UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549


FORM 20-F


o£Registration statement pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

or


xSAnnual report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.

2013.

or

o£Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period fromto

or

o£Shell company report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report

Commission File Number:000-31691

ZIM CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

ZIM CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)Canada
Canada

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 


150 Isabella Street, Suite 150, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

K1S 1V7


(Address of principal executive offices)



John A. Chapman – Chief Financial Officer

150 Isabella Street, Suite 150, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

K1S 1V7

jchapman@ZIM.biz

(613) 727-1397

(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or facsimile number and address of Company contact person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common shares, no par value
(Title of  Class)

Common shares, no par value

(Title of Class)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None

125,460,867

135,460,867 common shares outstanding as of March 31, 2011.


2013.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  o£  No xS

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.    Yes xS     No o£

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes o£     No xS

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    YesoS      No o£

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

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Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

U.S. GAAP xS     

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If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.    Item 17 o£     Item 18 o£

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes o£     NoxS



TABLE OF CONTENTS

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATIONii
   
PART ONE  
   
ITEM 1.IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORS1
ITEM 2.OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE1
ITEM 3.KEY INFORMATION1
ITEM 4.INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY87
ITEM 4A.UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS1412
ITEM 5.OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS1412
ITEM 6.DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES2521
ITEM 7.MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS3428
ITEM 7B.RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS3730
ITEM 8.FINANCIAL INFORMATION3731
ITEM 9.THE OFFER AND LISTING3831
ITEM 10.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION3932
ITEM 11.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK4844
ITEM 12.DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES5146
   
PART TWO 
 
   
ITEM 13.DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES5247
ITEM 14.MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF47
SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS52
ITEM 15.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES5247
ITEM 16A.AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT5348
ITEM 16B.CODE OF ETHICS5449
ITEM 16C.PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES5449
ITEM 16D.EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES5550
ITEM 16E.PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER
AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS5550
ITEM 16F.CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT5550
ITEM 16G.CORPORATE GOVERNANCE5550
   
PART THREE 
 
   
ITEM 17.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS5650
ITEM 18.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS5651
ITEM 19.EXHIBITS8879

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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This Annual Report on Form 20-F contains forward-looking statementscertain "forward looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which can be identified by terminology such as "planned," "expected," "will," "potential," "pipeline," "outlook," or similar expressions, or by express or implied discussions regarding our business, financial condition, results of operations, controls and procedures, and prospects that are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections. In addition, other written or oral statements which constitute forward-looking statements may be made by or on behalf of the registrant. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," or variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. As a result, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from the outcomes and results discussed in or anticipated by the forward-looking statements. All such statements are therefore qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors specifically addressed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" as well as those discussed elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 20-F. We operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks can arise and it is not possible for management to predict all such risks, nor can it assess the impact of all such risks on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 20-F. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements in order to reflect any event or circumstance that may arise after the date of this Annual Report on Form 20-F, other than as required by law.

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PART ONE

PART ONE

ITEM 1.IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORS

Not applicable.

ITEM 2.
OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

Not applicable.

ITEM 3.
KEY INFORMATION

A.           Selected Financial Data

The following selected consolidated statements of operations data for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2011, 2010,2013, 2012, and 20092011 and consolidated balance sheet data as of March 31, 20112013 and 20102012 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements that are included in this annual report beginning on page 52.49.  The following selected consolidated statements of operations data for the fiscal years ended March 31, 20082010 and 20072009 and consolidated balance sheet data as of March 31, 2009, 20082011, 2010 and 20072009 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements that are not included in this annual report.

Our historical results do not necessarily indicate results expected for any future periods. The selected consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes and Item 5 “Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” below. Our audited consolidated financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“US GAAP”).


As used in this Annual Report, unless the context otherwise indicates, the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, “ZIM”, the “Registrant” or the “Company” mean ZIM Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Advanced Internet Inc. (AIS), PCI Merge Inc., and ZIM Technologies do Brazil Ltda.


All references to dollars ($) in this Annual Report are expressed in United States dollars, unless otherwise indicated.

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 Consolidated Statements of Operations             
  
Year ended
March 31, 2011
  
Year ended
March 31, 2010
  
Year ended
March 31, 2009
  
Year ended
March 31, 2008
  
Year ended
March 31, 2007
 
  $         $ 
                 
Revenue  2,009,771   1,597,465   1,831,541   1,990,680   2,195,184 
Operating expenses  2,009,556   1,708,718   1,928,382   2,550,722   4,439,222 
Income (loss)  from operations  215   (111,253)  (96,841)  (560,042)  (2,244,038)
                     
Other income  108,278   202,058   10,810   210,478   5,296 
Income (loss) before income taxes  108,493   90,805   (86,031)  (349,564)  (2,238,742)
                     
Income tax benefit  258,304   213,962   239,544   432,100   302,555 
Net income (loss)  366,797   304,767   153,513   82,536   (1,936,187)
                     
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share  0.003   0.003   0.002   0.001   (0.023)
                     
Weighted average number of shares outstanding  123,125,251   113,132,100   96,337,579   90,326,103   83,376,475 
                     
                     


Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows             
  
Year ended 
March 31,2011
  
Year ended 
March 31,2010
  
Year ended
March 31, 2009
  
Year ended
March 31, 2008
  
Year ended
March 31, 2007
 
  $  $  $  $  $ 
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities  569,608   417,595   430,651   (315,458)  198,143 
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities  (72,719)  (101,221)  (19,334)  137,139   (87,402)
Cash flows provided by financing activities  -   -   -   48,260   48,560 
Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash  113,220   204,293   (71,046)  (11,635)  45,301 
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents  610,109   520,667   340,271   (141,694)  204,602 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year  1,160,881   640,214   299,943   441,637   237,035 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year  1,770,990   1,160,881   640,214   299,943   441,637 
                     
                     


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 Consolidated Balance Sheets               
  
As at
March 31, 2011
  
As at
March 31, 2010
  
As at
March 31, 2009
  
As at
March 31, 2008
  
As at
March 31, 2007
 
  $  $  $  $  $ 
ASSETS               
Current assets               
    Cash and cash equivalents  1,770,990   1,160,881   640,214   299,943   441,637 
    Accounts receivable, net  118,429   224,444   156,814   202,222   315,875 
    Investment tax credits receivable  273,096   236,235   220,075   428,772   149,512 
    Other tax credits  53,107   -   -   -   - 
    Prepaid expenses  34,627   45,068   44,709   65,475   63,620 
   2,250,249   1,666,628   1,061,812   996,412   970,644 
                     
Long term deposit  9,722   -   -   -   - 
Investment  113,190   95,147   -   -   - 
Intangible assets  47,200   -   -   -   - 
Property and equipment, net  38,880   65,844   95,119   162,738   230,291 
   2,459,241   1,827,619   1,156,931   1,159,150   1,200,935 
                     
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY                    
Current liabilities                    
    Accounts payable  30,974   26,858   17,332   40,906   296,958 
    Accrued liabilities  89,333   47,557   46,766   137,156   128,399 
    Deferred revenue  241,785   315,339   291,858   272,782   341,681 
    Due to a shareholder  -   -   -   -   43,305 
   362,092   389,754   355,956   450,844   810,343 
Deferred rent  -   11,317   23,785   45,872   54,447 
                     
Shareholders' equity:                    
Preferred shares, no par value, non-cumulative  -   -   -   -   - 
Common shares, no par value  19,262,796   19,162,796   19,131,789   19,111,789   19,047,850 
Additional paid-in capital  2,798,274   2,726,762   2,645,585   2,625,365   2,455,552 
Accumulated deficit  (20,563,530)  (20,930,327)  (21,235,095)  (21,388,608)  (21,471,144)
Accumulated other comprehensive income  599,608   467,317   234,911   313,888   303,887 
   2,097,148   1,426,548   777,190   662,434   336,145 
   2,459,241   1,827,619   1,156,931   1,159,150   1,200,935 
                     

  Consolidated Statements of Operations        
  

Year ended

March 31, 2013

 Year ended
March 31, 2012
 Year ended
March 31, 2011
 Year ended
March 31, 2010
 Year ended
March 31, 2009
   $   $   $   $   $ 
                     
Revenue  1,310,481   1,798,677   1,912,082   1,460,889   1,608,014 
Operating expenses  1,427,293   1,400,259   1,537,509   1,280,871   1,427,058 
Income (loss)  from continuing operations  (116,812)  398,418   374,573   180,018   180,956 
                     
Other income (loss)  (8,522)  124,381   108,278   202,058   10,810 
Income (loss) before income taxes from continuing operations  (125,334)  522,799   482,851   382,076   191,766 
                     
Income tax  66,781   48,342   84,323   62,631   17,563 
Net income (loss) from continuing operations  (192,115)  474,457   398,528   319,445   174,203 
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations  (8,904)  (23,408)  (31,731)  (14,678)  (20,690)
Net income (loss)  (201,019)  451,049   366,797   304,767   153,513 
                     
                     
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations  (0.002)  0.004   0.003   0.003   0.002 
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share from discontinued operations  (0.000)  (0.000)  (0.000)  (0.000)  (0.0000)
                     
Weighted average number of shares outstanding  130,323,881   125,460,867   123,125,251   113,132,100   96,337,579 
                     
                     

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows        
  Year ended 
March 31, 2013
 Year ended 
March 31, 2012
 Year ended 
March 31, 2011
 Year ended
March 31, 2010
 Year ended
March 31, 2009
   $   $   $   $   $ 
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities  24,190   353,085   569,608   417,595   430,651 
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities  (4,580)  (197,344)  (72,719)  (101,221)  (19,334)
Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents  (190,274)  (164,510)  113,220   204,293   (71,046)
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents  (170,664)  (8,819)  610,109   520,667   340,271 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year  1,762,171   1,770,990   1,160,881   640,214   299,943 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year  1,591,507   1,762,171   1,770,990   1,160,881   640,214 
                     
                     

Consolidated Balance Sheets          
  As at
March 31, 2013
 As at
March 31, 2012
 As at
March 31, 2011
 As at
March 31, 2010
 As at
March 31, 2009
   $   $   $   $   $ 
ASSETS                    
Current assets                    
    Cash and cash equivalents  1,591,507   1,762,171   1,770,990   1,160,881   640,214 
    Accounts receivable, net  154,471   191,296   118,429   224,444   156,814 
    Investment tax credits receivable  293,806   259,720   273,096   236,235   220,075 
    Other tax credits  126,517   40,724   53,107   —     —   
    Prepaid expenses  22,345   25,198   34,627   45,068   44,709 
   2,188,646   2,279,109   2,250,249   1,666,628   1,061,812 
                     
Long term deposits  9,722   9,722   9,722   —     —   
Investments  198,037   300,557   113,190   95,147   —   
Intangible assets  24,615   35,031   47,200   —     —   
Property and equipment, net  26,607   33,871   38,880   65,844   95,119 
   2,447,627   2,658,290   2,459,241   1,827,619   1,156,931 
                     
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY                    
Current liabilities                    
    Accounts payable  9,879   23,790   30,974   26,858   17,332 
    Accrued liabilities  66,591   53,386   89,333   47,557   46,766 
    Deferred revenue  217,065   171,414   241,785   315,339   291,858 
   293,535   248,590   362,092   389,754   355,956 
Deferred rent  —     —     —     11,317   23,785 
                     
Shareholders' equity:                    
Preferred shares, no par value, non-cumulative  ���     —     —     —     —   
Common shares, no par value  19,362,796   19,262,796   19,262,796   19,162,796   19,131,789 
Additional paid-in capital  2,865,740   2,825,571   2,798,275   2,726,762   2,645,585 
Accumulated deficit  (20,313,500)  (20,112,481)  (20,563,530)  (20,930,327)  (21,235,095)
Accumulated other comprehensive income  239,056   433,814   599,608   467,317   234,911 
   2,154,092   2,409,700   2,097,149   1,426,548   777,190 
   2,447,627   2,658,290   2,459,241   1,827,619   1,156,931 
                     
                     

B.           Capitalization and Indebtedness

Not applicable.

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C.           Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds

Not applicable.


D.           Risk Factors

You should carefully consider the risks set forth directly below, and other cautionary statements throughout this report. If any event arising from these risks occurs, our business prospects, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be materially adversely affected.


RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS


BECAUSE THE REVENUE AND INCOME POTENTIAL OF OUR BUSINESS AND MARKETS ARE UNPROVEN, WE CANNOT PREDICT WHETHER WE WILL MEET INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL EXPECTATIONS OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE.


We believe that our future success depends on our ability to significantly increase revenue from our operations. Accordingly, our prospects must be considered in light of the risks, expenses and difficulties frequently encountered by technology and innovation companies. These risks include our ability to:


·
Offer competitive pricing for our services;
Offer new and innovative mobile products;
·
Maintain our current relationships and develop new strategic relationships;
·
Attract and retain qualified employees;
·
Maintain our current customer and user base of our IDE software; and
·
Offer new and innovative upgrades to our IDE software.

IF WE ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL FUNDS, WHEN REQUIRED, IN A TIMELY MANNER OR ON ACCEPTABLE TERMS, WE MAY HAVE TO CURTAIL OR SUSPEND CERTAIN ASPECTS OF OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS, WHICH COULD HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON OUR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS, FINANCIAL RESULTS, FINANCIAL CONDITION AND PROSPECTS.


We anticipate that our cash and cash equivalents balance at March 31, 20112013 of $1,770,990$1,591,507 along with cash generated from operations will be sufficient to meet our present operating and capital expenditures through fiscal 2012.2014. However, there is no guarantee that unanticipated circumstances will not require additional liquidity.

Future liquidity and cash requirements will depend on a wide range of factors;factors including the level of success the Company has in executing its strategic plan as well as its ability to maintain business in existing operations and to raise additional financing. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to meet its working capital needs for any future period.

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WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH THIRD PARTIES TO PROVIDE MOBILE CONTENT FOR OUR ACQUIRED INTERNET PORTALS AND WE MAY LOSE USERS AND REVENUE IF THESE ARRANGEMENTS ARE TERMINATED.

We have arrangements with a number of third parties to provide mobile content to our subscriber base. Although no single third party service provider is critical to our operations, if these parties fail to develop and maintain high-quality and successful mobile content, or if a large number of our existing relationships are terminated, we could lose customers and our content may become less desirable.

WE MAY EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES ACCURATELY FORECASTING OUR OPERATING RESULTS, THEREBY MAKING OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS MORE DIFFICULT TO SUSTAIN.


Due to the intense competition in the mobile and database industries, we may not be able to accurately forecast our future operating results. If our gross margins from our operations fall materially short of estimated expenses, our business operations will become more difficult to sustain since we will then have to reduce our spending and/or raise additional capital over and above any current capital raising plans. It may not be possible for us to accomplish either task in a timely manner, or at all, in which event we would have to curtail or suspend certain or all of our business operations. Any action to such effect is likely to have a material adverse effect on our business relationships, financial results, financial condition and prospects.


OUR QUARTERLY OPERATING RESULTS ARE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT FLUCTUATIONS.


We may experience significant fluctuations in our quarterly operating results due to a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control. Factors that may cause our quarterly operating results to fluctuate include: our ability to retain existing customers, attract new customers at a steady rate and maintain user satisfaction; technical difficulties or system downtime; the amount and timing of operating costs and capital expenditures relating to expansion of our business, operations and infrastructure; and industry regulation. As a result of these and other factors, you should not place undue reliance on quarter-to-quarteryear-to-year comparisons of our operating results as indicators of likely future performance.


WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ADAPT QUICKLY ENOUGH TO TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND CHANGING CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS, THEREBY LOSING SALES.


If we are unable to adapt to the rapid changes in technology and customer needs that are inherent to technology based industries, we may lose sales and fail to grow. In order to meet these rapid changes, we will have to effectively integrate new wireless and data technologies, continue to develop our technologies and technical expertise and respond to changing customer needs.


THE LOSS OF THE SERVICES OF DR. MICHAEL COWPLAND, MR. JAMES STECHYSON AND OTHER KEY PERSONNEL COULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS.

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We currently depend heavily on the services of Dr. Michael Cowpland and Mr. James Stechyson. The loss of the services of Dr. Cowpland, Mr. Stechyson or other key personnel could affect our performance in a material and adverse way.


OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING ARE NOT EFFECTIVE.


We did not have effective internal control procedures in place at March 31, 2011,2013, when we evaluated our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This could affect the reliability of our financial statements. We are attempting to remedy our weaknesses but as a small company we have limited resources to employ for this purpose. See item 15 of this Form 20-F for additional information on our attempts to rectify our weaknesses. The reduction of the risk will require additional expenses and use of management's time.


OUR STRATEGIC DIRECTION IS EVOLVING, WHICH COULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT OUR FUTURE RESULTS.


Since inception, our business model has evolved and is likely to continue to evolve as we refine our offerings and market focus. Prior to 2004, we focused on developing SMS products, in 2004 through to fiscal 2007 we focused on our SMS aggregation services. From fiscal 2008 to 2011,2012, we focused on offering mobile content, applications development and the development of new IDE software. As at March 31, 2013 we have discontinued mobile content sales due to very low sales volume and have redirected resources related to mobile content to the continued development of our IDE software. We continue to evaluate opportunities and alternative strategies in a rapidly evolving market. We plan to leverage our intellectual capital, core technologies and other business assets to focus on new strategic directions and attempt to maximize shareholder value. Changes to our business may not prove successful in the short or long term and may negatively impact our financial results.


WE OPERATE IN NEW AND RAPIDLY EVOLVING MARKETS, AND OUR BUSINESS MODEL CONTINUES TO EVOLVE, WHICH MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO EVALUATE OUR FUTURE PROSPECTS.


Our potential for future profitability must be considered in the light of the risks, uncertainties, and difficulties encountered by companies that are in new and rapidly evolving markets and continuing to innovate with new and unproven technologies or services, as well as undergoing significant change. In addition to the other risks we describe in this section, some of these risks relate to our potential inability to attract and retain unique and sought after content; to control expenditures and to respond quickly and appropriately to industry developments, including rapid technological change; changes in customer requirements; and new products introduced into our markets by our competitors. If we do not effectively address the risks we face, we may not achieve profitability.


WE DEPEND ON THIRD PARTIES FOR CONTENT FOR OUR MOBILE CONTENT SITE AND THE LOSS OF ACCESS TO OR INCREASED COST OF THIS CONTENT COULD CAUSE US TO REDUCE OUR PRODUCT OFFERINGS TO CUSTOMERS AND COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR FINANCIAL RESULTS.
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Advanced Internet Inc. (“AIS”) has the right to acquire content from numerous third-party content providers, and our future success with AIS is highly dependent upon our ability to maintain these relationships and enter into new relationships with other content providers.

We may license content under various arrangements that could require us to pay usage or fixed monthly fees or revenue sharing for the use of the content. In the future, some of our content providers may not give us access to important content or may increase the royalties, fees or percentages that they charge us for their content, which could have a negative impact on our net earnings. If we fail to enter into or maintain satisfactory arrangements with these content providers, our ability to provide a variety of products and services to our customers could be severely limited, thus harming our operating results.

IF WE ARE UNABLE TO MANAGE THE INTEGRATION OF ANY ACQUIRED BUSINESSES, OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION AND OPERATING RESULTS MAY BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED.


A failure to effectively manage the integration of any acquisitions we may make may adversely affect our business and financial condition. Any acquisition that we make will place significant demand on management, technical and other resources.


WE HAVE AFFILIATED SHAREHOLDERS WHO CAN SUBSTANTIALLY INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF ALL MATTERS VOTED UPON BY OUR SHAREHOLDERS AND WHOSE INTERESTS MAY NOT BE ALIGNED WITH YOURS.


The beneficial ownership of our Chief Executive Officer and related parties is approximately 58.8%58.3%. As a result; they are able to substantially influence all matters requiring the approval of our shareholders, including the election of directors and the approval of significant corporate transactions such as acquisitions. This concentration of ownership could delay, defer or prevent a change in control or otherwise impede a merger or other business combination that our Board of Directors or other shareholders may view favorably.


RISKS RELATED TO THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH WE OPERATE


INTENSE COMPETITION IN THE MOBILE CONTENTSERVICES AND SERVICESDATABASE MARKETS COULD PREVENT US FROM INCREASING OR RETAINING SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR OUR SERVICES OR CAUSE US TO LOSE MARKET SHARE.


Our future business model for mobile content salesservices and database applications depends on our ability to sell our contentproducts and service offerings in an extremely competitive and rapidly changing market. Our competitors may have substantially greater financial, technical and marketing resources, larger customer bases, longer operating histories, more developed infrastructures, greater name recognition or more established relationships in the industry than we have. Our competitors may be able to adopt more aggressive pricing policies, develop and expand their service offerings more rapidly, adapt to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements more quickly, take advantage of acquisitions and other opportunities more readily, achieve greater economies of scale, and devote greater resources to the marketing and sale of their services than we can. Because of these competitive factors and due to our relatively small size and financial resources, we may be unable to compete successfully.

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CONSOLIDATION IN THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH WE OPERATE COULD LEAD TO INCREASED COMPETITION AND LOSS OF CUSTOMERS.


The mobile industry has experienced substantial consolidation. We expect this consolidation to continue. These acquisitions could adversely affect our business and results of operations in a number of ways, including the following:

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ourOur distribution partners could acquire or be acquired by one of our competitors and terminate their relationship with us;
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ourOur distribution partners could merge with each other, which could reduce our ability to negotiate favorable terms;
·
competitorsCompetitors could improve their competitive positions through strategic acquisitions; and
·companiesCompanies from whom we acquire content could acquire or be acquired by one of our competitors and stop licensing content to us, or gain additional negotiating leverage in their relationships with us.

ITEM 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY


History and Development of the Company


ZIM’s principal place of business and registered office is located at 150 Isabella Street, Suite 150, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1S 1V7 and we can be contacted at (613) 727-1397. In the United States our agent isCorporate Stock Transfer, Inc., located at 3200 Cherry Creek South Dr., #430, Denver, CO, 80209 and can be contacted at (303) 282-4800.



ZIM was incorporated under the Canadian Business Corporations Act on October 17, 2002 in order to purchase ZIM Technologies International Inc. ("ZIM Technologies"), which was formed in 1997 to acquire the software technology now called the ZIM Integrated Development Environment (the "ZIM IDE software"). On February 10, 2004, ZIM purchased UK-based SMS service firms EPL Communications Limited and E-Promotions Limited (together referred to as "EPL"). During the year ended March 31, 2006, EPL was dissolved and all operations were transferred to ZIM Corporation in Canada. ZIM is also the sole shareholder of ZIM Technologies do Brazil Ltda., a company incorporated in Brazil that distributes the ZIM IDE Software, and PCI Merge, Inc., a Florida based holding company with no operations. Until March 31, 2004, ZIM was the sole shareholder of ZIM Technologies, a Canadian federal corporation and the chief operating company of the ZIM group of companies. On April 1, 2004, ZIM Corporation and ZIM Technologies amalgamated into ZIM Corporation. On April 1, 2006, ZIM purchased a US-based mobile content company called Advanced Internet Inc. (“AIS”).

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In 2011 ZIM acquired the technology assets of Torch Technologies and began offering an advanced portfolio of migration services and management products that strengthen and complement ZIM`s enterprise database products.

See Item 4.BNote 7 of the financial statements for a descriptiondetails of our principal capital expenditures and divestitures, including those currently in progress, since the beginning of our last three fiscal years to the date of this annual report.


Business Overview


ZIM started operations as a developer and provider of database software known as ZIM IDE software.  ZIM IDE software is used by companies in the design, development, and management of information databases and mission critical applications.  The Company continues to provide this software and ongoing maintenance services to its client base.


Beginning in 2002, the Company expanded its business strategy to include opportunities associated with mobile products.  Prior to fiscal 2007, the Company focused on developing products and services for the wireless data network infrastructure known as “SMS” or “text messaging”.  Although SMS will continue to provide a minimal amount of revenue within the mobile segment of operations, with the acquisition of AIS in 20072006 the Company shifted its corporate focus to include offering mobile content directly to end users.  


In fiscal 2008,2013, ZIM added the ZIM TV service and in partnership with the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) provided development and hosting services for IPTV to ITTF end users. However, in fiscal 2009, ZIM exited the IPTV market.


In fiscal 2011, ZIM continuescontinued to develop and sell enterprise database software to end users as well as maintain its SMS messaging and mobile content and service product lines.





At March 31, 2013 ZIM discontinued the sale of mobile content.

The following tables show the breakdown of total revenues by category of activity and geographic market:


Revenue by category 
Year ended
March 31, 2011
  
Year ended
March 31, 2010
  
Year ended
March 31, 2009
 
  $  $  $ 
          
         Mobile  280,339   320,784   367,723 
         Software  1,729,432   1,276,681   1,463,818 
Total revenue  2,009,771   1,597,465   1,831,541 

Revenue by geographic market 
Year ended
March 31, 2011
  
Year ended
March 31, 2010
  
Year ended
March 31, 2009
 
  $  $  $ 
          
United States  390,064   360,795   410,908 
United Kingdom  7,914   45,663   19,713 
Europe  58,583   41,944   33,891 
Brazil  1,310,805   917,036   981,484 
Canada  169,168   209,577   350,938 
Other  73,237   22,449   34,607 
Total revenue  2,009,771   1,597,465   1,831,541 

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Revenue by category Year ended
March 31, 2013
 Year ended
March 31, 2012
 Year ended
March 31, 2011
   $   $   $ 
             
         Software, software maintenance and consulting  1,233,355   1,679,356   1,729,432 
         Mobile  77,126   119,321   182,650 
Total revenue  1,310,481   1,798,677   1,912,082 

Revenue by geographic market Year ended
March 31, 2013
 Year ended
March 31, 2012
 Year ended
March 31, 2011
   $   $   $ 
             
United States  76,919   143,761   292,375 
United Kingdom  20,946   44,436   7,914 
Europe  —     67,077   58,583 
Brazil  1,015,248   1,074,938   1,310,805 
Canada  63,705   373,631   169,168 
Other  133,663   94,834   73,237 
Total revenue  1,310,481   1,798,677   1,912,082 

SOFTWARE

Historically, we were a developer and provider of the ZIM (IDE) software, which is used by companies in the design, development, and management of information databases. We now license the ZIM IDE software products to customers through direct and partner sales.

The ZIM IDE software provides an integrated development environment (IDE) for Microsoft Windows, UNIX and Linux computer operating systems. An integrated development environment is a set of programs that run from a single user interface for use in the creation of applications and management of databases.

The ZIM IDE software was designed to handle complex data management in a more efficient manner than the database technologies historically provided by other vendors. The distinctive characteristic of the ZIM IDE software is its object dictionary which contains more than just a table of data. Instead, all relationships and data information are concurrently stored in the object dictionary, making it easier to manage and retrieve information. Furthermore, ZIM IDE software uses data sets rather than record-by-record access to manage information. This technique further simplifies the management of data.

The ZIM IDE software has been used to develop database applications that have been deployed in a wide range of industries, including finance, insurance, marketing, human resources, information and records management. Applications built with the ZIM IDE will also fully access most other major databases such as Oracle™ and SQL™ Server.

In fiscal 2011, 2012 and 2013, we continued to support our existing customer base and users of the ZIM IDE software. In addition, we continued to allocate research and development resources to improve the performance and features of the ZIM IDE software.

In 2011, ZIM acquired the technology assets of Torch Technologies and began offering an advanced portfolio of migration services and management products that strengthen and complement ZIM’s enterprise database products. The combined product portfolio is a robust solution to rapidly and cost effectively migrate existing databases to other industry databases including Oracle™ and SQL™ while retaining valuable ZIM applications and providing a simplified database management suite.

MOBILE


Our business strategy previously involved designing mobile data software products to take advantage of the existing wireless data network infrastructure known as Short Message Service (SMS). SMS, mobile messaging, or text messaging, as it is also known, enables users to communicate person to person and application to person through cellular handsets and other SMS-enabled devices. The expertise we gained in the SMS infrastructure and network allowed us to expand into the aggregation of SMS messages in 2004. Aggregators transmit a broad variety of messaging, content, and applications worldwide. ZIM continues to provide a high-volume delivery infrastructure that is scalable with detailed reporting available to our mobile content customers.


During the year ended March 31, 2006, it became apparent that the SMS aggregation market was becoming consolidated, which made it increasingly difficult for us to compete. We noticed a downward trend in sales of aggregation services by the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2006 and decided to expand our product and service offerings. On April 1, 2006, we acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Advanced Internet, Inc. (“AIS”), from Advanced Telecom Services, Inc. (“ATS”). Refer to note 6 of our financial statements “ACQUISITION OF ADVANCED INTERNET INC.” for additional information on this transaction.


For fiscal 2008 we increased our pricing model for our mobile content products. This stabilized our mobile content revenues and resulted in higher gross margins for fiscal 2008 in this business segment.

On July 16, 2007, ZIM Corporation signed an agreement with SilverBirch Inc. to sell certain mobile messaging assets. The assets included ZIM’s Canadian mobile gateway technology, customer contracts and proprietary web to text applications.

Mobile content continues to be a very competitive business and we do not foreseeZIM’s sales have steadily declined year over year.

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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Revenue from the abilitysale of mobile content for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 was $22,773 as compared to increase$59,863 for fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 and $97,689 for fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. The decline was due to a highly competitive and saturated market resulting in a lower volume of downloads, partially offset by our pricing increases for these products. Due to the continuing decline and operational cost of this business on March 31, 2013 ZIM discontinued operations in any significant way. The management of ZIM will continue to investigate opportunities to maximize value for the company in the mobile content space. However, there are no guarantees that we will be successful at identifying new opportunities.


SOFTWARE

Historically, we were a developer and provider of the ZIM (IDE) software, which is used by companies in the design, development, and management of information databases. We now license the ZIM IDE software products to customers through direct and partner sales.

The ZIM IDE software provides an integrated development environment (IDE) for Microsoft Windows, UNIX and Linux computer operating systems. An integrated development environment is a set of programs that runs from a single user interface for use in the creation of applications and management of databases.
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The ZIM IDE software was designed to handle complex data management in a more efficient manner than the database technologies historically provided by other vendors. The distinctive characteristic of the ZIM IDE software is its object dictionary which contains more than just a table of data. Instead, all relationships and data information are concurrently stored in the object dictionary, making it easier to manage and retrieve information. Furthermore, ZIM IDE software uses data sets rather than record-by-record access to manage information. This technique further simplifies the management of data.

The ZIM IDE software has been used to develop database applications that have been deployed in a wide range of industries, including finance, insurance, marketing, human resources, information and records management. Applications built with the ZIM IDE will also fully access most other major databases such as Oracle and SQL Server.

In fiscal 2009, 2010 and 2011, we continued to support our existing customer base and users of the ZIM IDE software. In addition, we continued to allocate research and development resources to improve the performance and features of the ZIM IDE software.

In 2011 ZIM acquired the technology assets of Torch Technologies and began offering an advanced portfolio of migration services and management products that strengthen and complement ZIM's enterprise database products. The combined product portfolio is a robust solution to rapidly and cost effectively migrate existing databases to other industry databases including Oracle™ and SQL™ while retaining valuable ZIM applications and providing a simplified database management suite.
this area.

COMPETITION


ZIM operates primarily in two markets; mobile and database software, as an aggregator and a provider of mobile content and applicationsmessaging delivery and enterprise software. Our competitors include mobile application providers, mobile application aggregators, entertainment and other digital media companies, and the mobile operators themselves, as they also offer mobile content directly to their end users. The database market is highly diversified and includes both small and large competitors.


All these markets are highly competitive and rapidly changing due to the respective natures of these growing markets. We have many competitors in the mobile markets, including WIN PLC, MBlox and Mobile365 in aggregation and Verisign, which owns Jamster and Monstermob in mobile content.

Sybase .

In the database market, our competitors include Oracle,Oracle™, Microsoft, SAP, MySQL and many others. These competitors have certain competitive advantages over us, including but not limited to:


·substantiallySubstantially greater financial and technical resources;
·moreMore extensive and well-developed marketing and sales networks;
·greaterGreater global brand recognition; and
·largerLarger customer bases.

Our existing competitors may in the future achieve greater market acceptance and gain additional market share. It is also possible that new competitors may emerge and acquire significant market share.

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We compete in the mobile aggregation and content environment based on our ability to connect to international operators through a variety of strategic relationships with other aggregators and mobile operators. We have developed strategic relationships with a range of content and service partners in order to serve our customers more effectively and to extend our services to an international audience.  We compete in the mobile content space based on existing brand recognition and our ability to offer new and intriguing content. As mentioned above, the management of ZIM will continue to investigate opportunities to maximize value for the company in the mobile content space. However there are no guarantees that we will be successful at identifying new opportunities.


CUSTOMERS


During fiscal 2011,2013, we had more than 53 revenue generating customers in at least 43 countries in our mobile segment.segment related to the SMS market. In addition, we had in excess of 100 customers who utilized ZIM IDE to run their enterprise applications. Only one customer accounted for over 10% of revenue for the year ended March 31, 2009 and noNo customers accounted for over 10% of revenue for the yearyears ended March 31, 20102011, March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011. In the mobile content market ZIM serves thousands of customers on a monthly basis.


2013.

TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE


We believe that our technology is essential to successfully implement our strategy of expanding and enhancing our products and services expanding in the mobile media market and maintaining the attractiveness and competitiveness of our products and services.


The database server houses all the content structure and subscriber database.  It is hosted on a fully redundant machine equipped with Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAIDs) running Microsoft SQL Server.  Our platform is completely data-driven and optimized for search engines to ensure direct, easy search and access to all content offered on our sites.

Our platform incorporates its own billing facilities, has direct access to credit card transactions, cheque clearing brokers, PayPal and various carriers for premium SMS charging facilities.

Our servers run on Linux and Windows platforms using Postgres and mySQL and proprietary SMPP servers. SMPP is a short message peer-to-peer protocol for exchanging SMS messages between SMS peer entities such as short message service centers. It is used to allow third parties to submit messages, often in bulk. On July 16, 2007, ZIM Corporation signed an agreement with SilverBirch Inc. to sell certain SMS assets. The assets included our Canadian SMPP platform, which we sold for approximately $70,395.

Our database system is an advanced entity-relationship database, which also operates on Windows, Unix and Linux platforms.

Through the acquisition of AIS, we now own the platform for the mobile content portals.  Our portals can serve hundreds of thousands of visitors monthly.  Our platform uses scalable web server and SQL database server facilities to ensure adequate support to a large number of subscribers and different types of contents.

Our platform consists of two main components, the web server and the database server.  The web server is the main customer interface providing all necessary facilities for browsing, searching and purchasing mobile contents. It is hosted on a separate server running Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) offering Search Engine Optimized (SEO) pages and content structure to ensure a high page ranking for our sites and ease of customer search and navigation. 


The database server houses all the content structure and subscriber database.  It is hosted on a fully redundant machine equipped with Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAIDs) running Microsoft SQL Server.  Our platform is completely data-driven and optimized for search engines to ensure direct, easy search and access to all content offered on our sites.
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Our platform incorporates its own billing facilities, has direct access to credit card transactions, cheque clearing brokers, PayPal and various carriers for premium SMS charging facilities.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT


Our research and development activities focus primarily in the areas of database migration technology and IDE software mobile content applications and services. Research and development expenditures, net of refundable tax credits, were $629,258$205,330 for 2011, $482,629fiscal 2013, $244,488 for fiscal 2012 and $258,517 in fiscal 2010, and $457,979 in fiscal 2009.

2011.

PATENTS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION

Intellectual property does not represent a material part of our assets or business strategy. We do not rely on patents or copyrights and, to the extent we maintain trade secrets, we rely on confidentiality agreements to protect them from misappropriation.


GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION


Because of the increasing use of the internet and mobile devices, and the public’s concern for privacy, U.S. and foreign governments have adopted, or may in the future adopt, laws and regulations relating to the internet or use of mobile devices, addressing issues such as user privacy, security, pricing, age verification, content quality, copyrights and distribution techniques. We could become subject to new laws and regulations in various countries that could limit our ability to market our products and to distribute and/or collect user information. These or other laws or regulations that may be enacted in the future could have adverse effects on our business, including higher regulatory compliance costs, limitations on our ability to provide some services in some countries, and liabilities which might be incurred through lawsuits or regulatory penalties. We take steps using industry standard tools such as firewall, VPN, encryption and antivirus to protect the security and confidentiality of the information we collect and store but there is no guarantee that third parties, partners or employees will not gain unauthorized access despite our efforts or that we will not incur costs in complying with our notification obligations under such circumstances.

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C. Organizational Structure


Refer to Exhibit 8.1 for a complete list of ZIM subsidiaries.



D. Property, Plants and Equipment


DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY

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Our principal office is located in Ottawa, Canada. ZIM leases an office suite of approximately 3,300 square feet. The lease is currently scheduled to expire in October, 2015.


We believe that our existing facilities are adequate to meet our current needs.


Refer to note 87 of our financial statements “PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT” for additional information.


ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS


Not applicable.


ITEM 55. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS



EXECUTIVE SUMMARY


Revenue for the fiscal year 20112013 was $2,009,771,$1,310,481, compared with revenue of $1,597,465$1,798,677 for fiscal year 20102012 and $1,831,541$1,912,082 for the fiscal year 2009.2011. The increasedecrease is attributable to increaseddecreased consulting revenue, due to delays in the completion of some consulting projects, and software license revenue for our enterprise software segment related to our enhanced suite of database migration technologies.  This increase is offsetand by the expected decline in revenue from our mobile segment, caused by the continued saturation of that market.

Net incomeloss for the fiscal year 20112013 was $366,797$192,115 as compared to $304,767net income of $474,457 for the fiscal year 20102012 and $153,513$398,528 for the fiscal year 2009.2011. The increasedecrease in net income principally reflects the increasea decrease in revenue, as stated above,revenues coupled with no material increasewrite down of impaired assets in selling and general administrative expenses and an increase in interest income. These gains are offset by an increase in research and development expenses.


the amount of $98,464.

ZIM had cash and cash equivalents of $1,770,990$1,591,507 at March 31, 20112013 as compared to cash and cash equivalents of $1,160,881$1,762,171 at March 31, 2010.2012. The Company generated a positive cash flow from operations of $610,109$24,190 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, as result of normal operations.


A. Operating results

2013.

A.Operating results

The following is an overview of our operating results for the year ended March 31, 2011.2013. A more detailed discussion of our operating results, comparing our operating results for the years ended March 31, 2011, 2010,2013, 2012, and 2009,2011, is included under the heading “ResultsResults of Operations for the Year Ended March 31, 20112013 Compared to the Year Ended March 31, 20102012 and 2009”2011” of this “OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS”.

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Revenues for the year ended March 31, 2011 increased2013 decreased approximately $0.412$0.49 million to approximately $2.01$1.31 million from approximately $1.60$1.80 million for the year ended March 31, 2010.2012. Revenue from our mobile segment decreased from $0.32$0.12 million, to $0.28$0.08 million in fiscal 2011.2013. The decrease was due to reduced SMS aggregation mobile content sales. This decrease is compounded by the decrease of approximately $0.30 million in our software segment and by the decrease of approximately $0.15 million in our maintenance and consulting segment. Revenues for the year ended March 31, 2012 decreased approximately $0.11 million to approximately $1.80 million from approximately $1.91 million for the year ended March 31, 2011. Revenue from our mobile segment decreased from $0.18 million, to $0.12 million in fiscal 2012. The decrease was due to reduced SMS aggregation sales. This decrease compounded by the decrease of approximately $0.13 million in our maintenance and consulting segment and is partially offset by the increase of approximately $453,000$0.08 million in our software segment. In fiscal 2010, revenue from our mobile segment decreased to $0.32 million from $0.37 million, in fiscal 2009, due to reduced aggregation traffic from our customer base. Also, revenue from our software segment decreased approximately $187,000 in fiscal 2010.


Total operating expenses for the year ended March 31, 20112013 were approximately $2.01$1.43 million, ana slight increase of $0.03 compared to fiscal 2012 and a slight decrease of approximately $0.301$0.010 million from operating expenses of $1.71$1.54 million for the year ended March 31, 2010 and a decrease of approximately $0.22 million from operating expenses of $1.93 million for the year ended March 31, 2009.2011. The decrease in fiscal 2010 was attributable to a decrease in costs of revenue relating to the decrease in revenues associated with SMS aggregation, and reduced operating costs as a result of reductions in compensation expense and professional fees. The increase in fiscal 20112012 is related to increaseddecreased research and development costs, of $146,629, increaseddecreased cost of revenue of $82,975 and increasedflat SG&A cost of $66,983.


cost.

CURRENT STRATEGIC DIRECTION


Due to the decrease in revenues from SMS aggregation services, we started exploring new opportunities both within the mobile industry and enterprise application industry.


In 2011, with ZIM’s acquisition of the technology assets of Torch Technologies, we increased our focus on the enterprise software market. Torch’s advanced portfolio of migration services and management products strengthened and complemented ZIM’s enterprise database products, and the combined product portfolio is a robust solution to rapidly and cost effectively migrate existing databases to other industry databases including Oracle™ and SQL™ while retaining valuable ZIM applications and providing a simplified database management suite.

In fiscal 2006, we began offering mobile content, but this is a very competitive business and as of March 2013 we do not foresee increasinghave discontinued operations of this business significantly.  In fiscal 2007, we expanded into Internet TV.  Fiscal 2008 showed an increase in revenue from IPTV over fiscal 2007. However, we did not generate significant revenues within the IPTV space and have not been able to grow the mobile content business.  As a result, managementsegment. Management of ZIM continues to explore alternative strategies and opportunities within the mobile industries to leverage the existing technology, relationships and expertise. These may include joint ventures or sales of any or all of our assets related to either of these industries. ZIM exited the Internet TV market in fiscal 2009.


In 2011, with ZIM’s acquisition of the technology assets of Torch Technologies, we increased our focus on the enterprise software market. Torch’s advanced portfolio of migration services and management products strengthened and complemented ZIM`s enterprise database products, and the combined product portfolio is a robust solution to rapidly and cost effectively migrate existing databases to other industry databases including Oracle™ and SQL™ while retaining valuable ZIM applications and providing a simplified database management suite. ZIM believes that the new product portfolio will strengthen ZIM’s solution offering for existing and new clients.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES


We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which requires management to make certain estimates and apply judgments that affect reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience, current trends, and other factors that management believes to be important at the time the consolidated financial statements are prepared.

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Actual results could differ from our estimates, and such differences could be material. On an ongoing basis, management reviews our accounting policies and how they are applied and disclosed in our consolidated financial statements.

The following supplemental information describes significant judgments and estimates involved in our critical accounting policies, which are more fully described in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.


JUDGMENTS REGARDING TAX POSITIONS


ASC 740 requires that the Company recognize in its financial statements the impact of a tax position if that position is more likely than not of not being sustained on an audit, based on the technical merits of the position. Accordingly, management may be required to make additional judgments regarding the accounting treatment of tax positions.


VALUATION ALLOWANCES


We must make certain estimates and judgments in determining the income tax expense for financial statement purposes. These estimates and judgments occur in the calculation of certain tax assets and liabilities, which arise from differences in the timing of recognition of revenue and expense for tax and financial statement purposes. Judgments regarding realization of deferred tax assets and the ultimate outcome of tax-related contingencies represent key items involved in the determination of tax expense and related balance sheet accounts. We have currently recorded a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. Should we determine that based on factors such as future profitability, a reduction in the valuation allowance is appropriate, an adjustment to our deferred tax assets would increase income in the period such determination was made.


REVENUE RECOGNITION


Revenues shown in the financial statements included with this report have been derived mainly from mobile content sales, IPTV, SMS messaging services, SMS fee-based services, and proprietary software products and licenses. The Company presents revenues net of sales tax and other sales related taxes.


Mobile content and IPTV sales

Mobile content revenues are derived primarily from credit card purchases via the internet or through premium messaging.  IPTV revenues are derived from contracts to provide channels and infrastructure services.  Revenue is recognized by delivery and acceptance of a download (mobile content) or service (IPTV) to the end users. We recognize revenue when (a) there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement; (b) the service has been provided to the customer; (c) the amount of the fees to be paid by the customer is fixed and determinable; and (d) the collection of the fees is reasonably assured.
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Premium messaging and SMS fee-based services

SMS premium messaging services revenues are derived principally from providing mobile content providers connections to mobile operators and allowing their end users to expand on their SMS capabilities and other services. These services include news and other content subscriptions. Revenues from SMS messaging services are recognized based on fees received from the mobile operator, after all payments to the mobile content providers. Such revenues are recognized by ZIM in the period in which the service is performed, provided that no significant Company obligations remain, the collection of the receivables is reasonably assured and the amounts can be accurately estimated.

We rely on the billing statements from third party mobile operators to record revenues. These statements are reviewed for consistency with internally generated reports. Due to the time lag of receiving billing statements from third-party mobile operators, revenues in any period may have to be estimated based on our internal billing records and transmissions, adjusting for prior period confirmation rates with mobile operators and prior period discrepancies between internally estimated revenues and actual revenues confirmed by mobile operators. We apply confirmation rates based on the average of the recent actual historical rates. To date, there has been no significant adjustment to any estimates. However, our internal judgments may be incorrect in any period, which may result in our recording materially incorrect revenues.

Proprietary software products and licenses sales


ZIM records revenues from the perpetual license of the Company's software products and the sale of related maintenance and consulting. The Company's standard license agreement provides a license to use the Company's products based on the number of licensed users. The Company may license its software in multiple element arrangements if the customer purchases any combination of maintenance, consulting or training services in conjunction with the license.


The Company recognizes revenue pursuant to the requirements of the FASB ASC 605-985 "Software Revenue Recognition" Revenue is recognized using the residual method when Company-specific objective evidence of fair value exists for all of the undelivered elements in the arrangement, but does not exist for one or more delivered elements. The Company allocates revenue to each undelivered element based on its respective fair value determined by the price charged when that element is sold separately. The Company defers revenue for the undelivered elements and recognizes the residual amount of the arrangement fee, if any.


Software maintenance and consulting revenue

Maintenance revenues are recognized equally over the term of the maintenance contract, usually 12 months. The liability relating to the received but unearned portion of maintenance revenues is recognized as deferred revenues.

Consulting revenue, which represents services provided on a per diem basis to customers, is recognized as the services are performed as there are no customer acceptance provisions involved in these types of arrangements.

In general, credit terms of 30 days are extended to customers with a small number of customers receiving extended payment terms based on the long standing relationship with ZIM.

Mobile content

Mobile content revenues are derived primarily from credit card purchases via the internet or through premium messaging. Revenue is recognized by delivery and acceptance of a download to the end users. We recognize revenue when (a) there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement; (b) the service has been provided to the customer; (c) the amount of the fees to be paid by the customer is fixed and determinable; and (d) the collection of the fees is reasonably assured.

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION


ZIM adopted the provisions of ASC 718 (formerly SFAS No. 123(R)) effective April 1, 2006, using the modified-prospective transition method, which requires measurement of compensation cost for all stock-based awards at fair value on the date of grant and recognition of compensation expense over the service period for awards expected to vest. The fair value of stock options is determined using the Black Scholes valuation model and requires judgment in establishing the volatility and option forfeiture rates.These internal judgments may be incorrect in any period, which may result in our recording materially incorrect compensation expense.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 20112013 COMPARED TO THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 20102012 AND THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2009


REVENUES
  
Year ended
March 31, 2011
  As a %  
Year ended
March 31, 2010
  As a %  
Year ended
March 31, 2009
  As a % 
  $     $     $    
                   
Mobile content  98,951   5%  136,577   9%  223,527   12%
Bulk SMS  170,789   8%  135,345   8%  115,823   6%
Premium SMS  -   0%  -   0%  3,877   0%
Other SMS services and products  10,599   1%  48,862   3%  14,660   1%
Internet TV  -   0%  -   0%  9,836   1%
   280,339   14%  320,784   20%  367,723   20%
                         
Software  394,366   20%  162,964   10%  424,855   23%
Maintenance and consulting  1,335,066   66%  1,113,717   70%  1,038,963   57%
   1,729,432   86%  1,276,681   80%  1,463,818   80%
                         
   2,009,771   100%  1,597,465   100%  1,831,541   100%

2011

REVENUES Year ended March 31, 2013 As a % Year ended March 31, 2012 As a % Year ended March 31, 2011 As a %
   $       $       $     
Bulk SMS  77,126   6%  119,321   7%  172,051   9%
Other SMS services and products  —     —     —     —     10,599   1%
   77,126   6%  119,321   7%  182,650   10%
                         
Software  175,140   13%  473,448   26%  394,366   21%
Maintenance and consulting  1,058,215   81%  1,205,908   67%  1,335,066   69%
   1,233,355   94%  1,679,356   93%  1,729,432   90%
                         
   1,310,481   100%  1,798,677   100%  1,912,082   100%

Total revenues for the year ended March 31, 20112013 were $2,009,771$1,310,481 as compared to $1,597,465$1,798,677 for the year ended March 31, 20102012 and $1,831,541$1,912,082 for the year ended March 31, 2009. 2011.The increasedecrease is mainly due to increaseddecreased sales of software, licensesmaintenance and consulting services related to our suite of migration technologies.


technologies and the decline in the mobile content and Bulk SMS Business.

REVENUE ANALYSIS BY SERVICE/PRODUCT OFFERING


BULK SMS

Our bulk SMS messaging revenue went from $172,051 in fiscal 2011 to $119,321 in fiscal 2012 and to $77,126 in fiscal 2013. We experienced a decline in customers using our routes in fiscal 2013, as compared to fiscal 2012 and fiscal 2011, resulting in the decreased revenue. In general, bulk messaging customers choose the aggregator that is offering the lowest cost route. We expect that the decreased revenues of fiscal 2013 will be indicative of future performance.

OTHER SMS SERVICES AND PRODUCTS

Our other SMS services revenue decreased from $10,599 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 to $NIL for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 and to $NIL for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013.

SOFTWARE, MAINTENANCE AND CONSULTING

We generate revenues from the sale of our database product as well as the subsequent maintenance and consulting fees. Software sales increased from $394,366in fiscal 2011 to $473,448in fiscal 2012 and then decreased to $175,140in fiscal 2013. The increase in revenue in 2012 is mainly as result of our acquired migration technologies while the decrease in 2013 is mainly due to project delays that are preventing the recognition of revenue and increasing amount of work to be performed (backlog) to over $500,000.

In addition to the sale of the software, we are generating revenue from software maintenance and consulting. Maintenance and consulting revenues have decreased from $1,335,066 in fiscal 2011 to $1,205,908 in fiscal 2012 and decreased to $1,058,215 in fiscal 2013. Most of the maintenance revenue was generated in Brazil as this region represents the largest concentration of users of ZIM’s IDE product. The fluctuation in revenue is due mainly to the fluctuation of the value of the Brazilian real compared to the United States dollar.

REVENUE FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS - MOBILE CONTENT


As previously mentioned, consumers are able to download ring tones and wallpapers directly from our Internet sites to their mobile phones.  

Revenue from the sale of mobile content for the fiscal year ended March 31, 20112013 was $98,951$22,773 as compared to $136,577$59,863 for fiscal year ended March 31, 20102012 and $223,527$97,689 for fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.2011. The decline was due to a highly competitive and saturated market resulting in a lower volume of downloads, partially offset by our pricing increases for these products.

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BULK SMS

Our bulk SMS messaging Due to the continuing decline and operational cost of this business on March 31, 2013 ZIM discontinued operations in this area.

No revenue wentwill be generated from $115,823the operation of this business subsequent to March 31, 2013. Cost related to mobile content purchase will not be incurred after March 31, 2103, and all internal resources related to the operation of this business have been reassigned to tasks related to ZIM’s enterprise software business. This business had $5,736 in current assets and $ 6,810 in current liabilities at March 31, 2013. These assets and liabilities will be discharged in the first quarter of fiscal 2014 as the business is dissolved. The dissolution will have no material impact on the financial performance of the company including no significant impact on cashflow.

EXPENSES

Operating expenses

  Year ended
March 31, 2013
 Year ended
March 31, 2012
 Year ended
March 31, 2011
   $   $   $ 
             
Cost of revenue  94,472   124,649   214,034 
Selling, general and administrative  1,117,503   1,020,237   1,060,707 
Research and development  205,330   244,488   258,517 
Amortization of intangible assets  9,988   10,885   4,251 
   1,427,293   1,400,259   1,537,509 

Total operating expenses increased slightly in fiscal 2009 to $135,345 in fiscal 20102013 and to $170,789 in fiscal 2011. We continue to experience more customers using our routes in fiscal 2011, as compared to fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009, resulting in the increased revenue. In general, bulk messaging customers choose the aggregator that is offering the lowest cost route.  We do not expect that the increased revenues of fiscal 2011 will be indicative of future performance.


PREMIUM SMS

Our premium SMS messaging revenue went2012 from $3,877 in fiscal 2009$1,400,259 to $NIL in fiscal 2010 and to $NIL in fiscal 2011. We do not expect to see any revenue in our premium SMS messaging revenue for fiscal 2012. As previously disclosed, we believe that the decrease in margins is attributable to the competition in the SMS aggregation market and the dominance of a few key mobile content providers.

OTHER SMS SERVICES AND PRODUCTS

Our other SMS services revenue increased$1,427,293. Operating expenses declined from $14,660 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009 to $48,862 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 and to $10,599 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. All other products and services are continuing; however, due to the low and overall decreasing revenue we do not consider them part of our core business.

INTERNET TV

During the quarter ended December 31, 2006, we began offering a P2P Internet TV site, www.ZIMtv.biz. Through a user friendly interface on ZIMTV, consumers can watch free and/or pay-per-view channels containing sports, movies, television, news, animation and educational video content. In fiscal 2007, we were in the process of building customers and we allowed customers free trial subscriptions for the premium channels as well.

In fiscal year 2008, we conducted several trials of our live IPTV streaming service with a key customer. It was determined that P2P did not provide acceptable quality standards. As such we discontinued our partnership with PPLive and switched to Windows Media and Flash-based technologies, which resulted in superior results. The trials were paid for by the customer and resulted in approximately $36,300 in revenues in the year ended March 31, 2008 as compared to $7,368$1,537,509 for the year ended March 31, 2007. In 2009, we stopped providing this service2011 to our existing IPTV customer and subsequently exited our IPTV business. Revenues$1,400,259 for the year ended March 31, 2009 were $9,836 and ZIM has exited this line of business.

SOFTWARE, MAINTENANCE AND CONSULTING

We generate revenues from the sale of our database product as well as the subsequent maintenance and consulting fees. Software sales decreased from $424,885 in fiscal 2009 to $162,964 in fiscal 2010 and rebounded to $394,366 in fiscal 2011. During 2009, ZIM delivered one large project contributing significantly to the higher revenue and the increase in fiscal 2011 is related to additional projects based on our recently acquired migration technologies.
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In addition to the sale of the software, we are generating revenue from software maintenance and consulting. Maintenance and consulting revenues have increased from $1,038,963 in fiscal 2009 to $1,113,717 in fiscal 2010 and to $1,335,066 in fiscal 2011. Most of the maintenance revenue was generated in Brazil as this region represents the largest concentration of users of ZIM’s IDE product.2012. The increase in revenues2013 is mainly due to more licenses being soldincreased stock based compensation and also the strength of the Brazilian real compared to the United States dollar.

We will continue to allocate the appropriate resources to the maintenance and development of our database products while we continue to generate revenues from this product line. Although we do not see immediate or significant growth in this segment, we are still committed to serving our existing customers.

EXPENSES

Operating expenses
  
Year ended
March 31, 2011
  
Year ended
March 31, 2010
  
Year ended
March 31, 2009
 
  $  $  $ 
          
Cost of revenue  261,437   178,462   256,694 
Selling, general and administrative  1,114,611   1,047,627   1,213,709 
Research and development  629,258   482,629   457,979 
Amortization of intangible assets  4,251   -   - 
   2,009,557   1,708,718   1,928,382 

withholding taxes.Operating expenses decreased from $1,928,382The decrease for the year ended March 31, 2009 to $1,708,718 for the year ended March 31, 2010 and has increased to $2,009,557 for the year ended March 31, 2011. The increasefiscal 2012 is mainly attributable to increaseddecreased research and development costs coupled with an increase in thedecreased selling general and administration costs and lower cost of revenue as a result of revenue growth.lower revenues.

COST OF REVENUE


Included in the cost of revenue are direct costs related to the ZIM IDE sales and costs relating to SMS revenues.


  Year ended  Year ended  Year ended 
  March 31, 2011  March 31, 2010  March 31, 2009 
  $  $  $ 
Mobile         
Revenue  280,339   320,784   367,723 
Cost of revenue  (71,902)  (80,010)  (109,549)
Gross margin  208,437   240,774   258,174 
             
Gross margin %  74%  75%  70%
             
 
Software
            
Revenue  1,729,432   1,276,681   1,463,818 
Cost of revenue  (189,535)  (98,452)  (147,145)
Gross margin  1,539,897   1,178,229   1,316,673 
             
Gross margin %  89%  92%  90%

revenues and do not include any payroll costs.

  Year ended
March 31, 2013
 Year ended
March 31, 2012
 Year ended
March 31, 2011
   $   $   $ 
Mobile            
Revenue  77,126   119,321   182,650 
Cost of revenue  (8,811)  (11,483)  (24,499)
Gross margin  68,315   107,838   158,151 
             
Gross margin %  89%  90%  87%
             
Software            
Revenue  1,233,355   1,679,356   1,729,432 
Cost of revenue  (85,661)  (113,166)  (189,535)
Gross margin  1,147,694   1,566,190   1,539,897 
             
Gross margin %  93%  93%  89%

Gross margins for the mobile segment went from 70% in 2009 to 75% in 2010have remained stable between 87% and maintained90% over the 74% level in 2011.

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three-year period.

Gross margins for software, maintenance and consulting sales increased slightly to 90% for the year ended March 31, 2009 to 92% for the year ended March 31, 2010remained stable between 89% and dropped slightly to 89% for the year ended March 31, 2011.93%. Included in the cost of revenue for software, maintenance and consulting are salaries relating to supporting the ZIM IDE software and costs for the distribution of the software. The slight increase in gross margins in our software segment relates to slight cost reductions.


SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE


Selling, general and administrative expenses for the years ended March 31, 2011,2013, March 31, 20102012 and March 31, 20092011 were $1,114,610, $1,047,627$1,117,503, $1,020,237 and $1,213,709$1,060,707 respectively. The decrease in fiscal 20102012 is primarily attributable to reduced operating costs, reduced staff base and reduced professional fees. The decreases alsoare related to our continued focus on reducing costs.maintaining costs in line with revenues. The increases in 20112013 are related to increased consulting feesstock based compensation and rental expense.


Management does expectwithholding taxes on the transfer of funds from Brazil to see some increased expenditures in fiscal 2012 as we improve our internal control over financial reporting.

Canada.

INTEREST


For the years ended March 31, 20112013 and March 31, 2010,2012, we did not incur any interest expense on the debt held byavailable line of credit from our Chief Executive Officer or on our operating line of credit with the Royal Bank of Canada as there were no draws on these facilities in fiscal 20102013 or 2011.


2012.

INCOME TAXES


Included in income taxes are taxes paid on revenues earned in Brazil net of investmentBrazil. Investment tax credits on research and development expenditures in Canada.Canada are netted against research and development costs. The increase in income taxes recoverable is due to increased research and development tax credits related to database migration technologies.


The Scientific Research and Development Credits received from the Canadian federal government were assessed as filed.


B. Liquidity

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB or other standards setting bodies that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. Unless otherwise discussed, the Company’s management believes that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will not have any significant impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued revised accounting guidance on the reporting of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The amendment requires an entity to present, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by the respective line items of net income if the amount is required to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. For other amounts that are not required to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity is required to cross-reference to other disclosures that provide additional detail about those amounts. This guidance is effective prospectively for fiscal years, and Capital Resources


interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2012, which for the Company is the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2013. This guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company.

In June 2011, the FASB issued revised accounting guidance to modify the presentation requirements for comprehensive income. The amendment gives an entity the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The amendment eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2011, which for the Company was the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2012. The Company adopted this amended standard by presenting Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income after the Consolidated Statements of Income. This guidance did not have a material impact on the Company, as this standard only affects the display of comprehensive income and does not affect what is included in comprehensive income.

B.Liquidity and Capital Resources

As at March 31, 2013, we had cash and cash equivalents of $1,591,507 and working capital of $1,895,111 as compared to cash of $1,762,171 and working capital of $2,030,519 at March 31, 2012. As at March 31, 2011, we had cash and cash equivalents of $1,770,990 and working capital of $1,888,157 as compared to cash of $1,160,881 and working capital of $1,276,874 at March 31, 2010. As at March 31, 2009, we had cash and cash equivalents of $640,214 and working capital of $705,856.

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$1,888,157.

Cash flows for the fiscal periods were as follows:


  
Year ended
March 31, 2011
  
Year ended
March 31, 2010
  
Year ended
March 31, 2009
 
   $  $  $ 
Cash flows provided by  operating activities  569,608   417,595   430,652 
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities  (72,719)  (101,220)  (19,334)
Cash flows provided by financing activities  -   -   - 

  Year ended
March 31, 2013
 Year ended
March 31, 2012
 Year ended
March 31, 2011
   $   $   $ 
Cash flows provided by  operating activities  24,190   353,035   569,608 
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities  (4,580)  (197,344)  (72,719)
Cash flows provided by financing activities  —     —     —   

Operating activities generated $569,608$24,190 of cash for the year ended March 31, 20112013 as compared to consuminggenerating cash of $417,595$353,035 for the year ended March 31, 20102012 and generating $430,652$569,608 during the year ended March 31, 2009.2011. The increase$328,845 decrease in cash generated from operations in fiscal 2013 arose asdue to the $652,068 change in income, from an income of $451,049 to a resultloss of an increase$201,019, and is offset by the non-cash impairment of $98,464, the change in net income.


non-cash stock based compensation of $112,873 and other working capital and non-cash changes of $111,886.

We used cash in the amount of $4,580 in fiscal 2013, $197,344 in fiscal 2012, and used $72,719 in fiscal 2011 used $101,220 in fiscal 2010, and $19,334 in fiscal 2009 of cash fromin investing activities. In fiscal 2013, the cash used was for the purchase of computer hardware and software. In fiscal 2012, the cash used mainly related to our investment in Connecting People For Health Cooperative Limited, as described in Note 5 of the consolidated financial statements included in this from 20-F, and computer hardware. In fiscal 2011, the cash used mainly related to our purchase of the database migration technology of Torch Technologies, as described in Note 65 of the consolidated financial statements included in this from 20-F, and computer hardware.  In fiscal 2010, the cash used related mainly for our investment in Seregon Solutions Inc.  In fiscal 2009 the $19,334 was used mainly for the purchase of computer hardware.


At March 31, 2011,2013, the Company had access to a line of credit for approximately $514,509 from its Chief Executive Officer and a working capital line from its principal banker for approximately $51,451$49,232 (refer to Note 98 “Line of Credit” on theto consolidated financial statements), in addition to a cash and cash equivalent balance of $1,770,990.$1,591,507.  Management believes that these funds, together with cash from on-going operations, will be sufficient to fund existing operations for the next 12 months. However, there is no guarantee that unanticipated circumstances will not require additional liquidity, and in any event, these funds alone may not allow for any additional expenditures or growth.


Credit terms for software, maintenance and consulting services have remained consistent from prior periods at 30 days.


As at March 31, 2011, 79%2013, 77% of all receivables were current. As at March 31, 2010,2012, approximately 74%70% of all related receivables were current. As at March 31, 2009,2011, approximately 89%79% of all related receivables were current.


Cash and cash equivalents of $1,770,990$1,591,507 are comprised of $445,612$648,393 in cash and $1,325,378$943,114 in cash equivalents. The cash equivalents of $943,114 at March 31, 2013 ($1,517,976 at March 31, 2012, $1,333,131 at March 31, 2011 (985,221 at March 31, 2010)2011) are comprised of:

Held in Canada:


Renaissance High Interest Savings

TD Waterhouse at 0.70%1.25% - $51,646$1,224 ($50,1901,243 CDN) – No Maturity


Held in Brazil:


Bank Deposit Certificate (CDB) at 8% per annum plus inflation - $1,273,732 $941,890 (R$1,899,355)- No Maturity. Of these deposits R$120,000$89,262 (R$180,000) are secured by Government Deposit Insurance.

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Future liquidity and cash requirements will depend on a wide range of factors, including the level of success the Company has in executing its strategic plan as well as its ability to maintain business in existing operations and its ability to raise additional financing. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that ZIM will be able to meet its working capital needs for any future period. In addition, the Company has an accumulated deficit of $20,563,530 and, during$20,313,500 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. The Company also has generated negative cash flows from operations for one of the previous five fiscal years.


2013. 

If ZIM’s expenses surpass the funds available or if ZIM requires additional expenditures to grow the business, the Company may be unable to obtain the necessary funds and ZIM may have to curtail or suspend some or all of its business operations, which would likely have a material adverse effect on its business relationships, financial results, financial condition and prospects, as well as on the ability of shareholders to recover their investment.


RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB or other standards setting bodies that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. Unless otherwise discussed, the Company’s management believes that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will not have any significant impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

ASC 605-25:

In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-13, “Revenue Recognition - Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements,” which amends guidance in ASC 605-25, “Revenue Recognition: Multiple-Element Arrangements.” The guidance will allow companies to allocate arrangement consideration in multiple deliverable arrangements in a manner that better reflects the transaction’s economics. It also provides principles and application guidance on whether multiple deliverables exist, how the arrangement should be separated, and the consideration allocated. It also requires an entity to allocate revenue in an arrangement using estimated selling prices of deliverables if a vendor does not have vendor-specific objective evidence or third-party evidence of the selling price. The guidance eliminates the use of the residual method, requires entities to allocate revenue using the relative-selling-price method and significantly expands the disclosure requirements for multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements.

The authoritative guidance requires new and expanded disclosures and is applied prospectively to revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010 or retrospectively for all periods presented. ZIM will adopt the authoritative guidance on April 1, 2011. Management is currently assessing the impact of the adoption of this authoritative guidance will have, if any, on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
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ASU 2010-13:
In April, 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2010-13 (ASU 2010-13), "Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades".  This update addresses whether an employee stock option should be classified as a liability or as an equity instrument if the exercise price is denominated in the currency in which a substantial portion of the entity’s equity securities trade. That currency may differ from the entity’s functional currency and from the payroll currency of the employee receiving the option.  The guidance requires equity treatment for share-based payment awards that have an exercise price denominated in the currency of the market in which a substantial portion of the company’s equity shares trade, assuming all other criteria for equity classification are met. The final consensus is consistent with the guidance in the proposed ASU on this Issue, except that it clarifies that an entity cannot choose to account for such awards as a liability if the award otherwise qualifies for equity classification.  The amended guidance is effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2010. In the period of adoption, entities must record a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings for that year, presented separately for all outstanding awards as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which the new guidance is initially applied. 
Early adoption is permitted. If an entity elects early application and the period of adoption is not the first reporting period in the entity’s fiscal year, the amended guidance must be applied through retrospective application from the beginning of the entity’s fiscal year.  Management is currently assessing the impact of the adoption of this authoritative guidance will have, if any, on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
C. Research and development

C.Research and development

Research and development expenses went from $457,979$258,517 for the year ended March 31, 20092011 to $482,629$244,488 for the year ended March 31, 20102012 and to $629,258$205,330 for the year ended March 31, 2011.2013. The increasedecrease in fiscal 20102012 relates to decreased use of one contract employee and the effects of a weaker US dollar as compared to the Canadian dollar. The sharp increase in 2011 relates toResearch and development expenses are net of refundable investment tax credits on research and development investmentsexpenses in database migration technology.


D. Trend information

Canada.

D.Trend information

The Company has not identified and is not aware of any trends that will have a significant impact on its consolidated financial position, statement of operations or cash flows.

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E. Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

E.Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Company hashad no off balance sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2011.

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F. Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations

Contractual Obligations
  Payment Due by Period 
  
 
Total
  Less than 1 year  1 -3 years  3-5 years  Greater than 5 years 
  $  $  $  $  $ 
Long-Term Debt Obligations  -   -   -   -   - 
Capital (Finance) Lease Obligations  -   -   -   -   - 
Operating Lease Obligations  261,085   56,964   113,928   90,193   - 
Purchase Obligations  -   -   -   -   - 
Other Long-Term Liabilities Reflected on the Company's Balance Sheet under the GAAP of the primary financial statements      -       -       -       -       - 
Total  261,085   56,964   113,928   90,193   - 
2013.

F.Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations

Contractual ObligationsPayment Due by Period

 

 

Total

Less than 1 year

 

1 -3
years

 

3-5 years

Greater than 5 years
 $$$$$
Operating Lease Obligations

 181,690

  40,880

 140,810

 -

  -

Total 181,690 40,880 140,810--

ITEM 66. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES


The following sets forth information concerning our executive officers and directors, including their ages, present principal occupations, other business experience during the last five years, memberships on committees of the Board of Directors and directorships in other companies:


NAMEAGEPOSITION WITH ZIM
Dr. Michael Cowpland6870President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
John Chapman4749Chief Financial Officer / Consultant
Steven Houck4143      Director
James Stechyson4648Director
Donald Gibbs6567Director
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Michael Cowpland has served as our President, Director and Chief Executive Officer since February 2001 and as our Chief Financial Officer from March 2007 to November 2007. In 1973, Dr. Cowpland co-founded Mitel Corporation (formerly NYSE:MTL) and was that company's Chief Executive Officer for 10 years. During Dr. Cowpland's tenure as CEO of Mitel, Mitel's sales reached $300 million before it was acquired by British Telecom in 1984. After the acquisition of Mitel, Dr. Cowpland founded Corel Corporation (formerly NASDAQ:CORL), a company that evolved into one of the world's leading providers of office productivity software. Corel was widely recognized for its WordPerfect Office Suite, and its PC graphics application, Corel Draw. Dr. Cowpland served as President of Corel from 1985 to January 2001. Dr. Cowpland began his career in 1964 at Bell Northern Research. Dr. Cowpland received a Bachelor of Science and Engineering from the Imperial College (London), a Masters of Engineering from Carleton University and Ph.D. in Engineering from Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada).


John Chapman has served as our Chief Financial Officer since November 2007 and has provided consulting services to the Company since July 2007. Mr. Chapman provides virtual CFO consulting services to various companies. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Chapman held the positions of Director of Finance and Program Management Office at Amdocs Canadian Managed Services. From 1988 to 2003, Mr. Chapman held various positions at Bell Canada and BCE companies in the areas of Finance, Human Resources and Engineering. He received a Bachelor of Technology (Mechanical Engineering) from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in 1988 and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Ottawa in 1999. Mr. Chapman is a member of, and holds professional designations, with the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, the Institute of Certified Management Consultants of Ontario and the Society of Management Accountants of Ontario.


Steven Houck has served as a Director of ZIM since April 2001. Currently, Mr. Houck is Chief Operating Officer of DataCore Software, a company that develops storage virtualization software. Until recently, Mr. Houck also held the position of Chief Executive Officer of GRIDTREE Inc., a technologycompany headquartered in Miami, Florida providing enterprise class IT services to the small to medium sized business market. Previously Mr. Houck wasthe Vice President of Latin America at VMware, a developer of software for the virtualization market.market.  Prior to working at VMware SteveMr. Houck was Vice President of World Wide SMB Sales at EMCCorporation, a developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions. During 2004 and 2005, Mr. Houck worked as a consultant for various start-up companies. From 1995 to early 2004, Mr. Houck held various positions with Corel Corporation includingExecutive Vice President of World WideSales. Prior to his service to Corel, he founded Worldview Technologies, a company specializing in multimedia design and authoring and served as its CEO until 1995. He attended Florida State University and Florida Atlantic University.

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James Stechyson has served as a Director and Chairman of ZIM since June 1, 2003. He also served as a Director of ZIM Technologies beginning in January 1998 and was appointed into the position of Chairman in May 2001. Mr. Stechyson is also currently Managing Director of HostedBizz Inc, a company delivering cloud based Hosted IT services. From September 2002 until 2003, Mr. Stechyson served as the President of ClearOne Communications Canada.Canada a subsidiary of ClearOne Communications a leading global provider of audio conferencing solutions used by thousands of organizations worldwide. From 1990 to September 2002, he was the Founder and President of OM Video, Inc., a hardware sales and systems integrator of professional video and presentationaudio/visual technology based in Ottawa, Canada. OM Video was acquired by ClearOne Communications in 2002.


Donald RR. Gibbs has been a Director of ZIM since July 2003. He also serves as the Chairman of ZIM's Audit Committee. Mr. Gibbs is a consultant and presently serves on the BoardChief Executive Officer of AirIQ. From April 2007, to June 2008, Mr. Gibbs was the Chief Executive Officer of Tarquin Inc. Since July of 2004, Mr. Gibbs has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Process Photonics Inc. From June 2001 to April 2004, Mr. Gibbs was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Original Solutions Inc. He is also the principal of his own consulting company, Donald R Gibbs and Associates which provides financial and management assistance to start-up corporations. Since 1970, Mr. Gibbs has held senior financial and executive positions in Mitel Corporation, Cognos Inc., Gandalf Systems Corporation, Positron Fiber Systems Inc., Gorilla Capital Inc., VIPswitch Inc. and Original Solutions Inc. Mr. Gibbs received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Ottawa and holds a professional designation as a Certified Management Accountant.


EMPLOYEES


As at March 31, 2011,2013, we had 14 full-time employees, with 64 employees in selling, general and administration and 810 employees in technical areas including technical support and research and development. We consider our relations with our employees to be excellent, and none of our employees are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. ZIM also contracts services from 4 consultants on a part-time basis as well as contracts R&D services in India and Brazil.


1 consultant on a full time basis.

Of these employees, 12 are based in Ottawa, Canada and two2 are based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS


We have an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee. ZIM does not have a Nominating Committee. In the absence of such a committee, the Board as a whole considers individuals to recommend to the Board for inclusion among management's nominees and considers corporate governance issues. The Board will consider director candidates recommended by shareholders of the Company if the name and qualifications of such candidates are presented to the Board in a timely manner. The membership term for Board and Board Committee members is 3 years.


The Audit Committee's functions include evaluating, and recommending to the Board the engagement of the independent registered public accounting firm, reviewing the results of their audit findings, and monitoring on a periodic basis our internal controls over financial reporting. The Audit Committee has a formally approved written charter. The Audit Committee consists of Donald Gibbs (Chairman) and Steven Houck. Mr. Gibbs is the Audit Committee’s “audit committee financial expert,” as defined byin Item 16A of Form 20-F, and he is “independent” under the NASDAQ Listing Rules. Mr. Houck replaced James Stechyson as a member of the audit committee effective June 24, 2009. The Audit Committee held four meetings during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.


2013.

The Compensation Committee’s functions include evaluating compensation for directors, officers, employees of and consultants to the Company, and making recommendations to the Board regarding such compensation matters. The Compensation Committee has a formally approved written charter. The Compensation Committee currently consists of James Stechyson and Steven Houck. The Compensation Committee did not hold a meeting during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.


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CODE OF ETHICS FOR SENIOR FINANCIAL OFFICERS


Our Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Ethics that qualifies as a “code of ethics” within the meaning of such term in Form 20-F and applies to our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, as well as to other senior management and senior financial staff of ZIM, including, without limitation, our comptroller and person performing such function, and complies with the requirements imposed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules issued thereunder for codes of ethics applicable to such officers. Our Board has reviewed and will continue to evaluate its role and responsibilities with respect to the new legislative and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Interested persons can obtain a copy of our Code of Ethics without charge by writing to: Investor Relations c/o 150 Isabella Street, Suite 150, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 1V7 or by visiting our web-site at www.ZIM.biz.


www.ZIM.biz.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION


Compensation Discussion and Analysis


Philosophy


We design all of our compensation programs to retain and as necessary attract key employees who are motivated to achieve growth in technology. Our program has been kept simple due to the size of our staff and our lack of performance measurements. Our programs are designed to reward performance based on team and individual performances. Due to the size of our organization, our executive compensation programs impact all employees because these programs help establish expectations for our general approach to rewards.

The Company encourages our business leaders to work together to create a high performance environment that is reinforced by constant attention to individual’s goals and expectations.

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We believe that the performance of the executives in managing our company should be considered in light of general economic and specific company, industry and competitive conditions. We believe that our compensation programs for our executives should reflect our success as a management team and in attaining an increased value for shareholders. We also believe that individual performance should be evaluated annually and considered in compensation decisions.

Overview of Compensation and Process


Elements of compensation for our executives include: salary and stock option grants and health, disability and life insurance. Our Compensation Committee consists of Messrs. Stechyson and Houck. It generally meets as required to review any changes to the compensation plans for the next year. In fiscal 2010,2013, there were no changes to the plan, no bonuses and no changes to the salary levels for executives, and as a result, there were no Compensation Committee meetings.


Due to the size of the organization, the Compensation Committee is aware of all the elements of each executive’s total compensation over each of the past three years, as well as a comparison to the compensation of other executive officers in an appropriate market comparison group. Typically, our Chief Executive Officer recommends compensation changes with respect to the executive officers who report to him. The Chief Executive Officer has no salary so there have been no compensation recommendations to the compensation committee with respect to him. All option grants to the executives in the organization are approved by our Board of Directors at the time of grant. The Compensation Committee has the authority to accept or adjust any recommendations.


We choose to pay each element of compensation in order to attract and retain the necessary executive talent, reward annual performance and provide incentive for their balanced focus on long-term strategic goals as well as short-term performance. The amount of each element of compensation is determined by or under the direction of the Compensation Committee, which uses the following factors to determine the amount of salary and other benefits to pay each executive:


·
performancePerformance in the previous year;
·
difficultyDifficulty of achieving desired results in the coming year;
·
valueValue of their unique skills and capabilities to increase the performance of the Company;
·
performancePerformance of their general management responsibilities; and
·
contributionContribution as a member of the management team.

These elements fit into our overall compensation objectives by helping to secure the future potential of our operations, facilitating our entry into new markets, providing proper compliance and regulatory guidance, and helping to create a cohesive team.


Our policy for allocating between long-term and currently paid compensation is to ensure adequate base compensation to attract and retain personnel, while providing stock option incentives to maximize long-term value for our Company.

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Base Salary and Bonus


It is the goal of the Compensation Committee to establish salary compensation for our executive officers based on our comparable peer companies. We believe that this gives us the opportunity to attract and retain appropriate managerial employees both at the senior executive level and below.


Management incentive plans for our Vice President of Sales and our Vice President of Business Development were changed in fiscal 2009.  Their base salary was reduced by $50,000 per year in Canadian funds and incentive compensation was established to allow them to earn up to $70,000 per year in Canadian funds. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, ZIM retained the management team by offering stock options and through the personal commitment of the team.

Equity Incentives


A significant goal of our compensation is to afford our executives (and employees) an opportunity to participate in our performance through stock option grants. The Compensation Committee considers factors such as the ability for the Company to attract, motivate and retain qualified individuals and to align their success with that of the Company’s Shareholders through the achievement of strategic corporate objectives and creation of shareholder value. The level of equity incentives paid to an individual is based on the individual’s overall experience, responsibility, performance and base salary.

Factors also considered are the equity incentives offered for similar positions in the high tech industry and other labor markets in which the Company competes for employees. The Compensation Committee compares remuneration for executive officers of the Company to the remuneration for similar executives in relevant labor markets.


Perquisites


We limit the perquisites that we make available to our executive officers. Our executives are not entitled to any benefits that are not otherwise available to all of our employees.

Post-Employment Compensation


We do not provide pension arrangements or post-retirement health coverage for our executives or employees. Our executive officers are eligible to participate in our registered retirement savings plan.


Summary Compensation Table


The table below provides detailed information on the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer the Vice President of Sales and the Vice President of Business Development of ZIM for services rendered for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011. No executive officer or employee received compensation in excess of $100,000 for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.

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Name and principal
position
 Salary / Consulting Payments ($)Option Awards ($)(1) Total ($)
YearCommon Shares ($)
Michael Cowpland,
President and
Chief Executive Officer
 
2009
2010
2011
 
-
-
-
 
1,299
67,326
7,931
 
10,000
15,504
50,000
 
11,299
82,830
57,931
John Chapman,
Chief Financial Officer
(CHAPMAN CFO Resources Inc.)
 
2009
2010
2011
 
48,074
45,824
46,952
 
7,220
-
13,657
 
-
-
-
 
55,294
45,824
60,609
Roberto Campagna (2),
Vice President,
Sales
 
2009
2010
2011
 
63,929
-
-
 
853
-
-
 
-
-
 
64,782
-
-
Phil Scavo (3),
Vice President,
Business Development
 
2009
2010
2011
 
67,289
-
-
 
853
-
-
 
-
-
-
 
68,142
-
-


2013.

Name and principal positionYearSalary / Consulting Payments ($)Option Awards ($)(1)Common Shares ($)Total ($)
Michael Cowpland,20117,93150,00057,931
President and Chief20122,0012,001
Executive Officer201319,95350,00069,953
John Chapman,201146,95213,65760,609
Chief Financial201238,79910,24449,043
Officer (CHAPMAN CFO Resources Inc.)201332,79832,798

(1)Represents the compensation expense incurred by the Company for the years ended March 31, 2009,2011, March 31, 2010,2012, and March 31, 20112013 respectively, relating to outstanding stock options held by the named executive officers (“NEOs”), determined in accordance with ASC 718 using the assumptions described under “Stock Options” in Note 2 to the Company’s Financial Statements included in this Form 20-F, provided that no forfeitures of awards have been assumed for the NEOs. All options vest immediately upon option grant.
(2)On January 2, 2009, Roberto Campagna, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of ZIM, departed the Company.
(3)On April 29, 2009 Phil Scavo, ZIM’s Vice President of Business Development, Sales and Marketing resigned from the company.
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Outstanding Equity Awards At Fiscal Year-End

   
 
 
 
 
 
Option
Expiration
Date
Name
Number of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
Number of Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable
 
Option
Exercise
Price ($)
Michael Cowpland, President and Chief Executive Officer               120,000Nil0.00729-Apr-11
                        100,000Nil0.00518-Nov-11
                        100,000Nil0.005116-Dec-11
 100,000Nil0.002121-Jul-12
 1,400,000Nil0.002121-Jul-12
 133,340Nil0.004012-Aug-12
 62,503Nil0.004012-Aug-12
 726,702Nil0.019019-Nov-12
 6,667Nil0.019019-Nov-12
Roberto Campagna, Vice President, Sales406,650Nil0.010019-Feb-13
 5,710,000Nil0.010019-Feb-13
         47,500Nil0.010025-Jul-13
 95,000Nil0.010025-Jul-13
                  100,000Nil0.010025-Jul-13
                326,683Nil0.020021-Sept-13
                  66,667Nil0.020017-Nov-13
                  10,000Nil0.010012-Dec-13
                263,333Nil0.010017-Feb-14
                200,000Nil0.010017-Feb-14
                130,000Nil0.010017-Feb-14
John Chapman (CHAPMAN CFO Resources Inc.)
Chief Financial Officer
421,875Nil0.00730-Apr-11
 332,813Nil0.0101-Jun-11
 441,406Nil0.00630-Jun-11
 460,938Nil0.00631-Jul-11
 135,938Nil0.02021-Sept-13
 60,938Nil0.02017-Nov-13
 202,500Nil0.02017-Nov-13
 421,875Nil0.01012-Dec-13
 153,125Nil0.01017-Feb-14
 660,938Nil0.01017-Feb-14
 100,000Nil0.01022-Feb-14
 157,031Nil0.0102-Mar-14

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OptionExpirationDate

Name

 

Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options

(#)

Exercisable

Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options

(#)

Unexercisable

 

Option ExercisePrice ($)

Michael Cowpland,
President and Chief
Executive Officer
    
                  47,500Nil0.010025-Jul-13
                  95,000

Nil

0.010025-Jul-13
                  100,000

Nil

0.010025-Jul-13
                326,683

Nil

0.020021-Sept-13
                  66,667

Nil

0.020017-Nov-13
                  10,000

Nil

0.010012-Dec-13
                263,333

Nil

0.010017-Feb-14
           ��    200,000

Nil

0.010017-Feb-14
                130,000

Nil

0.010022-Feb-14
 120,000Nil0.010022-Feb-14
 100,000Nil0.010022-Feb-14
 100,000Nil0.010020-Nov-14
 100,000Nil0.009022-Feb-15
 1,695,843Nil0.009021-Aug-15
 726,702Nil0.003021-Feb-16
 6,667Nil0.003021-Feb-16
 5,710,000Nil0.003021-Feb-16
406,650Nil0.003021-Feb-16
     
John Chapman
(CHAPMAN CFO
Resources Inc.)
Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

   
 135,938Nil0.02021-Sept-13
 60,938Nil0.02017-Nov-13
 202,500Nil0.02017-Nov-13
 421,875Nil0.01012-Dec-13
 153,125Nil0.01017-Feb-14
 660,938Nil0.01017-Feb-14
 100,000Nil0.01022-Feb-14
 157,031Nil0.0102-Mar-14
 351,563Nil0.01016-Aug-14
 421,875Nil0.01016-Aug-14
 332,813Nil0.01016-Aug-14
 441,406Nil0.01016-Aug-14
 460,938Nil0.01016-Aug-14

All options above vested immediately upon option grant. All options are granted three years prior to the expiry date.


COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS


Non-employee members of the Board of Directors are reimbursed for reasonable travel expenses related to attendance at Board meetings. No other fees are paid for attendance at meetings of the Board or their Committees. Each director is also awarded for his first year of service as a director, 200,000 stock options to purchase common shares at fair market value at date of the option grant. In addition, non-employee members of the Board of Directors are eligible to receive option grants as determined by the Board of Directors.


The following table shows compensation of our non-employee directors for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.


Name Option Awards ($)(1)  Common Shares ($)  Total($) 
Steven Houck  1,390   -   1,390 
James Stechyson  34,692   50,000   84,692 
Donald Gibbs  1,390   -   1,390 
2013.

NameOption Awards
($)(1)
Common Shares
($)
Total ($)
Steven Houck1,071-1,071
James Stechyson        61850,00050,618
Donald Gibbs670-670

(1)Represents the compensation expense incurred by the Company for the years ended March 31, 2011,2013, relating to outstanding stock options held by the named executive officers (“NEOs”), determined in accordance with ASC 718 using the assumptions described under “Stock Options” in Note 2 to the Company’s Financial Statements included in this Form 20-F, provided that no forfeitures of awards have been assumed for the NEOs. All options vest immediately upon option grant.

Refer to Item 7 for share ownership information with respect to the Company’s directors.


SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS


ZIM established the Employee Stock Option Plan, which was approved by our shareholders on November 19, 2003, to promote the interests of the Company and our shareholders by using investment interests in the Company to attract, retain and motivate our directors, officers, employees and other persons, to encourage and reward their contributions to the performance of the Company, and to align their interests with the interests of the Company's shareholders.


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Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans at March 31, 20112013 are as follows:


Plan categoryNumber of
securities to be
issued upon
exercise of
outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
Weighted average
exercise price of
outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
($)
Number of securities
remaining available for
future issuance under
equity compensation plans,
excluding the securities
reflected in the first column
    
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders20,205,382(1)0.0095,782,618
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders6,010,000(2)0.010NIL
Total26,215,3820.0095,782,618

Plan categoryNumber of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights

Weighted average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights

($)

Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans, excluding the securities reflected in the first column
    
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders20,124,485(1)0.0107,075,515
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders6,010,000(2)0.003

 

NIL

Total26,134,4850.0827,075,515

(1)Represents ZIM common shares issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding under ZIM's Employee Stock Option Plan.
(2)Represents ZIM common shares issuable upon the exercise of options outstanding and issued outside of ZIM's Employee Stock Option Plan to officers, directors and advisory Board members. During the period from October 13, 2000 to June 25, 2001, ZIM issued an aggregate of 8,285,000 options outside of the Employee Stock Option Plan. Of these options, 145,000 were exercised in the ten months ended March 31, 2004 and 2,030,000 options were cancelled in the fiscal periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004. The remaining options expired on February 5, 2007 butand 6,010,000 were reissued with an expiry date of February 19, 2010. They were reissued again in 2010 and expired February 18, 2013. They were reissued again in 2013 and have a new expiry date of February 21, 2016.

ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS


SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS


The following table sets forth, as of June 24, 2011,28, 2013, the number and percentage of our outstanding common shares which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by:


·
eachEach person who is known to us as the beneficial owner of 5% or more of our outstanding common shares;
·
eachEach director and executive officer of ZIM Corporation; and
·
allAll directors and executive officers of ZIM Corporation as a group.

Beneficial ownership includes shares over which the indicated person has sole or shared voting or investment power and shares which he or she has the right to acquire within 60 days of June 24, 2011.28, 2013. Unless otherwise indicated, the persons listed are deemed to have sole voting and investment power over the shares beneficially owned.

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   Common shares
NameAddressTitleNumber Percentage
      
Michael Cowpland234 Perley Court, Ottawa, OntarioPresident and CEO79,775,036 58.8%
      
James Stechyson
5597 Goddard Street
Manotick, Ontario
Director23,140,000 17.4%
      
Advanced Telecom Services996 Bold Eagle School Road, Suite 1105, Wayne, PAN/A10,000,000 8.0%
      
John Chapman (CHAPMAN CFO Resources Inc.)30 Holitzner Way Ottawa, OntarioChief Financial Officer3,549,377 2.8%
      
Steven Houck401 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto,  CA  94304Director710,000 0.6%
      
Donald Gibbs5 Reaney Court, Kanata, Ontario, Canada,K2K 1W7Director710,000 0.6%
      

   Common shares
NameAddressTitleNumber Percentage
      
Michael Cowpland(1)234 Perley Court,
Ottawa, Ontario
President and CEO84,875,036 58.3%
      

James Stechyson(2)

5597 Goddard Street

Manotick, Ontario

Director28,240,000 19.7%
      
Advanced Telecom Services(3)996 Bold Eagle School
Road, Suite 1105,
Wayne, PA
N/A10,000,000 7.4%
      
John Chapman (CHAPMAN CFO Resources Inc.)(4)30 Holitzner Way
Ottawa, Ontario
Chief Financial Officer3,900,940 2.8%
      
Steven Houck (5)401 Hillview Avenue,
Palo Alto,  CA  94304
Director910,000 0.7%
      
Donald Gibbs (6)5 Reaney Court,
Kanata, Ontario,
Canada,K2K 1W7
Director810,000 0.6%
      

All directors and executive officers as a group (5 persons) hold 107,884,413118,735,976 common shares, which totals 72.8%74.6% of ownership.


Applicable percentage of ownership is based upon 125,460,867135,460,867 common shares outstanding as of June 24, 2011,2013, together with applicable options for such shareholder or group. Shares of common stock subject to options currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of June 24, 201128, 2013 are deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage ownership of the person holding such options, but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of any other person.



(1)The beneficial ownership of Michael Cowpland consists of 56,357,46861,357,468 common shares owned directly by Dr. Cowpland and 10,105,04510,205,045 common shares under options, which are currently exercisable or are exercisable within 60 days of June 24, 2011.30, 2013. In addition, Dr. Cowpland’s ownership includes 4,518,728 common shares owned by Dr. Cowpland's spouse and 8,793,795 common shares owned by a company controlled by Dr. Cowpland's spouse. Dr. Cowpland disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by his spouse and the company controlled by his spouse.

(2)The beneficial ownership of James Stechyson consists of 15,450,00020,450,000 common shares. 450,000 shares are owned directly by Mr. Stechyson and 15,000,00020,000,000 are owned by a company controlled by Mr. Stechyson. 7,690,0007,790,000 common shares, which he has a right to acquire under stock options are currently exercisable or are exercisable within 60 days of June 24, 2011.28, 2013.

(3)The beneficial ownership of Advanced Telecom Services Inc. consists of 10,000,000 common shares owned directly.
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(4)The beneficial ownership of John Chapman consists of 3,549,3773,900,940 common shares, which he has a right to acquire under stock optionsthat are currently exercisable or are exercisable within 60 days of June 24, 2011.28, 2013. The options assigned to Mr. Chapman are held by CHAPMAN CFO Resources Inc. in which Mr. Chapman is the controlling shareholder.

(5)The beneficial ownership of Steven Houck consists of 710,000910,000 common shares, which he has a right to acquire under stock optionsthat are currently exercisable or are exercisable within 60 days of June 24, 2011.28, 2013.

(6)The beneficial ownership of Donald Gibbs consists of 710,000810,000 common shares, which he has a right to acquire under stock optionsthat are currently exercisable or are exercisable within 60 days of June 24, 2011.28, 2013.

The Board of Directors has determined that all directors who served on the Board during fiscal 2011,2013, other than Dr. Michael Cowpland and Mr. James Stechyson, are or were “independent” under NASDAQ Listing Rules. The Board has further determined that the members of the Audit Committee also meet the additional independence requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.


The services of John Chapman, our Chief Financial Officer, are provided through a contractual relationship with CHAPMAN CFO Resources Inc., a company owned 50% by Mr. Chapman and controlled by Mr. Chapman. The total cash and option compensation provided to CHAPMAN CFO Resources Inc. for the services provided by Mr. Chapman are detailed in “Executive Compensation” above.


Change in Ownership of Shareholders Owning More Than 5%


:

On February 27, 2009,July 2, 2012, Dr. Cowpland acquired 5,000,000 of the Issuer's common shares as compensation in lieu of salary for services provided to the Company.


On February 27, 2009,July 2, 2012, Mr. Stechyson acquired 5,000,000 of the Issuer's common shares as compensation in lieu of cash for services provided to the Company.


On June 24, 2009, Dr. Cowpland acquired 5,000,000 of the Issuer's common shares as compensation in lieu of salary for services provided to the Company.

On June 24, 2009, Mr. Stechyson acquired 5,000,000 of the Issuer's common shares as compensation in lieu of cash for services provided to the Company.

On June 24, 2010, Dr. Cowpland acquired 5,000,000 of the Issuer's common shares as compensation in lieu of salary for services provided to the Company.

On June 24, 2010, Mr. Stechyson acquired 5,000,000 of the Issuer's common shares as compensation in lieu of cash for services provided to the Company.
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VOTING RIGHTS


Major Shareholders of the Company do not hold any special voting rights.


LOCATION OF STOCK HOLDINGS


85,119,991 (67.8%

At June 28, 2013, 86,405,035 (64%) of ZIM’s common shares are held outside of the United States. The number of shareholders of record is 994.


CONTROL


The Company is not owned or controlled directly or indirectly by another corporation, foreign government or by any other natural of legal person(s) severally or jointly.


ITEM 7B.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Not Applicable
ITEM 8.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 7B. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Not applicable

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 A.Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information

Refer to Item 18 for Consolidated Financial Statements


 B.Significant Changes

There have been no significant changes to our business since the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011.

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2013.

ITEM 9.THE OFFER AND LISTING

OFFER AND LISTING DETAILS


"Bid" and "asked" offers for our common shares are quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board ("OTCBB"). Our common shares have been quoted on the OTCBB under the symbol "ZIMCF" since October 16, 2003. The following table shows the high and low closing prices of our common shares for the periods indicated as reported by the OTCBB. The OTCBB quotations reflect inter-dealer prices, are without retail markup, markdown or commission, and may not represent actual transactions.


PERIOD HIGHLOW
    
Fiscal 2007 $ 0.1400$  0.0200
Fiscal 2008 $ 0.0600$  0.0100
Fiscal 2009 $ 0.0100$  0.0020
Fiscal 2010 $ 0.0100$  0.0020
Fiscal 2011 $ 0.0200$  0.0040
    
Fiscal 2010 First Quarter $ 0.0089$  0.0021
Fiscal 2010 Second Quarter $ 0.0040$  0.0021
Fiscal 2010 Third Quarter $ 0.0300$  0.0031
Fiscal 2010 Fourth Quarter $ 0.0200$  0.0100
Fiscal 2011 First Quarter $ 0.0200$  0.0050
Fiscal 2011 Second Quarter $ 0.0200$  0.0100
Fiscal 2011 Third Quarter $ 0.0200$  0.0045
Fiscal 2011 Fourth Quarter $ 0.0200$  0.0040
    
Fiscal 2011 January 2011 $ 0.0200$  0.0040
Fiscal 2011 February 2011 $ 0.0200$  0.0100
Fiscal 2011 March 2011 $ 0.0100$  0.0100
Fiscal 2011 April 2011 $ 0.0100$  0.0100
Fiscal 2011 May 2011 $ 0.0100$  0.0100
Fiscal 2011 June 2011 $ 0.0100$  0.0100

PERIOD HIGH LOW
         
Fiscal 2009 $0.0100  $0.0020 
Fiscal 2010 $0.0100  $0.0020 
Fiscal 2011 $0.0200  $0.0040 
Fiscal 2012 $0.0200  $0.0001 
Fiscal 2013 $0.0110  $0.0020 
         
Fiscal 2012 First Quarter $0.0100  $0.0100 
Fiscal 2012 Second Quarter $0.0170  $0.0100 
Fiscal 2012 Third Quarter $0.0200  $0.0110 
Fiscal 2012 Fourth Quarter $0.0130  $0.0001 
Fiscal 2013 First Quarter $0.0110  $0.0090 
Fiscal 2013 Second Quarter $0.0100  $0.0090 
Fiscal 2013 Third Quarter $0.0090  $0.0020 
Fiscal 2013 Fourth Quarter $0.0050  $0.0020 
Fiscal 2014 First Quarter $0.0050  $0.0010 
 
        
Fiscal 2013 January 2013 $0.0020  $0.0020 
Fiscal 2013 February 2013 $0.0030  $0.0020 
Fiscal 2013 March 2013 $0.0050  $0.0020 
Fiscal 2014 April 2013 $0.0050  $0.0030 
Fiscal 2014 May 2013 $0.0030  $0.0030 
Fiscal 2014 June 2013 $0.0030  $0.0010 

Our common shares are thinly traded and, accordingly, reported sale prices may not represent a true market-based valuation of our common shares.


We have not paid any dividends on our common shares and we intend to retain all earnings for use in our operations and to finance the development and the expansion of our business. We do not anticipate paying any dividends on the common shares in the foreseeable future. The payment of dividends is within the discretion of our Board of Directors. Any future decision with respect to dividends will depend on future earnings, future capital needs and our operating and financial condition, among other factors.

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RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES


On December 4, 2007, we issued to Michael Cowpland, our Chief Executive Officer and controlling shareholder, 7,398,912 units, each consisting of one common share and one warrant to purchase a common share, for $0.014 per unit. Mr. Cowpland acquired the units through the conversion of debt and accumulated interest in the amount of $103,585. The units were priced at $0.014 per unit, which represented the closing market price of ZIM’s common shares on the OTCBB on December 3, 2007. The warrants expired on March 3, 2009. We issued the units in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. Dr. Cowpland is an accredited investor who was afforded full opportunity to obtain material information about the Company, and no general solicitation was involved. In addition, the securities were sold in an "offshore transaction" as defined in Regulation S, under the Securities Act, and in compliance with applicable exemptions under Canadian securities laws.

None

ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION


A. SHARE CAPITAL

A.SHARE CAPITAL

Not Applicable.


B. MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

B.MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

ZIM was incorporated under the federal laws of Canada on October 17, 2002, in order to purchase ZIM Technologies International Inc. ("ZIM Technologies"), which was formed in 1997 to acquire the software technology now called the ZIM Integrated Development Environment (the "ZIM IDE software"). On February 10, 2004, ZIM purchased UK-based SMS service firms EPL Communications Limited and E-Promotions Limited (together referred to as "EPL"). During the year ended March 31, 2006, EPL was dissolved and all operations were transferred to ZIM Corporation in Canada. ZIM is also the sole shareholder of ZIM Technologies do Brazil Ltda., a company incorporated in Brazil that distributes the ZIM IDE Software, and PCI Merge, Inc., a Florida based holding company with no operations. Until March 31, 2004, ZIM was the sole shareholder of ZIM Technologies, a Canadian federal corporation and the chief operating company of the ZIM group of companies. On April 1, 2004, ZIM Corporation and ZIM Technologies amalgamated into ZIM Corporation. On April 1, 2006, ZIM purchased a US-based mobile content company called Advanced Internet Inc. (“AIS”).


In 2011 ZIM acquired the technology assets of Torch Technologies and began offering an advanced portfolio of migration services and management products that strengthen and complement ZIM`s enterprise database products.

Other Provisions of Articles and By-laws

There are no provisions in the Articles or By-laws:

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delayingDelaying or prohibiting a change in control of our company that operate only with respect to a merger, acquisition or corporate restructuring;
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discriminatingDiscriminating against any existing or prospective holder of shares as a result of such shareholder owning a substantial number of shares;
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requiringRequiring disclosure of share ownership; or
·
governingGoverning changes in capital, where such provisions are more stringent than those required by law.

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Share Capital

The Corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Common Shares and an unlimited number of Special Shares which shall have the following rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions:

COMMON SHARES

The Common Shares have attached thereto the following rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions:

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1.     Voting

The holders of the Common Shares are entitled to receive notice of and to attend and shall be entitled to one (1) vote at any meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation for each Common Share held.

2.     Dividends

The holders of the Common Shares are entitled to receive dividends as and when the directors shall in their discretion declare dividends on the Common Shares and pay the same.

3.     Dissolution

The holders of the Common Shares are entitled to receive the remaining property of the Corporation in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, or other distribution of assets of the Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding-up its affairs.

SPECIAL SHARES

The Special Shares have attached thereto the following rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions:

1.     Voting Rights

Except as may be required by applicable law, the holders of the Special Shares are not entitled to notice of or to attend or vote at any meeting of the shareholders of the Company.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act and any other provision contained herein, the holders of the Special Shares shall not be entitled to vote separately as a class upon a proposal to amend these Articles to:

  
       (a) increase or decrease any maximum number of authorized Special Shares, or increase any maximum number of authorized shares of a class of shares having rights or privileges equal or superior to the Special Shares; or
  
       (b) effect an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of the Special Shares; or
  
 

      (c) create a new class of shares equal or superior to the Special Shares.

2.     Dividends

      Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares ranking prior to the Special Shares or the Common Shares, the holders of the Special Shares are entitled to receive, pro rata with the holders of the Common Shares, such dividends as may be declared by the board of directors of the Corporation, out of funds legally available therefor; the holder of any Special Shares on the record date for any dividend payable on such share will be entitled to such dividend, notwithstanding that such share is converted into a Common Share as described below after such record date and before the payment date of such dividend. Dividends shall not be paid or declared or set aside for payment on the Special Shares unless dividends in an equal amount per Common Share are paid or set aside for payment at the same time on the Common Shares.

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3.     Rights on Dissolution

In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, the holders of the Special Shares are entitled to receive on a pro rata basis and on a share-for-share basis with the holders of the Common Shares, all of the assets of the Corporation remaining after payment of all of the Corporation’s liabilities, subject to the preferential rights of any shares ranking prior to the Special Shares.

4.     Conversion Rights

Any holder of Special Shares is entitled, at any time on written notice to the Corporation, to have any or all of the Special Shares held by him or it converted into Common Shares on the basis (the “Special Conversion Basis”) of one Common Share for each Special Share which such holder may desire to convert.

No fractional Common Shares will be issued upon the conversion of the Special Shares and no payment shall be made to the holders of Special Shares in lieu thereof.

5.     Adjustment Rights

In the event of the Special Shares or Common Shares being at any time subdivided, consolidated, converted or exchanged for a greater or lesser number of shares of the same or another class, appropriate adjustments will be made in the rights and conditions attaching to the Special Shares and the Common Shares, respectively, so as to preserve in all respects the benefits conferred on the holders of each such class. No such adjustment will be required to be made unless the cumulative effect of such adjustment or adjustments would change the number of Common Shares issuable upon the conversion of the Special Shares by at least one-hundredth of a share, provided that such adjustment not so made shall be carried forward and taken into account at any subsequent adjustment.

In the event of any reclassification of Common Shares, any amalgamation, merger or other consolidation of the Corporation with another entity, or the transfer of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets, the holders of the Special Shares will be entitled to receive such securities or other property as if on the effective date of such event they were registered holders of the number of Common Shares which such holders of Special Shares were entitled to receive upon the conversion of their Special Shares. No such adjustment shall be made if the holders of the Special Shares are entitled to participate in any such event on the same terms, as though they had converted their Special Shares prior to the occurrence of such event.

6.     General Rights and Attributes

Except as specifically referred to above, each Special Share and each Common Share shall have the same rights and attributes and not have any priority over the other.

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Powers and Duties of Directors


The Directors shall manage or supervise the management of our affairs and business and shall have authority to exercise all such powers as are not, by the Company Act, Articles or By-laws, required to be exercised by the shareholders in a general meeting or prohibited by law.


A majority of the directors shall be resident Canadians and, if any of the issued securities of the Corporation are or were a part of a distribution to the public, at least two of the directors shall not be officers or employees of the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation. No director shall be required to hold shares issued by the Corporation, unless the articles otherwise provide. In exercising his powers and discharging his duties each director must (a) act honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation and (b) exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances.

Directors serve for Threethree (3) years, until each third annual meeting of shareholders.  In general, a Director who is, in any way, directly or indirectly interested in an existing or proposed contract or transaction with us whereby a duty or interest might be created to conflict with his duty or interest as a director, shall declare the nature and extent of his interest in such contract or transaction or the conflict or potential conflict with his duty and interest as a director.  Such a Director shall not vote in respect of any such contract or transaction with us if the Chairman disqualifies him.  If he votes, his vote shall not be counted, but he shall be counted in the quorum present at the meeting at which such a vote is taken.  The shareholders at the general meeting shall determine the remuneration of the Directors.  However, notwithstanding the foregoing, Directors shall be paid all expenses incurred in attending meetings or conducting business on our behalf.


Shareholders


An Annual General Meeting of Shareholders must be held once in every year at such time and place as may be determined by the Directors.  Notice of the meeting must be given not less than twenty-one (21) nor more than fifty (50) days prior to the meeting.  A quorum at an Annual General Meeting and Special Meeting shall be such person or number of persons present, in person or by proxy, holding or representing a majority of the total number of issued shares of the Corporation carrying voting rights for such meeting.


In accordance with our By-laws , Directors are elected by an “ordinary resolution” which means (a) a resolution passed by our shareholders in a General Meeting by a simple majority of the votes cast in person or by proxy, or (b) a resolution that has been submitted to our shareholders who would have been entitled to vote on it in person or by proxy at our general meeting and that has been consented to in writing by all of our shareholders entitled to vote on it.


For further details refer to Exhibits:


1.1Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on November 1, 2002 (No. 333-100920))
1.2By-Laws of the Registrant (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on November 1, 2002 (No. 333-100920))

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C. MATERIAL CONTRACTS


The Company entered into one material contract, not in the ordinary course of business, during the last two fiscal years ended March 31, 2011. See exhibit 4.16 “Surrender and Conversion Agreement by and between Michael Cowpland and ZIM Corporation dated December 4, 2007”

On December 4, 2007, we issued to Michael Cowpland, our Chief Executive Officer and controlling shareholder, 7,398,912 units, each consisting of one common share and one warrant to purchase a common share, for $0.014 per unit. Mr. Cowpland acquired the units through the conversion of debt and accumulated interest in the amount of $103,585. The units were priced at $0.014 per unit, which represented the closing market price of ZIM’s common stock on the OTCBB on December 3, 2007. The warrants expired on March 3, 2009. See Exhibit 4.16 for further details of this contract.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company negotiated an out of court settlement of an unrecognized claim. The full amount of the settlement is $214,961, subject to certain terms. Due to the inherent uncertainty of this contingent gain it will be recorded at the time funds are received. As of June 30, 2009, $171,400 has been received and has been recorded as other income during ZIM’s first quarter ended June 30, 2009.

None.

D. EXCHANGE CONTROLS


As of the date hereof, there are no governmental laws, decrees or regulations in Canada on the export or import of capital, or which impose foreign exchange controls or affect the remittance of interest, dividends or other payments to non-resident holders of our common stock, except as described under ITEM 10E “Taxation”.


Except as provided in the Investment Canada Act, which has provisions that restrict the holding of voting shares by non-Canadians, there are no limitations specific to the rights of non-Canadians to hold or vote the Company’s common shares under the laws of Canada or Ontario, or in its charter documents. The following summarizes the principal features of the Investment Canada Act for non-Canadian residents proposing to acquire the Company’s common shares.


This summary is of a general nature only and is not intended to be, and should not be construed to be, legal advice to any holder or prospective holder of the Company’s common shares, and no opinion or representation to any holder or prospective holder of our common shares is hereby made. Accordingly, holders and prospective holders of the Company’s common shares should consult with their own legal advisors with respect to the consequences of purchasing and owning the Company’s common shares.

The Investment Canada Act governs the acquisition of Canadian businesses by non-Canadians. Under the Investment Canada Act, non-Canadian persons or entities acquiring “control” (as defined in the Investment Canada Act) of a corporation carrying on business in Canada are required to either notify, or file an application for review with, Industry Canada, subject to certain statutory exemptions. The relevant Minister may review any transaction which constitutes an acquisition of control of a Canadian business, where the book value of the assets acquired exceeds certain thresholds (which are higher for investors from members of the World Trade Organization, including United States residents, or World Trade Organization member-controlled companies) or where the activity of the business is related to Canada’s cultural heritage or national identity, or where the investment could be injurious to Canada’s national security. For acquisitions of control of a business which do not involve a business related to Canada’s cultural heritage or national identity or present national security issues, no change of voting control will be deemed to have occurred, for purposes of the Investment Canada Act, if less than one-third of the voting control of a Canadian corporation is acquired by an investor. Different rules apply to acquisitions of control of businesses related to Canada’s cultural heritage or national identity, or present national security concerns.
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If an investment is reviewable under the Investment Canada Act, an application for review in the form prescribed is normally required to be filed with Industry Canada prior to the investment taking place, and the investment may not be implemented until the review has been completed and the Minister responsible for the Investment Canada Act is satisfied that the investment is likely to be of net benefit to Canada. If the Minister is not satisfied that the investment is likely to be of net benefit to Canada, the non-Canadian applicant must not implement the investment, or if the investment has been implemented, may be required to divest itself of control of the Canadian business that is the subject of the investment. Different rules apply if the Minister determines that the investment may be injurious to Canada’s national security.

Certain transactions relating to ZIM’s common stock would be exempt from the Investment Canada Act, if they are not found to be potentially injurious to Canada’s national security by the Minister responsible for the Investment Canada Act, including:


·
theThe acquisition of the Company’s common stock by a person in the ordinary course of that person’s business as a trader or dealer in securities;
·
theThe acquisition of control of the Company in connection with the realization of security granted for a loan or other financial assistance and not for a purpose related to the provisions of the Investment Canada Act; and the acquisition of control of the Company by reason of an amalgamation, merger, consolidation or corporate reorganization following which the ultimate direct or indirect control in fact of the Company, through ownership of our common stock, remains unchanged.

These exemptions do not apply to an acquisition of control of a Canadian business that is deemed to be potentially injurious to Canada’s national security.


E. TAXATION


Material Canadian

Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences


The following is a general summary describes the principal Canadianof certain material U.S. federal income tax consequencesconsiderations applicable to a holderU.S. Holder (as defined below) arising from and relating to the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of common shares of the Company’s common stock whoCompany.

This summary is a resident of the United States, who isfor general information purposes only and does not will not be and will not be deemedpurport to be a resident of Canada for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “Income Tax Act”) and any applicable tax treaty and who does not usecomplete analysis or hold, and is not deemed to use or hold, his common stock in the capital of the Company in connection with carrying on a business in Canada (a “non-resident holder”). This summary applies only to non-resident holders who hold their ZIM common stock as capital property. This summary does not apply to non-resident holders who are financial institutions (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act) or insurers.


This summary is based upon the current provisions of the Income Tax Act, the regulations there under (the “Regulations”), the current publicly announced administrative and assessing policies of the Canada Revenue Agency and the Canada- United States Tax Convention (1980), as amended (the “Treaty”). This summary also takes into account the amendments to the Income Tax Act and the Regulations publicly announced by the Minister of Finance (Canada) prior to the date hereof (the “Tax Proposals”) and assumes that all such Tax Proposals will be enacted in their present form. However, no assurances can be given that the Tax Proposals will be enacted in the form proposed, or at all. This summary is not exhaustivelisting of all possible Canadianpotential U.S. federal income tax consequences applicableconsiderations that may apply to a non-resident holderU.S. Holder arising from and relating to the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of the Company’s common stock and, except for the foregoing,shares. In addition, this summary does not take into account or anticipatethe individual facts and circumstances of any changes in law, whether by legislative, administrative or judicial decision or action, nor does it take into account provincial, territorial or foreign income tax legislation or considerations, whichparticular U.S. Holder that may differ fromaffect the CanadianU.S. federal income tax consequences described herein.
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Thisto such U.S. Holder, including specific tax consequences to a U.S. Holder under an applicable tax treaty. Accordingly, this summary is of a general nature only and is not intended to be, and should not be construed to be,as, legal business or U.S. federal income tax advice to any particular holder or prospective holder of ZIM’s common stock, and no opinion or representation with respect to any U.S. Holder. This summary does not address the U.S. federal alternative minimum, U.S. federal estate and gift, U.S. state and local, and non-U.S. tax consequences to any holder or prospective holderU.S. Holders of the Company’sacquisition, ownership, and disposition of common stock is made. Accordingly, holders and prospective holders of the Company’s common stockshares. Except as specifically set forth below, this summary does not discuss applicable tax reporting requirements. Each U.S. Holder should consult theirits own tax advisors with respectadvisor regarding the U.S. federal, U.S. federal alternative minimum, U.S. federal estate and gift, U.S. state and local, and non-U.S. tax consequences relating to the acquisition, ownership and disposition of common shares.

No legal opinion from U.S. legal counsel or ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) has been requested, or will be obtained, regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of purchasing, owningthe acquisition, ownership, and disposingdisposition of ZIM’s common stock in their particular circumstances.


Dividends

Dividends paidshares. This summary is not binding on the Company’s common sharesIRS, and the IRS is not precluded from taking a position that is different from, and contrary to, a non-resident holder will bethe positions taken in this summary. In addition, because the authorities on which this summary is based are subject underto various interpretations, the Income Tax Act to withholding tax which tax is deducted at source byIRS and the Company. The withholding tax rate for dividends prescribed by the Income Tax Act is 25% but this rate may be reduced under the provisions of an applicable tax treaty. Under the Treaty, the withholding tax rate is reduced to 15% on dividends paid by the Company to a residentU.S. courts could disagree with one or more of the United States who is the beneficial ownerpositions taken in this summary.

Scope of such dividend and is eligible to benefits under the Treaty. The rate is further reduced to 5% where the beneficial owner of the dividend is a corporation resident in the United States that is eligible for benefits under the Treaty and that owns at least 10% of the voting stock of the Company.


Capital Gains

A non-resident, of Canada, holder is not subject to tax under the Income Tax Act in respect of a capital gain realized upon the disposition of a common share of the Company unless such share is (or is deemed to be) “taxable Canadian property” (as defined in the Income Tax Act) of the non-resident holder. In the case of a non-resident holder resident in the United States who is eligible for benefits under the Treaty and for whom stock of the Company are taxable Canadian property, no Canadian taxes will generally be payable on a capital gain realized on such stock by reason of the Treaty unless the value of such stock is derived principally from real property situated in Canada.

United States Federal Income Tax Consequences

The following is a general discussion of the material United States federal income tax consequences, under current law, generally applicable to a U.S. Holder (as hereinafter defined) of common shares of the Company. this Summary

Authorities

This discussion does not address individual consequences to persons subject to special provisions of federal income tax law, such as those described below as excluded from the definition of a U.S. Holder. In addition, this discussion does not cover any state, local or foreign tax consequences. (See “Material Canadian Federal Income Tax Consequence”).

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The following discussionsummary is based upon the sections ofon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”),or the Code, Treasury Regulations (whether final, temporary, or proposed), published Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) rulings of the IRS, published administrative positions of the IRS, the Convention Between Canada and the United States of America with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital, signed September 26, 1980, as amended, or the Canada-U.S. Tax Convention, and U.S. court decisions that are currently applicable any or alland, in each case, as in effect and available, as of the date of this document. Any of the authorities on which this summary is based could be materiallychanged in a material and adversely changed, possiblyadverse manner at any time, and any such change could be applied on a retroactive or prospective basis at any time.which could affect the U.S. federal income tax considerations described in this summary. This discussionsummary does not considerdiscuss the potential effects, bothwhether adverse andor beneficial, of any recently proposed legislation which,that, if enacted, could be applied possibly on a retroactive basis, at any time. This discussion is for general information only and it is not intended to be, nor should it be construed to be, legal or tax advice to any holder or prospective holderbasis.

U.S. Holders

For purposes of common shares ofthis summary, the Company and no opinion or representation with respect to the United States federal income tax consequences to any such holder or prospective holder is made. Accordingly, holders and prospective holders of common shares of the Company are urged to consult their own tax advisors about the federal, state, local, and foreign tax consequences of purchasing, owning and disposing of common shares of the Company.


U.S. Holders

As used herein, aterm “U.S. Holder” means a holderbeneficial owner of common shares that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

·an individual who is a citizen or resident of the U.S.;
·a corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) organized under the laws of the U.S., any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
·an estate whose income is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
·a trust that (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the U.S. and the control of one or more U.S. persons for all substantial decisions or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury Regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.

Non-U.S. Holders

For purposes of the Company whothis summary, a “non-U.S. Holder” is a citizen or individual residentbeneficial owner of the United States,common shares that is not a corporation or partnership created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or of any political subdivision thereof or a trust whose income is taxable in the United States irrespective of source.U.S. Holder. This summary does not address the U.S. federal income tax consequences to non-U.S. Holders arising from and relating to the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of common shares. Accordingly, a non-U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the U.S. Holderfederal, U.S. federal alternative minimum, U.S. federal estate and gift, U.S. state and local, and non-U.S. tax consequences (including the potential application of and operation of any income tax treaties) relating to the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of common shares.

U.S. Holders Subject to Special U.S. Federal Income Tax Rules Not Addressed

This summary does not include, persons subject to specific provisions ofaddress the U.S. federal income tax law, such asconsiderations applicable to U.S. Holders that are subject to special provisions under the Code, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) U.S. Holders that are tax-exempt organizations, qualified retirement plans, individual retirement accounts, andor other tax-deferred accounts,accounts; (b) U.S. Holders that are financial institutions, underwriters, insurance companies, real estate investment trusts, or regulated investment companies,companies; (c) U.S. Holders that are broker-dealers, non-resident alien individuals, personsdealers, or entitiestraders in securities or currencies that elect to apply a mark-to-market accounting method; (d) U.S. Holders that have a “functional currency” other than the U.S. dollar, shareholders who holddollar; (e) U.S. Holders that own common shares as part of a straddle, hedging or atransaction, conversion transaction, and shareholders whoconstructive sale, or other arrangement involving more than one position; (f) U.S. Holders that acquired their common shares throughin connection with the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation for services.services; (g) U.S. Holders that hold common shares other than as a capital asset within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code (generally, property held for investment purposes); or (h) U.S. Holders that own or have owned (directly, indirectly, or by attribution) 10% or more of the total combined voting power of the outstanding shares of the Company. This summary isalso does not address the U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to U.S. Holders who are: (a) U.S. expatriates or former long-term residents of the U.S.; (b) persons that have been, are, or will be a resident or deemed to be a resident in Canada for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the “Tax Act”); (c) persons that use or hold, will use or hold, or that are or will be deemed to use or hold common shares in connection with carrying on a business in Canada; (d) persons whose common shares constitute “taxable Canadian property” under the Tax Act; or (e) persons that have a permanent establishment in Canada for the purposes of the Canada-U.S. Tax Convention. U.S. Holders that are subject to special provisions under the Code, including, but not limited to, U.S. Holders whodescribed immediately above, should consult their own tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal, U.S. federal alternative minimum, U.S. federal estate and gift, U.S. state and local, and non-U.S. tax consequences relating to the acquisition, ownership and disposition of common shares.

If an entity or arrangement that is classified as a partnership (or “pass-through” entity) for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds common shares, as capital assets.the U.S. federal income tax consequences to such partnership and the partners of such partnership generally will depend on the activities of the partnership and the status of such partners (or owners). This summary does not address the tax consequences to a personany such partnership or entity holding an interest in a shareholderpartner. Partners of entities or the consequences to a person of the ownership, exercise or disposition of any options, warrants or other rights to acquire common shares.


Distribution on Common Shares of the Company

U.S. Holders receiving dividend distributions (including constructive dividends) with respect to common shares of the Companyarrangements that are required to include in gross incomeclassified as partnerships for United StatesU.S. federal income tax purposes should consult their own tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences arising from and relating to the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of common shares.

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Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules

If the Company were to constitute a “passive foreign investment company” under the meaning of Section 1297 of the Code, or a PFIC, as defined below, for any year during a U.S. Holder’s holding period, then certain different and potentially adverse rules will affect the U.S. federal income tax consequences to a U.S. Holder resulting from the acquisition, ownership and disposition of common shares. In addition, in any year in which the Company is classified as a PFIC, such holder may be required to file an annual report with the IRS containing such information as Treasury Regulations and/or other IRS guidance may require. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the requirements of filing such information returns under these rules, including the requirement to file an IRS Form 8621.

PFIC Status of the Company

The Company generally will be a PFIC if, for a tax year, (a) 75% or more of the gross amountincome of such distributions equal to the U.S. dollarCompany is passive income (the “income test”) or (b) 50% or more of the value of the Company’s assets either produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income, based on the quarterly average of the fair market value of such assets (the “asset test”). “Gross income” generally includes all sales revenues less the cost of goods sold, plus income from investments and from incidental or outside operations or sources, and “passive income” generally includes, for example, dividends, interest, certain rents and royalties, certain gains from the sale of stock and securities, and certain gains from commodities transactions.

For purposes of the PFIC income test and asset test described above, if the Company owns, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the total value of the outstanding shares of another corporation, the Company will be treated as if it (a) held a proportionate share of the assets of such other corporation and (b) received directly a proportionate share of the income of such other corporation. In addition, for purposes of the PFIC income test and asset test described above, and assuming certain other requirements are met, “passive income” does not include certain interest, dividends, rents, or royalties that are received or accrued by the Company from certain “related persons” (as defined in Section 954(d)(3) of the Code), to the extent such items are properly allocable to the income of such related person that is not passive income.

In addition, under certain attribution rules, if the Company is a PFIC, U.S. Holders will be deemed to own their proportionate share of the stock of any subsidiary of the Company that is also a PFIC, or a Subsidiary PFIC, and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on their proportionate share of (a) a distribution on the stock of a Subsidiary PFIC and (b) a disposition or deemed disposition of the stock of a Subsidiary PFIC, both as if such U.S. Holders directly held the shares of such Subsidiary PFIC.

The Company believes that it was classified as a PFIC during the tax year ended March 31, 2013, and may be a PFIC in future tax years. The determination of whether any corporation was, or will be, a PFIC for a tax year depends, in part, on the application of complex U.S. federal income tax rules, which are subject to differing interpretations. In addition, whether any corporation will be a PFIC for any tax year depends on the assets and income of such corporation over the course of each such tax year and, as a result, cannot be predicted with certainty as of the date of receipt (basedthis document. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not challenge any determination made by the Company (or a Subsidiary PFIC) concerning its PFIC status. Each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the PFIC status of the Company and any Subsidiary PFIC.

Default PFIC Rules Under Section 1291 of the Code

If the Company is a PFIC, the U.S. federal income tax consequences to a U.S. Holder of the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of common shares will depend on whether such U.S. Holder makes an election to treat the Company and each Subsidiary PFIC, if any, as a “qualified electing fund” or “QEF” under Section 1295 of the Code, or a QEF Election, or a mark-to-market election under Section 1296 of the Code, or a Mark-to-Market Election. A U.S. Holder that does not make either a QEF Election or a Mark-to-Market Election will be referred to in this summary as a “Non-Electing U.S. Holder.”

A Non-Electing U.S. Holder will be subject to the rules of Section 1291 of the Code with respect to (a) any gain recognized on the exchange ratesale or other taxable disposition of common shares and (b) any excess distribution received on such date)our common shares. A distribution generally will be an “excess distribution” to the extent that such distribution (together with all other distributions received in the current tax year) exceeds 125% of the average distributions received during the three preceding tax years (or during a U.S. Holder’s holding period for our common shares, if shorter).

Under Section 1291 of the Code, any gain recognized on the sale or other taxable disposition of common shares (including an indirect disposition of the stock of any Subsidiary PFIC), and any “excess distribution” received on common shares, must be ratably allocated to each day in a Non-Electing U.S. Holder’s holding period for the respective common shares. The amount of any such gain or excess distribution allocated to the tax year of disposition or distribution of the excess distribution and to years before the entity became a PFIC, if any, would be taxed as ordinary income. The amounts allocated to any other tax year would be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the highest tax rate applicable to ordinary income in each such year, and an interest charge would be imposed on the tax liability for each such year, calculated as if such tax liability had been due in each such year. A Non-Electing U.S. Holder that is not a corporation must treat any such interest paid as “personal interest,” which is not deductible.

If the Company is a PFIC for any tax year during which a Non-Electing U.S. Holder holds common shares, the Company will continue to be treated as a PFIC with respect to such Non-Electing U.S. Holder, regardless of whether the Company ceases to be a PFIC in one or more subsequent tax years. A Non-Electing U.S. Holder may terminate this deemed PFIC status by electing to recognize gain (which will be taxed under the rules of Section 1291 of the Code discussed above), but not loss, as if such common shares were sold on the last day of the last tax year for which the Company was a PFIC.

QEF Election

A U.S. Holder that makes a timely and effective QEF Election for the first tax year in which its holding period of its common shares begins generally will not be subject to the rules of Section 1291 of the Code discussed above with respect to its common shares. A U.S. Holder that makes a timely and effective QEF Election will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on such U.S. Holder’s pro rata share of (a) the net capital gain of the Company, which will be taxed as long-term capital gain to such U.S. Holder, and (b) the ordinary earnings of the Company, which will be taxed as ordinary income to such U.S. Holder. Generally, “net capital gain” is the excess of (a) net long-term capital gain over (b) net short-term capital loss, and “ordinary earnings” are the excess of (a) “earnings and profits” over (b) net capital gain. A U.S. Holder that makes a QEF Election will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on such amounts for each tax year in which the Company is a PFIC, regardless of whether such amounts are actually distributed to such U.S. Holder by the Company. However, for any tax year in which the Company is a PFIC and has no net income or gain, U.S. Holders that have made a QEF Election would not have any income inclusions as a result of the QEF Election. If a U.S. Holder that made a QEF Election has an income inclusion, such a U.S. Holder may, subject to certain limitations, elect to defer payment of current U.S. federal income tax on such amounts, subject to an interest charge. If such U.S. Holder is not a corporation, any such interest paid will be treated as “personal interest,” which is not deductible.

A U.S. Holder that makes a timely and effective QEF Election with respect to the Company generally (a) may receive a tax-free distribution from the Company to the extent that such distribution represents “earnings and profits” of the Company that were previously included in income by the U.S. Holder because of such QEF Election and (b) will adjust such U.S. Holder’s tax basis in our common shares to reflect the amount included in income or accumulated earningsallowed as a tax-free distribution because of such QEF Election. In addition, a U.S. Holder that makes a QEF Election generally will recognize capital gain or loss on the sale or other taxable disposition of common shares.

The procedure for making a QEF Election, and profits, withoutthe U.S. federal income tax consequences of making a QEF Election, will depend on whether such QEF Election is timely. A QEF Election will be treated as “timely” if such QEF Election is made for the first year in the U.S. Holder’s holding period for our common shares in which the Company was a PFIC. A U.S. Holder may make a timely QEF Election by filing the appropriate QEF Election documents at the time such U.S. Holder files a U.S. federal income tax return for such year. If a U.S. Holder does not make a timely and effective QEF Election for the first year in the U.S. Holder’s holding period for our common shares, the U.S. Holder may still be able to make a timely and effective QEF Election in a subsequent year if such U.S. Holder also makes a “purging” election to recognize gain (which will be taxed under the rules of Section 1291 of the Code discussed above) as if such common shares were sold for their fair market value on the day the QEF Election is effective.

A QEF Election will apply to the tax year for which such QEF Election is timely made and to all subsequent tax years, unless such QEF Election is invalidated or terminated or the IRS consents to revocation of such QEF Election. If a U.S. Holder makes a QEF Election and, in a subsequent tax year, the Company ceases to be a PFIC, the QEF Election will remain in effect (although it will not be applicable) during those tax years in which the Company is not a PFIC. Accordingly, if the Company becomes a PFIC in another subsequent tax year, the QEF Election will be effective and the U.S. Holder will be subject to the QEF rules described above during any subsequent tax year in which the Company qualifies as a PFIC.

U.S. Holders should be aware that there can be no assurance that the Company will satisfy record keeping requirements that apply to a QEF, or that the Company will supply U.S. Holders with information that such U.S. Holders require to report under the QEF rules, in event that the Company is a PFIC and a U.S. Holder wishes to make a QEF Election. Thus, U.S. Holders may not be able to make a QEF Election with respect to their common shares. Each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the availability of, and procedure for making, a QEF Election.

Mark-to-Market Election

A U.S. Holder may make a Mark-to-Market Election only if the common shares are marketable stock. Our common shares generally will be “marketable stock” if our common shares are regularly traded on (a) a national securities exchange that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, (b) the national market system established pursuant to section 11A of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or (c) a foreign securities exchange that is regulated or supervised by a governmental authority of the country in which the market is located, provided that (i) such foreign exchange has trading volume, listing, financial disclosure, and meets other requirements and the laws of the country in which such foreign exchange is located, together with the rules of such foreign exchange, ensure that such requirements are actually enforced and (ii) the rules of such foreign exchange ensure active trading of listed stocks. If such stock is traded on such a qualified exchange or other market, such stock generally will be “regularly traded” for any calendar year during which such stock is traded, other than in de minimis quantities, on at least 15 days during each calendar quarter.

A U.S. Holder that makes a Mark-to-Market Election with respect to its common shares generally will not be subject to the rules of Section 1291 of the Code discussed above with respect to such common shares. However, if a U.S. Holder does not make a Mark-to-Market Election beginning in the first tax year of such U.S. Holder’s holding period for our common shares or such U.S. Holder has not made a timely QEF Election, the rules of Section 1291 of the Code discussed above will apply to certain dispositions of, and distributions on, our common shares.

A U.S. Holder that makes a Mark-to-Market Election will include in ordinary income, for each tax year in which the Company is a PFIC, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the fair market value of our common shares, as of the close of such tax year over (b) such U.S. Holder’s tax basis in such common shares. A U.S. Holder that makes a Mark-to-Market Election will be allowed a deduction in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in our common shares, over (b) the fair market value of such common shares (but only to the extent of the net amount of previously included income as a result of the Mark-to-Market Election for prior tax years).

A U.S. Holder that makes a Mark-to-Market Election generally also will adjust such U.S. Holder’s tax basis in our common shares to reflect the amount included in gross income or allowed as a deduction because of such Mark-to-Market Election. In addition, upon a sale or other taxable disposition of common shares, a U.S. Holder that makes a Mark-to-Market Election will recognize ordinary income or ordinary loss (not to exceed the excess, if any, of (a) the amount included in ordinary income because of such Mark-to-Market Election for prior tax years over (b) the amount allowed as a deduction because of such Mark-to-Market Election for prior tax years).

A Mark-to-Market Election applies to the tax year in which such Mark-to-Market Election is made and to each subsequent tax year, unless our common shares cease to be “marketable stock” or the IRS consents to revocation of such election. Each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the availability of, and procedure for making, a Mark-to-Market Election.

Although a U.S. Holder may be eligible to make a Mark-to-Market Election with respect to our common shares, no such election may be made with respect to the stock of any Subsidiary PFIC that a U.S. Holder is treated as owning, because such stock is not marketable. Hence, the Mark-to-Market Election will not be effective to eliminate the application of the default rules of Section 1291 of the Code described above with respect to deemed dispositions of Subsidiary PFIC stock or distributions from a Subsidiary PFIC.

Other PFIC Rules

Under Section 1291(f) of the Code, the IRS has issued proposed Treasury Regulations that, subject to certain exceptions, would cause a U.S. Holder that had not made a timely QEF Election to recognize gain (but not loss) upon certain transfers of common shares that would otherwise be tax-deferred (e.g., gifts and exchanges pursuant to corporate reorganizations). However, the specific U.S. federal income tax consequences to a U.S. Holder may vary based on the manner in which common shares are transferred.

Certain additional adverse rules will apply with respect to a U.S. Holder if the Company is a PFIC, regardless of whether such U.S. Holder makes a QEF Election. For example under Section 1298(b)(6) of the Code, a U.S. Holder that uses common shares as security for a loan will, except as may be provided in Treasury Regulations, be treated as having made a taxable disposition of such common shares.

Special rules also apply to the amount of foreign tax credit that a U.S. Holder may claim on a distribution from a PFIC. Subject to such special rules, foreign taxes paid with respect to any distribution in respect of stock in a PFIC are generally eligible for the foreign tax credit. The rules relating to distributions by a PFIC and their eligibility for the foreign tax credit are complicated, and a U.S. Holder should consult with their own tax advisor regarding the availability of the foreign tax credit with respect to distributions by a PFIC.

The PFIC rules are complex, and each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the PFIC rules and how the PFIC rules may affect the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of common shares.

Ownership and Disposition of Common Shares

The following discussion is subject to the rules described above under the heading “Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules.”

Distributions on Common Shares

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed above, a U.S. Holder that receives a distribution, including a constructive distribution, with respect to an Offered Share will be required to include the amount of such distribution in gross income as a dividend (without reduction for any Canadian income tax withheld from such distributions. Such Canadian tax withheld may be credited, subjectdistribution) to certain limitations, against the extent of the current or accumulated “earnings and profits” of the Company, as computed for U.S. Holder’s federal income tax liability or, alternatively, maypurposes. A dividend generally will be deducted in computingtaxed to a U.S. Holder at ordinary income tax rates if the U.S. Holder’s federal taxable income by those who itemize deductions. (See more detailed discussion at “Foreign Tax Credit” below).Company is a PFIC. To the extent that distributions exceeda distribution exceeds the current orand accumulated earnings“earnings and profitsprofits” of the Company, theysuch distribution will be treated first as a tax-free return of capital up to the extent of a U.S. Holder’s adjustedHolder's tax basis in theour common shares and thereafter as gain from the sale or exchange of thesuch common shares. (See “ Sale or Other Taxable Disposition of common shares” below). However, the Company may not maintain the calculations of earnings and profits in accordance with U.S. federal income tax principles, and each U.S. Holder should therefore assume that any distribution by the Company with respect to our common shares will constitute ordinary dividend income. Dividends received on common shares generally will not be eligible for the “dividends received deduction”. Subject to applicable limitations and provided the Company is eligible for the benefits of the Canada-U.S. Tax Convention, dividends paid by the Company to non-corporate U.S. Holders, including individuals, generally will be eligible for the preferential tax rates applicable to long-term capital gains for dividends, provided certain holding period and other conditions are satisfied, including that the Company not be classified as a PFIC in the tax year of distribution or in the preceding tax year. The dividend rules are complex, and each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the application of such rules.

Sale or Other Taxable Disposition of Common Shares

Subject to the PFIC rules discussed above, upon the sale or other taxable disposition of common shares, a U.S. Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount of cash plus the fair market value of any property received and such U.S. Holder's tax basis in such common shares sold or otherwise disposed of. Subject to the PFIC rules discussed above, gain or loss recognized on such sale or other disposition generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if, at the time of the sale or other disposition, our common shares have been held for more than one year.

Preferential tax rates forapply to long-term capital gains are applicable togain of a U.S. Holder whichthat is an individual, estate, or trust. There are currently no preferential tax rates for long-term capital gains forgain of a U.S. Holder whichthat is a corporation.

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Foreign Deductions for capital losses are subject to significant limitations under the Code.

Additional Considerations

Additional Tax Credit


A U.S. Holder who pays (or has withheld from distributions of) Canadianon Passive Income

Individuals, estates and certain trusts whose income tax with respect to the ownership of common shares of the Company may be entitled, at the option of the U.S. Holder, to either receive a deduction or a tax credit for such foreign tax paid or withheld. Generally, itexceeds certain thresholds will be more advantageousrequired to claimpay a credit because a credit reduces United States federal income taxes3.8% Medicare surtax on a dollar-for-dollar basis, while a deduction merely reduces the taxpayer’s income subject to tax. This election is made on a year-by-year basis“net investment income” including, among other things, dividends and applies to all foreign taxes paid by (or withheld from) the U.S. Holder during that year. There are significant and complex limitations which apply to the credit, among which is the general limitation that the credit cannot exceed the proportionate sharenet gain from disposition of the U.S. Holder’s United States income tax liability that the U.S. Holder’s foreign sources income bears to hisproperty (other than property held in certain trades or its worldwide taxable income. In the determination of the application of this limitation, the various items of income and deduction must be classified into foreign and domestic sources. Complex rules govern this classification process. In addition, this limitation is calculated separately with respect to specific classes of income such as “passive income,” “high withholding tax interest,” “financial services income,” “shipping income,” and certain other classifications of income.


Dividends distributed by the Company will generally constitute “passive income” or, in the case of certainbusinesses). U.S. Holders “financial services income” for these purposes. The availability of the foreign tax credit and the application of the limitations on the credit are fact specific, and U.S. Holders of common shares of the Company should consult with their own tax advisors regarding their individual circumstances.

Disposition of Common Shares of the Company

A U.S. Holder will recognize gain or loss upon the sale of common shares of the Company equal to the difference,effect, if any, between (i) the amount of cash plus the fair market value of any property received, and (ii) the shareholder’s tax basis in the common shares of the Company. Preferential tax rates apply to long-term capital gains of U.S. Holders who are individuals, estates or trusts. This gain or loss will be capital gain or loss if the common shares are a capital asset in the hands of the U.S. Holder, which will be long-term capital gain or loss if the common shares of the Company are held for more than one year.

Other Considerations

In the following circumstances, the above sections of this discussion may not describe the United States federal income tax consequences resulting from the holdingon their ownership and disposition of common shares:
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Controlled Foreign Company

If more than 50% of the voting power of all classes of shares or the total value of the shares of the Company is owned, directly or indirectly, by citizens or residents of the United States, United States domestic partnerships and corporations or estates or trusts other than foreign estates or trusts, each of whom own 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of shares of the Company (“United States shareholder”), the Company could be treated as a “controlled foreign corporation” under Subpart F of the Code. This classification would affect many complex results one of which is the inclusion of certain income of a (“CFC”) which is subject to current U.S. tax. The United States generally taxes a United States shareholder of a CFC currently on their pro rata shares of the Subpart F income of the CFC. Such U.S. shareholders are generally treated as having received a current distribution out of the CFC’s Subpart F income and are also subject to current U.S. tax on their pro rata shares of the CFC’s earnings invested in U.S. property. The foreign tax credit described above may reduce the U.S. tax on these amounts. In addition, under Section 1248 of the Code, gain from the sale or exchange of shares by a U.S. Holder of common shares of the Company who is or was a United States shareholder at any time during the five-year period ending with the sale or exchange is treated as ordinary income to the extent of earnings and profits of the Company attributable to the shares sold or exchanged. If a foreign corporation is both a “passive foreign investment company” (“PFIC”) and a CFC, the foreign corporation generally will not be treated as a PFIC with respect to United States shareholders of the CFC.

This rule generally will be effective for taxable years of United States shareholders beginning after 1997 and for taxable years of foreign corporations ending with or within such taxable years of United States shareholders. Special rules apply to United States shareholders who are subject to the special taxation rules under Section 1291 discussed above with respect to a PFIC. Because of the complexity of Subpart F, and because it is not clear that Subpart F would apply to U.S. Holders of common shares of the Company, a more detailed review of these rules is outside of the scope of this discussion.

shares.

F. DIVIDENDS AND PAYING AGENTS


Not Applicable.


G. STATEMENT BY EXPERTS


Not Applicable.


H. DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY


The documents referred to in this Form 20-F may be viewed at the Company’s office located at 150 Isabella Street, Suite 150, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1S 1V7.


I.           SUBSIDIARY INFORMATION

I.SUBSIDIARY INFORMATION

Not Applicable.


ITEM 11.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT  MARKET RISK
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK


The Company operates internationally, giving rise to significant exposure to market risks from changes in foreign exchange rates. The Company’s financial assets are in the form of cash and cash equivalents held at institutions with high quality credit ratings. A hypothetical 10% change in the value of one Brazilian real expressed in U.S. dollars during the year ended March 31, 20112013 would have caused an approximate $156,404$101,720 change in the Company’s revenue for the fiscal year 2011.2013. The Company is exposed to exchange risk due to the following financialtiming of the movement of funds between subsidiaries and the parent company related to the transfer pricing agreement and the pricing of contracts in non-functional currencies. Financial instruments denominated in foreign currencies:


currencies that lead to foreign exchange risk when funds are moved include:

Cash and cash equivalents includes the following amounts in their source currency:


  
March 31,
2011
  
March 31,
2010
 
       
Canadian dollars  122,614   225,807 
US dollars  59,464   68,109 
Brazilian reals  2,548,542   1,522,507 
British pounds  6,319   4,520 
Euros  7,878   4,353 

  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
         
Canadian dollars  571,384   145,454 
US dollars  18,404   44,127 
Brazilian reals  2,017,114   2,819,710 
British pounds  1,385   10,567 
Euros  5,524   5,076 

Accounts receivable include the following amounts receivable in their source currency:


  
March 31,
2011
  
March 31,
2010
 
       
Canadian dollars  16,083   37,590 
US dollars  81,397   102,627 
Brazilian reals  4,089   133,105 
British pounds  774   834 
Euros  11,797   6,521 

  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
         
Canadian dollars  32,012   27,074 
US dollars  52,992   102,726 
Brazilian reals  207,857   94,057 
British pounds  —     438 
Euros  —     6,432 

Accounts payable include the following amounts payable in their source currency:


  
March 31,
2011
  
March 31,
2010
 
       
Canadian dollars  13,423   8,871 
US dollars  10,003   2,893 
Brazilian reals  10,855   26,964 
British pounds  309   - 
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  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
         
Canadian dollars  7,258   19,629 
US dollars  2,382   3,541 
Brazilian reals  706   805 
British pounds  —     100 

Accrued liabilities include the following accruals in their source currency:


  
March 31,
2011
  
March 31,
2010
 
       
Canadian dollars  76,727   29,202 
US dollars  9,938   6,622 
Brazilian reals  719   21,694 

  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
         
Canadian dollars  47,807   26,457 
US dollars  5,171   11,709 
Brazilian reals  28,931   27,675 

The Company does not use derivative financial instruments to reduce its foreign exchange risk exposure.


CREDIT RISK


The Company is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of non-performance by counterparties to financial instruments. Credit exposure is minimized by dealing with only creditworthy counterparties in accordance with established credit approval policies.


Concentration of credit risk in accounts receivable is indicated below by the percentage of the total balance receivable from customers in the specified geographic area:

  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
         
Canada  17%  14%
North America, excluding Canada  28%  54%
South America  55%  27%
Europe, excluding Great Britain  0%  5%
   100%  100%

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March 31,
2011
  
March 31,
2010
 
       
Canada  7%  16%
North America, excluding Canada  30%  46%
South America  56%  33%
Great Britain  0%  1%
Europe, excluding Great Britain  7%  4%
   100%  100%

FAIR VALUE

FAIRVALUE

The carrying values of cash, accounts receivable, investment tax credits receivable, line of credit, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair value due to the relatively short periods to maturity of the instruments.


KEY PERSONNEL RISK


We are a small company with 14 full-time employees as of March 31, 2011,2013, and we depend to a great extent on principal members of our management staff.  If we lose the services of any key personnel, in particular Dr. Michael Cowpland, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Mr. James Stechyson, our Chairman, the loss could significantly impede the achievement of our research and development objectives and delay our product development programs and commercialization of our product candidates.  We do not currently have any key man life insurance policies.

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ITEM 12.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES

Not applicable.


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PART TWO


ITEM 13.
DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES

Not applicable.

ITEM 14.
MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Not applicable.

ITEM 15.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures


We are required to maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) that are designed to ensure that information that we are required to disclose in the reports we file under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, as ours are designed to do.


Our management, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2011.2013.  Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting described below related to our financial reporting processes and information technology security protocols.


Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting


ZIM’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and uses policies and procedures based on COSO’s Internal Control Integrated Framework. 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act.

Based on the COSO framework,criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework, as previously stated in this annual report, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of March 31, 2011,2013, due to the existence of certain significant deficiencies constitutingwhich constituted a material weakness, as described in greater detail below. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement in our financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

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Our principal deficiency was inadequate staffing and supervision that could lead to the untimely identification and resolution of accounting and disclosure matters. Other significant deficiencies that contributed to the material weakness were:


·
Inadequate segregation of duties and cross training;
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Continued reliance on manual systems to account for revenue and expenses; and
·
Weaknesses in third party billing systems for the Ringingphone.com and Monstertones.com databases with respect to the relationship between recurring payment processing and account updates.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting


We are taking steps to make the necessary improvements to remedy these deficiencies. We have implemented certain remedial measures and are in the process of designing and implementing additional measures to remedy the material weakness. These include the following:


1.Our inadequate staffing and supervision is being addressed by reduction of workload through process optimization and documentation and the addition of one staff member to further segregate duties.documentation.
2.To mitigate the weaknesses in third party billing systems for the Ringingphone.com and Monstertones.com databases, we have arranged to receive notice when customers cancel through one of the third party billing services.  This notification is forwarded to Technical Support to ensure that the account was properly cancelled.  We are reactive to these matters as they occur, but due to lack of resources we are limited in our ability to be proactive.

We intend to continue to improve our internal controls; however, our small size and financial resources continue to prevent us from being able to employ sufficient resources to enable us to have adequate segregation of duties within our internal control system.  Management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit.


This annual report is not required to include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 16A.

AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

Our Board of Directors has determined that we have a least one audit committee financial expert serving on the audit committee. Mr. Donald Gibbs, a member of the audit committee, is an audit committee financial expert and “independent” as that term is defined in the NASDAQ Listing Rules.


Mr. Gibbs is a consultant and presently serves on the Board of AirIQ. From April 2007, to June 2008, Mr. Gibbs was the Chief Executive Officer of Tarquin Inc. Since July of 2004, Mr. Gibbs has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Process Photonics Inc. From June 2001 to April 2004, Mr. Gibbs was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Original Solutions Inc. He is also the principal of his own consulting company, Donald R Gibbs and Associates which provides financial and management assistance to start-up corporations. Since 1970, Mr. Gibbs has held senior financial and executive positions in Mitel Corporation, Cognos Inc., Gandalf Systems Corporation, Positron Fiber Systems Inc., Gorilla Capital Inc., VIPswitch Inc. and Original Solutions Inc. Mr. Gibbs received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Ottawa and holds a professional designation as a Certified Management Accountant.

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ITEM 16B.
CODE OF ETHICS

Our Board of Directors has adopted a code of conduct and ethics that applies to our directors, officers, employees and agents, including certain provisions that specifically apply to our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Comptroller, Vice Presidents and any other persons who perform similar functions for us. Our code of business conduct and ethics is posted on our website at www.ZIM.biz.www.ZIM.biz. We hereby undertake to provide to any person without charge, a copy of our code of business conduct and ethics within ten working days after we receive such person’s written request.


ITEM 16C.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

During the most recent two fiscal year ends, we were billed for audit, audit-related, tax and other services provided by our former Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Raymond Chabot Grant ThorntonErnst and Young LLP, as follows:

  
Year ended
March 31, 2011
  
Year ended
March 31, 2010
 
Audit fees  73,060   73,029 
Audit-Related Fees  -   5,971 
Tax fees  11,834   9,645 
Total  84,894   88,645 

  Year ended
March 31, 2013
Year ended
March 31, 2012
Audit fees 78,49180,218
Tax fees 6,01110,634
Total 84,50290,852

Audit Fees. Audit fees were for professional services rendered for the audits of ZIM’s consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting and services that generally only the independent auditor can reasonably provide, such as comfort letters, consents and assistance and review of documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Audit-Related Fees. Audit-related fees were for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of ZIM’s consolidated financial statements and are not reported under Audit Fees above. These services included consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting standards, as well as review and comment to the Company’s responses to inquiry letters received from various state securities commissions in the U.S.

Tax Fees. Tax fees were for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning. These services included the preparation of the Canadian and subsidiaries’ income tax returns in the respective jurisdictions, assistance with questions regarding tax audits from the various taxation authorities in Canada and tax planning relating to common forms of domestic and international taxation (i.e. income tax, capital tax and excise tax).

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All Other Fees. All other fees were for services provided other than the audit fees, audit-related fees and tax fees described above. No such fees have been billed to us in the last two fiscal years.

All audit and tax fees are estimated by the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and approved by the audit committee before they are performed. There were no significant differences between the approved estimates and final fees for fiscal years 2009, 20102011, 2012 and 2011.

2013.

The audit committee's policy is to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. These services may include audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services. The policy prohibits retention of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to perform the prohibited non-audit functions defined in section 201 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or the rules of the SEC, and also considers whether proposed services are compatible with the independence of the public auditors. Pre-approval is detailed as to the particular service or category of services and is generally subject to a specific budget. The Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and management are required to periodically report to the Audit Committee regarding the extent of services provided by the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm in accordance with this pre-approval and the fees for the services performed to date.

ITEM 16D.
EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES
None.

Not Applicable.

ITEM 16E.
PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

None. 


ITEM 16F.
CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT

On February 9, 2011, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP, Chartered Accountants, resigned atAugust 15, 2012 the Company's request as the Company's auditor effective immediately. The Company reports that there are no reportable events or disagreements during the Company’s two most recent fiscal years and subsequent interim periods between the Company and Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP.


On February 10, 2011, ZIM’s Audit Committee and Board of Directors acceptedapproved the resignationappointment of Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP and appointed(“RCGT”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm. Ernst and Young LLP as ZIM’s(“E&Y”) the Company’s former independent registered public accounting firm resigned as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm simultaneous with the engagement of RCGT by the Company.

E&Y’s reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the years ended March 31, 2012 and auditor2011 did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

During the Company’s fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, and through August 15, 2012, there were no disagreements between the Company and E&Y on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of E&Y, would have caused E&Y to make reference to the subject matter of such disagreement in the place and stead of Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP until the closeconnection with their report. None of the next Annual General Meeting“reportable events” described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K of the SEC’s rules and regulations have occurred during the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 or through August 15, 2012.

During the Company’s fiscal years ended March 31, 2012, and 2011 and through August 15, 2012, neither the Company atnor anyone acting on its behalf consulted RCGT regarding (1) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and RCGT did not provide either a written report or oral advice to the Company that was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue, or (2) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement with E&Y, which, if not resolved to the shareholders will be askedsatisfaction of E&Y, would have caused E&Y to ratifymake reference to the subject matter of such disagreement in connection with their report, or any “reportable events” as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K of the SEC’s rules and confirm the appointment of Ernst and Young LLP as auditors.


regulations.

 ITEM 16G.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Not applicable.

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PART THREE

ITEM 17.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

We have elected to provide financial statements pursuant to Item 18.


ITEM 18.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


Board of Directors and Shareholders of ZIM Corporation


We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheetssheet of ZIM Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of March 31, 20112013, and the related consolidated statementsstatement of operations, shareholders'comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the year ended March 31, 2011.2013. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company'sCompany’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.


audit.

We conducted our auditsaudit in accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards and the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. WeThe Company is not required to have, nor were notwe engaged to perform an audit of the Company’sits internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company'sCompany’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provideaudit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.


The consolidated financial statements as at March 31, 2010 and for the years ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009 were audited in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) by other auditors who expressed an opinion without reservation on those statements in their report dated June 24, 2010.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of ZIM Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 31, 20112013, and the consolidated results of itstheir operations and itstheir cash flows for the year ended March 31, 20112013 in conformity with U.S.accounting principles generally accepted accounting principles.

in the United States of America.

We also have audited the adjustments to the consolidated financial statements as of and for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2012 to retrospectively reflect discontinued operations as described in Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, such adjustments are appropriate and have been properly applied. We were not engaged to audit, review, or apply any procedures to the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of or for either of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2012 other than with respect to such adjustments and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance on the 2012 or 2011 consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ Ernst and YoungRaymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP

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Ernst and Young

Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP

Chartered Accountants,

Licensed Public Accountants

Ottawa, Canada

July 19, 2011

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8, 2013

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


Board of Directors and Shareholders of ZIM Corporation


We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of ZIM Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 31, 20102012 and 20092011 and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2010.2012. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.


We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.


In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of ZIM Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 31, 20102012 and 20092011 and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the threetwo years in the period ended March 31, 20102012 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ Raymond Chabot Grant ThorntonErnst and Young LLP

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Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton

Ernst and Young LLP

Ottawa, Canada

June 24, 2010
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ZIM Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Expressed in US dollars)
  
Year ended
March 31, 2011
  
Year ended
March 31, 2010
  
Year ended
March 31, 2009
 
  $  $  $ 
Revenue         
Mobile  280,339   320,784   367,723 
Software and related  1,729,432   1,276,681   1,463,818 
Total revenue  2,009,771   1,597,465   1,831,541 
             
Operating expenses            
Cost of revenue  261,437   178,462   256,694 
Selling, general and administrative  1,114,610   1,047,627   1,213,709 
Research and development  629,258   482,629   457,979 
Amortization of intangible assets  4,251   -   - 
Total operating expenses  2,009,556   1,708,718   1,928,382 
             
Income (loss) from operations  215   (111,253)  (96,841)
             
Other income:            
Gain on disposition of assets  -   43   247 
Gain on settlement  -   171,400   - 
Interest income, net  108,278   30,615   10,563 
Total other income  108,278   202,058   10,810 
             
Income (loss) before income taxes  108,493   90,805   (86,031)
Income tax benefit  258,304   213,962   239,544 
Net income  366,797   304,767   153,513 
             
Basic and diluted income per share  0.003   0.003   0.002 
             
Weighted average number of shares outstanding  123,125,251   113,132,100   96,337,579 

July 19, 2012

ZIM Corporation and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
    
(Expressed in US dollars)    
     
  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
  $ $
ASSETS 
Current assets        
Cash and cash equivalents  1,591,507   1,762,171 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $29,465 and $NIL as of March 31, 2013 and 2012  154,471   191,296 
Investment tax credits receivable  293,806   259,720 
Other tax credits  126,517   40,724 
Prepaid expenses  22,345   25,198 
   2,188,646   2,279,109 
         
Long term deposits  9,722   9,722 
Investments  198,037   300,557 
Intangible assets  24,615   35,031 
Property and equipment, net  26,607   33,871 
   2,447,627   2,658,290 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY        
Current liabilities        
Accounts payable  9,879   23,790 
Accrued liabilities  66,591   53,386 
Deferred revenue  217,065   171,414 
   293,535   248,590 
         
         
Shareholders' equity:        
Preferred shares, no par value, non-cumulative        
dividend at a rate to be determined by the Board of Directors redeemable for CDN $1 per share.  Unlimited authorized shares; NIL issued and outstanding shares at March 31, 2013 and 2012.  —     —   
Common shares, no par value,        
Unlimited authorized shares; 135,460,867 shares issued and outstanding as at March 31, 2013 and 125,460,867 shares as at March 31, 2012.  19,362,796   19,262,796 
Additional paid-in capital  2,865,740   2,825,571 
Accumulated deficit  (20,313,500)  (20,112,481)
Accumulated other comprehensive income  239,056   433,814 
   2,154,092   2,409,700 
   2,447,627   2,658,290 
         
         
        
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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ZIM Corporation

and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Sharesholders' Equity

Comprehensive Income

(Expressed in US dollars)

              
   Number of common shares
issued
  Common shares  Additional paid-
in-capital
  Accumulated Deficit  Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income
  Total
shareholders'
equity
 
    $ $ $ $ $ 
Balance a at March 31, 2008  95,460,867  19,111,789  2,625,365  (21,388,608)  313,888  622,434 
              
Shares issued on debt conversion  10,000,000  20,000        20,000 
              
Stock options granted      20,220      20,220 
              
Comprehensive income             
              
    Net income       153,513    153,513 
              
    Cumulative translation adjustment
         (78,977)  
              
Total comprehensive income           74,536 
              
Balance as at March 31, 2009 105,460,867 19,131,789 2,645,585 (21,235,095)234,911 777,190 
              
Shares issued in lieu of compensation 10,000,000 31,007       31,007 
              
Stock options granted     81,177     81,177 
              
Comprehensive income             
              
 Net income       304,767     
              
Cumulative
translation
adjustment
         232,407   
              
Total
comprehensive
income
           537,174 
              
Balance as at March 31, 2010 115,460,867 19,162,796 2,726,762 (20,930,327)467,317  1,426,548 
              
Dollars)

       
  Year ended
March 31, 2013
 Year ended
March 31, 2012
 Year ended
March 31, 2011
   $   $   $ 
Revenue            
Mobile  77,126   119,321   182,650 
Software  175,140   473,448   394,366 
Software maintenance and consulting  1,058,215   1,205,908   1,335,066 
Total revenue  1,310,481   1,798,677   1,912,082 
             
Operating expenses            
Cost of revenue  94,472   124,649   214,034 
Selling, general and administrative  1,117,503   1,020,237   1,060,707 
Research and development  205,330   244,488   258,517 
Amortization of intangible assets  9,988   10,885   4,251 
Total operating expenses  1,427,293   1,400,259   1,537,509 
Operating income (loss) from continuing operations  (116,812)  398,418   374,573 
             
Other income (expenses):            
Impairment of investment  (98,464)  —     —   
Interest income, net  89,942   124,381   108,278 
Total other income (expense)  (8,522)  124,381   108,278 
Income (loss) from continuing operations and before income taxes  (125,334)  522,799   482,851 
Income taxes (note 15)  66,781   48,342   84,323 
Income (loss) from continuing operations  (192,115)  474,457   398,528 
             
Loss from discontinued operations (Note 9)  (8,904)  (23,408)  (31,731)
             
Net income (loss)  (201,019)  451,049   366,797 
Other comprehensive income, net of tax            
     Foreign currency translation adjustment  (194,758)  (165,794)  132,290 
Comprehensive Income  (395,777)  285,255   499,088 
Basic and diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations  (0.002)  0.004   0.003 
Basic and diluted loss per share from discontinued operations            
   (0.000)   (0.000)   (0.000) 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding  130,323,881   125,460,867   123,125,251 
             
             

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.


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ZIM Corporation

and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Sharesholders'Shareholders' Equity (continued)

(Expressed in US dollars)

   Number of common shares
issued
  Common shares  Additional paid-
in-capital
  Accumulated Deficit  Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income
  Total
shareholders'
equity
 
    $ $ $ $ $ 
Balance a at March 31, 2010 115,460,867 19,162,796 2,726,762 (20,930,327)467,317 1,426,548 
              
Shares issued in lieu of compensation 10,000,000 100,000       100,000 
              
Stock options granted     71,513     71,513 
              
Comprehensive income             
              
Net income       366,797     
              
Cumulative
translation
adjustment
         132,291   
              
Total comprehensive income           499,088 
              
Balance as at March 31, 2011 125,460,867 19,262,796 2,798,275 (20,563,530)599,608 2,097,149 
              
Dollars)

              
   Number of common shares
issued
  Common shares  Additional paid-
in-capital
  Accumulated deficit  Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income
  Total
shareholders'
equity
 
    $ $ $ $ $ 
Balance as at March 31, 2010 115,460,867 19,162,796 2,726,762  (20,930,327) 467,317 1,426,548 
              
Shares issued on debt conversion  10,000,000 100,000       100,000 
              
Stock options granted     71,513     71,513 
              
Comprehensive income             
              
    Net income       366,797     
              
    Cumulative
translation adjustment
         132,291  
              
Total comprehensive income           499,088 
              
Balance as at March 31, 2011 125,460,867 19,262,796 2,798,275 (20,563,530)599,608 2,097,149 
              
Stock options granted     27,296     27,296 
              
Comprehensive income             
              
Net income       451,049     
              
Cumulative translation adjustment         (165,794)  
              
Total comprehensive income           285,255 
              
Balance as at March 31, 2012 125,460,867 19,262,796 2,825,571 (20,112,481)433,814 2,049,700 
              
              

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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ZIM Corporation

Consolidated Balance Sheets
and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Shareholders' Equity(Continued)

(Expressed in US dollars)


  
Year ended
March 31, 2011
  
Year ended
March 31, 2010
  
Year ended
March 31, 2009
 
  $  $   $ 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES          
Net income  366,797   304,767   153,513 
Items not involving cash:            
Depreciation of property and equipment  37,943   51,038   57,183 
Amortization of intangible asset  4,251   -   - 
Gain on disposition of assets  -   (43)  (247)
Stock-based compensation  171,513   112,184   40,220 
Changes in operating working capital:            
Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable  106,015   (67,630)  45,408 
Decrease (increase) in investment tax credits  (36,861)  (16,160)  208,697 
Increase in other tax credits  (53,107)  -   - 
Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses  10,441   (359)  20,766 
(Increase) in long term deposits  (9,722)  -   - 
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable  4,116   9,526   (23,575)
Increase (decrease) in accrued liabilities  41,776   791   (90,390)
Increase (decrease) in deferred revenue  (73,554)  23,481   19,076 
Cash flows provided by operating activities  569,608   417,595   430,651 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES            
Purchase of property and equipment  (10,978)  (6,117)  (19,581)
Proceeds on sale of assets  -   43   247 
Purchase of intangible asset  (51,451)  -   - 
Purchase of investment  (10,290)  (95,147)  - 
Cash flows used in investing activities  (72,719)  (101,221)  (19,334)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES            
Proceeds from loan from related party  -   -   - 
Cash flows provided by financing activities  -   -   - 
Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash  113,220   204,293   (71,046)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents  610,109   520,667   340,271 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year  1,160,881   640,214   299,943 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year  1,770,990   1,160,881   640,214 
             
Dollars)

              
   Number of common shares
issued
  Common shares  Additional paid-
in-capital
  Accumulated deficit  Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income
  Total
shareholders'
equity
 
    $ $ $ $ $ 
Balance as at
March 31, 2012
 125,460,867 19,262,796 2,825,571 (20,112,481)433,814 2,409,700 
              
Shares issued in lieu of compensation 10,000,000 100,000       100,000 
              
Stock options granted     40,169     40,169 
              
Comprehensive income (loss)             
              
Net loss       (201,019)     
              
Cumulative translation adjustment         (194,758)  
              
Total comprehensive income (loss)           (395,777) 
              
Balance as at March 31, 2013 135,460,867 19,362,796 2,865,740 (20,313,500)239,056 2,054,092 
              
              

The accompanying notes are an integral part of thesethe consolidated financial statements.


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ZIM Corporation

and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

Statements of Cash Flows

(Expressed in US dollars)


  
March 31,
2011
  
March 31,
2010
  
March 31,
2009
 
ASSETS         
Current assets         
Cash and cash equivalents $1,770,990  $1,160,881  $640,214 
Accounts receivable, net  118,429   224,444   156,814 
Investment tax credits receivable  273,096   236,235   220,075 
Other tax credits  53,107   -   - 
Prepaid expenses  34,627   45,068   44,709 
   2,250,249   1,666,628   1,061,812 
             
Long term deposits  9,722   -   - 
Investments  113,190   95,147   - 
Intangible assets  47,200   -   - 
Property and equipment, net  38,880   65,844   95,119 
   2,459,241   1,827,619   1,156,931 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY            
Current liabilities            
Accounts payable  30,974   26,858   17,332 
Accrued liabilities  89,333   47,557   46,766 
Deferred revenue  241,785   315,339   291,858 
   362,092   389,754   355,956 
Deferred rent  -   11,317   23,785 
             
Commitments and contingencies [note 19]            
             
Shareholders' equity:            
Preferred shares, no par value, non-cumulative dividend at a rate to be determined by the Board of Directors redeemable for CDN $1 per share.  Unlimited authorized shares; issued and outstanding NIL shares at March 31, 2011 and 2010.
  -   -   - 
Common shares, no par value,            
Unlimited authorized shares; 125,460,867 shares issued and outstanding as at March 31, 2011 and 115,460,867 shares as at March 31, 2010.    19,262,796   19,162,796   19,131,789 
Additional paid-in capital  2,798,275   2,726,762   2,645,585 
Accumulated deficit  (20,563,530)  (20,930,327)  (21,235,095)
Accumulated other comprehensive income  599,608   467,317   234,911 
   2,097,149   1,426,548   777,190 
   2,459,241   1,827,619   1,156,931 
             
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Dollars)

       
  Year ended
March 31, 2013
 Year ended
March 31, 2012
 Year ended
March 31, 2011
  $ $ $
OPERATING ACTIVITIES            
Net income (loss)  (201,019)  451,049   366,797 
Items not involving cash:            
Depreciation of property and equipment  11,844   14,986   37,943 
Amortization of intangible asset  9,988   10,885   4,251 
Impairment of investment  98,464   —     —   
Stock-based compensation  140,169   27,296   171,513 
Changes in operating working capital:            
Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable  36,825   (72,867)  106,015 
Decrease (increase) in investment tax credits  (34,086)  13,376   (36,861)
Decrease (increase) in other tax credits  (85,793)  12,383   (53,107)
Increase in prepaid expenses  2,853   9,429   10,441 
Increase in long term deposits
  —     —     (9,722)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable  (13,911)  (7,184)  4,116 
Increase (decrease) in accrued liabilities  13,205   (35,947)  41,776 
Increase (decrease) in deferred revenue  45,651   (70,371)  (73,554)
Cash flows provided by operating activities  24,190   353,035   569,608 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES            
Purchase of property and equipment  (4,580)  (9,977)  (10,978)
Purchase of intangible asset  —     —     (51,451)
Investment in shares of Connecting People for Health Co-operative Ltd.  —     (187,367)  (10,290)
Cash flows used in investing activities  (4,580)  (197,344)  (72,719)
Effect of changes in exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents  (190,274)  (164,510)  113,220 
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents  (170,664)  (8,819)  610,109 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year  1,762,171   1,770,990   1,160,881 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year  1,591,507   1,762,171   1,770,990 
             
             
             

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1 - NATURE OF OPERATIONS


COMPANY OVERVIEW


ZIM Corporation (“ZIM” or the “Company”) is a provider of software products and services for the database and mobile markets. ZIM products and services are used by enterprises in the design, development and management of business, database and mobile applications. ZIM also provides mobile content to the consumer market.


BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT


ZIM was formed under the laws of Canada on October 17, 2002, in order to purchase ZIM Technologies International Inc. (“ZIM Technologies”), which was formed in 1997 to acquire the software technology now called the ZIM Integrated Development Environment (the “ZIM IDE software”). On February 10, 2004, ZIM purchased UK-based short messaging service (“SMS”) firms EPL Communications Limited and E-Promotions Limited (together referred to as “EPL”). During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, EPL was dissolved and all operations were transferred to ZIM Corporation in Canada. ZIM is also the sole shareholder of ZIM Technologies do Brazil Ltda., a company incorporated in Brazil that distributes the ZIM IDE Software, and PCI Merge, Inc., a Florida based holding company with no operations. Until March 31, 2004, ZIM was the sole shareholder of ZIM Technologies, a Canadian federal corporation and the chief operating company of the ZIM group of companies. On April 1, 2004, ZIM Corporation and ZIM Technologies amalgamated into ZIM Corporation. On April 1, 2006, ZIM purchased a US-based mobile content company called Advanced Internet Inc. (“AIS”).


BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY


ZIM started operations as a developer and provider of database software known as ZIM IDE software. ZIM IDE software is used by companies in the design, development, and management of information databases and mission critical applications. The Company continues to provide this software and support services to its client base.


Beginning in 2002, the Company expanded its business to include opportunities associated with mobile products.  Prior to fiscal 2007, the Company focused on developing products and services for the wireless data network infrastructure known as SMS“SMS” or text messaging.“text messaging”. Although SMS will continue to provide a minimal amount of revenue within the mobile segment of ZIM’s operations, with the acquisition of AIS, the Company shifted its corporate focus to include offering mobile content directly to end users.  

In fiscal 2008, ZIM added the ZIM TV service and in partnership with the International Table Tennis Federation (“ITTF”) provided development and hosting services for IPTV to ITTF end users. However, due to low sales volumes ZIM exited this market in fiscal 2009.

Revenue from the sale of mobile content for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 was $22,773 as compared to $59,863 for fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 and $97,951 for fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. The decline was due to a highly competitive and saturated market resulting in a lower volume of downloads, partially offset by our pricing increases for these products. Due to the continuing decline and operational cost of this business on March 31, 2013 ZIM discontinued operations in this area.

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2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION


These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("US GAAP").


PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION


These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries, all of which are wholly owned. The results of operations for acquisitions are included in these consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition. Inter-company transactions and balances are eliminated upon consolidation.


USE OF ESTIMATES


The preparation of financial statements in accordance with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenue and expenses during the period. Estimates have been made by management in several areas, including, but not limited to, the realizability of accounts receivable and investments, the valuation allowance associated with deferred income tax assets, investment tax credits, expected useful life of property and equipment, the fair value calculation with respect to the stock options, and the accrued accounts receivable and accrued accounts payable related to our premium SMS business. Actual results may differ from those estimates.


COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

RECLASSIFICATION OF COMPARATIVE FIGURES

In previous financial statements investment tax credits related to scientific research and experimental development were shown as a reduction in income taxes. This presentation has been changed and previous years have been reclassed in the Statement of Comprehensive Income as a reduction of research and development expenses.  Net income (loss) includes net loss, total assets, cash flows and other comprehensivetotal equity was not affected by this reclass. We have determined that the impact of the reclass is immaterial to all previously reported periods, and in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 regarding immaterial revisions, we have elected to revise our previously issued financial statements.  This presentation has been reclassed for the current period and for all previous years. Previous reported income (loss) ("OCI"). OCI refers to changestax benefits of $344,101 and $342,627 for the years ended March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011 have been reclassified in net assets from transactions and other events and circumstances other than transactions with shareholders. These changes are recorded directlythe Statement of Comprehensive Income included herein as a separate componentreduction of shareholders' equityresearch and excluded from net income. The only other comprehensive income item for the Company relates to foreign currency translation adjustments relating to the translation of the financial statements from their functional currency into the reporting currency.

development expenses.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS


The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

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ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS


Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company determines its allowance for doubtful accounts by considering a number of factors, including the age of the receivable, the financial stability of the customer, discussions that may have occurred with the customer and management's judgment as to the overall collectability of the receivable from that customer. The Company writes off accounts receivable when they become uncollectible, and payments subsequently received on such receivables are credited to selling, general and administration accounts in the period of recovery.


REVENUE RECOGNITION


The Company derives revenue from two sources: enterprise software, including maintenance and consulting services and mobile services and applications. Enterprise software involves providing enterprise software for designing, developing and manipulating database systems and applications. Mobile services involve providing SMS and other content applications and services. The Company presents revenues net of sales tax and other related taxes.


ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE REVENUE RECOGNITION


ZIM records revenues from the perpetual license of the Company's software products and the sale of related maintenance and consulting. The Company's standard license agreement provides a license to use the Company's products based on the number of licensed users. The Company may license its software in multiple element arrangements if the customer purchases any combination of maintenance, consulting or training services in conjunction with the license.


The Company recognizes revenue pursuant to the requirements of the ASC 985-605 "Software Revenue Recognition". Revenue is recognized using the residual method when Vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value exists for all of the undelivered elements in the arrangement, but does not exist for one or more delivered elements. The Company allocates revenue to each undelivered element based on its respective fair value determined by the price charged when that element is sold separately. The Company defers revenue for the undelivered elements and recognizes the residual amount of the arrangement fee, if any. The separate elements of the arrangements are considered to be separate units of accounting.


Under ASC 958-605,985-605, revenue is recognized when the following four criteria have been met:


·
persuasivePersuasive evidence of an arrangement exists;
·
deliveryDelivery has occurred;
·
theThe fee is fixed and determinable; and
·
collectabilityCollectability is probable.
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The Company records revenue as earned as evidenced by contracts or invoices for its services at prices established by contract, price list and/or fee schedule less applicable discounts. If at the outset of an arrangement the Company determines that the arrangement fee is not fixed or determinable, revenue is deferred until the arrangement fee becomes due. If at the outset of an arrangement the Company determines that the collectability is not probable, revenue is deferred until payment is received.


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Collectability is assessed based on the collection history of the client, current economic trends, customer concentrations and customer credit worthiness. Delivery of the software has occurred once the customer has accepted the product or has been provided with permanent keys to the file transfer protocol ("FTP") site. If an arrangement allows for customer acceptance of the software or services, the Company defers revenue recognition until the earlier of customer acceptance or when the acceptance right lapses.


MAINTENANCE AND CONSULTING REVENUE RECOGNITION


Maintenance revenues are recognized equally over the term of the maintenance contract. The liability relating to the received but unearned portion of maintenance revenues is recognized as deferred revenues.


Consulting revenue, which represents services provided on a per diem basis to customers, is recognized as the services are performed as there are no customer acceptance provisions involved in these types of arrangements.


In general, credit terms of 30 days are extended to customers.


customers with a small number of customers receiving longer payment terms based on the long standing relationship with ZIM.

MOBILE REVENUE RECOGNITION


Revenues from the Company’s mobile segment are derived principally from providing aggregation services and from their mobile content portals.


Aggregation services.Aggregation services occur when ZIM sends messages from its content provider customers through mobile operators to end users on their cell phones. In this situation, the Company contracts with its customers that cannot connect directly to the mobile operators and with the third party mobile operators or other aggregators directly for the transmission of the messages. Net revenues are recognized in the month in which the service is performed, provided no significant ZIM obligations remain. ZIM relies on a number of mobile network operators and other aggregators globally to deliver its services. Generally, (i) within 15 to 45 days after the end of each month, ZIM receives a statement from each of the operators or aggregators confirming the amount of charges billed to that operator's mobile phone users and (ii) within 30 to 90 days after delivering a monthly statement, each operator or aggregator remits the fees for the month to ZIM. ZIM arranges to pay the mobile content provider a set amount per message under a revenue sharing arrangement. ZIM nets this revenue share fee against the revenue it receives from the mobile operators in accordance with ASC 605.

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Revenues are recorded on a net basis as the mobile content provider is the primary obligor in the transaction as they manage and market the content, which ZIM then distributes. ZIM’s role within the transaction is limited to providing transportation and a billing mechanism for the mobile content provider.

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Mobile content portals.On April 1, 2006, ZIM acquired two internet portals offering mobile content. Consumers are able to download ring tones and wallpapers directly from the internet sites to their mobile phones. The majority of consumers choose to pay for the content with their credit card with the balance of consumers paying through the use of a premium message. If they use a premium message to pay for their content, the charge is paid on their cell phone bill.


Revenues from all sales are recorded on a gross basis as ZIM manages and markets the content ZIM distributes. Revenue on mobile content is recognized at the point of sale, when the customer purchases content from the websites.


RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES


Costs related to research, design and development of products and applications are charged to research and development expense as incurred. Software development costs are capitalized beginning when a product's technological feasibility has been established, which generally occurs upon completion of a working model, and ending when a product is available for general release to customers. All subsequent costs are expensed as incurred. To date, completing a working model of the Company's products and the general release of the products has substantially coincided. The Company has not capitalized any software development costs since such costs have not been significant.


The Company qualifies for scientific research and experimental development refundable investment tax credits. These credits are recorded as a reduction of research and development expense when it is more likely than not that the credits will be realized. Other non-refundable investment tax credits not utilized in the current year can be used to offset income taxes in future years.

ADVERTISING


Advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising costs amounted to $NIL for the year ended March 31, 20112013 ($NIL for the year ended March 31, 2010,2012, $NIL for the year ended March 31, 2009)2011).


TRANSLATION OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES


The Company's reporting currency is the US dollar and the functional currency is the Canadian dollar for ZIM Corporation, US Dollar for AIS and Brazilian Reals for ZIM do Brazil .


The accounts of the Company's subsidiaries that are recorded in the Company'stheir respective functional currency, the Canadian dollar,currencies, remeasure their foreign currency transactions as follows: gains or losses from foreign currency transactions such as those resulting from the settlement of receivables or payables denominated in foreign currency, are remeasured at the weighted average exchange rates for the period and are included in the statement of operations of the current period. For the years ended March 31, 2011, 2010,2013, 2012, and 2009,2011, the Company recognized a foreign exchange lossgain of $1,914,$460, a foreign exchange loss of $27,167,$4,064, and a foreign exchange loss of $37,655,$1,914, respectively, in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations in the selling, general and administration line.


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The translation of the Company's financial statements from the functional currency to its reporting currency is performed as follows: all assets and liabilities are translated into US dollars at the rate of exchange in effect at the balance sheet date. Equity transactions are translated at the exchange rate in effect at the date of the transaction. Revenues, expenses and cash flow amounts are translated at the weighted average exchange rates for the period. The resulting translation adjustments are included in other comprehensive income in shareholders' equity. The translation adjustments did not result in a tax impact.

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INCOME TAXES


Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards. When necessary, a valuation allowance is recorded to reduce the tax assets to an amount for which realization is more likely than not. The effect of changes in tax rates is recognized in the period in which the rate change occurs.


The Company qualifies for scientific research and development expenditures.  Refundable investment tax credits are recorded as a reduction of income tax expense when it is more likely than not that the credits will be realized.  Other non-refundable investment tax credits not utilized in the current year can be used to offset income taxes in future years.

EARNINGS PER SHARE


Basic earnings per share are computed by dividing net earnings available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted earnings per share are calculated giving effect to the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common shares were exercised or converted to such shares at the later of the beginning of the period or the issuance date. This method is used to determine the dilutive effect of common shares. The treasury stock method is used to determine the dilutive effect of warrants and stock options. The treasury stock method assumes that proceeds received from the exercise of in-the-money share purchase warrants and stock options are used to repurchase common shares at the average market price during the period.


STOCK OPTIONS AND GRANTS


ZIM utilizes the provisions of ASC 718 and ASC 505 to account for stock-based awards granted to employees and consultants, respectively. ASC 718 requires measurement of compensation cost for all stock-based awards at fair value on the date of grant and recognition of compensation expense over the service period for awards expected to vest. Under ASC 505, stock-based awards granted to consultants are measured at fair value on the grant date and compensation expense is recognized on the date at which the consultant's performance is complete which, for the Company, is on the date of grant.


The fair value of stock options is determined using the Black Scholes-Merton option pricing model. The expected dividend yield is based on historical dividend payouts, the expected volatility is based on historical volatilities of company stock (management believes that the historical volatility is an appropriate measure of expected volatility) for a period approximating the expected life; the risk-free rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for periods corresponding with the expected life of the option; and the expected life represents the period of time the options are expected to be outstanding and is based on historical trends. The weighted average assumptions used in the computations are as follows:

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Year ended
March 31, 2011
  
Year ended
March 31, 2010
  
Year ended
March 31, 2009
 
     
Risk-free interest rates  1.00%  0.93%  2.24%
Expected volatility  120%  207%  140%
Dividend yield  -   -   - 
Expected life of options (years)  2.5   2.0   2.0 

  Year ended
March 31, 2013
 Year ended
March 31, 2012
 Year ended
March 31, 2011
   
Risk-free interest rates  0.39%  0.31%  1.00%
Expected volatility  156%  78%  120%
Dividend yield  —     —     —   
Expected life of options (years)  3.0   3.0   2.5 

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT


Property and equipment are recorded at cost. Depreciation is provided over the estimated useful lives of the underlying assets using the following methods and rates:

Computer equipment40%Declining balance
Software40%Declining balance
Office furniture and equipment40%Declining balance
Voice communications equipment20%Declining balance
Leasehold improvements5 yearsStraight line over the lesser of 5 years or the term of the underlying lease
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LEASES

Leases are classified as either capital or operating in nature. Capital leases are those that substantially transfer the benefits and risks of ownership to the Company. Assets acquired under capital leases are amortized at the same rates as those described for property and equipment. Obligations recorded under capital leases are reduced by the principal portion of lease payments. The imputed interest portion of lease payments is charged to expense. Operating leases are expensed as incurred.

IMPAIRMENT OF PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT


Property and equipment is tested for impairment when evidence of a decline in value exists, and adjustments to estimated fair value are made if the asset is impaired. ASC 360-10-35 “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” requires that, whenever events and circumstances indicate that the Company may not be able to recover the net book value of its productive assets, that the assets are deemed impaired and are to be written down to their estimated fair value through a charge to earnings. The guidance states that fair values may be estimated using discounted cash flow analysis or quoted market prices, together with other available information. Under the provisions of ASC 360-10-35, the Company reviewed its property and equipment assets for impairment to determine if there were events or changes in circumstances that would indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable through future cash flows. It was determined that no impairment was evident.

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INTANGIBLE ASSETS


Intangible assets, thatwhich consist of database migration methodologies and software, are determined to have finite lives and are amortized on the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, which is 60 months.


Intangible assets are tested for impairment when evidence of a decline in value exists, and adjustments to estimated fair value are made if the asset is impaired. ASC 360-10-35 “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” requires that, whenever events and circumstances indicate that the Company may not be able to recover the net book value of its productive assets, that the assets are deemed impaired and are to be written down to their estimated fair value through a charge to earnings. The guidance states that fair values may be estimated using discounted cash flow analysis or quoted market prices, together with other available information. Under the provisions of ASC 360-10-35, the Company reviewed its intangible assets for impairment to determine if there were events or changes in circumstances that would indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable through future cash flows. It was determined that no impairment was evident.

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RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS


ASC 605-25:

In October 2009, the FASB issued ASU No. 2009-13, “Revenue Recognition - Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements,” which amends guidance in ASC 605-25, “Revenue Recognition: Multiple-Element Arrangements.” The guidance will allow companies to allocate arrangement consideration in multiple deliverable arrangements in a manner that better reflects the transaction’s economics. It also provides principles and application guidance on whether multiple deliverables exist, how the arrangement should be separated, and the consideration allocated. It also requires an entity to allocate revenue in an arrangement using estimated selling prices of deliverables if a vendor does not have vendor-specific objective evidence or third-party evidence of the selling price. The guidance eliminates the use of the residual method, requires entities to allocate revenue using the relative-selling-price method and significantly expands the disclosure requirements for multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements.

The authoritative guidance requires new and expanded disclosures and is applied prospectively to revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010 or retrospectively for all periods presented. ZIM will adopt the authoritative guidance on April 1, 2011.
ASU 2010-13:
In April, 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2010-13 (ASU 2010-13), "Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades".  This update addresses whether an employee stock option should be classified as a liability or as an equity instrument if the exercise price is denominated in the currency in which a substantial portion of the entity’s equity securities trade. That currency may differ from the entity’s functional currency and from the payroll currency of the employee receiving the option.  The guidance requires equity treatment for share-based payment awards that have an exercise price denominated in the currency of the market in which a substantial portion of the company’s equity shares trade, assuming all other criteria for equity classification are met. The final consensus is consistent with the guidance in the proposed ASU on this Issue, except that it clarifies that an entity cannot choose to account for such awards as a liability if the award otherwise qualifies for equity classification.  The amended guidance is effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2010. In the period of adoption, entities must record a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings for that year, presented separately for all outstanding awards as of the beginning of the fiscal year in which the new guidance is initially applied.  Early adoption is permitted. If an entity elects early application and the period of adoption is not the first reporting period in the entity’s fiscal year, the amended guidance must be applied through retrospective application from the beginning of the entity’s fiscal year.  Management is currently assessing the impact of that adoption of this authoritative guidance will have, if any, on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB or other standards setting bodies that are adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. Unless otherwise discussed, the Company’s management believes that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will not have any significant impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

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In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued revised accounting guidance on the reporting of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The amendment requires an entity to present, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by the respective line items of net income if the amount is required to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. For other amounts that are not required to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity is required to cross-reference to other disclosures that provide additional detail about those amounts. This guidance is effective prospectively for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2012, which for the Company is the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2013. This guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company.

In June 2011, the FASB issued revised accounting guidance to modify the presentation requirements for comprehensive income. The amendment gives an entity the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The amendment eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2011, which for the Company was the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2012. The Company adopted this amended standard by presenting continuous Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. This guidance did not have a material impact on the Company, as this standard only affects the display of comprehensive income and does not affect what is included in comprehensive income.

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3 - ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS


The Company recognizes any interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest and penalties in income tax benefit in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.


At March 31, 2011, the Company had $88,075 in unrecognized tax benefits, related to estimated Investment Tax Credits for research and development in Canada, which would favorably impact the Company’s effective tax rate if subsequently recognized. The unrecognized tax benefits as at March 31, 2010, that were subsequently realized in fiscal 2011, were $70,504. The unrecognized tax benefits as at March 31, 2009, that were subsequently realized in fiscal 2010, were $40,900.

The following table indicates the changes to the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits for the year ended March 31, 1010.
  
Unrecognized Tax Benefit
 
Balance at April 1, 2010 $70,349 
Foreign exchange effects $3,326 
Settlement with taxing authorities in 2011 $(69,531)
Addition based on tax position in 2011 $83,931 
Balance at March 31, 2011 $88,075 

4 – GAIN ON SETTLEMENT


In the first quarter of fiscal 2010, the Company negotiated an out of court settlement of an unrecognized claim. The full amount of the settlement was $214,961, subject to certain terms. Due to the inherent uncertainty of this contingent gain, it will be recorded at the time funds are received. As of March 31, 2010, $171,400 has been received and has been recorded as other income. It is uncertain if the company will receive the remainder of the settlement.
- ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
   $   $ 
Trade accounts receivable  171,612   189,243 
Allowance for doubtful accounts  (29,465)  —   
Travel advances  11,898   —   
Other  426   2,053 
   154,471   191,296 

5 – INVESTMENTS


On May 31, 2010 ZIM Corporation made a $10,290 investment in LW CPI through Investpro Securities.

The LW CPI program, through the listing of a series of capital pool companies on the TSX (Toronto Stock Exchange) is aiming to become the leading capital pool route to public capital market funding for burgeoning technology firms.

On October 21, 2009, ZIM Corporation made a $95,147 investment in Seregon Solutions Inc.

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The investment consisted of the purchase of 61,480 common shares and 69,677 warrants. Depending on the fiscal 2010 results of Seregon each warrant was convertible, at no cost to ZIM, to a portion of a common share or would have expired with no action. The warrants converted during fiscal 2011 and ZIM gained an additional 69,677 common shares to a total of 131,157. With the additional shares provided to ZIM, ZIM willdid not gain significant influence, noror control, over Seregon.


Due to a significant downturn in the business outlook for Seregon, ZIM has determined that this investment is fully impaired and, on March 31, 2013, has taken an impairment charge equal to the full value of the investment.

On June 29th, 2011, ZIM Corporation made an equity investment in Connecting People For Health Co-operative Ltd. The investment consisted of the purchase of 200 common shares at a price of $187,367.

Connecting People for Health Co-operative Ltd. (CP4H) is owned by a large and varied base of co-operatives and Credit Unions that span Atlantic Canada. CP4H has created HealthConnex as a healthcare service for its members. CP4H has been promoting and working toward a more user-driven health care system since it was founded in 2006 by the co-op and credit union sector.

HealthConnex is a health portal providing tools for patients to drive positive change in the health care system, from the patient up. The HealthConnex internet portal provides convenient services and a pay engine that allow patients to connect with their health care team in new and innovative ways. In addition, HealthConnex purchased Benneworth Advanced Systems and the Medical Office Manager product (MOM) which was developed using ZIM's core database technology and language.

ZIM's investment in CP4H is strategic in nature as it provides the company with indirect access to the 1800 medical professionals using MOM and future product opportunities.

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The equity interest in CP4H by ZIM is less than 10% and ZIM has no significant influence, as defined in ASC 323-10-15-6, over the corporate decisions of CP4H at this time. Based on these facts and the guidance provided by ASC 325-20 the investment has been accounted for using the cost method.

There have been no identified events or changes in circumstances that may have a significant adverse effect on the fair value of the investment in Seregon.


CP4H.

6 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS


On October 27th, 2010, ZIM purchased all of the technology assets of Torch Technologies for the sum of $50,000 Canadian dollars ($51,451 United States dollars).


The assets include database migration methodologies and software assets.

The Company has recorded the acquired technology assets as intangible assets on the consolidated balance sheet. This asset is being amortized over 60 months on a straight line basis. Amortization expense for fiscal 20112013 was $4,251$9,988 and the net book value as at March 31, 2011,2013, was $47,200.


$24,615. Amortization expense for fiscal 2012 was $10,885 and the net book value as at March 31, 2012, was $35,031.

7 - ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLEPROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

March 31, 2013 Cost Accumulated depreciation Net book value
   $   $   $ 
             
Computer equipment  1,031,033   1,024,223   6,810 
Software  105,937   95,509   10,428 
Office furniture and equipment  230,010   222,634   7,376 
Voice communications equipment  25,115   23,304   1,811 
Leasehold improvements  152,180   151,998   182 
   1,544,275   1,517,668   26,607 

March 31, 2012 Cost Accumulated depreciation Net book value
   $   $   $ 
             
Computer equipment  1,025,297   1,012,772   12,525 
Software  105,123   94,382   10,740 
Office furniture and equipment  230,222   221,760   8,462 
Voice communications equipment  25,167   23,023   2,144 
Leasehold improvements  151,092   151,092   —   
   1,536,901   1,503,029   33,871 

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2009
 
  $  $  $ 
Trade accounts receivable  114,299   196,446   140,557 
Unbilled trade accounts receivable  2,392   37,754   9,098 
Allowance for doubtful accounts  (561)  (10,654)  (3,913)
Other  2,299   898   11,072 
   118,429   224,444   156,814 
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(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

8 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

 
March 31, 2011
 Cost  Accumulated depreciation  Net book value 
  $  $  $ 
          
Computer equipment  1,024,046   1,004,538   19,508 
Software  93,262   90,917   2,345 
Office furniture and equipment  230,222   215,914   14,308 
Voice communications equipment  25,167   22,448   2,719 
Leasehold improvements  151,092   151,092   - 
   1,523,789   1,484,909   38,880 

March 31, 2010 Cost  Accumulated depreciation  Net book value 
  $  $  $ 
          
Computer equipment  1,024,046   992,149   31,897 
Software  93,262   89,409   3,853 
Office furniture and equipment  219,244   210,166   9,078 
Voice communications equipment  25,167   21,778   3,389 
Leasehold improvements  151,092   133,464   17,623 
   1,512,811   1,446,966   65,844 

Depreciation expense for the year endingended March 31, 20112013 was $37,943$11,844 ($51,03814,986 for the year endingended March 31, 2010, and $57,183 for the year ending March 31, 2009)2012). These expenses are included in the cost of salesrevenue account, and the selling, general, and administration account and the research and development account.


8 – DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Revenue from the sale of mobile content for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 was $22,773 as compared to $59,863 for fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 and $97,689 for fiscal year ended March 31, 2011. The decline was due to a highly competitive and saturated market resulting in a lower volume of downloads, partially offset by our pricing increases for these products. Due to the continuing decline and operational cost of this business on March 31, 2013 ZIM discontinued operations in this area.

  Year Ended
March 31, 2013
 Year Ended
March 31, 2012
 Year Ended
March 31, 2011
Revenue  22,773   59,863   97,689 
Cost of revenue  (4,705)  (33,731)  (47,403)
Selling, general and administrative  (22,005)  (33,960)  (53,903)
Research and development  (4,967)  (15,580)  (28,114)
Loss from discontinued operations  (8,904)  (23,408)  (31,731)

No revenue will be generated from the operation of this business subsequent to March 31, 2013. Cost related to mobile content purchase will not be incurred after March 31, 2103, and all internal resources related to the operation of this business have been reassigned to tasks related to ZIM’s enterprise software business. This business had $5,736 in current assets and $ 6,810 in current liabilities at March 31, 2013. These assets and liabilities will be discharged in the first quarter of fiscal 2014 as the business is dissolved. The dissolution will have no material impact on the financial performance of the Company including no significant impact on cashflow.

9 – LINE OF CREDIT


During fiscal 2011,2013, a working capital line of credit was available at approximately $51,451 (equivalent$49,232(equivalent to $50,000 Canadian, the Company’s functional currency) from the Company’s major financial institution. This credit facility is secured by the Company’s assets. In addition, $514,509 (equivalent to $500,000 Canadian, the Company’s functional currency) was available from the Company’s CEO and principal shareholder as an unsecured revolving facility. Amounts drawn on either of thesethis credit facilities bearfacility bears interest at the prime rate, as published by the Royal Bank of Canada, plus 1.75%.


In order to maintain the working capital line of credit the Company must maintain a Tangible Net Worth of greater than $150,000 Canadian dollars (equivalent to $154,353$147,696 US dollars) and a ratio of current assets to current liabilities greater than 1.10:1. During fiscal years 2009, 20102011, 2012 and 20112013 the Company has not been in violation of these covenants.


As at March 31, 2009,2011, March 31, 20102012 and March 31, 20112013 nothing was drawn down on these lines of credit. The lines of credit do not have defined expiration or renewal dates.

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(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

10 - ACCRUED LIABILITIES


  
March 31,
2011
  
March 31,
2010
  
March 31,
2009
 
  $  $  $ 
Employee related accruals  63,391   39,552   20,537 
Withholding tax accrual  2,852   1,317   2,442 
Trade  23,090   6,688   23,787 
   89,333   47,557   46,766 

  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
   $   $ 
         
Employee related accruals  64,057   30,838 
Withholding tax accrual  (2,081)  1,554 
Trade  4,615   20,994 
   66,591   53,386 

11 – COMMON SHARE ISSUE


The Company did not issue any common shares, except for those issued as compensation as described in notes 12 and 13, during the years ended March 31, 2011, March 31, 20102013 or March 31, 20092012 pursuant to the exercise of stock options by employees.


On February 27, 2009, the Company issued 10,000,000 unrestricted common shares to executive officers in lieu of compensation for services provided. 5,000,000 shares were issued to Dr. Michael Cowpland and 5,000,000 shares were issued to Mr. James Stechyson on approval of the other members of the Board of Directors. The share value at the time of the issue was $0.002 and a compensation expense of $20,000 was recognized.

On June 24, 2009, the Company issued 10,000,000 unrestricted common shares to executive officers and consultants in lieu of compensation for services provided. 5,000,000 shares were issued to Dr. Michael Cowpland and 5,000,000 shares were issued to Mr. James Stechyson on approval of the other members of the Board of Directors. The share value at the time of the issue was $0.0031 and a compensation expense of $31,007 was recognized.

On June 24, 2010, the Company issued 10,000,000 common shares to executive officers and consultants in lieu of compensation for services provided. 5,000,000 shares were issued to Dr. Michael Cowpland and 5,000,000 shares were issued to a holding company controlled by Mr. James Stechyson on approval of the other members of the Board of Directors. The share value at the time of the issue was $0.01 and compensation expense of $100,000 was recognized.

On November 12, 2009, the Board of Directors approved a share repurchase plan. Shares may be repurchased by the company to a maximum of $200 per day and $12,000 per quarter. The repurchase program has no expiration date. As of March 31, 20112013 no shares have been repurchased as part of this program.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

12 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS


Except

No remuneration has been recorded in these financial statements for the services of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the fiscal year 2012 and 2013 except for the 5,000,000 shares of common stock, valued at $15,504,$50,000 issued on June 24, 2009July 7, 2012 and for stock options issued through the 5,000,000 sharesyear with a fair market value of common stock, valued at $10,000, issued on February 27, 2009 (See Note 10),$19,953 no remuneration has been recorded in these financial statements for the services of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the fiscal year 2010.


Except for the 5,000,000 shares of common stock, valued at $50,000 issued on June 24, 2010 (See Note 10) and for stock options issued through the year with a fair market value of $7,931 no remuneration has been recorded in these financial statements for the services of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the fiscal year 2011.2013. The CEO is also a director and the controlling shareholder.

13 - STOCK OPTIONS


BASED COMPENSATION

During the year ended March 31, 2011,2013and March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009,2012, the Company issued common shares and options to employees and non-employees, and as a result, additional paid in capital has been increased by $71,513, $81,177$140,169 and $20,220$27,296 respectively.


On July 2, 2012, Dr. Cowpland acquired 5,000,000 of the Issuer's common shares as compensation in lieu of salary for services provided to the Company. $50,000 of stock based compensation expense was recorded.

On July 2, 2012, Mr. Stechyson acquired 5,000,000 of the Issuer's common shares as compensation in lieu of cash for services provided to the Company. $50,000 of stock based compensation expense was recorded.

ZIM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

The increase in additional paid in capital is the value associated with the common shares issued and the vesting of options, which is recorded as compensation expense in the statement of operations.


Comprehensive Income as a part of selling, general and administrative expense.

Under ZIM’s Employee Stock Option Plan, the Company may grant options to its officers, directors and employees for up to 27,200,000 common shares. As at March 31, 2011, 20,205,3822013, 20,124,485 (March 31, 2010, 19,891,445 and March 31, 2009, 21,383,073)2012, 20,027,985) options were outstanding under the Employee Stock Option Plan. In addition, 6,010,000 (March 31, 2009, 6,010,000 and March 31, 2008,2010, 6,010,000) options were issued outside of ZIM’s Employee Stock Option Plan and are outstanding. Stock options are granted with an exercise price equal to the common share’s fair market value at the date of grant. Options are granted periodically and both the maximum term of an option and the vesting period are set at the Board's discretion. All options granted in fiscal year 20112013 vested on the day of the grant and have a three year term. The expected life of the grants due to forfeitures and exercise of options is estimated based on recent history and is 2.53.0 years.


The companyCompany recognized the following expense relating to stock options and grants:


  
Year ended
March 31, 2011
  
Year ended
March 31, 2010
  Year ended March 31, 2009 
  $  $  $ 
Options compensation expense for employees  26,428   72,302   5,905 
Options compensation expense for consultants  45,085   8,875   14,315 
Stock grant compensation expense for executive officers  100,000   31,007   20,000 
Total expense  171,513   112,184   40,220 

  Year ended
March 31, 2013 
  Year ended
March 31, 2012
   Year ended
March 31, 2011
 
  $   $   $ 
Options compensation expense for employees  31,387   3,339   26,428 
Options compensation expense for consultants  8,782   23,957   45,085 
Stock grant compensation expense for executive officers  100,000   —     100,000 
Total expense  140,169   27,296   171,513 

All options granted vested on the day of the grant resulting in the Company not having any non-vested awards as of March 31, 2011,2013or March 31, 2010 or March 31, 2009.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)
2012.

A summary of the status of the stock options is as follows:


  March 31, 2011  March 31, 2010  March 31, 2009 
  
Number of
options
outstanding
  
Weighted
average
exercise price
  
Number of
options
outstanding
  
Weighted
average
exercise price
  
Number of
options
outstanding
  
Weighted
average
exercise price
 
     $     $     $ 
Options outstanding, beginning of year    25,901,445   0.015   27,393,073   0.034   29,727,089   0.069 
Granted  10,311,528   0.012   10,891,822   0.009   5,693,595   0.006 
Exercised  -   -   -   -   -   - 
Expired  (9,997,591)  0.027   (12,383,450)  0.052   (8,027,611)  0.141 
Options outstanding, end of year    26,215,382     0.009   25,901,445   0.015   27,393,073   0.034 

   
   

March 31, 2013

Number of options outstanding

   

March 31, 2012

Number of options outstanding

 
         
Options outstanding, beginning of year  26,037,985   26,215,382 
Granted  10,628,862   5,373,595 
Expired  (10,532,362)  (5,550,992)
Options outstanding, end of year  26,134,485   26,037,985 
         

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

The following table represents a summary of the options outstanding as at March 31, 2011:


   Options outstanding and exercisable    
Range of exercise prices  
Number
outstanding at
March 31, 2010
  
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual life
  
Weighted
average
exercise price
 
$     Years  $ 
0.002-0.004   3,040,843   1.32   0.0024 
0.004-0.008   5,072,032   0.31   0.0061 
0.008-0.012   14,958,412   2.32   0.0100 
0.012-0.016   -         
0.016-0.020   3,144,095   2.26   0.0197 
    26,215,382   1.81   0.0095 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)
2013:

     Options outstanding and exercisable 
 Range of exercise prices   
Number outstanding at March 31, 2013
   Weighted average remaining contractual life 
 $       Years 
 0.002-0.004   7,893,019   2.75 
 0.004-0.008   410,000   1.5 
 0.008-0.012   15,804,486   1.06 
 0.016-0.020   2,026,980   0.50 
     26,134,485   1.53 

The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted and vested in fiscal 2011, 2010,2013 and 20092012 were $0.0064, $0.008,$0.0045 and $0.004$0.0090 respectively.


As at March 31, 20112013 there were 8,112,8757,893,019 options in the money with a total intrinsic value of $42,963.


$15,786.

EMPLOYEE AND NON-EMPLOYEE OPTIONS


During the year ended March 31, 2011, 2,339,1832013, 8,908,862 options were granted to employees. In the year ended March 31, 2010, 9,259,3192012, 725,000 options were granted to employees. In fiscal 2009, 1,505,000 options were granted to employees.


During the year ended March 31, 2011, 7,972,3452013, 1,720,000 options were granted to non-employees. In the year ended March 31, 2010, 1,632,5032012, 4,648,595 options were granted to non-employees. In fiscal 2009, 4,188,595 options were granted to non-employees.


No options have been granted with exercise prices below the market price on the respective grant dates during the year ended March 31, 2011, March 31, 20102013 or March 31, 2009.


During the years ended March 31, 2011 and March 31, 2010, certain employees were terminated and are no longer providing any services to ZIM. Under their termination agreements, their option grants were modified and the options were retained and extended to their original term. The options are accounted for in accordance with ASC 718. The intrinsic values of the modified options are to be recognized as compensation expense on the date of modification, which is considered the measurement date. The compensation expense recorded due to the modification of terminated employees’ options was $NIL, as all modified options had no intrinsic value.

152012.

14 - INTEREST


  
Year ended
March 31,
2011
  
Year ended
March 31,
2010
  
Year ended
March 31,
2009
 
  $    $ 
Interest income  112,496   40,871   10,611 
Interest expense  (4,218)  (10,256)  (48)
Total  108,278   30,615   10,563 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)
16

  Year ended
March 31, 2013
 Year ended
March 31, 2012
 Year ended
March 31, 2011
   $   $   $ 
             
Interest income  97,630   132,710   112,496 
Interest expense  (7,688)  (7,829)  (4,218)
Total  89,942   124,891   108,278 

15 - INCOME TAXES


ASC 740 requires that the Company recognize in its financial statements the impact of a tax position if that position is more likely than not of not being sustained on an audit, based on the technical merits of the position.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in Canadian, Brazil and U.S. federal jurisdictions, and various provincial jurisdictions. The Company’s federal income tax returns are generally subject to examination for a period of three years after filing of the respective return in the U.S., four years in and Canada and five years in Brazil.


Income tax expense varies from the amount that would be computed by applying the basic federal and provincial income tax rates to loss before taxes, as follows:


  
Year ended
March 31,
2011
  
Year ended
March 31,
2010
  
Year ended
March 31,
2009
 
  $  $  $ 
Tax Rate, comprised of a federal rate of 11.00% and a provincial rate of 4.87%
(In 2010 and 2009, a federal rate of 11.00% and provincial rate of 5.5%)
  15.87%  16.50%  16.50%
             
Expected Canadian Income Tax (Recovery)  17,222   14,983   (14,195)
Change in valuation allowance  (91,831)  (196,532)  146,724 
Losses expired during the year  0   113,410   186,564 
Permanent differences  27,744   25,860   61,677 
Effect of changes in rates  (67)  96,375   - 
Difference between Canadian and foreign tax rates  29,982   (9,465)  1,171 
Adjustments to deferred tax assets  91,898   (58,475)  (363,427)
Refundable tax credits  (327,760)  (200,118)  (258,058)
Other  (5,492)  -   - 
   (258,304)  (213,962)  (239,544)

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

  Year ended March 31, 2013 Year ended March 31, 2012 Year ended March 31, 2011
   $   $   $ 
Tax Rate, comprised of a federal rate of 11.00% and a provincial rate of 4.50%
(2012, a federal rate of 11.00% and provincial rate of 4.50% )
  15.50%  15.50%  15.87%
             
Expected Canadian Income Tax (Recovery)  (19,427)  81,034   76,928 
Change in valuation allowance  (66,568)  (194,181)  (151,242)
Expired Ontario transitional tax credit  86,409   —       
Permanent differences  19,212   4,409   27,744 
Difference between Canadian and foreign tax rates  21,921   22,994   29,915 
Adjustments to deferred tax assets  18,913   137,219   91,898 
Other  6,321   (3,133)  9,380 
   66,781   48,342   84,323 

The change in valuation allowance for originating temporary differences and losses available for carry forward, is calculated using an expected deferred tax rate of 15.50%, based on the application of the Small Business Deduction. The rate at which such amounts may be realized as disclosed as part of a deferred tax asset and related valuation allowance takes into account the enacted tax rate decreases over the expected period of realization.


Income tax recoveries of $258,304, $213,962, and $239,544 for the years ended March 31, 2011, March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009, respectively, relate to refundable income

Refundable investment tax credits for research and development in Canada net of $300,769, $344,101, and $342,627 for the tax expense on account of income in Brazil.years ended March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011, respectively is netted against research and development expense. The investment tax credits are subject to review and approval by taxation authorities and it is possible that the amounts granted will be different from the amounts recorded by the Company.


Deferred income taxes reflect the impact of temporary differences between amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and such amounts as measured by tax laws. The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to significant portions of the deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability are as follows:

  
March 31,
2011
  
March 31,
2010
  
March 31,
2009
 
  $  $  $ 
Temporary differences         
Losses available for carry forward  649,631   720,932   714,392 
Property and equipment - differences in net book value and unamortized capital cost  145,876   143,234   115,341 
Intangible assets - differences in net book value and tax basis  288,571   269,077   230,685 
Unused scientific research and experimental development amounts deductible and investment tax credits available for carry forward  1,139,930   1,086,422   894,830 
Gross deferred tax asset  2,223,007   2,219,665   1,955,248 
Valuation allowance  (2,223,007)  (2,219,665)  (1,955,248)
Net deferred tax asset  -   -   - 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
   $   $ 
Temporary differences        
Losses available for carry forward  606,480   570,416 
Property and equipment - differences in net book value and unamortized capital cost  153,376   153,800 
Intangible assets - differences in net book value and tax basis  271,028   275,902 
Unused scientific research and experimental development amounts deductible and investment tax credits available for carry forward  928,540   1,085,670 
Other  30,617     
Gross deferred tax asset  1,990,041   2,085,788 
Valuation allowance  (1,990,041)  (2,085,788)
Net deferred tax asset  —     —   

The Company has federal and provincial non-capital losses available to reduce taxable income in Canada, which expire in the following years:

  Federal & Provincial 
  $ 
    
2014  915,766 
2015  1,687,120 
2026  1,034,050 
2027 and thereafter  547,836 
   4,184,714 

     Federal & Provincial 
     $ 
       
 2014   234,526 
 2015   1,614,359 
 2026   989,455 
 2027 and thereafter   402,666 
     3,241,066 

The Company has capital losses of $451,827, which are available indefinitely to reduce capital gains in future years as of March 31, 2013.

The Company’s subsidiary AIS has non capital losses of $129,433 available to reduce taxable income in the USA. These non capital losses expire between 2027 and 2033 and will be lost if the subsidiary is dissolved.

As at March 31, 2011,2013, the Company had accumulated unclaimed federal and provincial scientific research and experimental development deductions of approximately $3,861,735$3,438,796 ($3,326,0743,487,980 in 2010), ($2,729,432 in 2009)2012). This amount can be carried forward indefinitely to reduce income taxes payable in future years.


The Company has federal scientific research and experimental development credits available to reduce income taxes in Canada, which expire in the following years:

2018  1,406 
2019  7,574 
2021  18,602 
2022  364,493 
2023  2,340 
2034  2,931 
Thereafter  8,538 
   405,884 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

 2020   6,545 
 2021   —   
 2022   17,800 
 2023   348,766 
 2024   2,239 
 2025   2,804 
 Thereafter   9,849 
     388,003 

16 - EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE


For the purposes of the earnings (loss) per share computation, the weighted average number of common shares outstanding has been used. Had the treasury stock method been applied to the unexercised share options, the effect on the earnings per share for the year ended March 31, 2011, would be negligible.


The following securities are considered "in the money" and could potentially dilute the basic earnings per share in the future but have not been included in diluted earnings per share because their effect was negligible:


 
March 31,
2011
March 31,
2010
March 31,
2009
    
Stock options8,112,8758,529,438              -
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)
antidilutive:

  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012 March 31, 2011
             
Stock options  7,893,019   2,910,843   8,112,875 

Total options outstanding at March 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 2010were 26,134,485, 26,037,985, and 2009 were 26,215,382 25,901,445, and 27,393,073 respectively.


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17 - FINANCIAL RISKS


FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK


The Company operates internationally, giving rise to significant exposure to market risks from fluctuations and the degree of volatility of foreign exchange rates. The Company is exposed to exchange risk due to the following financialtiming of the movement of funds between subsidiaries and the parent company related to the transfer pricing agreement and the pricing of contracts in non-functional currencies. Financial instruments denominated in foreign currencies.


currencies that lead to foreign exchange risk when funds are moved include:

Cash and cash equivalents of $1,770,990$1,591,507 are comprised of $445,612$648,393 in cash and $1,325,378$943,114 in cash equivalents. The cash equivalents of $1,333,131$943,114 at March 31, 2011 (985,2212013 ($1,517,976 at March 31, 2010)2012) are comprised of:

Held in Canada:

Renaissance High Interest Savings

TD Waterhouse at 0.70%1.25% - $51,646$1,224 ($50,1901,243 CDN) – No Maturity


ZIM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

Held in Brazil:


Bank Deposit Certificate (CDB) at 8% per annum plus inflation - $1,273,732 $941,890 (R$1,899,355)- No Maturity. Of these deposits R$120,000$89,262 (R$180,000) are secured by Government Deposit Insurance.

Cash and cash equivalents includes the following amounts in their source currency:


  
March 31,
2011
  
March 31,
2010
 
       
Canadian dollars  122,614   225,807 
US dollars  59,464   68,109 
Brazilian reals  2,548,542   1,522,507 
British pounds  6,319   4,520 
Euros  7,878   4,353 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
         
Canadian dollars  571,384   145,454 
US dollars  18,404   44,127 
Brazilian reals  2,017,114   2,819,710 
British pounds  1,385   10,567 
Euros  5,524   5,076 

Accounts receivable include the following amounts receivable in their source currency:


  
March 31,
2011
  
March 31,
2010
 
       
Canadian dollars  16,083   37,590 
US dollars  81,397   102,627 
Brazilian reals  4,089   133,105 
British pounds  774   834 
Euros  11,797   6,521 

  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
         
Canadian dollars  32,012   27,074 
US dollars  52,992   102,726 
Brazilian reals  207,857   94,057 
British pounds  —     438 
Euros  —     6,432 

Accounts payable include the following amounts payable in their source currency:


  
March 31,
2011
  
March 31,
2010
 
       
Canadian dollars  13,423   8,871 
US dollars  10,003   2,893 
Brazilian reals  10,855   26,964 
British pounds  309   - 

  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
         
Canadian dollars  7,258   19,629 
US dollars  2,382   3,541 
Brazilian reals  706   805 
British pounds  —     100 

Accrued liabilities include the following accruals in their source currency:


  
March 31,
2011
  
March 31,
2010
 
       
Canadian dollars  76,727   29,202 
US dollars  9,938   6,622 
Brazilian reals  719   21,694 

  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
         
Canadian dollars  47,807   26,457 
US dollars  5,171   11,709 
Brazilian reals  28,931   27,675 

ZIM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

The Company does not use derivative financial instruments to reduce its foreign exchange risk exposure.


CREDIT RISK


The Company is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of non-performance by counterparties to financial instruments. Credit exposure is minimized by dealing with only creditworthy counterparties in accordance with established credit approval policies.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

Concentration of credit risk in accounts receivable is indicated below by the percentage of the total balance receivable from customers in the specified geographic area:


  
March 31,
2011
  
March 31,
2010
 
       
Canada  7%  16%
North America, excluding Canada  30%  46%
South America  56%  33%
Great Britain  0%  1%
Europe, excluding Great Britain  7%  4%

FAIR VALUE

  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
         
Canada  17%  14%
North America, excluding Canada  28%  54%
South America  55%  27%
Europe, excluding Great Britain  0%  5%
   100%  100%

FAIRVALUE

The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair value due to the relatively short periods to maturity of the instruments.


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18 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES


OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS


The Company has the following financial commitments related to minimum rent expenses for facilities:

  $ 
 201256,964 
 201356,964 
 201456,964 
 201556,964 
 201633,229 
 Total261,085 

 $ 
201454,507 
201554,507 
201631,796 
Total140,810 

For the year ended March 31, 2011,2013, facilities expense was $123,546$130,472 ($110,970 132,927for the year ended March 31, 20102012 and $127,917$123,546 for the year ended March 31, 2009)2011). The lease was renewed for 5 years on November 1, 2010.


OTHER


The Company is committed to pay an arm's lengthunrelated third party $75,000 upon the listing of ZIM Corporation’s common shares on a national securities exchange.

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

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19 - SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW DISCLOSURE


  
Year ended
March 31,
2011
 
Year ended
March 31,
2010
 
Year ended
March 31,
2009
  $ $ $
Interest paid $(4,218) (10,256) (48)
Income taxes paid (96,539) (26,514) -
Income taxes received 270,886 260,433 360,470
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  Year ended
March 31, 2013
 Year ended
March 31, 2012
   $   $ 
Interest paid  (7,688)  (7,829)
Income taxes paid  (68,295)  (49,693)
Investment tax credit on research and development received  361,867   357,477 

20 - SEGMENT REPORTING



The Company operates in two reportable segments based on product differentiation: mobile and enterprise software. Mobile applications involve providing SMS and other content applications and services for mobile devices. Enterprise software involves providing enterprise software for designing, developing and manipulating database systems and applications.


The Company considers all revenues and expenses to be of an operating nature and accordingly, allocates them to the segments. Costs specific to a segment are charged directly to the segment. Company operating expenses are allocated to either of the segments based on gross revenues. Significant assets of the Company include working capital, an investment and property and equipment. The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as those described in the summary of the significant accounting policies.


The following table sets forth external revenues, cost of revenues (including depreciation expense), operating expenses (including depreciation expense) and other amounts attributable to these product lines:


Year ended March 31, 2011 Mobile  Software  Total 
  $  $  $ 
          
Revenue  280,339   1,729,432   2,009,771 
Cost of revenue  71,902   189,535   261,437 
Gross margin  208,437   1,539,897   1,748,334 
             
Allocation of operating expenses  208,411   1,539,708   1,748,119 
Allocation of interest income, net  (12,909)  (95,369)  (108,278)
Income tax benefit  (30,795)  (227,509)  (258,304)
   164,707   1,216,830   1,381,537 
             
Net income  43,730   323,067   366,797 
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Year ended March 31, 2013 Mobile Software Total
   $   $   $ 
             
Revenue  77,126   1,233,355   1,310,481 
Cost of revenue  8,811   85,661   94,472 
Gross margin  68,315   1,147,694   1,216,009 
             
Allocation of operating expenses  74,878   1,257,944   1,332,821 
Allocation of interest income, net  (5,053)  (84,889)  (89,942)
Impairment of investment  98,464   —     98,464 
Income taxes  3,752   63,029   66,781 
   172,040   1,236,084   1,408,124 
             
Net loss  (103,725)  (83,390)  (192,115)

ZIM CORPORATION

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

 
Year ended March 31, 2010
 Mobile  Software  Total 
  $  $  $ 
          
Revenue  320,784   1,276,681   1,597,465 
Cost of revenue  80,010   98,452   178,462 
Gross margin  240,774   1,178,229   1,419,003 
             
Allocation of operating expenses  259,651   1,270,605   1,530,256 
Gain on disposition of assets  (43)  -   (43)
Other income  (171,400)  -   (171,400)
Allocation of interest income, net  (5,195)  (25,420)  (30,615)
Income tax benefit  (36,305)  (177,657)  (213,962)
   46,708   1,067,528   1,114,236 
             
Net income  194,066   110,701   304,767 

Year ended March 31, 2009 Mobile  Software  Total 
  $  $  $ 
          
Revenue  367,723   1,463,818   1,831,541 
Cost of revenue  109,549   147,145   256,694 
Gross margin  258,174   1,316,673   1,574,847 
             
Allocation of operating expenses  274,050   1,397,638   1,671,688 
Gain on disposition of assets  (247)  -   (247)
Allocation of interest income, net  (1,732)  (8,831)  (10,563)
Income tax benefit  (39,270)  (200,274)  (239,544)
   232,801   1,188,533   1,421,334 
             
Net income  25,373   128,140   153,513 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

Year ended March 31, 2012 Mobile Software Total
   $   $   $ 
             
Revenue  119,321   1,679,356   1,798,677 
Cost of revenue  11,483   113,166   124,649 
Gross margin  107,838   1,566,190   1,674,028 
             
Allocation of operating expenses  82,173   1,193,437   1,275,610 
Allocation of interest income, net  (8,012)  (116,369)  (124,381)
Income taxes  3,114   45,228   48,342 
   77,274   1,122,297   1,199,571 
             
Net income  30,564   443,893   474,457 

No customers generated over 10% of revenue for the years ended March 31, 20112013 or 2010 and one customer generated over 10% of revenue for the year ended March 31, 2009.


2012.

The following table sets forth total assets used by each segment:


TOTAL ASSETS 
March 31,
2011
  
March 31,
2010
  
March 31,
2009
 
    $  $ 
Mobile  343,035   367,001   232,280 
Software  2,116,206   1,460,618   924,651 
Total assets  2,459,241   1,827,619   1,156,931 

TOTAL ASSETS March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
   $   $ 
Mobile  144,051   176,346 
Software  2,303,576   2,481,944 
Total assets  2,447,627   2,658,290 

The following tables set forth external revenues and long-lived assets attributable to geographic areas. External revenues are based on the location of the customer:


  
March 31,
2011
  
March 31,
2010
  
March 31,
2009
 
  $  $  $ 
Long-lived assets         
Canada  34,940   60,907   89,322 
Brazil  3,940   4,937   5,797 
Total long-lived assets  38,880   65,844   95,119 


Total Revenue 
Year ended
March 31,
2011
  
Year ended
March 31,
2010
  
Year ended
March 31,
2009
 
  $     $ 
          
United States  390,064   360,795   410,908 
United Kingdom  7,914   45,663   19,713 
Europe  58,583   41,944   33,891 
Brazil  1,320,805   917,036   981,484 
Canada  169,168   209,578   350,938 
Other  73,237   22,449   34,607 
Total revenue  2,009,771   1,597,465   1,831,541 
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  March 31, 2013 March 31, 2012
   $   $ 
Long-lived assets        
Canada  24,354   31,237 
Brazil  2,253   2,634 
Total long-lived assets  26,607   33,871 

ZIM CORPORATION

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(EXPRESSED IN US DOLLARS)

Total Revenue Year ended March 31, 2013 Year ended March 31, 2012 Year ended March 31, 2011
   $   $   $ 
             
United States  76,919   143,761   292,375 
United Kingdom  20,946   44,436   7,914 
Europe  —     67,077   58,583 
Brazil  1,015,248   1,074,938   1,310,805 
Canada  63,705   373,631   169,168 
Other  133,663   94,834   73,237 
Total revenue  1,310,481   1,798,677   1,912,082 

Management evaluates each segment’s performance based upon revenues and gross margins achieved.


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21 – SUBSEQUENT EVENT


EVENTS

On June 29, 2011 ZIM Corporation made26, 2013, the company board of directors passed a $206,079 investment in Connecting People For health Cooperative Limited. The investment consisted of the purchase of 200 common shares.


resolution to dissolve its subsidiaries PCI Merge Inc. and AIS. These subsidiaries have no operating activity.

ITEM 19. EXHIBITS.


See the Exhibit Index hereto.



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SIGNATURES


The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.



ZIM Corporation

(Registrant)


By /s//s/ Michael Cowpland

------------------------------------

Michael Cowpland (President and CEO)

Date: July 19, 2011

9, 2013







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EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

Number

EXHIBIT
1.1Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on November 1, 2002 (No. 333-100920))
1.2By-Laws of the Registrant (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on November 1, 2002 (No. 333-100920))
4.10Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended September 22, 2005 (Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant’s Proxy Statement filed August 19, 2005)
4.11Form of Stock Option Agreement under Employee Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed June 28, 2006)
4.12Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement between the Registrant and each of Michael Cowpland, James Stechyson, Steve Houck and Charles Saikaley, dated, 2001  (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed June 28, 2006)
4.13ZIM SMS Gateway Agreement with SIT Consulting, dated October 27, 2004 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed June 28, 2006)
4.14Secured Senior Promissory Note dated March 31, 2006 between ZIM Corporation and Advanced Telecom Services, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 4, 2006)
4.15Loan Agreement dated August 11, 2005 between ZIM Corporation and Dr. Michael Cowpland (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 11, 2005)
4.16Surrender and Conversion Agreement by and between Michael Cowpland and ZIM Corporation dated December 4, 20072008 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended December 31, 2007)2008).
4.17Consulting Agreement by and between Chapman CFO Resources Inc. and ZIM Corporation dated July 20, 20072008 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended December 31, 2007)2008).
4.18Stock Purchase Agreement dated March 28, 2006 by and among ZIM Corporation, Advanced Telecom Services, Inc. and Advanced Internet, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 28, 2006)
8.1 *List of subsidiaries of the Registrant
12.1 *Certification by the Chief Executive Officer, Michael Cowpland, pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13(a)-14(a) and 15d-14(a)
12.2 *Certification by the Chief Financial Officer, John Chapman, pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13(a)-14(a) and 15d-14(a)
13.1 *Certification by the Chief Executive Officer, Michael Cowpland, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
13.2 *Certification by the Chief Financial Officer, John Chapman, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
15.1 *Consent of Ernst and Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm
15.2 *Consent of Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm
15.3*Change in Auditor Concurrence Letter
*Filed herewith.
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