Note 29 - Share-based compensation expenses

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]

29.   Share-based compensation expenses

On July 12, 2010, the Company renewed its investor relations service contract with Hayden Communications International, Inc. (“HCI”) for an18-month period commencing on July 12, 2010. As additional compensation, the Company issued HCI 60,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock. These shares were valued at $3.80 per share, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The related compensation expenses were amortized over the 18-month service period. Total compensation expenses recognized for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 was U$$6,333 and US$76,000 respectively. Total compensation expenses recognized for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 was US$nil and US$38,000, respectively.

As a result of the merger of HCI and MZ Group, the Company terminated the service contract with HCI and engaged MZHCI, LLP (“MZ-HCI”) to provide investor relations services for a 24-month period commencing on January 1, 2012. As additional compensation, the Company granted 80,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock. These shares were valued at $1.05 per share, the closing bid price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The related compensation expenses were amortized over the requisite service period. Total compensation expenses recognized for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 was US$21,000 and US$nil, respectively. Total compensation expenses recognized for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 was US$10,500 and US$nil, respectively.

On November 30, 2009, the Company granted 5-year options to each of its three independent directors, Mr. Douglas MacLellan, Mr. Mototaka Watanabe and Mr. Zhiqing Chen, to purchase in the aggregate 54,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of US$5.00 per share, in consideration of their services to the Company. These options vest quarterly at the end of each 3-month period, in equal installments over the 24-month period from the date of grant.  The company utilized Black-Scholes option pricing model to gauge the grant date fair value of these options of US$4.05 per option. The related compensation expenses were amortized over its vesting period. Total compensation expenses recognized for these options for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 was US$nil and US$95,920, respectively. Total compensation expenses recognized for these options for the three months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 was US$nil and US$27,340, respectively.

On November 30, 2011, under the Company’s 2011 Omnibus Securities and Incentive Plan, the Company issued its management, employees and directors in the aggregate of 885,440 options to purchase up the same number of the company’s common stock at an exercise price of US$1.20 per share. These options were fully vested and exercisable upon issuance and subject to forfeiture upon an employee's cessation of employment at the discretion of the Company.

Options issued and outstanding at June 30, 2012 and their movements during the three months then ended are as follows:

	Option Outstanding						Option Exercisable
	Number of underlying shares		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Number of underlying shares		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)		Weighted Average Exercise Price
Balance, December 31, 2011 (audited)		939,440		9.51	$	1.42		939,440		9.51	$	1.42
Granted/Vested		-						-
Forfeited		-						-
Exercised		-						-
Balance, June 30, 2012 (unaudited)		939,440		9.01	$	1.42		939,440		9.01	$	1.42

The aggregate unrecognized share-based compensation expenses as of June 30, 2012 and 2011 is approximately US$63,000 and US$128,000, respectively.