GEOSENTRIC OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE April 30, 2012 at 12:45
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELEASE FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2011
The Annual Report 2011 of GeoSentric Oyj has been published on the Company’s web site. The Annual Report is available at www.geosentric.com.
Contents
1. Summary of key figures and results
2. Review of October – December 2011
3. Operational overview
4. Material events in the year 2011
5. Material events after the end of the financial year
6. Review of the financial position and the financial results
7. Sufficient Liquidity
8. Outlook
9. Assessment of significant operational risks
10. Review of R&D activities
11. Investments
12. Personnel and organization
13. Environmental issues
14. Group structure
15. Board of Directors and auditors
16. Board authorization
17. Financing and structural arrangements
18. Company’s shares and shareholders
19. Board proposal regarding the handling of the result
20. Notice
IMPORTANT NOTICE: During the reporting period a number of material transactions took place, which have a material impact on the Company’s outlook and ownership structure. In September 2011, GHNV concluded a joint venture agreement with a major media company in China becoming a minority 40% shareholder in its previously wholly owned Chinese subsidiary. The Company also arranged a directed share offering, having a material dilution affect.
1. SUMMARY OF KEY FIGURES AND RESULTS
The key figures summarizing the Group’s financial position and financial results from continuing operations were as follows (teuros unless indicated otherwise):
In period | 10-12/2011 | 2011 | 10-12/2010 | 2010 |
Net sales | 0 | 49 | 39 | 54 |
Operating Result | -248 | 12739 | -1752 | -9536 |
Basic earnings per share (eur) |
0.00 |
0.01 |
-0.00 | -0.01 |
At the end of the period | ||||
Total assets | 1171 | 1420 | ||
Shareholders’ equity |
931 |
-15024 | ||
Total liabilities | 240 | 16444 |
2. REVIEW OCTOBER –DECEMBER 2011
During the reporting period Q4/2011 the Company decided by virtue of the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting on June 29, 2011 to arrange directed share offering (“GSOY Offering”) to its largest shareholders, however restricted to less than 100. The GSOY Offering was primarily intended to allow the Company to participate in the second tranche of the GHNV Offering by investing pro rata share of €1m to GHNV and to support the working capital needs of the Company. The Company’s largest shareholders were offered the opportunity to subscribe Company’s new shares at the subscription price of €0.0004 reflecting the Company’s stock price in OMX Nordic Exchange Helsinki (€0.01) at that time with a discount of 96 %. The subscription price was same for all subscribers. The targeted amount to be raised was €1.25 million.
Due to the short time schedule, the GSOY Offering was executed in three separate tranches during October 2011 and November, 2011. During such subscription period the Company raised a total amount of €1,026,236 by issuing an aggregate amount of 2,565,590,000 new shares, representing approximately 277.5 % of the outstanding shares and votes before the GSOY Offering and approximately 42.7 % of the fully diluted shares and votes before the GSOY Offering.
As result of the GSOY Offering, the Company was able to participate fully in the second and final tranche of the GHNV Offering by investing €1 million in GHNV. In addition, as agreed and approved at the Company’s EGM, the Company repaid on November 4, 2011 fully the Convertible Bond Loan 2008-B by transferring to Schroder & Co. Ltd the agreed number of GHNV shares. After subscribing all the GHNV shares for the total amount of €1m and repaying the Convertible Bond Loan 2008-B, the Company’s shareholding in GHNV resulted to approximately 24%. As agreed, GHNV may issue an option pool to its Board and management of up to 15% of its issued share capital. This may decrease the Company’s ownership of GHNV down to approximately 21%.
3.OPERATIONAL REVIEW
The Company has not had direct operational activities of its own since disposing of the TWIG business at the end of 2010 and all of its indirect operational activities were under GeoSolutions Holdings N.V. (“GHNV”) and its respective subsidiaries, the Company acting as a holding company.
As described in more detail in Section 4, “Material events in the year 2011”, during the period Q3 the Company became a minority shareholder in its former subsidiary GHNV with approximately a 15% holding. As further described in Section 4, the Company concluded in Q4, after a directed rights offering to its largest shareholders, a €1m investment in GHNV and repaid the €10M Convertible Bond Loan 2008-B. These transactions together increased the Company’s holding in GHNV to approximately 24%. As a result of the above-mentioned transactions the Company continues as a holding company for its shareholding in GHNV but instead of holding 100% of GHNV it holds approximately 24%.
GHNV carries on its business as a developer and provider of solutions, products and technologies for location based services and LBS-enabled social networks. GHNV develops a leading geo-integration platform for mobile devices, web browsers, and other internet-connected devices, which provides applications and bundled ODM/OEM solutions for consumer and B2B markets, built on the convergence of location based services, social networking, search, mobile & Web 2.0 technologies. Its intellectual property is delivered as software and services in products and as an application development platform and services, which include the GyPSii product platform (“GyPSii”).
The business model for the GyPSii platform services and applications is via licensing of intellectual property in terms of software technology and branded trademarks, and revenue generation from services which generate advertising and subscription revenue.
The total net sales from continuing operations of the Company, which during the financial year included 100% of GHNV’s operations up to the date of de-consolidation (August 4, 2011), were 49 teuros in year 2011, compared to 54 teuros total net sales from continuing operation in year 2010. The Company disposed of its TWIG handset business at the end of the 2010 financial year so all revenues from continuing operations derive from the GyPSii business and represent revenues from intellectual property licensing and advertising delivered to GyPSii users.
As announced in March 2011, the Company engaged, via GHNV, in a co-operation agreement in China with a major public media company, Sina Corp. The agreement resulted in the launch of Sina’s new Weilingdi product on March 4, 2011. Later, in June 2011, the Company announced that GHNV had signed an agreement with Sina to take the necessary next steps to create a joint venture with Sina Corp. to address the Chinese market and this joint venture was successfully created in September 2011. To support the successful and timely launch of the new Weilingdi product to the Chinese market and to secure the finalisation of the joint venture arrangements, the Company focused all its available resources into this co-operation project. The consequence of this was a decline in revenue from GyPSii products.
A significant (non-cash, non-recurring) gain of 16690 teuros was booked as “other operating income” in Q3 2011 as a result of the de-consolidation of the GHNV sub-group on August 4, 2011. This transaction is described in more detail in Section 4, “Material events in the year 2011”. The gain arises because the Company no longer consolidates the net liabilities of the GHNV sub-group but instead carries its investment in GHNV as an “Investment in Associate Company” as a new line item in the Non-Current Assets section of its group balance sheet, valued at an estimated fair market value. Also included within the Company’s result before taxes in 2011 is -231 teuros representing the Company’s estimated share of the net profit after taxes of GHNV, prepared on a consolidated basis. Management has estimated the net profit after taxes on an IFRS basis, as GHNV now prepares its group accounts on the basis of Dutch GAAP.
As a result of the repayment of the Convertible Bond Loan 2008-B, the Company realised in Q4 a one-time gain of 4264 teuros, which was booked as financial income.
Total operating expenses from continuing operations decreased 58% in the financial year compared to the prior year, decreasing to 4000 teuros in 2011 from 9590 teuros in 2010. This was mainly driven by two factors. First, the de-consolidation of the GHNV sub-group from August 4, 2011. Second, prior to the de-consolidation, there was considerable effort made to re-focus GHNV’s product development, business development and marketing efforts into China. This resulted in a significant decrease in personnel and related costs in the rest of world. In addition, the intangible assets/IPR that was booked on the acquisition of GeoSolutions BV in 2007, which was being written off over a three-year period, was fully written off by the end of Q1 2010. This resulted in a lower amortization charge in 2011 of 0 teuros compared to a charge of 500 teuros in 2010.
As a result of the above factors, the total result before taxes from continuing operations saw a significant improvement of 14836 teuros in 2011, versus -11387 teuros in 2010. Earnings per share from continuing operations for the financial year were 0.01 euros per share.
The Company realized an overall loss from its discontinued operations (its TWIG business) in the financial year 2010 of 1987 teuros.
4. MATERIAL EVENTS IN THE YEAR 2011
The main events in the financial year 2011 were as follows:
Decisions by the AGM
At the Company’s Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) on June 29, 2011 as extended to July 1, 2011, the meeting approved the 2010 audited financial statements of the Group (which ceased to be a group on August 4, 2011 due to de-consolidation of the GHNV sub-group), agreed to re-elect the auditors, Ernst & Young, to set the auditors’ remuneration and the compensation of the Board’s non-executive directors as disclosed in the market bulletin at the time and agreed to discharge the members of the Board and the Managing Director from liability. In addition, the meeting resolved that the number of Board members shall be three and elected Michael Po, Victor Franck and Jeffrey Crevoiserat to the board, with a subsequent Board meeting later electing Victor Franck as Chairman and Michael Po as Managing Director. Further, the general meeting confirmed the Board’s prior approval of the terms of the lead investor’s financing Proposal as described below “Financing arrangements”. Finally the meeting granted authorization to the Board to issue up to 5,000,000,000 new shares, option rights or special rights entitling to shares in the Company.
Financing arrangements
Earlier in the year (April 2011) the Board received a financing proposal from the Company’s lead investor, Schroder & Co. Ltd (“Proposal”) regarding further funding for the business of the Group. The main terms of the Proposal included: 1) the conversion of the existing preferred convertible notes (“Notes”) issued by GHNV into shares of GHNV; 2) a rights offering by GHNV (“GHNV Offering”) to its shareholders resulting in material dilution of the Company’s shareholding in GHNV (especially if the Company did not participate in the GHNV Offering to its pro-rata share) corresponding to an investment of approximately €1 million; and 3) to raise the required funds to participate in the GHNV Offering the Company planned to arrange its own share issue (“GSOY Offering”).
After lengthy and detailed discussions between the parties, in August 2011, the Company confirmed that full agreement had been reached between Schroder & Co. Ltd and a group of the Company’s largest shareholders, concerning the manner of execution of the Proposal described above, introducing some changes to the terms of the Proposal, and the planned support and participation of this group of largest shareholders in this planned financing. Separately, the Company called an Extraordinary General Meeting (“EGM”) of shareholders to be held on September 8, 2011 to approve certain aspects of the financing package and full details of the package were released with the EGM call on August 16, 2011.
On August 3, 2011, Schroder & Co. Ltd, GHNV and the Company entered into a Subscription and Shareholders Agreement (“SSA”) in respect of GHNV, which, amongst other things, provided the Company with additional minority shareholder rights protection in respect of its ownership of GHNV. On August 4, 2011, the first part of the Proposal, which was already approved at the Company’s AGM on June 29, 2011 as extended to July 1, 2011, was implemented and involved Schroder & Co. Ltd converting its existing Notes plus accrued interest as issued by GHNV, into the shares of GHNV. The conversion left the Company as a minority shareholder in GHNV with approximately a 20% shareholding. The SSA provided for this conversion of Notes to be followed by further capitalizations of GHNV in the form of rights offerings (“GHNV Offerings”). As agreed in the SSA, Schroder & Co. Ltd fully subscribed for an initial 750 teuros in a first tranche of the GHNV Offering and GHNV paid to the Company a fee of 150 teuros. The SSA provided that this fee, together with a further fee of 350 teuros, to be paid to the Company following the second tranche of the GHNV offering in October, would be non-refundable if the Company fully subscribed for its agreed share of the GHNV Offering amounting to an investment in GHNV of €1 million. These transactions in August 2011 secured the Company and GHNV cash runway until the end of September 2011. Following this first tranche of the GHNV Offering, the Company’s ownership in GHNV became approximately 15%. As a result of the conversion and the fact that the Company owns a minority percentage of GHNV, the Company has, as from August 4, 2011, been no longer consolidating its previously wholly owned subsidiaries but is applying the equity method of accounting for its investment in GHNV in its group accounts. This has the effect of reducing its reported group accounts revenues and costs in 2011.
In September 2011, the Company secured shareholder approval at the EGM for the required elements of the financing package including approval for the repayment of the €10 million Convertible Bond Loan 2008-B issued by the Company. It also confirmed that, to raise the required funds to participate in the GHNV Offerings, the Company was arranging a directed share issue (“GSOY Offering”) to its largest shareholders. The GSOY Offering was primarily intended to allow the Company to participate in the planned second tranche of the share offering of GHNV, its previously wholly owned subsidiary (now an associate company). The GSOY Offering was also intended to finance operations of the Company into 2013. The second tranche of the GHNV share offering, which was agreed to be executed on 14 October 2011 at the latest, was intended to raise €2 million directed equally to Schroder & Co. Ltd and to the Company, each being entitled to subscribe for new GHNV shares for the amount of €1 million. The key terms of the GSOY Offering were announced in September to be as follows:
- Target amount to be raised: €1.25 million with a minimum amount of 250 teuros
- Shares to be issued at a 96% discount to the current quoted market price of €0.01
- Targeted initially to known individual shareholders (or consortia) owning 5,000,000 or more shares (approximately 0.54%), so that the number of subscribers shall be less than 100; below this ownership level at the discretion of the Board
The Company also announced that it was planning to execute a reverse share split after the GSOY Offering in ratio of approximately ten to one to improve the marketability and liquidity of the Company’s shares.
On October 12, 2011, it was announced that the Company had raised a total amount of 757 teuros in a first tranche of the GSOY Offering by issuing a total amount of 1,893,750,000 new shares at €0.0004 per share. In addition, the Company received a short-term convertible loan for the amount of 250 teuros (“Loan”) from one of its largest shareholders. The Loan could, at the option of the note holder, before October 31, 2011, be repaid in cash or converted into shares or special subscription rights on the same terms as the GSOY Offering providing that, at all times, the total amount raised in the GSOY Offering shall remain at least €1 million. On October 14, 2011, the aforementioned funds raised in the first tranche of the GSOY Offering, including the Loan, enabled the Company to subscribe for all the new GHNV shares offered to it in the second tranche of the GHNV Offering for the amount of €1 million.
On October 24, 2011, it was announced that the Company had resolved to issue a further 643,750,000 new shares at €0.0004 per share in a second tranche of the GSOY Offering thereby raising 257.5 teuros and making the total amount raised in the GSOY Offering 1,015 teuros. This amount included 22.75 teuros as Loan conversion. The remaining part of the Loan of 227.25 teuros was retained as a short-term loan on the same terms as described above except that its end date was extended until November 30, 2011. Subsequently, on November 18, 2011, at the election of the note holder, the Loan was repaid in full.
On November 10, 2011, the Company announced that it had resolved to issue a further 28,090,000 new shares to participants at €0.0004 per share in a third and final tranche of the GSOY Offering, thereby raising 11.24 teuros and making the total amount raised in the GSOY Offering 1,026 teuros, roughly 250 teuros short of the desired 1,250 teuros. The total 2,565,590,000 new shares issued in the GSOY Offering outlined above represented approximately 277.5 % of the outstanding shares and votes before the issue and 73.5% of the Company’s outstanding shares and votes after the issue and approximately 42.7% of the fully diluted shares and votes.
As referred to above, the Company participated fully in the second and final tranche of the GHNV Offering as agreed in the SSA by investing €1 million in GHNV. In addition, as agreed in the SSA and approved at the EGM, it has, on November 4, 2011 fully repaid the Convertible Bond Loan 2008-B by transferring to Schroder & Co. Ltd the agreed number of GHNV shares. After subscribing all the shares offered to it in the second tranche of the GHNV share offering and repaying the Convertible Bond Loan 2008-B, the Company’s shareholding in GHNV has increased to approximately 24%. As agreed in the SSA, GHNV may issue an option pool to its Board and management of up to 15% of its issued share capital. This may decrease the Company’s ownership of GHNV down to approximately 21%. Further, as agreed in the SSA, the Minority Rights Agreement and other security agreements in favour of Schroder & Co. Ltd have, on October 28, 2011, been terminated. As a result of the repayment of the Convertible Bond Loan 2008-B, the Company realised in Q4 a one-time gain of 4264 teuros.
The Company had intended to call an Extraordinary General Meeting as soon as the new shares issued in the GSOY Offering had been registered in the Trade Register to decide on a proposed reverse stock split in the ratio of approximately ten to one to improve the marketability and liquidity of the Company’s shares. Due to technical reasons not attributable to the Company, the planned reverse stock split cannot be affected until the new shares issued in the GSOY Offering have been listed following the publication of a Prospectus. This process can take several months and accordingly the Company must wait until this has been completed before implementing the planned reverse stock split.
Other arrangements
As noted in previous bulletins and quarterly reports, the Company’s then wholly owned Chinese subsidiary (through GHNV), GyPSii (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (“GSSH”) had, on March 18, 2011 signed a Cooperation Agreement with Sina (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd., whose parent company, Sina Corp. is listed on the US NASDAQ market under the symbol (SINA). The Cooperation Agreement provided for development, marketing and distribution cooperation between the two companies for a newly launched "Weilingdi" Location Based Services (“LBS”) and Social Networking Services (“SNS”) service in China. Under this agreement, GSSH and Sina would jointly develop the new “Weilingdi” service and Sina would actively market it to its 100m+ "Weibo" application users. The "Weilingdi" service combines Sina's exclusive content such as entertainment, lifestyle information and VIP assets built on top of the existing "Lingdi" service launched by GSSH in 2010. The Cooperation Agreement was a vital step forward in progressing discussions about a deeper relationship between the two companies working towards the goal of a joint venture agreement. The Company had concluded that, in order to be able to exploit the potential of the Chinese market, it was necessary to partner with an established local partner who can bring large numbers of local users and also local marketing expertise and financing.
Further to this Cooperation Agreement with Sina, in June 2011, the Company announced that GHNV had signed an agreement with Sina Hong Kong Ltd (“Sina HK”) for both companies to take the necessary next steps towards establishing a Joint Venture (“JV”) between GSSH and Sina HK. Once the necessary preconditions for completion had been fulfilled, Sina HK would invest approximately €4.5m into GSSH by way of newly created share capital thereby obtaining a 60% controlling interest in GSSH. Sina would then contribute to the JV its 100M+ "Weibo" user base, marketing resources and distribution channels to promote the new products and data center services. GSSH, as the JV, will then exclusively operate all of Sina’s LBS and SNS services in China. It will then continue to develop and progress the initiatives outlined by the two companies in March 18, 2011 Cooperation Agreement, specifically the delivery of the "Weilingdi" and “Tuding” products. GHNV has granted in June 2011, through its then wholly owned Dutch subsidiary, GeoSolutions BV, to GSSH an exclusive royalty free license to use the GyPSii IP within China and will enjoy joint IP ownership rights to all new or enhanced IP created by GSSH plus exclusive royalty free rights to use such IP outside of China. The JV will be one of the largest social networks of mobile consumers and merchants in China and will also be focused on providing merchants with a robust set of tools to improve customer loyalty and relationship management and consumers with financially incentive driven mobile applications.
In July 2011, the Company announced that, as a result of the agreement described above with Sina to form the JV in China using the Company’s then GHNV wholly owned Chinese subsidiary, GSSH, as the vehicle, Sina had provided advance funding to GSSH, pursuant to implementing the JV agreement, of 400 teuros. This was sufficient to finance GSSH through to the expected date of final government approval and final creation of the JV, which was expected to take place before the end of Q3. This cash advance indirectly extended the cash runway for the remaining group outside of China to the end of July 2011.
In September 2011, it was announced that the Company had been informed by GHNV that the necessary pre-conditions for completion of the JV have been fulfilled, including obtaining Chinese government and regulatory approval. As a result, Sina HK had invested approximately €4.5 million, inclusive of the advance funding received earlier in June, into GSSH by way of newly created share capital thereby obtaining a 60% controlling interest in GSSH forming the JV. This investment secured the JV’s operations through 2012 and beyond.
It should be noted that, as a result of the implementation of the funding package for the Company as outlined above, the Company now owns a minority percentage of GHNV, the former parent company of GSSH, which in turn owns 40% of GSSH. It is expected that GHNV will not be consolidating the results of the JV (i.e. GSSH) in its group accounts but will apply the equity method of accounting to its 40% investment. Current projections indicate that the JV will not be profitable in its initial user acquisition phase and it may be several years before there may be dividends flowing from the JV to GHNV and further from GHNV to the Company.
Legal Proceedings
Magi.tel has continued its litigation in Italy against the Company despite the fact that, pursuant to the Finnish Corporate Reorganization Act, any Magi.tel liability ceased on 19 March 2004 when Turku Court approved the GeoSentric Oyj / Benefon Oyj reorganization program. In any case, any claims or damages sustained by the Company related to this litigation should be indemnified and/or reimbursed by TWIG Com Oy, which acquired the TWIG business operations from the Company. The Company does not have any other pending or threatening legal proceedings, which the Company would consider to have material impact on the Company’s financial position or profitability.
5. MATERIAL EVENTS AFTER THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR
The Company released on January 16, 2012 that the amount of €1,026,000, raised in a directed offering closed in November 2011, was €224,000 short of the Company’s targeted amount to be raised in the offering of €1.25 million and that it had been continuing to explore all options available to it to ensure that it had sufficient liquidity to secure its operations through 2012 and beyond and as previously announced, Company’s current cash resources are sufficient to finance the business into Q1 2012 and any alternative funding options should therefore be completed by the end of Q1 2012. As announced on February 20, 2012, the Company tried to raise a convertible loan note of at minimum €350,000 and at maximum €500,000 from its major shareholders. However, as reported on February 20 and 27 and further on March 6 and 9, the major holders were not interested to subscribe for the secured loan note offered by the Company.
Then on March 6, 2012, as first announced to the markets, the Company received a non-binding funding offer of €250,000 from an independent advisory business representing a number of individual investors. After a difficult negotiation process as reported to the markets at various times during March and April 2012, the Company and the above-referred independent advisory business finally found a solution that did not require that certain pre-conditions be met, which at the earlier phase of the process had already once stopped the execution of the proposal. The offer of 350 teuros of secured funding, which secures Company’s funding through 2012 into 2013, was announced to the markets on April 23, 2012. The funding, secured by the GHNV shares held by the Company, will be confirmed by the Annual General Meeting estimated to be held in June 2012.
During the negotiations the trading was suspended as of April 3, 2012 on the request of the Company due to the Company´s inability to secure additional funding by April 3, 2012. At the same time the Company informed that the Board was left with no choice other than start preparing the process for inviting the shareholders’ meeting to decide on the placing of the company into liquidation. However, as result of successful negotiations with respect to the 350 teuros funding described above, the Company did not need to invite the shareholders to decide on the placing of the company into liquidation but instead shall convene the Annual General Meeting as stated above.
6. REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL POSITION AND THE FINANCIAL RESULTS
The Company has during the financial year retained solidity and liquidity.
The key figures summarizing the Group’s financial position and financial results from continuing operations were as follows (teuros unless indicated otherwise):
In period | 10-12/2011 | 2011 | 10-12/2010 | 2010 | |
Net sales | 0 | 49 | 39 | 54 | |
Operating Result At the end of the period |
-248 | 12739 | -1752 | -9536 | |
Basic earnings per share (eur) | 0.00 | 0.01 | -0.00 | -0.01 | |
At the end of the period | |||||
Total assets | 1171 | 1420 | |||
Shareholders’ equity | 931 | -15024 | |||
Total liabilities | 240 | 16444 | |||
Cash | 131 | 892 |
7. SUFFICIENT LIQUIDITY
The Company has, during the financial year, retained sufficient liquidity.
As noted above, the Company secured incoming new equity investment totalling 1,026 teuros in the GSOY Offering. This amount was 224 teuros short of the Company’s targeted amount to be raised in the GSOY Offering of €1.25 million. In October, as agreed in the SSA (Subscription and Shareholders Agreement in respect of GHNV, as explained above), the Company invested €1 million in GHNV shares as part of the second tranche of the GHNV Offering. As a result and as agreed in the SSA, the Company received a non refundable fee from GHNV in October of 350 teuros and secured confirmation that the 150 teuros fee received from GHNV in August, following the first tranche of the GHNV Offering, was also non-refundable. As a result of the above transactions, and in particular the fact that the amount raised in the GSOY Offering was short of the targeted amount, the Company was forced to continue exploring any other funding options available to it. As announced on April 23, 2012, the Company has now succeeded to secure a commitment for an additional €350,000 secured funding from an advisory business that secures the Company’s funding through 2012 and into 2013.
8. OUTLOOK
Market Outlook
Due to forming the JV with Sina and refocus of the GHNV development, sales and marketing activities into China, the future business outlook of the Company’s associate company, GHNV, is almost completely focused on the China market. In partnership with Sina, China’s third largest internet company, the immediate focus is to leverage the now very large +200M Sina user base to spread the use of the GyPSii platform and applications to as many mobile phone users as possible over the next few years. The JV will combine the IP of GeoSolutions B.V., a 100% owned subsidiary of GHNV, with Sina’s large user base, marketing and sales activities to develop the China market for the Tuding and Weilingdi products and the GyPSii Location Based Services Platform. Seeding this market should give rise to opportunities in 2013 and beyond for income to the JV based on advertising, IP licensing and small to medium business subscriptions. The China market for mobile technology is experiencing extremely rapid growth compared to the rest of the world. This is expected to continue alongside China’s economic expansion well into the decade. This strong growth of mobile technology is a natural pull for the Sina and GyPSii products.
Outside of China, GHNV is exploring opportunities to leverage its IP and products in other developing countries with similar user demographics and similarly strong smart phone growth as China. This involves creating other potential partnerships with a business model similar to the JV with Sina.
Financial and Business Development Outlook
Following the conversion of the Notes into the shares of GHNV by Schroder & Co. Ltd, as described in Section 4 above, the Company’s currently remaining business comprises solely its minority holding in GHNV. This in turn is currently focussed mainly on its holding in its wholly owned Chinese subsidiary, GSSH. And this in turn, as described above, has now become a JV with Sina addressing the Chinese market. As further stated above, the current projections indicate that the JV will not be profitable in its initial phase and it may be several years before there may be dividends flowing from the JV to the Company via GHNV. Unless the Company decides to start some new operational activities of its own, it is likely that the Company will not generate any income of its own and will not recognise dividend income from the JV until the JV turns profitable or becomes liquid through merger or acquisition and starts to distribute profits. Therefore, despite minimal operational costs, the Company is likely to make losses through this period. The Company may also sell part or all of its holding in GHNV in the future, which may generate an accounting and distributable profit.
During 2010 and 2011, the Group consolidated its efforts into developing the Chinese market. Efforts in prior years to penetrate the markets in the United States and Europe proved too costly for the Company to sustain compared to the operating cash available. Therefore, during 2010 and continuing into 2011, the Company had been consolidating operations, development, business development and marketing resources into China, with significant staff reductions elsewhere in the world.
As a result of the business consolidation, the main focus of business development and the primary element for the business model and revenue generation in China is rapid growth of the GyPSii membership base, in partnership with Sina that utilizes GyPSii’s two main products in China, “Tuding” and “Weilingdi”. This growth is being achieved exclusively in China primarily through its Joint Venture with Sina as well as through direct marketing campaigns by GyPSii. GyPSii membership has grown significantly during 2010 and 2011 and has climbed to a total subscriber base of almost 5,500,000 registered users with a substantial and growing base of active recurring users.
A second element of GyPSii’s strategy began with the development of its Open APIs (OeX) at the beginning of 2010. This approach allows GyPSii to reduce the risk and overhead associated with business development efforts and at the same time tap into the rapidly expanding base of mobile applications that have need for GyPSii functionality. In partnership with Sina, GSSH has developed and deployed an Application Programming Interface (API) set in the Chinese market. This has resulted in a rapid rise in the GyPSii user base.
Outside of China, GyPSii is exploring partnerships for use of its LBS and SNS software platform “OEX”. During 2010 an agreement was signed licensing OEX to a major PND provider in the United States. This agreement provides for monthly recurring revenue based on total usage. GyPSii will attempt to develop further partnerships for the licensing of OEX in the 2012.
9. ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANT OPERATIONAL RISKS
As a result of the financial arrangements described in Section 4 above, the Company became a minority shareholder in GHNV with its currently approximately 24% holding. As a minority shareholder of GHNV the Company does not have the control over the activities of GHNV and is dependent on the actions of the other shareholders of GHNV. The Company’s future value and cash flow is currently highly dependent on the success of GSSH’s business and JV in China. There is no certainty that these efforts will succeed.
As agreed in the SSA, GHNV may issue an option pool to its Board and management of up to 15% of its issued share capital. This may decrease the Company’s current ownership of GHNV down to approximately 21%.
The global financial crisis and current global recession have had and may continue to have a negative impact also on the GyPSii business although the business is now almost exclusively focussed on China, which continues to enjoy strong economic growth.
There is no certainty of the success regarding the implementation and realisation of the GHNV business plan. According to the business strategy, GHNV is pursuing entrance also to new business segments with competitive situations new to it, or which may be only in the early market phase. Unless GHNV is able to successfully respond to these developments it may significantly impair its operating results affecting consequently to operating results of the Company.
A key driver of the GHNV business model is sufficient and sufficiently rapid growth of users of the services, and the speed of adoption of mobile, UGC and location based advertising of which there is no certainty.
Since 1997, the Company has not paid dividends and, in the future, there may be restrictions on the ability to distribute dividends. Regarding future dividend payments, there is also uncertainty about the ability of the Company to accrue distributable capital. According to the financial statements of the Company, there was no distributable capital in the balance sheet of the Company. The total amount of loans was 113 teuros at nominal value. The Company plans to convert with shares the remaining portion of the CBL 2004A loan.
The Company´s business plan has been prepared by assuming that the Company can derive long-term value from it’s holding in GHNV but this potential value creation is uncertain. The Company’s financing plan assumes that the additional €350K external financing as explained in section “material events after the end of the reporting period” is required to fund the Company into Q1 2013. In addition, the Company will need further external funding to secure sufficient liquidity in the long term (past Q1 2013) and also to enable further investments in GHNV. Should the new financing be delayed or prove to be unavailable, this could cause an insolvency risk and/or further dilution of Company’s holding in GHNV. The Company’s go-forward budget and cash sufficiency estimates have been prepared assuming further decreased cost levels. Should the actual cost levels be higher, the Company would need to raise additional external capital and the availability of this additional capital is uncertain.
There are significant financial risks related to the Company’s business, competition and industry and it is possible that investors may lose all or a part of their invested capital.
Schroders & Co Limited and investor groups led by Horizon Group, have influence on GeoSentric. As a result of the directed share offering closed in November 2011, Jeffrey Crevoiserat, a Board member of the Company, has a substantial holding in the Company. The Company trusts that the regulation and information obligation binding public companies, supported by the compliance with the corporate governance recommendations, together with the continuous external auditing activity maintained by a skilled and reputable auditing firm suffice to pre-empt a misuse of control power.
10. REVIEW OF R&D ACTIVITIES
Prior to the de-consolidation of GHNV, the volume of the Group’s R&D activities during the reporting period was significant due to the on-going R&D-programs in China. No capitalizations were made.
Prior to the de-consolidation of GHNV, the Group’s main R&D unit was in Shanghai (China). Additionally, GyPSii server facilities were maintained in the US and China. After the de-consolidation of GHNV, no further R & D activity has been undertaken by the Company.
11. INVESTMENTS AND FINANCING
Gross investments in year 2011 were 1043 teuros, of which 1000 teuros was used to purchase shares in the GHNV Rights Offering. In the year 2010 gross investments were 40 teuros.
12. PERSONNEL AND ORGANIZATION
The number of employed personnel in the Group in year 2011 averaged 44, of which 10, at most, were affected by forced leaves. At the end of 2011 the Company employed a total of three employees in addition to managing director.
13. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
The Company’s operations cause no significant environmental impact.
14. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS
According to the Company’s articles of association the Board of Directors consists of not less than three (3) but no more than nine (9) ordinary members. The term of the members of the Board of Directors begins at the end of the Annual General Meeting of shareholders and expires at the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the shareholders following the election.
The Annual General Meeting on June 29, 2011 as extended to July 1, 2011 resolved that the number of Board members is three. The Board consists of Victor Franck (Chairman), Michael A. Po and Jeffrey Crevoiserat.
The Company has established committees to enhance the preparation of matters falling within the competence of the Board. The committees are 1) Audit and Finance Committee; 2) Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee; 3) Compensation Committee; and 4) Strategic Options Committee.
In financial year 2011, the audit firm Ernst & Young Oy continued to serve as the ordinary auditor of the Company, with Mr. Erkka Talvinko, CPA, as the responsible auditor.
15. GROUP STRUCTURE
As a result of de-consolidation of GHNV sub-group on August 4, 2011 the Company ceased to be a part of the Group. The Company’s only external holding is its approximately 24% holding in GHNV, an associated company.
16. BOARD AUTHORIZATION
The Annual General Meeting convened on June 29, 2011 as extended to July 1, 2011 authorized the Board to increase the share capital by maximum of 5,000,000 euros and share amount by maximum of 5,000,000,000 new shares, option rights or special rights. The authorization is valid for two (2) years from the date of the Annual General Meeting. At the same time all the other authorizations were terminated.
At the end of the financial year the remaining amount of Board’s authorization, as granted by the extended meeting on July 1, 2011, was 5,000,000 euros and 2,434,410,000 shares corresponding to 69.75 % of the registered share amount at the end of financial year and 68 % shares after all shares and instruments entitled to shares, effecting a corresponding immediate dilution to existing shareholdings (including current authorization).
17. STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENTS AND CHANGES IN AMOUNTS OF SHARES
On October 12, 2011, it was announced that the Company had raised a total amount of 757 teuros in a first tranche of the GSOY Offering by issuing a total amount of 1,893,750,000 new shares at €0.0004 per share. In addition, the Company received a short-term convertible loan for the amount of 250 teuros (“Loan”) from one of its largest shareholders. The Loan could, at the option of the note holder, before October 31, 2011, be repaid in cash or converted into shares or special subscription rights on the same terms as the GSOY Offering providing that, at all times, the total amount raised in the GSOY Offering shall remain at least €1 million. On October 14, 2011, the aforementioned funds raised in the first tranche of the GSOY Offering, including the Loan, enabled the Company to subscribe for all the new GHNV shares offered to it in the second tranche of the GHNV Offering for the amount of €1 million.
On October 24, 2011, it was announced that the Company had resolved to issue a further 643,750,000 new shares at €0.0004 per share in a second tranche of the GSOY Offering thereby raising 257.5 teuros and making the total amount raised in the GSOY Offering 1,015 teuros. This amount included 22.75 teuros as Loan conversion. The remaining part of the Loan of 227.25 teuros was retained as a short-term loan on the same terms as described above except that its end date was extended until November 30, 2011. Subsequently, on November 18, 2011, at the election of the note holder, the Loan was repaid in full.
On November 10, 2011, the Company announced that it had resolved to issue a further 28,090,000 new shares to participants at €0.0004 per share in a third and final tranche of the GSOY Offering, thereby raising 11.24 teuros and making the total amount raised in the GSOY Offering 1,026 teuros, roughly 250 teuros short of the desired 1,250 teuros. The total 2,565,590,000 new shares issued in the GSOY Offering outlined above represent approximately 277.5 % of the outstanding shares and votes before the issue and 73.5% of the Company’s outstanding shares and votes after the issue and approximately 42.7% of the fully diluted shares and votes.
As referred to above, the Company participated fully in the second and final tranche of the GHNV share offering as agreed in the SSA by investing €1 million in GHNV. In addition, as agreed in the SSA and approved at the EGM, it has, on November 4, 2011 fully repaid the Convertible Bond Loan 2008-B by transferring to Schroder & Co. Ltd the agreed number of GHNV shares. After subscribing all the shares offered to it in the second tranche of the GHNV share offering and repaying the Convertible Bond Loan 2008-B, the Company’s shareholding in GHNV has increased to approximately 24%. As agreed in the SSA, GHNV may issue an option pool to its Board and management of up to 15% of its issued share capital. This may decrease the Company’s ownership of GHNV down to approximately 21%. Further, as agreed in the SSA, the Minority Rights Agreement and other security agreements in favour of Schroder & Co. Ltd have, on October 28, 2011, been terminated. As a result of the repayment of the Convertible Bond Loan 2008-B, the Company realised in Q4 a one-time gain of 4264 teuros.
As a conclusion the amount of registered securities of the Company changed over the reporting year as follows:
Number of registered shares on 1.1.2011 | 922,156,354 |
New shares issued in directed share issue | 2,568,090,000 |
Number of registered shares on 31.12.2011 | 3,490,246,354 |
The financing arrangements and latest developments have been described in more detail above in sections ”Material events in the year 2011” and “Material events after the end of the financial year”.
18. COMPANY’S SHARES AND SHAREHOLDERS
The shares of GeoSentric Oyj are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki (NASDAQ OMX: GEO1V) and issued in the book entry system held by Euroclear Finland, address PL 1110, FIN-00101 Helsinki, Finland. The ISIN-code of the share is FI 0009004204. The Company’s shares have been on the surveillance list since February 11, 2003. As of April 3, 2012 the trading with Company’s shares has been suspended on the request of the Company.
The Company does not have any Company´s shares owned by or administered on behalf of the Company.
At the end of the financial year the Company’s registered share capital was 8,955,761.65 Euros, consisting of 3,490,246,354 shares.
The number of outstanding shares in the beginning of the financial year 2011 was 924,656,354.
As of 31.12.2011 according to share register of the Euroclear Finland shareholders who hold their shares under a name of a nominee own a total amount of 712,140,067 shares corresponding 20.40 % of the Company’s registered shares and votes. It should be noted that the above nominee registered holdings do not include the new 2,565,590,000 issued in the Company’s directed share issue in November 2011 as those shares have not yet been publicly listed and therefore form a separate species of shares with equal rights to the old shares.
Shareholder | Shares | % of votes and shares |
Nordea Pankki Suomi Oyj (custodian shares) | 490,560,498 | 14.06 % |
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (custodian shares) | 203,469,023 | 5.83 % |
Svenska Handelsbanken AB (custodian shares) | 18,110,546 | 2.04 % |
TOTAL | 712,140,067 | 20.40 % |
According to information received by the Company during the reporting year, the holdings of the following shareholders are (including the the new 2,565,590,000 issued in the Company’s directed share issue in November 2011):
Shareholder | Shares | % of votes and shares |
Ansa Group | 468,377,779 | 13.42 % |
Nobolles Investments Limited | 616,107,806 | 17.65 % |
The number of fully diluted shares as of 31.12.2011 was as follows:
Registered listed shares | 924,656,354 |
Registered un-listed shares | 2,565,590,000 |
Registered rights entitling to shares | 90,718,555 |
Board authorization |
2,434,410,000 |
TOTAL | 6,015,374,909 |
The Company’s all issued instruments including authorization entitled to shares together correspond to approximately 172.35 % of the share amount after all instruments entitled to shares issued by the Company and board authorization, effecting a corresponding direct dilution to existing holdings.
19. BOARD PROPOSAL REGARGING THE HANDLING OF THE RESULT
The Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that no dividend is distributed and that the profit for the period is booked to the prior years´ result account.
20. NOTICE
The Company’s financial statements release has been prepared according to the accounting standard IAS 34, Interim Reports. The accounting principles for the financial statements have been presented in the Financial Statements 2011 published on April 30, 2012. The information presented in this report has been audited.
In the Notes to the Financial Statements there is more detailed and additional information about the Company’s operations in the financial year 2011.
It should be noted that certain statements herein which are not historical facts are based on management's best assumptions and beliefs in light of the information currently available to it.
According to Finnish Securities Market Act, Chapter 2, Section 10 c, GeoSentric Oyj has published the annual summary of the stock exchange releases and announcements published during the year 2011. The summary is available at: www.geosentric.com.
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GROUP STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
1000 EUR | Note | 4Q/2011 | 2011 | 4Q/2010 | 2010 |
Continuing operations | |||||
Net sales | 0 | 49 | 39 | 54 | |
Cost of goods sold | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gross margin | 0 | 49 | 39 | 54 | |
Other operating income | 5 | 0 | 16690 | 0 | 0 |
General & Administrative expenses | 6 | 240 | 1969 | 665 | 2673 |
Research & Development expenses | 6 | 8 | 1224 | 672 | 4671 |
Sales & Marketing expenses | 6 | 0 | 807 | 454 | 2246 |
Operating result | -248 | 12739 | -1752 | -9536 | |
Financial income | 7 | 4264 | 4265 | 1 | 78 |
Financial expenses | -37 | -2066 | -683 | -1783 | |
Share of Associate Company result | 8 | -265 | -231 | 0 | 0 |
Result before taxes | 3714 | 14707 | -2434 | -11241 | |
Income taxes | 0 | 129 | -30 | -146 | |
Result for the period from continuing operations | 3714 | 14836 | -2464 | -11387 | |
Discontinued operations | |||||
Result for the period from discontinued operations | 4 | 0 | 0 | -209 | -1987 |
Result for the period | 0 | 0 | -209 | -1987 | |
Translation difference | 2 | -34 | 142 | -13 | |
Comprehensive income | 2 | -34 | -67 | -2000 | |
Earnings per share, eur: | |||||
Basic earnings per share, continuing operations | 0,00 | 0,01 | -0,00 | -0,01 | |
Diluted earnings per share, continuing operations | 0,00 | 0,01 | -0,00 | -0,01 | |
Basic earnings per share, discontinued operations | -0,00 | -0,00 |
GROUP STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
1000 EUR | Note | 31.12.2011 | 31.12.2010 |
ASSETS | |||
Non-current assets | |||
Property, plant and equipment | 2 | 82 | |
Goodwill | 0 | 216 | |
Other intangible assets | 0 | 1 | |
Investment in Associate Company | 8 | 988 | 0 |
Other financial assets | 0 | 5 | |
Deferred tax assets | 0 | 0 | |
990 | 304 | ||
Current assets | |||
Inventories | 0 | 0 | |
Trade receivables and other receivables | 50 | 224 | |
Prepaid expenses | 0 | 0 | |
Cash and cash equivalents | 131 | 892 | |
181 | 1116 | ||
Total assets | 1171 | 1420 | |
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | |||
Shareholders´equity | |||
Share capital | 9 | 8956 | 8956 |
Share premium account | 9 | 13631 | 13631 |
Translation difference | 0 | 122 | |
Invested distributable equity account | 9 | 29056 | 30912 |
Retained earnings | -50712 | -68645 | |
Total shareholders´ equity | 931 | -15024 | |
Non-current liabilities | |||
Deferred tax liabilities | 0 | 0 | |
Interest-bearing debt | 11 | 0 | 13112 |
0 | 13112 | ||
Current liabilities | |||
Trade payables and other payables | 127 | 3219 | |
Provisions | 0 | 0 | |
Interest bearing debt | 11 | 113 | 113 |
240 | 3332 | ||
Total liabilities | 240 | 16444 | |
Total shareholders´ equity and liabilities | 1171 | 1420 |
GROUP CASH FLOW STATEMENT
1000 EUR | 2011 | 2010 |
Cash flow from operations | ||
Result for the period | 14836 | -13374 |
Adjustments | -16282 | 1505 |
Changes in working capital: | ||
Change of trade and other receivables | 174 | 482 |
Change of inventories | 0 | 761 |
Change of trade and other liabilities | -3092 | 548 |
Paid interests | 0 | -630 |
Received interest payments | 501 | 18 |
Cash flow from operations, net | -3863 | -10690 |
Cash flow from investments, net | -1043 | 46 |
Cash flow from financing | ||
Proceeds from issue of share capital | 1026 | 67 |
Transaction expenses of share issues | 0 | -3 |
Transaction expenses of loans | -31 | -467 |
Proceeds from long term borrowings, equity | 0 | 0 |
Proceeds from long term borrowings, liability | 3150 | 6000 |
Net cash flow from financing | 4145 | 5597 |
Change in cash | -761 | -5047 |
Cash on January 1 | 892 | 5939 |
Cash on December 31 | 131 | 892 |
GROUP STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS´ EQUITY
Share capital (1000eur) | Translation difference (1000eur) | Share premium account (1000eur) | Inv. distrib. equity account (1000eur) | Accrued result (1000eur) | Total (1000eur) | |
Shareholders´ equity 31.12.2009 | 8951 | 135 | 13631 | 30603 | -55556 | -2236 |
Items booked directly into shareholders´ equity | 0 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13 |
Result for the period | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -13374 | -13374 |
Comprehensive income | 0 | -13 | 0 | 0 | -13374 | -13387 |
Share issue, cash | 5 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 67 |
Share issue expenses | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | -3 |
Booked expense of stock options to key personnel and partners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 285 | 285 |
Equity portions of liabilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 0 | 250 |
Shareholders´ equity 31.12.2010 | 8956 | 122 | 13631 | 30912 | -68645 | -15024 |
Items booked directly into shareholders´ equity | 0 | -122 | 0 | 0 | 88 | -34 |
Result for the period | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14836 | 14836 |
Comprehensive income | 0 | -122 | 0 | 0 | 14924 | 14802 |
Share issue, cash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1026 | 0 | 1026 |
Share issue expenses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Booked expense of stock options to key personnel and partners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127 | 127 |
Equity portions of liabilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2882 | 2882 | 0 |
Shareholders´ equity 31.12.2011 | 8956 | 0 | 13631 | 29056 | -50712 | 931 |
KEY FIGURES, ALL OPERATIONS
4Q/2011 | 2011 | 4Q/2010 | 2010 | |
Net sales, 1000 EUR | 0 | 49 | 413 | 1851 |
Operating result, 1000 EUR | -248 | 12739 | -1961 | -11523 |
Result before taxes, 1000 EUR | 3714 | 14707 | -2643 | -13228 |
Gross investments, 1000 EUR | 1000 | 1043 | 10 | 40 |
Average personnel | 3 | 44 | 89 | 116 |
Earnings per share, EUR | 0,00 | 0,01 | -0,00 | -0,01 |
Equity per share, EUR | 0,00 | 0,00 | -0,02 | -0,02 |
Weighted average number of shares in period, 1000 pcs | 1352255 | 1031507 | 920802 | 903645 |
Number of shares at the end of the period, 1000 pcs | 3490246 | 3490246 | 922156 | 922156 |
1. BASE INFORMATION OF THE COMPANY
Prior to August 4, 2011, GeoSentric wholly owned its subsidiary, GeoSolutions Holdings NV ("GHNV"). On August 4, 2011, its holding in GHNV became a minority holding and GeoSentric´s sole business then became holding its minority investment in GHNV. GHNV is a developer and provider of solutions, products and technologies for location based services and LBS-enabled social networks. It develops a leading geo-integration platform for mobile devices, personal navigation devices, web browsers, and other internet-connected devices, which provides applications and bundled ODM/OEM solutions for consumer and B2B markets, built on the convergence of location based services, social networking, search, mobile & Web 2.0 technologies. Its intellectual property is delivered as software and services in products which include the GyPSii product platform ("GyPSii").
It has deep expertise and technology IP in User Generated Content Management, Location Based Services, Open Social Networking, Ad-Targeting and Integration, for Social Media markets and users on mobile phones, the web, personal navigation and internet connected devices.
GeoSentric is based in Salo, Finland. GeoSentric is listed in NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd (NASDAQ OMX: GEO1V). Trading has been suspended as of April 3, 2012.The parent company of the group is GeoSentric Oyj. The registered domicile is Salo, Finland, with street address Meriniitynkatu 11, 24100 Salo, Finland, and mail address PL 84, FIN-24101 Salo, Finland. A copy of the group financial statements is available at the internet address www.geosentric.com or at the company head office at address Meriniitynkatu 11, FIN-24100 Salo, Finland.
According Finnish Companies Act, the shareholders have possibility to accept or reject the financial statements, even the General Meeting is after financial statements is released. General Meeting has also possibility to make decision about changing financial statements.
2. ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Accounting principles:
The group financial statement bulletin has been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") and has been prepared to the accounting standard IAS 34, Interim Reports. Information is based to audited financial statement for year 2011.
Accounting principles:
The used preparation principles have been presented in the Financial Statements from year 2011.
Since 1.1.2011 the group has applied the following new standards and interpretations: Change to IAS 32, Financial instruments: presentation method - Classification of Rights Issues. Change concerns booking of options, subscription rights or other rights regarding shares made in other currency than issuer´s functional currency. No effect on the group financial statements.
IFRIC 19, Liquidation of financial debt with equity terms instruments. Interpretation make clearer booking in case that issues to creditor equity terms instruments to liquidate financial debt. No effect on the group financial statements. Changes to interpretation IFRIC 14, Payments in advance based minimum funding demand. The group has not this kind of payments. Reformed IAS 24, Information regarding related party in financial statements. The group has specified definition of related party. Improvements to IFRSs -changes. Small changes without material effect to financial statement.
3. SEGMENT INFORMATION
The group has only one distinct segment, location based services. Its share of net sales has been 100% in the period and in the reference period.
4. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
The group divested on December 2010 its Twig mobile handset business through MBO by oral agreement. The majority of business transferred to Twig Com Oy on December 31, 2010 and the parties signed a business purchase agreement on January 10, 2011.
The result of business, result of divesting and share of cash flows are presented below:
1000 EUR | 2011 | 4Q/2010 | 2010 |
Result of Twig mobile handset business | |||
Net sales | 0 | 374 | 1797 |
Cost of goods sold | 0 | -229 | -1823 |
Other operating income | 0 | 3 | 4 |
General & Administrative expenses | 0 | 146 | -425 |
Research & Development expenses | 0 | -59 | -366 |
Sales & Marketing expenses | 0 | -200 | -930 |
Income taxes of discontinued operations | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Profit before/after taxes | 0 | 35 | -1743 |
General & Administrative expenses | |||
Result of divesting before/after taxes | 0 | -244 | -244 |
Income taxes of divesting | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Result for the period from discontinued operations | 0 | -209 | -1987 |
Cash flow of Twig mobile handset business | |||
Cash flow from operations | -1031 | ||
Cash flow from investments | 45 |
Effect of Twig mobile handset business divesting to financial position of group
31.12.2010 | |
Fixed assets | 24 |
Other intangible assets | 1 |
Other financial assets | 20 |
Inventories | 223 |
Trade receivables and other receivables | 192 |
Prepaid expenses | 5 |
Trade payables and other payables | -184 |
Provisions | -37 |
Assets and liabilities total | 244 |
Purchase price in cash | 0 |
5. OTHER OPERATING INCOME
As a result of the de-consolidation of GHNV, the Company realized a one time, non cash gain of 16690 teuros.
6. COSTS BY CATEGORY
1000 EUR | 4Q/2011 | 2011 | 4Q/2010 | 2010 |
Increase/decrease in inventories of finished products | 0 | 0 | 36 | 375 |
Impairment loss in inventories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 455 |
Use of raw materials and consumables | 0 | 0 | 144 | 571 |
Total expense of direct employees | 0 | 0 | 49 | 422 |
Cost of goods sold total | 0 | 0 | 229 | 1823 |
Discontinued operations | 0 | 0 | -229 | -1823 |
Total expense of indirect employees | 66 | 2370 | 1314 | 6993 |
Redundancy provision | 0 | 0 | 0 | 509 |
Depreciations | 0 | 66 | 41 | 682 |
Other operating expenses | 182 | 1564 | 793 | 3371 |
Expenses by cost category, total | 248 | 4000 | 2148 | 11555 |
Discontinued operations | 0 | 0 | -357 | -1965 |
Continuing operations | 248 | 4000 | 1791 | 9590 |
7. FINANCIAL INCOME
As a result of the repayment of CBL2008B, the Company realized a one time, non cash gain of 4264 teuros.
8. INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATE COMPANY
1000 EUR | |
Value of investment at beginning of August 2011 | 463 |
Additions | 1000 |
Subtractions | -244 |
Share of result, August-December 2011 | -231 |
Value of investment at end of period | 988 |
Domicile of GeoSolutions Holdings N.V. is Holland. | |
GeoSentric´s interest was 24% at the end of December 2011. | |
Assets at end of period | 4947 |
Liabilities at end of period | 163 |
Net sales, August-December 2011 | 17 |
Result, August-December 2011 | -868 |
9. SHAREHOLDERS´ EQUITY
Number of shares (1000) | Share capital (1000eur) | Share premium account (1000eur) | Invested distribut. equity acc (1000eur) | Total (1000eur) | |
31.12.2009 | 897926 | 8951 | 13631 | 30603 | 53185 |
Share issue free 4.10.2010 | 23750 | 0 | |||
Share issue, cash 26.11.2010 | 480 | 5 | 62 | 67 | |
Costs of share issues | -3 | -3 | |||
Equity components separated from liabilities | 250 | 250 | |||
31.12.2010 | 922156 | 8956 | 13631 | 30912 | 53499 |
Share issue free 7.1.2011 | 2500 | 0 | |||
Share issue, cash 16.12.2011 | 2565590 | 1026 | 1026 | ||
Equity components separated from liabilities | -2882 | -2882 | |||
31.12.2011 | 3490246 | 8956 | 13631 | 29056 | 51643 |
According to the Company´s articles of association registered there is no maximum for the shares and there is only one category of shares at the Company. Also the clause about maximum amount of share capital has been removed. The shares carry no nominal value. All outstanding shares are fully paid.
10. OPTION RIGHTS
The Company carries fourteen on-going stock option programs. In all of these, one option right entitles to subscribe for one new share of the Company.
Option program 2007-1:
The Board decided on 27.4.2007 by virtue of authorisation by annual general meeting on 16.4.2007 to issue a maximum of 9,778,500 option rights to key persons of GeoSolutions. Option rights are divided into nine categories. The share subscription period have begun and will end depending on the option category between 27.4.2012 and 7.4.2014. EGM on 10.9.2007 decided to amend share subscription price to 0.045 euros. Of the option rights 4,961,000 pcs have become null and void.
Option program 2007-2:
The Board decided on 7.5.2007 by virtue of authorisation by annual general meeting on 16.4.2007 to issue 666,667 option rights to Killarney Partners in relation to directed share issue. Share subscription price is 0.15 euros. Share subscription period have ended on 31.5.2011, shares have not paid.
Option program 2007-3:
The Board decided on 21.5.2007 by virtue of authorisation by annual general meeting on 16.4.2007 to issue a maximum of 3,375,000 option rights to Tradewind Investment and Biggles Ltd in relation to directed share issue. Share subscription price is 0.15 euros. Share subscription period have ended on 30.6.2011, shares have not paid.
Option program 2007-7:
The Board decided on 19.11.2007 by virtue of authorisation by extraordinary general meeting on 10.9.2007 to issue a maximum of 3,367,500 option rights to certain key persons of the Company. Share subscription price is 0.07 euros. Share subscription period have ended on 19.11.2011, shares have not paid.
Option program 2008-1:
The Board decided on 15.2.2008 by virtue of authorisation by extraordinary general meeting on 10.9.2007 to issue a maximum of 4,451,632 option rights to certain key persons of the Company. The Board decided on 20.11.2008 to extend the share subscription period until 19.2.2012. Share subscription price is 0.06 euros. Of the subscribed option rights 2,651,632 pcs have returned and nullified.
Option program 2008-2:
The Board decided on 18.4.2008 by virtue of authorisation by extraordinary general meeting on 10.9.2007 to issue a maximum of 577,000 option rights to certain key persons of the Company. Share subscription period have begun and will end on 31.12.2012. Share subscription price is 0.06 euros. Option rights have returned and nullified.
Option program 2008-3:
The Board decided on 16.5.2008 by virtue of authorisation by extraordinary general meeting on 10.9.2007 to issue a maximum of 24,500,000 option rights to the members of the Board of the Company. Every Board member is entitled to subscribe for a maximum of 3.500.000 option rights. Option rights were granted as part of the incentive program approved by the annual general meeting of 16.5.2008. Share subscription period have begun and will end on 31.12.2012. Share subscription price is 0.045 euros. Of the subscribed option rights 17,500,000 pcs have returned and nullified.
Option program 2008-4:
The Board decided on 15.8.2008 by virtue of authorisation by extraordinary general meeting on 10.9.2007 to issue a maximum of 2,877,000 option rights to certain key persons of the Company. Option rights have been divided into D and E series and further into 16 sub-categories. Share subscription period has been staged by sub-category such that the options shall vest on quarterly basis. The share subscription period begins no earlier than 15.12.2008 but no later than 15.12.2012 and ends with all options on 15.12.2013. Share subscription price is 0,06 euros. Option rights have returned and nullified
Option program 2008-5:
The Board decided on 20.11.2008 by virtue of authorisation by extraordinary general meeting on 10.9.2007 to issue a maximum of 9,505,000 option rights to key persons of the Group. Option subscription period has ended and total of 9,479,500 pcs were subscribed. Option rights are divided into 5 separate series as decided by the Board. The options in each series shall vest on quarterly basis during four year period. Share subscription period begins no earlier than 1.1.2009 but no later than on 1.1.2010. The share subscription period for each option series ends after six (6) years from the first vesting date, however on 1.1.2016 at the latest. The share subscription price for each series is determined to equal the trade volume weighted average share price of the Company share (GEO1V) in NASDAQ OMX during the 30 days period preceding the first vesting quarter of the series i.e. on December 2008 (0,0346€). Of the subscribed option rights 6,479,500 pcs have returned and nullified.
Option program 2008-6:
The Board decided on 20.11.2008 by virtue of authorisation by extraordinary general meeting on 10.9.2007 to issue a maximum of 495,000 option rights to certain key persons of the Company. The options shall vest on quarterly basis during four year period and are divided in to 16 sub-categories. Share subscription period begins on 1.1.2009 and ends on 1.1.2015. The share subscription price is determined to equal the trade volume weighted average share price of the Company share (GEO1V) in NASDAQ OMX during 30 days period preceding the first vesting quarter of the series i.e. on December 2008 (0,0346€). Of the subscribed option rights 472,500 pcs have returned and nullified.
Option program 2009-2:
The Board decided in its meeting on May 15, 2009 to adopt Option Plan 2009-2 and issue a total amount of 24,500,000 option rights to the members of the Board of Directors without charge by virtue of the authorization granted by the AGM on May 15, 2009. The options may be subscribed into corresponding amount of new shares during the share subscription period ending on December 31, 2013 with a share subscription price of 0.045 euros per share. Of the subscribed option rights 14,000,000 pcs have returned and nullified.
Option program 2009-3:
The Board decided in its meeting on August 13, 2009 to adopt Option Plan 2009-3 and issue a total amount of 1,500,000 option rights to the secretary of the Board of Directors without charge under the same terms and conditions as Option Plan 2009-2 directed to the Board members. The options may be subscribed into corresponding amount of new shares during the share subscription period ending on December 31, 2013 with a share subscription price of 0.045 euros per share. Option rights have returned and nullified
Special right:
The Board decided to issue 2.500.000 shares without price to Raymond Kalley as part of the agreed placement fee of drawn loans. The shares have been registered in trade register on 7.1.2011.
Cost of options booked in the period according to IFRS 2. Consideration is given as options. The counter-item of costs bookings is income statement is shareholders´equity.
1000 EUR | 2011 | 2010 |
Key persons | 127 | 160 |
Board | 0 | 74 |
Other interest groups | 0 | 52 |
Total | 127 | 286 |
11. FINANCIAL LIABILITIES
1000 EUR | Nominal loan value 2011 | 2011 | 2010 |
Non-current: | |||
Loan 2008 | 0 | 0 | 2392 |
Loan 2009 | 0 | 0 | 4853 |
Loan 2010 | 0 | 0 | 5867 |
Non-current total | 0 | 13112 | |
Current: | |||
Cbl 2004A | 113 | 113 | 113 |
Convertible bond loan 2004A:
This loan with a nominal principal of 1130 teuros was raised on year 2004 and was converted during the conversion period before 31.12.2008 in all 1017 teuros. The remaining amount of loan is 113 teuros. The interest is 4%. No interest was paid. The loan capital, interest and other benefit may be paid in case of dismantling or bankruptcy of company only with priority after the other creditors. The principal may be returned otherwise only providing that a full coverage for the bound equity and other non-distributable items in the confirmed financial statements for the latest expired financial year is retained. Interest or other benefits may be paid only in case the paid amount may be used for profit distribution in the confirmed balance sheet for latest expired financial period.
Financing round 2008:
The loan note with a nominal principal of 10,000 teuros was raised on year 2008. The loan note entitled to subscribe shares of GeoSentric. The loan ended on August 25, 2013. The annual interest was 12.5 %. Effective it was agreed that interest payments are suspended on January 2010 and all interest accrued and rolled up until maturity. The loan with accrued interest paid using GHNV shares in the beginning of November 2011.
Financing round 2009:
The loan note with a nominal principal of 7,500 teuros was raised on year 2009. The loan note was raised by the subsidiary GeoSolutions Holdings N.V. (GHNV"). The loan note entitled to subscribe shares of GHNV or alternatively the investors had the option to convert it into GeoSentric´s shares. The note expired in five years. The note accrued interest at the rate of 5 % p.a. which deferred until redemption of conversion. The note secured by a pledge over the share capital of GeoSentric and GHNV and over other assets of the group. The note with accrued interest converted to GHNV´s shares in the beginning of August 2011.
Financing round 2010:
The 2010 loan note had the same terms as the 2009 note except that the note accrued interest at the rate of 12% p.a. This loan note with a nominal principal of 6,000 teuros was raised on year 2010. The note with accrued interest converted to GHNV´s shares in the beginning of August 2011.
Financing round 2011:
The 2011 loan note had the same terms as the 2009 note except that the note accrued interest at the rate of 12% p.a. This loan note with a nominal principal of 3,150 teuros was raised on year 2011, of which was drawn 1,800 teuros in January 2011, 600 teuros in April 2011 and 750 teuros in June 2011. The note with accrued interest converted to GHNV´s shares in the beginning of August 2011.
The above convertible loans has been divided in the financial statements into equity and debt as required by IAS 32. The deviation is based on careful evaluation of the actual and contractual terms of the convertible loan as well as judgments made by the management of the group.
The part of the convertible loan presented as debt consist of the discounted present value of the future interest payments not avoidable to the group regardless of the conversion. The remaining interest and main part of the convertible loan is presented as equity, as the management of the group considers using the conversion right as highly probable. The part of the loan presented as debt will be amortized during the contractual maturity of the loan.
The discount interest rate used in valuation of the debt part of the convertible loan is based on the interest rate the group could expect to negotiate for a corresponding loan from third parties. The interest rate used consist of risk free interest rate and of a group specific risk premium. Risk premium estimated by management was 5 %. Effective loan interests range from 16,2 to 28,3 %.
12. COLLATERAL COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
1000 EUR | 2011 | 2010 |
Contingent liability | 0 | 0 |
Collateral for own liabilities: | ||
Pledged non-current financial assets | 0 | 5 |
13. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The parent and subsidiary company relations in the group were to beginning of August 2011 as follows: Parent company GeoSentric Oyj. Subsidiaries with parent company ownership and voting rights of 100 % were GeoSolutions Holdings N.V., and its through (100%) subsidiaries GeoSolutions B.V., GyPSii (Shanghai) Co Ltd. and GyPSii Inc.. GeoSentric (UK) Ltd was sold in June 2011. In August 2011 the parent company´s interest in GHNV was reduced to a minority holding of approximately 15%, and it was 24% at the end of December 2011.
1000 EUR | 2011 | 2010 |
Employee benefits of the management: | ||
Salaries and bonuses | 685 | 2070 |
Pension payments | 47 | 53 |
Other costs | 484 | 865 |
Cost of granted option rights to management and other key persons | 127 | 234 |
Total | 1343 | 3222 |
Annual General Meeting on June 29, 2011 and extended meeting on July 1, 2011 elected the following persons to the Board: Michael Po, Jeffrey Crevoiserat and Victor Franck. The Board elected Victor Franck was Chairman. Michael Po was elected as the Managing Director of GeoSentric on July 8, 2011. The related party comprised also other members of the Board and the top team during the year 2011. Related party transactions have been presented in the Financial Statements from year 2011.
14. GOING CONCERN
As noted below (see note 31) the Company has received a funding proposal from an independent advisory business which provides for the funding of the Company through 2012 and into 2013. The funding proposal has been approved by the Company ́s Board and has been referred to an AGM to be held by the end of June 2012 for shareholder approval. If the shareholders do not approve the proposal and no alternative and acceptable funding proposal are forthcoming, it is likely that the Company would be declared insolvent. If the proposal is approved by the AGM it will, according to management's forecast secure Company's working capital needs through 2012 and into 2013.The management forecast used is based on the 2012 business plan, budget and availability of external funding. The management has also assessed the valuation of GeoSolutions Holdings N.V.'s shares in the Company's balance sheet and concluded that based on the valuation applied in the most recent financing round of GeoSolutions Holdings N.V. closed in Q3 2011, its business plan and the recent development of GyPSii business in China, as further explained in the Operating Report, the shares of GeoSolutions Holdings N.V. carry at least the book value they have in the Balance Sheet of the Company.
15. EVENTS AFTER THE END OF THE PERIOD
The Company has received in April 2012 a financing offer for the amount of 350t euros from an independent advisory business, which proposal the Board of Directors has accepted. The proposal is still subject to final approval by the Company's Annual General Meeting to be held by the end of June 2012. The Company has already received the first tranche of financing satisfying its imminent working capital needs. The remaining financing will secure Company's working capital needs through 2012 and into 2013. The financing is secured by the shares of GeoSolutions Holdings owned by the Company. The investor is in addition entitled to receive special subscription rights entitling to Company's shares to the amount agreed in the financing terms and a one-off investment fee payable in Company's shares to be issued to the investor without charge after Annual General Meeting approval.
BOARD PROPOSAL TO THE GENERAL MEETING FOR MEASURES REGARDING THE LOSS OF THE PERIOD
The Company has no distributable assets.
The result of the period of the parent company is 10,967,965.56 euros (FAS).
The Board proposes to the General Meeting that no dividend is distributed and that profit for the period is booked on the account of Retained earnings.