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ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
C/o Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
Address: 150 East 42nd Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10017, U. S. A.
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Website: http://www.zoom.com




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Business Summary
Zoom Technologies is a holding company with subsidiaries that engage in manufacturing, R&D and sale of the latest generation mobile phones and related products, and also distribution of cellular service and products for T-Mobile USA. Zoom Technologies provides customized high quality Electronic Manufacturing Service (EMS) for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) customers as well as building its own products under the brand names of Zoom and Leimone.
TCB Digital (TCBD), Zoom Technologies 80% owned subsidiary, is a high technology company engaged in electronic and telecommunication product design, development, and manufacturing. TCBD started its business in 1999 and was originally established as an EMS factory for mobile phone vendors. TCBD was Motorolas first independent outsource manufacturing vendor responsible for producing Motorola mobile phones in China. Moreover, TCBD was the first EMS factory in China to receive Motorolas International Quality Product and Qualification certificate. Since 2004, TCBD developed and produced GSM and CDMA mobile phones, wireless data modules and GPS equipment. Beginning in 2009, TCBD started to manufacture and market mobile phones under its own brand name of "Leimone"; and 2010, its product line also included 3G mobile handsets. TCBD is headquartered in Tianjin, China and its two main business operations are EMS for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) customers and the design, production and sale of its own brand mobile phone products.
Nollec Wireless, our companys wholly owned subsidiary, primarily focuses on R&D of mobile phones, and hardware and software solutions for domestic Chinese and overseas customers. Its design team includes experienced engineers in the core technologies of wireless communication and mobile phone development. Nollec provides state of the art industrial, user inter-phase, mechanical and engineering designs and software and hardware integration. Its clients include certain domestic and international mobile phone manufacturers including Philips, Lenovo, Sonim, Gionee and Borqs.
Profit Harvest, our sales & marketing subsidiary in Hong Kong, is responsible for the companys sales of our own branded products as well as export of main circuitries and whole phones. Our companys propriety products under the name brands of Zoom and Leimone account for approximately 16% of our gross sales for the year 2010.


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Himax Technologies Company Profile


Himax Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and markets semiconductors that are critical components of flat panel displays. The Company's principal products are display drivers for large-sized TFT-LCD panels, which are used in desktop monitors, notebook computers and televisions, and display drivers for small- and medium-sized TFT-LCD panels, which are used in mobile handsets and consumer electronics products such as netbook computers, digital cameras, mobile gaming devices, portable DVD players, digital photo frame and car navigation displays. In addition, the Company is expanding its product offerings to include timing controllers, LCD TV and monitor chipset solutions, LCOS projector solutions, power management ICs, CMOS Image Sensors, Infinitely Color Technology and 2D to 3D conversion solutions. Based in Tainan, Taiwan, the Company has regional offices in Hsinchu and Taipei, Taiwan; Ninbo, Foshan, Fuqing, Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou and Shenzhen, China; Yokohama and Matsusaka, Japan; Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea; and Irvine California, USA..


Management


Lei (Leo) Gu, Chairman of the Board and CEO. Mr. Gu has served as our Chairman of the Board and CEO since May 2004 and as the Chairman of TCB Digital since July 2007. He worked for CEC Telecom Company Ltd. from 2000 to 2004, joining the company among its first employees and became its COO. CEC Telecom was sold to Qiao Xing Mobile Communication which currently trades on NYSE under the symbol QXM. From 1999 to 2000, Mr. Gu was the President of Xin Tian Di Technology Group Company, Ltd. Mr. Gu was Associate Professor at the Beihang University in Beijing, China from 1993 to 1999. He received his Ph.D. degree in engineering from the Beihang University in 1993.


Anthony K. Chan, CFO & Director. Mr. Chan has served as our CFO since March 2009 and as a director since December 2010. Mr. Chan was stationed as an expatriate managing the Beijing headquarters for the Eisenberg Group for four years from 1984. His corporate finance experience in the last 20 years included CEO and CFO positions of public companies in the U.S., and advisory positions of various Chinese entities in the areas of medical equipment, energy, diary products, apparel, and building materials; some of these companies include Beijing Wandong Medical Equipment Company and Dehai Cashmere Company of Yinchuan. From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Chan was the CFO of HereUare, an internet software startup company in California. He holds both MBA and BA degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.


Augustine Lo, Director. Mr. Lo has been an independent director since September 2009 (and independent director for Gold Lion since January 2009) and he will serve as the Chairperson of the Companys Audit and Compensation Committees. During the 1970s, Mr. Lo was the Controller of the Disk Drive Division for Qume Corporation. During the 1980s, Mr. Lo worked for Apple International Inc. as the Director of Finance & Administration, overseeing operations in Hong Kong and Japan. In 1989, Mr. Lo formed PacRim Technologies Ltd. with operations in Singapore, Taiwan and China distributing software products including Adobe, Macromedia, Handspring and Umax. PacRim merged into GrandTech of Taiwan in 1999 which later went public in 2001. He remained on GrandTechs board and headed up its operations in Hong Kong, China, Korea and the Philippines until 2005. Mr. Lo received his MBA and BS degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.


Chang Shan, Director. Mr. Shan has been an independent director since September 2009 (and independent director for Gold Lion since August 2008). Mr. Shan is currently the President of the China Institute of Geotechnical Investigation and Survey, at which he has been employed since 1998. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1999 to present, of the China Infrastructure Holdings Ltd., a company in the construction business with a particular emphasis on toll bridges, and has its shares listed on the Singaporean Stock Exchange. Mr. Shan is also a director of the Bank of Tianjin, China since 2007. Mr. Shan holds a Bachelors degree in Engineering from the Shanghai Tong Ji University, a Masters degree in Engineering from the China Academy of Railway Sciences and an EMBA from Tsinghua University.


Cheng Wang, Director. Mr. Wang has been an independent director since November 2009. Mr. Wang is currently a Senior Researcher, Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of Economics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), at which he has been employed since 1987. He is also the Co-Editor of the Economic Research Journal since 2005. Mr. Wang was a visiting scholar at the Dept of Economics of Brown University in the US from 2001 to 2002, a visiting research fellow at the University of London in the UK from 1997 to 1998, and a visiting researcher at Loughborough University in the UK from 1992 to 1993. In addition to the multiple awards he has received from CASS, he was also the recipient of the Honorable Academic Subsidy from the State Council of China in 2006. Among his many publications and translations are 20 books that he authored since 1987, with topics ranging from Keynesian Economics, the socialist market economy, the economic transformation of China, industrial reform, risk management, and income distribution in China. One of his books, Taiwan in the 21st Century, was published in the US in 2003. Mr. Wang received his PhD in Economics from CASS, and his Master and Bachelor degrees from Wuhan University.


Liyou (Leo) Li, Director. Dr.Li has been an independent director since October 2011.Dr Li is currently a director of Spreadtrum and also serves as President of Spreadtrum since October 2008 and Chief Executive Officer of Spreadtrum since February 2009. Dr. Li has more than 21 years of experience in the wireless communications industry. Before joining Spreadtrum, Dr. Li served as Chief Executive Officer of Magicomm Technology Inc., a cell phone product development company from 2005 to 2007. He was Senior Business Development Director at Broadcom responsible for baseband business from 2002 to 2005. From 1998 to 2002, Dr. Li served as General Manager of Mobile Phone Product and Vice President of Mobilink Telecom Inc., a GSM baseband start-up company that was sold to Broadcom in 2002. Prior to 1998, Dr. Li held various senior engineering and program management positions at Rockwell Semiconductors and Ericsson. Dr. Li holds 10 patents in wireless communication systems, RF IC system and circuit designs, and RFID applications. Dr. Li received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, China; a master of science degree from the Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China; a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, USA; and a master of business administration degree from the National University in La Jolla, California, USA.






















Recent Developments

November 16, 2011
Zoom Technologies' Leimone Brand Wins Qualification for China Mobile Product Lineup
BEIJING, Nov. 16, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zoom Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZOOM), a leading China-based manufacturer of wireless phones and a cellular service and products distributor in the U.S., today announces that its "Leimone" brand 3G mobile phones have been approved by China Mobile for its TD-SCDMA product lineup expected for the first quarter of 2012. China Mobile is the largest mobile operator in the world with 634 million subscribers in China including 43 million TC-SCDMA users. Zoom's "i99," a new 3G model specially designed for China Mobile, is in its final phase of testing by the operator. Once approval is obtained, the i99 will be branded with China Mobile's 3G Logo and will be available on China Mobile's vast national retail network and also its Electronic Purchase Platform (EPP), and be sold bundled with China Mobile's various service plans.
Mr. Leo Gu, Chairman and CEO of Zoom Technologies, stated that, "I am very excited that our Leimone brand TD-SCDMA mobile phones will soon enter China Mobile's extensive sales network. We are proud of our entrance into the fast growing 3G TD-SCDMA market of China and our ability to produce products for the largest mobile carrier in the world."


ZOOM Technologies Q3 Profit Down, Cuts FY11 Outlook, Stock Down

(RTTNews) - ZOOM Technologies, Inc. (ZOOM), China-based manufacturer of mobile phones and related products, Tuesday reported net income for the third quarter of $1.8 million, dropping from $3.8 million in the year-ago quarter.
Revenues for the quarter dropped 29.7 percent to $50.7 million from $72.2 million in the year-ago quarter. The Beijing, China-headquartered company attributed the drop to reduction in sales in both the OEM sector and of its own branded mobile phones, resulting from credit tightening policies in China.
In the quarter, the company sold 152,150 units of its Leimone brand phones of which 121,700 were 3G handsets, and sold 51,104 units of LongTel brand phones to India. The average sales price of Leimone phones in the quarter was $87 per unit while the LongTel brand phones to India averaged $18 per unit.
Gross margin for the quarter improved to 13.2 percent from 10.2 percent last year. Gross margin for Leimone brand phones ranged between 10 to 20 percent, and gross margin for LongTel brand phones sold to India was about 5 percent since these are lower priced handsets.
The company lowered its outlook for the full year, while stating that it is estimating the same level of revenue for 2011 and 2010, at slightly over $250 million. However, net income for 2011 is estimated to be down to about $8 million from $12.8 million in 2010 due to reduced sales resulting from the credit tightening environment.
For the full year, ZOOM provided net income guidance of $7.5 million to $8.5 million. The company cut its revenue guidance for the full year to a range of $250 million to $255 million. The earlier-issued guidance had been net income between $16 million and $17 million and revenues in a range of $320 million-$340 million.
For fiscal 2012, however, the company expects the domestic and Asian markets to show improvements.
For fiscal year 2012, including operational results of Portables Unlimited, ZOOM expects net income of $12 million to $13 million, and revenue of $360 million to $380 million.
ZOOM closed Tuesday's regular trading at $1.7180, up $0.0980 or 6.05%, on the Nasdaq. In the after-hours, the stock lost $0.40 or 23.17%.


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October 26, 2011
Spreadtrum and Zoom Technologies Partner to Pursue Manufacturing and Operator Business for Overseas Markets
In Tandem, Spreadtrum Buys 8.3% Stake in Zoom Technologies
BEIJING, Oct. 26, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zoom Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZOOM), a leading China-based manufacturer of mobile phones and related products, today announces that Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. ("Spreadtrum") (Nasdaq:SPRD), a leading fabless semiconductor provider in China with advanced technology in both 2G and 3G wireless communications standards, has partnered with Zoom Technologies to pursue new business opportunities in overseas markets. In tandem, Spreadtrum has purchased an 8.3% stake in Zoom Technologies.
Founded in 2001, Spreadtrum is a fabless semiconductor company based in Shanghai that designs, develops and markets baseband and RF processor solutions for the wireless communications market. Spreadtrum's 2G and 3G RF and baseband chipsets are used extensively by a large number of mobile phone manufacturers who sell to end users in China and overseas markets including Asia, Africa, Central and South America, and the Middle East. With this partnership, Zoom and Spreadtrum will bring together Zoom's design, manufacturing, service and retailing expertise with Spreadtrum's turnkey mobile platform and full technical support to develop business opportunities with ODMs, OEMs and operators in overseas markets that can benefit from a solution that is fully integrated from design to manufacturing and end market service delivery. Zoom anticipates that the new channels may bring an increase to Zoom's manufacturing revenues for 2012.
Dr. Leo Li, Spreadtrum's Chairman and CEO, commented, "We are pleased to be partner with Zoom on international business opportunities where ODMs, OEMs and international operators require turnkey supply chain delivery."
Spreadtrum purchased 1,676,300 newly issued unregistered shares of Zoom common stock at $1.73 per share, which is the average closing price of Zoom for the 20 consecutive trading days from September 20 through October 17, 2011. Post transaction, Spreadtrum will hold 8.3% of Zoom. Considered a long-term investment from Spreadtrum, no registration rights or warrants are attached to this purchase of Zoom common stock.
Lei Gu, Chairman and CEO of Zoom Technologies, stated: "The partnership with Spreadtrum is a strong vote of confidence in Zoom's business and management as well as our future growth prospects based on our solid performance. We believe this transaction will complement and enhance our strength and capabilities, unleashing benefits of strategic development, bringing long term benefits to both companies."
As part of the transaction, upon closing of the investment Zoom elected Dr. Leo Li to the Board of Directors of Zoom Technologies.
Certain previous investors of Zoom with participation rights also purchased at the same price 15,000 shares in addition to Spreadtrum's investment.

October 13, 2011
ZOOM Acquires Portables Unlimited -- Wholesale Distributor for T-Mobile USA
BEIJING, Oct. 13, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zoom Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ZOOM), a leading China-based manufacturer of mobile phones and related products, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 55% share of Portables Unlimited LLC ("Portables"), one of the largest exclusive wholesale distributors of T-Mobile products in the United States. Portables has direct access to more than 1,000 retail locations across twenty States selling T-Mobile products, including approximately 100 exclusive T-Mobile carrier locations. This strategic acquisition is the first of its kind for a China-based handset manufacturer to join forces with a US cellular distributor, allowing ZOOM distribution capability in the US market.
Established in 1999 and headquartered in Nanuet, New York where the current management will remain, Portables has grown to become one of T-Mobile's top sellers among its prepaid (Monthly 4G) wholesale distribution channel. Portables' daily interaction with customers can feed the most current market information to ZOOM for fine tuning its products particularly manufactured for the US market. Upon closing of the acquisition, ZOOM will establish its international headquarters in Portables' offices at 136 First Street, Nanuet, New York. "We are so excited about the opportunity to merge with a quality handset manufacturer that will enable Portables additional growth opportunities," said Raj Amar, CEO of Portables.
Portables, which has had a long-standing working relationship with T-Mobile for more than ten years, is a perfect partner for ZOOM. With the US cellular subscriber base almost saturated, revenue from phone sales becomes the most critical component for growth in the US mobile communication industry. "We are looking forward to the opportunity to grow our business and the strength this combined entity partnership can deliver," said Jonathan Blood, Senior Director National Dealer Programs, T-Mobile USA.
"This move is not only a fast track for us to enter the US market, but also will enable us to accurately target the right product at the right price, which is the key to a successful launch," stated Leo Gu, Chairman and CEO of Zoom Technologies, "Everyone at ZOOM is exuberant with the opportunities that this merger will bring, we will be working hard to unleash the full potential of this strategic combination, and we have the goal of expanding to 2,000 retail locations in the near future. I am confident that the knowledge and experience of both companies will result in the delivery of exceptional products to the US while opening new opportunities in other American markets as well."
Terms of the acquisition will be included in a filing with the SEC on Form 8-K. Maxim Group LLC served as exclusive financial advisor to ZOOM in connection with the transaction. Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP acted as counsel to ZOOM. Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP acted as counsel and Marks Paneth & Shron LLP acted as accountants and financial advisors for Portables.



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