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EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Extraordinary and Unusual Items [Abstract]  
Extraordinary Items Disclosure [Text Block]
19.EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS

 

(a)Extraordinary gain

 

During the nine months ended December 31, 2011, Zhejiang Chisen had completed the relocation of production plant in Jingyi Road. Pursuant to the Compensation Agreement on Relocation and Acquisition entered into with Zhejiang Chisen and Administrative Committee of Changxing Economic Development Zone (“ACC”), ACC shall pay Zhejiang Chisen a compensation in the amount of RMB98,514,000 (US$15,354,000) for the loss on long-term land lease prepayment and buildings located in Jingyi Road. In May 2011, the Company wrote off the long-term land lease prepayment and buildings in Jingyi Road with net book value of approximately RMB14,354,000 (US$2,237,000) and therefore net compensation income of RMB84,160,000 (US$13,117,000) was recognized during the period. As of December 31, 2011, the compensation of US$7,978,000 has not been received and was recorded as current assets in the consolidated balance sheet.

 

As a result, the Company recorded an extraordinary gain of US$13,117,000 in the consolidated statements of operations and other comprehensive income for the nine months ended December 31, 2011.

  

(b)Extraordinary loss

 

During the nine months ended December 31, 2011, and without advance notice to the Company, the PRC Central Government tightened its environment protection policy which applies to all lead-acid battery manufacturers. Pursuant to the newly tightened policy, a 500 meters quarantined isolated area must be maintained between production facilities, including assembly facilities, and residential areas.

 

The Company’s Jing’er Road plant was mainly utilized for assembly activities and it cannot comply with the tightened policy. Management had gradually scaled down the operation of Jing’er Road plant and the Company had completed the relocation of certain production facilities to the plant in Xuyi County, Jiangsu Province during the nine months ended December 31, 2011. After evaluating the plant and machinery at Jing’er Road plant, some of them cannot fit into the plant in Jiangsu Xuyi. The Company decided to impair the value of plant and machinery as well as leasehold improvement of Jing’er Road plant down to its recoverable amount. The impairment loss was recorded as follows:

 

  Nine months ended December 31, 
  2011  2010 
  US$’000  US$’000 
         
Leasehold improvement  921   - 
Plant and machinery  927   - 
         
   1,848   - 

 

The management considered that this government behavior is very unusual and rare to happen, and thus the relevant impairment loss of plant and machinery was classified as an extraordinary item.