SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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AMENDMENT NO. 1
FORM 10-KSB/A
/x/ ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2000
or
/ / TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number 0-22773
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)
NEVADA 95-4627685
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
5000 North Parkway Calabasas, Suite 202,
Calabasas, CA 91302
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(818) 222-9195 / (818) 222-9197
(Issuer's telephone/facsimile numbers, including area code)
SECURITIES REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 12(b) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT:
(None)
SECURITIES REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT:
COMMON STOCK, $.001 PAR VALUE
(TITLE OF CLASS)
Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 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 / /
Check if disclosure of delinquent filers in response to Item 405 of Regulation
S-B, is not contained in this form and no disclosure will be continued, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-KSB or any amendment to
the Form 10-KSB. / /
Registrant's revenues for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 were $6,984,539.
As of January 2, 2001, Registrant had 11,125,633 shares of its $.001 par value
Common Stock issued and outstanding with an aggregate market value of the common
stock held by non-affiliates of $44,358,387. This calculation is based upon the
closing sales price of $6.78 per share on January 2, 2001.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
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Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (Check one): Yes ___; No X
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TABLE OF CONTENTS AND CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
PART I
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Item 1 Description of Business 3
Item 2 Description of Property 15
Item 3 Legal Proceedings 16
Item 4 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 16
PART II
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Item 5 Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters 16
Item 6 Management's Discussion and Analysis 17
Item 7 Financial Statements 24
Item 8 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on
Accounting and Financial Disclosure 24
PART III
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Item 9 Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons;
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act 24
Item 10 Executive Compensation 28
Item 11 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management 32
Item 12 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions 33
PART IV
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Item 13 Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K 34
PART I
ITEM 1 - BUSINESS
GENERAL
NetSol International, Inc. ("NetSol" or the "Company") is in the business of
information technology ("I/T") services. Since it was founded in 1997, the
Company has helped clients use I/T more efficiently in order to improve their
operations and profitability and to achieve business results. Network Solutions
Pvt. Ltd. ("NetSol PK") develops the majority of the software for the Company.
NetSol PK was the first company in Pakistan to achieve the ISO 9001
accreditation. The Company is in the process of attaining SEI CMM Level 3
accreditation. This is one of the highest level of recognition for quality and
best practices a software house can achieve.
The Company offers a broad array of professional services to clients in the
global commercial markets and specializes in the application of advanced and
complex I/T to achieve its customers' strategic objectives. Its service
offerings include outsourcing, systems integration, and I/T and management
consulting and other professional services, including e-business solutions.
Outsourcing involves operating all or a portion of a customer's technology
infrastructure, including systems analysis, applications development, network
operations, desktop computing and data center management.
Systems integration encompasses designing, developing, implementing and
integrating complete information systems.
I/T and management consulting services include advising clients on the strategic
acquisition and utilization of I/T and on business strategy, operations, change
management and business process reengineering.
The Company also develops sophisticated software systems for the lease and
finance industry. NetSol has developed a fully integrated leasing and finance
package which is a series of five products that can be marketed in an integrated
system. These products are ePOS, PMS, SMS, CMS, and WFS. These five applications
form the full suite of asset based lending Enterprise Resource Planning
applications. These applications can run almost the entire operations of a
captive leasing company.
NetSol ePOS is a browser-based Point of Sale system that is used by the
dealership and other outlets. ePOS users create quotations and financing
applications for the customers using predefined Financial Products. The proposal
is submitted to Back Office (PMS) for approval. After analysis, the proposal is
sent back to ePOS system with a final decision.
Proposal Management System (PMS) provides Finance/Leasing Companies with the
ability to quickly assess the worthiness of an applicant applying for a loan or
a lease. The System is equipped with strong workflow management, integrated link
to Credit Rating Agencies, and automated point scoring strategy for automatic
approval/rejection/referral; can be customized to link to any Point of Sale
System; and has the ability to integrate any vehicle data provider such as
Glass's Guide in Europe and Australia.
The NetSol Wholesale Finance System (WFS) is developed to automate and manage
the Whole Sale Finance (Floor Plan) activities of a Finance Company. The design
of the system is based on the concept of One Loan One Asset to facilitate Asset
Tracking and Costing of an asset. The system covers Credit Limit Request,
Payment of Loan, Billing, and Settlement, Auditing of Stocks, Dealer Information
and ultimately the pay-off functions.
Settlement Management System (SMS) verifies the signed document sent by the
dealer/broker/third party against the information stored in the Proposal
Management System database. Settlement Management System verifies all
calculations before loading the contract into the Contract Management System.
Other main features are collection of first rental and disbursement of funds to
dealers, insurance companies and other third parties. Workflow software is part
of Settlement Management System and it enables the users of Settlement
Management System to communicate with Proposal Management workflow or within its
own workgroup.
The Contract Management System (CMS) manages lease contracts for financing of
vehicles from inception until completion. The leasing company is able to
establish, maintain and terminate such financial contracts. Contracts may
include added value services such as vehicle maintenance and/or insurance
premiums. It furthermore incorporates functional extensions such as litigation,
remarketing of vehicles, securitization of a portfolio and post dated check
management.
These are traditionally complex business applications and require a great deal
of industry experience both in the development as well as implementation stages.
NetSol, over the years, has developed core competencies in the asset based
lending software space. These are extremely sought after skills shared in a team
of approximately 30 business consultants. NetSol is able to demand a premium for
these consultants and leverages this competency when bidding for new business.
Typically, the sales cycle for these products is anywhere between six to
twelve months and NetSol derives its income both from selling the license to
use the products as well as customization. License fees can vary between
$75,000 to up to $1,000,000 per license depending upon the size of the
customer and the complexity of the customization. The revenue for the license
and the customization flows in several phases as certain deliverables are met
and can take from six months to two years before a project is fully completed.
MARKETING AND SELLING
The objective of the Company's marketing program is to create and sustain
preference and loyalty for NetSol as a leading e-services consulting and
software solutions provider. Marketing is performed at the corporate and
business unit levels. The corporate marketing department has overall
responsibility for communications, advertising, public relations and our website
and also engineers and oversees central marketing and communications programs
for use by each of our business units.
Our dedicated marketing personnel within the business units undertake a variety
of marketing activities, including sponsoring focused client events to
demonstrate our skills and products, sponsoring and participating in targeted
conferences and holding private briefings with individual companies. We believe
that the industry focus of our sales professionals and our business unit
marketing personnel enhances their knowledge and expertise in these industries
and will generate additional client engagements.
In March 2000, the Company entered into a Software Distribution Agreement with
CFS Group PLC ("CFS") whereby the Company granted CFS the exclusive right to
market and sublicense certain software products of NetSol. The term of this
agreement is for three years. This agreement provided the Company with the
opportunity to expand its marketing efforts by offering its products to
customers of CFS and others in need of lease and finance software. CFS will pay
a minimum of $1.2 million regardless of the amount of actual sales achieved. The
minimum guarantee is for the period beginning March 15, 2000 and ending twelve
months after the time NetSol delivers and CFS accepts the US version of the
products.
The Company generally enters into written commitment letters with clients at or
around the time it commences work on a project. These commitment letters
typically contemplate that NetSol and the client will subsequently enter into a
more detailed agreement, although the client's obligations under the commitment
letter are not conditioned upon the execution of the later agreement. These
written commitments and subsequent agreements contain varying terms and
conditions and the Company does not generally believe it is appropriate to
characterize them as consisting of backlog. In addition, because these written
commitments and agreements often provide that the arrangement can be terminated
with limited advance notice or penalty, the Company does not believe the
projects in process at any one time are a reliable indicator or measure of
expected future revenues.
NetSol provides its services primarily to clients in global commercial
industries. In the global commercial area, the Company's service offerings are
marketed to clients in a wide array of industries including schools; automotive;
chemical; tiles/ceramics; Internet marketing; software; banks and financial
services.
Geographically, NetSol has operations throughout North America, Europe and Asia
Pacific region.
During the last two fiscal years, the Company's revenue mix by major markets was
as follows:
2000 1999
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(Restated)
North American (NetSol USA) 13% N/A
Europe (NetSol UK, Network Solutions Group, SuperNet) 34% 64%
Other International (Abraxas, NetSol PK, NetSolConnect) 53% 36%
Total Revenues 100% 100%
Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Overview
During fiscal 2000, continuing with its strategy of growth through acquisitions,
NetSol acquired four companies globally. These acquisitions were in the United
States, Australia, United Kingdom and Germany. In addition, during fiscal 2000
NetSol was awarded the highest revenues from the contracts it entered into
compared to previous years.
Global Commercial Market: Highlights
Within the global commercial market, there were several significant contracts
granted to NetSol.
Consulting-In fiscal 2000, NetSol was awarded contracts in the USA with
VoiceStream, Inc. (formerly Omnipoint Technologies); ATS, Inc. In Australia-St
George Bank, GMAC Australia. In UK, The Swindon Schools Systems, Current Drugs,
Debis Portfolio Systems.
CMS - by Daimler Chrysler Financial Services ( Australia, Taiwan & Singapore)
WFS - by Chrysler Financial Taiwan
EPOS - by Daimler Chrysler Financial Services Australia
EPos for Tung Yung Leasing Company Taiwan
CTG - Outsourcing of Software Development
CFS
Outsourcing of software Development
Distribution of NetSol Lease and Finance Products (ePOS, PMS, SMS)
Additionally, NetSol continued to expand in the commercial area during fiscal
2000 through strategic acquisitions. NetSol acquired Network Solutions Group
Ltd. located in London, England which specializes in managed network services,
including design, configuration, installation, training and support &
maintenance. Network Solutions Group Ltd. derives the majority of its business
from servicing the education sector in the UK with the Local Education
Authorities (LEAs). This strengthened the Company's position in a sector that is
getting considerable attention from the government to improve computer and
Internet access for government-run schools. This is part of a major UK
government initiative known as the NGFL (National Grid for Learning) in England.
With the acquisition of Abraxas Software Pty. Ltd., located in Adelaide,
Australia, NetSol increased its market presence in the South Asian market. The
Company also acquired Mindsources Inc., a company organized under the laws of
the State of Virginia with a I/T consulting services specialty. The acquisition
of Mindsources was designed to achieve a presence in the East Coast's growing IT
market. Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. areas are influential in the
I/T, software development and consulting industries on the East Coast. This
gives NetSol USA a good opportunity for marketing NetSol products and services.
The acquisition of Mindsources allowed NetSol to further develop some of the new
software applications and ultimately launch and market in the US market,
changing the name of Mindsources to NetSol USA. Finally, the Company acquired
SuperNet AG, in Frankfurt Germany to establish a presence as an Internet Service
Provider in Germany. Through SuperNet, the Company has been able to market its
offshore software development expertise to German based companies. In February
2000, the Company formed NetSol eR, Inc., a company formed under the laws of the
state of Nevada ("NetSol eR"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. NetSol
eR will focus on the Internet aspect of the Company.
NetSol eR was formed to create a focused business in the Internet solutions
space. This includes entering the Internet connectivity business in virgin
territories such as Pakistan. The management believes that the South East Asian
region is 5 to 7 years behind the developed world in terms of opportunities for
market leadership and profitability in the ISP business. This would be one of
the last
remaining territories where a "profitable" ISP business model exists
for companies that can bring world-class technology infrastructure and a known
brand. NetSol eR leveraged this by launching its subsidiary NetSol Connect Pvt.
Ltd. which is currently the only IP backbone provider in Pakistan other than the
state monopoly PTCL. This opens an array of business opportunities, being the
provider of bandwidth to multi-national companies, as well as other retail ISPs
in the country. The second area of business for NetSol eR is in building
eBusiness solutions, proprietary tools and eCommunities. This plan is further
implemented by the acquisition of SuperNet AG, Germany and the imminent launch
of NetSol eR, USA in Calabasas, California.
SuperNet has two distinct revenue streams. First is from SuperNet's
specialization in building Internet communities. They successfully deployed a
number of these communities prior to acquisition. Subsequently, a number of new
communities have gone online generating millions of page impressions per month
(e.g. Superflirt.de and Supergamer.de). SuperNet is also filling a big gap in
the German market as an e-Business solution provider and integrator. As of
September 2000, SuperNet has won three contracts to deploy full blown e-business
solutions for Matrix42, World online and iLAS. The German market, like the US,
is facing a severe shortage of IT resources. For the first time ever it has
opened immigration for IT engineers from the Indian sub-continent i.e. Pakistan
and India. NetSol is already leveraging this opportunity and is moving a number
of its engineers from Lahore, Pakistan to support SuperNet in providing highly
sought after skills such as JAVA, EnterpriseJAVA Beans (EJB), Oracle, C++ Visual
C, to the German marketplace. The acquisition of SuperNet is executing NetSol's
strategy to have presence in the e-commerce space in major regions of Europe,
the US and Asia. Our business model allows us to sell services into these
markets and benefit from the cost arbitrage that exists as a result of our
ability to sell in United States Dollars, British Pounds and German Mark and buy
in Rupees. NetSol has effectively and efficiently made entry into e-commerce
segment, which has been a strategic part of our business plan.
In March 2000, the Company entered into a Software Distribution Agreement and a
Software Development Agreement with CFS Group LTD, a company formed under the
laws of the United Kingdom. In the Software Distribution Agreement, the Company
granted CFS an exclusive right to sell certain products for 50% of the license
fee it obtains from its customers. In the Software Development Agreement, CFS
granted certain software development to NetSol. These products (PMS, ePOS, SMS,
WFS) are being customized as per CFS requirements for the North American market.
They are scheduled to be completed by December 2000. In the meanwhile, CFS has
already initiated marketing efforts to sell these products in the North American
market. In the Software Development Agreement, CFS granted certain software
development to NetSol. Training of NetSol developers on CFS product CLPr has
been completed and the software development is being done as per customer
requirements at Lahore. Training of NetSol developers on CFS product CLLM is
currently underway and is scheduled to be completed by October 2000, and will be
followed by Software Development at Lahore.
The Company broke ground for its Technology Campus in January 2000. Initially,
the Company anticipated the completion of Phase 1 (of three phases) by fall
2000, but due to the delay in financing activities the completion is expected
now in the second quarter of 2001. The campus is expected to house over 3,000
I/T professionals and is approximately 3 acres in size. The campus site is
located in the second largest city of Lahore in Pakistan which has a population
of 6 million. An educational and cultural center, the city is home to several
leading universities of Engineering and Technology founded in 1961 and FAST, the
largest computer research and training institute in Pakistan. The city is also
the home of The University of Punjab founded in 1882, the oldest university in
Pakistan.
The Company selected this site after careful consideration and research of the
long-term benefits of the location and return on investment. Due to the fast
growth of technology business in Pakistan, the city of Lahore is fast becoming
the Silicon Valley of Pakistan. Just recently several multi-national IT related
firms have launched their presence in Lahore. The Company is making this
investment to attract contracts and projects from blue chips customers from all
over the world. This campus will be the first purpose built software building
with state of the art technology and communications infrastructure. Initially,
the Company anticipated the completion of Phase 1 by fall 2000, but due to the
delay in financing activities the completion is expected now in the second
quarter of 2001. However, the Company has already leased a second building to
accommodate the growing numbers of engineers and programmers. After the
completion of the first phase, about 600 programmers can be accommodated.
Globally, NetSol has major offices in the United States, Australia, Germany,
Pakistan and United Kingdom. The Company provides substantially the same
services to its international customers that it provides to its U.S. customers.
PEOPLE AND CULTURE
The Company has developed a strong corporate culture that is critical to its
success. Its key values are client-focused timely delivery; leadership;
long-term relationships; creativity; openness and transparency; and professional
growth. The services provided by NetSol require proficiency in many fields, such
as computer sciences, programming, mathematics, physics, engineering, and
Presentation and Communication skills. The majority of our software developers
are proficient in the English language as English is the second most spoken
language in Pakistan and is mandatory in middle schools and high schools.
To encourage the achievement of these values, we reward teamwork and promote
individuals who demonstrate these values. NetSol offers all of its employees
opportunity to participate in its stock option program. Also, the Company has an
intensive orientation program for new employees to introduce our core values and
a number of internal communications and training initiatives defining and
promoting these core values. We believe that our growth and success are
attributable in large part to the high caliber of our employees and our
commitment to maintain the values on which our success has been based.
There is significant competition for employees with the skills required to
perform the services we offer. We believe that we have been successful in our
efforts to attract and retain employees, in part because of our emphasis on our
core values, training and professional growth. We intend to continue to recruit,
hire and promote employees who share our values.
As of June 30, 2000, we had 354 full-time employees; comprised of 295 I/T
project personnel, 30 employees in general and administration and 29 employees
in sales and marketing. None of our employees are subject to a collective
bargaining agreement. We believe that we have excellent relationships with our
employees and our attrition rate for the Company is less than 10%.
COMPETITION
A single company or a small number of companies does not dominate the I/T market
in which the Company competes. A substantial number of companies offer services
that overlap and are competitive with those offered by NetSol. Some of these are
large industrial firms, including computer manufacturers and computer consulting
firms that have greater financial resources than NetSol and, in some cases, may
have greater capacity to perform services similar to those provided by NetSol.
Some of the competitors of the Company are Research Machines, Ltd.; Viglen
Computers, Ltd.; and Akhtar, Ltd.; all based in the United Kingdom. In Pakistan
our ISP business is in competition with Cybernet, SuperNet, etc. In the software
development we are now competing with some of the oldest
software houses like Systems Ltd, Techlogix, Softnet and CrestSoft. In the
leasing and finance sectors, we have global competition with Data Scan of
Atlanta, Decisions Software, Inc., Tenhill, Southpac Australia and a few others.
In terms of offshore development, we are in competition with some of the Indian
companies such as InfoSys, Satyam, Infoway and others.
Many of the competitors of NetSol have longer operating history, larger client
bases, and longer relationships with clients, greater brand or name recognition
and significantly greater financial, technical, and public relations resources
than NetSol. There are relatively low barriers to entry into the Internet
professional services market. As a result, new market entrants pose a threat to
NetSol's business. Existing or future competitors may develop or offer services
that are comparable or superior to ours at a lower price, which could have a
material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of
operations.
CUSTOMERS
Some of NetSol customers include Mercedes Benz Finance - Singapore; Mercedes
Benz Leasing - Thailand; Debis Portfolio Systems, UK and Mercedes Benz Finance -
Australia. In addition, NetSol provides off shore development and customized I/T
solutions to blue chip customers such as ICI of UK, CFS Group, PLC and 1st Net
Technologies, Inc., USA. CFS with its recent merger with Decision Systems Inc.
has now become one of the largest companies in the world in the asset based
lending software business. Their customer base has grown to over 650 companies.
This opens up a significant marketing channel for NetSol. Our agreement to
perform customization work for CFS opens the door to their customer base. We
would leverage that to offer our offshore development services for the
customers' other software needs. No customers singly account for more than 10%
of total revenues.
The Internet
The Company is committed to regaining and extending the advantages of its direct
model approach by moving even greater volumes of product sales, service and
support to the Internet. The Internet, perhaps the purest and most efficient
form of direct model, provides greater convenience and efficiency to customers
and, in turn, to the Company. Since its launch in April 2000 the Company was
receiving in excess of 3,473 visits per month to www.netsol-Intl.com.
Through its Web site, customers, potential customers and investors can access a
wide range of information about the Company's product offerings, can configure
and purchase systems on-line and can access volumes of support and technical
information about the Company.
OPERATIONS
The Company's headquarters are in Calabasas, California. In fiscal 2000, the
Company enhanced its internal operation at the parent level by hiring a CFO,
in-house corporate counsel and a corporate controller. In addition, the Company
engaged a new Investor Relations and Public Relations firm Cramer-Krasselt. The
Company moved its headquarters to new larger premises in Calabasas, California
in October 2000.
Nearly all of the production and development is conducted at NetSol PVT in
Lahore, Pakistan. The majority of the marketing is conducted through NetSol UK,
NetSol USA and Abraxas who also service and support the clients in Europe and
USA. NetSol PK services and supports the customers in the Asia Pacific and South
Asia regions.
NetSol UK's main function is to support and provide consulting services to the
UK based customers. NetSol has a staff of IT professionals and administrative
personnel to perform these services.
Our newly acquired subsidiary in Germany provides services to the local
customers for both Business-to-Business and Business to Customers. This has
given NetSol a strong platform to market and penetrate in one of the most
dynamic European markets.
NetSol USA functions as the service provider for the US based customers both in
the consulting services area as well as in the project management. In addition,
the Virginia office provides greater access to the emerging markets on the east
coast.
RISK FACTORS
The following important factors, among others, could cause our actual results to
differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements made in
this Annual Report on Form 10-KSB or presented elsewhere by management from time
to time.
IF WE DO NOT ATTRACT AND RETAIN QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL STAFF, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE
TO ADEQUATELY PERFORM OUR CLIENT ENGAGEMENTS, WHICH COULD LIMIT ACCEPT OUR
ABILITY TO NEW CLIENT ENGAGEMENTS
Our business is labor intensive and our success depends in large part upon our
ability to attract, retain, train and motivate highly skilled employees. Because
of the rapid growth in the Information Technology or I/T sector, there is
intense competition for employees who have modeling, creative design, technical
and program management experience. In addition, the Internet has created many
opportunities for people with the skills we seek to form their own companies or
join startup companies
and these opportunities frequently offer the potential for significant future
financial profit through equity incentives which we cannot match. We may not be
successful in attracting a sufficient number of highly skilled employees in the
future, or in retaining, training and motivating the employees we are able to
attract. Any inability to attract, retain, train and motivate employees could
impair our ability to adequately manage and complete existing projects and to
bid for or accept new client engagements.
IF WE DO NOT MANAGE OUR GROWTH EFFECTIVELY, OUR OPERATING RESULTS WILL BE
ADVERSELY AFFECTED
Our growth has placed significant demands on our management and other resources.
Our revenues increased approximately 100% from $3.5 million (restated) in 1999
to $7.0 million in 2000. Our staff increased from 112 full-time employees at
June 30, 1999 to 354 at June 30, 2000. Our future success will depend on our
ability to manage our growth effectively, including by:
- developing and improving our operational, financial and other internal
systems;
- integrating and managing acquired businesses, joint ventures and
strategic investments;
- training, motivating and managing our employees;
- estimating fixed-price fees and project timeframes accurately;
- maintaining high rates of employee utilization; and
- maintaining project quality and client satisfaction.
We have significant fixed operating costs, which may be difficult to adjust in
response to unanticipated fluctuations in revenues.
A high percentage of our operating expenses, particularly personnel and rent,
are fixed in advance of any particular quarter. As a result, unanticipated
variations in the number, or progress toward completion, of our projects may
cause significant variations in operating results in any particular quarter and
could have a material adverse effect on operations for that quarter.
An unanticipated termination of a major project, a client's decision not to
proceed with a project we anticipated, or the completion during a quarter of
several major client projects could require us to maintain underutilized
employees and could therefore have a material adverse effect on our business,
financial condition and results of operations. Our revenues and earnings may
also fluctuate from quarter to quarter based on such factors as:
- the contractual terms and timing of completion of projects;
- any delays incurred in connection with projects;
- the adequacy of provisions for losses and bad debts;
- the accuracy of our estimates of resources required to complete
ongoing projects; and general economic conditions.
IF BUSINESSES DO NOT INCREASE THEIR USE OF THE INTERNET AS A MEANS FOR
CONDUCTING COMMERCE, OUR REVENUES WILL BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED
One of the sources of our revenue is use of our software on-line. We have spent
our resources to develop our software so that it will be used via the Internet.
Our future success depends on the increased acceptance and use of the Internet
as a means for conducting commerce. If commerce on the Internet does not
continue to grow, or grows more slowly than expected, revenue growth would slow
or decline and our business, financial condition and results of operations would
be materially adversely affected. Consumers and businesses may delay adoption of
the Internet as a viable medium for commerce for a number of reasons not within
our control, including:
- inadequate network infrastructure;
- delays in the development of Internet enabling technologies and
performance improvements;
- delays in the development or adoption of new standards and protocols
required to handle increased levels of Internet activity;
- delays in the development of security and authentication technology
necessary to effect secure transmission of confidential information;
- changes in, or insufficient availability of, telecommunications
services to support the Internet; and
- failure of companies to meet their customers' expectations in
delivering goods and services over the Internet.
INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION OF OUR BUSINESS COULD RESULT IN FINANCIAL LOSSES DUE TO
CHANGES IN FOREIGN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OR FLUCTUATIONS IN CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE
RATES
We expect to continue to expand our international operations. We currently have
offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, Pakistan and Australia. We have limited
experience in marketing, selling and providing our services internationally.
International operations are subject to other inherent risks, including:
- recessions in foreign countries;
- fluctuations in currency exchange rates;
- difficulties and costs of staffing and managing foreign operations;
- reduced protection for intellectual property in some countries;
- political instability or changes in regulatory requirements or
overthrowing the current government in the foreign countries; and
- U.S. imposed restrictions on the import and export of technologies.
WE DEPEND HEAVILY ON A LIMITED NUMBER OF CLIENT PROJECTS AND THE LOSS OF ANY
WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR OPERATING RESULTS
We have derived, and believe that we will continue to derive, a significant
portion of our revenues from a limited number of clients for whom we perform
large projects. For the year ended June 30, 2000, our four largest clients
accounted for over 30% of our revenues. In addition, revenues from a large
client may constitute a significant portion of our total revenues in a
particular quarter. The loss of any principal client for any reason, including
as a result of the acquisition of that client by another entity, could have a
material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of
operations.
IF WE ARE UNABLE TO ACHIEVE ANTICIPATED BENEFITS FROM ACQUISITIONS, JOINT
VENTURES AND STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS, OUR BUSINESS COULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED
During the past year, we have completed four acquisitions and entered into one
alliance. The anticipated benefits from these and future acquisitions, joint
ventures and strategic investments may not be achieved. For example, when we
acquire a company, we cannot be certain that customers of the acquired business
will continue to do business with us or that employees of the acquired business
will continue their employment or become well integrated into our operations and
culture. The identification, consummation and integration of acquisitions, joint
ventures and strategic investments require substantial attention from
management. The diversion of the attention of management relating to these
activities, as well as any difficulties encountered in the integration process,
could have an adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of
operations.
IF ANY CLIENT UNEXPECTEDLY TERMINATES THEIR CONTRACTS WITH US OUR BUSINESS COULD
BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED
Our clients, with limited advance notice and without significant penalty, can
cancel some of our contracts. Termination by any client of a contract for our
services could result in a loss of expected revenues and additional expenses for
staff which were allocated to that client's project. The cancellation or a
significant reduction in the scope of a large project could have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
OUR STOCK PRICE IS VOLATILE AND MAY RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL LOSSES FOR INVESTORS
The trading price of our common stock could be subject to wide fluctuations in
response to:
- quarterly variations in operating results and our achievement of key
business metrics;
- changes in earnings estimates by securities analysts;
- any differences between reported results and securities analysts'
published or unpublished expectations;
- announcements of new contracts or service offerings by us or our
competitors;
- market reaction to any acquisitions, joint ventures or strategic
investments announced by us or our competitors;
- general economic or stock market conditions unrelated to our operating
performance; and
- In the past, securities class action litigation has often been
instituted against companies following periods of volatility in the
market price of their securities. This type of litigation could result
in substantial costs and a diversion of management attention and
resources.
IF WE DO NOT KEEP PACE WITH TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES, OUR COMPETITIVE POSITION WILL
SUFFER
Our markets and the technologies used in our solutions are characterized by
rapid technological change. Failure to respond in a timely and cost-effective
way to these technological developments would have a material adverse effect on
our business, financial condition and results of operations. We expect to derive
a substantial portion of our revenues from providing software that is based upon
leading technologies and that is capable of adapting to future technologies. As
a result, our success will depend on our ability to offer services that keep
pace with continuing changes in technology, evolving industry standards and
changing client preferences. We may not be successful in addressing future
developments on a timely basis. Our failure to keep pace with the latest
technological developments would have a material adverse effect on our business,
financial condition and results of operations.
WE FACE SIGNIFICANT COMPETITION IN MARKETS THAT ARE NEW AND RAPIDLY CHANGING
The markets for the services we provide are highly competitive. We believe that
we currently compete principally with strategy consulting firms, Internet
professional services firms, systems integration firms, software developers,
technology vendors and internal information systems groups. Many of the
companies that provide services in our markets have significantly greater
financial, technical and
marketing resources than we do and generate greater revenues and have greater
name recognition than we do. In addition, there are relatively low barriers to
entry into our markets and we have faced, and expect to continue to face
competition from new entrants into our markets.
We believe that the principal competitive factors in our markets include:
- ability to integrate strategy, experience modeling, creative design
and technology services;
- quality of service, speed of delivery and price;
- industry knowledge;
- sophisticated project and program management capability; and
- Internet technology expertise and talent.
We believe that our ability to compete also depends in part on a number of
competitive factors outside our control, including:
- the ability of our competitors to hire, retain and motivate
professional staff;
- the development by others of Internet services or software that is
competitive with our solutions; and
- the extent of our competitors' responsiveness to client needs.
There can be no assurance that we will be able to compete successfully in our
markets.
IF WE ARE UNABLE TO PROTECT OUR PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE, OUR BUSINESS COULD BE
ADVERSELY AFFECTED
Our success depends, in part, upon our proprietary software and other
intellectual property rights. We rely upon a combination of trade secrets,
nondisclosure and other contractual arrangements, and copyright and trademark
laws to protect our proprietary rights. We enter into confidentiality agreements
with our employees, generally require that our consultants and clients enter
into these agreements, and limit access to and distribution of our proprietary
information. There can be no assurance that the steps we take in this regard
will be adequate to deter misappropriation of our proprietary information or
that we will be able to detect unauthorized use and take appropriate steps to
enforce our intellectual property rights. In addition, although we believe that
our services and products do not infringe on the intellectual property rights of
others, there can be no assurance that infringement claims will not be asserted
against us in the future, or that if asserted that any infringement claim will
be successfully defended. A successful claim against us could materially
adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
WE MAY NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO RESELL OR REUSE SOFTWARE DEVELOPED FOR SPECIFIC
CLIENTS
A portion of our business involves the development of software for specific
client engagements. Ownership of these solutions is the subject of negotiation
and is frequently assigned to the client, although we may retain a license for
certain uses. Some clients have prohibited us from marketing the
software developed for them for specified periods of time or to specified third
parties and there can be no assurance that clients will not demand similar or
other restrictions in the future. Issues relating to the ownership of and rights
to use solutions can be complicated and there can be no assurance that disputes
will not arise that affects our ability to resell or reuse these solutions. Any
limitation on our ability to resell or reuse a solution could require us to
incur additional expenses to develop new solutions for future projects.
WE ARE DEPENDENT ON OUR KEY PERSONNEL
Our success will depend in large part upon the continued services of a number of
key employees, including Messrs. Salim Ghauri, Najeeb Ghauri and Naeem Ghauri.
The loss of the services of either of these or of one or more of our other key
personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial
condition and results of operations. In addition, if one or more of our key
employees resigns from NetSol to join a competitor or to form a competing
company, the loss of such personnel and any resulting loss of existing or
potential clients to any such competitor could have a material adverse effect on
our business, financial condition and results of operations. In the event of the
loss of any personnel, there can be no assurance that we would be able to
prevent the unauthorized disclosure or use of our technical knowledge, practices
or procedures by such personnel.
ITEM 2 - PROPERTIES
The Company formerly leased approximately an 800 square feet office facility in
Calabasas, California as its headquarters. The month-to-month lease required
monthly payments of approximately $2,300. The Company moved to its new
headquarters in Calabasas, California with its subsidiary NetSol eR, Inc. in
October 2000. The new facilities, which house NetSol eR and NetSol, are
approximately 4,690 rentable square feet and the monthly rent for both NetSol eR
and NetSol is $11,490.50 per month. The term of this new lease is for seven
years. The new facilities are located at 24025 Park Sorrento, Calabasas, CA.
91302.
Other Leased properties as of
September 30, 2000
Approximate Square Feet Purpose/Use
Australia.................1,250 Computer and General Office
Facility
Germany...................2,450 Computer and General Office
Facility
Pakistan.................30,000 Computer and General Office
Facility
United Kingdom............2,400 General Office
Virginia..................1,254 General Office
Upon expiration of its leases, the Company does not anticipate any difficulty in
obtaining renewals or alternative space. Lease expiration dates range from
fiscal 2001 through 2004.
Technology Campus
The Company broke ground for its Technology Campus in January 2000. The campus
is expected to house over 3,000 I/T professionals and is approximately 3 acres
in size. The campus site is located in the
second largest city of Lahore in Pakistan which has a population of 6 million.
An educational and cultural center, the city is home to several leading
universities of Engineering and Technology founded in 1961 and FAST, the largest
computer research and training institute in Pakistan. The city can boast for The
University of Punjab founded in 1882, the oldest university in Pakistan.
NetSol selected this site after careful consideration and research of the
long-term benefits of the location and return on investment. Due to the fast
growth of technology business in Pakistan, the city of Lahore is fast becoming
the Silicon Valley of Pakistan. Just recently quite a few multi-national IT
related firms have launched their presence in Lahore. NetSol is making this
investment to ultimately attract much bigger contracts and projects from the
major and blue chips customers from all over the world. This campus will be the
first and fully dedicated software building with state of the Art technology and
communications infrastructure. Initially, NetSol anticipated the completion of
Phase 1 (of three phases) by fall 2000, but due to the delay in financing
activities the completion is expected now in the second quarter of 2001.
However, the company has already leased a second building to accommodate the
growing numbers of engineers and programmers. After the completion of Phase 1,
about 600 programmers can be accommodated.
There are over 8 universities and technology schools that NetSol visits to build
its employee pool from. In addition, there is a new airport being constructed
only 2.7 kilometers from the technology campus. The campus is estimated to cost
approximately three million dollars and it will consist of three buildings to
house all the IT professionals. The campus will have offices, a training center,
a cafeteria, a gym, a mosque and a few resting quarters for the employees. To
the best knowledge of the Company there are no other technology campuses that
are in existence in Lahore. Since the building is in the construction stage,
there is no issue of insurance.
ITEM 3 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The Company is currently party to one dispute filed by its former Chief
Financial Officer and director, Gill Champion, which involves litigation. The
plaintiff filed a Complaint for Declaratory Relief on May 9, 2000 in the Los
Angeles, CA Superior Court (Case No. BC229642). The plaintiff contends that,
on or about May 29, 1998, he was granted 120,000 options at a $.01 per share
exercise price. The Company has responded that the options were originally
granted by the Board to all board members but later all of the directors
agreed to forego such grant, and none received such options as the Plaintiff
claims were granted him. The parties are in the discovery stage of the
proceeding. The Company denies the allegations and is currently defending the
action and believes it will win on its merits.
ITEM 4 - SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
NONE.
PART II
ITEM 5 - MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS;
RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
(a) MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
MARKET INFORMATION - Common stock of NetSol International, Inc. is listed and
traded on NASDAQ Small Cap under the ticker symbol "NTWK."
The table shows the high and low intra-day prices of the Company's common stock
as reported on the composite tape of the NASDAQ for each quarter during the last
two fiscal years and through December 31, 2000.
Calendar 2000 1999 1998
Quarter High Low High Low High Low
1st 65 46.25 3.03 2.75
2nd 48.75 16.06 3.43 2.50
3rd 25.50 18.12 5.12 4.93 6.00 4.75
4th 25.50 4.50 18.56 8.56 6.00 3.00
HOLDERS - As of January 3, 2001, the number of registered shareholders of the
Company's common stock was 163. This does not include the holders that have
their shares held in a depository trust in "street" name. As of January 3, 2001,
11,125,633 shares were issued and outstanding.
DIVIDENDS - The Company has not paid cash dividends on its Common Stock in the
past and does not anticipate doing so in the foreseeable future. The Company
currently intends to retain future earnings, if any, to fund the development and
growth of its business.
(b) RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
The Company conducted two private placements in Fiscal Years 1999 and 2000:
(1) During August to December 1999, the Company issued and sold 633,366
shares of common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,553,661 in a private
placement.
(2) During November 1999, the Company issued 8% notes payable which were
convertible to common shares at $6.50 per share. The Company raised a total
of $350,000 of which $250,000 was converted into 38,462 shares. In connection
with this note offering, the Company issued non-detachable warrants to
purchase 57,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $6.50 per
share. The Company also issed 9,231 shares of common stock and warrants to
purchase 9,600 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $6.50 per
share to its broker, JS Capital, as a commission. Offering cost of $60,000
has been recognized related to this offering.
For all private placements, the Company relied upon the registration
requirements exemption of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and
restricted securities were sold only to accredited investors.
ITEM 6 - MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
The Company's objective is to maximize stockholder value by executing a strategy
that focuses on a balance of three priorities: growth, profitability and
liquidity. The following discussion highlights the Company's performance in the
context of these priorities. This discussion should be read in conjunction with
the Consolidated Financial Statements, including the related notes.
Business Combinations
THE COMPANY COMPLETED FOUR BUSINESS COMBINATIONS DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,
2000. THESE ARE LISTED BELOW IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
ACQUISITION OF MINDSOURCES, INC.
On August 13, 1999, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, NetSol
USA, Inc. acquired 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Mindsources, Inc., a
Virginia, USA based company, through the issuance of 250,000 shares of
restricted common shares of the Company for an aggregate purchase price of
approximately $1,260,000. This acquisition was accounted for using the purchase
method of accounting under Accounting Principles Bulletin No. 16 ("APB 16"), and
accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to the assets purchased and
liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values as determined by
management on the date of acquisition, which approximated net assets of
$900,000. The Company allocated the purchase price to customer lists acquired,
and this amount is being amortized straight line over 15 years from the date of
acquisition. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of
the net assets acquired, approximately $360,000, was recorded as goodwill, and
is being amortized straight line over the estimated useful life of 15 years from
the date of acquisition.
ACQUISITION OF NETWORK SOLUTIONS LIMITED
On August 18, 1999, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding capital stock
of Network Solutions Group Limited and Subsidiaries, a United Kingdom Company,
through the issuance of 155,000 shares of restricted common shares of the
Company for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $940,000. This
acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting under APB
16, and accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to the assets purchased
and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values on the date of
acquisition, which approximated the negative net book value of $700,000. The
management of the Company allocated approximately $600,000 to customer lists,
which is being amortized straight line over 15 years from the date of
acquisition. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of
the net assets acquired, approximately $1,040,000, was recorded as goodwill, and
is being amortized straight line over the estimated useful life of 15 years from
the date of acquisition.
ACQUISITION OF ABRAXAS AUSTRALIA PTY, LIMITED
On January 3, 2000, the Company issued 150,000 restricted common shares in
exchange for 100% of the outstanding capital stock of Abraxas Australia Pty,
Limited, an Australian Company. This business combination was accounted for
using the pooling of interest method of accounting under APB 16, and,
accordingly, the audited financial statements have been restated to show the
results of operations as if the combination had occurred at the beginning of all
periods presented. Selected financial information of the combining entities
under the pooling of interest method of Business Combination is presented below.
ACQUISITION OF SUPERNET AG
On May 2, 2000, the Company issued 425,600 restricted common shares in exchange
for 100% of the outstanding capital stock of SuperNet AG, a German Company. This
business combination was accounted for using the pooling of interest method of
accounting under APB 16, and accordingly, the audited financial statements have
been restated to show the results of operations as if the combination had
occurred at the beginning of all periods presented. Selected financial
information of the combining entities under the pooling of interest method of
Business Combination is presented below.
Due to the pooling of interest method of accounting for the acquisitions of
Abraxas and SuperNet AG, the consolidated financial statements are restated to
show the effects of the acquired business as if they were acquired at the
beginning of the earliest period presented in the current audited financial
statements. Thus, the consolidated income statement for the year ended June 30,
1999 has been appropriately restated as is presented here to allow for a
meaningful comparative discussion of results of operations for the years ended
June 30, 2000 to June 30, 1999.
RESTATEMENT OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1999:
TOTAL
NETSOL CONSOLIDATED
SUPERNET AG ABRAXAS INTERNATIONAL & RESTATED
Net Revenue $ 24,100 $519,714 $ 3,002,107 $ 3,545,921
Operating Expenses $ 220,829 $259,134 $ 2,872,953 $ 3,352,907
Net income (loss) $(286,106) $ 48,561 $(1,756,234) $(1,993,770)
Before extraordinary Item
Extraordinary item-gain on
extinguishments of debt - - $ 129,500 $ 129,500
Net income (loss) $(286,106) $ 48,561 $(1,626,734) $(1,864,279)
Net loss per share-basic
and diluted $ (0.44) $ (0.43)
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 COMPARED TO THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1999
Net revenues for the year ended June 30, 2000 were 6,984,539 compared to
3,545,921 (restated) for the year ended June 30, 1999. This amounts to an
increase of approximately 97% from the prior year after the restatement, or
approximately 132% before restatement of the prior year due to pooling of
interest accounting treatment as discussed above. Net revenues is broken out
among the subsidiaries as follows:
2000 1999 (restated)
NetSol UK/Network Solutions $ 2,106,041 $ 2,236,219
Group
NetSol PK $ 3,325,478 $ 765,888
Abraxas $ 355,693 $ 519,714
SuperNet AG $ 309,389 $ 24,100
MindSource, Inc. $ 887,938 $ n/a
Total Net Revenues $ 6,984,539 $ 3,545,921
The Company experienced a significant revenue increase from the prior year for
NetSol PK. This was attributable to several factors. NetSol PK was awarded
several new projects for the fiscal year 2000 relating to lease and finance
applications from various new and repeat customers, as compared to the prior
year where revenues were generated more from consulting services. NetSol PK also
added CFS, First Net Technologies and some local industries in Pakistan as new
customers. Due to the maturity of the lease and finance products, The Company is
positioning itself to market these licenses to the North
American and other global markets. The Company anticipates the growth pattern
for NetSol PK to continue to grow steadily in the coming fiscal year due to
product maturity and market demand with several existing customers, among them
CFS, Daimler-Chrysler and other leasing and finance companies. NetSol PK
anticipates benefiting from the September 2000 acquisition made by CFS of
Decision Systems, Inc. by having a larger customer base and marketing resources.
The Company experienced a downturn in its consulting revenues in the UK markets
in fiscal 2000 compared to fiscal 1999. The acquisition of Network Solutions
Group in fiscal 2000 (terms of the acquisition discussed above) caused the
Company to experience integration challenges such as employee retention, which
affected the business adversely. The downturn in consulting revenues was largely
attributable to a decrease in network services caused by a slowdown in new
orders a result of the well-publicized Y2K problem. Management has now
streamlined the operations group by hiring new key employees and reducing
overhead expenses significantly. This strategy will assist the UK operations in
obtaining higher revenues and improved operating results. Through a strategic
acquisition of Abraxas Australia, the Company wanted to provide products and
services to existing and potential new customers in Australia. Abraxas
experienced a downturn in revenues in fiscal 2000 from fiscal 1999 due largely
to delays by customers caused by Y2K related problems. Abraxas has key software
products, which are being developed in NetSol PK development facility, which
will be marketed in Australia as well as other markets. These products are
targeted towards the banking, insurance and leasing and finance industries.
Management believes that the prospects for the future of Abraxas are to have
steady sales growth because of an enhanced product line and by expanding its
customer base. Another strategic acquisition was the acquisition of Mindsources,
Inc. by NetSol USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for the purpose of
launching the Company's presence in North America. The Company is aligning
itself to seize the opportunities in the growing IT consulting and services
industry along the East coast of North America. Outsourcing IT professionals at
competitive prices is the primary generator of Mindsources revenues. Since the
acquisition in August 1999, Mindsources generated revenues of $887,938. The
Company believes that a steady, yet strong sales growth is for fiscal 2001 is
reasonable based upon new business generated since year-end and the ability to
further penetrate the IT market.
Gross profit improved to 48.7% of revenues in fiscal 2000, compared to 42.9% in
fiscal 1999 (restated due to pooling of interest accounting). The improvement is
largely based upon the growth of revenues in NetSol PK as NetSol PK contributes
a strong gross profit percentage to the overall consolidated financial
statements. 1999 margins were also strong and the Company was working on
increasing its revenue volume in fiscal 2000 to capitalize on the strong
contributions made by not only NetSol PK, but also the other subsidiaries.
Operating expenses were $7,292,993 for the year ended June 30, 2000 as compared
to $3,352,907 (restated from $2,872,953 per the table above due to pooling of
interest accounting) for the year ended June 30, 1999. During the years ended
June 30, 2000 and 1999, the Company issued 252,500 and 235,000 restricted common
shares in exchange for services rendered, respectively. The Company recorded
this non-cash compensation expense of $1,017,575 and $710,866 for the years
ended June 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively. Total professional service expense,
including non-cash compensation, was $1,926,188 and $1,210,068 for the years
ended June 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively. During the years ended June 30, 2000
and 1999, respectively, the Company recorded depreciation and amortization
expense of $1,408,873 and $373,363. The increase in the current fiscal year is
attributable to the amortization of goodwill and other intangible assets for a
full twelve months, as opposed to approximately 3 months in the prior fiscal
year. Operating expenses in total, including all general and administrative
expenses, have also increased as a result of higher salaries and related costs
primarily due to additional staff at all levels of the Company and the
continuing building of the Company's infrastructure, both at the parent level
and the subsidiary level. Salaries and wages expenses were $1,684,318 and
$644,477 for the years ended June 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively. General and
administrative expenses were $2,055,478 and $645,896 for the years ended June
30, 2000 and 1999,
respectively. Operating results for both fiscal 2000 and 1999 were impacted as
the Company applied pooling of interest accounting rules to two of its four
acquisitions - Abraxas in Australia and SuperNet AG of Germany. Its consolidated
statement of operations includes the operations of both Abraxas and SuperNet AG
for both years ended June 30, 2000 and June 30, 1999. This resulted in the
inclusion of net revenues of $665,082 and $543,814, and operating expenses of
$782,961 and $479,954 for the years ended June 30, 2000 and June 30, 1999,
respectively. Selling and marketing expenses decreased to $218,136 for the year
ended June 30, 2000 from $479,103 for the year ended June 30, 1999, largely
attributable to the pooling of interest treatment of both Abraxas and Supernet
AG in fiscal 1999. The Company also incurred acquisition costs directly related
to these two acquisitions of $155,750 that is appropriately included in current
year operating expenses.
Net loss was $3,401,076 for the year ended June 30, 2000 as compared to
$1,864,279 (restated) for the year ended June 30, 1999. This resulted in a loss
per share, basic and diluted, of $0.35 for fiscal 2000 as compared with $0.43
(restated) for fiscal 1999.
The Company's cash position was $4,731,046 at June 30, 2000. This is presented
on the audited financial statements as $2,981,046 as cash and cash equivalents,
and a total $1,750,000 as certificates of deposit, of which $750,000 is included
in other assets.
During the second and third quarters of the year ending June 30, 2000, a
principal stockholder, purchased and sold shares of the Company's common stock
on the public market within the same six-month period in connection with Section
16(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. The Short Swing Profits of
$1,427,145 arising from the sale of these shares of common stock were recovered
by the Company in June 2000 and are presented as a contribution to additional
paid in capital in the statement of stockholders' equity in the audited
financial statements.
Income Taxes
Deferred income taxes are reported using the liability method. Deferred tax
assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and deferred tax
liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary
differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets generated by the Company or
any of its subsidiaries are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the
opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of
the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and
liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the
date of enactment. Deferred tax assets resulting for the net operating losses
are reduced in full by a valuation allowance.
Liquidity And Capital Resources
At June 30, 2000, the Company's working capital (current assets less current
liabilities) totaled $4.73 million, an increase of $5.09 million since June 30,
1999 (June 30, 1999 restated for pooling of interest accounting as discussed
previously and in footnotes to audited financial statements). The Company
utilizes working capital to fund both existing operations, for anticipated
capital expenditures and further development of new business. At June 30, 2000,
due to its strong cash position, the Company has elected to not set up a
revolving credit facility, but is evaluating various financing activities which
will enable the Company to execute it business plan and meet its capital demands
in the coming year. The Company's principle capital requirements have been to
fund acquisitions, working capital, and capital expenditures. The Company does
not believe that the nature of their software sales contracts will have a
negative material impact upon its liquidity. In the opinion of management, the
Company currently has sufficient funds and adequate financial sources available
to provide it with liquidity to meet its current foreseeable cash needs for at
least the next year. Management believes that its anticipated cash flows
from financing and investing activities, existing cash balances and any newly
sought after borrowings and private raises, will be sufficient for the
foreseeable future to finance anticipated working capital requirements and
capital expenditures.
Dividends and Redemption
It has been the Company's policy to invest earnings in the growth of the Company
rather than distribute earnings as dividends. This policy, under which dividends
have not been paid since the Company's inception and is expected to continue,
but is subject to regular review by the Board of Directors.
Year 2000
As previously reported in the Company's fiscal 1999 10-KSB, the Company did not
experience any significant problems caused by year 2000 issues related to the
Company's internal systems, contractual obligations to customers or
non-performance of suppliers in December 1999 and continuing on to the year
2000. Based on currently available information, the Company does not expect any
future year 2000 issues.
Euro Introduction
On January 1, 1999 the Euro currency was introduced in 11 of the 15 member
countries in the European Union. Although Euro notes and coins will not be
available until the latter part of the transition period in 2002, the Euro is
traded on the currency exchanges and is available for non-cash transactions.
The Company was ready by January 1, 1999 to deal with any customer or supplier
who wished to transact in Euro's and all European intercompany transactions
since January 1,1999 have been invoiced and settled in Euro's in the
participating countries. The Company's European operations has completed the
development of the infrastructure that provides all the internal systems
functionality required to deal with the Euro during the transition period and
thereafter. The transition period lasts until July 2002 when the national
currencies will no longer is legal tender. The incremental system cost to NetSol
of introducing the Euro will not be material.
As of June 30, 2000, the transition to the Euro has not resulted in any material
adverse impact on NetSol's financial positions or results of operations. All of
the contracts NetSol enters into are either in U.S. dollars or pound sterling.
NetSol does not believe or expect the conversion to have a material impact on
its overall financial position or results of operations.
New Accounting Pronouncements
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued SFAS No.
133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." This
statement requires all derivatives to be recorded on the balance sheet at fair
value and establishes accounting standards for hedging activities. In June 1999,
the FASB issued SFAS No. 137, which amended SFAS No. 133 by deferring its
effective date by one year to fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000. The
Company anticipates that due to its limited use of derivative instruments, if
any, the adoption of SFAS No. 133 will not have a material impact on its
consolidated financial position or results of operations.
During 1998, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants issued
Statement of Position ("SOP") 98-1, "Accounting for the Costs of Computer
Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use." This statement requires the
capitalization of internal use computer software costs provided that certain
criteria are met. These capitalized software costs will be amortized on a
straight-line basis over
the useful life of the software. The adoption of this statement had no material
impact on the company's consolidated financial position, results of operations
or cash flows.
In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 101 ("SAB 101"), "Revenue Recognition in Financial
Statements." SAB 101 summarizes the SEC's view in applying generally accepted
accounting principles to selected revenue recognition issues. In March 2000, the
SEC issued SAB 101A "Amendment:
Revenue Recognition in Financial Statement" which delays implementation of SAB
101. In June 2000, the SEC issued SAB 101B "Second Amendment: Revenue
Recognition in Financial Statements," which also delays the implementation of
SAB 101.. NetSol will adopt SAB 101, 101A and 101B and is currently in the
process of evaluating the impact, if any, of these on its consolidated financial
position or results of operations. In March 2000, the FASB issued Interpretation
No. 44 ("FIN 44"), Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock
Compensation--an Interpretation of APB 25. This Interpretations clarifies (a)
the definition of employee for purposes of applying Opinion 25, (b) the criteria
for determining whether a plan qualifies as a no compensatory plan, (c) the
accounting consequence of various modifications to the terms of a previously
fixed stock option of award, and (d) the accounting for an exchange of stock
compensation awards in a business combination. This Interpretation is effective
July 1, 2000, but certain conclusions of the Interpretation cover specific
events that occur after December 15, 1998, or January 12, 2000. To the extent
that this Interpretation covers events occurring during the period after
December 15, 1998, or January 12, 2000, but before, the effective date of July
1, 2000, the effects of applying this Interpretation are recognized on a
prospective basis from July 1, 2000.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements contained in this annual report, or in any document filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or in any press release or
other written or oral communication by or on behalf of the Company, that do not
directly and exclusively relate to historical facts constitute "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. These statements represent the Company's expectations and beliefs, and
no assurance can be given that the results described in such statements will be
achieved.
These statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of
which are outside of the Company's control that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the results described in such statements. These Factors
include, without limitation, the following: (i) competitive pressures; (ii) the
Company's ability to consummate strategic acquisitions and alliances; (iii) the
Company's ability to attract and retain key personnel; (iv) changes in the
demand for information technology outsourcing and business process outsourcing;
(v) changes in U.S. federal government spending levels for information
technology services; (vi) the Company's ability to continue to develop and
expand its service offerings to address emerging business demands and
technological trends; (vii) changes in the financial condition of the Company's
commercial customers; (viii) the future profitability of the Company's customer
contracts, and (ix) general economic conditions and fluctuations in currency
exchange rates in countries in which we do business.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Interest Rates
The Company has minimal fixed-rate long-term debt obligations, short-term
commercial paper and other borrowings subject to market risk from changes in
interest rates. Sensitivity analysis is one technique used to measure the impact
of changes in interest rates on the value of market-risk sensitive financial
instruments. A hypothetical 10% movement in interest rates would not have a
material impact on the Company's future earnings or cash flows Foreign Currency.
During the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into certain
contracts denominated in foreign currency (Pound Sterling). Potential foreign
currency exposures arising from these contracts are analyzed during the contract
bidding process. The Company generally manages these transactions by ensuring
costs to service contracts are incurred in the same currency in which revenue is
received. Short-term contract financing requirements are met by borrowing in the
same currency. By matching revenues, costs and borrowings to the same currency,
the Company has been able to substantially mitigate foreign currency risk to
earnings. If necessary, the Company may also use foreign currency forward
contracts or options to hedge exposures arising from these transactions. The
Company does not foresee changing its foreign currency exposure management
strategy.
The accounts of Network Solutions Group Ltd. and NetSol UK, Limited use the
British Pounds, Network Solutions PK, Ltd. and NetSol Connect PVT, Ltd. use
Pakistan Rupees, NetSol Abraxas Australia Pty, Ltd. uses the Australian dollar,
Supernet AG uses the German Mark, NetSol International, Inc. NetSol USA, Inc.
and NetSol eR, Inc. use the U.S. dollars as their functional currencies.
Exchange gains and losses that result from translating functional currency
amounts into reporting currency amounts (US dollars) are reported as other
comprehensive income. Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate
on the balance sheet date, and operating results are translated at the average
exchange rate throughout the period. A foreign currency translation gain of
$22,847 at June 30, 2000 (not material at June 30, 1999) is classified as other
comprehensive income in the stockholders' equity section of the consolidated
balance sheet.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Consolidated Financial Statements that constitute Item 7 are included at the
end of this report beginning on Page F-1.
ITEM 8. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
PART III
ITEM 9. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS; COMPLIANCE
WITH SECTION 16(a) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth the names and ages of the current directors and
executive officers of the Company, the principal offices and positions with the
Company held by each person and the date such person became a director or
executive officer of the Company. The Board of Directors elects the executive
officers of the Company annually. Each year the stockholders elect the Board of
Directors. The executive officers serve terms of one year or until their death,
resignation or removal by the Board of Directors. In addition, there was no
arrangement or understanding between any executive officer and any other person
pursuant to which any person was selected as an executive officer.
The directors and executive officers of the Company are as follows:
Executive Officers of the Registrant
Name Age Year First Term as Positions Held with Family Relationship
Elected As Officer or The Registrant
an Officer Director
or Director
Salim Ghauri 45 1999 ended November 2000 Chief Executive Brother to Naeem, Shahab
Officer and Najeeb Ghauri
1999 Indefinite Director
2000 Indefinite President
Najeeb Ghauri 46 1997 ended November 2000 President Brother to Naeem, Shahab
1997 Indefinite Director and Salim Ghauri
2000 Indefinite Chief Executive
Officer
Naeem Ghauri 43 1999 Indefinite Chief Operating Brother to Najeeb, Shahab
Officer and Salim Ghauri
Director
Aiesha Ghauri 33 1999 ended November 2000 Secretary Wife to Najeeb Ghauri
Rick Poole 36 2000 Indefinite Secretary None
Chief Accounting
Officer
Syed Husain 45 2000 Indefinite Chief Financial None
Officer
Shahab Ghauri 50 1999 Indefinite Director Brother to Najeeb, Naeem
and Salim Ghauri
Irfan Mustafa 49 1997 Indefinite Director None
Waheed Akbar 49 1999 Indefinite Director None
Cary Burch 39 1999 Indefinite Director None
Nasim Ashraf 50 2000 Indefinite Director None
Business Experience of Officers
SALIM GHAURI has been with the Company since 1999 as the Chief Executive
Officer and Director of the Company. In November 2000 Mr. Ghauri ended his
term as Chief Executive Officer and became President. Mr. Ghauri is also the
CEO of Network Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Company located in Lahore, Pakistan. Mr. Ghauri received his Bachelor of
Science degree in Computer Science from University of Punjab in Lahore,
Pakistan. Before Network Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd., Mr. Ghauri was employed with
BHP in Sydney, Australia from 1987-1995, where he commenced his employment as
a consultant. Mr. Ghauri was the original founder of Network Solutions, Pvt.
Ltd in Pakistans founded in 1996. Built Under Mr. Ghauri's leadership Network
Solutions (Pvt) Ltd. gradually built a strong team of IT professionals and
infrastructure in Pakistan and became the first software house in Pakistan
certified as ISO 9001.
NAJEEB U. GHAURI has been the President and a Director of the Company since
1997. In November 2000 Mr. Ghauri ended his term as President and became
Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ghauri is responsible for the managing the
day-to-day operations of the Company, as well as the Company's overall growth
and expansion plan. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ghauri was part of the
marketing team of Atlantic Richfield Company ("ARCO"), a Fortune 500 company,
from 1987-1997. Mr. Ghauri received his Bachelor of Science degree in
Management/Economics from Eastern Illinois University in 1979, and his M.B.A.
in Marketing Management from Claremont Graduate School in California in 1983.
NAEEM GHAURI is the Chief Operating Officer and has been a Director of the
Company since 1999. Mr. Ghauri is also the Managing Director of NetSol (UK)
Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company located in Milton Keys, England.
Mr. Ghauri was responsible for the launch of NetSol e R, Inc. and built
NetSolConnect in Pakistan and spearheaded the acquisition of SuperNet AG, in
Germany. Mr. Ghauri is the CEO for NetSol e R, Inc. Prior to joining the
Company, Mr. Ghauri was Project Director for Mercedes-Benz Finance Ltd., a
subsidiary of Daimler - Chrysler, Germany from 1994-1999. Mr. Ghauri supervised
over 200 project managers, developers, analysis and users in nine European
Countries. Mr. Ghauri earned his degree in Computer Science from Brighton
University, England.
AIESHA GHAURI was the Secretary of the Company from 1999 until November 2000.
NetSol has employed Ms. Ghauri over 2 years as corporate secretary. Her
combined experience includes retail banking, retail and corporate loans, IPOs
and SEC corporate administration with Manhattan West, Inc. As the Corporate
secretary, Ms. Ghauri is responsible for all corporate and administrative
matters and works closely with legal advisors, auditors and corporate bankers
and company board and management.
RICK POOLE has been the Chief Accounting Officer of the Company since August
2000, and the Secretary of the Company since November 2000. Mr. Poole joins
NetSol International from Stonefield Josephson, Inc. where he was a senior
manager in the firm's audit and attest services division. He was responsible
for the delivery of audit and consulting services to a variety of clients in
the IT, manufacturing and professional services industries. Mr. Poole is
responsible for all aspects of the Company's audit and tax filings,
implementing and overseeing financial controls, and compliance of all
regulatory filings and requirements in coordination with the CFO. Mr. Poole
has a B.S. from California State University at Fullerton, and is a licensed
Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants.
SYED HUSAIN has been the Chief Financial Officer of the Company since April
2000. Mr. Husain joins NetSol International from General Electric where he was
Consultant Program Director of Global Financial Risk Management. He was
responsible for the delivery of financial, operational and risk management
services to global investment banks. Prior to joining General Electric, Mr.
Husain managed global implementations of the financial, operational and
reporting processes as well as corporate, treasury and investment banking
systems at Andersen Consulting. Mr. Husain is responsible for all aspects of
financial management, controls, investment banking relationships and compliance
of all regulatory filings and requirements. Mr. Husain has a B.S. from The
University of Punjab, Pakistan and has attended many advanced level business
related courses with GE and Anderson Consulting in the USA and Europe.
SHAHAB GHAURI has been a Director of the Company since 1999. Mr. Ghauri is
currently the Managing Director of Network Solutions Group, UK Ltd. where he has
been instrumental in streamlining and integrating this company after its
acquisition in 1999. He was able to contain the losses and reduce the costs of
the operation of a company, which was struggling in the initial stage. Mr.
Ghauri was one of the key-founding members of Network Solutions, Pvt. Ltd., in
which he injected all the initial seed capital. He is also very actively
involved with the Board in advising and making strategic decisions for global
growth and expansion. Mr. Ghauri draws only 1-pound sterling salary as Managing
Director of Network Solutions Group Ltd. Mr. Ghauri received his Bachelor of
Arts degree in Economics from the University of Punjab in Pakistan in 1971.
IRFAN MUSTAFA has been the Chairman of the Board and a Director of NetSol
International, Inc. since the inception of the Company in April 1997. Mr.
Mustafa has an M.B.A. from IMD (formerly Imede), Lausanne, Switzerland (1975);
an M.B.A. from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan
(1974); and a B.S.C. in Economics, from Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan
(1971). Mr. Mustafa began his 14 year career with Unilever, Plc where he where
he was one of the youngest senior management and board members. Later, he was
employed with Pepsi International from 1990 to 1997 as a CEO in Pakistan,
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Egypt. He spent two years in the US with Pepsi in
their Executive Development Program from 1996-97. Mr. Mustafa was relocated to
Dubai as head of TRICON Middle East and North African regions. Pepsi
International spun off TRICON in 1997. Mr. Mustafa has been a strategic advisor
to NetSol from the beginning and has played a key role in every acquisition by
the company. His active participation with NetSol management has helped the
company to establish a stronger presence in Pakistan. Mr. Mustafa is a member of
NetSol's Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee.
WAHEED AKBAR has been a Director of the Company since 1999. Dr. Akbar is an
orthopedic surgeon with licenses in New York, Michigan, Florida and California.
Dr. Akbar is the Past President of Saginaw County Medical Society, Past
President of Medical Staff at St. Mary's Hospital and a present board member of
Field Neuroscience Institute. Dr. Amber has been instrumental in attracting a
group of Pakistani-American physicians and business persons whom invested in
NetSol in exchange of restricted shares in 1999-2000. Dr. Akbar assists the
company s development team in furthering some key medical software applications,
which is currently at R&D stage. Dr. Akbar actively pursues various financial
opportunities for NetSol. Dr. Akbar is a member of NetSol's Compensation
Committee and Audit Committee.
CARY BURCH has been a Director of the Company since 1999. Mr. Burch is currently
the President and CEO CreditNet, Inc., which is a division of First American
CREDCO. He has an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and has attended Harvard
Business School for a Senior Executive Management course. Mr. Burch is a member
of NetSol s Compensation Committee and Audit Committee.
NASIM ASHRAF has been a Director of the Company since November 2000. Dr. Nasim
Ashraf is a prominent US based physician residing in Maryland. He has practiced
medicine for nearly 25 years as a nephrologist. He is also very actively
involved in promoting and developing the young IT industry in Pakistan through
his high level association with several ministries and cabinets in Pakistan. Dr.
Ashraf has been a key figure in an effort to improve the US and Pakistan
relationship and is very active in several educational, human development and
medical causes in the under-develop countries. Dr. Ashraf will play a key role
in financing and public relations activities in both the US and Pakistan.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 16(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Company's
officers and directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of the
Company's Common Stock, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Officers, directors and
greater than ten percent stockholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish
the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file.
The following disclosure is based solely upon a review of the Forms 3, 4 and 5
and any amendments thereto furnished to the Company during the Company's fiscal
year ended June 30, 2000. Based on this review, Chief Financial Officer Syed
Husain and Directors Cary Burch and Waheed Akbar failed to file reports on Form
3. No other individuals who were directors, officers and beneficial owners of
more than 10% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock during such fiscal year
filed late reports on Forms 3, 4 and 5.
ITEM 10-EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE AND OPTIONS
The Summary Compensation Table shows certain compensation information for
services rendered in all capacities during each of the last three fiscal years
by the Officers of the Company who received compensation in excess of $100,000
during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000. The following information for the
Officers includes the dollar value of base salaries, bonus awards, the number of
stock options granted and certain other compensation, if any, whether paid or
deferred.
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
Long Term
Compensation
Annual Compensation Awards(2)
Fiscal ------------------- -------------------------------
Name and Year Restricted stock Underlying
Principal Position Ended Salary (1) Bonus Awards(3) Options(4)
- ------------------ ------ ---------- ----- ---------------- ----------
Najeeb U. Ghauri, 2000 $100,000 -0- 735,000(5) 20,000(6)
President, Director 100,000(7)
1999 100,000 -0- 705,000 450,000(8)
20,000(9)
50,000(10)
1998 91,150 -0- 250,000
Naeem Ghauri, Chief 2000 $150,000 -0- 1,376,416 20,000(6)
Operations Officer, Director 1999 150,000 $30,000 (11) 1,157,666 450,000(8)
1998 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Salim Ghauri, Chief 2000 $100,000 -0- 1,386,416 20,000(6)
Executive Officer, Director 1999 100,000 -0- 1,170,666 450,000(8)
1998 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Syed Husain, Chief 2000 $100,000 -0- -0- 50,000(12)
Financial Officer 1999 N/A N/A N/A N/A
1998 N/A N/A N/A N/A
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(1) No officers received or will receive any bonus or other annual compensation
other than salaries during fiscal 2000, nor any benefits other than those
available to all other employees that are required to be disclosed.
(2) No officers received or will receive any long-term incentive plan (LTIP)
payouts or other payouts during fiscal 1999.
(3) All stock awards are shares of Common Stock of the Company.
(4) All securities underlying options are shares of Common Stock of the
Company.
(5) Mr. Najeeb Ghauri pledged 448,750 of his shares as collateral to obtain a
margin loan. The financial institution provided the loan under the
condition that the stock price not fall below $20 per share. Should it fall
below $20, then the financial institution would force sale of the shares to
recover the loan amount. Due to a decline in NetSol's stock price, the
financial institution demanded the entire loan be paid back. Mr. Ghauri
returned the majority portion of the loan; however, between September 15
and September 30, 2000, the financial institution sold 72,900 shares to
cover the loan.
(6) Includes options to purchase 20,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company
granted to each Director of the Company for the 1999-2000 term at an
exercise price of $5.50, which vested at the end of the 1999-2000 term.
Options must be exercised within five years after the September 1999 date
of grant.
(7) Includes options to purchase 100,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company
granted to Najeeb Ghauri as an officer of the Company in February 2000 with
an exercise price of $21.00 per share, exercisable immediately from the
date of grant. The options must be exercised within five years from the
date of grant.
(8) Includes options to purchase 450,000 shares of Common Stock of the
Company granted under an Employment Contract with the Company. Options
to purchase 150,000 shares at an exercise price of $1.58 vested in May
1999; options to purchase an additional 150,000 shares at an exercise
price of $2.58 vested in May 2000; and options to purchase an additional
150,000 shares at an exercise price of $2.58 vest in May 2001.
(9) Includes options to purchase 20,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company
granted to each Director of the Company for the 1998-1999 term at an
exercise price of $1.58, which vested at the end of the 1998 term. Options
must be exercised within five years after November 18, 1998.
(10) Includes options to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company
granted in July 1999, at an exercise price of $1.01, vesting immediately
upon grant. Options must be exercised within five years after July 18,
1998.
(11) Naeem Ghauri received a signing bonus upon the execution of his employment
agreement dated April, 17, 1999.
(12) Includes options to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock of the Company
granted to Mr. Husain as part of his compensation with an exercise price of
$21 to vest at the end of one year from February 2000. The options must be
exercised within five years from February 2000.
OPTION/SAR GRANTS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
(INDIVIDUAL GRANTS)
Name Number of Percent of Exercise Expiration
Securities total options/ Or Date
Underlying SARs granted Base price
Options/SARs to employees ($/Sh)
granted(#) in fiscal year
Najeeb Ghauri, President , 20,000 1% $5.50/share September 2004
Director 100,000 9% $21.00/share February 2005
Salim Ghauri, CEO, Director 20,000 1% $5.50/ Share September 2004
Naeem Ghauri, COO, Director 20,000 1% $5.50/ Share September 2004
Syed Husain, CFO 50,000(1) 4% $21.00/Share February 2005
(1) One year vesting period from the date of grant, February 2000.
AGGREGATED OPTION/SAR EXERCISES IN LAST FISCAL YEAR
AND FY-END OPTION/SAR VALUES
Name Shares Value Number of Value of
Acquired realized unexercised Options/
On ($) options/SARs at SARs
Exercise (#) FY-end (#) at FY-end(#)
exercisable/ exercisable(2)/
unexercisable unexercisable
Najeeb Ghauri, President, 220,000 $12,490,900 295,000/150,000 $7,875,250
Director
Salim Ghauri, CEO, Director 150,000 $8,463,000 170,000/150,000 $5,538,000
Naeem Ghauri, COO, Director 150,000 $8,463,000 170,000/150,000 $5,538,000
Syed Husain, CFO -0- -0- -0-/50,000 -0-/$725,000
(2) The closing price of the stock at Fiscal Year End was $35.50.
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
Effective April 17, 1999, the Company entered into an employment agreement with
Najeeb Ghauri as Chief Executive Officer, President and Interim Chief Financial
Officer. The agreement is for a base term of three years, and continues
thereafter on an at will basis until terminated by either the Company or Mr.
Ghauri. The agreement provides for a yearly salary of $100,000. The agreement
also provides for such additional compensation as the Board of Directors of the
Company determines is proper in recognition of Mr. Ghauri's contributions and
services to the Company.
Effective April 17, 1999, the Company entered into an employment agreement with
Salim Ghauri as Chief Executive Officer of the Company's Pakistan branch. The
agreement is for a base term of three years, and continues thereafter on an at
will basis until terminated by either the Company or Mr. Ghauri. The agreement
provides for a yearly salary of $100,000. The agreement also provides for such
additional compensation as the Board of Directors of the Company determines is
proper in recognition of Mr. Ghauri's contributions and services to the Company.
Effective April 17, 1999, the Company entered into an employment agreement with
Naeem Ghauri as Chief Operating Officer, and as Chief Executive Officer of the
Company's UK branch. The agreement is for a base term of three years, and
continues thereafter on an at will basis until terminated by either the Company
or Mr. Ghauri. The agreement provides for a yearly salary of $150,000, with a
signing bonus of $30,000. The agreement also provides for such additional
compensation as the Board of Directors of the Company determines is proper in
recognition of Mr. Ghauri's contributions and services to the Company.
All of the above agreements provide for a grant to purchase 450,000 shares of
common stock of the Company under the Company's employee stock option plan as
follows:
(a) On May 18, 1999, options to purchase 150,000 shares of common
stock of the Company at an exercise price of $1.58 per share vest;
(b) On May 18, 2000, options to purchase 150,000 shares of common
stock of the Company at an exercise price of $2.58 per share vest;
(c) On May 18, 2001, options to purchase 150,000 shares of common
stock of the Company at an exercise price of $3.58 per share vest;
All of the above agreements provide for certain Company-paid benefits such as
employee benefit plans and medical care plans at such times as they may be
adopted by the Company. The agreements also provide for reimbursement of
reasonable business-related expenses and for two weeks of paid vacation. The
agreements also provide for certain covenants concerning non-competition,
non-disclosure, and assignment of intellectual property rights.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Directors of the Company do not receive any cash compensation, but are entitled
to reimbursement of their reasonable expenses incurred in attending Directors'
Meetings. In addition, the Company has granted to each of its seven directors
options to purchase 20,000 shares of common stock of the Company under the
Company's Incentive and Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan. The options vest at the
end of the director's term in November 2000, with an exercise price of $5.50.
These options were granted in September 1999.
In addition, effective as of September 1, 1999, the Company entered into a
Consulting Agreement with one of the directors of the Company, Irfan Mustafa,
for Mr. Mustafa to develop and advise the Company on marketing strategies,
develop investor relations and develop strategic alliances. In addition, Mr.
Mustafa is to assist the Board of Directors in mergers, acquisitions and other
business combinations. The agreement is for a base term of three years, and is
renewed automatically thereafter for succeeding one-year terms until terminated
by either party. The agreement provides for a monthly retainer of $4,000. The
agreement also provides for certain covenants concerning confidentiality and
non-competition.
ITEM 11- SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the beneficial
ownership of the Company's Common Stock, its only class of outstanding voting
securities as of September 30, 2000, by (i) each person who is known to the
Company to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock with
the address of each such person, (ii) each of the Company's directors and
officers, and (iii) all officers and directors as a group:
Percentage
Name and Number of Beneficially
Address Shares(1)(2) owned
Najeeb Ghauri (3) 735,000 6.7%
Naeem Ghauri (3) 1,376,416 12.5%
Irfan Mustafa (3) 140,000 1.3%
Salim Ghauri (3) 1,386,416 12.6%
Aiesha Ghauri (3) -0- *
Syed Husain (3) -0- *
Shahab Ghauri (3) 1,236,416 11.2%
Cary Burch (3) -0- *
Waheed Akbar (3) 35,000 *
Nasim Ashraf (3) -0- *
Blue Water Master Fund LP(4) 2,115,900 19.22%
C/O Cico Fund Services
Kaya Flamboyan 9
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
All officers and directors
as a group (9 persons) 4,909,248 44.6%
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* Less than one percent
(1) Except as otherwise indicated, the Company believes that the beneficial
owners of Common Stock listed below, based on information furnished by such
owners, have sole investment and voting power with respect to such shares,
subject to community property laws where applicable. Beneficial ownership
is determined in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and generally includes voting or investment power with respect
to securities.
(2) Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the
Commission and generally includes voting or investment power with respect
to securities. Shares of Common Stock relating to options currently
exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of September 30, 2000 are deemed
outstanding for computing the percentage of the person holding such
securities but are not deemed outstanding for computing the percentage of
any other person. Except as indicated by footnote, and subject to community
property laws where applicable, the persons named in the table above have
sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares shown as
beneficially owned by them.
(3) Address c/o the Company at 24025 Park Sorrento, Suite 220, Calabasas, CA
91302.
(4) Blue Water Master Fund LP reported its holdings on Schedule 13D/A as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2000.
ITEM 12-CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS.
The Company acquired land for a purchase price of $200,000 from Salim Ghauri,
Naeem Ghauri, Shahab Ghauri and Najeeb Ghauri (who are officers and/or
stockholders).
Effective as of September 1, 1999, the Company entered into a Consulting
Agreement with one of the directors of the Company, Irfan Mustafa, for Mr.
Mustafa to develop and advise the Company on marketing strategies, develop
investor relations and develop strategic alliances. In addition, Mr. Mustafa is
to assist the Board of Directors in mergers, acquisitions and other business
combinations. The agreement is for a base term of three years, and is renewed
automatically thereafter for succeeding one-year terms until terminated by
either party. The agreement provides for a monthly retainer of $4,000. The
agreement also provides for certain covenants concerning confidentiality and
non-competition.
On September 15, 1998, the Company purchased from related parties 51% of the
outstanding common stock of Network Solutions PVT, Ltd., a Pakistani Company,
and 43% of the outstanding common stock of Netsol UK, Limited, a United
Kingdom Company. On April 17, 1999, the Company purchased from the related
parties 49% of the outstanding common stock of Network Solutions PVT, Ltd.,
and 57% of the outstanding common stock of Netsol UK, Limited. These
purchases were made for the issuance of 4,690,000 restricted common shares of
the Company and cash payments of $775,000, for an aggregate purchase price of
approximately $12.9 million. The related parties were Salim Ghauri, Naeem
Ghauri and Shahab Ghauri, all of whom became directors of the Company. All
are beneficial owners who have holdings in the company of greater than 5%, as
disclosed above in Item 11.
The Company's management believes that the terms of these transactions are no
less favorable to the Company than would have been obtained from an unaffiliated
third party in similar transactions. All future transactions with affiliates
will be on terms no less favorable than could be obtained from unaffiliated
third parties, and will be approved by a majority of the disinterested
directors.
PART IV
ITEM 13 - EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM
(a) Exhibits
3.1 Articles of Incorporation of Mirage Holdings, Inc., a Nevada
corporation, dated March 18, 1997(1)
3.2 Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated May 21, 1999 (2)
3.3 Bylaws of Mirage Holdings, Inc., as amended and restated as of
November 28, 2000
10.1 Former Lease Agreement for Calabasas executive offices (3)
10.2 Company Stock Option Plan dated May 18, 1999 (2)
10.3 Company Stock Option Plan dated April 1, 1997 (1)
10.4 Employment Agreement, dated April 17, 1999 by and between Mirage
Holdings, Inc. and Najeeb U. Ghauri (2)(4)
10.5 Employment Agreement, dated April 17, 1999 by and between Mirage
Holdings, Inc. and Salim Ghauri (2)(4)
10.6 Employment Agreement, dated April 17, 1999 by and between Mirage
Holdings, Inc. and Naeem Ghauri (2)(4)
10.7 Consulting Contract, dated September 1, 1999 by and between Irfan
Mustafa and NetSol International, Inc. (3)
10.8 Software Distribution Agreement, dated March 15, 2000 by and
between Registrant and CFS Group PLC
10.9 Master Development Services Agreement, dated March 15, 2000 by
and between Registrant and CFS Group PLC
10.10 Stock Purchase Agreement, dated May 2, 2000, by and among
Registrant, Mr. Florian Zgunea, Mr. Leonard Metsch and Pegasus
Beteiligungen AG. (5)
10.11 Current Lease Agreement for Calabasas executive offices (6)
21.1 A list of all subsidiaries of the Company
23.1 Consent of Stonefield Josephson, Inc.
23.2 Consent of Saeed Kamran Patel & Co.
23.3 Consent of Mazars Neville Russell
27 Financial Data Schedule (7)
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(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement No.
333-28861 filed on Form SB-2 filed June 10, 1997.
(2) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10K-SB
filed September 28, 1999.
(3) Previously filed with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10K-SB filed
October 13, 2000.
(4) Management contract.
(5) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
June 21, 2000.
(6) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
October 26, 2000.
(7) Previously filed with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10K-SB filed
October 13, 2000
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
One report was filed on Form 8-K during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2000.
On June 21, 2000, a Form 8-K was filed announcing the SuperNet AG acquisition
and providing the financial statements of SuperNet AG as of December 31, 1999.
In addition, on January 23, 2001, a Form 8-K was filed announcing the sale of
common stock of the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $2,000,000 to
Deephaven Private Placement Trading Ltd.
SIGNATURES
In accordance with Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Exchange Act, the Registrant
caused this amendment to the report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
NetSol International, Inc.
Date: February 1, 2001 BY:/s/ NAJEEB U. GHAURI
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Najeeb U. Ghauri
Chief Executive Officer
Date: February 1, 2001 BY:/s/ Syed Husain
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Syed Husain
Chief Financial Officer
In accordance with the Exchange Act, this amendment to the report has been
signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Date: February 1, 2001 BY:/s/ NAJEEB U. GHAURI
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Najeeb U. Ghauri
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Date: February 1, 2001 BY:/s/ SALIM GHAURI
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Salim Ghauri
President, Director
Date: February 1, 2001 BY:/s/ NAEEM GHAURI
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Naeem Ghauri
Chief Operating Officer, Director
Date: February 1, 2001 BY:/s/ SYED HUSAIN
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Syed Husain
Chief Financial Officer
Date: February 1, 2001 BY:/s/ RICK POOLE
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Rick Poole
Chief Accounting Officer, Secretary
Date: February 1, 2001 BY:/s/ SHAHAB GHAURI
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Shahab Ghauri
Director
Date: February 1, 2001 BY:/s/ IRFAN MUSTAFA
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Irfan Mustafa
Director
Date: February 1, 2001 BY:/s/ NAEEM GHAURI
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Naeem Ghauri
Chief Operating Officer
Date: February 1, 2001 BY:/s/ WAHEED AKBAR
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Naeem Ghauri
Director
Date: February 1, 2001 BY:/s/ CARY BURCH
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Cary Burch
Director
Date: February 1, 2001 BY:/s/ NASIM ASHRAF
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Nasim Ashraf
Director
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(FORMERLY MIRAGE HOLDINGS, INC.)
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
CONTENTS
PAGE
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT OF STONEFIELD JOSEPHSON, INC. F-1
AUDITORS' REPORT OF SAEED KAMRAN PATEL & CO. FOR NETWORK SOLUTIONS
(PVT) LIMITED F-2-3
AUDITORS' REPORT OF SAEED KAMRAN PATEL & CO. FOR NETSOL CONNECT (PVT.)
LIMITED (FORMERLY SKY VENTURE SERVICES (PVT.) LIMITED) F-4
AUDITORS' REPORT OF MAZARS NEVILLE RUSSELL FOR NETSOL (UK) LIMITED F-5
AUDITORS' REPORT OF MAZARS NEVILLE RUSSELL FOR NETWORK SOLUTIONS GROUP
LIMITED F-6
AUDITORS' REPORT OF MAZARS NEVILLE RUSSELL FOR NETWORK SOLUTIONS GROUP
LIMITED F-7
AUDITORS' REPORT OF MAZARS NEVILLE RUSSELL FOR NETWORK SOLUTIONS LIMITED F-8
AUDITORS' REPORT OF MAZARS NEVILLE RUSSELL FOR NETWORK SOLUTIONS LIMITED F-9
AUDITORS' REPORT OF MAZARS NEVILLE RUSSELL FOR NETWORK SOLUTIONS (NORTHERN)
LIMITED F-10
AUDITORS' REPORT OF MAZARS NEVILLE RUSSELL FOR NETWORK SOLUTIONS (NORTHERN)
LIMITED F-11
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
Consolidated Balance Sheet F-12
Consolidated Statements of Operations F-13
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity F-14-15
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows F-16-17
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-18-34
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
Board of Directors
Netsol International, Inc. and subsidiaries (formerly
Mirage Holdings, Inc.)
Calabasas, California
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Netsol
International, Inc. and subsidiaries (formerly Mirage Holdings, Inc.) as of June
30, 2000, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity and cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2000 and 1999. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial
statements based on our audit. We did not audit the financial statements of
Network Solutions PVT, Ltd., Netsol UK, Limited, Network Solutions Group and
Subsidiaries and Netsol Connect PVT, Ltd., wholly owned subsidiaries, whose
statements reflect combined total assets of $7,100,000 as of June 30, 2000 and
combined total net revenues of $6,096,000 and $3,546,000 for the two years then
ended. Those statements were audited by other auditors whose report has been
furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included
for Network Solutions PVT, Ltd., Netsol UK, Limited, Network Solutions Group and
Subsidiaries and Netsol Connect PVT, Ltd., is based solely on the report of the
other auditors.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
In our opinion, based on our audits and the report of other auditors, the
consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the consolidated financial position of Netsol International,
Inc. and subsidiaries as of June 30, 2000, and the results of its consolidated
operations and its cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2000 and 1999 in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
/s/ Stonefield Josephson, Inc.
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Santa Monica, California
September 26, 2000
F-1
AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS
We have audited the annexed balance sheet of NETWORK SOLUTIONS (PVT) LIMITED as
at June-30, 2000 and the related statements of income and cash flows for the
year ended June-30, 2000. We conducted our audit in accordance with
International Standards on Auditing which are comparable in all respects with US
Generally Accepted Auditing Standards and we state that we have obtained all the
information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were
necessary for the purposes of our audit and, after due verification thereof, we
report that:
a) in our opinion, proper books of account have been kept by the Company as
required by Companies Ordinance, 1984:
b) in our opinion:
i) the balance sheet and income statement together with the notes thereon
have been drawn up in conformity with the Companies Ordinance, 1984
and are in agreement with the books of account and are further in
accordance with accounting polices.
ii) the expenditure incurred during the year was for the purpose of the
Company's business; and
iii) the business conducted, and the expenditure incurred during the year
were in accordance with the objects of the Company;
c) in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us, the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow
statement, together with the notes forming part thereof, give the
information required by the Companies Ordinance, 1984, in the manner so
required and respectively give a true and fair view of the state of the
Company's affairs as at June-30, 2000 and of the income and the cash flows
for the year then ended and are in accordance with the International
Accounting Standards which are comparable in all respects with US Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles; and
F-2
d) in our opinion, no Zakat was deductible at source under the Zakat and Ushr
Ordinance, 1980.
/s/ Saeed Kamran Patel & Co.
Place: LAHORE
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
Date : SEPTEMBER 6, 2000
F-3
AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS
We have audited the annexed balance sheet of NETSOL CONNECT (PVT.) LIMITED
(FORMERLY SKY VENTURE INTERNET SERVICES (PVT.) LIMITED) as at June-30, 2000 and
the cash flow statement, together with the notes forming part thereof, for the
period then ended and we state that we have obtained all the information and
explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for
the purposes of our audit and, after due verification thereof, we report that:
a) in our opinion, proper books of account have been kept by the Company as
required by Companies Ordinance, 1984:
b) in our opinion:
i) the balance sheet together with the notes thereon have been drawn up
in conformity with the Companies Ordinance, 1984 and are in agreement
with the books of account and are further in accordance with
accounting polices; and
ii) the expenditure incurred during the period was for the purpose of the
Company's business; and
iii) the business conducted, and the expenditure incurred during the period
were in accordance with the objects of the Company.
c) in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the
explanations given to us, the balance sheet, profit and loss account and
the cash flow statement, together with the notes forming part thereof, give
the information required by the Companies Ordinance, 1984, in the manner so
required and respectively give a true and fair view of the state of the
Company's affairs as at June-30, 2000 and cash flows for the period then
ended; and
d) in our opinion no Zakat was deductible at source under the Zakat and Ushr
Ordinance, 1980.
/s/ Saeed Kamran Patel & Co.
Place: LAHORE
Date : SEPTEMBER 6, 2000
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
F-4
AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF NETSOL (UK) LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements on pages 4 to 11 which have been
prepared following the accounting policies set out on page 5.
RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS
As described on page 1 the company's directors are responsible for the
preparation of financial statements. It is our responsibility to form an
independent opinion, based on our audit, on those statements and to report our
opinion to you.
BASIS OF OPINION
We conducted our audit in accordance with Auditing Standards issued by the
Auditing Practices Board. An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of
evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It
also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgements made by
the directors in the preparation of the financial statements, and of whether the
accounting policies are appropriate to the company's circumstances, consistently
applied and adequately disclosed.
We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and
explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with
sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements
are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other
irregularity or error. In forming our opinion we also evaluated the overall
adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.
GOING CONCERN
In forming our opinion, we have considered the adequacy of the disclosures made
in note 1 of the financial statements concerning the uncertainty as to the
continuation and renewal of the company's bank overdraft facility. In view of
the significance of this uncertainty we consider that it should be drawn to your
attention but our opinion is not qualified in this respect.
OPINION
In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state
of the company's affairs as at 30 June 2000 and of its loss for the year then
ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985.
/s/Mazars Neville Russell
MAZARS NEVILLE RUSSELL
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
and Registered Auditors
Milton Keynes
22nd September 2000
F-5
AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF NETWORK SOLUTIONS GROUP LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements on pages 4 to 8 which have been
prepared following the accounting policies set out on page 5.
RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS
As described on page 1 the company's directors are responsible for the
preparation of financial statements. It is our responsibility to form an
independent opinion, based on our audit, on those statements and to report our
opinion to you.
BASIS OF OPINION
We conducted our audit in accordance with Auditing Standards issued by the
Auditing Practices Board. An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of
evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It
also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgements made by
the directors in the preparation of the financial statements, and of whether the
accounting policies are appropriate to the company's circumstances, consistently
applied and adequately disclosed.
We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and
explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with
sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements
are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other
irregularity or error. In forming our opinion we also evaluated the overall
adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.
OPINION
In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state
of the company's affairs as at 31 January 2000 and of its loss for the year then
ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985.
/s/Mazars Neville Russell
MAZARS NEVILLE RUSSELL
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
and Registered Auditors
Milton Keynes
22nd September 2000
F-6
AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF NETWORK SOLUTIONS GROUP LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements on pages 4 to 7 which have been
prepared following the accounting policies set out on page 5.
RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS
As described on page 1 the company's directors are responsible for the
preparation of financial statements. It is our responsibility to form an
independent opinion, based on our audit, on those statements and to report our
opinion to you.
BASIS OF OPINION
We conducted our audit in accordance with Auditing Standards issued by the
Auditing Practices Board. An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of
evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It
also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgements made by
the directors in the preparation of the financial statements, and of whether the
accounting policies are appropriate to the company's circumstances, consistently
applied and adequately disclosed.
We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and
explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with
sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements
are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other
irregularity or error. In forming our opinion we also evaluated the overall
adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.
OPINION
In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state
of the company's affairs as at 30 June 2000 and of its loss for the period then
ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985.
/s/Mazars Neville Russell
MAZARS NEVILLE RUSSELL
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
and Registered Auditors
Milton Keynes
22nd September 2000
F-7
AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF NETWORK SOLUTIONS LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements on pages 4 to 11 which have been
prepared following the accounting policies set out on page 5.
RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS
As described on page 1 the company's directors are responsible for the
preparation of financial statements. It is our responsibility to form an
independent opinion, based on our audit, on those statements and to report our
opinion to you.
BASIS OF OPINION
We conducted our audit in accordance with Auditing Standards issued by the
Auditing Practices Board. An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of
evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It
also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgements made by
the directors in the preparation of the financial statements, and of whether the
accounting policies are appropriate to the company's circumstances, consistently
applied and adequately disclosed.
We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and
explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with
sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements
are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other
irregularity or error. In forming our opinion we also evaluated the overall
adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.
The directors are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which
disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the
company. Our review of the books and records has revealed a number of weaknesses
and accounting breakdowns which has necessitated a reconstruction of the
relevant accounting records.
GOING CONCERN
In forming our opinion, we have considered the adequacy of the disclosures made
in note 1 of the financial statements concerning the uncertainty as to the
continuation and renewal of the company's bank overdraft facility. In view of
the significance of this uncertainty we consider that it should be drawn to your
attention but our opinion is not qualified in this respect.
OPINION
In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state
of the company's affairs as at 31 January 2000 and of its loss for the year then
ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985.
In our opinion proper accounting records have not been kept in accordance with
section 221 of the Companies Act 1985.
/s/Mazars Neville Russell
MAZARS NEVILLE RUSSELL
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
and Registered Auditors
Milton Keynes
22nd September 2000
F-8
AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF NETWORK SOLUTIONS LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements on pages 4 to 11 which have been
prepared following the accounting policies set out on page 5.
RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS
As described on page 1 the company's directors are responsible for the
preparation of financial statements. It is our responsibility to form an
independent opinion, based on our audit, on those statements and to report our
opinion to you.
BASIS OF OPINION
We conducted our audit in accordance with Auditing Standards issued by the
Auditing Practices Board. An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of
evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It
also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgements made by
the directors in the preparation of the financial statements, and of whether the
accounting policies are appropriate to the company's circumstances, consistently
applied and adequately disclosed.
We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and
explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with
sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements
are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other
irregularity or error. In forming our opinion we also evaluated the overall
adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.
GOING CONCERN
In forming our opinion, we have considered the adequacy of the disclosures made
in note 1 of the financial statements concerning the uncertainty as to the
continuation and renewal of the company's bank overdraft facility. In view of
the significance of this uncertainty we consider that it should be drawn to your
attention but our opinion is not qualified in this respect.
OPINION
In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state
of the company's affairs as at 30 June 2000 and of its loss for the period then
ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985.
/s/Mazars Neville Russell
MAZARS NEVILLE RUSSELL
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
and Registered Auditors
Milton Keynes
22nd September 2000
F-9
AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF NETWORK SOLUTIONS (NORTHERN) LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements on pages 4 to 8 which have been
prepared following the accounting policies set out on page 5.
RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS
As described on page 1 the company's directors are responsible for the
preparation of financial statements. It is our responsibility to form an
independent opinion, based on our audit, on those statements and to report our
opinion to you.
BASIS OF OPINION
We conducted our audit in accordance with Auditing Standards issued by the
Auditing Practices Board. An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of
evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It
also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgements made by
the directors in the preparation of the financial statements, and of whether the
accounting policies are appropriate to the company's circumstances, consistently
applied and adequately disclosed.
We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and
explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with
sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements
are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other
irregularity or error. In forming our opinion we also evaluated the overall
adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.
OPINION
In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state
of the company's affairs as at 31 January 2000 and of its loss for the year then
ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985.
/s/Mazars Neville Russell
MAZARS NEVILLE RUSSELL
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
and Registered Auditors
Milton Keynes
22nd September 2000
F-10
AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF NETWORK SOLUTIONS (NORTHERN) LIMITED
We have audited the financial statements on pages 4 to 9 which have been
prepared following the accounting policies set out on page 5.
RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS
As described on page 1 the company's directors are responsible for the
preparation of financial statements. It is our responsibility to form an
independent opinion, based on our audit, on those statements and to report our
opinion to you.
BASIS OF OPINION
We conducted our audit in accordance with Auditing Standards issued by the
Auditing Practices Board. An audit includes examination, on a test basis, of
evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It
also includes an assessment of the significant estimates and judgements made by
the directors in the preparation of the financial statements, and of whether the
accounting policies are appropriate to the company's circumstances, consistently
applied and adequately disclosed.
We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and
explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with
sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements
are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or other
irregularity or error. In forming our opinion we also evaluated the overall
adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.
OPINION
In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state
of the company's affairs as at 30 June 2000 and of its loss for the period then
ended and have been properly prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 1985.
/s/Mazars Neville Russell
MAZARS NEVILLE RUSSELL
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
and Registered Auditors
Milton Keynes
22nd September 2000
F-11
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET - JUNE 30, 2000
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,981,046
Certificates of deposit 1,000,000
Accounts receivable 2,768,036
Other current assets 229,414
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Total current assets $ 6,978,496
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, net of
accumulated depreciation and amortization 2,490,151
OTHER ASSETS 1,727,601
INTANGIBLES:
Product licenses, renewals, enhancements,
copyrights, trademarks and tradenames, net 4,664,889
Customer lists, net 2,502,272
Goodwill, net 6,857,760
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Total intangibles 14,024,921
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$ 25,221,169
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 2,072,976
Current maturities of obligations under capitalized leases 101,604
Loan payable 75,000
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Total current liabilities $ 2,249,580
DEFERRED TAX LIABILITY 2,850,000
OBLIGATIONS UNDER CAPITALIZED LEASES,
less current maturities 215,818
8% CONVERTIBLE NOTE PAYABLE 100,000
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Common stock; $.001 par value, 25,000,000 shares
authorized, 10,892,124 shares issued and outstanding 10,892
Additional paid-in capital 26,059,625
Stock subscriptions receivable (68,650)
Other comprehensive income 22,847
Accumulated deficit (6,218,943)
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Total stockholders' equity 19,805,771
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$ 25,221,169
===============
See accompanying independent auditors' report and notes to consolidated
financial statements.
F-12
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED
JUNE 30, 2000 JUNE 30, 1999*
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NET REVENUES $ 6,984,539 $ 3,545,921
COST OF REVENUES 3,583,693 2,024,256
--------------- ---------------
GROSS PROFIT 3,400,846 1,521,665
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OPERATING EXPENSES:
Selling and marketing 218,136 479,103
Depreciation and amortization 1,408,873 373,363
Salaries and wages 1,684,318 644,477
Professional services, including
non-cash compensation 1,926,188 1,210,068
General and administrative 2,055,478 645,896
--------------- ---------------
Total operating expenses 7,292,993 3,352,907
--------------- ---------------
OTHER INCOME 241,071 143,079
--------------- ---------------
NET LOSS BEFORE INCOME ALLOCATED TO
MINORITY INTEREST (3,651,076) (1,688,163)
MINORITY INTEREST IN SUBSIDIARIES' EARNINGS - (305,616)
--------------- ---------------
NET LOSS BEFORE EXTRAORDINARY ITEM AND
INCOME TAXES (3,651,076) (1,993,779)
INCOME TAX BENEFIT - DEFERRED (250,000) -
--------------- ---------------
NET LOSS BEFORE EXTRAORDINARY ITEM (3,401,076) (1,993,779)
GAIN ON FORGIVENESS OF DEBT, net of tax - 129,500
--------------- ---------------
NET LOSS $ (3,401,076) $ (1,864,279)
=============== ===============
NET LOSS PER SHARE -
basic and diluted $ (0.35) $ (0.43)
=============== ===============
WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING -
basic and diluted 9,666,115 4,309,206
=============== ===============
* Restated for business combinations accounted for under the Pooling of
Interest method (see Note 12).
See accompanying independent auditors' report and notes to consolidated
financial statements.
F-13
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
COMMON STOCK ADDITIONAL STOCK OTHER TOTAL
------------ PAID-IN SUBSCRIPTIONS COMPREHENSIVE ACCUMULATED STOCKHOLDERS'
SHARES AMOUNT CAPITAL RECEIVABLE INCOME DEFICIT EQUITY
------ ------ ---------- ------------ ------------- ------------ -------------
Balance at July 1, 1998* 2,349,665 $2,350 $2,173,078 $ - $ - $ (953,588) $ 1,221,840
Common stock and warrants sold
through initial public
offering, net 251,000 251 987,733 987,984
Issuance of common stock in
exchange for services rendered 235,000 235 710,631 710,866
Common stock options granted
for services 199,844 199,844
Exercise of common stock options 105,000 105 945 1,050
Sale of common stock warrants 5,667 5,667
Exercise of warrants to convert
to common stock 397,000 397 294,952 295,349
Issuance of common stock relating
to acquisition of subsidiaries 4,690,000 4,690 9,658,810 9,663,500
Net loss for the year ended
June 30, 1999* (1,864,279) (1,864,279)
---------- ------ ---------- ------ ------ ----------- -----------
Balance at June 30, 1999 8,027,665 8,028 14,031,660 - - (2,817,867) 11,221,821
---------- ------ ---------- ------ ------ ----------- -----------
* Restated for business combinations accounted for under the Pooling of
Interest method (see Note 12).
See accompanying independent auditors' report and notes to consolidated
financial statements.
F-14
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
COMMON STOCK ADDITIONAL STOCK OTHER TOTAL
------------ PAID-IN SUBSCRIPTIONS COMPREHENSIVE ACCUMULATED STOCKHOLDERS'
SHARES AMOUNT CAPITAL RECEIVABLE INCOME DEFICIT EQUITY
------ ------ ---------- ------------ ------------- ------------ -------------
Common stock sold through
private placement 633,366 633 1,578,028 (25,000) 1,553,661
Conversion of debt and
offering costs 47,693 48 249,952 250,000
Issuance of common stock in
exchange for services rendered 252,500 252 1,017,323 1,017,575
Exercise of common stock options 620,000 620 867,730 (43,650) 824,700
Exercise of warrants to convert
to common stock 905,900 906 5,434,494 5,435,400
Issuance of common stock relating
to acquisition of subsidiaries 405,000 405 1,453,293 1,453,698
Short swing profit contribution
(Note 12) 1,427,145 1,427,145
Foreign currency translation
adjustments 22,847 22,847
Net loss for the year ended
June 30, 2000 (3,401,076) (3,401,076)
---------- ------ ---------- ------ ------ ----------- ------------
Balance at June 30, 2000 10,892,124 $10,892 $26,059,625 $(68,650) $22,847 $(6,218,943) $19,805,771
See accompanying independent auditors' report and notes to consolidated
financial statements.
F-15
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH
YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED
JUNE 30, 2000 JUNE 30, 1999*
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CASH FLOWS PROVIDED BY (USED FOR) OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss $ (3,401,076) $ (1,864,279)
--------------- --------------
ADJUSTMENTS TO RECONCILE NET LOSS TO NET CASH
PROVIDED BY (USED FOR) OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Depreciation and amortization 1,408,873 373,363
Income tax benefit - deferred (250,000) -
Non-cash compensation expense 1,017,575 910,710
Minority interest income - (305,616)
Forgiveness of debt - (129,500)
Foreign currency translation 22,847 -
CHANGES IN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES:
(INCREASE) DECREASE IN ASSETS:
Accounts receivable (1,781,132) (566,348)
Other current assets (339,504) (251,923)
Other assets (666,076) 168,614
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN LIABILITIES -
accounts payable and accrued expenses (357,568) 815,088
--------------- --------------
Total adjustments (944,985) 1,014,388
--------------- --------------
Net cash used for operating activities (4,346,061) (849,891)
--------------- --------------
CASH FLOWS PROVIDED BY (USED FOR) INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchase of property and equipment (1,548,176) (479,220)
Purchase of investments - certificates of deposit (1,750,000) -
Acquisition of subsidiaries (119,524) (184,618)
--------------- --------------
Net cash used for investing activities (3,417,700) (663,838)
--------------- --------------
CASH FLOWS PROVIDED BY (USED FOR) FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Issuance of common stock and warrants, net 6,989,061 1,687,713
Short swing profit contribution 1,427,145 -
Exercise of stock options 668,350 -
Proceeds from (advances to) stockholders and directors, net (27,540) 51,746
Proceeds from (payments on) convertible notes 350,000 (328,110)
Contribution of capital 1,391,667 187,050
Principal payments on capital lease obligations (70,812) (3,240)
Stock subscription receivable (68,650) -
--------------- --------------
Net cash provided by financing activities 10,659,221 1,595,159
--------------- --------------
NET INCREASE IN CASH 2,895,460 81,430
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of year, restated 85,586 4,156
--------------- --------------
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of year $ 2,981,046 $ 85,586
=============== ==============
* Restated for business combinations accounted for under the Pooling of
Interest method (see Note 12).
See accompanying independent auditors' report and notes to consolidated
financial statements.
F-16
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH
YEAR ENDED YEAR ENDED
JUNE 30, 2000 JUNE 30, 1999*
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Interest paid $ 59,644 $ 27,899
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Income taxes paid $ 3,200 $ 2,400
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Issuance of common stock shares per stock purchase agreements $ 1,453,698 $ 9,663,500
=============== ===============
Deferred tax liability arising from business combinations $ 3,100,000 $ -
=============== ===============
Granting of common stock options in exchange for
services received $ - $ 199,844
=============== ===============
Issuance of common stock shares for services received $ 1,017,575 $ 710,866
=============== ===============
Conversion of debt to equity and related cost $ 250,000 $ -
=============== ===============
Forgiveness of debt $ - $ 129,500
=============== ===============
Deferred offering costs offset against gross proceeds from
initial public offering $ - $ 203,813
=============== ===============
Purchase of land from officer-stockholders $ 200,000 $ -
=============== ===============
* Restated for business combinations accounted for under the Pooling of
Interest method (see Note 12).
See accompanying independent auditors' report and notes to consolidated
financial statements.
F-17
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(1) GENERAL:
Netsol International, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company"), formerly known
as Mirage Holdings, Inc., was incorporated under the laws of the State of
Nevada on March 18, 1997. During November of 1998, Mirage Collections,
Inc., a wholly owned and non-operating subsidiary, was dissolved.
During April 1999 and February 2000, the Company formed Netsol USA, Inc.
and Netsol eR, Inc., respectively, as wholly owned subsidiaries.
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS ACCOUNTED FOR UNDER THE PURCHASE METHOD:
NETWORK SOLUTIONS PVT, LTD. AND NETSOL UK, LIMITED
On September 15, 1998 and April 17, 1999, the Company purchased from
related parties, 51% and 49%, respectively, of the outstanding common
stock of Network Solutions PVT, Ltd., a Pakistani Company, and 43% and
57% of the outstanding common stock of Netsol UK, Limited, a United
Kingdom Company, for the issuance of 4,690,000 restricted common
shares of the Company and cash payments of $775,000, for an aggregate
purchase price of approximately $12.9 million. These acquisitions were
accounted for using the purchase method of accounting, and
accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to the assets purchased
and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values on the
date of acquisition, which approximated $300,000. Included in the
accompanying consolidated financial statements are other assets
acquired at fair market value consisting of product licenses, product
renewals, product enhancements, copyrights, trademarks, tradenames and
customer lists. The management of the Company allocated approximately
$6.3 million to these assets, which is being amortized by use of the
straight-line method over 15 years, based on independent valuation
reports prepared for the Company. The excess of the purchase prices
over the estimated fair values of the net assets acquired,
approximately $6.3 million, was recorded as goodwill, and is being
amortized by use of the straight-line method over 15 years from the
date of each purchase.
MINDSOURCES, INC.
On August 13, 1999, the Company through its wholly owned subsidiary,
Netsol USA, Inc. acquired 100% of the outstanding capital stock of
Mindsources, Inc., a Virginia and US based Company, through the
issuance of 250,000 shares of Rule 144 restricted common shares of the
Company for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1,260,000.
This acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of
accounting under APB Opinion No. 16, and accordingly, the purchase
price was allocated to the assets purchased and liabilities assumed
based upon their estimated fair values as determined by management on
the date of acquisition, which approximated $900,000. The management
of the Company allocated the entire purchase price to customer lists
acquired, and is being amortized by use of the straight-line method
over 15 years from the date of acquisition.
The excess of the purchase prices over the estimated fair values of
the net assets acquired, approximately $360,000, was recorded as
goodwill and is being amortized by use of the straight-line method
over 15 years from the date of purchase.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
F-18
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(1) GENERAL, CONTINUED:
NETWORK SOLUTIONS GROUP LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES
On August 18, 1999, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding
capital stock of Network Solutions Group Limited and Subsidiaries, a
United Kingdom Company, through the issuance of 155,000 shares of Rule
144 restricted common shares of the Company for an aggregate purchase
price of approximately $940,000. This acquisition was accounted for
using the purchase method of accounting under APB Opinion No. 16, and
accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to the assets purchased
and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values on the
date of acquisition, which approximated a deficit of $700,000. The
management of the Company allocated approximately $600,000 to customer
lists, which are being amortized by use of the straight-line method
over 15 years from the date of acquisition. The excess of the purchase
price over the estimated fair values of the net assets acquired,
approximately $1,040,000, was recorded as goodwill, and is being
amortized by use of the straight-line method over the estimated useful
life of 15 years from the date of acquisition.
UNAUDITED PROFORMA DISCLOSURES
The following unaudited proforma results of operations and net loss
per share assume that the acquisitions of Network Solutions PVT, Ltd.,
Netsol UK, Limited, Network Solutions Group, Ltd. and Mindsources,
Inc. occurred as of the beginning of each period presented, after
giving effect to proforma adjustments. The proforma adjustment
represents amortization of goodwill, product licenses, renewals,
enhancements, copyrights, trademarks and tradenames, and customer
lists. The proforma adjustment also includes adjustments to common
stock shares issued and outstanding, that relate to the acquisition of
subsidiaries, as if they had occurred as of the beginning of each
period presented. The proforma financial information is presented for
informational purposes only and may not necessarily be indicative of
the operating results that would have occurred had these acquisitions
been consummated as of the beginning of each period presented, nor is
it indicative of future operating results.
JUNE 30, JUNE 30,
2000 1999
---- ----
Net revenues $ 6,984,539 $ 5,310,761
============== ==============
Cost of revenues $ 3,583,693 $ 3,405,072
============== ==============
Operating expenses $ 7,292,993 $ 5,111,611
============== ==============
Net loss before extraordinary item $ (3,401,076) $ (3,168,460)
============== ==============
Net loss $ (3,401,076) $ (3,038,960)
=============== ==============
Net loss per share - basic and diluted $ (0.35) $ (0.41)
============== ==============
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
F-19
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(1) GENERAL, CONTINUED:
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS ACCOUNTED FOR UNDER THE POOLING OF INTEREST METHOD:
ABRAXAS AUSTRALIA PTY, LIMITED
On January 3, 2000, the Company issued 150,000 Rule 144 restricted
common shares in exchange for 100% of the outstanding capital stock of
Abraxas Australia Pty, Limited, an Australian Company. This business
combination was accounted for using the pooling of interest method of
accounting under APB Opinion No. 16, and accordingly, the accompanying
financial statements have been restated to show the results of
operations as if the combination had occurred at the beginning of all
periods presented. Selected financial information of the combining
entities under the pooling of interest method of Business Combination
is presented in Note 12.
SUPERNET AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
On May 2, 2000, the Company issued 425,600 Rule 144 restricted common
shares in exchange for 100% of the outstanding capital stock of
SuperNet Aktiengesellschaft, a German Company. This business
combination was accounted for using the pooling of interest method of
accounting under APB Opinion No. 16, and accordingly, the accompanying
financial statements have been restated to show the results of
operations as if the combination had occurred at the beginning of all
periods presented. Selected financial information of the combining
entities under the pooling of interest method of Business Combination
is presented in Note 12.
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION:
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the
accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Network
Solutions PVT, Ltd., Netsol UK, Limited, Network Solutions Group Ltd.
and Subsidiaries, Netsol-Abraxas Australia Pty Ltd., Netsol Connect
PVT, Ltd., Netsol eR, Inc., Supernet AG and Netsol USA, Inc. All
material intercompany accounts have been eliminated in consolidation.
BUSINESS ACTIVITY:
The Company designs, develops, markets, and exports proprietary
software products to customers in the automobile finance and leasing
industry worldwide. The Company also provides consulting services in
exchange for fees from customers.
USE OF ESTIMATES:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with 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.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
F-20
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED:
FAIR VALUE:
Unless otherwise indicated, the fair values of all reported assets and
liabilities which represent financial instruments, none of which are
held for trading purposes, approximate carrying values of such
amounts.
REVENUE RECOGNITION:
Revenue is recognized when earned. The Company's revenue recognition
policies are in compliance with all applicable accounting regulations,
including American Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("AICPA")
Statement of Position ("SOP") 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition, as
amended by SOP 98-4 and SOP 98-9. Any revenues from software
arrangements with multiple elements are allocated to each element of
the arrangement based on the relative fair values using specific
objective evidence as defined in the SOPs. If no such objective
evidence exists, revenues from the arrangements are not recognized
until the entire arrangement is completed and accepted by the
customer. Once the amount of the revenue for each element is
determined, the Company recognizes revenues as each element is
completed and accepted by the customer. For arrangements that require
significant production, modification or customization of software, the
entire arrangement is accounted for by the percentage of completion
method, in conformity with Accounting Research Bulletin ("ARB") No. 45
and SOP 81-1.
CASH:
EQUIVALENTS
For purposes of the statement of cash flows, cash equivalents include
all highly liquid debt instruments with original maturities of three
months or less which are not securing any corporate obligations.
CONCENTRATION
The Company maintains its cash in bank deposit accounts which, at
times, may exceed federally insured limits. The Company has not
experienced any losses in such accounts.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE:
No allowance for doubtful accounts was needed at June 30, 2000.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS:
Intangible assets consisting of product licenses, renewals,
enhancements, copyrights, trademarks, tradenames, customer lists and
goodwill will be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be
recoverable as required by FASB No. 121, Accounting for the Impairment
of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
F-21
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED:
PROPERTY AND 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 is computed
using various methods over the estimated useful lives of the assets,
ranging from three to seven years.
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE:
Common stock equivalents have been excluded from the net loss per
share calculation because their effect would reduce loss per share.
FOREIGN CURRENCY:
The accounts of Network Solutions Group Ltd. and Subsidiaries and
Netsol UK, Limited use the British Pounds, Network Solutions PK, Ltd.
and Netsol Connect PVT, Ltd. use Pakistan Rupees, Netsol Abraxas
Australia Pty, Ltd. uses the Australian dollar, Supernet AG uses the
German Mark, Netsol International, Inc. and subsidiaries Netsol USA,
Inc. and Netsol eR, Inc. use the U.S. dollars and the functional
currencies. Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate
on the balance sheet date, and operating results are translated at the
average exchange rate throughout the period. Translation gains of
$22,847 at June 30, 2000 (not material at June 30, 1999) is classified
as an item of other comprehensive income in the stockholders' equity
section of the consolidated balance sheet.
ACCOUNTING FOR STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION:
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation,
which applies the fair-value method of accounting for stock-based
compensation plans. In accordance with this standard, the Company
accounts for stock-based compensation in accordance with Accounting
Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees.
INCOME TAXES:
Deferred income taxes are reported using the liability method.
Deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary
differences and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable
temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences
between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax
bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when,
in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some
portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of
changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
F-22
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED:
INCOME TAXES, CONTINUED:
As of June 30, 2000, the Company had net federal and state operating
loss carryforwards expiring in various years through 2020. Deferred
tax assets resulting from the net operating losses are reduced in full
by a valuation allowance.
Deferred tax asset of approximately $337,000 (included in other
assets) arose from the net operating loss carryfoward of Supernet AG,
which is net of a 40% valuation allowance. In the opinion of
management, this deferred tax asset is fully realizable.
A summary is as follows:
FEDERAL STATE TOTAL
------- ----- -----
Net operating loss carryforward $ (4,200,000) $ (2,125,000)
Effective tax rate 32% 8%
----------------- ---------------
Deferred tax asset (1,344,000) (170,000) (1,514,000)
Valuation allowance 1,344,000 170,000 1,514,000
----------------- --------------- ---------------
Net deferred tax asset - - -
----------------- --------------- ---------------
Deferred tax liability arising from
non-taxable business combinations 2,280,000 570,000 2,850,000
----------------- --------------- ---------------
Net deferred tax liability $ 2,280,000 $ 570,000 $ 2,850,000
================= =============== ===============
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME:
SFAS 130 requires unrealized gains and losses on the Company's
available for sale securities, currency translation adjustments, and
minimum pension liability, which prior to adoption were reported
separately in stockholders' equity, to be included in other
comprehensive income.
During the year ended June 30, 2000, comprehensive income (loss)
included net loss and translation gains of $22,847.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
F-23
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED:
IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS AND LONG-LIVED ASSETS TO BE DISPOSED OF:
The Company adopted the provision of FASB No. 121, Accounting for the
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be
Disposed Of. This statement requires that long-lived assets and
certain identifiable intangibles be reviewed for impairment whenever
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount
of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be
held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an
asset to future net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset.
If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be
recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amounts of
the assets exceed the fair values of the assets. In assessing the
impairment of these identifiable intangible assets, identifiable
goodwill will be allocated on a pro rata basis using fair values of
the assets at the original acquisition date. In estimating expected
future cash flows for determining whether an asset is impaired and if
expected future cash flows are used in measuring assets that are
impaired, assets will be grouped at the lowest level (entity level)
for which there are identifiable cash flows that are largely
independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets. Assets to be
disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair
value less costs to sell. In recording an impairment loss, related
goodwill would be reduced to zero before reducing the carrying amount
of any identified impaired asset.
For goodwill not identifiable with an impaired asset, the Company will
establish benchmarks at the lowest level (entity level) as its method
of assessing impairment. In measuring impairment, unidentifiable
goodwill will be considered impaired if the fair value at the lowest
level is less than its carrying amount. The fair value of
unidentifiable goodwill will be determined by subtracting the fair
value of the recognized net assets at the lowest level (excluding
goodwill) from the value at the lowest level. The amount of the
impairment loss should be equal to the difference between the carrying
amount of goodwill and the fair value of goodwill.
In the event that an impairment is recognized, appropriate disclosures
would be made at the lowest level. Adoption of this statement did not
have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of
operations or liquidity.
New Accounting Pronouncements:
In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission) issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101, Revenue
Recognition in Financial Statements, which is to be applied beginning
with the fourth fiscal quarter of fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 1999, to provide guidance related to recognizing revenue
in circumstances in which no specific authoritative literature exists.
The Company is reviewing the application of the Staff Accounting
Bulletin to the Company's financial statements, however, any potential
accounting changes are not expected to result in a material change in
the amount of revenues we ultimately expect to realize.
In March 2000, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued
FASB Interpretation No. 44 (Interpretation 44), "Accounting for
Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation". Interpretation 44
provides criteria for the recognition of compensation expense in
certain stock-based compensation arrangements that are accounted for
under APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.
Interpretation 44 is effective July 1, 2000, with certain provisions
that are effective retroactively to December 15, 1998 and January 12,
2000. Interpretation 44 is not expected to have an impact on the
Company's financial statements.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
F-24
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED:
New Accounting Pronouncements, Continued:
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No.
133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities."
SFAS No. 133, as amended by SFAS No. 137, is effective for fiscal
years beginning after June 15, 2000. SFAS No. 133 requires the Company
to recognize all derivatives as either assets or liabilities and
measure those instruments at fair value. It further provides criteria
for derivative instruments to be designated as fair value, cash flow
and foreign currency hedges and establishes respective accounting
standards for reporting changes in the fair value of the derivative
instruments. Upon adoption, the Company will be required to adjust
hedging instruments to fair value in the balance sheet and recognize
the offsetting gains or losses as adjustments to be reported in net
income or other comprehensive income, as appropriate. The Company is
evaluating its expected adoption date and currently expects to comply
with the requirements of SFAS 133 in fiscal year 2001. The Company
does not expect the adoption will be material to the Company's
financial position or results of operations since the Company does not
believe it participates in such activities.
(3) MAJOR CUSTOMERS:
During the year ended June 30, 2000, there were no major customers;
however, during the year ended June 30, 1999, one customer accounted for
approximately 47% of total sales.
(4) OTHER CURRENT ASSETS:
A summary is as follows:
Prepaid expenses $ 162,113
Due from officer-stockholders (interest free and
due on demand) 50,794
Employee advances 16,507
--------------
$ 229,414
==============
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
F-25
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(5) PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:
A summary is as follows:
Computer equipment $ 1,168,494
Office furniture and equipment 592,545
Assets under capital leases 413,933
Construction in progress 277,145
Land 200,001
Automobiles 133,017
Building improvements 97,835
--------------
2,882,970
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization 392,819
--------------
$ 2,490,151
==============
Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment
amounted to $346,561 and $56,380 for the years ended June 30, 2000 and
1999, respectively. Accumulated depreciation and amortization for assets
under capital leases amounted to $64,610 at June 30, 2000.
(6) OTHER ASSETS:
A summary is as follows:
Certificates of deposit - restricted (see Note 16) $ 750,000
Deposits and other assets 977,601
--------------
$ 1,727,601
==============
(7) PRODUCT LICENSES, RENEWALS, ENHANCEMENTS, COPYRIGHTS, TRADEMARKS AND
TRADENAMES:
A summary is as follows:
Product licenses, renewals, enhancements,
copyrights, trademarks and tradenames $ 5,120,000
Less accumulated amortization 455,111
--------------
$ 4,664,889
==============
Amortization expense related to product licenses, renewals,
enhancements, copyrights, trademarks and tradenames amounted to $341,333
and $113,778 for the years ended June 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
F-26
NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(8) CUSTOMER LISTS:
A summary is as follows:
Customer lists $ 2,709,577
Less accumulated amortization 207,305
--------------
$ 2,502,272
==============
Amortization expense related to customer lists amounted to $180,638 and
$26,667 for the years ended June 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
(9) GOODWILL:
A summary is as follows:
Goodwill $ 7,574,639
Less accumulated amortization 716,879
--------------
$ 6,857,760
==============
Amortization expense related to goodwill amounted to $540,341 and $176,538
for the years ended June 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
(10) FORGIVENESS OF DEBT:
During the year ended June 30, 1999, the Company recognized an
extraordinary gain from forgiveness of debt of $129,500, net of tax effect.
Basic and diluted earnings per share, net of tax effect, amounted to $0.03.
Total interest expense amounted to $59,644 and $27,899 for the years ended
June 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
(11) CONVERTIBLE NOTE PAYABLE:
During November 1999, the Company issued 8% notes payable with
non-detachable warrants which are convertible to restricted Rule 144 common
shares at $6.50 per share. The Company raised a total of $350,000 of which,
$250,000 was converted into 38,462 shares. In connection with this
offering, the Company issued 57,000 non-detachable warrants with an
exercise price of $6.50 per share. The Company also issued 9,231 shares of
Rule 144 restricted common shares and 9,600 warrants with an exercise price
of $6.50 per share. Offering cost of $60,000 has been recognized related to
this offering.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
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NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(12) STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING:
On September 15, 1998, the Company completed the sale of its minimum
offering of shares in its initial public offering which generated
gross proceeds of $1,385,647 from the sale of 251,000 shares of common
stock and 929,825 warrants, each warrant to purchase one share of the
Company's common stock at an exercise price of $6.50 for a term of
five years. Deferred offering costs of $397,663 have been netted
against gross proceeds of $1,385,647 and are presented in the
accompanying statement of stockholders' equity. During December of
1998, the Company sold an additional 56,667 warrants for gross
proceeds of $5,667. During the year ended June 30, 2000, 905,900
warrants were exercised for gross proceeds of $5,435,400. The total
number of warrants outstanding at June 30, 2000 is 147,192.
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS:
NETWORK SOLUTIONS PVT, LTD. AND NETSOL UK, LIMITED
On September 15, 1998, the Company purchased 51% of the outstanding
common stock of Network Solutions PVT, Ltd., a Pakistani Company, and
43% of the outstanding common stock of Netsol UK, Limited, a United
Kingdom Company, in exchange for cash payment of $775,000 and issuance
of 490,000 restricted common shares of Netsol International, Inc. and
subsidiaries On April 17, 1999, the Company acquired an additional 49%
of the outstanding common stock of Network Solutions PVT, Ltd., and
57% of the outstanding common stock of Netsol UK, Limited through the
issuance of 4,200,000 restricted common shares of Netsol
International, Inc. and subsidiaries
MINDSOURCES, INC.
On August 13, 1999, the Company through its wholly owned subsidiary,
Netsol USA, Inc. acquired 100% of the outstanding capital stock of
Mindsources, Inc., a Virginia and US based Company, through the
issuance of 250,000 shares of Rule 144 restricted common shares of the
Company.
NETWORK SOLUTIONS LIMITED
On August 18, 1999, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding
capital stock of Network Solutions Group Limited and Subsidiaries, a
United Kingdom Company, through the issuance of 155,000 shares of Rule
144 restricted common shares of the Company
ABRAXAS AUSTRALIA PTY, LIMITED
On January 3, 2000, the Company issued 150,000 Rule 144 restricted
common shares in exchange for 100% of the outstanding capital stock of
Abraxas Australia Pty, Limited, an Australian Company. Shares issued
under this business combination have been presented as a restatement
to the earliest period presented in the accompanying Statement of
Stockholders' Equity.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
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NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(12) STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY, CONTINUED:
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS, CONTINUED:
SUPERNET AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
On May 2, 2000, the Company issued 425,600 Rule 144 restricted common
shares in exchange for 100% of the outstanding capital stock of
SuperNet Aktiengesellschaft ("SuperNet AG"), a German Company. Shares
issued under this business combination have been presented as a
restatement to the earliest period presented in the accompanying
Statement of Stockholders' Equity.
For periods preceding the merger, there were no material intercompany
transactions which required elimination from the combined consolidated
results of operations and there were no adjustments necessary to conform
the accounting practices of the combining companies.
Selected financial information for the combining entities included in the
consolidated statements of operations for the years ended June 30, 2000 and
1999 are as follows:
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1999:
SUPERNET NETSOL
AG ABRAXAS INTERNATIONAL CONSOLIDATED
Net revenues $ 24,100 $ 519,714 $ 3,002,107 $ 3,545,921
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Operating expenses $ 220,820 $ 259,134 $ 2,872,953 $ 3,352,907
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Net income (loss) before extraordinary
item $ (286,106) $ 48,561 $ (1,756,234) $ (1,993,779)
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Extraordinary item - gain on
forgiveness of debt $ - $ - $ 129,500 $ 129,500
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Net income (loss) $ (286,106) $ 48,561 $ (1,626,734) $ (1,864,279)
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Net loss per share before extraordinary
item - basic and diluted $ (0.47) $ (0.46)
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Net loss per share - basic and diluted $ (0.44) $ (0.43)
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See accompanying independent auditors' report.
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NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(12) STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY, CONTINUED:
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS, CONTINUED:
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2000:
SUPERNET NETSOL
AG ABRAXAS INTERNATIONAL CONSOLIDATED
Net revenues $ 309,389 $ 355,693 $ 6,319,457 $ 6,984,539
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Operating expenses $ 353,347 $ 429,614 $ 6,510,032 $ 7,292,993
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Net loss $ (436,028) $ (73,921) $ (2,891,127) $ (3,401,076)
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Net loss per share - basic and diluted $ (0.32) $ (0.35)
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PRIVATE PLACEMENT
During the year ended June 30, 2000, the Company sold 633,366
restricted Rule 144 common shares through private placement offerings
for gross proceeds of $1,553,661, which is net of stock subscriptions
receivable of $25,000. The private placements were exempt from the
registration provisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission Act
of 1933 under Regulation D.
SERVICES
During the years ended June 30, 2000 and 1999, the Company issued
252,500 and 235,000 restricted Rule 144 common shares in exchange for
services rendered, respectively. The Company recorded compensation
expense of $1,017,575 and $710,866 for the years ended June 30, 2000
and 1999, respectively. Compensation expense was calculated based upon
the fair market value of the freely trading shares as quoted on OTCBB
through December 1999 and effective January 2000, on NASDAQ over the
service period less an average discount of 30% for the restriction
feature or the fair value of services received, whichever was more
clearly determinable.
SHORT SWING PROFITS
During the second and third quarters of the year ending June 30, 2000,
Blue Water, a hedge fund and principal stockholder, purchased and sold
shares of the Company's common stock on the public market within a six
month period and failed to make adequate disclosures, which
constituted a violation of the federal securities statute. Profits of
$1,427,145 arising from the sale of these shares of common stock were
contributed to the Company in June 2000.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
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NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(13) INCENTIVE AND NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN:
THE 1997 PLAN
On April 1, 1997, the Company adopted an Incentive and Nonstatutory Stock
Option Plan (the "1997 Plan") for its employees and consultants under which
a maximum of 500,000 options may be granted to purchase common stock of the
Company. Two types of options may be granted under the Plan: (1) Incentive
Stock Options (also known as Qualified Stock Options) which may only be
issued to employees of the Company and whereby the exercise price of the
option is not less than the fair market value of the common stock on the
date it was reserved for issuance under the Plan; and (2) Nonstatutory
Stock Options which may be issued to either employees or consultants of the
Company and whereby the exercise price of the option is less than the fair
market value of the common stock on the date it was reserved for issuance
under the plan. Grants of options may be made to employees and consultants
without regard to any performance measures. All options listed in the
summary compensation table ("Securities Underlying Options") were issued
pursuant to the Plan. An additional 20,000 Incentive Stock Options were
issued to a non-officer-stockholder of the Company. All options issued
pursuant to the Plan vest over an 18 month period from the date of the
grant per the following schedule: 33% of the options vest on the date which
is six months from the date of the grant; 33% of the options vest on the
date which is 12 months from the date of the grant; and 34% of the options
vest on the date which is 18 months from the date of the grant. All options
issued pursuant to the Plan are nontransferable and subject to forfeiture.
The number and weighted average exercise prices of options granted under
the 1997 Plan for the years ended June 30, 2000 and 1999 are as follows:
2000 1999
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AVERAGE AVERAGE
EXERCISE EXERCISE
NUMBER PRICE NUMBER PRICE
------ ----- ------ -----
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 230,000 $ 0.77 120,000 $ 0.01
Outstanding at the end of the year 85,000 $ 1.10 230,000 $ 0.77
Granted during the year - - 215,000 $ 0.82
Exercised during the year 145,000 $ 0.57 105,000 $ 0.01
Exercisable at the end of the year 85,000 $ 1.10 186,250 $ 0.71
Weighted average remaining life (years) 3.5 4.2
During the year ended June 30, 1999, the Company recorded compensation
expense of $199,844 in relation to stock options granted.
Under the 1997 Plan, during the year ended June 30, 2000, 145,000 options
were exercised into 145,000 shares of common stock for total consideration
of $82,650, of which, 95,000 options were exercised by an
officer-stockholder for $32,650, all of which is presented on the
accompanying balance sheet in stock subscriptions receivable in the
stockholders' equity section. The remaining 50,000 options were exercised
by an unrelated party at $1.00 per share, for cash.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
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NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(13) INCENTIVE AND NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN, CONTINUED:
THE 1999 PLAN
On May 18, 1999, the Company enacted an Incentive and Nonstatutory Stock
Option Plan (the "1999 Plan") for its employees, directors and consultants
under which a maximum of 5,000,000 options may be granted to purchase
common stock of the Company. Two types of options may be granted under the
Plan: (1) Incentive Stock Options (also known as Qualified Stock Options)
which may only be issued to employees of the Company and whereby the
exercise price of the option is not less than the fair market value of the
common stock on the date it was reserved for issuance under the Plan; and
(2) Nonstatutory Stock Options which may be issued to either employees or
consultants of the Company and whereby the exercise price of the option is
less than the fair market value of the common stock on the date it was
reserved for issuance under the plan. Grants of options may be made to
employees, directors and consultants without regard to any performance
measures. All options issued pursuant to the Plan are nontransferable and
subject to forfeiture.
Any Option granted to an Employee of the Corporation shall become
exercisable over a period of no longer than ten (10) years and no less than
twenty percent (20%) of the shares covered thereby shall become exercisable
annually. No Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable, in whole or in
part, prior to one (1) year from the date it is granted unless the Board
shall specifically determine otherwise, as provided herein. In no event
shall any Option be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from
the date it is granted, and no Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten
Percent Holder shall, by its terms, be exercisable after the expiration of
ten (10) years from the date of the Option. Unless otherwise specified by
the Board or the Committee in the resolution authorizing such option, the
date of grant of an Option shall be deemed to be the date upon which the
Board or the Committee authorizes the granting of such Option.
The number and weighted average exercise prices of options granted under
the 1999 Plan for the year ended June 30, 2000 and 1999 are as follows:
2000 1999
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AVERAGE AVERAGE
EXERCISE EXERCISE
NUMBER PRICE NUMBER PRICE
------ ----- ------ -----
Outstanding at the beginning of the year 1,350,000 $ 1.58 - $ -
Outstanding at the end of the year 1,982,250 $ 6.77 1,350,000 $ 1.58
Granted during the year 1,107,250 $ 9.75 1,350,000 $ 1.58
Exercised during the year 475,000 $ 1.65 - -
Exercisable at the end of the year 842,146 $ 7.55 18,750 $ 1.58
Weighted average remaining life (years) 4.2 5.0
Under the 1999 Plan, during the year ended June 30, 2000, 475,000 options
were exercised into 475,000 shares of common stock for total consideration
of $786,000, of which, 450,000 options were exercised by
officer-stockholders for $711,000 at an exercise price of $1.58 per share.
These officer-stockholders paid $500,000 in cash, conveyed land with
original cost basis of $200,000 and the remaining balance of $11,000 is
presented on the accompanying balance sheet as a contra equity balance in
the stockholders' equity section. The remaining 25,000 options were
exercised by an unrelated party at $3.00 per share, for cash.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
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NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(13) INCENTIVE AND NONSTATUTORY STOCK OPTION PLAN, CONTINUED:
Pro forma information regarding the effect on operations is required by
SFAS 123, and has been determined as if the Company had accounted for its
employee stock options under the fair value method of that statement. Pro
forma information using the Black-Scholes method at the date of grant based
on the following assumptions:
Expected life (years) 5-10 years
Risk-free interest rate 8.0%
Dividend yield -
Volatility 1.19
Proforma information regarding net loss and loss per share, pursuant to the
requirements of FASB 123 for the years ended June 30, 2000 and 1999 are as
follows:
2000 1999
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HISTORICAL PROFORMA HISTORICAL PROFORMA
Net loss $ 3,401,076 $ 6,016,293 $ 1,864,279 $ 1,984,280
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Net loss per share -
basic and diluted $ 0.35 $ 0.62 $ 0.43 $ 0.46
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(14) COMMITMENTS:
LEASES
The Company leases its facilities under leases that expire at various
times through July 31, 2007. The following is a schedule by years of
future minimum rental payments (including subsequent event) required
under operating leases that have noncancellable lease terms in excess
of one year as of June 30, 2000:
Year ending June 30,
2001 $ 178,360
2002 193,505
2003 164,590
2004 144,000
2005 144,000
Beyond five years 228,000
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$ 1,052,455
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Rent expense amounted to $273,759 and $124,500 for the years ended
June 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
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NETSOL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED JUNE 30, 2000 AND 1999
(14) COMMITMENTS, CONTINUED:
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
Effective May 18, 1999, the Company entered into employment agreements
with 3 officers for a period of three years. Pursuant to the
agreements, these officers will be compensated at salaries ranging
from $100,000 to $150,000 annually. In addition, these officers have
also been granted 450,000 stock options each, which will vest over the
3 years and are exercisable at prices ranging from $1.58 to $3.50.
JOINT VENTURE
During September 1999, the Company entered into a joint venture
agreement with 1st Net Technologies, Inc. to share profits from an
online business of providing electronic commerce. Pursuant to this
agreement, both parties will also share the costs related to
maintaining and operating this joint venture. In the event this joint
venture is subject to lawsuits or loss contingencies, the Company
maybe responsible for the entire loss and will have a right to be
indemnified by 1st Net Technologies, Inc. for its share of the losses.
There were no material activities during the year ended June 30, 2000.
(15) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company acquired land from officer-stockholders with an original cost
basis of $200,000.
(16) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS:
LEASE AGREEMENT
Effective October 1, 2000, the Company entered into a rental lease
agreement to occupy office space. Pursuant to this agreement, the
Company will pay rent of approximately $12,500 per month through July
31, 2007 (See Note 14). The Company was required to secure an
Irrevocable Stand-By Letter of Credit for the benefit of the Landlord
in the amount of $250,000 (see Note 6), which is included in other
assets on the accompanying balance sheet. In the event the Company
fails to renew the Letter of Credit as set forth in the Letter of
Credit Agreement, the Landlord shall be entitled to draw on the Letter
of Credit in full. The renewal of each annual Letter of Credit will be
reduced by $35,714 per annum.
LETTER OF CREDIT
During September 2000, the Company opened a certificate of deposit
with Merrill Lynch Bank USA in the amount of $500,000 (see Note 6), as
security for an Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit for the benefit
of one of its customers. This letter of credit expires by December 31,
2003. Consequently, $500,000 is included in other assets on the
accompanying balance sheet.
OTHER
The Company has requested the Office of the Chief Accountant of the
Securities and Exchange Commission to provide guidance on accounting
matters related to the acquisition of Netsol UK, Limited and Network
Solutions PVT, Ltd. As of October 12, 2000, no responses have been
received by the Company.
See accompanying independent auditors' report.
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