Andatee Provides Certain Operational and Regulatory/Compliance Updates
12 Mayo 2015 - 3:02PM
Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation (Nasdaq:AMCF) (the
"Company"), today announced that the previously scheduled NASDAQ
listing hearing was cancelled (mooted) following the Company's
payment of the outstanding NASDAQ fees. As previously disclosed in
the Company's public filings, on April 21, 2015, the Company
received a continued listing deficiency notification from the
NASDAQ Stock Market ("NASDAQ") relating to the Company's
non-payment of certain NASDAQ listing fees. Following the receipt
of the foregoing notification, the Company (i) requested a hearing
before NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel (which request was
granted with May 28, 2015 as the hearing date set by the NASDAQ
Listing Qualifications Hearings (the "NASDAQ Hearings")), and (ii)
remitted all outstanding NASDAQ fees. On May 6, 2015, following the
Company's payment of the outstanding NASDAQ fees, the Company
received a letter from NASDAQ Office of General Counsel indicating
the NASDAQ Hearing has been cancelled (mooted) and that the
Company's stock will continue to be listed and trade on The NASDAQ
Stock Market. The Company remains out of compliance with NASDAQ
continued listing requirements as a result of its failure to file
its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2014.
Operational Updates and PetroChem Letter of Intent
On April 28, 2015, the executive management of the Company
informed the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") that
commencing in January 2015 the Company was forced to substantially
curtail and eventually to cease its oil blending/reselling business
operations. The cessation of the oil blending/reselling operations
resulted from adverse market conditions in the petroleum products
markets in China that caused the Company to operate at negative
margins, thus rendering this line of business unprofitable in the
short term. It is currently unclear when and whether market
conditions will stabilize and when and whether the Company will
reinitiate its oil blending/reselling business operations. The
Company has commenced efforts to diversify into new lines of
business to offset the loss of oil blending/reselling revenue.
There is no assurance that such efforts will be successful; or that
the Company will remain economically viable in the future. The
shift in the profitability of the Company's oil blending/reselling
business operations was exacerbated by a significant change in the
commercial credit environment in China during the same period.
Generally, commercial loan arrangements in China have a one year
term, which, in turn, requires frequent renegotiations of credit
with lenders. Following a substantial tightening of credit in
China, the Company's experienced difficulty in renegotiating its
commercial loan facilities, which matured in March of 2015, leaving
the Company without the adequate liquidity to operate its business.
The Company also has been seeking alternative sources of financing.
The Company can provide no assurance that it will be successful in
its efforts to obtain debt facilities adequate to fund the
Company's operations; or that, if and to the extent any new debt
facilities become available to the Company that they will be on the
terms favorable to the Company. It is the Company's expectation
that its first fiscal quarter of 2015 revenues will be materially
adversely affected by the foregoing business and operational
developments.
On April 29, 2015, the Company entered into a non-binding letter
of intent with Three Pillars PetroChem ("TPP"). TPP, on behalf of
the Company, will identify and negotiate business development
opportunities investments in energy assets globally. TPP will
identify suppliers for energy products and the related trade
funding solutions to facilitate the procurement of such energy
products that feed into the Company's existing sales and
distribution channels. Mr. Wang Hao, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, stated: "We are looking forward to working
with TPP. We understand that TPP brings industry expertise and
relationships to complement the Company's current plan to expand by
means of sourcing products upstream in the value chain. The Company
believes that partnering with TPP will advance the Company's plan
to fully leverage its sales network."
Completion of the 2014 Audit and Annual Report on Form 10-K
Filing Updates
Finally, the Company provides an update to the previously
disclosed expected timeline for the completion of the 2014 audit
and filing of the 2014 Annual Report. The Company and its
independent auditors have reassessed the previously announced
timeline and, while they are working diligently to finish the 2014
audit and file the Annual Report as soon as possible, they
determined that at this time the timing of the completion of the
audit and 10-K filing cannot be stated with certainty.
About Andatee China Marine Fuel Services
Corporation
Andatee China Marine Fuel Services Corporation, through its
subsidiaries, engages in the production, storage, distribution, and
trading of blended marine fuel oil for cargo and fishing vessels in
the People's Republic of China. The Company is based in
Dalian, PRC.
Safe Harbor Relating to the Forward Looking
Statements
Statements contained in this press release not relating to
historical facts are forward-looking statements that are intended
to fall within the safe harbor rule under the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements
included herein are based upon information available to the Company
as of the date hereof and, except as is expressly required by the
federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, changed circumstances or future events
or for any other reason. To the extent that any statements made
here are not historical, these statements are essentially
forward-looking. The Company uses words and phrases such as
"guidance," "forecasted," "projects," "is expected," "remain
confident," "will" and/or similar expressions to identify
forward-looking statements in this press release. Undue reliance
should not be placed on forward-looking information. The Company
may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its
periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission and other written materials and in oral statements made
by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. These
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that cannot be
predicted or quantified and, consequently, actual results may
differ materially from those expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. Such risk factors include, without
limitation, the Company's ability to prepare and submit a plan of
compliance with NASDAQ listing deficiency(ies) to NASDAQ's staff's
satisfaction, which, in turn, would result in the Company's being
granted certain additional time to execute upon such plan; the
Company's ability to complete the 2014 audit and file the 2014
Annual Report on Form 10-K within the prescribed timeframe; the
Company's ability to execute upon its current business plan; the
Company's ability to complete TPP's engagement on terms mutually
agreeable to both parties to pursue and successfully complete any
opportunities that may present itself through it its engagement of
TPP; its ability to maintain listing of its securities on NASDAQ;
the Company's ability to properly execute our business model; risks
relating to overall economic and oil price stability; the Company's
ability to address price and demand volatility, to counter weather
and seasonal fluctuations, to attract and retain management and
operational personnel, potential volatility in future earnings,
fluctuations in the Company's operating results, to expand
geographically into new markets and successfully integrate future
acquisitions, to integrate and capitalize on the recent
acquisitions, to comply with PRC governmental decisions and
regulations, and other existing and future competition risks that
the Company is/will be facing. Additional risks that could affect
our future operating results are more fully described in our U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed
with the SEC and other subsequent filings. These filings are
available at http://www.sec.gov. The Company may, from time to
time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements,
including statements contained in our filings with the SEC and our
reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to update any
forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or
on our behalf.
CONTACT: Thomas Yang
Andatee Marine Fuel Services Corporation Limited
Unit C, No. 68 West Binhai Road, Xigang District
Dalian Liaoning, China
Phone: 011-86411-8240-8219
Facsimile: 011-86411-8368-8835
Website: www.andatee.com
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