On May 25, 2011, pursuant to a comment letter issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) relating to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-170172) (the “Registration Statement”), management of Yayi International Inc., a Delaware company (the “Company”), after discussion with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, concluded that the previously-issued financial statements contained in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended June 30, 2010, September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2010 (the “2010 Quarterly Financial Statements”) and the Transition Report on Form 10-K for the period between November 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010 (the “2010 Transition Financial Statements”) should no longer be relied upon because of an error in those financial statements, and that the Company would restate those financial statements to make the necessary accounting corrections and adjustments.
The need to restate the Company’s financial statements is primarily due to the incorrect application of generally accepted accounting principles related to the classification of the slotting fees incurred by the Company in 2010 as one-year amortizable assets instead of a one time offset to revenue as they are incurred. According to the distribution agreements the Company entered into with its distributors, the Company is responsible for the payment of slotting fees charged by the retail outlets to sell its products. Slotting fee for each product was paid in one lump sum to the retailers before the product is placed in the shelves of the stores for selling to end consumers. The Company had previously believed that this upfront payment of slotting fees fit the definition of an asset in accordance with FASB Concept No.6 and accordingly amortized the slotting fees paid upfront over a one-year period, which is the standard term of the distribution agreements.
However, after discussions with the staff of the SEC, the Company determined that such slotting fees should have been classified as one time offset to revenue as they are incurred. As a result, the Company has decided to restate the 2010 Quarterly Financial Statements and the 2010 Transition Financial Statements for this adjustment. The Company expects that the potential impact of this adjustment will result in a decrease in the revenues of $2,522,241 for the period between November 1, 2009 and December 31, 2010, or approximately 8.6% of the aggregated revenues previously reported and a decrease in the gross margin of 3.4 % for the same period.
The following table sets forth the estimated effect of the restatements:
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