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2. BUSINESS ACQUISITION | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Business Combinations [Abstract] |
2. BUSINESS ACQUISITION | In order to increase the Company’s profit margins, produce more consistent and reliable earnings and lessen dependence on the economically sensitive bromine industry, on January 12, 2015, Gulf Resources, Inc. (the “Company” or “Gulf”) and Shouguang City Haoyuan Chemical Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“SCHC”), entered into an Equity Interest Transfer Agreement (the “Agreement”) to acquire 100% of SCRC for a total consideration of $79,678,746 to be settled in cash and in the shares of the commons stock of the Company. On February 4, 2015, the Company closed the transactions contemplated by the Agreement between the Company, SCHC and SCRC. The Closing Date is deemed to be the acquisition date. On the Closing Date, the Company issued 7,268,011 shares of its common stock, par value $0.0005 per share (the “Shares”), at a the closing market price of $1.84 per Share on the Closing Date to the four former equity owners of SCRC. The sellers of SCRC agreed as part of the purchase price to accept 7,268,011 shares of Gulf Resources stock, based on a valuation of $2.00, which was a 73% premium to the price on the day the agreement was reached. For accounting purposes, these shares are being valued at $1.84, which was the closing price of the Company’s stock on the day of the closing of the agreement. There is no change in the number of shares issued. The total purchase consideration consisted of $66,305,606 in cash and $13,373,140 in the shares of the common stock of the Company. The issuance of the Shares was exempt from registration pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. On the Closing Date, the Company entered into a lock-up agreement with the four former equity owners of SCRC. In accordance with the terms of the lock-up agreement, the shareholders have agreed not to sell or transfer the Shares for five years from the date the stock certificates evidencing the Shares are issued. The following table represents the fair value of identifiable assets and liabilities of SCRC acquired and goodwill recognized at acquisition date.
Cash | $ | 14,074,720 |
Accounts receivable |  | 19,365,259 |
Inventories |  | 1,646,196 |
Other current assets |  | 82,562 |
Property, plant and equipment, net |  | 17,891,360 |
Prepaid land leases, net of current portion |  | 4,800,404 |
Goodwill |  | 30,173,391 |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |  | (8,670,568 | )
Taxes payable |  | (963,458 | )
Cumulative translation adjustment |  | 1,278,880 |
Total purchase price | $ | 79,678,746 |
The net revenue and net income of SCRC since the acquisition date that are included in the condensed consolidated statement of income for the three months ended September 30, 2015 are $11,829,929 and $3,003,994. The net revenue and net income of SCRC since the acquisition date that are included in the condensed consolidated statement of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 are $40,418,261 and $10,202,563.Goodwill is not expected to be deductible for tax purpose. Costs of $121,512 related to the acquisition, which included audit fee and valuation fees, have been charged directly to operations and are included in general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statement of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. The following table shows supplemental information of the results of operations on a pro forma basis for the nine months ended September 31, 2015 and 2014, as if the acquisition of SCRC had been completed at the beginning of the Company’s interim periods presented.
|  | For the nine months ended
|  | September 30, 2015 |  | September 30, 2014
Net Revenue | $ | 132,576,760 | $ | 127,327,152
Net Income | $ | 28,239,987 | $ | 24,611,499
EARNINGS PER SHARE |  |  |  |
-Basic | $ | 0.61 | $ | 0.54
-Diluted | $ | 0.60 | $ | 0.53
The pro forma information for all periods presented has been calculated after adjusting for results of SCRC to reflect the business combination accounting effect resulting from this acquisition including the elimination of intercompany sales, depreciation and amortization on the increase in valuation of property, plant and equipment and prepaid land lease. There are no nonrecurring items included in the pro forma results of operations presented.

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