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Galleon Holdings PLC

30 January 2012

Galleon Holdings plc

("Galleon" or the "Group")

Preliminary results for the full year ended 30 September 2011

Galleon Holdings plc (AIM: GON), the AIM quoted media company that publishes digital online and mobile content in China and develops and produces global multiplatform entertainment, is pleased to announce its results for the full year ended 30(th) September 2010.

Highlights:

Loss Before Taxation of GBP2.9m (2010: GBP20.2m)

Adjusted Loss Before Taxation* of GBP3.1m (2010: GBP11.6m)

Restructured Group to focus on revenue generating and growth opportunities

Launch of second exclusive online game

Established online platform with more than 9 million registered users

*Adjusted Loss Before Taxation is before charges/(credits) for the impairment of goodwill and share option expense of (GBP0.2m)

Enquiries:

 
 Galleon Holdings plc 
  Hayden Eastwood, Chief Financial 
  Officer                              +44 20 8987 0011 
 Nominated Adviser 
  Cairn Financial Advisers LLP 
  James Caithie / Avi Robinson         +44 20 7148 7900 
 

CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT

This financial year has been a transitional one of restructuring the Group to focus on revenue generating activities and growth opportunities, particularly in China. In doing so, we have invested heavily in our Digital Operations in China to provide a platform for growth. This is reflected in the adjusted loss before tax of GBP3.1m* for the year. As part of the restructuring we have significantly reduced our ongoing overhead in other areas and focussed on the marketing of our online portals and the quality of online games offered on these portals.

Entertainment - Digital

We grew monthly revenue from our Digital Operations to more than GBP850k during the financial year. Our digital operations provide both mobile and online distribution to consumers in a growing market. China has more than 500m internet users, more than any other country in the world, with this number expected to increase to 600m this year. The online games market in China grew 32% in 2011 with total revenue increasing to US$6.8b. Strategically, we have focussed our efforts to take advantage of this growth market.

We continued the transition of the Group's Digital operations in China away from low margin mobile activities to higher margin activities, in particular online. In December we launched our very first exclusive game 'Saga Of Heroes' on our online portal wowan365.com. We also launched a new portal, wan71.com, to widen our customer base in China. The focus during the year has been on developing our online platform for growth with a number of new games planned to launch in 2012.

Our strategy is to continue to provide players with quality games which they can initially play for free with further involvement requiring micro-transactional payments. To drive traffic to our sites we use local marketing partners as well as operate a number of non- exclusive games, which are games available on many sites. Customer loyalty is further enhanced by the operation of exclusive games which are only available on our sites initially and for which we own the rights exclusively in China, and in some cases other territories. We work closely with third party developers to ensure that the exclusive games we operate are of the highest quality and in line with consumer demand.

Our first exclusive game, Saga of Heroes, which launched in December last year has been opened up to third party sites and continues to do well. This month we officially launched a second exclusive game, 'Revenge of the Titans', a wholly owned online web game. It is our intention to launch a further three exclusive games by the end of June this year. The feedback on the games we have launched to date has been very positive and with this portfolio of games we expect to see a significant increase in revenues during the year and improving margins as the games mature in market. There has been some slippage in delivery dates of new games to date and this has impacted on profitability in the short term but we feel that our decision to focus on growing our platform and delivering quality games will leave us better placed to capitalise on the growth opportunities in the sector. Registered users on our existing portals now exceed 9m and with an increased number of exclusive games forecast to be operated this year we expect to significantly increase revenue and profits from our Digital Operations in China.

In addition to wholly owning the rights to 'Revenge of the Titans' we have licensed the rights to exploit games within our current portfolio of exclusive games in various territories outside of China. Taking advantage of our established platform and infrastructure, we will launch new portals outside China. We have launched a new portal in Europe (yipeegame.com) and intend to launch new portals in Taiwan and other territories during the year as new games are brought to market.

In line with the stated strategy, our low margin mobile service provision revenues have been reduced significantly. While the penetration of smart phones into the market remains low we are encouraged by recent data in the sector where Mobile Games revenues in China grew strongly to RMB 1.7 billion Yuan last year, an increase of 86% compared to 2010 due to the expansion of online games, smart phones, iPads and other mobile devices. We are well placed to take advantage of this growth going forward and continue to transition the business to take account of these changes in the market.

Product - Croco Worldwide

Croco's revenues for the year increased by 14% year on year. More importantly, Croco has developed relationships with new customers during the year, providing further opportunities for growth in the future. We have also recently opened an office in Shanghai to explore opportunities in the Chinese market which could be significant. Croco deliver's innovation for some of the world's largest FMCG companies and by growing its customer base we will be well placed to grow our revenues further. This growth will require financing as the size of the orders are expected to be substantial but the opportunity is significant for the Company.

Entertainment - Other

Many of our entertainment properties are seeing opportunities continue to present themselves. The rights to Super Soccer Star were licensed to Indonesia and the series was aired in Indonesia over the summer of 2011 on MNC TV. We have also licensed the TV rights to Skunk Fu to the most popular Children's Channel in China which is a significant opportunity for the property. Whilst we have taken the view to write off our remaining Intellectual Property this year due to uncertainty of future revenues (GBP393,000), we are hopeful that further value will be realised from our formats with discussions continuing with various partners.

Outlook

Galleon's strategy of changing its operational emphasis to its Digital operations in China is a focussed approach to achieving sustainable revenue growth this year and going forward. Our Digital Operations in China underpin our future growth in what are exciting times in this market sector in China. Having established a platform for growth and a pipeline of quality content, we are positive about the outlook of the Group. We believe that the growth opportunities both in the sector and from the increased number of exclusive games we intend to operate will see a significant increase in revenues and a return to profitability during the year.

David Wong

Executive Chairman

*Adjusted profit/loss is before charges for the impairment of goodwill and share option expense

consolidated statement of COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2011

 
 
                                                      Year        Year 
                                                  ended 30    ended 30 
                                                 September   September 
                                                      2011        2010 
                                          Note     GBP'000     GBP'000 
 
Revenue                                      2      10,887      14,661 
 
Cost of sales                                      (9,814)    (12,102) 
 
Gross profit                                         1,073       2,559 
 
Administrative expenses                            (3,908)    (22,869) 
 
Administrative expenses 
 
Depreciation and amortisation                        (405)       (996) 
 
Provision against loans and receivables                  -     (2,167) 
 
Impairment of assets                                 (393)    (15,807) 
 
Other administrative expenses                      (3,110)     (3,899) 
----------------------------------------  ----  ----------  ---------- 
 
Loss from operations                               (2,835)    (20,310) 
 
Finance income                                           4         148 
Finance costs                                         (53)         (2) 
 
 
Loss before taxation                         2     (2,884)    (20,164) 
 
Taxation                                     3         336         241 
 
 
Loss for the financial year                        (2,548)    (19,923) 
 
Non-controlling interest                               119           - 
 
Loss for the financial year 
 attributable to the equity holders 
 of the Company                                    (2,429)    (19,923) 
                                                ==========  ========== 
 
Other comprehensive income 
 Foreign Exchange                                      565         152 
 
Total comprehensive expenditure 
 for the period 
 attributable to the equity holders 
 of the Company                                    (1,864)    (19,771) 
                                                ==========  ========== 
 
 
Loss per share attributable to the 
 equity holders of the Company 
- Basic                                      4      (1.5p)     (12.1p) 
                                                ==========  ========== 
 
- Diluted                                    4      (1.5p)     (12.1p) 
                                                ==========  ========== 
 

All of the activities of the group are classed as continuing.

consolidated statement of financial position At 30 SEPTEMBER 2011

 
                                     30 September  30 September 
                                             2011          2010 
                                          GBP'000       GBP'000 
ASSETS 
 
Non-current assets 
Property, plant and equipment                 374           253 
Goodwill                                    3,079         2,922 
Intangible assets                             131           515 
 
                                            3,584         3,690 
                                     ============  ============ 
 
Current assets 
Inventories                                   797           548 
Trade and other receivables                 3,270         2,639 
Cash and cash equivalents                     665         2,850 
 
                                            4,732         6,037 
 
 Total assets                               8,316         9,727 
                                     ============  ============ 
 
LIABILITIES 
Current liabilities 
Trade and other payables                    2,089         1,952 
Borrowings                                    950             - 
Corporation tax                                98           437 
 
                                            3,137         2,389 
 
Total liabilities                           3,137         2,389 
                                     ============  ============ 
 
EQUITY 
Share capital                               1,674         1,674 
Reserves                                    3,624         5,664 
 
Equity interests attributable 
 to equity holders of the company           5,298         7,338 
 
Non-controlling interests 
 in equity                                  (119)             - 
 
Total equity                                5,179         7,338 
 
 
Total equity and total liabilities          8,316         9,727 
                                     ============  ============ 
 
 

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 30 January 2012.

Hayden Eastwood

Director

consolidated Statement of CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2011

 
                                        Notes      Year ended     Year ended 
                                                 30 September   30 September 
                                                         2011           2010 
                                                      GBP'000        GBP'000 
 
Operating activities 
Loss for the year                                     (2,548)       (19,923) 
Taxation                                                (336)          (241) 
Finance income                                             49          (146) 
Loss on sale of property, plant 
 and equipment                                             26             53 
Depreciation of property, plant 
 and equipment                                            184            193 
Impairment of goodwill                                      -          8,390 
Impairment of intangible assets                           393          6,534 
Amortisation of intangible assets                         221            803 
Impairment of available for sale 
 financial asset                                            -            883 
Impairment of loan advanced to 
 supplier                                                   -          2,167 
Debtors written off                                        37              - 
(Increase) / decrease in inventories                    (229)            535 
(Increase) / decrease in trade 
 and other receivables                                  (310)          4,054 
Increase / (decrease) in trade 
 and other payables                                        71        (2,370) 
Share based payments                                    (175)            208 
 
                                                      (2,617)          1,140 
Taxation paid                                             (8)          (210) 
Interest received                                        (49)             27 
 
Net cash (outflow) / inflow from 
 operating activities                                 (2,674)            957 
 
Investing activities 
Purchase of property, plant and 
 equipment                                              (312)          (141) 
Purchase of intangible assets                           (220)        (1,989) 
Purchase of subsidiary undertakings                         -           (58) 
Purchase of available for sale 
 financial assets                                           -          (317) 
Net cash outflow from investing 
 activities                                             (532)        (2,505) 
 
Financing activities 
Receipts from borrowings                                  950              - 
Net cash inflow from financing 
 activities                                               950              - 
 
Movement in cash and cash equivalents                 (2,256)        (1,548) 
Cash and cash equivalents brought 
 forward                                                2,850          4,514 
Exchange differences on cash and 
 cash equivalents                                          71          (116) 
Cash and cash equivalents carried 
 forward                                                  665          2,850 
                                                =============  ============= 
 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2011

 
                                                Capital                Foreign                       Total  Non-controlling 
                  Share              Shares  redemption     Other     exchange                attributable         interest 
                capital               to be     reserve  reserves      reserve                   to owners 
                             Share   issued                                        *Retained        of the                        Total 
                           premium                                                  earnings       Company                       equity 
                GBP'000    GBP'000  GBP'000     GBP'000   GBP'000      GBP'000       GBP'000      GBP'000s          GBP'000     GBP'000 
 
At 1 October 
 2009             1,400     22,207    4,018       9,601       210        1,772      (12,625)        26,583                -      26,583 
 
Issue of share 
 capital            274      4,065        -           -         -            -             -         4,339                -       4,339 
Cost of issue 
 of share 
 capital              -        (3)        -           -         -            -             -           (3)                -         (3) 
Deferred 
 consideration        -          -  (4,018)           -         -            -             -       (4,018)                -     (4,018) 
Share based 
 payments             -          -     -              -         -            -           208           208                          208 
                -------  ---------  -------  ----------  --------  -----------  ------------  ------------  ---------------  ---------- 
 
 Transactions 
 with owners        274      4,062  (4,018)           -         -            -           208           526                          526 
Loss for the 
 year                 -          -        -           -         -            -      (19,923)      (19,923)                -    (19,923) 
Foreign 
 exchange             -          -        -           -         -          152             -           152                -         152 
Total 
 comprehensive 
 income for 
 the year             -          -        -           -         -          152      (19,923)      (19,771)                -    (19,771) 
At 30 
 September 
 2010             1,674     26,269        -       9,601       210        1,924      (32,340)         7,338                -       7,338 
 
 
Share based 
 payments             -          -        -           -     -           -              (176)         (176)                -       (176) 
 
 
 Transactions 
  with owners         -          -        -           -         -            -         (176)         (176)                -       (176) 
Loss for the 
 year                 -          -        -           -         -            -       (2,429)       (2,429)            (119)     (2,548) 
Foreign 
 exchange             -          -        -           -         -          565             -           565                -         565 
Total 
 comprehensive 
 income for 
 the year             -          -        -           -         -          565       (2,605)       (2,040)            (119)     (2,159) 
At 30 
 September 
 2011             1,674   26,269       -       9,601       210           2,489    (34,945)           5,298            (119)       5,179 
                =======  =========  =======  ==========  ========  ===========  ============  ============  ===============  ========== 
 

*Retained earnings include a share based payment reserve of GBP356,000 at 30 September 2011 (2010: GBP532,000).

NOTES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2011

   1           Basis of preparation 

The Group financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union (IFRS). The Company's shares are listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

The principal accounting policies of the Group, which have been applied consistently, are set out in the annual report and financial statements.

Going concern

The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for the period ending 31 January 2013 which are aligned to the Group's revised strategy. The forecasts take account of the revenues from both existing and new online games in the entertainment business and the expected level of orders within the product business from both existing and new customers. The forecasts also take account of cost reduction measures that have been implemented throughout the business.

The cash flow position of the Group is particularly sensitive to the success of the on line games and the receipt and timing of product orders, which themselves typically have a significant individual working capital requirement owing to their up-front cash needs. As a result of these factors, the cash flow forecasts have been sensitised to allow for the inherent uncertainties within these two segments, which now represent the bulk of the Group's on-going trading activities.

To provide a degree of flexibility and additional headroom to the Group's cash requirement, the Directors have received letters of support from David Wong and Mojito Holdings Inc. stating that, subject to appropriate due diligence procedures, they will make a total of GBP1m available to fund the ongoing development and expansion of the on line games business. Furthermore, the Company has extended the term of its loan facility with Imagination Holdings which provides a facility of up to GBP1m to fund the working capital requirement of the Product business.

Both the base forecast and the sensitised forecasts, taking into account the availability of the facilities described above, demonstrate that the Group expects to have sufficient cash resources and funding available to it to enable it to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date the financial statements are signed.

   2          SEGmental analysis 

An operating segment is a distinguishable component of the Group that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the Group's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about the allocation of resources and assessment of performance and about which discrete financial information is available.

 
 
Year ended 30 September    Product   Entertainment   Entertainment   Unallocated    Eliminated      Total 
 2011                                      Digital           Other 
                           GBP'000         GBP'000         GBP'000       GBP'000       GBP'000    GBP'000 
Revenue 
From external customers      3,221           7,600              66             -             -     10,887 
From other segments              6               -             189             -         (195)          - 
Segment revenues             3,227           7,600             255             -         (195)     10,887 
 
Loss before taxation         (275)         (1,360)           (730)         (519)             -    (2,884) 
                          ========  ==============  ==============  ============  ============  ========= 
 
Year ended 30 September    Product   Entertainment   Entertainment   Unallocated    Eliminated      Total 
 2010                                      Digital           Other 
                           GBP'000         GBP'000         GBP'000       GBP'000       GBP'000    GBP'000 
Revenue 
From external customers      2,826          11,148             687             -             -     14,661 
From other segments              8               -             249             -         (257)          - 
Segment revenues             2,834          11,148             936             -         (257)     14,661 
 
Loss before taxation         (170)         (1,518)        (17,763)         (713)             -   (20,164) 
                          ========  ==============  ==============  ============  ============  ========= 
 
 
 
As at 30 September                      Product   Entertainment   Entertainment   Unallocated    Eliminated    Total 
 2011                                                   Digital           Other 
                                        GBP'000         GBP'000         GBP'000       GBP'000       GBP'000  GBP'000 
Assets                                    1,850           4,618           1,848             -             -    8,316 
Liabilities                             (1,218)           (739)         (1,180)             -             -  (3,137) 
 
Net Assets                                  632           3,879             668             -             -    5,179 
                                       ========  ==============  ==============  ============  ============  ======= 
 
As at 30 September                      Product   Entertainment   Entertainment   Unallocated    Eliminated    Total 
 2010                                                   Digital           Other 
                                        GBP'000         GBP'000         GBP'000       GBP'000       GBP'000  GBP'000 
 
Assets                                    1,242           7,356           1,129             -             -    9,727 
Liabilities                               (279)         (1,454)           (656)             -             -  (2,389) 
 
Net Assets                                  963           5,902             473             -             -    7,338 
                                       ========  ==============  ==============  ============  ============  ======= 
 
As at 30 September                      Product   Entertainment   Entertainment   Unallocated    Eliminated    Total 
 2011                                                   Digital           Other 
                                        GBP'000         GBP'000         GBP'000       GBP'000       GBP'000  GBP'000 
 
Capital expenditure                           2             473              57             -             -      532 
Amortisation/depreciation/impairment         31             653             114             -             -      798 
                                       ========  ==============  ==============  ============  ============  ======= 
 
As at 30 September                      Product   Entertainment   Entertainment   Unallocated    Eliminated    Total 
 2010                                                   Digital           Other 
                                        GBP'000         GBP'000         GBP'000       GBP'000       GBP'000  GBP'000 
 
Capital expenditure                           7              58           2,122             -             -    2,187 
Amortisation/depreciation/impairment         62           6,978           8,880             -             -   15,920 
                                       ========  ==============  ==============  ============  ============  ======= 
 

The Group's revenue from external customers and its geographic allocation of non-current assets may be summarised as follows. Revenues have been identified to locations by reference to the customer's geographical location. Assets are allocated based on their physical location.

 
                        30 September 2011        30 September 2010 
                       Revenues     Assets      Revenues     Assets 
                         GBP000     GBP000        GBP000     GBP000 
 United Kingdom              32      3,798            35      2,274 
 China                    7,600      4,517        11,389      7,204 
 Rest of World            3,255          1         3,237        249 
                  -------------  ---------  ------------  --------- 
 Total                   10,887      8,316        14,661      9,727 
                  =============  =========  ============  ========= 
 

The Group's largest four customers contributed GBP2,549,000 (23%), GBP2,140,000 (20%), GBP2,066,000 (19%) and GBP1,229,000 (11%) respectively to the Group's revenue (2010: the Group's largest three customers contributed GBP7,037,000 (48%), GBP2,932,000 (20%) and GBP2,345,000 (16%) respectively to Group revenue). No other customers contributed more than 10%. Revenue from the first, second and fourth largest customers are reported within the Entertainment Digital segment, revenue from the third largest customer is reported within the Product segment.

   3          Taxation 
 
 
                                                  2011     2010 
                                               GBP'000  GBP'000 
 
United Kingdom corporation tax at 27% (2010: 
 28%)                                                -     (37) 
 Adjustment in respect of prior year                 2        - 
Overseas taxation                                (338)       97 
 
Total current taxation                           (336)       60 
 
Deferred taxation 
Origination of temporary differences                 -    (301) 
Adjustments in respect of prior years                -        - 
 
 
Taxation credit for the year                     (336)    (241) 
                                               =======  ======= 
 

The tax assessed for the year differs from the standard rate of Corporation Tax in the UK as explained below:

 
 
                                                   2011          2010 
                                                  GBP'000     GBP'000 
 
Loss before tax                                   (2,884)    (20,164) 
                                                ---------  ---------- 
 
Loss before tax multiplied by standard rate 
 of Corporation Tax in the 
UK of 27% (2010: 28%)                               (779)     (5,646) 
Effect of: 
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes             (45)    3,475 
Income not taxable for tax purposes                     -        (61) 
Movement in unrecognised deferred tax assets 
 (loss recognition)                                   361       1,868 
Accelerated capital allowances                          3           - 
Adjustment in respect of prior years                    2           - 
Differences between UK and overseas tax rates          41        (22) 
Overseas losses not recognised                         81         145 
 
 
Tax credit for the year                             (336)       (241) 
                                                =========  ========== 
 
   4          Loss per share 

Basic and diluted loss per share have been calculated in accordance with IAS 33, which requires that earnings should be based on the net profit or loss attributable to ordinary shareholders and the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period.

The calculation of the basic loss per share is based on the loss attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue during the period.

The calculation of diluted earnings per share is based on the basic loss per share, adjusted to allow for the issue of shares on the assumed conversion of all dilutive options.

The calculation of the basic loss per share is shown below.

 
                                                      2011       2010 
                                                   GBP'000    GBP'000 
 
Loss after tax                                     (2,548)   (19,923) 
                                                  --------  --------- 
 
Weighted average number of shares (No in 000's)    167,426    163,981 
 
 
Loss per share (in pence)                           (1.5p)    (12.1p) 
                                                  --------  --------- 
 
 

The diluted loss per share is 1.5p (2010 - 12.5p) as any amendment to the weighted average number of shares as a result of including the conversion of share options is anti-dilutive.

   5          related party transactions 

During the year the Company had loan facilities totaling GBP2 million with Imagination Holdings Limited ("Imagination"). The facilities were for a period of nine months from 2nd June 2011 with the first GBP1m repayable within the first 5 months. An interest rate of 2% is calculated on the outstanding balance each month on a pro rata basis and is payable monthly. An arrangement fee of GBP50,000 was paid to Imagination for the facilities and has been expensed during the year. The loan is secured against Croco Worldwide Limited and Croco Worldwide (Asia) Limited's trade receivables. At the year-end, a total of GBP950,000 has been advanced, of which GBP400,000 was advanced under a separate facility provided by AIB Bank (CI) Limited but secured by Imagination. The terms attracting to each tranche of loan are identical. Imagination has a 12.8% interest in the issued share capital of the Company and is a charitable trust registered in the Isle of Man. David Wong and Pritesh Desai are Directors of Imagination but they do not have any beneficial interest in the trust.

   6           publication of non-statutory accounts 

The financial information set out in this preliminary announcement does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in section 434 of the Companies Act 2006.

The consolidated statement of financial position at 30 September 2011 and the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, consolidated statement of changes in equity, consolidated statement of cash flows and associated notes for the year then ended have been extracted from the Group's 2011 statutory financial statements upon which the auditor's opinion is unqualified and does not include any statement under Section 498 of the Companies Act 2006.

The accounts for the year ended 30 September 2011 will be posted to shareholders and laid before the company at the Annual General Meeting the date of which will be advised shortly. Copies will also be available on the Company's website (www.galleonplc.com) in accordance with AIM Rule 26.

This information is provided by RNS

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