MIDLOTHIAN, Va., Feb. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SouthPeak Interactive Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SOPK), today announced financial results for the fiscal 2011 second quarter which ended December 31, 2010.
Second Quarter Fiscal 2011 Financial Highlights
-- Net revenues of $7.5 million, compared with $10.1 million in the comparable period in fiscal 2010 -- Total operating expenses decreased by 37% to $3.3 million, compared with $5.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2010 -- Net loss was ($2.1) million, or ($0.04) per share, compared with a net loss of ($2.6) million, or ($0.06) per diluted share in the comparable period in fiscal 2010 -- Adjusted EBITDA(1) was ($615,000), compared with an adjusted EBITDA of $1.3 million in the prior fiscal year period
Second Quarter Fiscal 2011 and Recent Business Highlights
-- Successfully won the legal dispute with Nobilis, regaining our rights to My Baby First Steps -- Announced a strategic relationship with NVIDIA to pursue mobile and tablet gaming -- Released our first educational product, Tap & Teach: The Story of Noah's Ark (Nintendo DS) -- Increased catalog sales to approximately 29% of total sales -- Commenced marketing campaign for the January release of Two Worlds II (Xbox 360, PS3 and PC)
"In regaining our rights to the highly popular My Baby First Steps we experienced a significant legal victory. We capitalized upon this returning My Baby to the retail channel, where we hope to continue the phenomenal sales initiated by our innovative marketing and PR strategies," said Melanie Mroz, President and CEO of SouthPeak. "In addition, the quarter saw excellent progress as we look to the future and our digital strategy, which included the acquisition of an industry veteran to lead this important part of our business model. Furthermore, our operational strategy delivered positive changes including continued and substantial expense reductions, effectively aligning our cost structure with our anticipated revenue stream."
Terry Phillips, Chairman of SouthPeak, added, "During this quarter, our substantial investment in the release of Two Worlds II delivered terrific momentum and broad-scale consumer anticipation and excitement. We are also thrilled by our new relationship with NVIDIA; we believe that they are an ideal partner as we head toward our goal of becoming a market leader in mobile and tablet gaming."
Second Quarter Fiscal 2011 Financial Summary
For the second quarter that ended December 31, 2010, SouthPeak reported net revenues of $7.5 million, compared with $10.1 million in the second quarter ended December 31, 2009. The decrease in revenues was primarily due to a 28% decrease in the number of units shipped in the fiscal 2011 period. Average net revenue per videogame unit sold increased 3%, from $15.60 to $16.10 for the three months that ended December 31, 2009 and 2010, respectively. This increase in revenue per unit shipped was attributed to the fact that titles released in the fiscal 2011 period included games for the Xbox 360 and PS3, which sell at a higher MSRP, whereas the releases in the fiscal 2010 period only included Nintendo DS and Wii product, which sell at a lower MSRP.
For the three months that ended December 31, 2010, gross profit decreased to $978,000, or 13% of revenues, from $3.2 million, or 32% of revenues, in the comparable period in 2009. The decrease in gross profit was due primarily to increased royalty expense associated with the sale of co-publishing titles during the three months ended December 31, 2010 versus the prior period.
Total operating expenses for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 decreased by 37% to $3.3 million, compared with $5.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2010. The decrease in operating expenses for the fiscal 2011 period was due primarily to a 56% reduction in sales and marketing expense to $974,000, compared with $2.2 million in the comparable prior year period. The reduction in sales and marketing costs was due to lower direct spending as a result of releasing fewer titles and operational cost reductions. The decrease in operating expenses was also attributed to $3.1 million in litigation costs associated with legal fees and a UK judgment associated with SouthPeak's legal proceedings with CDV Software Entertainment A.G during the three months ended December 31, 2009.
GAAP net loss for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 was ($2.1) million, or ($0.04) per share based on 57.3 million weighted average shares outstanding, compared with GAAP net loss of ($2.6) million, or ($0.06) per diluted share, based on 45.0 million weighted average shares outstanding in the second quarter of fiscal 2010.
Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 was ($615,000), compared with adjusted EBITDA of $1.3 million in the prior fiscal year period.
SouthPeak's financial results for the period that ended December 30, 2010 were prepared on a going concern basis. SouthPeak has taken steps to maintain its viability as a going concern and improve its prospects by attempting to expeditiously resolve its contingencies for amounts significantly less than currently accrued for, in order to reduce aggregate liabilities on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet and on payment terms manageable by the Company, reducing costs and expenses, selling additional product, and raising additional capital. SouthPeak has also invested in key new titles from which the anticipated profits should help improve its financial prospects.
While the Company is committed to pursuing options to continue to address its viability as a going concern, there can be no assurance that the Company's efforts will prove successful.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
To supplement SouthPeak's consolidated condensed financial statements presented on a GAAP basis, SouthPeak also presents certain non-GAAP measures including non-GAAP net income (loss) and adjusted EBITDA information in this press release. The company presents the following non-GAAP measures of results: operating income and earnings per share. Each is adjusted to exclude special items.
The company's management believes these non-GAAP measures provide investors, potential investors, securities analysts and others with useful information to evaluate the performance of the business, because they exclude losses that management believes are not indicative of the ongoing operating results of the business. In addition, these non-GAAP measures are used by management to evaluate the operating performance of the company. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for operating income or earnings per share as determined in accordance with GAAP.
The Company uses the non-GAAP measure of EBITDA as an indication of the Company's operating trends. SouthPeak defines adjusted EBITDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
Three Months Ended ------------------ December 31, ------------ 2010 2009 ---- ---- Net Loss $(2,082,835) $(2,642,266) Depr & Amort 67,031 65,095 Amort intellectual property 95,893 99,551 Income taxes - - Interest 1,244,436 508,858 EBITDA $(675,475) $(1,968,762) Noncash stock compensation 60,681 203,724 Reserve adjustments: Loss reserved for CDV litigation - 3,075,206 Adjusted EBITDA $(614,794) $1,310,168
About SouthPeak Interactive Corporation
SouthPeak Interactive Corporation develops and publishes interactive entertainment software for all current hardware platforms including: PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, PSP®go system, Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system, Wii(TM), Nintendo DS(TM), Nintendo DSi(TM) and PC. SouthPeak's games cover all major genres including action/adventure, role playing, racing, puzzle strategy, fighting and combat. SouthPeak's products are sold in retail outlets in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. SouthPeak is headquartered in Midlothian, Virginia, and has offices in Grapevine, Texas and Leicester, England.
SouthPeak's extensive portfolio of over 50 interactive entertainment games spans a variety of platforms and genres including RPG, simulation, FPS, sports, strategy, puzzle and fighting.
For additional information, please visit SouthPeak's corporate website: www.southpeakgames.com.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains "forward-looking" statements that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These are statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or that include words such as "may," "will," "expects," "projects," "anticipates," "estimates," "believes," "intends," "plans," "should," "seeks," and similar expressions. This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to, among other things, SouthPeak's expectations and assumptions concerning future financial performance. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual future results to differ materially from those projected or contemplated in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may be significantly impacted by certain risks and uncertainties described in SouthPeak's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The risks and uncertainties referred to above include, but are not limited to, risks associated with SouthPeak's potential inability to compete with larger businesses in its industry, the limitations of SouthPeak's business model, SouthPeak's potential inability to anticipate and adapt to changing technology, the possibility that SouthPeak may not be able to enter into publishing arrangements with some developers, SouthPeak's dependence on vendors to meet its commitments to suppliers, SouthPeak's dependence on hardware manufactures to publish new videogames, SouthPeak's potential inability to recuperate the up-front license fees paid to console manufacturers, SouthPeak's dependence on a limited number of customers, SouthPeak's potential dependence on the success of a few videogames, SouthPeak's dependence on developers to deliver their videogames on time, the potential of litigation, interference with SouthPeak's business from the adoption of governmental regulations; and the inability to obtain additional financing to grow its business.
(1) Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measurement that the Company uses as a metric to provide information about SouthPeak's operating trends. SouthPeak defines adjusted EBITDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
SOUTHPEAK INTERACTIVE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)
For the three months ended December 31, 2010 2009 Net revenues $7,470,053 $10,063,952 ---------- ----------- Cost of goods sold: Product costs 3,097,437 5,149,597 Royalties 3,298,538 1,618,962 Intellectual property licenses 95,893 99,797 ------ ------ Total cost of goods sold 6,491,868 6,868,356 --------- --------- Gross profit 978,185 3,195,596 ======= ========= Operating expenses (income): Warehousing and distribution 282,327 320,723 Sales and marketing 974,498 2,215,620 General and administrative 2,091,082 2,973,944 Litigation costs - 3,075,206 Gain on settlement of trade payables - (3,256,489) --- ---------- Total operating expenses 3,347,907 5,329,004 --------- --------- Loss from operations (2,369,722) (2,133,408) Other expenses (income): Change in fair value of warrant liability (1,531,323) - Interest and financing costs, net 1,244,436 508,858 --------- ------- Net loss (2,082,835) (2,642,266) ========== ========== Basic loss per share: $(0.04) $(0.06) Diluted loss per share: $(0.04) $(0.06) Weighted average number of common shares outstanding -Basic 57,252,122 45,039,292 Weighted average number of common shares outstanding -Diluted 57,252,122 45,039,292
For the six months ended December 31, 2010 2009 Net revenues $8,901,912 $26,773,601 ---------- ----------- Cost of goods sold: Product costs 3,858,719 8,696,283 Royalties 3,231,430 6,619,633 Intellectual property licenses 191,786 219,457 ------- ------- Total cost of goods sold 7,281,935 15,535,373 --------- ---------- Gross profit 1,619,977 11,238,228 ========= ========== Operating expenses (income): Warehousing and distribution 348,416 607,234 Sales and marketing 1,871,169 5,870,676 General and administrative 4,023,397 6,088,712 Litigation costs - 3,075,206 Gain on settlement of trade payables (585,122) (3,256,489) -------- ---------- Total operating expenses 5,657,860 12,385,339 --------- ---------- Loss from operations (4,037,883) (1,147,111) Other expenses (income): Change in fair value of warrant liability (3,062,646) - Interest and financing costs, net 2,308,532 808,174 --------- ------- Net loss (3,283,769) (1,955,285) ========== ========== Basic loss per share: $(0.06) $(0.04) Diluted loss per share: $(0.06) $(0.04) Weighted average number of common shares outstanding -Basic 57,140,971 44,930,125 Weighted average number of common shares outstanding -Diluted 57,140,971 44,930,125
SOUTHPEAK INTERACTIVE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December June 31, 30, 2010 2010 ----- (Unaudited) Assets Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $78,631 $92,893 Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $928,451 and $5,700,931 at December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010, respectively 1,150,873 3,703,825 Inventories 1,131,915 1,211,301 Current portion of advances on royalties 11,911,559 12,322,926 Current portion of intellectual property licenses 353,571 383,571 Related party receivables 16,260 34,509 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 457,836 695,955 ======= ======= Total current assets 15,100,645 18,444,980 Property and equipment, net 2,559,579 2,667,992 Advances on royalties, net of current portion 1,920,978 1,511,419 Intellectual property licenses, net of current portion 1,237,500 1,534,286 Goodwill 7,911,800 7,911,800 Deferred debt issuance costs, net 532,681 - Intangible assets, net 10,358 17,025 Other assets 10,955 11,280 ====== ====== Total assets $29,284,496 $32,098,782 Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity Current liabilities: Line of credit $ - $3,830,055 Due to factor in default 864,902 - Secured convertible debt in default, net of discount 3,884,377 950,000 Warrant liability 1,276,102 - Current portion of long- term debt 67,334 65,450 Production advance payable in default 3,755,104 3,755,104 Accounts payable 9,951,665 12,663,788 Accrued royalties 4,455,312 2,530,253 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 4,877,623 3,781,711 Deferred revenues 77,312 325,301 Due to related parties 4,425 2,200 Accrued expenses -related parties 341,618 322,281 ------- ======= Total current liabilities 29,555,774 28,226,143 Long-term debt, net of current portion 1,507,310 1,541,081 Total liabilities 31,063,084 29,767,224 Shareholders' equity (deficit): Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010 - - Series A convertible preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 15,000,000 shares authorized; 5,503,833 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010, respectively; aggregate liquidation preference of $5,503,833 at December 31, 2010 550 550 Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 190,000,000 and 90,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010, respectively; 60,181,870 and 59,774,370 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010, respectively 6,018 5,976 Additional paid-in capital 30,559,705 31,154,835 Accumulated deficit (32,257,094) (28,973,325) Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (87,767) 143,522 Total shareholders' equity (deficit) (1,778,588) 2,331,558 ========== ========= Total liabilities and shareholders' equity (deficit) $29,284,496 $32,098,782 =========== ===========
SOUTHPEAK INTERACTIVE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
For the six months ended December 31, 2010 2009 ==== ==== Cash flows from operating activities: Net loss $(3,283,769) $(1,955,285) Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 132,142 129,972 Allowances for price protection, returns, and defective merchandise (2,463,231) (531,050) Bad debt expense, net of recoveries (49,161) (35,321) Stock-based compensation expense 214,283 359,920 Common stock and warrants issued to vendor - 104,500 Amortization of royalties and intellectual property licenses 960,543 5,443,825 Loss on disposal of fixed assets - 4,839 Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs 924,403 - Change in fair value of warrant liability (3,062,646) - Fair market value adjustment to common stock issued for advances on royalties (2,112) - Gain on settlement of trade payables (585,122) (3,256,489) Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Due to/from factor, net (1,395,186) - Accounts receivable 7,325,432 (1,788,962) Inventories 79,386 749,689 Advances on royalties (1,575,876) (3,651,309) Related party receivables 18,249 (27,635) Prepaid expenses and other current assets 238,119 42,696 Production advance payable - 3,755,104 Accounts payable (2,127,001) (4,318,114) Accrued royalties 1,925,059 1,279,109 Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 1,230,912 1,988,225 Accrued litigation costs - 4,308,035 Deferred revenues (247,989) (2,547,339) Accrued expenses -related parties 19,337 (47,478) ------ ------- Total adjustments 1,559,541 1,962,217 --------- ========= Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities (1,724,228) 6,932 ---------- ===== Cash flows from investing activities: Purchases of property and equipment (16,737) (65,544) Change in restricted cash - 395,982 Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (16,737) 330,438 ------- ------- Cash flows from financing activities: Proceeds from line of credit - 16,557,571 Repayments of line of credit (3,830,055) (16,596,792) Proceeds from inventory financing 1,710,281 - Repayments of inventory financing (1,710,281) - Repayments of long-term debt (31,887) (25,013) Net proceeds from (repayments of) amounts due to shareholders - (232,440) Net proceeds from (repayments of) amounts due to related parties 2,225 (120,645) Proceeds from the issuance of subordinated convertible promissory notes 7,000,000 - ========= === Payment of debt issuance costs (733,959) - Repayment of subordinated convertible promissory notes (450,000) - ======== === Proceeds from the exercise of common stock warrants 1,668 - ----- --- Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 1,957,992 (417,319) ========= ======== Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (231,289) 90,247 -------- ====== Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (14,262) 10,298 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period 92,893 648,311 ------ ======= Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period $78,631 $658,609 ======= ======== Supplemental cash flow information: Cash paid during the period for interest $514,642 $243,011 Supplemental disclosure of non- cash activities: Fair value of common stock warrant liability at issuance date $4,338,748 $ - Fair market value adjustment to common stock issued for advances on royalties $811,039 $ - Conversion of junior secured subordinated convertible promissory note to senior secured convertible note $500,000 $ - Issuance of vested restricted stock $40 $ - Contingent purchase price payment obligation related to Gamecock acquisition $ - $597,124 Decrease in goodwill with respect to finalizing purchase price allocation $ - $55,423 Purchase of vehicle through the assumption of a note payable $ - $73,459
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