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ORSUS XELENT TECHNOLOGIES,
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ORSUS
XELENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
12th
Floor, Tower B, Chaowai MEN Office Building
26
Chaowai Street, Chaoyang Disc.
Beijing,
People’s Republic Of China 100020
November
12, 2010
To the
Stockholders of Orsus Xelent Technologies, Inc.:
The
annual meeting of the stockholders of Orsus Xelent Technologies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, will be held on Thursday, December 30, 2010 at 9:00 a.m.
local time at the offices of K&L Gates LLP, Suite 1009-1011, Tower C1,
Oriental Plaza, No.1 East Chang An Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing,
100738.
Details
of the business to be conducted at the Meeting are provided in the enclosed
Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement, which you are
urged to read carefully.
On behalf
of the Board of Directors, I cordially invite all stockholders to attend the
Meeting. It is important that your shares be voted on the matters scheduled to
come before the Meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the Meeting, I urge
you to vote your shares. For your convenience, we are providing three
ways in which you may vote your shares: (1) by internet, at www.proxyvote.com
and using the control number located on your proxy card; (2) by touch-tone
telephone, by dialing the toll-free telephone number located on your proxy card
and following the instructions; or (3) by mail, by executing and returning the
enclosed proxy card in the prepaid envelope provided. If you attend
the Meeting, you may revoke such proxy and vote in person if you wish. Even if
you do not attend the Meeting, you may revoke such proxy at any time prior to
the Meeting by executing another proxy bearing a later date or providing written
notice of such revocation to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Company.
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Sincerely,
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/s/
Liu Yu
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Liu
Yu
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Chairman
of the Board of Directors
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Important Notice Regarding the
Availability of Proxy Materials for the annual meeting of stockholders to be
held on December 30, 2010:
In accordance with rules and regulations
adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we are now providing access
to our proxy materials, including the proxy statement, our Annual Report for the
2009 fiscal year and a form of proxy relating to the annual meeting, over the
internet. All stockholders of record and beneficial owners will have the ability
to access the proxy materials at www.proxyvote.com. These proxy materials are
available free of charge.
ORSUS
XELENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTICE
OF THE 2010 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To
Be Held On December 30, 2010
NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Orsus Xelent
Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, will be on Thursday, December 30,
2009 at 9:00 a.m. local time at the offices of K&L Gates LLP, Suite
1009-1011, Tower C1, Oriental Plaza, No.1 East Chang An Avenue, Dongcheng
District, Beijing, 100738 for the following purposes:
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To
elect five (5) directors of the Company to hold office until the 2011
Annual Meeting of Stockholders;
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To
approve an amendment to the Company's certificate of incorporation to
implement a reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding
common stock at an exchange ratio of up to one (1) for thirty
(30).
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To
ratify the appointment of Kabani & Company, Inc. as the Company’s
independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010;
and
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To
conduct any other business properly brought before the annual meeting or
any adjournment or postponement
thereof.
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The
Board of Directors recommends that you vote in favor of each
proposal.
Stockholders
of record as of the Record Date (as defined below) are entitled to notice of,
and to vote at, this Meeting or any adjournment or postponement
thereof.
WHETHER
OR NOT YOU EXPECT TO BE PRESENT AT THE MEETING, PLEASE VOTE YOUR SHARES, SO THAT
A QUORUM WILL BE PRESENT AND A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES MAY BE VOTED. IT IS
IMPORTANT AND IN YOUR INTEREST FOR YOU TO VOTE YOUR SHARES. FOR YOUR
CONVENIENCE, WE HAVE PROVIDED THREE EASY METHODS IN WHICH YOU CAN VOTE YOUR
SHARES:
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By
Internet.
Visit www.proxyvote.com and enter the control
number located on your proxy card.
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By Touch-Tone
Telephone.
Dial the toll-free number found on your
proxy card and follow the simple
instructions.
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By
Mail.
Simply return your executed proxy in the
enclosed postage paid envelope.
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THE
PROXY IS REVOCABLE AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ITS USE.
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By
Order Of The Board Of Directors
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/s/
Liu Yu
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Liu
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Chairman
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ORSUS
XELENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
29
th
Floor,
Tower B, Chaowai MEN Office Building
26
Chaowai Street, Chaoyang Disc.
Beijing,
People’s Republic Of China 100020
This
Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy are being furnished with respect to
the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Orsus
Xelent Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “Orsus”),
for the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders (the “Meeting”) to be held at 9:00
a.m. local time
and
at any adjournment or adjournments thereof, at the offices of K&L Gates LLP,
Suite 1009-1011, Tower C1, Oriental Plaza, No.1 East Chang An Avenue, Dongcheng
District, Beijing, 100738
The
approximate date on which the Proxy Statement and form of proxy are intended to
be sent or given to the stockholders is November 12, 2010. The proxy
materials are also available free of charge on the internet at
www.proxyvote.com. Stockholders are invited to attend the
annual meeting to vote on the proposals described in this proxy
statement. However, stockholders do not need to attend the annual
meeting to vote. Instead,. stockholders may simply complete, sign and
return the proxy card, complete the proxy card online at www.proxyvote.com, or
vote by telephone by dialing the toll-free telephone number located on the proxy
card.
We will
bear the expense of solicitation of proxies for the Meeting, including the
printing and mailing of this Proxy Statement. We may request persons, and
reimburse them for their expenses with respect thereto, who hold stock in their
name or custody or in the names of nominees for others to forward copies of such
materials to those persons for whom they hold Common Stock (as defined below)
and to request authority for the execution of the proxies. In addition, some of
our officers, directors and employees, without additional compensation, may
solicit proxies on behalf of the Board personally or by mail, telephone or
facsimile.
VOTING SECURITIES, VOTING AND
PROXIES
Record
Date
Only
stockholders of record of our common stock, $.001 par value (the “Common
Stock”), as of the close of business on November 5, 2010 (the “Record Date”) are
entitled to notice and to vote at the Meeting and any adjournment or
adjournments thereof.
Voting
Stock
As of the
Record Date, there were 30,256,000 shares of Common Stock outstanding. Each
holder of Common Stock on the Record Date is entitled to one vote for each share
then held on the matter to be voted at the Meeting. No other class of voting
securities was then outstanding.
Quorum
The
presence at the Meeting of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
as of the Record Date, in person or by proxy, is required for a quorum. Should
you submit a proxy, even though you abstain as to the proposal, or you are
present in person at the Meeting, your shares shall be counted for the purpose
of determining if a quorum is present.
Broker
“non-votes” are included for the purposes of determining whether a quorum of
shares is present at the Meeting. A broker “non-vote” occurs when a nominee
holder, such as a brokerage firm, bank or trust company, holding shares of
record for a beneficial owner, does not vote on a particular proposal because
the nominee holder does not have discretionary voting power with respect to that
item and has not received voting instructions from the beneficial
owner.
Voting
The
election of directors requires the approval of a plurality of the votes cast at
the Meeting. For purposes of the proposal, abstentions and broker “non-votes”
will have no effect on the outcome.
The approval of the amendment to the
Company's certificate of incorporation to implement a reverse stock split of the
Company’s common stock at an exchange ratio of up to one (1) for thirty (30)
requires approval by a
majority of the votes
cast at the Meeting.
If you
are the beneficial owner, but not the registered holder of our shares, you
cannot directly vote those shares at the Meeting. You must provide voting
instructions to your nominee holder, such as your brokerage firm or
bank.
If you
wish to vote in person at the Meeting but you are not the record holder, you
must obtain from your record holder a “legal proxy” issued in your name and
bring it to the Meeting.
At the
Meeting, ballots will be distributed with respect to the proposal to each
stockholder (or the stockholder’s proxy if not the management proxy holders) who
is present and did not deliver a proxy to the management proxy holders or
another person. The ballots shall then be tallied, one vote for each share owned
of record, the votes being in three categories: “FOR,” “AGAINST” or
“ABSTAIN”.
Proxies
The form
of proxy solicited by the Board affords you the ability to specify a choice
among approval of, disapproval of, or abstention with respect to, the matters to
be acted upon at the Meeting. Shares represented by the proxy will be voted and,
where the solicited stockholder indicates a choice with respect to the matter to
be acted upon, the shares will be voted as specified. If no choice is given, a
properly executed proxy will be voted in favor of the proposal.
Revocability
of Proxies
Even if
you execute a proxy, you retain the right to revoke it and change your vote by
notifying us at any time before your proxy is voted. Such revocation may be
affected by execution of a subsequently dated proxy, or by a written notice of
revocation, sent to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer at the address
of our principal office set forth above in the Notice to this Proxy Statement or
your attendance and voting at the Meeting. Unless so revoked, the shares
represented by the proxies, if received in time, will be voted in accordance
with the directions given therein.
You are
requested, regardless of the number of shares you own or your intention to
attend the Meeting, to sign the proxy and return it promptly in the enclosed
envelope.
Interest
of Officers and Directors in Matters to Be Acted Upon
None of the officers or directors has
any interest in the matters to be acted upon.
Dissenter’s Rights of
Appraisal
Under the Delaware General Corporation
Law and the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, stockholders are not
entitled to any appraisal or similar rights of dissenters with respect to any of
the proposals to be acted upon at the Meeting.
PROPOSAL
ONE
ELECTION
OF DIRECTORS
Orsus
Xelent’s Board is currently comprised of five members, each serving a one year
term. Vacancies on the Board may be filled only by persons elected by a majority
of the remaining directors. A director elected by the Board to fill a vacancy
shall serve for the remainder of the term of that director and until the
director’s successor is elected and qualified. This includes vacancies created
by an increase in the number of directors.
The Board
has recommended for election Guoji Liu, Liu Yu, Naizhong Che, Guowei Zhang, and
Changhui Guo (the “Nominees”). If elected at the annual meeting, the Nominees
would serve until the 2011 Annual Meeting and until their successors are elected
and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or
removal.
Directors
are elected by a plurality of the votes present in person or represented by
proxy and entitled to vote at the annual meeting. Shares represented by executed
proxies will be voted, if authority to do so is not withheld, for the election
of Guoji Liu, Liu Yu, Naizhong Che, Guowei Zhang, and Changhui Guo. In the event
that any Nominee should be unavailable for election as a result of an unexpected
occurrence, such shares will be voted for the election of such substitute
nominee as the Board may propose. Each of Guoji Liu, Liu Yu, Naizhong Che,
Guowei Zhang, and Changhui Guo has agreed to serve if elected, and we have no
reason to believe that they will be unable to serve.
Our
directors and Nominees, their ages, positions with Orsus Xelent, the dates of
their initial election or appointment as director are as follows:
Name
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Guoji
Liu
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Director
and Chief Executive Officer
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March
2009
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Liu
Yu
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Chairman
of the Board
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March
2005
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Naizhong
Che (2)(3)
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Director
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February
2007
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Guowei
Zhang (1)(2)
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Director
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Nominee
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Changhui
Guo (1)(3)
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Director
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Nominee
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Member of Audit Committee
(2)
Member of Compensation Committee
(3)
Member of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
The following is a brief biography of
each director Nominee.
Guoji Liu
earned his
undergraduate degree at China Science and Technology University Management
College in 1993 and has over 15 years’ working experience in the cell phone
industry specializing in the marketing and management. Since September 2007,
Guoji Liu has served as a deputy General Manager of the Company and has helped
the Company capture a considerable market share of mid-level and low-end
products. Before joining the Company, Mr. Guoji Liu worked as a supervisor at
Pantech Beijing office (Mar. 2005 - Aug. 2007), a general manager at the
marketing department of Tianjin Sanyo Telecommunication Corp. (Nov. 2004 - Mar.
2005), the assistant of CEO for Beijing Huasong PYPO Group Co. Ltd. (Nov. 2003 -
Nov. 2004), a sales director for Xiamen Chabridge Telecom Equipment Co. Ltd.
(Oct. 2002 - Oct. 2003), an account manager for Beijing Nokia Telecommunication
Ltd. (1997 - 2002), and a sales director for Beijing Aurora telecommunication
Corp. Ltd. (1993 - 1997).
Liu Yu
has served as Chairman
of our Board since March 31, 2005 and a member of the Board of Beijing Xelent
since April 2003. From May 1998 to present he has also served as
Chairman of the Board of Beijing Huanyitong Technology & Trading Co.,
Ltd. From May 1995 to April 1998, he served as General Manager
of Beijing Lianwanjia Telecommunication Trading Center.
Naizhong Che
earned his B.S.
from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. Now retired,
he has broad experience in the communications industry including R&D,
production, imports and exports. He served twelve years with the
Ministry of Information Industry of China Posts and Telecommunications Industry
Standardization Institute in various capacities.
Guowei Zhang
, earned his B.S.
degree at Guangdong Industrial University and master’s degree in the
major of Communication at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He has
been working in the communication industry for 10 years. He has served as the
Vice President in Guangzhou YueXiu Electronics Technologies Ltd. since August,
2004. He worked as a Project Manager in Guangzohu JinPeng Group Ltd. from May,
2000 to July 2004, and as an Engineer in Guangzhou GuangDan Group Ltd. from
July, 1996 to May, 2000.
Changhui Guo
, earned his B.S.
degree at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications with the major of
Accounting and is a CPA. He has worked for HongXinHuaTong Ltd. as
Chief Financial Officer since 2003. From 1999 to 2003, he served as a Vice
Manager in PTAC Communications Services Co., Ltd. From 1997 to 1998,
he worked in Foreign Trade Accounting Department of PTAC, and from 1988 to 1996,
he worked in the Accounting Department.
***The
Board recommends that you vote “For” the election of each of
Gouji
Liu, Liu Yu, Naizhong Che, Guowei Zhang and Changhui Guo ***
PROPOSAL
2 – AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
TO
EFFECT A REVERSE STOCK SPLIT
Introduction
On
October 27, 2010, the Board approved an amendment to our Certificate of
Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the issued and outstanding
shares of our common stock up to a ratio of one (1) for thirty (30) (the
“Reverse Split”), which ratio shall be decided at the sole discretion of
management and to be approved by the Board. If management decides to implement
the Reverse Split, it will become effective upon the filing of the amendment to
our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware. If the Reverse Split is implemented, the number of issued and
outstanding shares of common stock would be reduced in accordance with the
exchange ratio selected by management. The form of amendment to our Certificate
of Incorporation to effect the Reverse Split is attached as
Annex A
hereto.
Reasons for the Reverse
Stock Reverse Split
Compliance with NYSE Amex Listing
Standards.
The Board’s primary objective in proposing the
Reverse Split is to increase the per share trading value of our common stock in
order to maintain the listing of the Company’s common stock on the NYSE Amex
exchange. Generally speaking, the minimum daily closing bid price per share of
common stock must be $1.00 or greater for continued listing on the NYSE Amex.
The Board and management believe that an increase in the trading price of our
common stock and the continued listing on the NYSE Amex will make the Company a
more attractive investment. Management intends to effect the proposed Reverse
Split, if at all, only if it believes that a decrease in the number of issued
and outstanding shares is likely to improve the trading market for the common
stock and the likelihood of the common stock’s continued listing on the NYSE
Amex. If the trading price of our common stock increases without the Reverse
Split, the Reverse Split may be deemed unnecessary. Even if we effect the
Reverse Split, however, there can be no assurance of a proportional or relative
increase in the per share trading price of our common stock.
The
purpose of seeking stockholder approval of an exchange ratio of not more than
one (1) for thirty (30), rather than a fixed exchange ratio, is to provide the
Company with the flexibility to achieve the desired results of the Reverse
Split. If the stockholders approve this proposal, management and the Board would
effect a Reverse Split only upon the determination that a Reverse Split would be
in the best interests of the Company at that time. No further action on the part
of stockholders would be required to either implement or abandon the Reverse
Split. Management and the Board reserve the right to elect not to proceed with
the Reverse Split if it determines that this proposal is no longer in the best
interests of the Company.
The
closing sale price of our common stock on the NYSE Amex on November 9, 2010 was
$0.16 per share.
Material Effects of Proposed
Reverse Stock Reverse Split
The Board
believes that the Reverse Split will increase the price level of our common
stock. The Board cannot predict, however, the effect of the Reverse Split upon
the market price for our common stock, and the history of similar reverse stock
splits for companies in similar circumstances is varied. The market price per
share of common stock after the Reverse Split may not rise in proportion to the
reduction in the number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding
resulting from the Reverse Split, which would reduce the market capitalization
of the Company. The market price of the common stock may also reflect our
performance and other factors, the effect of which the Board cannot
predict.
The
Reverse Split will affect all stockholders of the Company uniformly and will not
affect any stockholder’s percentage ownership interests or proportionate voting
power, except to the extent that the Reverse Split results in any of
stockholders owning a fractional share. In lieu of issuing fractional shares,
the Company will round up the number of shares of common stock to be received by
the stockholder. The rounding up of fractional shares will not have a material
effect of any stockholder’s percentage ownership interest or proportionate
voting power.
The
principal effects of the Reverse Split will be that (i) the number of shares of
common stock issued and outstanding will be reduced from 30,256,000 shares of
common stock as of November 5, 2010 to as few as 1,008,534 shares of common
stock, depending on the exact split ratio chosen by management and the Board,
and subject to immaterial differences because fractional shares will not be
issued and the number of shares of each holder will be rounded up to the nearest
whole share, (ii) options and warrants entitling the holders thereof to purchase
shares of common stock will enable such holders to purchase, upon exercise of
their options or warrants, the number of shares of common stock which such
holders would have been able to purchase upon exercise of their options or
warrants immediately preceding the Reverse Split, reduced proportionately by the
final ratio chosen by management, at an exercise price increased
proportionately, resulting in the same aggregate price being required to be paid
upon the exercise thereof immediately preceding the Reverse Split, and (iii) the
number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to our 2007 Omnibus Long-Term
Incentive Plan will be reduced to proportionately based upon the final ratio
chosen by management.
Procedure for Effecting
Reverse Split and Exchange of Stock Certificates
If the
Reverse Split is approved by our stockholders, and management and the Board
determines it is in the best interests of the Company to effect the Reverse
Split, the Reverse Split would become effective at such time as the amendment to
our Certificate of Incorporation is filed with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware. Upon the filing of the amendment, all of our existing common
stock will be converted into new common stock as set forth in the
amendment.
As soon
as practicable after the effective date of the Reverse Split, stockholders will
be notified that the Reverse Split has been effected. The notice will contain
instructions for the surrender of old certificates representing pre-Reverse
Split shares to Corporate Stock Transfer, our transfer agent, in exchange for
new certificates representing the post-Reverse Split shares. Until so
surrendered, each current certificate representing pre-Reverse Split shares will
be deemed for all corporate purposes after the effective time of the amendment
implementing the Reverse Split to evidence ownership of shares in the
appropriately reduced whole number of shares of our common stock. Stockholders
should not destroy any stock certificates and should not send in their old stock
certificates to Computershare until they have received the notice.
Generally,
stockholders whose shares are held by their broker do not need to submit old
share certificates for exchange. These shares will automatically reflect the new
quantity of shares based on the Reverse Split. If you hold your shares with such
a bank, broker, or other nominee and if you have questions in this regard, you
are encouraged to contact your nominee.
Management and Board
Discretion to Implement the Reverse Stock Reverse Split
If the
proposed amendment is approved by our stockholders, it will be implemented, if
at all, only upon a determination by our management and our Board that a reverse
stock split, at a ratio determined by management and the Board up to one (1) for
thirty (30), is in the best interests of our stockholders. The determination as
to whether such a split will be implemented and, if so, the ratio, will be based
upon several factors, including existing and expected marketability and
liquidity of our common stock, prevailing market conditions, and the likely
effect on the market price of our common stock.
Fractional
Shares
We will
not issue fractional certificates for post-Reverse Split shares in connection
with the Reverse Split. In lieu of issuing fractional shares, we will round up
the number of shares to be received by the holder to the next whole number of
shares.
No Dissenter’s
Rights
Under the
Delaware General Corporation Law, stockholders will not be entitled to
dissenter’s rights with respect to the proposed amendment to our Certificate of
Incorporation to effect the Reverse Split, and we do not intend to independently
provide stockholders with any such right.
Certain Material U.S.
Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Reverse Stock Split
The
following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences relating
to the Reverse Split as of the date hereof. Except where noted, this summary
deals only with a stockholder who is a U.S. Holder and holds common stock as a
capital asset. This summary does not address the tax considerations arising
under the laws of any foreign, state, or local jurisdiction.
For
purposes of this summary, a “U.S. holder” means a beneficial owner of common
stock who is any of the following for U.S. federal income tax purposes: (i) a
citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation created or
organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the
District of Columbia, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S.
federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust if (1) its
administration is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the
United States and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all of
its substantial decisions, or (2) it has a valid election in effect under
applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person. A non-U.S.
holder of common stock is a stockholder who is not a U.S. holder.
This
summary is based upon provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”), and regulations, rulings, and judicial decisions as of the
date hereof. Those authorities may be changed, perhaps retroactively, so as to
result in U.S. federal income tax considerations different from those summarized
below. This summary does not represent a detailed description of the U.S.
federal income tax consequences to a stockholder in light of his, her or its
particular circumstances. In addition, it does not purport to be complete and
does not address all aspects of federal income taxation that may be relevant to
stockholders in light of their particular circumstances or to stockholders that
may be subject to special tax rules, including, without limitation: (1)
stockholders subject to the alternative minimum tax; (2) banks, insurance
companies, or other financial institutions; (3) tax-exempt organizations; (4)
dealers in securities or commodities; (5) regulated investment companies or real
estate investment trusts; (6) traders in securities that elect to use a
mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities holdings; (7) foreign
stockholders or U.S. stockholders whose “functional currency” is not the U.S.
dollar; (8) persons holding common stock as a position in a hedging transaction,
“straddle,” “conversion transaction” or other risk reduction transaction; (9)
persons who acquire shares of common stock in connection with employment or
other performance of services; (10) dealers and other stockholders that do not
own their shares of common stock as capital assets; (11) U.S. expatriates, (12)
foreign entities; or (13) non-resident alien individuals. Moreover, this
description does not address the U.S. federal estate and gift tax, alternative
minimum tax, or other tax consequences of the Reverse Split.
Each
stockholder should consult his, her or its own tax advisers concerning the
particular U.S. federal tax consequences of the Reverse Split, as well as the
consequences arising under the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction, including
any foreign, state, or local income tax consequences.
To
ensure compliance with Treasury Department Circular 230, each holder of common
stock is hereby notified that: (a) any discussion of U.S. federal tax issues in
this proxy statement is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used,
by such holder for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on such
holder under the Code; (b) any such discussion has been included by the Company
in furtherance of the Reverse Split on the terms described herein; and (c) each
such holder should seek advice based on its particular circumstances from an
independent tax advisor.
Generally,
a reverse stock split will not result in the recognition of gain or loss by a
U.S. holder for U.S. federal income tax purposes. We believe that the Reverse
Split will qualify as a “reorganization” under Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Code.
Accordingly, provided that the fair market value of the post-Reverse Split
shares is equal to the fair market value of the pre-Reverse Split shares
surrendered in exchange therefor:
|
·
|
A
stockholder should not recognize any gain or loss in the Reverse
Split.
|
|
|
|
|
·
|
A
stockholder’s aggregate tax basis in its shares of post-Reverse Split
shares should be equal to its aggregate tax basis in the pre-Reverse Split
shares exchanged therefor.
|
|
·
|
A
stockholder’s holding period for the post-Reverse Split shares should
include the period during which the pre-Reverse Split shares surrendered
in exchange therefor were held.
|
No
opinion of counsel or ruling from the Internal Revenue Service has been or will
be sought, and this discussion is not binding on the Internal Revenue
Service.
***The
Board recommends a vote “For” the amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation
to effect a reverse split of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock
of not more than one (1) for thirty (30), with the final split ratio to be
decided upon at the sole discretion of our management and approved by our
Board.***
PROPOSAL
3 - RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF
KABANI
& COMPANY, INC.
The Audit
Committee of the Board has appointed Kabani & Company, Inc. as the Company’s
independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2010.
Bernstein
& Pinchuk LLP, the Company’s independent public accountants since August 10,
2009, were dismissed by the Company on July 15, 2010. The Audit
Committee approved the dismissal of Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP on July 15,
2010, and hired Kabani & Company, Inc. as the Company’s independent public
accountants effective July 15, 2010. For additional information,
please review the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
July 22, 2010 and “
Changes in
and Disagreements with Accountants
” below.
Representatives
of Kabani & Company, Inc. and Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP (a) are not
expected to be present at the Meeting; (b) will have the opportunity to make a
statement if they desire to do so; and (c) are not expected to be available to
respond to appropriate questions. .
We are
asking our stockholders to ratify the selection of Kabani & Company, Inc. as
our independent public accountants. Although ratification is not required by our
Bylaws or otherwise, the Board is submitting the selection of Kabani &
Company, Inc. to our stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate
practice.
The
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of shares represented in person or
by proxy and entitled to vote on this item will be required for approval.
Abstentions will be counted as represented and entitled to vote and will
therefore have the effect of a negative vote.
***The
Board recommends that you vote “For” the ratification of the appointment of
Kabani & Company, Inc. as the Company’s Independent Public Accountants for
fiscal year 2010. ***
In the
event stockholders do not ratify the appointment, the appointment will be
reconsidered by the Audit Committee and the Board. Even if the selection is
ratified, the Audit Committee in its discretion may select a different
independent public accounting firm at any time during the year if it determines
that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and our
stockholders.
Meetings
and Certain Committees of the Board
The Board
held six meetings during the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009. Each of the directors attended, either in person or
telephonically, at least 75% of the aggregate Board meetings and meetings of any
committees on which he served during his tenure as a director or committee
member.
On
February 7, 2007, the Company’s Board approved and authorized the establishment
of three committees to assist the Board in the execution of its
responsibilities: an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a
Nominations/Corporate Governance Committee. In accordance with NYSE Amex
Equities listing standards, all the committees are comprised solely of
non-employee, independent directors. Charters for each committee are available
on the Company’s website at www.orsus-xelent.com. The charter of each
committee is also available in print by stockholder request. The
table below shows current membership for each of the Board’s standing
committees:
Audit Committee
|
|
Nominating/Corporate
Governance Committee
|
|
Compensation Committee
|
Zhixiang
Zhang (Chair)
|
|
Naizhong
Che (Chair)
|
|
Naizhong
Che (Chair)
|
Peng
Wang
|
|
Zhixiang
Zhang
|
|
Peng
Wang
|
Board
Committees
Audit
Committee
The Audit
Committee is responsible for overseeing the Company’s corporate accounting,
financial reporting practices, audits of financial statements and the quality
and integrity of the Company’s financial statements and reports. In addition,
the Audit Committee oversees the qualifications, independence and performance of
the Company’s independent auditors. In furtherance of these responsibilities,
the Audit Committee’s duties include the following: evaluating the performance
of and assessing the qualifications of the independent auditors; determining and
approving the engagement of the independent auditors to perform audit, reviewing
and attesting to services and performing any proposed permissible non-audit
services; evaluating employment by the Company of individuals formerly employed
by the independent auditors and engaged on the Company’s account and any
conflicts or disagreements between the independent auditors and management
regarding financial reporting, accounting practices or policies; discussing with
management and the independent auditors the results of the annual audit;
reviewing the financial statements proposed to be included in the Company’s
annual report on Form 10-K; discussing with management and the independent
auditors the results of the auditors’ review of the Company’s quarterly
financial statements; conferring with management and the independent auditors
regarding the scope, adequacy and effectiveness of internal auditing and
financial reporting controls and procedures; and establishing procedures for the
receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal
accounting control and auditing matters and the confidential and anonymous
submission by employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or
auditing matters.
The Audit
Committee is currently comprised of Zhixiang Zhang (Chair) and Peng Wang, both
of whom are “independent,” as defined in applicable SEC rules and the NYSE Amex
Equities Company Guide. Immediately following the Meeting, assuming
the election of the Nominees for director, the Audit Committee will be comprised
of Changhui Guo (Chair) and Guowei Zhang, each of whom will be “independent” as
defined by NASDAQ rules. The Audit Committee met four times during the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2009. The Board has determined that each of Zhixiang
Zhang and Changhui Guo qualify as an “audit committee financial expert,” as
defined in applicable SEC rules implementing Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002. The Board made a qualitative assessment of each of Mr. Zhang’s and
Mr. Guo’s level of knowledge and experience based on a number of factors,
including his formal education and experience.
The Audit
Committee operates under the written Audit Committee Charter adopted by the
Board in February of 2007, a copy of which may be obtained by writing the
Secretary of the Company at 29th Floor, Tower B, Chaowai MEN Office Building, 26
Chaowai Street, Chaoyang Disc., Beijing, People’s Republic of China 100020. The
Report of the Audit Committee is included elsewhere in this proxy
statement.
Compensation
Committee
The
Compensation Committee reviews and, as it deems appropriate, recommends to the
Board’ policies, practices and procedures relating to the compensation of the
officers and other managerial employees and the establishment and administration
of employee benefit plans. It advises and consults with the officers of the
Company as may be requested regarding managerial personnel policies. The
Compensation Committee also has such additional powers as may be conferred upon
it from time to time by the Board. The Compensation Committee is currently
comprised of the following directors of the Company: Naizhong Che (Chair) and
Peng Wang, both of whom are “independent” as defined by the Company Guide of
NYSE Amex Equities. Immediately following the Meeting, assuming election of the
Nominees for director, the Compensation Committee will consist of Naizhong Che
and Guowei Zhang. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the
Compensation Committee met one time. The Compensation Committee operates under
the written Compensation Committee Charter adopted by the Board in February of
2007, a copy of which may be obtained by writing the Secretary of the Company at
29th Floor, Tower B, Chaowai MEN Office Building, 26 Chaowai Street, Chaoyang
Disc., Beijing, People’s Republic of China 100020.
Compensation
Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation in Compensation
Decisions
During the last fiscal year, none of
the members of the Company’s Compensation Committee was an officer or employee
of the Company. None of the members of the Company’s Compensation
Committee is a former officer of the Company, or has had any relationship
required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K.
During
the last fiscal year, none of the Company’s executive officers served on the
board of directors or compensation committee of any other entity whose executive
officers served either on the Company’s Board or Compensation
Committee.
Nominating
and Corporate Governance Committee
The
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (“Nominating Committee”) is
responsible for preparing a list of candidates to fill the expiring terms of
directors serving on our Board. The Nominating Committee submits the list of
candidates to the Board who determines which candidates will be nominated to
serve on the Board. The names of nominees are then submitted for election at our
Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The Nominating Committee also submits to the
entire Board a list of nominees to fill any interim vacancies on the Board
resulting from the departure of a member of the Board for any reason prior to
the expiration of his term. In recommending nominees to the Board, the
Nominating Committee keeps in mind the functions of this body. The Nominating
Committee considers various criteria, including the ability of the individual to
meet the SEC and NYSE Amex Equities “independence” requirements, general
business experience, general financial experience, knowledge of the Company’s
industry (including past industry experience), education, and demonstrated
character and judgment. The Nominating Committee will consider director nominees
recommended by a stockholder if the stockholder mails timely notice to the
Secretary of the Company at its principal offices, which notice includes (i) the
name, age and business address of such nominee, (ii) the principal occupation of
such nominee, (iii) a brief statement as to such nominee’s qualifications, (iv)
a statement that such nominee consents to his or her nomination and will serve
as a director if elected, (v) whether such nominee meets the definition of an
“independent” director under the rules of the NYSE Amex Equities listing
standards and (vi) the name, address, class and number of shares of capital
stock of the Company held by the nominating stockholder. Any person nominated by
a stockholder for election to the Board will be evaluated based on the same
criteria as all other nominees.
The
Nominating Committee also oversees our adherence to our corporate governance
standards. The members of the Nominating Committee are Naizhong Che (Chair) and
Zhixiang Zhang, both of whom are “independent” as defined by the Company Guide
of NYSE Amex Equities. Immediately following the Meeting, assuming the election
of the Nominees for director, the Nominating Committee will consist of Naizhong
Che (Chair) and Changhui Guo. For the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009, the Nominating Committee met three times. The Nominating
Committee operates under the written Nominating Committee Charter adopted by the
Board in February of 2007, a copy of which may be obtained by writing the
Secretary of the Company at 29th Floor, Tower B, Chaowai MEN Office Building, 26
Chaowai Street, Chaoyang Disc., Beijing, People’s Republic of China
100020.
During
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, there were no changes to the procedures
by which holders of our common stock may recommend nominees to the
Board.
Board
Leadership Structure and Risk Oversight
The Board
does not have a formal policy with respect to whether the roles of Chief
Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board should be separate and, if they are
to be separate, whether the Chairman of the Board should be selected from among
the non-employee directors or management. The Board believes that it should be
free to make a choice from time to time in any manner that is in the best
interests of the Company and its shareholders. Two individuals currently hold
the positions of Chairman of our Board and Chief Executive Officer.
We
administer our risk oversight function primarily through our Audit Committee.
Our Audit Committee is empowered to appoint and oversee our independent
registered public accounting firm, monitor the integrity of our financial
reporting processes and systems of internal controls and provide an avenue of
communication among our independent auditors, management, our internal auditing
department and our Board. In addition to the Audit Committee, both
the Board’s Compensation Committee and Nominating Committee consider risks
within their respective areas of responsibility. The Compensation Committee
oversees risks associated with the Company’s compensation plans and programs and
the Nominating Committee oversees risks associated with the Company’s corporate
governance policies.
Report
of the Audit Committee
(as
set forth in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009)
The Audit
Committee was established on February 7, 2007 and is composed of non-management
directors. It is currently composed of two independent directors, Zhixiang Zhang
(Chair) and Peng Wang, and operates under the written Audit Committee charter
adopted by the Board on February 7, 2007. For the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009, the Audit Committee met four times.
Under its
charter, the Audit Committee provides assistance and guidance to the Board in
fulfilling its oversight responsibilities to the Company’s stockholders with
respect to the Company’s corporate accounting and reporting practices as well as
the quality and integrity of the Company’s financial statements and reports. The
Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have the
primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process,
including the systems of internal controls. The Company’s independent auditors
are responsible for auditing the Company’s financial statements and expressing
an opinion on the conformity of the audited financial statements with generally
accepted accounting principles. The Audit Committee’s responsibility is to
monitor and oversee these processes.
To this
end, the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial
statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 with
management and Bernstein & Pinchuk, the Company’s independent auditor. The
Audit Committee discussed with Bernstein & Pinchuk certain matters related
to the conduct of the audit as required by Statement on Auditing Standards 61,
as amended by Statement on Auditing Standards 90. In addition, the Audit
Committee has received from Bernstein & Pinchuk the written disclosures and
the letter regarding the auditor’s independence required by Independence
Standards Board Standard No. 1 and has discussed with Bernstein & Pinchuk
its independence.
In
reliance on the reviews and discussions described above, the Audit Committee
recommended to the Board that the Company’s audited financial statements for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 be included in the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, and the Board accepted the
Audit Committee’s recommendation.
The Audit
Committee selected Bernstein & Pinchuk Certified Public Accounts as the
Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. The
selection of auditors is determined by the Audit Committee. Although
ratification by stockholders is not required by our Bylaws or otherwise, at our
Annual Meeting of Stockholders on December 31, 2009, the Board submitted the
selection of Bernstein & Pinchuck to our stockholders for ratification as a
matter of good corporate practice.
AUDIT
COMMITTEE
Zhixiang
Zhang (Chair)
Peng
Wang
Stockholder
Communications
The Board
welcomes communications from our stockholders, and maintains a process for
stockholders to communicate with the Board. Stockholders who wish to
communicate with the Board may send a letter to the Chairman of the Board of
Orsus Xelent Technologies, Inc., at 12th Floor, Tower B, Chaowai MEN Office
Building, 26 Chaowai Street, Chaoyang Disc., Beijing, People’s Republic Of China
100020. The mailing envelope must contain a clear notation indicating
that the enclosed letter is a “Stockholder-Board Communication.” All
such letters should identify the author as a security holder. All
such letters will be reviewed by the Chairman of the Board and submitted to the
entire Board no later than the next regularly scheduled Board
meeting.
Annual
Meetings
We have
no policy with respect to director attendance at annual meetings.
Compensation
of Directors
As of the fiscal year ended December
31, 2009, the compensation of the directors was as follows:
Name
|
|
Fees Earned or
Paid In Cash
(US$’000)
|
|
|
Stock
Awards
(US$’000)
|
|
|
Option
Awards
(US$’000)
|
|
|
All Other
Compensation
(US$’000)
|
|
|
Total
(US$’000)
|
|
GuojiLiu
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
Yu
Liu
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
102
|
(1)
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
102
|
|
Naizhong
Che
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Peng
Wang
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Zhixiang
Zhang
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Jian
Gao (2)
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
(1)
|
As
of December 31, 2009, Yu Liu had 150,000 option awards outstanding.
Therefore, US$102,000 have been recognized for financial statement
reporting purposes in accordance with FAS 123R for such
awards.
|
|
|
(2)
|
Jian
Gao resigned from his position as a member of the Company’s Board on March
27, 2009.
|
On March
27, 2008, the Board adopted a proposal to compensate directors for their service
to the Company. The compensation for all directors was set at US$2,000 per month
for service from February 7, 2007 to March 4, 2008, with each director being
paid in accordance with their term on the Board. For service from March 5, 2008
to December 31, 2008, the compensation for committee chairpersons was increased
to US$2,500, but compensation for other directors or committee members remained
at US$2,000 per month. Any income tax owed by directors in PRC on such
compensation is deducted from the salary and paid to the tax authority by the
Company, with any directors outside of PRC arranging for the payment of any
applicable income taxes. Previously, the Company did not pay compensation to its
directors. All directors are reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses in
connection with attendance at Board and/or committee meetings. The Company is in
the process of evaluating whether to establish other compensation plans (e.g.
options) in the future.
Retirement,
Post-Termination and Change in Control
We have
no retirement, pension, or profit-sharing programs for the benefit of directors,
officers or other employees, nor do we have post-termination or change in
control arrangements with directors, officer or other employees, but our Board
may recommend adoption of one or more such programs in the future.
EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
General
Certain
information concerning our executive officers as of the date of this proxy
statement is set forth below.
Name
|
|
Age
|
|
Position
With Orsus
|
|
Served
From
|
Guoji
Liu (1)
|
|
41
|
|
Director
and Chief Executive Officer
|
|
March
2009
|
Hua
Chen (2)
|
|
49
|
|
Chief
Financial Officer
|
|
August
2009
|
(1)
|
For
complete biography see page 7.
|
|
|
(2)
|
Prior
to his appointment as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, Mr. Hua Chen
was the Acting CFO of Daye Transmedia Co. Ltd., one of the top media
companies in the People’s Republic of China, from May 2008 to April
2009. In addition, from August 2005 to May of 2008 he was the
Vice General Manager of Elight Capital Inc., a financial consulting
company, and from April 1999 to May 2008 he was the Chief Analyst of Genes
Capital Group, which performs assets management and investment
analysis. Mr. Hua Chen entered a one year employment
arrangement with the Company and will receive a base salary compensation
of RMB 30,000 (approximately US$4,390) per month for his position as Chief
Financial Officer of the Company.
|
Certain
Relationships, Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
Related
Party Transaction Policy
Other
than the Company's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, the Board does not have
a specific written policy regarding the review of related party transactions.
The Board does, however, follow certain procedures relating to the approval of
transactions involving related parties. Related parties generally include
executive officers and directors, stockholders owning more than 5% of the
Company’s common stock or immediate family members of any such persons. A
related party transaction will be approved only if it is disclosed to the Board
and is approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board. Prior
to approving any related party transaction, the members of the Board reviewing
such transaction must (i) be satisfied that they received all material facts
relating to the transaction, (ii) have considered all relevant facts and
circumstances available to them and (iii) have determined that the transaction
is in (or not inconsistent with) the best interests of the Company’s
stockholders. No director that is an interested party in a transaction may
participate in the discussion or approval of such transaction. Other than as
disclosed below, during fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, based on written
representations from the executive officers and directors of the Company, there
were no related party transactions.
The
following is a description of related party transactions involving more than (1)
US $120,000, or (2) one percent of the average of the Company’s total assets at
year end for the last two completed fiscal years, since the beginning of our
last fiscal year, between us and our directors, Nominees, executive officers,
stockholders owning more than 5% of the Company’s common stock or members of
their immediate family:
Mr. Xin
Wang (former officer, director and significant shareholder of the Orsus Xelent)
and Yu Liu (Chairman of the Board of the Company) have outstanding loans to the
Company, which are unsecured, interest-free and repayable by the Company on
demand of the creditor. The amount outstanding as of December 31, 2009 is
$611,000. The amount outstanding as of December 31, 2008 is $457,000.
The amount of principal paid on these loans since January 1, 2008 is
$0.
The
Company has bank loans that were guaranteed by a director, Mr. Yu
Liu. The amount outstanding as of December 31, 2009 is $9,390,000
compared with outstanding bank loan of $9,484,000 for the same period of 2008.
The Company repaid a bank loan in February 2009 with the amount of $2,690,000
and got a new bank loan with the amount of $2,822,000. The interests rate of
above bank loans arose from 6.372% to 10.08%. As of December 31, 2009, interest
expenses incurred for the year ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were US$911 and
US$979, respectively.
Director
Independence
Messrs.
Naizhong Che, Peng Wang and Zhixiang Zhang are all non-employee directors, and
all of whom our Board has determined are independent pursuant to the AMEX Rules
and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission. All of the members of
our Board’s Audit Committee, Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee and
Compensation Committee are independent pursuant to the AMEX Rules and the rules
of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SECURITY
OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The
following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our
Common Stock as of November 5, 2010 for each person known by us to be the
beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding shares of Common
Stock. Unless otherwise indicated, we believe that all persons named
in the table have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of
Common Stock beneficially owned by them.
|
|
|
|
Amount and Nature of Beneficial
Ownership
(2)
|
|
Title
of
Class
|
|
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
(1)
|
|
Number
of Shares
(3)
|
|
|
Percent
of
Voting Stock
(4)
|
|
Common
|
|
Liu
Yu, Chairman of the Board
|
|
|
6,150,000
|
|
|
|
20.33
|
%
|
(1)
|
Unless
otherwise noted, the address is that of the
Company.
|
(2)
|
On
November 5, 2010, there were 30,256,000 shares of our Common Stock
outstanding. Each person named above has sole investment and
voting power with respect to all shares of the Common Stock shown as
beneficially owned by the person, except as otherwise indicated
below.
|
(3)
|
Under
applicable rules promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), a person is deemed
the “beneficial owner” of a security with regard to which the person,
directly or indirectly, has or shares (a) the voting power, which includes
the power to vote or direct the voting of the security, or (b) the
investment power, which includes the power to dispose or direct the
disposition of the security, in each case irrespective of the person’s
economic interest in the security. Under these SEC rules, a
person is deemed to beneficially own securities which the person has the
right to acquire within 60 days through (x) the exercise of any option or
warrant or (y) the conversion of another
security.
|
(4)
|
In
determining the percent of our Common Stock owned by a person (a) the
numerator is the number of shares of our Common Stock beneficially owned
by the person, including shares the beneficial ownership of which may be
acquired within 60 days upon the exercise of options or warrants or
conversion of convertible securities, and (b) the denominator is the total
of (i) the 30,256,000 shares of our Common Stock outstanding on November
12, 2009 and (ii) any shares of our Common Stock which the person has the
right to acquire within 60 days upon the exercise of options or warrants
or conversion of convertible securities. Neither the numerator
nor the denominator includes shares which may be issued upon the exercise
of any other options or warrants or the conversion of any other
convertible securities.
|
The
following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our
Common Stock as of November 5, 2010 for each of our officers and directors and
all our officers and directors as a group. Unless otherwise
indicated, we believe that all persons named in the table have sole voting and
investment power with respect to all shares of Common Stock beneficially owned
by them.
|
|
|
|
Amount and Nature of Beneficial
Ownership
(2)
|
|
Title
of
Class
|
|
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
(1)
|
|
Number
of Shares
(3)
|
|
|
Percent
of
Voting Stock
(4)
|
|
Common
|
|
Guoji
Liu, Chief Executive Officer and Director
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Common
|
|
Liu
Yu, Chairman of the Board
|
|
|
6,150,000
|
|
|
|
20.33
|
%
|
Common
|
|
Zhao
Hongwei, Chief Financial Officer
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Common
|
|
Naizhong
Che, Director
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Common
|
|
Peng
Wang, Director
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Common
|
|
Zhixiang
Zhang, Director
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
|
|
Directors
and executive officers as a group (6 persons)
|
|
|
6,150,000
|
|
|
|
20.33
|
%
|
(1)
|
Unless
otherwise noted, the address is that of the
Company.
|
(2)
|
On
November 5, 2010, there were 30,256,000 shares of our Common Stock
outstanding. Each person named above has sole investment and
voting power with respect to all shares of the Common Stock shown as
beneficially owned by the person, except as otherwise indicated
below.
|
(3)
|
Under
applicable rules promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, a
person is deemed the “beneficial owner” of a security with regard to which
the person, directly or indirectly, has or shares (a) the voting power,
which includes the power to vote or direct the voting of the security, or
(b) the investment power, which includes the power to dispose or direct
the disposition of the security, in each case irrespective of the person’s
economic interest in the security. Under these SEC rules, a
person is deemed to beneficially own securities which the person has the
right to acquire within 60 days through (x) the exercise of any option or
warrant or (y) the conversion of another
security.
|
(4)
|
In
determining the percent of our Common Stock owned by a person (a) the
numerator is the number of shares of our Common Stock beneficially owned
by the person, including shares the beneficial ownership of which may be
acquired within 60 days upon the exercise of options or warrants or
conversion of convertible securities, and (b) the denominator is the total
of (i) the 30,256,000 shares of our Common Stock outstanding on November
5, 2010 and (ii) any shares of our Common Stock which the person has the
right to acquire within 60 days upon the exercise of options or warrants
or conversion of convertible securities. Neither the numerator
nor the denominator includes shares which may be issued upon the exercise
of any other options or warrants or the conversion of any other
convertible securities.
|
Securities Authorized for Issuance
Under Equity Compensation Plans
.
As of the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2009,
Plan category
|
|
Number of securities to
be issued upon exercise
of outstanding options,
warrants and rights
|
|
Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and rights
|
|
Number of securities remaining
available for future issuance under
equity compensation plans (excluding
securities reflected at left)
|
|
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
|
614,000
(1)
|
|
2.26
(1)
|
|
3,886,000
|
|
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,886,000
|
|
(1)
|
As
of December 31, 2009, options to purchase 614,000 shares of common stock
at an exercise price of US$2.26, the close price on the grant date, April
2, 2008, were issued under the 2007 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan. As
of April 15, 2010, none of the grantees has executed these stock
options.
|
Compensation
of Officers
The following table sets forth
information concerning all cash and non-cash compensation awarded to, earned by
or paid to all of the executive officers of the Company, who served during the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, for
Name &
Principal
Position
|
|
Year
|
|
|
Salary
(3)
(US$)
|
|
|
Bonus
(US$)
|
|
|
Stock
Awards
(US$)
|
|
|
Option
Awards
(4)
(US$)
|
|
|
All Other
Compensation
(US$)
|
|
|
Total
(US$)
|
|
Guoji,
Liu
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
CEO
and director
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Hua
Chen
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
CFO
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
Prior
CEO -
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
18,000
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
18,000
|
|
Xin
Wang (1)
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
71,529
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
177,000
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
248,529
|
|
Prior
CFO -
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
30,730
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
30,730
|
|
Hongwei
Zhao (2)
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
56,017
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
94,400
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
150,417
|
|
(1)
|
Mr.
Xin Wang resigned from his positions as Chief Executive Officer and as a
member of the Board of the Company on March 27, 2009. Mr. Guoji Liu was
appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Company on March 27,
2009.
|
(2)
|
Mr.
Hongwei Zhao resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer of the
Company on August 14, 2009. And Mr. Hua Chen was appointed as Chief
Financial Officer on August 14,
2009.
|
(3)
|
“Salary”
listed above represents the amount of compensation that each person is
owed for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 and December 31,
2008.
In
response to the international financial market recession that began during
the second half of 2008, our officers have agreed to extend the payment
for a portion of their salaries until a time mutually agreed upon by the
Company and the officer. As of December 31, 2008, they only received a
portion of their cash compensation and have recorded unpaid salaries as
liabilities
|
|
§
|
Mr.
Wang Xin received $4,077.39 during the period, deferring $67,451.61 of
compensation.
|
|
§
|
Mr.
Zhao Hongwei received $27,444.31 during the period, deferring $28.572.69
of compensation.
|
As of
December 31, 2009, all of their salaries are deferring.
(4)
|
“Option
Awards” refer to the dollar amount recognized for financial statement
reporting purposes in accordance with FAS 123R for options awarded during
the reporting period.
|
Other
than those listed in the table above, there was no officer of the Company whose
combined salary and bonus for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 exceeded
US$100,000. The amounts listed in the table above were paid by Xelent, the
wholly owned subsidiary of our wholly owned subsidiary UFIL. While we do have
employment agreements with our executive officers, the salary for our executive
officers is at the discretion of our Board. We expect to pay substantially
similar compensation to our executives in the future and anticipate continuing
to pay them through Xelent.
The
Company adopted our 2007 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), as
approved by our stockholders at the Annual Meeting on December 18, 2007. For
additional information on the Plan, please see the Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 11, 2008. On April
2, 2008, the Board of the Company agreed to grant certain options to management
officers who made major contributions to the formation and development of the
Company as one-time awards. The number of shares of stock and the Company
officials who received awards under the Plan are as follows:
Designated
Grantees
|
|
Shares of Stock
Options
|
|
|
Exercise
Price
(US$)
|
|
Exercisable
Date
|
|
Expiration
Date
|
Xiaolong
Wang
|
|
|
96,000
|
|
|
|
2.26
|
|
July
2, 2008
|
|
April
2, 2018
|
Wei
Wu
|
|
|
28,000
|
|
|
|
2.26
|
|
July
2, 2008
|
|
April
2, 2018
|
Hongyu
Che
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
2.26
|
|
July
2, 2008
|
|
April
2, 2018
|
Feng
Wan
|
|
|
40,000
|
|
|
|
2.26
|
|
July
2, 2008
|
|
April
2, 2018
|
Shulin
Yang
|
|
|
20,000
|
|
|
|
2.26
|
|
July
2, 2008
|
|
April
2, 2018
|
Hongwei
Zhao (1)
|
|
|
80,000
|
|
|
|
2.26
|
|
July
2, 2008
|
|
April
2, 2018
|
Yu
Liu
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
|
2.26
|
|
July
2, 2008
|
|
April
2, 2018
|
Xin
Wang (2)
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
|
2.26
|
|
July
2, 2008
|
|
April
2, 2018
|
(1)
|
Mr.
Zhao Hongwei resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer on
August 14, 2009.
|
(2)
|
Mr.
Xin Wang resigned from his positions as Chief Executive Officer and as a
member of the Board of the Company on March 27,
2009.
|
Outstanding
Equity Awards at December 31, 2009
|
|
Option awards
|
Name
|
|
Number of
securities
underlying
unexercised
options
(#)
[exercisable]
|
|
Number of
securities
underlying
unexercised
options
(#)
[unexercisable]
|
|
Equity incentive
plan awards:
Number of
securities
underlying
unexercised
unearned
options
(#)
|
|
|
Option
exercise
price
(US$’)
|
|
Option
expiration date
|
Xin
Wang, CEO (1)
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
2.26
|
|
April
2, 2018
|
Hongwei
Zhao, CFO (2)
|
|
|
80,000
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
2.26
|
|
April
2, 2018
|
(1)
|
Mr.
Xin Wang resigned from his positions as Chief Executive Officer and as a
member of the Board of the Company on March 27,
2009.
|
(2)
|
Mr.
Hongwei Zhao resigned from his position as Chief Financial Officer on
August 14, 2009.
|
As of as
of December 31, 2009, the Company did not have nonqualified deferred
compensation and did not have any post-employment payments to
report.
As
stipulated by PRC regulations, the Company maintains a defined contribution
retirement plan for all of its employees who are residents of the PRC. All
retired employees of the Company are entitled to an annual pension equal to
their basic annual salary upon retirement. The Company contributed to a state
sponsored retirement plan approximately 20% of the basic salary of its employees
and has no further obligations for the actual pension payments or
post-retirement benefits beyond the annual contributions. The state sponsored
retirement plan is responsible for the entire pension obligation payable to all
employees. The pension expenses were US$3,000 and US$59,000 for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008 respectively.
Employment
Agreements
While we
do have employment agreements with our executive officers, the salary for our
executive officers is at the discretion of our Board.
Our
Compensation Committee is comprised of three members and is responsible for the
administration of all salary, bonus and incentive compensation plans for our
officers and key employees. The members of our Compensation Committee are
Naizhong Che (Chair), Zhixiang Zhang and Peng Wang, all of whom are
“independent” directors.
Section
16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires the Company’s
directors, executive officers and persons who own more than 10% of a registered
class of the Company’s equity securities, to file with the SEC initial reports
of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of common stock and other
equity securities of the Company. Directors, officers and greater than 10%
stockholders are required to furnish the Company with copies of all
Section 16(a) forms they file.
To the
Company’s knowledge, based solely on a review of the copies of such reports
furnished to the Company, with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009, the officers, directors and beneficial owners of more than 10% of our
common stock have filed their initial statements of ownership on Form 3 on a
timely basis, and the officers, directors and beneficial owners of more than 10%
of our common stock have also filed the required Forms 4 or 5 on a timely basis,
except for the timely filing of the Form 4 for Wang Xin, the former Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, for the sale of stock pursuant to Rule 144 on
June 25, 26, and 29, 2009 due to unforeseen delays and was subsequently filed
with the SEC on July 2, 2009. The following are the transaction dates and
details. All transactions were made in the open market.
|
|
Transaction Details
|
|
Transaction Date
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Price
|
|
25-Jun-09
|
|
|
60,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.7692
|
|
26-Jun-09
|
|
|
60,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.7289
|
|
29-Jun-09
|
|
|
60,000
|
|
|
$
|
0.8140
|
|
Arrangements
or Understandings
There was
no arrangement or understanding between any of our directors and any other
person pursuant to which any director was to be selected as a
director.
Involvement
in Certain Legal Proceedings
During
the past ten (10) years, none of the directors or executive officers has been
involved in any legal proceedings that are material to the evaluation of their
ability or integrity.
The
Company is party to certain litigation/arbitration with regards to amounts
payable to suppliers for which the Company was not satisfied with the
quality and timing of the goods supplied. However, the amount in question
is not material to the Company and we believe that such litigation/arbitration
will not have a material adverse effect on us or our business and that we will
be able to resolve these issues through further business
negotiations.
Family
Relationships
There are
no family relationships between any two (2) or more of the Company’s directors
or executive officers.
Changes
in and Disagreements with Accountants
Change from Moores Rowland
Mazars to
PKF
Hong
Kong
Certified Public
Accountants
Following
the reorganization of Moores Rowland Mazars (“Moores”) on June 1, 2007, in which
certain of its partners joined Mazars CPA Limited (“Mazars”) and Moores changed
its name to Moores Rowland, Moores resigned as the Company’s independent public
accountants effective June 29, 2007. Moores had been the Company’s
independent public accountants since May 9, 2005. The Audit Committee
approved the resignation of Moores on June 29, 2007. As reported in
our Form 8-K filed on July 6, 2007, the Company appointed Mazars as its
independent accountant effective as of June 29, 2007. Certain members of Moores
formed Mazars, and we hired that firm to be our independent
accountant.
On
October 17, 2008, Mazars resigned as the independent public accountants of the
Company. The Audit Committee approved the resignation of Mazars on October 21,
2008. Mazars’ audit report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements
for each of the past two fiscal years did not contain an adverse opinion or
disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty,
audit scope or accounting principles.
During
the Company’s two most recent fiscal years and through the subsequent interim
period on or prior to October 17, 2008, (a) there were no disagreements between
the Company and Mazars on any matter of accounting principles or practices,
financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which
disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Mazars, would have caused
Mazars to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection
with its report; and (b) no reportable events as set forth in Item
304(a)(1)(v)(A) through (D) of Regulation S-K have occurred. Mazars furnished a
letter addressed to the SEC stating that it agreed with the above statements.
Such letter, dated October 21, 2008, was attached as Exhibit 16.1 to the
Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 22,
2008.
Engagement
of new independent registered public accounting firm, PKF Hong Kong Certified
Public Accountants
The Audit
Committee appointed PKF Hong Kong Certified Public Accountants (“PKF”) as the
Company’s independent public accountants, effective on October 21, 2008. During
the Company’s two most recent fiscal years and subsequent interim period on or
prior to October 21, 2008, the Company had not consulted with PKF regarding the
application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either
completed or proposed, or any of the matters or events set forth in Item
304(a)(2) of Regulation S-K.
Change from
PKF
Hong
Kong
Certified Public Accountants
to Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP
On August
10, 2009, PKF resigned as the independent public accountants of the Company. The
Audit Committee approved the resignation of PFK on August 13, 2009. PFK’s audit
report on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for each of the past
fiscal years did not contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, and
was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting
principles.
During
the Company’s most recent fiscal years and through the subsequent interim period
on or prior to August 10, 2009, (a) there were no disagreements between the
Company and PFK on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial
statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if
not resolved to the satisfaction of PFK, would have caused PFK to make reference
to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its report; and (b)
no reportable events as set forth in Item 304(a)(1)(v)(A) through (D) of
Regulation S-K have occurred. PFK furnished a letter addressed to the
SEC stating that it agreed with the above statements. Such letter, dated August
13, 2009, was attached as Exhibit 16.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the SEC on August 14, 2009.
Engagement
of new independent registered public accounting firm, Bernstein & Pinchuk
LLP
The Audit
Committee appointed Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP (“B&P”) as the Company’s new
independent public accountants, effective on August 10, 2009. During the
Company’s two most recent fiscal years and subsequent interim period on or prior
to August 10, 2009, the Company has not consulted with B&P regarding the
application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either
completed or proposed, or any of the matters or events set forth in Item
304(a)(2) of Regulation S-K.
Change from Bernstein &
Pinchuk LLP to Kabani & Company, Inc.
On July 15, 2010, B&P were
dismissed as the independent auditors of the Company. The Audit
Committee approved the dismissal of B&P on July 15,
2010. B&P’s audit report on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements for each of the past fiscal years did not contain an adverse opinion
or disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty,
audit scope or accounting principles,
During the Company’s most recent fiscal
years and through the subsequent interim period on or prior to July 15, 2010,
(a) there were no disagreements between the Company and B&P on any matter of
accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing
scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of
B&P, would have caused B&P to make reference to the subject matter of
the disagreement in connection with its report; and (b) no reportable events as
set forth in Item 304(a)(1)(v)(A) through (D) of Regulation S-K have
occurred. B&P furnished a letter addressed to the SEC stating
that it agreed with the above statements. Such letter, dated July 22,
2010, was attached as Exhibit 16.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on July 22, 2010.
Engagement
of new independent registered public accounting firm, Kabani & Company,
Inc.
The Audit Committee appointed Kabani
& Company, Inc. (“Kabani”) as the Company’s new independent auditors,
effective from July 15, 2010. During the Company’s most recent fiscal
years and subsequent interim period on or prior to July 15, 2010, the Company
has not consulted with Kabani regarding the application of accounting
principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or any of
the matters or events set forth in Item 304(a)(2) of Regulation
S-K.
Principal
Accounting Fees and Services
Set below are aggregate fees billed by
the Company’s independent auditors for professional services rendered for the
audit of the Company’s annual financial statements for the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the review of the financial statements included
in the Company’s Forms 10-Q for 2009 and 2008.
Audit
Fees
During
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, the fees for our principal accountant
were US$115,000 which included US$30,000 for three quarterly reviews, and US
$85,000for the preparation of the annual report on Form 10-K. During the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2008, the fees for our principal accountant were
US$90,000, which was composed of US$23,000 for two quarters review and US$68,000
for the preparation of the annual report on Form 10-K.
Audit
Related Fees
During
the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, our principal
accountants did not render assurance and related services reasonably related to
the performance of the audit or review of financial statements.
Tax Fees
During
the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, our principal
accountant did not render services to us for tax compliance, tax advice and tax
planning.
All
Other Fees
During the fiscal years ended December
31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, there were no fees billed for products and
services provided by the principal accountants other than those set forth
above.
The Audit
Committee has reviewed the above fees for non-audit services and believes such
fees are compatible with the preservation of the independent registered public
accountants’ independence.
Policy
on Audit Committee Pre-Approval of Audit and Non-Audit Services of Independent
Accountant
The
policy of the Audit Committee, and the Board acting as a whole prior to the
establishment of the Audit Committee, is to pre-approve all audit and non-audit
services provided by the independent accountants. These services may include
audit services, audit-related services, tax fees, and other services.
Pre-approval is generally provided for up to one year and any pre-approval is
detailed as to the particular service or category of services and is subject to
a specific budget. The Audit Committee, and the Board acting as a whole prior to
the establishment of the Audit Committee, has delegated pre-approval authority
to certain committee members when expedition of services is necessary. The
independent accountants and management are required to periodically report to
the full Audit Committee, and the Board acting as a whole prior to the
establishment of the Audit Committee, regarding the extent of services provided
by the independent accountants in accordance with this pre-approval delegation,
and the fees for the services performed to date. None of the fees paid to the
independent accountants during fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008,
under the categories Audit-Related and All Other fees described above, were
approved by the Audit Committee, or the Board acting as a whole prior to the
establishment of the Audit Committee, after services were rendered pursuant to
the de minimis exception established by the SEC.
Delivery
of Documents to Stockholders Sharing an Address
Only one
Proxy Statement is being delivered to two or more security holders who share an
address, unless the Company has received contrary instruction from one or more
of the security holders. The Company will promptly deliver, upon
written or oral request, a separate copy of the Proxy Statement to a security
holder at a shared address to which a single copy of the document was
delivered. If you would like to request additional copies of the
Proxy Statement, or if in the future you would like to receive multiple copies
of information or proxy statements, or annual reports, or, if you are currently
receiving multiple copies of these documents and would, in the future, like to
receive only a single copy, please so instruct the Company, by writing to us at
12th Floor, Tower B, Chaowai MEN Office Building, No. 26 Chaowai Street,
Chaoyang Disc. Beijing, People’s Republic Of China 100020.
Submission
of Stockholder Proposals
If you
wish to have a proposal included in our proxy statement and form of proxy for
next year’s annual meeting in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act,
your proposal must be received by us at our principal executive offices on or
before July 11, 2011. A proposal which is received after that date or which
otherwise fails to meet the requirements for stockholder proposals established
by the SEC will not be included. The submission of a stockholder proposal does
not guarantee that it will be included in the proxy statement. If the
2011 annual meeting is to be held before November 30, 2011 or after January 29,
2012, the proposal must be received by us either 90 days prior to the actual
meeting date or 10 days after we first publicly announce the meeting date,
whichever is later. Stockholders are also advised to review the Company’s
Bylaws, which contain additional requirements with respect to advance notice of
stockholder proposals and director nominations.
Other
Matters
As of the
date of this Proxy Statement, the Board has no knowledge of any business which
will be presented for consideration at the Meeting other than the Election of
the Directors, Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation to Approve a
Reverse Stock Split, and the Ratification of Auditors. Should any other matter
be properly presented, it is intended that the enclosed proxy will be voted in
accordance with the best judgment of the persons voting the
proxies.
We file
annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information
with the SEC. The public may read and copy any materials that we have
filed with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E.,
Washington, D.C., 20549. The public may obtain information on
the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains an Internet site that contains
the reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding
the Company that we have filed electronically with the SEC. The
address of the SEC’s Internet site is http://www.sec.gov.
Annual
Report on Form 10-K
A copy of
the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K covering the fiscal year ended December
31, 2008, and all amendments thereto, accompanies this Proxy Statement. Except
for the financial statements included in the Annual Report that are specifically
incorporated by reference herein, the Annual Report on Form 10-K is not
incorporated in this Proxy Statement and is not to be deemed part of this
proxy soliciting material. Additional copies of the Annual Report on Form 10-K
are available upon request.
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BY
ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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/s/
Liu Yu
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Liu
Yu
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Chairman
of the Board of Directors
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November
12, 2010
Annex A
Form of
Certificate of Amendment
CERTIFICATE
OF AMENDMENT
OF
CERTIFICATE
OF INCORPORATION
OF
ORSUS
XELENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
It is hereby certified
that:
1. The name of the
corporation (hereinafter called the "Corporation") is Orsus Xelent Technologies,
Inc.
2. The Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware on May 25, 2004, and was amended pursuant to a Certificate of
Ownership and Merger, which was filed with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware on April 7, 2005, and was further amended pursuant to that
Certificate of Change of Registered Agent, which was filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware on April 12, 2005.
3. The Corporation
effectuated a reverse stock split on a one (1) for
[thirty (30)]
basis (the
“Reverse Stock Split”) on the issued and outstanding shares of its common stock,
par value $.001 (the “Common Stock”). Immediately prior to the
Reverse Stock Split, on ________, 2010, the aggregate number of issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock was _______. As a result of the
Reverse Stock Split, the number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock
was ___________.
4. In connection with the
Reverse Stock Split, the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, is hereby
further amended by striking out Article FOURTH in its entirety and replacing it
with the following two paragraphs:
“FOURTH: The
total number of shares of stock which this corporation is authorized to issue is
110,000,000 of which 100,000,000 shares shall be Common Stock with a par value
of $.001 and 10,000,000 shares shall be Preferred Stock with a par value of
$.001.
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Upon
the filing and effectiveness (the "Effective Time") pursuant to the
Delaware General Corporation Law of this Certificate of Amendment to the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, each
[thirty (30)]
shares of
Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall, automatically and without any action on the part of the
respective holders thereof, be combined and converted into one (1) share
of Common Stock (the "Reverse Stock Split"). No fractional shares shall be
issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Shares shall be rounded
up to the nearest whole share. Each certificate that immediately prior to
the Effective Time represented shares of Common Stock ("Old
Certificates"), shall thereafter represent that number of shares of Common
Stock into which the shares of Common Stock represented by the Old
Certificate shall have been combined, subject to the rounding up of any
fractional share interests as described
above.
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4. The amendment of the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation herein certified was duly
adopted, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 228 and 242 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
ORSUS
XELENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
29th
Floor, Tower B, Chaowai MEN Office Building
26
Chaowai Street, Chaoyang Disc.
Beijing,
People’s Republic Of China 100020
PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR
THE
ANNUAL
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To
Be Held on December 30, 2010
The
stockholder(s) whose signature(s) appear(s) on the reverse side of this proxy
form hereby appoint(s) Guoji Liu and Hua Chen, INDIVIDUALLY or any of them as
proxies, with full power of substitution, and hereby authorize(s) them to
represent and vote all shares of Common Stock of the Company which the
stockholder(s) would be entitled to vote on all matters which may come before
the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held at 9:00 a.m., local time, at the
offices of K&L Gates LLP, Suite 1009-1011, Tower C1, Oriental Plaza, No.1
East Chang An Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100738 or at any adjournment
or adjournments thereof.
This
proxy will be voted in accordance with the instructions indicated on the reverse
side of this card. If no instructions are given, this proxy will be
voted FOR the proposals and in the proxies’ discretion upon such other business
as may properly come before the meeting and any adjournments or postponements
thereof.
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Please
date, sign and mail your proxy card in the
envelope
provided as soon as possible.
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FOR
THE MATTER SET FORTH BELOW, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR”
THE MATTER SUBMITTED. PLEASE SIGN, DATE, AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE
ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. PLEASE MARK YOUR VOTE IN BLUE INK AS SHOWN HERE
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1.
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ELECTION
OF DIRECTORS.
Guoji
Liu, Liu Yu, Naizhong Che, Guowei Zhang, and Changhui
Guo
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FOR all nominees, listed above
(except as specified
below).
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WITHHOLD AUTHORITY to vote for
all nominees listed above.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
TO WITHHOLD AUTHORITY FOR ANY INDICATED NOMINEE, WRITE THE NAME(S) OF THE
NOMINEE(S) IN THE SPACE PROVIDED:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.
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APPROVAL
OF AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO IMPLEMENT A REVERSE STOCK
SPLIT OF THE COMPANY’S ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING COMMON STOCK AT AN EXCHANGE
RATIO OF UP TO ONE (1) FOR THIRTY (30), WITH THE FINAL SPLIT RATIO TO BE
DECIDED UPON AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF MANAGEMENT AND APPROVED BY THE
BOARD.
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FOR the AMENDMENT
TO THE CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION.
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AGAINST the
AMENDEMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.
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ABSTAIN
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3.
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RATIFICATION
OF APPOINTMENT OF KABANI & COMPANY, INC. AS THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010.
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FOR the ratification of
KABANI &
COMPANY, INC
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AGAINST the ratification of
KABANI &
COMPANY, INC.
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ABSTAIN
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DATED:
_________________, 2010
Please
sign exactly as name appears hereon. When shares are held by joint tenants, both
should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or
guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please sign in
full corporate name by President or other authorized officer. If a
partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.
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Name:
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Address:
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Signature
if held jointly
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ORSUS
XELENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
**Important
Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials**
for
the
Shareholder
Meeting to Be Held on
December
30, 2010
In
accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange
Commission, we are now providing access to our proxy materials, including the
proxy statement, our Annual Report for the 2009 fiscal year and a form of proxy
relating to the annual meeting, over the internet. All stockholders of record
and beneficial owners will have the ability to access the proxy materials at
www.proxyvote.com. These proxy materials are available free of
charge.
Voting
Items
The Board
of Directors recommends you vote
FOR
the following
proposals:
1.
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Election
of Directors:
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Nominees:
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Guoji
Liu
Liu
Yu
Naizhong
Che
Guowei
Zhang
Changhui
Guo
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2. Approval
of an amendment to the certificate of incorporation to implement a reverse stock
split of the Company’s issued and outstanding common stock at an exchange ratio
of up to one (1) for thirty (30), with the final split ratio to be decided upon
at the sole discretion of management and approved by the Board.
3. Ratification
of Appointment of Kabani & Company Inc. as the Company’s Independent Public
Accountants for the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2010.
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