UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 20192021

 or

¨or

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from   to    

Commission file number 001-38474

 

Jerash Holdings (US), Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware 81-4701719

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

260 East Main Street, Suite 2706, Rochester, NY, 14604

277 Fairfield Road, Suite 338, Fairfield, New Jersey 07004

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 575-9085(214) 906-0065

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each Classclass Trading
Symbol(s)
 Name of each exchange on which
registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share JRSH The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 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 whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes x No ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer¨ ☐ Accelerated filer¨
Non-accelerated filerx ☒ Smaller reporting companyx
  Emerging growth companyx

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B)13(a) of the SecuritiesExchange Act.x ☒ 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐

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 registrant'sregistrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, held by non-affiliates of the registrant, as computed by reference to the September 28, 201830, 2020 closing price reported by Nasdaq, was approximately $16,271,093. 

$13,562,115.36.

 

The number of the registrant’s shares of common shares,stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding on June 25, 201922, 2021 was 11,325,000.

11,334,318.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

Portions of the registrant’s proxy statement for its 20192021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

   Page
PART I 31
Item 1.Business 31
Item 1A.Risk Factors 86
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments 2017
Item 2.Properties 2017
Item 3.Legal Proceedings 2118
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosure 2118
PART II 22
PART II19
Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities. 2219
Item 6.Selected Financial Data[Reserved] 2219
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 2219
Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 3127
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 32F-1
Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 6028
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures 6028
Item 9B.Other Information 6128
Item 9C.PART IIIDisclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections 6228
PART III29
Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 6229
Item 11.Executive Compensation 6229
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 6229
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence 6229
Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services 6229
PART IV 62
PART IV30
Item 15.ExhibitsExhibit and Financial Statement Schedules 6230
Item 16.Form 10-K Summary 6632
Signatures 6733

 

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PART I

 

Item 1. Business.

 

Overview

 

Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. (“Jerash Holdings,”Holdings”), through its wholly owned operating subsidiaries and variable interest entity (“VIE”) (together the “Company,“Group,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), through our wholly owned operating subsidiaries (together the “Group”), is principally engaged in the manufacturing and exporting of customized, ready-made sport and outerwear from knitted fabric and personal protective equipment (“PPE”) produced in the Group’sits facilities in Jordan.the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (“Jordan”). Our internetwebsite address is http://www.jerashholdings.com. Information available on our website is not a part of, and is not incorporated into, this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

The Group isWe are a manufacturer utilized byfor many well-known brands and retailers, such as Walmart, Costco, Hanes, Columbia,New Balance, G-III (which owns brands such as Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, DKNY, and Guess), American Eagle, and VF Corporation (which owns brands such as The North Face, Timberland, Jansport, etc.), and PVH Corp. (which owns brands such as Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, IZOD, Speedo, etc.)JanSport). The Group’sOur production facilities are made up ofcomprise four factory units, one workshop, and threefour warehouses and we currently employ approximately 3,6004,300 people. Our employees include local Jordanian workers as well as migrant workers from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Syria. The total annual capacity at Jerash Group’sour facilities is approximately 8.012.0 million pieces (average for product categories including t-shirts, polospolo shirts, pants, shorts, and jackets)jackets, and excluding PPE).

 

Organizational Structure

 

Jerash Holdings is a holding company organized in Delaware in January 2016 with nominal or no assets or operations. Through a series of transactions in May 2017, Jerash Holdings became the direct parent2016. As of the operating subsidiariesdate of Global Trend International Limited (“Global Trend”).this annual report, Jerash Holdings has the following wholly owned subsidiaries: (i) Jerash Garments and Fashions Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (“Jerash Garments”), an entity formed under the laws of Jordan, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jerash Holdings, (ii) Treasure Success International Limited (“Treasure Success”), an entity formed under the laws of Hong Kong and a wholly-owned subsidiarySpecial Administrative Region of Jerash Holdings,the People’s Republic of China (“Hong Kong” or “HK”), (iii) Chinese Garments and Fashions Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (“Chinese Garments”), an entity formed under the laws of Jordan and a wholly owned subsidiary of Jerash Garments, and (iv) Jerash for Industrial Embroidery Company LimitedCo., Ltd. (“Jerash Embroidery”), an entity formed under the laws of Jordan and a wholly owned subsidiary of Jerash Garments.Garments, (v) Al-Mutafaweq Co. for Garments Manufacturing Ltd. (“Paramount”), an entity formed under the laws of Jordan and a wholly owned subsidiary of Jerash Garments, (vi) Jiangmen Treasure Success Business Consultancy Co., Ltd. (“Jiangmen Treasure Success”), an entity incorporated under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (“China” or the “PRC”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of Treasure Success, (vii) Jerash The First Medical Supplies Manufacturing Company Limited (“Jerash The First”), an entity formed under the laws of Jordan and a wholly owned subsidiary of Jerash Garments, and (viii) Jerash Supplies, LLC (“Jerash Supplies”), an entity formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.

In addition, Jerash Garments has a VIE, Victory Apparel (Jordan) Manufacturing Company Limited (“Victory Apparel”), a limited liability company formed under the laws of Jordan. Although Jerash Garments does not own the equity interests of Victory Apparel, Mr. Choi Lin Hung (“Mr. Choi”), our chairman, chief executive officer, president, treasurer, and a significant stockholder, is also a director of Victory Apparel and controls all decision-making for Victory Apparel along with our other significant stockholder, Mr. Lee Kian Tjiauw, who has the ability to control Victory Apparel’s financial affairs. In addition, Victory Apparel’s equity at risk is not sufficient to permit it to operate without additional subordinated financial support from Mr. Choi. Based on these facts, we concluded that Jerash Garments has effective control over Victory Apparel due to Mr. Choi’s roles at both organizations and therefore Victory Apparel is considered a VIE under Accounting Standards Codification 810-10-05-08A. Accordingly, Jerash Garments consolidates Victory Apparel’s operating results, assets, and liabilities.

   

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This tablechart reflects the Group’sour organizational structure atas of March 31, 2019:2021:

  

 

Jerash Garments was established in Jordan inon November 26, 2000 and operates out of the Group’sour factory unit in Al Tajamouat Industrial City, a Development Zone in Amman, Jordan.Jordan. Jerash Garments’ principal activities are to house management offices and to operate production lines and printing, sewing, ironing, packing, and quality control units, as well as house the Group’sour trims and finished products warehouses. We also operate our workshop in Al-Hasa County (as discussed below) under Jerash Garments.

Chinese Garments was established in Jordan inon June 13, 2013 and operatesout of the Group’sour factory unit in Al Tajamouat Industrial City, a Development Zone in Amman, Jordan.City. Chinese Garments’ principal activities are to house administration, human resources, finance and management offices and to operate additional production lines and sewing, ironing, and packing units, as well as house the Group’sour trims warehouse.

Jerash Embroidery was established in Jordan inon March 11, 2013 and operates out of the Group’sour factory unit inAl Tajamouat Industrial City, a Development Zone in Amman, Jordan.City. Jerash Embroidery’s principal activities are to perform the cutting and embroidery for the Group’s products.our products.

 

Paramount was incorporated in Jordan on October 24, 2004 and operates out of our factory unit in Al Tajamouat Industrial City. Paramount’s principal activities are to manufacture garments per customer orders.

Treasure Success was established in Hong Kong inon July 5, 2016 and operates in Hong Kong. Treasure Success’s primary activities are to employ sales and merchandising staff and supporting personnel in Hong Kong to support the business of Jerash Garments and its subsidiaries.subsidiaries and VIE.

Jiangmen Treasure Success was established in Jiangmen City of Guangdong Province in the PRC on August 28, 2019 and operates in the PRC. Jiangmen Treasure Success’s primary activities are to provide support in sales and marketing, sample development, merchandising, procurement, and other areas.

Victory Apparel was established as a limited liability company in Amman, Jordan, on September 18, 2005. Victory Apparel has no significant assets or liabilities or other operating activities of its own.

Jerash The First was incorporated in Jordan on July 6, 2020 and operate out of our workshop in Al-Hasa County. Jerash The First’s principal activities are to manufacture PPE products.

Jerash Supplies was formed in Delaware on November 20, 2020. Jerash Supplies is engaged in the trading of PPE products.

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Products

 

As a garment manufacturing group, we excelspecialize in manufacturing sport and outerwear. Our products are in the customized, ready-made sport and outerwear segment, and the Group derives all of our revenue from the manufacturing and sales of sport and outerwear, which is the only segment in which we operate. The Group’s product offering consists of jackets, polo shirts, crew neck shirts,t-shirts, pants, and shorts made from knitted fabric.shorts. Our primary product offering is jackets, and in the fiscal years ended March 31, 20192021 and 2018,2020, approximately 52%25% and 48%50%, respectively, of the Group’sour total shipped pieces were jackets.

In response to high demand for PPE due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we started manufacturing PPE in 2020. Our PPE product offering consists of branded (washable) and disposable face masks, medical scrubs, protective coveralls, and surgical gowns. In order to advance our PPE market development efforts, we incorporated a new entity, Jerash The First, which received temporary permission from Jordan’s Food and Drug Administration to manufacture and export non-surgical PPE. Our production facility for PPE needs to meet certain structural requirements before we can receive a permanent permission and we are still planning the production facility. In September, 2020, we successfully registered as a medical device manufacturing facility with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the sale and export of our PPE products to the United States. We also received an ISO 13485 designation covering the manufacturing, packing, and selling of medical supplies. PPE contributed 1% of our total revenue in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021.

 

Manufacturing and Production

 

Our production facilities are located in Al Tajamouat Industrial City a Development Zoneand in Amman, Jordan, and are comprisedAl-Hasa County in the Tafilah Governorate of Jordan.

Our production facilities in Al Tajamouat Industrial City comprise four factory units and threefour warehouses. Effective as of January 1, 2019, the government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan converted Al Tajamouat Industrial City into a Development Zone. Following this change, we will continuecontinued to operate under benefits similar to the Qualifying Industrial Zone (“QIZ”) designation, but arewere subject to 10% corporation income tax plus a 5%1% social contribution. On January 1, 2020, the corporation income tax increased to 14%. Effective on January 1, 2021, we have been subject to 16% corporate income tax.tax plus a 1% social contribution. Currently, the first factory unit, which the Group owns,we own, employs approximately 1,500 people. Its primary functions are to house the Group’sour management offices, as well as production lines, the Group’s trims warehouse, and printing, sewing, ironing, and packaging units. The second factory unit, which the Group leases,we lease, employs approximately 1,4001,300 people. Its primary functions are to house the Group’sour administrative and human resources personnel, as well as merchandising and accounting departments, as well asembroidery, printing, additional production lines, the Group’s trims and finished products warehouses, and sewing, ironing, packing and quality control units. The third factory unit, which the Group leases,we lease, employs approximately 200 people. Its primary functions are to perform the cutting and embroidery for the Group’sour products. The fourth factory unit (under Paramount), which the Group leases,we lease, currently employs approximately 5001,000 people. Its primary functions are housingto house additional production lines.

 

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Our production facility in Al-Hasa County in the Tafilah Governorate of Jordan comprises a workshop. The workshop currently employs approximately 300 people and its primary functions are to manufacture garment products per customer orders. We commenced the construction of this workshop in 2018, and it was completed and started operation in November 2019. This is a joint project with the Jordanian Ministry of Labor and the Jordanian Education and Training Department. According to our agreement with these government agencies, we will be using this workshop without paying rent until December 2022, after which we anticipate entering into a lease agreement for the workshop with the Jordanian Ministry of Labor for market rent. Provided that we satisfy certain employment requirements over certain time periods, we do not anticipate incurring any significant costs for this project. In the event we breach our agreement with these government agencies, we will have to pay such agencies 250,000 Jordanian Dinar (“JOD”) or approximately $353,000. See “Item 2. Properties” below for more information regarding this workshop.

 

In 2015, we commenced a project to build a 4,800 square foot workshop in the Tafilah Governorate of Jordan, which was previously plannedintended to be used as a sewing workshop for Jerash Garments, but which we now intend to use as a dormitory. Construction has been changedtemporarily suspended since March 2020 due to become a dormitory.the COVID-19 pandemic. This dormitory is expected to be operational in September 2019fiscal 2022 to house management and supervisory staff for our production facility in Al-Hasa County. This project is expected to house workers for the 54,000 square foot workshop in Al-Hasa County.cost approximately $200,000 upon completion.

 


In calendar year 2018,April 2021, we commenced a construction on a 189,000 square-foot housing facility for our multi-national workforce, situated on a 49,000 square-foot site owned by us, in Al Tajamouat Industrial City. We anticipate the Group commenced anothercompletion and occupancy of the new building by mid-2022. To meet increasing demand, we are also completing plans to construct an additional project to buildon a 54,000 square foot workshop in Al-Hasa County in the Tafilah Governorate of Jordan, which is expected to be completed in September 2019. Providednearby separate 133,000 square-foot parcel that we satisfy certain employment requirements over certain time periods, we do notpurchased in 2019 for $1.2 million, with 2/3 of the land allocated for our fifth manufacturing plant and 1/3 for housing. We anticipate incurring any significant costs forstarting the project, which is being constructed in conjunction with the Jordanian Ministry of Labor and the Jordanian Education and Training Department. In the event we breach our agreement with these government agencies, we will have to pay such agencies 250,000 Jordanian Dinar (“JOD”) or $353,000. See Item 2. Properties below for more information regardingconstruction later this workshop.year.

 

Total annual capacity at the Group’sour existing facilities is approximately 8.012.0 million pieces (average for product categories including t-shirts, polospolo shirts, pants, shorts, and jackets)jackets, and excluding PPE). Our production flow begins in the Group’s thirdcutting department of our factory unit inunit. Then the cutting department.product is sent to the embroidery department for embroidery if applicable. From there, the product moves to either the Group’s first or second factory unit for processingbe processed by the sewing unit, finishing department, quality control, and finally the ironing and packing units. If applicable during this process, the product is sent back to the embroidery department at the Group’s third factory unit for embroidery.

 

The Group doesWe do not have long term supply contracts or arrangements with our suppliers. Most of the Group’sour ultimate suppliers for raw materials, such as fabric, zippers, and labels, are designated by customers and the Group purchaseswe purchase such materials on a purchase order basis.

 

Employees

 

As of March 31, 2019, the Group2021, we had an aggregate of approximately 3,0004,350 employees located in Jordan, Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China, and inthe United States of America, all of which are full-time employees.

  

Customers

 

The following table outlines the dollar amount and percentage of total sales to the Group’sour customers for the fiscal years ended March 31, 20182021 (“fiscal 2018”2021”), and March 31, 20192020 (“fiscal 2019”2020”).

 

  Fiscal Year 2019  Fiscal Year 2018 
  Sales     Sales    
  (USD, in thousands)  %  (USD, in thousands)  % 
VF Corporation(1) $67,523   79.4% $54,614   78.8%
Dynamic Sourcing Ent, Inc.  6,549   7.7%  281   0.4%
Columbia  3,768   4.5%  5,891   8.5%
Onset Time Limited  3,728   4.4%      
United Creations LLC  2,874   3.4%  2,167   3.1%
Classic Fashion Apparel Industry Ltd.  115   0.1%  4,756   6.9%
Philip-Van Heusen        1,523   2.2%
Others  427    0.5%  64   0.1%
Total $84,984   100.0% $69,296   100.0%

  Fiscal Year 2021  Fiscal Year 2020 
  Sales     Sales    
  (USD, in thousands)  %  (USD, in thousands)  % 
VF Corporation(1) $55,994   62.1% $71,817   77.2%
New Balance  11,050   12.3%  3,065   3.3%
Dynamic  6,347   7.0%  9,995   10.7%
Jiangsu Guotai Huasheng Industrial  2,982   3.3%  -   -%
ARK Garments  2,896   3.2%  1,153   1.2%
G-III  2,875   3.2%  1,460   1.6%
Onset Time Limited  1,672   1.9%  -   -%
United Creations LLC  1,665   1.8%  1,129   1.2%
Dick’s Sporting Goods  1,093   1.2%  2,148   2.3%
Others  3,639   4.0%  2,257   2.5%
Total $90,213   100.0% $93,024   100.0%

 

(1) Substantially all of the Group’s products are sold under The North Face brand that is owned by VF Corporation.

5(1)Most of our products are sold under The North Face brand which is owned by VF Corporation.

 

In fiscal 20182021 and fiscal 2019, the Group2020, we depended on a few key customers for its sales. Substantially allour sales, and most of the Group’sour sales in fiscal 20182021 and 20192020 were to one customer, VF Corporation.

 

The Group established our relationship withWe started producing garments for VF Corporation in 2012. Substantially allMost of the Group’s products we manufacture are sold under The North Face Brand thatwhich is owned by VF Corporation. Currently, we manufacture primarily outerwear for The North Face. Approximately 79%62% and 77% of the Group’sour sales in each of fiscal 20192021 and 2018,2020 were derived from the sale of the Group’smanufactured products to VF Corporation.Corporation, respectively. We are not party to any long-term contracts with VF Corporation or the Group’sour other customers, and our sales arrangements with our customers do not have minimum purchase requirements. As is common in our industry, VF Corporation and our other customers place purchase orders with us after the Group completeswe complete detailed sample development and approval processes that we and our customers have agreed upon for their purchase and manufacture of the garments in question.relevant manufactured garments. It is through the sample development and approval processes that the Groupwe and VF Corporation and our other customers agree toon the purchase and manufacture of the garments in question.garments. For fiscal 2019,2021, VF CorporationCorporate issued approximately 10,5005,400 purchase orders to us in amounts ranging from approximately $6$8 to $365,000. The Group is not substantially dependent on any particular order$596,000. For fiscal 2020, VF Corporation issued approximately 7,400 purchase orders to us in amounts ranging from VF Corporation.approximately $7 to $380,000.

 


VF Corporation isOur customers are in the retail industry, which is subject to substantial cyclical variations. Consequently, there can be no assurance that sales to current customers will continue at the current rate or at all. In addition, our annual and quarterly results may vary, which may cause our profits and the market price of our common stock to decline.

 

The Group continuesWe continue to seek to expand and strengthen our relationship with our current customers and other brand names. However, the Groupwe cannot assure you that these brands will continue to buy our products in the same volumes or on the same terms as they did in the past.past or that we will be successful in expanding our relationship with other brand names.

 

Competition

 

The markets for the manufacturing of sport and outerwear are highly competitive. The competition in the fields in which the Group operatesthose markets is focused primarily on the price and quality of the product its quality, and the level of customer service.Our products compete with products of other apparel manufacturers in Asia, Israel, Europe, the United States, and South and Central America and Asia.America.

 

Most competitionCompetition with other manufacturers in the clothing industry focuses on reducing production costs, reducing supply lead times,time, design, product quality, and efficiency of supply to the customer. Since production costs depend to a large extent on labor costs, in recent years most production in the industry has been moved to countries where the labor costs are low. Some of the Group’sour competitors have a lower cost base,bases, longer operating experience, broaderhistories, larger customer basebases, and other advantages over us which allow them to compete with us. As described in more detail under “- Conditions in Jordan” below, the Group iswe are able to sell our products manufactured at our facilities in Jordan to the United States free from customs duties and import quotas under certain conditions. These favorable terms enable us to remain competitive on the basis of price. In December 2017,According to the Association Agreement between the European Union (“EU”(the “EU”) extended a free trade agreement to us such thatand Jordan, which came into force in May 2002, and the joint initiative on rules of origin reviewed and improved in December 2018 by the EU and Jordan, goods manufactured by us in Jordan that are subsequently shipped to EU countries are shipped free of duty.from customs duties.

 

Conditions in Jordan

 

The Group’sOur manufacturing facilities are located in Jordan. Accordingly, the Group iswe are directly affected by political, security, and economic conditions in Jordan.

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From time to time Jordan has experienced instances of civil unrest, terrorism, and hostilities among neighboring countries, including Syria and Israel. A peace agreement between Israel and Jordan was signed in 1994. Terrorist attacks, military activity, rioting, or civil or political unrest in the future could influence the Jordanian economy and the Group’sour operations by disrupting operations and communications and making travel within Jordan more difficult and less desirable. Political or social tensions also could create a greater perception that investments in companies with Jordanian operations involve a high degree of risk, which could adversely affect the market and price for the Group’sour common stock.

 

Jordan is a constitutional monarchy, but the King holds wide executive and legislative powers. The ruling family has taken initiatives that support the economic growth of the country. However, there is no assurance that such initiatives will be successful or will continue. The rate of economic liberalization could change, and specific laws and policies affecting manufacturing companies, foreign investments, currency exchange rates, and other matters affecting investments in Jordan could change as well.

  

A proposed tax bill thatIn December 2019, “COVID-19” was first identified in Wuhan, China. Less than four months later, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic—the first pandemic caused by a coronavirus. On March 17, 2020, Jordan announced a shutdown of non-essential activities as part of an economic reform plan backed byits proactive national efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19 and we suspended the operations of our facilities in Jordan as a result on March 18, 2020. On March 26, 2020, the International Monetary Fund announced that its executive board approved a 48-month arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility with Jordan for an amount of approximately $1.3 billion to support the country’s economic and aimed at narrowing Jordan’s growing debt contained new taxes on products, such as internet subscriptions, and the elimination of subsidies on bread led to protests throughout Jordan beginning on May 30, 2018. On June 5, 2018, King Abdullah II of Jordan responded to the protests by removing Jordan’s prime minister and replacing him with Omar al-Razzaz. Prime Minister Razzaz then withdrew the proposed tax bill from consideration and formed a new cabinet. On June 11, 2018 Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (the “UAE”) pledged $2.5 billion of aid to Jordan (including a deposit into Jordan’s central bank), annual budget support for the next five years and development projects. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE signed a formal agreement on October 4, 2018 thatfinancial reform program. The arrangement also provided for spending to contain and treat COVID-19. On April 28, 2020, the World Bank approved a $1.1 billion deposit$20 million project to Jordan’s central bank and future annual budget and project finance support as parthelp Jordan face the health impacts of the larger $2.5 billion aid package.COVID-19 pandemic. On April 4, 2020, we resumed operations of our main production facilities in Al Tajamount Industrial City under the condition that only migrant workers, living in dormitories in Al Tajamouat Industrial City, are allowed to go to work in our factories under strict hygienic precautionary measures pursuant to an approval from the Jordanian Government dated April 1, 2020. Our Al-Hasa workshop was also allowed to restart operation on April 26, 2020. Eventually, local employees were allowed to resume work on June 1, 2020.

 


Trade Agreements

The Group benefits from exemptionsBecause of the United States-Jordan Free Trade Agreement, which came into force on December 17, 2001, and was implemented fully on January 1, 2010, and the Association Agreement between the EU and Jordan, which came into force in May 2002, we are able to sell our products manufactured at our facilities in Jordan to the U.S. free from customs duties and import quotas dueunder certain conditions and to EU countries free from customs duties.

Income Tax Incentives

Effective January 1, 2019, Jordan’s government converted the Group’s location in Al Tajamouat Industrial City,geographical area where Jerash Garments and its subsidiaries and VIE are located from a Free Zone to a Development Zone in Amman, Jordan, and the free trade agreements with the United States and the EU.

Zone. Development Zones are industrial parks that house manufacturing operations in Jordan. Companies operating in Development Zones receive certain tax benefits and are eligible to take advantage of the free trade agreements between the United States and Jordan. Under the trade agreement between Jordan and the U.S., goods produced in Development Zone areas can directly access U.S. markets without tariff or quota restrictions if they satisfy certain criteria. Companies operating in Development Zones are subject to a 5% corporate income tax.

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Income Tax Incentives

The Encouragement of Investment Committee of Jordan resolved that Jerash Garments’ project is an economically approved project in accordance with the Encouragement of Investment Law number 16 of 1995 and accordingly was granted exemptions from customs duties on the plant’s equipment and machinery. Historically, in accordance with the Jordanian Income Tax law, all of Jerash Garments’ exports are 100% exempted, provided a specific Declaration in that respect is filed with the Jordanian Customs and Income Tax Departments. This exemption was extended for 5 years until December 31, 2018.

Effective January 1, 2019 the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s government changed Jerash Garments’ and its subsidiaries’ area from a Free Zone to a Development Zone. In accordance with Development Zone law, Jerash Garments and its subsidiaries beginand VIE began paying corporate income tax in Jordan at a rate of 5%.10% plus 1% social contribution. Effective January 1, 2020, this rate increased to 14% plus 1% social contribution, and effective January 1, 2021, this rate further increased to 16% plus 1% social contribution. For more information, see Note 2 - “Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Policies—Income Tax.Taxes.”

 

In addition, Jerash Garments and its subsidiaries and VIE are subject to local sales tax of 16%. However, Jerash Garments was granted a sales tax exemption from the Jordanian Investment Commission for the period June 1, 2015 to June 1, 2018 that allowed Jerash Garments to make purchases with no sales tax charge. This exemption was extended to February 15, 2020 and the Company intends to apply to extend the exemption before the expiration date.5, 2022.

 

Government Regulation

 

The Group’sOur manufacturing and other facilities in Jordan are subject to various local regulations relating to the maintenance of safe working conditions and manufacturing practices. Management believes that it is currently in compliance in all material respects with all such regulations. The Group isWe are not subject to governmental approval of the Group’sour products or manufacturing process.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

 

The following are factors that could have a significant impact on our operations and financial results and could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in any forward-looking statements.

 

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Risks Related to Our Business and Our Industry

We rely on one key customer for substantially allmost of our revenue. We cannot assure you that this customer or any other customer will continue to buy our products in the same volumes or on the same terms.

 

Our sales to VF Corporation (which owns brands such as The North Face, Timberland, and Jansport)JanSport), directly and indirectly, accounted for approximately 79%62% and 77% of our total sales in each of fiscal 20182021 and fiscal 2019.2020, respectively. From an accounting perspective, we are considered the primary obligorprinciple in our relationshiparrangement with VF Corporation. We bear the credit and inventory risk before the specified goods are transferred to a customer, and we have the right to determine the price and to change our product.product during the sample development process with customers in which we determine factors including material usage and manufacturing costs before confirming orders. Therefore, we present the sales and related manufacturing activities on a gross basis.

 


We are not party to any long-term contracts with VF Corporation or our other customers, and our sales arrangements with our customers do not have minimum purchase requirements. As is common in our industry, VF Corporation and our other customers place purchase orders with us after we complete detailed sample development and approval processes. It is through these sample development and approval processes that we and VF Corporation agree toon the purchase and manufacture of the garments in question. From April 1, 20182020 to March 31, 2019,2021, VF Corporation issued approximately 10,5005,400 purchase orders to us in amounts ranging from approximately $6$8 to $365,000. We are not substantially dependent on any particular order from VF Corporation.$596,000.

 

We cannot assure you that our customers will continue to buy our products at all or in the same volumes or on the same terms as they have in the past. The failure of VF Corporation to continue to buy our products in the same volumes and on the same terms as in the past may significantly reduce our sales and our earnings.

 

A material decrease in the quantity of sales made to our principal customers, a material adverse change in the terms of such sales or a material adverse change in the financial condition of our principal customers could significantly reduce our sales and our earnings.

 

We cannot assure you that VF Corporation will continue to purchase our merchandise at the same historical rate, or at all, in the future, or that we will be able to attract new customers. In addition, because of our reliance on VF Corporation as our key customer and their bargaining power with us, VF Corporation has the ability to exert significant control over our business decisions, including prices.

 

Any adverse change in our relationship with VF Corporation and its The North Face brand, or with their strategies or reputation, would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

 

Substantially allMost of our products are sold under The North Face brand, which is owned by VF Corporation. Any adverse change in our relationship with VF Corporation would have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. In addition, our sales of those products could be materially and adversely affected if either VF Corporation’s or The North Face brand’s images, reputations, or popularity were to be negatively impacted.

 

If we lose our key customer and are unable to attract new customers, then our business, results of operations, and financial condition would be adversely affected.

 

If our key customer, VF Corporation, fails to purchase our merchandise at the same historical rate, or at all, we will need to attract new customers and we cannot assure you that we will be able to do so. We do not currently invest significant resources in marketing our products, and we cannot assure you that any new investments in sales and marketing will lead to the acquisition of additional customers or increased sales or profitability consistent with prior periods. If we are unable to attract new customers or customers that generate comparable profit margins to VF Corporation, then our results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

 

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If we lose our larger brand and retail nominations or customers, or the customers fail to purchase our products at anticipated levels, our sales and operating results will be adversely affected.

 

Our results of operations depend to a significant extent upon the commercial success of our larger brand name customers. If we lose our significant brand nominations, our customers fail to purchase our products at anticipated levels, or our relationships with these customers or the brands and retailers they serve diminishes, it may have an adverse effect on our results and we may lose a primary source of revenue. In addition, we may not be able to recoup development and inventory costs associated with these customers and we may not be able to collect our receivables from them, which would negatively impact our financial condition and results of operations.

If the market share of our customers declines, our sales and earnings may decline.

 

Our sales can be adversely affected in the event that our direct and indirect customers do not successfully compete in the markets in which they operate. In the event that the sales of one of our major customers decline for any reason, regardless of whether it is related to us or to our products, our sales to that customer may also decline, which could reduce our overall sales and our earnings.

 


Our financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In December 2019, COVID-19 was first identified in Wuhan, China. Less than four months later, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic—the first pandemic caused by a coronavirus. The outbreak has reached more than 160 countries, including Jordan and the United States, resulting in the implementation of significant governmental measures, including lockdowns, closures, quarantines, and travel bans, intended to control the spread of the virus. On March 17, 2020, the country of Jordan announced a shutdown of non-essential activities as part of its proactive national efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19. On April 4, 2020, we resumed operations of our main production facilities in Al Tajamouat Industrial City under the condition that only migrant workers, living in dormitories in Al Tajamouat Industrial City, were allowed to go to work in the factories under strict hygienic precautionary measures, pursuant to an approval from the Jordanian government dated April 1, 2020. Our Al-Hasa workshop was also allowed to restart operation on April 26, 2020. Eventually, local employees were also allowed to resume work starting June 1, 2020.

Owing to the national shutdown in Jordan between March 18 and March 31, 2020, the shipment of approximately $1.6 million of our orders which were scheduled to be shipped by March 31, 2020, the end of fiscal 2020, was postponed. We shipped these orders in the first quarter of fiscal 2021. There was also loss of productivity in the shutdown period which negatively impacted our first quarter and full year profitability. There was a decrease of sales of approximately 3% in fiscal 2021 comparing to fiscal 2020 due to the loss in productivity in the gradual resumption of production in early April 2020 and the change in customer mix due to lower demand from U.S. customers in fiscal 2021. Our gross profit margin was also down by approximately 1% point from 19% to 18% due to more limitation on overtime work, higher expenses on hygienic precautions, and higher proportion of local orders that typically have a lower profit margin.

The COVID-19 pandemic may also materially adversely affect our business operations and condition and operating results for fiscal 2022, including but not limited to material negative impact on our total revenue, slower collection of accounts receivables, and additional allowance for doubtful accounts. Because of the significant uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot reasonably estimate the extent of the business disruption and the related financial at this time.

Defaults under the Secured Credit FacilityFacilities could result in a foreclosure on our assets by our lender which would negatively impact our financial condition and results of operations.

We are party to a secured credit facilityfacilities with Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (“HSBC”) for up to a minimum of $20,000,000$23,000,000 (the “Secured Credit Facility”Facilities”) to finance theour working capital needs of the Company.needs. The Secured Credit Facility consistsFacilities consist of (i) an $8,000,000$11,000,000 import credit facility with HSBC entered into on May 29, 2017 and amended on June 19, 2018, August 12, 2019, and July 3, 2020, and (ii) a $12,000,000 invoice discounting/factoring facility entered into on August 21, 2017 and amended on June 14, 2018.The Secured Credit Facility isFacilities are guaranteed by us, Jerash Garments, and Treasure Success as well as by our significant stockholders Mr. Choi Lin Hung, our chairman, chief executive officer, president, treasurer and a significant stockholder, and Mr. Ng Tsze Lun, a significant stockholder, whose interests may differ from the other stockholders of the Company as a result of their personal guarantees.Success. The Secured Credit Facility isFacilities are collateralized by a blanket security interest and includes various financial and other covenants. If in the future we default under the Secured Credit Facility,Facilities, our lender could, among other things, declare our debt to be immediately due and payable. If this were to occur, we would be unable to repay our bank debt in full unless we could sell sufficient assets or obtain new financing through a replacement credit facility or equity transaction. If a new credit facility could be obtained, it is likely that it would have higher interest rates and impose significant additional restrictions and requirements on us. There is no assurance that we would be able to obtain a waiver or amendment from our lender or obtain replacement debt financing or issue sufficient equity securities to refinance these facilities. If we are unable to pay off the facility, our lender could foreclose on our assets, which may negatively impact our financial condition and results of operations. In fiscal 2021, Treasure Success had no transaction or balance in the invoice discounting/factoring facility granted by HSBC. In May 2021, Treasure Success received a letter from HSBC dated March 30, 2021 that the debts purchase services under the invoice discounting/factoring facility between Treasure Success and HSBC were terminated with immediate effect. We had no outstanding balance in the invoice discounting/factoring facility granted by HSBC as of March 31, 2021. 

 


We may require additional financing to fund our operations and capital expenditures.

As of March 31, 2019,2021, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $27.2$21.1 million and restricted cash of approximately $0.7$1.7 million. There can be no assurance that our available cash, together with resources from our operations, will be sufficient to fund our operations and capital expenditures. In addition, our cash position may decline in the future, and we may not be successful in maintaining an adequate level of cash resources.

 

We are party to athe Secured Credit FacilityFacilities with HSBC consisting of (i) an $8,000,000 import credit facility with HSBC entered into on May 29, 2017 andamended on June 19, 2018 and (ii) a $12,000,000 invoice discounting/factoring facility entered into on August 21,2017 and amended on June 14, 2018.HSBC. As of March 31, 2019,2021, we had incurred $360,401 ofno indebtedness under the Secured Credit Facility.Facilities.

Pursuant to a facility letter (the “SCBHK facility”) dated June 15, 2018 issued to Treasure Success International Limited by Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (“SCBHK”), on January 31, 2019, SCBHK offered to provide an import facility of up to $3.0 million$3,000,000 to Treasure Success. The SCBHK facility covers import invoice financing and pre-shipment financing under export orders with a combined limit of $3 million.$3,000,000. SCBHK charges interest at 1.3% per annum over SCBHK’s cost of funds. In consideration for arranging the SCBHK facility, Treasure Success paid SCBHK HKD50,000. The Company wasWe were informed by SCBHK on January 31, 2019 that the SCBHK facility hashad been activated. As of March 31, 2019,2021, there was an outstanding amount of $288,310 in import invoice financing.approximately $0.6 million under the SCBHK facility.

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In addition, we may be required to seek additional debt or equity financing in order to support our growing operations. We may not be able to obtain additional financing on satisfactory terms, or at all, and any new equity financing could have a substantial dilutive effect on our existing stockholders. If we cannot obtain additional financing, we may not be able to achieve our desired sales growth, and our results of operations would be negatively affected.

We may have conflicts of interest with our affiliates and related parties, and in the past we have engaged in transactions and entered into agreements with affiliates that were not negotiated at arms’ length.

We have engaged, and may in the future engage, in transactions with affiliates and other related parties. These transactions may not have been, and may not be, on terms as favorable to us as they could have been if obtained from non-affiliated persons. While an effort has been made and will continue to be made to obtain services from affiliated persons and other related parties at rates and on terms as favorable as would be charged by others, there will always be an inherent conflict of interest between our interests and those of our affiliates and related parties. Through his wholly-owned entity Merlotte, Mr. Choi, Lin Hung, our chairman, chief executive officer, president, treasurer, and a significant stockholder, has an indirect ownership interest in certain of the companies, including Ford Glory International Limited (“Ford Glory”) and Value Plus (Macao Commercial Offshore)Jiangmen V-Apparel Manufacturing Limited, (“VPMCO”), with which we have entered into, or in the future may have, suchenter into, agreements or arrangements. In addition, we have entered into agreements with Victory Apparel, which is wholly-owned by Mr. Choi Lin Hung and Mr. Lee Kian Tjiauw, who are significant stockholders. We expect thatAugust 2019, HSBC released the personal guarantees of Mr. Choi and Mr. Ng Tsze Lun (“Mr. Ng”), a significant stockholder, will be released in exchange for Treasure Success and Jerash Holdings agreeing to guarantee the amounts under our Secured Credit FacilityFacilities with HSBC. The release of these guarantees will personally benefitbenefited Mr. Choi and Mr. Ng but requiresrequired Jerash Holdings and Treasure Success to incur potential liability in connection with their guarantee. See also “Note 11—Related Party Transactions.” Our majority stockholders may economically benefit from our arrangements with related parties. If we engage in related party transactions on unfavorable terms, the Company’sour operating results will be negatively impacted.

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We are dependent on a single product segment comprised of a limited number of products.

Presently, our product offering is limitedwe generate revenue primarily to outerwear from knitted fabric.manufacturing and exporting sport and outerwear. A shift in demand from such products may reduce the growth of new business for our products, as well asand reduce existing business in those products. If demand in sport and outerwear made from knitted fabric were to decline, we may endeavor to expand or transition our product offerings to other segments of the clothing retail industry. There can be no assurance that we would be able to successfully make such an expansion or transition, or that our sales and margins would not decline in the event we made such an expansion or transition.

 

Our revenuesrevenue and cash requirements are affected by the seasonal nature of our business.

 

A significant portion of our revenues arerevenue is received during the first six months of our fiscal year, or from April through September. A majority of our VF Corporation orders are derived from winter season fashions, the sales of which occur in the spring and summer and are merchandized by VF Corporation during the autumn months (September through November). As such, the second half of our fiscal year reflect lower sales in anticipation of the spring and summer seasons. In addition, due to the nature of our relationships with customers and our use of purchase orders to conduct our business, our revenuesrevenue may vary from period to period.


Changes in our product mix and the geographic destination of our products or source of our supplies may impact our cost of goods sold, net income, and financial position.

 

From time to time, we experience changes in the product mix and the geographic destination of our products. To the extent our product mix shifts from higher revenue items, such as jackets, to lower revenue items, such as pants, our cost of goods sold as a percentage of gross revenue will likely increase. In addition, if we sell a higher proportion of products in geographic regions where we do not benefit from free trade agreements or tax exemptions, our gross margins will fall. If we are unable to sustain consistent product mix and geographic destinations for our products, we could experience negative impacts to our financial condition and results of operations.

 

Our direct and indirect customers are in the clothing retail industry, which is subject to substantial cyclical variations and could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

 

Our direct and indirect customers are in the clothing retail industry, which is subject to substantial cyclical variations and is strongly affected by any downturn or slowdown in the general economy. Factors in the clothing retail industry that may influence our operating results from quarter to quarter include:

 ·the volume and timing of customer orders we receive during the quarter;
 ·the timing and magnitude of our customers’ marketing campaigns;
 ·the loss or addition of a major customer or of a major retailer nomination;
 ·the availability and pricing of materials for our products;
 ·the increased expenses incurred in connection with introducing new products;
 ·currency fluctuations;
 ·political factors that may affect the expected flow of commerce; and
 ·delays caused by third parties.

 

In addition, uncertainty over future economic prospects could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. Many factors affect the level of consumer spending in the clothing retail industry, including, among others:

 ·general business conditions;
 ·interest rates;
 ·the availability of consumer credit;
 ·taxation; and
 ·consumer confidence in future economic conditions.

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Consumer purchases of discretionary items, including our products, may decline during recessionary periods and also may decline at other times when disposable income is lower. Consequently, our customers may have larger inventories of our products than expected, and to compensate for any downturn they may reduce the size of their orders, change the payment terms, limit their purchases to a lower price range, and try to change their purchase terms, all of which may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

The clothing retail industry is subject to changes in fashion preferences. If our customers misjudge a fashion trend or the price which consumers are willing to pay for our products decreases, our revenuesrevenue could be adversely affected.

 

The clothing retail industry is subject to changes in fashion preferences. We design and manufacture products based on our customers’ judgment as to what products will appeal to consumers and what price consumers would be willing to pay for our products. Our customers may not be successful in accurately anticipating consumer preferences and the prices that consumers would be willing to pay for our products. Our revenuesrevenue will be reduced if our customers are not successful, particularly if our customers reduce the volume of their purchases from us or require us to reduce the prices at which we sell our products.


If we experience product quality or late delivery problems, or if we experience financial problems, our business will be negatively affected.

 

We may from time to time experience difficulties in making timely delivery of products of acceptable quality. Such difficulties may result in cancellation of orders, customer refusal to accept deliveries, or reductions in purchase prices, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. There can be no assurance that we will not experience difficulties with manufacturing our products.

 

We face intense competition in the worldwide apparel manufacturing industry.

We compete directly with a number of manufacturers of sport and outerwear from knitted fabric.outerwear. Some of these manufacturers have a lower cost base than us,bases, longer operating histories, larger customer bases, greater geographical proximity to customers, andor greater financial and marketing resources than we do. Increased competition, direct or indirect, could reduce our revenuesrevenue and profitability through pricing pressure, loss of market share, and other factors. We cannot assure you that we will be able to compete successfully with existing or new competitors, as the market for our products evolves and the level of competition increases. We believe that our business will depend upon our ability to provide apparel products of good quality and meeting our customers’ pricing and delivery requirements, as well asand our ability to maintain relationships with our major customers. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in this regard.

In addition, our customers operate in an intensely competitive retail environment. In the event that any of our customers’ sales decline for any reason, whether or not related to us or to our products, our sales to such customers could be materially reduced, which will have a negative impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

 

We may not be successful in integrating acquired businesses.

 

Our growth and profitability could be adversely affected if we acquire businesses or assets of other businesses and are unable to integrate the business or assets into our current business. To grow effectively, we must find acquisition candidates that meet our criteria and successfully integrate the acquired business into ours. If acquired businesses do not achieve expected levels of production or profitability, we are unable to integrate the business or assets into our business, or we are unable to adequately manage our growth following the acquisition, our results of operations and financial condition would be adversely affected.

We have previously experienced material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. If we fail to establish and maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately and timely disclose information about our financial results or prevent fraud. Any inability to accurately and timely disclose financial results could harm our business and reputation and cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

 

A system of financial controls and procedures is necessary to ensure that information about our financial results is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported in an accurate and timely fashion. Effective internal control over financial reporting is necessary for us to provide reliable financial reports and prevent fraud. If we cannot disclose required information or provide reliable financial reports, we may not be able to manage our business as effectively as we would if an effective control environment existed, and our business and reputation may be harmed. Our independent registered public accounting firm previously identified that we had a material weakness because we lacked sufficient personnel with an appropriate level of knowledge of accounting principles generally accepted by the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and financial reporting. Although we have taken certain steps to address this deficiency and it is no longer a material weakness, it is possible that we may have a material weakness identified in the future if the controls and procedures we have implemented are inadequate.

 

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Our results of operations are subject to fluctuations in currency exchange rates.

 

Exchange rate fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and the Jordanian dinar orJOD, Hong Kong dollar, or Chinese Yuan (“CNY”), as well as inflation in Jordan, or Hong Kong, or the PRC, may negatively affect our earnings. A substantial majority of our revenuesrevenue and a substantial portion of our expenses are denominated in U.S. dollars. However, a significant portion of the expenses associated with our Jordanian, or Hong Kong, or PRC operations, including personnel and facilities-related expenses, are incurred in Jordanian dinar orJOD, Hong Kong dollars, or CNY, respectively. Consequently, inflation in Jordan, or Hong Kong, or the PRC will have the effect of increasing the dollar cost of our operations in Jordan, and Hong Kong, or the PRC, respectively, unless it is offset on a timely basis by a devaluation of the Jordanian dinar orJOD, Hong Kong dollar, or CNY, as applicable, relative to the U.S. dollar. We cannot predict any future trends in the rate of inflation in Jordan, or Hong Kong, or the PRC or the rate of devaluation of the Jordanian dinar orJOD, Hong Kong dollar, or CNY, as applicable, against the U.S. dollar. In addition, we are exposed to the risk of fluctuation in the value of the Jordanian dinar andJOD, Hong Kong dollar, and CNY vis-a-vis the U.S. dollar. There can be no assurance that the Jordanian dinar andJOD or Hong Kong dollar will remain effectively pegged to the U.S. dollar. Any significant appreciation of the Jordanian dinar orJOD, Hong Kong dollar, or CNY against the U.S. dollar would cause an increase in our Jordanian dinar orJOD, Hong Kong dollar, or CNY expenses, as applicable, as recorded in our U.S. dollar denominated financial reports, even though the expenses denominated in Jordanian dinar orJOD, Hong Kong dollars, or CNY, as applicable, will remain unchanged. In addition, exchange rate fluctuations in currency exchange rates in countries other than Jordan where we operate and do business may also negatively affect our earnings.

 


We are subject to the risks of doing business abroad.

 

All of our products are manufactured outside the United States, at our subsidiaries’ production facilities in Jordan. Foreign manufacturing is subject to a number of risks, including work stoppages, transportation delays and interruptions, political instability, foreign currency fluctuations, economic disruptions, expropriation, nationalization, the imposition of tariffs and import and export controls, changes in governmental policies (including U.S. policypolicies towards Jordan), and other factors, which could have an adverse effect on our business. In addition, we may be subject to risks associated with the availability of and time required for the transportation of products from foreign countries. The occurrence of certain of these factors may delay or prevent the delivery of goods ordered by customers, and such delay or inability to meet delivery requirements would have a severe adverse impact on our results of operations and could have an adverse effect on our relationships with our customers.

 

Our ability to benefit from the lower labor costs in Jordan will depend on the political, social, and economic stability of Jordan and in the Middle East in general. We cannot assure you that the political, economic, or social situation in Jordan or in the Middle East in general will not have a material adverse effect on our operations, especially in light of the potential for hostilities in the Middle East. The success of the production facilities also will depend on the quality of the workmanship of laborers and our ability to maintain good relations with such laborers in these countries. We cannot guarantee that our operations in Jordan or any new locations outside of Jordan will be cost-efficient or successful.

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Our business could suffer if we violate labor laws or fail to conform to generally accepted labor standards or the ethical standards of our customers.

 

We are subject to labor laws issued by the Jordanian Ministry of Labor for our facilities in Jordan. In addition, many of our customers require their manufacturing suppliers to meet their standards for working conditions and other matters. If we violate applicable labor laws or generally accepted labor standards or the ethical standards of our customers by, for example, using forced or indentured labor or child labor, failing to pay compensation in accordance with local law, failing to operate our factories in compliance with local safety regulations, or diverging from other labor practices generally accepted as ethical, we could suffer a loss of sales or customers. In addition, such actions could result in negative publicity and may damage our reputation and discourage retail customers and consumers from buying our products.

 

Our products may not comply with various industry and governmental regulations and our customers may incur losses in their products or operations as a consequence of our non-compliance.

 

Our products are produced under strict supervision and controls to ensure that all materials and manufacturing processes comply with the industry and governmental regulations governing the markets in which these products are sold. However, if our controls fail to detect or prevent non-compliant materials from entering the manufacturing process, our products could cause damages to our customers’ products or processes and could also result in fines being incurred. The possible damages, replacement costs, and fines could significantly exceed the value of our products and these risks may not be covered by our insurance policies.

We depend on our suppliers for machinery and maintenance of machinery. We may experience delays or additional costs satisfying our production requirements due to our reliance on these suppliers.

 

We purchase machinery and equipment used in our manufacturing process from third partythird-party suppliers. If our suppliers are not able to provide us with maintenance or additional machinery or equipment as needed, we might not be able to maintain or increase our production to meet any demand for our products, which would negatively impact our financial condition and results of operations.


We are a holding company and rely on dividends, distributions, and other payments, advances, and transfers of funds from our subsidiaries to meet our obligations.

 

We are a holding company that does not conduct any business operations of our own. As a result, we rely on cash dividends and distributions and other transfers from our operating subsidiaries to meet our obligations. The deterioration of income from, or other available assets of, our operating subsidiaries for any reason could limit or impair their ability to pay dividends or other distributions to us, which in turn could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Periods of sustained economic adversity and uncertainty could negatively affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

 

Disruptions in the financial markets, such as what occurred in the global markets in 2008, may adversely impact the availability and cost of credit for our customers and prospective customers, which could result in the delay or cancellation of customer purchases. In addition, disruptions in the financial markets may have an adverse impact on regional and world economies and credit markets, which could negatively impact the availability and cost of capital for us and our customers. These conditions may reduce the willingness or ability of our customers and prospective customers to commit funds to purchase our services or products, or their ability to pay for our services after purchase. These conditions could result in bankruptcy or insolvency for some customers, which would impact our revenue and cash collections. These conditions could also result in pricing pressure and less favorable financial terms to us and our ability to access capital to fund our operations.

 

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Risks Related to Operations in Jordan

 

We are affected by conditions to, and possible reduction of, free trade agreements.

 

We benefit from exemptionsBecause of the United States-Jordan Free Trade Agreement and the Association Agreement between the EU and Jordan, we are able to sell our products manufactured at our facilities in Jordan to the U.S. free from customs duties and import quotas dueunder certain conditions and to our location in Al Tajamouat Industrial City, a Development Zone in Amman, Jordan, and theEU countries free trade agreements with the United States. Under the trade agreement between Jordan and the United States, goods produced in Development Zones can directly access U.S. markets without tariff or quota restrictions if they satisfy certain criteria.from customs duties. If there is a change in such benefits or if any such agreements were terminated, our profitability may be reduced.

 

Former President Donald Trump expressesexpressed antipathy towards existing and proposed trade agreements, has called for greater restrictions on free trade generally, has announced significant increases on tariffs on goods imported into the United States, and has withdrawn the United States from certaintook a starkly protectionist approach that included withdrawal and renegotiation of trade agreements includingand trade wars with China and U.S. allies alike. The new Biden administration raises the Trans-Pacific Partnership.possibility of a policy change. President Joe Biden has expressed no desire to withdraw from existing agreements. It seems clear that his policy will be less protectionist than former President Donald Trump’s. On the other hand, President Biden’s Buy American plan will make it harder for foreign manufacturers to sell goods in the U.S. and his insistence on strong labor provisions in trade agreements will likely prevent them from being implemented or protect U.S. industries when they are. It remains unclear what specifically President TrumpBiden would or would not do with respect to trade agreements, tariffs, and duties relating to products manufactured in Jordan. If President TrumpBiden takes action or publicly speaks out about the need to terminate or re-negotiate existing free trade agreements on which we rely, or in favor of restricting free trade or increasing tariffs and duties applicable to our products, such actions may adversely affect our sales and have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations, and cash flows.

 

Our results of operations would be materially and adversely affected in the event we are unable to operate our principal production facilities in Amman, Jordan.

 

All of our manufacturing process is performed in a complex of production facilities located in Amman, the capital of Jordan. We have no effective back-up for these operations and, in the event that we are unable to use the production facilities located in Amman, Jordan as a result of damage or for any other reason, our ability to manufacture a major portion of our products and our relationships with customers could be significantly impaired, which would materially and adversely affect our results of operation.

 


Our operations in Jordan may be adversely affected by social and political uncertainties or change, military activity, health-related risks, or acts of terrorism.

 

From time to time, Jordan has experienced instances of civil unrest, terrorism, and hostilities among neighboring countries, including Syria and Israel. A peace agreement between Israel and Jordan was signed in 1994. Terrorist attacks, military activity, rioting, or civil or political unrest in the future could influence the Jordanian economy and our operations by disrupting operations and communications and making travel within Jordan more difficult and less desirable. In late May 2018, protests about a proposed tax bill began throughout Jordan. On June 5, 2018, King Abdullah II of Jordan responded to the protests by removing and replacing Jordan’s prime minister. If political uncertainty rises in Jordan, our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows may be negatively impacted.

 

Political or social tensions also could create a greater perception that investments in companies with Jordanian operations involve a high degree of risk, which could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. We do not have insurance for losses and interruptions caused by terrorist attacks, military conflicts, and wars, which could subject us to significant financial losses. The realization of any of these risks could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.

 

We may face interruption of production and services due to increased security measures in response to terrorism.

 

Our business depends on the free flow of products and services through the channels of commerce. In response to terrorists’ activities and threats aimed at the United States, transportation, mail, financial, and other services may be slowed or stopped altogether. Extensive delays or stoppages in transportation, mail, financial, or other services could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition. Furthermore, we may experience an increase in operating costs, such as costs for transportation, insurance, and security as a result of the activities and potential delays. We may also experience delays in receiving payments from payors that have been affected by the terrorist activities. The United States economy in general may be adversely affected by terrorist activities and any economic downturn could adversely impact our results of operations, impair our ability to raise capital, or otherwise adversely affect our ability to grow our business.

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We are subject to regulatory and political uncertainties in Jordan.

 

We conduct substantially all of our business and operations in Jordan. Consequently, government policies and regulations, including tax policies, in Jordan will impact our financial performance and the market price of our common stock.

 

Jordan is a constitutional monarchy, but the King holds wide executive and legislative powers. The ruling family has taken initiatives that support the economic growth of the country. However, there is no assurance that such initiatives will be successful or will continue. The rate of economic liberalization could change, and specific laws and policies affecting manufacturing companies, foreign investments, currency exchange rates, and other matters affecting investments in Jordan could change as well. A significant change in Jordan’s economic policy or any social or political uncertainties that impact economic policy in Jordan could adversely affect business and economic conditions in Jordan generally and our business and prospects.

If we violate applicable anti-corruption laws or our internal policies designed to ensure ethical business practices, we could face financial penalties and reputational harm that would negatively impact our financial condition and results of operations.

 

We are subject to anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws in the United States and Jordan. Jordan’s reputation for potential corruption and the challenges presented by Jordan’s complex business environment, including high levels of bureaucracy, red tape, and vague regulations, may increase our risk of violating applicable anti-corruption laws. We face the risk that we, our employees, or any third parties such as our sales agents and distributors that we engage to do work on our behalf may take action determined to be in violation of anti-corruption laws in any jurisdiction in which we conduct business, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (“FCPA”(the “FCPA”). Any violation of the FCPA or any similar anti-corruption law or regulation could result in substantial fines, sanctions, civil or criminal penalties, and curtailment of operations that might harm our business, financial condition, or results of operations.


Our stockholders may face difficulties in protecting their interests and exercising their rights as a stockholder of ours because we conduct substantially all of our operations in Jordan and certain of our officers and directors reside outside of the United States.

 

Certain of our officers and directors reside outside the United States. Therefore, our stockholders may experience difficulties in effecting service of legal process, enforcing foreign judgments, or bringing original actions in any of these jurisdictions based upon U.S. laws, including the federal securities laws or other foreign laws against us, our officers, and directors. Furthermore, we conduct substantially all of our operations in Jordan through our operating subsidiaries. Because the majority of our assets are located outside the United States, any judgment obtained in the United States against us or certain of our directors and officers may not be collectible within the United States.

  

Risk Factors Relating to our Securities

 

If we fail to comply with the continuing listing standards of the Nasdaq, our common stock could be delisted from the exchange.

 

If we were unable to meet the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”), our common stock could be delisted from the Nasdaq. Any such delisting of our common stock could have an adverse effect on the market price of, and the efficiency of the trading market for, our common stock, not only in terms of the number of shares that can be bought and sold at a given price, but also through delays in the timing of transactions and less coverage of us by securities analysts, if any. Also, if in the future we were to determine that we need to seek additional equity capital, being delisted from Nasdaq could have an adverse effect on our ability to raise capital in the public or private equity markets.

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Our majority stockholders will control the Companyus for the foreseeable future, including the outcome of matters requiring stockholder approval.

 

As threeThree of our stockholders beneficially own approximately 71.5%71.4% of our outstanding common stock, as of June 25, 2019.22, 2021. Accordingly, our other stockholders do not have any ability to exercise control over us and those majority stockholders will have the ability, acting together, to elect all of our directors and to substantially influence the outcome of corporate actions requiring stockholder approval, such as: (i) a merger or a sale of the Company,Group, (ii) a sale of all or substantially all of our assets;assets, and (iii) amendments to our corporate documents. This concentration of voting power and control could have a significant effect in delaying, deferring, or preventing an action that might otherwise be beneficial to our other stockholders and be disadvantageous to our stockholders with interests different from those entities and individuals.

 

Our stockholders’ ownership interest in us may be diluted by exercises of currently outstanding or committed warrants.

 

There are currently outstanding warrants to purchase shares of our common stock. To the extent these warrants are exercised, our current stockholders’ voting power will be diluted, and the value of their investment may decrease. We have granted warrants to purchase up to 71,100 units to designees of the placement agent in connection with a private placement offering that we initially closed on May 15, 2017 and had subsequent closings on August 18, 2017 and September 27, 2017 (the “Private Placement”). Each unit consists of one share of our common stock and one warrant (with each such warrant being immediately exercisable for one-tenth of one share of common stock at an exercise price of $6.25 per share for a period of five years from the issuance date). The private placement agent warrants are exercisable with respect to 48,600 units beginning on July 15, 2017 and expiring on May 15, 2022, 18,000 units beginning on October 18, 2017 and expiring on August 18, 2022, and 4,500 units beginning on November 27, 2017 expiring on September 27, 2022. The private placement agent’s warrants are exercisable at a price per unit equal to $5.50.

 

Also, inIn connection with the Private Placement, we also issued five-year warrants to purchase up to 79,000 shares of our common stock to various accredited investors at an exercise price of $6.25 per share. Such warrants expire on May 15, 2022 with respect to 54,000 warrants, August 18, 2022 with respect to 20,000 warrants, and September 27, 2022 with respect to 5,000 warrants. We have also issued a five-year warrant to our board observer to purchase up to 50,000 shares of common stock. The warrant has an exercise price of $5.00 per share and may be converted by means of a cashless exercise during the term of the warrant. This warrant may be exercised any time until May 15, 2022.

 


Finally, in connection with our initial public offering, we issued to the underwriter and its affiliates warrants to purchase 57,200 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $8.75 per share and an expiration date of May 2, 2023.

 

70,000 of the foregoing warrants have been exercised as of the date of this annual report and there are currently 194,410 outstanding warrants to purchase shares of our common stock. To the extent any of the foregoingadditional warrants are exercised, our stockholders’ ownership interest in us will be diluted, which may reduce the market price of our common stock.

 

Future sales and issuances of our common stock or rights to purchase common stock could result in additional dilution of the percentage ownership of our stockholders and could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

We may issue additional securities in the future. Pursuant to our amended and restated 2018 Stock Incentive Plan, we may issue up to 1,484,2501,784,250 shares of common stock to certain members of our management and key employees of the Company.employees.

 

Future sales and issuances of our common stock or rights to purchase our common stock could result in substantial dilution to our existing stockholders. We may sell common stock, convertible securities, and other equity securities in one or more transactions at prices and in a manner as we may determine from time to time. If we sell any such securities, our stockholders may be materially diluted. New investors in any future transactions could gain rights, preferences, and privileges senior to those of holders of our common stock.

 

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If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about us, or if they adversely change their recommendations regarding our common stock, our stock price and trading volume of our common stock could decline.

The trading market for our common stock will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish about us, our industry, and our market. If no analyst elects to cover us and publish research or reports about us, the market for our common stock could be severely limited and our stock price could be adversely affected. In addition, if one or more analysts ceases coverage of us or fails to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline. If one or more analysts who elect to cover us issue negative reports or adversely change their recommendations regarding our common stock, the market price of our common stock could decline.

 

The requirements of being a public company, including compliance with the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), may strain our resources, increase our costs, and distract management, and we may be unable to comply with these requirements in a timely or cost-effective manner.

 

We are required to comply with the laws, regulations, requirements, and certain corporate governance provisions under the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Complying with these statutes, regulations, and requirements will occupy a significant amount of time of our board of directors and management, and will significantly increase our costs and expenses and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly. In connection with becoming a reporting company, we will need to continue:

 

 ·instituting a more comprehensive compliance function;
 ·preparing and distributing periodic and current reports under the federal securities laws;
 ·establishing and enforcing internal compliance policies, such as those related to insider trading; and
 ·involving and retaining outside counsel and accountants to a greater degree than before we became a reporting company.

 

Our ongoing compliance efforts will increase general and administrative expenses and may divert management’s time and attention from the development of our business, which may adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. We incurred approximately $600,000 in costs during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019 in connection with becoming a public company.

Our lack of experienced accounting staff may impact our ability to report our future financial results on a timely and accurate basis, and we need to retain the services of additional accountants and consultants with the required accounting experience and expertise.

 

With the exception of our chief financial officer, our accounting and finance staff lacks depth and skill in the application of U.S. GAAP with respect to external financial reporting for Exchange Act reporting companies. We intend to engage the services of additional accounting personnel and expert consultants to assist with our financial accounting and reporting requirements for our internal control over financial reporting and producing timely financial reports. If our accounting and finance staff is unable to maintain our internal control over financial reporting, we may experience difficulty producing reliable and timely financial statements, which could cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, the market price of our stock to decline significantly, reduce the likelihood that we would be able to obtain additional financing on acceptable terms, and harm our business and financial condition.


If we are unable to effectively implement and maintain our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports and the market price of our common stock may decline.

We arehave been required to evaluate our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act beginning with thisthe annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019. The process of designing and implementing internal controls over financial reporting may divert our internal resources and take a significant amount of time and expense to complete. If we identify material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, are unable to comply with the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner or assert that our internal control over financial reporting is ineffective, investors may lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could negatively impact the market for our common stock and cause us to be unable to obtain additional financing on acceptable terms or at all, which could cause harm to our business and financial condition. In addition, as an emerging growth company, we are not required to obtain an auditor attestation of management’s evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting once such internal controls are in place. As a result, we may fail to identify and remediate a material weakness or deficiency in our internal control over financial reporting, which may cause our financial statements and related disclosure to contain material misstatements and could cause delays in filing required financial statements and related reports.

 

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The reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies may make our common stock less attractive to investors, which may lead to volatility and a decrease in the market price of our common stock.

 

For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from reporting requirements that apply to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies. Investors may find our common stock less attractive because we may rely on these exemptions, which include not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. If investors find our common stock less attractive as a result of exemptions and reduced disclosure requirements, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile or may decrease.

  

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

 

None.

 

Item 2. Properties.

 

Jerash Garments owns an industrial building of approximately 89,300 square feet and two pieces of land totaling approximately 181,000 square feet in Al Tajamouat Industrial City. The Group leasesWe lease additional space totaling approximately 258,300448,000 square feet in industrial buildings in Al Tajamouat Industrial City. In addition, the Group leaseswe lease space for our workers in dormitories located inside and outside of Al Tajamouat Industrial City.

 

Treasure Success leasesleased its office space in Hong Kong from Ford Glory, pursuant to an agreement effective October 3, 2018 providing for a rent in the amount of HK$119,540 (approximately $15,326) per month and having a one-year term with an option to extend the term for an additional year at the same rent. We expect thisOn October 3, 2019, Treasure Success exercised the option to extend the lease for an additional year at the same rent. On December 15, 2020, Treasure Success renewed the lease for an additional year starting from October 3, 2020 at the same rent. In February 2021, Ford Glory disposed of the property that was the subject of the tenancy agreement between Treasure Success and Ford Glory. Ever Winland Limited, the new owner of the property and an independent party to be renewedthe Group, entered into a new tenancy agreement with Treasure Success on similar terms.February 26, 2021. The new tenancy agreement has a term from February 26, 2021 to February 25, 2023, with a rent in the amount of HK$119,540 (approximately $15,326) per month.

 

On December 11, 2018, the Companywe entered into an agreement through Jerash Garments, one of itsour subsidiaries in Jordan, to acquire all of the stock of an existing garment manufacturing business in order to operate itsour fourth manufacturing facility in Al Tajamouat Industrial City located in Amman, Jordan. The facility is expected to add 1.5 to 1.8This acquisition increased Jerash’s annual capacity from 6.5 million pieces per year to Jerash’s current annual capacity.8 million pieces. The new facilities are an existing garment manufacturing operation adjacent to Jerash'sJerash’s three largest manufacturing centers. Jerash assumed ownership of all of the machinery and equipment owned by Al-Mutafaweq Co. for Garments Manufacturing Ltd. (“Paramount”)Paramount through the acquisition. Jerash leases an approximately 100,900 square foot primary garment manufacturing factory and housing accommodations for up to 500 workers located in Al Tajamouat Industrial City. Jerash intends to assume the lease for an approximately 10,800 square foot satellite factory facility from Paramount. Additionally, Jerash has coordinated with the Jordanian Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Labor and Customs Department to assume the existing compliance certificates and workplace certifications, including the facility'sfacility’s Better Work Jordan credentials. In connection with the closing of this transaction, which occurred as of June 18, 2019, Jerash paid an aggregate of $980,000 to Paramount to acquire all of its stock. Jerash intends to further invest in machinery, dormitory expansion and facility audits to support additional growth at the new facility.

 


The Group believesIn 2015, we commenced a project to build a 4,800 square foot workshop in the real property thatTafilah Governorate of Jordan, which was previously intended to be used as a sewing workshop for Jerash Garments, but which we ownnow intend to use as a dormitory. Construction has been temporarily suspended since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This dormitory is expected to be operational in fiscal 2022 to house management and leasesupervisory staff for the 54,000 square foot workshop in Al-Hasa County. This project is sufficientexpected to conduct the Group’s operations as they are currently conducted.cost approximately $200,000 upon completion.

 

In calendar year 2018, the Groupwe commenced another project to build a 54,000 square foot workshop in Al-Hasa County in the Tafilah Governorate of Jordan, which is expected to be completedstarted operation in SeptemberNovember 2019. This project is a joint project with the Jordanian Ministry of Labor and the Employment and Training Department in Jordan. Pursuant to the agreement between these parties and us, we guaranteed up to JOD125,000JOD112,500, or $176,000$159,000, for this project and agreed to employ at least 500 workers for the first 12 months following the completion of the project. The Ministry of Labor is financingfinanced the building of the workshop and the Employment and Training Department will support 50% of the workers’ salaries, as well as transportation and social security costs in the first 12 months following the completion of the project. We will usebe using the workshop without paying rent for the first three years after we commence manufacturing in the workshop,until December 2022, after which time we anticipate entering into a lease agreement for the workshop.workshop with the Jordanian Ministry of Labor for market rent. In the event that we do not comply with the terms of the agreement, we must pay the Ministry of Labor and the Employment and Training Department JOD250,000 or $353,000.

 

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In April 2021, we commenced a construction on a 189,000 square-foot housing facility for our multi-national workforce, situated on a 49,000 square-foot site owned by us, in Al Tajamouat Industrial City. We anticipate the completion and occupancy of the new building by mid-2022. To meet increasing demand, we were also completing plans to construct an additional project on a nearby separate 133,000 square-foot parcel that we purchased in 2019 for $1.2 million, with 2/3 of the land allocated for our fifth manufacturing plant and 1/3 for housing. We anticipate starting the construction later this year.

 

On July 1, 2020, Jiangmen Treasure Success and Jiangmen V-Apparel Manufacturing Limited entered into a factory lease agreement, which was a replacement of a previous lease agreement dated August 31, 2019. The new lease has a one-year term with monthly rent amount of CNY28,300 (approximately $4,300) for additional office space and sample production purposes. On April 30, 2021, the factory lease agreement between Jiangmen Treasure Success and Jiangmen V-apparel Manufacturing Limited was terminated. On January 1, 2021, Jiangmen Treasure Success entered a factory lease agreement with an independent third party. The lease has a five-year term with monthly rent amount of CNY50,245 (approximately $7,700) for the first year, CNY60,270 ($9,200) for the second year, and 5% further annual increments starting from the third year.

We believe the real property that we own and lease is sufficient to conduct our operations as they are currently conducted.

 

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

 

We are not currently involved in any material legal proceedings. From time-to-time the Group is,we are, and the Group anticipateswe anticipate that we will be, involved in legal proceedings, claims, and litigation arising in the ordinary course of our business and otherwise. The ultimate costs to resolve any such matters could have a material adverse effect on the Group’sour financial statements. We could be forced to incur material expenses with respect to these legal proceedings, and in the event that there is an outcome in any that is adverse to us, the Group’sour financial position and prospects could be harmed.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

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PART II

 

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

 

Our common stock has been traded and quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “JRSH” since May 4, 2018. Before that, our stock was not traded on any stock exchange. As of June 25, 2019,22, 2021, there were 11,325,00011,334,318 shares of common stock issued and outstanding held by approximately 5336 stockholders of record.

Since November 2018, the Board of Directors of Jerash Holdings has declared a quarterly cash dividend payable to holders of its common stock. Subject to the discretion of the Board of Directors and applicable law, we currently expect to continue declaring comparable quarterly cash dividends in the future.

 

For information on securities authorized for issuance under our existing equity compensation plan, see Item 12 under the heading “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.”

We did not repurchase any of our common stock in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019.2021.

 

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, we did not have sales of unregistered securities other than those already disclosed in the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q in the fiscal years 2021 and 2020 and current affair reports on Form 8-K.

 

Not applicable.Item 6. [Reserved].

 

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion of the Group’sour financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the Group’sour consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this filing.

 

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

 

Overview

 

Jerash Holdings is a holding company organized as a corporation in Delaware in January 2016 with nominal or no assets or operations. Through our wholly owned operating subsidiaries the Group isand VIE, we are principally engaged in the manufacturing and exporting of customized, ready-made sport and outerwear from knitted fabric and PPE produced in the Group’sour facilities in Jordan.

 

The Group isWe are an approved manufacturer byof many well-known brands and retailers, such as Walmart, Costco, Hanes, Columbia, VF Corporation (which owns brands such as The North Face, Timberland, Jansport, etc.), and PVH Corp.New Balance, G-III (which owns brands such as Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, IZOD, Speedo, etc.)DKNY, and Guess), American Eagle, VF Corporation (which operates brands such as The North Face, Timberland, and JanSport). Our production facilities are made up of four factory units, one workshop, and threefour warehouses and currently employ approximately 3,6004,300 people. Our employees include local Jordanian workers as well as migrant workers from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar and Nepal. The total annual capacity at the Group’sour facilities is approximately 8.012.0 million pieces (average for product categories including t-shirts, polospolo shirts, pants, shorts, and jackets)jackets, and excluding PPE).

Merger

 

On May 11, 2017,Impact of COVID-19 on our business

Collectability of receivables. We had accounts receivable of $12.0 million as of March 31, 2021. Out of this $12.0 million, $11.8 million had been received through June 12, 2021. There was approximately $0.2 million overdue account receivable as of March 31, 2021.

Inventory. We had inventory of $25.0 million as of March 31, 2021. Most of them are for orders scheduled to be shipped within fiscal 2022.


Investments. We acquired two pieces of land in fiscal 2020 for the construction of dormitory and production facility. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the management decided to hold off the construction in fiscal 2021. In April 2021, we implementedcommenced the construction of a merger (the “Merger”) via two transactions,housing facility for our multi-national workforce on the land. See “Item 1. Business”

Revenue. For fiscal 2021, annual sales was $90.2 million, which was $2.8 million, or approximately 3%, lower than $93.0 million for fiscal 2020. The decrease was mainly due to the loss in productivity in the gradual resumption of production in April 2020 after the national lockdown, the limitation in overtime work, and the strengthened procedures in hygienic precautions. The aggregate sales in the first being an equity contribution wherebytwo quarters of fiscal 2021 decreased by $7.3 million to $45.8 from $53.1 million in the shareholderssame period in fiscal 2020. The decrease was mostly compensated by the increase in sales of Global Trend, contributed 100%$4.5 million in the second half of fiscal 2021 to $44.4 million from $39.9 million in the outstanding capital stocksame period in fiscal 2020. In addition, we managed to secure orders from new local customers that helped mitigate the impact of Global Trendslower sales to Jerash Holdings in exchange forthe U.S. market.

Liquidity/Going Concern. We had approximately $21.1 million of cash and cash equivalent as of March 31, 2021. We had net current assets of approximately $50.1 million with a current ratio of 4.5 to 1. In addition, we had banking facilities with an aggregate limit of 8,787,500 shares$26 million and $612,703 outstanding as of common stock of Jerash Holdings with Global Trend becomingMarch 31, 2021. Given the wholly-owned subsidiary of Jerash Holdings. In the second transaction, Global Trend merged with and into Jerash Holdings with Jerash Holdings being the surviving entity,above, we believe that we will have sufficient financial resources to maintain as a result of which Jerash Holdings became the direct parent of Global Trend’s wholly owned operating subsidiaries, Jerash Garments and Treasure Success.

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Accounting Treatment of Merger

For accounting purposes, Global Trend is recognized as the accounting acquirer, and Jerash Holdings is the legal acquirer or accounting acquiree. As such, following the Merger, the historical financial statements of Global Trend are treated as the historical financial statements of the combined company. Accordingly, the financial informationgoing concern in this Annual Report on Form 10-K prior to the Merger, including management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations and the consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this filing, reflect the consolidated financial statements of Global Trend, its subsidiaries and its affiliate, which includes as a variable interest entity Victory Apparel Jordan Company Limited (“Victory Apparel”). Victory Apparel was incorporated in Jordan in 2005 and it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wealth Choice Limited (“WCL”). WCL acquired Global Trend and Jerash Garments from two third-party individuals on March 21, 2012. On March 31, 2006, Victory Apparel purchased all of the property and equipment of Jerash Garments at an industrial building in Al Tajamouat Industrial City purchased by Jerash Garments on July 31, 2000. The land and building were not registered in Victory Apparel’s name, and Jerash Garments continued to hold the land and building in its name in trust for Victory Apparel. The declaration of trust was never registered with the Land Registry of Jordan, and on June 30, 2016, Victory Apparel and Jerash Garments dissolved the sale agreement, resulting in the property and equipment being owned free and clear by Jerash Garments. Victory Apparel does not currently have any material assets or operations of its own, and Mr. Choi and Mr. Lee, the Group’s significant stockholders who together indirectly own 100% of Victory Apparel through WCL, intend to dissolve the entity.fiscal 2022.

 

Seasonality of Sales

 

A significant portion of our revenues arerevenue is received during the first six months of our fiscal year. The majority of our VF Corporation orders are derived from winter season fashions, the sales of which occur in Spring and Summer and are merchandized by VF Corporation during the Autumn months (Septemberof September through November).November. As such, the second half of our fiscal years reflect lower sales in anticipation of the spring and summer seasons. One of our strategies is to increase sales with other customers where clothing lines are stronger during the spring months. This strategy also reflects our current plan to increase the Group’sour number of customers to mitigate our current concentration risk with VF Corporation.

 

Results of Operations

 

The following table presents certain information from our statement of income for fiscal years 20182021 and 20192020 and should be read, along with all of the information in this management’s discussion and analysis, in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this filing.

 

(All amounts, other than percentages, in thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

  Years Ended March 31,       
  2019  2018  Year over Year 
Statement of Income
Data:
 Amount  As % of
Sales
  Amount  As % of
Sales
  Amount  % 
Revenue $84,984   100% $69,296   100% $15,688   23%
Cost of goods sold  66,207   78%  51,342   74%  14,865   29%
Gross profit  18,777   22%  17,954   26%  823   5%
Selling, general and administrative expenses  12,428   15%  6,119   9%  6,309   103%
Other income / (expense), net  23   0%  (32)  0%  55   172%
Net income before taxation $6,372   7% $11,803   17% $(5,431)  (46)%
Income tax expense  1,260   1%  1,400   2%  (140)  (10)%
Net income $5,112   6%  $10,403   15%  $(5,291)  (51)%

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  Fiscal Years Ended March 31,       
  2021  2020  Year over Year 
Statement of Income Data: Amount  As % of
Sales
  Amount  As % of
Sales
  Amount  % 
Revenue $90,213   100% $93,024   100% $(2,811)  (3)%
Cost of goods sold  74,214   82%  75,041   81%  (827)  (1)%
Gross profit  15,999   18%  17,983   19%  (1,984)  (11)%
Selling, general and administrative expenses  10,614   12%  10,318   11%  296   3%
Other income (expense), net  109   0%  (21)  0%  130   619%
Net income before taxation $5,494   6% $7,644   8% $(2,150)  (28)%
Income tax expense  1,346   1%  1,174   1%  172   15%
Net income $4,148   5% $6,470   7% $(2,322)  (36)%

 

 

Revenue.Revenue increaseddecreased by approximately $15.7$2.8 million, or 23%3%, to approximately $85.0$90.2 million in fiscal 20192021 from approximately $69.3$93.0 million in fiscal 2018.2020. The growthdecrease was mainly the result of the expansionloss in productivity in the resumption of our business with one of our major customers, particularly,production in export product types with higher sales value, such as jackets,April 2020 after the addition of new customersnational lockdown in Jordan, the restriction in overtime work, and the continued economic expansion of the U.S., which remains the Group’s major export destination.strengthened hygienic precautions. Approximately 83%88% and 88%96% of our products were exported to the U.S. in fiscal 20192021 and 2018,2020, respectively.

 


The table below presents our revenuesrevenue for fiscal years 20182021 and 20192020 by geographic area.

 

Revenue by Geographic Area

(All amounts, other than percentages, in thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

 Years Ended March 31,     Fiscal Years Ended March 31,    
 2019  2018  Year over Year  2021  2020  Year over Year 
Region Amount  %  Amount  %  Amount  %  Amount  %  Amount  %  Amount  % 
United States $70,093   83% $61,239   88% $8,854   14% $79,190   88% $89,123   96% $(9,933)  (11)%
Jordan  13,693   16%  7,268   11%  6,425   88%  5,703   6%  3,738   4%  1,965   53%
Others  1,198   1%  789   1%  409   52%  5,320   6%  163   0%  5,157   3,164%
Total $84,984   100% $69,296   100% $15,688   23% $90,213   100% $93,024   100% $(2,811)  (3)%

 

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Since January 2010, all apparel manufactured in Jordan can be exported to the U.S. without customs duty being imposed, pursuant to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection JordanUnited States-Jordan Free Trade TreatyAgreement entered into in December 2001. This treatyfree trade agreement provides us with substantial competitiveness and benefit forthat allowed us to expand the Group’sour garment export business in the U.S. Our sales to the U.S. increaseddecreased by approximately 14%11% in fiscal 20192021 compared to fiscal 2018.2020. According to the Major Shippers Report issued by the Office of Textiles and Apparel under the U.S. Department of Commerce dated May 4, 2021, U.S. apparel import from Jordan increaseddecreased by approximately 13.33%22% from $1.38$1.83 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 20182020 to approximately $1.56$1.43 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019. The Group’s2021. Our sales growthdecrease ratio has been exceedinglower than the industrial average growthdecrease ratio amid the COVID pandemic, and the Group expects itwe expect we will still hashave plenty of room to expand our garment export business in the U.S., in the long run, as Jerash accountsaccounted for only approximately 5.0%6% of the total Jordanian garment exports to the U.S., in fiscal 2021, according to data from the Major Shippers Report issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce.

 

Cost of goods sold.Following the growthdecrease in sales revenue, our cost of goods sold increaseddecreased by approximately $14.9$0.8 million, or 29%1%, to approximately $66.2$74.2 million in fiscal 20192021 from approximately $51.3$75.0 million in fiscal 2018.2020. As a percentage of revenues,revenue, the cost of goods sold increased by approximately 4%1% point to 78%82% in fiscal 20192021 from 74%81% in fiscal 2018.2020. The increase in cost of goods sold as a percentage of revenuesrevenue was primarily attributable to the higher proportion of local orders that typically have a lower priced contract orders compared to fiscal 2018, sample orders for customers and loweraverage profit margin orders intended to seize market share in warm weather products. margin.

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, the Company2021, we purchased approximately 19%, 12% and 11%13% of its raw materialsour garments from threeone major suppliers.supplier. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 the company2020, we purchased approximately 43%22%, 16%, and 18%11% of itsour raw materials from twothree major suppliers.suppliers, respectively.

 

Gross profit margin. Gross profit margin was approximately 22%18% in fiscal 2019,2021, which decreased by approximately 4%1% point from 26%19% in fiscal 2018.2020. The decrease in gross profit margin was primarily driven by thea higher proportion of local orders that typically have a lower gross margin, and the lower priced contract orders comparedloss in productivity in April 2020 due to fiscal 2018, sample orders for customers and lower profit margin orders intended to seize market sharethe national lockdown in warm weather products.Jordan.

 

Selling, general, and administrative expenses.Selling, general, and administrative expenses increased by approximately 103%3% from approximately $6.1$10.3 million in fiscal 20182020 to approximately $12.4$10.6 million in fiscal 2019.2021. The slight increase was mainly attributable to share-based compensation expensethe increase in expenses for pandemic precaution and the increase in headcounts to cater for sales growth in the second half of $3.6 million recognized for stock options issued in fiscal 2019, legal and professional expense in relation to the Company’s listing on the Nasdaq such as listing fees, compliance costs, investor relations expenses and expenses incurred for the expansion of business including gaining new customers and expanding our production capacity.

year.

 

Other income / (expense), net.Other income, net was approximately $23,000$109,000 in fiscal 20192021 and thereother expenses, net was other expense, net of approximately $32,000$21,000 in fiscal 2018.2020. The net gainincrease in fiscal 2019 mainly resultedother income was primarily due to a return from short-term investments that were realized during the impact of variable exchange rates.year.

 

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Net income before taxation.Net income before taxation for the year ended March 31, 2019fiscal 2021 decreased by approximately 46%28% from approximately $11.8$7.6 million to approximately $6.4$5.5 million. The decrease was mainly attributable to the lower unit sales price due to higher proportion of local orders, the lower margin of local orders, the loss of productivity in the national lockdown in April 2020, the increase in selling, administrativeexpenses for pandemic precaution, and general expenses including share-based compensation expense of approximately $3.6 million,the increase in legal and professional fees in relationheadcounts to the Company’s listing on Nasdaq, and the expenses incurred in developing new customers and expanding our production capacity. Decreased gross profit margin, as discussed in cost of goods sold and gross profit margin above, were also a significant drivercater for sales growth in the reduction in net income before taxation.second half of the year discussed above.

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U.S. taxation.On December 22, 2017,Income tax expense for fiscal 2021 was approximately $1.3 million compared to income tax expense of $1.2 million for fiscal 2020. The effective tax rate was 24.5% and 15.4% for fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectively. The increase of effective tax rate was caused by the United States enacted comprehensiveincrease in local tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cutsrate in Jordan, true up of Jordan tax for fiscal year 2019, and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). Under the provisionshigher proportion of the Tax Act,losses in China, Hong Kong, and the U.S. corporate tax rate decreased from 35% to 21%. Additionally, the Tax Act imposes a one-time transition tax on deemed repatriation of historical earnings of foreign subsidiaries. Future foreign earnings are subject to U.S. taxation under the new GILTI regime.

 In accordance with the requirements of Staff Accounting Bulletin 118, the Company has completed its accounting for the Act, as discussed below. During the third quarter of fiscal 2019, we completed our accounting for the impact of the transition tax with the finalization of our fiscal year 2018 tax returns, and we determined that the transition tax liability was approximately $1.7 million. Of this amount, $0.2 million was paid during the 2019 fiscal year, $0.1 million is payable within the 2020 fiscal year, and the remaining $1.4 million is payable in years after the 2020 fiscal year. Furthermore, as discussed in the Company’s third quarter financial statements, we evaluated the impacts of the GILTI provisions of the Tax Act and the application of Accounting Standards Codification 740, Income Taxes. Under U.S. GAAP, the Company is allowed to make an accounting policy choice of either (1) treating taxes due on future U.S. inclusions in taxable income related to GILTI as a current-period expense when incurred (the “period cost method”) or (2) factoring such amounts into the Company’s measurement of its deferred taxes (the “deferred method”). We have selected the period cost method as our accounting policy with respect to the new GILTI tax rules, and therefore we have considered the taxes resulting from GILTI as a current-period expense for the 2019 fiscal year.

 

Jordan taxation. Jerash Garments, Jerash Embroidery, Chinese Garments, Paramount, Jerash The First, and Victory Apparel are subject to the regulations of Income Tax Department in Jordan. The corporate income tax rate is 14%has been 16% for the industrial sector.sector starting from January 1, 2021. In accordance with the Investment Encouragement Law, Jerash Garments'Garments’ export sales to overseas customers are entitled to a 100% income tax exemption for a period of 10 years commencing at the first day of production. This exemption was extended for 5five years to December 31, 2018. Effective January 1, 2019, in accordance to Development Zone law, Jerash Garments and its subsidiaries and VIE began paying corporate income tax in Jordan at a rate of 5%. For the year ended March 31, 2019, Jordan10% plus a 1% social contribution. The income tax rate increased to 14% plus 1% social contribution effective from January 1, 2020. The tax income tax rate increased to 16% plus a 1% social contribution effective from January 1, 2021. For fiscal 2021, our income tax in Jordan was $40,260.approximately $1,342,000.

 

Jerash Garments and its subsidiaries and VIE are subject to local sales tax of 16%. However, Jerash Garments was granted a sales tax exemption from the Jordanian Investment Commission for the period June 1, 2015 to June 1, 2018 that allowed Jerash Garments to make purchases with no sales tax charge. This exemption was extended to February 15, 2020 and the Company intends to apply to extend the exemption before the expiration date.5, 2022.

 

Hong Kong taxation. Treasure Success is registered in Hong Kong with an income tax rate of 8.25% on assessable profits up to HK$2,000,000 and 16.5% on any part of assessable profits over HK$2,000,000. Treasure Success incurred no income tax expense for fiscal 20192021 and 20182020 due to its operating loss. In accordance with tax legislation in Hong Kong, the accumulated loss can be used to offset future profit for income tax purposes.

 

PRC taxation. Jiangmen Treasure Success was established in the PRC and is subject to an income tax rate of 25%.

Net income.Net income for the year ended March 31, 2019 offiscal 2021 was approximately $5.1$4.1 million, decreased by approximately 51%a 36% decrease from approximately $10.4$6.5 million for the year ended March 31, 2018.fiscal 2020. The decrease was mainly attributable to the increasedecrease in selling, administrative and general expenses including share-based compensation expense of approximately $3.6 million, increases in legal and professional fees relating to the Company’s listing on Nasdaq,sales revenue and the expenses incurred in developing new customers and expanding our production capacity. Decreased gross profit margin, as discussedincrease in cost of goods soldsales and gross profit margin above, were also a significant driver in the reduction in net income.selling and administration expenses discussed above.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Jerash Holdings is a holding company incorporated in Delaware. As a holding company, we rely on dividends and other distributions from our Jordanian subsidiaries to satisfy our liquidity requirements. Current Jordanian regulations permit the Group’sour Jordanian subsidiaries and VIE to pay dividends to us only out of their accumulated profits, if any, determined in accordance with Jordanian accounting standards and regulations. In addition, our Jordanian subsidiaries and VIE are required to set aside at least 10% of their respective accumulated profits each year, if any, to fund certain reserve funds. These reserves are not distributable as cash dividends. The Group hasWe have relied on direct payments of expenses by the Group’sour subsidiaries and VIE (which generate revenues),revenue) to meet the Group’sour obligations to date. To the extent payments are due in U.S. dollars, the Group haswe have occasionally paid such amounts in Jordanian DinarJOD to an entity controlled by the Group’sour management capable of paying such amounts in U.S. dollars. Such transactions have been made at prevailing exchange rates and have resulted in immaterial losses or gains on currency exchange but no other profit.

 

As of March 31, 2019,2021, we had cash of approximately $27.2$21.1 million and restricted cash of approximately $0.7$1.7 million compared to cash of approximately $8.6$26.1 million and restricted cash of approximately $3.6$0.8 million as of March 31, 2018,2020, which was mainly the security deposit for obtainingsupporting our duty-free import into Jordan at the customs and deposit supporting letter of credit facilities from HSBC.to suppliers.

 

Our current assets as of March 31, 20192021 were approximately $55.4$64.7 million, and our current liabilities were approximately $7.6$14.5 million, which resulted in a current ratio of approximately 7.3:4.5:1. Our current assets as of March 31, 20182020 were approximately $36.9$59.0 million, and our current liabilities were approximately $7.9$10.9 million, which resulted in a current ratio of approximately 4.7:5.4:1. Total equity as of March 31, 20192021 and 20182020 was approximately $50.3$56.7 million and 34.1$54.8 million, respectively.

 


We had net working capital of $47.8$50.1 million and $28.9$48.1 million as of March 31, 20192021 and 2018,2020, respectively. Based on the Group’sour current operating plan, we believe that cash on hand and cash generated from operation will be sufficient to support our working capital needs for the next 12 months fromafter the date of this document is filed.annual report.

 

We have funded our working capital needs from operations. The Group’sOur working capital requirements are influenced by the level of the Group’sour operations, the numerical and dollar volume of the Group’sour sales contracts, the progress of execution on the Group’sour customer contracts, and the timing of accounts receivable collections.

 

Credit Facilities

HSBC Facility

 

On May 29, 2017, the Group’sour wholly owned subsidiary, Treasure Success, entered into a facility letter (“2017 Facility Letter”) with Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (“HSBC”)HSBC to provide credit to the Group,us, which was laterfirst amended by an offer letter between HSBC, Treasure Success, and Jerash Garments dated June 19, 2018 (“2018 Facility Letter”), further amended on August 12, 2019 (“2019 Facility Letter”), and further amended pursuant to a letter agreement dated July 3, 2020 (the “2020 Facility Letter,” and together with the 2017 Facility Letter, 2018 Facility Letter, and 2019 Facility Letter, the “HSBC Facility”). The 20182020 Facility Letter which became effective on January 22, 2019, served to extendextended the term of the 2017HSBC Facility Letter with some changesindefinitely, subject to the collateral for the HSBC Facility. Under the terms ofreview at any time by HSBC. Pursuant to the HSBC Facility, the Group haswe have a total credit limit of $8,000,000. The 2018 Facility Letter extends the HSBC Facility through May 1, 2019, and the Group anticipates amending the HSBC Facility to extend the term of the facility with substantially similar terms and that the Group will continue to be able to use the borrowings under the HSBC facility through any negotiation period. $11,000,000.

The HSBC Facility currently provides us with various credit facilities for importing and settling payment for goods purchased from the Group’sour suppliers. The available credit facilities as described in greater detail below includes an import facility, import facilities with loan against import, trust receipts, clean import loan, and advances to us against purchase orders. HSBC charges an interest rate of 1.5% per annum over LIBOR or HIBOR, as applicable, for credit related to the release of goods immediately on the Group’sour documentary credit. LIBOR was 2.56%0.3% and HIBOR was 1.75% at March 31, 2019.

0.9% on June 24, 2020. HSBC charges a commission of: i) 0.25% for the first $50,000, ii) 0.125% for the balance in excess of $50,000 and up to $100,000, and iii) 0.0625% for balance in excess of $100,000 and an interest rate of 1.5% per annum over LIBOR or HIBOR, as applicable, for credit related to trust receipts whereby HSBC has title to the goods or merchandise released immediately to us. HSBC has approved certain of the Group’sour suppliers that are eligible to use clean import loans. HSBC charges a commission of: i) 0.25% for the first $50,000, ii) 0.125% for the balance in excess of $50,000 and up to $100,000, and iii) 0.0625% for balance in excess of $100,000 and an interest of 1.5% per annum over LIBOR or HIBOR, as applicable, for credit services related to clean import loans or release of the goods or merchandise based on evidence of delivery or invoice. HSBC will advance up to 70% of the purchase order value in the Group’sour favor. HSBC charges a handling fee of 0.25% and an interest rate of 1.5% per annum over LIBOR or HIBOR, as applicable, for credit services related to advances.

Previously, the HSBC the Facility was collateralizedsecured by the guarantees ofcollateral provided by us, Jerash Garments, Treasure Success, and the personal guarantees of Mr. Choi and Mr. Ng Tsze Lun.Ng. The personal guarantees were released by HSBC in August 2019. Jerash Garments is also required to maintain an account at HSBC for receiving payments from VF Sourcing Asia S.A.R.L. and its related companies. In addition, to secure the Facility Letter, the Group had granted HSBC a charge of $3,000,000 over the Company’s deposits. This charge was accounted for as restricted cash in our balance sheet at March 31, 2018. Following the effectiveness of the 2018 Facility Letter, the security collateral of $3,000,000 was released. The Group anticipates that the personal guarantees of Mr. Choi and Mr. Ng will be released during calendar year 2019.

 

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The HSBC Facility is subject to review at any time. HSBC has discretion on whether to renew the HSBC Facility prior to expiration and the Group is currently negotiating an extension of the Facility Letter on similar terms. As of March 31, 2019, $274,9802021, there was no amount outstanding under the Facility Letter.HSBC Facility. Borrowings under the HSBC Facility Letter are due upon demand by HSBC or within 120 days of each borrowing date or upon demand by HSBC.date.

 

HSBC Factoring Agreement

 

On June 5, 2017, Treasure Success entered into an Offer Letter - Letter—Invoice Discounting / Discounting/Factoring Agreement, and on August 21, 2017, Treasure Success entered into the Invoice Discounting/Factoring Agreement (together, the “2017 Factoring Agreement”) with HSBC for certain debt purchase services related to the Group’sour accounts receivables.receivable. On June 14, 2018, Treasure Success and Jerash Garments entered into another Offer Letter - Letter—Invoice Discounting / Discounting/Factoring Agreement with HSBC (the “2018 Factoring Agreement, and together with the 2017 Factoring Agreement, the “HSBC Factoring Agreement”), which amendsamended the 2017 Factoring Agreement. The HSBC Factoring Agreement iswas effective through May 1, 2019. The Group anticipates amending the HSBC Factoring Agreement to extend the term of the facility with substantially similar terms and that the Group will continue to be able to use the borrowings under the HSBC Factoring Agreement through any negotiation period. Under the current terms of the HSBC Factoring Agreement, the Groupwe may borrow up to $12,000,000. In exchange for advances on eligible invoices from HSBC for the Group’sour approved customers, HSBC charges a fee to advance such payments at a discounting charge of 1.5% per annum over 2-month LIBOR or HIBOR, as applicable. Such fee accrues on a daily basis on the amount of funds in use. HSBC has final determination of the percentage amount available for prepayment from each of the Group’sour approved customers. The GroupWe may not prepay an amount from a customer in excess of 85% of the funds available for borrowing. As of March 31, 2019, $85,421 was outstanding under the Factoring Agreement.

 


HSBC also provides credit protection and debt services related to each of the Group’sour preapproved customers. For any approved debts or collections assigned to HSBC, HSBC charges a flat fee of 0.35% on the face value of the invoice for such debt or collection. The GroupWe may assign debtor payments that are to be paid to HSBC within 90 days, defined as the maximum terms of payment. The GroupWe may receive advances on invoices that are due within 30 days of the delivery of the Group’sour goods, defined as the maximum invoicing period.

 

The advances made by HSBC are collateralizedwere secured by the guarantees ofcollateral provided by us, Jerash Garments, and Treasure Success, and the personal guarantees of Mr. Choi and Mr. Ng Tsze Lun.Ng. If the Group failswe fail to pay any sum due to HSBC, HSBC may charge a default interest at the rate of 8.5% per annum over the best lending rate quoted by HSBC on such defaulted amount. In addition, to secure the Factoring Agreement, the Groupwe had granted HSBC a charge of $3,000,000 over the Group’sour deposits. Following the effectiveness of the 2018 Factoring Agreement, the security collateral of $3,000,000 was released as of January 22, 2019. The Group anticipates thatHSBC released the personal guarantees of Mr. Choi and Mr. Ng will be released during calendar yearin August 2019.

 

The HSBC Factoring Agreement is subject to the review by HSBC at any time and HSBC has discretion on whether to renew the HSBC Factoring Agreement. Either party may terminate the agreement subject to a 30-day notice period. In fiscal 2021, Treasure Success had no transaction or balance in the invoice discounting/factoring facility granted by HSBC. In May 2021, Treasure Success received a letter from HSBC dated March 30, 2021 that the debts purchase services under the HSBC Factoring Agreement between Treasure Success and HSBC were terminated with immediate effect. We had no outstanding balance under the HSBC Factoring Agreement as of March 31, 2021.

 

SCBHK Facility Letter

 

Pursuant to the SCBHK facility letter dated June 15, 2018, and issued to Treasure Success International Limited by SCBHK, on January 31, 2019, SCBHK offered to provide an import facility of up to $3.0 million to Treasure Success. The SCBHK facility covers import invoice financing and pre-shipment financing under export orders with a combined limit of $3 million. Borrowings under the SCBHK facility are due within 90 days of each invoice or financing date. SCBHK charges interest at 1.3% per annum over SCBHK’s cost of funds. In consideration for arranging the SCBHK facility, Treasure Success paid SCBHK HKD50,000. The Company wasWe were informed by SCBHK on January 31, 2019 that the SCBHK facility hashad been activated. As of March 31, 2019,2021, there was anapproximately $0.6 million outstanding amount of $288,310 in import invoice financing.

under the SCBHK facility.

 

Fiscal Years ended March 31, 20192021 and 20182020

 

The following table sets forth a summary of the Group’sour cash flows for the fiscal years ended March 31, 20182021 and 2019.2020.

 

(All amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

 2019  2018  For the fiscal years ended
March 31,
 
Net cash provided by operating activities $9,775  $5,163 
 2021  2020 
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities $(1,500) $6,913 
Net cash used in investing activities  (1,601)  (541)  (894)  (4,932)
Net cash provided by financing activities  7,466   3,446 
Net cash used in financing activities  (1,653)  (2,913)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash  (2)  (5)  (8)  15 
Net increase in cash  15,638   8,063 
Net decrease in cash  (4,055)  (917)
Cash and restricted cash, beginning of year  12,196   4,133   26,917   27,834 
Cash and restricted cash, end of year $27,834  $12,196  $22,862  $26,917 
        
Supplemental disclosure information        
Cash paid for interest $-  $6 
Income tax paid $773  $1,484 
Non-cash financing activities                
Warrants issued to underwriters in connection with the IPO in fiscal 2019 and to placement agent in connection with the private placement in fiscal 2018 $161  $162 
Prepaid stock issuance cost netted with proceeds from the IPO in fiscal 2019 and private placement in 2018 $308  $239 
Right of use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations $1,352  $1,624 

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Operating Activities

 

Net cash provided byused in operating activities was approximately $9.8$1.5 million in fiscal 2019,2021, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of approximately $5.2$6.9 million in fiscal 2018.2020. The increase in net cash provided byused in operating activities was primarily attributable to the following factors:

 

·Accounts payable decreasedaccounts receivable increased by approximately $1.4$6.7 million in fiscal 2019,2021, compared to a decreasean increase of accounts payablereceivable of approximately $5.5$1.3 million in fiscal 2018,2020, due to improvement onmore shipments shipped out in March 2021 and the extended credit terms of certain suppliers.to some major customers by 20 days to 30 days;

·

Accounts receivable decreasedinventory increased by approximately $1.2$2.4 million in fiscal 2019,2021, compared to an increase of approximately $2.5$1.6 million in fiscal 2018,2020, due to higher proportionthe preparation for additional sales in fiscal 2022; and

accounts payable increased by approximately $1.5 million, compared to an increase of contract ordersapproximately $3.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2019 which normally are settled within 30 days.

fiscal 2020;

Investing Activities

 

Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $1.6$0.9 million and $0.5$4.9 million for the years ended March 31, 2019fiscal 2021 and 2018,2020, respectively. The increasedecrease in net cash used in investing activities was mainly attributable to a deposit relatingthe deferred investment in expansion due to the Paramount acquisition, as further discussed in Item 2. Properties above.pandemic and short-term investment income.

Financing Activities

 

Net cash provided byused in financing activities was approximately $7.5$1.7 million for the year ended March 31, 2019fiscal 2021 compared to $3.4net cash used of $2.9 million in fiscal 2018.2020. The net cash inflowoutflow in fiscal 2021 resulted from the net effectpayments of dividend and partially offset by the net proceeds from the initial public offering (“IPO”) of the Company’s stock on Nasdaq of approximately $8.9 million, and $1.1 millionbank borrowings. Net cash used in fiscal 2020 was primarily for payments of dividend paid, and $0.3 million, net, for repaying short-term loans under the HSBC Facility Letter and processing import invoice financing under the SBCHK facility.

repayment of bank borrowings.

 

Non-cash Financing Activities

 

The Group had non-cash financing activities related to the IPOThere was approximately $1.4 million and $1.6 million of rights of use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations in fiscal 2019. Expense recognized for warrants issued2021 and 2020, respectively, pursuant to the underwriters in connection with the IPO was $160,732. There was also a prepaid stock issuance cost of $308,179 netted with proceeds from the IPO.new financial reporting requirements.

There was an aggregate of non-cash financing activities of $401,031 in connection with the private placement in fiscal 2018.

Statutory Reserves

 

In accordance with the Corporate Law in Jordan, Jerash Holdings’ subsidiaries and VIE in Jordan are required to make appropriations to certain reserve funds, based on net income determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of Jordan. Appropriations to the statutory reserve are required to be 10% of net income until the reserve is equal to 100% of the entity’s share capital. ThisJiangmen Treasure Success is required to set aside 10% of its net income as statutory surplus reserve until such reserve is equal to 50% of its registered capital. These reserves are not available for dividend distribution. The statutory reserve was $71,699$346,315 and $212,739 in fiscal 20182021 and 2019,2020, respectively.

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The following table provides the amount of the Group’sour statutory reserves, the amount of restricted net assets, consolidated net assets, and the amount of restricted net assets as a percentage of consolidated net assets, as of March 31, 20182021 and 2019.2020.

 

(All amounts, other than percentages, in thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

 As of March 31,  As of March 31, 
 2019  2018  2021  2020 
Statutory Reserves $213  $72  $346  $213 
Total Restricted Net Assets $213  $72  $346  $213 
Consolidated Net Assets $50,262  $34,057  $56,693  $54,751 
Restricted Net Assets as Percentage of Consolidated Net Assets  0.42%  0.21%  0.61%  0.39%

 


Total restricted net assets accounted for approximately 0.42%0.61% of the Group’sour consolidated net assets as of March 31, 2019.2021. As the Group’sour subsidiaries and VIE in Jordan are only required to set aside 10% of net profits to fund the statutory reserves, it has reached the maximum amount. We believe the potential impact of such restricted net assets on our liquidity is limited.

 

Capital Expenditures

 

We had capital expenditures of approximately $0.8$1.0 million and $0.9$4.7 million in fiscal 20192021 and 2018,2020, respectively, for purchases of equipment in connection with our business activities and to increase capacity. Additions in plant and machinery amounted to approximately $0.6$0.8 million and $0.6$1.9 million in fiscal 20192021 and 2018,2020, respectively, and additions to leasehold improvements amounted to approximately $0.1$0.2 million and $0.2$1.1 million in fiscal 20192021 and 2018,2020, respectively. In fiscal 2020, we acquired two pieces of land for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.7 million.

 

In 2015, we commenced a project to build a 4,800 square foot workshop in the Tafilah Governorate of Jordan, which was initially intended to be used as a sewing workshop for Jerash Garments, but which we now intend to use as a dormitory. Construction has been changedtemporarily suspended since March 2020 due to become a dormitory.the COVID-19 pandemic. This dormitory is expected to be operational in September 2019 and is expectedfiscal 2022 to house workersmanagement and supervisory staff for the 54,000 square foot workshop in Al-Hasa County. This project is expected to cost approximately $200,000 upon completion.

 

In 2018, the Groupwe commenced another project to build a 54,000 square foot workshop in Al-Hasa County in the Tafilah Governorate of Jordan, which is expected to be completedstarted operation in September 2019.November 2019 with approximately 240 workers. Provided that we satisfy certain employment requirements over certain time periods, we do not anticipate incurring any significant costs for the project, which is beingwas constructed in conjunction with the Jordanian Ministry of Labor and the Jordanian Education and Training Department. In the event we breach our agreement with these government agencies, we will have to pay such agencies JOD250,000 or approximately $353,000. See Item“Item 2. PropertiesProperties” above for more information regarding this workshop.

 

On December 11, 2018, the Companywe entered into an agreement through Jerash Garments to acquire all of the stock of Paramount, an existing garment manufacturing business, in order to operate itsour fourth manufacturing facility in Al Tajamouat Industrial City in Amman, Jordan. The GroupWe paid approximately $980,000 as of the closing date of the transaction on June 18, 2019.

 

On August 7, 2019, we completed a transaction to acquire 12,340 square meters (approximately three acres) of land in Al Tajamouat Industrial City, Jordan, from a third party to construct a dormitory for our employees with aggregate purchase price JOD863,800 (approximately $1,218,303). Management has revised the plan to construct both dormitory and production facilities on the land in order to capture the increasing demand for our capacity. We are conducting engineering design and study on this project and we plan to begin construction in late 2021. On February 6, 2020, we completed a transaction to acquire 4,516 square meters (approximately 48,608 square feet) of land in Al Tajamouat Industrial City, Jordan, from a third party to construct a dormitory for our employee with aggregate purchase price JOD313,501 (approximately $442,162). We expect to spend approximately $8.2 million in capital expenditures to build the dormitory. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, management decided to put on hold the construction project in fiscal 2021 to retain financial resources to support our operations, and also to wait and see how the global economy and customer demand recover after the outbreak. The preparation work resumed in early 2021 and construction work commenced in April 2021.

The Group

We projected that there will be an aggregate of approximately $15$27 million of capital expenditures in both the fiscal years ending March 31, 20202022 and 20212023 for further enhancement of production capacity to meet future sales growth. We expect that our capital expenditures will increase in the future as our business continues to develop and expand. The Group hasWe have used cash generated from operations of our subsidiaries’ operationssubsidiaries and VIE to fund our capital commitments in the past and anticipate using such funds and proceeds received from our IPO to fund capital expenditure commitments in the future.

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Off-balance Sheet Commitments and Arrangements

 

We have not entered into any other financial guarantees or other commitments to guarantee the payment obligations of any third parties. In addition, the Group haswe have not entered into any derivative contracts that are indexed to our own shares and classified as shareholders’stockholders’ equity, or that are not reflected in the Group’sour consolidated financial statements.

 

For Management’s Discussion and Analysis of the fiscal years ended March 31, 20182020 and 2017,2019, please see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018,2020, filed with the SEC on June 28, 2018.29, 2020.

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Critical Accounting Policies

 

We prepare our financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, which require us to make judgments, estimates, and assumptions that affect our reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenue, costs and expenses, and any related disclosures. Although there were no material changes made to the accounting estimates and assumptions in the past two years, we continually evaluate these estimates and assumptions based on the most recently available information, our own historical experience, and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Since the use of estimates is an integral component of the financial reporting process, actual results could differ from our expectations as a result of changes in our estimates.

 

We believe that certain accounting policies involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity in their application and require us to make significant accounting estimates. The policies that we believe are the most critical to understanding and evaluating our consolidated financial condition and results of operations are summarized in Note 2– “Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting PoliciesPolicies” in the notes to our audited financial statements.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

See Note 3 – “Note 3—Recent Accounting PronouncementsPronouncements” in the notes to our audited financial statements for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

 

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

 

Not applicable.

 

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

 

 

  

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of

Jerash Holdings (US), Inc.

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. and Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) as of March 31, 20192021 and 2018,2020, and the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended March 31, 2018,2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 20192021 and 2018,2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended March 31, 2019,2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, 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.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statement. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

/s/ Friedman LLP

/s/ Friedman LLP

 

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2016.
New York, New York
June 28, 2019

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2016.

New York, New York

June 23, 2021

 

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JERASH HOLDINGS (US), INC.,

SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATE

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

  March 31,
2021
  March 31,
2020
 
       
ASSETS      
Current Assets:      
Cash $21,126,090  $26,130,411 
Restricted cash  714,844   - 
Accounts receivable, net  12,033,268   5,335,748 
Tax recoverable  379,719   - 
Inventories  25,035,966   22,633,772 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  2,329,289   2,761,877 
Advance to suppliers, net  3,036,693   2,116,367 
Total Current Assets  64,655,869   58,978,175 
         
Restricted cash - non-current  1,020,777   786,298 
Long-term deposits  128,690   253,414 
Deferred tax assets, net  148,663   139,895 
Property, plant, and equipment, net  5,699,506   6,174,164 
Right of use assets  1,596,600   1,147,090 
Total Assets $73,250,105  $67,479,036 
         
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY        
         
Current Liabilities:        
Credit facilities $612,703  $235 
Accounts payable  7,922,839   6,376,320 
Accrued expenses  2,332,867   2,245,402 
Income tax payable - current  1,803,175   1,088,497 
Other payables  1,455,208   929,783 
Operating lease liabilities - current  400,043   210,081 
Total Current Liabilities  14,526,835   10,850,318 
         
Operating lease liabilities - non-current  935,773   649,935 
Income tax payable - non-current  1,094,048   1,227,632 
Total Liabilities  16,556,656   12,727,885 
         
Commitments and Contingencies        
         
Equity        
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 500,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding $-  $- 
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized; 11,332,974 and 11,325,000 shares issued and outstanding  11,333   11,325 
Additional paid-in capital  15,301,268   15,235,025 
Statutory reserve  346,315   212,739 
Retained earnings  40,748,314   38,997,177 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss  (15,901)  (8,324)
Total Jerash Holdings (US), Inc.’s Stockholder’s Equity  56,391,329   54,447,942 
         
Noncontrolling interest  302,120   303,209 
Total Equity  56,693,449   54,751,151 
         
Total Liabilities and Equity $73,250,105  $67,479,036 

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JERASH HOLDINGS (US), INC.,
SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATE

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

  March 31, 
  2019  2018 
       
ASSETS        
Current Assets:        
Cash $27,182,158  $8,597,830
Accounts receivable  4,020,369   5,247,090 
Accounts receivable- related party  -   50,027 
Inventories  21,074,243   20,293,392 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  2,630,727   1,533,868 
Advance to suppliers  443,395   1,128,079 
Total Current Assets  55,350,892   36,850,286 
         
Restricted cash  652,310   3,598,280 

Long-term deposits

  810,172   - 
Deferred tax assets  81,461   - 
Property, plant and equipment, net  2,356,262   2,819,715 
Total Assets $59,251,097  $43,268,281 
         
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY        
         
Current Liabilities:        
Credit facilities $648,711  $980,195 
Accounts payable  3,378,258   4,776,812 
Accrued expenses  1,539,147   1,175,427 
Income tax payable  1,164,238   112,000 
Other payables  855,527   878,987 
Total Current Liabilities  7,585,881   7,923,421 
         
Income tax payable - non-current  1,403,087   1,288,000 
Total  Liabilities  8,988,968   9,211,421 
         
Commitments and Contingencies (See Note 13)        
         
Equity        
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 500,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding $-  $- 
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 30,000,000 and 15,000,000 shares authorized; 11,325,000 shares and 9,895,000 shares issued and outstanding  as of March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018, respectively.  11,325   9,895 
Additional paid-in capital  14,956,767   2,742,158 
Statutory reserve  212,739   71,699 
Retained earnings  34,786,735   30,948,006 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss  (14,440)  (24,502)
Total Jerash Holdings (US), Inc.'s Shareholders' Equity  

49,953,126

   33,747,256 
         
Noncontrolling interest  309,003   309,604 
Total Equity  50,262,129   34,056,860 
         
Total Liabilities and Equity $59,251,097  $43,268,281 

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

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JERASH HOLDINGS (US), INC.,
SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATE

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

 

  For the Years Ended March 31, 
  2019  2018 
       
Revenue, net  $84,983,661   $69,295,698 
Cost of goods sold  66,206,652   51,342,020 
Gross Profit  18,777,009   17,953,678 
         
Selling, general and administrative expenses  8,834,547   6,002,452 
Share-based compensation expenses  3,593,888   116,578 
Total Operating Expenses  12,428,435   6,119,030 
         
Income from Operations  6,348,574   11,834,648 
         

Other Income / (Expense):

        
Other income / (expense), net  23,802   (31,369)

Total other income / (expense), net

  23,802   (31,369)
         
Net Income before provision for income taxes  6,372,376   11,803,279 
         
Income tax expense  1,260,861   1,400,000 
         
Net Income  5,111,515   10,403,279 
         
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest  754   6,838 
Net income attributable to Jerash Holdings (US), Inc.'s        
Common Shareholders $5,112,269  $10,410,117 
         
Net Income $5,111,515  $10,403,279 

Other Comprehensive Income / (Loss):

        
Foreign currency translation gain / (loss)  10,215   (16,262)
Total Comprehensive Income  5,121,730   10,387,017 
Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest  601   6,993 
Comprehensive Income Attributable to Jerash Holdings (US), Inc.'s Common Shareholders $5,122,331  $10,394,010 
         
Earnings Per Share Attributable to Common Shareholders:        
Basic $0.46  $1.07 
Diluted $0.45  $1.07 
         
Weighted Average Number of Shares        
Basic  11,199,630   9,735,651 
Diluted  11,330,310   9,735,651 

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

  For the Fiscal Years Ended
March 31,
 
  2021  2020 
       
Revenue, net $90,213,361  $93,024,236 
Cost of goods sold  74,213,993   75,040,597 
Gross Profit  15,999,368   17,983,639 
         
Selling, general and administrative expenses  10,547,356   10,039,995 
Stock-based compensation expenses  66,251   278,258 
Total Operating Expenses  10,613,607   10,318,253 
         
Income from Operations  5,385,761   7,665,386 
         
Other Income (Expense):        
Other income (expense), net  108,509   (21,120)
Total other income (expense), net  108,509   (21,120)
         
Net Income before provision for income taxes  5,494,270   7,644,266 
         
Income tax expense  1,345,646   1,174,618 
         
Net Income  4,148,624   6,469,648 
         
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest  1,089   5,794 
Net income attributable to Jerash Holdings (US), Inc.’s        
Common Stockholders $4,149,713  $6,475,442 
         
Net Income $4,148,624  $6,469,648 
Other Comprehensive Income:        
Foreign currency translation (loss) gain  (7,577)  6,116 
Total Comprehensive Income  4,141,047   6,475,764 
Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest  -   - 
Comprehensive Income Attributable to Jerash Holdings (US), Inc.’s Common Stockholders $4,141,047  $6,475,764 
         
Earnings Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders:        
Basic and diluted $0.37  $0.57 
         
Weighted Average Number of Shares        
Basic  11,325,131   11,325,000 
Diluted  11,325,311   11,443,364 
         
Dividend per share $0.20  $0.20 

 

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JERASH HOLDINGS (US), INC., SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATE

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED MARCH 31, 20192021 AND 2020

 

              Additional        Accumulated
Other
       
  Preferred Stock  Common Stock  Paid-in  Statutory  Retained  Comprehensive  Noncontrolling  Total 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Reserve  Earnings  Income (Loss)  Interest  Equity 
Balance at March 31, 2017  -  $-   8,787,500  $8,788  $1,091,212  $71,699  $20,537,889  $(8,395) $316,597  $22,017,790 
Reverse recapitalization  -   -   712,500   712   288   -   -   -   -   1,000 
Private placement – common stock and warrants issued, net of stock issuance costs of $444,475  -   -   395,000   395   1,534,080   -   -   -   -   1,534,475 
Stock-based compensation expense for the warrant issued to the board observer.      -   -   -   116,578   -   -   -   -   116,578 
Net income (loss)  -   -   -   -   -   -   10,410,117   -   (6,838)  10,403,279 
Foreign currency translation loss  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (16,107)  (155)  (16,262)
                                         
Balance at March 31, 2018  -   -   9,895,000   9,895   2,742,158   71,699   30,948,006   (24,502)  309,604   34,056,860 
                                         
Common stock issued net of stock issuance costs of $1,387,879  -   -   1,430,000   1,430   8,620,691   -   -   -   -   8,622,121 
Share-based compensation expense for the stock options issued under stock incentive plan.  -   -   -   -   3,593,888   -   -   -   -   3,593,888 
Warrants issued to the underwriter  -   -   -   -   30   -   -   -   -   30 
Net income (loss)  -   -   -   -   -   -   5,112,269   -   (754)  5,111,515 
Dividend distribution  -   -   -   -   -   -   (1,132,500)  -   -   (1,132,500)
Statutory reserve  -   -   -   -   -   141,040   (141,040)  -   -   - 
Foreign currency translation loss  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   10,062   153   10,215 
                                         
Balance at March 31, 2019  -  $-   11,325,000  $11,325  $14,956,767  $212,739  $34,786,735  $(14,440) $309,003  $50,262,129 
  Preferred Stock  Common Stock  Additional Paid-in  Statutory  Retained  Accumulated Other Comprehensive  Noncontrolling  Total 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Reserve  Earnings  Gain (Loss)  Interest  Equity 
Balance at March 31, 2019  -  $-   11,325,000  $11,325  $14,956,767  $212,739  $34,786,735  $(14,440) $309,003  $50,262,129 
                                         
Stock-based compensation expense for the stock options issued under stock incentive plan  -   -   -   -   278,258   -   -   -   -   278,258 
Net income (loss)  -   -   -   -   -   -   6,475,442   -   (5,794)  6,469,648 
Dividend payment  -   -   -   -   -   -   (2,265,000)  -   -   (2,265,000)
Foreign currency translation gain  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   6,116   -   6,116 
                                         
Balance at March 31, 2020  -  $-   11,325,000  $11,325  $15,235,025  $212,739  $38,997,177  $(8,324) $303,209  $54,751,151 
                                         
Stock-based compensation expense for the stock options issued under stock incentive plan  -  $-   -  $-  $66,251  $-  $-  $-  $-  $66,251 
Shared issued  -   -   7,974   8   (8)  -   -   -   -   - 
Net income (loss)  -   -   -   -   -   -   4,149,713   -   (1,089)  4,148,624 
Dividend payment  -   -   -   -   -   -   (2,265,000)  -   -   (2,265,000)
Statutory Reserve  -   -   -   -   -   133,576   (133,576)  -   -   - 
Foreign currency translation loss  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (7,577)  -   (7,577)
                                         
Balance at March 31, 2021  -  $-   11,332,974  $11,333  $15,301,268  $346,315  $40,748,314  $(15,901) $302,120  $56,693,449 

 

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

 

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JERASH HOLDINGS (US), INC.,

SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATE

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

  For the Years Ended March 31, 
  2019  2018 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES        
Net income 5,111,515   $10,403,279 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  1,255,820   1,216,973 
Share-based compensation expense  3,593,888   116,578 
Changes in operating assets:        
Accounts receivable  1,229,239   (2,472,680)
Account receivable - related party  50,047   2,293,190
Inventories  (770,720)  (1,151,531)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  (1,404,198)  (470,441)
Advances to suppliers  685,197   (1,128,320)
Deferred tax assets  (81,461)  - 
Changes in operating liabilities:        
Accounts payable  (1,400,533)  (5,472,312)
Accrued expenses  363,037   711,332 
Other payables  (23,888)  (282,472)
Income tax payable  1,167,322   1,400,000 
Net cash provided by operating activities  9,775,265   5,163,596 
         
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES        
Purchases of property, plant and equipment  (791,001)  (877,944)
Acquisition deposit  (380,000)  - 

Long-term deposits

  (430,113)  - 
Due from related party  -   336,746 
Net cash used in investing activities  (1,601,114)  (541,198)
         
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES        
Dividend distribution  (1,132,500)  - 
Proceeds (repay) from short-term loan  (331,876)  980,403 
Due from shareholders  -   692,500 
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock  8,930,300   - 
Warrants issued to the underwriter  30   - 
Net proceeds from private placement  -   1,772,845 
Net cash provided by financing activities  7,465,954   3,445,748 
         
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATES CHANGES ON CASH  (1,747)  (4,797)
         
NET INCREASE IN CASH  15,638,358   8,063,349 
         
CASH, AND RESTRICTED CASH, BEGINNING OF THE YEAR  12,196,110   4,132,761 
         
CASH, AND RESTRICTED CASH, END OF THE YEAR $27,834,468  $12,196,110 
         
CASH, AND RESTRICTED CASH, END OF THE YEAR  27,834,468   12,196,110 
LESS: NON-CURRENT RESTRICTED CASH  652,310   3,598,280 
CASH, END OF PERIOD $27,182,158  $8,597,830 
         
Supplemental disclosure information:        
Cash paid for income tax $175,000  $- 
Cash paid for interest $90,867  $27,292 
         
Non-cash financing activities:        
Warrants issued to underwriters in connection with the IPO in fiscal 2019 and placement agent in connection with the private placement in fiscal 2018 $160,732  $161,926 
Prepaid stock issuance cost netted with proceeds from the IPO in fiscal 2019 and the private placement in fiscal 2018 $308,179  $239,105 

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

  For the Fiscal Years Ended
March 31,
 
  2021  2020 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES      
Net income $4,148,624  $6,469,648 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  1,618,533   1,516,526 
Stock-based compensation expense  66,251   278,258 
Bad debt expense  -   6,641 
Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets  933,959   476,595 
Short-term investment  (124,889)  - 
Changes in operating assets:        
Accounts receivable  (6,697,520)  (1,315,286)
Inventories  (2,402,194)  (1,559,418)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  432,585   (519,356)
Advances to suppliers  (920,326)  (1,672,853)
Deferred tax assets  (8,768)  (58,547)
Changes in operating liabilities:        
Accounts payable  1,546,519   2,997,850 
Accrued expenses  87,464   706,205 
Other payables  525,425   74,250 
Operating lease liabilities  (907,669)  (237,504)
Income tax payable  201,566   (250,357)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities  (1,500,440)  6,912,652 
         
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES        
Purchases of short-term investment  (9,686,091)  - 
Proceeds of short-term investment  9,810,980   - 
Purchases of property, plant, and equipment  (890,462)  (4,678,249)
Payment for long-term deposits  (128,690)  (253,414)
Net cash used in investing activities  (894,263)  (4,931,663)
         
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES        
Dividend payment  (2,265,000)  (2,265,000)
Repayment from short-term loan  (235)  (648,665)
Proceeds from short-term loan  612,703   235 
Net cash used in financing activities  (1,652,532)  (2,913,430)
         
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATES CHANGES ON CASH  (7,763)  14,682 
         
NET DECREASE IN CASH  (4,054,998)  (917,759)
         
CASH, AND RESTRICTED CASH, BEGINNING OF THE YEAR  26,916,709   27,834,468 
         
CASH, AND RESTRICTED CASH, END OF THE YEAR $22,861,711  $26,916,709 
         
CASH, AND RESTRICTED CASH, END OF THE YEAR $22,861,711  $26,916,709 
LESS: RESTRICTED CASH  714,844   - 
NON-CURRENT RESTRICTED CASH  1,020,777   786,298 
CASH, END OF YEAR $21,126,090  $26,130,411 
         
Supplemental disclosure information:        
Cash paid for interest $-  $6,171 
Income tax paid $773,320  $1,483,523 
         
Non-cash financing activities:        
Right of use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease obligations $1,352,167  $1,623,685 

 

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JERASH HOLDINGS (US), INC.,

SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATEINC

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. (“Jerash Holdings”) is a corporation establishedincorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on January 20, 2016. Jerash Holdings is a parent holding company with no operations.

Global Trend Investment Limited (“GTI”) was a limited company that was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) on July 5, 2000 and was owned by two individuals and a BVI corporation, Merlotte Enterprise Limited, which was wholly owned by the Chairman of the Board of Jerash Holdings, and its subsidiaries and Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”) are herein collectively referred to as the “Company.”

Jerash Garments and Fashions Manufacturing Company Limited (“Jerash Garments”). Previously, GTI was wholly-owned by Wealth Choice Limited (“WCL”), a BVI corporation, and the Chairman of the Board of Jerash Holdings was also one of the beneficial owners of WCL and its subsidiaries. In September 2016, WCL transferred its ownership in GTI and its subsidiaries to Merlotte Enterprise Limited and an individual shareholder, and in October 2016, the individual shareholder transferred approximately 22% of its shares to another individual shareholder.

Jerash Garments is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jerash Holdings and was the wholly owned subsidiary of GTI prior to the Merger described below. Jerash Garments was established in Amman, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (“Jordan”), as a limited liability company on November 26, 2000 with a declared capital of 50,000150,000 Jordanian Dinar (“JOD”) (approximately US$70,500). In February 2019, the Company increased its declared capital to JOD 150,000 (approximately US$212,000). as of March 31, 2021.

 

Jerash for Industrial Embroidery Company ((“Jerash EmbroideryEmbroidery”) and Chinese Garments and Fashions Manufacturing Company Limited ((“Chinese GarmentsGarments”) were both incorporated in Amman, Jordan, as limited liability companies on March 11, 2013 and June 13, 2013, respectively, each with a declared capital of JOD 50,000 each.as of March 31, 2021. Jerash Embroidery and Chinese Garments were initially established under the name of Jerash Garmentsnominated agent but were in fact controlled and fully funded by Jerash Garments. On January 1, 2015, the nominated agent entered into an equity transfer agreement with Jerash Garments, in which the nominated agent agreed to transfer 100% ownership interests of Jerash Embroidery and Chinese Garments to Jerash Garments (theEquity Transfer). Subsequent to the Equity Transfer, Jerash Embroidery and Chinese Garments becameare wholly owned subsidiaries of Jerash Garments.

Al-Mutafaweq Co. for Garments Manufacturing Ltd. (“Paramount”) was a contract garment manufacturer that was incorporated in Amman, Jordan, as a limited liability company on October 24, 2004 with a declared capital of JOD 100,000. On December 11, 2018, Jerash Garments and the sole stockholder of Paramount entered into an agreement pursuant to which Jerash EmbroideryGarments acquired all of the outstanding shares of stock of Paramount. Jerash Garments assumed ownership of all of the machinery and Chinese Garments were effectively controlledequipment owned by Paramount. Paramount had no other significant assets or liabilities and no operating activities or employees at the same controlling shareholders before and after the Equity Transfer. Thus,time of this acquisition, so this transaction is consideredwas accounted for as an asset acquisition. As of June 18, 2019, Paramount became a reorganization of entities under common control. The consolidationssubsidiary of Jerash Embroidery and Chinese Garments have been accountedGarments.

Jerash The First for at their carrying amountsMedical Supplies Manufacturing Company Limited (“Jerash The First”) was incorporated in Amman, Jordan, as limited liability company on July 6, 2020, with a registered capital of the beginning of the first period presentedJOD 150,000. Jerash The First is engaged in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.production of medical supplies in Jordan and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jerash Garments.

 

Treasure Success International Limited (“Treasure Success”) was incorporated on July 5, 2016 in Hong Kong, China, for the primary purpose of employing staff from China to support Jerash Garments’ operations and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jerash Holdings.

Victory Apparel (Jordan) Manufacturing Company Limited ((“Victory ApparelApparel”) was incorporated as a limited liability company in Amman, Jordan, on September 18, 2005 with a declared capital of JOD 50,000, as a wholly owned subsidiary of WCL. Jerash Garments is the sole user of the land, building and equipment being held by Victory Apparel and had a lease agreement with Victory Apparel related to the use of these assets before GTI and its subsidiaries were acquired by WCL in March 2012. The land and building were not registered in Victory Apparels name, and Jerash Garments continued to hold the land and building in its name in trust for Victory Apparel. The declaration of trust was never registered with the Land Registry of Jordan, and on June 30, 2016, Victory Apparel and Jerash Garments dissolved the sale agreement, resulting in the property and equipment being owned free and clear by Jerash Garments.50,000. Victory Apparel has no significant assets or liabilities or other operating activities of its own and WCL intends to dissolve the entity.

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own. Although Jerash Garments does not own the equity interest of Victory Apparel, ourthe Company’s president, chief executive officer, chairmandirector, and significant shareholder,stockholder, Mr. Choi Lin Hung (“Mr. Choi”), is also a director of Victory Apparel and controls all decision-making for Victory Apparel along with our otheranother significant shareholder,stockholder of Jerash Garments, Mr. Lee Kian Tjiauw (“Mr. Lee”), who havehas the ability to control Victory Apparel’s financial affairs. In addition, Victory Apparel'sApparel’s equity at risk is not sufficient to permit it to operate without additional subordinated financial support from Mr. Choi.Jerash Garments. Based on these facts, wethe Company concluded that Jerash Garments has effective control over Victory Apparel due to Mr. Choi’s roles at both organizations and therefore Victory Apparel is considered a Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”)VIE under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810-10-05-08A. Accordingly, Jerash Garments consolidates Victory Apparel’s operating results, assets, and liabilities.

 

Jiangmen Treasure Success InternationalBusiness Consultancy Company Limited ((“Jiangmen Treasure SuccessSuccess”) was incorporated on July 5, 2016August 28, 2019 under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (“China”) in Guangzhou City of Guangdong Province in China with a total registered capital of 15 million Hong Kong China, whoseDollars (“HKD”) (approximately $1.9 million) to provide support in sales and marketing, sample development, merchandising, procurement, and other areas. Treasure Success owns 100% of the equity interest is registeredinterests in Jiangmen Treasure Success.

Jerash Supplies, LLC (“Jerash Supplies”) was formed under the namelaws of the ChairmanState of Delaware on November 20, 2020. Jerash Supplies is engaged in the Boardtrading of Jerash Holdings, with the primary purpose to employ staff from China to support Jerash Garments' operations. On October 31, 2016, the Chairman of the Board of Jerash Holdings transferred his 100% equity interest of Treasure Success to GTI. Treasure Success was inactive until October 2016. Treasure Success was consolidated aspersonal protective equipment products and is a VIE before October 31, 2016. The transfer was accounted for as a transfer between entities under common control.

On May 11, 2017, the shareholders of GTI contributed 100% of their outstanding capital stock in GTI to Jerash Holdings in exchange for an aggregate of 8,787,500 shares of common stockwholly owned subsidiary of Jerash Holdings. Immediately prior to this transaction, Jerash Holdings had 712,500 shares of common stock outstanding with a par value of $0.001 per share. Immediately following this transaction, GTI merged with and into Jerash Holdings, with Jerash Holdings being the surviving entity, as a result of which Jerash Holdings became the direct parent of GTIs wholly owned subsidiaries, Jerash Garments, including its wholly owned subsidiaries, and Treasure Success. The transactions described above are collectively referred to as the “Merger.”

 

The Merger was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization. Under reverse capitalization accounting, GTICompany is recognized asengaged primarily in the accounting acquirer,manufacturing and Jerash Holdings is the legal acquirer or accounting acquiree. As such, following the Merger, the historical financial statementsexporting of GTI and its subsidiaries are treated as the historical financial statements of the combined company.

Consequently, the consolidated financial statements of Jerash Holdings reflect the operations of the accounting acquirer and a recapitalization of the equity of the accounting acquirer.

Jerash Holdings, its subsidiaries and VIE (herein collectively referred to as the “Company” are engaged in manufacturing customized, ready-made outerwear from knitted fabricsport and exporting produced apparel for large brand-name retailers. The Company is diversifying the range of products to include additional pieces such as trousers and urban styling outerwear and different types of natural and synthetic materials and is also expandingpersonal protective equipment (“PPE”) produced in its workforcefacilities in Jordan with workers fromand sold in the United States, Jordan, and other countries, including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar and Nepal.countries. 

 

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Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

 

The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Jerash Holdings, and its subsidiaries and VIE. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

In accordance with accounting standards regarding the consolidation of variable interest entities,VIEs, VIEs are generally entities that lack sufficient equity to finance their activities without additional financial support from other parties or whose equity holders lack adequate decision-makingdecision making ability. All VIEs with which the Companya company is involved must be evaluated to determine the primary beneficiary of the risks and rewards of the VIEs. The primary beneficiary is required to consolidate the VIE for financial reporting purposes.

 

As described in Note 1, management of the Company has concluded that Victory Apparel is a VIE, and that Jerash Garments is considered the primary beneficiary because itMr. Choi, the Company’s president, director, and significant stockholder absorbs the risks and rewards of Victory Apparel; therefore, Jerash Holdingsthe Company consolidates Victory Apparel for financial reporting purposes. Noncontrolling interests result from the consolidation of Victory Apparel, which is 100% owned by WCL.Wealth Choice Limited.

 

The following table sets forth the carrying amounts of the assets and liabilities of the VIE, Victory Apparel, which was included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets:

 

 March 31, 2019  March 31,  2018  March 31,
2021
  March 31,
2020
 
Current assets $1,316  $2,069  $1,249  $1,280 
Intercompany receivables*  307,687   311,527   301,929   303,692 
Total assets  309,003   313,596   303,178   304,972 
                
Third party current liabilities  -   (3,992)  1,058   1,763 
Total liabilities  -   (3,992)  1,058   1,763 
Net assets $309,003  $309,604  $302,120  $303,209 

 

* Receivables from Jerash Garments are eliminated upon consolidation.

*Receivables from Jerash Garments are eliminated upon consolidation.

Victory Apparel did not generate any income but incurred certain expenses for both years ended March 31, 2019 and 2018. The loss was $754 and $6,838inactive for the fiscal years ended March 31, 20192021 and 2018, respectively.2020.

 

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Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements, in conformity with U.S. GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenuesrevenue and expenses during the reporting period. The Company’s most significant estimates include allowance for doubtful accounts, valuation of inventory reserve, and useful lives of buildings and other property.property, and the measurement of stock-based compensation expenses. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

Cash

 

The Company’s cash consists of cash on hand and cash deposited in financial institutions. The Company considers all highly liquid investment instruments with an original maturity of three months or less from the original date of purchase to be cash equivalents. As of March 31, 2019,2021 and 2018,2020, the Company had no cash equivalents.

 

Restricted Cash

 

Restricted cash consists of cash used as security deposits to obtain credit facilities from a bank and to secure customs clearance under the requirements of local regulations. The Company is required to keep certain amounts on deposit that are subject to withdrawal restrictions. These security deposits at the bank are refundable only when the bank facilities are terminated. The restricted cash is classified as a non-currentcurrent asset sinceif the Company has no intentionintends to terminate these bank facilities within one year.year, and as a non-current asset if otherwise.

 

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Short-term Investments

From time to time, the Company purchased financial products that can be readily converted into cash and accounted for such financial products as short-term investments. The financial products include money market funds, bonds, and mutual funds. The carrying values of the Company’s short-term investments approximate fair value because of their liquidity. The gain and interest earned are recognized in the consolidated statements of income over the contractual terms of these investments.

The Company had no short-term investments as of March 31, 2021 and 2020. The Company recorded a realized gain of $124,889 and $Nil for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Accounts Receivable, Net

 

Accounts receivable are recognized and carried at original invoiced amount less an estimated allowance for uncollectible accounts. The Company usually grants creditextended payment terms to customers with good credit standing for a maximum of 90 days and determines the adequacy of reserves for doubtful accounts based on individual account analysis and historical collection trends. The Company establishes a provision for doubtful receivables when there is objective evidence that the Company may not be able to collect amounts due. The allowance is based on management'smanagement’s best estimates of specific losses on individual exposures, as well as a provision on historical trends of collections. The provision is recorded against accounts receivables balances, with a corresponding charge recorded in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income. Actual amounts received may differ from management'smanagement’s estimate of credit worthiness and the economic environment. Delinquent account balances are written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts after management has determined that the likelihood of collection is not probable. No allowance was considered necessary as of March 31, 2019 and 2018.

 

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Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Inventories include cost of raw materials, freight, direct labor and related production overhead. The cost of inventories is determined using the First in, First-out (FIFO) method. The Company periodically reviews its inventories for excess or slow-moving items and makes provisions as necessary to properly reflect inventory value.

 

Advance to Suppliers, Net

Advance to suppliers consists of balances paid to suppliers for services or materials purchased that have not been provided or received. Advance to suppliers for services and materials is short-term in nature. Advance to suppliers is reviewed periodically to determine whether its carrying value has become impaired. The Company considers the assets to be impaired if the performance by the suppliers becomes doubtful. The Company uses the aging method to estimate the allowance for the questionable balances. In addition, at each reporting date, the Company generally determines the adequacy of allowance for doubtful accounts by evaluating all available information, and then records specific allowances for those advances based on the specific facts and circumstances.

Property, Plant, and Equipment

 

Property, plant, and equipment are recorded at cost, reduced by accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense related to property, plant, and equipment is computed using the straight-line method based on estimated useful lives of the assets, or in the case of leasehold improvements, the shorter of the initial lease term or the estimated useful life of the improvements. The useful life and depreciation method are reviewed periodically to ensure that the method and period of depreciation are consistent with the expected pattern of economic benefits from items of property, plant, and equipment. The estimated useful lives of depreciation and amortization of the principal classes of assets are as follows:

 

  Useful life
Land Infinite
Property and buildings 15 years
Equipment and machinery 3-5 years
Office and electronic equipment 3-5 years
Automobiles 5 years
Leasehold improvements Lesser of useful life and lease term

 

Expenditures for maintenance and repairs, which do not materially extend the useful lives of the assets, are charged to expense as incurred. Expenditures for major renewals and betterments which substantially extend the useful life of assets are capitalized. The cost and related accumulated depreciation or amortization of assets retired or sold are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is recognized in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company assesses its long-lived assets, including property and equipment, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset group may not be recoverable. Factors which may indicate potential impairment include a significant underperformance relative to the historical or projected future operating results or a significant negative industry or economic trend. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to the future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset. If impairment is indicated, a loss is recognized for any excess of the carrying value over the estimated fair value of the asset. The fair value is estimated based on the discounted future cash flows or comparable market values, if available. The Company did not record any impairment loss during the fiscal years ended March 31, 20192021 and 2018.

2020. 

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Revenue Recognition

The Company adopted ASC 606 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019 using the modified retrospective approach. ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, establishes principles for reporting information about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from the entity's contracts to provide goods or services to customers. The core principle requires an entity to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that it expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for those goods or services recognized as performance obligations are satisfied. 

The Company has assessed the impact of the guidance by reviewing its existing customer contracts and current accounting policies and practices to identify differences that could result from applying the new requirements, including the evaluation of its performance obligations, transaction price, customer payments, transfer of control and principal versus agent considerations. Based on the assessment, the Company concluded that there was no change to the timing and pattern of revenue recognition for its current revenue streams in scope of Topic 606 and therefore there was no material change to the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon adoption of ASC 606. 

The table below presents the impact of applying the new revenue recognition standard to the components of total revenue within the consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income for the year ended March 31, 2019. The Company evaluated its revenue recognition policy for all revenue streams within the scope of the ASU under previous standards and using the five-step model under the new guidance and concluded that there was no difference in the pattern of revenue recognition: 

     Year Ended 
     March 31, 2019 
   As reported   Financial Results
prior to Adoption of
Revenue Recognition
Standard
   Impact of Adoption of
Revenue Recognition
Standard
 
Revenue: $84,983,661  $84,983,661  $- 

 

Substantially all of the Company’s revenue is derived from product sales, which consist of sales of the Company’s customized ready-made outerwear for large brand-name retailers.retailers and PPE. The Company considers purchase orders to be a contract with a customer. Contracts with customers are considered to be short-termshort term when the time between order confirmation and satisfaction of the performance obligations is equal to or less than one year, and virtuallyyear. Virtually all of the Company’s contracts are short-term.short term. The Company recognizes revenue for the transfer of promised goods to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods. The Company typically satisfies its performance obligations in contracts with customers upon shipment of the goods. Generally, payment is due from customers within 30seven to 60150 days of the invoice date, and thedate. The contracts do not have significant financing components. Shipping and handling costs associated with outbound freight are not an obligation of the Company. Returns and allowances are not a significant aspect of the revenue recognition process as historically they have been immaterial.

 

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The Company also derives revenue rendering cutting and making services to other apparel vendors who subcontract order to the Company. Revenue is recognized when the service is rendered. All of the Company’s contracts have a single performance obligation satisfied at a point in time and the transaction price is stated in the contract, usually as a price per unit. All estimates are based on the Company'sCompany’s historical experience, complete satisfaction of the performance obligation, and the Company'sCompany’s best judgment at the time the estimate is made. Historically, sales returns have not significantly impacted the Company’s revenue.

 

The Company does not have any contract assets are recordedsince the Company has an unconditional right to consideration when the Company has satisfied its performance obligation and payment from customers is not contingent on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as accounts receivablea future event. The Company did not have any contract liabilities as of March 31, 20192021 and March 31, 2018, respectively.2020. For the fiscal year ended March 31 20192021 and 2018,2020, there was no revenue recognized from performance obligations related to prior periods. As of March 31, 2019,2021, there was no revenue expected to be recognized in any future periods related to remaining performance obligations.

 

The Company has one revenue generating reportable geographic segment under ASC Topic 280 “Segment Reporting” and derives its sales primarily from its sales of customized ready-made outerwear. The Company believes disaggregation of revenue by geographic region best depicts the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of its revenue and cash flows (see Note 12)“Note 14—Segment Reporting”).

 

Shipping and Handling

 

Proceeds collected from customers for shipping and handling costs are included in revenues.revenue. Shipping and handling costs are expensed as incurred and are included in operating expenses, as a part of selling, general and administrative expenses. Total shipping and handling expenses were $692,794$1,108,659 and $611,481$821,805 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 20192021 and 2018,2020, respectively.

 

Income and Sales Taxes

 

The Company is subject to income taxes on an entity basis on income arising in or derived from the tax jurisdiction in which each entity is domiciled. Jerash Holdings was incorporatedand Jerash Supplies are incorporated/formed in the State of Delaware and is subject to Federalfederal income tax in the United States of America. GTI was incorporated in the BVI and is not subject to income taxes under the current laws of BVI. Treasure Success wasis registered in Hong Kong and has no operating profit for currentprofit. Jiangmen Treasure Success is incorporated in China and is subject to corporate income tax liabilities.in China. Jerash Garments, Jerash Embroidery, Chinese Garments, Paramount, Jerash The First, and Victory Apparel are subject to income tax in Jordan, unless an exemption is granted. The corporate income tax rate is 14% for the businesses classified within the industrial sector. In accordance with the Investment Encouragement Law, Jerash Garments' export sales to overseas customers were entitled to a 100% income tax exemption for a period of 10 years commencing at the first day of production. This exemption had been extended for five years until December 31, 2018. Effective January 1, 2019, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan government changed some features of its tax incentive programs and Jerash Garments and its subsidiaries are now qualified for incentives applicable to a Development Zone, a change from the previous incentive program relating to Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ). In accordance with Development Zone law, Jerash Garments and its subsidiaries areand VIE were subject to corporate income tax in Jordan at a rate of 5%.

10% plus a 1% social contribution. The income tax rate increased to 14% plus a 1% social contribution from January 1, 2020. Effective January 1, 2021, income rate increased to 16% and plus a 1% social contribution.

 

Jerash Garments and its subsidiaries and VIE are subject to local sales tax of 16% on purchases. Jerash Garments was granted a sales tax exemption from the Jordanian Investment Commission for the period from June 1, 2015 to June 1, 2018 that allowed Jerash Garments to make purchases with no sales tax charge. ThisThe exemption has been extended to February 15, 2020, and the Company expects to apply to extend the exemption before the expiration date.

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Income Taxes(Continued)5, 2022.

 

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires the Company to use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years to differences between financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Under this accounting standard, the effect on deferred income taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recognized if it is more likely than not that some portion, or all of, a deferred tax asset will not be realized. Deferred income taxes were immaterial,


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Income and accordingly, no deferred tax assets or liabilities were recognized as of March 31, 2019 and 2018.Sales Taxes (Continued)

 

ASC 740 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. This interpretation requires that an entity recognizesrecognize in its financial statements the impact of a tax position, if that position is more likely than not of being sustained upon examination, based on the technical merits of the position. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that is greater than 50% likely of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs. The Company has elected to classify interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, if and when required, as part of income tax expense in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income. Jordan income tax returns prior to 2015 are not subject to examination by any applicable tax authorities. No significant uncertainty in tax positions relating to income taxes have beenwere incurred during the fiscal years ended March 31, 20192021 and 2018.2020.

 

On December 22, 2017, the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” (the “Act”) was enacted. Under the provisions of the Act, the U.S. corporate tax rate decreased from 35% to 21%. Additionally, the Tax Act imposes a one-time transition tax on deemed repatriation of historical earnings of foreign subsidiaries, and future foreign earnings are subject to U.S. taxation under the new Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI) regime. Please see further discussion regarding the Company’s accounting for the Tax Act in Note 14.

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Foreign Currency Translation

 

The reporting currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar (“US$” or “$”) and the. The Company uses the Jordanian DinarJOD in Jordan companies, HKD in Treasure Success, and Chinese Yuan (“JOD”CNY”) in Jiangmen Treasure Success as its functional currency except Treasure Success, which uses the Hong Kong Dollar (“HKD”) as its functional currency.of each abovementioned entity. The assets and liabilities of the Company have been translated into U.S. dollarsUS$ using the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date, equity accounts have been translated at historical rates, and revenue and expenses have been translated into U.S. dollarsUS$ using average exchange rates in effect during the reporting period. Cash flows are also translated at average translation rates for the periods, therefore,periods. Therefore, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the consolidated statements of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the consolidated balance sheets. Translation adjustments arising from the use of different exchange rates from period to period are included as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).or loss. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred.

 

The value of JOD against US$ and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in Jordan’s political and economic conditions. Any significant revaluation of JOD may materially affect the Company’s financial condition in terms of US$ reporting. The following table outlines the currency exchange rates that were used in creating the consolidated financial statements in this report:

 

  March 31, 2019
2021
  March 31, 2018
2020
 
Period-end spot rate  US$1=JOD 0.7090JOD0.7090   US$1=JOD 0.7094JOD0.7090 
   US$1=HKD 7.8500HKD7.7744   US$1=HKD 7.8490HKD7.7529
US$1=CNY6.5565US$1=CNY7.0896 
Average rate  US$1=JOD 0.7091JOD0.7090   US$1=JOD 0.7092JOD0.7090 
   US$1=HKD 7.8420HKD7.7527   US$1=HKD 7.8091HKD7.8163
US$1=CNY6.7702US$1=CNY6.9642 

 

Share-basedStock-Based Compensation

 

The Company measures compensation expense for share-basedstock-based awards to non-employee contractors and directors based upon the awards’ initial grant-date fair value. The estimated grant-date fair value of the award is recognized as expense over the requisite service period using the straight-line method. The fair value of awards to non-employees is then marked-to-market each reporting period until vesting criteria are met.

 

The Company estimates the fair value of stock options using a Black-Scholes model. This model is affected by the Company'sCompany’s stock price on the date of the grant as well as assumptions regarding a number of highly complex and subjective variables. These variables include the expected term of the option, expected risk-free rates of return, the expected volatility of the Company'sCompany’s common stock, and expected dividend yield, each of which is more fully described below. The assumptions for expected term and expected volatility are the two assumptions that significantly affect the grant date fair value.

 

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Share-Based Compensation(Continued)

·Expected Term: the expected term of a warrant or a stock option is the period of time that the warrant or a stock option is expected to be outstanding.

 

·Risk-free Interest Rate: the Company bases the risk-free interest rate used in the Black-Scholes model on the implied yield at the grant date of the U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issued with an equivalent term to the share-basedstock-based award being valued. Where the expected term of a share-basedstock-based award does not correspond with the term for which a zero-coupon interest rate is quoted, the Company uses the nearest interest rate from the available maturities.

 

·Expected Stock Price Volatility: the Company utilizes comparable public company volatility over the same period of time as the life of the warrant.warrant or stock option.


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Stock-Based Compensation (continued)

 

·Dividend Yield: Until November 2018, the Board of Directors had not declared, and the Company had not yet paid, any dividends. Accordingly, share-basedStock-based compensation awards granted prior to November 2018 assumed no dividend yield, while any subsequent share-basedstock-based compensation awards will be valued using the anticipated dividend yield.

 

Earnings per Share

 

The Company computes earnings per share (“EPS”) in accordance with ASC 260, “Earnings per Share” (“ASC 260”). ASC 260 requires companies with complex capital structures to present basic and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is measured as net income divided by the weighted average common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is similar to basic EPS but presents the dilutive effect on a per share basis of potential common shares (e.g., convertible securities, options and warrants) as if they had been converted at the beginning of the periods presented, or issuance date, if later. Potential common shares that have an anti-dilutive effect (i.e., those that increase income per share or decrease loss per share) are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS (See Note 11)“Note 13Earnings per Share”).

 

Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income consists of two components, net income and other comprehensive income (loss).income. The foreign currency translation gain or loss resulting from translation of the financial statements expressed in JOD or HKD or CNY to U.S. dollarUS$ is reported in other comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

ASC 825-10 requires certain disclosures regarding the fair value of financial instruments. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A three-level fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy requires entities to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:

 

·Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities.

 

·Level 2 - Quoted prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, or other inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.

 

·Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets and liabilities. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques that use significant unobservable inputs.

 

The Company considers the recorded value of its financial assets and liabilities, which consist primarily of cash, including restricted cash, accounts receivable, other receivables, due from related parties, due from shareholders,credit facilities, accounts payable, accrued expenses, income tax payables, other payables, and short-term loanoperating lease liabilities to approximate the fair value of the respective assets and liabilities at March 31, 20192021 and 20182020 based upon the short-term nature of these assets and liabilities.

 


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Concentrations and Credit Risk

 

Credit risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash. As of March 31, 2019,2021, and 2018,2020, respectively, $7,121,161$5,122,292 and $4,793,527$6,894,641 of the Company’s cash werewas on deposit at financial institutions in Jordan, where there currently is no rule or regulation requiring such financial institutions to maintain insurance to cover bank deposits in the event of bank failure. As of March 31, 2019,2021, and 2018,2020, respectively, $20,614,581$2,036,147 and $7,400,111$125,830 of the Company’s cash was on deposit at financial institutions in China. Cash maintained in banks within China of less than CNY0.5 million (equivalent to $76,260) per bank are covered by “deposit insurance regulation” promulgated by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. As of March 31, 2021, and 2020, respectively, $15,622,051 and $19,847,852 of the Company’s cash was on deposit at financial institutions in Hong Kong, which are insured by the Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board subject to certain limitations. While management believes that these financial institutions are of high credit quality, it also continually monitors their credit worthiness. As of March 31, 2019,2021, and 2018,2020, respectively, $98,726$81,221 and $2,472$48,386 of the Company’s cash was on deposit in the United States and are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to $250,000.

 

Accounts receivable are typically unsecured and derived from revenue earned from customers, and therefore are exposed to credit risk. The risk is mitigated by the Company'sCompany’s assessment of its customers'customers’ creditworthiness and its ongoing monitoring of outstanding balances.

 

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NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Concentrations and Credit Risk (Continued)

Customer and vendor concentration risk

 

Prior to August 2016, substantially all of theThe Company’s sales wereare made to end-customers, through its affiliate (see Note 9), that are located primarily in the United States (see Note 12). Thereafter, the Company began selling directly to its customers. The Company’sStates. Its operating results could be adversely affected by the U.S. government’s policygovernment policies on exportingimporting business, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, and change of local market conditions. The Company has a concentration of its revenuesrevenue and purchases with specific customers and suppliers. For the each of the fiscal yearsyear ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, one end-customer2021, two end-customers accounted for 79%62% and 12% of total revenue. Including accounts receivable balances through the Company’s affiliates, as oftotal revenue, respectively. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, one end-customer2020, two end-customers accounted for 96%77% and 11% of the Company’s total accounts receivable balance.revenue, respectively. As of March 31, 2018,2021, two end-customers separately accounted for 57%of 68% and 22%24% of the Company’s total accounts receivable balance, respectively. As of March 31, 2020, four end-customers accounted for 42%, 20%, 20%, and 14% of the Company’s total accounts receivable balance, respectively.

 

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019,2021, the Company purchased approximately 19%13% of its garments from one major supplier. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, the Company purchased approximately 22%, 12%16%, and 11% of its raw materials from three major suppliers. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018 the company purchased approximately 43% and 18% of its raw materials from two major suppliers.suppliers, respectively. As of March 31, 2019,2021, accounts payable to threethe Company’s four major suppliers separately accounted for 40%19%, 20%11%, 11%, and 14%10% of the total accounts payable balance.balance, respectively. As of March 31, 2018, there was a net prepaid2020, accounts payable to the Company’s three major suppliers accounted for 39%, 16%, and 10% of the total accounts payable balance, to one major supplier totaling $874,591.respectively.

 

A loss of any of these customers or suppliers could adversely affect the operating results or cash flows of the Company.

Risks and Uncertainties

 

The principal operations of the Company are located in Jordan. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations may be influenced by political, economic, and legal environments in Jordan, as well as by the general state of the Jordanian economy. The Company’s operations in Jordan are subject to special considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in North America. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic and legal environment and foreign currency exchange. The Company’s results may be adversely affected by changes in the political, regulatory and social conditions in Jordan. Although the Company has not experienced losses from these situations and believes that it is in compliance with existing laws and regulations including its organization and structure disclosed in Note 1, this may not be indicative of future results.

 

The spread of COVID-19 around the world since March 2020 has caused significant volatility in U.S. and international markets. The Company’s operations during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 were impacted by the spread of COVID-19. The Company’s manufacturing facilities in Jordan was operating on limited capacity until June 1, 2020, the shipment of certain sales orders was delayed to the fourth fiscal quarter of 2021, and the Company postponed its construction plan of new housing facilities in Jordan.

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There is significant uncertainty around the breadth and duration of business disruptions related to COVID-19, as well as its impact on the U.S. and international economies. The Company currently expects that its operation results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022 would not be significantly impacted by COVID-19. However, given the dynamic nature of these circumstances, should there be resurgence of the COVID-19 cases globally and that U.S. government or Jordan government implements new restrictions to contain the spread, it is expected the Company’s business will be negatively impacted.


NOTE 3 – RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

The Company considers the applicability and impact of all accounting standards updates (“ASUs”). Management periodically reviews new accounting standards that are issued.

New Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted

As disclosed in Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Revenue Recognition above, the Company adopted ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) effective April 1, 2018 using the retrospective transition method. This new accounting standard outlines a single comprehensive model to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. This standard supersedes existing revenue recognition requirements and eliminates most industry-specific guidance from U.S. GAAP. The core principle of the new accounting standard is to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In addition, the adoption of this new accounting standard resulted in increased disclosure, including qualitative and quantitative disclosures about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. Adoption of this standard did not result in significant changes to the Company’s accounting policies, business processes, systems or controls, or have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows or related disclosures. As such, prior period financial statements were not recast.

On April 1, 2018, we adopted ASU 2016-18, Restricted Cash – A Consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force, (“ASU 2016-18”), which amends ASC 230, Statement of Cash Flows, to clarify guidance on the classification and presentation of restricted cash in the statement of cash flows using the full retrospective method. Adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. See our consolidated statements of cash flows for the reconciliation of cash presented in the statements of cash flows to the cash presented on the balance sheet.

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting ("ASU 2017-09"), which amends the scope of modification accounting for share-based payment arrangements such that an entity would not apply modification accounting if the fair value, vesting conditions and classification of the awards are the same immediately before and after the modification. ASU 2017-09 became effective for the Company beginning April 1, 2018 for both interim and annual reporting periods. The adoption of ASU 2017-09 did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Compensation – Stock Compensation, which simplifies the accounting for share-based payments granted to nonemployees for goods and services. Under this ASU, most of the guidance on such payments to nonemployees would be aligned with the requirements for share-based payments granted to employees. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption of this ASU is permitted. The Company does not expect adoption of this ASU to have a material impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

In FebruarySeptember 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2018-20, LeasesNo. 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 842), to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing leases assets and lease liabilities326): Measurement of Credit Losses on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about lease transactions.Financial Instruments. This ASU is intended to improve financial reporting by requiring timelier recording of credit losses on loans and other financial instruments held by financial institutions and other organizations. This ASU requires the measurement of all expected credit losses for financial assets held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. This ASU requires enhanced disclosures to help investors and other financial statement users better understand significant estimates and judgments used in estimating credit losses, as well as the credit quality and underwriting standards of the Company’s portfolio. These disclosures include qualitative and quantitative requirements that provide additional information about the amounts recorded in the financial statements. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-10, which amended the effective dates of ASU 2016-13. For public business entities that meet the definition of an SEC filer, excluding entities eligible to be smaller reporting companies (“SRC”) as defined by the SEC, ASU 2016-13 will become effective for annual reporting periodsthe fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018,2019, including interim reporting periods within those fiscal years. For all other entities, ASU 2016-13 will become effective for the amendments infiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. As an SRC, the Company plans to adopt this ASU areeffective April 1, 2023. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2016-13 on its consolidated financial statements.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740)—Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. ASU 2019-12 is intended to simplify accounting for income taxes. It removes certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application. ASU 2019-12 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019,2020 and interim reporting periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020. Earlywith early adoption is permitted. The Company expects to adopt this standard in the first quarterdoes not expect adoption of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.new ASU to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

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In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848). This ASU is intended to transition away from referencing the London Interbank Offered Rate and other interbank offered rates, and toward new reference rates that are more reliable and robust. The amendments in this ASU are effective immediately for all entities. An entity may elect to apply the amendments in this ASU on a full retrospective basis as of any date from the beginning of an interim period that includes or is subsequent to March 12, 2020, or on a prospective basis to new modifications from any date within an interim period that includes or is subsequent to the date of the issuance of a final ASU, up to the date that financial statements are available to be issued. The Company is evaluating the impact of adopting this new ASU and does not expect a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

NOTE 4 – ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET

 

The Company’s net accountsAccounts receivable is as follows:

  As of  As of 
  March 31, 2019  March 31, 2018 
Trade accounts receivable $4,020,369  $5,247,090 
Less: allowances for doubtful accounts  -   - 
Accounts receivable $4,020,369  $5,247,090 

Asconsisted of March 31, 2019, and March 31, 2018 the balance of accounts receivable includes $3 and $470,659, respectively, of factored accounts receivable to be received from Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (“HSBC”) under the Factoring Agreement (see Note 10).following:

  As of  As of 
  March 31,
2021
  March 31,
2020
 
Trade accounts receivable $12,033,268  $5,340,389 
Less: allowances for doubtful accounts  -   (4,641)
Accounts receivable, net $12,033,268  $5,335,748 

 

NOTE 5 – INVENTORIES

 

Inventories consisted of the following:

  As of  As of 
  March 31,
2021
  March 31,
2020
 
Raw materials $13,293,628  $12,499,301 
Work-in-progress  2,057,986   1,541,716 
Finished goods  9,684,352   8,592,755 
Total inventory $25,035,966  $22,633,772 

 

  As of  As of 
  March 31, 2019  March 31, 2018 
Raw materials $11,601,262  $11,497,237 
Work-in-progress  1,889,329   2,073,509 
Finished goods  7,583,652   6,722,646 
Total inventory $21,074,243  $20,293,392 

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NOTE 6 – ADVANCE TO SUPPLIERS, NET

Advance to suppliers consisted of the following:

  As of  As of 
  March 31,
2021
  March 31,
2020
 
Advance to suppliers $3,036,693  $2,118,367 
Less: allowances for doubtful accounts  -   (2,000)
Advance to suppliers, net $3,036,693  $2,116,367 

NOTE 7 – LEASES

The Company has 44 operating leases for manufacturing facilities and offices. Some leases include one or more options to renew, which is typically at the Company’s sole discretion. The Company regularly evaluates the renewal options, and, when it is reasonably certain of exercise, it will include the renewal period in its lease term. New lease modifications result in remeasurement of the right of use (“ROU”) assets and lease liability. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

Effective April 1, 2019, the Company adopted the new lease accounting standard using a modified retrospective transition method which allowed the Company not to recast comparative periods presented in its consolidated financial statements. In addition, the Company elected the package of practical expedients, which allowed the Company to not reassess whether any existing contracts contain a lease, to not reassess historical lease classification as operating or finance leases, and to not reassess initial direct costs. The Company has not elected the practical expedient to use hindsight to determine the lease term for its leases at transition. The Company combines the lease and non-lease components in determining the ROU assets and related lease obligation. Adoption of this standard resulted in the recording of operating lease ROU assets and corresponding operating lease liabilities as disclosed below and had no impact on retained earnings as of March 31, 2020. ROU assets and related lease obligations are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of remaining lease payments over the lease term.

All of the Company’s leases are classified as operating leases and primarily include office space and manufacturing facilities.

Supplemental balance sheet information related to operating leases was as follows:

  March 31,
2021
 
Right-of-use assets $1,596,600 
     
Operating lease liabilities - current $400,043 
Operating lease liabilities - non-current  935,773 
Total operating lease liabilities $1,335,816 

The weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates for all of operating leases were as follows as of March 31, 2021:

Remaining lease term and discount rate:
Weighted average remaining lease term (years)3.0
Weighted average discount rate4.06%

During the fiscal years ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company incurred total operating lease expenses of $2,140,894 and $1,963,831, respectively.


NOTE 7 – LEASES (continued)

The following is a schedule, by fiscal years, of maturities of lease liabilities as of March 31, 2021:

2022 $651,349 
2023  526,933 
2024  302,664 
2025  121,599 
2026  52,542 
Thereafter  - 
Total lease payments  1,655,087 
Less: imputed interest  (58,489)
Less: prepayments  (260,782)
Present value of lease liabilities $1,335,816 

 

NOTE 68 – PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT, NET

 

Property, plant, and equipment, net consisted of the following:

 

 As of
March 31, 2019
 As of
March 31, 2018
  As of As of 
Land $61,078  $61,048 
 March 31,
2021
  March 31,
2020
 
Land (1) $1,831,192  $1,831,192 
Property and buildings  432,562   432,347   432,562   432,562 
Equipment and machinery  5,560,265   4,918,270 
Equipment and machinery (2)  8,532,813   7,630,255 
Office and electric equipment  550,738   505,356   825,013   793,405 
Automobiles  367,332   372,084   512,209   480,687 
Leasehold improvements  1,652,038   1,552,108   2,943,797   2,765,610 
Subtotal  8,624,013   7,841,213   15,077,586   13,933,711 
Construction in progress  200,042   217,494 
Less: Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization  (6,467,793)  (5,238,992)
Property and Equipment, Net $2,356,262  $2,819,715 
Construction in progress (3)  194,752   194,752 
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization  (9,572,832)  (7,954,299)
Property and equipment, net $5,699,506  $6,174,164 

 

Depreciation and amortization expense was $1,255,820 and $1,216,973 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

(1)On August 7, 2019 and February 6, 2020, the Company, through Jerash Garments, purchased 12,340 square meters (approximately three acres) and 4,516 square meters (approximately 48,608 square feet) of land in Al Tajamouat Industrial City, Jordan (the “Jordan Properties”), from third parties to construct a factory and a dormitory for the Company’s employees, respectively. The aggregate purchase price of the Jordan Properties was JOD1,177,301 (approximately US$1.7 million).

 

(2)On June 18, 2019, the Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of Paramount, a contract manufacturer based in Amman, Jordan. As a result, Paramount became a subsidiary of Jerash Garments, and the Company assumed ownership of all of the machinery and equipment owned by Paramount. Paramount had no other significant assets or liabilities and no operating activities or employees at the time of acquisition, so this transaction was accounted for as an asset acquisition. $980,000 was paid in cash to acquire all of the machinery and equipment from Paramount and the machinery and equipment were transferred to the Company.

The construction in progress account represents costs incurred for constructing a dormitory, which was previously planned to be a sewing workshop. This dormitory is approximately 4,800 square feet, located in the Tafilah Governorate of Jordan, and is expected to be completed in September 2019.  

(3)The construction in progress account represents costs incurred for constructing a dormitory, which was previously planned to be a sewing workshop. This dormitory is approximately 4,800 square feet in the Tafilah Governorate of Jordan. Construction has been temporarily suspended since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The dormitory is expected to be completed and ready for use in fiscal 2022.

 

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NOTE 79 EQUITY

 

Preferred Stock

 

The Company has 500,000 authorized shares of preferred stock, with a par value of $0.001 per share, and withauthorized; none were issued and outstanding as of March 31, 20192021 and March 31, 2018.2020. The preferred stock can be issued by the Boardboard of Directorsdirectors of Jerash Holdings (the “Board of Directors”) in one or more classes or one or more series within any class, and such classes or series shall have such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such rights as the Board of Directors may determine from time to time.

 

Common Stock

 

Prior to September 17, 2018, the Company had 15,000,000 authorized shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share. On September 17, 2018, following approval from its stockholders, the Company filed a certificate of amendment to its certificate of incorporation with the State of Delaware to increase its authorized shares of common stock from 15,000,000 to 30,000,000. The Company had 11,325,000 shares11,332,974 and 9,895,00011,325,000 shares of common stock outstanding as of March 31, 20192021 and March 31, 2018,2020 respectively.

 

Statutory Reserve

 

In accordance with the Corporate Law in Jordan, Jerash Garments, Jerash Embroidery, Chinese Garments, Paramount, Jerash The First, and Victory Apparel are required to make appropriations to certain reserve funds, based on net income determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of Jordan. Appropriations to the statutory reserve are required to be 10% of net income until the reserve is equal to 100% of the entity’s share capital. This reserve is not available for dividend distribution. AsIn addition, PRC companies are required to set aside at least 10% of both March 31, 2019 and 2018,their after-tax net profits each year, if any, to fund the consolidatedstatutory reserves until the balance of the reserves reaches 50% of their registered capital. The statutory reserve was $212,739reserves are not distributable in the form of cash dividends to the Company and $71,699, respectively.can be used to make up cumulative prior year losses. The Company’s subsidiaries and VIE have reserved the maximum amount required.

 

Dividends

 

OnDuring the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, on February 5, 2021, November 1, 2018,2, 2020, August 5, 2020, and May 15, 2020, the Board of Directors of Jerash Holdings declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share of common stock, payable to shareholdersrespectively. The cash dividends of record at the close of business$566,250 were paid in full on February 23, 2021, November 19, 2018. The dividend, equal to $566,250 in the aggregate, was paid on November 27, 2018.23, 2020, August 24, 2020, and June 2, 2020, respectively.

 

OnDuring the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, on February 7,5, 2020, November 4, 2019, July 29, 2019, and May 17, 2019, the Board of Directors of Jerash Holdings declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share of common stock, payable to shareholdersrespectively. The cash dividends of record at the close of business$566,250 were paid in full on February 26, 2020, November 26, 2019, August 19, 2019. The dividend, equal to $566,250 in the aggregate, was paid on February 27, 2019.2019, and June 5, 2019, respectively.

 

Initial Public OfferingNOTE 10 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

The registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-222596) for the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”) was declared effective on March 14, 2018. On May 2, 2018 the Company issued 1,430,000 shares of common stock at $7.00 per share and received gross proceeds of $10,010,000. The Company incurred underwriting commissions of $477,341, underwriter offering expenses of $250,200 and additional underwriting expenses of $352,159, yielding net proceeds from the IPO of $8,930,300.

NOTE 8 – SHARE- BASED COMPENSATION

Warrants issued for services

 

From time to time, the Company issues warrants to purchase its common stock. These warrants are valued using athe Black-Scholes model and using the volatility, market price, exercise price, risk-free interest rate, and dividend yield appropriate at the date the warrants were issued.

 

Simultaneous with the closing of the IPO, the Company issued to the underwriter and its affiliates warrants to purchase 57,200 shares of common stock (“IPO Underwriter Warrants”) at an exercise price of $8.75 per share with an expiration date of May 2, 2023. The shares underlying the IPO Underwriter Warrants were subject to a 180-day lock-up that expired on October 29, 2018.

 

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NOTE 8 SHARE- BASED COMPENSATION(Continued)

Warrants issued for services (Continued)

During the year ended March 31, 2019, all of the outstanding warrants were fully vested and exercisable.

The fair value of these warrants was estimated as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes model with the following assumptions:major assumptions that the expected term is five years; risk-free interest rate is 1.8% to 2.8%; and the expected volatility is 50.3% to 52.2%. In March 2021, 50,000 warrants were exercised. There were 214,410 and 264,410 warrants outstanding as of March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2020, respectively, with a weighted average exercise price of $6.67 and $6.35, respectively. All of the outstanding warrants were fully vested and exercisable as of March 31, 2021 and 2020.

 

Common Stock Warrants
March 31, 2019
Expected term (in years)5.0
Risk-free interest rate (%)1.8-2.8%
Expected volatility (%)50.3%-52.2%
Dividend yield (%)0.0%

Warrant activity isAll stock warrants activities are summarized as follows:

 

  Shares  Weighted Average
Exercise Price
 
Warrants outstanding at March 31, 2018  207,210  $5.69 
Granted  57,200  $8.75 
Exercised  -   - 
Cancelled  -   - 
Warrants outstanding at March 31, 2019  264,410  $6.35 
  Option to  Weighted Average 
  Acquire Shares  Exercise
Price
 
Stock warrants outstanding at March 31, 2020  264,410  $6.35 
Granted  -   - 
Exercised  50,000   5.00 
Stock warrants outstanding at March 31, 2021  214,410  $6.67 

 

Stock Options

 

On March 21, 2018, the Board of Directors adopted the Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. 2018 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), pursuant to which the Company may grant various types of equity awards. 1,484,250 shares of common stock of the Company were reserved for issuance under the Plan. In addition, on July 19, 2019, the Board of Directors approved an amendment and restatement of the Plan, which was approved by the Company’s stockholders at its annual meeting of stockholders on September 16, 2019. The amended and restated Plan increased the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan by 300,000, to 1,784,250, among other changes.

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NOTE 10 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (continued)

On April 9, 2018, the Board of Directors approved the issuance of 989,500 nonqualified stock options under the Plan to 13 executive officers and employees of the Company in accordance with the Plan at an exercise price of $7.00 per share, and a term of five years. As of March 31, 2019, all of these outstanding stock options were fully vested and exercisable.

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NOTE 8SHARE- BASED COMPENSATION(Continued)

Stock Options (Continued)

The fair value of these options granted on April 9, 2018 was estimated as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes model with the following assumptions.major assumptions that expected terms is five years; risk-free interest rate is 2.6%; and the expected volatility is 50.3%. All these outstanding options were fully vested and exercisable on issue date. 3,000 options were forfeited in November 2020.

Stock Options
March 31, 2019
Expected term (in years)5.0
Risk-free interest rate (%)2.6%
Expected volatility (%)50.3%
Dividend yield (%)0.0%

 

On August 3, 2018, the Board of Directors granted the Company’s then Chief Financial Officer and Head of U.S. Operations a total of 150,000 nonqualified stock options under the Plan in accordance with the Plan at an exercise price of $6.12 per share and a term of ten10 years. The options vest in three equal six-month installments, with the first two-thirds having vested on August 3, 2018 and February 3, 2019 respectively, the remaining amounts vesting on and August 3, 2019.

The fair value of thethese options granted on August 3, 2018 was estimated as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes model with the following assumptions:major assumptions that expected terms is 10 years; risk-free interest rate is 2.95%; and the expected volatility is 50.3%. All these outstanding options were fully vested. 50,000 options were forfeited in October 2020. The remaining 100,000 options became exercisable in August 2019.

 

Stock Options
March 31, 2019
Expected term (in years)10.0
Risk-free interest rate (%)2.95%
Expected volatility (%)50.3%
Dividend yield (%)0.0%

On November 27, 2019, the Board of Directors granted the Company’s Chief Financial Officer 50,000 nonqualified stock options under the amended and restated Plan in accordance with the amended and restated Plan at an exercise price of $6.50 per share and a term of 10 years. All these outstanding options became fully vested and exercisable in May 2020. The fair value of the options granted on November 27, 2019 was $126,454. It is estimated as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes model with the major assumptions that expected term of 10 years; risk-free interest rate of 1.77%; expected volatility of 48.59%; and dividend yield of 3.08%.

 

StockAll stock option activity isactivities are summarized as follows:

 

  Shares  Weighted Average
Exercise Price
 
Stock options outstanding at March 31, 2018  -   - 
Granted  1,139,500  $6.88 
Exercised  -   - 
Cancelled  -   - 
Stock options outstanding at March 31, 2019  1,139,500  $6.88 
  Option to  Weighted Average 
  Acquire Shares  Exercise
Price
 
Stock options outstanding at March 31, 2020  1,189,500  $6.87 
Granted  -   - 
Exercised  -   - 
Forfeited  53,000   6.17 
Stock options outstanding at March 31, 2021  1,136,500  $6.90 

 

Total expenseexpenses related to the stock options issued was $3,593,888were $66,251 and $278,258 for the yearfiscal years ended March 31, 2019. There were $193,9552021 and 2020, respectively. As of unrecognized compensation costs at March 31, 2019 relating2021, there was $nil remaining amount to unvested awards. vest.

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NOTE 911 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The relationship and the nature of related party transactions are summarized as follow:

 

Name of Related Party Relationship
to the Company
 Nature
of Transactions
Ford Glory International Limited (“FGIL”) Affiliate, subsidiary of Ford Glory Holdings (“FGH”), which is 49% indirectly owned by the Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman, and a significant stockholder Sales / Purchases
Operating Lease
Value Plus (Macao Commercial Offshore) Limited (“VPMCO”) Affiliate, subsidiary of FGH Purchases
Yukwise Limited (“Yukwise”) Wholly owned by ourthe Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman, and a significant stockholder Consulting Services
Multi-Glory Corporation Limited (“Multi-Glory”) Wholly owned by a significant stockholder Consulting Services
Jiangmen V-Apparel Manufacturing LimitedAffiliate, subsidiary of FGHOperating Lease

 

Pursuant to the terms of a sale and purchase agreement between one of the Company’s current individual shareholders and Victory City Investments Limited, the ultimate 51% shareholder of FGIL, dated July 13, 2016 (the “Sale and Purchase Agreement”), and effective since August 1, 2016, all rights, interests and benefits of any contracts that FGIL had at that time with any of the Company’s customers for products manufactured or to be manufactured by the Company, together with the costs and obligations relating to those contracts were transferred to the Company. Thereafter, the Company has been selling directly to its end-customers and no longer through its affiliate, FGIL.

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Related party balances:

NOTE 11 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (continued)

 

a.Accounts receivable – related party:Related party lease and purchases agreement

Accounts receivable from related party in connection with the collection of accounts receivable from end-customers on behalf of the Company due to the support arrangement during the transition period as described below (see a. Sales to related party) consisted of the following:

  As of
March 31, 2019
  As of
March 31, 2018
 
FGIL  $                  -  $50,027 

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NOTE 9 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS(Continued)

Related party transactions:

a.Sales to related party:

Pursuant to the Sale and Purchase Agreement, the Company has all rights, interests and benefits of the sales agreements signed with end-customers since August 2016, together with the costs and obligations of those agreements. During the transition period, the Company’s affiliate supported the Company to complete the transition with no additional fees charged. For the year ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018, $0 and $43,997,617 of sales were made with the support from FGIL respectively.

Lease from related party

 

On October 3, 2018, Treasure Success and FGIL entered into a lease agreement, pursuant to which Treasure Success leasesleased its office space in Hong Kong from FGIL by providing for a monthly rent in the amount of HK$HKD 119,540 (approximately $15,243) per month$15,253) and havingfor a one-year term with an option to extend the term for an additional year at the same rent. On October 3, 2019, Treasure Success exercised the option to extend the lease for an additional year at the same rent. On December 15, 2020, Treasure Success and FGIL renewed the lease agreement with the same term and lease amount. On February 25, 2021, the lease agreement was terminated, and Ford Glory disposed of the property that was subject of the lease agreement between Treasure Success and Ford Glory.

On July 15, 2019, the Company, through Treasure Success, entered into an agreement to purchase office space together with certain parking spaces from FGIL for an aggregate purchase price of HKD 63,000,000 (approximately $8.1 million). Pursuant to the agreement, Treasure Success paid an initial deposit of HKD 6,300,000 (approximately $0.8 million) upon signing the agreement. On October 31, 2019, this agreement was terminated pursuant to its terms because the conditions precedent to closing under the agreement were not met. As a result of the termination, on November 7, 2019, FGIL repaid in full, without interest, the deposit Treasure Success paid at the time the agreement was signed.

On July 1, 2020, Jiangmen Treasure Success and Jiangmen V-Apparel Manufacturing Limited entered into a factory lease agreement, which was a replacement of a previous lease agreement between Treasure Success and Jiangmen V-Apparel Manufacturing Limited dated August 31, 2019, pursuant to which Treasure Success leased additional space for office and sample production purposes in Jiangmen, China from Jiangmen V-Apparel Manufacturing Limited for a monthly rent in the amount of CNY 28,300 (approximately $4,300). The lease had one-year term and might be renewed with a one-month notice. On April 30, 2021, the factory lease agreement between Jiangmen Treasure Success and Jiangmen V-apparel Manufacturing Limited was terminated.

 

b.Consulting agreements

On January 12, 2018, Treasure Success and Yukwise entered into a consulting agreement, pursuant to which Mr. Choi will serve as Chief Executive Officer and provide high-level advisory and general management services for $300,000 per annum. The agreement renews automatically for one-month terms. This agreement became effective as of January 1, 2018. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Yukwise’s compensation was temporarily reduced to $20,000 per month from May 2020 to August 2020. Total consulting fees under this agreement were $280,000 and $300,000, respectively, for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

 

On January 16, 2018, Treasure Success and Multi-Glory entered into a consulting agreement, pursuant to which Multi-Glory will provide high-level advisory, marketing, and sales services to the Company for $300,000 per annum. The agreement renews automatically for one-month terms. The agreement became effective as of January 1, 2018. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Multi-Glory’s compensation was temporarily reduced to $20,000 per month from May 2020 to August 2020. Total consulting fees under this agreement were $280,000 and $300,000, respectively, for the yearfiscal years ended March 31, 20192021 and $75,000 for the year ended March 31, 2018.2020.

On January 12, 2018, Treasure Success and Yukwise entered into a consulting agreement, pursuant to which Mr. Choi will serve as Chief Executive Officer and provide a high level of advisory and general management services for $300,000 per annum, with automatic renewal for one-month terms. This agreement became effective as of January 1, 2018. Total advisory and management expenses under this agreement were $300,000 for the year ended March 31, 2019 and $75,000 for year ended March 31, 2018.

c.Personal Guarantees

Borrowings under the Credit Facility, as defined below, with HSBC are collateralized by the personal guarantees by Mr. Choi and Mr. Ng Tsze Lun.

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NOTE 1012 – CREDIT FACILITIES

 

Pursuant to a letter agreement dated May 29, 2017, Treasure Success entered into an initial $8,000,000 import credit facility with HSBCHong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (“HSBC”) (the “2017 Facility Letter”), which was first amended pursuant to a letter agreement between HSBC, Treasure Success, and Jerash Garments dated June 19, 2018 (the “2018 Facility Letter”), further amended pursuant to a letter agreement dated August 12, 2019 (the “2019 Facility Letter”), and further amended pursuant to a letter agreement dated July 3, 2020 (the “2020 Facility Letter,” and together with the 2017 Facility Letter, 2018 Facility Letter, and 2019 Facility Letter, the “Facility Letter”“HSBC Facility”). The 2020 Facility Letter extends the term of the HSBC Facility indefinitely. Pursuant to the HSBC Facility, the Company has a total credit limit of $11,000,000.

In addition, pursuant to an offer letter datedon June 5, 2017, which was amended pursuantTreasure Success entered into an Offer Letter - Invoice Discounting/Factoring Agreement, and on August 21, 2017, Treasure Success entered into an Invoice Discounting/Factoring Agreement (together, the “2017 Factoring Agreement”) with HSBC for certain debt purchase services related to a letter agreement datedthe Company’s accounts receivable. On June 14, 2019,2018, Treasure Success and Jerash Garments entered into another Offer Letter-Invoice Discounting/Factoring Agreement with HSBC, which amended the 2017 Factoring Agreement (the “2018 Factoring Agreement, and together with the 2017 Factoring Agreement, the “HSBC Factoring Agreement,” and together with the HSBC Facility, the “HSBC Credit Facilities”). Pursuant to the HSBC Factoring Agreement, HSBC offered to provide Treasure Success with a $12,000,000 factoring facility for certain debt purchase services related to Treasure Success’s accounts receivables (the “Factoring Agreement” and, together with the Facility Letter, the “Credit Facilities”). receivable.

The HSBC Credit Facilities arewere guaranteed by Jerash Holdings, Jerash Garments, and Treasure Success, as well as two of the Company’s individual shareholders.Success. In addition, the HSBC Credit Facilities required cash and other investment security collateral of $3,000,000.$3,000,000 and were secured by the personal guarantees of Mr. Choi and Mr. Ng Tsze Lun (“Mr. Ng”). As of January 22, 2019, the security collateral of $3,000,000 had been released. HSBC also released the personal guarantees of Mr. Choi and Mr. Ng on August 12, 2019. The HSBC Credit Facilities provide that drawings under the HSBC Credit Facilities arewere charged interest at the Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate (“HIBOR”) plus 1.5% for drawings in Hong Kong dollars,HKD, and the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 1.5% for drawings in other currencies. In addition, the HSBC Credit Facilities also containcontained certain service charges and other commissions and fees. As of January 22, 2019, the security collateral of $3,000,000 has been released.

 

Under the HSBC Factoring Agreement, HSBC also providesprovided credit protection and debt services related to each of the Company’s preapproved customer.customers. For any approved debts or collections assigned to HSBC, HSBC chargescharged a flat fee of 0.35% on the face value of the invoice for such debt or collection. WeThe Company may assign debtor payments that are to be paid to HSBC within 90 days, defined as the maximum terms of payment. WeThe Company may receive advances on invoices that are due within 30 days of the delivery of ourits goods, defined as the maximum invoicing period.

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The HSBC Credit Facilities are subject to review at any time, and HSBC has discretion on whether to renew the Facility Letter.HSBC Facility. Either party may terminate the HSBC Factoring Agreement subject to a 30-day notice period.

 

On March 30, 2021, HSBC informed Treasure Success that the debts purchase services under the HSBC Factoring Agreement were terminated with immediate effect. As of March 31, 2019,2021 and March 31, 2018,2020, the Company had made $360,401$nil and $980,195$235 in withdrawals respectively, under the HSBC Credit Facilities, which arewere due within 120 days of each borrowing date or upon demand by HSBC. As of March 31, 2019, $85,421 was outstanding under the Factoring Agreement and $274,980 outstanding under the Facility Letter.

 

On January 31, 2019, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (“SCBHK”) offered to provide an import facility of up to $3.0 million to Treasure Success pursuant to a facility letter dated June 15, 2018. Pursuant to the agreement, SCBHK agreed to finance import invoice financing and pre-shipment financing of export orders up to an aggregate of $3.0 million. The SCBHK facility bears interest at 1.3% per annum over SCBHK’s cost of funds. As of March 31, 2019,2021 and 2020, the Company had an$612,703 and $nil outstanding amount, of $288,310respectively, in import invoice financing.financing under the SCBHK facility.

 

NOTE 1113 – EARNINGS PER SHARE

 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the fiscal years ended March 31, 20192021 and 2018. 57,200 IPO Underwriter Warrants2020. As of March 31, 2021, 1,453,910 warrants and stock options were anti-dilutive forissued, 50,000 warrants were exercised, 53,000 options were forfeited, and 1,350,910 warrants and stock options were outstanding. For the yearfiscal years ended March 31, 20192021 and 2020, 1,250,910 and 107,200 warrants and stock options were excluded from the EPS calculation.calculation, respectively, as they contained anti-dilution provisions.

 

  Year Ended 
  March 31, 
  (in $000s except share and 
  per share information) 
  2019  2018 
Numerator:      
Net income attributable to Jerash Holdings (US), Inc.'s Common Shareholders $5,112  $10,410 
         
Denominator:        
Denominator for basic earnings per share (weighted-average shares)  11,199,630   9,735,651 
Dilutive securities – unexercised warrants and options  130,680   - 
Denominator for diluted earnings per share (adjusted weighted-average shares)  11,330,310   9,735,651 
Basic earnings per share $0.46  $1.07 
         
Diluted earnings per share $0.45  $1.07 

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  Fiscal Year Ended 
  March 31, 
  (in $000s except share and 
  per share information) 
  2021  2020 
Numerator:      
Net income attributable to Jerash Holdings (US), Inc.’s Common Stockholders $4,150  $6,475 
         
Denominator:        
Denominator for basic earnings per share (weighted-average shares)  11,325,131   11,325,000 
Dilutive securities – unexercised warrants and options  180   118,364 
Denominator for diluted earnings per share (adjusted weighted-average shares)  11,325,311   11,443,364 
Basic and diluted earnings per share $0.37  $0.57 

 

NOTE 1214 – SEGMENT REPORTING

 

ASC 280, “Segment Reporting,” establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments on a basis consistent with the Company'sCompany’s internal organizational structure as well as information about geographical areas, business segments and major customers in financial statements for details on the Company'sCompany’s business segments. The Company uses the “management approach” in determining reportable operating segments. The management approach considers the internal organization and reporting used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the source for determining the Company’s reportable segments. Management, including the chief operating decision maker, reviews operation results by the revenue of the Company’s products. The Company’s major product is outerwear. For the fiscal years ended March 31, 20192021 and 2018,2020, outerwear accounted for approximately 88.3%91.4% and 89.5%85.0% of total revenue. Based on management'smanagement’s assessment, the Company has determined that it has only one operating segment as defined by ASC 280.

 

The following table summarizes sales by geographic areas for the fiscal years ended March 31, 20192021 and 2018,2020, respectively.

 

 For the years ended  For the Fiscal Year Ended
March 31,
 
 March 31, 2019  March 31, 2018  2021  2020 
United States $70,092,992  $61,238,605  $79,190,558  $89,123,214 
Jordan  13,693,020   7,267,732   5,702,774   3,737,608 
Other countries  1,197,649   789,361 
Others  5,320,029   163,414 
Total $84,983,661  $69,295,698  $90,213,361  $93,024,236 

 

All96.0% of long-lived assets were located in Jordan as of March 31, 2019 and 2018.2021.

 

NOTE 1315 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

Rent CommitmentCommitments

 

On August 28, 2019, Jiangmen Treasure Success, was incorporated under the laws of the People’s Republic of China in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, China, with a total registered capital of HKD 3 million (approximately $385,000). On December 9, 2020, shareholders of Jiangmen Treasure Success approved to increase its registered capital to HKD 15 million (approximately $1.9 million). The Company leases four manufacturing facilities under operating leases. Operating lease expense amountedCompany’s subsidiary, Treasure Success, as a shareholder of Jiangmen Treasure Success, is required to $1,528,500 and $1,274,606contribute HKD 15 million (approximately $1.9 million) as paid-in capital in exchange for the years ended100% ownership interest in Jiangmen Treasure Success. As of March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.2021, Treasure Success had made capital contribution of HKD 3 million (approximately $385,000). Pursuant to the articles of incorporation of Jiangmen Treasure Success, Treasure Success is required to complete the remaining capital contribution before December 31, 2029 as Treasure Success’ available funds permit.

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NOTE 15 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (continued)

 

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases are as follows:

Twelve months ended March 31,   
2020 $867,837 
2021  242,836 
2022  220,657 
2023 and thereafter  176,300 
Total $1,507,630 

The Company has thirty operating leases for its facilities that require monthly payments ranging between $247 and $15,303. Twenty-five operating leases are renewable on an annual basis.

In addition, in connection with a transaction accounted for as an asset purchase, as further described in Footnote 15 - Subsequent Events of the financial statements, the Company entered into a lease for the primary factory facility and housing accommodations and expects to lease the satellite facility space.

Contingencies

 

From time to time, the Company is a party to various legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company accrues costs associated with these matters when they become probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Legal costs incurred in connection with loss contingencies are expensed as incurred. The Company’s management does not expect any liability from the disposition of such claims and litigation individually or in the aggregate towould not have a material adverse impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.

  

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NOTE 1416 – INCOME TAX

  As of
March 31, 2019
  As of
March 31, 2018
 
Corporate income tax payable $2,567,325  $1,400,000 

 

Jerash Garments, Jerash Embroidery, Chinese Garments, Paramount, Jerash The First, and Victory Apparel are subject to the regulations of the Income Tax Department in Jordan. The corporate income tax rate is 14%16% for the industrial sector. In accordance with the Investment Encouragement Law, Jerash Garments'Garments’ export sales to overseas customers were entitled to a 100% income tax exemption for a period of 10 years commencing aton the first day of production. This exemption had been extended for 5five years until December 31, 2018. Effective January 1, 2019, the Hashemite Kingdom of JordanJordanian government has changed some features ofreclassified the area where Jerash Garments and its subsidiaries areaare to a Development Zone. In accordance with the Development Zone law, Jerash Garments and its subsidiaries and VIE began paying corporate income tax in Jordan at a rate of 5%.10% plus a 1% social contribution. The effect of theincome tax exemption on the Company’s 2019 fiscal results israte increased to 14% plus a tax savings of approximately $1,623,717, or $0.14 per share.1% social contribution from January 1, 2020. Effective January 1, 2021, this rate increased to 16% plus a 1% social contribution.

 

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) was enacted. The Tax Act imposed tax on previously untaxed accumulated earnings and profits (“E&P”) of foreign subsidiaries (the “Toll Charge”). UnderThe Toll Charge is based in part of the amount of E&P held in cash and other specific assets as of December 31, 2017. The Toll Charge can be paid over an eight-year period, starting in 2018, and will not accrue interest. Additionally, under the provisions of the Tax Act, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the U.S. corporate tax rate decreased from 35% to 21%. The Tax Act imposes a one-time transition tax on deemed repatriation of historicalforeign earnings of foreignJerash Garments and its subsidiaries and future foreign earnings are subject to U.S. taxation.taxation at the Jerash Holdings level under the new Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) regime.

 

While ASC 740, Income Taxes, requires companies to recognize the effect of tax law changes in the period of enactment, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 118, which allows companies to record provisional amounts during a measurement period that is similar to the measurement period used when accounting for business combinations. The Company recorded reasonable estimates when possible during the third quarterpayable consisted of the 2018 fiscal year, with the understanding that provisional amounts would be finalized during the measurement period. The Company has completed its accounting for the provisions of the Tax Act as follows:

following:

 

A.Transition tax: The Company recorded a provisional amount of $1.4 million in fiscal 2018 related to the transition tax for all of its foreign subsidiaries, resulting in an increase in income tax expense of approximately $1.4 million for the year ended March 31, 2018. The income tax payable attributable to the transition tax is due over an 8-year period and began in 2018. During the third quarter of its 2019 fiscal year, the Company completed its accounting for the impact of the transition tax with the finalization of its fiscal year 2018 tax returns, and we determined that the transition tax liability is approximately $1.7 million. Accordingly, the Company recorded a measurement period adjustment with respect to the transition tax of approximately $0.3 million, which had an impact on our effective income tax rate of approximately 4%.

  As of
March 31,
2021
  As of
March 31,
2020
 
Income tax payable – current $1,803,175  $1,088,497 
Income tax payable – non-current  1,094,048   1,227,632 
  $2,897,223  $2,316,129 

  

B.During the 2019 fiscal year, the Company made a policy election with respect to the new global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”) to account for taxes on GILTI as incurred.

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NOTE 14 – INCOME TAX(Continued)

The provision for income taxes for the Company’s 2019 and 2018 fiscal years consistsconsisted of the following:

  For the fiscal years ended
March 31,
 
  2021  2020 
Domestic and foreign components of income (loss) before income taxes      
Domestic $(1,163,505) $(1,811,749)
Foreign  6,657,775   9,456,015 
Total $5,494,270  $7,644,266 

 

  For the fiscal years ended
March 31,
 
  2021  2020 
Provision (benefit) for income taxes      
Current tax:      
U.S. federal $10,574  $4,002 
U.S. state and local  1,550   50 
Foreign  1,342,290   1,229,000 
Total Current Tax  1,354,414   1,233,052 
Deferred tax:        
U.S. federal  (8,768)  (58,434)
Total deferred tax  (8,768)  (58,434)
Total tax $1,345,646  $1,174,618 
         
Effective tax rates  24.5%  15.4%

  3/31/2019  3/31/2018 
Domestic and foreign components of income (loss) before income taxes are as follows:      
Domestic $(5,205,168) $(594,594)
Foreign  11,577,544   12,397,873 
Total $6,372,376  $11,803,279 
         
The provision (benefit) for income taxes consists of:        
Current tax:        
U.S. federal $1,302,022  $1,400.000 
U.S. state and local  40    
Foreign  40,260    
Total Current Tax  1,342,322   1,400,000 
Deferred tax:        
U.S. federal  (81,461)   
U.S. state and local      
Foreign      
Total deferred tax  (81,461)   
Total tax $1,260,861  $1,400,000 
Effective tax rates  19.8%  11.9%

NOTE 16 – INCOME TAX(continued)

 

A reconciliation of the effective tax rate iswas as follows:

 

 For the fiscal years ended
March 31,
 
 3/31/2019 3/31/2018  2021  2020 
Tax at statutory rate $1,338,199  $3,723,692  $1,158,858  $1,605,296 
State tax, net of federal benefit  40   -   632   40 
Non-deductible expenses  692,749   36,778   17   29 
Transition tax  -   1,400,000 
Non-taxable income  (564)  (10,151)
Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income  1,381,950   -   767,729   1,130,422 
Tax Credits  (31,307)  -   (536,999)�� (808,407)
Foreign tax rate differential  (2,391,024)  (3,760,470)  (58,304)  (804,026)
Valuation Allowance  3,026   57,413 
Provision to return adjustments  270,254   -   11,251   4,002 
Total $1,260,861  $1,400,000  $1,345,646  $1,174,618 

 

The Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at March 31, 20192021 and March 31, 2018 consist2020 consisted of the following:

 

Assets 3/31/2019  3/31/2018 
Deferred tax assets As of
March 31, 2021
  As of
March  31,
2020
 
Stock based compensation $81,461  $            -  $148,663  $139,895 
Net operating losses carried forward  151,246   148,220 
Less: valuation allowance  (151,246)  (148,220)
Deferred tax assets, net $81,461  $-  $148,663  $139,895 

Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when it is considered more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. As of March 31, 2021 and 2020, the allowance for deferred tax assets was $151,246 and $148,220 respectively. 

 

As of March 31, 2019,2021, the Company hashad cumulative book-tax basis differences in its foreign subsidiaries of approximately $20.2$20.9 million. The Company has not recorded a U.S. deferred tax liability for the book-tax basis in its foreign subsidiaries as these amounts continue to be indefinitely reinvested in foreign operations. The reversal of this temporary difference would occur upon the sale or liquidation of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries, and the estimated impact of the reversal of this temporary difference is approximately $4.2$4.4 million.

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NOTE 14 – INCOME TAX(Continued)

 

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and various states and foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years prior to December 31, 2016.

At March 31, 2019, the Company believes it has adequately provided for its tax-related liabilities, and that no reserve for unrecognized tax benefits is necessary. No significant change in the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits is expected within the next twelve months. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits (if any) in tax expense, as applicable. At March 31, 2019, the Company had no accrual for the payment of interest and penalties.

 

NOTE 1517 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

On April 19, 2021, the Company announced that it commenced the construction of a 189,000 square-foot housing facility for its multi-national workforce, situated on a 49,000 square-foot site owned by the Company, in Al Tajamouat Industrial City, Jordan. Completion and occupancy of the new building is anticipated by mid-2022.

On April 30, 2021, the factory lease agreement between Jiangmen Treasure Success and Jiangmen V-apparel Manufacturing Limited was terminated.

On May 17, 2019, our11, 2021, Treasure Success entered into a three-year lease agreement with an independent third party, pursuant to which Treasure Success leased a staff quarter in Hong Kong for a monthly rent in the amount of HK $75,000 (approximately $9,615) for the first year and HKD $82,500 (approximately $10,577) starting from the second year. The staff quarter is occupied by Mr. Ng.

On May 14, 2021, the Board of Directors approved the payment of a dividend of $0.05 per share payable on June 5, 20192, 2021, to shareholdersstockholders of record as of the close of business on May 28, 2019.25, 2021.

 

On June 18, 2019, the Company closed on a transaction whereby it acquired all of the outstanding shares of Al-Mutafaweq Co. for Garments Manufacturing Ltd. (“Paramount”), a contract garment manufacturer based in Amman, Jordan pursuant to an agreement between Jerash Garments and the shareholder of Paramount dated December 11, 2018. As a result, Paramount became a subsidiary of Jerash Garments, and the Company assumed ownership of all of the machinery and equipment owned by Paramount. Paramount had no other significant assets or liabilities and no operating activities or employees as the time of this acquisition, so this transaction was accounted for as an asset acquisition. $380,000 was prepaid to Paramount as an acquisition deposit as of March 31, 2019, and $600,000 was paid subsequently at the closing of this transaction.


Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

 

None.

 

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 15d-15(e)) are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this report, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures are also designed with the objective of ensuring that such 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.

 

Our Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), based on their evaluation of the Company’sour disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2019,2021, concluded that the Company’sour disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of that date.

 

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management’s annual report on internal control over financial reporting.Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over our financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), has assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2019.2021. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth in the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control - Control—Integrated Framework (2013).

 

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Based on the assessment using those criteria, management concluded that, as of March 31, 2019,2021, our internal control over financial reporting was effective.

Attestation report of the registered public accounting firm.This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Our management’s report was not subject to attestation by our independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to the rules of the SEC that permit us to provide only management’s report in this Annual Report.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting.There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as the term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended March 31, 20192021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 9B. Other Information.

 

Effective as of January 22, 2019, HSBC’s $3,000,000 charge over our deposits was released in connection with the Group’s entry into the 2018 Facility Letter and 2018 Factoring Agreement. The 2018 Facility Letter, entered into on June 19, 2018, amended the 2017 Facility Letter to extend it its term and provide for a change in collateral. The 2018 Factoring Agreement, entered into on June 14, 2018, amended the 2017 Facility Letter to extend its term and provide for a change in collateral. For more information about our Secured Credit Facilities, please see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Credit Facilities” in Item 7 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.None.

 

Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections.

Not Applicable.

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PART III

 

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

 

In response to this Item, the information set forth in the Company’sour Proxy Statement for its 2019our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2019“2021 Proxy Statement”) to be filed within 120 days following the end of the Company’sour fiscal year, under the headings “Proposal No. 1 — 1—Election of Directors,” “Our Executive Officers,” “Delinquent Section“Section 16(a) Reports,Compliance,” and “Corporate Governance Practices and Policies” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

 

In response to this Item, the information set forth in the 20192021 Proxy Statement under the headings “Executive Compensation” and “Corporate Governance Practices and Policies” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

 

In response toThe following table provides information regarding shares outstanding and available for issuance under our existing equity compensation plans.

Equity Compensation Plan Information

  (a)  (b)  (c) 
        Number of securities 
        remaining available for future 
  Number of securities to  Weighted-average  issuance under equity 
  be issued upon exercise  exercise price of  compensation plans 
  of outstanding options,  outstanding options,  (excluding securities 
Plan Category warrants and rights  warrants and rights  reflected in column (a)) 
          
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders  1,350,910  $6.85   594,750 
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders  -  $-   - 
Total  1,350,910  $6.85   594,750 

For additional information concerning our equity compensation plans, see the discussion in “Note 10—Stock-Based Compensation.”

The remainder of the information required by this Item the informationis set forth in the 20192021 Proxy Statement under the headings “Executive Compensation — Compensation—Equity Compensation Plan Information” and “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

 

In response to this Item, the information set forth in the 20192021 Proxy Statement under the headings “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and “Corporate Governance Practices and Policies — Policies—Board and Committee Independence” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.

 

In response to this Item, the information set forth in the 20192021 Proxy Statement under the heading “Proposal No. 2 — 2—Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm — Firm—Matters Relating to the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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PART IV

 

Item 15. ExhibitsExhibit and Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a) Financial Statements

 

We have filed the financial statements in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data as a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

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(b) Exhibits

 

The following is a list of all exhibits filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Exhibit
Number
 Description Location
     
2.1Equity Contribution Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2017, by and among (i) Jerash Holdings (US), Inc., (ii) Merlotte Enterprises Limited, Lee Kian Tjiauw and Ng Tsze Lun, and (iii) Maxim Partners LLC, Dayspring Capital LLC, HSE Capital Partners, LLC, GH Global Enterprises, LLC and Asset Intelligence LimitedIncorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Form S-1, filed with the SEC on June 27, 2017  
2.2Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 11, 2017, by and between Global Trend Investments Limited and Jerash Holdings (US), Inc.Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Company’s Form S-1, filed with the SEC on June 27, 2017
3.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1, filed with the SEC on September 19, 2018
     
3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.53.1 to the Company’sForm 8-K, filed with the SEC on July 24, 2019
4.1Specimen Certificate for Common StockIncorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form S-1, filed with the SEC on June 27, 2017
     
4.14.2 

Description of Securities

Filed herewith
10.1†Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2017, by and between Jerash Holdings (US), Inc., Lee Kian Tjiauw and the purchasers signatory thereto. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Amendment No. 44.1 to the Company’s Form S-1,10-K, filed with the SEC on October 10, 2017June 28, 2019
     
10.2†Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2017, by and between Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. and the purchasers signatory theretoIncorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Amendment No. 4 to the Company’s Form S-1, filed with the SEC on October 10, 2017
10.1 Form of Private Placement Warrant Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form S-1, filed with the SEC on June 27, 2017
     
10.2 Letter Agreement for Banking Facilities, dated as of May 29, 2017, by and between The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Treasure Success International Limited Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Form S-1, filed with the SEC on June 27, 2017
     
10.3 Letter Agreement for Invoice Discounting / Factoring Agreement,Banking Faculties, dated as of June 5, 2017,19, 2018, by and between The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Treasure Success International Limited Choi Lin Hung, Ng Tsze Lun,and Jerash Garments and Fashions Manufacturing Company Limited and Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.510.22 to the Company’s Form S-1,10-K, filed with the SEC on June 27, 201728, 2019
10.4Letter Agreement for Banking Facilities, dated August 12, 2019, by and between Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Treasure Success International Limited and Jerash Garments and Fashions Manufacturing Company LimitedIncorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on August 26, 2019
10.5Letter Agreement for Banking Facilities, dated July 3, 2020, by and between Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Treasure Success International Limited, and Jerash Garments and Fashions Manufacturing Company LimitedIncorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on November 12, 2020

 


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10.4+Facility Letter, dated June 15, 2018, by and between Treasure Success International Limited and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on February 13, 2019
10.7Standard Chartered Global Master Credit TermsIncorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on February 13, 2019
10.8Standard Chartered Global Master Trade TermsIncorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on February 13, 2019
10.9+Unified Employment Agreement for Expatriate Staff in the Textile, Garment and Clothing Industry between Jerash Garments ofand Fashions Manufacturing Company Limited and Wei Yang dated as of January 5, 2017May 1, 2020 Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Amendment No. 310.10 to the Company’sQuarterly Report on Form S-1,10-Q, filed with the SEC on SeptemberJune 29, 20172020
     
10.5Rental Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2018, by and between Ford Glory International Limited and Treasure Success International LimitedFiled herewith
10.6Guarantee of Mr. Choi Lin Hung and Mr. Ng Tsze Lun dated May 31, 2017Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Form S-1, filed with the SEC on September 29, 2017
10.7Invoice Discounting/Factoring Agreement dated August 21, 2017, by and between The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and Treasure Success International LimitedIncorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company’s Form S-1, filed with the SEC on September 29, 2017
10.8+10.10+ Consulting Agreement, dated January 12, 2018, by and between Treasure Success International Limited and Yukwise Limited Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 16, 2018
     
10.9+10.11+ Consulting Agreement, dated January 16, 2018, by and between Treasure Success International Limited and Multi-Glory Corporation Ltd. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Form S-1, filed with the SEC on January 18, 2018
     
10.15Form of Subscription AgreementIncorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Form S-1, filed with the SEC on March 5, 2018
10.1010.12 Form of Underwriter’s Warrant Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Form S-1, filed with the SEC on March 9, 2018

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10.11+10.13+ Jerash Holdings (US), Inc.Amended and Restated 2018 Stock Incentive Plan Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’sCurrent Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on September 19, 2019
10.14+Form of Option Award Notice and Agreement (Employee)Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 23, 2018
     
10.12+10.15+ Form of Option Award Notice and Agreement (Employee)(Consultant) Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.210.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 23, 2018
     
10.13+Form of Option Award Notice and Agreement (Consultant)Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 23, 2018
10.14+10.16+ Employment Agreement dated August 3, 2018 between the CompanyNovember 27, 2019 by and Karl BrenzaIncorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Company’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1, filed with the SEC on September 19, 2018
10.15+Stock Option Award Agreement between the Company and Karl BrenzaIncorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Company’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1, filed with the SEC on September 19, 2018
10.16+Employment Agreement dated August 3, 2018 between the Company and Richard J. ShawIncorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on November 13, 2018
10.17+Stock Option Award Agreement between the Company and Richard J. ShawIncorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Company’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1, filed with the SEC on September 19, 2018
10.18Sale and Purchase Contract, dated December 11, 2018, between Jerash GarmentsHoldings and Fashions Manufacturing Limited and Omar Javed BhatGilbert K. Lee Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 23,December 2, 2019
     
10.1710.19Director Offer Letter dated June 15, 2020 by and between Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. and Bill Korn Facility LetterIncorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June 15, 2020
10.18+Option Award Agreement dated November 27, 2019 by and between Treasure Success International LimitedJerash Holdings and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) LimitedGilbert K. Lee Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q,8-K, filed with the SEC on February 13,December 2, 2019


10.19+Form of Indemnification AgreementIncorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on June 15, 2020
     
10.2010.20Factory Lease Agreement between Jiangmen Treasure Success and Guangdong Huadian Technology Industry Co., Ltd. dated January 1, 2021Filed herewith
10.21Lease Agreement between Treasure Success and Ever Winland Limited dated February 26, 2021Filed herewith
14.1 Standard Chartered Global Master Credit TermsCode of Ethics Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.314.1 to the Company’s QuarterlyAnnual Report on Form 10-Q,10-K, filed with the SEC on February 13, 2019June 29, 2020
     
10.2121.1 Standard Chartered Global Master Trade TermsSubsidiaries of Jerash Holdings (US), Inc. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on February 13, 2019Filed herewith
     
23.110.22Consent of Friedman LLP Letter Agreement for Banking Facilities, dated as of June 19, 2018 by and between The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Treasure Success International Limited and Jerash Garments and Fashions Manufacturing Company LimitedFiled herewith
     
10.2331.1 Letter Agreement for Invoice Discounting / Factoring Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2018, by and between The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Treasure Success International Limited and Jerash Garments and Fashions Manufacturing Company LimitedFiled herewith

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21.1Subsidiaries of Jerash Holdings (US), Inc.Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on June 28, 2018
23.1Consent of Friedman LLPFiled herewith
31.1Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Filed herewith
     
31.2 Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Filed herewith
     
32.132.1* Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 FiledFurnished herewith
     
32.232.2* Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Furnished herewith
101.INSXBRL Instance DocumentFiled herewith
101.SCHXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema LinkbaseFiled herewith
     
101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Filed herewith
     
101.INS101.DEF XBRL Instance DocumentTaxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Filed herewith
     
101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Filed herewith
     
101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Filed herewith
101.SCHXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema LinkbaseFiled herewith
101.DEFXBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition LinkbaseFiled herewith

 

+Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan, contract, or arrangement.

*In accordance with Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K and SEC Release No. 34-47986, the certifications furnished in Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 herewith are deemed to accompany this Form 10-K and will not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filings under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

 

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary.

 

None.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 JERASH HOLDINGS (US), INC.
   
Date: June 28, 201923, 2021By:/s/ Richard J. ShawGilbert K. Lee
 Name: Richard J. ShawGilbert K. Lee
 Title:

Chief Financial Officer (Principal

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated below on June 28, 2019.23, 2021.

 

Signature Title
/s/ Choi Lin Hung Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer
Choi Lin Hung  (Principal(Principal Executive Officer)
   
/s/ Richard J. ShawGilbert K. Lee 

Chief Financial Officer (Principal

(Principal Financial Officer and

Richard J. ShawGilbert K. Lee Principal Accounting Officer)
   
/s/ Wei Yang Vice President, Secretary, and Director
Wei Yang  
   
/s/ Sean SochaBill Korn Director
Sean SochaBill Korn  
   
/s/ Gary HaseleyIbrahim H. Saif Director
Gary HaseleyIbrahim H. Saif  
   
/s/ Mak Chi Yan Director
Mak Chi Yan  

 

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