- Amended Annual and Transition Report (foreign private issuer) (20-F/A)
October 28 2008 - 10:36AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F/A
Amendment No. 1
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Date of event requiring this shell company report
For the transaction period from
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COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 000-51839
CHINA GRENTECH CORPORATION LIMITED
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
15
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Floor, Block A, Guoren Building
Keji Central 3
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Road
Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan District
Shenzhen 518057, Peoples Republic of China
(Address of principal executive offices)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Name of Each Exchange
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Title of Each Class
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On Which Registered
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American Depositary Shares, each representing
25 ordinary shares of par value US$0.00002 per share
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The Nasdaq Global Select Market
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Ordinary shares of par value US$0.00002 per share*
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The Nasdaq Global Select Market *
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Not for trading, but only in connection with the registration of American Depositary Shares.
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Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)
Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuers classes of capital or common
stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.
As of December 31, 2007, 614,064,000 ordinary shares, par value US$0.00002 per share.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of
the Securities Act.
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If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not
required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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Note Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those
Sections.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a
large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated
filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large
accelerated filer in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial
statements included in this filing:
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U.S. GAAP
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International Financial Reporting Standards as issued
by the International Accounting Standards Board
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Other
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If Other has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which
financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.
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Item 18
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If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2007, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on July 15, 2008
(Original Report), is being filed solely to (i) clarify and revise the disclosures under the
headings, Managements Report on Internal Controls over Financial Reporting and Remediation
Plan in Item 15 Controls and Procedures; (ii) include a revised Report of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm; and (iii) include an Attestation Report of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm Regarding Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
We are including in this Amendment No. 1 currently-dated certifications by our principal
executive officer and our principal financial officer. Other than the foregoing items, no part of
the Original Report is being amended. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 does not include any
unchanged portions of the Original Report and does not modify or update the disclosure therein in
any way other than as discussed above. As a result, this Amendment No. 1 continues to speak as of
July 15, 2008, except for the certifications referenced above, which speak as of the filing date of
this Amendment No. 1.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of December 31, 2007, the end of the period covered by this annual report, our management
performed, under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and
chief financial officer, an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our
disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act). Disclosure controls and procedures are those
controls and procedures designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to
be disclosed in our Exchange Act filings is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within
the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commissions rules and forms, and (ii)
accumulated and communicated to management, including our chief executive officer and chief
financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based
on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that, as
of December 31, 2007, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective because of the material weaknesses described below under Managements Report on
Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
We performed additional analyses and other post-closing procedures to ensure our consolidated
financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Accordingly, our management
believes that the consolidated financial statements included in this annual report fairly present,
in all material respects, our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the
periods presented.
Managements Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over
financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Internal
control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding
the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our management has completed its assessment of the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, and has
concluded that our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007 was not
effective. In performing our assessment of internal control over financial reporting, management
is using the criteria described in
Internal Control Integrated Framework
issued by the Committee
of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, or COSO.
Our management has identified certain control deficiencies which represent material weaknesses
based on the criteria described in
Internal Control Integrated Framework
issued by the COSO. A
material weakness is a control deficiency, or a combination of control deficiencies, that results
in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial
statements will not be prevented or detected. We have identified the following four material
weaknesses during our assessment of our internal control over financial reporting as of December
31, 2007:
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Inadequate level of review of the basis and assumptions used for classification of trade receivables into short-term and long-term categories
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The basis and assumptions used for classification of short- and long-term trade receivables
were established in accordance with our accounting policy, however, we did not review and
update them on a timely basis in order to reflect the most recent repayment patterns. As a
result, adjustments were recorded to reclassify receivable balances from short-term to
long-term and to adjust the discounting effect of the long-term receivable balances. These
adjustments are reflected in our consolidated financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2007.
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Ineffective controls over monitoring of the level and the status of inventory pending for installation located at the sites of our customers
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We had certain amounts of inventory awaiting installation which were stored at our
customers sites as of December 31, 2007. We have ineffective controls over monitoring the
level and the status of such inventory. This material weakness also affects the controls
over physical inventories and lower of cost or market valuation which are not effective.
The status of certain inventory awaiting installation was not updated in a timely manner,
resulting in an understatement of cost of revenues in our companys unaudited management
accounts. This material weakness led to corrective adjustments to the consolidated
financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007.
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Inadequate level of management review of critical manual Excel spreadsheet containing trade receivable aging information
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We relied on the manual Excel spreadsheet for trade receivable ageing analysis and revenue
recognition for U.S. GAAP compliance purposes. There was documentary evidence of the Excel
spreadsheet being reviewed, but inaccurate entries of information to the Excel spreadsheet
were identified. As a result, we had to re-assess the adequacy of provision for doubtful
debts, resulting in an adjustment of allowance for doubtful debts in our consolidated
financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007.
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Insufficient knowledge, experience and training of our accounting personnel in the application of the generally accepted accounting principles
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The foregoing material weaknesses and other control deficiencies identified by management
arose mainly as a result of an insufficient knowledge, experience and training of our
accounting personnel in the application of the generally accepted accounting principles
commensurate with our financial reporting requirements.
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Our management has also identified certain significant deficiencies for the internal controls
over financial reporting. These significant deficiencies have been reported to our audit
committee.
Remediation Plan
We have set up a project team, led by our internal audit manager, to implement remedial plans
for the foregoing material weaknesses as follows:
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Establish policies and procedures for classifying short- and long-term trade receivables in
order to properly assess the reasonableness of the balance of trade receivables. The policies
and procedures would include performance of reasonableness assessment at least annually with
consideration to the receivable collection plans prepared by each representative office,
payment history of customers and market forecast. At the end of each year, our finance
department would utilize the current year collection data to ensure classification of trade
receivables into short-term and long-term categories, with the discounting effect to be
reflected accurately in the consolidated financial statements.
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Enhance control and monitoring of inventory awaiting installation by establishing formal
inventory count procedures for such inventory. Branches are also responsible for regular
inventory count and the counting results should be reviewed and confirmed by the appropriate
personnel of the branches, and reported to the finance department for recording and filing.
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Establish Excel spreadsheet review procedures for ensuring adequate review of critical
information shown in the Excel spreadsheet. The review personnel would include appropriate
management personnel, and the financial controllers review would also be required to monitor
the risk of error. In addition, we would establish requirements for relevant documents such as
a review form being maintained for documenting the review status, and maintaining review
procedures for accuracy and completeness of source data, correctness and reasonableness of
formula and the reconciliation between batch sums. The responsible reviewers would endorse the Excel spreadsheet as documentary evidence of their reviews.
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Engage qualified entities to arrange training for financial and accounting personnel on a
periodic basis to furnish them with adequate knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SEC rules and related
disclosure requirements.
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Recruit accounting personnel familiar with U.S. GAAP and SEC rules and related disclosure
requirements, and ideally a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, who
will be responsible for the review and compilation of the consolidated financial statements in
accordance with U.S. GAAP and SEC rules and related disclosure and reporting requirements.
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The aforementioned remedial plans and results were presented to the audit committee. The
management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, has approved the
remedial course of action to address the material weaknesses. Such plan may also be modified or
expanded if additional material weaknesses are identified by management or our independent
registered public accounting firm.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
The discussion above under Remediation Plan includes descriptions of the material planned or
actual changes to the companys internal control over financial reporting in the year ended
December 31, 2007 and subsequent to December 31, 2007 that materially affected, or are reasonably
likely to materially affect, our companys internal control over financial reporting.
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PART III
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
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No.
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Description of Exhibit
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12.1
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CEO certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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12.2
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CFO certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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13.1
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CEO and CFO certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002
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99.1
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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99.2
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Attestation Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Regarding Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
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SIGNATURE
The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F
and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its
behalf.
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China GrenTech Corporation Limited
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/s/ Rong Yu
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Name:
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Rong Yu
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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Date: October 28, 2008
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