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(sometimes referred to as “China-Biotics” or the “Company”) is engaged in the research, development, production, marketing, and distribution of probiotics products (which we sometimes refer to simply as “probiotics”), which are products that contain live microbial food supplements that beneficially affect the host by improving its intestinal microbial balance.</div> <div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </div> <div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> <b>Corporate Organization and History</b></div> <div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </div> <div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> The Company was incorporated under the name Otish Resources, Inc. in Delaware in February 2003. On March 22, 2006, the Company completed a securities exchange transaction (the “share exchange”) with Sinosmart Group Inc. (“SGI”) and the shareholders of SGI and issued to the SGI shareholders an aggregate of 15,980,000 shares of newly issued common stock in exchange for all of SGI’s ordinary shares issued and outstanding. The share exchange was treated as a recapitalization with SGI treated as the accounting acquirer, and as a result, the Company became engaged in SGI’s business operations of probiotics products.</div> <div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </div> <div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> SGI was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on February 13, 2004. SGI’s original shareholders were Mr. Song Jinan, Ms. Yan Li, Mr. Huang Weida, and Ms. Yan Yihong (the “Original SGI Shareholders”). Until August 2005, the Original SGI Shareholders owned 99.5% of the outstanding stock of Shanghai Shining Biotechnology Co. Ltd. (“Shining”), with Shanghai Shengyuan Property Co., Ltd. (“Shengyuan”) owning the remaining 0.5% of the Shining equity.</div> <div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </div> <div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> On August 11, 2005, SGI entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding Shining shares from the Original SGI Shareholders and Shengyuan in exchange for a total cash consideration of $2.3 million dollars (RMB 18,350,000). On August 19, 2005, the transaction was approved by the Economic and Trade Bureau of the Pudong New District, Shanghai, PRC, and in October 2005, SGI made full payment of $2.3 million dollars to the Original SGI Shareholders and Shengyuan. In December 2005, a revised business license was issued to Shining as a Wholly Owned Foreign Corporation, signifying the formal recognition of SGI as Shining’s sole shareholder by the Chinese government authorities.</div> <div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </div> <div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> Also on August 11, 2005, SGI granted the Original SGI Shareholders the option to purchase an aggregate of 9,000 shares of SGI for $1.00 per share. 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