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(&amp;#8220;&lt;u&gt;Lihua&lt;/u&gt;&amp;#8221; or the  &amp;#8220;&lt;u&gt;Company&lt;/u&gt;&amp;#8221;) was incorporated in the State of  Delaware on January 24, 2006 under the name Plastron Acquisition  Corp.&amp;#160;&amp;#160;On September 22, 2008, the Company changed its  name from Plastron Acquisition Corp. to Lihua International, Inc.  The Company conducts its business through two operating  subsidiaries, Danyang Lihua Electron Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Lihua  Copper Industry Co., Ltd.&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  On September 4, 2009, the Company&amp;#8217;s common stock began  trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol  &amp;#8220;LIWA.&amp;#8221;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both; FONT-FAMILY:Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  As of June 30, 2013, details of the subsidiaries of the Company are  as follows:&lt;/div&gt; 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FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="5%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;100&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; 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 -Publisher FASB

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