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ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS - Note 1
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Notes to Financial Statements  
ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS - Note 1

NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Acquisition

Zoom Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated in the state of Delaware on February 29, 2002. Until September 22, 2009, the Company was engaged in the design, production, marketing, sales, and support of broadband and dial-up modems, Voice over Internet Protocol or "VoIP" products and services, Bluetooth® wireless products, and other communication-related products.

On September 22, 2009, the Company consummated a share exchange transaction and acquired all the outstanding shares of Gold Lion Holding Limited ("Gold Lion"), a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands ("BVI"), and its subsidiaries Jiangsu Leimone Electronics Co. Ltd ("Jiangsu Leimone"), Tianjin Tong Guang Group Digital Communication Co., Ltd ("TCB Digital") both incorporated in the (People's Republic of China, ("PRC"), and Profit Harvest Corporation Limited ("Profit Harvest") incorporated in Hong Kong. In connection with the share exchange transaction, the Company spun off its then-existing business to its stockholders, by distributing and transferring all assets and liabilities to its then subsidiary, Zoom Telephonics, Inc., and issuing shares of its then operating subsidiary as a dividend to its stockholders. The subsidiaries of Gold Lion were engaged in the manufacture design, sale and manufacture of mobile devices and handsets in China.

On June 1, 2010, Zoom pursuant to a share exchange agreement dated April 29, 2010, acquired 100% of the shares of Silver Tech Enterprises Ltd, incorporated in the BVI and its wholly owned subsidiaries Ever Elite Corporation Limited, incorporated in Hong Kong, and Nollec Wireless Company Ltd., ("Nollec"), incorporated in the PRC. Nollec is engaged in mobile phone and wireless communication device design.

On January 4, 2011, pursuant to a share exchange agreement, the Company via Profit Harvest acquired 100% ownership of Celestial Digital Entertainment, Ltd., ("CDE") a mobile platform video game development company based in Hong Kong.

On October 11, 2011, the Company and Zoom USA Holdings, Inc., a newly formed wholly- owned subsidiary of the Company ("Zoom Sub") entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement ("Securities Purchase Agreement") to purchase from The Cellular Network Communications Group, Inc. ("CNCG") a 50% interest in Portables Unlimited LLC ("Portables"), one of the largest wholesale distributors and direct retailers of T-Mobile products in the United States. Subsequent to the purchase of the 50% stake in ownership from CNCG, the Company increased its stake in Portables to 50.1% by injecting additional capital.

As of July 15, 2013, the Company was in default of the promissory note for $2,000,000 owed to Portables Unlimited, Inc. The promissory note was collateralized by the Company's ownership percentage in Portables. As of the date of this report, the Company was not able to recover its investment. As a result, Zoom ceased to have a an equity interest in Portables and did not retain an investment in it on the date of default, July 15, 2013, accordingly, the Company recognized a loss which includes a complete write off of its investment in Portables. The Company recorded a loss on disposal of approximately $11.5 million related to its write of Portables.

Dispositions

On December 31, 2012, Zoom Technologies, Inc. ("Zoom" or the "Company") entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the "SPA") with Beijing Zhumu Culture Communication Company, Ltd. ("BZCC"), a PRC company that provides services to the telecommunication industry. Pursuant to the SPA, the Company agreed to sell (the "Subsidiary Sale") to the Purchaser all the equity interests the Company holds in its China based subsidiaries (except for SpreadZoom Technologies Co., Ltd. ("SpreadZoom") as mentioned below), which include 100% of the outstanding equity interest of Ever Elite Corporation Limited, an intermediary holding company incorporated in Hong Kong, and its wholly owned subsidiary, Nollec, 80% of the outstanding equity interest of TCB Digital, 100% of the outstanding equity interest of Profit Harvest Corporation, Ltd. ("Profit Harvest"), and 100% of the outstanding equity interest of Celestial Digital Entertainment, Ltd. ("CDE"). As consideration for the Subsidiary Sale, the Purchaser agreed to pay to the Company RMB 200 million (approximately US$31.7 million) (the "Purchase Price"), subject to adjustment pending an appraisal by an independent third party appraiser. The Company on October 24, 2012 received approximately $12.6 million (RMB 80 million) less bank charges; the Company on November 5, 2012, received $19.1 million (RMB 120 million) less transaction fees and bank charges. As of the date of this report, the Purchaser has remitted the entire amount of RMB 200 million to the Company, of which RMB120 million was initially held in escrow pending the closing of the Subsidiary Sale. Of this amount, a portion of the funds, approximately RMB 80 million, has been released to the Company to use; accordingly, in the normal course of business, the Company deployed those funds to SpreadZoom and Tianjian Leimone as detailed in "Note 11 - Related Party Transactions". The RMB 80 million released from escrow was a negotiated amount between the Company and the Purchaser. On December 30, 2013, BZCC assigned its purchase right to TCB Digital to Tianjin Huatianli Trading Co., Ltd. ("Huatianli"). On December 30, 2013, the Company consented to the assignment between BZCC and Huatianli and agreed to amend the SPA to reflect the change. In connection with the assignment, RMB120 million, representing the balance of the Purchase Price that was being held in escrow pending the closing of all of the sales under the SPA, was agreed upon to be released within 10 business days to a Company-designated bank account. Of that amount, approximately RMB 68 million was available for the Company's immediate use, and approximately RMB52 million, representing the purchase price for TCB Digital, was be monitored by Huatianli until the closing of the TCB Digital sale. As of the date of this report the RMB 120 million is held in wealth management account at trust company. The Company's Chief Executive Officer has unencumbered sole signing and dispositive rights to that account. As of May 16, 2014, the Company has received payment in full from Huatianli for the sale of TCB Digital and the Company has submitted to the PRC government documentation for the recording of the transfer of Jiangsu Leimone's ownership interest in TCB Digital to Huatianli. The Company believes for accounting purposes the sale transaction is complete, and government recording is perfunctory. Since the Company received payment separately from Huantianli for RMB 52 million, the Company is obligated to repay RMB 52 million to BZCC from the RMB 120 million held in the wealth management account.

The Company's ownership interest in SpreadZoom, which owns and operates mobile phone manufacturing facilities in Tianjin, was not part of the Subsidiary Sale.

The closing of the sale of Profit Harvest and CDE occurred on December 31, 2012; the closing of the sale of Ever Elite and Nollec occurred on April 5, 2013

As disclosed above, as of July 15, 2013, the Company has completely written off its investment in Portables Unlimited, LLC.