HANGZHOU, China, May 27, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sky-mobi Limited ("Sky-mobi" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:MOBI), a leading mobile application platform in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, 2014 ("fourth quarter 2014") and the full fiscal year 2014.
Fourth Quarter 2014 Highlights
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Total revenues were RMB128.6 million (US$20.7 million), an increase of 11.6% from RMB115.2 million in the fiscal third quarter ended December 31, 2013 ("third quarter 2014").
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Revenues from smartphones increased 34.8% quarter-over-quarter to RMB87.5 million (US$14.1 million), or 68.1% of total revenues, up from RMB64.9 million, or 56.4% of total revenues, in third quarter 2014.
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Gross margin increased to 25.3%, compared to 23.6% in third quarter 2014.
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Net profit was RMB4.6 million (US$0.7 million), compared to a net profit of RMB4.8 million in third quarter 2014.
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Non-IFRS net profit1 increased 11.0% quarter-over-quarter to RMB8.9 million (US$1.4 million), compared to non-IFRS net profit of RMB8.0 million in third quarter 2014.
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Basic and diluted earnings per common share ("EPS") were RMB0.02 (US$0.00), which represents the equivalent of RMB0.16 (US$0.03) per ADS2.
- Non-IFRS basic and diluted earnings per common share were RMB0.04 (US$0.01), which represents the equivalent of RMB0.30 (US$0.05) per ADS.
Fiscal Year 2014 Highlights
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Total revenues decreased 19.2% to RMB485.6 million (US$78.1 million), compared to RMB601.1 million in fiscal year 2013.
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Revenues from smartphones were RMB210.1 million (US$33.8 million), or 43.3% of total revenues.
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Gross margin was 24.9%, down from 30.3% in fiscal year2013.
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Net profit was RMB4.7 million (US$0.7 million), compared to RMB17.3 million in fiscal year 2013.
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Non-IFRS net profit was RMB22.1 million (US$3.6 million), compared to RMB41.7 million in fiscal year 2013.
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Basic and diluted EPS was RMB0.02 (US$0.00), which represents the equivalent of RMB0.17 (US$0.03) per ADS.
- Non-IFRS basic and diluted EPS was RMB0.09 (US$0.01), which represents the equivalent of RMB0.74 (US$0.12) and RMB0.73 (US$0.12) per ADS, respectively.
Michael Tao Song, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sky-mobi, stated, "We are proud to report that our revenues for the fourth quarter 2014 exceeded the high end of our prior guidance by approximately 22%, primarily due to strong growth in our smartphone business. During the quarter, we continued to focus on distributing and publishing mobile games, which have further improved users' interaction on our platform. This success can be highlighted by the fact that after four quarters of declining revenue, we have turned the corner and are now showing top line growth again.Driven by continued smartphone penetration and growth for light social games as well as the Maopao smartphone platform, our smartphone revenues reached a historical high of RMB87.5 million, representing 68% of total revenues in the fourth quarter 2014. Moreover, we are very excited to report improved gross margin, which expanded to 25%, demonstrating our continued goals of profitable growth and bottom line improvement."
"Last year, we began a strategic shift from feature phone business to one more focused on developing and expanding our smartphone platform. In doing so, we have established a solid foundation in the smartphone market while maintaining strong cash flow from our feature phone business. By adding an average of over 414,000 new users per day, we have reached 147.3 million users on our smartphone platform as of March 31, 2014. Notably, we have achieved strong sequential growth in monthly active users (MAU) to 25 million in March 2014, as compared to only 20 million in December 2013. We believe that this strong foundation in the smartphone business will further support and fuel robust growth going forward."
John Bi, Chief Financial Officer of Sky-mobi, commented, "We are very pleased to see a strong growth in our smartphone business and a sequential increase in revenues that exceeded our prior expectations. Our continuous effort in improving our operating efficiency by strengthening cost controls helped us to reduce our operating expenses, excluding share based compensation, to RMB27.8 million, or 21.6% of total revenues in the fourth quarter 2014. The combined effect of both robust business growth of Sky-mobi's smartphone service as well as our effective operational and financial management has enabled us to continue to support and execute our future growth initiatives. This success is exemplified by the fact that during the fiscal year of 2014, we generated positive cash flow from operating activities, and had over RMB594 million of cash and bank deposits and short-term investments as of March 31, 2014."
Fourth Quarter 2014 Financial Results
Total Revenues
Total revenues for fourth quarter 2014 were RMB128.6 million (US$20.7 million), an increase of 11.6% from RMB115.2 million in third quarter 2014 and a decrease of 20.1% from RMB161.0 million in the prior year period.
Revenues from the smartphone business amounted to RMB87.5 million (US$14.1 million), representing 68.1% of the Company's total revenues in fourth quarter 2014, an increase of 34.8% from RMB64.9 million in third quarter 2014.
Revenues collected from carrier channels, which principally consist of application store revenues, were RMB82.5 million (US$13.3 million), or 64.2% of total revenues in fourth quarter 2014,an increase of 33.5% from RMB61.8 million in third quarter 2014 and a decrease of 28.1% from RMB114.7 million in the prior year period. The quarter-over-quarter increase in revenues collected from carrier channels was mainly due to the Company's stronger than expected growth in the smartphone business.
Revenues collected from third party channels, which principally consist of Maopao community revenues, were RMB28.9 million (US$4.6 million), or 22.5% of total revenues in fourth quarter 2014, down 2.6% from the third quarter 2014 and 16.2% from the prior year period. Revenues from the third party channels decreased due to a decline in the feature phone business, which was partially offset by an increase in Maopao community revenues from the smartphone platform and a higher ARPU3 from the Company's two most popular mobile social games, "Fantasy of Three Kingdoms" and "Fairy Magic World".
Other revenues were RMB17.2 million (US$2.8 million) in fourth quarter 2014, down 27.7% from RMB23.7 million in third quarter 2014 and up 45.5% from RMB11.8 million in the prior year period. Other revenues consist of commissions from companies for using our Maopao platform to promote and sell applications as well as overseas revenues generated by the Company's international mobile service providers. The quarter-over-quarter decrease was mainly due to the decline in the Company's overseas business as a result of the shrinking overseas feature phone market.
Cost of Revenues and Gross Profit
Total cost of revenues for fourth quarter 2014 was RMB96.0 million (US$15.4 million), an increase of 9.0% from RMB88.0 million in third quarter 2014 and a decrease of 4.6% from RMB100.6 million in the prior year period.
Total non-IFRS cost of revenues for fourth quarter 2014 was RMB95.8 million (US$15.4million), an increase of 9.1% from RMB87.7 million in third quarter 2014 and a decrease of 4.6% from RMB100.4million in the prior year period.
The discussion and analysis below focuses on non-IFRS cost of revenues, which the Company believes more accurately reflects the Company's operating performance than IFRS cost of revenues.
Non-IFRS cost associated with payments to industry participants was RMB89.2 million (US$14.3 million) in fourth quarter 2014, an increase of 10.3% from RMB80.9 million in third quarter 2014 and a decrease of 4.5% from RMB93.4 million in the prior year period. The quarter-over-quarter increase was primarily due to the increased channel cost, which was largely in line with the increase in revenues, and the year-over-year decrease was primarily driven by the decline of revenues in feature phone business and cost savings from dealing directly with mobile operators.
Non-IFRS direct cost was RMB6.6 million (US$1.1 million) in fourth quarter 2014, a decrease of 4.1% from RMB6.9 million in third quarter 2014 and a decrease of 6.4% from RMB7.0 million in the prior year period. Non-IFRS direct cost included salaries and benefits, depreciation, office expenses and utilities directly related to the operation of Maopao application stores on feature phones and smartphones. The improvement in Non-IFRS direct cost was attributed to Company's initiatives in streamlining feature phone business, as a result of Company's strategy of shifting the focus to smartphone market.
Non-IFRS gross profit for fourth quarter 2014 was RMB32.8 million (US$5.3 million), compared to non-IFRS gross profit of RMB27.5 million in third quarter 2014 and RMB60.6 million the prior year period. Non-IFRS gross margin in fourth quarter 2014 was 25.5%, compared to 23.8% in third quarter 2014 and 37.6% in the prior year period. This year-over-year decrease was principally due to the general decline associated with the feature phone business.
Operating Expenses and Profit (Loss) from Operations
Total operating expenses, primarily consisting of employee salaries and benefits, training expenses, travel, entertainment and office related expenses, were RMB31.8 million (US$5.1 million) in fourth quarter 2014, an increase of 12.3% from RMB28.3 in third quarter 2014 and an increase of 3.7% from RMB30.7 million in the prior year period.
Total non-IFRS operating expenses were RMB27.8 million (US$4.5 million) in fourth quarter 2014, an increase of 9.3% from RMB25.4 million in third quarter 2014 and an increase of 2.2% from RMB27.2 million in the prior year period. Excluding other income and expense which mainly consist of government subsidies, operating expenses remained flat due to the Company's strengthened efforts in cost control.
Profit from operations in fourth quarter 2014 was RMB0.8 million (US$0.1 million), compared to loss from operations of RMB1.2 million in third quarter 2014 and profit from operations of RMB29.7 million in the prior year period.
Non-IFRS profit from operations was RMB5.0 million (US$0.8 million), compared to non-IFRS profit from operations of RMB2.0 million in third quarter 2014 and non-IFRS profit from operations of RMB33.4 million in the prior year period.
Net Profit
Net profit in fourth quarter 2014 was RMB4.6 million (US$0.7 million), compared to net profit of RMB4.8 million in third quarter 2014 and net profit of RMB30.2 million in the prior year period. Basic and diluted EPS in fourth quarter 2014 was RMB0.02 (US$0.00), which represents the equivalent of RMB0.16 (US$0.03) per ADS.
Non-IFRS net profit in fourth quarter 2014 was RMB8.9 million (US$1.4 million), compared to non-IFRS net profit of RMB8.0 million in third quarter 2014 and non-IFRS net profit of RMB33.9 million in the prior year period. Non-IFRS basic and diluted EPS in fourth quarter 2014 was RMB0.04 (US$0.01), which represents the equivalent of RMB0.30 (US$0.05) per ADS.
The weighted average number of ADSs used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per ADS for fourth quarter 2014 was 29,392,071 and 29,656,888, respectively.
Common Shares
Sky-mobi had 239.5 million common shares outstanding as of March 31, 2014, or the equivalent of 29.9 million ADSs outstanding.
Business Outlook
For the fiscal first quarter 2015 ending June 30, 2014, Sky-mobi expects total revenues to be in the range of RMB 135 million to RMB 145 million.
The above represents Sky-mobi's current projections, which are subject to change.
Conference Call and Webcast
The Company will hold a conference call on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at 8:00 am Eastern Time, or 8:00 pm Beijing Time, to discuss the financial results. Participants may access the call by dialing the following numbers:
| United States: | +1-845-675-438 |
| International Toll Free: | +1-855-500-8701 |
| China Domestic: | 400-1200654 |
| Hong Kong: | +852-3051-2745 |
| Conference ID: | # 42506672 |
The replay will be accessible through June 3, 2014 by dialing the following numbers:
| United States Toll Free: | +1- 855-452-5696 |
| International: | +61-2-8199-0299 |
| Conference ID: | # 42506672 |
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.sky-mobi.com
About Non-IFRS Financial Measures
To supplement its consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS, Sky-mobi uses several non-IFRS financial measures defined below. The Company believes management and investors benefit from non-IFRS financial measures in assessing the Company's performance and prospects. Specifically, the Company believes that non-IFRS financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding its performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of the Company's operating performance.
The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered superior to, in isolation from or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with IFRS. A limitation of using non-IFRS cost of revenues, gross profit, operating expenses, profit from operations, net profit and net profit per share is that these non-IFRS measures exclude share-based compensation expenses that have been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant recurring expense. Management provides specific information regarding the IFRS amounts excluded from each non-IFRS measure. For more information on these non-IFRS financial measures, please see the tables containing reconciliations of non-IFRS financial measures to comparable IFRS measures in this release.
Definitions of Non-IFRS Measures
Non-IFRS cost of revenues is defined as cost of revenues excluding share-based compensation expenses.
Non-IFRS gross profit is defined as revenues less non-IFRS cost of revenues.
Non-IFRS operating expenses are defined as operating expenses excluding share-based compensation expenses.
Non-IFRS profit (loss) from operations is defined as Non-IFRS gross profit less non-IFRS operating expenses.
Non-IFRS net profit is defined as non-IFRS profit from operations plus/minus other gains or losses, impairment loss on investments in associates, impairment loss on available-for-sale investments and share of results of associates, less income tax.
Non-IFRS basic and diluted earnings per common share/ADS are defined as non-IFRS net profit attributable to owners of the Company divided by weighted average outstanding shares/ADSs during the period.
Exchange Rate
This announcement contains translations of certain Renminbi (RMB) amounts into U.S. dollars (US$) at a specified rate solely for the convenience of the reader. Unless otherwise noted, all translations from RMB to U.S. dollars are made at a rate of RMB6.2164 to US$1.00, the exchange rate at March 31, 2014as set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by such terms as "may," "will," ''believes,'' ''expects,'' ''anticipates,'' ''intends,'' ''estimates,'' "plans," "continues" or other similar expressions, the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology. Such statements, including statements relating to the Company's business outlook, are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about the Company and its industry. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law.
About Sky-mobi Limited
Sky-mobi Limited is a leading mobile application store in China. The Company works with handset companies to pre-install its Maopao mobile application store on handsets and with content providers to provide users with applications and content titles. Users of its Maopao store can browse, download and enjoy a range of applications and content, such as single-player games, mobile music and books on various mobile handsets with different hardware and operating system configurations. The Company's mobile social network community in China, the Maopao Community, offers mobile social games, as well as applications and content with social network functions to its registered users. The Company is based in Hangzhou, China. For more information, please visit: www.sky-mobi.com.
1 An explanation of the Company's non-IFRS financial measures is included in the section entitled "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" below, and the related reconciliations to IFRS financial measures are presented in the accompanying "Unaudited reconciliations of non-IFRS financial measures to comparable IFRS financial measures".
2 American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") are traded on the NASDAQ Global Market, each of which represents eight common shares of the Company.
3 ARPU represents average revenue per user.
FINANCIAL TABLES FOLLOW
| Sky-mobi Limited | |||||||
| Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income (IFRS) | |||||||
| For the three months ended | For the year ended | ||||||
| March 31, | December 31, | March 31, | March 31, | March 31, | March 31, | March 31, | |
| 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | |
| In thousands | (RMB) | (RMB) | (RMB) | (US$) | (RMB) | (RMB) | (US$) |
| (Except for share and per share data) | |||||||
| Revenues | 161,005 | 115,187 | 128,564 | 20,681 | 601,107 | 485,551 | 78,108 |
| Cost of revenues | (100,618) | (88,042) | (96,006) | (15,444) | (418,780) | (364,435) | (58,625) |
| Gross profit | 60,387 | 27,145 | 32,558 | 5,237 | 182,327 | 121,116 | 19,483 |
| Research and development expenses | (6,049) | (9,441) | (9,119) | (1,467) | (73,027) | (38,644) | (6,216) |
| Sales and marketing expenses | (9,184) | (8,475) | (9,994) | (1,608) | (35,369) | (36,351) | (5,848) |
| General and administrative expenses | (17,267) | (14,378) | (14,492) | (2,331) | (69,491) | (58,401) | (9,395) |
| Other income and expense | 1,823 | 3,963 | 1,799 | 289 | 2,320 | 5,772 | 929 |
| Total operating expenses | (30,677) | (28,331) | (31,806) | (5,117) | (175,567) | (127,624) | (20,530) |
| Profit (loss) from operations |
29,710 |
(1,186) |
752 |
120 |
6,760 |
(6,508) |
(1,047) |
| Other gains and losses | 3,696 | 4,559 | 5,910 | 951 | 15,531 | 17,482 | 2,812 |
| Impairment loss on investments in associates | (1,367) | -- | -- | -- | (1,367) | (727) | (117) |
| Impairment loss on available-for-sale investments | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | (800) | (129) |
| Share of results of associates | 494 | 1,838 | (962) | (155) | (935) | 2,428 | 391 |
| Profit before tax | 32,533 | 5,211 | 5,700 | 916 | 19,989 | 11,875 | 1,910 |
| Income tax expenses | (2,342) | (404) | (1,071) | (172) | (2,733) | (7,218) | (1,161) |
| Profit for the period | 30,191 | 4,807 | 4,629 | 744 | 17,256 | 4,657 | 749 |
| Total comprehensive profit for the period | 30,191 | 4,807 | 4,629 | 744 | 17,256 | 4,657 | 749 |
| Profit (loss) and total comprehensive income (loss)attributable to: | |||||||
| - Owners of the Company | 30,232 | 4,879 | 4,765 | 766 | 17,112 | 5,251 | 845 |
| - Non-controlling interests | (41) | (72) | (136) | (22) | 144 | (594) | (96) |
| 30,191 | 4,807 | 4,629 | 744 | 17,256 | 4,657 | 749 | |
| Earnings per common share | |||||||
| Basic | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Diluted | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| Weight average number of ADS | |||||||
| Basic | 31,552,403 | 29,597,975 | 29,392,071 | 32,095,966 | 30,577,624 | ||
| Diluted | 31,552,403 | 29,749,796 | 29,656,888 | 32,095,966 | 30,691,182 | ||
| Weight average number of shares | |||||||
| Basic | 252,419,221 | 236,783,802 | 235,136,572 | 256,767,732 | 244,460,993 | ||
| Diluted | 252,419,221 | 237,998,367 | 237,255,104 | 256,767,732 | 245,529,453 | ||
| Unaudited Reconciliations of non-IFRS financial measures | |||||||
| to comparable IFRS financial measures | |||||||
| For the three months ended | For the year ended | ||||||
| March 31, | December 31, | March 31, | March 31, | March 31, | March 31, | March 31, | |
| 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | |
| In thousands | (RMB) | (RMB) | (RMB) | (US$) | (RMB) | (RMB) | (US$) |
| (Except for share and per share data) | |||||||
| IFRS cost of revenues | (100,618) | (88,042) | (96,006) | (15,444) | (418,780) | (364,435) | (58,625) |
| Less: share-based compensation expenses | 212 | 306 | 243 | 39 | 2,473 | 836 | 134 |
| Non-IFRS cost of revenues | (100,406) | (87,736) | (95,763) | (15,405) | (416,307) | (363,599) | (58,491) |
| IFRS gross profit | 60,387 | 27,145 | 32,558 | 5,237 | 182,327 | 121,116 | 19,483 |
| Add: share-based compensation expenses | 212 | 306 | 243 | 39 | 2,473 | 836 | 134 |
| Non-IFRS gross profit | 60,599 | 27,451 | 32,801 | 5,276 | 184,800 | 121,952 | 19,617 |
| Total IFRS operating expenses | (30,677) | (28,331) | (31,806) | (5,117) | (175,567) | (127,624) | (20,530) |
| Less: share-based compensation expenses | 3,481 | 2,890 | 4,008 | 645 | 21,984 | 16,642 | 2,677 |
| Total non-IFRS operating expenses | (27,196) | (25,441) | (27,798) | (4,472) | (153,583) | (110,982) | (17,853) |
| IFRS profit (loss) from operations | 29,710 | (1,186) | 752 | 120 | 6,760 | (6,508) | (1,047) |
| Add: share-based compensation expenses | 3,693 | 3,196 | 4,251 | 684 | 24,457 | 17,478 | 2,812 |
| Non-IFRS profit from operations | 33,403 | 2,010 | 5,003 | 804 | 31,217 | 10,970 | 1,765 |
| IFRS net profit for the period | 30,191 | 4,807 | 4,629 | 744 | 17,256 | 4,657 | 749 |
| Add: share-based compensation expenses | 3,693 | 3,196 | 4,251 | 684 | 24,457 | 17,478 | 2,812 |
| Non-IFRS net profit for the period | 33,884 | 8,003 | 8,880 | 1,428 | 41,713 | 22,135 | 3,561 |
| Non-IFRS earnings per common share | |||||||
| Basic | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.01 |
| Diluted | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.01 |
| Weight average number of shares | |||||||
| Basic | 252,419,221 | 236,783,802 | 235,136,572 | 256,767,732 | 244,460,993 | ||
| Diluted | 252,419,221 | 237,998,367 | 237,255,104 | 256,767,732 | 245,529,453 | ||
| Sky-mobi Limited | |||
| Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Financial Position (IFRS) | |||
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December 31, | March 31, | March 31, |
| 2013 | 2014 | ||
| In thousands | (RMB) | (RMB) | (US$) |
| ASSETS | |||
| Current assets | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 181,809 | 79,057 | 12,717 |
| Term deposits | 345,163 | 295,804 | 47,584 |
| Investment in financial products | 87,167 | -- | -- |
| Short-term investment | -- | 218,642 | 35,172 |
| Trade and other receivables | 70,688 | 95,499 | 15,362 |
| Amounts due from related parties | 3,434 | 160 | 26 |
| Total current assets | 688,261 | 689,162 | 110,861 |
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| Non-current assets | |||
| Property and equipment | 8,428 | 7,605 | 1,223 |
| Investments in associates | 67,780 | 41,339 | 6,650 |
| Available-for-sale investments | 6,197 | 6,250 | 1,005 |
| Non-current assets held for sale | -- | 35,274 | 5,674 |
| Prepayment for investment | 1,550 | 675 | 109 |
| Other non-current assets | 3,342 | 3,380 | 544 |
| Deferred tax assets | 1,765 | 1,968 | 317 |
| Total non-current assets | 89,062 | 96,491 | 15,522 |
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| Total assets | 777,323 | 785,653 | 126,383 |
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| EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | |||
| Current liabilities | |||
| Trade and other payables | 148,330 | 153,474 | 24,690 |
| Income tax liabilities | 9,425 | 10,699 | 1,721 |
| Amounts due to related parties | 20,625 | 11,201 | 1,802 |
| Deferred revenue | 7,387 | 6,350 | 1,021 |
| Total current liabilities | 185,767 | 181,724 | 29,234 |
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| Total liabilities | 185,767 | 181,724 | 29,234 |
| Equity | |||
| Share capital | 85 | 86 | 14 |
| Share premium | 618,385 | 637,451 | 102,543 |
| Reserves | 166,649 | 155,326 | 24,986 |
| Treasury stock | (1) | (1) | (0) |
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Deficit |
(197,409) | (192,644) | (30,990) |
| Equity attributable to owners of the Company | 587,709 | 600,218 | 96,553 |
| Non-controlling interests | 3,847 | 3,711 | 596 |
| Total equity | 591,556 | 603,929 | 97,149 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 777,323 | 785,653 | 126,383 |