0001213900-11-006183.txt : 20111116 0001213900-11-006183.hdr.sgml : 20111116 20111116160744 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001213900-11-006183 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEF 14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20111116 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20111116 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20111116 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000943184 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: APPAREL & OTHER FINISHED PRODS OF FABRICS & SIMILAR MATERIAL [2300] IRS NUMBER: 650548697 STATE OF INCORPORATION: FL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEF 14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-34124 FILM NUMBER: 111210158 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 N. BARRANCA AVE. STREET 2: #810 CITY: WEST COVINA STATE: CA ZIP: 91791 BUSINESS PHONE: 626-839-9116 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 N. BARRANCA AVE. STREET 2: #810 CITY: WEST COVINA STATE: CA ZIP: 91791 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ever-glory international group, inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20051121 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ANDEAN DEVELOPMENT CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19950329 DEF 14A 1 def14a111511_everglory.htm DEFINITIVE 14A def14a111511_everglory.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
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EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
Ever-Glory Commercial Center,
509 Chengxin Road, Jiangning Development Zone,
Nanjing, Jiangsu Province,
Peoples Republic of China

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held on December 15, 2011 (Beijing Time)

To the Shareholders of Ever-Glory International Group, Inc.:

Please take notice that the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Ever-Glory International Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company” or “Ever-Glory”), will be held on December 15, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. Beijing time, at the Ever-Glory Commercial Center No. 509 Chengxin Road, Jiangning Development Zone, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211102 China, for the following purposes:

1.            To elect a Board of five (5) directors, to serve until the 2012 annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified;

2.             To ratify the appointment of GHP Horwath P.C. as our independent auditor to review the three quarterly financial statements ended on September 30, 2011.

3.               To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or at any adjournments or postponements thereof.

A proxy statement attached to this notice describes these matters in more detail as well as additional information about Ever-Glory and its officers and directors. The Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on November 14, 2011 EST  as the record date and only holders of the Company’s common stock as of the close of business on November 14, 2011 EST are entitled to receive this notice and vote at the Annual Meeting and at any adjournments or postponements thereof.
 
  By Order of the Board of Directors,  
     
  /s/ Edward Yihua Kang  
  Chairman of the Board  

Nanjing, China
Date: November 15,2011
 
YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF SHARES YOU OWN AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON. PLEASE READ THE ATTACHED PROXY STATEMENT CAREFULLY, COMPLETE, SIGN AND DATE THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE AND RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials
for the Annual Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on December 15, 2011 (Beijing Time)

The Notice of Annual Meeting, proxy statement and Annual Report on Form 10-K are available at www.edocumentview.com/EVK
 
 
 

 
 
Table of Contents

  Page
PROXY STATEMENT
 1
Date, Time and Place of Meeting
  1
Record Date, Outstanding Shares, Quorum and Voting
  1
Solicitations and Voting of Proxies
  2
Revocability of Proxies
  2
VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS THEREOF
  2
PROPOSAL NO. 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
  3
The Board of Directors
  3
Vote Required
  5
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES THEREOF
  5
The Board of Directors and its Committees
  5
Audit Committee
  6
Compensation Committee
  6
Nominating Committee
  6
Attendance of Directors at Shareholder Meetings
  7
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS
  7
Corporate Governance Principles
  7
Director Qualifications and Nominations
  7
Communications with the Board of Directors
  8
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
  8
Arrangements Involving Directors or Executive Officers
  8
Family Relationships
  8
Business Experience
  8
Legal Proceedings
  8
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
  9
Director Independence
  9
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
  9
Compensation Discussion and Analysis
  9
Executive Compensation
  9
Other Compensation
  12
Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and Change-In-Control Arrangements
  12
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End December 31, 2010
  13
Certain Relationship And Related Transactions
  13
PROPOSAL NO. 2—RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
  16
Audit Committee Report
  16
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
  16
OTHER MATTERS
  16
PROXY SOLICITATION
  16
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
  17
ANNUAL REPORT
  17

 
 

 

 
EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
Ever-Glory Commercial Center,
509 Chengxin Road, Jiangning Development Zone,
Nanjing, Jiangsu Province,
Peoples Republic of China

PROXY STATEMENT

INTRODUCTION

Date, Time and Place of Meeting

The enclosed proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors of Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. for the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held on December 15 at 10:00 a.m.. Beijing time, at the Ever-Glory China headquarters, Ever-Glory Commercial Center No. 509 Chengxin Road, Jiangning Development Zone, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211102 China or at any adjournments or postponements of the Annual Meeting, for the purposes set forth in the notice attached to this proxy statement. This proxy statement and accompanying proxy card are first being mailed to you on or about November 21, 2011.  The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2010, including financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010, but excluding certain exhibits, is being mailed to shareholders at the same time. A copy of the exhibits will be provided upon request and payment to the Company of reasonable expenses.

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT VOTING
 
Record Date, Outstanding Shares, Quorum and Voting

You can vote your shares of common stock if our records show that you owned your shares on the record date of November 14, 2011.  At the close of business on the record date, 14,760,873 shares of common stock were outstanding. Holders of shares of common stock are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each share of common stock outstanding as of the record date entitles its holder to one vote.

Business may be transacted at the Annual Meeting if a quorum is present. A quorum is present at the Annual Meeting if holders of a majority of the shares of common stock entitled to vote are present in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting. If you sign and return your proxy card, your shares will be counted to determine whether we have a quorum even if you abstain or fail to vote on any of the proposals listed on the proxy card.

If your shares are held in the name of a nominee, and you do not tell the nominee how to vote your shares (a “broker non-vote”), the nominee can vote them as it sees fit only on matters that are determined to be “routine”, and not on any other proposal. Broker non-votes will be counted as present to determine if a quorum exists but will not be counted as present and entitled to vote on any non-routine proposal.

In Proposal No. 1 (Election of Directors), directors will be elected by a plurality (meaning, the largest number of votes cast) of shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.  Approval of Proposal No. 2 (Ratification of Appointment of Independent Auditor) will require the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election at the Annual Meeting at which a quorum is present. With respect to Proposal No. 1, which requires a plurality vote, broker “non-votes” have no effect and abstentions have the same effect as negative votes, and with respect to Proposal No. 2, which requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election at the Annual Meeting at which a quorum is present, abstentions and broker “non-votes” have the same effect as negative votes. All votes will be tabulated by the inspector of elections appointed for the Annual Meeting, who will separately tabulate affirmative and negative votes, abstentions and broker non-votes on each proposal.
 
 
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It is important that your proxy be returned promptly and that your shares be represented. You are urged to sign, date and promptly return the enclosed proxy in the enclosed envelope, whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting in person.

Solicitations and Voting of Proxies

When proxies are properly dated, executed, and returned, the shares they represent will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the instructions of the shareholders. If not otherwise instructed, the shares represented by each valid returned proxy in the form accompanying this proxy will be voted in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors with respect to each matter submitted to the shareholders for approval, and at the discretion of the proxy holders, upon such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting (including any proposal to adjourn the Annual Meeting) and any adjournment of the meeting. The matters described in this proxy statement are the only matters we know will be voted on at the Annual Meeting. If other matters are properly presented at the Annual Meeting, the proxy holders will vote your shares in accordance with the recommendations of management.

Please follow the instructions on the enclosed proxy card to vote on each proposal to be considered at the Annual Meeting. If you sign and date the proxy card and mail it back to us in the enclosed envelope, the proxy holders named on the Proxy card will vote your shares as you instruct. If you sign and return the proxy card but do not vote on a proposal, the proxy holders will vote your shares “for” such proposal or, in the case of the election of directors, vote “for” election to the Board of Directors of all the nominees presented by the Board of Directors.
 
Revocability of Proxies

Any person signing a proxy in the form accompanying this proxy statement has the power to revoke it prior to the Annual Meeting or at the Annual Meeting prior to the vote pursuant to the proxy. A proxy may be revoked (i) by a writing delivered to the Secretary of Ever-Glory stating that the proxy is revoked, (ii) by a subsequent proxy that is signed by the person who signed the earlier proxy and is presented at the Annual Meeting, or (iii) by attendance at the Annual Meeting and voting in person (although attendance at the Annual Meeting will not in and of itself constitute a revocation of a proxy). Please note, however, that if a shareholder’s shares are held of record by a broker, bank or other nominee and that shareholder wishes to vote at the Annual Meeting, the shareholder must bring to the Annual Meeting a letter from the broker, bank or other nominee confirming that shareholder’s beneficial ownership of the shares.   Any written notice of revocation or subsequent proxy should be delivered to Ever-Glory International Group, Inc., Ever-Glory Commercial Center No. 509 Chengxin Road, Jiangning Development Zone, Nanjing,  Jiangsu  211102 China, Attention: Secretary, or hand-delivered to the Secretary of Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. at or before the taking of the vote at the Annual Meeting.
 
Expenses of Solicitation
 
We will bear the entire cost of solicitation, including the preparation and assembly of this proxy statement, printing and mailing the notice of this proxy statement, the proxy and any additional solicitation materials furnished to you. We will reimburse our transfer agent for its out-of-pocket expenses. We may also reimburse brokerage firms and other persons representing beneficial owners of shares for their expenses in forwarding voting information to the beneficial owners. We estimate that all of the foregoing costs will be approximately $15,000. In addition to sending you these materials, some of our employees may contact you by telephone, by mail, or in person. We will not pay our employees additional compensation for contacting you.
 
VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS THEREOF

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of November 14, 2011, for each of the following persons:

 
Ÿ
each of our directors and each of the named executive officers in the “Director and Executive Officers” on page 3 of this Proxy Statement;
 
 
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all directors and named executive officers as a group; and

 
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each person who is known by us to own beneficially five percent or more of our common stock.
 
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC. Unless otherwise indicated in the table, the persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and sole investment power with respect to the shares set forth opposite the shareholder’s name. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each beneficial owner listed below is c/o Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. The percentage of class beneficially owned set forth below is based on 14,760,873 shares of our common stock outstanding on November 14, 2011.
 
Name of Beneficial Owner
 
Amount and
Nature
of Beneficial
Ownership of
Common Stock (1)
   
Percent of
Class
 
             
Executive Officers and Directors
           
Yi Hua Kang
   
4,802,315
     
32.53
%
Jia Jun Sun
   
174,800
     
1.18
%
Jason Jiansong Wang
               
Merry Tang
               
Changyu Qi
   
8325
     
0.06
%
Zhixue Zhang
   
8286
     
0.06
%
All Executive Officers and Directors as a Group (six persons)
             
5% Holders
               
Ever-Glory Enterprises (H.K.) Ltd. (2)
   
5,623,098
     
38.09
%
Xiaodong Yan (2) (3)
   
6,002,338
     
40.66
%

(1)
Except as otherwise noted, shares are owned beneficially and of record, and such record shareholder has sole voting, investment and dispositive power of the shares.
 (2)
Xiao Dong Yan is the sole director and shareholder of Ever-Glory Enterprises (H.K.) Ltd. and, as such, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the 5,623,098 shares held by Ever-Glory Enterprises (H.K.) Ltd.
(3)
The 6,002,338 shares include the 5,623,098 shares beneficially owned by Xiaodong Yan through Ever-Glory Enterprises (H.K.) Ltd.
 
PROPOSAL NO. 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
 
The Board of Directors
 
Our business is managed under the direction of its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has designated as nominees for re-election all of the five (5) directors currently serving on the Board.  See “Director Nominees” below for profiles of the nominees. After the election of the directors at the Annual Meeting, our Board will have five (5) directors.
 
The Board believes that re-electing these incumbent directors will promote stability and continuity and expects that such directors will continue making substantial contributions to our company by virtue of their familiarity with, and insight into, our company’s affairs accumulated during their tenure.
 
All of the nominees have indicated a willingness to continue serving as directors if elected, but if any of them should decline or be unable to act as a director, the proxy holders will vote for the election of another person or persons as the Board of Directors recommends. We have no reason to believe that any nominee will be unavailable.
 
 
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Director Nominees

The director nominees, and their ages as of the date of the Annual Meeting, their positions at Ever-Glory, and the period during which they have served as a director are set forth in the following table and paragraphs
 
 Name 
 
Age
 
Position 
 
Held Position
Since
 
               
Edward Yihua Kang
    48  
Chief Executive Officer,  President, and Chairman of the Board
    2005  
                   
Jiajun  Sun
    38  
Chief Operating Officer and Director
    2005  
                   
Changyu Qi (1)(2)
    66  
Director
    2008  
                   
Zhixue Zhang (1)(2)
    44  
Director
    2008  
                   
Merry Tang (1)(2)
    51  
Director
    2011  
 

(1) Member of the Audit Committee
 
(2) Member of the Compensation Committee
 
The Board has nominated the following individuals as members of our Board of Directors:  At the Meeting, four directors (Edward Yihua Kang, Jiajun Sun, Changyu Qi and Zhixue Zhang) are to be re-elected, and one director (Merry Tang ) is to be elected.  Each director will hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified.  Mr. Gerald (Gerry) Goldberg was a member of our Board of Directors, and served as chairman of our Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee from April 1, 2010 to August 21, 2011. The Board appointed Ms. Tang appointed to the Board effective as of September 1, 2011, 2011, and is an independent director serving as the chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee.
 
Edward Yihua Kang has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as the Chairman of our Board of Directors, since 2005. From December 1993 to January 2008, Mr. Kang served as the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Goldenway. Mr. Kang has extensive worldwide managerial and operational experience focusing upon business development and strategic planning. Mr. Kang formerly was the Senior lecturer of the Management College, Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University, and the Vice General Manager of the Import and Export Department of Nanjing Shenda Company. Mr. Kang earned a MS degree from Peking University, a Bachelor’s degree in Management from Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University. Mr. Kang’s extensive experience in the garment industry, his acute vision and outstanding leadership capability, as well as his commitment to the Company since its inception make him well-qualified in the Board’s opinion to serve as our Chairman of the Board.
 
JiajunSun has served as our Chief Operating Officer and a member of our Board of Directors since 2005. Mr. Sun also has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Goldenway since 2000 and as a member of the Board of Directors of New-Tailun since 2006. From July 1996 to November 2002, Mr. Sun was the General Manager of International Trade Department at Goldenway. Mr. Sun has more than 8 years experience in import and export in the textile industry. Mr. Sun earned his bachelor’s degree from the Wuhan Textile Industry Institute. Mr. Sun has accumulated substantial institutional knowledge of our business and operations.  His managing experiences and analytical skills make him well positioned for his role as one of our Directors.
 
 
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Changyu Qi has served as a member of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committees since 2008. Mr. Qi has over 30 years of experience in international trade, and since February 2005, has served as inspector and deputy secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Jiangsu Provincial Government’s Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. In addition, since 2007, Mr. Qi has also served as a director on the Board of Directors of Jiangsu Skyrun International Group, which is a state-owned enterprises focusing on import and export.  He is currently the President of both the Jiangsu Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export Firms and the Jiangsu International Freight Forwarders Association. Mr. Qi received a B.S. in Foreign Trade and Economy from Beijing Foreign Trade University.  Mr. Qi’s extensive experience and deep understanding of the issues facing import and export companies and foreign trade bring a valuable perspective to our Board of Directors. Mr. Qi brings a wealth of knowledge to our Board of Directors and has proven to possess keen insight to our business.
 
Zhixue Zhang has served as a member of the Board of Directors, a member of the Audit Committee and chairman of the Compensation Committee since 2008.  Mr. Zhang is a professor of Organizational Management at Peking University, and has held this position since August 2008. Mr. Zhang has over fifteen years of experience in the fields of organizational psychology, management and organizational culture as it relates to conducting business within China and with Chinese businesses. From August 2001 to July 2008, he was the Associate professor at Peking University. From August 2006 to June 2007, he was a Freeman Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From September 2001 to March 2002, he was a visiting scholar at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Mr. Zhang holds a Ph.D. from the University of Hong Kong, and a M.Sc. from Beijing Normal University, and a B.Sc. from Henan University.  Mr. Zhang’s life-long background of management education, as well as his business aptitude and strong analytical skills, qualify him for his position as one of our Directors.
 
Merry Tang was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors and chairman of the Audit Committee in August 2011.  She has been an independent director for China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: CSUN), a specialized manufacturer of solar cell and module products in China since June 2008. She is currently a principal and managing partner of GTZY CPA Group, LLC. Ms. Tang served a managing director at GTA International, LLC and Partner at Tang & Company, PC — both U.S.-based CPA firms offering services in risk assessment, audit engagements and Sarbanes-Oxley — related documentation to leading banks, financial service providers and telecommunications firms from 2006 to 2008. Prior to forming GZTY CPA Group, LLC, she served as a senior auditor in PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC from 2004 to 2006.  Ms. Tang graduated from the Central University of Finance & Banking, Beijing, China with a bachelor degree in banking in 1983 and a master degree in Finance in 1986, before going on to receive her master degree in accounting from the State University of New York at Albany in 1993.

Vote Required

The holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share equal to the number of shares held by such person at the close of business on the record date. As there is no cumulative voting, each shareholder shall cast all of his/her votes for each nominee of his/her choice or withhold votes from any or all nominees. Unless a shareholder requests that voting of the proxy be withheld for any one or more of the nominees for directors by so directing on the proxy card, the shares represented by the accompanying proxy will be voted FOR election, as directors, of the above-mentioned five nominees. If any nominee becomes unavailable for any reason (which event is not anticipated) to serve as a director at the time of the Annual Meeting, then the shares represented by such proxy may be voted for such other person as may be determined by the holders of such proxy. Directors will be elected at the Annual Meeting by a plurality (meaning, the largest number) of the votes cast. Directors are to be elected to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal.
 
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “FOR” AND SOLICITS PROXIES IN FAVOR OF THE NOMINEES LISTED ABOVE (ITEM 1 ON THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD).
 
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMMITTEES THEREOF
 
The Board of Directors and its Committees
 
Our Board of Directors currently consists of five (5) members and is responsible for the business and affairs of the Company and considers various matters which require its approval.
 
 
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During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, the Board held one formal meeting and acted on several matters by unanimous written consents.

Board Committees
 
In March 2008, the Board created the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee and has adopted charters for these committees.  The Board has determined that in its judgment, Ms. Tang , Mr. Qi, and Mr. Zhang are independent directors within the meaning of Section 803 of NYSE Amex Company Guide. Accordingly, all of the members of our Audit Committee and Compensation Committee are independent within the meaning of Section 803 of NYSE Amex Company Guide.
 
All of the incumbent directors, except Ms.Tang, attended at least 75% of the meetings of our Board of Directors and each committee on which he served held during fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.
 
Audit Committee
 
The Board of Directors adopted and approved a charter for the Audit Committee on March 13, 2008, and the charter was amended on May 26, 2008 and further amended on June 20, 2008. Currently, three directors comprise the Audit Committee: Ms. Tang , Mr. Qi and Mr. Zhang. Ms. Tang serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee. The members of the Audit Committee are currently “independent directors” as that term is defined in Section 803 of NYSE Amex Company Guide. The Board of Directors has determined that Ms. Tang  qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined by the rules of the SEC.

Our Audit Committee is responsible, in accordance with the Audit Committee charter, for recommending our independent auditors, and overseeing our audit activities and certain financial matters to protect against improper and unsound practices and to furnish adequate protection to all assets and records.

Our Audit Committee pre-approves all audit and non-audit services provided by our independent auditors. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services. Pre-approval is generally provided for up to one year and any pre-approval is detailed as to particular service or category of services and is generally subject to a specific budget. The Audit Committee has delegated pre-approval authority to its Chairman when expedition of services is necessary. The independent auditors and management are required to periodically report to the full Audit Committee regarding the extent of services provided by the independent auditor in accordance with this pre-approval, and the fees for the services performed to date.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, the Audit Committee held four formal meetings.
 
Compensation Committee

The Board of Directors adopted and approved a charter for the Compensation Committee on March 13, 2008.  

The Compensation Committee currently consists of Ms. Tang , Mr. Qi and Mr. Zhang. Mr. Zhang serves as Chairman of the Compensation Committee. The members of the Compensation Committee are currently “independent directors” as that term is defined in Section 803 of NYSE Amex Company Guide.

In accordance with the Compensation Committee’s Charter, the Compensation Committee is responsible for overseeing and, and as appropriate, making recommendations to the Board regarding the annual salaries and other compensation of the Company’s executive officers and general employees and other polices, providing assistance and recommendations with respect to the compensation policies and practices of the Company.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, the Compensation Committee held no formal meetings.
 
Nominating Committee

The Board does not have a Nominating Committee.  The Board believes that the entire Board is able to fulfill the functions of a Nominating Committee.
 
 
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The Board does not have a formal process for identifying and evaluating nominees for directors.  Instead, it uses its network of contacts to identify potential candidates. The members of the Board of Directors then consider and recommend candidates for membership on the Board. The Board of Directors does not use different standards to evaluate nominees depending on whether they are proposed by our directors and management or by our shareholders. The Board will conduct any appropriate and necessary inquiries into the backgrounds and qualifications of possible candidates after considering the function and needs of the Board.
 
While the Board of Directors has not determined minimum criteria for director nominees, they seek to achieve a balance of knowledge, experience and capability on our Board. To this end, the Board of Director seeks nominees with high professional and personal ethics and values, an understanding of our business and the garment industry, diversity of business experience and expertise, broad-based business acumen, and the ability to think strategically. In addition, the Board of Directors considers the level of the candidate’s commitment to active participation as a director, both at the Board and committee meetings and otherwise.
 
Attendance of Directors at Shareholder Meetings
 
Directors are expected to attend the annual meeting of shareholders. The Board believes that director attendance at shareholder meetings is appropriate and can assist directors in carrying out their duties. When directors attend shareholder meetings, they are able to hear directly shareholder concerns regarding the Company. It is understood that special circumstances may occasionally prevent a director from attending a meeting.

All of the then five board members attended the 2010 Annual Shareholder Meeting held at the Ever-Glory China headquarters, Ever-Glory Commercial Center No. 509 Chengxin Road, Jiangning Development Zone, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211102 China on November 18, 2010.
 
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS
 
Corporate Governance Principles

We have adopted a Code of Ethics, which is posted on and can be accessed at our website at http://www.everglorygroup.com/docs/basic.asp?id=5.  All of our financial and senior managers and directors including our Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, are required to adhere to the Code of Ethics in discharging their work-related responsibilities. Employees are required to report any conduct that they believe in good faith to be an actual or apparent violation of the Code of Ethics.  In keeping with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Audit Committee has established procedures for receipt and handling of complaints received by it regarding accounting or auditing matters, and to allow for the confidential anonymous submission by our employees of concerns regarding accounting or auditing matters.
 
Director Qualifications and Nominations

The members of the Board of Directors identify, consider and recommend candidates for membership on the Board and will consider suggestions from shareholders for nominees for election as directors at the 2011 Annual Meeting, provided that the recommendations are received on a timely basis and meet the criteria set forth below. The Board of Directors does not use different standards to evaluate nominees depending on whether they are proposed by our directors and management or by our shareholders. While the Board of Directors has not determined minimum criteria for director nominees, they seek to achieve a balance of knowledge, experience and capability on our Board. To this end, the Board of Director seeks nominees with high professional and personal ethics and values, an understanding of our business lines and industry, diversity of business experience and expertise, broad-based business acumen, and the ability to think strategically. In addition, the Board of Directors considers the level of the candidate’s commitment to active participation as a director, both at Board and committee meetings and otherwise.
 
 
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Communications with the Board of Directors
 
Any shareholder who desires to contact the Board or specific members of the Board may do so by writing to: The Board of Directors, Ever-Glory International Group, Inc., Ever-Glory Commercial Center No. 509 Chengxin Road, Jiangning Development Zone, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211102 China.
 
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
 
The following table identifies our current executive officers and directors, their respective offices and positions, and their respective dates of election or appointment:

 Name 
 
Age
 
Position 
 
Served as 
Director Since
 
               
Edward Yihua Kang
    48  
Chief Executive Officer,  President, and Director
    2005  
Jiajun  Sun
    38  
Chief Operating Officer and Director
    2005  
Jiansong Wang
    32  
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
    2010  
Merry Tang (1)(2)
    51  
Director
    2011  
Changyu Qi (1)(2)
    66  
Director
    2008  
Zhixue Zhang (1)(2)
    44  
Director
    2008  
 

(1) Member of the Audit Committee
(2) Member of the Compensation Committee
 
Arrangements Involving Directors or Executive Officers
 
There is no arrangement or understanding between any of our directors or executive officers and any other person pursuant to which any director or officer was or is to be selected as a director or officer, and there is no arrangement, plan, or understanding as to whether non-management shareholders will exercise their voting rights to continue to elect the current Board of Directors. There are also no arrangements, agreements, or understandings to our knowledge between non-management shareholders that may directly or indirectly participate in or influence the management of our affairs.   
 
Family Relationships
 
There are no family relationships among the directors and executive officers.
 
Business Experience

From July, 2002 to February, 2004, Mr. Wang served as the Cost Accountant in Nanjing GongNongBing Textile (Group) CO.,Ltd. From March 2004 to June 2006, he served as the General Manager of Accounting Department in MG Garment Manufacturing Co.,Ltd. From July 2006 to August 2009, he served as the International Settlement Accountant for Goldenway Nanjing Garments Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Company. From September 2009 to September 1, 2011, he was the General Manager of Accounting Department in Ever-Glory International Group Apparel Inc., a subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Wang earned a Bachelors degree in Accounting from Hehai University in the P.R. China.

The business experience of the Company’s directors is provided under the “Director Nominees” section above on page 4 and page 5.
 
Legal Proceedings
 
Our directors, executive officers and control persons have not been involved in any of the following events during the past five years:
 
 
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1.     any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time;
 
2.     any conviction in a criminal proceeding or being subject to a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);
 
3.     being subject to any order, judgment, or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities; or
 
4.     being found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the SEC or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended, or vacated.
 
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
 
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, as amended, requires our directors and certain of our officers, as well as persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities (“Reporting Persons”), to file reports with the SEC. To our knowledge, based solely on review of the copies of such reports furnished to us and written representations that no other reports were required, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, and all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to officers, directors and greater than ten percent shareholders were complied with. 

Director Independence
 
Based upon information submitted to the Board by Ms. Tang , Mr. Qi and Mr. Zhang, the Board of Directors has determined that they are each “independent” under the NYSE Amex Company Guide. None of the three appointees has participated in the preparation of the Company’s financial statements or any current subsidiary at any time during the past three years, and each of them are able to read and understand fundamental financial statements.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

This compensation discussion and analysis describes the material elements of the compensation awarded to our current executive officers. This compensation discussion focuses on the information contained in the following tables and related footnotes and narrative for the last completed fiscal year. In 2010, our Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee, since its chartering, has overseen and administered our executive compensation program.

Our current executive compensation program presently includes a base salary. Our compensation program does not include (i) discretionary annual cash performance-based incentives, (ii) termination/severance and change of control payments, or (iii) perquisites and benefits.

Our Compensation Philosophy and Objectives

Our philosophy regarding compensation of our executive officers includes the following principles:

 
·
our compensation program should align the interests of our management team with those of our shareholders;
 
·
our compensation program should reward the achievement of our strategic initiatives and short- and long-term operating and financial goals;
 
·
compensation should appropriately reflect differences in position and responsibility; compensation should be reasonable and bear some relationship with the compensation standards in the market in which our management team operates; and
 
·
the compensation program should be understandable and transparent.
 
 
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In order to implement such compensation principles, we have developed the following objectives for our executive compensation program:

 
·
overall compensation levels must be sufficiently competitive to attract and retain talented leaders and motivate those leaders to achieve superior results;
 
·
a portion of total compensation should be contingent on, and variable with, achievement of objective corporate performance goals, and that portion should increase as an executive’s position and responsibility increases;
 
·
total compensation should be higher for individuals with greater responsibility and greater ability to influence our achievement of operating goals and strategic initiatives;
 
·
the number of elements of our compensation program should be kept to a minimum, and those elements should be readily understandable by and easily communicated to executives, shareholders, and others; and
 
·
executive compensation should be set at responsible levels to promote a sense of fairness and equity among all employees and appropriate stewardship of corporate resources among shareholders.

Determination of Compensation Awards
 
Our Board of Directors is provided with the primary authority to determine the compensation awards available to our executive officers. To aid the Board of Directors in making its determination for the last fiscal year, our current senior management provided recommendations to the Compensation Committee regarding the compensation of all executive officers. A copy of our Compensation Committee Report is attached to this proxy statement as Appendix A.

Compensation Benchmarking and Peer Group

Our Board of Directors did not rely on any consultants or utilize any peer company comparisons or benchmarking in 2010 in setting executive compensation. However, our management has considered competitive market practices by reviewing publicly available information relating to compensation of executive officers at other comparable companies in the apparel industry in China in making its recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding our executives’ compensation for fiscal year 2010. As our company evolves, we expect to take steps, including the utilization of peer company comparisons and/or hiring of compensation consultants, to ensure that the Board has a comprehensive picture of the compensation paid to our executives and with a goal toward total direct compensation for our executives that are on a par with the median total direct compensation paid to executives in peer companies if annually established target levels of performance at the company and business segment level are achieved.

Elements of Compensation
 
Presently, we compensate our executives with a base salary and an annual cash performance-based bonus. We do not pay any compensation to our executive officers in the form of discretionary long-term incentive plan awards or perquisites and other compensation, although our Board of Directors may recommend and institute such forms of compensation in the future.
 
Base Salaries

Base salary is used to recognize the experience, skills, knowledge and responsibilities required of our employees, including our named executive officers. When establishing base salaries for 2010, our Board and management considered a number of factors, including the seniority of the individual, the functional role of the position, the level of the individual's responsibility, the ability to replace the individual, the base salary of the individual at their prior employment and the number of well qualified candidates to assume the individual's role.
 
 
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Discretionary Annual Cash Performance-Based Incentives

In 2010, we paid certain compensation in the form of discretionary performance-based cash bonus to our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer.
 
Long-Term Incentive Plan Awards

We currently do not have an equity incentive plan, and no separate stock awards or stock option grants were made to any of the named executive officers during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. No stock options were held by the named executive officers as of December 31, 2010.

Perquisites and Other Compensation

We do not have any retirement or pension plans in place for any of our named executives. Our named executive officers are eligible for group medical benefits that are generally available to and on the same terms as our other employees.

Management’s Role in the Compensation-Setting Process
 
Our management plays a role in our compensation-setting process. We believe this input from management to the Compensation Committee is needed in order for the committee to evaluate the performance of our officers, recommend business performance targets and objectives, and recommend compensation levels. Our management may from time to time, make recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding executive compensation. During this process, management may be asked to provide the board with their evaluation of the executive officers’ performances, the background information regarding our strategic financial and operational objectives, and compensation recommendations as to the executive officers.
 
Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2010, 2009 and 2008
 
The following table sets forth information for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 concerning the compensation paid and awarded to all individuals serving as (a) our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (b) the three most highly compensated Executive Officers (other than our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer) of ours and our subsidiaries at the end of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, 2009, and 2008 whose total compensation exceeded $100,000 for these periods, and (c) two additional individuals for whom disclosure would have been provided pursuant to (b) except that they were not serving as executive officers at the end of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2010. These individuals may be collectively referred to in this report as our “Named Executive Officers.”

Name and
Principal Position
 
Fiscal
Year
 
Salary
($)
   
Bonus
($)
   
Stock
Awards
($)
   
Option
Awards
($)
   
Non-
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compen-
sation
($)
   
Non-
qualified
Deferred
Compen-
sation
Earnings
($)
   
All Other
Compen-
sation
($)
   
Total
($)
 
Kang Yihua
                                                                   
Chairman of the
 
2010
   
23,166 
     
52,680
     
     
     
     
     
     
75,846 
 
Board, Chief
 
2009
   
 16,394
     
  43,988
     
     
     
     
     
     
60,382
 
Executive Officer
 
2008
   
25,824
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
25,824
 
and President 
                                                                   
                                                                     
Jiansong Wang
 
  2010
   
 2,810(2)
     
 6,000
                                             
 8,810
 
Chief Financial
 
  2009
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
         
Officer
 
  2008
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
         
                 
     
     
     
     
     
         
 
 
(1)
All compensation is paid in Chinese RMB. For reporting purposes, the amounts in the table above have been converted to U.S. Dollars at the conversion rate of  6.94 RMB, 6.82 RMB and 6.76 to one  for year 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively. The officers listed in this table received no other form of compensation in the years shown, other than the salary set forth in this table.
 
(2)
Jiansong Wang was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer in September 2010 and therefore the salary stated herein reflects the aggregate amount of compensation Mr. Wang received for the period from September 2010 to December 2010.
 
 
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Other Compensation
 
Other than as described above, there were no post-employment compensation, pension or nonqualified deferred compensation benefits earned by the executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2010. We do not have any retirement, pension, or profit-sharing programs for the benefit of our directors, officers or other employees. The Board of Directors may recommend adoption of one or more such programs in the future.

Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment and Change-In-Control Arrangements
 
The Company entered into an employment agreement with Edward Yihua Kang on November 1, 2005 pursuant to which Mr. Kang was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company. In determining the compensation to be paid to Mr. Kang, the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee reviewed the overall performance of the Company and the relative contribution of Mr. Kang in order to arrive at an appropriate compensation level.

The Company entered into an employment agreement with Jiajun Sun on November 1, 2005 pursuant to which Mr. Sun was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company. In determining the compensation to be paid to Mr. Sun, the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee reviewed the overall performance of the Company and the relative contribution of Mr. Sun in order to arrive at an appropriate compensation level.
 
Although the Company does not have a written employment agreement with Jiansong Wang, he will be compensated approximately US$15,000 (RMB 100,000 ) per year for his services as the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, which was based on the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee’s review of the overall performance of the Company and the relative contribution of Mr.Wang.
 
There are no compensatory plans or arrangements, including payments to be received from us, with respect to any director or executive officer of us which would in any way result in payments to any such person because of his resignation, retirement, or other termination of employment with us, any change in control of the Company, or a change in the person’s responsibilities following a change in control of the Company.

Director Compensation for Fiscal 2010

The following table reflects all compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to our directors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.  Directors who are also officers do not receive any additional compensation for their services as directors.
 
Name
 
Fees
Earned or
Paid in
Cash
($)
   
Stock
Awards
($)
   
Options
Awards
($)
   
Non-
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)
   
Non-Qualified
Deferred
Compensat
ion
Earnings
($)
   
All Other 
Compensation
($)
   
Total
($) (1)
 
Kang Yihua 
   
75,846
     
     
     
     
     
     
75,846
 
Sun Jia Jun 
   
66,866
     
     
     
     
     
     
66,866
 
Changyu Qi
   
     
5,000
     
     
     
     
     
5,000
 
Zhixue Zhang
   
     
5,000
     
     
     
     
     
5,000
 
Gerald Goldberg (2)
   
18,000—
     
7,534
     
     
     
     
     
25,534
 
 
 
(1)
All compensation was paid in RMB except the cash compensation paid to Mr. Goldberg. The amounts in the foregoing table have been converted into U.S. Dollar at the conversion rate of 6.76 RMB to one dollar.
 
(2)
Mr. Gerald (Gerry) Goldberg was a member of our Board of Directors, and served as chairman of our Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee from April 1, 2010 to August 21, 2011.
 
 
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Service Description
 
Amount (in U.S. dollars)
 
       
Base Compensation
 
$
3,000
 
Audit Committee Member
 
$
1,000
 
Compensation Committee Member
 
$
1,000
 
Audit Committee Chairman
 
$
3,000
 
Audit Committee Financial Expert
 
$
26,000
 
 
Each director may be appointed to perform multiple functions or serve on multiple committees, and accordingly, may be eligible to receive more than one category of compensation described above. Annual compensation will be paid in cash or a combination of stock and cash.  Compensation paid in stock will be in the form of a number of shares of our restricted common stock having an aggregate value equal to the annual compensation, as determined by the average per share closing prices of our common stock as quoted on NYSE Amex, for the five trading days leading up to and including the last trading date of the quarter following which the shares are to be issued (i.e. when the shares are issued within 30 days following the end of the second quarter, and the fourth quarter when the shares are issued within 30 days following the end of the fourth quarter) of the year for which compensation is being paid.  Compensation, in the form of shares, shall be issued and paid semi-annually, within 30 days following the end of the second quarter, and within 30 days after the end of the fourth quarter, of each calendar year.  In addition, the annual compensation will be pro rated daily (based on a 360 day year) for any portion of the year during which a director serves.  Independent directors are also eligible for reimbursement of all travel and other reasonable expenses relating to the directors’ attendance of board meetings. In addition, we have agreed to reimburse independent directors for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the performance of duties as a director of the Company.
 
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End
 
None of our executive officers was granted or otherwise received any option, stock or equity incentive plan awards during 2010 and there were no outstanding unexercised options previously awarded to our officers and directors, at the fiscal year end, December 31, 2010.
 
Related Party Transactions

Mr. Kang is our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Ever-Glory Enterprises (H.K.) Ltd. (“Ever-Glory Hong Kong”) holds more than 10% of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of the date of this Annual Report. Mr. Xiaodong Yan is Ever-Glory Hong Kong’s sole director and shareholder. All transactions associated with the following companies controlled by Mr. Kang or Mr. Yan are considered to be related party transactions and it is possible that the terms of these transactions may not be the same as those that would result from transactions among unrelated parties.  Shanghai La Chapelle held a 40% interest in LA GO GO before April 23, 2010.  Jiangsu Ever-Glory, EsCeLaV (Nanjing) Co. Ltd. (“EsCeLaV”), Jiangsu Hengrui Logistics Co. Ltd. (“Jiangsu Hengrui”), Nanjing Ever-Kyowa Co.Ltd. (“Nanjing Ever-Kyowa”) and Ever-Glory (Vietnam) Garment Co. Ltd. (“Ever-Glory Vietnam”) are controlled by our Chairman and CEO, Mr. Edward Yihua Kang. Ever-Glory (Cambodia) Garment Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (“Ever-Glory Cambodia”) is controlled by our major shareholder, Mr. Xiaodong Yan. Nanjing High-Tech Knitting & Weaving Development Co. Ltd. (“Nanjing Knitting”) is jointly controlled by Mr. Kang and Mr. Yan.  All related party outstanding balances are short-tem in nature and are expected to be settled in cash.
 
 
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Sales and Cost of Sales to Related Parties
 
Sales and cost of sales for the year ended December 31, 2009 were from transactions with Nanjing Knitting, Jiangsu Ever-Glory and Shanghai La Chapelle.
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
   
Sales
   
Cost of Sales
   
Sales
   
Cost of Sales
 
Shanghai La Chapelle
                 
$
63,466
   
$
45,563
 
Nanjing Knitting
                 
$
9,352
   
$
9,015
 
Jiangsu Ever-Glory
                 
$
389
   
$
387
 
Total
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
73,207
   
$
54,965
 
 
Other income from Related Parties
 
Included in other income is rent revenue from entities controlled by Mr. Kang under operating lease agreements with various terms though 2015 as follows:

   
2010
 
       
EsC'eLav
 
$
11,095
 
Jiangsu Heng-rui
 
$
20,859
 
Total
 
$
31,954
 

Purchases from, and Sub-contracts with Related Parties
 
In connection with our tax planning strategies relating to VAT, raw materials are sourced by us in the PRC and shipped to related party contract manufacturers in Vietnam and Cambodia. The raw materials were originally purchased by us, and, through a series of transactions, were sold at cost to, and repurchased at cost from, Jiangsu Ever-Glory. These transactions amount to approximately $4.5 million (RMB30 million) during the year ended December 31, 2010, and have been netted against each other for financial reporting purposes. There were no such transactions in 2009.
 
We purchased raw materials from related companies totaling $2,994,784 and $2,728,896 during the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
             
EsC'eLav
 
$
2,994,784
   
$
2,686,863
 
Jiangsu Heng-rui
         
$
42,033
 
Total
 
$
2,994,784
   
$
2,728,896
 

In addition, we sub-contracted certain manufacturing work to related companies totaling $4,067,286 and $1,814,846 for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Company provided raw materials to the sub-contractors and was charged a fixed fee for labor provided by the sub-contractors.
 
Sub-contracts with related parties included in cost of sales for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:

   
2010
   
2009
 
Nanjing Knitting
 
$
     
$
591,470
 
Nanjing Ever-Kyowa,
   
1,065,741
     
955,792
 
Jiangsu Ever-Glory
   
701,244
         
Ever-Glory Vietnam
   
1,711,630
     
246,936
 
Ever-Glory Cambodia
   
588,671
     
20,648
 
  Total
 
$
4,067,286
   
$
1,814,846
 
 
 
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Accounts Payable – Related Parties
 
We purchase raw materials from and subcontract some of our production to related parties. Accounts payable to related parties are as follows:

   
2010
   
2009
 
Nanjing Knitting
 
$
713,581
   
$
153,660
 
Nanjing Ever-Kyowa
   
369,837
     
335,546
 
Ever-Glory Vietnam
   
365,569
         
Ever-Glory Combodia
   
14,133
         
Shanghai La Chapelle
           
293,400
 
  Total
 
$
1,463,120
   
$
782,606
 
 
Amounts Due From Related Party
 
Because of restrictions on our ability to directly import and export products, we utilize Jiangsu Ever-Glory as its agent, to assist us with our import and export transactions and its international transportation projects. Import transactions primarily consist of purchases of raw materials and accessories designated by our customers for use in garment manufacture. Export transactions consist of our sales to foreign markets such as Japan, Europe and the United States. As our agent, Jiangsu Ever-Glory’s responsibilities include managing customs, inspection, transportation, insurance and collections on behalf of the Company. Jiangsu Ever-Glory also manages transactions denominated in currencies other than the Chinese RMB at rates of exchange agreed between the Company and Jiangsu Ever-Glory and based upon rates of exchange quoted by the People’s Bank of China. In return for these services, Jiangsu Ever-Glory charged us a fee of approximately 3% of export sales which produce in China and 1% of export sales which produce in overseas. For import transactions, we may make advance payments, through Jiangsu Ever-Glory, for the raw material purchases, or Jiangsu Ever-Glory may make advance payments on our behalf. For export transactions, accounts receivable for export sales are remitted by our customers through Jiangsu Ever-Glory, who forwards the payments to the Company. We and Jiangsu Ever-Glory have agreed that balances from import and export transactions may be offset. Amounts due to (from) Jiangsu Ever-Glory are typically settled within 60-90 days. Interest of 0.5% is charged on net amounts due at each month end. Interest income for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 was $77,704 and $614,842 respectively. Following is a summary of import and export transactions for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009:

   
Accounts Receivable
   
Accounts Payable
   
Net
 
As of January 1,2010
 
$
15,745,543
   
$
2,390,658
   
$
13,354,885
 
Sales/Purchase
 
$
15,696,889
   
$
4,004,040
         
Payment Received/Made
 
$
14,945,175
                 
As of Dec 31,2010
 
$
16,497,257
   
$
6,394,698
   
$
10,102,559
 
 
Approximately 64.37% of the receivable balance as of December 31, 2010 was settled by March 28, 2011.

Loan from Related Party
 
As of December 31, 2010 and 2009 we owed $999,811 and $2,575,759, respectively to Blue Power Holdings Limited, a company controlled by our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Edward Yihua Kang. Interest is charged at 6% per annum on the amounts due. The loans are due through April 2011. During 2010 $1,650,030 was repaid. For the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, we incurred interest expense of $74,082 and $115,674, respectively. The accrued interest is included in the carrying amount of the loan in the accompanying balance sheets.
 
 
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PROPOSAL NO. 2—RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

 The Audit Committee has selected GHP Horwath, P.C (“GHP Horwath”) to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company for the three fiscal quarters ending September 30, 2011. GHP Horwath was the Company’s independent registered public accounting for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2010.
 
We are asking our shareholders to ratify the selection of GHP Horwath as our independent registered public accounting firm. In the event our shareholders fail to ratify the appointment, the Audit Committee may reconsider this appointment.
 
The Company has been advised by GHP Horwath that neither the firm nor any of its associates had any relationship with the Company other than the usual relationship that exists between independent registered public accountant firms and their clients during the last fiscal year. Representatives of GHP Horwath are not expected to attend the Annual Meeting in person and therefore are not expected to be available to respond to any questions.  As a result, representatives of GHP Horwath will not make a statement at the Annual Meeting.
 
Audit Committee Report

A copy of our Audit Committee Report is attached to this proxy statement as Appendix B.
 
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
 
Fees for audit services include fees associated with the annual audit and the review of documents filed with the SEC including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and the Annual Report on Form 10-K. Audit-related fees principally included accounting consultation and information system control reviews.    Tax fees included tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning work.
 
   
2010
   
2009
 
Audit fees (1)
  $ 230,000     $ 216,000  
Audit- related fees
  $ 20,000       -  
Tax fees
    -       -  
All other fees
    -       -  
Tax fees
  $ 250,000     $ 216,000  

(1) Audit fees — these fees relate to the audit of our annual financial statements and the review of our interim quarterly financial statements.
(2) Audit related fees — these fees relate primarily to audit related consulting.
   

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF GHP HORWATHAS OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS FOR THE THREE FISCAL QUARTERS ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 (ITEM 2 ON THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD).
 
OTHER MATTERS
 
Our Board of Directors knows of no other business which will be presented at the Annual Meeting. If any other business is properly brought before the Annual Meeting, proxies in the enclosed form will be voted in respect thereof in accordance with the recommendations of management.

PROXY SOLICITATION
 
Ever-Glory will pay reasonable expenses incurred in forwarding proxy material to the beneficial owners of shares and in obtaining the written instructions of such beneficial owners. This proxy statement and the accompanying materials, in addition to being made available to shareholders and to brokers, custodians, nominees and other like parties, will be available to beneficial owners of shares of common stock pursuant to the SEC rules concerning Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. We will bear the expenses of calling and holding the Annual Meeting and the soliciting of proxies there for.
 
 
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We may consider the engagement of a proxy solicitation firm. Our directors, officers and employees may also solicit proxies by mail, telephone and personal contact. They will not receive any additional compensation for these activities.
 
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
 
Proposals of shareholders of the Company that are intended to be presented by such shareholders at the Company’s 2011 annual meeting of shareholders and which such shareholders desire to have included in the Company’s proxy materials relating to such meeting must be received by the Company at its corporate offices within a reasonable time before the Company begins to print and send its proxy materials. Upon timely receipt of any such proposal, the Company will determine whether or not to include such proposal in the proxy statement and proxy in accordance with applicable regulations governing the solicitation of proxies.
 
Any shareholder filing a written notice of nomination for director must describe various matters regarding the nominee and the shareholder, including such information as name, address, occupation, and shares held. Any shareholder filing a notice to bring other business before a shareholder meeting must include in such notice, among other things, a brief description of the proposed business and the reasons for the business, and other specified matters. Copies of those requirements will be forwarded to any shareholder upon written request.
 
ANNUAL REPORT
 
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, including our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010, and this proxy statement are being made available to all shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting.  Additional copies may be requested in writing. Such requests should be submitted to Ever-Glory’s China headquarters, Ever-Glory Commercial Center No. 509 Chengxin Road, Jiangning Development Zone, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211102 China. Exhibits to the Form 10-K will also be provided upon specific request.
 
It is important that the proxies be returned promptly and that your shares be represented. Shareholders are urged to mark, date, execute and promptly return the accompanying proxy card in the enclosed envelope.

 
By Order of the Board of Directors
   
 
/s/ Edward Yihua Kang
 
Chairman of the Board

November 16, 2011
 
 
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EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2011 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
December 15, 2011 (Beijing Time)

The shareholders hereby appoint Yanhua Huang and Jiansong Wang, or either of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint them substitute, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of Common Stock of Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. that the shareholders are entitled to vote at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on December 15, 2011, 10:00 a.m. Beijing Time, at the Ever-Glory China headquarters, Ever-Glory Commercial Center, No. 509 Chengxin Road, Jiangning Development Zone, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211102 China, and any adjournment or postponement thereof.

THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE SHAREHOLDERS. IF NO SUCH DIRECTIONS ARE MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES LISTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FOR EACH PROPOSAL.

PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED REPLY ENVELOPE

CONTINUED AND TO BE SIGNED ON REVERSE SIDE

 
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THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.

EVER-GLORY INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” ITEMS 1 AND 2
 
1.  
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS  
  For  
  Against  
  Abstain  
2.  
RATIFICATION OF AUDITORS  
  For  
  Against  
  Abstain  
                   
 
NOMINEES:
       
Ratifying GHP Horwath P.C. serve as the independent
registered public accounting firm of the Company for the
three fiscal quarters ending September 30, 2011
     
 
1a. Edward Yihua Kang
       
                   
 
1b. Jiajun Sun
               
                   
 
1c. Merry Tang
               
                   
 
1d. Changyu Qi
               
                   
 
1e. Zhixue Zhang
               
 
The shares represented by this proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned Shareholder(s). If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted FOR items 1 and 2.

Please sign your name exactly as it appears hereon. When signing as
Attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please add
your title as such. When signing as joint tenants, all parties in the joint
tenancy must sign. If a signer is a corporation, please sign in full corporate
name by duly authorized officer.
 
         
Signature (Please Sign Within Box)
Date
 
Signature (Joint Owners)
Date
 
 
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Appendix A Compensation Committee Report
 
Our Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis (“CD&A”) included in this Proxy Statement. Based on that review and discussion, the Compensation Committee has recommended to the Board of Directors that the CD&A be included in this Proxy Statement.


 
Respectfully submitted by the Audit Committee,
 
Merry Tang
 
Changyu Qi
Zhixue Zhang


 The foregoing Compensation Committee Report does not constitute soliciting material and shall not be deemed filed or incorporated by reference into any other filing of our company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent we specifically incorporate this Audit Committee Report by reference therein.
 
 
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Appendix B Audit Committee Report

In accordance with our written charter adopted by the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee oversees the quality and integrity of our accounting and financial reporting practices and the audit of our consolidated financial statements by our independent registered public accounting firm.

The Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010, with our management and our independent registered public accounting firm, GHP Horwath, prior to public release.  The Audit Committee has discussed with GHP Horwath, the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, “Communication with Audit Committees”, as amended, which includes, among other items, matters related to the conduct of the audit of our consolidated financial statements.

The Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from GHP Horwath, required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1, “Independence Discussions with Audit Committees”, and the Audit Committee discussed with GHP Horwath, their independence from our company.

Based on the review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to our Board of Directors and the Board of Directors has approved that the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010, be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 
Respectfully submitted by the Audit Committee,
 
Merry Tang Chairman *
 
Changyu Qi
Zhixue Zhang

* Mr. Gerald (Gerry) Goldberg served as chairman of our Audit Committee from April 1, 2010 to August 21, 2011 and previously approved that the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010, be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The foregoing Audit Committee Report does not constitute soliciting material and shall not be deemed filed or incorporated by reference into any other filing of our company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, except to the extent we specifically incorporate this Audit Committee Report by reference therein.
 
 
 
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