424B4 1 v163242_424b4.htm Unassociated Document
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4)
File No. 333-160343
 

 
3,125,000 Shares
ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC.
 

Common Stock
 

 
This is the public offering of our common stock.  We are a reporting company under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Our shares of common stock are not currently listed or quoted for trading on any national securities exchange or national quotation system. The NASDAQ Global Market has approved the listing of our common stock under the symbol "ZSTN", subject to official notice of issuance.

We are offering all of the 3,125,000 shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus.  The public offering price of our common stock is $8.00 per share.

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk.  Before buying any shares, you should carefully read the discussion of material risks of investing in our common stock in “Risk Factors” beginning on page 7 of this prospectus.

Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of anyone’s investment in these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
 
   
Per share
 
Total
 
Public offering price
 
$
8.00
 
$
25,000,000
 
Underwriting discounts and commissions (1)
 
$
0.60
 
$
1,875,000
 
Proceeds, before expenses, to us
 
$
7.40
 
$
23,125,000
 
 
(1)  
The underwriters will receive compensation in addition to the discounts and commissions as set forth under “Underwriting.”
 
The underwriters may also purchase up to an additional 468,750 shares of our common stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions payable by us, to cover over-allotments, if any, within 45 days from the date of this prospectus. If the underwriters exercise this option in full, the total underwriting discounts and commissions will be $2,156,250, and our total proceeds, before expenses, will be $26,593,750.  The underwriters will also receive warrants to purchase 156,250 shares of our common stock in connection with this offering.

The underwriters are offering the common stock as set forth under “Underwriting.” Delivery of the shares will be made on or about October 23, 2009.
 
Rodman & Renshaw, LLC
WestPark Capital, Inc.
 
The date of this prospectus is October 20, 2009

 
 

 



 
 

 
 
ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
Page
 
Prospectus Summary
1
 
Risk Factors
7
 
Use of Proceeds
25
 
Dividend Policy
25
 
Capitalization
26
 
Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
26
 
Dilution
27
 
Accounting for the Share and Exchange
27
 
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
28
 
Description of Business
38
 
Management
49
 
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
54
 
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
55
 
Description of Securities
57
 
Shares Eligible for Future Sale
61
 
Underwriting
64
 
Conflicts of Interest 69  
Legal Matters
70
 
Experts
70
 
Additional Information
70
 
Financial Statements
F-1
 

Please read this prospectus carefully. It describes our business, our financial condition and results of operations. We have prepared this prospectus so that you will have the information necessary to make an informed investment decision.

You should rely only on information contained in this prospectus. We have not, and the underwriter has not, authorized any other person to provide you with different information. This prospectus is not an offer to sell, nor is it seeking an offer to buy, these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted. The information in this prospectus is complete and accurate as of the date on the front cover, but the information may have changed since that date.
 
 
 

 

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

Because this is only a summary, it does not contain all of the information that may be important to you. You should carefully read the more detailed information contained in this prospectus, including our financial statements and related notes. Our business involves significant risks. You should carefully consider the information under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on page 7. Unless otherwise indicated, all share and per share information gives effect to the conversion of all of our outstanding shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of our common stock (the “Series A Conversion”).

As used in this prospectus, unless otherwise indicated, the terms “we”, “our”, “us”, “Company” and “ZST” refer to ZST Digital Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation, formerly known as SRKP 18, Inc. (“SRKP 18”), its wholly-owned subsidiary, World Orient Universal Limited, a company organized in the British Virgin Islands (“World Orient”), its wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Asia Universal Limited, a company organized in the British Virgin Islands (“Global Asia”), its wholly-owned subsidiary, Everfair Technologies, Ltd., a company organized in Hong Kong (“Everfair”), and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zhengzhou Shenyang Technology Company Limited, a company organized in the People’s Republic of China (“Zhengzhou ZST”). “China” or “PRC” refers to the People’s Republic of China. “RMB” or “Renminbi” refers to the legal currency of China and “$” or “U.S. Dollars” refers to the legal currency of the United States.

ZST Digital Networks, Inc.

We are principally engaged in supplying digital and optical network equipment to cable system operators in the Henan Province of China. We have developed a line of internet protocol television (“IPTV”) set-top boxes that are used to provide bundled cable television, Internet and telephone services to residential and commercial customers. We have assisted in the installation and construction of over 400 local cable networks covering more than 90 municipal districts, counties, townships, and enterprises. Our services and products have been recognized with various certifications, including “integrated computer information system qualification class III” issued by the Ministry of Industry Information, “communication user cable construction enterprise qualification” issued by the Henan Province Administration of Communication, “Henan Province Security Technology Prevention Engineering Qualification Class III”, a certificate of “ISO9001: 2000 Quality System Authentication”, and “Double High” certification, high-tech product and high-tech enterprise issued by the Henan Province government.

At present, our main clients are broadcasting TV bureaus and cable network operators serving various cities and counties. We have over 30 main customers, including the broadcasting TV bureaus and cable network operators of the cities of Nanyang, Mengzhou, Xuchang, Pingdingshan, Kaifeng, Zhoukou and Gongyi, and the counties of Yuanyang, Luoning, Neihuang, Yinyang, Xixia, Kaifeng, Nanzhao, and Gushi.

In the near future, we plan to joint venture with cable network operators to provide bundled television programming, Internet and telephone services to residential customers in cities and counties located in the Henan Province of China. In addition, we are currently in the process of establishing a partnership with China Unicom, a wireless network provider, in connection with the Company’s development and sale of its GPS tracking units. In March 2009, the Company entered into a network access right agreement with the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom that allows the Company to use the China Unicom wireless network for providing GPS location and tracking services to third parties. Upon completion of this offering, the Company intends to negotiate a reseller agreement with the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom whereby GPS tracking units supplied by the Company would be sold in the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom retail stores, with the Company receiving a share of subscriber revenue collected by the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom.
 
Corporate Information

We were incorporated in the State of Delaware on December 7, 2006. We were originally organized as a “blank check” shell company to investigate and acquire a target company or business seeking the perceived advantages of being a publicly held corporation.

On January 9, 2009, we closed a share exchange transaction pursuant to which we (i) issued 806,408 shares of our common stock to acquire 100% equity ownership of World Orient, (ii) assumed the operations of World Orient and its subsidiaries, including Zhengzhou ZST, and (iii) changed our name from SRKP 18, Inc. to ZST Digital Networks, Inc.

Our corporate offices are located at Building 28, Huzhu Road, Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou, China. Our telephone number is (86) 371-6771-6850.

We are a reporting company under Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Our shares of common stock are not currently listed or quoted for trading on any national securities exchange or national quotation system. The NASDAQ Global Market has approved the listing of our common stock under the symbol "ZSTN", subject to official notice of issuance.

 
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Recent Events

Reverse Stock Split
 
On October 6, 2009, we effected a 1-for-2.461538462 reverse stock split of all of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”) by filing an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Delaware. The par value and number of authorized shares of our common stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock remained unchanged. The number of shares and per share amounts included in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included in the F- section have been adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split retroactively. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to number of shares, per share amounts and earnings per share information contained in this prospectus give effect to the Reverse Stock Split.

Share Exchange

On December 11, 2008, we entered into a share exchange agreement, as amended on January 9, 2009 (the “Exchange Agreement”), with World Orient and its stockholders, pursuant to which the stockholders would transfer all of the issued and outstanding shares of World Orient to the Company in exchange for 806,408 shares of our common stock (the “Share Exchange”). On January 9, 2009, the Share Exchange closed and World Orient became our wholly-owned subsidiary and we immediately changed our name from “SRKP 18, Inc.” to “ZST Digital Networks, Inc.” A total of 806,408 shares were issued to the former stockholders of World Orient.

Purchase Right

On January 14, 2009, Zhong Bo, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Wu Dexiu, Huang Jiankang, Sun Hui and Li Yuting (the “ZST Management”) each entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Company issued and the ZST Management agreed to purchase an aggregate of 5,090,315 shares of our common stock at a per share purchase price of $0.6907 (the “Purchase Right”). The purchase price for the shares was paid in full on May 25, 2009. Each of the stockholders and warrantholders of the Company prior to the Share Exchange agreed to cancel 0.3317 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 0.5328 shares of common stock held by each of them for each one (1) share of common stock purchased by the ZST Management pursuant to the Purchase Right (the “Share and Warrant Cancellation”). Pursuant to the Share and Warrant Cancellation, an aggregate of 1,688,532 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 2,712,283 shares of common stock held by certain of our stockholders and warrantholders prior to the Share Exchange were cancelled.

Private Placement

On May 5, 2009, we completed the final closing in a series of five closings beginning January 9, 2009 of a private placement transaction (the “Private Placement”). Pursuant to subscription agreements entered into with the investors, we sold an aggregate of 1,263,723 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock at $3.94 per share. As a result, we received gross proceeds in the amount of approximately $4.98 million. As of the date of this prospectus, the conversion price of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is equal to $3.94.  See “Description of Securities — Preferred Stock” on page 57 for a more complete description of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.

Restructuring

Our BVI subsidiary, World Orient, its wholly-owned BVI subsidiary, Global Asia, and Global Asia’s wholly-owned Hong Kong subsidiary, Everfair, were owned by non-PRC individuals. Everfair obtained all the equity interests of Zhengzhou ZST further to an Equity Purchase Agreement dated October 10, 2008 (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”) by and among Everfair, Zhong Bo, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Wu Dexiu, Huang Jiankang, Sun Hui and Li Yuting (the “ZST Management”).


 
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The corporate structure of the Company is illustrated as follows:


 
Following the full exercise of the Purchase Right and Share and Warrant Cancellation, Mr. Zhong beneficially owns approximately 59.87% of our outstanding common stock (after giving effect to the Series A Conversion). See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 7 for a more complete description of the aforementioned restructuring and risks associated therewith.

 
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THE OFFERING

Common stock we are offering  
 
3,125,000 shares (1)
     
Common stock outstanding after the offering  
 
11,479,826 shares (2)
     
Offering price  
 
$8.00 per share
     
Use of proceeds   
 
We intend to use the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes. See “Use of Proceeds” on page 25 for more information on the use of proceeds.
     
Conflicts of Interest
 
Affiliates of WestPark Capital, Inc. beneficially own more than 10% of the Company, and therefore WestPark Capital, Inc. has a “conflict of interest” under FINRA Rule 2720.  Accordingly, this offering is being conducted in accordance with FINRA Rule 2720, which requires that a “qualified independent underwriter” as defined in FINRA Rule 2720 participate in the preparation of the registration statement and prospectus and exercise its usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto.  See “Conflicts of Interest” on page 69 for more information.
     
Risk factors   
 
Investing in these securities involves a high degree of risk. As an investor you should be able to bear a complete loss of your investment. You should carefully consider the information set forth in the “Risk Factors” section beginning on page 7.
 
(1)
Excludes (i) up to 468,750 shares that may be sold upon the underwriters’ over-allotment option and (ii) up to 156,250 shares of common stock underlying warrants to be received by the underwriters in this offering. We are also concurrently registering for resale under a separate prospectus up to 1,542,323 shares of our common stock held by the selling stockholders named under such prospectus (including 34,826 shares that have been or may be acquired upon the exercise of warrants and 1,263,723 shares that have been or may be acquired upon the conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock that have been previously issued to selling stockholders named in such prospectus). None of these securities are being offered by us and we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of these shares. For additional information, see above under “Prospectus Summary — Recent Events.”

(2)
Based on 8,354,826 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus (after giving effect to the Series A Conversion) and 3,125,000 shares of common stock issued in the public offering (excluding the underwriters’ over-allotment option of up to 468,750 shares and the underwriters’ warrants to purchase up to 156,250 shares of common stock).

 
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SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA

The following summary financial information contains consolidated statement of operations data for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 (unaudited) and for each of the years in the five-year period ended December 31, 2008 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of June 30, 2009 and year-end for each of the years in the five-year period ended December 31, 2008. The consolidated statement of operations data and balance sheet data were derived from the audited consolidated financial statements, except for data for the six months ended and as of June 30, 2009 and 2008 and the years ended and as of December 31, 2005 and 2004. Such financial data should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes to the consolidated financial statements starting on page F-1 and with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Consolidated Statements of Operations (U.S. Dollars in Thousands)

   
For the Six Months Ended
     
For the Year
Ended
         
   
June 30,
           
December 31,
         
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
   
2004
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
                     
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
 
                                           
Revenue
 
$
41,440
   
$
25,778
   
$
55,431
   
$
28,717
   
$
5,650
   
$
2,129
   
$
1,585
 
Cost of goods sold
   
34,951
     
20,997
     
45,594
     
23,221
     
4,478
     
1,501
     
1,325
 
Gross Profit
   
6,489
     
4,781
     
9,837
     
5,496
     
1,172
     
628
     
260
 
                                                         
Operating Costs and Expenses
                                                       
Selling expenses
   
35
     
106
     
146
     
3
     
19
     
57
     
144
 
Depreciation
   
10
     
18
     
21
     
44
     
42
     
26
     
42
 
General and administrative
   
501
     
419
     
1,006
     
715
     
230
     
-
     
374
 
Merger cost
   
567
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Research and development
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
89
     
-
     
304
     
-
 
Total operating costs and expenses
   
1,113
     
543
     
1,173
     
851
     
291
     
387
     
560
 
Income from operations
   
5,376
     
4,238
     
8,664
     
4,645
     
881
     
241
     
(300
                                                         
Other income (expenses)
                                                       
Gain on disposal of assets
   
-
     
-
     
(11
)
   
-
     
48
     
-
     
-
 
Interest income
   
44
     
15
     
10
     
3
     
-
     
44
     
-
 
Interest expense
   
(85
)
   
(114
)
   
(339
)
   
(196
)
   
(12
)
   
(7
)
   
-
 
Imputed interest
   
(31
)
   
(26
)
   
(71
)
   
(70
)
   
(20
)
   
-
     
-
 
Sundry income (expense), net
   
(8
)
   
(1
)
   
(11
)
   
-
     
55
     
-
     
(2
)
Total other income (expenses)
   
(80
)
   
(126
)
   
(422
)
   
(263
)
   
71
     
37
     
(2
)
                                                         
Income before income taxes
   
5,296
     
4,112
     
8,242
     
4,382
     
952
     
278
     
(302
)
Income taxes
   
(1,487
)
   
(986
)
   
(2,133
)
   
(1,515
)
   
(314
)
   
(92
)
   
-
 
                                                         
Net income
 
$
3,809
   
$
3,126
   
$
6,109
   
$
2,867
   
$
638
   
$
186
   
$
(302
)
                                                         
Basic earnings per share
 
$
0.54
   
$
0.53
   
$
1.04
   
$
0.49
   
$
0.11
   
$
0.03
   
$
(0.05
)
                                                         
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic
   
7,038,313
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
 
                                                         
Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.47
   
$
0.53
   
$
1.04
   
$
0.49
   
$
0.11
   
$
0.03
   
$
(0.05
)
                                                         
Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted
   
8,145,477
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
 

 
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Consolidated Balance Sheets (U.S. Dollars in Thousands)
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
December
31,
   
December
31,
   
December
31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
   
2004
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
                     
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
 
Total current assets
 
$
28,304
   
$
11,951
   
$
17,270
   
$
16,918
   
$
8,069
   
$
3,103
   
$
3,055
 
Total assets
   
29,302
     
11,988
     
17,304
     
16,980
     
8,150
     
4,189
     
3,788
 
Total current liabilities
   
10,368
     
6,071
     
8,321
     
14,413
     
6,381
     
1,786
     
1,884
 
Total liabilities
   
10,368
     
6,071
     
8,321
     
14,413
     
6,381
     
2,042
     
1,885
 
Total stockholders' equity
   
18,934
     
5,917
     
8,983
     
2,567
     
1,769
     
2,147
     
1,903
 

 
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RISK FACTORS

Any investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk.  Investors should carefully consider the risks described below and all of the information contained in this prospectus before deciding whether to purchase our common stock.  Our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by these risks if any of them actually occur.  The trading price could decline due to any of these risks, and an investor may lose all or part of his investment.  Some of these factors have affected our financial condition and operating results in the past or are currently affecting our company.  This prospectus also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.  Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including the risks we face as described below and elsewhere in this prospectus.

Risks Related to Our Operations

We derive substantially all of our revenues from sales in the PRC and any downturn in the Chinese economy could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

Substantially all of our revenues are generated from sales in the PRC. We anticipate that revenues from sales of our products in the PRC will continue to represent the substantial portion of our total revenues in the near future. Our sales and earnings can also be affected by changes in the general economy since purchases of cable television services are generally discretionary for consumers. Our success is influenced by a number of economic factors which affect disposable consumer income, such as employment levels, business conditions, interest rates, oil and gas prices and taxation rates. Adverse changes in these economic factors, among others, may restrict consumer spending, thereby negatively affecting our sales and profitability.

We are and will continue to be subject to rapidly declining average selling prices, which may harm our results of operations.

Set-top boxes and networking products such as those we offer are often subject to declines in average selling prices due to rapidly evolving technologies, industry standards and consumer preferences. These products are also subject to rapid technological changes which often cause product obsolescence. Companies within our industry are continuously developing new products with heightened performance and functionality. This puts pricing pressure on existing products and constantly threatens to make them, or causes them to be, obsolete. Our typical product’s life cycle is short, typically generating lower average selling prices as the cycle matures. If we fail to accurately anticipate the introduction of new technologies, we may possess significant amounts of obsolete inventory that can only be sold at substantially lower prices and profit margins than we anticipated. In addition, if we fail to accurately anticipate the introduction of new technologies, we may be unable to compete effectively due to our failure to offer products most demanded by the marketplace. If any of these failures occur, our sales, profit margins and profitability will be adversely affected.

In addition, network systems operators expect suppliers, such as our Company, to cut their costs and lower the price of their products to lessen the negative impact on their own profit margins. As a result, we have previously reduced the price of some of our products and expect to continue to face market-driven downward pricing pressures in the future. Our results of operations will suffer if we are unable to offset any declines in the average selling prices of our products by developing new or enhanced products with higher selling prices or gross profit margins, increasing our sales volumes or reducing our production costs.

If we do not correctly forecast demand for our products, we could have costly excess production or inventories and we may not be able to secure sufficient or cost effective quantities of our products or production materials and our revenues, cost of revenues and financial condition could be adversely affected.

The demand for our products depends on many factors, including pricing and inventory levels, and is difficult to forecast due in part to variations in economic conditions, changes in consumer and business preferences, relatively short product life cycles, changes in competition, seasonality and reliance on key third party carriers. It is particularly difficult to forecast demand by individual product. Significant unanticipated fluctuations in demand, the timing and disclosure of new product releases or the timing of key sales orders could result in costly excess production or inventories or the inability to secure sufficient, cost-effective quantities of our products or production materials. These inventory risks are particularly acute during end product transitions in which a new generation of set-top boxes is being deployed and inventory of older generation set-top boxes is at a higher risk of obsolescence. Furthermore, because of the competitive nature of the set-top box business and the short-term nature of our purchase orders, we could in the future be required to reduce the average selling-prices of our set-top boxes, which in turn would adversely affect our gross margins and profitability. This could adversely impact our revenues, cost of revenues and financial condition.

 
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We depend on sales of set-top boxes for a substantial portion of our revenue, and if sales of our set-top boxes decline or we are not able to penetrate new markets for set-up boxes, our business and financial position will suffer.

The substantial portion of our revenues consists primarily of sales of our set-top boxes. In addition, we currently derive, and expect to continue to derive in the near term, revenue from sales of our set-top boxes to a limited number of customers. Continued market acceptance of our set-top boxes is critical to our future success. If we are not able to expand sales of our set-top boxes to other providers of digital television, our growth prospects will be limited, and our revenues will be substantially impacted.

Our set-up boxes were initially designed for, and have been deployed mostly by, providers of cable-delivered digital television. To date, we have not made any sales of our set-top boxes to direct-to-home satellite providers. In addition, the set-top box market is highly competitive and we expect competition to intensify in the future. In particular, we believe that most set-top boxes are sold by a small number of well entrenched competitors who have long-standing relationships with direct-to-home satellite providers. This competition may make it more difficult for us to sell home satellite set-top boxes, and may result in pricing pressure, small profit margins, high sales and marketing expenses and failure to obtain market share, any of which could likely seriously harm our business, operating results and financial condition.

Our business may suffer if cable television operators, who currently comprise our customer base, do not compete successfully with existing and emerging alternative platforms for delivering digital television, including terrestrial networks, internet protocol television and direct-to-home satellite service providers.

Our existing customers are cable television operators, which compete with direct-to-home satellite video providers and terrestrial broadcasters for the same pool of viewers. As technologies develop, other means of delivering information and entertainment to television viewers are evolving. For example, some telecommunications companies are seeking to compete with terrestrial broadcasters, cable television network operators and direct-to-home satellite services by offering internet protocol television, which allows telecommunications companies to stream television programs through telephone lines or fiber optic lines. To the extent that the terrestrial television networks, telecommunications companies and direct-to-home satellite providers compete successfully against cable television networks services for viewers, the ability of our existing customer base to attract and retain subscribers may be adversely affected. As a result, demand for our set-top boxes could decline and we may not be able to sustain our current revenue levels.

Our products may contain errors or defects, which could result in the rejection of our products, damage to our reputation, lost revenues, diverted development resources and increased service costs, warranty claims and litigation.

Our products are complex and must meet stringent user requirements. In addition, we must develop our products to keep pace with the rapidly changing markets. Sophisticated products like ours are likely to contain undetected errors or defects, especially when first introduced or when new models or versions are released. Our products may not be free from errors or defects after commercial shipments have begun, which could result in the rejection of our products and jeopardize our relationship with carriers. End users may also reject or find issues with our products and have a right to return them even if the products are free from errors or defects. In either case, returns or quality issues could result in damage to our reputation, lost revenues, diverted development resources, increased customer service and support costs, and warranty claims and litigation which could harm our business, results of operations and financial condition.
 
We do not carry any business interruption insurance, products liability insurance or any other insurance policy. As a result, we may incur uninsured losses, increasing the possibility that you would lose your entire investment in our company.
 
We could be exposed to liabilities or other claims for which we would have no insurance protection. We do not currently maintain any business interruption insurance, products liability insurance, or any other comprehensive insurance policy. As a result, we may incur uninsured liabilities and losses as a result of the conduct of our business. There can be no guarantee that we will be able to obtain additional insurance coverage in the future, and even if we are able to obtain additional coverage, we may not carry sufficient insurance coverage to satisfy potential claims. Should uninsured losses occur, any purchasers of our common stock could lose their entire investment.
 
Because we do not carry products liability insurance, a failure of any of the products marketed by us may subject us to the risk of product liability claims and litigation arising from injuries allegedly caused by the improper functioning or design of our products. We cannot assure that we will have enough funds to defend or pay for liabilities arising out of a products liability claim. To the extent we incur any product liability or other litigation losses, our expenses could materially increase substantially. There can be no assurance that we will have sufficient funds to pay for such expenses, which could end our operations and you would lose your entire investment.
 
We intend to make significant investments in new products and services that may not be profitable.

Companies in our industry are under pressure to develop new designs and product innovations to support changing consumer tastes and regulatory requirements. To date, we have engaged in modest research and development activities and much of our expenditures on research and debvelopment have been reimbursed by the local government. However, we believe that substantial addtitional research and development activities are necessary to allow us to offer technologically-advanced products to serve a broader array of customers. We expect that our research and development budget will substantially increase as the scope of our operations expands and as we have access to additional working capital to fund these activities. However, research and development and investments in new technology are inherently speculative and commercial success depends on many factors including technological innovation, novelty, service and support, and effective sales and marketing. We may not achieve significant revenue from new product and service investments for a number of years, if at all. Moreover, new products and services may not be profitable, and even if they are profitable, operating margins for new products and businesses may be minimal.

 
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We are subject to intense competition in the industry in which we operate, which could cause material reductions in the selling price of our products or losses of our market share.

The market for set-top boxes and networking products is highly competitive, especially with respect to pricing and the introduction of new products and features. Our products compete primarily on the basis of:

 
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reliability;

 
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brand recognition;

 
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quality;

 
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price;
 
 
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design; and

 
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quality service and support to retailers and our customers.

Currently, there are many significant competitors in the set-top box business including several established companies who have sold set-top boxes to major cable operators for many years. These competitors include companies such as Motorola, Cisco Systems, and Pace. In addition, a number of rapidly growing companies have recently entered the market, many of them with set-top box offerings similar to our existing set-top box products. We also expect additional competition in the future from new and existing companies who do not currently compete in the market for set-top boxes. As the set-top box business evolves, our current and potential competitors may establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties, including software and hardware companies that could acquire significant market share, which could adversely affect our business. We also face competition from set-top boxes that have been internally developed by digital video providers.

In recent years, we and many of our competitors, have regularly lowered prices, and we expect these pricing pressures to continue. If these pricing pressures are not mitigated by increases in volume, cost reductions from our supplier or changes in product mix, our revenues and profits could be substantially reduced. As compared to us, many of our competitors have:

 
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significantly longer operating histories;

 
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significantly greater managerial, financial, marketing, technical and other competitive resources; and

 
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greater brand recognition.

As a result, our competitors may be able to:

 
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adapt more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements;

 
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devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products and services; and

 
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respond more effectively to pricing pressures.

These factors could materially adversely affect our operations and financial condition. In addition, competition could increase if:

 
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new companies enter the market;

 
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existing competitors expand their product mix; or

 
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we expand into new markets.

An increase in competition could result in material price reductions or loss of our market share.

 
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Changes in existing technologies or the emergence of new products or technologies could significantly harm our business.

Our businesses change rapidly as new technologies are developed. These new technologies may cause our services and products to become obsolete. Changes in existing technologies could also cause demand for our products and services to decline. For example, if changes in technology allow digital television subscribers to use devices such as personal computers, cable ready televisions and network based digital video recording services in place of set-top boxes, our customers may not need to purchase our set-top boxes to provide their digital television subscribers with digital video recording and other set-top box features. One or more new technologies also could be introduced that compete favorably with our set-top boxes or that cause our set-top boxes to no longer be of significant benefit to our customers.

We and our suppliers also may not be able to keep pace with technological developments. Alternatively, if the new technologies on which we intend to focus our research and development investments fail to achieve acceptance in the marketplace, we could suffer a material adverse effect on our future competitive position that could cause a reduction in our revenues and earnings. Our competitors could also obtain or develop proprietary technologies that are perceived by the market as being superior to ours. Further, after we have incurred substantial research and development costs, one or more of the technologies under development could become obsolete prior to its introduction. Finally, delays in the delivery of components or other unforeseen problems may occur that could materially and adversely affect our ability to generate revenue, offer new products and services and remain competitive.

Technological innovation is important to our success and depends, to a significant degree, on the work of technically skilled employees. Competition for the services of these types of employees is intense. We may not be able to attract and retain these employees. If we are unable to attract and maintain technically skilled employees, our competitive position could be materially and adversely affected.

The loss or significant reduction in business of any of our key customers could materially and adversely affect our revenues and earnings.

We are highly dependent upon sales of our products to certain of our customers. During our fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, Neihuang Radio & Television Bureau and Kaifeng Radio & Television Bureau each accounted for approximately 10% of our net revenues. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, Nanyang Radio & Television Bureau, Mengzhou Radio & Television Bureau and Xuchang Radio & Television Bureau accounted for approximately 16%, 14% and 13%, respectively, of our net revenues. During the fiscal year December 31, 2006, Kaifeng Radio & Television Bureau, Xinye Radio & Television Bureau, Xuchang Radio & Television Bureau, Huaxian Radio & Television Bureau and Nanyang Radio & Television Bureau accounted for approximately 24%, 24%, 19%, 13% and 10%, respectively, of our net revenues. No other customer accounted for greater than 5% of our net revenues during these periods. All purchases of our products by customers are made through purchase orders and we do not have long-term contracts with any of our customers. The loss of Neihuang County Broadcasting Television Information Network Center and Henan Cable TV Network Group Co., Ltd. Kaifeng Branch, or any of our other customers to which we sell a significant amount of our products or any significant portion of orders from Cable TV Station of Pingdingshan and Cable TV Station of Nanyang, or such other customers or any material adverse change in the financial condition of such customers could negatively affect our revenues and decrease our earnings.

We cannot rely on long-term purchase orders or commitments to protect us from the negative financial effects of a decline in demand for our products. The limited certainty of product orders can make it difficult for us to forecast our sales and allocate our resources in a manner consistent with our actual sales. Moreover, our expense levels are based in part on our expectations of future sales and, if our expectations regarding future sales are inaccurate, we may be unable to reduce costs in a timely manner to adjust for sales shortfalls. Cancellations or reductions of customer orders could result in the loss of anticipated sales without allowing us sufficient time to reduce our inventory and operating expenses. Furthermore, because we depend on a small number of customers for the vast majority of our sales, the magnitude of the ramifications of these risks is greater than if our sales were less concentrated with a small number of customers. As a result of our lack of long-term purchase orders and purchase commitments we may experience a rapid decline in our sales and profitability.

In addition, there is a relatively small number of potential new customers for our set-top boxes and we expect this customer concentration to continue for the foreseeable future. Therefore, our operating results will likely continue to depend on sales to a relatively small number of customers, as well as the continued success of these customers. If we do not develop relationships with new customers, we may not be able to expand our customer base or maintain or increase our revenue.

We depend on a limited number of suppliers for components for our products. The inability to secure components for our products could reduce our revenues and adversely affect our relationship with our customers.

We rely on a limited number of suppliers for our component parts and raw materials. Although there are many suppliers for each of our component parts and raw materials, we are dependent on a limited number of suppliers for many of the significant components and raw materials. This reliance involves a number of significant potential risks, including:

 
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lack of availability of materials and interruptions in delivery of components and raw materials from our suppliers;

 
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manufacturing delays caused by such lack of availability or interruptions in delivery;

 
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fluctuations in the quality and the price of components and raw materials, in particular due to the petroleum price impact on such materials; and

 
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risks related to foreign operations.

We generally do not have any long-term or exclusive purchase commitments with any of our suppliers. Hangzhou Jingbao Electronic Ltd., Farway Electronics Factory and Henan Hui-ke Electronics Co., Ltd. are our largest suppliers of components for our products, each of which accounted for more than 10% of our purchases of components for our products for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. In addition, Henan Hui-ke Electronics Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Jiuzhou Technology, Co. Ltd. and Hangzhou Jingbao Co., Ltd. each accounted for more than 10% of our purchases of components for our products for the six months ended June 30, 2009.  Our failure to maintain existing relationships with our suppliers or to establish new relationships in the future could also negatively affect our ability to obtain our components and raw materials used in our products in a timely manner. If we are unable to obtain ample supply of products from our existing suppliers or alternative sources of supply, we may be unable to satisfy our customers’ orders which could materially and adversely affect our revenues and our relationship with our customers.

Certain disruptions in supply of and changes in the competitive environment for components and raw materials integral to our products may adversely affect our profitability.

We use a broad range of materials and supplies, including LCDs, ICs, flash memories, WiFi modules, GPS modules, capacitors, resistors, switches, connectors, batteries and other electronic components in our products. A significant disruption in the supply of these materials could decrease production and shipping levels, materially increase our operating costs and materially adversely affect our profit margins. Shortages of materials or interruptions in transportation systems, labor strikes, work stoppages, war, acts of terrorism or other interruptions to or difficulties in the employment of labor or transportation in the markets in which we purchase materials, components and supplies for the production of our products, in each case may adversely affect our ability to maintain production of our products and sustain profitability. If we were to experience a significant or prolonged shortage of critical components and raw materials from any of our suppliers and could not procure the components from other sources, we would be unable to meet our production schedules for some of our key products and to ship such products to our customers in a timely fashion, which would adversely affect our sales, margins and customer relations.

Substantial defaults by our customers on accounts receivable or the loss of significant customers could have a material adverse effect on our business.

A substantial portion of our working capital consists of accounts receivable from customers. If customers responsible for a significant amount of accounts receivable were to become insolvent or otherwise unable to pay for products and services, or to make payments in a timely manner, our business, results of operations or financial condition could be materially adversely affected. An economic or industry downturn could materially adversely affect the servicing of these accounts receivable, which could result in longer payment cycles, increased collection costs and defaults in excess of management’s expectations. A significant deterioration in our ability to collect on accounts receivable could also impact the cost or availability of financing available to us.

In addition, our business is characterized by long periods for collection from our customers and short periods for payment to our suppliers, the combination of which may cause us to have liquidity problems. We experience an average accounts settlement period ranging from one month to as high as four months from the time we sell our products to the time we receive payment from our customers. In contrast, we typically need to place certain deposits and advances with our suppliers on a portion of the purchase price in advance and for some suppliers we must maintain a deposit for future orders. Because our payment cycle is considerably shorter than our receivable cycle, we may experience working capital shortages. Working capital management, including prompt and diligent billing and collection, is an important factor in our results of operations and liquidity. We cannot assure you that system problems, industry trends or other issues will not extend our collection period, adversely impact our working capital.

Our operations would be materially adversely affected if third-party carriers were unable to transport our products on a timely basis.

All of our products are shipped through third party carriers. If a strike or other event prevented or disrupted these carriers from transporting our products, other carriers may be unavailable or may not have the capacity to deliver our products to our customers. If adequate third party sources to ship our products were unavailable at any time, our business would be materially adversely affected.

Our quarterly results may fluctuate because of many factors and, as a result, investors should not rely on quarterly operating results as indicative of future results.

Fluctuations in operating results or the failure of operating results to meet the expectations of public market analysts and investors may negatively impact the value of our securities. Quarterly operating results may fluctuate in the future due to a variety of factors that could affect revenues or expenses in any particular quarter. Fluctuations in quarterly operating results could cause the value of our securities to decline. Investors should not rely on quarter-to-quarter comparisons of results of operations as an indication of future performance. As a result of the factors listed below, it is possible that in future periods results of operations may be below the expectations of public market analysts and investors. This could cause the market price of our securities to decline. Factors that may affect our quarterly results include:

 
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seasonal variations in operating results;

 
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variations in the sales of our products to our significant customers;

 
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the discretionary nature of our customers’ demands and spending patterns;

 
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variations in manufacturing and supplier relationships;

 
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fluctuation and unpredictability of costs related to the components and raw materials used to manufacture our products;

 
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if we are unable to correctly anticipate and provide for inventory requirements from quarter to quarter, we may not have sufficient inventory to deliver our products to our customers in a timely fashion or we may have excess inventory that we are unable to sell;

 
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competition from our competitors;

 
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changes in market and economic conditions;

 
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vulnerability of our business to a general economic downturn in China;

 
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changes in the laws of the PRC that affect our operations; and

 
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our ability to obtain necessary government certifications and/or licenses to conduct our business.

In addition, our quarterly operating results could be materially adversely affected by political instability, war, acts of terrorism or other disasters.

As a result of these and other factors, revenues for any quarter are subject to significant variation, which may adversely affect our results of operations and the market price for our common stock.

We depend upon a patent we license from a third party, Zhong Bo, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. The loss of this license, an increase in the costs of this license or Mr. Zhong’s failure to properly maintain or enforce the patent underlying such license may require us to suspend our operations until we obtain replacements and/or redesign our products.

We rely upon certain patents licensed from our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Zhong Bo, which gives us rights to third party intellectual property that is necessary or useful for our business.  On January 9, 2009, we entered into a patent license agreement with Mr. Zhong for the right to use such patent in the operation of our business.  In addition, we also applied to SIPO for the transfer of the patent to Zhengzhou ZST and SIPO accepted the application regarding the patent transfer to Zhengzhou ZST on December 31, 2008. The patent transfer to Zhengzhou ZST was approved on January 9, 2009.  Mr. Zhong did not receive any additional consideration for the transfer of the intellectual property rights to the Company, other than the execution of the patent license agreement being a condition to the closing of the Share Exchange .
 
We may also enter into additional licenses to third party intellectual property in the future. In addition, because we do not own any patents relating to our technologies, we do not have the right to defend perceived infringements of patents relating to such technologies. Thus, our success will depend in part on the ability and willingness of our licensors to obtain, maintain and enforce patent protection for our licensed intellectual property, in particular, those patents to which we have secured exclusive rights. Our licensors may not successfully prosecute the patent applications for the intellectual property we have licensed. Even if patents issue in respect of these patent applications, our licensors may fail to maintain these patents, may determine not to pursue litigation against other companies that are infringing these patents, or may pursue such litigation less aggressively than we would. Without protection for the intellectual property we license, other companies might be able to offer substantially identical products for sale, which could adversely affect our competitive business position and harm our business prospects.

Our ability to compete partly depends on the superiority, uniqueness and value of our technologies, including both internally developed technology and technology licensed from third parties. To protect our proprietary rights, we rely on a combination of trademark, patent, copyright and trade secret laws, confidentiality agreements with our employees and third parties, and protective contractual provisions. Despite our efforts to protect our intellectual property, any of the following occurrences may reduce the value of our intellectual property:

 
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our applications for trademarks or patents may not be granted and, if granted, may be challenged or invalidated;

 
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issued patents, copyrights and trademarks may not provide us with any competitive advantages;

 
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our efforts to protect our intellectual property rights may not be effective in preventing misappropriation of our technology or dilution of our trademarks;

 
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our efforts may not prevent the development and design by others of products or technologies similar to or competitive with, or superior to those that we develop; or

 
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another party may obtain a blocking patent that would force us to either obtain a license or design around the patent to continue to offer the contested feature or service in our technologies.

We rely on trade secret protections through confidentiality agreements with our employees, customers and other parties; the breach of such agreements could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

We also rely on trade secrets, which we seek to protect, in part, through confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements with our employees, customers and other parties. There can be no assurance that these agreements will not be breached, that we would have adequate remedies for any such breach or that our trade secrets will not otherwise become known to or independently developed by competitors. To the extent that consultants, key employees or other third parties apply technological information independently developed by them or by others to our proposed projects, disputes may arise as to the proprietary rights to such information that may not be resolved in our favor. We may be involved from time to time in litigation to determine the enforceability, scope and validity of our proprietary rights. Any such litigation could result in substantial cost and diversion of effort by our management and technical personnel.

We intend to pursue future acquisitions. Our business may be adversely affected if we cannot consummate acquisitions on satisfactory terms, or if we cannot effectively integrate acquired operations.

Part of our growth strategy involves the acquisition of other companies. Any future growth through acquisitions will be partially dependent upon the availability of suitable acquisition candidates at favorable prices and upon advantageous terms and conditions. We intend to pursue acquisitions that we believe will present opportunities consistent with our overall business strategy. However, we may not be able to find suitable acquisition candidates to purchase or may be unable to acquire desired businesses or assets on economically acceptable terms. In addition, we may not be able to raise the capital necessary to fund future acquisitions. In addition, acquisitions involve risks that the businesses acquired will not perform in accordance with expectations and that business judgments concerning the value, strengths and weaknesses of businesses acquired will prove incorrect.
 
  We regularly engage in discussions with respect to potential acquisition and investment opportunities. If we consummate an acquisition, our capitalization and results of operations may change significantly. Future acquisitions could likely result in the incurrence of additional debt and contingent liabilities and an increase in interest and amortization expenses or periodic impairment charges related to goodwill and other intangible assets as well as significant charges relating to integration costs.

In addition, we may not be able to successfully integrate any business we acquire into our existing business. The successful integration of new businesses depends on our ability to manage these new businesses and cut excess costs. The successful integration of future acquisitions may also require substantial attention from our senior management and the management of the acquired business, which could decrease the time that they have to service and attract customers and develop new products and services. In addition, because we may actively pursue a number of opportunities simultaneously, we may encounter unforeseen expenses, complications and delays, including difficulties in employing sufficient staff and maintaining operational and management oversight.

We will need additional capital to implement our current business strategy, which may not be available to us, and if we raise additional capital, it may dilute your ownership in us.

Although in connection with the Share Exchange we closed a private placement transaction whereby we received gross proceeds of approximately $4.98 million (the “Private Placement”), we currently depend on bank loans and net revenues to meet our short-term cash requirements. In order to grow revenues and sustain profitability, we will need additional capital. We are currently conducting a public offering financing, of which this prospectus is a part. Obtaining additional financing will be subject to a number of factors, including market conditions, our operating performance and investor sentiment. These factors may make the timing, amount, terms and conditions of additional financing unattractive to us. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain any additional financing. If we are unable to obtain the financing needed to implement our business strategy, our ability to increase revenues will be impaired and we may not be able to sustain profitability.

 
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The capital and credit markets have been experiencing extreme volatility and disruption for more than twelve months. In recent months, the volatility and disruption have reached unprecedented levels. In some cases, the markets have exerted downward pressure on availability of liquidity and credit capacity for certain issuers. We have historically relied on credit to fund our business and we need liquidity to pay our operating expenses. Without sufficient liquidity, we will be forced to curtail our operations, and our business will suffer. Disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the capital and credit markets may also limit our access to capital required to operate our business. Such market conditions may limit our ability to replace, in a timely manner, maturing liabilities and access the capital necessary to operate and grow our business. As such, we may be forced to delay raising capital or bear an unattractive cost of capital which could decrease our profitability and significantly reduce our financial flexibility. Our results of operations, financial condition, cash flows and capital position could be materially adversely affected by disruptions in the financial markets.

Our failure to effectively manage growth could harm our business.

We have rapidly and significantly expanded the number and types of products we sell, and we will endeavor to further expand our product portfolio. We must continually introduce new products and technologies, enhance existing products in order to remain competitive, and effectively stimulate customer demand for new products and upgraded versions of our existing products.

This expansion of our products places a significant strain on our management, operations and engineering resources. Specifically, the areas that are strained most by our growth include the following:
 
 
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New Product Launch.   With the growth of our product portfolio, we experience increased complexity in coordinating product development, manufacturing, and shipping. As this complexity increases, it places a strain on our ability to accurately coordinate the commercial launch of our products with adequate supply to meet anticipated customer demand and effective marketing to stimulate demand and market acceptance. If we are unable to scale and improve our product launch coordination, we could frustrate our customers and lose retail shelf space and product sales;
 
 
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Forecasting, Planning and Supply Chain Logistics.   With the growth of our product portfolio, we also experience increased complexity in forecasting customer demand and in planning for production, and transportation and logistics management. If we are unable to scale and improve our forecasting, planning and logistics management, we could frustrate our customers, lose product sales or accumulate excess inventory; and

 
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Support Processes.   To manage the growth of our operations, we will need to continue to improve our transaction processing, operational and financial systems, and procedures and controls to effectively manage the increased complexity. If we are unable to scale and improve these areas, the consequences could include: delays in shipment of product, degradation in levels of customer support, lost sales, decreased cash flows, and increased inventory. These difficulties could harm or limit our ability to expand.

We are dependent on certain key personnel and loss of these key personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our success is, to a certain extent, attributable to the management, sales and marketing, and operational and technical expertise of certain key personnel. Each of the named executive officers performs key functions in the operation of our business. The loss of a significant number of these employees could have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We are dependent on a technically trained workforce and an inability to retain or effectively recruit such employees could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We must attract, recruit and retain a sizeable workforce of technically competent employees to develop and manufacture our products and provide service support. Our ability to implement effectively our business strategy will depend upon, among other factors, the successful recruitment and retention of additional highly skilled and experienced engineering and other technical and marketing personnel. There is significant competition for technologically qualified personnel in our business and we may not be successful in recruiting or retaining sufficient qualified personnel consistent with our operational needs.

Our facilities and information systems could be damaged as a result of disasters or unpredictable events, which could have an adverse effect on our business operations.

Our headquarters and major facilities including sales offices and research and development centers are located in China. If major disasters such as earthquakes, fires, floods, wars, terrorist attacks, computer viruses, transportation disasters or other events occur, or our information system or communications network breaks down or operates improperly as a result of such events, our facilities may be seriously damaged, and we may have to stop or delay production and shipment. We may incur expenses relating to such damages.

 
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Risks Related to Doing Business in China

Substantially all of our assets are located in the PRC and substantially all of our revenues are derived from our operations in China, and changes in the political and economic policies of the PRC government could have a significant impact upon the business we may be able to conduct in the PRC and accordingly on the results of our operations and financial condition.

Our business operations may be adversely affected by the current and future political environment in the PRC. The Chinese government exerts substantial influence and control over the manner in which we must conduct our business activities. Our ability to operate in China may be adversely affected by changes in Chinese laws and regulations, including those relating to taxation, import and export tariffs, raw materials, environmental regulations, land use rights, property and other matters. Under the current government leadership, the government of the PRC has been pursuing economic reform policies that encourage private economic activity and greater economic decentralization. There is no assurance, however, that the government of the PRC will continue to pursue these policies, or that it will not significantly alter these policies from time to time without notice.

Our operations are subject to PRC laws and regulations that are sometimes vague and uncertain. Any changes in such PRC laws and regulations, or the interpretations thereof, may have a material and adverse effect on our business.

The PRC’s legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes. Unlike the common law system prevalent in the United States, decided legal cases have little value as precedent in China. There are substantial uncertainties regarding the interpretation and application of PRC laws and regulations, including but not limited to, the laws and regulations governing our business, or the enforcement and performance of our arrangements with customers in the event of the imposition of statutory liens, death, bankruptcy or criminal proceedings. The Chinese government has been developing a comprehensive system of commercial laws, and considerable progress has been made in introducing laws and regulations dealing with economic matters such as foreign investment, corporate organization and governance, commerce, taxation and trade. However, because these laws and regulations are relatively new, and because of the limited volume of published cases and judicial interpretation and their lack of force as precedents, interpretation and enforcement of these laws and regulations involve significant uncertainties. New laws and regulations that affect existing and proposed future businesses may also be applied retroactively.

Our principal operating subsidiary, Zhengzhou Shenyang Technology Company Limited (“Zhengzhou ZST”), is considered a foreign invested enterprise under PRC laws, and as a result is required to comply with PRC laws and regulations, including laws and regulations specifically governing the activities and conduct of foreign invested enterprises. We cannot predict what effect the interpretation of existing or new PRC laws or regulations may have on our businesses. If the relevant authorities find us in violation of PRC laws or regulations, they would have broad discretion in dealing with such a violation, including, without limitation:

 
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levying fines;

 
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revoking our business license, other licenses or authorities;

 
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requiring that we restructure our ownership or operations; and

 
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requiring that we discontinue any portion or all of our business.
 
Investors may experience difficulties in effecting service of legal process, enforcing foreign judgments or bringing original actions in China based upon U.S. laws, including the federal securities laws or other foreign laws against us or our management.

Most of our current operations, including the manufacturing and distribution of our products, are conducted in China. Moreover, all of our directors and officers are nationals and residents of China. All or substantially all of the assets of these persons are located outside the United States and in the PRC. As a result, it may not be possible to effect service of process within the United States or elsewhere outside China upon these persons. In addition, uncertainty exists as to whether the courts of China would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts obtained against us or such officers and/or directors predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof, or be competent to hear original actions brought in China against us or such persons predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof.

The scope of our business license in China is limited, and we may not expand or continue our business without government approval and renewal, respectively.

Our principal operating subsidiary, Zhengzhou ZST, is a wholly foreign-owned enterprise, commonly known as a WFOE. A WFOE can only conduct business within its approved business scope, which ultimately appears on its business license. Our license permits us to design, manufacture, sell and market portable electronic products throughout the PRC and overseas. Any amendment to the scope of our business requires further application and government approval. In order for us to expand our business beyond the scope of our license, we will be required to enter into a negotiation with the PRC authorities for the approval to expand the scope of our business. We cannot assure investors that Zhengzhou ZST will be able to obtain the necessary government approval for any change or expansion of its business.

 
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We are subject to a variety of environmental laws and regulations related to our manufacturing operations. Our failure to comply with environmental laws and regulations may have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

We cannot assure you that at all times we will be in compliance with environmental laws and regulations or that we will not be required to expend significant funds to comply with, or discharge liabilities arising under, environmental laws, regulations and permits.

Recent PRC regulations relating to acquisitions of PRC companies by foreign entities may create regulatory uncertainties that could restrict or limit our ability to operate. Our failure to obtain required prior approval for the share exchange, reverse merger and the listing and trading of our common stock could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, reputation and trading price of our common stock.

The PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or “SAFE,” issued a public notice in November 2005, known as Circular 75, concerning the use of offshore holding companies controlled by PRC residents in mergers and acquisitions in China. This circular requires that (1) a PRC resident shall register with a local branch of the SAFE before he or she establishes or controls an overseas special purpose vehicle, or SPV, for the purpose of overseas equity financing (including convertible debt financing); (2) when a PRC resident contributes the assets of or his or her equity interests in a domestic enterprise to an SPV, or engages in overseas financing after contributing assets or equity interests to an SPV, such PRC resident must register his or her interest in the SPV and any changes in such interest with a local branch of the SAFE; and (3) when the SPV undergoes a material change outside of China, such as a change in share capital or merger or acquisition, the PRC resident shall, within 30 days from the occurrence of the event that triggers the change, register such change with a local branch of the SAFE. In addition, SAFE issued updated internal implementing rules, or the Implementing Rules in relation to Circular 75. The Implementing Rules were promulgated and became effective on May 29, 2007. Such Implementing Rules provide more detailed provisions and requirements regarding the overseas investment foreign exchange registration procedures. However, even after the promulgation of Implementing Rules there still exist uncertainties regarding the SAFE registration for PRC residents’ interests in overseas companies. If any PRC resident stockholder of a SPV fails to make the required SAFE registration and amended registration, the onshore PRC subsidiaries of that offshore company may be prohibited from distributing their profits and the proceeds from any reduction in capital, share transfer or liquidation to the offshore entity.  Failure to comply with the SAFE registration and amendment requirements described above could result in liability under PRC laws for evasion of applicable foreign exchange restrictions. Because of uncertainty in how the SAFE notice will be interpreted and enforced, we cannot be sure how it will affect our business operations or future plans. For example, Zhengzhou ZST’s ability to conduct foreign exchange activities, such as the remittance of dividends and foreign currency-denominated borrowings, may be subject to compliance with the SAFE notice by our PRC resident beneficial holders over whom we have no control. In addition, we cannot assure you that such PRC residents will be able to complete the necessary approval and registration procedures required by the SAFE regulations. Failure by any PRC resident beneficial holder to register as required with the relevant branch of SAFE could subject these PRC resident beneficial holders to fines or legal sanctions, restrict our overseas or cross-border investment activities, limit Zhengzhou ZST’s ability to make distributions or pay dividends or affect our ownership structure, which could adversely affect our business and prospects.

On August 8, 2006, the PRC Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”), joined by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the State Administration of Taxation, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the China Securities Regulatory Commission and SAFE, released a substantially amended version of the Provisions for Foreign Investors to Merge with or Acquire Domestic Enterprises (the “Revised M&A Regulations”), which took effect September 8, 2006. These new rules significantly revised China’s regulatory framework governing onshore-to-offshore restructurings and foreign acquisitions of domestic enterprises. These new rules signify greater PRC government attention to cross-border merger, acquisition and other investment activities, by confirming MOFCOM as a key regulator for issues related to mergers and acquisitions in China and requiring MOFCOM approval of a broad range of merger, acquisition and investment transactions. Further, the new rules establish reporting requirements for acquisition of control by foreigners of companies in key industries, and reinforce the ability of the Chinese government to monitor and prohibit foreign control transactions in key industries.

Among other things, the revised M&A Regulations include new provisions that purport to require that an offshore special purpose vehicle, or a SPV, formed for listing purposes and controlled directly or indirectly by PRC companies or individuals must obtain the approval of the CSRC prior to the listing and trading of such SPV’s securities on an overseas stock exchange. On September 21, 2006, the CSRC published on its official website procedures specifying documents and materials required to be submitted to it by SPVs seeking CSRC approval of their overseas listings. However, the application of this PRC regulation remains unclear with no consensus currently existing among the leading PRC law firms regarding the scope and applicability of the CSRC approval requirement.

According to the M&A Regulations, a “Related Party Acquisition” is defined as having taken place when a PRC business that is owned by PRC individual(s) is sold to a non-PRC entity that is established or controlled, directly or indirectly, by those same PRC individual(s). Under the M&A Regulations, any Related Party Acquisition must be approved by MOFCOM and any indirect arrangement or series of arrangements which achieves the same end result without the approval of MOFCOM is a violation of PRC law.

 
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Our BVI subsidiary, World Orient, World Orient’s BVI subsidiary, Global Asia, and Global’s Asia’s Hong Kong subsidiary, Everfair, were owned by non-PRC individuals. Everfair obtained all the equity interests of Zhengzhou ZST (the “Restructuring”) further to an Equity Purchase Agreement dated October 10, 2008 (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”) by and among Everfair, Zhong Bo, Wu Dexiu, Huang Jiankang, Sun Hui and Li Yuting (the “ZST Management”). The Equity Purchase Agreement received approval by the Zhengzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce on November 10, 2008 and Zhengzhou ZST filed all required applications and received all appropriate SAFE approvals from the Henan branch of SAFE.  With respect to the Restructuring, the PRC legal counsel of Zhengzhou ZST, Han Kun Law Offices, has opined on January 9, 2009 that: (1) the Equity Purchase Agreement and the Restructuring have received all requisite approvals from the competent authorities, and all required registrations, certifications and approvals for the Equity Purchase Agreement and the Restructuring have been received by Zhengzhou ZST; (2) Zhengzhou ZST has filed all required applications for the Equity Purchase Agreement and the Restructuring and has received any and all foreign exchange registrations, certifications and approvals as required, including, but not limited to, those as required from the appropriate national and local branches of SAFE and MOFCOM; and (3) to their best knowledge, the Equity Purchase Agreement and the Restructuring do not (a) contravene or circumvent any provision of applicable PRC laws and regulations, including without limitation, the M&A Regulations, Circular 75 and its implementing rules; or (b) contravene the articles of association, business license or other constituent documents of Zhengzhou ZST.

On January 14, 2009, Zhong Bo, our Chief Executive Officer, Wu Dexiu, Huang Jiankang, Sun Hui and Li Yuting (the “ZST Management”) each entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Company issued and the ZST Management agreed to purchase an aggregate of 5,090,315 shares of our common stock at a per share purchase price of $0.6907 (the “Purchase Right”). The purchase price for the shares was paid in full on May 25, 2009. Each of the stockholders and warrantholders of the Company prior to the Share Exchange agreed to cancel 0.3317 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 0.5328 shares of common stock held by each of them for each one (1) share of common stock purchased by the ZST Management pursuant to the Purchase Right (the “Share and Warrant Cancellation”). After giving effect to the Purchase Right and Share and Warrant Cancellation, Mr. Zhong beneficially owns approximately 59.87% of our outstanding common stock (after giving effect to the Series A Conversion).

The PRC regulatory authorities may take the view that the acquisition of Zhengzhou ZST by Everfair, the Share Exchange, the Purchase Right and the Share and Warrant Cancellation are part of an overall series of arrangements which constitute a Related Party Acquisition, because at the end of these transactions, PRC individuals become majority owners and effective controlling parties of a foreign entity that acquired ownership of Zhengzhou ZST. The PRC regulatory authorities may also take the view that the registration of the acquisition of Zhengzhou ZST by Everfair with the Zhengzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce and the filings with the Henan SAFE may not evidence that the acquisition has been properly approved because the relevant parties did not fully disclose to the Zhengzhou Bureau of Commerce or Henan SAFE of the overall restructuring arrangements, the existence of the Share Exchange and its link with the acquisition of Zhengzhou ZST by Everfair .
 
We, however, cannot assure you that the PRC regulatory authorities, MOFCOM in particular, may take the same view as the PRC legal counsel with respect to the Restructuring.  If the PRC regulatory authorities take the view that the acquisition constitutes a Related Party Acquisition under the M&A Regulations, we cannot assure you we may be able to obtain the approval required from the national offices of MOFCOM.

If the PRC regulatory authorities take the view that the acquisition of Zhengzhou ZST by Everfair constitutes a Related Party Acquisition without the approval of the national offices of MOFCOM, they could invalidate our acquisition and ownership of Zhengzhou ZST. Additionally, the PRC regulatory authorities may take the view that the Share Exchange constitutes a transaction which requires the prior approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or CSRC. If this takes place, we would attempt to find a way to re-establish control of Zhengzhou ZST’s business operations through a series of contractual arrangements rather than an outright purchase of Zhengzhou ZST. But we cannot assure you that any such contractual arrangements will be protected by PRC law or that the Company can receive as complete or effective economic benefit and overall control of Zhengzhou ZST’s business than if the Company had direct ownership of Zhengzhou ZST. In addition, we cannot assure you that any such contractual arrangements can be successfully effected under PRC law. If we cannot obtain MOFCOM or CSRC approval if required by the PRC regulatory authorities to do so, and if we cannot put in place or enforce relevant contractual arrangements as an alternative and equivalent means of control of Zhengzhou ZST, our business and financial performance will be materially adversely affected.

If the CSRC approval is not obtained, we may face regulatory actions or other sanctions from the CSRC or other PRC regulatory agencies. These regulatory agencies may impose fines and penalties on our operations in the PRC, limit our operating privileges in the PRC, delay or restrict the repatriation of the proceeds from any financings into the PRC, or take other actions that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, reputation and prospects, as well as the trading price of our common stock. The CSRC or other PRC regulatory agencies also may take actions requiring us, or making it advisable for us, to halt the proposed public offering before settlement and delivery of the common stock offered thereby. Consequently, if investors engage in market trading or other activities in anticipation of and prior to settlement and delivery, they do so at the risk that settlement and delivery may not occur.

Any uncertainties and/or negative publicity regarding this CSRC approval requirement could have a material adverse effect on the trading price of our common stock. Furthermore, published news reports in China recently indicated that the CSRC may have curtailed or suspended overseas listings for Chinese private companies. These news reports have created further uncertainty regarding the approach that the CSRC and other PRC regulators may take with respect to us.

 
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It is uncertain how our business operations or future strategy will be affected by the interpretations and implementation of the aforementioned rules and regulations. It is anticipated that application of the new rules will be subject to significant administrative interpretation, and we will need to closely monitor how MOFCOM and other ministries apply the rules to ensure that our domestic and offshore activities continue to comply with PRC law. Given the uncertainties regarding interpretation and application of the new rules, we may need to expend significant time and resources to maintain compliance.

Our labor costs are likely to increase as a result of changes in Chinese labor laws.

We expect to experience an increase in our cost of labor due to recent changes in Chinese labor laws which are likely to increase costs further and impose restrictions on our relationship with our employees. In June 2007, the National People’s Congress of the PRC enacted new labor law legislation called the Labor Contract Law and more strictly enforced existing labor laws. The new law, which became effective on January 1, 2008, amended and formalized workers’ rights concerning overtime hours, pensions, layoffs, employment contracts and the role of trade unions. As a result of the new law, the Company has had to reduce the number of hours of overtime its employees can work, substantially increase the salaries of its employees, provide additional benefits to its employees, and revise certain other of its labor practices. The increase in labor costs has increased the Company’s operating costs, which increase the Company has not always been able to pass through to its customers. As a result, the Company has incurred certain operating losses as its cost of manufacturing increased. In addition, under the new law, employees who either have worked for the Company for 10 years or more or who have had two consecutive fixed-term contracts must be given an “open-ended employment contract” that, in effect, constitutes a lifetime, permanent contract, which is terminable only in the event the employee materially breaches the Company’s rules and regulations or is in serious dereliction of his duty. Such non-cancelable employment contracts will substantially increase its employment related risks and limit the Company’s ability to downsize its workforce in the event of an economic downturn. No assurance can be given that the Company will not in the future be subject to labor strikes or that it will not have to make other payments to resolve future labor issues caused by the new laws. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that the labor laws will not change further or that their interpretation and implementation will vary, which may have a negative effect upon our business and results of operations.
 
The ability of our Chinese operating subsidiaries to pay dividends may be restricted due to foreign exchange control and other regulations of China.

Under applicable PRC regulations, foreign-invested enterprises in China may pay dividends only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. In addition, a foreign-invested enterprise in China is required to set aside at least 10.0% of its after-tax profit based on PRC accounting standards each year to its general reserves until the accumulative amount of such reserves reach 50.0% of its registered capital. These reserves are not distributable as cash dividends. The board of directors of a foreign-invested enterprise has the discretion to allocate a portion of its after-tax profits to staff welfare and bonus funds, which may not be distributed to equity owners except in the event of liquidation.

Furthermore, the ability of our Chinese operating subsidiaries to pay dividends may be restricted due to the foreign exchange control policies and availability of cash balance of the Chinese operating subsidiaries. Because substantially all of our operations are conducted in China and a substantial majority of our revenues are generated in China, a majority of our revenue being earned and currency received are denominated in Renminbi (RMB). RMB is subject to the exchange control regulation in China, and, as a result, we may unable to distribute any dividends outside of China due to PRC exchange control regulations that restrict our ability to convert RMB into U.S. Dollars.

Our inability to receive dividends or other payments from our Chinese operating subsidiary could adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends, or otherwise fund and conduct our business. Zhengzhou ZST’s funds may not be readily available to us to satisfy obligations which have been incurred outside the PRC, which could adversely affect our business and prospects or our ability to meet our cash obligations. Accordingly, if we do not receive dividends from our Chinese operating subsidiary, our liquidity, financial condition and ability to make dividend distributions to our stockholders will be materially and adversely affected.

The foreign currency exchange rate between U.S. Dollars and Renminbi could adversely affect our financial condition.

To the extent that we need to convert U.S. Dollars into Renminbi for our operational needs, our financial position and the price of our common stock may be adversely affected should the Renminbi appreciate against the U.S. Dollar at that time. Conversely, if we decide to convert our Renminbi into U.S. Dollars for the operational needs or paying dividends on our common stock, the dollar equivalent of our earnings from our subsidiaries in China would be reduced should the U.S. Dollar appreciate against the Renminbi.

Until 1994, the Renminbi experienced a gradual but significant devaluation against most major currencies, including U.S. Dollars, and there was a significant devaluation of the Renminbi on January 1, 1994 in connection with the replacement of the dual exchange rate system with a unified managed floating rate foreign exchange system. Since 1994, the value of the Renminbi relative to the U.S. Dollar has remained stable and has appreciated slightly against the U.S. Dollar. Countries, including the United States, have argued that the Renminbi is artificially undervalued due to China’s current monetary policies and have pressured China to allow the Renminbi to float freely in world markets. In July 2005, the PRC government changed its policy of pegging the value of the Renminbi to the U.S. Dollar. Under the new policy the Renminbi is permitted to fluctuate within a narrow and managed band against a basket of designated foreign currencies. While the international reaction to the Renminbi revaluation has generally been positive, there remains significant international pressure on the PRC government to adopt an even more flexible currency policy, which could result in further and more significant appreciation of the Renminbi against the U.S. Dollar.

 
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Inflation in the PRC could negatively affect our profitability and growth.

While the PRC economy has experienced rapid growth, such growth has been uneven among various sectors of the economy and in different geographical areas of the country. Rapid economic growth can lead to growth in the money supply and rising inflation. During the past decade, the rate of inflation in China has been as high as approximately 20% and China has experienced deflation as low as approximately minus 2%. If prices for our products and services rise at a rate that is insufficient to compensate for the rise in the costs of supplies such as raw materials, it may have an adverse effect on our profitability. In order to control inflation in the past, the PRC government has imposed controls on bank credits, limits on loans for fixed assets and restrictions on state bank lending. The implementation of such policies may impede economic growth. In October 2004, the People’s Bank of China, the PRC’s central bank, raised interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade and indicated in a statement that the measure was prompted by inflationary concerns in the Chinese economy. In April 2006, the People’s Bank of China raised the interest rate again. Repeated rises in interest rates by the central bank would likely slow economic activity in China which could, in turn, materially increase our costs and also reduce demand for our products and services.

Failure to comply with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act could subject us to penalties and other adverse consequences.

As our ultimate holding company is a Delaware corporation, we are subject to the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which generally prohibits United States companies from engaging in bribery or other prohibited payments to foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. Foreign companies, including some that may compete with us, are not subject to these prohibitions. Corruption, extortion, bribery, pay-offs, theft and other fraudulent practices may occur from time-to-time in the PRC. We can make no assurance, however, that our employees or other agents will not engage in such conduct for which we might be held responsible. If our employees or other agents are found to have engaged in such practices, we could suffer severe penalties and other consequences that may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If we make equity compensation grants to persons who are PRC citizens, they may be required to register with the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC, or SAFE. We may also face regulatory uncertainties that could restrict our ability to adopt an equity compensation plan for our directors and employees and other parties under PRC law.

On April 6, 2007, SAFE issued the “Operating Procedures for Administration of Domestic Individuals Participating in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan or Stock Option Plan of An Overseas Listed Company, also know as “Circular 78.” It is not clear whether Circular 78 covers all forms of equity compensation plans or only those which provide for the granting of stock options. For any plans which are so covered and are adopted by a non-PRC listed company after April 6, 2007, Circular 78 requires all participants who are PRC citizens to register with and obtain approvals from SAFE prior to their participation in the plan. In addition, Circular 78 also requires PRC citizens to register with SAFE and make the necessary applications and filings if they participated in an overseas listed company’s covered equity compensation plan prior to April 6, 2007. We intend to adopt an equity compensation plan in the future and make substantial option grants to our officers and directors, most of who are PRC citizens. Circular 78 may require our officers and directors who receive option grants and are PRC citizens to register with SAFE. We believe that the registration and approval requirements contemplated in Circular 78 will be burdensome and time consuming. If it is determined that any of our equity compensation plans are subject to Circular 78, failure to comply with such provisions may subject us and participants of our equity incentive plan who are PRC citizens, including or Chief Executive Officer, to fines and legal sanctions and prevent us from being able to grant equity compensation to our PRC employees. In that case, our ability to compensate our employees and directors through equity compensation would be hindered and our business operations may be adversely affected.

Any recurrence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Avian Flu, or another widespread public health problem in the PRC could adversely affect our operations.

A renewed outbreak of SARS, Avian Flu or another widespread public health problem in China, where our manufacturing facilities are located and where the substantial portion of our sales occur, could have a negative effect on our operations. Our business is dependent upon its ability to continue to manufacture products. Such an outbreak could have an impact on our operations as a result of:

•             quarantines or closures of some of our manufacturing facilities, which would severely disrupt our operations,

•             the sickness or death of our key officers and employees, or

•             a general slowdown in the Chinese economy.

Any of the foregoing events or other unforeseen consequences of public health problems could adversely affect our operations.

 
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A downturn in the economy of the PRC may slow our growth and profitability.

The growth of the Chinese economy has been uneven across geographic regions and economic sectors. There can be no assurance that growth of the Chinese economy will be steady or that any downturn will not have a negative effect on our business, especially if it results in either a decreased use of our products or in pressure on us to lower our prices.

Because our business is located in the PRC, we may have difficulty establishing adequate management, legal and financial controls, which we are required to do in order to comply with U.S. GAAP and securities laws, and which could cause a materially adverse impact on our financial statements, the trading of our common stock and our business.

PRC companies have historically not adopted a Western style of management and financial reporting concepts and practices, which includes strong corporate governance, internal controls and, computer, financial and other control systems. Most of our middle and top management staff are not educated and trained in the Western system, and we may have difficulty hiring new employees in the PRC with experience and expertise relating to U.S. GAAP and U.S. public-company reporting requirements. In addition, we may have difficulty in hiring and retaining a sufficient number of qualified employees to work in the PRC. As a result of these factors, we may experience difficulty in establishing management, legal and financial controls, collecting financial data and preparing financial statements, books of account and corporate records and instituting business practices that meet Western standards. Therefore, we may, in turn, experience difficulties in implementing and maintaining adequate internal controls as required under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This may result in significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our internal controls which could impact the reliability of our financial statements and prevent us from complying with SEC rules and regulations and the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Any such deficiencies, material weaknesses or lack of compliance could result in restatements of our historical financial information, cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, have an adverse impact on the trading price of our common stock, adversely affect our ability to access the capital markets and our ability to recruit personnel, lead to the delisting of our securities from the stock exchange on which they are traded, lead to litigation claims, thereby diverting management’s attention and resources, and which may lead to the payment of damages to the extent such claims are not resolved  in our favor, lead to regulatory proceedings, which may result in sanctions, monetary or otherwise, and have a materially adverse effect on our reputation and business.

 
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Risks Related to Our Capital Structure

There is no current trading market for our common stock, and there is no assurance of an established public trading market, which would adversely affect the ability of our investors to sell their securities in the public market.

Our common stock is not currently listed or quoted for trading on any national securities exchange or national quotation system. The NASDAQ Global Market has approved the listing of our common stock under the symbol "ZSTN", subject to official notice of issuance. There is no guarantee that our shares will be listed or traded on the NASDAQ Global Market, or any other exchange or quotation system. If we fail to obtain a listing on the NASDAQ Global Market, we will not complete the offering.

Shares eligible for future sale may adversely affect the market price of our common stock, as the future sale of a substantial amount of outstanding stock in the public marketplace could reduce the price of our common stock.

Pursuant to the terms of the Private Placement, we agreed to file a registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part, with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register 1,263,723 shares of common stock underlying our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued in an equity financing that was conducted in connection with the Share Exchange. Each investor may sell or transfer any shares of the common stock after the effective date of the registration statement except that they entered into a lock-up agreement pursuant to which holders holding an aggregate of 868,930 shares agreed not to conduct any sales until six (6) months after our common stock is listed or quoted on a national securities exchange and holders of the remaining 394,793 shares agreed that they will not sell any of such securities until 90 days after our common stock begins to be listed or quoted on either the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board, when one-twelfth of their shares will be released from the lock-up restrictions, and after which their shares will automatically be released from the lock-up restrictions every 30 days in eleven equal installments .  In addition, WestPark Capital, Inc. (“WestPark”) and Rodman & Renshaw, LLC (“Rodman” and together with WestPark, the “Underwriters”), in their discretion, may release some or all the shares earlier than the schedule set forth in this section. Any early release by the Underwriters will apply equally to each of the investors in the Private Placement.

We also are registering with the Private Placement shares the 1,194,380 shares of common stock and the 170,629 shares of common stock underlying the warrants held by our stockholders immediately prior to the Share Exchange. Of the shares, 243,774 shares of common stock and 34,826 shares of common stock underlying warrants are included in the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and 950,606 shares of common stock and 135,803 shares of common stock underlying warrants will be included in a subsequent registration statement filed by us on or about April 26, 2010, which is 10 days after the end of the six-month period that immediately follows the date on which we filed the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. All of the shares included in an effective registration statement may be freely sold and transferred, subject to a lock-up agreement pursuant to which they agreed not to conduct any sales until six (6) months after our common stock is listed or quoted on a national securities exchange.  In addition, the Underwriters, in their discretion, may release some or all the shares earlier than the schedule set forth in this section. Any early release by the Underwriters will apply equally to each of the investors in the Private Placement.

In addition, we are registering up to 156,250 warrants and the shares of common stock underlying the warrants to be received by the Underwriters in connection with the public offering. The warrants will become exercisable one year after the date of this prospectus and expire five years from the date of this prospectus. In addition, unless an exemption is available under FINRA Rule 5110(g)(2), these securities will be subject to lock-up restrictions under FINRA Rule 5110(g). FINRA Rule 5110(g) provides that the warrants and underlying shares shall not be sold during this offering or sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the warrants or underlying shares by any person for a period of 180 days immediately following the date of effectiveness or commencement of sales of this offering.

Additionally, the former stockholders of World Orient and/or their designees and the ZST Management, may be eligible to sell all or some of our shares of common stock by means of ordinary brokerage transactions in the open market pursuant to Rule 144, promulgated under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”) as early as January 2010, subject to certain limitations. Under Rule 144, an affiliate stockholder who has satisfied the required holding period may, under certain circumstances, sell within any three-month period a number of securities which does not exceed the greater of 1% of the then outstanding shares of common stock or the average weekly trading volume of the class during the four calendar weeks prior to such sale. As of the date of this prospectus, 1% of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock was approximately 83,548 shares (after giving effect to the Series A Conversion). Non-affiliate stockholders are not subject to volume limitations. Any substantial sale of common stock pursuant to any resale prospectus or Rule 144 may have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock by creating an excessive supply.

However, each of our executive officers and directors, in additional to all of the stockholders that received shares issued in the Share Exchange or pursuant to the Purchase Right, holding an aggregate of 5,171,565 shares of common stock, have agreed with the Underwriters not to directly or indirectly sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer (excluding intra-family transfers, transfers to a trust for estate planning purposes or to beneficiaries of officers, directors and stockholders upon their death), or otherwise dispose of or enter into any transaction which may result in the disposition of any shares of our common stock or securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of our common stock, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, for a period of 24 months after the date of this prospectus. Holders of 725,158 shares of common stock have agreed with the Underwriters to be bound by the same transfer restrictions described above, except that such restrictions shall be released on such dates and amounts as follows: (i) 121,876 shares on the date that is six (6) months after our common stock begins to be listed or quoted on either the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board, (ii) 121,876 shares on the date that is twelve (12) months after such date of listing or quotation, (iii) 353,438 shares on the date that is two (2) years after such date of listing or quotation, and (iv) 127,968 shares shall be released from the restrictions as determined by WestPark, in its sole discretion.

 
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Sales of shares by the selling stockholders may impair our ability to sell the shares we are offering.

Concurrent with our public offering, we are registering up to 1,542,323 shares of our common stock, including shares issuable upon the exercise of certain warrants and/or options for resale by the selling stockholders. The sale of these shares or just the ability to sell the shares may negatively affect our ability to sell the 3,125,000 shares that we are registering in our public offering to sell for our benefit. This is particularly true because we are offering the shares at a fixed price of $8.00 per share, and the selling stockholders may sell their shares at a price below the fixed price at which we offer the 3,125,000 shares, which could cause the price of our common stock to fall making it more difficult for us to sell at the fixed price. Stockholders holding an aggregate of 1,147,530 shares have agreed with the Underwriters not to directly or indirectly sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer (excluding intra-family transfers, transfers to a trust for estate planning purposes or to beneficiaries of officers, directors and stockholders upon their death), or otherwise dispose of or enter into any transaction which may result in the disposition of any shares of our common stock or securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of our common stock, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, for a period of six (6) months after our common stock is listed or quoted on a national securities exchange. Holders of the remaining 394,793 shares of common stock have agreed with the Underwriters to be bound by the same transfer restrictions described above, except that they may not sell any of securities until 90 days after our common stock begins to be listed or quoted on either the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board, when one-twelfth of their shares will be released from the lock-up restrictions, and after which their shares will automatically be released from the lock-up restrictions every 30 days in eleven equal installments.

Sales of our common stock by the selling stockholders in a concurrent offering may depress our stock price.

Concurrent with our public offering, our selling stockholders may offer for sale, from time to time, 1,542,323 shares of our common stock. If we sell all 3,125,000 shares we are offering, we would have 11,479,826 shares outstanding (after giving effect to the Series A Conversion), 4,667,323 of which would be freely tradable in the public market; however, 1,147,530 of such shares are subject to a lock-up agreement pursuant to which the selling stockholders have agreed with the Underwriters that they will not sell any of such securities until six (6) months after our common stock begins to be listed or quoted on either the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board without the prior consent of the Underwriters and holders of the remaining 394,793 agreed that they will not sell any of such securities until 90 days after our common stock begins to be listed or quoted on either the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board, when one-twelfth of their shares will be released from the lock-up restrictions, and after which their shares will automatically be released from the lock-up restrictions every 30 days in eleven equal installments.   Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock by the selling stockholders within a relatively short period of time could have the effect of depressing the market price of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities.

We will sell broker-dealer warrants to our underwriters in connection with the public offering.

We will sell to Rodman and WestPark, the underwriters for the public offering, as additional compensation, warrants to purchase one share of common stock for each ten shares sold in the offering, which is up to a maximum of 156,250 warrants (the “Underwriter’s Warrants”). The Underwriters’ Warrants may be exercised at any time commencing one year from the date of this prospectus and continuing for five years thereafter to purchase shares of common stock at an exercise price equal to 125% of the offering price of the shares in this offering.

During the term of the Underwriters’ Warrants, their holders will have the opportunity to profit from an increase in the price of the shares. The existence of the Underwriters’ Warrants may adversely affect the market price of the shares if they become publicly traded and the terms on which we can obtain additional financing. The holders of the Underwriters’ Warrants can be expected to be exercise them at a time when we would, in all likelihood, be able to obtain additional capital on terms more favorable than those contained in the Underwriters’ Warrants. Please see “Underwriting” and “Description of Securities” for additional information regarding the Underwriters’ Warrants and our common stock.

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board exercises significant influence over us.

After giving effect to the offering, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Zhong Bo, will beneficially own or control approximately 43.57% of our outstanding shares (after giving effect to the Series A Conversion). Mr. Zhong has a controlling influence in determining the outcome of any corporate transaction or other matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including mergers, consolidations and the sale of all or substantially all of our assets, election of directors, and other significant corporate actions. Mr. Zhong may also have the power to prevent or cause a change in control. In addition, without the consent of Mr. Zhong, we could be prevented from entering into transactions that could be beneficial to us. The interests of Mr. Zhong may differ from the interests of our other stockholders.

 
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Compliance with changing regulation of corporate governance and public disclosure will result in additional expenses.

Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related SEC regulations, have created uncertainty for public companies and significantly increased the costs and risks associated with accessing the public markets and public reporting. Our management team will need to invest significant management time and financial resources to comply with both existing and evolving standards for public companies, which will lead to increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue generating activities to compliance activities.

If we fail to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting, it may lead to a restatement of our financial information and the price of our common stock may be adversely affected, as well as our ability to access the capital markets and our business.

We are required to establish and maintain appropriate internal controls over financial reporting. Failure to establish those controls, or any failure of those controls once established, could adversely impact our public disclosures regarding our business, financial condition or results of operations. Any failure of these controls could also prevent us from maintaining accurate accounting records and discovering accounting errors and financial frauds. Rules adopted by the SEC pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 require annual assessment of our internal control over financial reporting, and attestation of this assessment by our independent registered public accountants. The SEC extended the compliance dates for non-accelerated filers, as defined by the SEC. Accordingly, the annual assessment of our internal controls requirement first applied to our annual report for the 2007 fiscal year and the attestation requirement of management’s assessment by our independent registered public accountants will first apply to our annual report for the 2009 fiscal year. The standards that must be met for management to assess the internal control over financial reporting as effective are new and complex, and require significant documentation, testing and possible remediation to meet the detailed standards. We may encounter problems or delays in completing activities necessary to make an assessment of our internal control over financial reporting. In addition, the attestation process by our independent registered public accountants is new and we may encounter problems or delays in completing the implementation of any requested improvements and receiving an attestation of our assessment by our independent registered public accountants. If we cannot assess our internal control over financial reporting as effective, or our independent registered public accountants are unable to provide an unqualified attestation report on such assessment, investor confidence and share value may be negatively impacted.

In addition, management’s assessment of internal controls over financial reporting may identify weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal controls over financial reporting or other matters that may raise concerns for investors. Any actual or perceived weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal control over financial reporting, disclosure of management’s assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting, or disclosure of our public accounting firm’s attestation to or report on management’s assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting may cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, have an adverse impact on the trading price of our common stock, adversely affect our ability to access the capital markets and our ability to recruit personnel, lead to the delisting of our securities from the stock exchange on which they are traded, lead to litigation claims, thereby diverting management’s attention and resources, and which may lead to the payment of damages to the extent such claims are not resolved  in our favor, lead to regulatory proceedings, which may result in sanctions, monetary or otherwise and have a materially adverse effect on our reputation and business.
 
We may be exposed to risks relating to our disclosure controls and our internal controls and may need to incur significant costs to comply with applicable requirements.

Based on the evaluation done by our management at June 30, 2009, our disclosure controls were deemed ineffective, in that we could not assure that information required to be disclosed in our SEC reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and communicated to our management, so as to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Factors which led our management to conclude that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective include, but are not limited to, the late filing of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009.  Our controls and procedures were primarily adversely affected by the lack of experience within the company in complying with the requirements of a publicly reporting entity, specifically, having insufficient personnel resources with sufficient technical accounting expertise within our accounting function.  We are seeking to engage experienced professionals to further augment our financial staff to address issues of timeliness and completeness in financial reporting when we are preparing SEC filings. No assurances can be given that we will be able to adequately remediate existing deficiencies in disclosure controls and not have deficiencies when we report on internal controls. Although we believe that these corrective steps will enable management to conclude that our disclosure controls are effective and these measures will remediate the material weaknesses discussed above when all of the additional financial staff positions are filled and other remediation plans are implemented, we cannot assure you that this will be sufficient.  Also, as we hire more experienced staff and advisors, additional deficiencies may be identified that will need to be remediated.  These additional deficiencies may also have caused our historical financial results to be incorrect, which, if material, could require a restatement.  As a result, we may be required to expend additional resources to identify, assess and correct any additional weaknesses in disclosure or internal control and to otherwise comply with the internal controls rules under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, when applicable.

 
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We may not be able to achieve the benefits we expect to result from the Share Exchange

On December 11, 2008, we entered into the Exchange Agreement, as amended on January 9, 2009, with all of the stockholders of World Orient, pursuant to which we agreed to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding securities of World Orient in exchange for shares of our common stock. On January 9, 2009, the Share Exchange closed, World Orient became our 100%-owned subsidiary and our sole business operations became that of World Orient and its subsidiaries. We also have a new board of directors and management consisting of persons from Zhengzhou ZST and changed our corporate name from SRKP 18, Inc. to ZST Digital Networks, Inc.

We may not realize the benefits that we hoped to receive as a result of the Share Exchange, which include:

 
 •
access to the capital markets of the United States;

 
 •
the increased market liquidity expected to result from exchanging stock in a private company for securities of a public company that may eventually be traded;

 
 •
the ability to use registered securities to make acquisition of assets or businesses;

 
 •
increased visibility in the financial community;

 
 •
enhanced access to the capital markets;

 
 •
improved transparency of operations; and

 
 •
perceived credibility and enhanced corporate image of being a publicly traded company.
 
There can be no assurance that any of the anticipated benefits of the Share Exchange will be realized in respect to our new business operations. In addition, the attention and effort devoted to achieving the benefits of the Share Exchange and attending to the obligations of being a public company, such as reporting requirements and securities regulations, could significantly divert management’s attention from other important issues, which could materially and adversely affect our operating results or stock price in the future.

Our common stock may be considered a “penny stock,” and thereby be subject to additional sale and trading regulations that may make it more difficult to sell.

Our common stock, which is not currently listed or quoted for trading, may be considered to be a “penny stock” if it does not qualify for one of the exemptions from the definition of “penny stock” under Section 3a51-1 of the Exchange Act once, and if, it starts trading. Our common stock may be a “penny stock” if it meets one or more of the following conditions: (i) the stock trades at a price less than $5.00 per share; (ii) it is NOT traded on a “recognized” national exchange; (iii) it is NOT quoted on the NASDAQ Capital Market, or even if so, has a price less than $5.00 per share; or (iv) is issued by a company that has been in business less than three years with net tangible assets less than $5 million.

The principal result or effect of being designated a “penny stock” is that securities broker-dealers participating in sales of our common stock will be subject to the “penny stock” regulations set forth in Rules 15-2 through 15g-9 promulgated under the Exchange Act. For example, Rule 15g-2 requires broker-dealers dealing in penny stocks to provide potential investors with a document disclosing the risks of penny stocks and to obtain a manually signed and dated written receipt of the document at least two business days before effecting any transaction in a penny stock for the investor’s account. Moreover, Rule 15g-9 requires broker-dealers in penny stocks to approve the account of any investor for transactions in such stocks before selling any penny stock to that investor. This procedure requires the broker-dealer to (i) obtain from the investor information concerning his or her financial situation, investment experience and investment objectives; (ii) reasonably determine, based on that information, that transactions in penny stocks are suitable for the investor and that the investor has sufficient knowledge and experience as to be reasonably capable of evaluating the risks of penny stock transactions; (iii) provide the investor with a written statement setting forth the basis on which the broker-dealer made the determination in (ii) above; and (iv) receive a signed and dated copy of such statement from the investor, confirming that it accurately reflects the investor’s financial situation, investment experience and investment objectives. Compliance with these requirements may make it more difficult and time consuming for holders of our common stock to resell their shares to third parties or to otherwise dispose of them in the market or otherwise.

We do not foresee paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future and, as a result, our investors’ sole source of gain, if any, will depend on capital appreciation, if any.

We do not plan to declare or pay any cash dividends on our shares of common stock in the foreseeable future and currently intend to retain any future earnings for funding growth. As a result, investors should not rely on an investment in our securities if they require the investment to produce dividend income. Capital appreciation, if any, of our shares may be investors’ sole source of gain for the foreseeable future. Moreover, investors may not be able to resell their shares of the Company at or above the price they paid for them.

 
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USE OF PROCEEDS

We estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of the 3,125,000 shares of common stock in the offering will be approximately $22,075,000 after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. If the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full, we estimate that our net proceeds will be approximately $25,506,250.

The principal purposes of this offering are to increase our working capital, to create a public market for our common stock, and to facilitate our future access to the public capital markets. The net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes and to fund GPS tracking unit inventories and related accounts receivable . We cannot specify with certainty the particular uses for the net proceeds. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend on numerous factors, including the status of our development efforts, sales and marketing activities, the amount of cash generated or used by our operations and competition. We may find it necessary or advisable to use portions of the proceeds for other purposes, and we will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds. We have no current intentions to acquire any other businesses. Pending these uses, the proceeds will be invested in short-term, investment grade, interest-bearing securities.

 DIVIDEND POLICY

We do not expect to declare or pay any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future, and we currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the expansion of our business. The decision whether to pay cash dividends on our common stock will be made by our board of directors, in their discretion, and will depend on our financial condition, operating results, capital requirements and other factors that the board of directors considers significant. We declared cash dividends in the year ended December 31, 2007 and paid the cash dividends in the year ended December 31, 2008. We did not pay any cash dividends in the six months ended June 30, 2009.

Under applicable PRC regulations, foreign-invested enterprises in China may pay dividends only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. In addition, a foreign-invested enterprise in China is required to set aside at least 10.0% of its after-tax profit based on PRC accounting standards each year to its general reserves until the accumulative amount of such reserves reach 50.0% of its registered capital. These reserves are not distributable as cash dividends. The board of directors of a foreign-invested enterprise has the discretion to allocate a portion of its after-tax profits to staff welfare and bonus funds, which may not be distributed to equity owners except in the event of liquidation.

Furthermore, the ability of our Chinese operating subsidiaries to pay dividends may be restricted due to the foreign exchange control policies and availability of cash balance of the Chinese operating subsidiaries. Because substantially all of our operations are conducted in China and a substantial majority of our revenues are generated in China, a majority of our revenue being earned and currency received are denominated in Renminbi (RMB). RMB is subject to the exchange control regulation in China, and, as a result, we may unable to distribute any dividends outside of China due to PRC exchange control regulations that restrict our ability to convert RMB into US Dollars.

Our inability to receive dividends or other payments from our Chinese operating subsidiary could adversely limit our ability to grow, make investments or acquisitions that could be beneficial to our business, pay dividends, or otherwise fund and conduct our business. Zhengzhou ZST’s funds may not be readily available to us to satisfy obligations which have been incurred outside the PRC, which could adversely affect our business and prospects or our ability to meet our cash obligations. Accordingly, if we do not receive dividends from our Chinese operating subsidiary, our liquidity, financial condition and ability to make dividend distributions to our stockholders will be materially and adversely affected.

 
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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our capitalization as of June 30, 2009 (unaudited):

on an actual basis for the portion of the Private Placement that we closed before June 30, 2009 pursuant to which we sold a total of 1,263,723 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $4.98 million; and

on a pro forma basis as adjusted to give further effect to reflect our receipt of estimated net proceeds from the sale of 3,125,000 shares of common stock (excluding the 468,750 shares which the underwriter has the option to purchase to cover over-allotments, if any) in this offering at the public offering price of $8.00, and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses of approximately $2,925,000.

You should read this table in conjunction with “Use of Proceeds,” “Summary Financial Information,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

   
June 30, 2009 (Unaudited)
 
   
Actual
   
Pro Forma
Adjustments
   
Pro Forma,
As Adjusted
 
   
 
 
Series A Convertible Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 3,750,000 shares authorized, 1,263,723 issued and outstanding on an actual basis and 1,263,723 issued and outstanding on a pro forma as adjusted basis (1)
 
$
126
   
$
   
$
126
 
Stockholders' equity:
                       
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 7,091,103 issued and outstanding on an actual basis, 3,125,000 issued and outstanding on a pro forma basis, and 10,216,103 issued and outstanding on a pro forma as-adjusted basis (1)
   
709
     
313
     
1,022
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
8,270,471
     
22,074,687 
     
30,345,158 
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
   
(47,819
)
   
     
(47,819
)
Statutory surplus reserve fund
   
1,491,963
     
     
1,491,963
 
Retained earnings
   
9,218,893
     
     
9,218,893
 
Total stockholders' equity
 
$
18,934,343
   
$
22,075,000
   
$
41,009,343
 
Total capitalization
 
$
18,934,343
   
$
22,075,000
   
$
41,009,343
 
 

 
(1)
The number of our shares of common stock shown above to be outstanding after this offering is based on 11,479,826 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2009 (after giving effect to the Series A Conversion).

MARKET FOR COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

There has never been a public trading market for our common stock and our shares of common stock are not currently listed or quoted for trading on any national securities exchange or national quotation system. The NASDAQ Global Market has approved the listing of our common stock under the symbol "ZSTN", subject to official notice of issuance.  As of the date of this prospectus, we had 20 common stockholders of record and 93 preferred stockholders of record.

 
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DILUTION

If you invest in our shares of common stock, your interest will be diluted immediately to the extent of the difference between the public offering price per share you will pay in this offering and the net tangible book value per share of common stock immediately after this offering.

Investors participating in this offering will incur immediate, substantial dilution. Our net tangible book value as of June 30, 2009 was $18.29 million, or $2.189 per share (unaudited) based on 8,354,826 shares of common stock outstanding (after giving effect to the Series A Conversion). Assuming the sale by us of 3,125,000 shares of common stock offered in this offering at the public offering price of $8.00 per share, and after deducting the estimated underwriting discount and commissions and estimated offering expenses, our as adjusted net tangible book value as of June 30, 2009 would have been $40.36 million, or $3.516 per share. This represents an immediate increase in net tangible book value of $1.327 per share to our existing stockholders and an immediate dilution of $4.484 per share to the new investors purchasing shares of common stock in this offering.

The following table illustrates this per share dilution (unaudited):

Public offering price per share
       
$
8.00
 
Net tangible book value per share as of June 30, 2009  
 
$
2.189
         
Increase per share attributable to new public investors  
   
1.327
         
Net tangible book value per share after this offering  
           
3.516
 
Dilution per share to new public investors  
         
$
4.484
 

The following table sets forth, on an as adjusted basis as of June 30, 2009, the difference between the number of shares of common stock purchased from us, the total cash consideration paid, and the average price per share paid by our existing stockholders and by new public investors before deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, using the public offering price of $8.00 per share of common stock:

   
Shares Purchased
   
Total Cash Consideration
(Unaudited)
   
Average
Price
per Share
 
   
Number
   
Percent
   
Amount
   
Percent
       
Existing stockholders
   
7,091,103
     
69.41
%
 
$
4,072,909
     
14.01
%
 
$
0.57
 
                                         
New investors
   
3,125,000
     
30.59
%
 
$
25,000,000
     
85.99
%
 
$
8.00
 
                                         
Total
   
10,216,103
     
100
%
 
$
29,072,909
     
100
%
       

The total consideration amount for shares of common stock held by our existing stockholders includes total cash paid for our outstanding shares of common stock as of June 30, 2009 and excludes the value of securities that we have issued for services. If the underwriters’ over-allotment option of 468,750 shares of common stock is exercised in full, the percent of the number of shares held by existing stockholders will be reduced to 66.37% of the total number of shares to be outstanding after this offering; and the number of shares held by the new investors will be increased to 3,593,750 shares, or 33.63%, of the total number of shares of common stock outstanding after this offering.

The discussion and tables above is based on 7,091,103 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2009. In addition, we may choose to raise additional capital due to market conditions or strategic considerations even if we believe we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans. To the extent that additional capital is raised through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the issuance of these securities could result in further dilution to our stockholders.

 ACCOUNTING FOR THE SHARE EXCHANGE

On January 9, 2009, the Company completed the acquisition of all of the common stock World Orient pursuant to a Share Exchange Agreement. In consideration, the Company issued an aggregate of 806,408 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value to the stockholders of World Orient. As a result of this transaction, World Orient became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The transaction is accounted for using the reverse merger acquisition method of accounting in accordance with FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141R, Business Combinations.

 
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Forward-Looking Statements

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes, and the other financial information included in this prospectus.

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements. The words “anticipated,” “believe,” “expect, “plan,” “intend,” “seek,” “estimate,” “project,” “could,” “may,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements include, among others, information regarding future operations, future capital expenditures, and future net cash flow. Such statements reflect our management’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance and involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, general economic and business conditions, changes in foreign, political, social, and economic conditions, regulatory initiatives and compliance with governmental regulations, the ability to achieve further market penetration and additional customers, and various other matters, many of which are beyond our control. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties occur, or should underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may vary materially and adversely from those anticipated, believed, estimated or otherwise indicated. Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this prospectus are qualified by these cautionary statements and there can be no assurance of the actual results or developments.

Overview

Business Summary

The Company is principally engaged in supplying digital and optical network equipment to cable system operators in the Henan Province of China.  The Company has developed a line of internet protocol television (“IPTV”) set-top boxes that are used to provide bundled cable television, Internet and telephone services to residential and commercial customers.  The Company has assisted in the installation and construction of over 400 local cable networks covering more than 90 municipal districts, counties, townships, and enterprises.  The Company’s services and products have been recognized with various certifications, including “integrated computer information system qualification class III” issued by the Ministry of Industry Information, “communication user cable construction enterprise qualification” issued by the Henan Province Administration of Communication, “Henan Province Security Technology Prevention Engineering Qualification Class III”, a certificate of “ISO9001:2000 Quality System Authentication”, and “Double High” certification, high-tech product and high-tech enterprise issued by the Henan Province government.

At present, the Company’s main clients are broadcasting TV bureaus and cable network operators serving various cities and counties.  The Company has over 30 main customers, including the broadcasting TV bureaus and cable network operators of the cities of Nanyang, Mengzhou, Xuchang, Pingdingshan, Kaifeng, Zhoukou and Gongyi, and the counties of Yuanyang, Luoning, Neihuang, Yinyang, Xixia, Kaifeng, Nanzhao, and Gushi.
 
In the near future, the Company plans to joint venture with cable network operators to provide bundled television programming, Internet and telephone services to residential customers in cities and counties located in the Henan Province. We are also currently in the process of establishing a partnership with China Unicom, a wireless network provider, in connection with the Company’s development and sale of its GPS tracking units.   In March 2009, the Company entered into a network access right agreement with the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom that allows the Company to use the China Unicom wireless network for providing GPS location and tracking services to third parties. Upon completion of this offering, the Company intends to negotiate a reseller agreement with the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom whereby GPS tracking units supplied by the Company would be sold in the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom retail stores, with the Company receiving a share of subscriber revenue collected by the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom.
 
General Factors

We expect that for the foreseeable future that the largest source of revenue for our business will be the sale of set-top boxes sold to cable system operators. Because the number of potential new customers for our set-top box and fixed satellite services businesses is small, our current customer concentration is likely to continue for the foreseeable future and our operating results will consequently likely continue to depend on sales to a relatively small number of customers and on the continued success of these customers relative to their competitors.

Our profitability will be affected by costs associated with our efforts to expand our sales, marketing, product development and general and administrative capabilities in all of our businesses, as well as expenses that we incur as a publicly-traded company.  These costs include costs associated with, among other things, financial reporting, information technology, complying with federal securities laws (including compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), tax administration and human resources related functions.  If in the future we expand internationally, we may also incur additional costs to conform our set-top boxes to comply with local laws or local specifications and to ship our set-top boxes to our international customers.

 
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In order to grow or even maintain our current level of revenue we will be required to attract new customers and to increase sales to existing customers which may require us to design, market and sell new set-top boxes.  If we do not develop relationships with new customers, we may not be able to expand our customer base and our ability to increase or even maintain our revenue will be impacted.

We believe that substantial opportunities for developing potential new customers lie in international markets and if we were to expand our operations overseas, we expect our performance in international markets would be a significant factor in determining whether we would be able to generate revenue and income growth in future periods.  However, we do not currently intend to expand our operations overseas and if we decide to do so in the future, there can be no assurance we will be able to successfully commence or grow an international business.

In addition, unfavorable events in the economy, including a continuation or further deterioration in the current downturn in real estate mortgage and credit markets, could cause consumer demand for subscription TV services and consequently sales of our set-top boxes to materially decline because consumers may delay purchasing decisions or change or reduce their discretionary spending.

Our ability to sustain or increase profitability will also depend in large part on our ability to control or reduce our costs of producing our set-top boxes.  The market for our set-top boxes, like other electronic products, has been characterized by regular reductions in selling prices and production costs.  Therefore, we will likely be required to reduce production costs in order to maintain the margins we earn on set-top boxes and the profitability of our set-top box business.

Recent Events

Reverse Stock Split
 
On October 6, 2009, we effected a 1-for-2.461538462 reverse stock split of all of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”) by filing an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of Delaware. The par value and number of authorized shares of our common stock  and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock remained unchanged. The number of shares and per share amounts included in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included in the F- section have been adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split retroactively. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to number of shares, per share amounts and earnings per share information contained in this prospectus give effect to the Reverse Stock Split.
Share Exchange

On December 11, 2008, we entered into a share exchange agreement, as amended on January 9, 2009 (the “Exchange Agreement”), with World Orient and its stockholders, pursuant to which the stockholders would transfer all of the issued and outstanding shares of World Orient to the Company in exchange for 806,408 shares of our common stock (the “Share Exchange”).  On January 9, 2009, the Share Exchange closed and World Orient became our wholly-owned subsidiary and we immediately changed our name from “SRKP 18, Inc.” to “ZST Digital Networks, Inc.” A total of 806,408 shares were issued to the former stockholders of World Orient.

Purchase Right

On January 14, 2009, Zhong Bo, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Wu Dexiu, Huang Jiankang, Sun Hui and Li Yuting (the “ZST Management”) each entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Company issued and the ZST Management agreed to purchase an aggregate of 5,090,315 shares of our common stock at a per share purchase price of $0.6907 (the “Purchase Right”).  The purchase price for the shares was paid in full on May 25, 2009.  Each of the stockholders and warrantholders of the Company prior to the Share Exchange agreed to cancel 0.3317 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 0.5328 shares of common stock held by each of them for each one (1) share of common stock purchased by the ZST Management pursuant to the Purchase Right (the “Share and Warrant Cancellation”).  Pursuant to the Share and Warrant Cancellation, an aggregate of 1,688,532 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 2,712,283 shares of common stock held by certain of our stockholders and warrantholders prior to the Share Exchange were cancelled.

Private Placement

On May 5, 2009, we completed the final closing in a series of five closings beginning January 9, 2009 of a private placement transaction (the “Private Placement”).  Pursuant to subscription agreements entered into with the investors, we sold an aggregate of 1,263,723 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock at $3.94 per share.  As a result, we received gross proceeds in the amount of approximately $4.98 million.  In connection with the initial closing of the Private Placement, the Company issued a promissory note in the principal amount of $170,000, bearing no interest (the “Note”), to WestPark Capital Financial Services, LLC, the parent company of the placement agent for the Private Placement, WestPark Capital, Inc. (“WestPark”). The principal was due and payable by the Company on or before the earlier of (a) thirty (30) days from the date of issuance of the Note or (b) upon the receipt by the Company of at least $4 million in the Private Placement.  The Company repaid the Note in full on January 23, 2009 using the proceeds from the second closing of the Private Placement.

 
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Restructuring

Our BVI subsidiary, World Orient, its wholly-owned BVI subsidiary, Global Asia, and Global Asia’s wholly-owned Hong Kong subsidiary, Everfair, were owned by non-PRC individuals. Everfair obtained all the equity interests of Zhengzhou ZST further to an Equity Purchase Agreement dated October 10, 2008 (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”) by and among Everfair, Zhong Bo, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Wu Dexiu, Huang Jiankang, Sun Hui and Li Yuting (the “ZST Management”). The Equity Purchase Agreement received approval by the Zhengzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce on November 10, 2008 and Zhengzhou ZST filed all required applications and received all appropriate SAFE approvals from the Henan branch of SAFE.

Upon the consummation of the Purchase Right and Share and Warrant Cancellation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Zhong Bo, beneficially owns approximately 59.87% of our outstanding common stock (assuming the full conversion of the maximum number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus).

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon our financial statements which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates including the allowance for doubtful accounts, the salability and recoverability of inventory, income taxes and contingencies. We base our estimates on historical experience and on other assumptions that we believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form our basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

We cannot predict what future laws and regulations might be passed that could have a material effect on our results of operations. We assess the impact of significant changes in laws and regulations on a regular basis and update the assumptions and estimates used to prepare our financial statements when we deem it necessary.

Revenue recognition. The Company recognizes product sales revenue when the significant risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred pursuant to PRC law, including such factors as when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the sales price is fixed or determinable, sales and value-added tax laws have been complied with, and collectability is reasonably assured. The Company generally recognizes revenue when its products are shipped.

The IPTV device sales contracts include a one-year quality assurance warranty for defects. According to the sales contract terms, customers are able to hold back 10% of the total contract balance payable to the Company for one year. This deferred payment obligation is not contingent on resale of the product. In accordance with SFAS FASB No. 48, "Revenue Recognition When Right of Return Exists", the Company records the holdback as revenue at the time of sale when its products are shipped to customers. Costs related to quality assurance fulfillment are mainly the costs of materials used for repair or replacement of damaged or defective products and are expensed as incurred. As the costs associated with such assurance were immaterial in monetary terms, no assurance liability is accrued for all periods. The Company incurred quality assurance costs of $62,952 and $35,501 for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. These costs incurred represent 0.23% and 0.25% of 2009 and 2008 IPTV box sales, respectively. In the event of defective product returns, the Company has the right to seek replacement of such returned units from its supplier.

Revenues from fixed-price construction contracts are recognized on the completed-contract method. This method is used because most of the construction and engineering contracts are completed within six months or less and financial position and results of operations do not vary significantly from those which would result from using the percentage-of-completion method. A contract is considered complete when all costs have been incurred and the installation is operating according to specifications or has been accepted by the customer.

Contract costs include all direct material and labor costs and those indirect costs related to contract performance, such as indirect labor, suppliers, tools, repairs, and depreciation costs. General and administrative costs are charged to expenses as incurred. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts are made in the period in which such losses are determined. Claims are included in revenues when received.

Allowance for doubtful accounts. In estimating the collectability of accounts receivable we analyze historical write-offs, changes in our internal credit policies and customer concentrations when evaluating the adequacy of our allowance for doubtful accounts periodically. Differences may result in the amount and timing of expenses for any period if we make different judgments or uses difference estimates. Our accounts receivable represent a significant portion of our current assets and total assets. Our realization on accounts receivable, expressed in terms of United States dollars may be affected by fluctuations in currency rates since the customer’s currency is frequently a currency other than United States dollars.

 
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Inventories. Inventories comprise raw materials and finished goods are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value, using the first-in first-out (“FIFO”) method. Substantially all inventory costs are determined using the weighted average basis. Costs of finished goods include direct labor, direct materials, and production overhead before the goods are ready for sale. We evaluate the need for reserves associated with obsolete, slow-moving and non-salable inventory by reviewing net realizable values on a periodic basis. Inventory costs do not exceed net realizable value.

Taxation. The Company is registered in the PRC and has no tax advantages granted by the local government for corporate income taxes and sales taxes because it is a domestic corporation. On March 16, 2007, the National People’s Congress of China enacted a new Enterprise Income Tax (“EIT”) law, under which foreign invested enterprises and domestic companies will be subject to a uniform rate of 25%. The new law became effective on January 1, 2008. The new standard EIT rate of 25% replaces the 33% rate applicable to both foreign invested enterprises and domestic companies, except for high-tech companies that pay a reduced rate of 15%, subject to government verification of high-tech status every three years. Companies established before March 16, 2007 continue to enjoy a tax holiday treatment approved by the local government for a grace period of either five years or until the tax holiday term is completed, whichever is sooner.
 
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 165, "Subsequent Events." This standard incorporates into authoritative accounting literature certain guidance that already existed within generally accepted auditing standards, with the requirements concerning recognition and disclosure of subsequent events remaining essentially unchanged. This guidance addresses events which occur after the balance sheet date but before the issuance of financial statements. Under SFAS No.165, as under previous practice, an entity must record the effects of subsequent events that provide evidence about conditions that existed at the balance sheet date and must disclose but not record the effects of subsequent events which provide evidence about conditions that did not exist at the balance sheet date. This standard added an additional required disclosure relative to the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated and whether that is the date on which the financial statements were issued. For the Company , this standard was effective beginning April 1, 2009.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly” (FSP FAS 157-4). FSP FAS 157-4 amends SFAS 157 and provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with SFAS 157 when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased and also includes guidance on identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not orderly for fair value measurements. This FSP shall be applied prospectively with retrospective application not permitted. This FSP shall be effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. An entity early adopting this FSP must also early adopt FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments” (FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2). Additionally, if an entity elects to early adopt either FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments” (FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1) or FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, it must also elect to early adopt this FSP. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment” (FSP 115-2/124-2). FSP 115-2/124-2 amends the requirements for the recognition and measurement of other-than-temporary impairment for debt securities by modifying the pre-existing “intent and ability” indicator. Under FSP 115-2/124-2, an other-than-temporary impairment is triggered when there is an intent to sell the security, it is more likely then not that the security will be required to be sold before recovery, or the security is not expected to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security. Additionally, FSP 115-2/124-2 changes the presentation of an other-than-temporary impairment in the income statement for those impairments involving credit losses. The credit loss component will be recognized in earnings and the remainder of the impairment will be recorded in other comprehensive income. FSP 115-2/124-2 is effective for the Company beginning in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosure about Fair Value of Financial Instruments” (“FSP 107-1/APB 28-1”). FSP 107-1/APB 28-1 requires interim disclosures regarding the fair values of financial instruments that are within the scope of FAS 107, “Disclosures about the Fair Value of Financial Instruments,” Additionally, FSP 107-1/APB 28-1 requires disclosures of the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments on an interim basis as well as changes in the methods and significant assumptions from prior periods. FSP 107-1/APB 28-1 does not change the accounting treatment for these financial instruments and is effective for the Company beginning in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

In the first quarter of 2009, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations” (SFAS No. 141(R) as mended by FASB staff position FSP 141(R)-1, “Accounting for Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination.” SFAS No. 141(R) generally requires an entity to recognize the assets acquired, liabilities assumed, contingencies, and contingent consideration at their fair value on the acquisition date. In circumstances where the acquisition-date fair value for a contingency cannot be determined during the measurement period and it is concluded that it is probable that an asset or liability exists as of the acquisition date and the amount can be reasonably estimated, a contingency is recognized as of the acquisition date based on the estimated amount. It further requires that acquisition related costs be recognized separately from the acquisition and expensed as incurred, restructuring costs generally be expensed in periods subsequent to the acquisition date, and changes in accounting for deferred tax asset valuation allowances and acquired income tax uncertainties after the measurement period impact income tax expenses. In addition, acquired in-process research and development is capitalized as an intangibles asset and amortized over its estimated useful life. SFAS No. 141(R) is applicable to business combinations on a prospective basis beginning in the first quarter of 2009. The Company adopted SFAS No. 141(R) for its business combination during the quarter ended March 31, 2009.

 
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In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework and gives guidance regarding the methods used for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position 157-1, “Application of FASB Statement No. 157 to FASB Statement No. 13 and Other Accounting Pronouncements That Address Fair Value Measurements for Purposes of Lease Classification or Measurement under Statement 13 (“FSP 157-1”) and FASB Staff Position 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157” (“FSP 157-2”). FSP 157-1 amends SFAS 157 to remove certain leasing transactions from its scope. FSP 157-2 delays the effective date of SFAS 157 for all non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually), until fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted SFAS 157 effective January 1, 2008 for all financial assets and liabilities as required. The adoption of SFAS 157 was not material to the Company’s financial statements or results of operations.

Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the provisions of EITF 07-5, " Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) is Indexed to an Entity’s Own Stock” (“EITF 07-5”). EITF 07-5 applies to any freestanding financial instruments or embedded features that have the characteristics of a derivative, as defined by SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” and to any freestanding financial instruments that are potentially settled in an entity’s own common stock. The adoption of EITF 07-5 was not material to the Company's financial statements or results of operations.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities — Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115,” (“SFAS 159”) which is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS 159 is an elective standard which permits an entity to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value at specified election dates. Subsequent unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected will be reported in earnings. The Company has not elected the fair value option for any assets or liabilities under SFAS 159.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 168, "The FASB Accounting Standards Codification TM and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162," and approved—the FASB Accounting Standards Codification TM (Codification) as the single source of authoritative nongovernmental US GAAP. The Codification does not change current US GAAP, but is intended to simplify user access to all authoritative US GAAP by providing all the authoritative literature related to a particular topic in one place. All existing accounting standard documents will be superseded and all other accounting literature not included in the Codification will be considered non-authoritative. For the Company, the Codification is effective July 1, 2009 and will require future references to authoritative US GAAP to coincide with the appropriate section of the Codification. Accordingly, this standard will not have an impact on the Company's consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 167, "Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R)," which revised the consolidation guidance for variable-interest entities. The modifications include the elimination of the exemption for qualifying special purpose entities, a new approach for determining who should consolidate a variable-interest entity, and changes to when it is necessary to reassess who should consolidate a variable-interest entity. For the Company, this standard is effective January 1, 2010. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard, but would not expect it to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 166, "Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets-an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140," amending the guidance on transfers of financial assets to, among other things, eliminate the qualifying special purpose entity concept, include a new unit of account definition that must be met for transfers of portions of financial assets to be eligible for sale accounting, clarify and change the derecognition criteria for a transfer to be accounted for as a sale, and require significant additional disclosure. For the Company, this standard is effective for new transfers of financial assets beginning January 1, 2010. Because the Company historically does not have significant transfers of financial assets, the adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
 
 
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Results of Operations

Six Months Ended June 30, 2009 and 2008

Revenues consist of sales of our set-top and digital networking products and revenues recorded under network installation projects. Revenues from product sales were $41,439,540 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, an increase of $15,661,237, or 61%, compared to $25,778,303 for the same period in 2008. The increase in revenues is primarily a result of the increase in sales of our IPTV set-top boxes. Regional TV broadcast stations are upgrading their broadcast systems to the digital network, and as a result, every household is required to upgrade their IPTV set-top boxes. In 2008, the regional government provided incentives for TV broadcast stations to expand their broadcast coverage to suburban areas, which will result in an increase of new subscribers of digital networks for the next two years.

Cost of goods sold, which include raw material, labor and amounts due to contract manufacturers, was $34,950,607 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, an increase of $13,953,698, or 66%, compared to $20,996,909 for the same period in 2008. This increase in cost of sales was caused by an increase in sales and was consistent with the increase in revenues. As a percentage of revenues, cost of sales for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 were 84% and 81%, respectively.
 
Gross profit for six months ended June 30, 2009 was $6,488,933, or 16% of revenues, compared to $4,781,394, or 19% of revenues, for the comparable period in 2008. Management considers gross profit to be a key performance indicator in managing our business. Gross profit margins are a factor of cost of sales, product mix and product demand.
 
Selling expenses, which mainly include marketing, shipping, insurance, wage and other expenses, were $35,302 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, a decrease of $70,768, or 67%, compared to $106,070 for the same period in 2008. The decrease was due to the changes in sales contract terms and arrangement of delivery, which provided that finished goods are shipped directly from the manufacturer to the customers.
 
Other general and administrative expenses, which include wages, benefits, utilities, consulting, turnover taxes, professional fees and other expenses, were $501,492 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, an increase of $82,522, or 20%, compared to $418,970 for the same period in 2008. The increase was due to the Company’s expanded operations and revenue base. We expect our general and administrative expenses to increase as a result of professional fees incurred as a result of being a publicly reporting company in the United States.

Merger cost for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was $566,654 compared to nil at June 30, 2008. Merger costs reflect fees incurred in connection with the Share Exchange and the Purchase Right.
 
For the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, we have invested nil in research and development; however, we believe that substantial addtitional research and development activities are important to allowing us to offer technologically-advanced products to serve a broader array of customers. We expect that our research and development budget will substantially increase as the scope of our operations expands and as we have access to additional working capital to fund these activities.
 
Interest expense for interest-bearing debts for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was $84,894, decrease of $29,070, or 26%, compared to $113,964 in 2008. The decrease is mainly the result of lower outstanding debt.
 
For the six months ended June 30, 2009, we recorded a provision for income taxes of $1,487,315, compared to $986,440 for the same period in 2008. The tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2007 was 33%. Our income tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2008 was 25%.

Years Ended December 31, 2008 and 2007
 
Revenues consist of sales of our set-top and digital networking products and revenues recorded under network installation projects. Revenues from sales, service and construction were $55.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of $26.7 million, or 93%, compared to $28.7 million for the same period in 2007. The increase in revenue was attributed mainly to the increased demand for our set-top and digital networking products, which we believe is a result of our market expansion efforts as well as price increases of some of our products. We believe the increases in sales revenue and volume are a result of our emphasis on brand promotion and utilizing our sales channels to continually increase our market share. Regional TV broadcast stations are upgrading their broadcast systems to the digital network, and as a result, every household is required to upgrade their IPTV set-top boxes. In 2008, the regional government provided incentives for TV broadcast stations to expand their broadcast coverage to suburban areas, which will result in an increase of new subscribers of digital networks for the next two years.
 
Furthermore, demand for our set-top products increased during the year ended December 31, 2008 due to various governmental regulations and policies. The State Administration of Radio & Television required the use of digital broadcasting and television in every province and city and IPTV set-top boxes transmits the analog signals to digital signals. In addition, digital network broadcast providers began to upgrade their set-top boxes for their subscribers. Consequently, the demand for our IPTV set-top boxes increased significantly. The central government also launched several policies to boost domestic demand of various consumer products, such as automobiles and electronics, especially in the farming provinces, in order to cope with the financial crisis that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2008. The central government set an allowance rate of 13% of the product price in order to stimulate the purchase of such products, which led to the increase in sales of IPTV set-top boxes as well.

 
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Cost of goods sold, which include raw material, labor and amounts due to contract manufacturers, was $45.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of $22.4 million, or 97%, compared to $23.2 million for the same period in 2007. This increase in cost of sales was caused by an increase in sales and was consistent with the increase in revenues. As a percentage of revenues, cost of sales for the year ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 were 82% and 81%, respectively.

Gross profit for year ended December 31, 2008 was $9.8 million, or 18% of revenues, compared to $5.5 million, or 19% of revenues, for the comparable period in 2007. Management considers gross profit to be a key performance indicator in managing our business. Gross profit margins are a factor of cost of sales, product mix and product demand.
 
Selling expenses, which mainly include marketing, shipping, insurance, wage and other expenses, were $146,459 for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of $143,872, or 5,561%, compared to $2,587 for the same period in 2007. The increase was primarily due to increased shipping costs. In order to expand the business of the IPTV set-up boxes, the Company offered favorable shipping terms to attract customers.
 
Other general and administrative expenses, which include wage, benefit, utility, consulting, turnover taxes, professional fees and other expenses, were $1,005,975 for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of $290,910, or 41%, compared to $715,064 for the same period in 2007. The increase was primarily a result of an increase in office expenses. We expect our general and administrative expenses to increase as a result of professional fees incurred as a result of being a publicly reporting company in the United States.

For the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, we invested approximately $10,419 and $88,864, respectively, in research and development. However, we received a reimbursement from the local government for all of our research and development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2008, and therefore research and development expenses net of reimbursement was nil.
 
Interest expenses for interest-bearing debts for the year ended December 31, 2008 was $338,742, an increase of $142,419, or 73%, compared to $196,323 in 2007. The increase is mainly the result of increased bank debt.
 
For the year ended December 31, 2008, we recorded a provision for income taxes of $2.1 million, compared to $1.5 million for the same period in 2007. The tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2007 was 33%. Our income tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2008 was 25%.
 
Years Ended December 31, 2007 and 2006
 
Revenues were $28.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, an increase of $23 million, or 404%, compared to $5.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. The increase in revenue was attributed mainly due to the increased demand for our products, which we believe is a result of market expansion efforts and the introduction of our IPTV set-top boxes into the market at the end of the year ended December 31, 2007.
 
Cost of goods sold was $23.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, an increase of $18.7 million, or 416%, compared to $4.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. The increase was primarily a result of the increase in sales and was consistent with the increase in the net revenue. As a percentage of the net revenue, cost of sales for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 were 81% and 79%, respectively. The increase as a percentage of revenues was due to the increased purchase price of our products.
 
Gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2007 was $5.5 million, or 19% of revenues, compared to $1.2 million, or 21% of revenues, for the year ended December 31, 2006. The decrease in our gross profit margin for the year ended December 31, 2007 as a percentage of revenues was primarily due to the increased purchase price of our products and no corresponding increase in the sales price of our products.
 
Selling expenses were $2,587 for the year ended December 31, 2007, a drop of $16,794, or 87%, compared to $19,381 for the year ended December 31, 2006. The decrease in selling expenses was attributable to a decrease in wages of sales persons.
 
Other general and administrative expenses were $715,064 for the year ended December 31, 2007, an increase of $484,728, or 210%, compared to $230,337 for the year ended December 31, 2006. The increase is mainly due to increased personnel salaries as the Company was hiring new employees for the expansion of new products.

For the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, we invested approximately $88,864 and $48, respectively, in research and development. The increase was mainly due to increased personnel costs dedicated toward the development of new and additional products.
 
Interest expenses for interest-bearing debts for the year ended December 31, 2007 was $196,323, an increase of $184,707 or 1,590%, compared to $11,616 in 2006. The increase is mainly the result of increased bank debt.

 
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For the year ended December 31, 2007, we recorded a provision for income taxes of $1,515,478, compared to $314,577 for the same period in 2006. The tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2007 was 33%. Our income tax rate for the year ended December 21, 2006 was 33%.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We had cash and cash equivalents of $1,228,381 as of June 30, 2009, as compared to $794,918 as of June 30, 2008. We had cash and cash equivalents of $1,134,954 as of December 31, 2008, as compared to $1,125,804 as of December 31, 2007 and $1,183,665 as of December 31, 2006.
 
We had working capital of approximately $17,936,341, $5,879,976, $8,948,772 and $2,505,155 as at June 30, 2009 and 2008 and as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The increase of working capital was largely caused by the increase in accounts receivable.
 
Also in connection with the Share Exchange, we paid $350,000 to WestPark and $125,000 to a third party unaffiliated with the Company, SRKP 18 or WestPark.
 
Our trade receivables has been an increasingly significant portion of our current assets, representing $24,764,622, $10,490,677, $12,322,099 and $9,419,029, or 87%, 88%, 71% and 56% of current assets, as of June 30, 2009 and 2008 and as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. As our sales volume increases, trade receivables increase accordingly. If customers responsible for a significant amount of accounts receivable were to become insolvent or otherwise unable to pay for our products, or to make payments in a timely manner, our liquidity and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. An economic or industry downturn could materially adversely affect the servicing of these accounts receivable, which could result in longer payment cycles, increased collections costs and defaults in excess of management’s expectations. A significant deterioration in our ability to collect on accounts receivable could affect our cash flow and working capital position and could also impact the cost or availability of financing available to us.
 
We provide our major customers with payment terms ranging from 30 to 90 days. We typically offer certain of our customers 30 to 90 days credit terms for payment. Allowance for doubtful accounts is based on our assessment of the collectability of specific customer accounts, the aging of accounts receivable, our history of bad debts, and the general condition of the industry. If a major customer’s credit worthiness deteriorates, or our customers’ actual defaults exceed historical experience, our estimates could change and impact our reported results. We have not experienced any significant amount of bad debt since the inception of our operation.
 
As of June 30, 2009, inventories amounted to $590,116, compared to $395,009 as of June 30, 2008. The increase is due to the increase of sales and the increase of inventory turnover. As of December 31, 2008, inventories amounted to $775,185, compared to $5,488,794 as of December 31, 2007 and $2,622,909 as of December 31, 2006. The decrease is primarily due to the fact that we no longer manufacture our products and instead outsource the manufacturing of our products.
 
As of June 30, 2009, accounts payable and accrued liabilities amounted to $7,212,657, compared to $2,822,394 as of June 30, 2008. The increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities is due to inventory purchases unpaid prior to the end of the period. As of December 31, 2008, accounts payable and accrued liabilities amounted to $1,771,272, compared to $3,249,012 as of December 31, 2007 and $5,500,238 as of December 31, 2006. The decrease is due to a shorter payment duration.
 
As of June 30, 2009, various taxes payable amounted to $388,114, compared to $137,002 as of June 30, 2008. As of December 31, 2008, various taxes payable amounted to $188,539, compared to $490,977 as of December 31, 2007 and $21,220 as of December 31, 2006. The increase in various taxes payable is due to the rise of sales. The decrease in various taxes payable from 2007 to 2008 is due to the decrease of our corporate income tax rate from 33% to 25%.
 
As of June 30, 2009, wages payable amounted to $70,516, compared to $42,226 as of June 30, 2008. As of December 31, 2008, wages payable amounted to $59,501, compared to $23,890 as of December 31, 2007 and $7,775 as of December 31, 2006. The increase in wages payable is due to increased personnel costs.
 
As of June 30, 2009, corporate taxes payable amounted to $480,931, compared to $108,313 at June 30, 2008. As of December 31, 2008, corporate taxes payable amounted to nil, compared to nil as of December 31, 2007. The increase in corporate taxes payable is due to an increase of unpaid corporate taxes. As of December 31, 2008, corporate taxes payable amounted to nil, compared to nil as of December 31, 2007 and nil as of December 31, 2006.
 
As of May 5, 2009, we received gross proceeds of approximately $4.98 million, and net proceeds of approximately $3.86 million, in a private placement transaction (the “Private Placement”). Pursuant to subscription agreements entered into with the investors, we sold an aggregate of 1,263,723 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock at $3.94 per share. In connection with the initial closing of the Private Placement, the Company issued a promissory note in the principal amount of $170,000, bearing no interest (the “Note”), to WestPark Capital Financial Services, LLC, the parent company of WestPark. The principal was due and payable by the Company on or before the earlier of (a) thirty (30) days from the date of issuance of the Note or (b) upon the receipt by the Company of at least $4 million in the Private Placement. The Company repaid the Note in full on January 23, 2009 using the proceeds from the second closing of the Private Placement.

 
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We intend to use the proceeds from the Private Placement for research and development, to perform upgrades to the technology used in our existing products, and to improve our marketing strategies and efforts to capture new customers and expand our market size. In addition, we are currently developing technologies for GPS devices as a new product line for the Company, which will be marketed in the year 2010.

We agreed to file a registration statement covering the common stock underlying the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock sold in the Private Placement within 60 days of the closing of the Share Exchange pursuant to the subscription agreement with each investor. For its services as placement agent, WestPark was paid a commission of 12% of the gross proceeds from the Private Placement plus a 4% non-accountable expense allowance. No other consideration was paid to WestPark or to SRKP 18 in connection with the Share Exchange or Private Placement.

We are required to contribute a portion of our employees’ total salaries to the Chinese government’s social insurance funds, including pension insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, and job injuries insurance, and maternity insurance, in accordance with relevant regulations. Total contributions to the funds are approximately nil for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and $6,487, $130,549 and $396 for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. We expect that the amount of our contribution to the government’s social insurance funds will increase in the future as we expand our workforce and operations and commence contributions to an employee housing fund.
 
The ability of Zhengzhou ZST to pay dividends may be restricted due to the foreign exchange control policies and availability of cash balance. A majority of our revenue being earned and currency received are denominated in RMB, which is subject to the exchange control regulation in China, and, as a result, we may be unable to distribute any dividends outside of China due to PRC exchange control regulations that restrict our ability to convert RMB into US Dollars. Accordingly, Zhengzhou ZST’s funds may not be readily available to us to satisfy obligations which have been incurred outside the PRC, which could adversely affect our business and prospects or our ability to meet our cash obligations.
 
Net cash used in operating activities was $959,987 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $6,375,813 for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The change was due to a decrease in inventory and an increase in accounts receivable. Net cash provided by operating activities was $3.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, compared to net cash used in operating activities of $7.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2007. The increase was primarily due to an increase of account payables and a decrease in inventory. Net cash used in operating activities was $7.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, compared to net cash provided by operations of $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. The decrease was primarily due to an increase of account receivables and inventory and a decrease of account payables.
 
Net cash used in investing activities amounted to approximately $973,664 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to net cash provided by investing activities of nil for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The change was due to payments to the stockholders of Zhengzhou ZST. Net cash provided by investing activities amounted to nil for the year ended December 31, 2008, compared to net cash used by investing activities of $1,035,188 for the year ended December 31, 2007 and net cash provided by investing activities of $149,583 for the year ended December 31, 2006. The change was due to a new acquisition in 2007 and the disposal of production lines in 2006.
 
Net cash provided by financing activities amounted to $1,808,917 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to net cash used in financing activities of $6,850,777 for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The change was a result of sales of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in the Private Placement. Net cash used by financing activities amounted to $3.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2008, compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $6.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2007. The decrease was primarily a result of a decrease in bank loans and dividends paid in 2008. Net cash provided by financing activities amounted to $6.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2007, compared to net cash used in financing activities of $119,539 for the year ended December 31, 2006. The increase of cash provided was primarily a result of an increase in bank loans.
 
Historically, we have financed our operations through the issuance and sale of equity securities, specifically through proceeds from private placements of our securities, and payments from our customers. Based upon our present plans, we believe that the proceeds from this offering, together with cash on hand, cash flow from operations and funds available to use through low-cost domestic financing, will be sufficient to fund our capital needs for the next 12 months. Our ability to maintain sufficient liquidity depends partially on our ability to achieve anticipated levels of revenue, while continuing to control costs. If we did not have sufficient available cash, we would have to seek additional debt or equity financing through other external sources, which may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all. Failure to maintain financing arrangements on acceptable terms would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
 
We are currently developing a new product, a GPS device, which will be available for sale in the market by the year 2010. We are also expanding our customer base to obtain new customers in return for sales revenue growth. We believe that our efforts to develop new products and expand our customer base will increase our future cash flows. We also plan to obtain additional cash from the public offering and/or loans from banks to fund our business operations and to provide additional working capital. However, there is no assurance that such financing will be obtained. We expect to continue to raise capital in the future, but cannot guarantee that such financing activities will be sufficient to fund our current and future projects and our ability to meet our cash and working capital needs.

 
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
None.
 
Change in Accountants

On April 20, 2009, we dismissed AJ. Robbins, PC (“AJ Robbins”) as its independent registered public accounting firm following the change in control of the Company upon the consummation of the Share Exchange. We engaged AJ Robbins to audit our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008. The decision to change accountants was approved and ratified by our Board of Directors. The report of AJ Robbins on our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principle, except for an explanatory paragraph relative to our ability to continue as a going concern. Additionally, during our two most recent fiscal years and any subsequent interim period, there were no disagreements with AJ Robbins on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure.

While AJ Robbins was engaged by us, there were no disagreements with AJ Robbins on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure with respect to us, which disagreements if not resolved to the satisfaction of AJ Robbins would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its report on our financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
 
We engaged Kempisty & Company Certified Public Accountants, P.C. (“Kempisty”) as our independent registered public accounting firm as of April 20, 2009. Kempisty served as the independent registered certified public accountants for World Orient Universal Limited, our wholly-owned subsidiary, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. During our fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 and through April 20, 2009, neither our Company, nor anyone acting on our behalf, consulted with Kempisty regarding the application of accounting principles to a specific completed or proposed transaction or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, and no written report or oral advice was provided that Kempisty concluded was an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to any such accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue.
 
 
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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
 
Overview
 
As used in this prospectus, unless otherwise indicated, the terms “we,” “our,” “us,” “Company” and “ZST” refer to ZST Digital Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation, formerly known as SRKP 18, Inc. (“SRKP 18”).
 
We were incorporated in the State of Delaware on December 7, 2006. We were originally organized as a “blank check” shell company to investigate and acquire a target company or business seeking the perceived advantages of being a publicly held corporation.
 
On December 11, 2008, we entered into a share exchange agreement, as amended on January 9, 2009 (the “Exchange Agreement”), with World Orient and its stockholders, pursuant to which the stockholders would transfer all of the issued and outstanding shares of World Orient to the Company in exchange for 806,408 shares of our common stock (the “Share Exchange”). On January 9, 2009, we closed the Share Exchange pursuant to which we became the 100% parent of World Orient and assumed the operations of World Orient and its subsidiaries, including Zhengzhou ZST. We also changed our name from SRKP 18, Inc. to ZST Digital Networks, Inc.
 
We conduct our business through our subsidiaries, which include our wholly-owned subsidiary, World Orient, World Orient’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Asia, Global Asia’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Everfair, and Everfair’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Zhengzhou ZST. Zhengzhou ZST and Everfair were founded in 1996 and 2007, respectively, and are based in Zhengzhou, China and Hong Kong, respectively. Global Asia and World Orient were founded in August 2008 in the British Virgin Islands. Control among the various entities is due to stock ownership.

The corporate structure of the Company is illustrated as follows:

 
“China” or “PRC” refers to the People’s Republic of China. “RMB” or “Renminbi” refers to the legal currency of China and “$” or “U.S. Dollars” refers to the legal currency of the United States.
 
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Our Company
 
We are principally engaged in supplying digital and optical network equipment to cable system operators in the Henan Province of China. The Company has developed a line of internet protocol television (“IPTV”) set-top boxes that are used to provide bundled cable television, Internet and telephone services to residential and commercial customers. The Company has assisted in the installation and construction of over 400 local cable networks covering more than 90 municipal districts, counties, townships, and enterprises. The Company’s services and products have been recognized with various certifications, including “integrated computer information system qualification class III” issued by the Ministry of Industry Information, “communication user cable construction enterprise qualification” issued by the Henan Province Administration of Communication, “Henan Province Security Technology Prevention Engineering Qualification Class III”, a certificate of “ISO9001:2000 Quality System Authentication”, and “Double High” certification, high-tech product and high-tech enterprise issued by the Henan Province government.

At present, our main clients are broadcasting TV bureaus and cable network operators serving various cities and counties. We have over 30 main customers, including the broadcasting TV bureaus and cable network operators of the cities of Nanyang, Mengzhou, Xuchang, Pingdingshan, Kaifeng, Zhoukou and Gongyi, and the counties of Yuanyang, Luoning, Neihuang, Yinyang, Xixia, Kaifeng, Nanzhao, and Gushi.

A map highlighting our range of service within China is below (the yellow shaded areas indicate our potential market and target customers and the red and green shaded areas indicate our current market):
 

A map highlighting our range of service within the Henan Province is below:
 
 
In the near future, we plan to joint venture with cable network operators to provide bundled television programming, Internet and telephone services to residential customers in cities and counties located in the Henan Province of China.
 
Industry
 
Over the past ten years, technological advancements in the electronics industry have greatly expanded the capabilities of cable TV devices and cable systems. Cable network devices include amplifiers, optical receivers, IPTV set-top boxes and other related products. The popularity of these devices benefits from reductions in cost, size and weight, and improvements in functionality and reliability.
 
China’s consumer market for cable TV devices and electronics has been growing; due in part to the country’s rapid growing electronic industry. Economic growth in China has led to greater levels of personal disposable income and increased spending among China’s expanding middle-class consumer base. Notwithstanding China’s economic growth, China’s economic output and consumption rates are still relatively low on a per capita basis compared to developed countries. As China’s economy develops, we believe that disposable income and consumer spending levels will continue to become closer to that of developed countries like the United States.
 
China’s market share of cable TV devices and electronics is expected to increase, especially with the analog to digital conversion taking place over the next several years. According to the Report of the State Administrative of Movie and Television, as of 2008, there were over 350 million families who own television sets and over 160 million families who subscribed to cable TV service in China with 1,050 million and 480 million viewers respectively. This subscriber market is growing at approximately 10% to 15% CAGR. Owing to the extensive use of cable TV and the explosive growth of internet and broadband applications in China, the market for delivery of Internet service through cable modem or set-top box appears extremely promising in China in the near future.

 
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Henan Province has a total population of 130 million, or 25 million households, residing in 118 counties, with over 2,500 villages and more than 10,000 administrative villages. Of the 30 counties in the Henan Province serviced by the Company, according to the Report of the State Administrative of Movie and Television, there were approximately 2.7 million cable TV subscribers (i.e. households) in 2008, which accounted for 10.8% of the population in the Henan Province, and this market is expected to have a 10%-20% annual increase of subscribers in the near future. There are approximately 22.3 million households which are already wired for cable in the province and which are potential cable television subscribers. The Henan Department of Movies and Television Broadcasting (“HDMTB”) has approved the extension of cable networks to counties and villages, with the purpose of bringing digital TV broadcasting and broadband services to the residents of Henan Province.

China has a number of benefits in the manufacture of electronic devices, which are expected to drive this growth:
 
Low Costs. China continues to have a significant low cost of labor as well as easy access to raw materials and land.

Proximity to Electronics Supply Chain. Electronics manufacturing in general continues to shift to China, giving China-based manufacturers a further cost and cycle time advantage.

Proximity to End-Markets. China has focused in recent years on building its research, development and engineering skill base in all aspects of higher end manufacturing, including electronic devices.
 
Competitive Strengths
 
Experienced Management Team
 
Our senior management team has extensive business and industry experience, including an understanding of changing market trends, consumer needs and technologies, which gives us the ability to capitalize on the opportunities resulting from these market changes. Our Chief Executive Officer, Zhong Bo, has over 15 years of experience in the design and installation of cable television systems, which we believe has been a key factor in our ability to establish long-lasting and valuable business relationships in the cable television industry. Other members of our senior management team also have significant experience with respect to key aspects of our operations, including research and development, product design, and sales and marketing.
 
Design Capabilities and Manufacturing Oversight
 
We employ a rigorous and systematic approach to product design and manufacturing oversight. We employ a senior design team with members educated by top colleges in China, with an average of 8 to 10 years of experience. Our design team develops and tracks new concepts and ideas from a variety of sources, including direct customer feedback, trade shows, domestic research institutions and our key core suppliers. We can rapidly modify our design function to accommodate new customer requests, designs and specifications. We subcontract all manufacturing on a turnkey basis, with our suppliers delivering fully assembled and tested products based on our proprietary designs. Our contract manufacturers are located in Hang Zhou, Shen Zhen and Zheng Zhou, China. We also achieve quality control over products manufactured under our contract manufacturing arrangements by sending our technicians on site to supervise the production and testing of our products. The use of this model allows us to focus substantially all of our resources on determining customer requirements and on the design, development and support of our products.

Well-Established Distribution Channels
 
We sell our products through a well-established network of distributors and resellers which allows us to access the customer markets of the Henan Province as well as other markets in China. We have distributors throughout Henan, and in other key provinces in China. We attended various trade fairs for electronic products, including China Hi-tech Fair (Shenzhen), Canton Fair, Hong Kong Electronics Fair and International CES Las Vegas to promote our products.
 
Our Strategy
 
Our goal is to be a domestic leader in the development and manufacturer of cable television systems devices and related electronic products through the following strategies:
 
Enhance Brand Awareness. We believe that continuing to strengthen our brand will be critical to increasing demand for, and achieving widespread acceptance of, our cable TV network devices and electronics. We believe a strong brand offers a competitive advantage and so we intend to devote additional resources to strategic marketing promotion in an effort to increase brand awareness and product recognition and heighten consumer loyalty. We aim to develop the brand “ZST” into a both domestically and internationally recognizable one.
 
 
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Expand Sales Network and Distribution Channels. We continue to seek additional penetration into existing markets as well as commencing sales in additional domestic markets. We intend to expand our sales and customer service networks of agents and dealers in China and into new markets. We also intend to develop relationships with a broader set of wholesalers, distributors and resellers, all in order to expand the market availability of our products. We expect that these relationships will allow us to diversify our customer base and increase the availability and exposure of our products.

Offer Comprehensive Network Infrastructure Solutions. Our expertise in the design and installation of cable television systems has afforded us the ability to offer customized telecommunications systems for a variety of customers. For example, we offer a customer the ability to deliver a fully integrated video programming solution, customized set-top boxes and network design and management. We intend to devote additional resources towards expanding this segment of our business.

Pursue Strategic Partnerships, Joint Ventures and Acquisitions. We intend to selectively pursue partnerships, joint ventures and strategic acquisition opportunities that we believe may allow us to increase our existing market share, expand into new markets, broaden our portfolio of products and intellectual property, and strengthen our relationships with our customers. For example, we plan to joint venture with cable network operators and target selected acquisitions that will allow us the ability to provide bundled television programming, internet and telephone services to residential customers in cities and counties located in the Henan Province.
 
We are currently in the process of establishing a partnership with China Unicom, a wireless network provider, in connection with the Company’s development and sale of its GPS tracking units.  In March 2009, the Company entered into a network access right agreement with the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom that allows the Company to use the China Unicom wireless network for providing GPS location and tracking services to third parties.      Upon completion of this offering, the Company intends to negotiate a reseller agreement with the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom whereby GPS tracking units supplied by the Company would be sold in the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom retail stores, with the Company receiving a share of subscriber revenue collected by the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom.
 
Act on the Set-top Box Replacement Cycle. The broader adoption of high definition televisions by consumers will require more advanced compression (e.g., MPEG-4) and security technologies within set-top boxes. This may launch a replacement cycle, particularly among direct-to-home and cable providers with substantial bases of legacy equipment, which may create additional market opportunities for us.
 
Products
 
We currently offer a range of branded cable television devices and related networking products including set-top boxes, optical receivers, optical transmitters and cable transmission amplifiers.
 
Set-top Boxes and Related Products
 
Our line of internet protocol television (“IPTV”) set-top boxes integrate Internet, multi-media, and communication technologies, provides residential customers with high definition digital multi-media service, and provides extensive freedom to choose video programs offered by the network video providers on broadband IP network. These devices allow consumers who subscribe to television service from multi-channel video distributors to access encrypted digital video and audio content and make use of a variety of interactive applications. These applications include an on-screen interactive program guide, pay-per-view offerings, games and shopping and parental control.
 
In addition to the functionality of a basic digital set-top box, these devices enable subscribers to pause, stop, reverse, fast forward, record and replay live or recorded digital television content using a built-in hard drive capable of storing up to 200 hours of content. They also include the ability to support video-on-demand services. Our devices also enable subscribers to access the enhanced picture quality and sound of high-definition content, in addition to the functionality of a standard-definition digital set-top box. In addition, our line of IPTV devices can also deliver customized multi-media service functions according to user configurations, and delivers performance and additional value to customers through network and applications software upgrades.
 
In addition to set-top boxes we also design and develop related products such as power supplies, remote controls and other devices and accessories.
 
Digital Network Equipment
 
We offer a line of fiber-optic receivers and transmitters, cable transmission amplifiers and other network products which provide the flexibility, speed and clarity necessary in communications systems. Our optical receivers, amplifiers and power supply products have been recognized by the Ministry of Broadcasting and TV and the Henan Municipality Bureau of Broadcasting and TV. We have implemented stringent quality control systems covering each phase of production, from the purchase of raw materials through oversight of each step in the manufacturing process. Quality and reliability is monitored in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001 systems. We have also passed stringent quality reviews and our products meet digital electronic product standards in China, the United States and Europe.
 
Optical Receivers. Our optical receivers convert a fiber-optic transmission into digital RF signals that are amplified and distributed through a 750 – 1000MHz optical cable system.
 
 
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Optical Transmitters. We have developed a range of optical transmitters, including the 1310nm and 1550nm series products, used in the transmission of cable system front optical fiber signal.

Cable Transmission Amplifiers. Our main bus amplifier and end user amplifier products are used to improve the signal quality in cable networks.
 
Net revenues for each of our revenue segments as a percentage of net revenues is set forth below:
 
   
Six Months
Ended June 30,
   
Year Ended December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Products
 
 
   
  
   
  
       
IPTVs (1)
    65 %     56 %     40 %      
Optical devices (2)
    13 %     22 %     26 %     28 %
Cable devices (3)
    2 %     3 %     6 %     3 %
Others (4)
    20 %     15 %     28 %     67 %
Subtotal
    100 %     96 %     100 %     98 %
Technical Support
          2 %            
Construction
          2 %            
Total
    100 %     100 %     100 %     100 %
 
(1) Includes IPTV set-top boxes.
 
(2) Includes optical transmitters, optical workstations, optical receivers and optical power meters.
 
(3) Includes power supply cables, optical cables and pigtails
 
(4) Includes security and monitoring devices, which include coding and decoding devices, digital cameras and matrix exchanges, and network products, which include welding machines, optical digital audio machines and audio and video distributors.
 
Monitoring and Cable Services
 
We offer security and monitoring services which involves the installation of monitoring systems in buildings, including the design and implementation of various devices, such as coding and decoding devices, digital cameras and matrix exchanges. We also offer cable services and provides networking thoughout buildings with proper devices and components, such as welding machines, optical digital audio machines, and audio and video distributors.
 
We offer our monitoring and cable services to its customers in order to satisfy its customers needs in connection with its main products - its cable TV and IPTV equipment. Both services contributed to approximately 3% and 2%, respectively of our total revenue in the six months ended June 30, 2009.
 
GPS Services
 
In March 2009, the Company entered into a network access right agreement with the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom that allows the Company to use the China Unicom wireless network for providing GPS location and tracking services to third parties.  The Company has developed personal and vehicle tracking systems, and has staffed a 24/7 call center to handle subscriber queries and emergency calls.  Currently, the system has approximately 400 test users and receives about 20 subscriber calls per day.
 
Upon completion of this offering, the Company intends to negotiate a reseller agreement with the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom whereby GPS tracking units supplied by the Company would be sold in the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom retail stores, with the Company receiving a share of subscriber revenue collected by the Henan Subsidiary of China Unicom.  The Company intends to use a portion of the proceeds of this offering to fund GPS tracking unit inventories and related accounts receivable.
 
Manufacturing and Suppliers
 
Manufacturing
 
Our manufacturing operations consist of the procurement and inspection of raw materials and components, final system quality control testing and packaging. We subcontract all manufacturing on a turnkey basis, with our suppliers delivering fully assembled and tested products based on our proprietary designs. The use of this model allows us to focus substantially all of our resources on determining customer requirements and on the design, development and support of our products. This model also allows us to have significantly reduced capital requirements. The assembled products are then delivered to our facilities for final system quality control testing against product specifications and product configuration, including software installation.

 
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We subcontract our manufacturing to a number of manufacturers. Our manufacturers were selected based on the breadth of available technology, quality, manufacturing capacity and support for design tools that we use. None of our products are currently manufactured by more than one supplier. However, in the event one of our suppliers notifies us that it intends to cease manufacturing a product, we expect that we will have an adequate opportunity to order sufficient quantities of the affected products so that shipments to customers will not be adversely affected while we qualify a new manufacturer.
 
For the foreseeable future, we intend to continue to rely on our contract manufacturers for substantially all of our manufacturing and assembly and the substantial portion of our test requirements. All of our contract manufacturers produce products for other companies. We do not have long-term manufacturing agreements with any of our contract manufacturers. Our contract manufacturers are not obligated to supply products to us for any specific period, in any specific quantity or at any specific price, except as may be provided in a particular purchase order that has been accepted by one of our contract manufacturers.

We generally place orders approximately 3 to 4 weeks in advance of expected delivery. We work closely with our contract manufacturers to manage costs and delivery times, and we have never experienced material delays in the delivery of our products from our contract manufacturers. However, we have only a limited ability to react to fluctuations in demand for our products, which could cause us to have an excess or a shortage of inventory of a particular product.

Suppliers
 
We have established long-term partnership relationships with our main raw material suppliers. The raw materials used in our product include LCDs, ICs, flash memories, WiFi modules, GPS modules, capacitors, resistors, switches, connectors and batteries. We purchase such materials to satisfy our customers’ requirements. For special products and large orders, we typically quote our prices and delivery of goods ahead of time after receiving the orders.
 
Currently, our primary suppliers of raw materials are located in South Korea, Taiwan, United States, and China. Three suppliers, Hangzhou Jingbao Electronic Ltd., Farway Electronics Factory and Henan Hui-ke Electronics Co., Ltd., are our largest suppliers of components for our products, each of which accounted for more than 10% of our purchases of components for our products for fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and 2007. In addition, Henan Hui-ke Electronics Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Jiuzhou Technology Co., Ltd. and Hangzhou Jingbao Co., Ltd. each accounted for more than 10% of our purchases of components for our products for the six months ended June 30, 2009. We believe that the raw materials and components used in manufacturing our products are available from enough sources to be able to satisfy our needs. Presently, our relationships with our current suppliers are generally good and we expect that our suppliers will be able to meet the anticipated demand for our products in the future.
 
At times, the pricing and availability of raw materials can be volatile, attributable to numerous factors beyond our control, including general economic conditions, currency exchange rates, industry cycles, production levels or a supplier’s tight supply. To the extent that we experience cost increases we may seek to pass such cost increases on to our customers, but cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to do so successfully or that our business, results of operations and financial condition would not be adversely affected by increased volatility of the cost and availability of raw materials.
 
Quality Control
 
We consider quality control an important element of our business practices. We have stringent quality control systems that are implemented by various Company-trained staff members to ensure quality control over the production process, from the purchase of raw materials through oversight of each stage of the manufacturing process. Our quality control department executes the following functions:
 
testing samples of raw materials from suppliers;

implementing sampling systems and sample files;

setting internal controls and regulations for the testing of finished products; and

articulating the responsibilities of quality control staff.
 
We also achieve quality control over products manufactured under our contract manufacturing arrangements by sending our technicians on site to supervise the production and testing of our products.
 
 
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Sales and Marketing
 
We have a broad sales network throughout China. Our sales network spans throughout the Henan Province and in several major provincial-level and municipal cities in China. Our distribution network includes exclusive provincial and regional distributors, resellers and brand-name counters.
 
We are highly dependent upon sales of our products to certain of our customers. During our fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, two customers, Neihuang Radio & Television Bureau and Kaifeng Radio & Television Bureau, each accounted for approximately 10% of our net revenues. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, three customers, Nanyang Radio & Television Bureau, Mengzhou Radio & Television Bureau and Xuchang Radio & Television Bureau, accounted for approximately 16%, 14% and 13%, respectively, of our net revenues. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, five customers, Kaifeng Radio & Television Bureau, Xinye Radio & Television Bureau, Xuchang Radio & Television Bureau, Huaxian Radio & Television Bureau and Nanyang Radio & Television Bureau, accounted for approximately 24%, 24%, 19%, 13% and 10%, respectively, of our net revenues. No other customer accounted for greater than 5% of our net revenues during these periods. All purchases of our products by customers are made through purchase orders and we do not have long-term contracts with any of our customers. The loss of any customers to which we sell a significant amount of our products, or from which we receive significant portion of orders, or any material adverse change in the financial condition of such customers could negatively affect our revenues and decrease our earnings.
 
The focus of our marketing plan is print advertising and participation in tradeshows and exhibitions. With a targeted approach, our print advertisements appear regularly in popular consumer and industry publications and trade journals. To better showcase our diverse products to potential customers, we regularly exhibit at leading trade shows and exhibitions. Our dynamic, state-of-the-art trade show exhibits are developed internally to showcase our latest product offerings.

Research and Development
 
Companies in our industry are under pressure to develop new designs and product innovations to support changing consumer tastes and regulatory requirements. To date, we have engaged in modest research and development activities and much of our expenditures on research and debvelopment have been reimbursed by the local government. We believe that the engineering and technical expertise of our management and key personnel has allowed us to efficiently and timely identify and bring new products to market for our customers. However,  we believe that substantial addtitional research and development activities are important to allowing us to offer technologically-advanced products to serve a broader array of customers. We expect that our research and development budget will substantially increase as the scope of our operations expands and as we have access to additional working capital to fund these activities.
 
We focus our product design efforts on both improving our existing products and developing new products. In an effort to enhance our product quality, reduce costs and keep up with emerging product trends, we work with our key customers to identify emerging product trends and implement new solutions intended to meet the current and future needs of the markets we serve.
 
For the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, we have invested approximately $10,419, $88,864 and $48, respectively, in research and development.  However, the Company received a reimbursement from the local government for all of its research and development expenses for the year ended December 31, 2008, and therefore research and development expenses net of reimbursement was nil. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, we have invested $0 in research and development; however, as mentioned above, we expect that our research and development budget will substantially increase in the balance of 2009 and thereafter.
 
Acquisitions
 
To supplement our internal growth, we intend to pursue a targeted acquisition strategy that will seek acquisition candidates that fulfill one or more of the following objectives:
 
increase our penetration of existing markets;

expand into new markets;

increase our service offerings;

add customers and cash flow to our existing network services business; and

enhance our ability to sell and delivery value-added services.
 
We initially intend to focus our acquisition efforts on cable system providers and enhanced service providers and on interconnect companies in the Henan Province that sell, install and maintain data and voice networks for customers. Our initial goal is to be a vertically integrated service provider, providing bundled television programming, internet and telephone services to residential customers in cities and counties located in the Henan Province.

 
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Competition
 
The market for set-top boxes and digital networking products is highly competitive, especially with respect to pricing and the introduction of new products and features. Our products compete primarily on the basis of:
 
reliability;

brand recognition;

quality;

price;

design; and

quality service and support to retailers and our customers.
 
Currently, there are many significant competitors in the set-top box business including several established companies who have sold set-top boxes to major cable operators for many years. These competitors include companies such as Motorola, Cisco Systems, and Pace. In addition, a number of rapidly growing companies have recently entered the market, many of them with set-top box offerings similar to our existing set-top box products. We also expect additional competition in the future from new and existing companies who do not currently compete in the market for set-top boxes. As the set-top box business evolves, our current and potential competitors may establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties, including software and hardware companies that could acquire significant market share, which could adversely affect our business. We also face competition from set-top boxes that have been internally developed by digital video providers.
 
In recent years, we and many of our competitors, have regularly lowered prices, and we expect these pricing pressures to continue. If these pricing pressures are not mitigated by increases in volume, cost reductions from our supplier or changes in product mix, our revenues and profits could be substantially reduced. As compared to us, many of our competitors have:

significantly longer operating histories;

significantly greater managerial, financial, marketing, technical and other competitive resources; and

greater brand recognition.
 
As a result, our competitors may be able to:

adapt more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements;

devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products and services; and

respond more effectively to pricing pressures.
 
Intellectual Property
 
We rely on a combination of patent and trade secret protection and other unpatented proprietary information to protect our intellectual property rights and to maintain and enhance our competitiveness in the portable electronic product industry. Our Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Zhong Bo, has legal ownership of one patent in China. This patent is applied in the operations of our Company and Mr. Zhong has granted the Company a license to use such patent.

Some of our products are also designed to include software or other intellectual property licensed from third parties. While it may be necessary in the future to seek or renew licenses relating to various aspects of our products and business methods, based on past experience and industry practice we believe that such licenses generally could be obtained on commercially reasonable terms. However, there is no guarantee that such licenses could be obtained at all. Because of technological changes in the portable electronics industry, current extensive patent coverage and the rapid rate of issuance of new patents, it is possible certain components of our products may unknowingly infringe existing patents or intellectual property rights of others.
 
We have implemented enhanced file management procedures at the Company in an effort to protect our proprietary rights; however, there can be no assurance that our patents and other proprietary rights will not be challenged, invalidated, or circumvented, that others will not assert intellectual property rights to technologies that are relevant to us, or that our rights will give us a competitive advantage. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries may not protect our proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws of the China.

 
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We have one registered trademark in China, with an expiration date of December 2011.
 
PRC Government Regulations
 
Environmental Regulations
 
The major environmental regulations applicable to us include the PRC Environmental Protection Law, the PRC Law on the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution and its Implementation Rules, the PRC Law on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution and its Implementation Rules, the PRC Law on the Prevention and Control of Solid Waste Pollution, and the PRC Law on the Prevention and Control of Noise Pollution.
 
We have not been named as a defendant in any legal proceedings alleging violation of environmental laws. We have no reasonable basis to believe that there is any threatened claim, action or legal proceedings against us that would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations due to any non-compliance with environmental laws.

Patent Protection in China

The PRC’s intellectual property protection regime is consistent with those of other modern industrialized countries. The PRC has domestic laws for the protection of rights in copyrights, patents, trademarks and trade secrets. The PRC is also a signatory to most of the world’s major intellectual property conventions, including:

Convention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO Convention) (June 4, 1980);

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (March 19, 1985);

Patent Cooperation Treaty (January 1, 1994); and

The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) (November 11, 2001).

Patents in the PRC are governed by the China Patent Law and its Implementing Regulations, each of which went into effect in 1985. Amended versions of the China Patent Law and its Implementing Regulations came into effect in 1992, 1993, 2001 and 2003, respectively.  The latest amended version of the China Patent Law was made on December 7, 2008 and will become effective on October 1, 2009.
 
The PRC is signatory to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, in accordance with which any person who has duly filed an application for a patent in one signatory country shall enjoy, for the purposes of filing in the other countries, a right of priority during the period fixed in the convention (12 months for inventions and utility models, and 6 months for industrial designs).
 
The Patent Law covers three kinds of patents, i.e., patents for inventions, utility models and designs respectively. The Chinese patent system adopts the principle of first to file. This means that, where more than one person files a patent application for the same invention, a patent can only be granted to the person who first filed the application. Consistent with international practice, the PRC only allows the patenting of inventions or utility models that possess the characteristics of novelty, inventiveness and practical applicability. For a design to be patentable, it should not be identical with or similar to any design which, before the date of filing, has been publicly disclosed in publications in the country or abroad or has been publicly used in the country, and should not be in conflict with any prior right of another.
 
PRC law provides that anyone wishing to exploit the patent of another must conclude a written licensing contract with the patent holder and pay the patent holder a fee. One rather broad exception to this, however, is that, where a party possesses the means to exploit a patent but cannot obtain a license from the patent holder on reasonable terms and in reasonable period of time, the PRC State Intellectual Property Office, or SIPO, is authorized to grant a compulsory license. A compulsory license can also be granted where a national emergency or any extraordinary state of affairs occurs or where the public interest so requires. SIPO, however, has not granted any compulsory license up to now. The patent holder may appeal such decision within three months from receiving notification by filing a suit in a people’s court.
 
PRC law defines patent infringement as the exploitation of a patent without the authorization of the patent holder. A patent holder who believes his patent is being infringed may file a civil suit or file a complaint with a PRC local Intellectual Property Administrative Authority, which may order the infringer to stop the infringing acts. Preliminary injunction may be issued by the People’s Court upon the patentee’s or the interested parties’ request before instituting any legal proceedings or during the proceedings. Evidence preservation and property preservation measures are also available both before and during the litigation. Damages in the case of patent infringement is calculated as either the loss suffered by the patent holder arising from the infringement or the benefit gained by the infringer from the infringement. If it is difficult to ascertain damages in this manner, damages may be reasonably determined in an amount ranging from one to three times of the license fee under a contractual license.  In the case of false patents, if there is no license fee for reference, the damages may be reasonably determined in an amount ranging from RMB 5,000 to RMB 500,000. After October 1, 2009, the range will be increased to RMB 10,000 to RMB 1,000,000 .

 
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Tax
 
Pursuant to the Provisional Regulation of China on Value Added Tax and their implementing rules, all entities and individuals that are engaged in the sale of goods, the provision of repairs and replacement services and the importation of goods in China are generally required to pay VAT at a rate of 17.0% of the gross sales proceeds received, less any deductible VAT already paid or borne by the taxpayer. Further, when exporting goods, the exporter is entitled to a portion of or a full refund of the VAT that it has already paid or borne. Our imported raw materials that are used for manufacturing export products and are deposited in bonded warehouses are exempt from import VAT.
 
Foreign Currency Exchange
 
Under the PRC foreign currency exchange regulations applicable to us, the Renminbi is convertible for current account items, including the distribution of dividends, interest payments, trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions. Conversion of Renminbi for capital account items, such as direct investment, loan, security investment and repatriation of investment, however, is still subject to the approval of the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or SAFE. Foreign-invested enterprises may only buy, sell and/or remit foreign currencies at those banks authorized to conduct foreign exchange business after providing valid commercial documents and, in the case of capital account item transactions, obtaining approval from the SAFE. Capital investments by foreign-invested enterprises outside of China are also subject to limitations, which include approvals by the Ministry of Commerce, the SAFE and the State Reform and Development Commission.

Dividend Distributions
 
Under applicable PRC regulations, foreign-invested enterprises in China may pay dividends only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. In addition, a foreign-invested enterprise in China are required to set aside at least 10.0% of their after-tax profit based on PRC accounting standards each year to its general reserves until the accumulative amount of such reserves reach 50.0% of its registered capital. These reserves are not distributable as cash dividends. The board of directors of a foreign-invested enterprise has the discretion to allocate a portion of its after-tax profits to staff welfare and bonus funds, which may not be distributed to equity owners except in the event of liquidation.
 
Employees
 
As of the date of this prospectus, we had approximately 78 employees.  All of our employees are based in China. There are no collective bargaining contracts covering any of our employees. We believe our relationship with our employees is satisfactory .
 
We are required to contribute a portion of our employees’ total salaries to the Chinese government’s social insurance funds, including pension insurance, medical insurance, unemployment insurance, and work-related injury insurance, and maternity insurance, in accordance with relevant regulations. Total contributions to the funds are approximately nil for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 and $6,487, $130,549 and $396 for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.  We expect that the amount of our contribution to the government’s social insurance funds will increase in the future as we expand our workforce and operations.
 
We also provide housing facilities for our employees. At present, approximately 1% of our employees live in company-provided housing facilities. Under PRC laws, we are also required to make contributions to a housing accumulation fund for employees. Presently, contribution to such housing accumulation fund is not strictly enforced by the Zhengzhou Municipal Government and therefore, we provide free housing facilities to all employees who need accommodation. We may commence contributions to the housing assistance fund in the future.
 
Effective January 1, 2008, the PRC introduced a new labor contract law that enhances rights for the nation's workers, including open-ended work contracts and severance pay. The legislation requires employers to provide written contracts to their workers, restricts the use of temporary laborers and makes it harder to lay off employees. It also requires that employees with fixed-term contracts be entitled to an indefinite-term contract after a fixed-term contract is renewed twice. Although the new labor contract law would increase our labor costs, we do not anticipate there will be any significantly effects on our overall profitability in the near future since such amount was historically not material to our operating cost. Management anticipates this may be a step toward improving candidate retention for skilled workers.
 
Properties
 
In China, only the PRC government and peasant collectives may own land. In 2001, Zhong Bo, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, acquired a total of approximately 115 square meters of real estate for approximately RMB Yuan 665,000 (equivalent to approximately USD$97,000) under a land use right grant from the Zhengzhou State-Owned Land Resource Bureau. Our registered principal office is located on the property at Building 28, Huzhu Road, Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou, China. Mr. Zhong permits the Company to use such property for free. We have the right to use the real estate until 2069. In the event we wish to continue to use the real estate after this expiration date, we must apply for an extension at least one year prior to the land grant’s expiration.

 
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We also lease a property, with a floor area of approximately 200 square meters, located at No. 170 Gongren Road, Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou, China where we conduct the same operations as we do at our principal offices. The lease expires on September 15, 2010 and the annual rent is RMB 50,000, which is approximately USD$7,300.

On April 24, 2009, the Company entered into a House Lease Agreement for the property located at Bo Ya Xi Cheng No. 206, Tong Bai Road, Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou, China, with a floor area of approximately 945 square meters (the “Lease”). The Lease has a term from May 21, 2009 to April 30, 2011 and the annual rent is RMB 400,000, which is approximately USD$58,485. The Company entered into the Lease because it required additional space to conduct its business operations.
 
We believe our current facilities will be adequate to meet our operating needs for the foreseeable future. Should we need additional space, we believe we will be able to secure additional space at commercially reasonable rates.
 
Legal Proceedings
 
There are not any material pending legal proceedings to which we are a party or as to which any of its property is subject, and no such proceedings are known to us to be threatened or contemplated against us.
 
 
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MANAGEMENT
 
Executive Officers, Directors and Key Employees
 
The following individuals constitute our board of directors and executive management:
 
Name
 
Age
 
Position
 
Term
Zhong Bo
 
58
 
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
 
January 9, 2009 thru Present
Zhong Lin
 
28
 
Director and Chief Operating Officer
 
January 9, 2009 thru Present
Yang Ai Mei
 
58
 
Director
 
January 9, 2009 thru Present
Tian Li Zhi
 
35
 
Director
 
January 9, 2009 thru Present
Sheng Yong
 
46
 
Director
 
January 9, 2009 thru Present
Liu Hui Fang
 
30
 
Director
 
January 9, 2009 thru Present
Zeng Yun Su
 
45
 
Chief Financial Officer and
Corporate Secretary
 
January 9, 2009 thru Present
Xue Na
 
31
 
Deputy General Manager and
President of the Labor Union
 
January 9, 2009 thru Present
 
Zhong Bo has been chairman of the board of Zhengzhou ZST since 1996. He has also served as the director of the Henan Association for the Promotion of Non-Governmental Entrepreneurs since July 1999, as the President of the Federation of Industry and Commerce (General Chamber of Commerce) since January 2001 and as a committee member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference since January 2004. From October 1989 to September 1992, Mr. Zhong served as the manager of the Zhengzhou and Luoyang Offices of Beijing CEC Video & Audio Technology Jointly Developed Corporation. From September 1970 to September 1989, Mr. Zhong served as the technical principal of the Zhumadian Branch of the Wuhan Times Academy of Sciences. Mr. Zhong obtained a degree in Electronics in September 1989 from the Electronic Engineering Department of Tsinghua University and a Master’s degree in Business Management in 2003 from Asia International Open University in Macau.
 
Zhong Lin has served as general manager of Zhengzhou ZST since January 2008. Prior to serving as general manager, Mr. Zhong served as the manager of the system integration department of Zhengzhou ZST, from April 2005 to December 2007. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Zhong studied Computer Information Management at Nanjing University of Science and Technology.
 
Yang Ai Mei has served as managing director of Zhengzhou Guangda Textiles Co., Ltd., a cotton manufacturing company, since May 1995, where she has worked since 1988. From January 1978 to January 1988, Ms. Yang was the manager of Zhongyuan Labour Services Company, a company which engages in the sale and trade of textiles. Ms. Yang received a Bachelor of Economics in the field of Management in 1975 from Zheng Zhau University.
 
Tian Li Zhi has been employed as an attorney for the Henan Image Law Firm since May 2000. From May 1997 to May 2000, Ms. Tian was a legal consultant for Zhengzhou Asia Group, a company which manages commercial properties. Ms. Tian received a law degree in 1997 from Zheng Zhau University.
 
Sheng Yong has served as the general manager of Iaoning Unified Biological Energy Sources Co., Ltd., a biological energy company, since January 2004. From January 1988 to January 2004, Mr. Sheng was the deputy general manager of Zhengzhou Yinhe Joint-Stock Co., Ltd., a textile manufacturing company. Mr. Sheng received a Bachelor of Economics in Management from the Air Force Polities Academy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army in 1999.
 
Liu Hui Fang has served as finance manager of Henan Zhongfu Container Co., Ltd., a company which engages in the production and sale of plastic packaging, since August 2002. From July 1999 to August 2002, Ms. Liu served as chief accountant of Zhengzhou Fukang Medical Equipment Co., Ltd., a distributor of medical equipment. Ms. Liu received a degree in business accounting in 1999 from Henan Business College. She is also a member of The Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
 
Zeng Yun Su has served as the chief financial officer of Zhengzhou ZST since January 2009. Prior to his employment with Zhengzhou ZST, from November 1992 to July 2008, Mr. Zeng served as assistant director and then as the office director and director of the comprehensive plan department for the Henan General Construction Investment Company. In 1992, Mr. Zeng worked at the Commodity Grain Base Office of the Henan Provincial Department of Agriculture. Mr. Zheng received a diploma in politics and economics in 1999 from Henan University.
 
Xue Na has served as deputy general manager of Zhengzhou ZST since September 2005 and as president of the labor union for Zhengzhou ZST since 2003. From January 2002 to August 2005, Ms. Xue served as the assistant general manager of Zhengzhou ZST and from July 1997 to December 2001, she held the position of office director of Zhengzhou ZST. Ms. Xue received her MBA in 2002 from Asia International Open University (Macau). From 1995 to 1997, Ms. Xue studied public relations at Zhengzhou Huanghe Science and Technology College.

 
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Except as noted above, the above persons do not hold any other directorships in any company with a class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act or subject to the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
 
Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer
 
Upon the pricing date of the public offering, the Company will appoint John Chen, M.D. as its new Chief Financial Officer, replacing Zeng Yun Su, who will continue with the Company as its Vice President of Finance and Corporate Secretary.
 
Dr. Chen, 32 years old, previously served as the Vice President, Investment Banking-China Practice of Brean Murray, Carret & Co., from December 2007 to January 2009.  From June 2007 to November 2007, Dr. Chen served as the Senior Vice President, Investment Banking of Global Hunter Securities LLC.  Dr. Chen served as the Associate Vice President, Business Development of Paramount BioCapital from March 2006 to December 2006.  Prior to that, he was a Clinical Research Fellow, on a one year fellowship, at the National Cancer Institute from August 2005 to August 2006.  Dr. Chen also served as a Biotechnology Associate Analyst at Friedman, Billings, Ramsey, Inc. from September 2004 to August 2005.  Dr. Chen received a M.D./MBA in health management from Tufts University School of Medicine and Brandeis University, Northeastern University in 2004 and a B.S. in Biology from the University of California, Irvine in 2000.
 
There has been no transaction, nor is there any currently proposed transaction, to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries was or is to be a party in which Dr. Chen or any member of his immediate family, had or will have, a direct or indirect material interest.  Dr. Chen is not related to any of Company’s directors or other executive officers.
 
Family Relationships
 
Zhong Bo is the father of Zhong Lin.

Involvement in Certain Legal Proceedings
 
There have been no events under any bankruptcy act, no criminal proceedings and no judgments, injunctions, orders or decrees material to the evaluation of the ability and integrity of any director, executive officer, promoter or control person of the Company during the past five years.
 
There have been no material proceedings to which any director, officer or affiliate of the Company, any owner of record or beneficially of more than five percent of any class of voting securities of the Company, or any associate of any such director, officer, affiliate of the Company, or security holder is a party adverse to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or has a material interest adverse to the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
 
The Board of Directors and Committees
 
Board Composition
 
Subject to certain exceptions, under the listing standards of the NASDAQ Global Market, a listed company’s board of directors must consist of a majority of independent directors. Currently, our board of directors has determined that each of the following non-management directors, Yang Ai Mei, Tian Li Zhi, Sheng Yong and Liu Hui Fang, is an “independent” director as defined by the listing standards of the NASDAQ Global Market currently in effect and approved by the SEC and all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC. All members of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating Committees satisfy the “independence” standards applicable to members of each such committee. The board of directors made this affirmative determination regarding these directors’ independence based on discussions with the directors and on its review of the directors’ responses to a standard questionnaire regarding employment and compensation history; affiliations, family and other relationships; and transactions with the Company. The board of directors considered relationships and transactions between each director or any member of his immediate family and the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates. The purpose of the board of director’s review with respect to each director was to determine whether any such relationships or transactions were inconsistent with a determination that the director is independent under the NASDAQ Global Market rules.
 
Audit Committee
 
We established our Audit Committee in February 2009. The Audit Committee consists of Liu Hui Fang, Yang Ai Mei and Tian Li Zhi, each of whom is an independent director. Liu Hui Fang, Chairman of the Audit Committee, is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined under Item 407(d) of Regulation S-K. The purpose of the Audit Committee is to represent and assist our board of directors in its general oversight of our accounting and financial reporting processes, audits of the financial statements and internal control and audit functions. The Audit Committee’s responsibilities include:
 
 
The appointment, replacement, compensation, and oversight of work of the independent auditor, including resolution of disagreements between management and the independent auditor regarding financial reporting, for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services.
 
 
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Reviewing and discussing with management and the independent auditor various topics and events that may have significant financial impact on our Company or that are the subject of discussions between management and the independent auditors.
 
The board of directors has adopted a written charter for the Audit Committee. A copy of the Audit Committee Charter is posted on our corporate website at: www.shenyangkeji.com .
 
Compensation Committee
 
We established our Compensation Committee in February 2009. The Compensation Committee consists of Liu Hui Fang and Tian Li Zhi, each of whom is an independent director. Liu Hui Fang is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee is responsible for the design, review, recommendation and approval of compensation arrangements for our directors, executive officers and key employees, and for the administration of our equity incentive plans, including the approval of grants under such plans to our employees, consultants and directors. The Compensation Committee also reviews and determines compensation of our executive officers, including our Chief Executive Officer. The board of directors has adopted a written charter for the Compensation Committee. A copy of the Compensation Committee Charter is posted on our corporate website at: www.shenyangkeji.com .

Nominating Committee
 
We established our Nominating Committee in February 2009. The Nominating Committee consists of Tian Li Zhi and Sheng Yong, each of whom is an independent director. Tian Li Zhi is the Chairman of the Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee assists in the selection of director nominees, approves director nominations to be presented for stockholder approval at our annual general meeting and fills any vacancies on our board of directors, considers any nominations of director candidates validly made by stockholders, and reviews and considers developments in corporate governance practices. The board of directors has adopted a written charter for the Nominating Committee. A copy of the Nominating Committee Charter is posted on our corporate website at: www.shenyangkeji.com .
 
 
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
Summary Compensation Tables
 
The following table sets forth information concerning the compensation for the two fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 of the principal executive officer, our two most highly compensated officers whose annual compensation exceeded $100,000, and up to two additional individuals for whom disclosure would have been required but for the fact that the individual was not serving as an executive officer of the registrant at the end of the last fiscal year (the “named executive officers”).
 
Name and Position
 
Year
 
Salary
   
Bonus
   
All Other
Compensation  (1)
   
Total
 
                             
Current Executive Officers (Post- Share Exchange):
 
     
                       
Zhong Bo (2)
                                   
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
 
2008
 
$
6,594
   
$
   
$
   
$
6,594
 
   
2007
   
6,297
     
     
     
6,297
 
                                     
Former Executive Officers (Prior to Share Exchange):
 
     
                               
Richard Rappaport (3)
                                   
Former Chief Executive Officer and Former Director
 
2008
 
$
   
$
   
$
   
$
 
   
2007
   
     
     
     
 
 
(1)
Relates to automobile, housing and medical personal benefits.

(2)
Mr. Zhong was appointed the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board upon the closing of the Share Exchange on January 9, 2009.  The compensation Mr. Zhong received in 2007 and 2008 was paid by Zhengzhou ZST, our wholly-owned subsidiary which we acquired upon the closing of the Share Exchange on January 9, 2009.

(3)
Mr. Rappaport resigned from all positions with the Company upon the closing of the Share Exchange on January 9, 2009.
 
Outstanding Equity Awards at 2008 Fiscal Year End
 
There were no option exercises or options outstanding in 2008.
 
Employment Agreements
 
We have entered into an employment agreement with Zhong Bo, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, which expires in December 2011. Mr. Zhong is paid a monthly salary of RMB 4,500, which is approximately USD$662. The employment agreement provides that the parties may terminate the agreement upon mutual agreement or, under certain conditions, the Company may terminate the agreement upon one month prior written notice to Mr. Zhong. Mr. Zhong may terminate his employment immediately under certain circumstances including if the Company fails to provide certain required labor protection or working conditions, fails to pay compensation on time and in full, or acts in such a way to harm Mr. Zhong’s right and interests or threaten his personal safety. The employment agreement also provides that the Company may terminate such agreement immediately under certain circumstances including if Mr. Zhong does not satisfy the conditions for employment during the probation period, materially breaches the Company’s rules and regulations, or neglects his duties thereby causing substantial damage to the Company. The employment agreement restricts the Company’s ability to terminate the employment agreement under certain circumstances including if Mr. Zhong has proven that he is unable to work due to a work-related injury, or has contracted an illness or sustained a non-work-related injury and the prescribed period of medical care has not yet expired. In addition, the employment agreement provides that under certain circumstances, Mr. Zhong may have to compensate the Company for economic losses incurred. Under the employment agreement, Mr. Zhong has an obligation to maintain commercial secrets of the Company. The employment agreement contains general provisions for mediation and arbitration in the case of any dispute arising out of the employment agreement that cannot first be settled by consultation and negotiation.
 
On October 8, 2009, we entered into an employment agreement with Dr. Chen regarding his employment by the Company as its new Chief Financial Officer (the “Agreement”). Dr. Chen’s appointment as Chief Financial Officer will be effective upon the pricing date of the public offering (the "Effective Date"). Pursuant to the Agreement, Dr. Chen will be entitled to a base salary at an annual rate of $150,000.  Dr. Chen will also be granted a signing bonus which is calculated as follows: $410.96 per day multiplied by the number of days between September 25, 2009 and the Effective Date.   The initial term of the employment agreement will be eighteen (18) months, with automatic one-year extensions.   
 
 
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Upon the Effective Date, we also anticipate granting Dr. Chen options to purchase 25,000 shares of the common stock of the Company at an exercise price equal to the offering price of the shares sold in the public offering (the “Initial Options”).  The Initial Options will be immediately exercisable but, to the extent they are exercised, will be subject to a repurchase right of the Company, which will lapse as follows:  50% of the Initial Options will vest six (6) months after the Effective Date and the remaining 50% will vest twelve (12) months after the Effective Date.  Upon the 1-year anniversary of the Effective Date, Dr. Chen will be granted additional options to purchase 12,500 shares of the common stock of the Company at an exercise price equal to the market price on the grant date that are not immediately exercisable, and which will vest six (6) months from the date of grant (the “Subsequent Options”).   The Initial Options and Subsequent Options will expire five (5) years from their respective grant dates, provided, however, that Dr. Chen remains continuously employed by the Company during the applicable five-year period.
 
Director Compensation
 
The Company did not and does not currently have an established policy to provide compensation to members of its board of directors for their services in that capacity. The Company intends to develop such a policy in the near future.
 
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
 
As of December 31, 2008, the Company did not have an equity compensation plan.

Indemnifications of Directors and Executive Officers and Limitations of Liability
 
Under Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, we can indemnify our directors and officers against liabilities they may incur in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Our certificate of incorporation provides that, pursuant to Delaware law, our directors shall not be liable for monetary damages for breach of the directors’ fiduciary duty of care to us and our stockholders. This provision in the certificate of incorporation does not eliminate the duty of care, and in appropriate circumstances equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain available under Delaware law. In addition, each director will continue to be subject to liability for breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders, for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of the law, for actions leading to improper personal benefit to the director, and for payment of dividends or approval of stock repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law. The provision also does not affect a director’s responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or state or federal environmental laws.
 
Our bylaws provide for the indemnification of our directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Our bylaws further provide that our board of directors has discretion to indemnify our officers and other employees. We are required to advance, prior to the final disposition of any proceeding, promptly on request, all expenses incurred by any director or executive officer in connection with that proceeding on receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of that director or executive officer to repay those amounts if it should be determined ultimately that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified under the bylaws or otherwise. We are not, however, required to advance any expenses in connection with any proceeding if a determination is reasonably and promptly made by our board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested board members that (i) the party seeking an advance acted in bad faith or deliberately breached his or her duty to us or our stockholders and (ii) as a result of such actions by the party seeking an advance, it is more likely than not that it will ultimately be determined that such party is not entitled to indemnification pursuant to the applicable sections of its bylaws.
 
We have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. In the event a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than our payment of expenses incurred or paid by our director, officer or controlling person in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, we will, unless in the opinion of our counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by us is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
 
We may enter into indemnification agreements with each of our directors and officers that are, in some cases, broader than the specific indemnification provisions permitted by Delaware law, and that may provide additional procedural protection. As of the closing of the Share Exchange, we have not entered into any indemnification agreements with our directors or officers, but may choose to do so in the future. Such indemnification agreements may require us, among other things, to:
 
indemnify officers and directors against certain liabilities that may arise because of their status as officers or directors;

advance expenses, as incurred, to officers and directors in connection with a legal proceeding, subject to limited exceptions; or

obtain directors’ and officers’ insurance.
 
At present, there is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers or employees in which indemnification is sought, nor are we aware of any threatened litigation that may result in claims for indemnification.
 
 
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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
 
Share Exchange
 
On January 9, 2009, we completed the Share Exchange with World Orient and the former stockholders of World Orient. At the closing, World Orient became our wholly-owned subsidiary and 100% of the issued and outstanding securities of World Orient were exchanged for securities of the Company. An aggregate of 806,408 shares of common stock were issued to the stockholders of World Orient. As of the close of the Share Exchange, the former stockholders of World Orient owned approximately 22% of our issued and outstanding common stock.
 
Upon the closing of the Share Exchange, the Company’s board of directors resigned in full and appointed Zhong Bo, Zhong Lin, Yang Ai Mei, Tian Li Zhi, Sheng Yong and Liu Hui Fang to the board of directors of our Company, with Zhong Bo serving as Chairman. The Company’s board of directors also appointed Zhong Bo as Chief Executive Officer, Zeng Yun Su as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, Zhong Lin as Chief Operating Officer and Xue Na as Deputy General Manager and President of the Labor Union, each of whom were executive officers and/or directors of Zhengzhou ZST. Also in connection with the Share Exchange, we paid $350,000 to WestPark and $125,000 to a third party unaffiliated with the Company, SRKP 18 or WestPark.
 
Purchase Right and Share and Warrant Cancellation
 
On January 14, 2009, Zhong Bo, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Wu Dexiu, Huang Jiankang, Sun Hui and Li Yuting (the “ZST Management”) each entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Company issued and the ZST Management agreed to purchase an aggregate of 5,090,315 shares of our common stock at a per share purchase price of $0.6907 (the “Purchase Right”). The purchase price for the shares was paid in full on May 25, 2009. Each of the stockholders and warrantholders of the Company prior to the Share Exchange agreed to cancel 0.3317 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 0.5328 shares of common stock held by each of them for each one (1) share of common stock purchased by the ZST Management pursuant to the Purchase Right (the “Share and Warrant Cancellation”). Pursuant to the Share and Warrant Cancellation, an aggregate of 1,688,532 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 2,712,283 shares of common stock held by certain of our stockholders and warrantholders prior to the Share Exchange were cancelled.
 
Private Placement
 
WestPark, the placement agent for our $4.98 million equity financing, received a commission equal to 12% of the gross proceeds from the financing plus a 4% non-accountable expense allowance. No other consideration was paid to WestPark or SRKP 18 in connection with the Share Exchange or Private Placement. Furthermore, in connection with the initial closing of the Private Placement, the Company issued a promissory note in the principal amount of $170,000, bearing no interest (the “Note”), to WestPark Capital Financial Services, LLC, the parent company of WestPark. The principal was due and payable by us on or before the earlier of (a) thirty (30) days from the date of issuance of the Note or (b) upon the receipt by us of at least $4 million in the Private Placement. We repaid the Note in full on January 23, 2009 using the proceeds from the second closing of the Private Placement.
 
Richard Rappaport, our President and one of our controlling stockholders prior to the Share Exchange, indirectly holds a 100% interest in WestPark. Anthony C. Pintsopoulos, our officer, director and significant stockholder prior to the Share Exchange, is the Chief Financial Officer of WestPark. Kevin DePrimio and Jason Stern, each employees of WestPark, are also stockholders of the Company. Thomas J. Poletti is a former stockholder of the Company and a partner of K&L Gates LLP, our U.S. legal counsel. Each of Messrs. Rappaport and Pintsopoulos resigned from all of their executive and director positions with the Company upon the closing of the Share Exchange.
 
Patent License Agreement and Patent Transfer
 
Our Chief Executive Officer, Zhong Bo, has legal ownership of one patent in China that we rely on in the operation of our business. On January 9, 2009, we entered into a patent license agreement with Mr. Zhong for the right to use such patent in the operation of our business. In addition, we also applied to SIPO for the transfer of the patent to Zhengzhou ZST and SIPO accepted the application regarding the patent transfer to Zhengzhou ZST on December 31, 2008.  The patent transfer to Zhengzhou ZST was approved on January 9, 2009. Mr. Zhong did not receive any additional consideration for the license of the intellectual property rights to us, other than the execution of the patent license agreement being a condition to the closing of the Share Exchange.
 
Policy for Approval of Related Party Transactions
 
We do not currently have a formal related party approval policy for review and approval of transactions required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K. We expect our board to adopt such a policy in the near future.
 
Director Independence
 
See the section entitled “Management” beginning on page 49 for a discussion of board member independence .
 
 
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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
 
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC. In computing the number of shares beneficially owned by a person and the percentage of ownership of that person, shares of common stock subject to options and warrants held by that person that are currently exercisable or become exercisable within 60 days of the date of this report are deemed outstanding even if they have not actually been exercised. Those shares, however, are not deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
 
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to beneficial ownership of our common stock based on issued and outstanding shares of common stock before and after the offering, by:
 
 
Each person known to be the beneficial owner of 5% or more of the outstanding common stock of our Company;

 
Each named executive officer;

 
Each director; and

 
All of the executive officers and directors as a group.
 
The number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, excludes up to 3,125,000 shares of our common stock (excluding an underwriter’s option to purchase an additional 468,750 shares to cover over-allotments) to be offered by us in a firm commitment public offering concurrently herewith.  Unless otherwise indicated, the persons and entities named in the table have sole voting and sole investment power with respect to the shares set forth opposite the stockholder’s name, subject to community property laws, where applicable. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each stockholder listed in the table is c/o ZST Digital Networks, Inc., Building 28, Huzhu Road, Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China.
 
Name and Address of
Beneficial Owner
 
Title
 
Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
   
Percent of
Class
Beneficially
Owned
Prior to
Offering (1)
   
Percent of
Total Voting
Power Held
Prior to
Offering (2)
   
Percent of
Class
Beneficially
Owned After
Offering (3)
   
Percent of
Total Voting
Power Held
After Offering
(4)
 
Directors and Executive Officers:
                                 
Zhong Bo
 
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
   
5,002,251
(5)
   
70.54
%
   
59.87
%
   
48.96
%
   
43.57
%
Zhong Lin
 
Director and Chief Operating Officer
   
     
     
     
     
 
Yang Ai Mei
 
Director
   
     
     
     
     
 
Tian Li Zhi
 
Director
   
     
     
     
     
 
Sheng Yong
 
Director
   
     
     
     
     
 
Liu Hui Fang
 
Director
   
     
     
     
     
 
All Officers and Directors as a Group (total of eight (8) persons)
 
  
   
5,002,251
     
70.54
%
   
59.87
%
   
48.96
%
   
43.57
%
5% Stockholders:
 
  
                                       
Richard Rappaport
1900 Avenue of the Stars,
Suite 310
Los Angeles, CA 90067
 
  
   
874,831
(6)
   
12.15
%
   
10.34
%
   
8.47
%
   
7.55
%
WestPark Capital Financial
Services, LLC (7)
1900 Avenue of the Stars,
Suite 310
Los Angeles, CA 90067
 
  
   
533,579
(8)
   
7.45
%
   
6.34
%
   
5.19
%
   
4.62
%
Wu Dexiu
No. 5, Unit 6, Block 28
Huzhu Road,
Zhongyuan District
Zhengzhou, PRC
 
  
   
442,858
     
6.25
%
   
5.30
%
   
4.33
%
   
3.86
%
Easywell Limited
OMC Chamber
Wickhams City 1
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands
       
362,579
     
5.11
%
   
4.34
%
   
3.55
%
   
3.16
%
Starlink Asia Limited
OMC Chamber
Wickhams City 1
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands
       
362,579
     
5.11
%
   
4.34
%
   
3.55
%
   
3.16
%
 
 
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(1)
Based on 7,091,103 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus.

(2)
Based on 7,091,103 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus and assuming the full conversion of the maximum number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, which was 1,263,723 shares, into shares of our common stock.

(3)
Based on 10,216,103 shares of common stock, which consists of (i) 7,091,103 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus and (ii) 3,125,000 shares of common stock issued in the public offering (excluding the underwriter’s over-allotment option of up to 468,750 shares).

(4)
Based on 11,479,826 shares of common stock, which consists of (i) 7,091,103 shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, (ii) 3,125,000 shares of common stock issued in the public offering (excluding the underwriter’s over-allotment option of up to 468,750 shares), and (iii) assuming the full conversion of the maximum number of shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of the date of this prospectus, which was 1,263,723 shares, into shares of our common stock.

(5)
Includes 4,559,393 shares of common stock owned by Mr. Zhong. Also includes 442,858 shares of common stock owned by Mr. Zhong’s wife, Wu Dexiu. Mr. Zhong may be deemed the beneficial owner of these securities since he has voting and investment control over the securities.

(6)
Includes 191,100 shares of common stock and a warrant to purchase 27,300 shares of common stock owned by Mr. Rappaport. Also includes 53,747 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 7,679 shares of common stock owned by each of the Amanda Rappaport Trust and the Kailey Rappaport Trust as well as the shares of common stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock owned by WestPark Capital Financial Services, LLC. Mr. Rappaport, as Trustee of the Rappaport Trusts and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of WestPark Capital Financial Services, LLC, may be deemed the indirect beneficial owner of these securities since he has sole voting and investment control over the securities.

(7)
Richard Rappaport serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of WestPark Capital Financial Services, LLC.

(8)
Includes 466,882 shares of common stock and a warrant to purchase 66,697 shares of common stock.
 
 
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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
 
Common Stock
 
We are authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of which 7,091,103 shares are issued and outstanding. Each outstanding share of common stock is entitled to one vote, either in person or by proxy, on all matters that may be voted upon by their holders at meetings of the stockholders.
 
Holders of our common stock:
 
(i)
have equal ratable rights to dividends from funds legally available therefore, if declared by our board of directors;

(ii)
are entitled to share ratably in all of the Company’s assets available for distribution to holders of common stock upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up;

(iii)
do not have preemptive, subscription or conversion rights or redemption or sinking fund provisions; and

(iv)
are entitled to one non-cumulative vote per share on all matters on which stockholders may vote at all meetings of our stockholders.
 
The holders of shares of our common stock do not have cumulative voting rights, which means that the holders of more than fifty percent (50%) of outstanding shares voting for the election of directors can elect all of our directors if they so choose and, in such event, the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any of our directors.
 
Our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Zhong Bo, beneficially owns approximately 59.87% of the outstanding shares of our common stock (after giving effect to the Series A Conversion). Accordingly, upon completion of the Share Exchange, Purchase Right, Share and Warrant Cancellation and Private Placement, Mr. Zhong is in a position to control all of our affairs.
 
Preferred Stock
 
We may issue up to 10,000,000 shares of our preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share, from time to time in one or more series. We are authorized to issue 3,750,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value per share. Upon completion of the closing of the Private Placement, we have issued 1,263,723 shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. Our board of directors, without further approval of our stockholders, is authorized to fix the dividend rights and terms, conversion rights, voting rights, redemption rights, liquidation preferences and other rights and restrictions relating to any series. Issuances of shares of preferred stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible financings, acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, adversely affect the voting power of the holders of our common stock and prior series of preferred stock then outstanding.
 
Each share of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into shares of common stock at a conversion price equal to the purchase price of such shares. However, if the Company at any time prior to the first trading day on which its common stock is quoted on the NYSE Amex, the NASDAQ Capital Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the New York Stock Exchange (each a “Trading Market”) sells or issues any shares of common stock in one or a series of transactions at an effective price less than such conversion price where the aggregate gross proceeds to the Company are at least $1.0 million, then the aforementioned conversion price shall be reduced to such effective price. Each share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall automatically convert into shares of common stock if (i) the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the Trading Market for any 10 consecutive trading day period exceeds $8.00 per share, and (ii) the shares of common stock underlying the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are subject to an effective registration statement. As of the date of this prospectus, the conversion price of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock is equal to $3.94.
 
If the Company pays a stock dividend on its shares of common stock, subdivides outstanding shares of common stock into a larger number of shares, combines, through a reverse stock split, outstanding shares of its common stock into a smaller number of shares or issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of the common stock, any shares of its capital stock, then the conversion price of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock will be adjusted as follows: the conversion price will be multiplied by a fraction, of which (i) the numerator will be the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately before one of the events described above and (ii) the denominator will be the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately after such event.
 
Holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock have the right to one vote per share of common stock issuable upon conversion of the shares underlying any shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding as of the record date for purposes of determining which holders have the right to vote with respect to any matters brought to a vote before the Company’s holders of common stock.
 
In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock shall receive $3.94 per share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock and are entitled to receive in preference to the holders of common stock an amount per share of $3.94 plus any accrued but unpaid dividends. If the Company’s assets are insufficient to pay the above amounts in full, then all of its assets will be ratably distributed among the holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with the respective amounts that would be payable on such shares if all amounts payable were paid in full.
 
 
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There are no additional specific dividend rights or redemption rights of holders of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
 
If any shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are redeemed or converted, those shares will resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock and will no longer be designated as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.

As long as any shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Company cannot alter or adversely change the powers, preference or rights given to the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock holders, without the affirmative vote of those holders.
 
Warrants
 
Prior to the Purchase Right and Share and Warrant Cancellation, our stockholders held warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,882,912 shares of our common stock, and an aggregate of 2,712,283 warrants were cancelled in conjunction with the Purchase Right and Share and Warrant Cancellation. As of the date of this prospectus, the Company has issued and outstanding an aggregate of 170,629 warrants with an exercise price of $0.0002462.
 
Market Price of the Company’s Common Stock
 
The shares of our common stock are not currently listed or quoted for trading on any national securities exchange or national quotation system. The NASDAQ Global Market has approved the listing of our common stock under the symbol "ZSTN", subject to official notice of issuance. If and when our common stock is listed or quoted for trading, the price of our common stock will likely fluctuate in the future. The stock market in general has experienced extreme stock price fluctuations in the past few years. In some cases, these fluctuations have been unrelated to the operating performance of the affected companies. Many companies have experienced dramatic volatility in the market prices of their common stock. We believe that a number of factors, both within and outside our control, could cause the price of our common stock to fluctuate, perhaps substantially. Factors such as the following could have a significant adverse impact on the market price of our common stock:
 
 
Our ability to obtain additional financing and, if available, the terms and conditions of the financing;

 
Our financial position and results of operations;

 
Concern as to, or other evidence of, the reliability and safety of our products and services or our competitors’ products and services;

 
Announcements of innovations or new products or services by us or our competitors;

 
U.S. federal and state governmental regulatory actions and the impact of such requirements on our business;

 
The development of litigation against us;

 
Period-to-period fluctuations in our operating results;

 
Changes in estimates of our performance by any securities analysts;

 
The issuance of new equity securities pursuant to a future offering or acquisition;

 
Changes in interest rates;

 
Competitive developments, including announcements by competitors of new products or services or significant contracts, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments;

 
Investor perceptions of us; and

 
General economic and other national conditions.
 
 
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Delaware Anti-Takeover Law and Charter and Bylaw Provisions
 
We are subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. This provision generally prohibits a Delaware corporation from engaging in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date the stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:
 
 
prior to such date, the board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

 
upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the number of shares outstanding those shares owned by persons who are directors and also officers and by employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

 
on or subsequent to such date, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.
 
Section 203 defines a business combination to include:
 
 
any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder;

 
any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder;

 
subject to certain exceptions, any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder;

 
any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; or

 
the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation.
 
In general, Section 203 defines an “interested stockholder” as any entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a corporation, or an affiliate or associate of the corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a corporation at any time within three years prior to the time of determination of interested stockholder status; and any entity or person affiliated with or controlling or controlled by such entity or person.
 
Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain provisions that could have the effect of discouraging potential acquisition proposals or making a tender offer or delaying or preventing a change in control of our Company, including changes a stockholder might consider favorable. In particular, our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as applicable, among other things, will:
 
 
provide our board of directors with the ability to alter its bylaws without stockholder approval;

 
provide for an advance notice procedure with regard to the nomination of candidates for election as directors and with regard to business to be brought before a meeting of stockholders; and

 
provide that vacancies on our board of directors may be filled by a majority of directors in office, although less than a quorum.
 
Such provisions may have the effect of discouraging a third-party from acquiring us, even if doing so would be beneficial to our stockholders. These provisions are intended to enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the composition of our board of directors and in the policies formulated by them, and to discourage some types of transactions that may involve an actual or threatened change in control of our Company. These provisions are designed to reduce our vulnerability to an unsolicited acquisition proposal and to discourage some tactics that may be used in proxy fights. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our potential ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure our Company outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging such proposals because, among other things, negotiation of such proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.
 
However, these provisions could have the effect of discouraging others from making tender offers for our shares that could result from actual or rumored takeover attempts. These provisions also may have the effect of preventing changes in our management.
 
 
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Transfer Agent
 
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Corporate Stock Transfer, Inc.
 
Listing

The NASDAQ Global Market has approved the listing of our common stock under the symbol "ZSTN", subject to official notice of issuance.
 
 
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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
 
Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. Future sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market could adversely affect market prices. Upon completion of this offering, and after giving effect to the Series A Conversion, we will have outstanding an aggregate of 11,479,826 shares of common stock, assuming no exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option. All of these shares will be freely tradable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, except that any shares purchased by our “affiliates,” as that term is defined in Rule 144 of the Securities Act, may generally only be sold in compliance with the limitations of Rule 144 described below.
 
All other outstanding shares not sold in this offering will be deemed “restricted securities” as defined under Rule 144. Restricted securities may be sold in the public market only if registered or if they qualify for an exemption from registration under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, which rules are summarized below. Our stockholders will not be eligible to utilize Rule 144 until January 15, 2010, at the earliest, which is 12 months from the date we filed our Form 10 information, as required under Rule 144. Subject to the lock-up agreements described below and the provisions of Rules 144, additional shares will be available for sale in the public market as follows:
 
Approximate
Number of
Shares Eligible
for
Future Sale
 
Date
3,125,000
 
After the date of this prospectus, freely tradable shares sold in this offering.
 
1,542,323
 
After the date of this prospectus, these shares will have been registered under a separate prospectus (“Resale Prospectus”) and will be freely tradable by selling stockholders listed in the Resale Prospectus, subject to the lock-up arrangement described below. These shares consist of all of the shares of common stock registered under the Resale Prospectus, including 34,826 shares of common stock that have or may be issued upon exercise of outstanding warrants and 1,263,723 shares of common stock that have or may be issued upon conversion of outstanding Series A Convertible Preferred Stock. The selling stockholders holding an aggregate of 1,147,530 shares of common stock have agreed that they will not sell any of such securities until six (6) months after our common stock begins to be listed or quoted on either the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board and holders of the remaining 394,793 shares agreed that they will not sell any of such securities until 90 days after our common stock begins to be listed or quoted on either the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board, when one-twelfth of their shares will be released from the lock-up restrictions, and after which their shares will automatically be released from the lock-up restrictions every 30 days in eleven equal installments .
 
1,086,409
 
These shares, which are held by stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the Share Exchange, will be freely tradable after the Securities and Exchange Commission declares effective the registration statement that we intend to file on or before April 26, 2010 subject to the lock-up agreement pursuant to which they have agreed with the Underwriters that they will not sell any of such securities until six (6) months after our common stock begins to be listed or quoted on either the New York  Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board without the prior written consent of the Underwriters. These include 135,803 shares of common stock underlying warrants held by stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the Share Exchange.
 
806,408
 
On January 15, 2010, which is twelve months after the filing of a current report on Form 8-K reporting the closing of the Share Exchange, these shares, which were issued in connection with the Share Exchange, may be sold under and subject to Rule 144. However, holders of 81,250 of these shares have agreed with the Underwriters not to directly or indirectly sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer (excluding intra-family transfers, transfers to a trust for estate planning purposes or to beneficiaries of officers, directors and stockholders upon their death), or otherwise dispose of or enter into any transaction which may result in the disposition of any shares of our common stock or securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of our common stock, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, for a period of 24 months after the date of this prospectus.  Holders of remaining 725,158 of these shares have agreed to the same transfer restrictions as described above, except that such restrictions shall be released on such dates and amounts as follows:  (i) 121,876 shares on the date that is six months after our common stock begins to be listed or quoted on either the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board, (ii) 121,876 shares on the date that is twelve months after such date of listing or quotation; (iii) 353,438 shares on the date that is two years after such date of listing or quotation, and (iv) 127,968 shares shall be released from the restrictions as determined by WestPark, in its sole discretion.
 
5,090,315
 
On January 15, 2010, which is twelve months after the filing of a current report on Form 8-K reporting the closing of the Share Exchange, these shares, which were issued in connection with the Purchase Right, may be sold under and subject to Rule 144. However, all of the holders of these shares have agreed with the Underwriters not to directly or indirectly sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer (excluding intra-family transfers, transfers to a trust for estate planning purposes or to beneficiaries of officers, directors and stockholders upon their death), or otherwise dispose of or enter into any transaction which may result in the disposition of any shares of our common stock or securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of our common stock, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, for a period of 24 months after the date of this prospectus.
 
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Rule 144
 
In general, under Rule 144 a person, or persons whose shares are aggregated, who is not deemed to have been one of our affiliates at any time during the three months preceding a sale and who has beneficially owned shares of our common stock for at least six months, including the holding period of any prior owner, except if the prior owner was one of our affiliates, would be entitled to sell all of their shares, provided the availability of current public information about the Company during the six months following satisfaction of the six-month holding period requirement.
 
Affiliates that have held restricted securities for at least six months to sell such restricted securities in accordance with the traditional conditions of Rule 144, including the public information requirement, the volume limitations, manner of sale provisions and notice requirements. In particular, an affiliate who has beneficially owned shares of our common stock for at least six months would be entitled to sell within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed 1% of the number of shares of our common stock then outstanding, which will equal approximately 114,798 shares immediately after this offering (after giving effect to the Series A Conversion and excluding the underwriter’s over-allotment option of up to 468,750 shares).
 
Any substantial sale of common stock pursuant to any resale registration statement or Rule 144 may have an adverse effect on the market price of our common stock by creating an excessive supply. Upon completion of this offering, subject to lock-up agreements with the underwriter, all of the restricted shares may not be sold until January 15, 2010, which is 12 months after the filing of a current report on Form 8-K reporting the closing of the Share Exchange.
 
Lock-Up Agreements and Registration
 
The investors in our private placement, in which we sold 1,263,723 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, entered into a lock-up agreement pursuant to which holders holding an aggregate of 868,930 shares agreed not to sell their shares until six (6) months after our common stock begins to be listed or quoted on either the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board and holders of the remaining 394,793 shares agreed that they will not sell any of such securities until 90 days after our common stock begins to be listed or quoted on either the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board, when one-twelfth of their shares will be released from the lock-up restrictions, and after which their shares will automatically be released from the lock-up restrictions every 30 days in eleven equal installments . We agreed to file a registration statement covering the common stock sold in the Private Placement within 60 days of the closing of the Share Exchange pursuant to the subscription agreement with each investor. Subject to the lock-up agreement, the shares will be freely tradable upon effectiveness of the registration statement.

We also are registering with the Private Placement shares the 1,194,380 shares of common stock and the 170,629 shares of common stock underlying the warrants held by our stockholders immediately prior to the Share Exchange. Of the shares, 243,774 shares of common stock and 34,826 shares of common stock underlying warrants are included in the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and 950,606 shares of common stock and 135,803 shares of common stock underlying warrants held by stockholders of the Company prior to the Share Exchange who are affiliates of WestPark will be included in a subsequent registration statement filed by us on or about April 26, 2010, which is 10 days after the end of the six-month period that immediately follows the date on which we filed the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. All of the shares included in an effective registration statement may be freely sold and transferred, subject to a lock-up agreement pursuant to which they agreed with the Underwriters not to conduct any sales until six (6) months after our common stock is listed or quoted on either the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board without the prior written consent of the Underwriters.
  
We have agreed with the Underwriters that we will not, without the prior consent of the Underwriters, directly or indirectly sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer, or otherwise dispose of or enter into any transaction which may result in the disposition of any shares of our common stock or securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of our common stock (excluding the exercise of certain warrants and/or options currently outstanding and exercisable) for a period of 24 months after the date of this prospectus.
 
 
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In addition, each of our executive officers and directors, in addition to all of the stockholders that received shares issued in the Share Exchange or pursuant to the Purchase Right, holding an aggregate of 5,171,565 shares of common stock, have agreed with the Underwriters not to directly or indirectly sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer (excluding intra-family transfers, transfers to a trust for estate planning purposes or to beneficiaries of officers, directors and stockholders upon their death), or otherwise dispose of or enter into any transaction which may result in the disposition of any shares of our common stock or securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of our common stock, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, for a period of 24 months after the date of this prospectus.  Holders of 725,158 shares of common stock have agreed with the Underwriters to be bound to the same transfer restrictions described above, except that such restrictions shall be released on such dates and amounts as follows:  (i) 121,876 shares on the date that is six months after our common stock begins to be listed or quoted on either the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board, (ii) 121,876 shares on the date that is twelve months after such date of listing or quotation; (iii) 353,438 shares on the date that is two years after such date of listing or quotation, and (iv) 127,968 shares shall be released from the restrictions as determined by WestPark, in its sole discretion.
 
We have been advised by the Underwriters that they have no present intention and there are no agreements or understandings, explicit or tacit, relating to the early release of any locked-up shares. The Underwriters may, however, consent to an early release from the lock-up period if, in its opinion, the market for the common stock would not be adversely impacted by sales. The release of any lock-up would be considered on a case-by-case basis. Factors that the Underwriters may consider in deciding whether to release shares from the lock-up restriction include the length of time before the lock-up expires, the number of shares involved, the reason for the requested release, market conditions, the trading price of our securities, historical trading volumes of our securities and whether the person seeking the release is an officer, director or affiliate of us.
 
 
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UNDERWRITING
 
Subject to the terms and conditions of the underwriting agreement dated October 20, 2009  Rodman & Renshaw, LLC (“Rodman”) and WestPark Capital, Inc. (“WestPark”  together with Rodman, the “Underwriters”), have agreed to purchase from us the number of shares of common stock set forth below at the public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions set forth on the cover page of this prospectus.

Underwriter
 
Number of
Shares
 
Rodman & Renshaw, LLC
   
1,875,000
 
Westpark Capital, Inc.
   
1,250,000
 
Total
   
3,125,000
 

The underwriting agreement provides that the agreement may be terminated by the Underwriters at any time prior to delivery of and payment for the shares if, in the Underwriters’ judgment, payment for and delivery of the shares is rendered impracticable or inadvisable by reason of events specified in the underwriting agreement, including but not limited to the state of the financial markets and our financial condition. Subject to the foregoing, the underwriter is committed to purchase all of the common stock being offered by us if any of such shares are purchased, other than those covered by the over-allotment option described below.
 
The following table shows the per share and total underwriting discounts and commissions to be paid to the underwriters by the Company.  Such amounts are shown assuming both no exericise and full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option to purchase 468,750 additional shares.
 
Paid by the Company
 
No Exercise
   
Full Exercise
 
             
Per Share
  $ 0.60     $ 0.60  
Total
  $ 1,875,000     $ 2,156,250  
 
The Underwriters propose to offer the common stock directly to the public at the public offering price set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. The Underwriters may offer the common stock to some dealers at that price less a concession not in excess of $0.36 per share. Dealers may reallow a concession not in excess of $0.05 per share to some other dealers. After the shares of common stock are released for sale to the public, the Underwriters may vary the offering price and other selling terms.
 
We have granted to the Underwriters an option, exercisable for up to 45 days after the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to 468,750 additional shares of common stock at the public offering price set forth on the cover of this prospectus solely to cover over-allotments, if any.
  
Some of the Underwriters are expected to make offers and sales both inside and outside the United States through their respective selling agents. Any offers and sales in the United States will be conducted by broker-dealers registered with the SEC. 

The Underwriters have entered into an agreement in which they agree to restrictions on where and to whom they and any dealer purchasing from them may offer shares of common stock, as a part of the distribution of the shares. The Underwriters also have agreed that they may sell shares of common stock among themselves.

We have agreed with the Underwriters that we will not, without the prior consent of the Underwriters, directly or indirectly sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer, or otherwise dispose of or enter into any transaction which may result in the disposition of any shares of our common stock or securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of our common stock (excluding the exercise of certain warrants and/or options currently outstanding and exercisable) for a period of 24 months after the date of this prospectus.

Each of our executive officers and directors, in addition to all of the stockholders that received shares issued in the Share Exchange or pursuant to the Purchase Right , holding an aggregate of 5,171,565 shares of common stock, have agreed with the Underwriters not to directly or indirectly sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer (excluding intra-family transfers, transfers to a trust for estate planning purposes or to beneficiaries of officers, directors and stockholders upon their death), or otherwise dispose of or enter into any transaction which may result in the disposition of any shares of our common stock or securities convertible into, exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of our common stock, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, for a period of 24 months after the date of this prospectus. Holders of 725,158 shares of common stock have agreed with the Underwriters to be bound to the same transfer restrictions described above, except that such restrictions shall be released on such dates and amounts as follows:  (i) 121,876 shares on the date that is six months after our common stock begins to be listed or quoted on either the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Market, NASDAQ Capital Market or the OTC Bulletin Board, (ii) 121,876 shares on the date that is twelve months after such date of listing or quotation; (iii) 353,438 shares on the date that is two years after such date of listing or quotation, and (iv) 127,968 shares shall be released from the restrictions as determined by WestPark, in its sole discretion.
 
We have agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against some liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to contribute to payments that the Underwriters may be required to make in respect thereof.
 
We have agreed to pay the Underwriters a non-accountable expense allowance in the amount of 1% of the gross proceeds from this offering (excluding the proceeds from the underwriters over-allotments option). In addition, we have agreed to pay the Underwriters’ road show expenses of $10,000 and counsel fees (excluding blue sky fees) of $40,000.
 
 
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Upon the closing of this offering, we have agreed to sell to the Underwriters warrants to purchase up to 156,250 shares of our common stock. The warrants will be exercisable at a per share exercise price equal to 125% of the public offering price, subject to standard anti-dilution adjustments for stock splits and similar transactions, and will become exercisable one year after the date of this prospectus and expire five years from the date of this prospectus. The warrants and underlying shares are deemed by FINRA to be underwriting compensation in connection with this offering pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110. In addition, unless an exemption is available under FINRA Rule 5110(g)(2), these securities will be subject to lock-up restrictions under FINRA Rule 5110(g). FINRA Rule 5110(g) provides that the warrants and underlying shares shall not be sold during this offering or sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of the warrants or underlying shares by any person for a period of 180 days immediately following the date of effectiveness or commencement of sales of this offering.

The Underwriters may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions, penalty bids and passive market making in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act. Over-allotment involves syndicate sales in excess of the offering size, which creates a syndicate short position. Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum. Syndicate covering transactions involve purchases of the common stock in the open market after the distribution has been completed in order to cover syndicate short positions. Penalty bids permit the representative to reclaim a selling concession from a syndicate member when the common stock originally sold by the syndicate member is purchased in a syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate short positions. Penalty bids may have the effect of deterring syndicate members from selling to people who have a history of quickly selling their shares. In passive market making, market makers in the common stock who are underwriters or prospective underwriters may, subject to some limitations, make bids for or purchases of the common stock until the time, if any, at which a stabilizing bid is made. These stabilizing transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids may cause the price of the common stock to be higher than it would otherwise be in the absence of these transactions. These transactions may be effected on the NASDAQ Global Market or otherwise and, if commenced, may be discontinued at any time.
 
In connection with the offering, the Underwriters may make short sales of the issuer’s shares and may purchase the issuer’s shares on the open market to cover positions created by short sales. Short sales involve the sale by the Underwriters of a greater number of shares than they are required to purchase in the offering. ‘Covered’ short sales are sales made in an amount not greater than the Underwriters’ ‘overallotment’ option to purchase additional shares in the offering. The Underwriters may close out any covered short position by either exercising its overallotment option or purchasing shares in the open market. In determining the source of shares to close out the covered short position, the Underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open market as compared to the price at which they may purchase shares through the overallotment option. ‘Naked’ short sales are sales in excess of the overallotment option. The Underwriters must close out any naked short position by purchasing shares in the open market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the Underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the shares in the open market after pricing that could adversely affect investors who purchase in the offering. Similar to other purchase transactions, the Underwriters’ purchases to cover the syndicate short sales may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of the issuer’s stock or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of issuer’s stock. As a result, the price of the issuer’s stock may be higher than the price that might otherwise exist in the open market.
 
Prior to this offering, there has been no public market of the common stock. Consequently, the public offering price will be determined by negotiations between us and the Underwriters. Among the factors considered in these negotiations will be prevailing market conditions, the market capitalizations and the stages of development of other companies that we and the Underwriters believe to be comparable to us, estimates of our business potential, our results of operations in recent periods, the present state of our development and other factors deemed relevant.
 
We estimate that our out of pocket expenses for this offering will be approximately $800,000.

Foreign Regulatory Restrictions on Purchase of the Common Stock

No action may be taken in any jurisdiction other than the United States that would permit a public offering of the common stock or the possession, circulation or distribution of this prospectus in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required. Accordingly, the common stock may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, and neither the prospectus nor any other offering material or advertisements in connection with the common stock may be distributed or published in or from any country or jurisdiction except under circumstances that will result in compliance with any applicable rules and regulations of any such country or jurisdiction.
 
 
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In addition to the public offering of the shares in the United States, the underwriters may, subject to the applicable foreign laws, also offer the common shares to certain institutions or accredited persons in the following countries:
 
United Kingdom. No offer of shares of common stock has been made or will be made to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of Section 102B of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended, or FSMA, except to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities or otherwise in circumstances which do not require the publication by us of a prospectus pursuant to the Prospectus Rules of the Financial Services Authority, or FSA. Each underwriter: (i) has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of FSMA) to persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 or in circumstances in which Section 21 of FSMA does not apply to us; and (ii) has complied with, and will comply with all applicable provisions of FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the shares in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

European Economic Area. In relation to each member state of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive, which we refer to as a Relevant Member State, with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State, which we refer to as the Relevant Implementation Date, no offer of common stock has been made and or will be made to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the common stock which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, an offer of common stock may be made to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time: (a) to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities; (b) to any legal entity which has two or more of (i) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (ii) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (iii) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts; or (c) in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by us of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive. For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer of ordinary shares to the public” in relation to any common stock in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the common stock to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe the common stock, as the same may be varied in that Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State and the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/ EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.

Germany. Any offer or solicitation of common stock within Germany must be in full compliance with the German Securities Prospectus Act (Wertpapierprospektgesetz — WpPG). The offer and solicitation of securities to the public in Germany requires the approval of the prospectus by the German Federal Financial Services Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt fr Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht — BaFin). This prospectus has not been and will not be submitted for approval to the BaFin. This prospectus does not constitute a public offer under the German Securities Prospectus Act (Wertpapierprospektgesetz). This prospectus and any other document relating to the common stock, as well as any information contained therein, must therefore not be supplied to the public in Germany or used in connection with any offer for subscription of the common stock to the public in Germany, any public marketing of the common stock or any public solicitation for offers to subscribe for or otherwise acquire the common stock. The prospectus and other offering materials relating to the offer of the common stock are strictly confidential and may not be distributed to any person or entity other than the designated recipients hereof.

Greece. This prospectus has not been approved by the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission or another EU equivalent authority and consequently is not addressed to or intended for use, in any way whatsoever, by Greek residents. The common stock have not been offered or sold and will not be offered, sold or delivered directly or indirectly in Greece, except to (i) “qualified investors” (as defined in article 2(f) of Greek Law 3401/2005) and/or to (ii) less than 100 individuals or legal entities, who are not qualified investors (article 3, paragraph 2(b) of Greek Law 3401/2005), or otherwise in circumstances which will not result in the offer of the new common stock being subject to the Greek Prospectus requirements of preparing a filing a prospectus (under articles 3 and 4 of Greek Law 3401/2005).

Italy. This offering of the common stock has not been cleared by Consob, the Italian Stock Exchanges regulatory agency of public companies, pursuant to Italian securities legislation and, accordingly, no common stock may be offered, sold or delivered, nor may copies of this prospectus or of any other document relating to the common stock be distributed in Italy, except (1) to professional investors (operatori qualificati); or (2) in circumstances which are exempted from the rules on solicitation of investments pursuant to Decree No. 58 and Article 33, first paragraph, of Consob Regulation No. 11971 of May 14, 1999, as amended. Any offer, sale or delivery of the common stock or distribution of copies of this prospectus or any other document relating to the common stock in Italy under (1) or (2) above must be (i) made by an investment firm, bank or financial intermediary permitted to conduct such activities in Italy in accordance with the Decree No. 58 and Legislative Decree No. 385 of September 1, 1993, or the Banking Act; and (ii) in compliance with Article 129 of the Banking Act and the implementing guidelines of the Bank of Italy, as amended from time to time, pursuant to which the issue or the offer of securities in Italy may need to be preceded and followed by an appropriate notice to be filed with the Bank of Italy depending, inter alia, on the aggregate value of the securities issued or offered in Italy and their characteristics; and (iii) in compliance with any other applicable laws and regulations.
 
 
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Cyprus. Each of the Underwriters has agreed that (i) it will not be providing from or within Cyprus any “Investment Services”, “Investment Activities” and “Non-Core Services” (as such terms are defined in the Investment Firms Law 144(I) of 2007, (the “IFL”) in relation to the common stock, or will be otherwise providing Investment Services, Investment Activities and Non-Core Services to residents or persons domiciled in Cyprus. Each underwriter has agreed that it will not be concluding in Cyprus any transaction relating to such Investment Services, Investment Activities and Non-Core Services in contravention of the IFL and/or applicable regulations adopted pursuant thereto or in relation thereto; and (ii) it has not and will not offer any of the common stock other than in compliance with the provisions of the Public Offer and Prospectus Law, Law 114(I)/2005.

Switzerland. This document does not constitute a prospectus within the meaning of Art. 652a of the Swiss Code of Obligations. The common stock may not be sold directly or indirectly in or into Switzerland except in a manner which will not result in a public offering within the meaning of the Swiss Code of Obligations. Neither this document nor any other offering materials relating to the common stock may be distributed, published or otherwise made available in Switzerland except in a manner which will not constitute a public offer of the common stock of in Switzerland.

Norway. This prospectus has not been approved or disapproved by, or registered with, the Oslo Stock Exchange, the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (Kredittilsynet) nor the Norwegian Registry of Business Enterprises, and the common stock are marketed and sold in Norway on a private placement basis and under other applicable exceptions from the offering prospectus requirements as provided for pursuant to the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.

Botswana. The company hereby represents and warrants that it has not offered for sale or sold, and will not offer or sell, directly or indirectly the common stock to the public in the Republic of Botswana, and confirms that the offering will not be subject to any registration requirements as a prospectus pursuant to the requirements and/or provisions of the Companies Act, 2003 or the Listing Requirements of the Botswana Stock Exchange.

Hong Kong. The common stock may not be offered or sold by means of any document other than (i) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), or (ii) to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.32, Laws of Hong Kong), and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the common stock may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to common stock which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder.

Singapore. This prospectus has not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, this prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the common stock may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the common stock be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore, or the SFA, (ii) to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA. Where the common stock are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 by a relevant person which is: (a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary is an accredited investor, shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest in that trust shall not be transferable for 6 months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the common stock under Section 275 except: (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA; (ii) where no consideration is given for the transfer or (iii) by operation of law.

People’s Republic of China. This prospectus has not been and will not be circulated or distributed in the PRC, and common stock may not be offered or sold, and will not be offered or sold to any person for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, to any resident of the PRC except pursuant to applicable laws and regulations of the PRC. For the purpose of this paragraph only, the PRC does not include Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.

Israel. This Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell the common stock to the public in Israel or a prospectus under the Israeli Securities Law, 5728-1968 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, or the Israeli Securities Law, and has not been filed with or approved by the Israel Securities Authority. In Israel, pursuant to an exemption afforded under the Israeli Securities Law, this Prospectus may be distributed only to, and may be directed only at, investors listed in the first addendum to the Israeli Securities Law, or the Addendum, consisting primarily of certain mutual trust and provident funds, or management companies thereto, banks, as defined under the Banking (Licensing) Law, 5741-1981, except for joint service companies purchasing for their own account or for clients listed in the Addendum, insurers, as defined under the Supervision of Financial Services Law (Insurance), 5741-1981, portfolio managers purchasing for their own account or for clients listed in the Addendum, investment advisers purchasing for their own account, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange members purchasing for their own account or for clients listed in the Addendum, underwriters purchasing for their own account, venture capital funds, certain corporations which primarily engage in the capital market and fully-owned by investors listed in the Addendum and corporations whose equity exceeds NIS250 Million, collectively referred to as institutional investors. Institutional investors may be required to submit written confirmation that they fall within the scope of the Addendum.
 
 
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United Arab Emirates. This document has not been reviewed, approved or licensed by the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (the “UAE”), Emirates Securities and Commodities Authority or any other relevant licensing authority in the UAE including any licensing authority incorporated under the laws and regulations of any of the free zones established and operating in the territory of the UAE, in particular the Dubai International Financial Services Authority (the “DFSA”), a regulatory authority of the Dubai International Financial Centre (the “DIFC”). The issue of common stock does not constitute a public offer of securities in the UAE, DIFC and/or any other free zone in accordance with the Commercial Companies Law, Federal Law No. 8 of 1984 (as amended), DFSA Offered Securities Rules and the Dubai International Financial Exchange Listing Rules, accordingly, or otherwise. The common stock may not be offered to the public in the UAE and/or any of the free zones including, in particular, the DIFC. The common stock may be offered and this document may be issued, only to a limited number of investors in the UAE or any of its free zones (including, in particular, the DIFC) who qualify as sophisticated investors under the relevant laws and regulations of the UAE or the free zone concerned. Management of the company, and the representatives represent and warrant that the common stock will not be offered, sold, transferred or delivered to the public in the UAE or any of its free zones including, in particular, the DIFC.

Oman. For the attention of the residents of Oman:

The information contained in this memorandum neither constitutes a public offer of securities in the Sultanate of Oman (“Oman”) as contemplated by the Commercial Companies Law of Oman (Sultani Decree 4/74) or the Capital Market Law of Oman (Sultani Decree 80/98), nor does it constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of any offer to buy non-Omani securities in Oman as contemplated by Article 6 of the Executive Regulations to the Capital Market Law of Oman (issued vide Ministerial Decision No 4/2001), and nor does it constitute a distribution of non-Omani securities in Oman as contemplated under the Rules for Distribution of Non-Omani Securities in Oman issued by the Capital Market Authority of Oman (“CMA”). Additionally, this memorandum is not intended to lead to the conclusion of any contract of whatsoever nature within the territory of Oman.

This memorandum has been sent at the request of the investor in Oman, and by receiving this memorandum, the person or entity to whom it has been issued and sent understands, acknowledges and agrees that this memorandum has not been approved by the CMA or any other regulatory body or authority in Oman, nor has any authorization, license or approval been received from the CMA or any other regulatory authority in Oman, to market, offer, sell, or distribute the common stock within Oman.

No marketing, offering, selling or distribution of any financial or investment products or services has been or will be made from within Oman and no subscription to any securities, products or financial services may or will be consummated within Oman. The Underwriters are neither companies licensed by the CMA to provide investment advisory, brokerage, or portfolio management services in Oman, nor banks licensed by the Central Bank of Oman to provide investment banking services in Oman. The Underwriters do not advise persons or entities resident or based in Oman as to the appropriateness of investing in or purchasing or selling securities or other financial products.

Nothing contained in this memorandum is intended to constitute Omani investment, legal, tax, accounting or other professional advice. This memorandum is for your information only, and nothing herein is intended to endorse or recommend a particular course of action. You should consult with an appropriate professional for specific advice on the basis of your situation.

Any recipient of this memorandum and any purchaser of the common stock pursuant to this memorandum shall not market, distribute, resell, or offer to resell the common stock within Oman without complying with the requirements of applicable Omani law, nor copy or otherwise distribute this memorandum to others.
 
Canada.

Resale Restrictions

The distribution of our securities in Canada is being made only on a private placement basis exempt from the requirement that we prepare and file a prospectus with the securities regulatory authorities in each province where trades of our securities are made. Any resale of our securities in Canada must be made under applicable securities laws that will vary depending on the relevant jurisdiction, and which may require resales to be made under available statutory exemptions or under a discretionary exemption granted by the applicable Canadian securities regulatory authority. Purchasers are advised to seek legal advice prior to any resale of our securities.

Representations of Purchasers

By purchasing our securities in Canada and accepting a purchase confirmation a purchaser is representing to us and the dealer from whom the purchase confirmation is received that:

 
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the purchaser is entitled under applicable provincial securities laws to purchase our securities without the benefit of a prospectus qualified under those securities laws;

where required by law, that the purchaser is purchasing as principal and not as agent;

the purchaser has reviewed the text above under Resale Restrictions; and

the purchaser acknowledges and consents to the provision of specified information concerning its purchase of our securities to the regulatory authority that by law is entitled to collect the information.
 
Further details concerning the legal authority for this information are available on request.

Rights of Action — Ontario Purchasers Only

Under Ontario securities legislation, certain purchasers who purchase a security offered by this prospectus during the period of distribution will have a statutory right of action for damages, or while still the owner of our securities, for rescission against us in the event that this prospectus contains a misrepresentation without regard to whether the purchaser relied on the misrepresentation. The right of action for damages is exercisable not later than the earlier of 180 days from the date the purchaser first had knowledge of the facts giving rise to the cause of action and three years from the date on which payment is made for our securities. The right of action for rescission is exercisable not later than 180 days from the date on which payment is made for our securities. If a purchaser elects to exercise the right of action for rescission, the purchaser will have no right of action for damages against us. In no case will the amount recoverable in any action exceed the price at which our securities were offered to the purchaser and if the purchaser is shown to have purchased the securities with knowledge of the misrepresentation, we will have no liability. In the case of an action for damages, we will not be liable for all or any portion of the damages that are proven to not represent the depreciation in value of our securities as a result of the misrepresentation relied upon. These rights are in addition to, and without derogation from, any other rights or remedies available at law to an Ontario purchaser. The foregoing is a summary of the rights available to an Ontario purchaser. Ontario purchasers should refer to the complete text of the relevant statutory provisions.

Enforcement of Legal Rights

All of our directors and officers as well as the experts named herein may be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible for Canadian purchasers to effect service of process within Canada upon us or those persons. All or a substantial portion of our assets and the assets of those persons may be located outside of Canada and, as a result, it may not be possible to satisfy a judgment against us or those persons in Canada or to enforce a judgment obtained in Canadian courts against us or those persons outside of Canada.

Taxation and Eligibility for Investment

Canadian purchasers of our securities should consult their own legal and tax advisors with respect to the tax consequences of an investment in our securities in their particular circumstances and about the eligibility of our securities for investment by the purchaser under relevant Canadian legislation.
 
CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Affiliates of WestPark beneficially own more than 10% of the Company. Because WestPark is an underwriter and its affiliates beneficially own more than 10% of the Company, WestPark has a “conflict of interest” under FINRA Rule 2720(f)(5). Accordingly, this offering is being conducted in accordance with FINRA Rule 2720. This rule requires that a “qualified independent underwriter,” as defined by FINRA, participate in the preparation of the registration statement and prospectus, and exercise the usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto.  Rodman is assuming the responsibilities of acting as the qualified independent underwriter in this offering. We have agreed to indemnify Rodman against any liabilities arising in connection with acting as a qualified independent underwriter, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
 
 
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LEGAL MATTERS
 
The validity of the common stock offered by this prospectus will be passed upon for us by K&L Gates LLP, Los Angeles, California. Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, Sherman Oaks, California is acting as counsel for the underwriters. Legal matters as to PRC law will be passed upon for us by Han Kun Law Offices, Beijing, People’s Republic of China. K&L Gates LLP may rely upon Han Kun Law Offices with respect to matters governed by PRC law.
 
EXPERTS
 
The (i) consolidated financial statements of ZST Digital Networks, Inc. as of December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006 and for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006 (ii) and the condensed parent-only balance sheet of ZST Digital Networks, Inc. as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 and the related condensed parent-only statements of operations and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the period January 3, 2007 (inception) to December 31, 2007 included in footnote 23 to the Consolidated Financial Statements of ZST Digital Networks, Inc., each appearing in this prospectus and registration statement have been audited by Kempisty & Company Certified Public Accountants PC, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their report thereon appearing elsewhere herein, and are included in reliance upon such report given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
We filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the shares of common stock in this offering. This prospectus does not contain all of the information in the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules that were filed with the registration statement. For further information with respect to us and our common stock, we refer you to the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules that were filed with the registration statement. Statements contained in this prospectus about the contents of any contract or any other document that is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement are not necessarily complete, and we refer you to the full text of the contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement. A copy of the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules that were filed with the registration statement may be inspected without charge at the Public Reference Room maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, DC 20549, and copies of all or any part of the registration statement may be obtained from the Securities and Exchange Commission upon payment of the prescribed fee. Information regarding the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Securities and Exchange Commission maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the website is www.sec.gov .
 
We file periodic reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including annual, quarterly and special reports, and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These periodic reports and other information are available for inspection and copying at the regional offices, public reference facilities and website of the Securities and Exchange Commission referred to above.
 
 
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ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
JUNE 30, 2009
 
 
 

 

ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX

   
PAGE
     
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
F-2 - F-3
     
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
F-4
     
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
F-5
     
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
 
F-6
     
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
F-7
     
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
F-8 - F-32

 
F-1

 
 
KEMPISTY & COMPANY
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, P.C.

 
15 MAIDEN LANE - SUITE 1003 - NEW YORK, NY 10038 - TEL (212) 406-7272 - FAX (212) 513-1930

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Board of Directors
ZST Digital Networks, Inc. and Subsidiaries

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of ZST Digital Networks, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 and the related consolidated statements of operations, consolidated cash flows and consolidated changes in stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2008. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required at this time, to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of ZST Digital Networks, Inc. and Subsidiaries at December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2008 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the in the United States of America.
 
/s/ Kempisty & Company CPAs PC
 
Kempisty & Company
Certified Public Accountants PC
New York, New York
March 25, 2009, except for footnote 22 dated September 2, 2009
 
 
F-2

 
 
KEMPISTY & COMPANY
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, P.C.

 
15 MAIDEN LANE - SUITE 1003 - NEW YORK, NY 10038 - TEL (212) 406-7272 - FAX (212) 513-1930

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Board of Directors
ZST Digital Networks, Inc. (Formerly SRKP 18, Inc.)

We have audited the condensed Parent Only balance sheet of ZST Digital Networks, Inc. as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 and the related condensed Parent Only statements of operations and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the period January 3, 2007 (inception) to December 31, 2007 included in Footnote 23 to the Consolidated Financial Statements of ZST Digital Networks, Inc.  These Parent Only condensed financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required at this time, to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the condensed Parent Only financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of ZST Digital Networks, Inc.  at December 31, 2008 and 2007 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the period January 3, 2007 (inception) to December 31, 2007 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the in the United States of America.
 
/s/ Kempisty & Company CPAs PC
 
Kempisty & Company
Certified Public Accountants PC
New York, New York
March 25, 2009, except for footnote 22 dated September 2, 2009
 
 
F-3

 
 
ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In U.S. Dollars)
 
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
                   
Assets
                             
Current assets
                             
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
1,228,381
   
$
794,918
   
$
1,134,954
   
$
1,125,804
   
$
1,183,665
 
Trade receivables, net (Note 3)
   
24,764,622
     
10,490,677
     
12,322,099
     
9,419,029
     
3,417,763
 
Contract receivable (Note 6)
   
-
     
108,051
     
-
     
101,499
     
94,946
 
Employee advances and short term loans receivable (Note 5)
   
5,392
     
8,625
     
6,307
     
769,855
     
731,645
 
Taxes recoverable
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
6,713
 
                                         
Inventories, net (Note 4)
   
590,116
     
395,009
     
775,185
     
5,488,794
     
2,622,909
 
Advances to suppliers (Note 13)
   
1,644,309
     
-
     
3,024,668
     
-
     
-
 
Prepaid expenses and other receivables
   
71,214
     
153,787
     
6,968
     
12,930
     
11,579
 
Total current assets
   
28,304,034
     
11,951,067
     
17,270,181
     
16,917,911
     
8,069,220
 
                                         
Property and equipment, net (Note 7)
   
353,270
     
36,908
     
34,148
     
62,521
     
81,048
 
Intangible asset, net (Note 8)
   
644,732
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total assets
 
$
29,302,036
   
$
11,987,975
   
$
17,304,329
   
$
16,980,432
   
$
8,150,268
 
                                         
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
                                       
Current liabilities
                                       
Accounts payable - trade
 
$
6,865,750
   
$
2,586,589
   
$
1,270,096
   
$
3,026,572
   
$
5,353,267
 
Customer deposit
   
-
     
16,784
     
1,467
     
36,854
     
3,206
 
Billings in excess of costs on uncompleted projects (Note 10)
   
-
     
23,654
     
-
     
18,635
     
1,943
 
Accrued liabilities and other payable
   
346,907
     
235,805
     
501,176
     
222,440
     
146,971
 
Various taxes payable
   
388,114
     
137,002
     
188,539
     
490,977
     
21,220
 
Short-term loans (Note 9)
   
2,206,038
     
2,888,012
     
3,931,991
     
7,933,436
     
814,621
 
Employee security deposit payable
   
9,437
     
12,869
     
8,911
     
12,281
     
12,831
 
Wages payable
   
70,516
     
42,226
     
59,501
     
23,890
     
7,775
 
Dividend payable
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
2,624,266
     
-
 
Corporate tax payable (Note 14)
   
480,931
     
108,313
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Due to related parties (Note 12)
   
-
     
19,837
     
2,359,728
     
23,405
     
19,237
 
Total current liabilities
   
10,367,693
     
6,071,091
     
8,321,409
     
14,412,756
     
6,381,071
 
                                         
Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
                                         
Stockholders' Equity
                                       
Preferred stock $0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 6,250,000 shares undesignated, 0 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2009 and 2008 and December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Preferred Stock Series A Convertible, $0.0001 par value, 3,750,000 shares authorized, 1,263,723 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2009 and 0 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006. Liquidation preference and redemption value of  $4,976,953 at June 30, 2009 (Note 19)
   
126
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Common stock $0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 7,091,103 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2009 and 5,896,723 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2008,  2007and 2006 (Note 18)
   
709
     
590
     
590
     
590
     
590
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
8,270,471
     
1,444,341
     
1,488,924
     
1,417,855
     
2,203,631
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
   
(47,819
)
   
559,849
     
590,839
     
423,683
     
138,200
 
Statutory surplus reserve fund (Note 10)
   
1,491,963
     
575,010
     
1,491,963
     
575,010
     
123,126
 
Retained earnings (unrestricted)
   
9,218,893
     
3,344,391
     
5,410,604
     
219,086
     
427,807
 
Due from related parties (Note 12)
   
-
     
(7,297
)
   
-
     
(68,548
)
   
(1,124,157
)
Total stockholders' equity
   
18,934,343
     
5,916,884
     
8,982,920
     
2,567,676
     
1,769,197
 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
 
$
29,302,036
   
$
11,987,975
   
$
17,304,329
   
$
16,980,432
   
$
8,150,268
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements .
 
 
F-4

 
 
ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In U.S. Dollars)
 
   
For the Six Months Ended
   
For the Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
                   
                               
Revenue
 
$
41,439,540
   
$
25,778,303
   
$
55,430,819
   
$
28,717,251
   
$
5,650,246
 
Cost of goods sold
   
34,950,607
     
20,996,909
     
45,594,243
     
23,221,360
     
4,477,671
 
Gross Profit
   
6,488,933
     
4,781,394
     
9,836,576
     
5,495,891
     
1,172,575
 
                                         
Operating Costs and Expenses
                                       
Selling expenses
   
35,302
     
106,070
     
146,459
     
2,587
     
19,381
 
Depreciation
   
9,687
     
17,700
     
20,884
     
43,546
     
42,047
 
General and administrative
   
501,492
     
418,970
     
1,005,975
     
715,064
     
230,337
 
Merger cost
   
566,654
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Research and development
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
88,864
     
48
 
Total operating costs and expenses
   
1,113,135
     
542,740
     
1,173,318
     
850,061
     
291,813
 
Income from operations
   
5,375,798
     
4,238,654
     
8,663,258
     
4,645,830
     
880,762
 
                                         
Other income (expenses)
                                       
Gain on disposal of assets
   
-
     
-
     
(11,295
)
   
(319
)
   
48,183
 
Interest income
   
43,793
     
14,592
     
9,753
     
3,489
     
473
 
Interest expense
   
(84,894
)
   
(113,964
)
   
(338,742
)
   
(196,323
)
   
(11,616
)
Imputed interest
   
(31,413
)
   
(26,487
)
   
(71,069
)
   
(70,079
)
   
(19,905
)
Sundry income (expense), net
   
(7,680
)
   
(1,050
)
   
(10,869
)
   
309
     
55,368
 
Total other income (expenses)
   
(80,194
)
   
(126,909
)
   
(422,222
)
   
(262,923
)
   
72,503
 
                                         
Income before income taxes
   
5,295,604
     
4,111,745
     
8,241,036
     
4,382,907
     
953,265
 
Income taxes (Note 12)
   
(1,487,315
)
   
(986,440
)
   
(2,132,565
)
   
(1,515,478
)
   
(314,577
)
                                         
Net income
 
$
3,808,289
   
$
3,125,305
   
$
6,108,471
   
$
2,867,429
   
$
638,688
 
                                         
Basic earnings per share
 
$
0.54
   
$
0.53
   
$
1.04
   
$
0.49
   
$
0.11
 
                                         
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic
   
7,038,313
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
 
                                         
Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.47
   
$
0.53
   
$
1.04
   
$
0.49
   
$
0.11
 
                                         
Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted
   
8,145,477
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 
F-5

 
 
ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income
For the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 and the six months ended June 30, 2009 (unaudited)
 (In U.S. Dollars)

                                       
Accumulated
                         
   
Preferred Stock
               
Additional
   
Statutory
   
Other
   
Retained
   
Due from
   
Total
       
   
Series A
   
Common Stock
   
Paid-in
   
Reserve
   
Comprehensive
   
Earnings
   
Related
   
Stockholders'
   
Comprehensive
 
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Shares
   
Amount
   
Capital
   
Fund
   
Income
   
(Unrestricted)
   
Parties
   
Equity
   
Income
 
                                                                   
Balance at December 31, 2005
   
-
   
$
-
     
5,896,723
   
$
590
   
$
2,183,726
   
$
39,688
   
$
49,963
   
$
(127,443
)
 
$
(781,388
)
 
$
1,365,136
       
Imputed interest allocated
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
19,905
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
19,905
       
Allocation of retained earnings  to statutory reserve fund
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
83,438
     
-
     
(83,438
)
   
-
     
-
       
Due from related parties
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
(342,769
)
   
(342,769
)
     
Foreign currency translation adjustment
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
88,237
     
-
     
-
     
88,237
   
$
88,237
 
Net income for the year
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
638,688
     
-
     
638,688
     
638,688
 
Comprehensive income
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
   
$
726,925
 
Balance at December 31, 2006
   
0
     
0
     
5,896,723
     
590
     
2,203,631
     
123,126
     
138,200
     
427,807
     
(1,124,157
)
   
1,769,197
         
Authorized capital withdrawal by ZST PRC shareholders
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
(855,855
)
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
(855,855
)
       
Imputed interest allocated
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
70,079
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
70,079
         
Allocation of retained earnings  to statutory reserve fund
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
451,884
     
-
     
(451,884
)
   
-
     
-
         
Due from related parties
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
1,055,609
     
1,055,609
         
Dividend declared
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
(2,624,266
)
   
-
     
(2,624,266
)
       
Foreign currency translation adjustment
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
285,483
     
-
     
-
     
285,483
   
$
285,483
 
Net income for the year
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
2,867,429
     
-
     
2,867,429
     
2,867,429
 
Comprehensive income
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
   
$
3,152,912
 
Balance at December 31, 2007
   
0
     
0
     
5,896,723
     
590
     
1,417,855
     
575,010
     
423,683
     
219,086
     
(68,548
)
   
2,567,676
         
Imputed interest allocated
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
71,069
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
71,069
         
Allocation of retained earnings to statutory reserve fund
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
916,953
     
-
     
(916,953
)
   
-
     
-
         
Due from related parties
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
68,548
     
68,548
         
Foreign currency translation adjustment
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
167,156
     
-
     
-
     
167,156
   
$
167,156
 
Net income for the year
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
6,108,471
     
-
     
6,108,471
     
6,108,471
 
Comprehensive income
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
   
$
6,275,627
 
Balance at December 31, 2008
   
0
     
0
     
5,896,723
     
590
     
1,488,924
     
1,491,963
     
590,839
     
5,410,604
     
-
     
8,982,920
         
Reverse merger adjustment
   
-
     
-
     
1,194,380
     
119
     
3,216,305
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
3,216,424
         
Imputed interest allocated
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
31,413
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
31,413
         
Sale of 1,263,723 shares of Series A Preferred  Stock at $3.94/share
   
1,263,723
     
126
     
-
     
-
     
3,533,829
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
3,533,955
         
Foreign currency translation adjustment
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
(638,658
)
   
-
     
-
     
(638,658
)
 
$
(638,658
)
Net income for the six months  ended June 30, 2009
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
3,808,289
     
-
     
3,808,289
     
3,808,289
 
Comprehensive income
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
   
$
3,169,631
 
Balance at June 30, 2009  (unaudited)
   
1,263,723
   
$
126
     
7,091,103
   
$
709
   
$
8,270,471
     
1,491,963
   
$
(47,819
)
 
$
9,218,893
   
$
-
   
$
18,934,343
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 
F-6

 
 
ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In U.S. Dollars)

   
For the Six Months Ended
   
For the Year Ended
 
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
                   
                               
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
                             
Net income
 
$
3,808,289
   
$
3,125,305
   
$
6,108,471
   
$
2,867,429
   
$
638,688
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:
                                       
Imputed interest
   
31,413
     
26,487
     
71,069
     
70,079
     
19,905
 
Depreciation
   
9,687
     
17,700
     
20,884
     
43,546
     
42,047
 
Gain on disposal of assets
   
-
     
-
     
11,295
     
319
     
(48,183
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                                       
Account receivable-trade
   
(12,442,523
)
   
(1,071,648
)
   
(2,903,070
)
   
(6,001,266
)
   
(2,017,173
)
Contract receivable
   
-
     
(6,552
)
   
101,499
     
(6,553
)
   
(43,249
)
Prepaid expenses and other receivables
   
(64,246
)
   
(140,857
)
   
5,962
     
(1,351
)
   
13,183
 
Inventories, net
   
185,069
     
5,093,785
     
4,713,609
     
(2,865,885
)
   
(1,809,028
)
Advances
   
1,380,359
     
-
     
(3,024,668
)
   
-
     
-
 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
   
5,441,385
     
(426,618
)
   
(1,477,740
)
   
(2,251,226
)
   
4,456,606
 
Deposits and other payables
   
(941
)
   
(19,482
)
   
(38,757
)
   
33,098
     
-
 
Billings in excess of costs on uncompleted projects
   
-
     
5,019
     
(18,635
)
   
16,692
     
1,943
 
Various taxes payable and taxes recoverable
   
199,575
     
(353,975
)
   
(302,438
)
   
476,470
     
(64,187
)
Wages payable
   
11,015
     
18,336
     
35,611
     
16,115
     
7,774
 
Corporate tax payable
   
480,931
     
108,313
     
-
     
-
     
(93,092
)
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities
   
(959,987
)
   
6,375,813
     
3,303,092
     
(7,602,533
)
   
1,105,234
 
                                         
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
                                       
Purchases of property and equipment
   
(328,932
)
   
-
     
-
     
(43,082
)
   
-
 
Purchases of intangible assets
   
(644,732
)
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Proceeds from disposal of fixed assets
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
22,661
     
193,186
 
Payment to ZST PRC shareholders
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
1,055,609
     
(342,769
)
Net cash provided (used) by investing activities
   
(973,664
)
   
-
     
-
     
1,035,188
     
(149,583
)
                                         
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
                                       
(Proceeds from) repayment of short-term demand loans receivable
   
915
     
761,230
     
763,548
     
(38,210
)
   
(142,071
)
Proceeds from (repayment of) short-term demand loans payable
   
(1,725,953
)
   
(5,045,424
)
   
(4,001,445
)
   
7,118,815
     
259,771
 
Sale of preferred stock
   
3,533,955
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Withdrawal of authorized capital by ZST PRC shareholders
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
(855,855
)
   
-
 
Dividend paid
   
-
     
(2,624,266
)
   
(2,624,266
)
   
-
     
-
 
Due from related parties and affiliated companies
   
-
     
61,251
     
68,548
     
-
     
-
 
Due to related parties and affiliated companies
   
-
     
(3,568
)
   
2,336,323
     
4,168
     
(237,239
)
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities
   
1,808,917
     
(6,850,777
)
   
(3,457,292
)
   
6,228,918
     
(119,539
)
                                         
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
   
218,161
     
144,078
     
163,350
     
280,566
     
124,725
 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
   
93,427
     
(330,886
)
   
9,150
     
(57,861
)
   
960,837
 
                                         
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
   
1,134,954
     
1,125,804
     
1,125,804
     
1,183,665
     
222,828
 
                                         
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
 
$
1,228,381
   
$
794,918
   
$
1,134,954
   
$
1,125,804
   
$
1,183,665
 
                                         
Supplemental disclosure information:
                                       
 Interest expense paid
 
$
84,894
   
$
104,434
   
$
338,742
   
$
196,323
   
$
11,616
 
 Income taxes paid
 
$
400,164
   
$
557,582
   
$
2,132,565
   
$
1,515,478
   
$
314,577
 
                                         
Non cash investing and financing activities:
                                       
 Shares issued for related parties' debt
 
$
2,359,728
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 
F-7

 
 
ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 1 – DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION

ZST Digital Networks, Inc. (“ZST Digital”, formerly SRKP 18, Inc.) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on December 7, 2006. ZST Digital was originally organized as a “blank check” shell company to investigate and acquire a target company or business seeking the perceived advantages of being a publicly held corporation. On January 9, 2009, ZST Digital closed a share exchange transaction (the “Share Exchange”) pursuant to which ZST Digital (i) issued 806,408 shares of its common stock to acquire 100% equity ownership of World Orient Universal Limited (“World Orient”), which is the 100% parent of Global Asia Universal Limited (“Global Asia”), which is the 100% parent of Everfair Technologies Limited (“Everfair”), which is the 100% parent of Zhengzhou Shenyang Technology Company Limited (“ZST PRC”), (ii) assumed the operations of World Orient and its subsidiaries, and (iii) changed ZST Digital’s name from SRKP 18, Inc. to its current name.  Subsequent to the closing of the Share Exchange, on January 14, 2009, Zhong Bo, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Wu Dexiu, Huang Jiankang, Sun Hui and Li Yuting (the "ZST Management"), each entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Company issued and the ZST Management agreed to purchase an aggregate of 5,090,315 shares of our common stock at a per share purchase price of $0.6907 (the "Purchase Right") and obtained control of the Company.  The purchase price for the shares was paid in full on May 25, 2009.  The restructuring of the Company is further discussed below.

World Orient was incorporated in British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) on August 12, 2008. As at December 31, 2008, World Orient had 50,000 capital shares authorized with $1.00 par value and 50,000 shares issued and outstanding. In November 2008, World Orient acquired 100% ownership of Global Asia.

Global Asia was incorporated in BVI on August 12, 2008. As at December 31, 2008, Global Asia had 50,000 capital shares authorized with $1.00 par value and 50,000 shares issued and outstanding. In October 2008, Global Asia acquired 100% ownership of Everfair.

Everfair is a holding company incorporated in November 26, 2007 in Hong Kong, PRC with the original sole shareholder Kuk Kok Sun. Everfair had 10,000 capital shares authorized with 1.00 HKD par value and 10,000 shares issued and outstanding. Pursuant to a share transfer agreement, Global Asia agreed to paid Kuk Kok Sun 10,000 HKD for the ownership transfer.

In October 2008, Everfair entered an ownership transfer agreement with the original owners of ZST PRC. Pursuant to the ownership transfer agreement, Everfair agreed to pay the original owners 12,000,000 RMB for the ownership transfer within three months of the approval of a new business license. This transfer was completed in January 2009 after the closing of the Share Exchange and exercise of the purchase rights by the shareholders of ZST PRC.

ZST PRC was established on May 20, 1996 as a private domestic corporation in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, PRC with an authorized capital of RMB 1.5 million. On April 8, 1999, the Company increased its authorized capital from RMB 1.5 million to RMB 8 million. On July 27, 2004, the Company further increased its authorized capital to RMB 18 million. On March 15, 2007, the Company decreased its authorized and invested capital to RMB 11.5 million. In February 2009, ZST PRC increased its authorized capital to RMB 17 million.

ZST PRC’s primary revenues were from sales of broadcasting equipment, hi-tech optical transmission devices, and telecommunication products. ZST PRC is principally engaged in supplying digital and optical network equipment to cable system operators in the Henan Province of China. It has developed a line of internet protocol television (“IPTV”) set-top boxes that are used to provide bundled cable television, Internet and telephone services to residential and commercial customers. At present, ZST PRC’s main clients are broadcasting TV bureaus and cable network operators serving various cities and counties. In the near future, the Company plans to joint venture with cable network operators to provide bundled television programming, Internet and telephone services to residential customers in cities and counties located in the Henan Province of China.

ZST Digital and its subsidiaries, World Orient, Global Asia, Everfair, and ZST PRC shall be collectively referred throughout as the “Company”.

 
F-8

 
 
ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 1 – DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATION (continued)

Pursuant to PRC rules and regulations relating to mergers of PRC companies with foreign entities, an offshore company controlled by PRC citizens that intends to merge with a PRC company will be subject to strict examination by the relevant PRC foreign exchange authorities. To enable ZST PRC to go public, ZST management made the following restructuring arrangements: (i) established Everfair as a Hong Kong holding company owned by a non-PRC citizen and indirectly controlled the operations of Everfair, (ii) had Everfair enter into an equity transfer agreement with ZST PRC by paying 12,000,000 RMB to ZST Management, (iii) established World Orient as a BVI holding company owned by a non PRC-citizen, (iv) had World Orient and its wholly owned subsidiary Global Asia, its subsidiary Everfair, and its subsidiary ZST PRC enter into a share exchange agreement with ZST Digital, (v) concurrently conducted a private investment in a public company (“PIPE”) financing, and (vi) used proceeds from the PIPE transaction to pay 12,000,000 RMB to ZST Management pursuant to the ownership transfer agreement.

Upon consummation of the Share Exchange and the Purchase Right, ZST Management owns a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company and Zhong Bo was appointed as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of ZST Digital.
 
For accounting purposes, this transaction is being accounted for as a reverse merger. The transaction has been treated as a recapitalization of World Orient and its subsidiaries, with ZST Digital (the legal acquirer of World Orient and its subsidiaries including ZST PRC) considered the accounting acquiree and ZST PRC, the only operating company, and whose management took control of ZST Digital (the legal acquiree of ZST Digital) is considered the accounting acquirer.  The Company did not recognize goodwill or any intangible assets in connection with the transaction.

To summarize the paragraphs above, the organization and ownership structure of the Company is currently as follows:
 

 
F-9

 
 
ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).

In the opinion of the management, the consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2009 and 2008, and December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006; and the results of operations and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, and the years then ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Basis of Consolidation
 
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant inter-company transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting year. Because of the use of estimates inherent in the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from those estimates.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 107, “ Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments, ” defines financial instruments and requires fair value disclosures of those financial instruments. On January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” which defines fair value, establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement and enhances disclosures requirements for fair value measures. Current assets and current liabilities qualified as financial instruments and management believes their carrying amounts are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and if applicable, their current interest rate is equivalent to interest rates currently available.  The three levels are defined as follow:

 
·
Level 1 — inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
 
·
Level 2 — inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the assets or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instruments.
 
·
Level 3 — inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value.

As of the balance sheet date, the estimated fair values of the financial instruments were not materially different from their carrying values as presented due to the short maturities of these instruments and that the interest rates on the borrowings approximate those that would have been available for loans of similar remaining maturity and risk profile at respective period-ends. Determining which category an asset or liability falls within the hierarchy requires significant judgment. The Company evaluates the hierarchy disclosures each quarter.

Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, cash on deposit with various financial institutions in PRC, Hong Kong, and all highly-liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase.  Banks and other financial institutions in PRC do not provide insurance for funds held on deposit.
 
 
F-10

 
 
ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Accounts Receivable
 
Accounts receivable are carried at original invoice amount less an estimate made for doubtful accounts based on a review of all outstanding amounts on a monthly basis. The Company analyzes the aging of accounts receivable balances, historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit-worthiness, current economic trends and changes in our customer payment terms. Significant changes in customer concentration or payment terms, deterioration of customer credit-worthiness or weakening in economic trends could have a significant impact on the collectability of receivables and our operating results. The Company has not provided a bad debt allowance based upon its historical collection experience. There were no bad debts written off during the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006, and the six months June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

According to the sales contract terms, customers are able to hold back 10% of the total contract balance payable to the Company for one year. The hold back is carried at 10% of original invoice as accounts receivable.

Inventories
 
Inventories, which are primarily comprised of raw materials and finished goods, are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value, using the first-in first-out (FIFO) method. Cost is determined on the basis of a moving average. The Company evaluates the need for reserves associated with obsolete, slow-moving and non-salable inventory by reviewing net realizable values on a periodic basis.

Property and Equipment
 
Property and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method, with an estimated 5% salvage value of original cost, over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Machinery and equipment
 
5 years
Electronic equipment
 
5 years
Office equipment
 
5 years
Automobile
 
5 years
Other equipment
 
10 years

Expenditures for repairs and maintenance, which do not improve or extend the expected useful lives of the assets, are expensed as incurred while major replacements and improvements are capitalized.
 
When property or equipment is retired or disposed of, the cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts, with any resulting gains or losses being included in net income or loss in the year of disposition.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
 
The Company accounts for impairment of plant and equipment and amortizable intangible assets in accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of”, which requires the Company to evaluate a long-lived asset for recoverability when there is event or circumstance that indicate the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognized when the carrying amount of a long-lived asset or asset group is not recoverable (when carrying amount exceeds the gross, undiscounted cash flows from use and disposition) and is measured as the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the asset or asset group.

Intangible Assets
 
Intangible assets are recorded at cost and amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Software
 
5 years
 
 
F-11

 
 
ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Revenue Recognition
 
The Company recognizes product sales revenue when the significant risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred pursuant to PRC law, including such factors as when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred, the sales price is fixed or determinable, sales and value-added tax laws have been complied with, and collectability is reasonably assured. The Company generally recognizes revenue when its products are shipped.

The IPTV device sales contracts include a one-year quality assurance warranty for defects.  According to the sales contract terms, customers are able to hold back 10% of the total contract balance payable to the Company for one year. In accordance with SFAS FASB No. 48, "Revenue Recognition When Right of Return Exists", the Company records the holdback as revenue at the time of sale when its products are shipped to customers because:
(a)
The contract price to the customer is predetermined and fixed at the date of sale.
(b)
The customer is obligated to pay the Company the 10% holdback after one year and the obligation is not contingent on resale of the product.
(c)
The customer’s obligation to the Company would not be changed in the event of theft or physical destruction or damage of the product because the Company entrust the suppliers to ship the products to the customers, therefore the suppliers bear the liability for products lost or damaged when in transit to the customers.
(d)
The customer acquiring the product for resale has economic substance apart from that provided by the Company.
(e)
The Company does not have significant obligations for future performance to directly bring about resale of the product by the customer other than replacement of defective product due to hardware defects in materials and workmanship.
(f)
The amount of future returns can be reasonably estimated based on the historical returns experience.

The Company determined that the costs associated with such assurance were immaterial in monetary terms based on the historical returns experience. The Company has a return policy where the customers must make a request within 30 days of receipt to return the products when the products delivered have more than 40% defects or the products are not delivered on time. As of June 30, 2009, the Company has not received any returns.

In the event of defective product returns, the Company has the right to seek replacement of such returned units from its supplier. Based on the agreement, the supplier will replace the defective product when the defects are caused by hardware defects in materials and workmanship during manufacturing process for a period of one year. The Company incurred quality assurance costs of $199,999, $63,495, $0, $0 and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 and for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  These costs incurred represent 0.67%, 0.52%, 0%, 0%, 0% of years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 IPTV box sales, respectively.

Based on the facts above, the Company recognizes costs related to the quality assurance when incurred.

Revenues from fixed-price construction contracts are recognized on the completed-contract method. This method is used because most of the construction and engineering contracts are completed within six months or less and financial position and results of operations do not vary significantly from those which would result from using the percentage-of-completion method. A contract is considered complete when all costs have been incurred and the installation is operating according to specifications or has been accepted by the customer.

Contract costs include all direct material and labor costs and those indirect costs related to contract performance, such as indirect labor, suppliers, tools, repairs, and depreciation costs. General and administrative costs are charged to expenses as incurred. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts are made in the period in which such losses are determined. Claims are included in revenues when received.

Comprehensive Income
 
The Company has adopted SFAS No. 130, “ Reporting Comprehensive Income ”, which establishes standards for reporting and displaying comprehensive income, its components, and accumulated balances in a full-set of general-purpose financial statements. Accumulated other comprehensive income represents the accumulated balance of foreign currency translation adjustments.
 
 
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ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Related Parties

A party is considered to be related to the Company if the party directly or indirectly or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company and its management and other parties with which the Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests. A party which can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the transacting parties or if it has an ownership interest in one of the transacting parties and can significantly influence the other to an extent that one or more of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests is also a related party.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes". SFAS No. 109 requires an asset and liability approach for financial accounting and reporting for income taxes and allows recognition and measurement of deferred tax assets based upon the likelihood of realization of tax benefits in future years. Under the asset and liability approach, deferred taxes are provided for the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. A valuation allowance is provided for deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not these items will either expire before the Company is able to realize their benefits, or that future deductibility is uncertain.

The Company adopted FASB Interpretation (“FIN”) No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,” which prescribes a comprehensive model for how a company should recognize, measure, present and disclose in its financial statements uncertain tax positions that the Company has taken or expects to take on a tax return (including a decision whether to file or not to file a return in a particular jurisdiction).

Research and Development
 
Research and development costs are expensed to operations as incurred. The Company spent $0, $0, $0, $0 and approximately $5,000 on direct research and development (“R&D”) efforts for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, and the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

The Company received reimbursement from the local government therefore research and development expenses net of reimbursement was $0.

Advertising Costs

The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. The Company did not incur any advertising expenses for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, and the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Foreign Currency Translation

The functional currency of ZST PRC is RMB, the functional currencies of World Orient, Global Asia, and Everfair are HKD, and the functional currency of ZST Digital is the local currency, RMB. The Company used the RMB as the functional currency of ZST Digital since RMB is the currency of primary economic environment. The Company maintains its financial statements using the functional currency. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency at rates of exchange prevailing at the balance sheet dates. Transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transaction. Exchange gains or losses arising from foreign currency transactions are included in the determination of net income (loss) for the respective periods.
 
 
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ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Foreign Currency Translation (Continued)

For financial reporting purposes, the financial statements of each subsidiary, which are prepared in either RMB or HKD, are translated into the Company’s reporting currency, USD. Balance sheet accounts are translated using the closing exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date and income and expense accounts are translated using the average exchange rate prevailing during the reporting period. Adjustments resulting from the translation, if any, are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the owners’ equity.

The exchange rates used for foreign currency translation were as follows (USD$1 = RMB):

Period Covered
 
Balance
Sheet Date
Rates
   
Average
Rates
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2009
   
6.82476
     
6.82270
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2008
   
6.85180
     
7.02020
 
Year Ended December 31, 2008
   
6.81731
     
6.9373
 
Year Ended December 31, 2007
   
7.29410
     
7.59474
 
Year Ended December 31, 2006
   
7.79750
     
7.96369
 

The exchange rates used for foreign currency translation were as follows (USD$1 = HKD):

Period Covered
 
Balance
Sheet Date
Rates
   
Average
Rates
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2009
   
7.74979
     
7.75250
 
Six Months Ended June 30, 2008
   
7.80092
     
7.81678
 
Year Ended December 31, 2008
   
7.74960
     
7.74960
 
Year Ended December 31, 2007
   
7.80214
     
7.70153
 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 165, "Subsequent Events." This standard incorporates into authoritative accounting literature certain guidance that already existed within generally accepted auditing standards, with the requirements concerning recognition and disclosure of subsequent events remaining essentially unchanged. This guidance addresses events which occur after the balance sheet date but before the issuance of financial statements. Under SFAS No.165, as under previous practice, an entity must record the effects of subsequent events that provide evidence about conditions that existed at the balance sheet date and must disclose but not record the effects of subsequent events which provide evidence about conditions that did not exist at the balance sheet date. This standard added an additional required disclosure relative to the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated and whether that is the date on which the financial statements were issued. For the Company , this standard was effective beginning April 1, 2009.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly” (FSP FAS 157-4). FSP FAS 157-4 amends SFAS 157 and provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with SFAS 157 when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased and also includes guidance on identifying circumstances that indicate a transaction is not orderly for fair value measurements. This FSP shall be applied prospectively with retrospective application not permitted. This FSP shall be effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. An entity early adopting this FSP must also early adopt FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments” (FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2). Additionally, if an entity elects to early adopt either FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments” (FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1) or FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, it must also elect to early adopt this FSP. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
 
 
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ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements (continued)

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment” (FSP 115-2/124-2). FSP 115-2/124-2 amends the requirements for the recognition and measurement of other-than-temporary impairment for debt securities by modifying the pre-existing “intent and ability” indicator. Under FSP 115-2/124-2, an other-than-temporary impairment is triggered when there is an intent to sell the security, it is more likely then not that the security will be required to be sold before recovery, or the security is not expected to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security. Additionally, FSP 115-2/124-2 changes the presentation of an other-than-temporary impairment in the income statement for those impairments involving credit losses. The credit loss component will be recognized in earnings and the remainder of the impairment will be recorded in other comprehensive income. FSP 115-2/124-2 is effective for the Company beginning in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosure about Fair Value of Financial Instruments” (“FSP 107-1/APB 28-1”). FSP 107-1/APB 28-1 requires interim disclosures regarding the fair values of financial instruments that are within the scope of FAS 107, “Disclosures about the Fair Value of Financial Instruments,” Additionally, FSP 107-1/APB 28-1 requires disclosures of the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments on an interim basis as well as changes in the methods and significant assumptions from prior periods. FSP 107-1/APB 28-1 does not change the accounting treatment for these financial instruments and is effective for the Company beginning in the second quarter of fiscal year 2009. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

In the first quarter of 2009, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations” (SFAS No. 141(R) as mended by FASB staff position FSP 141(R)-1, “Accounting for Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination.” SFAS No. 141(R) generally requires an entity to recognize the assets acquired, liabilities assumed, contingencies, and contingent consideration at their fair value on the acquisition date. In circumstances where the acquisition-date fair value for a contingency cannot be determined during the measurement period and it is concluded that it is probable that an asset or liability exists as of the acquisition date and the amount can be reasonably estimated, a contingency is recognized as of the acquisition date based on the estimated amount. It further requires that acquisition related costs be recognized separately from the acquisition and expensed as incurred, restructuring costs generally be expensed in periods subsequent to the acquisition date, and changes in accounting for deferred tax asset valuation allowances and acquired income tax uncertainties after the measurement period impact income tax expenses. In addition, acquired in-process research and development is capitalized as an intangibles asset and amortized over its estimated useful life. SFAS No. 141(R) is applicable to business combinations on a prospective basis beginning in the first quarter of 2009. The Company adopted SFAS No. 141(R) for its business combination during the quarter ended March 31, 2009.
 
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework and gives guidance regarding the methods used for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position 157-1, “Application of FASB Statement No. 157 to FASB Statement No. 13 and Other Accounting Pronouncements That Address Fair Value Measurements for Purposes of Lease Classification or Measurement under Statement 13 (“FSP 157-1”) and FASB Staff Position 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157” (“FSP 157-2”). FSP 157-1 amends SFAS 157 to remove certain leasing transactions from its scope. FSP 157-2 delays the effective date of SFAS 157 for all non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually), until fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted SFAS 157 effective January 1, 2008 for all financial assets and liabilities as required. The adoption of SFAS 157 was not material to the Company’s financial statements or results of operations.
 
Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the provisions of EITF 07-5, " Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) is Indexed to an Entity’s Own Stock” (“EITF 07-5”). EITF 07-5 applies to any freestanding financial instruments or embedded features that have the characteristics of a derivative, as defined by SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” and to any freestanding financial instruments that are potentially settled in an entity’s own common stock. The adoption of EITF 07-5 was not material to the Company's financial statements or results of operations.

 
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ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements (continued)

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities — Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115,” (“SFAS 159”) which is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. SFAS 159 is an elective standard which permits an entity to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value at specified election dates. Subsequent unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected will be reported in earnings. The Company has not elected the fair value option for any assets or liabilities under SFAS 159.

In December 2008, the FASB issued FSP 132(R)-1, Employers Disclosures about Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets (FSP 132(R)-1). FSP 132(R)-1 requires additional disclosures for plan assets of defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans. The required disclosures include a description of our investment policies and strategies, the fair value of each major category of plan assets, the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of plan assets, the effect of fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs on changes in plan assets, and the significant concentrations of risk within plan assets. FSP 132(R)-1 does not change the accounting treatment for postretirement benefits plans. The adoption of FSP 132(R)-1 was not material to the Company’s financial statements or results of operations.

In June 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FSP No. EITF 03-6-1, Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities (FSP EITF 03-6-1). FSP EITF 03-6-1 concludes that unvested share-based payment awards that contain rights to receive non-forfeitable dividends or dividend equivalents are participating securities, and thus, should be included in the two-class method of computing earnings per share (EPS). FSP EITF 03-6-1 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those years. Early application of EITF 03-6-1 is prohibited. It also requires that all prior-period EPS data be adjusted retrospectively. The adoption of FSP No EITF 03-6-1 was not material to the Company’s financial statements or results of operations.

In April 2008, the FASB issued Staff Position FAS 142-3, Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets (FSP FAS 142-3) which amends the factors an entity should consider in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under FAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (FAS No. 142). FSP FAS 142-3 applies to intangible assets that are acquired individually or with a group of assets and intangible assets acquired in both business combinations and asset acquisitions. It removes a provision under FAS No. 142, requiring an entity to consider whether a contractual renewal or extension clause can be accomplished without substantial cost or material modifications of the existing terms and conditions associated with the asset. Instead, FSP FAS 142-3 requires that an entity consider its own experience in renewing similar arrangements. An entity would consider market participant assumptions regarding renewal if no such relevant experience exists. FSP FAS 142-3 is effective for year ends beginning after December 15, 2008 with early adoption prohibited. The adoption of FAS 142-3 was not material to the Company’s financial statements or results of operations.

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. The new standard is intended to improve financial reporting about derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring enhanced disclosures to enable investors to better understand their effects on an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. It is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged. The adoption of SFAS 161 was not material to the Company’s financial statements or results of operations.

On December 4, 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling interest in Consolidated Financial Statements (SFAS No. 160). SFAS No. 160 requires all entities to report noncontrolling (minority) interests in subsidiaries as equity in the consolidated financial statements. The statement establishes a single method of accounting for changes in a parent's ownership interest in a subsidiary that do not result in deconsolidation and expands disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. SFAS No. 160 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The adoption of SFAS No 160 was not material to the Company’s financial statements or results of operations.

In December 2004, SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based Payment, an Amendment of SFAS No. 123, was issued and it was effective as of the beginning of the Groups 2006 fiscal year. SFAS No. 123R requires all share-based payments to qualified individuals, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized as compensation expense in the financial statements based on their grant date fair values. The adoption of SFAS No. 123R was not material to the Company's financial statements or results of operations.
 
 
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ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
 
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 168, "The FASB Accounting Standards Codification TM and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162," and approved—the FASB Accounting Standards Codification TM (Codification) as the single source of authoritative nongovernmental US GAAP. The Codification does not change current US GAAP, but is intended to simplify user access to all authoritative US GAAP by providing all the authoritative literature related to a particular topic in one place. All existing accounting standard documents will be superseded and all other accounting literature not included in the Codification will be considered non-authoritative. For the Company, the Codification is effective July 1, 2009 and will require future references to authoritative US GAAP to coincide with the appropriate section of the Codification. Accordingly, this standard will not have an impact on the Company's consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 167, "Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R)," which revised the consolidation guidance for variable-interest entities. The modifications include the elimination of the exemption for qualifying special purpose entities, a new approach for determining who should consolidate a variable-interest entity, and changes to when it is necessary to reassess who should consolidate a variable-interest entity. For the Company, this standard is effective January 1, 2010. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard, but would not expect it to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 166, "Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets-an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140," amending the guidance on transfers of financial assets to, among other things, eliminate the qualifying special purpose entity concept, include a new unit of account definition that must be met for transfers of portions of financial assets to be eligible for sale accounting, clarify and change the criteria for derecognizing a transfer to be accounted for as a sale, and require significant additional disclosure. For the Company, this standard is effective for new transfers of financial assets beginning January 1, 2010. Because the Company historically does not have significant transfers of financial assets, the adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

NOTE 3 – TRADE RECEIVABLES, NET

Trade receivables consist of the following:
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Trade receivables
 
$
20,882,752
   
$
7,250,069
   
$
9,518,706
   
$
7,982,800
   
$
3,417,763
 
Trade receivables-10% hold back
   
3,881,870
     
3,240,608
     
2,803,393
     
1,436,229
     
-
 
Total
 
$
24,764,622
   
$
10,490,677
   
$
12,322,099
   
$
9,419,029
   
$
3,417,763
 

The Company has not provided a bad debt allowance based upon its historical collection experience. There were no bad debts written off for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, and the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively and no accounts receivable outstanding in excess of 90 days at June 30, 2009 and 2008 and December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006. The aging of the accounts receivable (in thousands) are as follows:
 
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
1-30 days
 
$
14,024
   
$
3,931
   
$
3,910
   
$
4,384
   
$
1,751
 
31-60 days
   
6,061
     
2,739
     
5,368
     
1,796
     
1,667
 
61-90 days
   
798
     
580
     
241
     
1,803
     
-
 
Total
 
$
20,883
   
$
7,250
   
$
9,519
   
$
7,983
   
$
3,418
 

The trade receivables above are collateral for short-term bank loans in the amount of $2,206,038 and $3,931,991 as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.

The trade receivables – 10% hold back are held back by customer that is due one year from the date of delivery. As of June 30, 2009, there are no delinquent receivables.

 
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ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 4 – INVENTORIES, NET

Inventory consists of the following:
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Products for sale
 
$
590,116
   
$
395,009
   
$
775,185
   
$
5,488,794
   
$
2,622,909
 

The Company sold its production lines in 2006 and has operated as a distributor since that time. There was no reserve for obsolete inventory for all the periods as the Company has purchased inventory based on customers’ orders.

Since 2008, the Company focuses on sales of IPTV devices and ordered products according to sales contracts. Thus, the ending balance of inventory decreased.

NOTE 5 – EMPLOYEE ADVANCES AND SHORT TERM LOANS RECEIVABLE

Employee advances consist of the following:
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Employee advances
 
$
5,392
   
$
8,625
   
$
6,307
   
$
-
   
$
-
 

Employee advances for business operating expenses and were deducted from their monthly wages.

Short-term interest-free loans receivable consist of the following:
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Short-term loans receivable
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
769,855
   
$
731,645
 

Short-term interest-free loans were borrowed by the Company’s customers who were short of working capitals with terms less than six months in order to maintain customer relations, and were payable on demand. Since the customers usually have a long-time business relationship with the Company, the Company did not charge for any interests. The Company has not experienced any problems of collections.

NOTE 6 – CONTRACTS RECEIVABLE

Contracts receivable consist of the following:
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Contracts receivable
 
$
-
   
$
108,051
   
$
-
   
$
101,499
   
$
94,946
 

The Company started to provide construction services for Henan Siqi Technology Company in 2005 under separated contracts. The contracts receivables were from several completed projects. The Company still finished all projects with Henan Siqi Technology Company and contracts receivables were collected in 2008. There was no ongoing project at the end of 2008.

 
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ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 7 –PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property and equipment consist of the following:
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Machinery and equipment
 
$
89,369
   
$
83,616
   
$
89,463
   
$
83,616
   
$
83,024
 
Electronic equipment
   
324,593
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Office equipment
   
36,662
     
30,197
     
32,447
     
48,775
     
41,846
 
Automobiles
   
101,719
     
105,693
     
101,827
     
95,173
     
97,034
 
Accumulated depreciation
   
(199,073
)
   
(182,598
)
   
(189,589
)
   
(165,043
)
   
(140,856
)
Property and equipment, net
 
$
353,270
   
$
36,908
   
$
34,148
   
$
62,521
   
$
81,048
 

The depreciation expenses were $20,884, $43,546, $42,047, $9,687 and $17,700 for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006, and the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  The electronic equipment has not yet been placed in service, and therefore the Company has not started depreciating the asset. The electronic equipment will be placed in service on July 2009.

NOTE 8 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET

Intangible assets consist of the following:
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Software
 
$
644,732
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
Accumulated amortization
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total
 
$
644,732
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 

The amortization expenses are $0, $0, $0 and $0 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, and respectively. The software has not yet been placed in service, and therefore the Company has not started amortizing the asset. The software will be placed in service on July 2009.

NOTE 9 – SHORT-TERM DEMAND LOANS PAYABLE

Since 2005, the Company had several outstanding short-term demand corporation loans which were used primarily for general working capital purposes. These short-term unsecured loans were borrowed from long-term relationship customers bearing no interest. The imputed interests are assessed as an expense to the business operation and addition to the paid-in capital. The calculation is performed monthly by annual rate in the rage from 5.58 to7.30% with the reference to the one-year loan rate from The People’s Bank of China. As of June 30, 2008, all the loans have been paid off
.
The Company secured one-year bank loans from Bank of Communication and Austria Central Cooperation Bank. These loans carried at an annual interest rate of 6.7275% for loans from Bank of Communication and 6.6975% for loans from Austria Central Cooperation Bank Beijing Branch. Both loans are secured by accounts receivable of the Company.

The outstanding loans are as follows:
 
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
Bank Loan:
 
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Bank of Communication
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
384,750
 
Austria Central Cooperation Bank
   
2,206,038
     
2,143,670
     
3,931,991
     
6,343,233
     
-
 
   
$
2,206,038
   
$
2,143,670
   
$
3,931,991
   
$
6,343,233
   
$
384,750
 

Interest expense incurred for the above short-term bank loans were $338,742, $196,323, $11,616, $84,894 and $113,964 for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 and the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

 
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ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 9 – SHORT-TERM DEMAND LOANS PAYABLE (continued)

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
Corporation Loan:
 
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Henan Siqi Technology Company
 
$
-
   
$
43,784
   
$
-
   
$
41,129
   
$
179,545
 
ZZ Huashitong Company
   
-
     
339,370
     
-
     
1,209,923
     
-
 
Yancity Television Department
   
-
     
12,553
     
-
     
11,792
     
11,030
 
Shanghai Post-communication Equipment
   
-
     
131,352
     
-
     
123,387
     
115,422
 
Xinhao Electronic Company
   
-
     
153,800
     
-
     
144,473
     
-
 
Tonghua Tianma Company
   
-
     
57,499
     
-
     
54,012
     
-
 
ZZ Boqing Technology Company
   
-
     
-
     
-
             
89,772
 
Others
   
-
     
5,984
     
-
     
5,487
     
34,102
 
   
$
-
   
$
744,342
   
$
-
   
$
1,590,203
   
$
429,871
 

The imputed interests were $36,573, $70,079, $19,905, $0 and $26,487 for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 and the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

NOTE 10 – COSTS AND BILLINGS ON UNCOMPLETED CONTRACTS

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Billings on uncompleted contracts
 
$
-
   
$
151,844
   
$
-
   
$
105,565
   
$
34,626
 
Costs incurred on uncompleted contracts
   
-
     
(128,190
)
   
-
     
(86,930
)
   
(32,683
)
Billings in excess of costs on uncompleted contracts
 
$
-
   
$
23,654
   
$
-
   
$
18,635
   
$
1,943
 

The Company finished two construction projects with Henan Siqi Technology Company in 2008.

NOTE 11 – STATUTORY RESERVES

As stipulated by the relevant laws and regulations for enterprises operating in PRC, the subsidiaries of the Company are required to make annual appropriations to a statutory surplus reserve fund. Specifically, the subsidiaries of the Company are required to allocate 10% their profits after taxes, as determined in accordance with the PRC accounting standards applicable to the subsidiaries of the Company, to a statutory surplus reserve until such reserve reaches 50% of the registered capital of the subsidiaries of the Company.

 
F-20

 

ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 12 – RELATED PARTIES TRANSACTIONS

Due to related parties

For the year then ended December 31, 2008, the Company had an outstanding payable to Mr. Zhong, Ms. Sen, Mr. Huang, Ms. Wu, and Ms. Li totaling $2,102,178, $13,759, $21,152, $211,814 and $10,825, respectively. These amounts are non-secured, non-interest bearing, and are considered to be short-term within 5 months starting from October 6, 2008 to March 5, 2009. The notes were converted into approximately 2,929,097 shares of common stock during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 in accordance with the Purchase Rights at $0.6907 per share. The shares are reflected as issued and outstanding on the statement of stockholders’ equity since inception.

Due to related parties consist of the following:
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Sen, Hui (shareholder)
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
13,759
   
$
-
   
$
7,054
 
Zhong, Bo (CEO)
   
-
     
-
     
2,102,178
     
-
     
12,183
 
Huang, Jenkang (Vice President)
   
-
     
-
     
21,152
     
-
     
-
 
Wu, Dexio (Warehousing, Ceo's Spouse)
   
-
     
-
     
211,814
     
-
     
-
 
Li, Yuting (Executive Secretary to CEO)
   
-
     
-
     
10,825
     
-
     
-
 
Total
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
2,359,728
   
$
-
   
$
19,237
 

The imputed interests were $34,496, $0, $0, $31,413 and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006 and the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Due to affiliated companies
 
For the year then ended December 31, 2007, the Company had an outstanding payable of $23,405 to Henan Jingbuo Electronics Co., Ltd (“Jingbuo”), Mr. Zhong; Bo holds 98.84% of the ownership. The demand loans were used primarily for general working capital purposes with non-interest bearing and no fixed repayment date.
 
Due to affiliated companies consist of the following:
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Henan Jingbuo Electronics Co., Ltd. (Mr. Zhong, Bo owns 98.84%)
 
$
-
   
$
19,837
   
$
-
   
$
23,405
   
$
-
 

Due from related parties
 
For the year then ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Company had an outstanding receivable from Shenyang Real Estate (ZZ) Co., Ltd; Mr. Zhong Bo holds 60% of the ownership. Due to its shortage of working capital, Shenyang Real Estate borrowed loans from the Company with non-interest bearing and no fixed repayment date.

For the year then ended December 31, 2006, the Company had an outstanding receivable from Shenyang Cables (ZZ) Co., Ltd, Mr. Zhong Lin holds 91.4% of the ownership. The demand loans were used primarily for general working capital purposes with non-interest bearing and no fixed repayment date.

For the year then ended December 31, 2007, the Company had an outstanding receivable from Henan Jingbuo Electronics Co., Ltd, Mr. Zhong Bo holds 98.84% of the ownership. The demand loans were used primarily for general working capital purposes with non-interest bearing and no fixed repayment date.

 
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ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 12 – RELATED PARTIES TRANSACTIONS (continued)

Due from affiliated companies consists of the following:
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Shenyang Real Estate (ZZ) Co., Ltd.
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
68,648
   
$
384,750
 
Henan Jingbuo Electronics Co., Ltd.
   
-
     
7,297
     
-
     
-
     
473,929
 
Shenyang Cables (ZZ) Co., Ltd.
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
265,478
 
Total
 
$
-
   
$
7,297
   
$
-
   
$
68,548
   
$
1,124,157
 

Exchange of related parties debt for common stock

Pursuant to relevant laws and regulations of China and the ownership transfer agreement with the original owners of ZST PRC, the Company, through its Everfair subsidiary, agreed to pay approximately $1.7 million (RMB 12,000,000) to acquire the assets of ZST PRC. As part of the Purchase Rights Agreement the original owners agreed to use these proceeds to complete the exercise of the Purchase Rights to purchase the Company’s shares and obtain control of the Company. The payables were converted into approximately 2,161,218 shares of common stock during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 in accordance with the Purchase Rights at $0.6907 per share. The shares are reflected as issued and outstanding on the statement of stockholders’ equity since inception.

NOTE 13 – ADVANCES

In accordance with the purchase contracts, the Company is required to make an advance to its suppliers to purchase the IPTV materials and add on process work. The advance is applied to the total invoice balance upon satisfaction of the delivered goods.

NOTE 14 – INCOME TAXES

The Company is registered in PRC and has no tax advantages granted by local government for corporate income taxes and sales taxes because it is a domestic corporation.

Beginning January 1, 2008, the new Enterprise Income Tax (“EIT”) law has replaced the old laws for Domestic Enterprises (“DES”) and Foreign Invested Enterprises (“FIEs”). The new standard EIT rate of 25% replaces the 33% rate applicable to both DES and FIEs, except for High Tech companies that pay a reduced rate of 15%, subject to government verification for Hi-Tech company status in every three years. For companies established before March 16, 2007 continue to enjoy tax holiday treatment approved by local government for a grace period of either for the next 5 years or until the tax holiday term is completed, whichever is sooner.

The provision for taxes on earnings consisted of:
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
PRC Corporate Income Tax
 
$
1,487,315
   
$
986,440
   
$
2,132,565
   
$
1,515,478
   
$
314,577
 

A reconciliation between the income tax computed at the PRC statutory rate and the Company’s provision for income taxes is as follows:
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
PRC corporate income tax rate
   
25
%
   
25
%
   
25
%
   
33
%
   
33
%

The PRC tax authority conducts periodic and ad hoc tax filing reviews on business enterprises operating in the PRC after those enterprises have completed their relevant tax filings, hence the Company’s tax filings may not be finalized.  It is therefore uncertain as to whether the PRC tax authority may take different views about the Company’s tax filings which may lead to additional tax liabilities.

 
F-22

 
 
ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 15 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Office lease commitments

The Company has entered into two office lease agreements.  The Company’s commitments for minimum lease payments under these leases for the next five years and thereafter are as follows as follows:

Year Ending December 31,
     
2010
 
$
8,251
 
2011
   
-
 
Thereafter
   
-
 
   
$
8,251
 

Rent expense for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 and the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 were $5,496 , $ 3,716, $7,380, $1,646 and $20,847, respectively.

Lack of insurance

The Company could be exposed to liabilities or other claims for which the Company would have no insurance protection. The Company does not currently maintain any business interruption insurance, products liability insurance, or any other comprehensive insurance policy except for property insurance policies with limited coverage. For example, because the Company does not carry products liability insurance, a failure of any of the products marketed by the Company may subject it to the risk of product liability claims and litigation arising from injuries allegedly caused by the improper functioning or design of its products. The Company cannot assure that it will have enough funds to defend or pay for liabilities arising out of a products liability claim. To the extent the Company incurs any product liability or other litigation losses, its expenses could materially increase substantially. There can be no assurance that the Company will have sufficient funds to pay for such expenses, which could end its operations.  There can be no guarantee that the Company will be able to obtain additional insurance coverage in the future, and even if it can obtain additional coverage, the Company may not carry sufficient insurance coverage to satisfy potential claims. All investors of the Company could lose their entire investment should uninsured losses occur.

 
F-23

 

ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 16 – SEGMENT INFORMATION

SFAS No. 131, “Disclosures About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information”, requires certain financial and supplementary information to be disclosed on an annual and interim basis for each reportable segment of an enterprise. The Company believes that it operates in one business segment (research, development, production, marketing and sales of electronic products) and in one geographical segment (China), as all of the Company’s current operations are carried out in China.

The Company’s revenues, costs and gross profits were broken into the following categories:

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
Product Sales:
 
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Sales revenues
 
$
41,439,540
   
$
25,175,207
   
$
54,200,946
   
$
28,717,251
   
$
5,547,875
 
Cost of sales
   
34,950,607
     
20,963,739
     
45,169,613
     
23,221,360
     
4,462,387
 
Gross Profit
 
$
6,488,933
   
$
4,211,468
   
$
9,031,333
   
$
5,495,891
   
$
1,085,488
 
Gross Margin
   
15.66
%
   
16.73
%
   
16.66
%
   
19.14
%
   
19.57
%

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
Technical Support Revenues:
 
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Sales revenues
 
$
-
   
$
603,096
   
$
612,918
   
$
-
   
$
5,503
 
Service cost
   
-
     
33,170
     
33,710
     
-
         
Gross Profit
 
$
-
   
$
569,926
   
$
579,208
   
$
-
   
$
5,503
 
Gross Margin
   
-
     
94.50
%
   
94.50
%
   
-
     
100.00
%

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
Construction Revenues:
 
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Construction revenues
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
616,955
   
$
-
   
$
96,868
 
Construction costs
   
-
     
-
     
390,920
     
-
     
15,284
 
Gross Profit
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
226,035
   
$
-
   
$
81,584
 
Gross Margin
   
-
     
-
     
36.64
%
   
-
     
84.22
%

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Total revenues
 
$
41,439,540
   
$
25,778,303
   
$
55,430,819
   
$
28,717,251
   
$
5,650,246
 
Total cost of sales
   
34,950,607
     
20,996,909
     
45,594,243
     
23,221,360
     
4,477,671
 
Gross Profit
 
$
6,488,933
   
$
4,781,394
   
$
9,836,576
   
$
5,495,891
   
$
1,172,575
 
Gross Margin
   
15.66
%
   
18.55
%
   
17.75
%
   
19.14
%
   
20.75
%

 
F-24

 

ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 17 – OPERATING RISK

Concentration of credit risk

The Company maintains cash balances at various financial institutions in the PRC that do not provide insurance for amounts on deposit. The Company operates principally in the PRC and grants credit to its customers. Although the PRC is economically stable, it is always possible that unanticipated events both domestically and in foreign countries could disrupt the operations of the Company or its customers.

Country risk
 
The Company has significant investments in the PRC. The operating results of the Company may be adversely affected by changes in the political and social conditions in the PRC and by changes in Chinese government policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion, international remittances and rates and methods of taxation, among other things. The Company can give no assurance that those changes in political and other conditions will not result in have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s business and financial condition.

NOTE 18 – COMMON STOCK

On January 9, 2009, ZST Digital closed a share exchange transaction (the “Share Exchange”) pursuant to which ZST Digital (i) issued 806,408 shares of its common stock to acquire 100% equity ownership of World Orient Universal Limited (“World Orient”), which is the 100% parent of Global Asia Universal Limited (“Global Asia”), which is the 100% parent of Everfair Technologies Limited (“Everfair”), which is a 100% parent of Zhengzhou Shenyang Technology Company Limited (“ZST PRC”), (ii) assumed the operations of World Orient and its subsidiaries, and (iii) changed ZST Digital’s name from SRKP 18, Inc. to its current name.

Immediately after the closing of the Share Exchange but prior to the Private Placement, ZST Digital had outstanding 2,000,788, shares of common stock, no shares of preferred stock, no options, and warrants to purchase 170,629 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.0002462 per share. Pursuant to the terms of the Share Exchange, ZST Digital agreed to register a total of 1,194,380 shares of common stock and 170,629 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding warrants held by stockholders of ZST Digital immediately prior to the Share Exchange. Of the shares, 243,774 shares of common stock and 34,826 shares of common stock underlying the warrants would be covered by the registration statement filed in connection with the Private Placement and 950,606 shares of common stock and 135,803 shares of common stock underlying the warrants will be included in a subsequent registration statement filed by us within 10 days after the end of the 6-month period that immediately follows the date on which ZST Digital files the registration statement to register the shares issued in the Private Placement. Also in connection with the Share Exchange, ZST Digital paid $350,000 to WestPark Capital, Inc., the placement agent for the Private Placement (“WestPark”), and $125,000 to a third party unaffiliated with ZST Digital, SRKP 18 or WestPark. Immediately after the closing of the Share Exchange, on January 9, 2009, the Company changed its corporate name from “SRKP 18, Inc.” to “ZST Digital Networks, Inc.”

On January 14, 2009, Zhong Bo, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Wu Dexiu, Huang Jiankang, Sun Hui and Li Yuting (the “ZST Management”), each entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which the Company issued and the ZST Management agreed to purchase an aggregate of 5,090,315 shares of our common stock at a per share purchase price of $0.6907 (the “Purchase Right”). The purchase price for the shares was paid in full on May 25, 2009. Each of the stockholders and warrantholders of the Company prior to the Share Exchange agreed to cancel 0.3317 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 0.5328 shares of common stock held by each of them for each one (1) share of common stock purchased by the ZST Management pursuant to the Purchase Right (the “Share and Warrant Cancellation”). Pursuant to the Share and Warrant Cancellation, an aggregate of 1,688,532 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 2,712,283 shares of common stock held by certain of our stockholders and warrantholders prior to the Share Exchange were cancelled.

 
F-25

 

ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 19 – SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

The Company is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock.

On January 5, 2009, the Company filed a Certificate of Designations, Preferences and Rights (the “Certificate”) whereby it designated 3,750,000 shares of its preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share, as Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, (the “Preferred Stock”).  Each share of Preferred Stock has a stated value of $3.94.  Each share of Preferred Stock is convertible, at the option of the holder at any time and from time to time after the original issue date of the Preferred Stock, into one share of Common Stock, at a conversion price equal to the per share purchase price, subject to adjustment as more fully described in the Certificate.  Each share of Preferred Stock has the right to one vote per share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock.
 
In 2009, the Company conducted five closings of a private placement transaction (the “Private Placement”). As of June 30, 2009, pursuant to subscription agreements entered into with the investors, the Company sold an aggregate of 1,263,723 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for gross proceeds of $4,976,953 at approximately $3.94 per share. Each share of Preferred Stock shall be convertible at the option of the holder thereof, at any time and from time to time from and after the Original Issue Date into that number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing the Stated Value of $3.94 of such share of Preferred Stock by the Conversion Price of $3.94.
 
On January 9, 2009, the Company conducted an initial closing of the Private Placement. Pursuant to subscription agreements entered into with investors, the Company sold an aggregate of 445,874 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for gross proceeds in the amount of $1,750,902 at approximately $3.94 per share. In connection with the initial closing of the Private Placement, the Company issued a promissory note in the principal amount of $170,000, bearing no interest, to WestPark Capital Financial Services, LLC, the parent company of WestPark, the placement agent for the Private Placement (the “Note”).

On January 23, 2009, the Company conducted a second closing of the Private Placement. Pursuant to subscription agreements entered into with investors, the Company sold an aggregate of 132,264 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for gross proceeds in the amount of $525,000 at approximately $3.94 per share, of which $170,000 was used to repay the Note in full.

On February 13, 2009, the Company conducted a third closing of the Private Placement. Pursuant to subscription agreements entered into with investors, the Company sold an aggregate of 332,917 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for gross proceeds in the amount of $1,310,000 at approximately $3.94 per share.
 
On April 15, 2009, the Company conducted a fourth closing of the Private Placement. Pursuant to subscription agreements entered into with investors, the Company sold an aggregate of 203,924 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for gross proceeds in the amount of $804,000 at approximately $3.94 per share.

On May 5, 2009, the Company conducted a fifth closing of the Private Placement. Pursuant to subscription agreements entered into with investors, the Company sold an aggregate of 148,744 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for gross proceeds in the amount of $587,051 at approximately $3.94 per share.

In accordance with Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) 98-5 and EITF 00-27, the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock does not have an embedded beneficial conversion feature (BCF) because the effective conversion price of such shares equals the fair value of the Company’s common stock. The Company determined that the fair value of the common stock at $3.94 per share based on the fact that (1) the common stock is not readily tradable in an open market at the time of issuance, and (2) the Company has recently sold the convertible preferred stock that is convertible into common stock at 1:1 ratio for $3.94 per share in a private placement, therefore the market price of the common stock is $3.94 per share. However, if in the future the Company has a dilutive issuance of securities, as defined in the Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation, the Company must recognize a beneficial conversion if and when a reset of the conversion price occurs.

 
F-26

 

ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 19 – SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK (continued)

Value Allocated to Preferred Stocks:
     
Proceeds from issuance
 
$
4,976,953
 
Less value allocated to warrants
   
-
 
Value allocated to preferred stocks
 
$
4,976,953
 
         
Market Value of Shares Issuable Upon Conversion:
       
Shares issuable upon conversion of the preferred stocks
   
1,263,723
 
Market value of stock on preferred stock issuance date
 
$
3.94
 
Market value of shares issuable upon conversion
 
$
4,976,953
 
         
Beneficial Conversion Feature:
       
Market value of shares issuable upon conversion
 
$
4,976,953
 
Less value allocated to preferred stocks
   
4,976,953
 
Value of beneficial conversion feature
 
$
-
 

The Company evaluated whether or not the Series A convertible preferred stock contained any embedded conversion features that meet the definition of derivatives under SFAS 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” and related interpretations.  Paragraph 12 of SFAS 133 states that an embedded derivative instrument shall be separated from the host contract and accounted for as a derivative instrument pursuant to the statement if and only if all the following criteria are met:
 
a.
The economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristic and the risks to the host contact. (Additional guidance on applying this criterion to various contracts containing embedded derivative instrument s is included in Appendix A of this statement.)
 
b.
The contract that embodies both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract are not measured at fair value under otherwise applicable generally accepted accounting principles with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur.
 
c.
A separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would, pursuant to paragraph 6-11, be a derivative instrument subject to the requirements of this statement. However, this criterion is not met if the separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would be classified as a liability (or an asset in some circumstance) under the provisions of Statement 150 but would be classified in stockholders’ equity absent the provisions in Statement 150.
 
The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock has a fixed conversion provision of 1 preferred share for 1 common share and is convertible at the option of the holder and automatically based upon certain events happening. Based upon the above requirement of paragraph 12 of SFAS 133, it is clear that any potential embedded derivatives in the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock are clearly and closely related and do not require bifurcation from the host.

The Company evaluated whether or not the convertible preferred stock should be classified as a liability or equity under SFAS 150, “Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity” and Topic D-98 “Classification and Measurement of Redeemable Securities”. The Company concluded that under EITF Topic D-98, preferred securities that are redeemable for cash or other assets are to be classified outside of permanent equity if they are redeemable (i) at a fixed or determinable price on a fixed or determinable date, (ii) at the option of the holder, or (iii) upon the occurrence of an event that is not solely within the control of the issuer. Accordingly, the Company classified the Series A Preferred Stock as permanent equity since there was no deemed liquidation events that require one or more class or type of equity security to be redeemed.

 
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ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 20 – EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the period.

Diluted net income per share is computed by using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding and, when dilutive, potential shares from options and warrants to purchase common stock, using the treasury stock method.

The following table illustrates the computation of basic and dilutive net income per share and provides a reconciliation of the number of weighted-average basic and diluted shares outstanding:

   
June 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
Net income
 
$
3,808,289
   
$
3,125,305
   
$
6,108,471
   
$
2,867,429
   
$
638,688
 
Denominator:
                                       
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding
   
7,038,313
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
 
Effect of convertible preferred stock
   
936,535
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Effect of dilutive warrants
   
170,629
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding
   
8,145,477
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
     
5,896,723
 
Net income per share:
                                       
Basic
 
$
0.54
   
$
0.53
   
$
1.04
   
$
0.49
   
$
0.11
 
Diluted
 
$
0.47
   
$
0.53
   
$
1.04
   
$
0.49
   
$
0.11
 

NOTE 21 – COMMON STOCK WARRANTS

In January 2007, the Company sold to its original stockholders warrants to purchase 2,882,912 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.0002462. On January 14, 2009, these stockholders canceled an aggregate of 2,712,283 warrants such that the stockholders held an aggregate of 170,629 warrants immediately after the Share Exchange. The warrant has a 5 year term and is not exercisable until at least one year from the date of Share Exchange.

The summary of the status of the Company’s outstanding warrant activity for the six months ended June 30, 2009 is as follows:

Warrants
 
Average
Exercise Price
 
170,629
 
$
0.0002462
 

NOTE 22 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
On September 1, 2009, our board of directors approved a 1-for-2.461538462 reverse stock split of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”), which was effected on October 6, 2009.  The par value and number of authorized shares of the common stock and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock remained unchanged. All references to number of shares and per share amounts included in these consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes have been adjusted to reflect the Reverse Stock Split retroactively.

 
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ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 23 - CONDENSED PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Basis of Presentation

The condensed parent company financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Rule 12-04, Schedule I of Regulation S-X, as the restricted net assets of the subsidiaries of ZST Digital Networks, Inc. exceed 25% of the consolidated net assets of ZST Digital Networks, Inc. The ability of our Chinese operating subsidiaries to pay dividends may be restricted due to the foreign exchange control policies and availability of cash balances of the Chinese operating subsidiaries. Because substantially all of our operations are conducted in China and a substantial majority of our revenues are generated in China, a majority of our revenue being earned and currency received are denominated in Renminbi (RMB). RMB is subject to the exchange control regulation in China, and, as a result, we may be unable to distribute any dividends outside of China due to PRC exchange control regulations that restrict our ability to convert RMB into US Dollars.

The condensed parent company financial statements have been prepared using the same accounting principles and policies described in the notes to the consolidated financial statements, with the only exception being that the parent company accounts for its subsidiaries using the equity method. Refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes presented above for additional information and disclosures with respect to these financial statements.

 
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ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 23 - CONDENSED PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (continued)
 
ZST Digital Networks, Inc.
(Formerly SRKP 18, Inc.)

Condensed Parent Company Balance Sheets
(Dollars In Thousands)

   
   
June 30,
   
June 30,
   
December
31,
   
December
31,
 
   
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Unaudited)
             
   
                         
ASSETS
                         
Investment in subsidiaries, at equity in net assets  
   
$
18,987
   
$
5,923
   
$
8,983
   
$
2,636
 
Total Assets  
     
18,987
     
5,923
     
8,983
     
2,636
 
   
                                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES  
                                 
Accrued liabilities and other payable  
     
52
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total Current Liabilities  
     
52
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
   
                                 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
   
                                 
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY  
                                 
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 6,250,000 shares undesignated, 0  and 0 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2009 and, 2008, and December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.  
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Preferred stock Series A Convertible, $0.0001 par value, 3,750,000 shares authorized, 1,263,723 and 0 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2009 and June 38, 2008, and 0 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2008, and 2007, respectively. Liquidation preference and redemption value of $4,976,953 June 30, 2009.  
     
1
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 7,091,103 and 5,896,723 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2009 and 2008, and 5,896,723 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2008, and 2007, respectively.  
     
1
     
1
     
1
     
1
 
Additional paid-in capital
     
8,270
     
1,443
     
1,488
     
1,417
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income  
     
(48
)
   
560
     
591
     
424
 
Statutory surplus reserve fund  
     
1,492
     
575
     
1,492
     
575
 
Retained earnings (unrestricted)  
     
9,219
     
3,344
     
5,411
     
219
 
Total Stockholders' Equity  
     
18,935
     
5,923
     
8,983
     
2,636
 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity  
   
$
18,987
   
$
5,923
   
$
8,983
   
$
2,636
 
 
 
F-30

 
 
ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 23 - CONDENSED PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (continued)
 
ZST Digital Networks, Inc.
(Formerly SRKP 18, Inc.)

Condensed Parent Company Statements of Operations
(Dollars In Thousands)

                     
For the period from
 
                     
January 3, 2007
 
   
For The Six Months Ended
   
For the Year Ended
   
(Inception) to
 
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Unaudited)
             
                         
Revenue
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
                                 
Merger cost
   
555
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Other general and administrative
   
101
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total Expenses
   
656
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
                                 
Equity in undistributed income of subsidiaries
   
4,464
     
3,125
     
6,108
     
2,867
 
Income before income taxes
   
3,808
     
3,125
     
6,108
     
2,867
 
                                 
Provision for income tax
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
                                 
Net income
 
$
3,808
   
$
3,125
   
$
6,108
   
$
2,867
 
 
 
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ZST DIGITAL NETWORKS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(Amounts and disclosures for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 are unaudited)

NOTE 23 - CONDENSED PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (continued)
 
ZST Digital Networks, Inc.
(Formerly SRKP 18, Inc.)

Condensed Parent Company Statements of Cash Flows
(Dollars In Thousands)

                     
For the period from
 
               
For the
   
January 3, 2007
 
   
For The Six Months Ended
   
Year Ended
   
(Inception) to
 
   
June 30,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2008
   
2007
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
(Unaudited)
             
                         
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
                       
Net income
 
$
3,808
   
$
3,125
   
$
6,108
   
$
2,867
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:
                               
Increase in accrued liabilities and other payable
   
51
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Equity in undistributed income of subsidiaries
   
(4,464
)
   
(3,125
)
   
(6,108
)
   
(2,867
)
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Operating Activities
   
(605
)
   
-
     
-
     
-
 
                                 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
                               
Capital contribution to subsidiaries
   
(2,929
)
   
-
     
-
         
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Investing Activities
   
(2,929
)
   
-
     
-
     
-
 
                                 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
                               
Sale of preferred stocks
   
3,534
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Net Cash Provided (Used) by Investing Activities
   
3,534
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
                                 
Net Increase in Cash and Cash Equivalents
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, beginning of period
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents, end of period
 
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
                                 
Supplemental disclosure information:
                               
                                 
Non-cash Investing and Financing activities:
                               
Shares issued for related parties' debt
 
$
2,360
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 

 
F-32

 
 

 
 

 
 
3,125,000 Shares of Common Stock
 
ZST Digital Networks, Inc.
 
PROSPECTUS
 
Rodman & Renshaw, LLC    WestPark Capital, Inc.
October 20, 2009