UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
x Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009
OR
o Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from ____________ to _______________
Commission File Number:
OCTAVIAN GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Nevada | | 01-895182 |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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1-3 Bury Street Guildford Surrey, GU2 4AW, United Kingdom | | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | |
(44) 1483 543 543
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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 x No o
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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
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Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the Registrant's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. As of November 13, 2009 the registrant had 10,769,102 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, issued and outstanding.
OCTAVIAN GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
INDEX TO FORM 10-Q
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION | | 1 |
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Item 1. Financial Statements | | 1 |
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2009 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2008 | | 1 |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and September 30, 2008 (Unaudited) | | 2 |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and September 30, 2008 (Unaudited) | | 3 |
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) | | 4 |
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations | | 21 |
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk | | 36 |
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Item 4T. Controls and Procedures | | 36 |
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION | | 37 |
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Item 1. Legal Proceedings | | |
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Item 1A. Risk Factors | | |
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | | |
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Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities | | |
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Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders | | |
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Item 5. Other Information | | |
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Item 6. Exhibits | | |
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SIGNATURES | | |
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Octavian Global Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries |
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 AND DECEMBER 31, 2008 |
(UNAUDITED) |
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
ASSETS | | | | | | |
CURRENT ASSETS: | | | | | | |
Cash & cash equivalents | | $ | 543,090 | | | $ | 2,829,641 | |
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $12,868,421.15 and $11,474,117 | | | 1,632,589 | | | | 7,038,708 | |
Loans receivable | | | 711,830 | | | | 469,161 | |
Loans receivable - related parties | | | 3,213,268 | | | | 1,348,359 | |
Inventory, net | | | 1,614,934 | | | | 1,475,826 | |
Prepaid expense and other current assets | | | 3,483 | | | | 5,158 | |
Other receivable | | | 1,823,221 | | | | 1,407,883 | |
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Total current assets | | | 9,542,415 | | | | 14,574,736 | |
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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net | | | 1,590,303 | | | | 1,386,246 | |
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INVESTMENTS IN SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES | | | 1,345,661 | | | | 226,094 | |
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INTANGIBLE ASSETS, net | | | 4,159,033 | | | | 2,759,572 | |
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TOTAL ASSETS | | $ | 16,637,412 | | | $ | 18,946,648 | |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | | | | | | | | |
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CURRENT LIABILITIES: | | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable | | $ | 1,283,053 | | | $ | 7,097,203 | |
Accrued expenses | | | 1,921,256 | | | | 2,887,280 | |
Current portion of loan payables | | | 3,258,195 | | | | 3,658,324 | |
Customer deposits | | | 81,608 | | | | 397,482 | |
Unearned revenue | | | 605,797 | | | | 845,057 | |
Shares to be issued to an officer | | | - | | | | 663,400 | |
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Total current liabilities | | | 7,149,909 | | | | 15,548,746 | |
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LONG TERM LIABILITIES: | | | | | | | | |
Loans payable | | | 8,824,803 | | | | 7,796,931 | |
Tax Liability | | | 301,390 | | | | | |
Convertible debenture | | | 14,279,417 | | | | 10,244,505 | |
| | | 23,405,610 | | | | 18,041,436 | |
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STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT: | | | | | | | | |
Octavian stockholders' deficit: | | | | | | | | |
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 75,000,000 shares authorized; | | | | | | | | |
10,769,102 and 7,802,408 issued and outstanding | | | 10,769 | | | | 7,802 | |
Additional paid-in capital | | | 15,820,256 | | | | 5,781,837 | |
Other comprehensive income | | | 3,926,521 | | | | 5,274,801 | |
Stock subscription receivable | | | (1,000,000 | ) | | | - | |
Accumulated deficit | | | (32,712,451 | ) | | | (25,744,772 | ) |
Total Octavian stockholders' deficit | | | (13,954,905 | ) | | | (14,680,332 | ) |
Noncontrolling stockholders' interest | | | 36,798 | | | | 36,798 | |
Total stockholders' deficit | | | (13,918,107 | ) | | | (14,643,534 | ) |
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT | | $ | 16,637,412 | | | $ | 18,946,648 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements |
Octavian Global Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries |
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS |
FOR THE THREE AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009, AND 2008 |
(UNAUDITED) |
| | Three Months Ended September 30, | | | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Revenue | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Systems | | $ | 579,559 | | | $ | 1,987,749 | | | $ | 3,019,150 | | | $ | 5,457,966 | |
Games | | | 1,214,956 | | | | 308,330 | | | | 5,257,680 | | | | 737,450 | |
Lottery | | | 104,975 | | | | - | | | | 210,708 | | | | | |
Supplies | | | 92,095 | | | | 769,308 | | | | 1,440,109 | | | | 28,725,666 | |
Net Revenue | | | 1,991,585 | | | | 3,065,387 | | | | 9,927,647 | | | | 34,921,081 | |
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Cost of Revenue | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Systems | | | 207,431 | | | | 526,763 | | | | 1,166,629 | | | | 1,927,121 | |
Games | | | 327,606 | | | | 59,291 | | | | 1,675,268 | | | | 175,551 | |
Lottery | | | 154,377 | | | | 84,109 | | | | 305,620 | | | | 229,570 | |
Supplies | | | 275,135 | | | | 275,223 | | | | 846,272 | | | | 23,860,280 | |
Total Cost of Revenue | | | 964,549 | | | | 945,385 | | | | 3,993,789 | | | | 26,192,521 | |
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Gross profit | | | 1,027,036 | | | | 2,120,002 | | | | 5,933,858 | | | | 8,728,560 | |
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Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General, administrative and selling expenses | | | 3,416,997 | | | | 2,853,379 | | | | 10,363,713 | | | | 10,118,867 | |
Depreciation and amortization | | | 572,025 | | | | 309,544 | | | | 1,290,956 | | | | 784,782 | |
(Gain) Loss on disposal of fixed assets | | | 3,012 | | | | (280,907 | ) | | | 3,859 | | | | (652,400 | ) |
Impairment of investment | | | 15,000 | | | | - | | | | 25,000 | | | | | |
Total operating expenses | | | 4,007,034 | | | | 2,882,016 | | | | 11,683,528 | | | | 10,251,249 | |
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Loss from operations | | | (2,979,998 | ) | | | (762,014 | ) | | | (5,749,670 | ) | | | (1,522,689 | ) |
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Non-operating income (expense): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other income (expense) | | | 2,611 | | | | 15,187 | | | | 21,547 | | | | 204,595 | |
Interest expense- Warrant and debt issue cost | | | (496,250 | ) | | | - | | | | (3,138,747 | ) | | | | |
Interest income (expense) | | | (125,939 | ) | | | (190,690 | ) | | | (375,694 | ) | | | (444,219 | ) |
Share of earnings (loss) in equity investment | | | 169,449 | | | | 341,848 | | | | 1,051,567 | | | | 215,018 | |
Foreign currency transaction gain (loss) | | | (624,700 | ) | | | 79,618 | | | | 1,570,990 | | | | (1,487,929 | ) |
Others | | | (256 | ) | | | - | | | | (7,891 | ) | | | - | |
Total non-operating income (expense) | | | (1,075,085 | ) | | | 245,963 | | | | (878,228 | ) | | | (1,512,535 | ) |
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Net loss before taxes | | | (4,055,083 | ) | | | (516,051 | ) | | | (6,627,898 | ) | | | (3,035,224 | ) |
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Taxation | | | (1,229 | ) | | | 192,069 | | | | 293,301 | | | | 232,932 | |
Net Loss from continuing operations | | | (4,053,854 | ) | | | (708,120 | ) | | | (6,921,199 | ) | | | (3,268,156 | ) |
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Less: (Income)/Expense from discontinued operations | | | 46,478 | | | | - | | | | 46,478 | | | | | |
Net Loss including non-controlling stockholders' interest | | | (4,100,332 | ) | | | (208,120 | ) | | | (6,967,677 | ) | | | (3,268,156 | ) |
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Less: Net (income) loss attributed to non-controlling stockholders' interest | | | 0 | | | | (14,488 | ) | | | (0 | ) | | | (6,276 | ) |
Net profit/(loss) attributable to Octavian | | | (4,100,332 | ) | | | (722,608 | ) | | | (6,967,677 | ) | | | (3,274,432 | ) |
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Other comprehensive income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | | | 301,288 | | | | 1,414,957 | | | | (1,348,280 | ) | | | 1,164,010 | |
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Comprehensive Loss | | $ | (3,799,044 | ) | | $ | 692,349 | | | $ | (8,315,957 | ) | | $ | (2,110,422 | ) |
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Weighted average shares outstanding | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic and diluted | | | 10,769,102 | | | | 3,294,050 | | | | 9,440,272 | | | | 3,294,050 | |
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Loss per share attributed to Octavian stockholders: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic and diluted | | $ | (0.38 | ) | | $ | (0.22 | ) | | | (0.74 | ) | | $ | (0.99 | ) |
* | Basic and diluted weighted average number of shares are considered equivalent as the effect of dilutive shares is anti-dilutive |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements
Octavian Global Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries |
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS |
FOR NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009, AND 2008 |
(UNAUDITED) |
| | September 30, | | | September 30, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: | | | | | | |
Net loss including noncontrolling stockholders' interest | | $ | (6,967,677 | ) | | $ | (3,274,432 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss including noncontrolling stockholders' interest to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | | | | | | | | |
Depreciation and amortization | | | 1,290,956 | | | | 784,782 | |
Non Cash Cost of Sales | | | 22,543 | | | | | |
Foreign exchange gain/loss | | | 1,361,685 | | | | 1,487,929 | |
Gain/loss on disposal of fixed assets | | | 3,859 | | | | (652,400 | ) |
Bad debt expense | | | 1,720,416 | | | | 206,820 | |
Share of (earnings) loss from equity investment | | | (1,119,567 | ) | | | (215,018 | ) |
(Gain) loss form noncontrolling interest | | | | | | | 6,276 | |
Amortization of debt discounts | | | 3,138,747 | | | | - | |
(Increase) / decrease in assets: | | | | | | | | |
Accounts receivable | | | 2,724,989 | | | | 257,197 | |
Loans to related parties | | | (3,464,738 | ) | | | (621,539 | ) |
Other receivable | | | (648,594 | ) | | | 401,816 | |
Inventory | | | (98,522 | ) | | | 793,174 | |
Prepaid expense | | | 1,970 | | | | 8,389 | |
Increase / (decrease) in current liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable | | | 154,075 | | | | 6,268,370 | |
Accrued expenses | | | (1,089,910 | ) | | | (626,105 | ) |
Customer deposits | | | (312,622 | ) | | | (2,499,346 | ) |
Deferred revenue | | | (304,867 | ) | | | - | |
Increase / (decrease) in long term liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Long term tax liabilities | | | 314,681 | | | | - | |
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | | | (3,272,576 | ) | | | 2,325,914 | |
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES | | | | | | | | |
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Purchases of property and equipment | | | (621,060 | ) | | | (1,079,205 | ) |
Purchase of intangibles | | | (1,880,811 | ) | | | (1,288,122 | ) |
Loans receivable from third parties | | | (189,656 | ) | | | - | |
Repayments of loans receivable | | | | | | | | |
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Net cash used in investing activities | | | (2,691,527 | ) | | | (2,367,327 | ) |
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from (repayments on) short term overdrafts and loans | | | (475,870 | ) | | | (1,224,505 | ) |
Issuance of loans payable to related parties | | | - | | | | 86,057 | |
Issuance of convertible debenture | | | 4,000,000 | | | | - | |
Proceeds from (repayments on) on notes payable | | | | | | | (376,024 | ) |
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | | | 3,524,130 | | | | (1,514,472 | ) |
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | | | 153,422 | | | | (116,746 | ) |
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NET DECREASE IN CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS | | | (2,286,551 | ) | | | (1,672,631 | ) |
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CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF YEAR | | | 2,829,641 | | | | 2,437,646 | |
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CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF YEAR | | $ | 543,090 | | | $ | 765,015 | |
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: | | | | | | | | |
Interest paid | | $ | 344,337 | | | $ | 444,219 | |
Income taxes paid | | $ | 180,591 | | | $ | 28,765 | |
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING | | | | | | | | |
AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES: | | | | | | | | |
Issuance of stock to officer in payment of prior year shares to be issued | | $ | 663,400 | | | $ | - | |
Issuance of 283,587 shares of common stock for debenture issuance costs | | $ | 371,499 | | | $ | - | |
Issuance of 418,766 shares of common stock to related party for debenture issuance costs | | $ | 539,088 | | | $ | - | |
Conversion of related party account payable to convertible debenture | | $ | 6,378,526 | | | $ | - | |
Conversion of related party convertible debenture to 2,057,589 shares of common stock | | $ | 6,378,526 | | | $ | - | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements
Note 1 – The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Organization and Line of Business
The Company is a global provider of a full end-to-end suite of gaming systems and product in over 30 countries, covering all aspects of casino and gaming operations including venue and player registration through to table and slots management, through to player tracking and loyalty systems, to security. Our solutions include full life-cycle gaming support and systems solutions, design development, implementation and support, alongside game content creation, products for the lottery industry and resale of third-party products.
The Company’s primary focus is to establish long lasting relationships with customers by providing a full end-to-end suite of innovative gaming solutions. Delivered through the Company’s core businesses, OctaSystems, OctaGames, OctaSupplies and OctaLotto, the Company provides comprehensive solutions and infrastructure systems allowing both large and small operators to increase efficiency, profitability and control while bringing their customers top-of-the-line, innovative, downloadable and installed games.
On October 30, 2008 House Fly Rentals, Inc (“House Fly”) a Nevada corporation, entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with Octavian International Limited (“Octavian”) and the holders of all of the issued and outstanding securities of the Octavian by which all of the securities of Octavian were exchanged for securities in House Fly. Pursuant to the terms of the Share Exchange Agreement, House Fly acquired 100 percent of the issued and outstanding shares of Octavian. Accordingly, the merger was accounted for as a reverse acquisition of House Fly by Octavian and resulted in a recapitalization of Octavian in a manner similar to the pooling of interest method. Concurrent with the merger, the name of House Fly was changed to Octavian Global Technologies, Inc (“the Company”) effective November 30, 2008.
Pursuant to the terms of the Share Exchange Agreement, Octavian Global Technologies, Inc. issued to the Company’s securities holders an aggregate of 6,133,311 shares of House Fly Common Stock, resulting from the exchange of approximately 16,527 shares of Octavian Global Technologies, Inc.’s common stock, par value US$0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), for each outstanding Ordinary Share of the Company exchanged by the Company’s securities holders.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement discussed in Note 14, on October 30, 2008, the Company effected a 1-for-5.0174 reverse stock split of its shares of Common Stock pursuant to which the conversion price of the Debentures (see Note 10) and the exercise price and number of shares under the Warrant (see Note 13), by each of their respective terms, shall not be adjusted as a result of the reverse stock split. All shares disclosed in these consolidated financial statements are stated on a post-split basis.
Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement on May 14, 2009, Austrian Gaming Industries, GmbH (AGI), the Company’s principal supplier of casino gaming machines and a holder of approximately 31.2 percent of the issued and outstanding Common Stock prior to the consummation of the Purchase Agreement, agreed to exchange outstanding accounts payable with the Company of $6,378,526 for Original Issue Discount Convertible Debentures (and together with the Finance Debenture) with a principal amount of $6,378,526 which Debentures are convertible at a conversion price of $3.10 per share, subject to adjustment therein, Common Stock Purchase Warrants to purchase up an aggregate of 2,057,590 shares of Common Stock (1,028,795 shares at an initial exercise price of $3.10 per share for 5 years and 1,028,795 shares at an initial exercise price of $4.65 per share for 7 years, which exercise prices and the number of shares exercisable thereunder are subject to adjustment therein for cashless exercise) and an aggregate of 411,518 shares of Common Stock. Immediately upon the consummation of the Purchase Agreement, the Exchange Debentures were converted into 2,057,589 shares of Common Stock. AGI increased its beneficial ownership of the voting shares of Common Stock to approximately 50.6% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock from approximately 31.2%.
Going Concern
As shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company incurred accumulated losses of $32,712,451 and net working capital of $3,392,508 as of September 30, 2009. In addition the Company’s operations are dependent on one major supplier, Austrian Gaming Industries, to whom the Company owes approximately $11.8 million as of September 30, 2009. These matters raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
Revenues generated in Russia were adversely affected by the legislative change significantly limiting gambling operations in Russia from July 2009. Consequently the Russian slot machine and system markets collapsed which halted almost all revenue in Russia
In view of the matters described in the preceding paragraph, recoverability of a major portion of the recorded asset amounts shown in the accompanying balance sheet is dependent upon continued operations of the Company, which in turn is dependent upon the Company’s ability to raise additional capital, obtain financing and to succeed in its future operations. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
The Company has taken certain restructuring steps to provide the necessary capital to continue its operations. These steps include, but are not limited to: 1) focus on supply sales to minimize the capital need at this stage; 2) financial restructuring by changing part of the outstanding accounts payable to equity, which was finalized in connection with the share exchange on October 30, 2008 (see Note 14) and May 14, 2009; 3) financial restructuring by changing part of the outstanding accounts payable into a 4 year loan at Libor plus 4% annual interest with a cap of 8% per annum, which was finalized in connection with the share exchange on October 30, 2008 (see Note 14) the provision of a further loan of $2 million signed by the company and AGI on August 4, 2009; 4) issuance and /or restructure of new long-term convertible debentures, also finalized in connection with the share exchange on October 30, 2008 (see Note 14) and May 14, 2009; 5) continuous focus on reductions in cost where possible.
Unaudited Interim Financial Information
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial reporting. The information furnished herein reflects all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals and adjustments) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly present the operating results for the respective periods. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally present in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. The results of the nine months ended September 30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year ending December 31, 2009.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Octavian Global Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries as follows:
Subsidiary | | Place Incorporated | | % Owned |
Octavian International, Ltd. | | United States | | 100 |
Casino Amusement Technology Supplies Ltd. | | England and Wales | | 100 |
Octavian Latin America S.A. | | Colombia | | 89.7 |
Octavian International (Europe) Ltd. | | England and Wales | | 100 |
Octavian International (Latin America) Ltd. | | England and Wales | | 100 |
Octavian Ukraine | | Ukraine | | 100 |
Octavian SPb | | Russia | | 100 |
Atlantis | | Russia | | 100 |
Octavian de Argentina S.A. | | Argentina | | 100 |
Octavian Rwanda Limited | | Rwanda | | 100 |
Octavian Italy Srl | | Italy | | 50 |
Octavian Germany Limited | | England and Wales | | 51 |
Octavian Germany GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of Octavian Germany Limited) | | Germany | | 51 |
Octavian Rwanda Limited (formerly Tilia International Limited) was incorporated on February 26, 2009 in Rwanda as a wholly owned subsidiary of Octavian International Limited. Octavian Rwanda was granted a license by the Rwandan authorities to exclusively operate the country’s public lottery and to enable it to operate slot machines within the country. The lottery operations, previously set up with the help of Octavian but operated by an independent company, have been rolled into Octavian Rwanda.
On the August 6, 2009, Argelink S.A. changed its name to Octavian de Argentina S.A. Argelink S.A. This subsidiary was incorporated on July 11, 2002 in Argentina, and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Octavian International, Ltd on August 17, 2007.
On October 1, 2009, Octavian Latin America S.A., which was incorporated on July 22, 2005 in Colombia, became a wholly owned subsidiary of Octavian International, Ltd. Due to corporate governance changes companies in Colombia no longer require a minimum of five shareholders.
On October 1, 2009, Octavian Ukraine was closed due to the sudden and abrupt gaming ban imposed by the government of Ukraine at the end of June 2009.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The Company’s functional currency is the British Pound (GBP) and the Company’s subsidiaries use their local currencies: Colombian Peso (COP); Russian Rouble (RUB); Argentine Peso (ARS); Euro (EUR), Rwandan Francs (RWF) and Ukraine Hryvnia (UAH), as their functional currency. However, the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been translated and presented in United States Dollars ($).
Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Octavian Global Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles 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 amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Areas that require estimates and assumptions include valuation of accounts receivable, other receivables, and inventory determination of useful lives of property and equipment, and intangible assets, and estimation of certain liabilities.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand and cash in time deposits, certificates of deposit and all highly liquid debt instruments with original maturities of three months or less.
Accounts Receivable
The Company maintains reserves for potential credit losses on accounts receivable. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit worthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment patterns to evaluate the adequacy of these reserves. At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the balance in allowance for doubtful accounts was $12,868,421 and $11,474,117, respectively.
Inventories
Other Receivable
Other receivable consists of prepayments, accrued income, other debtors and Value Added Tax.
Property & Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to earnings as incurred; additions, renewals and betterments are capitalized. When property and equipment are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is included in operations. Depreciation of property and equipment is provided using the straight-line method for substantially all assets with estimated lives as follows:
Computer Equipment | 3 years |
Gaming Equipment | 3 years |
Fixtures and fittings | 4 - 5 years |
Research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred until technological feasibility has been established. These costs consist primarily of salaries and direct payroll related costs.
Software Development Costs
Software development costs related to computer games and network and terminal operating systems developed by the Company are capitalized in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 86 (ASC 985), "Accounting for the Cost of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased, or Otherwise Marketed." Capitalization of software development costs begins upon the establishment of technological feasibility and is discontinued when the product is available for sale. When the software is a component part of a product, capitalization begins with the product reaches technological feasibility. The establishment of technological feasibility and the ongoing assessment for recoverability of capitalized software development costs require considerable judgment by management with respect to certain external factors including, but not limited to, technological feasibility, anticipated future gross revenues, estimated economic life, and changes in software and hardware technologies. Capitalized software development costs are comprised primarily of salaries and direct payroll related costs and the purchase of existing software to be used in the Company's products.
Amortization of capitalized software development costs is provided on a product-by-product basis on the straight-line method over the estimated economic life of the products (not to exceed three years). Management periodically compares estimated net realizable value by product with the amount of software development costs capitalized for that product to ensure the amount capitalized is not in excess of the amount to be recovered through revenues. Any such excess of capitalized software development costs to expected net realizable value is expensed at that time.
Note 7 below gives further information regarding the value of software development costs capitalised and amortized by the Company.
Long-Lived Assets
The Company applies the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144 (ASC 360), “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“SFAS 144”), which addresses financial accounting and reporting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets and supersedes SFAS No. 121, “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of,” and the accounting and reporting provisions of APB Opinion No. 30, “Reporting the Results of Operations for a Disposal of a Segment of a Business.” The Company periodically evaluates the carrying value of long-lived assets to be held and used in accordance with SFAS 144 (ASC 360). SFAS 144 requires impairment losses to be recorded on long-lived assets used in operations when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amounts. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair market value of the long-lived assets. Loss on long-lived assets to be disposed of is determined in a similar manner, except that fair market values are reduced for the cost of disposal. Based on its review, the Company believes that, as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, there were no significant impairments of its long-lived assets.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets consist of product developments, intangible game developments, game work-in-progress, game development and lottery development. All intangible assets are amortized over 3 years.
Included in the total cost of intangible assets at September 30, 2009 is an amount of $1,848,552 which relates to incomplete games development and lottery projects which are not yet amortized.
Revenue Recognition
Revenue is recognized when services are rendered to customers when a formal arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, the delivery is completed, no other significant obligations of the Company exist and collectability is reasonably assured. In particular, revenues from the sales of gaming equipment, other hardware, games and installation costs for systems are recognized on delivery; recurring revenues for systems are recognized in the period in which they are operated by our customers. Where the company delivers multiple deliverables to the same customer these are valued and invoiced separately and the revenue recognition policy follows that described earlier in this paragraph. Payments received before all of the relevant criteria for revenue recognition are satisfied are recorded as unearned revenue.
The Company at times enters arrangements whereby it shares the revenues with the customer, mainly by placing gaming machines in an operators premises and sharing the revenues with the operator. In these cases the Company will recognise the revenue once the meters of the gaming machines are read, normally remotely, and the operator is invoiced the Company’s share of the revenues.
Advertising Costs
The Company expenses the cost of advertising as incurred or, as appropriate, the first time the advertising takes place. Advertising costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 were $55,889 and $89,328 respectively. Advertising costs for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 were $9,825 and $63,290, respectively
Income Taxes
The Company utilizes SFAS No. 109 (ASC 740), “Accounting for Income Taxes,” which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each period end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
The Company adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48 (ASC 740), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, on January 1, 2007. As a result of the implementation of the standard, the company made a comprehensive review of its portfolio of tax positions in accordance with recognition standards established by FIN 48 (ASC 740). As a result of the implementation of the standard, the Company recognized no material adjustments to liabilities or stockholders’ equity. When tax returns are filed, it is highly certain that some positions taken would be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, while others are subject to uncertainty about the merits of the position taken or the amount of the position that would be ultimately sustained. The benefit of a tax position is recognized in the financial statements in the period during which, based on all available evidence, management believes it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of appeals or litigation processes, if any. Tax positions taken are not offset or aggregated with other positions. Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing authority. The portion of the benefits associated with tax positions taken that exceeds the amount measured as described above is reflected as a liability for unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying balance sheets along with any associated interest and penalties that would be payable to the taxing authorities upon examination. Interest associated with unrecognized tax benefits are classified as interest expense and penalties are classified in selling, general and administrative expenses in the statements of income. The adoption of FIN 48 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
Concentration of credit risk
Cash includes cash on hand and demand deposits in accounts maintained within England, Colombia, Ukraine, Russia, Rwanda, Argentina, Italy and Germany. Certain financial instruments, which subject the Company to concentration of credit risk, consist of cash. The Company does not maintain balances at financial institutions located in the United States. The balances held are not covered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the Company had deposits totalling $543,090 and $2,829,641, respectively. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts.
Foreign Currency Transactions and Comprehensive Loss
The reporting currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. The Company’s functional currency is the British Pound (GBP) and the Company’s subsidiaries use their local currencies: Colombian Peso (COP); Russian Rouble (RUB); Argentine Peso (ARS); Euro (EUR), Rwandan Francs (RWF) and Ukraine Hryvnia (UAH), as their functional currency. Assets and liabilities are translated using the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date. Translation adjustments resulting from this process are included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in the consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred.
The Company recorded translation losses of $1,348,280 and gains of $1,164,010 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Asset and liability amounts at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were translated at 0.62806 GBP and 0.6071 GBP to USD $1.00, respectively. Equity accounts were stated at their historical rates. The average translation rates applied to income statement accounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 were 0.64792 and 0.52148 to USD $1.00, respectively. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 95, “Statement of Cash Flows,” cash flows from the Company’s operations are calculated based upon the local currencies. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the statement of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheet.
Foreign Currency Transaction Gains and Losses
Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the Company recorded net transaction gains/ (losses) of approximately $1,570,990 and $(1,487,929), respectively. Historically, the Company has not entered into any currency trading or hedging transactions, although there is no assurance that the Company will not enter into such transactions in the future.
Non-controlling Stockholders’ Interest
In order to comply with Colombian law, a company needed to have a minimum of 5 stockholders, with a maximum stockholding of not more than 95% by any individual stockholder. The 4 external stockholders in the Colombian registered entity (Octavian Latin America SA) had a combined 10.3% stockholding in that company. The equity in the non-controlling interest in the Colombian entity has been classified as “Noncontrolling stockholders’ interests” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Changes in equity in non-controlling interests arising from results of operations have been recorded as “Net (income) loss attributed to non-controlling stockholders' interest” in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Certain amounts presented for prior periods that were previously designated as minority interests have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted SFAS No. 160 (ASC 810) , “Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, which established new standards governing the accounting for and reporting of non-controlling interests (NCIs) in partially owned consolidated subsidiaries and the loss of control of subsidiaries. Certain provisions of this standard indicate, among other things, that NCIs (previously referred to as minority interests) be treated as a separate component of equity, not as a liability (as was previously the case); that increases and decreases in the parent’s ownership interest that leave control intact be treated as equity transactions, rather than as step acquisitions or dilution gains or losses; and that losses of a partially owned consolidated subsidiary be allocated to the NCI even when such allocation might result in a deficit balance. This standard also required changes to certain presentation and disclosure requirements. The provisions of the standard were applied to all NCIs prospectively, except for the presentation and disclosure requirements, which were applied retrospectively to all periods presented. As a result, upon adoption, the Company retroactively reclassified the “Non-controlling stockholders’ interest” balance previously included in the “Other liabilities” section of the consolidated balance sheet to a new component of equity with respect to NCIs in consolidated subsidiaries. The adoption also impacted certain captions previously used on the consolidated statement of income, largely identifying net loss including NCI and net loss attributable to Octavian.
Segment Reporting
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131 (“SFAS 131”) (ASC 280), “Disclosure About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information” requires use of the “management approach” model for segment reporting. The management approach model is based on the way a Company’s management organizes segments within the company for making operating decisions and assessing performance. The Company has determined that it has 3 reportable segments: Octavian Europe, Octavian CIS, and Octavian Latin America (See Note 17).
Basic and Diluted Losses Per Share
Earnings per share is calculated in accordance with the SFAS No. 128, “Earnings Per Share” (SFAS 128) (ASC 260). Basic earnings per share is based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is based on the assumption that all dilutive convertible shares and stock options were converted or exercised. Dilution is computed by applying the treasury stock method. Under this method, options and warrants are assumed to be exercised at the beginning of the period (or at the time of issuance, if later), and as if funds obtained thereby were used to purchase common stock at the average market price during the period. As of September 30, 2009 the following potential dilutive shares were excluded from diluted loss per share for all periods presented because of their anti-dilutive effect.
| | September 30, | | | September 30, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Warrants | | $ | 10,597,776 | | | $ | - | |
Convertible notes | | $ | 6,026,226 | | | $ | - | |
Total | | $ | 16,624,002 | | | $ | - | |
Fair value of financial instruments
On January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 157 (ASC 820), Fair Value Measurements. SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement and enhances disclosures requirements for fair value measures. The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for receivables and current liabilities each qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest. The three levels are defined as follows:
Level 1: inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2: inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.
Level 3: inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.
Recent Pronouncements
In June 2009, the FASB issued ASC 105 (previously SFAS No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") - a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162), which will become the source of authoritative accounting principles generally accepted in the United States recognized by the FASB to be applied to nongovernmental entities. The Codification is effective in the third quarter of 2009, and accordingly, the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2009 and all subsequent public filings will reference the Codification as the sole source of authoritative literature. The Company does not believe that this will have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.
In June 2009, the FASB issued ASC 855 (previously SFAS No. 165, Subsequent Events), which establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosures of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before the financial statements are issued or available to be issued. It is effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. There was no material impact upon the adoption of this standard on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In June 2009, the FASB issued ASC 860 (previously SFAS No. 166, “Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets”) , which requires additional information regarding transfers of financial assets, including securitization transactions, and where companies have continuing exposure to the risks related to transferred financial assets. SFAS 166 eliminates the concept of a “qualifying special-purpose entity,” changes the requirements for derecognizing financial assets, and requires additional disclosures. SFAS 166 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. The Company does not believe this pronouncement will impact its financial statements.
In June 2009, the FASB issued ASC 810 (previously SFAS No. 167) for determining whether to consolidate a variable interest entity. These amended standards eliminate a mandatory quantitative approach to determine whether a variable interest gives the entity a controlling financial interest in a variable interest entity in favor of a qualitatively focused analysis, and require an ongoing reassessment of whether an entity is the primary beneficiary. These amended standards are effective for us beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010 and we are currently evaluating the impact that adoption will have on our consolidated financial statements.
In August 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2009-05, which amends ASC Topic 820, Measuring Liabilities at Fair Value, which provides additional guidance on the measurement of liabilities at fair value. Specifically, when a quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not available, the new standard requires that the fair value of a liability be measured using one or more of the valuation techniques that should maximize the use of relevant observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. In addition, an entity is not required to include a separate input or adjustment to other inputs relating to the existence of a restriction that prevents the transfer of a liability. This standard is effective in the first reporting period beginning after issuance. We do not expect the adoption will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2009-13, which amends ASC Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, to require companies to allocate revenue in multiple-element arrangements based on an element’s estimated selling price if vendor-specific or other third-party evidence of value is not available. ASU 2009-13 is effective for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in the fiscal year beginning on or after June 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating both the timing and the impact of the pending adoption of the ASU on its consolidated financial statements.
Reclassifications
Certain comparative amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s presentation.
Note 3 - Other Receivable
Other receivable comprises of the following:
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Prepayments | | $ | 597,068 | | | $ | 717,667 | |
VAT and other taxes | | | 853,462 | | | | 603,360 | |
Other debtors | | | 372,691 | | | | 86,856 | |
Supplier commissions | | | - | | | | - | |
Total | | $ | 1,823,221 | | | $ | 1,407,883 | |
Note 4 – Inventory
Inventory is as follows:
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Raw materials | | $ | 794,534 | | | $ | 675,860 | |
Work in process | | $ | 578,585 | | | $ | 351,186 | |
Finished goods | | $ | 944,987 | | | $ | 754,900 | |
Other inventory | | $ | 45,499 | | | $ | 239,634 | |
Total | | $ | 2,363,604 | | | $ | 2,021,580 | |
Less reserve for obsolescence | | $ | (748,670 | ) | | $ | (545,754 | ) |
Inventory, net | | $ | 1,614,934 | | | $ | 1,475,826 | |
Note 5 – Loans Receivable
Loans receivable comprises the following:
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Mutual International Ltd | | $ | 60,000 | | | $ | 99,950 | |
Be First Group, Inc | | $ | 572,220 | | | $ | 296,852 | |
Gex Technologies | | $ | 79,610 | | | $ | 72,359 | |
Total | | $ | 711,830 | | | $ | 469,161 | |
The Mutual International loan relates to a $60,000 convertible non bearing loan. This short term unsecured loan was entered into on July 21, 2009. Octavian International Limited may initiate conversion of the loan to 1,000 shares plus $99 shareholders loan (due on demand) per share in Be First Group at any time. Mutual International is a partner in our African lottery operations.
The Be First Group loan is unsecured and non interest bearing. The value of the loan is $297,000 as at November 20, 2008 when it was first made. During the third quarter this loan was increased by $275,220 to $572,220. Mutual International is owned by Be First Group. The loan is due on demand.
The Gex Technologies loan is a short term loan signed on December 22, 2008. The loan was due on June 30, 2009, but remains unpaid to date. The Company is currently discussing the extension of the loan with Gex Technologies. This loan of ₤50,000 (USD 79,610) is secured by the source codes and assets of the ‘Spot the Ball’ game developed by Gex Technologies. There’s a 9% interest on the loan. No interest is accrued as of September 30, 2009 as the amount was insignificant.
Note 6 – Property and Equipment
The following are the details of the property and equipment:
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Computer Equipment | | $ | 956,563 | | | $ | 785,410 | |
Gaming Equipment | | $ | 1,996,311 | | | $ | 1,410,579 | |
Fixtures and fittings | | $ | 142,172 | | | $ | 368,729 | |
Total | | $ | 3,095,045 | | | $ | 2,564,718 | |
Less accumulated depreciation | | $ | (1,504,743 | ) | | $ | (1,178,472 | ) |
Property and equipment, net | | $ | 1,590,303 | | | $ | 1,386,246 | |
Depreciation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 was $544,847 and $717,572, respectively.
Depreciation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 was $269,028 and $297,114, respectively.
Note 7 – Intangible Assets
The following are the details of intangible assets:
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Product development | | $ | 1,283,629 | | | $ | 1,139,051 | |
Customer contract | | $ | 816,244 | | | $ | 816,244 | |
Work in progress | | $ | 1,246,487 | | | $ | 663,948 | |
Game development | | $ | 1,999,984 | | | $ | 887,381 | |
Lottery development | | $ | 370,518 | | | $ | - | |
Total | | $ | 5,716,862 | | | $ | 3,506,624 | |
Less Accumulated amortization | | $ | (1,557,829 | ) | | $ | (747,052 | ) |
Intangibles, net | | $ | 4,159,033 | | | $ | 2,759,572 | |
Amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 was $746,109 and $67,210, respectively. Amortization expense for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 was $302,996 and $12,431, respectively. Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 is expected to be $947,245, $1,153,354, $578,227, $186,669 and $0, respectively.
Note 8 – Loans Payable
Loans payable consist of the following:
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Loan payable to Mediciones Urbanas | | $ | 225,000 | | | $ | 629,686 | |
Loan from PacificNet | | $ | 55,828 | | | $ | 52,448 | |
Loan from Austrian Gaming Industries (“AGI”) | | $ | 11,769,472 | | | $ | 10,566,427 | |
Bank overdrafts | | $ | 32,699 | | | $ | 87,955 | |
Other loans | | $ | - | | | $ | 118,739 | |
Total | | $ | 12,082,998 | | | $ | 11,455,255 | |
Less current portion | | $ | (3,258,195 | ) | | $ | (3,658,324 | ) |
Long Term portion | | $ | 8,824,803 | | | $ | 7,796,931 | |
Octavian is a non-exclusive distributor for AGI in various countries in Latin America, and Octavian’s wholly-owned subsidiary Casino & Amusement Technology Supplies is a non-exclusive AGI distributor in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States member countries. As such, AGI is and has been Octavian’s largest supplier and, prior to the closing of the Share Exchange (see Note 14); Octavian had outstanding accounts payables to AGI.
Pursuant to certain agreements between AGI and Octavian entered into immediately prior to the Share Exchange, AGI and Octavian agreed to the following:
· | AGI converted €4 million (USD $5,111,263) of accounts payable to it by the Company into 2,157,574 common shares of the Company, representing 28% percent of the outstanding common shares of the Company at December 31, 2008. |
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· | AGI restructured an additional €8 million (USD $10,566,427 at December 31, 2008 based on the December 31, 2008 exchange rate of €1=USD $1.4095 ) into a four-year loan which matures on 29 October 2012. The loan accrues interest at a rate of three-month USD LIBOR plus four percent (4%) (capped at a maximum rate of eight percent (8%)) per year, and is payable in equal monthly installments of €166,667 (USD $220,134 based on the March 31, 2009 exchange rate of €1=USD $1.3208) over a period of 48 months, commencing on October 31, 2008. As security for the obligation, the Company granted AGI a security interest in all intellectual property rights (including rights in software) in certain of the Company’s intellectual property, including the source and object code for the Company’s Accounting, Control, and Progressives product; the Company’s Maverick product and any modifications; and the Company’s Maverick games and any modifications, ExtraCash and Advanced Gaming Engine, along with all related materials (the “IP Rights”). |
· | AGI invested USD $5,000,000 in the Private Placement. (see Note 10) |
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· | The Company repaid AGI €2 million (USD $3,255,830 based on the October 30, 2008 Exchange Rate of €1=US$1.2783) of accounts payable at the closing of the Private Placement (see Note 10) and was due to repay the remaining accounts payable balance in four equal installments of €1,189,051 (USD $1,570,499 based on the March 31, 2009 Exchange Rate of €1=USD $1.3208) on November 30, 2008, December 31, 2008, January 31, 2009, and February 28, 2009. No payments have been made to date. |
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· | These payments were not made and the remaining balance of accounts payable with AGI was converted to shares on May 14, 2009. |
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· | Further to the above on August 4, 2009, we entered into a Loan Agreement with AGI. Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, AGI agreed to loan the Company $2 million, to be made in two equal instalments of $1 million. The first instalment was made on August 5, 2009 and the second instalment was made on August 17, 2009. Interest accrues at a rate of three month USD LIBOR plus four percent (4%) (capped at a maximum rate of eight percent (8%)) per year. Pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement, interest is paid on a monthly basis with the principal amount due and payable in full on June 30, 2010. As security for the Loan, the Company has granted a security interest in certain of its intellectual property. Upon an event of default, the IP Rights shall transfer to AGI. In addition, AGI agreed to suspend the principal amount repayable on the €8 million loan for a period of twelve calendar months starting June 30, 2009 until May 31, 2010. Interest is required to be paid as normal. |
The loan payable to Mediciones Urbanas is interest free. This loan was assumed as part of the acquisition of Argelink on August 17, 2007. The loan calls for payments of $45,000 monthly from the date of the acquisition until the loan’s maturity of January 2010.
Interest expense in the nine months to September 30, 2009 and 2008 was $ 375,694 and $444,219, respectively. Interest expense in the three months to September 30, 2009 and 2008 was $125,939 and $190,690.
Note 9 – Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other liabilities comprise of the following:
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Discontinued Operations | | $ | 26,900 | | | $ | | |
Audit fees | | $ | 123,040 | | | $ | 170,852 | |
Fixed assets purchased | | $ | 168,935 | | | $ | 512,415 | |
Legal fees | | $ | 156,202 | | | $ | 92,204 | |
Sales commission | | $ | - | | | $ | 399,833 | |
Accrued bonus | | $ | 112,983 | | | $ | 98,305 | |
Contractors’ fees | | $ | 1,652 | | | $ | 40,945 | |
Warranty provision | | $ | 253,741 | | | $ | 437,246 | |
Other creditors | | $ | 457,118 | | | $ | 465,442 | |
Other taxes | | $ | 353,423 | | | $ | 527,237 | |
Accrued payroll | | $ | 267,263 | | | $ | 142,801 | |
Total | | $ | 1,921,256 | | | $ | 2,887,280 | |
Note 10 – Convertible Debenture Private Placement
On October 30, 2008, concurrent with the closing of the Share Exchange Transaction, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors and closed a private placement offering pursuant to which it raised gross proceeds of $13,000,000 and, among other things, issued and sold ten percent discount convertible debentures (“Debentures”) with an aggregate principal amount of $14,285,700 convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock (“Conversion Shares”) at an initial conversion price of $3.10, subject to adjustment other than for the reverse stock split discussed below. Additionally, investors in the Private Placement received (i) common stock purchase warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 4,193,548 shares of Common Stock (2,096,774 shares at an initial exercise price of $3.10 per share and 2,096,774 shares at an initial exercise price of $4.65 per share, which exercise prices and the number of shares exercisable thereunder were subject to adjustment other than for the reverse stock split discussed below (the “Warrants”) and (ii) an aggregate of 921,658 shares of Common Stock (the “Shares,” and, together with the Debentures and Warrants, the “Private Placement Securities”). AGI, Octavian’s principal supplier of casino gaming machines and a holder of 35 percent of Octavian prior to the Share Exchange Transaction, participated in the Private Placement by investing $5 million (see Note 8). The net proceeds received by the Company after the payment of all offering expenses including, without limitation, legal fees, accounting fees and cash commissions paid to certain finders (described below) was $10,199,812.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed, promptly following the closing of the transactions contemplated under the Purchase Agreement, to effect a 1-for-5.0174 reverse stock split of its shares of Common Stock pursuant to which the conversion price of the Debentures and the exercise price and number of shares under the Warrant, by each of their respective terms, would not be adjusted as a result of the reverse stock split.
The Company also entered into a finder’s agreement with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (“Oppenheimer”), whereby Oppenheimer was engaged to act as a finder, but not as an agent, to the Company in connection with the Private Placement. Pursuant to this finder’s agreement, the Company paid Oppenheimer a cash finder’s fee of US$1,091,172 out of the proceeds of the Private Placement. The Company also issued to Oppenheimer and/or its designees 5-year warrants to purchase, in the aggregate, 283,871 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of US$3.10 per share. The warrants are substantially on the same terms and include the same provisions as those issued to investors in the Private Placement and, similarly, the exercise price of these warrants were not adjusted as a result of the reverse stock split described above.
On May 14, 2009, we entered into a Debentures and Warrants Purchase Agreement with certain accredited investors, and closed a private placement offering pursuant to which we raised gross proceeds of $4 million and, among other things, issued and sold our Original Issue Discount Convertible Debentures with an aggregate principal amount of $4,395,600 which Debentures are convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a conversion price of $3.10 per share, subject to adjustment therein. Additionally, the Investors received Common Stock Purchase Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,417,936 shares of Common Stock (645,161 shares at an initial exercise price of $3.10 per share for 5 years and 645,161 shares at an initial exercise price of $4.65 per share for 7 years, which exercise prices and the number of shares exercisable there under are subject to adjustment) and an aggregate of 283,587 shares of Common Stock. The Company allocated the investment proceeds to the debt and warrants based on their relative fair values. The relative fair value of the warrants using the Black Scholes method assuming a volatility of the stock of 91%, term of five years and a discount of 1.98% and 2.62% was determined to be $805,074 which was recorded as debt discount, a reduction of the carrying amount of the debt. The beneficial conversion feature on the notes was $0. The debt discount on the face value of $395,600 along with the finders’ fee of $104,376 and fair value of the 283,587 shares of $371,499 was also recorded as debt discount. The debt discount will be amortized over the term of the note and charged to interest expense. During the three month period ended September 30, 2009 $67,579 of warrant discount and $73,153 of other discount was expensed. During the nine month period ended September 30, 2009 $104,777 of warrant discount and $107,677 of other discount was expensed.
Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, AGI, the Company’s principal supplier of casino gaming machines and a holder of approximately 31.2 percent of the issued and outstanding Common Stock prior to the consummation of the Purchase Agreement, agreed to exchange outstanding accounts payable with the Company of $6,378,526 for Original Issue Discount Convertible Debentures (and together with the Finance Debenture) with a principal amount of $6,378,526 which Debentures are convertible at a conversion price of $3.10 per share, subject to adjustment therein, Common Stock Purchase Warrants to purchase up an aggregate of 2,057,590 shares of Common Stock (1,028,795 shares at an initial exercise price of $3.10 per share for 5 years and 1,028,795 shares at an initial exercise price of $4.65 per share for 7 years, which exercise prices and the number of shares exercisable hereunder are subject to adjustment therein) and an aggregate of 411,518 shares of Common Stock. Immediately upon the consummation of the Purchase Agreement, the Exchange Debentures were converted into 2,057,589 shares of Common Stock. AGI increased its beneficial ownership of the voting shares of Common Stock to approximately 50.6% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock from approximately 31.2%. The Company allocated the investment proceeds to the debt and warrants based on their relative fair values. The relative fair value of the warrants using the Black Scholes method assuming a volatility of the stock of 91%, term of five years and a discount of 1.98% and 2.62% was determined to be $ 1,283,798 which was recorded as debt discount, a reduction of the carrying amount of the debt. The beneficial conversion feature on the notes was $0. The fair value of the 411,518 shares of $539,088 was also recorded as debt discount. The debt discount was amortized completely on the conversion of the debenture.
Interest expense related to amortization of debt discounts, plus accrued interest on these debentures was $496,250 and $3,138,747 for the three and nine months to September 30, 2009 respectively. The unamortized debt discount amount of $4,401,883 was applied to reduce the outstanding amount due under the convertible debenture as at September 30, 2009.The three year debentures mature on October 29, 2011 and May 13, 2012.
Note 11 – Customer Deposits
Customer deposits represent those amounts that the Company receives in advance on order placement or on delivery or before delivery. Customer deposits amounted to $81,608 and $397,482 at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.
Note 12 – Stockholders’ Equity
On December 31, 2008, Mr Harmen Brenninkmeijer, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, was entitled to receive 214,000 shares as part of his conditions of employment, for services performed prior to December 31, 2008. The shares were valued at the exercise price of $3.10 per share and were expensed during the year ended December 31, 2008 at a total cost of $663,400 and included under shares to be issued. The shares were issued to Mr. Brenninkmeijer on January 22, 2009.
Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, AGI, the Company’s principal supplier of casino gaming machines and a holder of approximately 31.2 percent of the issued and outstanding Common Stock prior to the consummation of the Purchase Agreement, agreed to exchange outstanding accounts payable with the Company of $6,378,5266 for Original Issue Discount Convertible Debentures (and together with the Finance Debenture) with a principal amount of $6,378,526 which Debentures are convertible at a conversion price of $3.10 per share, subject to adjustment therein, Common Stock Purchase Warrants to purchase up an aggregate of 2,057,590 shares of Common Stock (1,028,795 shares at an initial exercise price of $3.10 per share for 5 years and 1,028,795 shares at an initial exercise price of $4.65 per share for 7 years, which exercise prices and the number of shares exercisable thereunder are subject to adjustment therein) and an aggregate of 411,518 shares of Common Stock. Immediately upon the consummation of the Purchase Agreement, the Exchange Debentures were converted into 2,057,589 shares of Common Stock. AGI increased its beneficial ownership of the voting shares of Common Stock to approximately 50.6% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock from approximately 31.2%.
There are no options outstanding relating to Shareholder’s Equity as at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
Following is a summary of the Company’s warrant activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2009:
| | | Number of Warrants | | | | Weighted Average Exercise Price | | | | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) | |
Outstanding , December 31, 2008 | | | 7,249,865 | | | $ | 3.56 | | | $ | 5.58 | |
Granted | | | 3,347,912 | | | $ | 3.88 | | | $ | 5.62 | |
Exchanged | | | - | | | | | | | | | |
Forfeited | | | - | | | | | | | | | |
Outstanding September 30, 2009 | | | 10,597,777 | | | $ | 3.66 | | | $ | 5.08 | |
Exercisable | | | 10,597,777 | | | $ | 3.66 | | | $ | 5.08 | |
Note 14 – Share Exchange Agreement with Octavian Global Technologies, Inc.
On October 30, 2008, Octavian International Ltd (“Octavian”) entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with Octavian Global Technologies, Inc. (previously known as House Fly Rentals, Inc.), pursuant to which, among other things, Octavian’s security holders contributed 100% of their securities of Octavian in exchange for Octavian Global’s issuance of certain securities.
Immediately prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated under the Share Exchange Agreement, and the change of House Fly Rentals Inc.’s name to Octavian Global Technologies, Inc. (the “Share Exchange Transaction”):
| · | Octavian Global Technologies Inc.’s name was House Fly Rentals, Inc. |
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| · | House Fly was a shell company with nominal assets and operations; |
| · | Robert McCall was House Fly’s President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and a member of House Fly’s Board of Directors; |
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| · | Mr. McCall owned 44.4 percent of House Fly’s issued and outstanding securities; |
| · | House Fly owned 100 percent of a newly created Nevada corporation called Octavian Global Technologies, Inc., which had no operations or assets (“Octavian Global Sub”); and |
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| · | The Company’s securities holders owned all of the outstanding securities of the Company. |
Pursuant to the terms of the Share Exchange Agreement, Octavian Global Technologies, Inc. issued to the Company’s securities holders an aggregate of 6,133,311 shares of House Fly Common Stock, resulting from the exchange of approximately 3,294 shares of Octavian Global Technologies, Inc.’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), for each outstanding Ordinary Share of the Company exchanged by the Company’s securities holders. Pursuant to the terms of the Share Exchange Agreement, along with the Repurchase Agreement (described hereafter), House Fly acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding securities of Octavian and by acquiring the operating business of Octavian, Octavian Global Technologies, Inc. ceased to be a shell company.
Of the 1,862 common shares of Octavian exchanged in the Share Exchange Transaction for 6,133,311 common shares in House Fly Rentals, (which occurred prior to the Private Placement) (i) 652 common shares of Octavian issued to AGI in connection with the conversion of certain accounts payable were exchanged by AGI for 2,147,647 shares of House Fly common stock; (ii) 149 common shares of Octavian issued to Lilac as compensation for consulting services were exchanged by Lilac for 490,747 shares of House Fly common stock; (iii) 61 common shares of Octavian held by PacificNet were exchanged by PacificNet for 200,930 shares of House Fly common stock; and (iv) 1,000 common shares held by Ziria Enterprises Limited, the company that was then the sole shareholder of Octavian (“Ziria”) (a company which is 100%-indirectly owned by Harmen Brenninkmeijer, our founder, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company) were exchanged for 3,293,937 shares of common stock.
The securities issued by House Fly were all issued to the Octavian Securities Holders located outside of the United States pursuant to an applicable exemption from registration under Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”) and/or Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
Additionally, pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, Octavian Global Technologies, Inc. made representations and warranties to the Company and the Company’s securities holders, and the Company made representations and warranties to Octavian Global Technologies, Inc., in each case regarding their respective businesses, operations and affairs. All representations and warranties in the Share Exchange Agreement terminated on April 30, 2009.
On the Closing Date of the Share Exchange Agreement, the Company also entered into a repurchase agreement (the “Repurchase Agreement”) with Mr. McCall, pursuant to which the Company repurchased from Mr. McCall an aggregate of 597,919 shares of House Fly common stock (the “Repurchase Shares”), which represented 44.4% of House Fly’s total common stock then issued and outstanding, for an aggregate purchase price of $300,000 (the “Repurchase”).
As a result of the Share Exchange Transaction and the consummation of the transactions pursuant to the Repurchase Agreement, Octavian Global Technologies, Inc. experienced a change in control and ceased to be a shell company. Octavian became Octavian Global Technologies, Inc.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, and the Company is continuing its business plan. The transaction was treated as a reverse merger for reporting purposes and subsequent to the closing of the transaction, the historical financial results became those of Octavian.
Private Placement
Concurrent with the closing of the Share Exchange Transaction, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with certain accredited investors and closed a private placement offering pursuant to which it raised gross proceeds of $13,000,000. Additionally, investors in the Private Placement received common stock purchase warrants and shares of the Company’s common stock. For additional details of the private placement, see Note 10. For details of the warrants issued, see Note 13. For details of the common stock issued, see above.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement discussed above, on October 30, 2008, the Company effected a 1-for-5.0174 reverse stock split of its shares of Common Stock pursuant to which the conversion price of the Debentures (see Note 10) and the exercise price and number of shares under the Warrant (see Note 13), by each of their respective terms, were not adjusted as a result of the reverse stock split.
The Company also entered into a finder’s agreement with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (“Oppenheimer”), whereby Oppenheimer was engaged to act as a finder, but not as an agent, to the Company in connection with the Private Placement. Pursuant to this finder’s agreement, the Company paid Oppenheimer a cash finder’s fee of $1,091,172 out of the proceeds of the Private Placement. The Company also issued to Oppenheimer and/or its designees 5-year warrants to purchase, in the aggregate, 283,871 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of US$3.10 per share. The warrants are substantially on the same terms and include the same provisions as those issued to investors in the Private Placement and, similarly, the exercise price of these warrants will not be adjusted as a result of the reverse stock split described above.
At the closing of the private placement, we paid the escrow agent $2,500, AGI $30,000 for legal fees, Vicis Capital Master Fund $30,000 for legal fees and $75,000 in origination fees, and North East Finance (a finder for one of the investors) $80,000 in origination fees along with a five-year warrant to purchase up to 51,613 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $3.10, the $80,000 of which was netted out of the fee the Company paid to Oppenheimer.
Note 15 - Related Party Transactions
2009 Transactions
During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 services performed by Mr. H Brenninkmeijer in the amount of $99,060 were invoiced from Hudson Trading Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Cyprus.
2008 Transactions
During the nine months ended September 30, 2008 services performed by Mr. H Brenninkmeijer in the amount of $270,691 were invoiced from Hudson Trading Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Cyprus. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, an office was rented in Cyprus from Xanadu Entertainment Ltd., a company owned by Mr. H. Brenninkmeijer. Rent paid totalled $1,890. This rent agreement was terminated at the end of 2007.
Octavian Italy
The Company loaned Octavian Italy (our 50% owned entity) a short term non interest bearing loan. The maximum amount we made available to Octavian Italy is €500,000 (US$729,600 based on the September 30, 2009 Exchange Rate of €1=US$1.4592) and the balance at September 30, 2009 was €233,169 (US$340,240 based on the September 30, 2009 Exchange Rate of €1=US$1.4592) included in loan receivables – related parties in the accompanied financial statements. In addition we have an intercompany debtor of €1,969,015 (US$2,873,187 based on the September 30, 2009 Exchange Rate of €1=USD $1.4592) relating to sales of games to our Italian joint venture partner.
The Company did not make any sales to Octavian Italy in the nine months ended September 30, 2008. In the nine months ended September 30, 2009 invoiced sales to Octavian Italy amounted to €2,409,409 (US$3,293,300 based on the January 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 Average Exchange Rate of €1=USD $1.36685)
AGI
On May 14, 2009, we entered into a Debentures and Warrants Purchase Agreement with certain accredited investors, and closed a private placement offering pursuant to which we raised gross proceeds of $4 million and, among other things, issued and sold our Original Issue Discount Convertible Debentures with an aggregate principal amount of $4,395,600 which Debentures are convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a conversion price of $3.10 per share, subject to adjustment therein. Additionally, the Investors received Common Stock Purchase Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,417,936 shares of Common Stock (645,161 shares at an initial exercise price of $3.10 per share for 5 years and 645,161 shares at an initial exercise price of $4.65 per share for 7 years, which exercise prices and the number of shares exercisable there under are subject to adjustment for cashless exercise) and an aggregate of 283,587 shares of Common Stock. The Company allocated the investment proceeds to the debt and warrants based on their relative fair values. The relative fair value of the warrants using the Black Scholes method assuming a volatility of the stock of 91%, term of five years and a discount of 1.98% and 2.62% was determined to be $805,074 which was recorded as debt discount, a reduction of the carrying amount of the debt. The beneficial conversion feature on the notes was $0. The debt discount on the face value of $395,600 along with the finders’ fee of $104,376 and fair value of the 283,587 shares of $371,499 was also recorded as debt discount. The debt discount will be amortized over the term of the note and charged to interest expense. During the three month period ended September 30, 2009 $67,579 of warrant discount and $73,153 of other discount was expensed.
Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, AGI, the Company’s principal supplier of casino gaming machines and a holder of approximately 31.2 percent of the issued and outstanding Common Stock prior to the consummation of the Purchase Agreement, agreed to exchange outstanding accounts payable with the Company of $6,378,526 for Original Issue Discount Convertible Debentures (and together with the Finance Debenture) with a principal amount of $6,378,526 which Debentures are convertible at a conversion price of $3.10 per share, subject to adjustment therein, Common Stock Purchase Warrants to purchase up an aggregate of 2,057,590 shares of Common Stock (1,028,795 shares at an initial exercise price of $3.10 per share for 5 years and 1,028,795 shares at an initial exercise price of $4.65 per share for 7 years, which exercise prices and the number of shares exercisable thereunder are subject to adjustment therein for cashless exercise) and an aggregate of 411,518 shares of Common Stock. Immediately upon the consummation of the Purchase Agreement, the Exchange Debentures were converted into 2,057,589 shares of Common Stock. AGI increased its beneficial ownership of the voting shares of Common Stock to approximately 50.6% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock from approximately 31.2%. The Company allocated the investment proceeds to the debt and warrants based on their relative fair values. The relative fair value of the warrants using the Black Scholes method assuming a volatility of the stock of 91%, term of five years and a discount of 1.98% and 2.62% was determined to be $ 1,283,798 which was recorded as debt discount, a reduction of the carrying amount of the debt. The beneficial conversion feature on the notes was $0. The fair value of the 411,518 shares of $539,088 was also recorded as debt discount. The debt discount was amortized completely on the conversion of the debenture.
Note 16 – Commitments and Contingencies
Leases
The Company currently leases two office spaces in St. Petersburg, Russia beginning in September 2009 and January 2008 under non-cancellable operating leases that expire on September 10, 2010 and December 31, 2009 respectively. The Company also leases office space as well as office equipment in the United Kingdom beginning in May 2008 that expires on December 31, 2009 and April 30, 2010, respectively. The Company also leases office space and equipment in Bogota, Colombia beginning between October 2007 and October 2009 that expire between February 2010 and October 2011. The Company leases an office in Buenos Aires, Argentina until July 2012. Additionally the Company began to lease office space in Kigali for its Rwandan operations. This lease began in April 2009 and will expire in February 2011. Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases with initial or remaining terms of one year or more are as follows:
| Operating | |
| Leases | |
Year ending December 31, | | |
2009 | | $ | 238,422 | |
2010 | | $ | 366,726 | |
2011 | | $ | 67,485 | |
Thereafter | | | 25,200 | |
| | $ | 697,833 | |
Litigation
The Company may be subject, from time to time, to various legal proceedings relating to claims arising out of its operations in the ordinary course of its business. The Company currently is not party to any legal proceedings, the adverse outcome of which, individually or in the aggregate, management believes would have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company.
Potential Claim
PacificNet
On January 5, 2009, Octavian received a letter from PacificNet pursuant to which it has asserted a claim against Octavian for certain alleged events of default by Octavian under the PacificNet Termination Agreement (the “Claim”). Pursuant to the Claim, PacificNet has demanded payments, in an aggregate amount of $280,000, for certain services allegedly performed by PacificNet, as well as the reimbursement of certain expenses related to prior transactions between the parties. The Company’s management has reviewed the Claim and believes that it is without merit and plans to defend against any actions taken by PacificNet accordingly.
Note 17 – Segment Information
The Company’s predominant businesses are the research and development, manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale of state-of-the-art systems and gaming solutions. The Company provides network integrated solutions which provide a centralized platform to manage, control, and monitor existing gaming and lottery operations and machines. Additionally, the Company distributes gaming machines and equipment from third party suppliers as well as the Company’s proprietary Maverick 1000 slot machine. The Company operates in three geographic segments: Octavian Europe, Octavian CIS, and Octavian Latin America.
Octavian Europe consists of three regional sales offices: the Guildford, United Kingdom global headquarters and regional offices in Verona, Italy and Spremberg, Germany. Established in 2002 as the Global Head Office of the Company, Guildford is home to the core functions of the Company including Finance, Marketing and Management, with regional autonomy granted to the regional offices to allow each General Manager to ensure that their respective teams understand the market requirements in which they operate and deliver the appropriate solutions from the Company’s product portfolio.
Octavian CIS consists of three regional offices: St. Petersburg, Russia; Moscow, Russia; and Kiev, Ukraine. The team in St Petersburg have been instrumental in the continual development of the ACP (Account Control Progressive) slots management system, evolving the product to allow Cashless & Player Tracking, EZ Pay integration, Bonus Club features to be added. And more recently in the developing Octavian GateManager and Octavian CashManager tables management system and bridging both systems to provide the full spectrum of functionality to manage venues of slots any tables of any size worldwide. The Moscow office, trading as CATS (Casino Amusement Technology Supplies) has been responsible for the distribution of 3rd party products to both Russia, prior to the closure of the market, and other members of CIS.
Octavian Latin America consists of two regional offices: Buenos Aires, Argentina and Bogota, Colombia. Key products for the Latin American market have been My ACP together with ExtraCash and SprintPay with the Company’s games, as well as supplying gaming machines. The latter revenue stream to be strengthened by replacing third party machines with the Company’s revolutionary flat pack Maverick 1000 which has already gained much interest from Latin America, especially as the flat pack design offers significant cost benefits from lower importation taxes and local assembly benefits, in addition to being competitively priced at a little more than a second hand machine.
The following tables summarize segment information for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008:
| | September 30, | | | September 30, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Revenue from unrelated entities | | | | | | |
Octavian Europe | | $ | 3,732,983 | | | $ | 1,198,739 | |
Octavian CIS | | $ | 4,340,591 | | | $ | 28,058,038 | |
Octavian Latin America | | $ | 1,854,073 | | | $ | 5,664,304 | |
| | $ | 9,927,647 | | | $ | 34,921,081 | |
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Intersegment revenues | | | | | | | | |
Octavian Europe | | | 8,297 | | | | | |
Octavian CIS | | $ | 1,845,335 | | | $ | 1,239,158 | |
Octavian Latin America | | $ | 164,087 | | | $ | | |
| | $ | 2,017,719 | | | $ | 1,239,158 | |
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Total revenues | | | | | | | | |
Octavian Europe | | $ | 3,741,280 | | | $ | 1,198,739 | |
Octavian CIS | | $ | 6,185,926 | | | $ | 29,297,196 | |
Octavian Latin America | | $ | 2,018,161 | | | $ | 5,664,304 | |
Less intersegment revenues | | $ | (2,017,719 | ) | | $ | (1,239,158 | ) |
| | $ | 9,927,647 | | | $ | 34,921,081 | |
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Income (Loss) from operations | | | | | | | | |
Octavian Europe | | $ | (3,763,713 | ) | | $ | (6,630,208 | ) |
Octavian CIS | | $ | (759,443 | ) | | $ | 4,104,014 | |
Octavian Latin America | | $ | (1,226,515 | ) | | $ | 1,003,505 | |
| | $ | (5,749,670 | ) | | $ | (1,522,689 | ) |
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Income tax (expense) benefit | | | | | | | | |
Octavian Europe | | $ | - | | | $ | - | |
Octavian CIS | | $ | (139,586 | ) | | $ | (97,292 | ) |
Octavian Latin America | | $ | (153,715 | ) | | $ | (135,640 | ) |
| | $ | (293,301 | ) | | $ | (232,932 | ) |
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Net income (loss) | | | | | | | | |
Octavian Europe | | $ | (3,966,407 | ) | | $ | (8,904,264 | ) |
Octavian CIS | | $ | (1,370,712 | ) | | $ | 4,688,229 | |
Octavian Latin America | | $ | (1,630,558 | ) | | $ | 947,879 | |
Minority interest | | $ | 0 | | | $ | (6,276 | ) |
| | $ | (6,967,677 | ) | | $ | (3,274,432 | ) |
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Provision for depreciation and amortization | | | | | | | | |
Octavian Europe | | $ | 1,100,333 | | | $ | 644,570 | |
Octavian CIS | | $ | 16,414 | | | $ | 3,714 | |
Octavian Latin America | | $ | 174,209 | | | $ | 136,498 | |
| | $ | 1,290,956 | | | $ | 784,782 | |
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Total Assets | | | | | | | | |
Octavian Europe | | $ | 9,650,250 | | | $ | 8,989,329 | |
Octavian CIS | | $ | 6,029,614 | | | $ | 6,948,222 | |
Octavian Latin America | | $ | 957,548 | | | $ | 3,009,097 | |
| | $ | 16,637,412 | | | $ | 18,946,648 | |
On December 7, 2007, Octavian entered into an Agreement for the acquisition by PacificNet Games of the entire issued share capital of the Octavian which was completed on January 22, 2008. Shortly after completion, the Octavian and PacificNet decided that it would not benefit their respective businesses to continue as one group and therefore the Octavian and PacificNet mutually agreed to terminate the merger agreement on March 28, 2008 and entered into a written agreement to document this on May 14, 2008. On May 14, 2008, all of the parties to the PacificNet Acquisition Agreement entered into a Deed of Amendment (the “PacificNet Termination Agreement”), pursuant to which the PacificNet Acquisition Agreement and all rights and obligations of the parties thereunder were terminated. The Service Agreement was also terminated. As a result of the termination of the PacificNet Acquisition Agreement, neither the remaining consideration shares of PacificNet common stock (1.1 million shares) nor any of the Earn-Out Amount were transferred/paid to Ziria, and all shares of Emperor were returned to Ziria and the 1.2 million shares of Pacific Net common stock to Ziria were returned to PacificNet. Upon the consummation of this transaction, Emperor was no longer a direct subsidiary of PacificNet, nor was Octavian any longer an indirect subsidiary of PacificNet. Harmen Brenninkmeijer, our Chief Executive Officer and a director of Octavian, resigned from the board of directors of PacificNet on May 21, 2008. PacificNet paid Sterne Agee & Leach, Inc., a company that acted as a consultant to Octavian for the PacificNet Acquisition, 30,000 PacificNet shares.
The following are the terms of the PacificNet Termination Agreement:
| · | Octavian agreed to issue to PacificNet or its nominee an amount of shares of capital stock of Octavian equal to five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of Octavian. Octavian issued PacificNet 62 shares (equal to 200,930 shares in Octavian Global Technologies Inc) of Octavian’s common stock on October 30, 2008 in satisfaction of this provision (see Note 14). Additionally, PacificNet was granted the option to, prior to May 14, 2009 and on only one occasion during such period, purchase additional shares of the Company’s stock at a per share purchase price equal to 85 percent of the most recent subscription price per share of the Company’s stock paid by third party investors in the Company up to a number of shares that would result in PacificNet owning five percent (5%) of the the Company’s stock issued and outstanding on the date of exercise of the option. As of May 14, 2009, this option expired. PacificNet agreed to issue to the Company 500,000 shares of PacificNet’s common stock. These PacificNet shares will be subject to a one-year lock up and sale restriction, which expired on May 14, 2009, any sale of these shares must be communicated to PacificNet in advance, PacificNet has the right of refusal to arrange buyers for the shares, and PacificNet will be entitled to half of the net gain on any partial sale of PacificNet shares. |
| · | PacificNet and the Company agreed to use reasonable endeavors to formalize the following business opportunities: |
| · | A non-exclusive distribution agreement and license pursuant to which PacificNet will be appointed as a distributor of the Company’s products in Macau, provided that eBet would be the only other distributor permitted to distribute the Company’s products in that territory; and |
| · | A joint venture relationship relating to the development of future business opportunities in Macau and other territories in Asia. |
| · | The Company agreed to pay PacificNet $200,000 in consideration for PacificNet’s localization and language translation of the Company’s products into the Chinese language. Additionally, the Company agreed to use its reasonable endeavors to meet minimum sales targets from the sale of PacificNet’s machines of $4 million during the twelve month period ended mid-year 2009 and $6 million during the twelve month period ended mid-year 2010. The Company’s commitment to achieving these targets was agreed to by the Company undertaking to use its reasonable endeavors to comply. PacificNet agreed to provide all appropriate support to assist the Comapny in achieving these goals. |
As at September 30, 2009, the Company impaired the investment in PacificNet securities by $25,000 as a permanent decline in the value of their investment.
Note 19 – Subsequent Events
Change of ownership
On October 1, 2009, Octavian Latin America S.A. incorporated on July 22, 2005 in Colombia, became a wholly owned subsidiary of Octavian International, Ltd. Due to corporate governance changes companies in Colombia no longer require a minimum of five shareholders.
On October 1, 2009, Octavian Ukraine was closed due to the sudden and abrupt gaming ban imposed by the government of Ukraine at the end of June 2009.
In presenting our financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, we are required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported therein. Several of the estimates and assumptions we are required to make relate to matters that are inherently uncertain as they pertain to future events. However, events that are outside of our control cannot be predicted and, as such, they cannot be contemplated in evaluating such estimates and assumptions. If there is a significant unfavorable change to current conditions, it will likely result in a material adverse impact to our consolidated results of operations, financial position and in liquidity. We believe that the estimates and assumptions we used when preparing our financial statements were the most appropriate at that time. Presented below are those accounting policies that we believe require subjective and complex judgments that could potentially affect reported results.
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations
The following discussion of our results of operations and financial condition should be read together with the consolidated financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. This discussion may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from the results anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors.
OVERVIEW
Octavian is a global provider of a full end-to-end suite of gaming systems and products in over 30 countries, covering all aspects of casino and gaming operations including venue and player registration through to table and slots management, through to player tracking and loyalty systems, to security. Our solutions include full life-cycle gaming support and systems solutions, design development, implementation and support, alongside game content creation, products for the lottery industry and resale of third-party products. We are an independent provider of networked CMS, games, AWPs, lotteries and other advanced gaming products and services in over 30 countries.
Our primary focus is to establish long lasting relationships with customers by providing a full end-to-end suite of innovative gaming solutions. Delivered through our core businesses: OctaSystems, OctaGames, OctaSupplies and OctaLotto, Octavian provides comprehensive solutions and infrastructure systems, which allow both large and small operators to increase efficiency, profitability and control while bringing their customers top-of-the-line, innovative, downloadable and installed games.
We are dedicated to generating financial growth by focusing on the three cornerstones of our business strategy: focusing on casino management systems, establishing participation contracts, and increasing sales of our own products while reducing re-sales of third-party products. Our current research and development efforts are dedicated to developing products that support our business strategy.
We plan to capitalize on new market opportunities to accelerate growth. Some of these opportunities may come from political action as governments look to introduce and regulate gaming to increase tax revenues in support of public programs. We seek to continue to expand our footprint globally, especially in emerging markets in Latin America and Africa. We consider strategic business combinations, investments and alliances to expand our geographic reach, product lines and customer base.
CONSOLIDATED OPERATING RESULTS – A Three month Comparative Analysis
Significant fluctuations in year-to-year revenue are expected in the gaming industry. Individual contracts generally are of considerable value, and the timing of contracts and sales does not occur in a predictable trend. Contracts to supply hardware to the same customer may not recur or generally do not recur in the short-term. The gross profit margin varies from one contract to another, depending on the size of the contract and competitive market conditions. Accordingly, comparative results between periods are not indicative of trends in revenues or gross profit margins.
| | Quarters Ended September 30, | | | Amount Change | | | Percentage Change | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | | 2009 v 2008 | | | | 2009 v 2008 | |
Revenue | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Systems | | $ | 579,559 | | | $ | 1,987,749 | | | $ | (1,408,190 | ) | | | -71 | % |
Games | | $ | 1,214,956 | | | $ | 308,330 | | | $ | 906,626 | | | | 294 | % |
Lottery | | $ | 104,975 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 104,975 | | | | 100 | % |
Supplies | | $ | 92,095 | | | $ | 769,308 | | | $ | (677,213 | ) | | | -88 | % |
Net Revenue | | $ | 1,991,585 | | | $ | 3,065,388 | | | $ | (1,073,803 | ) | | | -35 | % |
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Cost of Revenue | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Systems | | $ | 207,431 | | | $ | 526,763 | | | $ | (319,332 | ) | | | -61 | % |
Games | | $ | 327,606 | | | $ | 59,291 | | | $ | 268,315 | | | | 453 | % |
Lottery | | $ | 154,377 | | | $ | 84,109 | | | $ | 70,269 | | | | 84 | % |
Supplies | | $ | 275,135 | | | $ | 275,223 | | | $ | (88 | ) | | | 0 | % |
Total Cost of Revenue | | $ | 964,549 | | | $ | 945,385 | | | $ | 19,164 | | | | 2 | % |
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Gross profit | | $ | 1,027,036 | | | $ | 2,120,002 | | | $ | (1,092,966 | ) | | | -52 | % |
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Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General, administrative and selling expenses | | $ | 3,416,997 | | | $ | 2,853,379 | | | $ | 563,618 | | | | 20 | % |
Depreciation and amortization | | $ | 572,025 | | | $ | 309,544 | | | $ | 262,481 | | | | 85 | % |
(Gain) Loss on disposal of fixed assets | | $ | 3,012 | | | $ | (280,907 | ) | | $ | 283,918 | | | | -101 | % |
Impairment of investment | | $ | 15,000 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 15,000 | | | | 100 | % |
Total operating expenses | | $ | 4,007,034 | | | $ | 2,882,016 | | | $ | 1,125,017 | | | | 39 | % |
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Loss from operations | | $ | (2,979,998 | ) | | $ | (762,014 | ) | | $ | (2,217,984 | ) | | | 291 | % |
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Non-operating income (expense): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other income (expense) | | $ | 2,611 | | | $ | 15,187 | | | $ | (12,576 | ) | | | -83 | % |
Interest expense- Warrant and debt issue cost | | $ | (496,250 | ) | | $ | - | | | $ | (496,250 | ) | | | 100 | % |
Interest income (expense) | | $ | (125,939 | ) | | $ | (190,690 | ) | | $ | 64,751 | | | | -34 | % |
Share of earnings (loss) in equity investment | | $ | 169,449 | | | $ | 341,848 | | | $ | (172,399 | ) | | | -50 | % |
Foreign currency transaction gain (loss) | | $ | (624,700 | ) | | $ | 79,618 | | | $ | (704,318 | ) | | | -885 | % |
Others | | $ | (256 | ) | | $ | - | | | $ | (256 | ) | | | 100 | % |
Total non-operating income (expense) | | $ | (1,075,085 | ) | | $ | 245,963 | | | $ | (1,321,048 | ) | | | -537 | % |
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Net loss before taxes | | $ | (4,055,083 | ) | | $ | (516,051 | ) | | $ | (3,539,032 | ) | | | 686 | % |
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Taxation | | $ | (1,229 | ) | | $ | 192,069 | | | $ | (193,298 | ) | | | -101 | % |
Net Loss including non-controlling stockholders' interest | | $ | (4,053,854 | ) | | $ | (708,120 | ) | | $ | (3,345,734 | ) | | | 472 | % |
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Less: (Income)/Expense from discontinued operations | | | 46,478 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 46,478 | | | | 100 | % |
Net Loss including non-controlling stockholders' interest | | | (4,100,332 | ) | | $ | (708,120 | ) | | $ | (3,392,212 | ) | | | 479 | % |
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Less: Net (income) loss attributed to non-controlling stockholders' interest | | $ | 0 | | | $ | (14,488 | ) | | $ | 14,488 | | | | -100 | % |
Net profit/(loss) attributable to Octavian | | $ | (4,100,331 | ) | | $ | (722,608 | ) | | $ | (3,337,723 | ) | | | 467 | % |
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Other comprehensive income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | | $ | 301,288 | | | $ | 1,414,957 | | | $ | (1,113,669 | ) | | | -79 | % |
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Comprehensive Loss | | $ | (3,799,044 | ) | | $ | 692,349 | | | $ | (4,491,393 | ) | | | -649 | % |
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Earnings/ (Losses) before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation | | $ | (2,860,868 | ) | | $ | (30,305 | ) | | $ | (2,845,051 | ) | | | 9388 | % |
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Weighted average shares outstanding | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic and diluted | | | 10,769,102 | | | | 3,294,050 | | | | | | | | | |
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Loss per share attributed to Octavian stockholders: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic and diluted | | $ | (0.38 | ) | | $ | (0.99 | ) | | | | | | | | |
Our revenues for the three months ended September, 30 2009 were US$2 million, representing a decrease of US$1 million or 35 percent compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008, which mainly was the result of significantly lower OctaSystems sales offset by the increase in OctaGames sales during the third quarter of 2009.
| Three months ended September, 30 | | | Variance | | | | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
Revenues | | | | | | | | | | | |
OctaSystems | | $ | 580 | | | $ | 1,988 | | | $ | (1,408 | ) | | | -71 | % |
OctaGames | | $ | 1,215 | | | $ | 308 | | | $ | 907 | | | | 294 | % |
OctaLotto | | $ | 105 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 105 | | | | 100 | % |
OctaSupplies | | $ | 92 | | | $ | 769 | | | $ | (677 | ) | | | -88 | % |
Total | | $ | 1,992 | | | $ | 3,065 | | | $ | (1,074 | ) | | | -35 | % |
| | Three months ended September, 30 | | | Variance | | | | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
OctaSupplies revenues | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CIS | | $ | 25 | | | $ | 542 | | | $ | (518 | ) | | | -95 | % |
EMEA | | $ | 41 | | | $ | 268 | | | $ | (227 | ) | | | -85 | % |
Latin America | | $ | 27 | | | $ | (41 | ) | | $ | 68 | | | | -165 | % |
Total | | $ | 92 | | | $ | 769 | | | $ | (677 | ) | | | -88 | % |
OctaSupplies sales decreased by approximately US$0.7 million or 88 percent for three months ended September 30, 2009 to approximately US$0.1 million compared to approximately $0.8 million for the three months ended September, 2008. Approximately 71 percent of sales in 2008 represented OctaSupplies sales in Russia which have since been adversely affected by the legislative change significantly limiting gambling operations in Russia from July 2009. In the first half of 2008 there had been an expectation in the Russian market that the legislation would be reversed or postponed but by the second half of 2008 it became clear that this was not going to be the case and the Russian slot machine market collapsed and continued at a minimal level. Now after 1 July 2009 it has halted altogether.
| | Three months ended September, 30 | | | Variance | | | | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
OctaSystems revenues | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CIS | | $ | 25 | | | $ | 738 | | | $ | (713 | ) | | | -97 | % |
EMEA | | $ | 40 | | | $ | 294 | | | $ | (254 | ) | | | -86 | % |
Latin America | | $ | 515 | | | $ | 956 | | | $ | (441 | ) | | | -46 | % |
Total | | $ | 580 | | | $ | 1,988 | | | $ | (1,408 | ) | | | -71 | % |
OctaSystems revenue decreased by approximately US$1.4 million (71 percent) from approximately US$2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008 to approximately US$0.6 million in the three months ended September 30, 2009. The legislative change in Russia limiting gambling operations was finalized on 1 July 2009; which halted almost all systems revenue; as can be seen by the revenue decrease of US$0.7 (97 percent) to US$0.025 million in Russia. Difficult trading conditions in the Latin American market has led to the decrease of approximately US$0.1 million (96 percent) from the three months ended September 30, 2008 to approximately US.04 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009. The decrease in the EMEA revenue from the three months ended September 30, 2008 of US$0.25 million (86 percent) is due to an overall reduction in system sales throughout Europe due to difficult market conditions.
| | Three months ended September, 30 | | | Variance | | | | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
OctaGames revenues | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CIS | | $ | 463 | | | $ | 200 | | | $ | 264 | | | | 132 | % |
EMEA | | $ | 747 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 747 | | | | 100 | % |
Latin America | | $ | 4 | | | $ | 109 | | | $ | (104 | ) | | | -96 | % |
Total | | $ | 1,215 | | | $ | 308 | | | $ | 907 | | | | 294 | % |
OctaGames sales increased by approximately US$0.9 million (294 percent) to approximately US$1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 from approximately US$0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008. OctaGames sales in Europe increased by approximately US$0.7 million in the three months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008, primarily as a result of continued sales of game licenses to the Italian market. There was an increase in sales in Russia of US$0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008. These also related to the development and sales of new games from our Russian office directly to Italy. Sales in Latin America decreased by approximately US$0.1 million (96 percent) from approximately US$ 0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008 as a result of the difficult trading conditions being experienced there.
| | Three months ended September, 30 | | | Variance | | | | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
OctaLotto | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CIS | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | | 0 | % |
EMEA | | $ | 105 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 105 | | | | 100 | % |
Latin America | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | | 0 | % |
Total | | $ | 105 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 105 | | | | 100 | % |
OcatLotto sales increased by approximately US$0.1 million the three months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008, primarily as a result the launch of the Lottery in the Rwandan market.
| | Three months ended September, 30 | | | Variance | | | | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
| | Unaudited | | | Unaudited | | | | | | | |
Revenues and gross profit | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Revenues | | $ | 1,992 | | | $ | 3,065 | | | $ | (1,074 | ) | | | -35 | % |
Cost of Revenues | | $ | 965 | | | $ | 945 | | | $ | 19 | | | | 2 | % |
Gross Profit | | $ | 1,027 | | | $ | 2,120 | | | $ | (1,093 | ) | | | -52 | % |
| | | 52 | % | | | 69 | % | | | - | | | | | |
The decrease in margin reflects the decrease in OctaSystems revenue that was generated in Russia and had very high margins as this was recurring revenue with little maintenance costs required.
Operating Expenses
Sales, general & administrative (“SG&A”) expenses increased by approximately US$0.6 million, or 20 percent, for the three months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2008, which is mainly as a result of the increase in provision for bad debts for the three months ended September 30, 2009.
| | Three months ended September, 30 | | | Variance | | | | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
SG&A cost | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Staff Costs | | $ | 1,610 | | | $ | 1,372 | | | $ | 238 | | | | 17 | % |
Other cost | | $ | 1,251 | | | $ | 1,491 | | | $ | (239 | ) | | | -16 | % |
SG&A excluding Bad debt | | $ | 2,861 | | | $ | 2,862 | | | $ | (1 | ) | | | 0 | % |
Bad Debts | | $ | 556 | | | $ | (9 | ) | | $ | 565 | | | | -6532 | % |
Total SG&A cost incl Bad debt provision | | $ | 3,417 | | | $ | 2,853 | | | $ | 564 | | | | 20 | % |
Excluding bad debts, SG&A remained fairly consistent quarter on quarter.
Staffing costs increased approximately US$0.2 million or 17 percent from approximately US$1.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008 to approximately US$1.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, due to redundancy packages offer to branches closed during the period as well as an increase in staff in Rwanda.
There was a decrease in other expenses of approximately US$0.2 million or 16 percent from approximately US$1.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008 to approximately US$1.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009, is mainly due to the decrease in professional and legal fees.
We have accounted for an increase in bad debt expense of approximately US$0.6 million (6532 percent) for the three months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the three months ended September, 2008, based on debt outstanding for more than six months for all customers in the group. This bad debt relates particularly to our Latin American customers.
| | Three months ended September, 30 | | | Variance | | | | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
| | Unaudited | | | Unaudited | | | | | | | |
Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General, administrative and selling expenses | | $ | 3,417 | | | $ | 2,853 | | | $ | 564 | | | | 20 | % |
Depreciation and amortization | | $ | 572 | | | $ | 310 | | | $ | 262 | | | | 85 | % |
(Gain) Loss on disposal of fixed assets | | $ | 3 | | | | (281 | ) | | $ | 284 | | | | -101 | % |
Impairment of goodwill | | $ | 15 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 15 | | | NM | |
Total operating expenses | | $ | 4,007 | | | $ | 2,882 | | | $ | 1,125 | | | | 39 | % |
1 – Not Meaningful
Depreciation and amortization increased by approximately US$0.3 million or 85 percent for the three months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008 as a result of higher amortization expenses related to additions to our intangible assets.
Gains and losses on disposal of fixed asset decreased by US$0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 as no material disposals of assets were made during the period.
Other Income (Expense) and Taxes
Interest expense decreased by approximately US$0.06 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 when compared to the same period in 2008 as the interest charge on the AGI Loan is lower than that of the Ebet Loan the Group had in 2008. For the three months ended September 30, 2009 interest is accrued on the current loan with AGI of €6,690,516 (US$ 9,762,317 based on the September 30, 2009 Exchange Rate of € 1 = US$ 1.4592) and the loan of $ 2,007,154.64 at September 30, 2009
Interest expense related to the warrant and debt issuing costs were incurred as a result of the capital raising activities on October 30, 2008 and May 14, 2009; the amount for the three months ended September 30, 2009 was $496,250.
During the third quarter of 2008, Italy implemented new legislation which expanded the gaming market. This led to a large increase in profits in Italy, and during the three months ended September 30, 2008 our 50% shareholding generated a gain of approximately US$ 0.34 million. During the three months ended September 30, 2009 the markets have slowed and hence gains on our shareholding decreased to US$0.17 million.
Corporate taxes decreased approximately US$0.2 million or 101 percent from approximately US$0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008 to approximately US$0.001 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009, mainly due to decrease in taxes incurred in Argentina being offset by profit taxes incurred in Russia.
Outside shareholders’ interests
Octavian International owns 89.7 percent of the shares in Octavian Latin America SA, a company incorporated in Colombia and based in Bogotá. The remaining 10.3 percent of the shares are held by five individuals. For the three months ended September 30, 2008, the losses from Octavian Latin America SA resulted in an income of approximately US$0.014 million to bring the outside shareholders interest back to zero. During the three months ended September 30, 2009 due to the difficult trading conditions in the region no outside shareholders’ interests have been recorded.
The Company also owns a 51% interest in Octavian Germany Limited and Octavian Germany GmbH.
Since Octavian is headquartered in the United Kingdom, we maintain our internal accounts in British pounds sterling. We invoice products in various local currencies. Fluctuations in exchange rates from reporting period to reporting period between various foreign currencies and the British pound sterling may have an impact on revenue and expenses, and this impact may be material in any individual reporting period.
For the three months ended September 30, 2009, we had foreign currency losses of approximately US$0.6 million compared with gains of approximately US$0.08 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008.
CONSOLIDATED OPERATING RESULTS – A Nine month Comparative Analysis
| | Nine Months Ended | | | | | | Percentage | |
| | September 30, | | | Amount Change | | | | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 v 2008 | | | 2009 v 2008 | |
Revenue | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Systems | | $ | 3,019,150 | | | $ | 5,457,966 | | | $ | (2,438,816 | ) | | | -45 | % |
Games | | $ | 5,257,680 | | | $ | 737,450 | | | $ | 4,520,230 | | | | 613 | % |
Lottery | | $ | 210,708 | | | $ | | | | $ | 210,708 | | | | 100 | % |
Supplies | | $ | 1,440,109 | | | $ | 28,725,666 | | | $ | (27,285,557 | ) | | | -95 | % |
Net Revenue | | $ | 9,927,647 | | | $ | 34,921,082 | | | $ | (24,993,435 | ) | | | -72 | % |
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Cost of Revenue | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Systems | | $ | 1,166,629 | | | $ | 1,927,121 | | | $ | (760,492 | ) | | | -39 | % |
Games | | $ | 1,675,268 | | | $ | 175,551 | | | $ | 1,499,717 | | | | 854 | % |
Lottery | | $ | 305,620 | | | $ | 229,570 | | | $ | 76,051 | | | | 33 | % |
Supplies | | $ | 846,272 | | | $ | 23,860,280 | | | $ | (23,014,007 | ) | | | -96 | % |
Total Cost of Revenue | | $ | 3,993,789 | | | $ | 26,192,521 | | | $ | (22,198,732 | ) | | | -85 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gross profit | | $ | 5,933,858 | | | $ | 8,728,561 | | | $ | (2,794,703 | ) | | | -32 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General, administrative and selling expenses | | $ | 10,363,713 | | | $ | 10,118,867 | | | $ | 244,846 | | | | 2 | % |
Depreciation and amortization | | $ | 1,290,956 | | | $ | 784,782 | | | $ | 506,174 | | | | 64 | % |
(Gain) Loss on disposal of fixed assets | | $ | 3,859 | | | $ | (652,400 | ) | | $ | 656,258 | | | | -101 | % |
Impairment of investment | | $ | 25,000 | | | $ | | | | $ | 25,000 | | | | 100 | % |
Total operating expenses | | $ | 11,683,528 | | | $ | 10,251,249 | | | $ | 1,432,278 | | | | 14 | % |
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Loss from operations | | $ | (5,749,670 | ) | | $ | (1,522,689 | ) | | $ | (4,226,981 | ) | | | 278 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Non-operating income (expense): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other income (expense) | | $ | 21,547 | | | $ | 204,595 | | | $ | (183,048 | ) | | | -89 | % |
Interest expense- Warrant and debt issue cost | | $ | (3,138,747 | ) | | $ | | | | $ | (3,138,747 | ) | | | 100 | % |
Interest income (expense) | | $ | (375,694 | ) | | $ | (444,219 | ) | | $ | 68,525 | | | | -15 | % |
Share of earnings (loss) in equity investment | | $ | 1,051,567 | | | $ | 215,018 | | | $ | 836,549 | | | | 389 | % |
Foreign currency transaction gain (loss) | | $ | 1,570,990 | | | $ | (1,487,929 | ) | | $ | 3,058,919 | | | | -206 | % |
Others | | $ | (7,891 | ) | | $ | - | | | $ | (7,891 | ) | | | 100 | % |
Total non-operating income (expense) | | $ | (878,228 | ) | | $ | (1,512,535 | ) | | $ | 634,307 | | | | -42 | % |
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Net loss before taxes | | $ | (6,627,898 | ) | | $ | (3,035,224 | ) | | $ | (3,592,675 | ) | | | 118 | % |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Taxation | | $ | 293,301 | | | $ | 232,932 | | | $ | 60,369 | | | | 26 | % |
Net Loss of continued operations | | $ | (6,921,199 | ) | | $ | (3,268,156 | ) | | $ | (3,653,043 | ) | | | 112 | % |
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Less: (Income)/Expense from discontinued operations | | $ | 46,478 | | | $ | | | | $ | 46,478 | | | | 100 | % |
Net Loss including non-controlling stockholders' interest | | $ | (6,967,677 | ) | | $ | (3,268,156 | ) | | $ | (3,606,565 | ) | | | 110 | % |
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Less: Net (income) loss attributed to noncontrolling stockholders' interest | | $ | (0 | ) | | $ | (6,276 | ) | | $ | 6,276 | | | | -100 | % |
Net loss attributable to Octavian | | $ | (6,967,677 | ) | | $ | (3,274,432 | ) | | $ | (3,693,245 | ) | | | 113 | % |
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Other comprehensive income | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Foreign currency translation adjustment | | $ | (1,348,280 | ) | | $ | 1,164,010 | | | $ | (2,512,290 | ) | | | -216 | % |
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Comprehensive Loss | | $ | (8,315,957 | ) | | $ | (2,110,422 | ) | | $ | (6,205,535 | ) | | | 294 | % |
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Earnings/ (Losses) before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation | | $ | (1,822,501 | ) | | $ | (1,812,499 | ) | | $ | (16,279 | ) | | | 1 | % |
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Weighted average shares outstanding | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic and diluted | | | 9,440,272 | | | | 3,294,050 | | | | | | | | | |
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Loss per share attributed to Octavian stockholders: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic and diluted | | $ | (0.74 | ) | | $ | (0.99 | ) | | | | | | | | |
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Our revenues for the nine months ended September, 30 2009 were US$9.9 million, representing a decrease of US$25 million or 72 percent compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008, which mainly was the result of significantly lower OctaSupplies sales.
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| | September, 30 | | | Variance | | | Change | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
Revenues | | | | | | | | | | | | |
OctaSystems | | $ | 3,019 | | | $ | 5,458 | | | $ | (2,439 | ) | | | -45 | % |
OctaGames | | $ | 5,258 | | | $ | 737 | | | $ | 4,520 | | | | 613 | % |
OctaLotto | | $ | 211 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 211 | | | | 100 | % |
OctaSupplies | | $ | 1,440 | | | $ | 28,726 | | | $ | (27,286 | ) | | | -95 | % |
Total | | $ | 9,928 | | | $ | 34,921 | | | $ | (24,993 | ) | | | -72 | % |
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| | September, 30 | | | Variance | | | Change | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
OctaSupplies revenues | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CIS | | $ | 961 | | | $ | 25,411 | | | $ | (24,450 | ) | | | -96 | % |
EMEA | | $ | 333 | | | $ | 513 | | | $ | (180 | ) | | | -35 | % |
Latin America | | $ | 146 | | | $ | 2,801 | | | $ | (2,655 | ) | | | -95 | % |
Total | | $ | 1,440 | | | $ | 28,726 | | | $ | (27,286 | ) | | | -95 | % |
OctaSupplies sales decreased by approximately US$27.3 million or 95 percent for nine months ended September 30, 2009 to approximately US$1.4 million compared to approximately $28.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Approximately 88 percent of sales in 2008 represented OctaSupplies sales in Russia which have since been adversely affected by the legislative change significantly limiting gambling operations in Russia from July 2009. In the first half of 2008 there had been an expectation in the Russian market that the legislation would be reversed or postponed but by the second half of 2008 it became clear that this was not going to be the case and the Russian slot machine market collapsed and revenues slowed down almost completely in 2009.
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| | September, 30 | | | Variance | | | | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
OctaSystems revenues | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CIS | | $ | 1,312 | | | $ | 2,246 | | | $ | (933 | ) | | | -42 | % |
EMEA | | $ | 205 | | | $ | 686 | | | $ | (481 | ) | | | -70 | % |
Latin America | | $ | 1,502 | | | $ | 2,526 | | | $ | (1,024 | ) | | | -41 | % |
Total | | $ | 3,019 | | | $ | 5,457 | | | $ | (2,438 | ) | | | -45 | % |
OctaSystems revenue decreased by approximately US$2.4 million (45 percent) from approximately US$5.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 to approximately US$3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The legislative change in Russia has already begun to affect OctaSystems revenue growth in Russia in the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The effects of the changes were further felt in the nine months ended September 30, 2009 when the legislation came into effect and systems contracts ceased after 1 July 2009 causing revenue to decrease by US$0.9million (42 percent) to US$1.3 million. Difficult trading conditions in the Latin American market has led to the decrease of approximately US$1million (41 percent) from the nine months ended September 30, 2008 to approximately US$1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The decrease in the EMEA revenue from the nine months ended September 30, 2008 of US$0.5 million (70 percent) is a reflection of the overall reduction in system sales throughout Europe due to difficult market conditions.
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| | September, 30 | | | Variance | | | Change | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
OctaGames revenues | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CIS | | $ | 2,067 | | | $ | 400 | | | $ | 1,667 | | | | 417 | % |
EMEA | | $ | 2,985 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 2,985 | | | | 100 | % |
Latin America | | $ | 206 | | | $ | 337 | | | $ | (132 | ) | | | -39 | % |
Total | | $ | 5,258 | | | $ | 737 | | | $ | 4,520 | | | | 613 | % |
OctaGames sales increased by approximately US$4.5 million (613 percent) to approximately US$5.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 from approximately US$0.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. OctaGames sales in Europe increased by approximately US$3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008, primarily as a result of first-time sales of game licenses to the Italian market. There was an increase in sales in Russia of US$2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. These also related to the development and sales of new games sold by our Russian office to the Italian market. Sales in Latin America decreased by approximately US$0.1 million (39 percent) from approximately US$ 0.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 to approximately US$ 0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 as a result the difficult trading conditions in the region.
| | Nine months ended September, 30 | | | Variance | | | | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
OctaLotto | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CIS | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | | 0 | % |
EMEA | | $ | 211 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 211 | | | | 100 | % |
Latin America | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | $ | - | | | | 0 | % |
Total | | $ | 211 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 211 | | | | 100 | % |
OctLotto sales increased by approximately US$0.2 million the nine months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008, primarily as a result the launch of the Lottery in the Rwandan market.
| | Nine months ended September, 30 | | | Variance | | | | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
| | Unaudited | | | Unaudited | | | | | | | |
Revenues and gross profit | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Revenues | | $ | 9,928 | | | $ | 34,921 | | | $ | (24,993 | ) | | | -72 | % |
Cost of Revenues | | $ | 3,994 | | | $ | 26,193 | | | $ | (22,199 | ) | | | -85 | % |
Gross Profit | | $ | 5,934 | | | $ | 8,729 | | | $ | (2,795 | ) | | | -32 | % |
| | | 60 | % | | | 25 | % | | | - | | | | | |
The increase in margin reflects the higher proportion of OctaGames sold in 2009 which have a much higher margin compared to our OctaSupplies sales.
Operating Expenses
Sales, general & administrative (“SG&A”) expenses decreased by approximately US$0.2 million, or 2 percent, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008, which is mainly as a result of general cost cutting procedures implemented during the nine month ended September 30, 2009. The effect of this cost cutting was offset by our bad debt expense which increased by approximately US$1.5 million to approximately US$1.7 million, taking into account debts older than six months.
| | Nine months ended September, 30 | | | Variance | | | | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
SG&A cost | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Staff Costs | | $ | 4,450 | | | $ | 4,414 | | | $ | 36 | | | | 1 | % |
Other cost | | $ | 4,193 | | | $ | 5,498 | | | $ | (1,304 | ) | | | -24 | % |
SG&A excluding Bad debt | | $ | 8,643 | | | $ | 9,912 | | | $ | (1,269 | ) | | | -13 | % |
Bad Debts | | $ | 1,720 | | | $ | 207 | | | $ | 1,514 | | | | 732 | % |
Total SG&A cost incl Bad debt provision | | $ | 10,364 | | | $ | 10,119 | | | $ | 245 | | | | 2 | % |
Excluding bad debts, SG&A decreased approximately US$1.3 million or 13 percent from approximately US$9.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 to approximately US$8.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
Staffing costs increased approximately US0.04 million or 1 percent from approximately US$4.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 to approximately US$4.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, while there has been a general reduction in staff numbers and external contractor costs. These were offset by an increase in our offices in Rwanda and as well as the termination packages which were required to be paid.
There was a decrease in other expenses of approximately US$1.3 million or 24 percent from approximately US$5.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 to approximately US$4.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. This is mainly due to the decrease in temporary staff that was required for the PactNet deadlines during the first half of 2008, as well as the decrease in professional and legal fees.
We have accounted for an increase in bad debt expense of approximately US$1.5 million (732 percent) for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008, based on debt outstanding for more than six months for all customers in the group. These costs are related mostly to customers in the Latin American regions.
| | Nine months ended September, 30 | | | Variance | | | | |
| | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
| | Unaudited | | | Unaudited | | | | | | | |
Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General, administrative and selling expenses | | $ | 10,364 | | | $ | 10,119 | | | $ | 245 | | | | 2 | % |
Depreciation and amortization | | $ | 1,291 | | | $ | 785 | | | $ | 506 | | | | 64 | % |
(Gain) Loss on disposal of fixed assets | | $ | 4 | | | $ | (652 | ) | | $ | 656 | | | | -101 | % |
Impairment of goodwill | | $ | 25 | | | $ | - | | | $ | 25 | | | NM | |
Total operating expenses | | $ | 11,684 | | | $ | 10,251 | | | $ | 1,432 | | | | 14 | % |
1 – Not Meaningful
Depreciation and amortization increased by approximately US$0.5 million or 64 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008 as a result of higher amortization expenses related to additions to our intangible assets.
Gains and losses on disposal of fixed assets increased by US$0.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 as no material disposals of assets were made during the period.
Other Income (Expense) and Taxes
Interest expense decreased approximately US$0.06 million or 15 percent for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 when compared to the same period in 2008 as the interest charge on the AGI Loan is lower than that of the Ebet Loan the Group had in 2008. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 interest is accrued on the current loan with AGI of €6,690,516 (US$ 9,762,317 based on the September 30, 2009 Exchange Rate of € 1 = US$ 1.4592) and the loan of $ 2,007,154.64 at September 30, 2009.
Interest expense related to the warrant and debt issuing costs were incurred as a result of the capital raising activities on October 30, 2008 and May 14, 2009; the amount for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $3,138,747.
Last year in 2008, our 50 percent joint venture in Italy booked a loss due to the delayed implementation of new legislation, which would have expanded the gaming market in Italy. As a result of the delay, no new gaming products were allowed to be sold in Italy in 2008. With the implementation of the new legislation Italy became profitable at the end of 2008. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 our 50% shareholding generated a gain of approximately US$1.1 million.
Corporate taxes increased approximately US$0.06 million or 26 percent from approximately US$0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 to approximately US$0.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, mainly due to the increased taxes incurred in Argentina.
Outside shareholders’ interests
Octavian International owns 89.7 percent of the shares in Octavian Latin America SA, a company incorporated in Colombia and based in Bogotá. The remaining 10.3 percent of the shares are held by five individuals.
The Company also owns a 51% interest in Octavian Germany Limited and Octavian Germany GmbH.
Since Octavian is headquartered in the United Kingdom, we maintain our internal accounts in British pounds sterling. We invoice products in various local currencies. Fluctuations in exchange rates from reporting period to reporting period between various foreign currencies and the British pound sterling may have an impact on revenue and expenses, and this impact may be material in any individual reporting period.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we had a foreign currency gain of approximately US$1.6 million compared with a loss of approximately US$1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES – September 30, 2009
Overview
In the highly competitive industry in which we operate, operating results may fluctuate significantly from period to period.
Our principal source of liquidity is cash from operations. Other sources of capital include, but are not limited to, loans from third parties, credit terms from our suppliers and both recent private placements of equity and convertible debt. At September 30, 2009, we had positive working capital of approximately US$3.4 million as compared to a negative working capital of approximately US$1 million at December 31, 2008.
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| | September 30, | | | December 31, | | | Increase (decrease) | |
(amounts in thousands) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | Amount | | | % | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 543 | | | $ | 2,830 | | | $ | (2,287 | ) | | | -421 | % |
Total Current Assets | | $ | 10,542 | | | $ | 14,575 | | | $ | (4,032 | ) | | | -38 | % |
Total Current Liabilities | | $ | 7,150 | | | $ | 15,549 | | | $ | (8,399 | ) | | | -117 | % |
Net working deficit | | $ | 3,393 | | | $ | (974 | ) | | $ | (14,718 | ) | | | | |
Cash Flows Summary
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| | Nine Months ended September 30 | | | Variance | | | | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
Cashflow from operation activities | | $ | (3,273 | ) | | $ | 2,326 | | | $ | (5,599 | ) | | | -241 | % |
Cashflow from investing activities | | $ | (2,692 | ) | | $ | (2,367 | ) | | $ | (324 | ) | | | 12 | % |
Cashflow from financing activities | | $ | 3,524 | | | $ | (1,514 | ) | | $ | 5,039 | | | | 143 | % |
Effect of Exchange rate changes on | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 153 | | | $ | (117 | ) | | $ | 270 | | | | 176 | % |
Net Cashflow | | $ | (2,287 | ) | | $ | (1,673 | ) | | $ | (614 | ) | | | | |
Operating Activities
Our operating activities resulted in a cash outflow of US$3.3 million in the nine months to September 30, 2009, which primarily was a result of the net losses we recognized during this period offset by movements in current assets and current liabilities. The difference between our net income and our net cash provided by operating activities was attributable to non-cash expenses included in net income and to changes in our operating assets and liabilities, as presented below.
| | Nine Months ended September 30 | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | |
Net Income (Loss) | | $ | (6,968 | ) | | $ | (3,274 | ) |
Add: non-cash expenses | | $ | 6,419 | | | $ | 1,618 | |
Deduct (Add): changes in operating assets | | $ | (1,485 | ) | | $ | 839 | |
Add (deduct): changes in operating liabilities | | $ | (1,553 | ) | | $ | 3,143 | |
Add (deduct): changes in long term liabilities | | | 315 | | | | - | |
Net Cash provided by operating activities | | $ | (3,273 | ) | | $ | 2,326 | |
Non-cash expenses in the nine months to September 30, 2009 amounted to US$6.4 million and related to a bad debt provision of US$1.7 million, depreciation and amortization costs of US$1.3 million and amortization of debt costs of US$3.1 million and a foreign exchange gain on of US$1.4 million. These were offset by our earnings from our Italian joint venture of US$ 1.1 million.
In the nine months to September 30, 2009 cash outflows from assets increased approximately US$1.5 million as a result of an increase in inventory of approximately US$0.1 million, an increase in other receivables of approximately US$0.6 million, and an increase in receivables from our Italian joint venture of $3.5 million; offset against a decrease in accounts receivable of approximately US$2.7 million.
In the nine months to September 30, 2009 cash inflows from operating liabilities decreased by US$1.5 million mainly as a result of an increase in accounts payable of approximately US$0.2 million, offset by a decrease in accrued expenses of approximately US$1.1 million, a decrease in customer deposits of $0.3 million and a decrease in deferred revenue of $0.3 million.
In the nine months to September 30, 2009 cash outflows from long tern liabilities were as a result of an increase in long term tax liabilities of $0.3 million.
Investing Activities
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the total cash outflows in investing activities were approximately US$2.7 million, an decrease of approximately US$0.3 million, or 12 percent, from approximately US$2.4 million compared with the same period in 2008. Cash outflows for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 in relation to intangible assets amounted to approximately US$1.9 million compared with US$1.3 million for the same period in 2008. This increase is attributable to the costs incurred in the development of the games for our various markets.
Cash outflows in the purchase of property and equipment were US$0.6 million in the nine months to September 30, 2009, a decrease of US$0.5 million from US$0.1.1million compared to the same period in 2008.
Cash outflows of approximately US$0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 related to our loan with Be First Group, Inc.
Financing Activities
For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, cash inflows from financing activities were approximately US$3.5 million compared to outflows of $1.5 million in the same period in 2008. Cash inflows in 2009 related to new financing received by the group in 2009.
FINANCIAL CONDITION – September 30, 2009
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| | September 30, | | | December 31, | | | Variance | | | Change | |
(amounts in thousands US$) | | 2009 | | | 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | | | 2009 vs 2008 | |
Total Assets | | $ | 16,637 | | | $ | 18,947 | | | $ | (2,310 | ) | | | -12 | % |
Total Liabilities | | $ | 30,555 | | | $ | 33,590 | | | $ | (3,035 | ) | | | -9 | % |
Total Equity | | $ | (13,918 | ) | | $ | (14,644 | ) | | $ | 725 | | | | -5 | % |
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Total Current Assets | | $ | 9,542 | | | $ | 14,575 | | | $ | (5,033 | ) | | | -35 | % |
Total Current Liabilities | | $ | 7,150 | | | $ | 15,549 | | | $ | (8,399 | ) | | | -54 | % |
Net working capital | | $ | 2,392 | | | $ | (974 | ) | | $ | 3,366 | | | | -346 | % |
At September 30, 2009, we had negative net assets of US$14 million and positive working capital of US$2.4 million.
Total liabilities decreased US$3 million, or 9 percent, between December 2008 and September 2009 due to the debt for equity exchange whereby Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH agreed to convert outstanding accounts payable of US$6,378,526 to equity; this is offset by the additional loan raised with Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH for $2,000,000 in addition to the increase of Convertible Debentures.
The increase in shareholders’ equity reflects the loss for the period of US$7 million plus the comprehensive foreign exchange loss of US$1.3 million offset against the debt equity swap and common share issue which generated an increase in paid up share capital of US$10 million .
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements with unconsolidated entities or other persons.
Purchase Commitments
From time to time, we enter into commitments with our vendors to purchase inventory at fixed prices or in guaranteed quantities. We were not party to any firm commitments as of September 30, 2009.
Capital Expenditure and Other
During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the net value of fixed assets increased by US$0.2 million, as compared to December 31, 2008.
Share Repurchase Plan
None
Agreements with PacificNet
On December 7, 2007, the Company entered into an Agreement for the acquisition by PacificNet Games of the entire issued share capital of the Company which was completed on January 22, 2008. Shortly after completion, the Company and PacificNet decided that it would not benefit their respective businesses to continue as one group and therefore the Company and PacificNet mutually agreed to terminate the merger agreement on March 28, 2008 and entered into a written agreement to document this on May 14, 2008. On May 14, 2008, all of the parties to the PacificNet Acquisition Agreement entered into the PacificNet Termination Agreement. The Service Agreement was also terminated. As a result of the termination of the PacificNet Acquisition Agreement, neither the remaining consideration shares of PacificNet common stock (1.1 million shares) nor any of the Earn-Out Amount was transferred or paid to Ziria, and all shares of Emperor were returned to Ziria and the 1.2 million shares of Pacific Net common stock to Ziria were returned to PacificNet. Upon the consummation of this transaction, Emperor was no longer a direct subsidiary of PacificNet, nor was the Company any longer an indirect subsidiary of PacificNet. Harmen Brenninkmeijer, our Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company, resigned from the board of directors of PacificNet on May 21, 2008. PacificNet paid Sterne Agee & Leach, Inc., a company that acted as a consultant to the Company for the PacificNet Acquisition, 30,000 PacificNet shares. The Company owes PacificNet US$49,680 to reimburse PacificNet for the issuance of these shares.
The following are the terms of the PacificNet Termination Agreement:
· | The Company agreed to issue to PacificNet or its nominee an amount of shares of capital stock of the Company equal to five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of the Company. The Company issued PacificNet 61 the Company’s Ordinary Shares on October 30, 2008 in satisfaction of this provision. Additionally, PacificNet was granted the option to, prior to May 14, 2009 and on only one occasion during such period, purchase additional shares of the Company’s stock at a per share purchase price equal to 85 percent of the most recent subscription price per share of the Company’s stock paid by third party investors in the Company up to a number of shares that would result in PacificNet owning five percent (5%) of the Company’s stock issued and outstanding on the date of exercise of the option. This option was not taken up by PacificNet during the exercise period. PacificNet agreed to issue to the Company 500,000 shares of PacificNet’s common stock. These PacificNet shares will be subject to a one-year lock up and sale restriction, any sale of these shares must be communicated to PacificNet in advance, PacificNet has the right of refusal to arrange buyers for the shares, and PacificNet will be entitled to half of the net gain on any partial sale of PacificNet shares. |
· | PacificNet and the Company agreed to use reasonable endeavors to formalize the following business opportunities: |
| · | A non-exclusive distribution agreement and license pursuant to which PacificNet will be appointed as a distributor of the Company’s products in Macau, provided that eBet would be the only other distributor permitted to distribute the Company’s products in that territory; and |
| · | A joint venture relationship relating to the development of future business opportunities in Macau and other territories in Asia. |
The Company agreed to pay PacificNet US$200,000 in consideration for PacificNet’s localization and language translation of the Company’s products into the Chinese language. Additionally, the Company agreed to use its reasonable endeavors to meet minimum sales targets from the sale of PacificNet’s machines of: US$4 million during the twelve month period ended mid-year 2009 and US$6 million during the twelve month period ended mid-year 2010. The Company’s commitment to achieving these targets was agreed to by the Company undertaking to use its reasonable endeavors to comply. PacificNet agreed to provide all appropriate support to assist the Company in achieving these goals. On January 5, 2009, Octavian received a letter from PacificNet pursuant to which it has asserted a claim against Octavian for certain alleged events of default by Octavian under the PacificNet Termination Agreement (the “Claim”). Pursuant to the Claim, PacificNet has demanded payments, in an aggregate amount of $280,000, for certain services allegedly performed by PacificNet, as well as the reimbursement of certain expenses related to prior transactions between the parties. The Company’s management has reviewed the Claim and believes that it is without merit and plans to defend against any actions taken by PacificNet accordingly.
Subsequent Events
Change of ownership
On October 1, 2009, Octavian Latin America S.A., incorporated on July 22, 2005 in Colombia, became a wholly owned subsidiary of Octavian International, Ltd. Due to corporate governance changes companies in Colombia no longer require a minimum of five shareholders.
In presenting our financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, we are required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported therein. Several of the estimates and assumptions we are required to make relate to matters that are inherently uncertain as they pertain to future events. However, events that are outside of our control cannot be predicted and, as such, they cannot be contemplated in evaluating such estimates and assumptions. If there is a significant unfavorable change to current conditions, it will likely result in a material adverse impact to our consolidated results of operations, financial position and in liquidity. We believe that the estimates and assumptions we used when preparing our financial statements were the most appropriate at that time. Presented below are those accounting policies that we believe require subjective and complex judgments that could potentially affect reported results.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles 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 amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Areas that require estimates and assumptions include valuation of accounts receivable, other receivables, and inventory determination of useful lives of property and equipment, and intangible assets, and estimation of certain liabilities.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand and cash in time deposits, certificates of deposit and all highly liquid debt instruments with original maturities of three months or less.
Accounts Receivable
The Company maintains reserves for potential credit losses on accounts receivable. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit worthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment patterns to evaluate the adequacy of these reserves.
Inventories
Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market value. Cost is determined using the first in, first out method. Management compares the cost of inventories with the market value, and allowance is made for writing down the inventories to their market value, if lower. An allowance is made for all inventories held for more than one year.
Property & Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to earnings as incurred; additions, renewals and betterments are capitalized. When property and equipment are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is included in operations. Depreciation of property and equipment is provided using the straight-line method for substantially all assets with estimated lives as follows:
Computer Equipment | 3 years |
Gaming Equipment | 3 years |
Fixtures and fittings | 4 to 5 years |
Research and Development
Research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred until technological feasibility has been established. These costs consist primarily of salaries and direct payroll related costs.
Software Development Costs
Software development costs related to computer games and network and terminal operating systems developed by the Company are capitalized in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 86, "Accounting for the Cost of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased, or Otherwise Marketed." Capitalization of software development costs begins upon the establishment of technological feasibility and is discontinued when the product is available for sale. When the software is a component part of a product, capitalization begins with the product reaches technological feasibility. The establishment of technological feasibility and the ongoing assessment for recoverability of capitalized software development costs require considerable judgment by management with respect to certain external factors including, but not limited to, technological feasibility, anticipated future gross revenues, estimated economic life, and changes in software and hardware technologies. Capitalized software development costs are comprised primarily of salaries and direct payroll related costs and the purchase of existing software to be used in the Company's products.
Amortization of capitalized software development costs is provided on a product-by-product basis on the straight-line method over the estimated economic life of the products (not to exceed three years). Management periodically compares estimated net realizable value by product with the amount of software development costs capitalized for that product to ensure the amount capitalized is not in excess of the amount to be recovered through revenues. Any such excess of capitalized software development costs to expected net realizable value is expensed at that time.
Long-Lived Assets
The Company applies the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“SFAS 144”), which addresses financial accounting and reporting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets and supersedes SFAS No. 121, “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of,” and the accounting and reporting provisions of APB Opinion No. 30, “Reporting the Results of Operations for a Disposal of a Segment of a Business.” The Company periodically evaluates the carrying value of long-lived assets to be held and used in accordance with SFAS 144. SFAS 144 requires impairment losses to be recorded on long-lived assets used in operations when indicators of impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the assets’ carrying amounts. In that event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair market value of the long-lived assets. Loss on long-lived assets to be disposed of is determined in a similar manner, except that fair market values are reduced for the cost of disposal. Based on its review, the Company believes that, as of December 31, 2008, there were no significant impairments of its long-lived assets.
Intangible Assets
Intangible assets consist of product developments, customer contracts, game developments, game work-in-progress and lottery development. All intangible assets are amortized over three years.
Revenue Recognition
The Company's revenue recognition policies are in compliance with Staff accounting bulletin (SAB) 104. Revenue is recognized when services are rendered to customers when a formal arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, the delivery is completed, no other significant obligations of the Company exist and collectability is reasonably assured. Payments received before all of the relevant criteria for revenue recognition are satisfied are recorded as unearned revenue.
Unearned Revenue
Unearned revenue represents goods invoiced before year end but not delivered and therefore not included in revenue. These goods will be released into revenue once it is delivered. As at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 unearned revenue amounted to US$605,797 and US$845,057 respectively.
Advertising Costs
The Company expenses the cost of advertising as incurred or, as appropriate, the first time the advertising takes place. Advertising costs for the nine months to September 30, 2009 and 2008 were US$55,899 and US$89,328 respectively.
The Company utilizes SFAS No. 109 (ASC 740), “Accounting for Income Taxes,” which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each period end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.
The Company adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48 (ASC 740), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, on January 1, 2007. As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, the company made a comprehensive review of its portfolio of tax positions in accordance with recognition standards established by FIN 48. As a result of the implementation of Interpretation 48, the Company recognized no material adjustments to liabilities or stockholders’ equity. When tax returns are filed, it is highly certain that some positions taken would be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, while others are subject to uncertainty about the merits of the position taken or the amount of the position that would be ultimately sustained. The benefit of a tax position is recognized in the financial statements in the period during which, based on all available evidence, management believes it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including the resolution of appeals or litigation processes, if any. Tax positions taken are not offset or aggregated with other positions. Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely of being realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing authority. The portion of the benefits associated with tax positions taken that exceeds the amount measured as described above is reflected as a liability for unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying balance sheets along with any associated interest and penalties that would be payable to the taxing authorities upon examination. Interest associated with unrecognized tax benefits are classified as interest expense and penalties are classified in selling, general and administrative expenses in the statements of income. The adoption of FIN 48 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
Foreign Currency Transactions and Comprehensive Income
Accounting principles generally require that recognized revenue, expenses, gains and losses be included in net income. Certain statements, however, require entities to report specific changes in assets and liabilities, such as gain or loss on foreign currency translation, as a separate component of the equity section of the balance sheet. Such items are components of comprehensive income. The functional currency of the Company is British Pound. Translation loss of US$1,348,280 and gain of US$1,164,010 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, are classified as an item of other comprehensive income in the stockholders’ equity section of the consolidated balance sheet.
Statement of Cash Flows
In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 95 (ASC 230), “Statement of Cash Flows,” cash flows from the Company’s operations are calculated based upon the local currencies. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the statement of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheet.
Minority Interest
In order to comply with Colombian law, a company needed to have a minimum of 5 stockholders, with a maximum stockholding of not more than 95% by any individual stockholder. The 4 external stockholders in the Colombian registered entity (Octavian Latin America SA) had a combined 10.3% stockholding in that company. The equity in the non-controlling interest in the Colombian entity has been classified as “Minority stockholders’ interests” in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Changes in equity in non-controlling interests arising from results of operations have been recorded as “Outside stockholders’ interests” in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and other comprehensive income.
Segment Reporting
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131 (“SFAS 131”) (ASC 280), “Disclosure About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information” requires use of the “management approach” model for segment reporting. The management approach model is based on the way a Company’s management organizes segments within the company for making operating decisions and assessing performance. The Company has determined that it has 3 reportable segments: Octavian Europe, Octavian CIS, and Octavian Latin America (See Note 17 of the Financial Statements.)
Fair value of financial instruments
On January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 157 (ASC 820), Fair Value Measurements. SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement and enhances disclosures requirements for fair value measures. The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for receivables and current liabilities each qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest. The three levels are defined as follow:
Level 1: inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2: inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.
Level 3: inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.
As of September 30, 2009, the Company did not identify any assets and liabilities that are required to be presented on the balance sheet at fair value.
Recent Pronouncements
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFASB No.167, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, which changes the consolidation rules as they relate to variable interest entities. Specifically, the new standard makes significant changes to the model for determining who should consolidate a variable interest entity, and also addresses how often this assessment should be performed. The statement is effective as of the beginning of each reporting’s entity’s first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009, for interim periods within that first annual reporting period, and for interim and annual reporting periods thereafter. Earlier application is prohibited. The Company is currently evaluating both the timing and the impact of adoption of this standard on its consolidated financial statements.
In August 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2009-05, which amends ASC Topic 820, Measuring Liabilities at Fair Value, which provides additional guidance on the measurement of liabilities at fair value. Specifically, when a quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not available, the new standard requires that the fair value of a liability be measured using one or more of the valuation techniques that should maximize the use of relevant observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. In addition, an entity is not required to include a separate input or adjustment to other inputs relating to the existence of a restriction that prevents the transfer of a liability. This standard is effective in the first reporting period beginning after issuance. We do not expect the adoption will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In October 2009, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2009-13, which amends ASC Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, to require companies to allocate revenue in multiple-element arrangements based on an element’s estimated selling price if vendor-specific or other third-party evidence of value is not available. ASU 2009-13 is effective for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in the fiscal year beginning on or after June 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating both the timing and the impact of the pending adoption of the ASU on its consolidated financial statements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk
Not Applicable.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) that are designed to be effective in providing reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
The Company’s management, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of June 30, 2009. Based upon that evaluation and the identification of the material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as described below under “Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting,” the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not entirely effective as of the end of the period covered by this report to provide all assurances required.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting of the Company. Management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2009 based on the criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, management concluded that, as of September 30, 2009, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
The Company was a “shell company” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) until it consummated a “reverse merger” transaction on October 30, 2008, at which time it became subject to Section 404 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. From October 30, 2008 through September 30, 2009 we had limited resources for implementing effective internal control procedures over financial reporting.
The SEC defines a material weakness as a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Management’s assessment identified the following weaknesses in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2009:
To mitigate our limited resources, we rely heavily on direct management oversight of transactions, along with the use of legal and accounting professionals. As we grow, we expect to increase our staff dedicated to the maintenance of our internal controls and procedures, which will enable us to implement adequate segregation of duties within the internal control framework.
This interim report does not include an attestation report of the Company's registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by the Company's registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the SEC that permit the Company to provide only management's report in this interim report.
Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures
The effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting is subject to various inherent limitations, including cost limitations, judgments used in decision making, assumptions about the likelihood of future events, the soundness of our systems, the possibility of human error, and the risk of fraud. Moreover, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions and the risk that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate over time. Because of these limitations, any system of disclosure controls and procedures or internal control over financial reporting may not be successful in preventing all errors or fraud or in making all material information known in a timely manner to the appropriate levels of management.
Overall, the management of the company is able to confirm that there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Not Applicable.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
On October 30, 2008 AGI restructured €8 million (USD $10,566,427 at December 31, 2008 based on the December 31, 2008 exchange rate of €1=USD $1.4095 ) into a four-year loan (the “Loan Agreement”), which accrues interest at a rate of three-month USD LIBOR plus four percent (4%) (capped at a maximum rate of eight percent (8%)) per year, and is payable in equal monthly installments of €166,667 (USD $220,134 based on the March 31, 2009 exchange rate of €1=USD $1.3208) over a period of 48 months, commencing on October 30, 2008. As security for the obligation, the Company granted AGI a security interest in all intellectual property rights (including rights in software) in certain of the Company’s intellectual property, including the source and object code for the Company’s Accounting, Control, and Progressives product; the Company’s Maverick product and any modifications; and the Company’s Maverick games and any modifications, ExtraCash and Advanced Gaming Engine, along with all related materials (the “IP Rights”). The Company had not paid the monthly installments due in March and April 2009 and was technically in default of the Loan Agreement. With the agreement of AGI these installments were brought up to date immediately following the new private placement which closed on May 14, 2009 and the Company was no longer in default. For a more detailed discussion of the new private placement, please see the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 20, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference.
The Company had not paid the monthly installments due in June and July 2009 and was technically in default of the Loan Agreement. On August 4, 2009, the Company and AGI amended the loan agreement (the “Amendment Agreement”). Pursuant to the Amendment Agreement, monthly payments to be made under the Loan Agreement were suspended for a period of twelve (12) months, beginning on June 30, 2009 and ending on May 31, 2010, effectively extending the term of the Loan Agreement from 48 months to 60 months and, as of the date of this filing, the Company is no longer in default. For a more detailed discussion of the Amendment Agreement, please see the Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 7, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference.
None.
Item 5. Other Information
Change of Control
On November 12, 2009, the Company received notification from AGI that it has transferred all of its Common Stock to Mr. Charles Hiten, a member of our Board of Directors and an affiliate of AGI. As a result of such transfer, Mr. Hiten is the beneficial owner of approximately 50.8% of our Common Stock.
Item 6. Exhibits
31.1 | Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(a)). |
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31.2 | Certification of the Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(a)). |
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32.1 | Certification of the Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(b)). |
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32.2 | Certification of the Principal Financial and Accounting Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Rule 13a-14(b)). |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: November 16, 2009 | By: | /s/ Harmen Brenninkmeijer | |
| | Name: Harmen Brenninkmeijer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |
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Date: November 16, 2009 | By: | /s/ Peter Brenninkmeijer | |
| | Name: Peter Brenninkmeijer Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |
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