Form 6-K SKY-MOBI Ltd For: Mar 01

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

For the month of March 2016

 

Commission File Number: 001-34988

 

SKY-MOBI LIMITED

 

10/F, Building B, United Mansion

No. 2, Zijinghua Road, Hangzhou

Zhejiang 310013

People’s Republic of China

(86-571) 8777-0978

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number	Description of Document
99.1	Press Release

 

 

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.

 

	SKY-MOBI LIMITED
	By:	/s/ Michael Tao Song
	Name:	Michael Tao Song
	Title:	Chairman and chief executive officer

 

Dated: March 1, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Sky-mobi Limited Announces Unaudited Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2015

Conference Call to be Held at 8:00 AM U.S. Eastern Time on February 29, 2016

 

HANGZHOU, China, February 29, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sky-mobi Limited ("Sky-mobi" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: MOBI), a leading mobile application platform and game publisher in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

 

Fourth Quarter 2015 Highlights

 

• Total revenue was RMB98.1 million (US$15.1 million) in the fourth quarter of 2015, compared to RMB204.7 million during the same period last year and RMB113.3 million in the third quarter of 2015;

• Revenue from the smartphone business was RMB96.6 million (US$15.0 million) in the fourth quarter of 2015, or 98.5% of total revenue, compared to RMB181.6 million, or 88.7% of total revenue during the same period last year.

Fiscal Year 2015 Highlights

 

• Total revenue decreased by 14.8% to RMB608.5 million (US$94.0 million) from RMB714.6 million in the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2014. 

• Revenue from smartphone business remained flat at RMB579.8 million (US$89.5 million), or 95.3% of total revenue, from RMB580.3 million, or 81.2% of total revenue in the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2014.

Mr. Michael Tao Song, chairman and chief executive officer of Sky-mobi, commented, “I am pleased to report our return to profitability at the operating level despite a challenging and constantly changing business environment. I believe these results demonstrate the flexibility and effectiveness of our strategy to lower our cost base, increase gross margins and implement a more focused game publishing strategy. We continued to implement cost control measures during the quarter that have resulted in a leaner and more efficient management structure and provided us with the flexibility needed to navigate the challenging operating environment we still find ourselves in. We have made substantial progress in strengthening our game publishing business by implementing a more focused approach that concentrates on publishing a fewer number of high-quality foreign casual games. For instance, Starlit Adventure, a game we published last quarter, was again featured by Apple on the App Store in China for the second quarter in a row. We will continue to focus on strengthening our game publishing business going forward. To further diversify our business, we have invested in a number of companies and investment funds in the broader internet space over the past few years. These investments add value by strengthening our financial performance. We realized RMB6.0 million in gains from the sale of our equity interest in one investment during the quarter. We will continue to monitor the operating environment as it evolves and adjust our strategy in a cautious and focused manner as needed.”

 

Mr. Fischer Xiaodong Chen, chief financial officer of Sky-mobi, added, “Our operating environment remains challenging given the tightened payment security measures implemented by China’s three mobile carriers. It remains unclear when these policies and measures will be relaxed or lifted. To mitigate the impact of the mobile carriers’ tightening measures, we have been working to gradually increase the proportion of revenues settled through third-party payment platforms. Due to intense competition in China’s gaming market we have strategically shifted the focus of our game publishing business towards publishing a fewer number of high-quality foreign casual games. We will continue to fine-tune our strategy as we chart a new course through this challenging environment, maintain the scale of our monetization initiatives and preserve our gross margins.”

 

 

Fourth Quarter 2015 Financial Results

 

Total Revenue

 

Total revenue was RMB98.1 million (US$15.1 million), compared to RMB113.3 million in the previous quarter and RMB204.7 million during the same period last year. The sequential decrease was mainly attributable to (1) the continued tightening of policies by the three mobile carriers and (2) a traditionally strong third quarter of 2015 which includes China’s summer holidays.

 

Revenue from the smartphone business was RMB96.6 million (US$15.0 million), or 98.5% of total revenue, compared to RMB108.9 million in the previous quarter, or 96.1% of total revenue, and RMB181.6 million during the same period last year, or 88.7% of total revenue. The decreases were primarily due to the continued tightening of policies by the three mobile carriers.

 

Revenue can be further broken down into three categories: “revenue from single-player games”, “revenue from multiplayer games” and “other revenue”.  Revenue from single-player games was RMB79.1 million (US$12.2 million), compared to RMB84.3 million in the previous quarter and RMB156.3 million during the same period last year. ARPU¹ for single-player games was RMB10.3, compared to RMB8.7 in the previous quarter. The increase in ARPU was in line with the increase in gross profit.

 

Revenue from multiplayer games was RMB12.7 million (US$2.0 million), compared to RMB15.0 million in the previous quarter and RMB23.3 million during the same period last year. ARPU for multiplayer games was RMB173.6, compared to RMB162.4 in the previous quarter.

 

Other revenue was RMB6.4 million (US$1.0 million), compared to RMB13.9 million in the previous quarter and RMB25.1 million during the same period last year.

 

Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit

 

Total cost of revenue was RMB74.7 million (US$11.5 million), compared to RMB94.8 million in the previous quarter and RMB162.9 million during the same period last year.

 

The discussion and analysis below focuses on non-IFRS cost of revenue, which the Company believes more accurately reflects its operating performance than the IFRS cost of revenue.

 

Total non-IFRS cost of revenue was RMB74.8 million (US$11.6 million), compared to RMB94.8 million in the previous quarter and RMB162.9 million during the same period last year. Non-IFRS cost of revenue was composed of non-IFRS cost associated with payments to industry participants and non-IFRS direct cost as further discussed below.

 

Non-IFRS cost associated with payments to industry participants was RMB72.9 million (US$11.3 million), compared to RMB90.1 million in the previous quarter and RMB155.3 million in the prior year period. The decrease was primarily due to decreased payment channel costs, which was in line with the decrease in the Company's total revenue.

 

Non-IFRS direct cost was RMB1.9 million (US$0.3 million), compared to RMB4.5 million in the previous quarter and RMB7.6 million in the prior year period. Non-IFRS direct cost included salaries and benefits, depreciation, office expenses and utilities directly related to our operations. The decrease in non-IFRS direct cost was due to decreased employee-related expenses as a result of the Company's headcount restructuring to achieve greater efficiency.

 

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¹ “ARPU” stands for average revenue per paying user.

 

Non-IFRS gross profit was RMB23.3 million (US$3.6 million), compared to RMB18.6 million in the previous quarter and RMB41.7 million during the same period last year. Non-IFRS gross margin was 23.8%, compared to 16.4% in the previous quarter and 20.4% during the same period last year. The sequential increase in non-IFRS gross margin was primarily due to Company’s efforts to strengthen revenue sharing arrangements with game developers.

 

Operating Expenses and Profit/Loss from Operations

 

Total operating expenses, primarily consisting of employee salaries and benefits, training expenses, travel, entertainment and office related expenses, were RMB18.6 million (US$2.9 million), compared to RMB26.2 million in the previous quarter and RMB32.2 million during the same period last year.

 

Total non-IFRS operating expenses were RMB17.5 million (US$2.7 million), compared to RMB23.9 million in the previous quarter and RMB32.8 million during the same period last year. The decrease in total non-IFRS operating expenses was mainly due to the combined effects of the following factors: (1) lower employee costs as a result of the Company’s streamlining of its organizational structure; (2) lower marketing expenses as a result of strengthened cost cutting measures; (3) no ADS reimbursement during the fourth quarter of 2015; and (4) a government subsidy of approximately RMB1.7 million.

 

Profit from operations was RMB4.9 million (US$0.8 million), compared to loss from operations of RMB7.8 million in the previous quarter and profit from operations of RMB9.6 million during the same period last year. Despite decreased revenue, the Company returned to profitability at the operating level with higher gross margins and lower operating expenses.

 

Non-IFRS profit from operations was RMB5.8 million (US$0.9 million), compared to loss from operations of RMB5.4 million in the previous quarter and profit from operations of RMB9.0 million during the same period last year.

 

Net Profit/Loss

 

In the fourth quarter of 2015, there was a gain on disposal of associates of RMB9.0 million (US$1.4 million), compared to RMB6.6 million in the previous quarter and nil in the prior year period. This was mainly due to the Company's partial disposal of its investment in a game developer. Share of results of associates was RMB2.2 million (US$0.3million), compared to RMB7.1 million in the previous quarter and RMB6.8 million in the prior year period.

 

Net profit was RMB21.6 million (US$3.3 million), compared to net profit of RMB13.7 million in the previous quarter and net profit of RMB20.8 million in the prior year period. The Company achieved net profit in the fourth quarter mainly due to lower operating expenses which include decreased labor costs, the abovementioned gain on disposal of associates and share of results of associates, as well as a foreign exchange gain of RMB2.6 million and other non-operating subsidy income of RMB1.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2015. Basic and diluted profit per common share were RMB0.09 (US$0.01) and RMB0.09 (US$0.01), respectively, which represents the equivalent of RMB0.75 (US$0.12) and RMB0.75 (US$0.12) per ADS, respectively.

 

Non-IFRS net profit was RMB22.6 million (US$3.5 million), compared to net profit of RMB16.1 million in the previous quarter and net profit of RMB20.2 million in the prior year period. Non-IFRS basic and diluted profit per common share were RMB0.10 (US$0.02) and RMB0.10 (US$0.02), respectively, which represents the equivalent of RMB0.80 (US$0.12) and RMB0.80 (US$0.12) per ADS, respectively.

 

The weighted average number of ADSs used to calculate basic and diluted profit per ADS for the fourth quarter of 2015 was 28,114,638.75 and 28,130,355.94, respectively.

 

 

Common Shares

 

Sky-mobi had approximately 224.9 million common shares outstanding as of December 31, 2015, or the equivalent of approximately 28.1 million ADSs outstanding.

 

Other Operating Data

 

		For the three months ended
		September 30, 2015				December 31, 2015
Maopao Platform
Average MAU2 (in thousands)			36,574				34,722
Single-player games
Average ARPU (RMB)			8.7				10.3
Multiplayer games
Average ARPU (RMB)			162.4				173.6

 

Business Outlook

 

Beginning in the second quarter of 2015, China’s three mobile carriers (China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom) implemented various measures designed to enhance security of their payment systems. These measures include suspending certain billing and payment channels and introducing additional mandatory payment verification steps to the payment process. These measures have discouraged mobile subscribers from purchasing content from mobile application providers including Sky-mobi, resulting in revenue loss for the Company. With these measures expected to continue throughout most of 2016, the Company expects China's overall mobile gaming industry, and in particular, its Android casual gaming segment, to continue to be negatively impacted. Sky-mobi’s total revenue and net income for the first quarter of 2016, traditionally a much stronger quarter of the year due to the Chinese New Year holidays, as compared to the fourth quarter of 2015, is also expected to be negatively affected by these measures.

 

The Company is assessing and will continue to assess the impact of these measures implemented by the three mobile carriers and their implication on its business.

 

Conference Call and Webcast

 

The Company will hold a conference call on Monday, February 29, 2016 at 8:00 am Eastern Time, or 9:00 pm Beijing Time to discuss the financial results. Participants may access the call by dialing the following numbers:

 

United States:	+1-845-675-0438
International Toll Free:	+1-855-500-8701
China Domestic:	400-1200654
Hong Kong:	+852 3018-6776
Conference ID:	# 58467109

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2

“MAU” stands for monthly active users. It refers to the number of users that visit Maopao Platform in a particular month, adjusted to eliminate double-counting of the same user. Average MAUs for a particular period is the average of the MAUs during that period.

 

 

The replay will be accessible through March 7, 2016 by dialing the following numbers:

 

United States Toll Free:	+1- 855-452-5696
International:	+61 2 90034211
Conference ID:	# 58467109

 

A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Company's investor relation website at http://ir.sky-mobi.com.

 

About Non-IFRS Financial Measures

 

To supplement its consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS, Sky-mobi uses several non-IFRS financial measures defined below. The Company believes management and investors benefit from non-IFRS financial measures in assessing the Company's performance and prospects. Specifically, the Company believes that non-IFRS financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding its performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of the Company's operating performance.

 

The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered superior to, in isolation from or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with IFRS. A limitation of using non-IFRS cost of revenue, gross profit, operating expenses, profit/loss from operations, net profit/loss and net profit/loss per share is that these non-IFRS measures exclude share-based compensation expenses that have been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant recurring expense. Management provides specific information regarding the IFRS amounts excluded from each non-IFRS measure. For more information on these non-IFRS financial measures, please see the tables containing reconciliations of non-IFRS financial measures to comparable IFRS measures in this release.

 

Definitions of Non-IFRS Measures

 

Non-IFRS cost of revenue is defined as cost of revenue excluding share-based compensation expenses.

 

Non-IFRS gross profit is defined as revenue less non-IFRS cost of revenue.

 

Non-IFRS operating expenses are defined as operating expenses excluding share-based compensation expenses.

 

Non-IFRS profit (loss) from operations is defined as Non-IFRS gross profit less non-IFRS operating expenses.

 

Non-IFRS net profit is defined as non-IFRS profit from operations plus/minus other gains or losses, impairment loss on investments in associates, loss on disposal of subsidiary, share of results of associates and gain on disposal of an associate, less income tax.

 

Non-IFRS basic and diluted earnings per common share/ADS are defined as non-IFRS net profit attributable to owners of the Company divided by weighted average outstanding shares/ADSs during the period.

 

Exchange Rate

 

This announcement contains translations of certain Renminbi (RMB) amounts into U.S. dollars (US$) at a specified rate solely for the convenience of the reader. Unless otherwise noted, all translations from RMB to U.S. dollars are made at a rate of RMB 6.4778 to US$1.00, the exchange rate at December 31, 2015 as set forth in the H.10 statistical release of the Federal Reserve Board.

 

 

Safe Harbor Statement

 

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by such terms as "may," "will," "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "estimates," "plans," "continues" or other similar expressions, the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology. Such statements, including statements relating to the Company's business outlook, are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about the Company and its industry. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law.

 

About Sky-mobi Limited

 

Sky-mobi Limited is a leading mobile application platform and game publisher in China. The Company works with handset companies to pre-install its Maopao App Store and other Maopao applications on handsets and with content providers to provide users with applications and content titles. Users of Maopao App Store can browse, download and enjoy a range of applications and content, such as single-player games, mobile music and books on various mobile handsets with different hardware and operating system configurations. The Company also publishes domestic and foreign game titles through its own Maopao App Store platform and third party platforms. The Company's mobile social network community in China, the Maopao Community, offers mobile social games as well as applications and content with social networking functions to its registered users. The Company is based in Hangzhou, China. For more information, please visit: www.sky-mobi.com.

 

 

FINANCIAL TABLES FOLLOW

 

Sky-mobi Limited

 

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income (IFRS)

 

		For the three months ended																For the twelve months ended
		December 31,				September 300,				December 31,				December 31,				December 31,				December 31,				December 31,
		2014				2015				2015				2015				2014				2015				2015
In thousands		(RMB)				(RMB)				(RMB)				(US$)				(RMB)				(RMB)				(US$)
(Except for share and per share data)
Revenue			204,675				113,263				98,129				15,149				714,597				608,542				93,943
Cost of revenue			(162,936	)			(94,837	)			(74,681	)			(11,529	)			(560,444	)			(485,342	)			(74,924	)
Gross profit			41,739				18,426				23,448				3,620				154,153				123,200				19,019
Research and development expenses			(8,042	)			(8,691	)			(4,232	)			(653	)			(35,062	)			(37,887	)			(5,849	)
Sales and marketing expenses			(10,329	)			(8,673	)			(3,889	)			(600	)			(41,213	)			(42,027	)			(6,488	)
General and administrative expenses			(14,408	)			(12,555	)			(13,444	)			(2,075	)			(61,458	)			(63,684	)			(9,831	)
Other income and expense			603				3,730				2,996				463				3,280				9,553				1,475
Total operating expenses			(32,176	)			(26,189	)			(18,569	)			(2,865	)			(134,453	)			(134,045	)			(20,693	)
Profit (loss) from operations			9,563				(7,763	)			4,879				755				19,700				(10,845	)			(1,674	)
Other gains and losses			4,797				9,844				7,424				1,146				23,991				28,456				4,393
Impairment loss on investments in associates			-				(396	)			-				-				(2,673	)			(3,394	)			(524	)
Share of results of associates			6,779				7,121				2,184				337				7,208				19,411				2,997
Gain on disposal of associates			-				6,621				8,998				1,389				57,351				16,116				2,488
Loss on disposal of subsidiary			-				(542	)			-				-				-				(542	)			(84	)
Profit before tax			21,139				14,885				23,485				3,627				105,577				49,202				7,596
Income tax expenses			(360	)			(1,147	)			(1,871	)			(289	)			(2,227	)			(5,699	)			(880	)
Profit for the period			20,779				13,738				21,614				3,338				103,350				43,503				6,716
Total comprehensive profit for the period			20,779				13,738				21,614				3,338				103,350				43,503				6,716
Profit and total comprehensive income attributable to:   - Owners of the Company
- Owners of the Company			21,123				13,738				21,614				3,338				103,773				44,712				6,903
- Non-controlling interests			(344	)			-				-				-				(423	)			(1,209	)			(187	)
			20,779				13,738				21,614				3,338				103,350				43,503				6,716
Earnings (loss) per common share
Basic			0.09				0.06				0.09								0.43				0.19
Diluted			0.09				0.06				0.09								0.43				0.19
Weight average number of ADS
Basic			0.75				0.47				0.75								3.46				1.54
Diluted			0.75				0.47				0.75								3.44				1.54
Weight average number of shares
Basic			221,999,567				224,834,263				224,917,110								235,697,090				224,051,684
Diluted			222,833,933				225,123,691				225,042,848								237,037,295				224,433,619

 

 

Unaudited Reconciliations of non-IFRS financial measures
to comparable IFRS financial measures

 

		For the three months ended																For the twelve months ended
		December 31,				September 30,				December 31,				December 31,				December 31,				December 31,				December 31,
		2014				2015				2015				2015				2014				2015				2015
In thousands		(RMB)				(RMB)				(RMB)				(US$)				(RMB)				(RMB)				(US$)
(Except for share and per share data)
IFRS cost of revenue			(162,936	)			(94,837	)			(74,681	)			(11,529	)			(560,444	)			(485,342	)			(74,924	)
Less: share-based compensation expenses			(1	)			155				(133	)			(21	)			429				527				81
Non-IFRS cost of revenue			(162,937	)			(94,682	)			(74,814	)			(11,550	)			(560,015	)			(485,815	)			(74,843	)
IFRS gross profit			41,739				18,426				23,448				3,620				154,153				123,200				19,019
Add: share-based compensation expenses			(1	)			155				(133	)			(21	)			429				527				81
Non-IFRS gross profit			41,738				18,581				23,315				3,599				154,582				123,727				19,100
Total IFRS operating expenses			(32,176	)			(26,189	)			(18,569	)			(2,865	)			(134,453	)			(134,045	)			(20,693	)
Less: share-based compensation expenses			(609	)			2,256				1,084				167				7,860				11,990				1,851
Total non-IFRS operating expenses			(32,785	)			(23,933	)			(17,485	)			(2,698	)			(126,593	)			(122,055	)			(18,842	)
IFRS  profit (loss) from operations			9,563				(7,763	)			4,879				755				19,700				(10,845	)			(1,674	)
Add: share-based compensation expenses			(610	)			2,411				951				146				8,289				12,517				1,932
Non-IFRS profit (loss) from operations			8,953				(5,352	)			5,830				901				27,989				1,672				258
IFRS net profit  for the period			20,779				13,738				21,614				3,333				103,350				43,503				6,716
Add: share-based compensation expenses			(610	)			2,411				951				146				8,289				12,517				1,932
Non-IFRS net profit  for the period			20,169				16,149				22,565				3,479				111,639				56,020				8,648
Non-IFRS earnings  per common share
Basic			0.09				0.07				0.10								0.46				0.25
Diluted			0.09				0.07				0.10								0.45				0.25

 

 

 

Sky-mobi Limited

 

Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Financial Position (IFRS)

 

		As of				As of				As of
		September 30,				December 31,				December 31,
		2015				2015				2015
In thousands		(RMB)				(RMB)				(US$)
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents			80,526				337,952				52,171
Term deposits			369,213				150,000				23,156
Investment at fair value through profit or loss			116,511				100,979				15,588
Trade and other receivables			132,269				111,956				17,282
Amounts due from related parties			3,720				4,304				664
Total current assets			702,239				705,191				108,861
Non-current assets
Property and equipment			6,123				5,374				830
Investments in associates			106,729				89,378				13,798
Investments in funds			12,723				12,987				2,005
Available-for-sale investments			50				22,722				3,508
Other non-current assets			1,368				1,273				197
Deferred tax assets			2,746				1,489				230
Total non-current assets			129,739				133,223				20,568
Total assets			831,978				838,414				129,429
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables			173,211				161,397				24,916
Income tax liabilities			9,260				9,874				1,524
Amounts due to related parties			9,702				4,742				732
Deferred revenue			3,049				3,080				475
Total current liabilities			195,222				179,093				27,647
Total liabilities			195,222				179,093				27,647
Equity
Share capital			82				82				13
Share premium			611,691				614,563				94,872
Reserves			151,538				149,617				23,097
Deficit			(126,555	)			(104,941	)			(16,200	)
Equity attributable to owners of the Company			636,756				659,321				101,782
Total equity			636,756				659,321				101,782
Total equity and liabilities			831,978				838,414				129,429

 

 

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Phone: +1-480-614-3004

E-mail: [email protected]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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