1. General Information
GRAVITY CO., LTD. (the “Company”) was incorporated on April 4, 2000, to engage in developing and distributing online games and other related business. The Company’s headquarters is located at 15F, 396 World Cup buk‑ro, Mapo‑gu, Seoul, Korea. On November 17, 2016, the Company has established a Gravity Taiwan Branch in Taipei City, Taiwan. The Company’s principal game product, “Ragnarok”, a massive multi-player online role-playing game, was commercially launched in August 2002, and is currently operated internationally in 81 markets. The Company also operates many other games.
On February 8, 2005, the Company listed its shares on NASDAQ in the United States, and issued 1,400,000 shares of ordinary shares by means of American Depositary Shares.
The Company started with total paid-in capital amount of ₩500,000 thousand, and as at December 31, 2018, the total paid-in capital amounts to ₩3,474,450 thousand. The Company’s major shareholders and their respective percentage of ownership as at December 31, 2018, are as follows:
Shareholder | | Number of shares | | Ownership (%) |
GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. | | 4,121,737 | | 59.31 |
Others | | 2,827,163 | | 40.69 |
| | 6,948,900 | | 100.00 |
2. Significant Accounting Polices
The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.
2.1 Basis of Presentation
The Company has first adopted International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the Republic of Korea (Korean IFRS). Korean IFRS are the standards, subsequent amendments and related interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) that have been adopted by the Republic of Korea.
The preparation of the separate financial statements requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgment in the process of applying the Company's accounting policies. The areas involving a higher degree of judgment or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the separate financial statements are disclosed in Note 3.
2.2 Changes in Accounting Policies and Disclosures
(a) New and amended standards adopted by the Company
The Company has applied the following standards and amendments for the first time for their annual reporting period commencing January 1, 2018. The amendment does not have a significant impact on the financial statements.