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Liquidity
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Liquidity [Abstract]  
LIQUIDITY

Note 2 – LIQUIDITY

 

Our accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("US GAAP") on a going concern basis. The going concern basis assumes that assets are realized and liabilities are extinguished in the ordinary course of business at amounts disclosed in the financial statements. Our ability to continue as a going concern depends upon aligning our sources of funding (debt and equity) with our expenditure requirements and repayment of the short-term debts as and when they become due.

 

The drug retail business is a highly competitive industry in the PRC. Several large drugstore chains and a variety of single stores operate in Hangzhou City and Zhejiang Province. In order to increase our competitive advantages and gain more local retail pharmacy market share, during fiscal year 2018, we opened fifty-seven new stores in Hangzhou. As a result, we incurred significant incremental expense related to rental, labor hiring and training, and marketing activities. As the retail pharmaceutical market becomes more competitive in recent years, a new store usually cannot make profit in its operation until a year later. In fact, we incurred significant expense with limited incremental revenue in the period we opened new stores. At their openings, except for four stores, almost all of the new stores were without government insurance reimbursement certificates. In fact, it usually takes more than one year for a new store to apply for and obtain the local government insurance reimbursement certificate. As of December 31, 2019, we have obtained thirty-five reimbursement certificates for stores opened in fiscal 2018 and later. Historically, sales reimbursed from the government insurance agency contributed more than half of total revenue in a mature store. We are in the process of actively applying certificates for all of our new stores. In the future, as more and more stores obtain certificates, we expect our new store revenue to increase and eventually contribute positive operating cash flow.

 

The Company's principal sources of liquidity consist of existing cash, equity financing, bank facilities from local banks as well as personal loans from its principal shareholders if necessary. On April 15, 2019, the Company closed a registered direct offering of 4,000,008 shares of common stock at $2.50 per share with gross proceeds of $10,000,020 from its effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement dated April 11, 2019 (the "2019 Securities Purchase Agreement"), by and among the Company and the investors named therein. The Company has a credit line agreement from a local bank as displayed in detail in Note 14. As of December 31, 2019, approximately $3.05 million of the aforementioned bank credit line was still available for further borrowing. Additionally, Jiuzhou Pharmacy obtained a credit line of approximately $7,175,000 (RMB50,000,000) from Haihui Commercial Factoring (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. ("Haihui Commercial") for three years beginning July 26, 2019. Any borrowing thereunder is guaranteed by a third-party guarantor company, and secured by the Company's assets pursuant to a collateral agreement, as well as personal guarantees of some of its principal shareholders.

 

The Company has also obtained additional government insurance reimbursement certificates for its stores opened in the last two years. As the sales reimbursed from the government account for more than half of sales in a mature store, the certificates may significantly increase the sales of these stores in the next 12 months. Additionally, with the proceeds from the registered direct financing closed on April 15, 2019 and increased credit line, the Company believes it can support its operations for at least the next 12 months. However, in the event the banks withdraw their credit lines with us, or our existing store performance suddenly deteriorates due to unexpected government policy change, possible deterioration of the new coronavirus outbreak in China, including Hangzhou, where the Company is headquartered, or our operating license is canceled as a result of violation of industry regulation, the Company may or may not obtain alternative financing resources to support its continuing operation. At that time, the Company may not be able to continue to present itself on a going concern basis.