On April 8, 2011, DK Sinopharma, Inc. was notified that its principal independent accountant, MaloneBailey LLP (“MaloneBailey”), had resigned its engagement with the Company, effective immediately.
The board of directors engaged MaloneBailey on December 20, 2010 and MaloneBailey did not report on the Company’s financial statements during the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. On April 1, 2011, MaloneBailey provided an electronic communication to the Company, advising that it had encountered issues and concerns during the audit, specifically irregularities in the books and records of the Company, that, in MaloneBailey’s view, required additional information and procedures, including the initiation of an independent investigation, in order to verify the accuracy of the books and records recorded on the Company’s financial statements and records for the year ended December 31, 2010.
On April 8, 2011, the Company received a notice of resignation from MaloneBailey indicating that it had resigned its engagement with the Company, effective immediately. In its letter of resignation, MaloneBailey based its resignation on what it believes are accounting irregularities noted during the audit of the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. The issues encountered during the audit of the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, in MaloneBailey’s view, included the following:
(1) issues related to the authenticity of a set of bank statements and a loss of confidence in bank confirmation procedures;
(2) issues concerning the validity and existence of a material revenue transaction with a certain customer and
(3) issues concerning that management tampered with the process of auditors’ independent confirmation of bank statements and revenue.
The Company believes that it was taking appropriate steps to respond to MaloneBailey’s recommendations for further investigation prior to the resignation of MaloneBailey, but MaloneBailey does not agree with the Company’s assertion in this regard.
Dong Ke Pharmaceutical, Inc. became a public company on May 10, 2010 via a reverse merger.Company Snapshot:
Dong Ke Pharmaceutical is in the business of manufacturing, marketing and sales of pharmaceuticals in China.
Industry Snapshot:
Post Merger Share Calculation:
GeoTeam® best effort calculation of total post reverse merger shares assuming full conversions: 2,327,272
Note: Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, the Company is also obligated to use its best commercially reasonable efforts to effect a 1 for 13.75 forward share split within 90 days after Closing.
Financial Snapshot:
$612 K as of 6 Mo.. 2009
Potential Valuation Scenarios if the company can achieve its EPS growth goals
Short-Term Potential value based on fully taxed adjusted trailing EPSP/E 25 * $0.68 = $17.00P/E 20 * $0.68 = $13.60Short-term Potential Value based on GeoTeam Fully-Taxed EPS Estimate P/E 15 * $1.08 = $16.20a MRM is not paying a full U.S. tax rate. Therefore, all EPS numbers have been adjusted by the GeoTeam to reflect a U.S. tax rate of 36%b Non-GAAP EPS Figures exclude certain non-operating gains and losses as well as certain non-cash items. Non-GAAP information should not be viewed in isolation or as a substitute for reported, or GAAP information. The GeoTeam® Non-GAAP figures may, from time to time, differ from company supplied figures.c Based on GeoTeam® implied 2009 revenue growth rate of 20%, as previously stated.These scenarios are not intended to be investment advice, but are scenarios based on some commonly used investment guidelines. They are provided to aid investors in making their own investment decisions.
The GeoTeam® participated in Merrimac's 2009 second quarter conference call. The Company reported solid financial results.
Sales increased 8.0% to $8.1 million GAAP EPS from continuing operations increased to$0.23 from $0.01Geo calculated Fully-taxed adjusted non-GAAP EPS increased to $0.21 from $0.04
The GeoTeam® had two minor concerns going into the call
1. Why the slight sequential decease in 2009 GAAP EPS from the first quarter?
Answer Per Conference Call: "We had certain non-recurring charges in the second quarter that will probably bring us down to a running rate on SG&A about $180,000 (close to $0.06 a share)."
2. Although commentary in the press release was positive, the following comment leaves the door open to a wide degree of interpretation:
First half of fiscal year 2009 was very strong and with new orders meeting or exceeding our internal targets. We are well positioned to finish the second half of 2009 with profitable results."
A more specific outlook would have been ideal
Answer Per Conference Call: We are in pricing negotiations on large pieces of business that we expect to be booking in Q3 and Q4 respectively. If this timing holds up in the third quarter it will set a new quarterly booking record. For the year 2009 we expect that the book to bill ratio will exceed 1-to-1.
We are pleased with our six months 2009 operating results. We are clearly executing our new strategy well, as reflected in our financial highlights. As mentioned earlier, we anticipate our Q3 bookings will be a record and we also anticipate a strong Q3 operating performance.
Investors may start to take notice of Merimac's stock once this commentary filters through to the masses.
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