING THIS PROXY DOES NOT AFFECT YOUR RIGHT TO REVOKE IT LATER
OR VOTE YOUR SHARES IN PERSON IN THE EVENT THAT YOU SHOULD ATTEND THE
MEETING.
KID
CASTLE EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION
8th
Floor, No. 98 Min Chuan Road
Hsien
Tien, Taipei, Taiwan ROC
Taipei,
Taiwan
(886)
2-2218-5996
PROXY
STATEMENT FOR
ANNUAL
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
December
14, 2007
This
Proxy Statement is furnished by the Board of Directors of Kid Castle Educational
Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “Company” or “Kid Castle”), to the
holders of common stock, no par value, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), in
connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors for use
at
the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company for fiscal year 2007 (the
“Annual Meeting”), to be held at 9:30 a.m. (local time) on December 14, 2007, at
Taipei Silicon Valley International Assembly Hall, B1, No. 207, Sec. 3, Beisin
Rd., Hsien Tien City, Taipei County, Taiwan, ROC and at any adjournment thereof.
Directions to the Annual Meeting location are provided at the end of this Proxy
Statement.
SOLICITATION
AND REVOCABILITY OF PROXIES
The
Company will bear the cost of this solicitation of proxies, including charges
and expenses of brokerage firms, banks and others for forwarding solicitation
material to beneficial owners. In addition to the use of the mails, proxies
may
be solicited by officers and employees of the Company, without remuneration,
by
personal contact, telephone or facsimile. We are mailing the proxies, together
with copies of this Proxy Statement, to shareholders of the Company on or about
November 23, 2007.
Execution
and return of the enclosed Proxy will not in any way affect your right to attend
the Annual Meeting and to vote in person, and, even if you return the enclosed
proxy, you may still revoke it before it is voted by filing with the Secretary
of the Company a written revocation or duly executed proxy bearing a later
date.
Your proxy, when executed and not revoked, will be voted in accordance with
your
instructions. In the absence of specific instructions, your proxy will be voted
by the individuals named in the proxy “FOR” the election as directors of those
five nominees named in this Proxy Statement, “FOR” the proposal to ratify and to
approve the appointment of Brock Schechter & Polakoff, LLP as independent
public accountants for the Company, “FOR” the proposed Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation, and in accordance with their best judgment on all
other matters that may properly come before the Annual Meeting.
VOTING
SECURITIES AND QUORUM
Shareholders
of record at the close of business on November 10, 2007 (the “Record Date”), are
entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. The Company had issued
and outstanding, 25,000,000 shares of Common Stock as of November 7, 2007,
and
there were no outstanding shares of any other class of stock. Each share of
Common Stock is entitled to one vote on each matter to be voted upon. For a
discussion of the issued and outstanding shares, see “Security Ownership of
Certain Beneficial Owners and Management”. The presence, in person or by proxy,
of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common
Stock is necessary to constitute a quorum at the Annual Meeting. Abstentions
and
broker non-votes (defined below) will be counted as present for purposes of
determining the presence of a quorum.
For
the
purpose of determining the vote required for approval of matters to be voted
on
at the Annual Meeting, shares held by shareholders who abstain from voting
on a
matter will be treated as being “present” and “entitled to vote” on the matter,
and, therefore, an abstention (withholding a vote as to all matters) has the
same legal effect as a vote against the matter. However, in the case of a broker
non-vote or where a shareholder withholds authority from his proxy to vote
the
proxy as to a particular matter, such shares will not be treated as “present” or
“entitled to vote” on the matter, and, therefore, a broker non-vote or the
withholding of a proxy’s authority will have no effect on the outcome of the
vote on the matter. A “broker non-vote” refers to shares of Common Stock
represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy by a broker or nominee
where such broker or nominee (1) has not received voting instructions on a
particular matter from the beneficial owners or persons entitled to vote; and
(2) the broker or nominee does not have discretionary voting power on such
matter.
The
enclosed form of proxy provides a method for you to withhold authority to vote
for one or more of the nominees for director while granting authority to vote
for the remaining nominees. The names of all nominees are listed on the proxy
card. If you wish to grant authority to vote for all nominees, check the box
marked “FOR.” If you wish to withhold authority to vote for all nominees, check
the box marked “WITHHOLD AUTHORITY.” If you wish your shares to be voted for
some nominees and not for one or more of the others, check the box marked “FOR”
and indicate the nominee(s) for whom you are withholding the authority to vote
by listing such nominee(s) in the space provided. If you check the box marked
“WITHHOLD AUTHORITY,” your shares will neither be voted for nor against a
director but will be counted for quorum purposes. Proxies and ballots will
be
received and tabulated by the Company, at 8th Floor, No. 98 Min Chuan Road,
Hsien Tien, Taipei, Taiwan ROC, Taipei, Taiwan.
The
favorable vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock
present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting is required for the approval
of matters presented at the Annual Meeting, except that in the election of
directors, the five individuals receiving the greatest number of votes will
be
deemed elected even though not receiving a majority.
The
costs
of soliciting this Proxy Statement will be borne by the Company.
MATTERS
TO COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING
PROPOSAL
1.
ELECTION
OF DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION.
Five
directors, to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and
until their successors are elected and qualified, are to be elected at the
Annual Meeting. It is intended that the accompanying proxy will be voted in
favor of the following persons to serve as directors unless the shareholder
indicates to the contrary on the proxy. Management expects that each of the
nominees will be available for election, but if any of them is not a candidate
at the time the election occurs, the proxy holders have authority to cast votes
for the election of another nominee to be designated by the Board of Directors
to fill any such vacancy.
The
following persons have been nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors to be
elected as directors at the Annual Meeting:
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Age*
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Title
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Mr.
Min-Tan Yang
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41
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Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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Mr.
Suang-Yi Pai
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46
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Chairman,
Director and Acting Chief Finance Officer
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Mrs.
Chin-Chen Huang
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39
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President
of Shanghai Operations and Director
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Mr.
Ming-Tsung Shih
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Director
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Mr.
Robert Theng
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45
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Director
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*Age
as
at December 31, 2006
Information
about the Nominees
Mr.
Min-Tan Yang
was
elected by the Board of Directors to fill an existing vacancy and appointed
chief executive officer on November 2, 2005. He has a master’s degree from the
Department of Business Administration of Da-Yeh University. Mr. Yang has
served as a director of Shanghai Taiwan Businessmen Elementary School in China
since January 2005 and a director of Global International Education Ltd.
since July 2001. In 2002 Mr. Yang was appointed as the chairman of two
of the Company’s schools in Taiwan. Currently he is the chairman of four of the
Company’s schools.
Mr.
Suang-Yi Pai
was
elected to replace Mr. Kuo An Wang as the chairman of the board on November
2,
2005. Mr. Pai has served as a director of the company since October 2002. Since
1998, Mr. Pai has served as the general manager of Chin Yi Fung Enterprises
Co., Ltd., a privately held company engaged in the manufacture of
sandals.
Mrs.
Chin -Chen Huang
has
served as a director of the Company since October 2002. Mrs. Huang has
served as General Manager of Kid Castle Educational Software Development Company
Limited from 1999 to the present. From 1997 to 1999, Mrs. Huang was an
Assistant Manager of Kid Castle Enterprises. From 1999 to July 2005,
Mrs. Huang has served as Senior Vice President of Kid Castle Internet
Technology. From July 2005 to the present, Mrs. Huang has served as the
President of Shanghai Operations.
Mr.
Ming-Tsung Shih
has
served as a director of the Company since 2003. Mr. Shih is a lecturer at
Tunghai University and has been the Financial Manager of Sunspring Metal
Corporation, a company that manufactures and sells hydrant fittings, since
November 2003. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Shih served as the Financial Manager
of
Chin Yi Fung Enterprises Co., Ltd., a privately held company engaged in the
manufacture of sandals. Prior to that, Mr. Shih was the Audit Manager of T
N
Soong & Co., a member firm of Deloitte & Touche, from 1995 to
2002.
Mr.
Robert Theng
is
currently an associate professor of Graduate Institute of Management, Da-Yeh
University and an adjunct professor of School of Business, Lawrence
Technological University, USA and Walton College, Canada. Mr. Theng
received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, from Mississippi State University,
USA in 1996 and his Master’s of Business Administration from Meinders School of
Business, Oklahoma City University, USA in 1992.
These
directors will be elected for one-year terms at the annual shareholders meeting.
Officers will hold their positions at the pleasure of the Board of Directors,
absent any employment agreement, of which none currently exists. There is no
arrangement or understanding between any of the directors or officers of the
Company and any other person 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 directors to the Company’s board.
There are also no arrangements, agreements or understandings between
non-management shareholders that may directly or indirectly participate in
or
influence the management of the Company’s affairs.
None
of
the candidates is subject to (i) any material proceedings adverse to the
registrant or any of its subsidiaries or has a material interest adverse to
the
registrant or any of its subsidiaries or (ii) any other legal
proceeding.
The
Board of Directors recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” the nominees named in
this Proxy Statement. The five individuals receiving the greatest number of
votes will be deemed elected even if they do not receive a majority
vote.
CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE
Board
Meetings
The
Board
of Directors held two meetings during 2006 and held two meetings with the
Company’s auditors. During 2006, all directors attended at least 75 percent of
the meetings of the Board of Directors. The Company’s Bylaws provide that the
Board of Directors should meet annually for the election of the Company’s
officers and hold regular meetings.
Committees
The
Board
of Directors does not have a standing audit committee, a standing nominating,
or
a compensation committee. Instead, the whole Board of Directors performs the
functions of these committees. We do not have nominating and compensation
committees because we feel that the entire Board of Directors can best perform
this function.
Following
the resignation of Mr. Yuanchau Liour as a member of the Board of Directors
and
the then-standing Audit Committee, effective as of April 12, 2005, the Board
of
Directors assumed and served as the Audit Committee of the Company. In such
role, the Board of Directors is responsible for the general oversight of the
Company’s financial accounting and reporting, systems of internal control, audit
process, and monitoring compliance with standards of business conduct and for
discussing the audited financial statements with the company. While the entire
Board of Directors served as the Company's Audit Committee and assumed
responsibility for reviewing the Company's financial statements with the
Company's auditors during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, the two
independent directors, Messrs. Shih and Theng, had separate reviewing sessions
with the Company's auditors to discuss and ensure the accuracy and reliability
of the Company's financial statements in addition to those sessions conducted
with the full Board of Directors.
Audit
Committee Financial Expert
Board
Member Mr. Ming-Tsung Shih qualifies as an audit committee financial expert
according to the standard set forth in Regulation S-K, Item 407. The entire
Board of Directors serves as the Company’s Audit Committee.
Shareholder
Communications with the Board of Directors
Shareholders
may communicate with the Board of Directors by writing a letter to the Board
of
Directors. The letter should detail items so desired to bring to the attention
of the Board of Directors, in the event that the Board of Directors deem a
reply
is necessary and appropriate, it shall reply to the return address and recipient
as nominated in letter received from the shareholder. The shareholder’s letter
shall be addressed to the Board of Directors and be delivered by courier or
registered post to Kid Castle Educational Corporation, 8th Floor, No. 98 Min
Chuan Road, Hsien Tien, Taipei, Taiwan ROC. Attention should be directed to
the
Investor Relations officer, Ms. Lily Huang.
REPORT
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON FINANCIAL AUDIT OBLIGATION
The
Board
of Directors assumed and served as the Audit Committee of the Company and is
responsible for the general oversight of the Company’s financial accounting and
reporting, systems of internal control, audit process, and monitoring compliance
with standards of business conduct. Management of the Company has primary
responsibility for preparing financial statements of the Company as well as
the
Company’s financial reporting process. Brock, Schechter & Polakoff LLP,
acting as independent auditors, is responsible for expressing an opinion on
the
conformity of the Company’s audited financial statements with generally accepted
accounting principles.
In
this
context, the Board of Directors hereby reports as follows:
(1)
The Board of Directors have reviewed and discussed the audited financial
statements for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 with the Company’s management and with
the independent auditors.
(2)
The Board of Directors have discussed with the independent auditors the
matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61,
Communications with Audit Committees.
(3)
The Board of Directors has received the written disclosures and the
letter from the independent auditors required by Independence Standards Board
No. 1, Independence Discussions with Audit Committees, and has discussed with
Brock, Schechter & Polakoff, LLP the matter of that firm’s
independence.
(4)
Based on the review and discussion referred to in paragraphs (1) through
(3) above, the Board of Directors have approved that the audited financial
statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2005 filed on March 8, 2007 and in the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2006 filed on November
13,
2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
The
Board of Directors
Min-Tan
Yang
Suang-Yi
Pai
Chin-Chen
Huang
Ming-Tsung
Shih
Robert
Theng
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The
following table sets forth as of June 14, 2007, the number and percentage of
our
25,000,000 outstanding shares of common stock that were beneficially owned
by
(i) each person who is currently a director, (ii) each executive officer, (iii)
all current directors and executive officers as a group, and (iv) each person
who, to the knowledge of the Company is the beneficial owner of more than 5%
of
the outstanding common stock.
Name
and Address of Beneficial Owner(1)
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Percent
of Class(2)
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Mr.
Suang-Yi Pai / 8th Floor, No. 98 Min Chuan Road, Hsien Tien Taipei,
Taiwan, R.O.C .
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4,841,377
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19.37
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Mr.
Min-Tang Yang / 8th Floor, No. 98 Min Chuan Road, Hsien Tien Taipei,
Taiwan, R.O.C
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9,165,538
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36.66
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Mrs.
Chin-Chen Huang / 8th Floor, No. 98 Min Chuan Road, Hsien Tien
Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C
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5,000
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0.02
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Mr.
Ming-Tsung, Shih / No. 29 Yongdong Street Yushun Villiage, Lukang
Township Chang Hua, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Mr.
Robert Theng / 3 Ally 21 Ln 36 Chieh Shou S. Rd. Changhua 500, Taiwan,
R.O.C.
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All
officers and directors as a group (5 persons)
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14,011,915
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56.05
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Notes:
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Unless
otherwise indicated, the address of each person listed is 8th Floor,
No. 98 Min Chuan Road, Hsien Tien, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of
China.
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(2)
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Based
on 25,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding as of June 14,
2007.
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Section
16(A) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of
the Exchange Act requires our directors and executive officers, and persons
who
own more than ten percent of a registered class of our equity securities, to
file with the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in
ownership of our common stock and other equity securities. Officers, directors
and greater than ten percent shareholders are required by SEC regulation to
furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they
file.
To
our
knowledge, based solely on a review of the copies of such reports furnished
to
us and written representations that no other reports were required, during
the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, all Section 16(a) filing
requirements applicable to our officers, directors and greater than ten percent
beneficial owners were complied with.
CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
In
late
2005, our company experienced financial difficulties and was incapable of
generating cash flows sufficient to sustain our operations. At the time, our
Board of Directors approached Messrs. Pai and Yang for financial aid and
management support. Mr. Pai, a director of the Company, was elected
Chairman on November 2, 2005 and subsequently procured short-term loans for
the Company from two third parties, Olympic Well International Ltd. (“Olympic”)
and Chen-Chen Shih (“Shih”),
payable
in three months in the amount of approximately $690,000 and $60,000
respectively, with a 7% annual interest rate. Mr. Yang, who was elected as
a director of the Company on November 2, 2005, loaned us approximately
$1.05 million with a 7% annual interest rate. As of July 31, 2006, the
remaining debt owed by the Company to Olympic and Shih was assigned to
Mr. Pai pursuant to Assignment Agreements dated as of August 1, 2006.
On December 28, 2006, pursuant to a loan settlement and conversion
agreement, the parties agreed to convert a portion of the loans to stock at
a
conversion price of $0.15 per share and to issue promissory notes for the
remaining amount. The promissory notes are due in one year and have an annual
interest rate of 7%. These transactions are summarized in the following
table:
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Outstanding
Principal
as
of 12/28/2006
($)
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Amount
of Residual
Promissory Note
($)
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Promissory Note Due Date
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Promissory Note Interest Rate
(%)
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Principal
converted
to
Common Stock
($0.15/ share)
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Shares
of
Common
Stock
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Mr.
Suang-Yi Pai
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407,725
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107,680
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12/27/2007
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7
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300,045
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2,000,297
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Mr.
Min-Tan Yang
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840,789
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240,789
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12/27/2007
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7
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600,000
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4,000,000
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Change
in Control
Although
there is no agreement, written or informal, between Messrs. Pai and Yang to
act
in concert with respect to exercising ownership of their shares of our stock,
Messrs Pai and Yang may be considered a “syndicate, or other group for the
purpose of acquiring, holding, or disposing of securities of an issuer” within
the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act. Messrs. Pai and Yang may
be
deemed to have indirect control or shared voting power of stock held by their
immediate family members. Mr. Pai’s wife and children hold a total of 1,574,040
shares of our stock, and Mr. Yang’s wife holds 500,000 shares. Consequently, the
issuance of stock to Messrs. Pai and Yang as described may constitute a change
in control of the Company. Messrs. Pai and Yang’s combined ownership of the
outstanding stock of the company, when combined with stock held by their
immediate family members, increased from 42.11% before the conversion described
in Item 1.01 to 56.05% following the conversion. For further detail please
see
the Company’s report on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on January 24,
2007.
Policies
and Procedures for Related Party Transactions
The
Company recognizes that Related Person Transactions (defined as transactions,
arrangements or relationships in which the Company was, is or will be a
participant and the amount involved exceeds $10,000, and in which any Related
Person (defined below) had, has or will have a direct or indirect interest)
may
raise questions among shareholders as to whether those transactions are
consistent with the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. It
is
the Company’s policy to enter into or ratify Related Person Transactions only
when the Board of Directors determines that the Related Person Transaction
in
question is in, or is not inconsistent with, the best interests of the Company
and its shareholders, including but not limited to situations where the Company
may obtain products or services of a nature, quantity or quality, or on other
terms, that are not readily available from alternative sources or when the
Company provides products or services to Related Persons on an arm’s length
basis on terms comparable to those provided to unrelated third parties or on
terms comparable to those provided to employees generally.
“Related
Person” is defined as follows:
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any
person who is, or at any time since the beginning of the Company’s last
fiscal year was, a director or executive officer of the Company or
a
nominee to become a director of the
Company;
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any
person who is known to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of
any
class of the Company’s voting
securities;
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3.
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any
immediate family member of any of the foregoing persons, which means
any
child, stepchild, parent, stepparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law,
father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or
sister-in-law of the director, executive officer, nominee or more
than 5%
beneficial owner, and any person (other than a tenant or employee)
sharing
the household of such director, executive officer, nominee or more
than 5%
beneficial owner; and
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any
firm, corporation or other entity in which any of the foregoing persons
is
employed or is a general partner or principal or in a similar position
or
in which such person has a 5% or greater beneficial ownership
interest.
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Directors
and executive officers are required to submit to the Board of Directors, acting
in its role as Audit Committee, a list of immediate family members and a
description of any current or proposed Related Person Transactions on an annual
basis and provide updates during the year.
In
its
review of any Related Person Transactions, the Board of Directors must consider
all of the relevant facts and circumstances available to it, including (if
applicable) but not limited to: the benefits to the Company; the impact on
a
director’s independence in the event the Related Person is a director, an
immediately family member of a director or an entity in which a director is
a
partner, shareholder or executive officer; the availability of other sources
for
comparable products or services; the terms of the transaction; and the terms
available to unrelated third parties or to employees generally. No member of
the
Board of Directors may participate in any review, consideration or approval
of
any Related Person Transaction with respect to which such member or any of
his
or her immediate family members is the Related Person. The Board of Directors
will approve or ratify only those Related Person Transactions that are in,
or
are not inconsistent with, the best interests of the Company and its
shareholders, as the Board of Directors determines in good faith. The Board
of
Directors will convey the decision to the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief
Financial Officer, who will convey the decision to the appropriate persons
within the Company.
Director
Independence
Based
on
the definition of “independent director” contained American Stock Exchange, Inc.
Company Guide, which is the standard the Company has chosen to report under,
Messrs. Shih and Theng are “independent directors.”
EXECUTIVE
COMPENSATION
Compensation
Discussion and Analysis
Compensation
Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
As
the
Company does not have a Compensation Committee, it has implemented the following
procedures to determine the Company's executive compensation program.
Compensation for the CEO and the CFO has been approved by the Independent
Directors of the Board. Compensation for other executive officers and senior
management is determined by the CEO or CFO pursuant to the Board of Directors
delegating to the CEO and CFO authority to do so. None of our executive officers
serve as members of the board of directors or compensation committee of any
entity that has one or more executive officers serving as a member of our Board
of Directors.
In
light
of the financial distress of the Company in 2005, the Company's CEO, Mr. Yang,
and CFO, Mr. Pai, volunteered to receive nominal salary from the Company. Since
January 2006, Messrs Yang and Pai have been receiving annual base salaries
in
the amounts of $18,509 and $18,190, respectively, which were substantially
lower
than the compensation paid to executives in similar positions at peer
companies.
Elements
to Executive Compensation
The
Company’s executive compensation program is designed to attract and retain
executives responsible for the Company’s long-term success, to reward executives
for achieving both financial and strategic company goals and to provide a
compensation package that recognizes individual contributions as well as overall
business results. The Company’s executive compensation program also takes into
account the compensation practices of companies with whom Kid Castle competes
for executive talent.
The
two
components of the Company’s executive compensation program are base salary and
annual discretionary bonuses. Overall compensation is intended to be competitive
for comparable positions at peer companies.
Objectives.
The
objectives of the Company's executive compensation policies are to attract
and
retain highly qualified executives by designing the total compensation package
to motivate executives to provide excellent leadership and achieve Company
goals; to align the interests of executives, employees, and stockholders by
establishing cohesive management, financial, operation and marketing goals
that
reflect the Company's strategic growth plan; and to provide executives with
reasonable security, through retirement plans and annual discretionary bonuses
that motivate them to continue employment with the Company and achieve goals
that will make the Company thrive and remain competitive in the
long-run.
Linkage
between compensation programs and Company objective and values.
We link
executive compensation closely with the Company objectives, which we believe
are
dependent on the level of employee engagement, operational excellence, cost
management and profitability achieved. Currently, the primary quantifiable
measurement of operational excellence for the Company is the achievement of
profitability, which is directly related to increasing annual
revenue. Executives' annual performance evaluations are based in part on
their achievement of the aforementioned goals and in part on revenue targets
that may be established by the Board of Directors at the beginning of each
fiscal year. The Board of Directors has not set a specific revenue goal for
the
award of bonuses for the current fiscal year. The Company currently does not
have a defined non-equity incentive plan in place for its named executives.
Instead, the disinterested members of the Board of Directors determines if
any
annual discretionary bonuses should be awarded to named executives in
conjunction with the named executives’ annual performance evaluations. As
indicated in the Summary Compensation Table below, during the last three fiscal
years, the Board of Directors has not elected to award any annual discretionary
bonuses to any named executives.
The
roles of various elements of compensation.
Executive compensation includes base salary, annual discretionary bonuses
awarded by the Board of Directors in conjunction with named executives’ annual
performance evaluations and other annual compensation granted under the
non-contributory defined benefit retirement plan. Collectively, the Board's
objective is to ensure a total pay package that is appropriate given the
performance of both the Company and the individual named executive.
Governance
practices concerning compensation.
The
Board of Directors has implemented a number of procedures that the Board follows
to ensure good governance. These include setting CEO and CFO salaries,
authorizing the CEO or the CFO to set the salaries of presidents and
vice presidents, including Mrs. Huang, President of Shanghai Operations, setting
annual goals for the Company, reviewing proposals for stock incentive plans,
exercising fiduciary responsibilities over retirement plans, overseeing
management development and succession planning, and keeping adequate records
of
its activities.
Base
Salary
Each
named executive’s base salary is initially determined with reference to
competitive pay practices of peer companies (where such information is publicly
available) and is dependent upon the executive’s level of responsibility and
experience. The Board of Directors uses its discretion, rather than a formal
weighting system, to evaluate these factors and to determine individual base
salary levels. Thereafter, base salaries are reviewed periodically and increases
are made based on the Board of Director’s subjective assessment of individual
performance, as well as the factors discussed above. In light of the financial
distress of the Company in 2005, Messrs. Pai and Yang volunteered to receive
no
salary payments from the Company. In 2006, Messrs. Pai and Yang were awarded
$18,190 and $18,509 annual salary packages, respectively. Mrs. Huang, President
of Shanghai Operations, is subject to a conditional payment arrangement for
her
base salary for fiscal year 2007. Under this arrangement, 20 percent of her
base
salary is withheld and paid only if the Company is able to maintain its revenue
at the fiscal year 2006 level.
To
ensure
that its overall compensation is competitive, the Company reviews executive
compensation, including both base salary and variable compensation, with a
range
of peer companies that offer tuition services in the children education industry
and have physical presence in the PRC and ROC regions. The data gathered on
these business entities is publicly available information from industry specific
resources and the World Wide Web. Please note, however, many of the Company’s
peers are not publicly-traded companies and, as a result, only limited
information regarding executive compensation is available. The English-language
teaching and educational services industry in Asia is highly fragmented, varying
significantly among different geographic locations and types of consumers.
Our
main competitors in Taiwan include Giraffe Language School, Joy Enterprise
Organization, Jordan's Language School, Gram English, Sesame English Franchised
Schools, Ha Po Computer English School and Hess Educational Organization. Our
main competitors in the People's Republic of China include English First, New
Oriental Educational & Technology Group, DD Dragon Education Organization
and Only Education Group. More information regarding our main competitors in
the
PRC and ROC regions can be found in our annual report on Form 10-K/A for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2006, as filed with the SEC on November 13,
2007.
Based
on
its review of the information available, our Board of Directors has estimated
that the range of annual salary for chief executive officers of our peer
companies is between $90,000 to $144,000.
Annual
Discretionary Bonuses
In
past
years the company has paid annual discretionary bonuses to its executives,
however, due to the Company’s overall performance in 2004, 2005 and 2006, the
Company’s executive officers were not awarded bonuses.
Summary
Compensation Table
The
following table sets forth information about the compensation paid or accrued
by
the Company to the Company’s chief executive officer, chief financial officer,
and one other most highly compensated executive officer, (our “named officers”)
for the last three completed fiscal years:
SUMMARY
COMPENSATION TABLE
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Non-Equity
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Nonqualified
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Stock
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Option
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Incentive
Plan
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Deferred
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All
Other
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Name
and Principal
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Salary
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Bonus
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Awards
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Awards
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Compensation
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Compensation
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Compensation
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Total
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Position
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Year
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($)
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($)
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($)
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($)
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($)
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Earnings
($)
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($)
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($)
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Mr. Min-Tan Yang
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2006
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18,509
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18,509
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Chief Executive Officer
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2005
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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2004
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Mr.
Suang-Yi Pai
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2006
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18,190
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18,190
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Chief Financial Officer
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2005
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and Secretary
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2004
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Mrs. Chin-Chen Huang
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2006
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70,565
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3,746
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(i) (ii)
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74,311
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President of Shanghai
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2005
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59,129
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5,505
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64,634
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Operation
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2004
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63,077
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4,164
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67,241
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Notes:
(i)
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Estimated
annual retirement benefits of Mrs. Huang under the Company’s
non-contributory defined benefit retirement plan, includes health,
accident, and labor insurance premiums in the aggregate amount of
$2,160,
accrued retirement benefits under the Company’s non-contributory defined
benefit retirement plan in the amount of
$1,586.
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Estimated
annual retirement benefits of Mrs. Huang under the Company’s
non-contributory defined benefit retirement plan, includes health,
accident, and labor insurance premiums in the aggregate amount of
$3,582,
accrued retirement benefits under the Company’s non-contributory defined
benefit retirement plan in the amount of
$1,923.
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Stock
Option Grants in the Last Fiscal Year; Exercises of Stock
Options
There
were no grants of stock options during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.
The Company has never granted any stock options.
Pension
Plans
The
Group
maintains tax-qualified defined contribution and benefit retirement plan for
its
employees in accordance with ROC Labor Standard Law. As a result, the Group
currently maintains two different retirement plans with contribution and benefit
calculation formulas. On July 1, 2005, the Bureau of National Health
Insurance issued New Labor Retirement pension regulations in Taiwan. The Group
has defined the new contribution retirement plan (the “New Plan”) covering all
regular employees in Kid Castle Internet Technologies Limited (“KCIT”), and KCIT
contributes monthly an amount equal to 6% of its employees’ basic salaries and
wages to the Bureau of National Health Insurance. The Group still maintains
the
benefit retirement plan (the “Old Plan”), which commenced in September 2003 and
only applies to the employees of KCIT who were employed before June 30,
2005, and KCIT contributes monthly an amount equal to 2% of its employees’ total
salaries and wages to an independent retirement trust fund deposited with the
Central Trust of China in accordance with the ROC Labor Standards Law in Taiwan.
The retirement fund is not included in the Group’s financial statements. Net
periodic pension cost is based on annual actuarial valuations which use the
projected unit credit cost method of calculation and is charged to the
consolidated statement of operations on a systematic basis over the average
remaining service lives of current employees. Contribution amounts are
determined in accordance with the advice of professionally qualified actuaries
in Taiwan. Under the plan, the employees are entitled to receive retirement
benefits upon retirement in the manner stipulated by the relevant labor laws
in
Taiwan. The benefits under the plan are based on various factors such as years
of service and the final base salary preceding retirement.
Name
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Plan
Name(i)
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Number of Years
Credited Service
(#)
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Present Value of
Accumulated Benefit
($)
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Payments During
Last Fiscal Year
($)
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CEO/PEO
Mr
Min-Tan Yang
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CFO/PFO
Mr.
Suang-Yi Pai
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President
of Shanghai Operations
Mrs.
Chin-Chen Huang
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Old
and New(i)
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4
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84,125
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1,586
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Notes:
(i)
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The
calculation of pension benefits under the Old Plan is applied prior
to
July 1, 2005 and calculation of pension benefits under the New Plan
is
applied after July 1, 2005.
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Compensation
Committee Report
As
we do
not have a compensation committee, the entire board of directors reviewed and
discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis set forth above and agrees
to
its inclusion in this Proxy Statement dated November 23, 2007.
Suang-Yi
Pai
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Min-Tan
Yang
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Chin-Chen
Huang
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Ming-Tsung
Shih
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Robert
Theng
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Director
Compensation
The
Company’s Bylaws provide that the Company’s directors may be paid their expenses
and a fixed sum for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors, may be
paid a stated salary as a director, and no such payment shall preclude any
director from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving
compensation therefore. Currently, each independent director is paid $615 (New
Taiwan dollars $20,000) for his attendance at each regular Board
meeting.
Name(a)
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Fees
Earned
or
Paid
in
Cash(b)
($)
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Stock
Awards(c)
($)
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Option
Awards(d)
($)
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Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation(e)
($)
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Change
in
Pension
Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings(f)
($)
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All
Other
Compensation(g)
($)
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Total(j)
($)
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Mr.
Ming-Tsung Shih
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$
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615
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$
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615
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Mr.
Robert Theng
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$
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615
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$
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615
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CODE
OF ETHICS
We
have
adopted a corporate code of ethics. We believe our code of ethics is reasonably
designed to deter wrongdoing and promote honest and ethical conduct; provide
full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in public reports;
comply with applicable laws; ensure prompt internal reporting of code
violations; and provide accountability for adherence to the code. A copy of
our
corporate code of ethics may be obtained, without charge, upon written request
to: HR Department, Mrs. Erica Lu, Kid Castle Educational Corporation, 8th Floor,
No. 98 Min Chuan Road, Hsien Tien, Taipei, Taiwan ROC, Taipei,
Taiwan.
PROPOSAL
2.
RATIFICATION
AND APPROVE OF SELECTION OF AUDITORS.
The
Board
of Directors requests that the shareholders ratify and approve its selection
of
Brock, Schechter & Polakoff, LLP, independent auditors, to examine the
consolidated financial statements of Kid Castle for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007. PricewaterhouseCoopers examined the
consolidated financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004. The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares
represented at the meeting is required for the ratification of the Board’s
selection of Brock, Schechter & Polakoff, LLP as the Company’s independent
auditors for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2005, and December 31,
2006.
On
August
14, 2006, the relationship of the Company with its independent registered public
accounting firm, Robert G. Jeffrey, Certified Public Accountant, of Wayne,
New
Jersey (“Jeffrey”), was terminated by mutual agreement. Jeffrey was the
Company’s accounting firm during the time when financial statements were filed
on Form 10-Q for the periods ended June 30, 2005 and September 30,
2005.
During
the period from July 11, 2005, the date on which Jeffrey was retained as the
independent registered public accountant for Kid Castle, through August 14,
2006
, there were no disagreements with Jeffrey on any matter of accounting
principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope
or
procedure, which disagreement(s), if not resolved to the satisfaction of
Jeffrey, would have caused it to make reference thereto in its reports on the
financial statements for such years. During the period that Jeffrey served
as
the Company’s independent accountant, he advised the Company that it should
restate its financial statements for the second and third quarters of 2005,
due
to the discovery of the fund withdrawals by the Company’s previous CFO, Yu-En
Chiu. Chiu’s withdrawals and the Company’s action with respect thereto are more
fully described in the Company’s Form 8-K filed with SEC on June 23, 2006. The
Company agreed with Jeffery that it should restate its 2005 second and third
quarter financial statements.
On
July
28, 2006, we engaged Brock, Schechter & Polakoff, LLP, as our principal
accountant, to audit our consolidated financial statements for the year ending
December 31, 2005. During the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004, and
through July 28, 2006, neither we (nor anyone on our behalf) consulted Brock,
Schechter & Polakoff regarding: (i) either: the application of accounting
principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed; (ii) the
type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, and
neither a written nor oral report was provided to us in which a conclusion
reached by the new accountant was an important factor considered by us in
reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue;
or (iii) any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement” or a
“reportable event” within the meaning of Item 304 of Regulation S-K.
Our
principal accountant will be in attendance at the Annual Meeting to be held
on
December 14, 2007. Subject to time restrictions, representative of Brock,
Schechter & Polakoff, LLP will be available for questions on the day of the
meeting.
The
Board of Directors recommends that shareholders vote “FOR” the ratification of
the selection of Brock, Schechter & Polakoff, LLP as independent auditors of
the Company.
Fees
Paid to Independent Public Accountants for 2005 and 2006
Audit
Fees.
The
total audit fees incurred for years 2005 and 2006 amounted to $69,264 and
$136,325, respectively.
Audit-Related
Fees.
No
audit-related fees were incurred in 2005 or 2006.
Tax
Fees.
The fees
incurred for engaging tax advisors for years 2005 and 2006 amounted to US$13,000
for each period.
All
Other Fees.
None.
Policy
on Board of Directors Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services
of Independent Auditors
The
Board
of Directors pre-approves all audit and non-audit services provided by the
independent auditors prior to the engagement of the independent auditors with
respect to such services. The Company’s independent auditors may be engaged to
provide non-audit services only after the appointed Auditor has first considered
the proposed engagement and has determined in each instance that the proposed
services are not prohibited by applicable regulations and the auditors’
independence will not be materially impaired as a result of having provided
these services. In making this determination, the Board of Directors take into
consideration whether a reasonable investor, knowing all relevant facts and
circumstances, would conclude that the Directors’ exercise of objective and
impartial judgment on all
issues encompassed within the auditors’ engagement would be materially
impaired.
PROPOSAL
3.
AMENDMENT
AND RESTATEMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION INCREASING THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK FROM 25,000,000 SHARES TO 50,000,000 SHARES AND CREATING
A CLASS OF “BLANK CHECK” PREFERRED STOCK CONSISTING OF 10,000,000
SHARES.
Our
authorized capital currently consists of 25,000,000 shares of common stock.
As
of November 7, 2007, we had 25,000,000 shares of common stock issued and
outstanding.
Pursuant
to the amendment and restatement we will:
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increase
the total number of authorized shares of our common stock to 50,000,000
shares, and
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create
a class of “blank check” preferred stock, no par value per share,
consisting of 10,000,000 shares.
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The
text
of our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation are attached to this
information statement as Appendix
A.
The
term “blank check” preferred stock refers to stock for which the designations,
preferences, conversion rights, and cumulative, relative, participating,
optional or other rights, including voting rights, qualifications, limitations
or restrictions thereof, are determined by the Board of Directors of a company.
As such, our Board of Directors will be entitled to authorize the creation
and
issuance of up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series
with such limitations and restrictions as may be determined in the sole
discretion of our Board of Directors with no further authorization by
shareholders required for the creation and issuance of the preferred stock.
Any
preferred stock issued would have priority over the common stock upon
liquidation and might have priority rights as to dividends, voting and other
features. Accordingly, the issuance of preferred stock could decrease the amount
of earnings and assets allocable to or available for distribution to holders
of
common stock and adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting
rights, of the common stock.
The
Increase in Authorized Common Stock
Pursuant
to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, we plan to increase
the
number of authorized shares of our common stock to 50,000,000 shares from
25,000,000 shares. Currently, all of the authorized shares of the Company’s
common stock are issued and outstanding leaving the Company with no ability
to
issue additional shares for any reason. The Board of Directors has determined
that it is in the best interest of the Company to increase the number of
authorized shares to ensure that the Company has the flexibility to pursue
future opportunities, including public or private offerings of shares for cash,
acquisitions of other companies, pursuit of financing opportunities and other
valid corporate purposes. However, the Company currently has no plans to pursue
any specific acquisitions, issuances in connection with public or private
offerings for cash, or other financing activities or to issue any of the shares
should they be authorized. The Board of Directors has discussed implementing
an
employee stock option plan, but currently has no definitive plans to do so.
None
of the Company’s directors or executive officers has a personal or financial
interest in increasing the number of authorized shares of common
stock.
The
holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of
record on all matters to be voted on by shareholders. The holders of our common
stock are entitled to receive such dividends, if any, as may be declared from
time to time by our Board of Directors, in its discretion, from funds legally
available therefor. Upon liquidation or dissolution of the Company, the holders
of our common stock are entitled to receive, pro rata, assets remaining
available for distribution to shareholders. Our common stock has no cumulative
voting, preemptive or subscription rights and is not subject to any future
calls. There are no conversion rights or redemption or sinking fund provisions
applicable to the shares of our common stock. All the outstanding shares of
our
common stock are fully paid and nonassessable.
Although
the increase in the authorized number of shares of common stock will not, in
and
of itself, have any immediate effect on the rights of our shareholders, any
future issuance of additional shares of common stock could affect our
shareholders in a number of respects, including by diluting the voting power
of
the current holders of our common stock and by diluting the earnings per share
and book value per share of outstanding shares of our common stock at such
time.
In addition, the issuance of additional shares of common stock or shares of
preferred stock that are convertible into common stock could adversely affect
the market price of our common stock. Moreover, if we issue securities
convertible into common stock or other securities that have rights, preferences
and privileges senior to those of our common stock, the holders of our common
stock may suffer significant dilution. Our Board of Directors believes that
it
is in the best interest of the Company and our shareholders to have additional
shares of common stock authorized and available for issuance or reservation
on
an as-needed basis without the delay or expense of seeking shareholder approval
(unless required by law). The Board of Directors believes that it is in the
best
interests of the Company and its shareholders to have the flexibility to raise
additional capital or to pursue acquisitions to support our business plan,
including the ability to authorize and issue preferred stock having terms and
conditions satisfactory to investors or to acquisition candidates, including
preferred stock.
The
proposed increase in the authorized number of shares of common stock could
have
a number of effects on the Company’s stockholders depending upon the exact
nature and circumstances of any actual issuances of authorized but unissued
shares. The increase could have an anti-takeover effect, in that additional
shares could be issued (within the limits imposed by applicable law) in one
or
more transactions that could make a change in control or takeover of the Company
more difficult. For example, additional shares could be issued by the Company
so
as to dilute the stock ownership or voting rights of persons seeking to obtain
control of the Company, including instances where the independent shareholders
of the Company favor a transaction paying an above-market premium for shares
of
the Company’s stock. Similarly, the issuance of additional shares to certain
persons allied with the Company’s management could have the effect of making it
more difficult to remove the Company’s current management by diluting the stock
ownership or voting rights of persons seeking to cause such removal. The Board
of Directors is not aware of any attempt, or contemplated attempt, to acquire
control of the Company, and this proposal is not being presented with the intent
that it be utilized as a type of anti-takeover device.
The
Authorization of “Blank Check” Preferred Stock
The
term
“blank check” preferred stock refers to stock for which the designations,
preferences, conversion rights, and cumulative, relative, participating,
optional or other rights, including voting rights, qualifications, limitations
or restrictions thereof, are determined by the Board of Directors of a company.
As a result of the adoption of the Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation, our Board of Directors will be entitled to authorize the creation
and issuance of up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series
with such limitations and restrictions as may be determined in the sole
discretion of the Board of Directors, with no further authorization by
shareholders required for the creation and issuance of the preferred stock.
Any
preferred stock issued would have priority over the common stock upon
liquidation and might have priority rights as to dividends, voting and other
features. Accordingly, the issuance of preferred stock could decrease the amount
of earnings and assets allocable to or available for distribution to holders
of
common stock and adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting
rights, of the common stock.
The
Board
of Directors believes that the creation of the preferred stock is in the best
interest of the Company and its shareholders and it believes it advisable to
authorize such shares to have them available for, among other things, possible
issuance in connection with such activities as public or private offerings
of
shares for cash, acquisitions of other companies, pursuit of financing
opportunities and other valid corporate purposes. The Board of Directors further
believes that the ability to issue preferred stock may enable the Company to
pursue a broader spectrum of financing and growth opportunities than would
otherwise be not available to it should it continue to issue only common stock.
The Company has no current plans to issue preferred stock, should it be
authorized, nor does the Company have any current plans to pursue any specific
opportunities requiring the issuance of preferred shares. None of the Company’s
directors or executive officers has a personal or financial interest in the
issuance of “blank check” preferred stock. No other provision of the Company’s
governing documents has a material anti-takeover effect and the company does
not
currently have any plans or proposals to adopt other provisions or enter into
other arrangements that may have material anti-takeover
consequences.
In
approving the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, the Board of
Directors considered the following positive factors. The “blank check” preferred
stock will provide our Board of Directors with the ability to create preferred
shares without a shareholder vote and provide greater financial flexibility
and
speed at a lower cost, thereby increasing our ability to secure capital or
close
acquisitions which may benefit the growth of our Company and may help us to
increase our revenues and profits. There is a considerable possibility that
amending the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to provide for “blank check”
preferred stock will not help increase revenues and profits. Nevertheless,
the
Board of Directors has given great weight to the factors of increased
flexibility and speed and lower costs because of the potential benefits to
our
Company. For example:
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The
availability of “blank check” preferred stock will permit our Board of
Directors to negotiate the precise terms of an equity instrument
by
creating a new series of preferred stock at will without incurring
the
costs and delay in obtaining prior shareholder approval. This may
permit
our Company to more effectively negotiate with, and to satisfy the
financial criteria of, an investor or a transaction in a timely manner;
and
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Dividend
or interest rates, conversion rates, voting rights, liquidation
preferences, terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions),
redemption prices, preemptive rights, maturity dates and similar
characteristics of a series of preferred stock could be determined
by our
Board of Directors without obtaining prior shareholder approval,
thus
reducing the time and costs involved in consummating a
transaction.
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Our
Board
of Directors also considered significant negative factors which weighed against
the adoption of the “blank check” preferred stock. The negative implications of
the authorization of “blank check” preferred stock include the
following:
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The
issuance and designation of any shares of “blank check” preferred stock
may result in a dilution of the voting power and equity interests
in Kid
Castle of our current shareholders;
and
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Any
other future issuance of “blank check” preferred stock may prevent an
acquisition of Kid Castle by any outsider, as well as make it more
difficult for our shareholders to remove incumbent managers and
directors.
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Our
shareholders will be solely reliant upon the business judgment of our Board
of
Directors regarding the various terms and conditions which may be ascribed
to
any series of preferred stock created in the future. Moreover, the ability
to
designate and issue new series of “blank check” preferred stock without
shareholder action deprives shareholders of notice that such actions are being
considered and of providing input in the process. As a result, preferred stock
could be issued quickly and easily, could adversely affect the rights of holders
of common stock and could be issued with terms calculated to delay or prevent
a
change in control, including instances where the independent shareholders of
the
Company favor a transaction paying an above-market premium for shares of the
Company’s stock, or to make removal of management more difficult and thus could
be viewed as having an anti-takeover effect. The Board of Directors is not
aware
of any attempt, or contemplated attempt, to acquire control of the Company,
and
this proposal is not being presented with the intent that it be utilized as
a
type of anti-takeover device.
The
Board
of Directors gave weight to potential shareholder dilution, but determined
that
these factors were well outweighed by the potential benefits of flexibility,
time and cost efficiency. Notwithstanding the potential dilution to our common
shareholders in voting powers and equity investments, our Board of Directors
believes that if it can increase our Company’s revenues and earnings, this
growth may be reflected in the trading price of our common stock and the market
liquidity of the securities, both of which will benefit our public shareholders.
As of November 1, 2007, the last reported trade price of our common stock
as reported on the Pink Sheets was $0.17 per share. Our stock is
thinly traded.
Other
than the authorization of shares of preferred stock, we do not currently have
any plans, commitments, arrangements or agreements, written or otherwise, to
issue or designate any of the “blank check” preferred stock to be authorized by
the amendment and restatement, nor can we assure our shareholders that the
market price of our common stock will rise in the future.
The
full
text of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation are attached to
this
Proxy Statement as Appendix
A.
The
Board of Directors recommends that shareholders for “FOR” approval of the
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation.
PROPOSALS
OF SHAREHOLDERS
We
expect
to hold our next annual meeting on or about June 30, 2008. Shareholder proposals
that are (a) intended for inclusion in next year’s proxy statement, or
(b) to be presented at next year’s Annual Meeting without inclusion in the
Company’s proxy materials, must be directed to the Corporate Secretary at the
Company, 8th Floor, No. 98 Min Chuan Road, Hsien Tien, Taipei, Taiwan ROC,
Taipei, Taiwan, and must be received by the Company prior to 5:00 pm on February
28, 2008. Any shareholder proposal for next year’s Annual Meeting submitted
after 5.00 pm February 28, 2008 will not be considered filed on a timely basis
with the Company. For proposals that are timely filed, the Company retains
discretion to vote proxies it receives provided (1) the Company includes in
its
proxy statement advice on the nature of the proposal and how it intends to
exercise its voting discretion; and (2) the proponent does not issue a
proxy statement.
OTHER
BUSINESS
It
is not
intended by the Board of Directors to bring any other business before the
meeting, and so far as is known to the Board, no matters are to be brought
before the meeting except as specified in the notice of the meeting. However,
as
to any other business which may properly come before the meeting, it is intended
that proxies, in the form enclosed, will be voted in respect thereof, in
accordance with the judgment of the persons voting such proxies.
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KID
CASTLE EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION
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By
Order of the Board of Directors
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Min-Tan
Yang
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Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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Taipei,
Taiwan
November
23, 2007
INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE AND AVAILABILITY OF ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM
10-K
The
information contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC
on
November 13, 2007 is incorporated by reference herein.
A
copy of
the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K/A, as filed with the SEC, will be
available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s web site at
http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document we file at the
SEC’s
public reference room in Washington, D.C. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330
for further information on the public reference rooms.
[FRONT]
PROXY
FOR
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS
KID
CASTLE EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION
This
proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors
The
undersigned hereby appoints Messrs. Min-Tan Yang and Suang-Yi Pai (collectively,
the “Proxies”), and each of them, with full power of substitution, as proxies to
vote the shares which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting
of the Company to be held at 9:30 a.m. (local time) on December 14, 2007 at
Taipei Silicon Valley International Assembly Hall, B1, No. 207, Sec. 3, Beisin
Rd., Hsien Tien City, Taipei County, Taiwan, ROC and at any adjournments
thereof.
PROPOSAL
1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS.
o FOR
Election of
directors: Min-Tan Yang, Suang-Yi Pai, Chin-Chen Huang, Ming-Tsung Shih
and Robert Theng
o WITHHOLD
AUTHORITY to Vote for the
following Directors: _________________________________
o ABSTAIN
PROPOSAL
2. APPROVE AUDITORS.
o FOR o
AGAINST o
ABSTAIN
Proposal to ratify and approve the selection of
Brock, Schechter & Polakoff, LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
PROPOSAL
3. INCREASE AUTHORIZED STOCK, APPROVE BLANK CHECK PREFERRED
STOCK.
OTHER
MATTERS
In
their
discretion, the Proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as
may
properly come before the meeting.
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IMPORTANT
- PLEASE SIGN AND RETURN PROMPTLY.
When shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing
as
attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian, please give
full
title as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name
by
President or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign
in
partnership name by an authorized
person.
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APPENDIX
A
AMENDED
AND RESTATED
ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION
OF
KID
CASTLE EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION
ARTICLE
I
The
name of this corporation shall be: “Kid Castle Educational
Corporation”.
ARTICLE
II
The
corporation is organized for the following purposes:
(a) To
conduct any type of business which is lawful under the laws of the State of
Florida.
(b) To
carry on business in the United States or elsewhere as factors, agents,
commission merchants or merchants to buy, sell, manipulate and deal in, at
wholesale or retail, merchandise, goods, wares, products and commodities of
every sort, kind or description; to open stores, offices or agencies throughout
the United States or elsewhere; to purchase or otherwise acquire and undertake
all or any part of the business property and liabilities of any persons or
companies; to enter into partnership or into any arrangements for sharing
profits, union interests, reciprocal concessions, or cooperate with any persons
or companies; to transact any and all business lawful under the laws of the
State of Florida or of the United States of America.
ARTICLE
III
(a) The
total number of shares which the corporation is authorized to issue is
60,000,000, consisting of 50,000,000 shares of common stock, without par value,
and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, without par value. The common stock
is
subject to the rights and preferences of the preferred stock as set forth
below.
(b) The
preferred stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series in any
manner permitted by law and the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation,
as determined from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the
resolution or resolutions providing for its issuance, prior to the issuance
of
any shares. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix and determine
and to amend, subject to these provisions, the designation, preferences,
limitations and relative rights of the shares of any series that is wholly
unissued or to be established. Unless otherwise specifically provided in the
resolution establishing any series, the Board of Directors shall further have
the authority, after the issuance of shares of a series whose number it has
designated, to amend the resolution establishing such series to decrease the
number of shares of that series, but not below the number of shares of such
series then outstanding.
ARTICLE
IV
This
corporation is to exist perpetually.
ARTICLE
V
The
Board of Directors of this corporation shall consist of not less than 3 members.
The number may be increased or diminished from time to time, but shall not
be
less than 3.
ARTICLE
VI
The
management and control of the business of the corporation shall be conducted
under the direction of the Board of Directors by the following officers who
shall be elected by the Board of Directors, to-wit: a president, one or more
vice presidents, a treasurer and a secretary, and/or one or more assistant
secretaries, provided that any one or more of said offices with the exception
of
the presidency may be held by the secretary or assistant secretary of the
corporation.
IN
WITNESS, the undersigned has hereunto subscribed to and executed these Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation on ____, 2007.
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KID
CASTLE EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION
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By:
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Min-Tan
Yang
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Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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“Map
Location of Kid Castle Educational Corporation Annual Meeting of
Shareholders”