−Removed: Item 1 Financial Statements.
+Added: Financial Statements.
See the unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements following the signature page of this report, which are incorporated herein by reference.
−Removed: Item 2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
−Removed: Condition and Results of Operations.
+Added: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following
−Removed: discussion and analysis of our company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction
−Removed: with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this report.
−Removed: discussion contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
−Removed: Actual results and the timing of
−Removed: selected events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various
−Removed: company with limited liability incorporated in 2007 under the laws of the Cayman Islands.
−Removed: Headquartered in Beijing, we
−Removed: provide products and services to oil and gas companies and their affiliates through Nanjing Recon Technology Co.
−Removed: (“Nanjing Recon”) and Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co, Ltd (“BHD”), hereafter referred to as our
−Removed: domestic companies (the “Domestic Companies”), which are established as variable interest entities
−Removed: (“VIEs”) under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”).
−Removed: As the Company contractually
−Removed: controls the Domestic Companies, we are the center of strategic management, financial control and human
−Removed: resources allocation.
+Added: discussion and analysis of our company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with
+Added: our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this report.
+Added: This discussion
+Added: contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
+Added: Actual results and the timing of selected events
+Added: could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.
+Added: We are a company
+Added: with limited liability incorporated in 2007 under the laws of the Cayman Islands.
+Added: Headquartered in Beijing, we provide products
+Added: and services to oil and gas companies and their affiliates through Nanjing Recon Technology Co.
+Added: Ltd (“Nanjing Recon”)
+Added: and Beijing BHD Petroleum Technology Co, Ltd (“BHD”), hereafter referred to as our domestic companies (the “Domestic
+Added: Companies”), which are established as variable interest entities (“VIEs”) under the laws of the People’s
+Added: Republic of China (“PRC”).
+Added: As the Company contractually controls the Domestic Companies, we serve as the center of
+Added: strategic management, financial control and human resources allocation.
Through Nanjing Recon
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key procedures of the extraction and production of oil and gas, and include automation systems, equipment, tools and on-site technical
−Removed: Domestic Companies provide the oil and gas industry with equipment,
−Removed: production technologies, automation and services.
−Removed: Nanjing Recon:
+Added: Our Domestic Companies
+Added: provide the oil and gas industry with equipment, production technologies, automation and services.
Nanjing Recon is a high-tech company that specializes in automation services for
oilfield companies.
−Removed: It mainly focuses on providing automation solutions to the oil exploration industry, including monitoring wells,
−Removed: automatic metering to the joint station production, process monitor, and a variety of oilfield equipment and control systems.
−Removed: BHD is a high-tech company that specializes in transportation equipment and stimulation productions
−Removed: and services.
−Removed: Possessing proprietary patents and substantial industry experience, BHD has built up stable and strong working relationships
−Removed: with the major oilfields in China.
+Added: It mainly focuses on providing automation solutions to the oil exploration
+Added: industry, including monitoring wells, automatic metering to the joint station production,
+Added: process monitor, and a variety of oilfield equipment and control systems.
+Added: BHD is a high-tech company that specializes in transportation equipment and stimulation
+Added: productions and services.
+Added: Possessing proprietary patents and substantial industry experience,
+Added: BHD has built up stable and strong working relationships with the major oilfields in
Recent Developments
On September 22,
−Removed: 2015, the Company entered into an amendment to the Company’s letter agreement (the “Agreement”) with Maxim
−Removed: Group LLC, dated January 28, 2015, pursuant to which Maxim would serve as the Company’s exclusive agent in connection
−Removed: with a proposed at-the-market offering program by the Company of up to $10,000,000.
−Removed: The amendment extends the term of the
−Removed: Agreement for an additional six months, or until February 29, 2016.
−Removed: As of February 16, 2016, no shares have been issued under
−Removed: the amended Agreement.
+Added: 2015, the Company entered into an amendment to the Company’s letter agreement (the “Agreement”) with Maxim Group
+Added: LLC, dated January 28, 2015, pursuant to which Maxim would serve as the Company’s exclusive agent in connection with a proposed
+Added: at-the-market offering program by the Company of up to $10,000,000.
+Added: The amendment extends the term of the Agreement for an additional
+Added: six months, or until August 15, 2016, when the Company’s Form S-3 will expire.
+Added: As of May 16, 2016, no shares have been issued
+Added: under the amended Agreement.
On December 1, 2015,
−Removed: 2015, the Company entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Qinghai Huayou Downhole Technologies
−Removed: ( “QHHY”), a PRC corporation and oilfield service provider in Qinghai province.
−Removed: This transaction is
−Removed: subject to shareholders approval.
+Added: the Company entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire a 100% interest in Qinghai Huayou Downhole Technologies Co., Ltd.
+Added: ( “QHHY”), a PRC corporation and oilfield service provider located in Qinghai province.
+Added: This transaction is subject
+Added: to shareholder approval and on May 2, 2016, the Company amended its proxy statement on Schedule 14A (the “Proxy Statement”)
+Added: to disclose all necessary information related to obtaining shareholder approval of the transaction.
+Added: The Company will hold a shareholder
+Added: meeting to seek approval of the Company’s acquisition of QHHY after the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
+Added: completes its review of the Proxy Statement.
Products and Services
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to oil and gas field companies focused on the development and production of oil and natural gas.
−Removed: Our products and services
−Removed: described below correlate to the numbered stages of the oilfield production system graphical expression shown below.
+Added: Our products and services described
+Added: below correlate to the numbered stages of the oilfield production system graphical description shown below.
Our products and services include:
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Furnaces (as shown above) .
−Removed: Crude petroleum contains certain impurities that must be removed before it can be sold, including
−Removed: water and natural gas.
−Removed: To remove the impurities and to prevent solidification and blockage in transport pipes, companies employ
−Removed: heating furnaces.
−Removed: BHD researched, developed and implemented a new oilfield furnace that is advanced, highly automated, reliable,
−Removed: easy to operate, safe and highly heat-efficient (90% efficiency).
−Removed: Burner (as shown
−Removed: We serve as an agent for the Unigas Burner, which is designed and manufactured by UNIGAS, a European burning equipment
−Removed: production company.
+Added: Crude petroleum contains certain impurities that must be removed before it can be sold,
+Added: including water and natural gas.
+Added: To remove the impurities and to prevent solidification and blockage in transport pipes, companies
+Added: employ heating furnaces.
+Added: BHD researched, developed and implemented a new oilfield furnace that is advanced, highly automated,
+Added: reliable, easy to operate, safe and highly heat-efficient (90% efficiency).
+Added: shown above) .
+Added: We serve as an agent for the Unigas Burner, which is designed and manufactured by UNIGAS, a European burning
+Added: equipment production company.
The burner we provide has the following characteristics:
−Removed: high degree of automation, energy conservation, high
−Removed: turn-down ratio, high security and environmental safety.
−Removed: Oil and Gas Production Improvement Techniques
+Added: high degree of automation, energy conservation,
+Added: high turn-down ratio, high security and environmental safety.
+Added: Oil and Gas Production Improvement
Packers of Fracturing.
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It is used for easy seat sealing and sand uptake prevention.
−Removed: The utility model reduces desilting volume and prevents sand-up, which
−Removed: makes the deblocking processes easier to realize.
+Added: The utility model reduces desilting volume and prevents sand-up,
+Added: which makes the deblocking processes easier to realize.
The back flushing is sand-stick proof.
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Sand Prevention in
−Removed: Oil and Water Well.
+Added: Oil and Water Wells.
This technique processes additives that are resistant to elevated temperatures into “resin sand”
which is transported to the bottom of the well via carrying fluid.
−Removed: The resin sand goes through the borehole, piling
−Removed: up and compacting at the borehole and oil vacancy layer.
−Removed: An artificial borehole wall is then formed, functioning as a means of
−Removed: sand prevention.
−Removed: This sand prevention technique has been adapted to more than 100 wells, including heavy oil wells, light oil wells,
−Removed: water wells and gas wells, with a 100% success rate and a 98% effective rate.
+Added: The resin sand goes through the borehole, piling up and compacting
+Added: at the borehole and oil vacancy layer.
+Added: An artificial borehole wall is then formed, functioning as a means of sand prevention.
+Added: This sand prevention technique has been adapted to more than 100 wells, including heavy oil wells, light oil wells, water wells
+Added: and gas wells, with a 100% success rate and a 98% effective rate.
Water Locating and
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Fissure Shaper.
−Removed: This is our proprietary
−Removed: product that is used along with a perforating gun to effectively increase perforation depth by between 46% and 80%, shape stratum
−Removed: fissures, improve stratum diversion capability and, as a result, improve our ability to locate oilfields and increase the output
−Removed: of oil wells.
+Added: is our proprietary product that is used along with a perforating gun to effectively increase perforation depth by between 46%
+Added: and 80%, shape stratum fissures, improve stratum diversion capability and, as a result, improve our ability to locate oilfields
+Added: and increase the output of oil wells.
+Added: Fracture Acidizing.
We inject acid to layers under pressure, which can form or expand fissures.
−Removed: The treatment process of the acid is
−Removed: defined as fracture acidizing.
−Removed: The technique is mainly adapted to oil and gas wells that are blocked up relatively deeply, or
−Removed: oil and gas wells in low permeability zones.
−Removed: Electronic Break-Down Service.
−Removed: resolves block-up and freezing problems by generating heat from the electric resistivity of the drive pipe and utilizing a loop
−Removed: tank composed of an oil pipe and a drive pipe.
+Added: The treatment process of the acid is defined as fracture
+Added: The technique is mainly adapted to oil and gas wells that are blocked up relatively deeply, or oil and gas wells in
+Added: low permeability zones.
+Added: Electronic Break-Down
+Added: This service resolves block-up and freezing problems by generating heat from the electric resistivity of the drive pipe
+Added: and utilizing a loop tank composed of an oil pipe and a drive pipe.
This technique saves energy and is environmentally friendly.
−Removed: It can increase the
−Removed: production of oilfields that are in the middle and later periods.
+Added: It can increase the production of oilfields that are in the middle and later periods.
Automation System and Services
Pumping Unit Controller.
−Removed: This controller
−Removed: functions as a monitor to the pumping unit and also collects data for load, pressure, voltage, and startup and shutdown control.
+Added: This controller functions as a monitor to the pumping unit and also collects data for load, pressure, voltage, and startup and
+Added: shutdown control.
This monitor collects gas
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It facilitates the electronic control of the connection of the oil lead pipeline with the separator.
−Removed: Natural Gas Flow Computer System.
−Removed: computer system is used in natural gas stations and gas distribution stations to measure flow.
+Added: Natural Gas Flow
+Added: Computer System.
+Added: The flow computer system is used in natural gas stations and gas distribution stations to measure flow.
Recon Supervisory
Control and Data Acquisition System (“SCADA”).
−Removed: Recon SCADA is a system which applies to the oil well, measurement station
−Removed: and the union station for supervision and data collection.
+Added: Recon SCADA is a system which applies to the oil well, measurement
+Added: station and the union station for supervision and data collection.
EPC Service of Pipeline
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Business Outlook
−Removed: engineering and technical service industry is generally divided into five sections:
−Removed: (1) exploration, (2) drilling and
−Removed: completion, (3) testing and logging, (4) production and (5) oilfield construction.
−Removed: Thus far our businesses have been involved
−Removed: in the completion, production and construction processes.
−Removed: Our management still believes we need to expand our core business,
−Removed: move into new markets and develop new businesses quickly for the coming years.
−Removed: Management anticipates there will be
−Removed: opportunities in new markets and our existing markets.
−Removed: We also believe that many existing wells and oilfields need to improve
−Removed: or renew their equipment and service to maintain production and techniques and services like ours will be needed as new oil
−Removed: and gas fields are developed.
−Removed: In the next three years, we plan to focus on:
+Added: The oilfield engineering
+Added: and technical service industry is generally divided into five sections:
+Added: (1) exploration, (2) drilling and completion, (3) testing
+Added: and logging, (4) production and (5) oilfield construction.
+Added: Thus far our businesses have been involved in the completion, production
+Added: and construction processes.
+Added: Our management still believes we need to expand our core business, move into new markets and develop
+Added: new businesses quickly for the coming years.
+Added: Management anticipates there will be opportunities in new markets and our existing
+Added: We also believe that many existing wells and oilfields need to improve or renew their equipment and service to maintain
+Added: production and techniques and services like ours will be needed as new oil and gas fields are developed.
+Added: In the next three years,
+Added: we plan to focus on:
Measuring Equipment
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Digital oil field technology and the management of oil companies are highly regarded in the industry.
−Removed: We believe our oilfield SCADA and related technical support services will address the needs of the oil well automation system
−Removed: market, for which we believe there will be increasing demand over the short term and strong needs in the long term.
+Added: We believe our oilfield SCADA system and assorted products, production managing expert software, and related technical support
+Added: services will address the needs of the oil well automation system market, for which we believe there will be increasing demand
+Added: over the short term and strong needs in the long term.
Gathering and
Transferring Equipment .
−Removed: With more new wells developed, our management anticipates that demand for our furnaces and burners
−Removed: will grow as compared to last year, especially in the Jilin Oilfield and Xinjiiang Oilfield.
−Removed: We expect demand for fracturing will increase in China and we are focused on the development and upgrade of
−Removed: current down-hole tools which can be used in this sector.
−Removed: We are in the process of expanding our business through the acquisition of a down-hole service company.
−Removed: We also have developed new products for oilfield wastewater treatment and achieved preliminary business on this segment.
−Removed: Our management anticipates expanding the new business more rapidly in the coming year.
+Added: With more new wells developed, our management anticipates that demand for our furnaces and
+Added: burners will grow as compared to last year, especially in the Qinghai Oilfield and Zhongyuan Oilfield.
+Added: New business .
+Added: are in the process of expanding our business through the acquisition of a down-hole service company.
+Added: We also have developed new
+Added: products for oilfield wastewater treatment and achieved preliminary business on this segment.
+Added: Our management anticipates expanding
+Added: the new business more rapidly in the coming year.
Growth Strategy
As a smaller China-focused
−Removed: company, it is our basic strategy to focus on developing our onshore oilfield business in the upstream sector of the industry.
−Removed: Due to the remote location and difficult environments of China’s oil and gas fields, historically foreign competitors have
−Removed: rarely entered those areas directly.
−Removed: Large domestic
−Removed: oil companies have historically focused on their exploration and development businesses to earn higher margins and maintain
−Removed: their competitive advantage.
−Removed: With regard to private oilfield service companies, we estimate that approximately 90% specialize
−Removed: in the manufacture of drilling and production equipment.
−Removed: Thus, the market for technical support and project service is still
−Removed: in its early stage.
−Removed: Our management is focused on providing high quality products and service in oilfields in which we have a
−Removed: geographical advantage.
−Removed: This helps us to avoid conflicts of interest with bigger suppliers of drilling equipment while
−Removed: protecting our position within this market segment.
−Removed: Our mission is to increase the automation and safety levels of industrial
−Removed: petroleum production in China and improve the underdeveloped working process and management mode used by many companies by
−Removed: providing advanced technologies.
−Removed: At the same time, we are always looking to improve our business and to increase our earning
+Added: company, our basic strategy focuses on developing our onshore oilfield business in the upstream sector of the industry.
+Added: the remote location and difficult environments of China’s oil and gas fields, historically, foreign competitors have rarely
+Added: entered those areas directly.
+Added: Large domestic oil
+Added: companies have historically focused on their exploration and development businesses to earn higher margins and maintain their
+Added: competitive advantage.
+Added: With regard to private oilfield service companies, we estimate that approximately 90% specialize in the
+Added: manufacture of drilling and production equipment.
+Added: Thus, the market for technical support and project service is still in its early
+Added: Our management is focused on providing high quality products and services in oilfields in which we have a geographical
+Added: This helps us to avoid conflicts of interest with bigger suppliers of drilling equipment while protecting our position
+Added: within this market segment.
+Added: Our mission is to increase the automation and safety levels of industrial petroleum production in
+Added: China and improve the underdeveloped working process and management mode used by many companies by providing advanced technologies.
+Added: At the same time, we are always looking to improve our business and to increase our earning capability.
Recent Industry Developments
−Removed: Despite uncertainty
−Removed: in the energy sector related to such matters as fluctuating prices and future opportunities for oil companies, our management believes
−Removed: there are still many factors to support our long-term development:
−Removed: (1) The opening of the Chinese oil industry
−Removed: to participation by non-state owned service providers and vendors has played an increasingly important role in the high-end oilfield
−Removed: service segment to allow competition based on efficiency and price.
−Removed: As oil and gas fields are depleted, it becomes more challenging
−Removed: to find and convert reserves into usable energy sources.
−Removed: As the industry has permitted competition by private companies and oil
−Removed: companies have formed separate service companies, high-tech service has gradually opened up to private companies.
−Removed: (2) As worldwide
−Removed: oil and gas prices decreased, development transformed and strict management has been a frequent subject of domestic oil
−Removed: Technology reforms have been their first choice to achieve their goals about quality and efficiency upgrades.
−Removed: Furthermore, the construction of digital oilfields is a long-term development strategy for many domestic oil
−Removed: Even though total capital expenditure is expected to be reduced, we believe investment in technology reform will
−Removed: remain at a high level.
−Removed: We believe the Company will benefit from this trend.
−Removed: Management is focused
−Removed: on these factors and will seek to extend our business on the industrial chain, such as through providing more integrated services,
−Removed: incremental measures and growing our business from a predominantly up-ground business to include some down-hole services as well.
+Added: Affected by the worldwide
+Added: decrease in oil prices, CNPC and Sinopec, mother companies of our direct clients, cut off their Capital Expenditure and production
+Added: activities, resulting in a declining market and intensive competition.
+Added: Management will closely monitor the situation and will seek to extend our business on the industrial chain, such as through providing
+Added: more integrated services and advanced products and through growing our business from a predominantly up-ground business to include
+Added: some down-hole services as well.
Factors Affecting Our Results of Operations
−Removed: Our operating results in any period are
−Removed: subject to general conditions typically affecting the Chinese oilfield service industry including:
−Removed: Oil and gas price;
−Removed: the amount of spending by our customers, primarily those in the oil and gas industry;
−Removed: growing demand from large corporations for improved management and software designed to achieve such corporate performance;
−Removed: the procurement processes of our customers, especially those in the oil and gas industry;
−Removed: competition and related pricing pressure from other oilfield service solution providers, especially those targeting the Chinese
−Removed: oil and gas industry;
−Removed: the ongoing development of the oilfield service market in China;
−Removed: inflation and other macroeconomic factors.
+Added: Our operating results
+Added: in any period are subject to general conditions typically affecting the Chinese oilfield service industry including:
+Added: and gas price;
+Added: amount of spending by our customers, primarily those in the oil and gas industry;
+Added: demand from large corporations for improved management and software designed to achieve
+Added: such corporate performance;
+Added: procurement processes of our customers, especially those in the oil and gas industry;
+Added: and related pricing pressure from other oilfield service solution providers, especially
+Added: those targeting the Chinese oil and gas industry;
+Added: ongoing development of the oilfield service market in China;
+Added: and other macroeconomic factors.
Unfavorable changes
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in any period are more directly affected by company-specific factors including:
−Removed: our revenue growth, in terms of the proportion of our business dedicated to large companies and
−Removed: our ability to successfully develop, introduce and market new solutions and services;
−Removed: our ability to increase our revenues from both old and new customers in the oil and gas industry
−Removed: our ability to effectively manage our operating costs and expenses;
−Removed: our ability to effectively implement any targeted acquisitions and/or strategic alliances so as
−Removed: to provide efficient access to markets and industries in the oil and gas industry in China.
+Added: revenue growth, in terms of the proportion of our business dedicated to large companies
+Added: and our ability to successfully develop, introduce and market new solutions and services;
+Added: ability to increase our revenues from both old and new customers in the oil and gas industry
+Added: ability to effectively manage our operating costs and expenses;
+Added: ability to effectively implement any targeted acquisitions and/or strategic alliances
+Added: so as to provide efficient access to markets and industries in the oil and gas industry
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
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America (“US GAAP”), which require us to make judgments, estimates and assumptions.
−Removed: We continually evaluate these estimates and
−Removed: assumptions based on the most recently available information, our own historical experience and various other assumptions that
−Removed: we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances.
−Removed: Since the use of estimates is an integral component of the financial reporting
−Removed: process, actual results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: An accounting policy is considered critical if it requires an accounting
−Removed: estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time such estimate is made, and if different
−Removed: accounting estimates that reasonably could have been used, or changes in the accounting estimates that are reasonably likely to
−Removed: occur periodically, could materially impact the consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: We believe that the following policies involve
−Removed: a higher degree of judgment and complexity in their application and require us to make significant accounting estimates.
−Removed: The following
−Removed: descriptions of critical accounting policies, judgments and estimates should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial
−Removed: statements and other disclosures included in this quarterly report.
−Removed: Significant accounting estimates reflected in our Company’s
−Removed: consolidated financial statements include revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory valuation, warrants liability,
−Removed: fair value of share based payments, and useful lives of property and equipment.
+Added: We continually evaluate these
+Added: estimates and assumptions based on the most recently available information, our own historical experience and various other assumptions
+Added: that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances.
+Added: Since the use of estimates is an integral component of the financial
+Added: reporting process, actual results could differ from those estimates.
+Added: An accounting policy is considered critical if it requires
+Added: an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time such estimate is made,
+Added: and if different accounting estimates that reasonably could have been used, or changes in the accounting estimates that are reasonably
+Added: likely to occur periodically, could materially impact the consolidated financial statements.
+Added: We believe that the following policies
+Added: involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity in their application and require us to make significant accounting estimates.
+Added: The following descriptions of critical accounting policies, judgments and estimates should be read in conjunction with our consolidated
+Added: financial statements and other disclosures included in this quarterly report.
+Added: Significant accounting estimates reflected in our
+Added: Company’s consolidated financial statements include revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory valuation,
+Added: warrants liability, fair value of share based payments, and useful lives of property and equipment.
Consolidation of VIEs
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Assets recognized
−Removed: as a result of consolidating VIEs do not represent additional assets that could be used to satisfy claims against our general assets.
−Removed: Conversely, liabilities recognized as a result of consolidating these VIEs do not represent additional claims on our general assets;
+Added: as a result of consolidating VIEs do not represent additional assets that could be used to satisfy claims against our general
+Added: Conversely, liabilities recognized as a result of consolidating these VIEs do not represent additional claims on our general
rather, they represent claims against the specific assets of the consolidated VIEs.
Revenue Recognition
−Removed: revenue when the following four criteria are met:
−Removed: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (2) delivery
−Removed: has occurred or services have been provided, (3) the sales price is fixed or determinable, and (4) collectability
−Removed: is reasonably assured.
−Removed: Delivery does not occur until products have been shipped or services have been provided to the
−Removed: customers and the customers have signed a completion and acceptance report, risk of loss has transferred to the customer,
−Removed: customer acceptance provisions have lapsed, or the Company has objective evidence that the criteria specified in a
−Removed: customer’s acceptance provisions have been satisfied.
−Removed: The sales price is not considered to be fixed or determinable
−Removed: until all contingencies related to the sale have been resolved.
+Added: We recognize revenue
+Added: when the following four criteria are met:
+Added: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (2) delivery has occurred
+Added: or services have been provided, (3) the sales price is fixed or determinable, and (4) collectability is reasonably assured.
+Added: Delivery does not occur until products have been shipped or services have been provided to the customers and the customers have
+Added: signed a completion and acceptance report, risk of loss has transferred to the customer, customer acceptance provisions have lapsed,
+Added: or the Company has objective evidence that the criteria specified in a customer’s acceptance provisions have been satisfied.
+Added: The sales price is not considered to be fixed or determinable until all contingencies related to the sale have been resolved.
Revenue from hardware
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that affect the customer’s final acceptance of the arrangement.
−Removed: The Company sells self-developed software.
−Removed: For software sales, the Company recognizes revenues in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification, Topic
−Removed: 985-605, “Software Revenue Recognition,”
+Added: The Company sells
+Added: self-developed software.
+Added: For software sales, the Company recognizes revenues in accordance with the provisions of Accounting Standards
+Added: Codification, Topic 985-605, “Software Revenue Recognition,”
and related interpretations.
−Removed: Revenue from software is recognized according
−Removed: to project contracts.
+Added: Revenue from software is
+Added: recognized according to project contracts.
Contract costs are accumulated during the periods of installation and testing or commissioning.
−Removed: is short term.
+Added: Usually this is short term.
Revenue is not recognized until completion of the contracts and receipt of acceptance statements.
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services to improve software functions and system requirements on separated fixed-price contracts.
−Removed: Revenue is recognized when services
−Removed: are completed and acceptance is determined by a completion report signed by the customer.
+Added: Revenue is recognized when
+Added: services are completed and acceptance is determined by a completion report signed by the customer.
Deferred income represents
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when measuring fair value.
−Removed: The three levels of
−Removed: inputs are defined as follows:
+Added: The three levels
+Added: of inputs are defined as follows:
Level 1 inputs to the valuation
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fair value of the warrants liability would be charged to operations.
−Removed: receivables are carried at the original invoiced amount less a provision for any potential uncollectible amounts.
−Removed: are applied to trade receivables where events or changes in circumstances indicate that the balance may not be collectible.
−Removed: The identification of doubtful accounts requires the use of judgment and estimates of management.
−Removed: Our management must make
−Removed: estimates of the collectability of our accounts receivable.
−Removed: Management specifically analyzes accounts receivable, historical
−Removed: bad debts, customer creditworthiness, current economic trends and changes in our customer payment terms when evaluating the
−Removed: adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts.
−Removed: Increases in our allowance for doubtful accounts would lower our net income
−Removed: and earnings per share.
+Added: Trade receivables
+Added: are carried at the original invoiced amount less a provision for any potential uncollectible amounts.
+Added: Provisions are applied to
+Added: trade receivables where events or changes in circumstances indicate that the balance may not be collectible.
+Added: The identification
+Added: of doubtful accounts requires the use of judgment and estimates of management.
+Added: Our management must make estimates of the collectability
+Added: of our accounts receivable.
+Added: Management specifically analyzes accounts receivable, historical bad debts, customer creditworthiness,
+Added: current economic trends and changes in our customer payment terms when evaluating the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts.
+Added: Increases in our allowance for doubtful accounts would lower our net income and earnings per share.
Deferred Tax Estimates
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we reduce the carrying value of the long-lived asset by the estimated excess of the carrying value over the projected discounted
−Removed: In the past, we have not had to make significant adjustments to the carrying values of our long-lived assets, and we
−Removed: do not anticipate a need to do so in the future.
+Added: In the past, we have not had to make significant adjustments to the carrying values of our long-lived assets, and
+Added: we do not anticipate a need to do so in the future.
However, circumstances could cause us to have to reduce the value of our capitalized
assets more rapidly than we have in the past if our revenues were to significantly decline.
−Removed: Estimated cash flows from the use of
−Removed: the long-lived assets are highly uncertain and therefore the estimation of the need to impair these assets is reasonably likely
+Added: Estimated cash flows from the use
+Added: of the long-lived assets are highly uncertain and therefore the estimation of the need to impair these assets is reasonably likely
to change in the future.
2 unchanged sentences
There were no impairments at June 30, 2015
−Removed: and December 31, 2015.
+Added: and March 31, 2016.
However, if impairment were required, our net income and earnings per share would decrease accordingly.
7 unchanged sentences
Recently enacted accounting pronouncements
−Removed: 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No.
−Removed: 2015-15, Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic
−Removed: Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements -
−Removed: Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to Staff Announcement at the June 18, 2015 EITF Meeting.
−Removed: This ASU adds additional
−Removed: paragraphs pursuant to the SEC Staff Announcement at the June 18, 2015 Emerging Issues Task Force meeting about the
−Removed: presentation and subsequent measurement of debt issuance costs associated with line-of-credit arrangements.
−Removed: Given the absence
−Removed: of authoritative guidance within ASU 2015-03 for debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements, the SEC staff
−Removed: would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing the
−Removed: deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any
−Removed: outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement.
−Removed: The Company does not expect this update will have a material impact
−Removed: on the presentation of the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU
−Removed: 2015-16, Business Combinations (Topic 805):
−Removed: Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments, which eliminates the
−Removed: requirement to retrospectively account for changes to provisional amounts initially recorded in a business acquisition opening
−Removed: balance sheet.
−Removed: Prior to the issuance of ASU 2015-16, an acquirer was required to restate prior period financial statements as of
−Removed: the acquisition date for adjustments to provisional amounts.
−Removed: This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December
−Removed: 15, 2015, including interim periods within fiscal years.
−Removed: The Company does not expect this update will have a material impact on
−Removed: the presentation of the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: In November 2015, the FASB issued Accounting
−Removed: Standards Update (ASU) No.
−Removed: 2015-17, Income Taxes (Topic 740):
−Removed: Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes, which changes how
−Removed: deferred taxes are classified on organizations’
−Removed: balance sheets.
−Removed: The ASU eliminates the current requirement for organizations
−Removed: to present deferred tax liabilities and assets as current and noncurrent in a classified balance sheet.
−Removed: Instead, organizations
−Removed: will be required to classify all deferred tax assets and liabilities as noncurrent.
−Removed: The amendments apply to all organizations that
−Removed: present a classified balance sheet.
−Removed: For public companies, the amendments are effective for financial statements issued for annual
−Removed: periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods.
−Removed: The Company does not expect
−Removed: this update will have a material impact on the presentation of the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations
−Removed: and cash flows.
In January 2016, the FASB issued Accounting
5 unchanged sentences
The new guidance makes targeted improvements to existing U.S.
−Removed: (1) requiring equity investments
−Removed: to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income;
−Removed: (2) requiring separate presentation of financial
−Removed: assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset on the balance sheet or the accompanying notes
−Removed: to the financial statements;
−Removed: (3) eliminating the requirement for public business entities to disclose the method(s) and significant
−Removed: assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost
−Removed: on the balance sheet;
−Removed: and (4) requiring a reporting organization to present separately in other comprehensive income the portion
−Removed: of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk.
−Removed: The new guidance
−Removed: is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal
−Removed: The Company does not expect this update will have a material impact on the presentation of the Company's consolidated
−Removed: financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: (1) Requiring equity
+Added: investments to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income;
+Added: (2) Requiring separate presentation
+Added: of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset on the balance sheet or the
+Added: accompanying notes to the financial statements;
+Added: (3) Eliminating the requirement for public business entities to disclose the method(s)
+Added: and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured
+Added: at amortized cost on the balance sheet;
+Added: (4) Requiring a reporting organization to present separately in other comprehensive
+Added: income the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit
+Added: The new guidance is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim
+Added: periods within those fiscal years.
+Added: The Company does not expect this update will have a material impact on the presentation of
+Added: the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
+Added: In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU
+Added: 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes the existing guidance for lease accounting, Leases (Topic 840).
+Added: requires lessees to recognize leases on their balance sheets, and leaves lessor accounting largely unchanged.
+Added: The amendments in
+Added: this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those fiscal years.
+Added: application is permitted for all entities.
+Added: ASU 2016-02 requires a modified retrospective approach for all leases existing at,
+Added: or entered into after, the date of initial application, with an option to elect to use certain transition relief.
+Added: is currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on its consolidated financial statements.
+Added: In March 2016, the FASB issued Accounting
+Added: Standards Update No.
+Added: 2016-06, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815):
+Added: Contingent Put and Call Options in Debt Instruments.
+Added: The amendments
+Added: apply to all entities that are issuers of or investors in debt instruments (or hybrid financial instruments that are determined
+Added: to have a debt host) with embedded call (put) options.
+Added: The amendments clarify what steps are required when assessing whether the
+Added: economic characteristics and risks of call (put) options are clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks
+Added: of their debt hosts, which is one of the criteria for bifurcating an embedded derivative.
+Added: Consequently, when a call (put) option
+Added: is contingently exercisable, an entity does not have to assess whether the event that triggers the ability to exercise a call
+Added: (put) option is related to interest rates or credit risks.
+Added: Public business entities must apply the new requirements for fiscal
+Added: years beginning after December 15, 2016 and interim periods within those fiscal years.
+Added: All other entities must apply the new requirements
+Added: for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018.
+Added: All entities have the option of adopting the new requirements early, including adoption in an interim period.
+Added: If an entity early
+Added: adopts the new requirements in an interim period, it must reflect any adjustments as of the beginning of the fiscal year that
+Added: includes that interim period.
+Added: The Company does not expect any material impact of this new standard on its consolidated financial
+Added: In March 2016, the FASB issued Accounting
+Added: Standards Update No.
+Added: 2016-07, Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323):
+Added: Simplifying the Transition to the Equity
+Added: Method of Accounting.
+Added: The amendments affect all entities that have an investment that becomes qualified for the equity method
+Added: of accounting as a result of an increase in the level of ownership interest or degree of influence.
+Added: The amendments eliminate the
+Added: requirement that when an investment qualifies for use of the equity method as a result of an increase in the level of ownership
+Added: interest or degree of influence, an investor must adjust the investment, results of operations, and retained earnings retroactively
+Added: on a step-by-step basis as if the equity method had been in effect during all previous periods that the investment had been held.
+Added: The amendments require that the equity method investor add the cost of acquiring the additional interest in the investee to the
+Added: current basis of the investor’s previously held interest and adopt the equity method of accounting as of the date the investment
+Added: becomes qualified for equity method accounting.
+Added: Therefore, upon qualifying for the equity method of accounting, no retroactive
+Added: adjustment of the investment is required.
+Added: The amendments require that an entity that has an available-for-sale equity security
+Added: that becomes qualified for the equity method of accounting recognize through earnings the unrealized holding gain or loss in accumulated
+Added: other comprehensive income at the date the investment becomes qualified for use of the equity method.
+Added: The amendments are effective
+Added: for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2016.
+Added: The amendments
+Added: should be applied prospectively upon their effective date to increases in the level of ownership interest or degree of influence
+Added: that result in the adoption of the equity method.
+Added: Earlier application is permitted.
+Added: The Company is currently evaluating the impact
+Added: of this new standard on its consolidated financial statements.
+Added: In April 2016, the FASB released ASU 2016-09,
+Added: Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718):
+Added: Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting .
+Added: The ASU includes
+Added: multiple provisions intended to simplify various aspects of the accounting for share-based payments.
+Added: While aimed at reducing the
+Added: cost and complexity of the accounting for share-based payments, the amendments are expected to significantly impact net income,
+Added: EPS, and the statement of cash flows.
+Added: Implementation and administration may present challenges for companies with significant
+Added: share-based payment activities.
+Added: The ASU is effective for public companies in annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016,
+Added: and interim periods within those years.
+Added: The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on its consolidated
+Added: financial statements.
+Added: In April 2016, FASB issued Accounting
+Added: Standards Update No.
+Added: 2016-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606):
+Added: Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing .
+Added: The amendments clarify the following two aspects of Topic 606:
+Added: (a) identifying performance obligations;
+Added: licensing implementation guidance.
+Added: The amendments do not change the core principle of the guidance in Topic 606.
+Added: The effective
+Added: date and transition requirements for the amendments are the same as the effective date and transition requirements in Topic 606.
+Added: Public entities should apply the amendments for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim
+Added: reporting periods therein (i.e., January 1, 2018, for a calendar year entity).
+Added: Early application for public entities is permitted
+Added: only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim reporting periods within that reporting
+Added: The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on its consolidated financial statements.
Results of Operations
−Removed: The following consolidated results of operations
−Removed: include the results of operations of the Company and its variable interest entities (“VIEs”), BHD and Nanjing Recon.
−Removed: Our historical reporting results are not
−Removed: necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future period.
−Removed: Three Months Ended December 31, 2015 Compared to Three
−Removed: Months Ended December 31, 2014
+Added: The following consolidated
+Added: results of operations include the results of operations of the Company and its variable interest entities (“VIEs”),
+Added: BHD and Nanjing Recon.
+Added: Our historical reporting
+Added: results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future period.
+Added: Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 Compared to Three Months
+Added: Ended March 31, 2015
+Added: For the three months ended March 31, 2016,
+Added: oil price continued to be low, and our clients’
+Added: production activities and spending were kept at a minimum level.
+Added: operations and numbers still suffered from these adverse effects.
For the Three Months Ended
−Removed: Hardware - non-related parties
+Added: Hardware - non-related
+Added: (12,728,641 )
Hardware - related parties
Software - non-related parties
−Removed: Software - related parties
+Added: - related parties
Total revenues
−Removed: total revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2015 were approximately ¥28.8 million ($4.4 million), an increase of
−Removed: approximately ¥7.5 million or 35.2% from ¥21.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2014.
−Removed: This was mainly caused
−Removed: by an increase of sales of automation products.
+Added: (15,479,791 )
+Added: total revenues for the three months ended March 31,
+Added: 2016 were approximately ¥4.5 million ($0.7 million), a decrease of approximately ¥15.5 million or 77.3% from ¥20.0
+Added: million for the three months ended March 31, 2015.
+Added: This was mainly caused by a decreased demand from our clients and intensely
+Added: competitive market conditions.
+Added: In more detail:
+Added: 1) Hardware revenue.
+Added: During this quarter,
+Added: both furnaces and automation products sales decreased as a result of lower demand from
+Added: our clients as compared to the same period last year.
+Added: Hardware revenues for the quarter
+Added: of fiscal 2015 were mainly from projects we tracked a year earlier from our major clients,
+Added: CNPC and Sinopec, who were evaluating and adjusting their business plans, kept their
+Added: spending lower for 2015 .
+Added: As a result, there were fewer projects started, causing less revenue for the Company
+Added: for the third quarter of fiscal 2016.
+Added: As oil prices have rebounded a bit in the first
+Added: three months of 2016, our management expects this unfavorable trend will ease but expect
+Added: reduced revenue to continue for some period.
+Added: 2) Software revenue.
+Added: Software used
+Added: in oilfield production management is highly recommended, but not essential.
+Added: sales and revenue related to software may fluctuate.
+Added: During the three-month period, there
+Added: were no software sales.
Cost and Margin
1 unchanged sentence
Total revenues
+Added: (15,479,791 )
Cost of revenues
+Added: (10,930,931 )
Cost of revenues .
−Removed: Our cost of revenues includes raw materials and costs related to design, implementation, delivery and maintenance of products and
−Removed: All materials and components we need can be purchased or manufactured by subcontracts.
−Removed: Usually the prices of electronic
−Removed: components do not fluctuate dramatically due to market competition and will not significantly affect our cost of revenues.
−Removed: specialized equipment and incentive chemical products may be directly influenced by metal and oil price fluctuations.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: the prices of some imported accessories mandated by our customers can also impact our cost.
−Removed: Inventory reserve for changes in price
−Removed: level, impairment of inventory, slow moving or other causes will also affect our cost..
−Removed: of revenues increased from approximately ¥12.3 million in the three months ended December 31, 2014 to
−Removed: approximately ¥23.1 million ($3.6 million) for the same period in 2015, an increase of approximately ¥10.7 million
−Removed: ($1.65 million), or 86.9%.
−Removed: This increase was mainly caused by higher revenue during the three months ended December 31, 2015
−Removed: compared to the same period of 2014.
−Removed: As a percentage of revenues, our cost of revenues increased from 57.9% in 2014 to 80.0%
−Removed: in 2015, due to the increase of sale of hardware products, the cost of which is higher than the software and service
−Removed: revenues and the increase in the cost of goods sold.
−Removed: Our gross profit decreased to approximately ¥5.8 million ($0.9 million) for the three months ended December
−Removed: 31, 2015 from approximately ¥9.0 million for the same period in 2014.
−Removed: Our gross profit as a percentage of
−Removed: revenue decreased to 20.0% for the three months ended December 31, 2015 from 42.1% for the same period in 2014.
−Removed: mainly due to the decrease of software sales with higher margins compared with the hardware revenues.
+Added: Our cost of revenues includes raw materials and costs related to the design, implementation, delivery and maintenance of
+Added: products and services.
+Added: All materials and components we need can be purchased or manufactured by subcontractors.
+Added: Usually the prices
+Added: of electronic components do not fluctuate dramatically due to market competition and will not significantly affect our cost of
+Added: However, specialized equipment and incentive chemical products may be directly influenced by metal and oil price fluctuations.
+Added: Additionally, the prices of some imported accessories mandated by our customers can also impact our cost.
+Added: Inventory reserves for
+Added: changes in price level, impairment of inventory, slow moving or other causes will also affect our cost.
+Added: Our cost of revenues
+Added: decreased from approximately ¥13.8 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 to approximately ¥2.8 million ($0.4
+Added: million) for the same period in 2016, a decrease of approximately ¥11.0 million ($1.7 million), or 79.4%.
+Added: This decrease was
+Added: mainly caused by lower revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the same period of 2015.
+Added: Gross profit .
+Added: Our gross profit decreased to approximately ¥1.7 million ($0.3 million) for the three months ended March 31, 2016 from approximately
+Added: ¥6.2 million for the same period in 2015 due to revenue decrease.
+Added: Our gross profit as a percentage of revenue increased to
+Added: 37.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2016 from 31.2% for the same period in 2015.
+Added: This was mainly caused by deferred income
+Added: recognized as revenue in the 2016 period with little cost accrued.
Our software and hardware revenues are
−Removed: detailed as below:
+Added: detailed below:
For the Three Months Ended
−Removed: Total revenues-hardware and software- non related parties
−Removed: Cost of revenues -hardware and software- non related parties
+Added: Total revenues-hardware
+Added: and software- non related parties
+Added: (13,819,736 )
+Added: Cost of revenues
+Added: -hardware and software- non related parties
+Added: (10,920,532 )
Revenue from hardware
−Removed: and software to non-related parties increased by approximately ¥7.3 million mainly due to the increase of hardware products
−Removed: sold in the three months ended December 31, 2015.
+Added: and software to non-related parties decreased by approximately ¥13.8 million mainly due to the decrease of hardware products
+Added: sold in the three months ended March 31, 2016.
The gross profit from hardware and software sales to non-related parties decreased
−Removed: ¥2.7 million ($0.4 million) compared to the same period of last year.
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended
−Removed: Total revenues-hardware and software-related parties
−Removed: Cost of revenues -hardware and software- related parties
−Removed: Revenue from related parties decreased
−Removed: as we developed business directly with oilfield, rather than cooperation with some local agency, which used to be our related parties.
+Added: ¥2.9 million ($0.5 million) compared to the same period last year.
+Added: As a percentage of revenue, gross margin was 25.1% for
+Added: the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 37.5% for the three month period ended March 31, 2016.
+Added: This increase was mainly because
+Added: we had higher portions of consignment sales with lower margins in 2015 while there was no such business for 2016.
For the Three Months Ended
−Removed: Total revenues-service
−Removed: Cost of revenues-service
−Removed: revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2015 consisted mainly of minor maintenance services, which were provided
−Removed: upon request by customers.
−Removed: The cost of services revenues increased, since the increase in the labor cost for the increased services
−Removed: performed for the three months ended December 31, 2015.
+Added: Total revenues-hardware
+Added: and software-related parties
+Added: Cost of revenues
+Added: -hardware and software- related parties
+Added: Revenue from related
+Added: parties decreased as we developed business directly with oilfield companies, rather than obtaining the business in cooperation
+Added: with a local agency, which used to be our practice.
Operating Expenses
For the Three Months Ended
−Removed: Selling and distribution expenses
+Added: Selling and distribution
General and administrative expenses
Research and development expenses
−Removed: Operating expenses
−Removed: and distribution expenses .
−Removed: Selling and distribution expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenditures
−Removed: of our sales and marketing organization, sales commissions, costs of our marketing programs including travelling
−Removed: charges, advertising and trade shows, and an allocation of our facilities, depreciation expenses and rental expense, as well
−Removed: as shipping charges and related expenses.
−Removed: Selling expenses increased 20.5% or ¥0.3 million ($40.0
−Removed: thousand), from approximately ¥1.3 million in the three months ended December 31, 2014 to
+Added: Selling and distribution
+Added: Selling and distribution expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenditures of our sales and marketing
+Added: organization, sales commissions, costs of our marketing programs including travelling charges, advertising and trade shows, and
+Added: an allocation of our facilities, depreciation expenses and rental expense, as well as shipping charges and related expenses.
+Added: expenses decreased 26.2% or ¥0.3 million ($45.1 thousand), from approximately ¥1.1 million in the three months
+Added: ended March 31, 2015 to approximately ¥0.8 million ($0.1 million) in the same period of 2016.
+Added: This decrease was primarily
+Added: due to a decrease in traveling expense and payroll expense.
+Added: Selling expenses were 5.5% of total revenues in the three months ended
+Added: March 31, 2015 and 18.0% of total revenues in the same period of 2016.
+Added: General and administrative
+Added: General and administrative expenses consist primarily of costs in human resources, facilities costs, depreciation
+Added: expenses, professional advisor fees, audit fees, option expenses stock based comprehensive expense, bad debt allowance and other
+Added: miscellaneous expenses incurred in connection with general operations.
+Added: General and administrative expenses increased by 88.5%
+Added: or ¥3.7 million ($0.6 million), from approximately ¥4.2 million in the three months ended March 31, 2015 to
approximately ¥7.9 million ($1.2 million) in the same period of 2016.
+Added: General and administrative expenses were 20.9%
+Added: of total revenues in the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 174.0% of total revenues in the same period of 2016.
+Added: in general and administrative expenses was mainly due to an increase in share-based compensation and provisions accrued for doubtful
+Added: advanced purchases.
+Added: We made partial advanced payments for customized products for some projects in year 2014.
+Added: As these projects
+Added: were postponed and products design would need to be modified, management made provisions for these amounts based on best estimation.
+Added: Management is also negotiating with clients to minimize the loss.
+Added: Research and development
+Added: (“R&D”) expenses .
+Added: Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenditures
+Added: of our research and development projects.
+Added: Research and development expenses increased from approximately ¥0.5 million for
+Added: the three months ended March 31, 2015 to approximately ¥1.2 million ($0.2 million) for the same period of 2016.
This increase
−Removed: was primarily due to an increase in travelling expense and rental expense.
−Removed: Selling expenses were 5.9% of total revenues in
−Removed: the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 5.2% of total revenues in the same period of 2015.
−Removed: and administrative expenses .
−Removed: General and administrative expenses consist primarily of costs in human resources, facilities
−Removed: costs, depreciation expenses, professional advisor fees, audit fees, option expenses stock based comprehensive expense, bad debts
−Removed: allowance and other miscellaneous expenses incurred in connection with general operations.
−Removed: General and administrative expenses
−Removed: increased by 17.0% or ¥0.7 million ($0.1
−Removed: million), from approximately ¥4.1 million in the three months ended December 31, 2014 to approximately ¥4.8 million ($0.7
−Removed: million) in the same period of 2015.
−Removed: General and administrative expenses were 19.2% of total revenues in the three months ended
−Removed: December 31, 2014 and 16.6 %
−Removed: of total revenues in the same period of 2015.
−Removed: The increase in general and administrative expenses was mainly due to an increase
−Removed: in share-based compensation and salaries.
−Removed: Research and development (“R&D”)
−Removed: Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenditures of our research and development
−Removed: Research and development expenses increased from approximately ¥1.2 million for the three months ended December 31,
−Removed: 2014 to approximately ¥2.7 million ($0.4 million) for the same period of 2015.
−Removed: This increase was primarily due to more research
−Removed: and development expense on downhole service tools.
+Added: was primarily due to more research and development expense on new generation automation platform system.
For the Three Months Ended
−Removed: Income (loss) from operations
−Removed: Interest and other income (expense)
−Removed: Income (loss) before income tax
−Removed: Provision (benefit) for income tax
−Removed: Net income (loss)
−Removed: Net income attributable to non-controlling interest
−Removed: Net income (loss) attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd
+Added: Income (loss) from
+Added: and other income (expense)
+Added: Loss before income tax
+Added: (benefit) for income tax
+Added: income attributable to non-controlling interest
+Added: loss attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd
Loss from operations .
−Removed: Loss from operations was approximately ¥3.3 million ($0.5 million) for the three months ended December 31, 2015, compared to
+Added: Loss from operations was approximately ¥8.2 million ($1.3 million) for the three months ended March 31, 2016, compared to
an income of ¥0.4 million for the same period of 2015.
This decrease in income from operations was primary due to a decrease
−Removed: in revenues and increased research and development expenses.
+Added: in revenues and increased general and administrative expenses.
Interest and other
income (expense).
−Removed: Interest and other expense was approximately ¥0.1 million ($14.8 thousand) for the three months ended
−Removed: December 31, 2015, compared to interest and other income of ¥4.0 million for the same period of 2014.
+Added: Interest and other income was approximately ¥31.6 thousand ($5.0 thousand) for the three months
+Added: ended March 31, 2016, compared to interest and other expense of ¥2.0 million for the same period of 2015.
The ¥2.0 million
−Removed: ($0.6 million) decrease in interest and other income was primarily due to the decreased gain of change in fair value of warrants
−Removed: (benefit) for income tax .
−Removed: Provision for income tax for the three months ended December 31, 2014 was approximately ¥0.6
−Removed: Benefit for income tax was ¥0.9 million ($0.1 million) for the three months ended December 31, 2015.
−Removed: This increase
−Removed: in benefit for income tax was mainly due to deferred
−Removed: tax assets recorded and income tax payable true up during the three months ended December 31, 2015.
−Removed: As a result of the factors described above, net loss was approximately ¥2.5 million ($0.4 million) for the
−Removed: three months ended December 31, 2015, a decrease of approximately ¥8.3 million ($1.3 million) from net income of ¥5.8
−Removed: million for the same period of 2014.
−Removed: Net income (loss) attributable to Recon
−Removed: Technology, Ltd .
+Added: ($0.3 million) decrease in interest and other expense was primarily due to the decreased loss from warrants redemption, which
+Added: only accrued for the three months ended March 31, 2015.
+Added: Provision (benefit)
+Added: for income tax .
+Added: Benefit for income tax for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was approximately ¥0.2 million.
+Added: for income tax was ¥1.4 million ($0.2 million) for the three months ended March 31, 2016.
+Added: This increase in provision for income
+Added: tax was mainly due to decrease of deferred tax assets recorded and income tax payable true-up during the three months ended
+Added: March 31, 2016.
+Added: During this period, based on available evidence, management concluded that it was more likely than not that there
+Added: would be no sufficient deductible income in future years and revaluated the deferred tax assets and the adjustment was recorded
+Added: as part of the total income tax provision.
+Added: As a result of the factors described above, net loss was approximately ¥9.6 million ($1.5 million) for the three months ended
+Added: March 31, 2016, a decrease of approximately ¥8.2 million ($1.3 million) from net loss of ¥1.4 million for the same period
+Added: Net loss attributable
+Added: to Recon Technology, Ltd .
As a result of the factors described above, net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders was approximately
−Removed: ¥2.5 million ($0.4 million) for the three months ended December 31, 2015, .Net income attributable to ordinary shareholders
−Removed: decreased for approximately ¥7.8 million ($1.2 million) from net income attributable to ordinary shareholders of approximately
−Removed: ¥5.3 million for same period of 2014.
−Removed: Six Months Ended December 31, 2014 Compared to Six Months
−Removed: Ended December 31, 2015
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended
−Removed: Hardware - non-related parties
+Added: ¥9.6 million ($1.5 million) for the three months ended March 31, 2016.
+Added: Net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders increased
+Added: for approximately ¥8.1 million ($1.3 million) from net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of approximately ¥1.5
+Added: million for same period of 2015.
+Added: Nine Months Ended March 31, 2015 Compared to Nine Months
+Added: Ended March 31, 2016
+Added: For the Nine Months Ended
+Added: Hardware - non-related
Hardware - related parties
Software - non-related parties
−Removed: Software - related parties
+Added: - related parties
Total revenues
−Removed: total revenues for the six months ended December 31, 2015 were approximately ¥32.4 million ($5.0 million), an increase of approximately
−Removed: ¥6.8 million or 26.5% from ¥25.6 million for the six months ended December 31, 2014.
−Removed: This was mainly caused by an increase
−Removed: of sale of hardware products.
+Added: total revenues for the nine months ended March 31, 2016 were approximately ¥37.0 million ($5.7 million), a decrease of approximately
+Added: ¥8.7 million or 19.0% from ¥45.7 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2015.
+Added: This was mainly caused by a decrease
+Added: of sales of furnaces and consignment stock goods.
Cost and Margin
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended
+Added: For the Nine Months Ended
Total revenues
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Cost of revenues .
−Removed: Our cost of revenues includes raw materials and costs related to design, implementation, delivery and maintenance of products and
+Added: Our cost of revenues includes raw materials and costs related to design, implementation, delivery and maintenance of products
+Added: and services.
All materials and components we need can be purchased or manufactured by subcontracts.
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Our cost of revenues
−Removed: increased from approximately ¥16.0 million in the six months ended December 31 2014 to approximately ¥26.3 million ($4.0
−Removed: million) for the same period in 2015, an increase of approximately ¥10.2 million ($1.6 million), or 63.8%.
−Removed: This increase was
−Removed: mainly caused by higher revenue during the six months ended December 31, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014.
−Removed: As a percentage
−Removed: of revenues, our cost of revenues increased from 62.6% in 2014 to 81.0% in 2015, mainly due to the increase of sale of hardware
−Removed: products, the cost of which is higher than the software and service revenues.
+Added: decreased from approximately ¥29.8 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2015 to approximately ¥29.1 million ($4.5
+Added: million) for the same period in 2016, a decrease of approximately ¥0.7 million ($0.1 million), or 2.3%.
+Added: This decrease was
+Added: mainly caused by lower revenue during the nine months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the same period of 2015.
Gross profit .
−Removed: Our gross profit decreased to approximately ¥6.2 million ($0.9 million) for the six months ended December 31, 2015 from approximately
−Removed: ¥9.6 million for the same period in 2014.
−Removed: Our gross profit as a percentage of revenue decreased to 19.0% for the six months
−Removed: ended December 31, 2015 from 37.4% for the same period in 2014.
−Removed: This was mainly due to the decrease of software sales with higher
−Removed: margins compared with the hardware revenues.
+Added: Our gross profit decreased to approximately ¥7.9 million ($1.2 million) for the nine months ended March 31, 2016 from
+Added: approximately ¥15.8 million for the same period in 2015.
+Added: Our gross profit as a percentage of revenue decreased to 21.3% for
+Added: the nine months ended March 31, 2016 from 34.7% for the same period in 2015.
+Added: This was mainly due to the decrease of (1) software
+Added: sales with higher margins as compared with hardware revenues and (2) lower margins related to our bundled product and service
+Added: agreements due to the fiercely competitive environment existing in the oil sector this year.
In more detail:
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended
−Removed: Total revenues-hardware and software- non related parties
−Removed: Cost of revenues -hardware and software- non related parties
+Added: For the Nine Months Ended
+Added: Total revenues-hardware
+Added: and software- non related parties
+Added: Cost of revenues
+Added: -hardware and software- non related parties
Revenue from hardware
−Removed: and software to non-related parties increased by approximately ¥6.6 million mainly due to the increase of hardware products
−Removed: sold in the six months ended December 31, 2015.
−Removed: The gross profit from hardware and software sales to non-related parties decreased
−Removed: ¥3 million ($0.46 million) compared to the same period of last year.
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended
−Removed: Total revenues-hardware and software-related parties
−Removed: Cost of revenues -hardware and software- related parties
−Removed: After we achieved
−Removed: business entrance certification in the name of Recon and could cooperate with oilfield customers directly two years ago, we no
−Removed: longer required the services of a related party with such certification and, accordingly, revenue from related-parties decreased.
−Removed: As of result, there was no revenue or cost of hardware and software from related parties, since we developed business directly
−Removed: with oilfield, rather than cooperation with some local agency, which used to be our related parties.
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended
+Added: and software to non-related parties decreased by approximately ¥7.2 million mainly due to the decreased orders from our customers
+Added: as the Company is continually facing pressure from tough competition.
+Added: The gross profit from hardware and software sales to non-related
+Added: parties decreased ¥5.9 million ($0.9 million) compared to the same period of last year.
+Added: For the Nine Months Ended
+Added: Total revenues-hardware
+Added: and software-related parties
+Added: Cost of revenues
+Added: -hardware and software- related parties
+Added: After the Company
+Added: achieved business entrance certification and were able to cooperate with oilfield customers directly two years ago, we no longer
+Added: required the services of a related party with such certification and, accordingly, revenue from related-parties decreased.
+Added: of result, there was no revenue or cost of hardware and software from related parties during 2016, since we developed business
+Added: directly with oilfield, rather than cooperation with some local agency, which used to be our related parties.
+Added: For the Nine Months Ended
Total revenues-service
Cost of revenues-service
−Removed: revenue for the six months ended December 31, 2014 and 2015 consisted mainly of minor maintenance services, which were provided
+Added: revenue for the nine months ended March 31, 2015 and 2016 consisted mainly of minor maintenance services, which were provided
upon request by customers.
−Removed: The cost of revenues-services increased, since we reclassify the human cost of services out from cost
−Removed: of revenues-hardware and software for the six months ended December 31, 2015.
+Added: The cost of revenues-service increased, since labor costs were incurred for the nine months ended March
Operating Expenses
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended
−Removed: Selling and distribution expenses
+Added: For the Nine Months Ended
+Added: Selling and distribution
General and administrative expenses
Research and development expenses
−Removed: Operating expenses
Selling and distribution
Selling and distribution expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenditures of our sales and marketing
−Removed: organization, sales commissions, costs of our marketing programs including travelling charges, advertising and trade shows, and
+Added: organization, sales commissions, costs of our marketing programs including traveling charges, advertising and trade shows, and
an allocation of our facilities, depreciation expenses and rental expense, as well as shipping charges and so on.
Selling expenses
−Removed: increased approximately ¥0.7 million for the six months ended December 31, 2015 compared to the same period in 2014.
−Removed: increase was primarily due to an increase in traveling expense and maintenances.
+Added: increased approximately ¥0.4 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the same period in 2015.
+Added: This increase
+Added: was primarily due to an increase in shipping charges, service fees and rental fees.
Selling expenses were 6.7% of total revenues
−Removed: in the six months ended December 31, 2014 and 8.1% of total revenues in the same period of 2015.
−Removed: and administrative expenses .
−Removed: General and administrative expenses consist primarily of costs in human resources, facilities
−Removed: costs, depreciation expenses, professional advisor fees, audit fees, option expenses stock based comprehensive expense, bad debts
−Removed: allowance and other miscellaneous expenses incurred in connection with general operations.
−Removed: General and administrative expenses
−Removed: increased by 40.7% or ¥3.2 million ($0.5
−Removed: million), from approximately ¥7.8 million in the six months ended December 31, 2014 to approximately ¥11.0 million ($1.7
−Removed: million) in the same period of 2015.
−Removed: General and administrative expenses were 30.4% of total revenues in the six months ended December
−Removed: 31, 2014 and 33.8 % of total
−Removed: revenues in the same period of 2015.
−Removed: The increase in general and administrative expenses was mainly due to an increase in bad debts
−Removed: allowance and share-based compensation, offset by a decrease in consulting fees.
−Removed: Research and development (“R&D”)
−Removed: Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenditures of our research and development
−Removed: Research and development expenses increased from approximately ¥1.9 million for the six months ended December 31,
−Removed: 2014 to approximately ¥4.5 million ($0.7 million) for the same period of 2015.
−Removed: This increase was primarily due to more research
−Removed: and development expense on downhole service tools.
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended
+Added: in the nine months ended March 31, 2015 and 9.3% of total revenues in the same period of 2016.
+Added: General and administrative
+Added: General and administrative expenses consist primarily of costs in human resources, facilities costs, depreciation
+Added: expenses, professional advisor fees, audit fees, option expenses stock based comprehensive expense, bad debts allowance and other
+Added: miscellaneous expenses incurred in connection with general operations.
+Added: General and administrative expenses increased by 57.4%
+Added: or ¥6.9 million ($1.0 million), from approximately ¥12.0 million in the nine months ended March 31, 2015 to
+Added: approximately ¥18.9 million ($2.9 million) in the same period of 2016.
+Added: General and administrative expenses were 51.0%
+Added: of total revenues in the nine months ended March 31, 2016 and 26.3% of total revenues in the same period of 2015.
+Added: in general and administrative expenses was mainly due to an increase in provisions for purchase advances and share-based compensation,
+Added: offset by a decrease in consulting fees.
+Added: Research and development
+Added: (“R&D”) expenses .
+Added: Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenditures
+Added: for our research and development projects.
+Added: Research and development expenses increased from approximately ¥2.4 million for
+Added: the nine months ended March 31, 2015 to approximately ¥5.8 million ($0.9 million) for the same period of 2016.
+Added: This increase
+Added: was primarily due to more research and development expense spent on design of downhole service tools and automation platform systems.
+Added: For the Nine Months Ended
Loss from operations
(20,201,921 )
−Removed: Interest and other income (expense)
+Added: (18,547,126 )
+Added: and other income (expense)
Income (loss) before income tax
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(21,101,035 )
−Removed: Provision (benefit) for income tax
−Removed: Net income (loss)
+Added: for income tax
(20,995,182 )
(21,177,802 )
−Removed: Net income attributable to non-controlling interest
−Removed: Net income (loss) attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd
+Added: income attributable to non-controlling interest
+Added: attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd
(20,995,182 )
(20,631,731 )
−Removed: Loss from operations was approximately ¥12.0 million ($1.8 million) for the six months ended December 31,
−Removed: 2015, compared to a loss of ¥2.1 million for the same period of 2014.
−Removed: This increase in loss from operations was
−Removed: primary due to a decrease in gross profit, an increase in R&D expenses and increase in stock based compensation.
−Removed: other income (expense).
−Removed: Interest and other expense was approximately ¥0.3 million ($0.04 million) for the six months
−Removed: ended December 31, 2015, compared to interest and other income of ¥4.3 million for the same period of 2014.
−Removed: million ($0.7 million) decrease in interest and other income was primarily due to the decreased gain of change in fair value
−Removed: of warrants liability while there was no such gain for the current period.
−Removed: Provision (benefit)
−Removed: for income tax .
−Removed: Provision for income tax for the six months ended December 31, 2014 was approximately ¥0.7 million.
−Removed: for income tax was ¥0.9 million ($0.1 million) for the six months ended December 31, 2015.
−Removed: This increase in benefit for income
−Removed: tax was mainly due to the increased deferred tax assets, because of increase in allowances for doubtful accounts during the six
−Removed: months ended December 31, 2015.
+Added: Loss from operations .
+Added: Loss from operations was approximately ¥20.2 million ($3.1 million) for the nine months ended March 31, 2016, compared to
+Added: a loss of ¥1.7 million for the same period of 2015.
+Added: This increase in loss from operations was primary due to a decrease in
+Added: gross profit, an increase in R&D expenses and increase in stock based compensation and allowance accrued for doubtful accounts.
+Added: Interest and other
+Added: income (expense) .
+Added: Interest and other expense was approximately ¥0.3 million ($0.04 million) for the nine months ended
+Added: March 31, 2016, compared to interest and other income of ¥2.3 million for the same period of 2015.
+Added: The ¥2.6 million ($0.4
+Added: million) decrease in interest and other income was primarily due to gain from change in fair value of warrants liability while
+Added: there was no such gain for the current period.
+Added: Provision for
+Added: Provision for income tax for the nine months ended March 31, 2015 was approximately ¥0.5 million.
+Added: for income tax was ¥0.5 million ($0.1 million) for the nine months ended March 31, 2016.
+Added: This slight increase in provision
+Added: for income tax was mainly due to deferred tax assets changes, offset by prior period income tax payable true-up during the nine
+Added: months ended March 31, 2016.
Net income (loss) .
−Removed: As a result of the factors described
−Removed: above, net loss was approximately ¥11.4 million ($1.8 million) for the six months ended December 31, 2015, a decrease of approximately
−Removed: ¥13.0 million ($2.0 million) from net income of ¥1.6 million for the same period of 2014.
−Removed: loss attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd .
−Removed: As a result of the factors described above, net loss attributable to
−Removed: ordinary shareholders was approximately ¥11.4 million ($1.8 million) for the six months ended December 31, 2015, a change of approximately ¥12.5 million ($1.9 million) from net income attributable to ordinary shareholders of
−Removed: approximately ¥1.2 million for same period of 2014.
+Added: As a result of the factors described above, net loss was approximately ¥21.0 million ($3.3 million) for the nine months ended
+Added: March 31, 2016, a decrease of approximately ¥21.2 million ($3.3 million) from net income of ¥0.2 million for the same
+Added: period of 2015.
+Added: Net loss attributable
+Added: to Recon Technology, Ltd .
+Added: As a result of the factors described above, net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders was approximately
+Added: ¥21.0 million ($3.3 million) for the nine months ended March 31, 2016, a change of approximately ¥20.6 million ($3.2 million)
+Added: from net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of approximately ¥0.4 million for same period of 2015.
Adjusted EBITDA
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liability, non-cash stock compensation expense, depreciation and amortization.
−Removed: We think it is useful to an equity investor in evaluating
−Removed: our operating performance because:
−Removed: (1) it is widely used by investors in our industry to measure a company’s operating performance
−Removed: without regard to items such as interest expense, depreciation and amortization, which can vary substantially from company to company
−Removed: depending upon accounting methods and book value of assets, capital structure and the method by which the assets were acquired;
−Removed: and (2) it helps investors more meaningfully evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period by removing
−Removed: the impact of our capital structure and asset base from our operating results.
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended
−Removed: Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA
+Added: We think it is useful to an equity investor in
+Added: evaluating our operating performance because:
+Added: (1) it is widely used by investors in our industry to measure a company’s
+Added: operating performance without regard to items such as interest expense, depreciation and amortization, which can vary substantially
+Added: from company to company depending upon accounting methods and book value of assets, capital structure and the method by which
+Added: the assets were acquired;
+Added: and (2) it helps investors more meaningfully evaluate and compare the results of our operations from
+Added: period to period by removing the impact of our capital structure and asset base from our operating results.
+Added: the Nine Months Ended
+Added: Reconciliation
+Added: of Adjusted EBITDA to Net Loss
Net income (loss)
−Removed: (11,367,782 )
−Removed: $ (1,751,395 )
−Removed: (12,966,286 )
Provision for income taxes (benefit)
−Removed: Interest expense and foreign currency adjustment
+Added: Interest expense and foreign currency
Change in fair value of warrants liability
−Removed: Restricted shares issued for consulting services
+Added: Restricted shares issued for consulting
+Added: from warrant redemptions
Stock compensation expense
Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Adjusted EBITDA
−Removed: $ (1,251,875 )
−Removed: Adjusted EBITDA
−Removed: decreased by approximately ¥9.3 million ($1.4 million) to loss of approximately ¥8.1 million ($1.3 million) for the
−Removed: six months ended December 31, 2015 compared to approximately ¥1.2 million income for the same period in 2014.
−Removed: mainly due to decreased gross profit, increased research and development expenses and increased bad debt allowances.
+Added: Adjusted EBITDA decreased
+Added: by approximately ¥16.0 million ($2.5 million) to a loss of approximately ¥13.0 million ($2.0 million) for the nine months
+Added: ended March 31, 2016, compared to approximately ¥2.9 million income for the same period in 2015.
+Added: This was mainly due to decreased
+Added: gross profit, increased research and development expenses and increased bad debt allowances.
Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Loss Per Share
−Removed: For the Six Months Ended
−Removed: Reconciliation of Net Loss attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd to Adjusted Net Loss attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd
−Removed: Net loss attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd
+Added: For the Nine Months Ended
+Added: Reconciliation of Net Loss
+Added: attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd
+Added: to Adjusted Net Loss attributable
+Added: to Recon Technology, Ltd
+Added: loss attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd
(20,995,182 )
$ (3,255,395 )
−Removed: Noncash items (A) :
−Removed: Change in fair value of warrants liability
−Removed: Restricted shares issued for consulting services
−Removed: Stock compensation expense
−Removed: Adjusted net loss attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd
+Added: in fair value of warrants liability
+Added: shares issued for consulting services
+Added: warrants redemption
+Added: compensation expense
+Added: net loss attributable to Recon Technology, Ltd
(14,989,418 )
+Added: $ (2,324,175 )
Reconciliation of U.S.
−Removed: GAAP Earnings (Loss) Per Share to Non U.S.
−Removed: GAAP Adjusted Earnings Per Share
−Removed: GAAP earnings (loss) per share
−Removed: Impact of noncash items on earnings per share
+Added: Earnings (Loss) Per Share
+Added: GAAP Adjusted
+Added: Earnings Per Share
+Added: earnings (loss) per share
+Added: of noncash items on earnings per share
GAAP adjusted earnings per share
−Removed: Weighted - average shares -diluted
−Removed: (A) Noncash items are certain non-cash expenses
−Removed: that are included in our U.S.
+Added: Weighted - average shares
+Added: (A) Noncash items are certain non-cash
+Added: expenses that are included in our U.S.
GAAP reported results.
−Removed: The non-GAAP financial measures are provided to enhance investors' overall
−Removed: understanding of Recon's current financial performance.
+Added: The non-GAAP financial measures are provided to enhance investors’
+Added: overall understanding of Recon's current financial performance.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: Cash and Cash Equivalents .
−Removed: Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of cash on hand, demand deposits and highly liquid short-term debt investments with stated
−Removed: maturities of no more than six months.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2015, we had cash and cash equivalents in the amount of approximately
−Removed: ¥3.1 million ($0.5 million).
−Removed: As of June 30, 2015, we had cash and cash equivalents in the amount of approximately ¥12.3
+Added: As of March 31, 2016,
+Added: we had cash in the amount of approximately ¥2.6 million ($0.4 million).
+Added: As of June 30, 2015, we had cash in the amount of
+Added: approximately ¥12.3 million.
Indebtedness .
−Removed: As of December 31, 2015, except for approximately ¥7.2 million ($1.1 million) of short-term borrowings from related parties,
+Added: As of March 31, 2016, except for approximately ¥8.6 million ($1.3 million) of short-term borrowings from related parties,
and ¥7.0 million ($1.1 million) in commercial loans from local banks, we did not have any finance leases or purchase commitments,
guarantees or other material contingent liabilities.
−Removed: Holding Company Structure .
−Removed: We are a holding company with
−Removed: no operations of our own.
−Removed: All of our operations are conducted through our Domestic Companies.
−Removed: As a result, our ability to pay dividends
−Removed: and to finance any debt that we may incur is dependent upon the receipt of dividends and other distributions from the Domestic
−Removed: In addition, Chinese legal restrictions permit payment of dividends to us by our Domestic Companies only out of their
−Removed: respective accumulated net profits, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese accounting standards and regulations.
−Removed: Under Chinese
−Removed: law, our Domestic Companies are required to set aside a portion (at least 10%) of their after-tax net income (after discharging
−Removed: all cumulated loss), if any, each year for compulsory statutory reserve until the amount of the reserve reaches 50% of our Domestic
−Removed: Companies’
+Added: Holding Company
+Added: We are a holding company with no operations of our own.
+Added: All of our operations are conducted through our Domestic
+Added: As a result, our ability to pay dividends and to finance any debt that we may incur is dependent upon the receipt of
+Added: dividends and other distributions from the Domestic Companies.
+Added: In addition, Chinese legal restrictions permit payment of dividends
+Added: to us by our Domestic Companies only out of their respective accumulated net profits, if any, determined in accordance with Chinese
+Added: accounting standards and regulations.
+Added: Under Chinese law, our Domestic Companies are required to set aside a portion (at least
+Added: 10%) of their after-tax net income (after discharging all cumulated loss), if any, each year for compulsory statutory reserve
+Added: until the amount of the reserve reaches 50% of our Domestic Companies’
registered capital.
−Removed: These funds may be distributed to shareholders at the time of each Domestic Company’s
+Added: These funds may be distributed
+Added: to shareholders at the time of each Domestic Company’s wind up.
Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements .
−Removed: We have not entered into any financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of
−Removed: any third parties.
+Added: We have not entered into any financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations
+Added: of any third parties.
In addition, we have not entered into any derivative contracts that are indexed to our own shares and classified
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loans from related parties.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2015, we had total assets of approximately ¥123.5 million ($19.0 million), which
+Added: As of March 31, 2016, we had total assets of approximately ¥102.4 million ($15.9 million), which
includes cash of approximately ¥2.6 million ($0.4 million), net accounts receivable due from third parties of approximately
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Cash from Operating
−Removed: Net cash provided by operating activities was approximately ¥1.0 million ($0.2 million) for the six months
−Removed: ended December 31, 2015.
−Removed: This was an increase of approximately ¥16.4 million ($2.5 million) compared to net cash used in operating
−Removed: activities of approximately ¥15.4 million for the six months ended December 31, 2014.
−Removed: The increase in net cash provided by
−Removed: operating activities for the six months ended December 31, 2015, was primarily attributable to the ¥11.0 million ($1.6 million)
−Removed: change in accounts payable and ¥8.0 million ($1.2 million) change in inventories.
−Removed: We purchased a larger number of inventory
−Removed: to implement our Jidong Oil Field project in prior period, which have been used in this period.
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities was approximately ¥1.3 million ($0.2 million) for the nine months
+Added: ended March 31, 2016.
+Added: This was a decrease of approximately ¥14.9 million ($2.2 million) compared to net cash used in operating
+Added: activities of approximately ¥16.2 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2015.
+Added: The decrease in net cash used in operating
+Added: activities for the nine months ended March 31, 2016, was primarily attributable to the ¥5.7 million ($0.9 million) change
+Added: in trade accounts receivable due from third parties, ¥4.6 million ($0.7 million), change in trade accounts receivable due
+Added: from related parties and ¥4.4 million ($0.7 million) change in change in purchase advance.
Cash from Investing
−Removed: Net cash used in investing activities was approximately ¥0.5 million ($76.8 thousand) for the six months ended
−Removed: December 31, 2015, increased approximately ¥0.3 million compared to the same period in 2014, which is due to the decrease in
−Removed: proceeds from disposal of equipment.
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities was approximately ¥0.4 million ($68.6 thousand) for the nine months
+Added: ended March 31, 2016, increased approximately ¥0.3 million compared to the same period in 2015, which is due to the decrease
+Added: in proceeds from disposal of equipment.
Cash from Financing
−Removed: Net cash used in financing activities amounted to ¥9.9 million ($1.5 million) for the six months ended December
+Added: Net cash used in financing activities amounted to ¥8.1 million ($1.2 million) for the nine months ended March
31, 2016, as compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $3.0 million for the same period in 2015.
−Removed: During the six months
−Removed: ended December 31, 2015, we repaid ¥15.5 million ($2.4 million) short-term borrowings to two related parties and repaid ¥0.5
−Removed: million ($0.1 million) short-term bank loans, but we received ¥6.0 million ($0.9 million) from one related party.
+Added: During the nine
+Added: months ended March 31, 2016, we repaid ¥16.7 million ($2.6 million) short-term borrowings to two related parties and repaid
+Added: ¥0.5 million ($0.1 million) short-term bank loans, and we received ¥8.5 million ($1.3 million) from one related party
+Added: and received ¥0.5 million ($0.1 million) short-term bank loans.
Working Capital .
−Removed: Total working capital as of December 31, 2015 amounted to approximately ¥68.6 million ($10.6 million), compared to approximately
+Added: Total working capital as of March 31, 2016 amounted to approximately ¥64.3 million ($10.0 million), compared to approximately
¥72.4 million as of June 30, 2015.
−Removed: Total current assets as of December 31, 2015 amounted to approximately ¥116.1 million
+Added: Total current assets as of March 31, 2016 amounted to approximately ¥98.8 million ($15.3
million), a decrease of approximately ¥25.7 million ($4.0 million) compared to approximately ¥124.5 million at June 30,
−Removed: The decrease in total current assets at December 31, 2015 compared to June 30, 2015 was mainly due to decreases in cash
−Removed: and cash equivalents and purchase advances.
+Added: The decrease in total current assets at March 31, 2016 compared to June 30, 2015 was mainly due to decreases in cash and
+Added: purchase advances.
Current liabilities
−Removed: amounted to approximately ¥47.5 million ($7.3 million) at December 31, 2015, in comparison to approximately ¥52.1 million
+Added: amounted to approximately ¥34.5 million ($5.4 million) at March 31, 2016, in comparison to approximately ¥52.1 million
at June 30, 2015.
−Removed: This decrease of liabilities was attributable mainly to a decrease in short-term borrowings-related parties and
−Removed: other payable-related parties, offset by an increase in trade accounts payable.
+Added: This decrease of liabilities was attributable mainly to a decrease in short-term borrowings-related parties,
+Added: other payable-related parties and other payable-third parties.
Capital Needs.
−Removed: Our management believes that our current
−Removed: operations can satisfy our daily working capital needs.
−Removed: We may also raise capital through public offering or private placement
−Removed: to finance our development of our business and to consummate any merger and acquisition, if necessary.
+Added: the uncertainty of the current market, our management believes it is necessary to enhance collection of outstanding balance of
+Added: accounts receivable and other receivables, and to be cautious on operational decisions and project selection.
+Added: Our management believes
+Added: that our current operations can satisfy our daily working capital needs.
+Added: We may also raise capital through public offering or
+Added: private placement to finance our development of our business and to consummate any merger and acquisition, if necessary.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
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