Yanglin Soybean, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results

HEILONGJIANG, China, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Yanglin Soybean, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board:YSYB) ("Yanglin" or the "Company"), one of the leading domestic processors of soybean products in China, today reported unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010.

Mr. Shulin Liu, Chief Executive Officer of Yanglin Soybean Inc., commented, "Yanglin has endured difficulties under the unfavorable pricing environment for our raw materials as well as for our end products. Despite the price squeeze by the Chinese government's guided price of domestic soybeans, which was a prerequisite for domestic soybean processors to obtain the subsidy announced by the government in the end of November 2009 and thus pushed soybean prices above normal market level, we ended the third quarter 2009 with approximately $28.7 million in cash and a still-untapped credit line of approximately $73.6 million. In addition, we paid off our short-term bank loans during the quarter. We strongly believe as one of the largest soybean crushers in Northeast China, with an annual production capacity of 520,000 metric tons, we are well positioned in the domestic soybean market to benefit when pricing returns to a more normal level."

Third Quarter 2010 Results

Total revenues for the third quarter of 2010 were $37.4 million, compared to $39.6 million recorded for the same period in 2009. Sales decreased during the 2010 third quarter because of the adjustment of operation levels due to reduced supply of raw material caused mainly by farmers' high price expectation. To counter the negative effect of reduced supply, Yanglin has taken the measure to scale back the production.

Total operating expenses for the third quarter of 2010 decreased to $788,450, from $1.3 million in the same period of 2009. Selling expenses for the third quarter of 2010 increased to $61,496 as compared to $26,764 in the same period of 2009. General and administrative expenses for the third quarter of 2010 were $506,551, as compared to $668,239 in the same period of 2009. The operating expenses in the third quarter of 2010 included an impairment charge of $220,403 as the Company has found the value in use of one salad oil lines in Plant 1 has been further impaired, because it's technically outdated and there was no market for such equipment as at the end of the third quarter of 2010.  

Operating loss for the third quarter of 2010 was $2.3 million, as compared with of an operating profit of $5.6 million for the same period in 2009. Yanglin has been recognized as a "Key Leading Enterprise" in the industrial sector of the important agriculture industry by the Chinese government. The Company continues to benefit from its income tax exempt status during the entire fiscal year 2010.

Effective January 1, 2009, we adopted the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 815, "Derivatives and Hedging" ("ASC 815"). As a result of adopting ASC 815, we recorded non-cash income of $3,167,950 for the third quarter of 2009, as restated, and $11,962,404 for the third quarter of 2010, resulting from the change in fair value of warrants issued to investors in conjunction with the Company's Series A Convertible Preferred Stock in October 2007. The accounting treatment of the warrants resulted from an anti-dilution provision to the warrant holders. Such non-cash income is not related to our operations.

After including the above non-cash income resulting from the change in fair value of warrants, net income for the third quarter of 2010 totaled $9.5 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, compared with net loss of $2.5 million, or $0.08 per diluted share in the same period one year ago.  

Cash Positions

The Company's balance sheet as of September 30, 2010 included cash and cash equivalents of $28.7 million, compared with $34.8 million at December 31, 2009. The Company has net working capital of $27.3 million as at September 30, 2010. Total shareholders' equity was $48.1 million.

For the first nine months of 2010, the Company generated net cash from operating activities of $723,548.

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 8:00 A.M. Eastern Time / 9:00 P.M. Beijing Time. A question and answer session will follow management's presentation.

To participate, please call the following numbers 10 minutes before the call start time and ask to be connected to the Yanglin Soybean conference call:

About Yanglin

Yanglin Soybean, Inc. is one of the leading domestic soybean processors in China. The Company manufactures soybean oil, salad oil and soybean meal with an annual processing capacity of 520,000 metric tons in 2008. The Company's products are sold directly to its customers or through distributors. Majority of Yanglin Soybean's customers are located in Northern China.

Forward Looking Statement

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Certain statements in this press release and oral statements made by the Company constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, without limitation, statements regarding our ability to prepare the company for growth, the Company's planned capacity expansion and predictions and guidance relating to the Company's future financial performance. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs but they involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, which may include, but are not limited to, such factors as unanticipated changes in product demand, pricing and demand trends for the Company's products, changes to government regulations, risk associated with operation of the Company's facilities, risk associated with large scale implementation of the company's business plan, the ability to attract new customers, ability to increase its product's acceptance, cost of raw materials, downturns in the Chinese economy, and other information detailed from time to time in the Company's filings and future filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements herein and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The forward-looking statements made herein speak only as of the date of this press release and the Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the company's expectations.