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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-K/A
Amendment No. 3
 
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2008
 
Commission File No. 0-24624
 
CHINDEX INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
     
DELAWARE
 
13-3097642
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
   
 
4340 East West Highway, Suite 1100
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(301) 215-7777
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Common Stock, $.01 par value and associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
 
None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes [  ] No [ x ]

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.  Yes [  ] No [ x ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes [ x ] No [  ]

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in a definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  [  ]


 
 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer [  ]  Accelerated filer [ x]  Non-accelerated filer [  ]  Smaller reporting Company [   ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes [   ]  No [ x ]

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the stock was sold, or the average bid and asked prices of such stock, as of September 30, 2007 (the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter) was approximately $160,486,048.

The number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's class of common equity, as of May 21, 2008, was 13,197,203, shares of Common Stock and 1,162,500 shares of Class B Common Stock.
 



 
 

 
 
EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
This amendment to Chindex International, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, is filed solely for the purposes of (i) reflecting on the cover page that the Company’s securities are now registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act rather than 12(g) as a result of the change in status of Nasdaq; (ii) adding a new sentence at the end of Item 9A, which is set forth herein in its entirety; (iii) deleting references to Exhibits 10.17-10.20 from Item 15(b), which references were made in error; and (iv) refurnishing the Rule 13a-14(a) and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 certifications to include the dates thereof. The Form 10-K as previously amended to date otherwise is unchanged.

 
 

 

 
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
 
Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
 
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the SEC’s rules and forms, and that information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
 
In accordance with Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. As described below under Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, a material weakness was identified in our internal control over financial reporting. A control deficiency exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the ordinary course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that adversely affects the Company’s ability to initiate, authorize, record, process, or report external financial data reliably in accordance with GAAP, such that there is a more than remote likelihood that a misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements that is more than inconsequential will not be prevented or detected. A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, that results in more than a remote likelihood that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected. Our CEO and CFO have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
 
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
 
Management, including the CEO and CFO, has the responsibility for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in the Exchange Act, Rule 13a-15(f). Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the Company’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions and influenced by the Company’s Board of Directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. In addition, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate or insufficient because of changes in operating conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
 
Management assessed internal control over financial reporting of the Company and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2008. The Company’s management conducted its assessment in accordance with the Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Management identified a material weakness in our internal control. Specifically, management concluded that the Company did not maintain effective controls over the analysis and recording of complex transactions relating to the period of expense with respect to the value of the conversion feature of a recent one-time sale of convertible notes to a single purchaser and the computation of certain share-based compensation awards in fiscal 2008. Accordingly, management concluded that this control deficiency constitutes a material weakness and that that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of March 31, 2008.
 
We plan to remediate the material weakness described above by amending our period close procedures to include access to independent consultation on technical accounting treatment with respect to

 
 

 

 
highly complex transactions and to require our staff to attend training related to the application of certain compensation related accounting pronouncements.
 
We cannot assure you that these remediation efforts will be successful or that our internal control over financial reporting will be effective in accomplishing all control objectives all of the time. See “Risk Factors — If we fail to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results. As a result, current and potential shareholders could lose confidence in our financial reporting, which would harm our business and the trading price of our stock.”
 
BDO Seidman, LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm who also audited the Company’s consolidated financial statements, has issued its own attestation report on the effectiveness of internal controls over our financial reporting as of March 31, 2008, which is filed herewith.
 
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2008 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 

 
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
 
(b) Exhibits
 
The exhibits listed below are filed as a part of this annual report:
 
 
3.1
 
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated October 28, 2004. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.
     
 
3.2
Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated July 10, 2007. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 10, 2007.
     
 
3.3
By-laws of the Company. Incorporated by reference to Annex C to the Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on June 7, 2002.
     
 
3.4
Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of Chindex International, Inc. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.
     
 
4.1
Form of Specimen Certificate representing the Common Stock.
     
 
4.2
Form of Specimen Certificate representing the Class B Common Stock.
     
 
4.3
Rights Agreement, dated as of June 7, 2007, between Chindex International, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent, which includes form of Right Certificate as Exhibit B and the Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock as Exhibit C (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 7, 2007).
     
 
4.4
Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement dated November 4, 2007 between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 4, 2007.
     
 
10.1* 
The Company’s 1994 Stock Option Plan, as amended as of July 17, 2001. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30, 2001.
     
 
10.2* 
The Company’s 2004 Stock Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to Annex B to the Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 14, 2004.
     


 
 

 


 
10.3* 
The Company’s 2007 Stock Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 11, 2007 (the “September 11, 2007 Form 8-K”).
     
 
10.4* 
Form of Outside Director Restricted Stock Grant Letter. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the to the September 11, 2007 Form 8-K.
     
 
10.5* 
Form of Employee Restricted Stock Grant Letter. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the September 11, 2007 Form 8-K.
     
 
10.6* 
Form of Employee Stock Option Grant Letter. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the September 11, 2007 Form 8-K.
     
 
10.7
Lease Agreement between the School of Posts and Telecommunications and the Company dated November 8, 1995. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995.
     
 
10.8
Amendments Numbers One, Two and Three to the Lease Agreement between the School of Posts and Telecommunications and the Company dated November 8, 1995, each such amendment dated November 26, 1996. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.
     
 
10.9
Lease Agreement dated May 10, 1998, between the School of Posts and Telecommunications and the Company relating to the lease of additional space. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998.
     
 
10.10
Contractual Joint Venture Contract between the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Union Medical & Pharmaceutical Group Beijing Union Medical & Pharmaceutical General Corporation and the Company, dated September 27, 1995. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995.
     
 
10.11
First Investment Loan Manager Demand Promissory Note dated July 10, 1997 between First National Bank of Maryland and the Company. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997.
     
 
10.12
Distribution Agreement dated October 11, 2001 between Siemens AG and the Company, Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2001.
     
 
10.13* 
Employment Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2006, between the Company and Roberta Lipson. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 31, 2006.
     
 
10.14* 
Employment Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2006, between the Company and Elyse Beth Silverberg. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 31, 2006.
     
 
10.15* 
Employment Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2006, between the Company and Lawrence Pemble. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 31, 2006.
     
 
10.16* 
Employment Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2006, between the Company and Anne Marie Moncure. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on
     


 
 

 

   
Form 10-Q for the period ended December 31, 2006.
     
 
10.17
Intentionally Omitted.
     
 
10.18
Intentionally Omitted.
     
 
10.19
Intentionally Omitted.
     
 
10.20
Intentionally Omitted.
 
 
10.21
Securities Purchase Agreement dated November 7, 2007 between the Company and Magenta Magic Limited. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 7,2007.
     
 
10.22
Loan Agreement dated December 10, 2007 between the Company and International Finance Corporation. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 10, 2007 (the “December 10, 2007 Form 8-K”).
     
 
10.23
Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of January 3, 2008 between Chindex China Healthcare Finance, LLC and International Finance Corporation. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 10, 2007 (the “January 10, 2008 Form 8-K”).
     
 
10.24
Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 10, 2007 between the Company and International Finance Corporation. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the December 10, 2007 Form 8-K.
     
 
10.25
Loan Agreement dated as of January 8, 2008 between Chindex China Healthcare Finance, LLC and DEG-Deutsche Investitions-Und Entwicklungsgesellschaft. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to January 10, 2008 Form 8-K.
     
 
10.26
SPV Guarantee Agreement dated as of January 8, 2008 between Chindex China Healthcare Finance, LLC and DEG-Deutsche Investitions-Und Entwicklungsgesellschaft. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the January 10, 2008 Form 8-K.
     
 
10.27
Contractual Joint Venture Contract between Shanghai Changning District Central Hospital and the Company, dated February 9, 2002. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001.
     
 
10.28
Lease Agreement between Shanghai Changning District Hospital and the Company related to the lease of the building for Shanghai United Family Hospital. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001.
     
 
10.29
Lease Agreement between China Arts & Crafts Import & Export Corporation and Chindex (Beijing) Consulting Incorporated related to the lease of the building for the Company’s main office in Beijing. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30, 2002.
     
 
10.30
Agreement between Siemens AG and the Company for long-term payment of vendor invoices. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the nine months ended September 30, 2002.
     
 
10.31
Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued to investors on March 24, 2005. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 21, 2005.
     

 
 

 

 
21.1
List of subsidiaries. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-123975).
     
 
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
     
 
31.1
Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) (filed herewith)
     
 
31.2
Certification of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) (filed herewith)
     
 
31.3
Certification of the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) (filed herewith)
     
 
32.1
Certification of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (filed herewith)
     
 
32.2
Certification of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (filed herewith)
     
 
32.3
Certification of the Company’s Principal Accounting Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (filed herewith)
 

*
Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
 


 
 

 

 
SIGNATURES
 
In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company caused this Form 10-K/A to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
  CHINDEX INTERNATIONAL, INC.  
       
July 17, 2009
By:
/s/ Lawrence Pemble  
    Lawrence Pemble  
   
Executive Vice President, Finance and
Chief Financial Officer